Entering Fairy Tail was not a good idea considering the enmity between their guilds but Nemesis knew that with her team there was no one and nothing that could withstand them for long, so if the fairy's decided to attack them….well, the weaklings wouldn't last long. She could feel Sting and Rogue moving closer to her; she could smell the scent of Sting's honey scented skin, could hear the gentle swish of Rogues cloak as he moved with the dark grace he always did into the brawling guild hall. Her other two companions she could feel move with them, their magic sparkling in her mind's eye; one of them was probably the least welcome of their group, the other….the other would both surprise and shock them. She smirked at the thought of these weaklings faces when they saw who she had brought with her, their misery would be delicious.
Stopping in the middle of the floor she cocked her hip and waited for one of the fools to notice them, it didn't take long.
"What are you Sabertooth scum doing here?" an angry voice cried out. Nemesis looked for the one who had spoken and saw the pink haired mage she had specifically come to see, the one she wanted to hurt the most.
"What? Can't we drop in and visit our favourite punching bags?" Sting drawled, a smirk curling on his perfect face. Natsu seemed to become enraged at his words and was about ready to strike when Nemesis raised her right hand and placed it gently on Stings bare bicep, right over his guild mark.
"We didn't come here to fight, remember Sting? We're here to deliver a message." She stated quietly. He tensed beneath her touch, fighting the shiver that ran down his spine at her fingers running over his bare flesh. He nodded curtly and with a smirk, inclined his head to the fairy as well.
"You see, we've found ourselves in a bit of a conundrum. A dear friend of ours was hurt dearly by you and your guild and we want revenge, but of course that would mean all-out war between our Guilds and we wouldn't want that would we? So, we have come to issue a challenge: five of your best against us. If you refuse we beat every last one of you till you shed as many agonised tears as you caused our friend. Your choice." Nemesis called loud enough so her voice echoed around the now eerily silent hall. She moved forward menacingly as she spoke toward the pink haired dragon slayer whose jet black eyes were narrowed in anger at her and her team mates. She didn't care, she didn't fear this little lizard-she feared nothing and no one, not even death.
"We haven't done anything to you! Why should we fight you when we've done nothing wrong!" A silver haired mage cried as she moved to Nasu's side protectively. Nemesis sneered, though they could not see beneath her hood.
"Not to me you haven't. But there was one who was once, supposedly, your nakama who you ignored, who you treat deplorably, who you hurt so deeply it has taken her who you ignored, who you treat deplorably, who you hurt so deeply it has taken her years to fully recover. And it is for her we seek vengeance." She spat at the girl who recoiled at the venom lacing her words. Rogue moved forward to place a restraining hand on her arm, she looked down and realised she had unconsciously been about to strike the girl with her power. She looked up and met his deep red eyes and nodded her thanks to her friend, he allowed a tiny smile to grace his face before slipping his stoic mask back into place and returning to his former position.
"You're lying! We would never do that to our nakama!" Natsu yelled, his eyes burning in anger as he tried to resist striking the strange woman before him.
"Oh really? Lucy my sweet, would you come here?" Nemesis replied with a deadly smirk. There was a sharp intake of breath of the fairies as a blonde woman moved forward, her hips swaying sensuously as she walked toward her friend. She wore a short black halter neck playsuit with a gold belt slung across her hips with her celestial spirit keys attached, short fingerless black gloves dusted in golden stars and knee high black boots. Her golden hair was pulled up from her face in a high ponytail and tied with a long black ribbon the tails of which hung in her hair and had little strings of golden stars hanging from the end. Her large, expressive brown eyes were cold with hatred as she looked at her former friends, her face set in a frown.
"Luce…?" Natsu whispered. The blonde narrowed her eyes at him and made to punch him but Nemesis pulled her fist back just in time, restraining her from making the first strike.
"You have no right to call me that you bastard, not after what you and all you other pathetic fairies did to me!" Lucy spat, struggling against Nemesis's restraining hands.
"Lucy, calm yourself. He isn't worth starting a war. None of them are." Nemesis murmured to the blonde who instantly stilled, an eerily calm look taking the place of her anger from moments ago. Natsu stood in shocked silence, staring at his former best friend who he hadn't seen or heard from in over two years.
"So you see, little fairy, we have every reason to seek vengeance. Now either choose who will fight us or prepare to bathe in your own blood." Nemesis sneered at the white haired takeover mage.
"Why would you fight us over her? She's just some pathetic weak…" Lisanna never got a chance to finish her sentence as a foot came flying out of nowhere and struck her with an immense force in the stomach, sending her flying across the guild hall. Minerva lowered her foot to the floor and glared at the girl as she tried to stand up again but seemed to be struggling as she clutched her mid-riff. Her green eyes were filled with loathing and disgust as she stared at the girl, her glossy black hair hanging low down her back as she went in for another strike.
"You dare call Lu weak? You who can't even stand? You're the one whose weak you pathetic excuse for a mage! Stand up so I can kill you, you raging bitch!" Minerva screamed. She was restrained by Sting and Rogue who had silently moved to grab her arms and hold her back to stop her from killing the cowering girl before them.
"Minnie, calm down. We'll deal with her later." Lucy called to her friend, shocking everyone momentarily.
"Minnie? She lets you call her Minnie? Fuck me, I didn't think she'd let anyone give her a nick-name!" Sting exclaimed, his blue eyes wide in shock as her regarded the two girls who were as different as day and night but somehow had managed, despite what had happened at the GMG years previously, to form a firm friendship.
"There's a lot of things you don't know about us Stingy-bee." Lucy replied with a giggle, slipping back easily into the cheerful and loving girl they all knew so well.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?"
"You can tell me as many times as you want, doesn't mean I'll listen." The blonde celestial mage retorted with a mischievous grin. Sting growled in response which only elicited a giggle from the blonde girl and a small smirk from his fellow dragon slayer.
"When you're quite finished playing around, I'd like to get back to business." Nemesis said, amusement clear in her tone though only those who knew her well would notice. Taking the hint the two dragon slayers released the black haired mage who seemed to have calmed down substantially and resumed their place beside their leader.
"What happened to you Luce? Why'd you join them? I thought you were one of us!" Natsu asked sadly.
"What happened? I was ignored for months by everyone in this damned guild! You, my best friend and the boy I was head-over-heels in love with, told me I was weak and kicked me off your team! You all treat me like shit every damned day and I just got sick of it, sick of being ignored and disregarded and used as a replacement for your precious little Lisanna. Then, on the day I decided to confront you all about it, I got caught in the middle of one of your stupid fights with Gray and you burned me, so badly I was in the infirmary for three weeks and you didn't even notice. No one did except Wendy and that was because she was treating me. That's what happened to me you fucking idiot!" Lucy screamed at him, her eyes shooting daggers at the fire dragon slayer. I couldn't blame her; even now he was an inconsiderate, thoughtless fool. She turned away, unable to stand looking at him anymore and ignored the gazes of her former comrades; they weren't there for her then, why should they be now?
"Luce…"he whispered, shock and pain written all over his face. His shoulders sagged in defeat as she continued to ignore him, his onyx eyes filled with regret and pain.
"Shut up." Nemesis growled out. Natsu's eyes flicked to and focussed on her as she felt a true growl rumble in her chest, she could feel her primitive primal urges bubbling up to the surface at his pathetic self-pity. It was survival of the fittest in her world and he was weak, this snivelling sack of shit didn't deserve the life he had taken from her mother. He didn't deserve the kindness and love of his guild when she had had nothing and no one. He didn't deserve love or companionship when she had walked alone for so long, and now she was no longer alone he had hurt one of her friends. He was going down. A wild, guttural snarl tore from her mouth as she fell into a fighting stance, her nails becoming talons as her fangs began throbbing in her mouth, desperate to feel his flesh tear beneath them and to taste his blood on her tongue and have it coating her hands as she stood over his broken body. She sprung forward with lighting speed, moving faster than the torrential flood waters of a monsoon, and knocked him to the ground before tumbling in a full roll, springing up and rushing for him once more. She landed blow after blow, her claws slashing at his exposed skin leaving trails of blood across the floor as they performed their deadly dance in a macabre pattern. He could barely block her in time to prevent her doing serious damage, it was clear to any and all watching he was vastly out matched and out of his league in this fight. Finally he pushed her back far enough to use his magic.
"Fire Dragon: Roar!" he yelled channelling his magic into a tumbling inferno of his flames.
"Twin-Headed Dragon of Water and Ice: Roar!" She bellowed before releasing a swirling cyclone of scalding hot water and crackling ice that twisted together in a deadly strike, driving through and extinguishing his flames before hitting him in the chest and sending him sprawling backwards.
A slight sweat glistened on her ivory skin as she stood there and watched as he struggled to his feet, shock painted across his face.
"Who are you?" He asked. Nemesis laughed darkly and lifted her hand to the edge of her hood, which had stayed covering her face despite the fight, and began to pull it down.
"What? You're not telling me you've forgotten your own sister?" She sneered as the hood was finally lowered to reveal her face. She bore the same facial features as the man before her, though hers were more elegant and refined, and the exact same slanted onyx eyes. Her white hair, tipped in the darkest shade of blue imaginable, cascaded around her face as she stood staring at the boy before her. The one she had sworn to kill.
