Welcome one and all to my latest story. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. The chapter may seem long but please bear with it as most chapters fro this story may be as long, longer or shorter than this one. Just a heads up for the future.
Anyway, this fanfiction is starting from midway in the Phantom Lord Arc, so I hope you enjoy what I've done with it. I'll be using the manga and anime for reference at certain points as well as adding my own touch to it as I woun't be following everything word for word as that would be slightly boring to read.
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Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryū Ishida were hoping for a quiet time after The Thousand Year Blood War. Many Shinigami, Quincies and Hollows had died in Yhwach's 'Holy Crusade' resulting in a great imbalance in souls that was having to be corrected by the reduced power of the Gotei Thirteen. Then to add on top of that was the blaring tension that existed between the three races. Uryū had taken over as leader of the Quincy people, helping the Shinigami and Hollow Alliance, taking down Halschwath thus greatly reducing the power of the Quincy King, Ywhach. That's not to say the battle was an easy win. Even with his powers reduced, the man had absorbed the power of the Spirit King and with every Quincy technique ever created known by him, it was a battle of epic proportions that eventually resulted in the death of Yhwach by the hands of Ichigo, Uryū, Grimmjaw Jagerjacques, Kisuke Urahara and Shunsui Kyoraku.
That's not to say there weren't others helping in the final battle. Kenpachi Zaraki was a power house of the battle that even Ywhach, with his ability of Foresight, was wary off the man with his Shikai and power. He was Yhwach's main focus as even with a half healed arm, the man was still a force to be reckoned with as was Byakyua Kuchki with his improved knowledge of Senbonzakura and his Bankai. Renji Abarai and Rukia Kuchki were also fundamental with their respective Bankai releases. But with little training with them, they used up much of their energy too quickly and so had to be protected from the battle raging in the Royal Realm until they could move themselves.
But eventually, after two hours of non stop fighting, with blue arrows, ceros and balas and multiple energy attacks flying everywhere, Ywhach fell dead, bleeding from various wounds. And the absorbed form of the Right Hand flowed off of Ywhach's body and to the two pieces of crystallised reishi that housed the Soul King. With effort, the hand reforged the shell before delving into Ywhach's body and pull out the form of the Soul King which it proceeded to insert into the shell. Really, the only one even vaguely interested was Kisuke and even he couldn't care at the moment as to what had just happened. They all just wanted to go back to the Seireitei and rebuild and heal. And with Tenjiro out cold or dead and the blood pool frozen over, the Fourth was the next best option.
A month had passed and Ichigo and Uryū were still in the Soul Society, recuperating from their wounds. Both of them were on rocky grounds due to the whole double agent stunt Uryū decided to pull on them without any warning. But their interactions were slowly getting better, especially as they had been stuck in a room together for the majority of a month, and the friendly banter was slowly coming back as they prepared to go through the Dangai to the World of the Living.
"So you joined the Sternritter to get back at the man who was responsible for killing your mother?" Ichigo questioned, for the hundredth time, as he adjusted the two blades of Zangetsu, his large Khyber blade from his Hollow side while the trench knife rested at his hip. Uryū was quite frankly annoyed by the question being repeated even after Ichigo had asked it many times and had gotten the same answer in response.
"For the final time, yes!" Uryū shouted in complete exasperation at the orange haired teen. "I joined the Quincy so I could kill Ywhach!" He didn't care at this point if he lost his calm appearance. He would get the answer through Kurosaki's head, no matter how thick it was!
"Just making sure." Ichigo said, smiling at his raven haired friend. "Just glad you weren't truly against us in the end." Uryū was speechless as he stared at his friend who was walking towards the main Senkaimon of Seireitei that was glowing with a blinding light.
"Let's just go home, Kurosaki." Uryū said, following after his friend with a small smile on his face. It was good to see someone had trust in him, even after he attacked Ichigo twice.
"Yeah, I'm sure Yuzu and Karin are wondering what the heck happened the past month along with our other friends. Orihime and Chad are probably under fire right now." Ichigo said, both of them chuckling a little at the thought of the two gentlest people they knew being chewed out on everything Spiritual related.
"Guess we'll have to save." Uryū said as they stepped into the Senkaimon and the gates began to close as they walked through the Dangai.
"Of all the times it had to appear, why now!" Ichigo shouted as the hybrid and Quincy sprinted with all their might through the Dangai. The Quincy silently agreed with him as they both looked back to see the Kokotsu barely a metre behind them and gaining on them. They were completely unprepared for its appearance. They were simply jogging through the Dangai to stay ahead of the oozing walls of the Dangai and were just enjoying the silence of the place when they were bathed in the light of the Kokotsu's eye. By then, it was a metre away from steam rolling them and they had decided to run for all they were worth.
"I don't know Kurosaki! But just keep running! I do not want to be hit by that thing without Orihime here!" Uryū shouted back at the Shinigami as they put on a burst of speed. But so did the Kokotsu, almost as though it wanted to get them. Then the worse happened. Uryu's cape got stuck in the currents of the Koryu.
"I'm stuck!" Uryū cried out in fear as he tugged on his cape desperately, knowing that it wouldn't work.
"Getsuga Tensho!" He heard Ichigo shout as he flung the blue swathe of energy at the mass of purple. That only exploded harmlessly against it.
"Get out of here Kurosaki!" Uryū shouted as he grabbed a Seele Scnhieder from his belt and prepared to cut the cloak.
"Hell no you stubborn idiot!" Ichigo shouted as he appeared beside the Quincy and in an arc of the smaller blade, severed Uryū's cloak. "We go together! It's been a blast Ishida!" The Kokotsu was ten centimetres from them now.
"That it has, Kurosaki!" Uryū shouted back before the Kokotsu hit and then they know only darkness.
Uryū opened his eyes with great difficulty. For one, he had a pounding headache that was making things very hard to focus. Second was the light of the sun was far too bright.
'Wait. The sun?' Ishida thought in confusion as he opened his eyes slowly so they could agjust to the light. Sure enough, the sun was indeed in the sky. 'Weren't Kurosaki and I in the Dangai? How were we transported to the World of the Living?' Sitting up while feeling some pain in his abdomen, he surveyed his surroundings, taking in all the trees that surrounded him and also Ichigo's prone body laying on the ground, face up and breathing. Uryū released a sigh of relief on seeing his friend fine and with little injuries. His Blut Vene and Hierro from his Hollow probably left him unscathed from the Kokotsu and most likely the fall if the crater they were laying in meant anything.
'Where are we? The reishi in the air feels much more abundant than that of the World of the Living and I have never seen trees as lush as these ones.' Ishida was brought from his musings by a groan to his left as the orange haired teen began to return to consciousness.
"Where are we?" Ichigo instantly questioned, also rising to a sitting position with only the slightest of winces. "Zangetsu, the old man, says we aren't in the Dangai but yet not home from the reishi abundance in the air. Like the Royal Realm but not as potent." Ishida blinked in surprise at how his Zanpaktou was able to figure that out until he remembered that the old man Ichigo was talking about was Ywhach from a thousand years ago.
"I don't know where we are, Kurosaki. I thought the Kokotsu was meant to kill all that touched it?"
"So did I. But then again, killing and dimensional transportation are two different things." Ichigo said as he stood up and looked around the forest.
"You think the Kokotsu shoved us into another dimension?" Uryū asked rather sceptically until he remembered his own world was separated into three different dimensions. Five if you count the Royal Realm and Silbern. Then there was the Dangai and Garganta as well. "Now that I think about it, you're idea might hold some weight to it." He said and pushed himself up and winced slightly as pain coursed through his abdominal muscles.
"You okay?" Ichigo asked with concern as he saw Ishida clutching his stomach with a slight grimace on his face.
"Yeah, think I landed awkwardly on the gintos and Seele Schneiders around my waist. I'll be fine once we start moving towards the town to our north."
"Why to our north?"Ichigo asked as he made sure his Zanpaktou were sheathed properly and looked the way Uryū was facing before he felt the reiatsu of everyone in the town, making a very large pool of energy. "Okay, I sense it. No need to tell me. Walk, jog, run or speed?" Ichigo questioned, referring to their respective speed techniques for the last option.
"We'll walk for a bit until I can jog. We don't really want to scare some people if we just appear out of nowhere without knowing what the people here find normal." Uryū said and he seen the look of understanding pass through Ichigo who nodded.
"Then lead on. You'll probably get us to the town quicker than me leading us." Ichigo said and Uryū nodded as he closed his eyes so he could better feel the reiatsu of the town, mentally gauging its distance and also committing the land between the clearing to the town to memory.
"Okay, the land seems to be majorly flat so we could start jogging in a matter of minutes after we get out of the forest. After that, it seems to be a straight path to the town. We should get there in twenty minutes. Thirty tops." Ichigo gave a hum of thought before sweeping his hand towards the forest.
"Lead the way, oh great compass." Uryū felt his right eye twitch, especially as Ichigo bowed down to him in an overly fancy fashion that just oozed sarcasm.
"Grow up Kurosaki and let's go." Uryū muttered and was greeted by the laughter of the orange haired teen as he followed behind him.
"This is definitely a weird place we've wound up in. And the Royal Realm and Guard were probably some of the weirdest places I've been and people I've met." Ichigo said as he looked down at the town of Magnolia, according to the sign beside them. Uryū couldn't help but agree with him. He had seen the Royal Guard and they were all eccentric in nature and all very strong. If Ywhach didn't use the Auswahlen on the Quincy Elite Guards, he didn't know what might have happened. But this place was weird, even by their standards.
It was as though the town was caught in a mix between the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. A train station could clearly be seen from where they stood but they could also see vendors selling their wares from carts in the streets while wearing loose fitting baggy clothing with the occasional person in a suit. Then there was the building they could see from the far edge of town that probably looked nice before it had many large iron poles rammed through it.
"It looks like someone made Gochu Tekkan into an attack." Ichigo said as he stared at the building that barely looked to be standing. "We should go see and make sure everyone inside is okay." Ichigo said before disappearing in a whisper of Shunpo with Uryū following behind through the use of Hirenkyaku, both moving at a slow pace, to them, to conserve energy. Dropping out of the respective techniques, Ichigo approached the ruined door of the building, his left hand grabbing the hilt of his trench knife but not drawing it while Uryū grabbed a Seele Schneider in preparation of a fight. Gingerly pushing the door open, Ichigo took a quick look inside to see the metal pillars had slammed into the floor and walls of the building along with the various tables and chairs as well. Really, it was just one big mess to put it lightly with the amount of wooden boards and splinters that covered the floor.
"Hey!" Ichigo shouted to the empty hall, looking around for people. "Is there anyone here and are you hurt?" No sound greeted the ears of the two teens who continued to look around.
"There are people here, Kurosaki. I can feel there energy radiating through the building." Uryū said as he inspected the damage done to the place, tapping the metal beams with the hilt of Seele Schneider.
"Yeah, I sense them too. But this whole place is so saturated with their energy it's making it hard to pinpoint their location." Ichigo grumbled in annoyance and Uryū had to agree with him on that fact. Even for his superior senses, they ambient energy clouded his as well. But they only good thing to report was that while there were several powerful energy signatures, only one seemed to be above Kurosaki's and his own power. Getting your true Zanpaktou and then also knowing the entirety of every Quincy technique helped in that matter.
"Um... Who are you two?" Ichigo and Uryū both turned to the voice to see a rather beautiful white haired woman. She was wearing a long pinkish red dress that clung to her curvaceous figure and had a pink bow on her rather well endowed chest. Her hair, much like Toushiro's was completely white and travelled down her back where it curled near the end while the top sported a vertically pointing ponytail just above her forehead.
"Ah... sorry. I'm Uryū Ishida. The orange head is Ichigo Kurosaki. Sorry to barge in like this but we just entered the town and seen the building like this. We thought that someone might be hurt so we came to help them out." Uryū said and the white haired girl stared at them in surprise as she looked them over.
Uryū was dressed in what she assumed was a military uniform from how pristine the white fabric was and also due to the shiny golden buttons and pentagram cross on his right shoulder and the half cloak that was on his left shoulder. He was standing at a height of five foot ten with chin length raven hair that was swept to his right and deep blue eyes that were covered by rectangular glasses. Mira had to admit that he was quite handsome and she could see the muscle he had.
His spiky, orange haired companion stood in stark contrast to Uryū in terms of colour. He wore a complete black robe that had a white cloak tied around his waist while he had two shoulder guards that had a red scale design on them that were split into three segments before the straps crossed over his chest in an X. Unlike Uryū, he had his weapons on display. One was a large Khyber knife that rested over his back while he held a small, but still large to her, trench knife on his right hip. Looking at his face, she saw it was in a slight scowl but judging by Uryū, that was probably normal for him. Hs eyes were a deep brown that burned with a fire that surprised Mira and brought a small smile to her face.
"Oh! Well, thanks for coming to help with the wounded but the guild hall was attacked during the night, so no one was hurt. I'm Mirajane Strauss by the way." She half expected Ichigo and Uryū to start praising her on who she was and what she did, but surprisingly, nothing came.
"Nice to meet you, Mirajane-san." Uryū said extending his hand to shake which Mira did with a smile.
"Who were you attacked by?" Ichigo asked, his scowl having deepened on hearing the words. He knew for a fact Uryū also wasn't happy with what he heard, but he was just good at hiding it much better than Ichigo was.
"A rival guild, Phantom Lord. We've been at odds with them for a few years now due to our increasing popularity over the years. This was the first time they've acted out at us. Then on the same night, one of their members attacked three of our own while they were out for the night. Left them hung up on a tree, bruised and with Phantom's guild mark on their bodies." Mira said, tears jumping to her eyes that threatened to spill as anger welled up inside her just thinking about it. She was pretty sure she was shaking in rage and sadness. It didn't help that her emotions were still so high strung after speaking with Laxus.
"Just let it out." She heard a calm voice say as she was pulled into a muscled chest covered by black clothing. One hand of the orange haired teen stroking her back gently while the other was on the back of her head, gently but firmly keeping her head against his body so she could cry. A few tears leaked from her eyes onto his robe before she pushed herself away from the man before her.
"Thanks for the help but I don't need it." Mira said, the rage and sadness gone as she stared at the two teens. Now that she had a chance to look at them, she was able to feel the ocean of magical energy the two had and was shocked to find the power to be on level with Gildarts and maybe even the Master.
"There is something else." Uryū said as he inspected the destruction of the guild. "Not many people would do this out of just jealousy. And by your face I can tell this is illegal against some rule I don't know. So I'm thinking that an important person joined this guild that you didn't know or knew but didn't say anything about it. While Phantom have been charged with taking this person back. Their orders to do anything to get them back, even guilt tripping them into leaving. By attacking the guild and its members, it makes it seem like it's their fault its happening when it's not and they'd go with them to stop the attacks." Mirajane stared at Uryū in shock that he managed to get it all in one go without nothing being wrong.
"Also with how you've made it sound, this seemed to also be a bit personal for those other people. While it seems to be making the person feel guilty, the level of destruction caused here makes it seem as though whoever did this enjoyed it far too much to be normal. Along with attacking your friends, it made it seem as an attack while actually covering the real reason until things would be too late to stop." Ichigo supplied and Uryū nodded in agreement while Mira looked at both of them in complete and utter shock. She had given them the bare minimum of information that she was willing to give and they were able to get everything from those few facts. It quite frankly unnerved her.
"What can we do to help, Mirajane-san?" Uryū questioned, bringing her out of her stupor and she stared at the two.
"You want to help us? Why?" Mira asked, instantly suspicious of the two. No one outside of the guild would be willing to help fight with them and these two just so happened to want to.
"Cause we can't stand people like this. People who believe they're hot stuff just because they believe themselves to be stronger than the other guy. It sounds like this Phantom need a good ass kicking. And Uryū and I specialise in that department." Ichigo said, a smirk on his face, his eyes glowing blue with unseen power while Uryū pushed his glasses up so they gave off a glint of light that hid his eyes. Mira stared at the two with nothing but shock in her eyes. These two were willing to help out for no other reason than they could and wanted to. Mira felt tears come to her eyes.
"Thank you so very much. Come downstairs, I'll introduce you to the rest of the guild." Mira said and began to lead them to the basement had a tremor not occurred that startled her. She only stayed upright due to Ichigo wrapping his arm around her waist.
"You okay?" He questioned, concern in his voice as he placed her upright. Mira could only nod before the arm was gone and he and Uryū were racing out of the door of the guild to see what had happened.
"Mira, are you alright?" Cana asked as she was the first one up the stairs and quickly spotted the barmaid standing in the wrecked hall with a dazed expression on her face.
"Yeah. I'm fine. But what caused that tremor?"
"I don't know but it came from outside." Cana said as she and Mira ran after the rest of the guild who were staring at the guild walking on six legs towards Magnolia.
"Well, this is new but yet not the strangest thing we've seen, eh Uryū?" Ichigo said as he and the Quincy stood at the cliff edge and stared at the building walking towards them.
"I never imagined they'd attack us like this." Both of them turned around to stare at the woman who spoke. She was a tall and also curvaceous figure with long dark red hair. And only wearing a towel to hide her body. Ichigo and Uryu's faces lit up slightly from a blush as the towel left very little to the imagination.
"Wh-What should we do!" A guild member shouted in slight fear as they all stared at the guild hall.
"Firstly." Ichigo said and everyone gave their attention to the orange haired man. "Girl with the red hair, put on some damn clothes! Seriously, have you no modesty!" Everyone stared at the orange hair with shock that someone spoke to Erza like that, but at least it removed the fear they were feeling from the forefront of their minds. "Secondly, get rid of that fear you're all feeling, nothing good will come it. So cast it off. Look forward, move forward and never stop. You'll age if you pull back. You'll die if you hesitate." He grabbed the trench knife at his right with his left before slowly pulling it from his hip where it rested and held it at his side, calm in the face of the danger along with his friend who was flexing his hands in anticipation. "So until you're all good, Uryū and I will handle the building mech."
Ichigo raised his trench knife slightly as the guild planted itself in the water, knowing that something was about to happen. He was right as a small part of the ship building opened up to reveal a cannon of some kind. What Ichigo didn't like was the energy that was building up inside it.
"Everybody get down." The red head shouted and the guild followed the order as she ran forward, intent on saving the two people she didn't know before taking the on the Jupiter Cannon. She was intercepted by the raven haired teen that placed an arm out in front of her to stop her.
"Have some faith in Kurosaki. He can do this." Before Erza could protest, the Jupiter cannon fired on its deadly path towards the orange haired teen who continued to stand his ground at the cliff.
"He'll die!" Erza shouted as she struggled to get past the teen that now held her in his arms and was dragging her away from the cliff. He was quite strong, something she didn't expect from his lean build.
"He's too stubborn to die. He'll do what needs to be done." Erza stopped struggling as she looked up at the raven haired teen, who was staring at the orange haired teen with nothing but absolute confidence on his features.
Erza turned back towards the cannon blast that was now half way towards the guild when he decided to make his move. He moved the blade up so it was parallel with the ground and slowly pulled it across his body and left blue energy railing in the air from the tip. Erza wanted to scoff at the action but halted upon feeling the power held behind the attack. It was astounding that someone had such power. The trail of blue was barely thirty centimetres long!
"Getsuga Tenshō." He calmly said and the power erupted into a swathe of blue energy that barrelled towards the beam with unbelievable speed. Erza was pretty sure everyone's eyes in Fairy Tail widened upon watching the attack collided with the beam that came from the Jupiter Cannon and watched as it exploded prematurely. Silence reigned over all those in Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord as they watched as the dreaded attack was stopped with what looked like minimal effort.
"Impressive boy, that you were able to stop the Jupiter Cannon. I'm surprised that Makarov has someone like you in Fairy Tail. You would do so much better in my guild." Jose said, everyone in Fairy Tail hearing the guild master.
"I'm not part of Fairy Tail. I'm just a guy who knows what you're planning on doing. And like hell I'd let that happen!" Ichigo shouted and everyone, but Uryū, was surprised. Everyone had assumed these two were Fairy Tail members that were gone for a while. "You think because you have power you should be respected? Respect is earned, not just blindly given. I have respect for all those of Fairy Tail! They're willing to all fight your guild just to save one member and for those you've hurt! If that doesn't get respect then I don't know what will!"
"You are a foolish brat! That last attack to stop the Jupiter Cannon obviously took it out of you. So in fifteen minutes I shall give you an even stronger blast from the Jupiter Cannon that will wipe away you and the pathetic guild you protect." Jose snarled, irritated at the brat he was staring at.
"Took it out of me?" Ichigo questioned, looking back at Uryū who gave a shrug in response. "That didn't take it out of me." He raised the small blade again, this time so the tip was above his head as he slashed down so the energy trail was half a metre long. "Getsuga Tenshō." The swathe of blue energy barreled forward once more and everyone could tell the difference in its power as it slammed into the guild hall. An explosion rocked the building and even pushed it backwards while also destroying the Jupiter Cannon. The mages of Fairy Tail stared at the casual destruction. "I'm going to give you and your guild one chance to leave or surrender. If not, then you're my enemy and I'll bring your guild to the ground."
"You insufferable brat! Just because you've destroyed the Jupiter Cannon doesn't mean you've won! I'll bring Fairy Tail to the ground! Let me show you the power of a Wizard Saint!" Jose exclaimed and the guild, the Shinigami and Quincy watched as people left the guild hall wearing black cloaks and trailing some black energy behind them.
"That's Jose's Shade Magic!" Cana shouted as she stared at the approaching army with shock.
"Ishida, I think you and that flyswatter of yours can take care of these guys." Ichigo said, sheathing Zangetsu as he turned to the Quincy who had a tick mark on his head while one of his eyes started to twitch.
"It isn't a flyswatter, Kurosaki!" Uryū shouted, annoyed at the comment that his Helig Bogen and Licht Regen were insulted such.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Can you do it?" Ichigo asked a small, challenging smile on his face as he stood next to Uryū who returned it.
"Just watch me." Uryū said as he stepped forward and raised his right hand and began to collect the reishi for the bow. In less than two seconds, his longbow Helig Bogen was formed and he pulled back on the bow string with his left, a smirk now resting on his features. "Licht Regen!" He shouted, letting go of the bow string and watching as the thousand reishi arrows shot from the bow and blanketed the approaching Shades with great ease as they dissipated on contact with the blue arrows and so those behind them took the hits and soon there were no more Shades approaching.
"I cannot believe this! How! How are you two so strong and why do you fight for Fairy Tail?" Jose snarled, his magic energy running wild with his fury. These two had brought his plans to a screeching halt with ease on their part. But his musings were cut short as he looked through the magical binoculars as he stared at the two. What he saw made him shiver in fear. Their eyes were focused on him with such intensity he felt himself freeze. Their eyes were cold and harsh, conveying all the words they didn't say. They were going to take down Phantom Lord.
"So..." Cana said in the resulting silence that followed from the attacks of the two unknown mages. "Where do we stand from here on?"
"We must now come up with a plan to take down the Element Four, Gajeel Redfox and Master Jose. And we must keep Lucy safe. Mira, can you take Lucy to the safe house." Erza said, taking command as she requipped into her Black Wing Armour.
"What? No. I won't stay in the back while my guild mates fight for me. I'll fight with them!" Lucy exclaimed, shocked that Erza was going to send her off.
"Lucy, we're just trying to keep you safe." Gray said before the group was interrupted by the two mysterious mages.
"I must agree with Lucy-san." Uryū said, standing behind the buxom blonde. "While you send her off, you'll put her at more risk as we can't guarantee her safety. Ichigo and I have made ourselves targets of the Master for attacking him. Ichigo and I are going to go in after him so that will keep most of his attention off the guild here."
"Also, more than likely he'll send someone after Lucy here to try get a form of leverage over us that will stop us from fighting at our best. By keeping Lucy here, we can at least see if someone is trying to go after her. Most likely his most trusted will come after her." Ichigo said, a heavy scowl on his face and his arms folded over his chest, daring anyone to disagree with him. "When he does, beat him down until he doesn't get back up." With those words, Ichigo and Uryū vanished from sight of everyone in the group, much to their shock at the speed.
"Who are those two anyway?" Natsu questioned as he stared at the spot the two just recently vacated.
"They said their names are Ichigo Kurosaki, the orange haired guy, and Uryū Ishida, the one with black hair and glasses." Mira spoke up, looking quite sheepish. "They just arrived in Magnolia and seen our trashed guild. They thought people were injured and so came to help."
"And you told them everything?" Erza asked with a scowl in her face.
"I just told them that we were attacked. They figured everything else out by the way I spoke and also the state of the guild hall. It was... Frightening to say the least on how they pieced it together so quickly." Mira said, further shocking everyone.
"So, what are we going to do with the guild sitting out there?" Gray questioned the small group consisting of himself, Erza, Mira, Cana, Natsu, Elfman, Lucy and Loki.
"Does anyone hear that?" Natsu suddenly questioned as he turned to stare at the fortress of Phantom Lord... And his mouth promptly dropped open. Phantom's guild was slowly becoming a giant, standing on two legs while two large pairs of arms slowly emerged from the side of the building.
"Lucy, get inside! Now!" Lucy nodded, following Erza's orders as she ran to where Levy and her team were housed. "Mira, look after Lucy. Make sure she doesn't get out, knock her out if you have to." Mira gave a determined nod of her head before following after Lucy. "The rest of us, we're going to have to split up. I'll go after the two mages already. Find and defeat the Element Four before looking for Jose. Natsu, your job is to find and beat Gajeel! Got it?" Natsu gave a quick nod and gave Erza a large smirk before he ran towards the guild, Happy picking him up as they flew off.
"I'll go with you, Erza. Come on Elfman!" Gray shouted and soon they promptly jumped off the cliff. No doubt going to use Gray's Ice Magic to make a path.
"Can I trust you two to make sure Jose doesn't get pass us and get Lucy." Cana and Loki gave a nod before Erza flew off with the aid of her Black Wing Armour, a deep scowl on her face, ready to destroy any members of Phantom that got in her way.
"What the hell just happened?" Ichigo questioned, looking around the hallway that had stopped shaking.
"You fairies have lost." A female member of Phantom said from her position on the ground. They really weren't prepared for the orange or raven haired teens and so the battle against them lasted barely thirty seconds. "That was our guild's ultimate weapon forming. The Super Mage Giant Phantom Mark Two. You'll fall before its might. Especially when it casts Abyss Break. You'll all fall." With those words said, she promptly passed out with a smirk on her face that annoyed both teens. By the sounds of things, this 'Abyss Break' sounded very bad. Especially if it fired off at the town.
"That doesn't sound good." Uryū said, scowling at the defeated Phantom members. "We need to find this Master quickly, Kurosaki." Ichigo gave a nod and the two began running through the many hallways of the guild, taking out members as they went.
"Hello, mages of Fairy Tail." A tall man wearing an orange shirt and green coat that billowed around him along with a green top hat on his head. His eyes were covered by a white cloth that was tightly wrapped around his eyes. "I am Aria of HMMMPH!" His sentence was cut off by the fist of Ichigo's that was rammed into his face and the fist of Uryū's that planted itself into his gut. Aria dropped like a stone as the forces behind the punches rattled his body and shot him across the room... And through three corridors.
"Holy crap! They're strong!" Someone shouted and the two turned to the hole they had made to see a kid with a open black vest which showed of his muscled chest and salmon pink, spiky hair.
"Aye!" A blue cat with white angel wings shouted. "They're like Erza!" The pink haired teen seemed to be scared of that name.
"You both aren't like Erza, are you?" The kid asked in fear, sweat dripping down his body.
"Who are like me, Natsu?" A voice said which seemed to promise pain as the scarlet haired woman from before arrived, this time wearing silver armour that had a golden cross on the left of her torso and a blue skirt that passed by her knees accompanied by shin high brown leather boots.
"The two Mira were talking about. They just sent this guy here." Natsu proceeded to kick the unconscious Aria, "Through several walls with only a punch each!" The scarlet haired teen, now known as Erza, blinked twice before staring at the two through the destroyed wall. They both looked casual about such a punch and now she realised why Mira was so frightened. They were both smart and very strong and she could feel the magic energy radiating from the two boys, the orange haired teen more than the raven haired teen.
"You two are apart of that other guild right? Fairy Tail?" Ichigo asked, walking over the debris closely followed by Uryū. "What are you doing here?"
"Some of us came here to combat the Elemental Four and the guild's ace, Gajeel Redfox." Erza said, standing up straighter as they approached. "The rest of the guild stayed behind to protect the guild hall and Lucy." Ichigo gave a nod before looking at the guy on the floor.
"Was he part of the Element Four?"
"Yes, Aria of the Great Sky. The strongest of the Element Four." Erza stated, impressed that they were able to take him down with only two punches. "He is the reason our Master is not in the fight. He stole his Magic Energy from him." Erza gave a harsh scowl at the downed man before brutally kicking him in the ribs. "I wished to be the one to take him out."
"Sorry, we were trying to find their Master and he appeared in front of us. Also, do any of you know how to stop something called Abyss Break. Apparently this building is casting it." Uryū said, not fully understanding the danger of the spell.
"They are going to use a forbidden spell!" Erza shouted, whirling to Uryū in nothing but shock. "The size of this building, the seal would be very large. The amount of power in that seal could wipe away everything from here to Kardia Cathedral!"
"That's more than half the town!" Natsu shouted, clearly just as shocked as Erza.
That's when the burst of pressure began that made it difficult to breath.
"These bastards are willing to wipe away that much just to win." Ichigo growled out, anger evident in his speech. "If I didn't want to bring them down before I surely want to now. How dare they bring innocent people into this fight."
"Calm yourself, Kurosaki. I'll go outside and see if I can do anything to stop or slow down the seal. You find Jose. Hopefully beating him will need this fight." Uryū said before he disappeared from sight, the last thing anyone seen was a scowl on his face. He was just as angry as Ichigo.
"Erza!" A feminine voice shouted and everyone turned to look as Mira and to Ichigo, two unidentified men, one about the size of Kenpachi with spiky white hair while the other was a raven haired teen that only had his trousers on. "We've figured it out. The Abyss Break seal is powered by the Element Four. If we can beat them all then the seal won't fire."
"Mira is correct." Uryū said, as he reappeared amongst the small group. "I seen for myself the seal fading and the Giant losing power. Obviously this whole place was powered by the Element Four."
"We only fought three though." Natsu said, scratching his head in confusion. "Who took down the fourth?"
"I believe that was Kurosaki when he destroyed the cannon. He must have been there to protect it and whatever was powering it must have exploded and took him out." Uryū said as he pushed his glasses up his nose.
"Why are you here, Mira?" Erza said, staring at the former S- Class Mage with a questioning look on her face.
"When I seen that the Abyss Break was near completion, I knocked Lucy out and transformed into her. I hoped that it would get Phantom Lord to stop attacking the guild. Jose seen through it and captured me but Elfman saved me. He can now do a full body take over again." Mira said, pride evident on her features at the last part while Elfman looked embarrassed.
"Who's guarding Lucy?" Natsu asked.
"Attention Fairy Tail!" Jose cried through the speakers and the group of seven knew something bad had happened. "We have succeeded in capturing Lucy Heartphilia! Our first objective has been complete." It was then they heard the screaming of Lucy over the broadcast that shocked and angered everyone, Natsu and Ichigo especially. "I'm sure you all heard that. We have but a single remaining objective." Silence reigned over the inside of the guild as Jose took a pause. "To slaughter the lot of you. Disgusting brats."
"Ishida, go back and help the guild. Licht Regen will be a hell of a lot more useful than Getsuga." Ishida nodded.
"Kick his ass, Kurosaki." Uryū said, his voice hard before he disappeared into thin air.
"Natsu, Gray, where are you going?" Erza shouted and Ichigo turned to see the pink and raven haired boys running down the corridor.
"We're going after Lucy! Natsu'll fight Gajeel and Happy and I'll get Lucy out of here. You all find and beat Jose's ass!" Gray shouted back before the two mages and cat rounded the corner and disappeared from sight.
"You heard them. Anyone know where their Master is? His ass is late for a beating." Ichigo said, the tone of his voice was low and it promised much pain.
"I can sense his magical power from here." Mira answered the orange haired teen. "He seems to be waiting for us two floors above us."
"Then let's not keep the man waiting." Ichigo said as he grabbed the hilt of the Khyber knife before sending a wordless Getsuga Tenshō upwards, the energy attack destroying the two floors above them.
"That's one way to make an entrance." Erza said with a smirk on her face as she requiped into her Black Wing Armour once more. Ichigo just gave a chuckle before he jumped up through the holes he created, cratering the ground where he once stood, much to the three members of Fairy Tail's shock. The physical force alone required was astounding.
"They sure are full of surprises." Mira said, staring in awe at where Ichigo once stood.
"Yes they are." Erza said and followed up after the orange haired teen.
"So, not only were we attacked by the Fairy Tail brats but also by your protectors." Jose said, a faux smile on his lips as he stared at Titania and the black clad teen in complete loathing. "I truly am honoured."
"We didn't come for you." Erza growled out, her grip on her sword tightening. "We came here to protect Lucy."
"Well, I came here to kick your ass. My friend is outside dealing with your ghosts or whatever they are." Ichigo said, sounding as if he didn't care. "So from here on out." The pressure of the room suddenly increased as Ichigo's body began to glow a light blue with the occasional black wisp floating off. "You'll be quiet and accept your beating."
"You're funny brat! You think you can stand on the power of a Wizard Saint!" Jose gloated. "Don't make me-" he wasn't able to finish as Ichigo had sped forward at unbelievable speeds, his Khyber blade aiming directly for Jose's exposed throat. It was with barely a second that he was able to pull his neck out of the line of the blade, but he still received a small cut that bleed slightly.
"Sorry. I missed." Ichigo said, the cleaver like blade resting on his right shoulder as he made direct eye contact with Jose. "Next time, I won't." Jose gulped in fear of the teen. Every word spoken had such conviction behind them that it scared him.
"Don't get cocky, you brat." Jose snarled out. "Miracles only happen once. You won't get that chance again." Jose said as he raised his hand and a purple magic seal appeared in the air before several purple beams flew outwards and towards the two mages. Erza dodged to the left while Ichigo flicked his blade across him and dispelled the beams with little effort. He then charged forward at Jose, closely followed by Erza, as they began slashing at the guild Master with tremendous speed, forcing Jose to dodge them and move backwards from the furious assault. Although he didn't come out unscathed. While he may have been a Wizard Saint, he still was older than the two currently attacking them and thus they were faster than him, resulting in him getting gashes across his chest, arms and one across his face.
A sneer developed on his face as he constantly dodged the two blades, wincing every now and then as one got past his guard and opened another shallow wound on his body. He had to admit that Titania Erza was a force to be reckoned with. His plan was to face her after taking a blast from the Jupiter cannon as he knew she wouldn't take her Master being injured laying down. Jose knew she would come after him and his guild to avenge Makarov and so he prepared for her. He knew that she was a strong mage, but he was stronger. In a battle between the two, he would simply overwhelm her to the point of defeat. What he didn't account on was the black clad teen and his black haired friend appearing and destroying his plans. They orange one had overpowered the Jupiter Cannon while his friend had defeated his Shades with great ease. Ease that was born from fighting, even against overwhelming odds. Jose just couldn't understand why two powerful wizards such as themselves would side with such a weak guild. Phantom Lord was always the strongest guild. He had the strongest wizards, the strongest spells, the superior numbers and largest capital investment. So why were these two fighting for such a weak guild!
Jose jumped back, putting some distance between the two as he raised his right hand and brought it across for a Dark Pulse. The Shade Magic responded as a barrage of explosions erupted ahead of Erza and the orange haired brat, stopping them from advancing as he seen Erza's form being thrown away from him due to the explosion's strength. The other was another story.
He had charged straight through the flames, greatly surprising Jose who was just able to dodge and only received his suit getting torn as a result. But that only increased the sneer on his face as even without Erza, the boy was still a problem. Jose knew he was fast for his age. If he wasn't, he would have gotten even worse wounds than he had. He had seen that the boy was going for every vital spot on his body that was open and was only scoring shallow strikes due to Jose's reflexes that forced him away. But he knew the kid was slowly but surely increasing his speed. His blade had been getting faster as had his footwork and the time gap between his attacks were becoming shorter as the battle drew on. He hadn't even drew his other blade yet! He did not want to see the brat when he was serious.
"Dead Wave!" Jose shouted, his already extend right arm became clouded by several strands of his Shade Magic, all screaming their high pitched scream. Pulling his arm down and inwards, the Shades spun rapidly and Jose threw his arm out again, letting the purple beam travel forwards and towards the brat.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted, bringing Zangetsu's cleaver like blade upwards as the blue energy of his Getsuga met with Jose's Dead Wave. And promptly began to cut through it. The wave of purple was forced to split and the destructive energy bypassed Ichigo harmlessly, only succeeding in ruffling his long orange hair. Jose didn't get the same pleasure as Ichigo. To avoid massive damage to his body, he called forward several of his Shades to block the attack in a swirling circle. However, he didn't take into account the explosion that followed the attack which dispelled his shield and flung him seven meters across the hall they were fighting in. His feet digging into the ground and forming trenches in his efforts to stop himself.
"If this is the true might of your powers, then there is no way you would be able to defeat me. The Council bestowed upon me the rank of a Wizard Saint. You're both a century too early to even stand on my level!" Jose shouted, his body singed lightly from the explosion and a trail of blood leaking down from his forehead, forcing him to shut his left eye. "Like I told you when this battle begun. You and Erza Scarlet only had a miracle shot of defeating me. And you have both wasted it!" Erza scowled in annoyance as she gazed on the Wizard Saint. She knew Jose was right. They had they're opportunity when Ichigo struck at him but with how guarded Jose was now, it would be an uphill battle to defeat him. Sparing a quick glance at the haired teen, she noticed the look of annoyance on his face as he hefted the large blade over his right shoulder, giving a sigh as he did so.
Then he disappeared from view from both mages.
"Funny. Someone before you told me 'miracles only happen once'." Jose turned his head to see the orange haired teen standing behind him, sweat beginning to accumulate on Jose's brow. "So what do you call this?" Ichigo said, an expressionless mask on his face as he lifted his cleaver like sword upwards before bringing it down on Jose's right shoulder. It was due to a mixture of Jose's magic and also the wall blowing up and peppering Zangetsu with chunks of rock that allowed Jose to keep his arm mostly intact as the blade was knocked slightly off course. As it stood, Zangetsu's blade still scored a deep gash on his right arm that ripped through the blue fabric of his military uniform and caused a spurt of blood to spray through the air as the blade opened the deepest wound yet, a gash spanning from his shoulder blade down to his elbow and causing Jose to howl in pain.
Although, no one's attention was on that fact. Their attention was on the battered and bruised form of one Iron Dragon Slayer, Gajeel Redfox. His mane of black hair was even more messed up and singed in some parts. Parts of his body was covered in ice that refused to fall off and his metal dragon scales were cracked on his arms and chest. He was panting heavily as he stood up,wiping some blood from his mouth.
"Damn you!" Gajeel shouted,letting loose his Iron Dragon Roar and countless razor sharp pieces of metal billowed out of his mouth and towards the hole in the wall and whoever attacked him.
"Ice Make: Shield!" The voice of Gray shouted as the hole was covered in an intricate shield of ice that stopped the attack but cracked as the shards slammed into the shield.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu shouted, barreling through the opening in the shield Gray created, his fist on fire that then swiftly connected with Gajeel's jaw and flung him across the room.
"Star Burst Beam!" A feminine voice shouted out and greatly surprised Erza and Jose as Lucy appeared in a flash of white light, pointing both her hands at Gajeel's struggling form as a pure white beam that sparkled sped across the room before impacting Gajeel in the stomach and throwing him up into the air. "Sagittarius!" She cried out and Ichigo and Erza sweat dropped slightly upon seeing a guy in a horse costume appear from behind Gray. That disappeared though as he shot three consecutive arrows at Gajeel that sent him across the rest of the room, where he impacted against a wall.
"Nice one, Lucy! Now let's finish this!" Gray roared as he charged into the room, ready for his magic. "Ice Make: Lance!" The icy blue spears erupted from his hands and charged at the barely conscious form of Black Steel.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu shouted, the large flames billowing out of his mouth and forming a spear head at the front of the ice which spun around it and even coated the ice without melting. Ichigo chalked that up to the two knowing each other for a long time.
"Star Javelin!" Lucy shouted, pulling her right arm backwards as a spear of pure white metal formed in her hand and was giving off wisps of all the colours of the rainbow. Then she threw it and she was up there with all the athletes Ichigo had seen perform at the Olympics for their strength and Quincy for their accuracy. Lucy threw the javelin straight down the middle of the spiral of ice and flame so it became the spear point of the three pronged attack and when Gajeel looked up, he only had the time to widen his eyes in shock before the attack met home with a large explosion of fire, rock and metal that was strewn about the room and also created a billowing dust cloud that covered half of the room.
It took several moments for the dust cloud to clear and Ichigo stared at the damage that attack did. The wall behind the Dragon Slayer had simply ceased to exist as the explosion had ripped a ten metre wide hole in it and cracked the wall in a five metre radius around it. Metal pipes were sticking out of the wall at odd angles and also the floor that was also reduced to rubble. Then there was Gajeel himself. His hair was singed in places from the explosion of the three magic powers and his entire body had smoke rising off it. What was most interesting though was that he was didn't seem to be overly harmed from such an intense attack, but there were some gashes on his body that had to be taken into consideration. First was the gash on his forehead. While small, Ichigo knew from experience that head wounds always bleed the worst. Then there were the cuts across his arms and chest, while they weren't life threatening, they were still painful to bear. And then to add on top of those injuries, there was the various burns and bruises that were scattered about his body that made him seem as though he was on the receiving end of Yamamoto's 'light toasting' as he called it.
"I think we won." Gray said, panting lightly as he stared at the prone form of Black Steel. Natsu gave a nod of confirmation as he held a heavily beaten Lucy in his arms.
"I don't believe this!" Jose shouted and everyone's attention shifted to the new enemy. His magic energy was running wild in his anger, coating his body in a harsh purple while small Shades drifted from his body. "I can't believe this! How could my elite members be beaten by such trash!" His eyes shifted towards the forms of Lucy, Gray and Natsu and an ugly smile formed on his face. "Dead Wave!" He shouted and the purple beam blasted towards the three mages who didn't have time to move. All they could do was shut their eyes and wait for the pain to come. Except it never did.
Slowly opening their eyes, they seen the black clad form of the orange haired teen standing protectively in front of them, both of his blades drawn with the flat edges holding the spell at bay. With a casual flick of his arms, he dispelled the purple energy before charging at Jose, his own energy becoming visible with his anger. And his was much worse than Jose's. For a moment, all four mages, five if you included the recently added Happy, all thought they saw a large blue skull with red eyes form from the teens energy before it disappeared when he clashed with Jose. But in that moment, everyone felt an instinctual fear to run as far as possible, even Jose.
The force behind Ichigo's attack forced Jose back five meters but Ichigo wouldn't give the man a moment. He was wielding both Zangetsu with such ferocity and speed that for every one attack Jose dodged, three new cuts opened on his skin. Ichigo wasn't going to give Jose a second to himself. And it was only made worse by the addition of Erza Scarlet joining in with the teen and increasing the number of blades from two to twenty as her Heaven's Wheel Armour came into effect. Jose was doing everything to keep himself alive as he could clearly feel both teens intent to kill him as easy as he was breathing. He didn't realize when he did it, but he unconsciously recalled his Shades to fight at his full even then, that wasn't enough as the orange and scarlet haired mages weren't giving him even a chance to move his arms.
"Move Kurosaki!" A new voice interrupted and Ichigo's eyes widened as he seen the four Seele Schneiders that were surrounding their fight. Quickly disengaging from his latest bout, he grabbed Erza around the waist, blushing slightly as he felt her smooth stomach before using Shunpo to appear beside Ishida as he slammed the five and final Seele Schneider into the ground and Sprenger activated. The five focusing rods flared to life as they drew a line to Jose's form, rapidly forming a pentagram beneath him, the dense reishi from the technique holding his legs in place no matter how hard he shook.
"What is this!" Jose shouted in anger and slight fear, staring at the arrival of the white clad mage, who pushed his glasses up his face.
"This is one of my many techniques." Uryū said, staring at Jose with veiled disgust. "It's name is Sprenger. It immobilizes any target caught in it from the waist down, making them unable to escape." Reaching to his waist, he pulled out one of his many Gintos. "As this is the final form of Sprenger." Tilting the tube slightly, everyone watched in fascination as droplets of glowing blue liquid escaped and fell directly towards the metal rod at Uryū's feet.
When it made contact, every rod flared with a blue light as another large pentagram formed between the rods as the energy contained in them rushed down the previously drawn lines, making them flare brightly and giving them an appearance close to that of flames. The ground beneath Jose's feet began to glow brighter every second before a column of light blue energy erupted skywards, the sound of it's activation drowning out Jose's screams of pain, as it pillared upwards, breaking through the roof with ease and then causing the dark clouds that had formed in the cloud to disperse. Then it began to span outwards before stopping at the borders of the large pentagram before it slowly disappeared and revealed the sorry state of Phantom Lord's master.
Jose Porlo, a man of great pride and one of the Ten Wizard Saints, was on shaky hands and knees in front of Fairy Tail. His body was heavily burned and charred in some places. If given enough extensive treatment, he may be able to use his left arm again. The entirety of his left side had been burned the worst, due to the attack burning away his clothes which then began to attack the skin. The heat of the attack had caused his skin to dehydrate at a rapid pace, which had lead to his skin cracking open, allowing for small rivers of blood to form at every point along his body which was forming a small pool of blood. But it wasn't life threatening in the slightest.
"I didn't even know you were setting up Sprenger." Ichigo casually commented as he looked to his friend, who gave him a smirk in return.
"Yes, you were so entranced in the fight that I was able to set it up without difficulty. As was Jose so he wasn't able to interfere." He said, looking down on the defeated form of Jose.
"You two are very strong." Natsu said, bringing everyone's attention to the pink haired Dragon Slayer. "Both of you fight me when we get back to Fairy Tail!" He had a large smirk on his face that allowed the two to see his abnormally sharp canines.
"We may have a problem with that." Uryū said, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "Your headquarters is as trashed as this one. A giant jellyfish like monster destroyed most of it before I could defeat it. And then after that , the Shades disappeared so I came back to help finish this all off."
"I was wondering why you came back." Ichigo muttered as he sheathed both Zangetsu.
"What happened with Lucy?" Erza said, her voice concerned for the Celestial Wizard who was at the moment passed out and had many non lethal or harmful wounds.
"That was Gajeel." Natsu growled out, glaring at the form of the other Dragon Slayer. "When we found her, she was cuffed to a wall and Gajeel was throwing knives at her. So, Gray and Happy went about freeing her while I fought Gajeel. Then Gray got hit so he joined in the fight and we started to beat down on him and Lucy joined in by using the key from Galuna, that weird horse guy, Sagittarius." Natsu was forced to stop as Lucy stirred in his hands as she got more comfortable in the Fire Dragon Slayer's hold, saying something about 'warm'.
"Anyway." Gray continued. "Natsu and I were beating Gajeel and he still has the right to say that Phantom was stronger than Fairy Tail. To prove this, he blew a hole in the wall and showed us this jellyfish thing destroying the guild, saying that this was what we were in for. And then Lucy just snapped. Still don't know what happened. One moment she was on the opposite side of the room, next she was punching Gajeel into the floor. And through a wall or two. Pretty sure Gajeel didn't know what happened to him until Lucy threw a spear at him." Erza's eyes widened in shock before softening as she looked at Lucy with a fond smile on her face while Ichigo and Uryū gave smirks on hearing the story.
"Yeah, I always knew she had something like that in her." Natsu said, a soft smile on his face as he held the blonde close to him.
"She's a true Fairy Tail Wizard." Gray said, smiling at Lucy. "Able to do damage like that is exclusive to Fairy Tail only." Gray chuckled and was joined by his two fellow fairies.
"Well, it looks like we're done here." Ichigo said as he scanned the room before his eyes landed on the upright form of Jose,who looked like he was struggling to even stay standing.
"It's over when I say it's over, brats." He snarled, spitting a glob of blood from his mouth.
"It's over, Jose. This war has gone on long enough." A voice full of authority and power said, from behind the teens. "Children have bleed and tears have been shed. Even children not from us have been dragged into this fight. All because of the mistakes of their parents." Ichigo and Uryū turned to see an old man who didn't even come past their knees walking through the rubble with Mira and Elfman close behind him. He was mostly bald except for his flaring gray that wrapped around the back of his head. He was wearing an immaculate white overcoat with white fur around the collar and golden epaulets on his shoulders. "I shall finish this. Elfman, Erza, get everyone out of here. I don't want you caught in this." Erza nodded as she quickly equipped into her Black Wing Armour before grabbing Gray and Mira and flew out the hole in the wall, Happy following close behind her carrying Lucy and Nastu and not complaining about the weight. Elfman transformed into his Beast Soul and was going to grab Ichigo and Uryū if they weren't already hovering outside the hole, waiting for him. Giving a quick shrug, he ran towards the hole before catapulting himself outside after the group of mages.
"So, what is the old man going to do?" Ichigo questioned as he flew beside Erza.
"He'll give Jose to the count of three to 'kneel' as is Fairy Tail's Justice Systems. If he hasn't then Master Makarov will personally make him." Erza said, sparing a glance back to the destroyed guild hall before landing on the cliff where the rest of Fairy Tail was waiting for them. Before the party could start, a golden light erupted above the Phantom hall. Turning, the group stared at the golden seal that had appeared in the sky and floated above the destroyed building. And in the very middle was the crest of Fairy Tail.
"It's Fairy Law." Erza breathed out in amazement. She had hear tales of the spell and its magnificence, but to actually see it was another thing entirely. "With the Holy Light, it assaults the darkness. It only attacks the objects the caster recognises as an enemy. It's one of our guild's signature spells and is seen as one of the greatest spells ever created."
"Amazing." Uryū said, Ichigo nodding beside him as the golden light slowly disappeared and the fairies all cheered in their victory. Ichigo gently nudged Uryū, jerking his head towards the crowd with a questioning look on his face. He got a slight nod in response.
"Where's Natsu?" Mira asked and everyone spun to Gray who was supporting a conscious Lucy.
"I don't know. He handed me Lucy before running off. Saying something about tying up loose ends." Gray said.
"I'm sure it was just crazy talk." Happy assured everyone as he perched himself on Gray's shoulders.
"Where are Ichigo and Uryū at?" Mira asked, looking around the partying fairies before she spotted the distinct white and black outfits in the sea of colour. Moving through the crowd who parted for her, she swiftly came across the backs of the two mages. "I want to thank you two." Her voice was soft but yet it spread through the party as it came to a halt as everyone turned to the barmaid who was bowed slightly to the two in front of her. "I don't know what may have happened had you two not shown up. So on behalf of Fairy Tail, I thank you for your help."
"Don't mention it. We were happy to help out." Ichigo, throwing a smile over his shoulder that was copied by Uryū.
"Still, I wish to thank you both personally." Makarov spoke and the crowd parted to allow their master through. "You both protected my children on your own will while I was defeated. For that, I thank you and wish to offer you our help. Anything you ask of me, I shall do to the best of my abilities." Makarov said, stunning the crowd and the two teens who blinked owlishly at him. Slowly, they turned to one another with an wondering look on the faces, having a mental conversation between the two of them. After a few seconds, everyone seen the evil smirks on their face and Makarov felt like crying in sorrow at what he may have to do.
"Well. There is one thing." Tears sprang to Makarov's eyes.
"How do we join Fairy Tail?" Uryū asked, his and Ichigo's smile becoming warm as Makarov stared at them in shock. Before he began to laugh. Loudly.
"Well, after today's events, I believe you're both seen as honourary members. I just need the stamp to make it official." It was here that Makarov laid his eyes on the damaged guild hall. It was caved in on the left side and the right was barely holding up. "I know I wanted to do some renovations, but this is ridiculous. Can you two wait until we have the guild operating at a basic level." The two gave a nod of confirmation and Makarov smiled at his two new children. "Now then my children. We've all been put through the ringer today, even you Lucy."
"To be fair." Gray said, from where he and the recently appeared Natsu were supporting Lucy. "Lucy put them through the ringer as well."
"How so?" Makarov inquired, a smile on his face as he stared fondly at Lucy, who had an embarrassed flush on her cheeks.
"Where to begin." Natsu wondered out loud. "She took out fifteen of the smaller members of Phantom. Then she punched Gajeel into the floor. And then through three walls and helped both Gray and I open a ten meter hole in a wall. A true Fairy Tail Wizard!" Natsu shouted and was meet with the cheers of the entire guild. Even Ichigo and Uryū were clapping.
"Lucy." Makarov said, drawing the attention to him. "Everytime you laugh, everytime you grieve. Pieces of those moments become ours as well. That is what it means to be a member of our guild. When a member is on cloud nine, we all float. When a member is outraged, we all clench our teeth. When a member weeps, we all wipe our eyes. So, if you are feeling guilt for your actions, there is no need for you to feel that way. No one here holds you responsible. And why would they?" Makarov stopped to stare at Lucy, a fond and grandfatherly smile on his face, that almost brought the Celestial Wizard to tears. "You are a member of our family... A member of Fairy Tail." These words brought her to tears as she was quickly hugged by Levy, Natsu, Gray and Erza. With Lucy repeating 'thank you' over and over. She eventually stopped when Cana shouted for a party and she was dragged into the middle of it.
"This seems like it's going to be a fun adventure." Uryū whispered to Ichigo, who gave him a small laugh in response.
"Yeah. It does. Could be our best yet." Ichigo said and the two friends smiled and were about to join the party before being halted by a crying Makarov who was muttering gibberish about a council, reparations and reprimands.
"This doesn't seem good." Uryū muttered and Ichigo could only nod before they were dragged into the party.
Two days later, they both showed they were Fairy Tail material after beating down a contingent of Rune Knights. The reason for this was the two rounded the corner and found Natsu twitching on the ground from some attack and the rest looking fearful. Truthfully, they thought they were another rival guild attacking. Makarov had never been prouder and more sad in that one moment than he had in his entire life. They were forced to attend the council meeting with Makarov for their behavior.
But other than that it was fine.
Hello everyone! Mad Man in the Flesh here bringing you another story. This time it's Bleach and Fairy Tail. This idea has been in my head for a while so I just wanted to get it out and see what you all think off it. So leave your reviews and PM me if you want to. I'll try to get back to your messages as soon as possible.
Now, I know some comments are going to say that Ichigo and Uryū are OP and I'm sorry about that. This is them after the Thousand Year War and truthfully, I don't know how powerful they are during it so I'm going to guess. I will be scaling enemies up for them to fight against and creating new ones so the story does stay interesting and they aren't god like beings. In terms of the Wizard Saints, I don't know where their power would be so I'd say that they are around an average captain in Shiaki but that's a guess as Mashima does say that Warrod could be beaten by a younger mage so I can't really say what the power of the Wizard Saints are as they are across the board. So, people like Makarov and God Serena will be an uphill challenge for them to beat along with Zero and Mard Geer. Others like Gildarts and Bluenote will be more on their level while Laxus and Erza will be a challenge to fight but they would win after a fight.
I'm also sure all of you will notice the power boost that I gave Lucy. This is due to my pwn personal reason. Everytime Lucy gets beaten, she doesn't get stronger like the rest of Fairy Tail until during and after the Tartaros Arc. This is just my own personal problem with it and so I'll be making Lucy stronger than canon. I just thought it would be best to inform everyone of this before I was flamed to high heaven for it.
Finally, to everyone reading this, please, check out my story on FictionPress, Severed Strings under NexusArcron. If you could, please take the time to read it and leave a comment on the story as I hope to someday in the near future develop that idea into a full story and maybe a series. So please check it out.
That's everything. Hope you liked the story. Leave a review and constructive criticism is much appreciated.
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