Levy and Elfman prepared themselves for a fight and were actually winning, although they're not the best team they work together rather well. But we all knew that eventually the guy that could snap his fingers to make them pass out was going to win and that he was just giving them false hope by drawing out the battle.
So that when I defeat them it'll be all the more sweet Elphonze thought as he dodged several punches from Elfman's beast soul and Levy's BULLET script.
Although Levy knew they wouldn't be able to win and devised a plan with Elfman before they busted out.
FLASHBACK
"Hey you can use that thing to cut the chain right? So hurry and do it! I need to bash that guy's teeth in"
"Not to seem harsh but you can't win even if it's two on one we can't win"
"WHAT?! WHY? ARE YOU SAYING I'M NOT MANLY ENOUGH?!" Elfman shouted angrily
Levy shushed him and explained
"No I'm not implying that!" She whispered "But he wields air magic that can make either of us pass out whenever he wants, so we need a plan"
"Oh! What about sneaking out and getting back up?"
"That's a good plan, but just in case that one goes wrong we need a backup plan" Levy thought aloud "If we do encounter him or any other minions of his then we can fight the minions but one of us would need to distract him while the other gets help"
"Then as a man, I'll stay back. I'll make enough noise for him to only pay attention to me, besides I still owe him a knuckle sandwich for last time." He emphasized his point by slamming his fist into his palm
"It does make sense; I mean because of my small size he probably won't even notice me leaving. But are you sure about this? If I can't find an exit-"
"Yes, I'm sure." He said with a serious face "And don't think about that, you'll find a way out, I know you can do it" He said smiling
"Thanks. But you're going to need a signal of some sort to tell you when I'm putting the plan into action. Something subtle but easy to identify."
"Why don't you just switch attacks or something?"
Levy was utterly dumbfounded that Elfman had found an answer quicker than her and that it was a genius idea. It's not that he's stupid, She thought it's just that he's about as dense as Natsu or so I thought
FLASHBACK END
I can do this She thought as she sent a FIRE script towards Elphonze
That's my queue He thought
"Oi, Elphonze! I'm gonna make you eat my manly fist!" Elfman shouted
"Nope." He said dodging the fist in the blink of an eye
"QUIT DODGING AND FIGHT ME LIKE A REAL MAN!" He shouted transforming into his Lizardman form
"If you insist" Elphonze gathered air around his fist and punched Elfman in the jaw "GAH! WHAT THE HELL?!"
His fist was bruised and scratched "BUT HOW?!"
Elfman smirked "You can hit me all you want, but it'll hurt you worse"
"That's fine, I'll just hit you from a distance" Elphonze shot a concentrated ball of air at Elfman, but when the dust cleared he wasn't there
"Behind you" Elfman had changed into his Wereleopard transformation and punched Elphonze in the face. Thankfully, with the distraction of their fighting, Levy had managed to escape unnoticed. She had run down several hallways and finally found an opening on the ceiling that lead outside but where she was surprised her. She was in the middle of the town square; underneath the large fountain was where they were the whole time. And standing in the moonlight were two familiar figures.
"Gajeel! Evergreen!" She ran up and hugged both of them "Follow me! We have to help Elfman!"
I guess he did find the right place after all Evergreen thought
They followed Levy through a bunch of hallways before Gajeel asked
"So who exactly are we fighting?"
"We're fighting about 100+ wizards and their leader Elphonze - who uses air magic" Evergreen answered "Elfman and I defeated him and his wizards before but just barely"
"If you defeated him then how is he up and about now?"
"ELFMAN let them escape, they were tied up with magic restraints on them and he still couldn't stop them from escaping!"
"Wow I knew he was dense, but not even Salamander is that dense"
Like you should be talking Both girls thought sighing
But I never saw any wizards other than Elphonze Levy thought
"Ok, he should just be around this corner-oomph" Levy said as she crashed into Elfman's Wereleopard transformation. Elfman turned back to normal and fell face-first on the ground, passed out and completely unscathed while Elphonze had several cuts and bruises thanks to Elfman.
"Elfman!" Evergreen cried
"You fairies are working my last nerve" Said an obviously pissed off Elphonze who pulled out a small lacrima from his pocket. He pressed a few buttons and said "Black Cat to Kitten, the mouse is in the trap. I repeat the mouse is in the trap." A female voice on the other end replied "Kitten to Black Cat, message received"
Then out of nowhere a boatload of wizards filled the small space, surrounding the three CONCIOUS mages.
"FINALLY something to beat up!" Gajeel said as he iron clubbed 10 mages at once.
"I'll keep the big moron safe, Gajeel you need to defeat Elphonze and Levy- LEVY!" Evergreen shouted in Levy's ear to get her attention, and of course it didn't work.
Now I get why he was the only one here She thought But why bring out his lackeys if he could just take the air out of our lungs and defeat us easily? Either he doesn't have enough magic power yet or-
"LEVY!" Both Evergreen and Gajeel had yelled in her ear at the same time causing Levy to be deaf for a moment
"What?!" she asked while hitting about fifteen mages with her BULLET script
"I need to tell you something about Elphonze, it might be helpful"
"Geez Shrimp, pay attention to the teacher" Gajeel teased while knocking out several other people. He then shot an Iron dragon roar towards Elphonze's direction, however the roar was stopped and thrown right back in his face. Their heated battle was just getting started as Gajeel threw an iron club towards his opponent. It wasn't repelled like his other attack but it was dodged completely and made his attack look like it was going in slow motion.
"Dammit!" Gajeel ran up to Elphonze and was about to beat him senseless until-
He vanished?! In the middle of a fight?! What a coward! Gajeel thought completely unaware that said man was above him. Luckily, he caught the scent of the man and moved out of the way just in time to avoid the mini tornado that appeared above him.
"How the hell did you do that?!" He asked demanding an answer
"A magician never reveals his tricks" Elphonze said landing on the ground with a smirk "But if you must know, I had a little help." He gestured beside him where two females around Levy's height - with identical black dresses, black flats and auburn hair - had appeared out of nowhere.
"Meet Sydney and Cidney"
