Hello! Sorry it took so long. This fighting scene gave me so much trouble. When I first made Hika and Cali, I thought it would be an amazing idea! But I didn't think about execution. Ehh, =/
Here is chapter 3! Yay.. I hope you enjoy it, it wasn't coming out as easily as the first two chapters were. But once I got past that first part, it kinda fell together.
Twins Charge
Hika smiled at her twin as she raised her hands over her head and twisted her body, "Whirl Wind - Rain!" She chanted, as she hurled her spell at the one they called Erza. It hit and she watched as the red-haired mage flew back against a wall. Looking disheartened, she sighed. "Hmm, this may not be as fun as we though, Cali." Erza let out a cry of pain.
Natsu hands caught fire, "Erza! Why you little- Huh?" He looked down at his flames. "What the hell?" They were moving slowly, he tried to raise his hand to get a better look, but that too moved slowly.
"Natsu! I can barely move!" Lucy yelled, as she grabbed one of her keys and slowly unhooked it. She needed her quick movement, or she wouldn't be able to summon any of her Spirits.
Cali moved so fast it looked like a streak of light. She went right up to Lucy and smacked her keys right out of her hand. The key flew and landed with thud. "Now, now. We can't be having Spirits joining the fight." A wicked smile grew on her face, "We are just children, after all."
"And we are out numbered." Hika finished with a laugh.
"Ice Make - Lance!" Gray said, as he started to form his magic. Ice sprang out of his hands, but as soon as the lances formed, they slowed down again. Just barely gliding through the air, one took a nick out of Cali's shoulder.
She looked down at her shoulder and watched as the blood dripped down. "Ouch. That was mean. You need to learn how to freeze correctly."
"What the hell are you talking about, you little freak?" Gray angrily said, as he readied for a second attack. He hated this feeling.
"You should really, Stop." Cali's eyes flashed again and Gray was frozen in place. His eyes moved to Erza, who was trying to stand.
Hika danced around, "Oh, Cali! You are so funny!" She laughed and twirled around the cave. "You see," she addressed the group, "Cali's magic is 'Time Control'!" She let out another laugh more high-pitched than the last one, "and she just stopped your friends time. He can see, and hear everything!" She walked up to Gray and punched him in the ribs. He didn't move or make a sound, but his eyes said he was rolling in pain. "He can also feel everything that happens to him." Hika punched him again, this time in the face.
Gajeel took in a deep breath, "Iron Dragon's Roar!" He yelled as a strong gust of wind filled with tiny shards of metal came flying out of his mouth. It hit its target, sending Hika flying away from Gray and towards the wall. She hit hard. Trying as hard as he could to move faster, he went to the side then advanced on Hika.
She glared and whipped the blood off of her forehead. "That wasn't very nice." She sneered and moved her hands to the right side of her body, readying for an attack, "Hale Storm Blast!" She cried as a tremendous blast of ice chunks and rain came shooting out of her hands, hitting Gajeel and flinging him out of the cave. "Humph. I guess that means I win."
"Gajeel!" Wendy screamed, and started to inhale a huge breath. Cali walked over and kicked her down to the ground before she could finish. Wendy gasp and started to cough. "This was easy." Hika walked over to her and put her hands out towards her neck. As she chanted, a metal looking choker materialized on Wendy's neck with a chain attached. "I got one, now the Spirit mage." Cali took the chain.
"Wendy..." Carla whispered, her hand over her mouth. All she could do was stand there and watch in horror as her slayer was brought down and cuffed.
Natsu growled as the black-haired twin walked over to Lucy, who was still standing behind him. "Don't you touch her!" He yelled as his flame slowly crawled up his arm. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Turning his body as quick as he could, he grabbed Lucy, knocking her to the side and punched Hika in the face in one solid movement.
Hika screeched and glared at the fire dragon slayer, "Bastard." She held her hands in front of her, "Cone of Ice!" A long stream of ice shards shot out of her hands and wrapped themselves around Natsu, completely encasing him in ice. She walked back over to Lucy, who just stood and stared at her best friend, tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes. "You." Hika grabbed the blondes hair and wretched her hair back. "Miss is especially interested in you." Holding her hand over Lucy's neck, a metal chain that matched Wendy's formed. She handed the chain over to Cali.
"What do you want from us?" Lucy cried, her eyes never leaving Natsu.
"Madam sent us to fetch you." Cali said casually said.
"But why!" The blonde screamed, shaking her head.
Cali tugged her chain hard, causing Lucy to choke and fall to her knees. "We don't ask questions when she asks. I'd recommend you to do the same." She looked Natsu up and down. "Hika, how are we to get this ice chunk back?" she knocked on the ice.
Laughing and twirling, Hika answered. "Stop his time, then I will melt my ice!" She giggled. "Miss is going to be so happy!" She stopped and put her finger to her chin. "I wonder if she will give us a treat. Maybe we can have a puppy!" Her eyes got big and she giggled.
"Sister, I doubt Mad-"
"REQUIP- FLIGHT ARMOR!" Erza boomed, cutting her off. With extraordinary speed, she rushed at Cali. Stunned at the sudden attack, all she could do was stare as the requip mage reached her in seconds. Slashing up with her sword, Erza landed her attack and sending the time mage flying towards the back wall. Cali hit, and a sickening crack sounded through the cave. She slid down to the floor, not moving. Her bright eyes losing their light and glazing over, a small stream of blood creeping out of the sides of her mouth.
"CALI!" Hika cried, as she ran to her twin. "Cali, get up." She sobbed, cradling her lifeless form in her arms. She rocked back in forth, "Miss expects us back soon..." tears streaming down her face. "HOW!?" Her dark eyes now on Erza.
"My Flight Armor is made for speed. While wearing it, I am immune to most slowing magics." Erza answered, before walking over to Lucy and Wendy, both were still on the ground. She studied the chokers around their necks, before snapping them in half. "Are you two alright?" She asked, while helping them up.
Wendy nodded, "I can finally move normal again." She turned to Gray, who fell to his knees and wrapped his arms around his chest in a grimace. "Are you okay, Gray?" She asked him. He looked at her from the corner of his eyes, noting the pain he was in. She was glad they could finally move, and she would have to check the ice mage out after to make sure he was okay, but she wasn't to sure that killing the twins would be the best. Wendy tried to avoid violence when she could.
Lucy grabbed her keys and ran to Natsu. She slid her fingers down the ice that surrounded him. It was cold, and it seemed to be melting slightly, despite the winter surroundings. She hit it and nothing happened. "Gray, can you break this ice?" Looking to him, worry laced her features.
He let go of his ribs, slowly standing up and muttered 'fucking bitch' under his breath while looking at Cali then glanced Lucy and iceblock Natsu. "I can try." He started making his way over, trying to ignore the shooting pain.
"Oh no you don't!" Hika screamed as she jumped up. "Static Charge!" There was a flash before a shower of lightening bolts starting to rain down from the roof of the cave. Her dark eyes flashed with pain and revenge. "You took my sister! She was MINE! You had no right!" She screamed again, pushing her spell to throw more lightning down on them.
Gajeel stepped in and threw his arm out, turning it into a large metal club and conducted all of the lightning to himself. "Gray, get Natsu out of that, NOW!" He yelled, as he swung his arm to knock Hika down to stop her spell. She quickly got back up and ran for him.
"No, I figured I would just sit around and enjoy the show." Gray sarcastically mumbled, as he formed a hammer and attempted to break the ice. He hit at it a couple of times, while Gajeel and Hika danced around the cave, throwing punches and kicks at each other. "This isn't doing anything!" He growled angrily.
"That won't work, you know." Hika called to him, as she dodged Gajeels fist. "My elements are strong." He finally landed a punch, "Ouch!" She turned and glared at the iron dragon slayer, "Twister!" She threw her arms out and blasted Gajeel to the ground. Erza and Wendy were also thrown back from the blast of sudden wind.
"Gray, look!" Lucy gasped as she watched the ice surrounding Natsu start to crack. She stepped back, she knew him better. He was breaking the ice from the inside, and the second he suceeded, it would shatter all and throw ice chunks everywhere.
There was a low hum coming from his frozen from and as the ice cracked and fell away it got louder and louder, until it shattered. "RRRAAAAAHHHH!" He screeched, as he turned to Hika. The small girl's eyes said she was terrified, but her body said she wasn't going to back down. Natsu's body was engulfed in flames and his eyes were almost black. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" He yelled as he ran toward Hika. She tried to run but he was faster, hitting and knocking her out of the cave in a blazing glow.
She landed in a snow pile just outside the cave and Natsu ran out to find her, Wendy and Gajeel on his heels. Hika chanted and a small twister of snow and rain came shooting out of the ground to pick her up. She floated above the group of wizards. "You will pay for what you have done to my twin." She threatened. The twister of snow and rain under her slowed down and eventually stopped before starting again in the opposite direction at a faster pace.
Natsu growled, "I'm done with you, you fucked with the wrong guild!" The wind of the twister whipping his pink hair in all directions. His eyes were dark as he took a deep breath, "FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" He screamed and let out a huge stream of fire from his open mouth.
"ARTIC BLAST!" Hika countered, raising her arms. The attack came from the tunnel of whipping snow and rain she hovered above, it turned to ice quickly and rushed at the dragon slayers fire. The two attacks hit each others and exploded on contact, sending fire and ice in every direction. The force of the blow sending Hika hurling backwards and out of site.
Natsu smiled triumphantly, and turned to the rest of the group. "Now that's how you do it." He walked over to Lucy and Gray. "You guys okay?" He addressed the group. Gray grunted, which caused Natsu to look at him. "Gray?"
Lucy looked up at him as the ground started to shake. "Natsu!" Lucy cried as she grabbed his arm in an attempt to steady herself.
"You over did it again, Flamebreath!" Gray yelled, grabbing his ribs and looking around for something to hold onto.
"Don't call me names, Icebrain!" Natsu countered, Lucy falling to the ground as a violent tremor knocked her down.
"AVALANCHE!" Erza warned as ran over and grabbed Wendy and Carla.
Lucy let out a cry as Natsu went to grab her. He just barely missed as he and the others were hit by a huge wall of snow. He rolled and rolled while trying to catch himself but the snow was just too strong. He yelled for Lucy, still reaching out in an attempt to find her as an ice chunk his the back of his head. Natsu let out a loud yelp and everything went black.
It was cold. And dark, very cold and dark. Where was he? What happened? Natsu tried to lift his arm but couldn't. He sat there for a second and thought about it, one minute he was sleeping and the next... Then everything hit him. The fight, the avalanche. Lucy. Lucy! Attempting to sit up he hit his head, damn that hurt. Growling, he lit his body on fire and started melting the snow around him.
It didn't take long for him to melt a hole large enough for him to climb out of. He sat there for a couple of minutes, taking in the scenery. It was about mid afternoon, and the sky had cleared up, revealing it to be a bright blue. There were broken trees and mostly covered bushes everywhere around him. He seemed to be in the middle of what used to be a wooded area. He rubbed his head and looked at his hand, there was a small amount of blood, but not enough to worry to much about. The iceblock had really knocked him out for a while. "Dammit..." He muttered. "Everyone.. Lucy..."
"NATSUUUU!" Came a small cry. Hearing his name he turned to the sky as a small black dot came flying down towards him. Before he knew it, Happy had slammed into his chest and knocked him on his back. "Natsu!" the small cat cried, "Natsu! I'm so glad you're okay!" He started to purr a bit and curled deep into the fire dragons chest.
"Haha! Happy!" Natsu matched his excitement. "Are you okay?" he messed with Happy's fur and looked for signs of injury. He was satisfied that there were none. "Happy, have you seen the others?" His thoughts on all of his comrades, but Lucy's face showing the most in his mind.
Knowing what he really ment, Happy sighed. "I haven't seen her, Natsu. Or anyone else." the Exceed looked up at his slayer, "Natsu... We need to find them." Tears started forming in the blue cats eyes.
Rubbing Happy's head, Natsu lifted him up as he stood. "Let's go find them, then." He smiled brightly, filling Happy with hope even though he, himself, did not feel very hopeful. What if Lucy was seriously hurt? And what about Erza and Gray? Had everyone survived? He vaguely remembered seeing that weird girl go flying, but did she follow them?
He shook the bad thoughts out of his head. They would be fine, they were Fairy Tail after all. They didn't know the meaning of 'give up'. He stretched and lifted Happy into the air so the cat could use his wings. Natsu sniffed the air, but he didn't catch any scents. "Come on, Happy." He said as he started walking aimlessly to the side of the mountain.
"Aye, Sir!" Happy cheered as he flew up and followed.
"Oh, you're awake." Erza said to Wendy, as she added more wood to the fire. "How do you feel? You hit your head pretty hard." She sat down next to the small mage, glad to see that she was feeling well enough to open her eyes.
Wendy yawned and slowly sat up, "Carla..." The small mage rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and looked around for her Exceed, sighing in relief at the sight of the white cat curled up at the foot of the sleeping bag. "What happened?" Wendy asked, looking around, "and where is everyone else?"
Erza leaned over and put her hand to Wendy's forehead, checking her temperature. "It would seem that when Natsu and Hika's attacks hit, they caused an avalanche." She dropped her hand to her lap. "We were all separated. I grabbed you before we were buried."
Noticing that the re-quip mage had a bandage wrapped around her arm, Wendy tilted her head to the side, "Are you okay?" Examining the patch.
"Yes, I'm fine. It's just a small scratch." Looking down at her arm, she noticed her bandage now had blood seeping through. She grimaced as she looked back at the blue haired mage.
Wendy kneeled next to her, lifting her hands over the wond. She chanted something under her breath and a small blue light started to shine out of the palms of her hands. A couple minutes passed and the light in her hands disappeared. "There." Wendy smiled, "Feel better?"
Erza flexed her arm, and then took the bandage off to reveal healed skin. "Thank you, Wendy. I don't know what we would all do with out you." She rubbed the small slayers head.
Wendy beamed. "So, what will we do now?" The dragon slayer asked, folding her hands in her lap. Her stomach rumbled loudly, causing her face to turn a slight shade of pink.
Smiling, Erza stood up, "well first, let's go find some food. I'm a little sad that we weren't able to eat the boar you caught." She held her hand out for Wendy. "Come on, let's go catch something else."
Wendy smiled and nodded in agreement. She grabbed Erza's hand and she pulled the small mage to her feet.
"Fuck, are you kidding me?" Gray hollered, as he kicked a tree, which resulted in the snow falling off its branches in clumps and landing on him. That was okay though, he was pretty immune to the cold anyway. It was the pain in his chest that bothered him. "Gaa!" He threw the snow off of his arms. Normally, he wouldn't lose his cool over something like this. But on top of the fact that he was lost, with Gajeel, he was still in pain. A lot of pain. He was pretty sure that little freak of nature had broken his rib.
Pantherlily looked up from the small rock he was sitting on. "Freaking out isn't going to help the situation." He poked the fire with a long stick. "You're only going to hurt yourself more."
"Shut up, you fucking cat!" Gray growled, as he fell to the ground, holding his rib, wishing the pain would recede. "Ugh... I'm sorry." He apologized to Pantherlily. Leaning his head back against a tree, he sighed, "we need to look for everyone. Or at the very least find out what the hell those little jerks were talking about." His stomach rumbled.
"Well that was good timing. Hungry Iceman?" Gajeel said, bursting through the trees and dropping a couple of large rabbits in front of Gray and Pantherlily. "Hey, gut those things while I work on the fire."
Gray made a knife out of ice and grabbed the first rabbit. "So, did you happen to see any signs of the others while you were out there?" He ripped carefully into the small mammal, "do you know how far down the mountain we got tossed?" Ew. He hated having to skin animals to eat them. Why didn't the come ready to eat?
Gajeel sighed and tested the strength of the sick he was holding, "No, I can't smell any of them either." He frowned as the stick broke in half with little effort, "And as for the distance, let's just say half of yesterday's walk was a waste of time." Reaching in front of him, he picked up another stick.
"Well, that's no good." Pantherlily mumbled.
"You're telling me." Gajeel said, as he bent the stick, satisfied when it didn't break. "At least the rain stopped."
Gray scoffed while grabbing the skin of the rabbit and ripping it off, "Yea but our bags are missing. We have no tents, or sleeping bags." He scrunched up his face, whipping blood off of his hands, "and unless you plan on killing more of these to make a couple of beds, it's going to get cold and uncomfortable, really quick."
"I would suggest finding another cave, but we all know how that turned out last time." Pantherlily commented.
"Finding another cave wouldn't be that bad, but we don't have time to leisure around." Gajeel took the naked rabbit out of Gray's hands. "We need to move soon, either to find the others, or to find the source of the magic spikes." He jammed the stick threw the rabbit and balanced it over the fire.
"I agree, but first we need to eat." Gray said, and stabbed at the other rabbit.
"Lucy! Erza! Anyone?!" Natsu had been walking for hours searching for his friends with no avail. It was starting to get late, and the wind was picking up some. Every once in a while Happy would fly back from the skies with the report that he had seen nothing.
"Natsu, the sun is going down and we haven't even found a trace or anything." Happy dejectedly said, "What if they got buried under the snow? And now they're frozen! Ohh..." He then sniffed and hung his head.
Natsu rubbed his Exceeds head, "cheer up, buddy." He then grabbed Happy and lifted him so they were eye to eye, "Happy, after everything we have been through, do you honestly and truly think an avalanche is going to take us out?" He hugged Happy. "They will be okay, and we will find them. I promise."
Sniffing back the tears that threatened to escape, Happy snuggled up next to his slayer before jumping up and hovering above him. "Thank you, Natsu. I needed that!" He cheered, "I'm hungry though. Can we find some fish?"
Natsu laughed, "Okay Happy. Let's go find som-" He stopped and sniffed the air. "No way..." He sniffed more frantically.
"What is it?" The blue Exceed questioned.
"I think... No, I know... LUCY!" Natsu yelled as he took off.
"Natsu! Wait up!" Happy yelled, as he tried to catch up with the slayer.
Natsu ran as fast as he could. He knew that scent like it was his own. Lilacs and rain. It was Lucy, and he had no doubt in his mind about it. The smell was getting stronger and stronger by the minute. And as the scent got stronger, he noticed it was mixed with copper. Shit, she's bleeding, he thought as he picked up his pace. Trees flew past him in a blur and he barely heard Happy yelling his name behind him. He needed to get to her.
After about ten minutes of running he stopped at the edge of a small clearing. It was Lucy all right. She was on the other side of the clearing, laying down on a small mat. Natsu started walking to her when he noticed that there was a tent he had never seen before and a blazing fire going. "What the hell?" He said out loud, as he got closer.
"Natsu." Virgo said, as she came out of the woods with more firewood. The pink haired spirit put the wood down and knelt by Lucy.
"What happened?" He asked, as he walked up to the two and stared down at Lucy. Her head and arms were covered in bandages and he gulped. "Is she okay?"
Virgo looked up at him, "I found the Princess buried under the snow." She pulled the blanket up more to cover Lucy. "She is fine, sleeping right now. I also noticed she had lost her belongings. I brought her a new bag, tent and clothes." She looked Natsu up and down, noticing that he also had no bags and disappeared.
Natsu knelt beside his best friend and grabbed her hand. "Wake up, Lucy." He said as he reached up to stroke her cheek.
He jumped as Virgo suddenly appeared again with bags and food in her arms. "Here is some for you as well." She laid the things down and went to Lucy, checking her pulse and make sure she didn't have a fever. "She should be waking up soon. There is an extra tent in your bag. It's going to be cold tonight, so please make sure the fire is kept up."
"Thank you, Virgo." Natsu nodded, as Happy flew over and landed by the blondes head. He looked down at her worriedly. "She's okay, Happy." The blue cat let out a sigh of relief.
"There is also fish in the bag for Happy as well." Virgo said. Feeling as though Lucy was now in good hands she turned to Natsu. "I assume she will be well taken care of, now that you are here, Natsu." She bowed deep, her hands folded together by her knees. "I must take my leave. Please tell the Princess not to hesitate to call me if she needs anything." With that, she disappeared in a cloud of sparkles and smoke.
Natsu dug into the bag that Virgo had generously brought them, he grabbed a big fish and handed it to Happy. "Fish! Thank you Natsu!" He took a huge bit out of it, smiling with the biggest smile the dragon slayer thought he had ever seen on the Exceed.
Making sure that Lucy was covered and warm, he also dug out the tent and set it up next to hers. After he was done doing that, he threw more wood on the fire and sat down next to the blonde. Some time later, Happy finished his fish and said goodnight to Natsu while flying into their tent for the night. "Night Happy." He answered.
Natsu sat in front of the fire for some time, watching the sun sink behind the mountains. Every once in a while he would look over to his friend, making sure she was warm, or to brush the hair out of her face. She sighed in her sleep and he couldn't help but smile a bit. He never understood why, but when Lucy was around, he was happy. No matter what was going on, in the back of his head he was happy. He went to brush more hair off of her face.
Lucy started to stir, which caused him pull his hand away quick. "Uhn... Wha... What happened?" She lazily said, as she slowly sat up. She looked at her surroundings, then her eyes landed on Natsu. "Where are we?" Grabbing the end of the blanket, she pulled it up to her chin.
Natsu sighed as he watched Lucy. "There was an avalanche and you got buried under the snow." He gave her a huge smile, "Virgo pulled you out. She also wrapped your wounds and set up the camp. Are you hungry?" He asked, once again going into the bag to pull out some bread and handed it in her
Lucy took the bread and held it in her hands. "Thanks." She pick a piece off and popped it into her mouth while looking around. It was dark and quiet. Too quiet. "Where is everyone else?" She ask, watching the light of the fire dance off his face. He looked adorable that way. It suited him.
He hung his head and stared at his feet. "We were all separated during the avalanche." Natsu scratched the back of his head and sighed, "Happy and I spent all day looking for them." He looked Lucy dead in the eye, "So far, you are the only one we found. And that was by chance."
Lucy mouthed the words 'ohh' and took a bite of her food. She wasn't feeling to great. Her body hurt and she was tired, "So, I guess tomorrow we should try to find the others." She stared at the fire then looked to Natsu, "I'm going to head to bed." Lucy yawned, getting up and walking to her tent.
"Good night, Lucy." Natsu said, as he watched her go. It was going to be a long day tomorrow. He got up and threw another log on the fire, before retiring to his own tent for the night.
Natsu couldn't sleep. He had been tossing and turning for about an hour now, and he couldn't get comfortable. Happy seemed to have no problems sleeping, but that was because he couldn't hear Lucy shivering in the tent next to them. He assumed that was the reason he wasn't falling asleep.
Sighing, Natsu sat up and debated on what he could do. He had already given her one of his blankets, since he didn't need both. It had worked for about ten minutes before she started shivering again. He could give her his scarf for the night, but then he would feel weird and not be able to sleep still. The last thing he could think of is to crawl in there and keep her warm himself, but that might end up with her kicking him in the face when she woke up. It would be worth it though. He slept best when she was right there.
He smiled, yeah the last idea was by far the best.
Getting up, Natsu walked out of his tent and to the fire. He stirred it then walked to the tent next to his. When he opened the flap, she was curled up in her sleeping bag, with three additional blankets covering her. He shook his head, he had no idea how she could still be cold. He took off his boots and set them next to hers before slowly pulling the blankets back and laying as soft as he could next to her. Within minutes she stopped shivering and he smiled. She was really cute.
It only took minutes for the dragon slayer to fall asleep.
Awe. How cute. So, I'm thinking I'll have the next chapter up by maybe the end of next week? I'm hoping anyway. Because of how the story has come out so far, I have to change a couple of things in how I wanted it to come out, but I think it will be better.
Thanks guys!