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Take Over: Hidden Soul.
Rinkaku/Kagune : Morir
Kakugan : Aliviar
Kakuhou : Matanza
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I also don't own the cover art.
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"I don't believe this," Hibiki winced as he fought to stand.
"They're waaay stronger than we thought," Gray muttered, laying on the rough ground, eyes twitching as he fought to move.
Racer turned to his Guild Leader, hiding a cheerful smirk. "Well? You gonna cast the spell or what, Brain?"
"Do ya know her?" Cobra asked, eyebrow raised at his Guild Master, who was eyeing the young little girl - who was hiding behind a pretty big rock - somewhat creepily.
Brain ignored them. "No doubt about it… that's Wendy."
The poor little girl had tears in her eyes as she hid behind the fucking huge rock.
Brain's eyes turned a whole new shade of creepy. "The Maiden of the Sky."
Gray frowned as he eyed the opposing Guild, having pushed himself upright slightly. "…maiden of the sky? What?"
"Wendy," Hibiki whispered in fear.
"What does that mean?!" the girl cried, sinking to her knees and holding her head in her hands.
Happy blinked and looked up at her. "I was gonna ask you."
Brain smirked. "To think we just stumbled upon her here. We've made quite a find, my friends." He raised his staff above his head and aimed it at the Cait Shelter member. "GRAB HER!"
A magic circle appeared in front of his staff, and a green ooze – much like the magic waves that had surrounded the Coalition before – shot out of the circle, forming into a hand-like shape, which arced around the rock Wendy had used as cover and grabbed her, shocking Happy and Carla.
Wendy screamed as the hand shot back to Brain. Carla ran after the girl, as did Happy, who wielded a wooden club.
"Help me!" Wendy cried.
"I will as soon as I catch up!" Happy huffed as he ran, weapon in hand.
"Striking while we're still down? That isn't fair!" Natsu cried, having recovered from Racer's previous assault but not yet ready to stand.
Hoteye summoned a magic circle. "Money is all things fun and warm! Oh yeah!"
The ground beneath the Coalition shifted, and they were all flung into the air.
Wendy screamed as she was sucked back by Brain's spell. "Grab my paw!" Carla cried, extending hers. Wendy grabbed hold… onto a surprised blue tomcat.
"YOU GRABBED THE WRONG CAT!" Carla screeched, and before Wendy could correct her error, she and the unlucky member of Fairy Tail were sucked into Brain's staff.
"Happy!" Natsu cried.
"I have no use for the rest of them," Brain said as his staff glowed again. "Be gone!"
Rays of green magic shot out of Brain's newest magic circle, each one aiming towards the Coalition.
Hibiki pushed Lucy out of the way, using his body as a shield. Rem swooped next to them, acting as a decoy to the magic.
Lyon picked up Sherry bridal-style and dove out of the way. "I got you," He reassured.
Sherry beamed at him. "Yes. Hold me in your loving arms!"
Mere inches from hitting them all, the spell Brain cast was stopped by a mere voice.
"IRON ROCK WALL!"
The ground Hoteye had shifted came together as a type of roof, shielding them all from the attack.
Jura let out a sigh of relief. "Just in the nick of time."
"That was awesome!" Sherry cried. Gray laughed, utterly amazed and happy he was still alive.
"You're the best wizard ever!" Eve exclaimed.
"I'll second that," Hibiki agreed as he got up off of Lucy. "We all owe you one."
"Yeah," Lucy said. "We were almost goners. Thanks."
Natsu stood to his feet. "No one hurts a member of Fairy Tail, or one of our comrades." Turning to the others, he added, "Let's take 'em down!"
He looked towards where the Oracion Seis had been previously, but all that was there was merely blank space.
"…eh?"
"They're probably long gone by now," Gray sighed.
Carla bit her lip. "Oh Wendy…"
Rem stood to his feet and gritted his teeth. "They wiped the floor with us."
Eve nodded. "They're a whole lot stronger than we are. We never stood a chance."
"The Oracion Seis. What unbelievable power," Lyon muttered.
"Their magic is much stronger than the rumors suggested," Eve reminded them all. "And there are only si- uhhh… Seven?"
No one paid any attention to the man's internal dilemma, too concerned with the fact that they barely got out of the fight alive.
"Just look at what they did to Christina," Sherry whispered, gazing at the wreck of Blue Pegasus's beloved Airship.
"According to Angel, the women who peers into minds, they know everything about our mission. We were lucky no lives were lost," Jura said with a heavy sigh.
Lucy blinked. "Wait a sec- what about all the people inside?!"
"Don't worry about that," Hibiki said. Lucy turned to see the Trimence. "Christina is equipped with a remote control function, so there's no need for a crew or a captain."
Rem sighed. "We were going to climb aboard when we found their base, but as you can see we never made it that far."
Lucy exhaled a relieved sigh. "Well that's a relief."
Lyon walked up to Jura. "Glad to see you made it out unscathed," the Ice Mage said in relief. Jura shook his head. "Not quite; I barely made it out of there alive."
Lyon lost his relieved look. "You're wounded?"
Jura looked to be holding back a shudder. "Their power terrifies me." He looked up and indicated a certain orange haired troll who, though his suit was ruined, had his sparkles glittering around him as always. "I hate to admit it, but if it weren't for Sir Ichiya's pain killing parfume, I'd be in utter agony right now."
Ichiya – the real Ichiya – struck a pose. "Cowards, the Oracion Seis! Instead of running away, they should be fighting us!" A triumphant look appeared on his face. "This means we win by default!"
"THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS, YOU WEIRDO!" Gray roared.
"Look pal, we may be battered, but we are not beaten," Ichiya said with a deadpan at the Ice Mage. He retrieved a vial out of his pocket, adding, "Here, take a whiff! And let my pain killer parfume ease your discomfort!"
He uncorked the vial, and a light green mist eased out, floating around everyone as they inhaled the scent.
"Wow… what a lovely smell," Sherry said.
"Huh, it really works. My pain is just… fading away," Lucy said in surprise. She blanched and added, "If only he could cast the spell without all the bizarre posing."
"Men~" Ichiya intoned.
"Go chief!" Hibiki cheered.
"Go chief!" Eve and Rem copied.
"They called him something different again…" Lucy complained.
"I bet they're doing it just to annoy us," Gray growled.
"How dare those punks run off with Wendy and Happy?!" Natsu roared. "This sucks!" He took off in a sprint towards the Worthwood Sea. "I gotta go find 'em!"
Lucy deadpanned. "And where do you think you're going?!"
Natsu made no move to reply, but he was suddenly stopped as someone grabbed his scarf, choking the Dragon Slayer and forcing him backwards.
"You mustn't be reckless," Carla told him as she hovered on wings very similar to Happy's. "So sit down and let us all think this through."
Gray frowned. "Those wings…"
"You can fly?" Sherry exclaimed.
"That's so cool!" Eve cried.
Carla turned in the air to face them all. "You've never seen Aera Magic before?" Mentally berating herself for the stupid question, she added, "Well in that case, it makes sense you'd find something like this surprising."
"You're trying to copy Happy, aren't you?" Natsu accused.
A tic mark appeared on Carla's forehead. "As if! Dimwit…"
"Now now, we can have two flying cats," Lucy reasoned.
"While I am concerned about Wendy and that tomcat, this is no room for reckless behavior," Carla scolded, sending a glare in Natsu's direction. "The Oracion Seis knows our plan, and we have no choice but to come up with a new strategy."
"On this we agree, Lady Carla," Jura said. "The enemy is far stronger than we anticipated."
"Men~" Ichiya said in a husky tone.
Carla nodded. "But first…"
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Seventh Ghost sighed and placed the Lacrima in his pocket. No point putting it back in its hiding spot now; not if Ultear was giving him a new directive.
Fairy Tail… Ghost smirked to himself at the thought of that Guild. The very name invoked rage inside his soul. The minute the ruse was over, he was going to make them pay.
"Ey, 'neki… promise me you'll never hurt a Fairie."
Ghost frowned and shook his head, trying to force the memory away. After a few moments it faded, and he looked towards the remains of Christina. Sighing, Ghost put his mask back on and ignored the faint screams of someone being sucked inside Brain's holding spell. Ghost turned away from the Magic Bomber's remains and hesitated. Obey Ultear, or keep his promise? With a smirk, he reached into a hidden pocket on his cloak and retrieved a small vial.
No reason he couldn't do both.
"…I promise."
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Erza twitched in pain as a purple stain shone and shimmered inside of her arm; Cubellios's poison.
"A-are you okay?" Lucy asked, hand stretched to comfort her Guild mate, yet she withheld it, not wanting to incur the wrath of the famed Tatania… or make anything worse.
Erza gritted her teeth, pain a very present thought in her mind as she clutched her wound. "Gah!" She cried as a fresh wave of pain became apparent.
Lucy bit her lip as she watched her teammate suffer. "I'm no doctor, but Cobra's snake's poison seems to be spreading."
"Mister Ichiya…!" Eve called.
The troll's sparkles shimmered triumphantly. "I got this guys," He said and struck a pose. "What you need, my honey… is an upgraded pain killing parfume!"
Ichiya uncorked the vial and sent the magic spiraling around them all, yet Erza screamed as it swirled around her, the purple stain increasing before their very eyes.
"You're making it worse!" Lucy cried.
"Stop your magic!" Gray ordered.
"…oops," Ichiya mumbled as he put the cork back on the now empty vial, a sheepish look on his face.
"Erza… hang in there," Natsu told her.
Lucy whimpered. "What do we do…?"
"I'm sorry, Lucy…"
The Celestial Mage turned to her Guild mate as Erza continued, "…but I need your belt!"
Before Lucy had time to argue, Erza had confiscated said article that had previously been holding Lucy's mini-skirt up… and her skirt fell, revealing a quite expensive looking pair of panties.
Eve, Rem and Hibiki had hearts in their eyes as they gazed upon such a lacy article.
"LOOK AWAY!" Lucy roared, and she dropped kicked the Trimence, fighting to keep her skirt up with one hand as she pummeled them with the other.
Erza wrapped the belt around her arm, right above Cubellios's mark in an attempt to seemingly keep the poison from spreading.
"What are you gonna do with that?" Lucy asked as Erza tightened the belt with her teeth.
Erza winced. "It's harsh, but it's the only way I can keep fighting." Using one hand, she tore a strip of cloth off her Wild Armor and placed it in her mouth. Then she grabbed one of her twin swords and threw it onto the ground, its blade sinking into the earth.
"Somebody cut it off," She growled, holding up her poisoned arm.
Everyone stared at Erza in shock; Ichiya looked like he was going to pass out.
"At least give us time to find an antidote!" Gray pleaded.
"I don't… have time," Erza grimaced as she fought back the pain.
"Very well." Lyon retrieved the sword from the dirt and held it aloft. "I will do it."
Behind him, Sherry gushed. "How kind of you…"
"Put down the sword!" Gray ordered, stepping in front of his childhood rival.
"Do it!" Erza insisted, her words slightly muffled through the cloth.
"DON'T!" Gray begged.
"Um, Lyon, are you seriously gonna do it?" Lucy squeaked.
Lyon shifted the weapon to hold it in a menacing manner. "We can't lose one of our strongest."
"Yeah, but…"
"Oh come on," Sherry complained. "I can't believe we got stuck with you wimpy Fairies." She placed her hands on her hips. "Your friend's gonna die if we don't do something about it."
"You mean your friends' gonna die if he doesn't put down that sword!" Lucy growled.
"Why is that?" Sherry wondered. "It's just his way of showing love."
"Hurry up and cut it off!" Erza begged. "Before it spreads to the rest of my body!"
Lyon raised the sword high above his head, gazing at Erza with cold, impassive eyes.
"Put. The sword. Down." Gray growled.
"Don't do it!" Hibiki pleaded. "You wanna be known as the guy who maims Erza?!"
"You don't have to do this!" Eve begged. "We can find a cure-"
Jura stopped him. "You have no right to interfere with her wishes."
"Ready…," Lyon roared, and brought his sword down, the blade impacting on ice as Gray stopped the blow from connecting.
"Her arm is more important to you than her life?!" Lyon exclaimed. "Where are your priorities?"
"This'll affect her for the rest of her life, so we can't jump the gun," Gray reasoned. "There's gotta be another way we can save her."
"You're just as spineless as ever," Lyon hissed.
"And you're just as shady as ever," Gray retorted.
Erza let out a cry of pain, and then passed out, going limp.
Natsu's eyes went wide. "Erza!"
"Oh no!" Lucy cried, and she ran to her friend.
"This is bad guys," Eve whimpered. "We gotta find a way to keep the venom from spreading!"
"We need Wendy. She can save your friend," Carla said. Everyone turned to the white cat, surprised by her bold claim.
"This is no time for us to be bickering amongst ourselves," Carla continued. "We need to work together to figure out a way to rescue Wendy… and I suppose that tomcat too."
Eve blinked. "Wait a minute… you're saying that little girl has some kind of anti-venom magic?!"
Rem stared at Carla. "Amazing," He whispered.
"Not just anti-venom," Carla said smugly. "She can cure fevers, relieve pain and heal wounds."
Ichiya wilted. "Excuse me, but I find my place in the group is being threatened and that is rather unsettling…"
Sherry scoffed. "That's crazy; everyone knows healing spells are Lost Magic. There's no way the kid could use them."
Lucy blinked in realization. "Does Wendy's magic have anything to do with that whole 'Maiden-in-the-Sky' thing?"
Carla nodded. "Yes it does. You see, that little girl is the Sky Dragon Slayer. She is Wendy the Sky Dragon."
Everyone gasped in astonishment, but it was Natsu who halted the noise. "She's a Dragon Slayer too?!"
"I can give you all the details later, but to be honest, there's really not a whole lot you need to know," Carla told them. "Wendy is the only Wizard capable of saving your friend; we need her right now."
A determined gleam settled in everyone's eyes.
"Then there's only one thing we have to do," Hibiki stated.
"We have to rescue Wendy!" Eve cried.
"We'll do it for Erza's sake," Gray said.
"And Happy's too," Lucy added.
"Okay," Natsu roared and threw a fist into the air. "ARE YOU WITH ME!?"
"YEAH!" Everyone cried, throwing their fists into the air as well.
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Seventh Ghost watched the Coalition, an amused twinkle in his cold brown eyes. So the naive humans are going to rescue the Maiden… He turned from his hidden perch and landed on the ground with hardly a sound. He held a vial in one hand, and he uncorked it, revealing nothing inside.
Ghost bit down onto his hand, and blood trickled out of the wound. He directed the flow to land in the vial, and as it slowly filled, he began his walk to the Oracion Seis's temporary base.
Now all I have to do is find Cubellios, he thought as he ducked and weaved soundlessly through the Sea of trees, avoiding any confrontation with the Coalition.
It wasn't time yet to reveal himself to them. But when he did, Ghost was certain it would be with a magnificent bang.
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Released from Brain's holding spell, Wendy and Happy were flung to the cave floor.
Brain smirked down at them, and Happy jumped to his feet. "Hey, you don't need to be so rough! She's just a little girl, ya know!"
Wendy gave the blue cat a small smile. "Happy…"
Brain reached down and picked the cat up by his face, and Happy squirmed to get away.
"Let him go!" Wendy cried.
Brain huffed and threw Happy to the floor, where the poor cat bounced on his face and skidded to a halt, his eyes spinning.
Wendy ran over to her accidental companion. "You're not hurt too badly, are you?"
Happy fought to stand and gave her a pained reassuring smile. "Don't… worry about me, Wendy. I'm gonna try to figure a way… out of here."
Wendy reached out and brought Happy into a hug, and she buried her face in his fur. "Thank you," She whispered to him.
Watching this was none other than the full Oracion Seis, who were lounging around.
"What's the big deal?" Racer asked impatiently. "I don't get why this girl is so important."
Cobra raised an eyebrow, Cubellios at his side. "Does she have something to do with Nirvana?"
Angel snorted and folded her arms. "She doesn't seem all that special to me."
Hoteye beamed from his seat. "Is she worth money? You're gonna sell her to the highest bidder, right? Oh yeah!"
Cobra deadpanned at his Guild mate. "You do realize that money isn't the answer to everything, right?"
Hoteye nodded. "I know it is because money can buy anything! Even love!"
Cobra dragged a hand down his face in exasperation. "Gimme a break."
Brain turned towards his Guild and smirked. "She uses a type called Sky Magic. It gives her the ability to heal others."
Racer jumped to his feet. "How is that even possible?!"
"Isn't it a Lost Magic?" Angel wondered.
Cobra eyed Wendy with newfound interest. "Sky Magic… one of the many practices lost long ago…"
Hoteye ignored Midnight's snoring. "Oh yeah… I can practically smell the money."
Cobra scoffed. "What good is a healer to us?" Then he started to get the bigger picture. "Wait… you don't mean...!"
Brain ignored this and raised his arms above his head. "She is the key. With her power, we shall revive him!"
"Who are you talking about?!" Happy demanded.
"A talking cat. That's new."
Everyone turned to see a man stride through the cave opening, the number seven on his mask almost glowing in the candlelight.
The Oracion Seis made way for him, and Cobra edged away from the man, looking like he was holding back a shudder.
"Now he shows up," Racer muttered.
"You always show up just for the money! Oh yeah!" Hoteye exclaimed.
Angel gave Ghost a flirty wink, but he ignored her and walked over to Brain.
Happy trembled at Ghost, as did Wendy. "W-what are you gonna do to us?" The cat squeaked.
Ghost ignored the cat and turned to Brain. "So this is the Maiden? She's just a kid."
Brain nodded. "A child with tremendous power! With her, we can revive him, and in turn, he will help us find Nirvana."
Ghost let out a reluctant sigh. "Very well." He turned to face Racer. "Go get him."
Racer glared at Seventh Ghost. "You can't tell me-" He gulped as he caught sight of the look Brain was giving him. "…it might take me a while. Even at my top speed, it will take me an hour to get there-"
"Then give yourself a head start," Ghost growled. Racer went pale and disappeared from the cave.
"Cobra, Angel, Hoteye- I want you to round up our friends and keep the other Guilds from finding us here," Brain ordered. "It will all be for naught if he isn't revived."
They nodded and turned to leave the cave, Cobra eyeing Ghost suspiciously. Cubellios slithered past Ghost, and quicker than the eye could follow, something grabbed the snake and pinned it down. Cobra cried out in alarm and fear for his friend/pet, but then the something let the snake go. Cubellios slithered close to Cobra and glared at Ghost, who seemed to be smirking.
"Damn you… if you hurt Cubellios-" Cobra warned, but was stopped by Brain, who raised his hand to silence him.
"I gave you an order, Cobra. Go."
The Mage reluctantly left the cave, glaring at Ghost all the while.
Ghost turned his back to Cobra and walked over to Wendy and Happy, who trembled as they watched him. Ghost seemed to smirk underneath his mask and eyed Wendy pointedly.
"How old are you?"
Wendy blinked. "Uh… what?" She squeaked.
"How old are you, kid?" He asked pointedly. Wendy eyed him nervously. "I'm… I'm twelve…."
Ghost sighed and turned to Brain. "Hear that? She's not even a teenager yet." He stepped closer to the Dark Guild leader, and the hair on Happy's neck stood on end.
"Hurt the kid and you're dead, Brain. That goes for the blue harpy, too."
Happy's fur stood upright in pure indignation. "I'm not a harpy! I'm a cat!"
Ghost gave said cat a glowering look. "Actually, I might just change my mind…"
Happy froze and cowered behind Wendy, who was watching the infamous Dark Mage with nervous fear.
Said nervous fear seemed to be contagious, as Brain swallowed hard, gripping his staff tightly as a bead of sweat rolled down his face. Ghost seemed to smile, and he stepped away from Brain. "Now, I'm going to make sure your little minions don't screw this up."
Brain nodded, saying nothing as he watched Ghost walk out of the cave.
Happy trembled behind Wendy. "I have a really bad feeling about that guy…"
"A lot of people think he uses a super Dark type of magic that even the darkest kind of Wizard wouldn't dream of using!"
"….me too," Wendy agreed.
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Natsu and Gray sprinted down an open forest path with Carla flying beside them. The looks on their faces meant business as each of them were determined to find their friends and finish the mission.
X – X – X – X
On the other side of the forest, Jura, Lyon and Sherry were running to what they hoped was in the direction of their enemy's base. Of course, none of them knew what exactly they were looking for, but they were determined to try.
X – X – X – X
On a different course away from their allies, Rem and Eve were running as well, doing their best to try and find the Oracion Seis' base and rescue Happy and Wendy.
Eve turned to Rem. "Something's not right! I haven't heard a single 'men!'"
They both slowed and turned to look behind them, startled to see no trace of their fearless leader or his otherworldly sparkles.
Rem sighed. "We musta lost him somewhere."
X – X – X – X
"REM! And Eve! Where are you men?!" Ichiya cried, standing still and looking off into the distance to where he hoped his Guild mates would come from.
Above him, two men smirked in their hidden treetop perch as they looked down at the troll with glowing red eyes.
X – X – X – X
Hibiki watched helplessly as Lucy bent over Erza, the Celestial Mage trying to help her Guild mate at all possible. Plue, an otherwise useless Spirit, was dancing around Erza and patting her on the head, trying his best to help yet failing miserably.
The purple, shimmering poison traveling Erza's bloodstream seemed to be growing each minute, and all three of them were absolutely helpless to do anything about it.
"It's spreading faster than before," Lucy noted worriedly. "Come on guys, you gotta hurry!"
"You know that's not gonna help, right?" Hibiki said to her. Lucy turned from Erza and faced him. "Instead of sitting around uselessly, why don't we try to lend them a hand," He continued.
"How-" Lucy started, but was cut short as Hibiki's Archive Magic shimmered into existence and he started typing at rapid speed.
"I know we don't really consider ourselves a team as the Coalition was kinda just thrown together, but we need to start thinking as a team if we want to beat the Oracion Seis," Hibiki told her.
"Archive Magic," Lucy said. "That's the name of what you're working with now, isn't it?"
"That's right. It sure comes in handy when I want to keep tabs on people," Hibiki said.
Still typing, Hibiki asked, "Going to join the others?"
Lucy shook her head. "No. I'm going to stay with Erza; I can't leave her. It's not like I'm going to be of much help anyways, I'm obviously the weakest member of the group."
"You're just being modest," Hibiki told her. "I've heard rumors of your strength – like the time you beat up nineteen Vulcans that stood ten feet tall. Or the time when you knocked Phantom Lord's Master Jose with your bare hands! And when you took on a Dark Guild with over a thousand members!"
Lucy deadpanned. "That's stretching the truth."
"Uh-huh!" Plue nodded his head in agreement.
Lucy stood up from Erza's side and stood next to Hibiki. "So how come you're not going to join the others?"
Hibiki turned to her, hands not faltering for a second. "What kind of man would I be if I just left you ladies alone?"
Lucy smiled. "Thanks. Guess you're not that bad after all. You're definitely a lot nicer than Sorcerer Weekly made you out to be."
Hibiki chuckled. "Good to know." Switching topics, he said, "Thanks to Archive, I can keep tabs on everyone's positions and let them know where we are as well. That way once they find Happy and Wendy, they'll be able to find us and rescue Erza."
Lucy eyed him in a new perspective. "Wow. You've got all the bases covered, huh?"
Once again, Hibiki looked at her, typing never faltering for a moment. (Which is fucking amazing HOW DOES HE DO THAT?!)
"You can thank Master Ichiya. I'm just doing what I've been taught."
Lucy smiled at the man, eyeing him fondly.
"Here we go," Hibiki said. "I found Natsu's group."
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"I don't get it," Natsu said as he ran beside Gray and Carla. "If Wendy's a Sky Dragon Slayer, then what does she eat?"
"Air of course," The cat responded.
Natsu blinked. "Does it taste any good?"
Carla sweatdropped at the Dragon Slayer. "I don't know."
Gray, falling slightly behind from the two, muttered to himself. "I don't see how that's any different from breathing."
Carla sighed. "The only reason she applied for this mission is because she wanted the chance to meet you."
Natsu looked at her. "Why me?"
"Because you're a fellow Dragon Slayer. There's something she wanted to ask you about."
"Did she tell you?"
Carla nodded. "Yes. Apperantly the dragon who taught her Dragon Slayer magic mysteriously disappeared seven years ago. She was hoping you might be able to tell her its whereabouts."
Natsu frowned. "I need more info; what's the dragon's name?"
Carla thought for a moment. "I believe Wendy called her… the Sky Dragon Grandina."
Natsu frowned, eyes downcast. "Sky Dragon Grandina… Seven years ago…"
However, whatever eureka moment Natsu would have had was dashed by the impact his rather thick skull made on a raised root, completely shocking the mage and sending him flying onto his back.
Finally ahead of his Guildmate, Gray sighed and stopped running, turning around to see Natsu already sitting up, a pink sore on the top of his head, but otherwise fine.
"Hang on! Maybe Laxus knows!" Natsu exclaimed.
Gray shook his head. "That guy's nothing but a loser. Gramps said he's not a real Dragon Slayer, remember?"
They both turned at the sound of Carla's sudden gasp. The cat was staring straight ahead, eyes blank with shock as she cried, "What's happened here?!"
In front of them, the forest was black – the trees seemed to have lost all definition as thick, hazy black fog seemed to ooze all around it, blocking out even the sunlight.
"The trees… they're black…" Gray muttered to himself.
Natsu got to his feet. "Oh man that's creepy!"
Footsteps sounded behind them, and the three turned to see a man with the biggest set of ears each of them bad ever seen, his eyes set in dim half circles as he monotoned, "Word on the street says that's caused by Nirvana, ain't that right big bro Zatto?"
The man next to him, also with big ears but not as big as the other dudes, grinned, his afro bobbing as he nodded. "Oh yeah! Magic so powerful the planet can't take it. Everything it touches withers up and dies, big bro."
Looking at the two, one can't decide which looks more ridiculous.
And suddenly, others made their presence known – each with a ridiculous hair cut, or larger than life ears.
Carla backed up nervously. "Oh dear, this is bad – they've got us surrounded!"
"Word on the street says its caused by Nirvana," Big ears said to the other.
"Would you stop repeating yourself big bro Gatto?" Zatto complained.
"Aw man, didn't even notice big bro Zatto," Gatto monotoned.
Natsu grinned and mimed acting like a monkey. "Woah, how cool! Those two have got to be the dumbest monkey's I've ever seen!"
"AAAH! YOU MUST ALL BE MEMBERS OF THAT FAIRY TAIL GUILD! YOU SELF RIGHTEOUS LIGHT GUILD BLOCKHEADS! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT OUR MASTER! WE'RE GONNA-"
Gatto reached out and stopped his Guildmate from attacking. Said Guildmate was completely bald and aside from the oversized ears, looked perfectly normal, save for that his purple like skin tone was ruined by the 'road rage red' on his face and the steam coming from his ears.
"Oh yeah… they're the guys that ruined our plans to activate Lullaby, ain't they?" Gatto monotoned slowly, completely ignoring the bald… dude.
Natsu grinned. "Ooh! That one there is an angry monkey!"
Gatto frowned, dropping his Guildmate as he pointed an accusing finger at the three Light guild members. "Don't go messing with Naked Mummy! We're with the Oracion Seis!"
Zatto grinned. "That's right, you got a death wish pal?" Dark red waves emanated from his fist, and from the feel the three got in their guts, it was definetley a dark magic type.
Natsu blanched. "WAIT, YOU GUYS STRIP YOUR MOMS?!"
"Are you seriously that stupid?!" Gray exclaimed. Then he deadpanned. "Retorical," He muttered before continuing. "They're the Dark guild Lucy told us about the other day."
"It was a trap!" Carla cried. "They tricked us into thinking we'd be facing six wizards!"
Gray grinned, cool wafts of cold air and snow shimmering around his raised fist. "Well I say the more the marrier."
Having recovered, Natsu had his arms in the stereotypical monkey pose and was thouroughly enjoying himself. "No kidding! Bring on the monkeys!"
"What in Earthland has gotten into you two? We should run while we have the chance!" Carla exclaimed over the noise of Natsu making monkey noises.
"No way; that would be rude." Gray told her. "Especially when they were kind enough to come to us."
Determination flashed across the Ice mage's eyes. "We're not leaving until they tell us where their base is."
Natsu had stopped acting like a monkey and had fire flaring on one of his fists, and he was circling his entire arm, looking ready for a fight. "Where are you keeping our friends Happy and Wendy?"
Zatto snorted. "You think a little fire's gonna scare us?"
Gatto pointed his finger at them accusingly once again. "Don't go messing with Naked Mummy! We're with the Oracion Seis!"
"YOU ALREADY SAID THAT DUMBASS!" Natsu roared.
Baldy looked like he was going to explode.
As the Dark Guild started to chant in… well, monkey language, Carla deadpanned. "I'm beginning to think these Fairy Tail wizards are completely insane. They honestly think they stand a chance against this entire guild?"
X – X – X – X
Of course, Rem and Eve's luck were no better…. Though they did get the weirder looking bad guys.
The two were standing back to back, glaring at their opponents which vastly outnumbered them. Said opponents all wore dressy clothes; tuxedos with loose ties and dress shoes, each wearing their respective red plaid slacks, of course.
But the most noticeable thing about each of them was that their hair had a large spike sticking straight up, like a unicorn.
And by god did it look ridiculous.
"From the looks of their hair, I'd say they're in the Black Unicorn guild," Rem growled to Eve.
The blonde glared at his opponents. "These funny looking creeps really wanna get in our way?"
One of the dark mages smirked at them. "You gonna cry, silky haired losers?"
"Dumb pretty boys!"
"Game over sissies!"
X – X – X – X
Granted, this meant that bad luck followed the others as well; Jura, Lyon and Sherry were surrounded also by a group of people that all wore red cloaks and had crooked staffs.
"They're members of the Red Hood Dark Guild," Jura told his companions as they all stood back to back.
"I had no idea we were being followed," Lyon marveled, inwardly cursing his bad luck and sheer lack of contingency plans.
Sherry raised an eyebrow at the guild. "I don't think they know who they're dealing with."
"it's Jura, the Wizard Saint!" One of them cried.
"If we can defeat him, he'll make us famous."
X – X – X – X
And the troll seemed to have received the worst luck of all, as he was cornered against a boulder, surrounded by… Dark Wizards obsessed with the color green.
Heh, figures.
"please, I'm just a simple traveler who got separated from the rest of his party," Ichiya sweatdropped. The sparkles made a comeback, just in time for his continuation. "So please, don't make a mess of my handsome face."
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"
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Racer dropped the large, finely decorated coffin with a thud, the chains rattling. Brain smirked at the thing, while Happy and Wendy stared in nervous horror.
"Thing was too heavy for me to build up enough speed," He grumbled. "I've always thought I was fast, but after that trip I'm starting to doubt myself."
"Let me assure you Racer that there's no one even close enough to matching your speed," Brain said.
"What is that…?" Wendy whispered as she stared in awe at the gothic coffin of doom.
" It's a coffin…!" Happy cried in fear.
Brain walked into their field of vision, a seriously twisted grin on his face. "It's time Wendy – are you ready to use your healing magic to resurrect the man inside?"
"No! I told you, I'm not gonna do it and you can't make me!" She eyed Brain with enough defiance that made Racer raise an eyebrow.
"You heard the lady!" Happy growled.
A dark aura seeped around Brain, yet his facial expression didn't waver, making it all the more intimidating. "I seem to have forgotten to tell you… that you have no choice in the matter!"
The chains around the coffin glowed an ominous red, and the locks unlatched simultaneously, allowing it to creep open, revealing a sight none were prepared to see.
Happy's eyes widened in absolute horror. "No… no way…"
Wendy stared at the man, his face slack and his skin covered with spiderwebs of blue webbing, shimmering at the exposure to Ethernano. It took the girl a few moments to realize they were underneath his skin, which made it all the more horrendous.
"Allow me to introduce you to Jellal, a brilliant wizard who once infiltrated the Magic Council." Utter triumph glowed in the man's voice, and Happy took several horrified steps back, remembering all too well what Jellal had done to his friends.
"No, it can't… it can't be him…"
Brain turned his head with an insanely twisted look on his face. "But it is. Once he is revived, he will lead us to Nirvana."
The cat seemed to be having a mental breakdown. "Revive him? But… how? What do you even mean by that?! Like bringing him back to-"
"It's really him."
Happy blinked in surprise and whirled to face Wendy, who was staring up at Jellal with awe and… recognition?
"HOW DO YOU KNOW JELLAL?!"
Brain wisely chose to ignore the blue cat. "Overexposure to Ethernano forced Jellal to go into a catatonic state. Though he's been rendered unconscious, he's far from dead." He turned to Wendy. "You are the only wizard capable of reviving him. Isn't that the least you can do after all he's done for you?"
A tear fell down Wendy's face as she stared at Jellal.
"…I'll do it," She whispered, and the look of triumph on Brain's face was nothing more than insanely creepy.
X – X – X – X
Natsu and Gray stood back to back against their opposition: Naked Mummy.
"Hey bro, I got a great idea," Gatto said. "Let's show these guys just how terrifying Naked Mummy can be. What do you think about that?"
"That sounds fun. Good idea, but I'm afraid they won't even know what hit 'em, cause it'll be over so quickly," Zatto said with a smirk.
"Yeah bro, but I'm thinking we should show these guys just how terrifying Naked Mummy can be – what do you think about that, bro?" Gatto said.
Zatto deadpanned. "Isn't that what you just said…?"
"So you're thinking what I'm thinking?" Gatto said. "About teaching these guys-"
"Let's show them our power, Naked Mummy!" Zatto interrupted. At his word, the entire Guild launched themselves at Natsu and Gray. Carla hovered at a safe distance, pretty sure the two Fairy Tail mages were going to get their asses handed to them.
"These guys really need to work on their lame comedy routine," Natsu deadpanned.
"They're just a bunch of posers if you ask me," Gray muttered.
As the Dark Guild zeroed in on the two mages, Natsu and Gray leapt into action; the Dragon Slayer's fist lit up and he barreled right through three attacking rows.
The Ice Mage let his signature element encase a Naked Mummy members' face, using the guy's body as a shield against his Guildmates, who faltered just long enough to let Gray form an ice glacier in the middle of a formation, sending them all flying.
Natsu seemed to be enjoying himself as he pounded Dark Guild member after Dark Guild member.
Gray seemed to favor the attack where he formed multiple ice copies of himself and other Naked Mummy members and fought his way through their pitifully simple attack formation.
Baldy made himself an angry comeback, holding up an… interesting looking gun, which he aimed appropriately at Natsu.
"ALRIGHT FAIRIES, TAKE A LOAD OF MY MAGIC SHOT GUN," Baldy yelled, a magic circle appearing in front of the gun barrel and sending a shot of green magic at Natsu's back…. Which made contact, yet didn't do a thing.
Baldy's eyes went comically wide as he saw his attack did nothing.
Natsu grinned as he sent Baldy flying into the sky, disappearing in a speck of light.
"I WAS SURE THAT WOUld work…!"
"They're a whole lot tougher than they look," Gatto said slowly. "What should we do?"
"I thought we already talked about this, or didn't we bro?" Zatto asked.
"But they're a lot tougher than they look, aren't they?"
Unanimous facepalms was his only response.
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Ghost stood upright, perched precariously in a large tree. He hummed to himself as he retrieved the vial he had filled with Cubellios' poison. The mage grinned beneath his mask as he conjured up Cobra's face. Incredibly rewarding, if he did say so himself.
He eyed the venom distastefully, and he made no sound as he watched the once light-purple venom turned a deep magenta, tinged with black as the mage swirled his concoction lazily.
Ghost corked the vial and sighed yet again as he put it in his coat pocket for safekeeping.
As he made his way through the treeline, he wondered if they would run away, piss their pants, or try their best to kill him.
Eh, it didn't matter to him; not really. He couldn't care less if a damned Fairy met the fate they deserved; especially that pink-haired, happy-faced brat.
It wasn't fair that the stupid boy was still smiling, could still be happy, could still stay at that place with those people and didn't blame himself for not going with, for not saving her -
Ghost faltered in his footing and did an impressive handstand that looked effortless, and he seemed to drift in the air, almost flying, defying the laws of gravity before reluctantly conforming and landing perfectly on his feet, then continuing to run as if nothing had broke his stride.
At least, he tried to keep running. Whatever chance he had of catching his prey on time was dashed as a flash of silver was found in the corner of his eye, and Ghost froze, not daring to move as he looked behind him, then at the ground, trying to figure out what in the hell-
And then he saw it. A small, innocent silver chain lying on the forest floor. He let out a curse and quickly picked it up, inspecting it like a mother would a child that had fallen.
Looking satisfied that nothing was broken, scuffed or ruined, Ghost clasped the chain around his wrist, eyeing the clasp with narrowed eyes and then caught sight of it, and he tore his eyes away, not wanting to be unbalanced before a mission, because if he failed he wouldn't get his payment and he would be that much more unstable and someone could get hurt, someone could die-
A tear fell down his face, and it was red, and Ghost let out a laugh that was more like a chuckle; a sorrow-filled fakery of pain and guilt, of self-loathing and accepted damnation.
"…never expected this for me, did you, little bird?" He said to no one, dead brown eyes peering up at the sky, past the trees and the falling leaves but not the pain, never the pain. "We always thought the Council would figure it out, take me away and kill me instead of yo…."
His voice choked, and he looked down at the ground, his pure white hair hiding his eyes from the world.
He drew in a shaky breath and stood to his feet, eyes looking down at the shine of almost hidden silver on his wrist. He lifted his arm and stared at the simple bracelet, bare except for a small charm, which was a dull red, and watched it swing innocently, almost mirroring her sweet smile after she stole something from those damned people; the type of face that screamed, 'I'm-only-a-kid-and-innocent-to-boot-so-why-are-you-blaming-me-when-someone-else-did-it?'
"…imagine my surprise when you were the one to die first," He whispered softly, almost inaudible as the wind softly took the words away.
He stared at the charm, old and weathered and smooth from all these years of holding it out of comfort, kissing it for luck and running his thumb over its once edged surface as he talked to her, told her how much he missed her and wanted her back and could barely fucking live without her-
(How could a small thing hold so much pain and hate and sorrow, he wondered absently, halfway lost in old memories of darkness and nothing and then light, blinding light and a small, curious face that reached out a hand and gave him a big, reassuring smile; of bright blue eyes compared to his own and secretly wishing he could share her eyes, that he could somehow have her happiness, and returning to the place he considered home and being happy to find they had come back, but there was no tackling bear hug, no reassuring laugh or innocent smile that told him everything was going to be alright, that everything was going to be fine; And feeling hate, so much hate, towards the people he considered his family, to the place she had called home, and no regret as he left it behind, the only thing keeping him going just simple memories and an innocent promise.)
"I miss you, big sister," He choked. "I should have died that night, because you're human and you aren't an abomination like I am and-"
His throat swallowed painfully, and he squeezed his eyes shut, and when he opened them, they were dead again, the life and sorrow and pain that had filled them completely gone, just like that.
Ghost stared at the charm for another moment, then looked away, hiding it in the secure folds of a fingerless glove and a baggy coat sleeve. He went about quickly re-adjusting his mask and didn't seem to care as he broke branches and made sound as he continued his sprint.
(He ignored the wetness that permeated his mask; It's just rain, he told himself, and yet there was no rain, it was sunny and the sky was blue and the only clouds in the sky were white and fluffy and pillow-y, just how she always liked them.)
He didn't stumble at all in his footing as he continued his sprint. Nope, not at all.
X – X – X – X is a time skip. If used, I am still using the same scene.
Λ ∂єmση αɯѳngṩʇ Ŧhə Ғairїєs inside two horizontal lines means a scene change.
Edit 4/13/17 - I have created a forum; www. fanfiction myforums / A-Lonely-Rainbow-Girl /6268453/ (minus the spaces of course; link on my profile. Please join, it will help me answer plot questions, as well as allow you readers to speak to fans and talk about the story!)
Yes. It's been this long.
Yes, I added a lot of angst this time. One, to add depth to Ghost's character (who, by the way, IS KANEKI, in case you completely missed it) and two, because I am a fucking angst worshiper, and while this story won't be PURE angst, there's gonna be plenty of it in here, lemme tel ya.
And let me make this perfectly clear: I totally agree that I am a complete asshole.
Just remember that while my priorities may not be to school or this book first, I do have things to do and somewhat of a life to live.
Review, suggest and ask questions. If you want to know what will be included canon-wise via the Tokyo Ghoul and Fairy Tail universes, ask away, be they ridiculous or not.
Also: Pairings are mostly canon, being –
Natsu/Lusy
Gray/Juvia
Erza/Jellal
Mirajane/Laxus
Laxus/Fried
Kaneki/Hide
Kaneki/Touka
(If you think I'm making mini-harems, go somewhere else to satisfy your sadistic pleasures because you sure as hell won't get off here.)
Mira/Laxus is a fleeting relationship; Laxus and Fried will be prominent in my planned world concerning the next Gen. of Fairies.
(And of course I planned that far ahead, this story is my fucking SOUL.)
[Heh heh heh, Undertale pun meant to be humerous.]
[Don't kill me please]
Kaneki/Hide is too damn cute; sorry not sorry Eto-Ken shippers. It is mostly gonna be fluff, but I have been thinking of either a waaaaay into the future lemon, or just subtly implied.
Kaneki/Touka is a HUGE part of this story. Once we get to that part, you'll understand. Could I have chosen a different character? Yes, but the outline I planned out for this big-ass ARC of mine is three years old and the goddamn BASSLINE FOR THIS STORY AND GOD FUCKING AU KANEKI CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND INVOLVES A SHIT TON OF ANGST.
(This story's update time AND writing style shall change. Don't freak out; still the same person writing it, but if chapters are short and a bit wonky, I'm probably drunk posting.)
By the way, this story idea? Prob about six years old by now, and has been in the art of editing and re-arcing and re-doing since the dawn of time.
Will I re-post a different version of this story? Hell naw. This version took waaaaay too much notebook space to even consider revamping it.
My grades have suffered for this shit.
Review, Like, Fave, Follow, Suggest and Edit.
(Not necessarily in that order, but what the hell. At least review, dammit, I know there are way more people reading this than what the 'currently following' number says.)
[BTW: Flame and I won't retaliate. I'm not that kind of person. I take constructive criticism with style, so if you have a problem with how I write stuff, kindly explain! But if you DO flame, then you've got issues and/or can't see the pure talent right in front of your faces, so kindly fuck off.]
