Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach and Fairy Tail
Previously on Fairy Tail, in order to stop the out-of-control Laxus, Erza, Mystogan and Ichigo, challenged him in battle. After some unexpected turn of events, Erza, along with Natsu, headed to the Thunder Palace to destroy them, while Ichigo and Laxus began a confrontation with the guild on the line!
Along the streets of Magnolia, banners, ribbons, balloons and other beautiful decorations were all around the buildings, oblivious of a civil war around them. Gray Fullbuster had recovered from the defeat of Bickslow and was running around to look for a certain Telepathy mage.
"Warren, where are you?! Warren! Dammit!" he shouted.
As he finished, his running was interrupted by a blur of pink as someone crashed towards him and he falls on his back. Pissed he shouted at the person that hit him.
"Bastard, watch where you're going! Dammit!"
"You wanna go?! Oh, its you, Gray-teme" a familiar voice replied
Gray then look closer at the person who called him, it was Natsu.
"Oi Natsu, what are you doing here? Thought you were looking for Laxus" Gray asked.
"Yeah, I found him. Ichigo is fighting him now and I'm looking for Warren." Natsu said.
"You too? So, that bastard's back huh? Thought you want to fight Laxus" Gray said.
"I did, dammit! But that orange bastard tell to me to help Erza and he fight Laxus alone, while Erza told me to help her find Warren!" Natsu argued
Flashback starts
"Never thought you would give in to the fight that easily, I'm surprised." Erza said.
"Shut up, not I'd had a choice." Natsu grumbled, still not believing himself he actually let Ichigo fight Laxus.
After running from the Kardia Cathedral, Erza and Natsu stopped, thinking the distance is safe enough to deal with the Thunder Palace. Erza then told Natsu about her plan.
"Natsu, we can't handle the Thunder Palace with just only the two of us, that suicide. That is why we need help from everyone from Fairy Tail. Go find Warren and tell him to use his telepathy to inform the other recovering Fairy Tail mages to inform then about the current situation and we destroy the Thunder Palace together."
"Damn, how bossy," Natsu muttered.
"I'M COUNTING ON YOU," Erza said to him with a glare
Frightened by her glare, Natsu nodded hurriedly with an "AYE" and took off to find Warren.
After that, Erza then requipped to her Heaven's Wheel Armor and started to summon swords to destroy the Thunder Palace. "Blades, lend me the power to protect." she whispered to herself "Also, to everyone in Fairy Tail, lend me your power!"
Somewhere in the city, Lucy was taken aback of a voice in her head and stopped, Happy was confused.
"What is it, Lucy?" Happy asked
"Do you heard Erza's voice, Happy?" Lucy said
"Yeah, I think I heard it too." Happy replied.
"She asks for our help," Lucy said
"Aye" he agreed
At another part of the city, Gray, body full of bruises and conscious a while after the defeat by Bickslow, heard the voice as well.
"She asks for our help? That's so not like you at all Erza!" he muttered
As he leaned against a wall of the building, clearly limping, Gray looked at the sky, he saw countless number of lacrima spheres with a lightning symbol floating around Magnolia, he realised why Erza needs help.
"I see..." he whispered "If I can get Erza's voice to reach everyone like it reached me...For that, I need Warren's help!"
Flashback ends
"So Erza bosses you around like a dog again, huh?" Gray teased.
"Yeah I... What did you say?!" Natsu yelled
"You heard me first time, flame breath!"
"Damn you ice cone!"
"Matchstick!"
"Pervert!"
And so they searched for Warren together, while exchanging glares and shouting insults at each other's faces.
...
At Kardia Cathedral
Ichigo and Laxus had been exchanging blows and magic for a while now. While both had been exchanging blows, Ichigo had the upper hand. Without the use of his sword, which is still stabbed on the ground, he was still be able to match Laxus in hand-to-hand combat, which surprised Laxus and enraging him at the same time. Since he's not using his sword, he wasn't even on full strength, making Laxus thought that Ichigo wasn't even serious with him. He was pissed.
"Damn that bastard, he clearly mocking me. He still even used that oversized sword of his, that means he's not even on full strength. Does that mean...NO! He is weak! I am stronger than him! I am the strongest in Fairy Tail!"
Ichigo then suddenly stopped and flash stepped towards where his sword was stabbed. He raised his sword horizontally towards Laxus. The sword then generates a yellow orb which widens itself along the length of his sword.
"Hado 32: Oukasen!" Ichigo shouted. The orb fires outward as a horizontal blast, in a wide arc of yellow energy at Laxus.
"Raging Bolt!" Laxus countered. He fires a ray of lightning to counter the kido spell. As their respective spells met at the middle, it creates an explosion and pushed them back another few meters between them.
"You should realize this by now, Kurosaki!" Laxus yelled "Don't you see how pitiful the guild has become? Its full or weaklings!"
"That's bullshit," Ichigo replied "The guild is always strong, and there are no weaklings in the guild, they're strong in their own way!"
"Why you!" Laxus charged a few lightning spheres and fires it at Ichigo, which he dodged them with ease. "I'll show you! I will change the guild! And that's why, I'll be that master of the guild!" Laxus then throws a lightning-enveloped fist at Ichigo's face, which he caught it with his reiatsu-coated left palm, surprising Laxus.
"So, that's your aim," Ichigo said "Tell you what, I'll trample that bullshit. With that twisted logic of yours, you're not cut it to be master!"
"You dare say that again!" Laxus throws another punch with his free fist at Ichigo's stomach, making him caught off guard and crashing towards one of the church's pillars. Luckily for him, he landed on his feet, wincing at the unexpected pain.
Laxus smirked devilishly at the scene, his smirk slowly faltered when he glanced at the rune timer Freed set up. It shows the time left until the Thunder Palace is activated.
"One minute and thirty seconds until the Thunder Palace activates?" Laxus muttered to himself "You're still not giving up, old man? Don't you know what'll happen to the city?"
His thoughts was stopped when a heard a soft chuckle from Ichigo, "You don't have to be worried, Laxus," he said to him "Because nothing is gonna happen."
"W-What do you mean?" Laxus stammered.
"You see, you'll get no shit if you destroy the city," Ichigo answered "Now you're upset because you can't get out of this mess..." Laxus was taken aback by his answer. He got a point, but of course, he will deny it.
"Don't worry, Erza and the others will stop it," Ichigo said.
"What do you mean the others? Those weaklings are down for the count!" Laxus shot back.
"Heh, you'll see," Ichigo smirked, he then flared up his reiatsu, causing Laxus to slightly bend down, caught off guard by the sudden pressure. "Its so not easy to stick you guns eh, Laxus?" He mocked
Recovered from the intense pressure from Ichigo's reiatsu, Laxus was enraged by how Ichigo mocked him. He charged his fist with lightning, preparing an attack, "Like you have a clue you bastard!"
...
Outside of Kardia Cathedral
Erza started to struggle from the immense magic she used up to summon her magic swords. Her magic reserves was almost but she still hasn't give up on summoning more swords.
"...198..." she said as she summoned another sword, her voice strained by her depleting magic power, "...199..." her breathing was becoming more and more heavier, she was too tired, "If I want to destroy them all, I need more..." As she said that, her knees buckled and she slumped down on her knees, out of magic, "Damn, I already out of magical power, and I'm out of time. What should I do?"
In the church
"Time is already almost up till the Thunder Palace activates, Kurosaki," Laxus mocked "What'll you do now?"
"Nothing's gonna happen, you know" Ichigo answered "Everobody will be safe!"
"You shut the hell up!" Laxus shouted.
With that, Ichigo charged at him with his sword raised, he leaped and swing down his sword at Laxus, only for Laxus to block it with his lightning-enveloped arm. They held there for a moment before both pushed each other away, a few metres between them.
"Dammit." Ichigo muttered
Back to Erza
Erza was back to her feet, recovering slightly even though she still struggled as she summon another sword, "Unless I can summon another 100 swords, I can't...simultaniously..." she muttered
As she ponder her options, she was interrupted by a familiar voice in her head.
"Hello, can everybody hear me?" the voice said.
"Warren?" Erza asked, looking around her surroundings.
"This is an emergency!" Warren exclaimed "Everyone, look at the sky!"
"In my head? Is this telepathy?" Erza asked again.
"Wake up your lazy bums, dammit!" Warren demanded.
"Warren?" Macao said.
"The sky?" Jet muttered.
"What the hell...are those?" Droy sweated.
"And if there's still anyone fighting, please hold up for now!" Warren ordered.
Somewhere on top of a building, Lucy and Happy were also hearing the voices through Warren's telepathy.
"What's this? There's a voice in my head..." Lucy said.
"That's Warren's telepathy," Happy answered, "He can speak directly into people's minds."
"Everyone please listen up! We have to destroy all those things floating in the sky with all the magic power we got!" Warren said. "Its a magic spell that will attack the city! There's no time! Everyone please do it!"
"What the hell?!" Wakaba said.
"Those are...Laxus'..." Laki trailed off.
"Warren, how do you know about the Thunder Palace?" Erza asked.
"That voice...Erza? Are you okay?" another voice said in her head.
"Gray? I see so it was you." Erza realized "So, that means..."
"Yeah, flame brain is right next to me." Gray said.
"What do you call me, Icicle!" Natsu yelled.
"You heard me, charcoal!" Gray countered.
"Are you two fighting?" Erza said with a hint of anger in her tone.
"N-No!" both of them shivered.
"Erza, you're not turned to stone?" another voice asked.
"Oi if Erza's not turned to stone..." Droy said.
"...and the others? what about Levy?" Jet finished.
"Everyone is safe." A female voice answered them, which turned out to be Cana's, "Don't worry bout it."
"Juvis is also safe." Elfman added.
"Bisca is safe too, Alzack," Mirajane said.
At an alley, Alzack felt relieved that Bisca is safe. He leaned on a wall and slumped down on the floor, emotions running high, "I...I see..." he whispered "thank goodness...Really..."
Sorry guys," Warren said "My telepathy can't reach all the way to the guild. We'll have to do it with the people who can hear me. Destroy those thin-"
"Damn you Warren!" A voice boomed out, interrupting Warren. "Did you forget what you did to me?"
"M-Max?" Warren shivered. "I-I'm sorry about that, man. I was, like really t-trying to save Erza and the other girls, so..."
"Droy here!" another voiced shouted, "Can you hear me, Alzack?"
"I-I can hear you." Alzack replied "I'm sorry about before..."
"You think that's gonna cut it, huh?" Droy said, annoyed at what Alzack did to him during their fight. "You hit me with a sneak attack!"
With that a bunch of voices boomed out, arguments everywhere. As everyone is arguing, forgotten about the curent situation, Gray and Natsu were pissed, eyes shadowed by their respective hairs. Even though they fought frequently, now is not even the time to do that, since this situation concerns the entire city.
"SAVE THE FIGHTING FOR LATER!" Natsu and Gray shouted.
"YOU'RE THE ONE TO TALK!" everyone yelled at them through Warren's telepathy. You can't help but feel pity for the guy.
"THERE'S NO TIME NOW! DESTROY THE FLOATING THINGS IN THE SKY!" Gray yelled, hoping to beat them to their senses, but obviously, he failed.
With that, everyone argued again, all of them not happy with each other for what that did during the battle. While this is happening, Lucy and Happy frowned at the situation, this is so not helping the guild. Lucy remained silent whole time this is happening, now she can't stand it anymore. This is not like the guild the first time she saw it.
"Everybody, listen!" she yelled, making all the arguments died down. "This isn't the time to be fighting! The people in the city are in danger! We have to all work together to protect the city of Magnolia! If we combine our powers, we can overcome everything! That's what I've learned after coming here. I know I just joined Fairy Tail recently, but my feelings for this guild are as strong as anybody's! Fairy Tail has been my dream since long time ago. It's always been my goal! Even now...so...please...let's work together...let's protect the guild and the city!"
"Lucy..." Erza whispered.
"And if the won't convince you guys, I'll destory all the lacrima myself!" Lucy continued.
And then silence, and of course, Natsu broke it.
"Hell yeah! That's Lucy for ya!" Natsu said, making everybody chuckled.
"Listen up people!" Cana' voice said "You really gonna let the newbie let you up one like that?"
"She's not new anymore," Jet said "She has more Fairy Tail spirit than any of us. Lucy you're exactly right. We'll settle things later."
"I can't argue with that, now can I" Wakaba said, "Thanks to you, I'm thinking straight again. Are you all ready?"
Lucy then unconsciously shed a tear, touched by how everyone was back to before, "You guys..." she smiled.
Smiling, Erza was surprisingly silent during the whole situation, touched by Lucy's words of wisdom. Now to the important part...
"Okay everyone!" she ordered "I'll handle 200 to the north! The rest of you destroy all the ones around the south!"
"Let's go Happy!" Lucy said
"Aye sir!" Happy replied, activating his Aera and carry Lucy towards the lacrima.
"Don't leave a single one left!" Gray demanded "Ice Make: Lance!"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
"Demon Blast!"
"Water Nebula!"
"Guns Magic: Stinger Shot!"
As everyone is firing their respective attacks towards the lacrima, Erza gathered enough magic power to direct all of her swords to destroy the ones in the north.
"Go forth my blades!" She shouted. Using he telekinesis, she fires all her swords.
Meanwhile, Lucy, who was carried by Happy, flew towards the lacrima. As they reached the lacrima close enough, he let go of Lucy, who was preparing her attack.
"ARRRRRHHHHHHHH!" Lucy shouted her battle cry as she destroyed one of the lacrima with her whip.
"Max Speed Attack!" Happy yelled as he flew full speed at the lacrima, destroying it.
Brilliant streaks of ice, water, flames and other undefined elements shot high into the sky, all aimed with one sole purpose. Moments later, the town of Magnolia was bathed in the most beautiful of rainbow lights as the exploding Lightning Lacrima mixed in with the attacks that destroyed them. Fragments of airborne crystals refracted the light over the city, illuminating it with colorful shades.
"What is this?"
"Some kind of fireworks?"
"Fairy Tail just keeps doing things flashier and flashier every year."
"Its beautiful."
"We did it." Erza said as she re-quipped back to her Heart Kruez armor.
The others could only grin at their accomplishment, as they saved the city from total destruction. It would only last for a matter of seconds as they felt static around their bodies. Then, lightning enveloped them, paralysing them as they screamed in agony from they sudden pain. Apparently, they had forgotten about the Body Link Magic fused in the lacrima.
As it finally stopped, there was a moment of silence, as everyone was down on the floor, unable to move a single inch.
"Is everyone okay?" Erza asked. "Honestly, you people are so reckless."
"Birds of a feather, you know..." Gray trailed off.
"Hehe, That's Fairy Tail for ya!" Natsu said with a grin.
"It would be great if Laxus got over his rebellious phase."
"No kidding."
"Alzack, are you okay?"
"Droy? Yeah, thanks."
...
At Kardia Cathedral
As the timer reached to 1 second left, the rune timer disappeared from sight, signalling the Thunder Palace was successfully destroyed.
Ichigo can't help it but smirked at Laxus, who was dumbfounded by the turn of events, "You see? I told you so." He said.
"What part of the guild needs to be changed huh? Laxus. We're all in the same circle of friends. We work together. That is what keeps the guild alive, the bonds that keep us together. I just joined two years ago, and I already know the people around me are no ordinary friends, they are a family. You don't even try to join in that circle. How can you even be the master?" He continued.
As Laxus was listening to Ichigo, he can't help but pissed off. His eyes shadowed by his hair. Then lightning enveloped his whole body as he released a massive amount of magic power. Surprised by the shockwave of energy released by Laxus, Ichigo raised his arm in front of his eyes.
"How can I be master, you say?" Laxus said, "BY FORCE!"
...
Somewhere at the city, Levy was running towards the church where Ichigo and Laxus were fighting. She was in a hurry as she had to inform Laxus about his grandfather's situation.
"Laxus...please stop.." She muttered, tears in her eyes. "The master...your grandfather...he is already..."
...
Ichigo was unfazed by the release of magic power by Laxus as he composed himself and flare up his reiatsu to match his.
"That's enough of this madness, Laxus," Ichigo said "The guild will never be yours!"
"Oh yes it will," he replied "Yeah...trying to force a bargain is useless...I should have relied on my powers since the start! This overwhelming power is my identity!"
"Bullshit," Ichigo muttered to himself, fortunately Laxus didn't heard him.
"Now I'll show you a secret, a secret that make me special!" Laxus bellowed. He then raises both of his hands in the air at his sides and generates electricity between their open, facing palms. It was rapidly shaped into the form of a massive spear. Then he hurled his lightning spear at Ichigo.
"Lightning Dragon's Heavenward Halberd!" He shouted.
"He's a dragon slayer?!" He thought, obviously shocked. "Bakudo 81: Danku!" He quickly regained his composure as he created a transparent barrier just before the attack hit him. As the spear hit the shield, the shield slowly formed cracks around it. "Impossible, it managed to form cracks around a level 80s barrier?!" Just before the shield managed to break from the strain, the spear dispelled itself.
"So you managed to block it huh?" Laxus smirked.
"Heh, you're actually strong." Ichigo replied.
"A Dragon Slayer, huh?" a new voice spoke from behind them. "Not like I care or anything but he's still an enemy of the Guild. Plus I have a personal grudge with him."
Ichigo turned around to see a man standing at the entrance of the door. He has long, spiky black hair, has red eyes with slitted dark pupils and no visible eyebrows. Most of his exposed body is covered in sets of simple, round studs. The most visible studs are on his face, with three of them above each of his eyes, three on each side of his nose, and two on his chin, just below his mouth. His ears are adorned by two sets of five earrings each. He also sports four studs on each of his forearms, with his right one being covered in scars.
"Gajeel?" Ichigo said, having no idea what he's doing there, since his previous guild has been destroyed, until he saw the Fairy Tail mark on his left shoulder "I see, so its true then, you joined the guild."
"Hmph, not that I want to anyway," Gajeel snorted. "And how do you know my name?"
"Word spreads fast," Ichigo shrugged "Name's Ichigo Kurosaki."
"Another snack shows up," Laxus chuckled. "Disappear, disappear! Bring it, Fairy tail. I'll devour you all!"
"He's gone nuts," Ichigo said
"Damn, his monstrous strength is no joke, we have to defeat him to protect the guild." Gajeel said.
"Wait... you're protecting the guild?" Ichigo blinked in surprise.
"Destroying it or protecting it, it's my choice! Dammit!" Gajeel retorted.
"Heh, now there are three dragons slayers now, what do you feel?" Ichigo smirked.
"I don't like it, but when there's lightning, you can't fly in the sky." Gajeel smirked back.
"Agreed. Okay then, Let's show a united front!"
"Yeah!"
"LETS GO!" they simultanously shouted. With that they charged forward, throwing punches and kicks at Laxus.
Laxus had enough of hand-to-hand combat as he charged lightning at his right palm, throwing it at Gajeel, electrocuting him and sending him flying. Luckily, Ichigo caught him, but he was pushed back a few metres.
"Use your breath!" Ichigo ordered as he flipped Gajeel to the back of him.
"Iron Dragon's Roar!"
"Raikoho!"
Both attacks from Gajeel and Ichigo respectively managed to combine into one as it made it way towards Laxus. Unfortunately, Laxus managed to dodge it in time by jumping high up.
Gajeel then transform his right leg into a large, jagged steel blade, "Iron Dragon's Sword!" he shouted as he swings his right leg/sword at Laxus. He managed to dodge the kick and with no time to waste, thrust out his palm towards Gajeel, shooting a few lightning bullets. They exploded as they were close to Gajeel.
Laxus smirked as he thought the Iron Dragon Slayer was done for, not realizing Ichigo has flash stepped and appeared right behind him, raising up his sword and preparing his favorite attack.
"Getsuga...TENSHO!" he shouted, as he released a ray of blue condensed energy, reminiscent of a crescent moon, hitting Laxus directly on his back, making Laxus fall to the ground wincing in pain.
Recovered from the explosion, Gajeel pointed his arm at Laxus and turns his arm into a large spearhead, firing large number of steel spears in rapid succession, "Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" he shouted.
As they prepare their final attack, Ichigo stabbed his sword on the ground and raised his palm up while Gajeel cocked his head back, inhaling an large amount of air.
"Hado 58..."
"Iron Dragon's..."
"TENRAN!"
"ROAR!"
Ichigo fires a tornado-like blast at Laxus while Gajeel fires a large amount of iron debris from his mouth. Both attack hit the lightning user dead on as it create a massive explosion.
As the dust clears, they were expecting a unconscious Laxus lying down on the ground. They weren't expecting a slightly bruised Laxus standing there with a devilish grin. Gajeel was quite obviously surprised, while Ichigo widen his eyes before going back to his usual scowl.
"So that's all you can do huh? A Shinigami and a Dragon Slayer," Laxus mocked.
"Impossible," Gajeel spoke "How can you're still standing? We gone all out with our attacks!"
"Ehehehe," the blonde chuckled, "Looks like I'm gonna use my trump card," as he said that, his already massive body bulge in size and muscle mass, elongating his canine teeth and making them pointy, and causing scales to appear on his massive arms. "Dragon Force!"
"Impossible!" Gajeel said "He was able to activate a dragon slayer's ultimate and final form with ease?!"
While unlike the black haired slayer, Ichigo stayed silent, completely unfazed by the power Laxus radiating from his dragon force.
"Lightning Dragon's...ROAR!" he generates lightning in his mouth and releases it in a concentrated, destructive blast, engulfing both of the mages in front of him.
As the dust clears, Laxus smirked, expecting the two mages to lie down on the ground, paralysed and unable to move.
He was wrong.
There stood Ichigo, with no injuries whatsoever, standing in front of Gajeel, shielding him. His appearance has also changed. He wears a white undershirt beneath his black shihakushÅ, which is now open. Held together by three "x"-shaped marks, it ends in a number of coattails. Ichigo wears black gloves, with white "x"-shaped marks appear on both the gloves and his forearms. His blade has also changed, which it shrinked from a cleaver into a black daito and becomes more curved as it nears the tip, with three protrusions along the blunt end of the sword close to its tip. The cross guard has four prongs bent out to form the shape of the manji.
"Bankai" he whispered, but loud enough for Laxus to hear him, "Tensa Zangetsu."
"You..." Gajeel said, speechless of what to say. He can feel the raw power radiating from Ichigo in this form.
"Gajeel," Ichigo said, looking back at his shoulder "Stand back, I'll handle him now."
Gajeel wanted to protest, but he saw his eyes. Those eyes, they're full of strength and confidence. Reluctantly, he nodded.
"You, why don't you just stay down?!" Laxus bellowed
Ichigo just stayed silent.
"You, Natsu, Erza, Mystogan, the old man, all the trash in the guild, all the people in Magnolia...I'LL MAKE THEM ALL DISAPPEAR!" he declared. He erupted with rage as bright light surrounded him.
"W-What with this magical power?!" Gajeel stammered.
"This magic...I've heard of it...its Makarov-ojisan's..." Ichigo thought.
"It targets everything the caster sees as an enemy. The spell that destroyed Master Jose in one hit. Master Makarov's Ultimate Spell of Judgement! Fairy Law!" Gajeel stated.
Laxus then brought both of his palms together and forms a bright yellow sphere, "Yes, its Fairy Law!"
"I won't let y-"
"Stop It Laxus!" Ichigo was going to charge at Laxus when a girl voice called out to Laxus. He looked over his left shoulder and he saw a girl standing and the entrance panting for air. She has blue hair, with the top cut short and the bottom longer, normally tied up with a colorful bandana around her head. She also wears an orange dress.
"Levy!" Ichigo yelled
"Idiot, what are you doing here?" Gajeel shouted.
"The Master is...your own grandfather...is on death's door!" Levy shouted at the top of her lungs, shocking all three at the church, "So please! Just stop this! Just go and see him!"
"On death's door?" Ichigo muttered in shock. "Makarov-ojisan...is gonna die?"
"Laxus!" Levy shouted again.
Laxus thought for a while as he slowly reducing the size of the bright sphere. They expected him to cancel the magic and finally stop and see the master.
They were wrong.
"Perfect timing," Laxus sneered. "Looks like my chances of becoming Master just went up again."
"Why you," Gajeel growled in digust.
"Die Fairy Tail!" Laxus roared, increasing the size of the sphere, the whole church brightened by the extreme light the sphere is generating, "I'll build you up from scratch! A Guild that'll make everyone tremble in fear! I'll make the ultimate Guild!"
"I won't let you," Ichigo muttered as he disappeared with flash step and appeared behind Laxus, their back facing each other. Without warning, Laxus' left shoulder burst out a considerable amount of blood before he fell onto one of his knees. His dragon force deactivated and his bright sphere died down.
"W-when did you-"
"You're lucky I didn't hit any of your vital spots." Ichigo interrupted "You see, even though you're a rival, you're still a guild comrade. And comrades help each other. I want to help you get over your damn rebellious stage of yours. And I want you to think straight again. You think with power, you can conquer all? That's bullshit. When we have friends, we get stronger, because we want to protect them. We have the power to protect the ones we care about. It's the people around us and the bonds that we make with them that make us stronger. Without heart, you're nothing."
Everyone at church was stunned by Ichigo words, those kind of words were said by only the people far beyond his years. Ichigo then reached out his hand to Laxus, motioning him to take it. "And I know that in your heart, deep down you still consider everyone here your friend," he continued "Come, let's go see your grandad." he finished with a rare smile on his lips.
Laxus had other ideas as a bolt of energy suddenly jumped from him to a nearby rock with a loud crack and Ichigo, by instinct, flash stepped away from the blonde.
"I don't give a damn crap about the old man! To hell with him!" The mage's body began bulking up in size again as he began drawing on the dwindling amount of magic in his reserves. "I'm not Master's grandson! I'm Laxus! I'm me!"
Flexing his muscles, an excess of electrical energy exploded from the blonde mage's form and filled the room. Windows and rubble were shattered and blown away respectively as hundreds of bright bolts erupted from the ground. Gajeel hurriedly shielded Levy while Ichigo stood on his ground, not impressed.
"Fuck that, I'm done holding back. I'm gonna beat you till you're back to your senses Laxus." Ichigo said, flaring up his reiatsu, his eyes glowed light blue in colour "You think you get extra help 'cause you're the master's grandson? You think you're special?! Shut the hell up about blood relatives! Everyone in the guild is in the same family!"
"And what the hell do you know? HUH?!" Laxus bellowed.
"Yeah, maybe I don't know, but I told you before. We're comrades! That's why we help each other out!" Ichigo yelled, gathering black energy with a red outline on his sword, preparing an attack.
"Shut the hell up! Let's finish with one blow! I'll destroy you and the guild! KUROSAKI!" the blond then enveloped his whole body with lightning.
"I'll be the one who'll defeat you!" the strawberry countered "Even if the guild dies, it'll never be yours! Because it's our home to return to!"
Both of them charged at each other with their battle cry and their respective attacks. As they collided, their powers with the colour of black and yellow respectively were combined and creating a massive explosion, consuming everything in the church. Gajeel manages to activate his Iron Dragon's Scales to minimize the damage on him and shielding Levy.
As the dust clears, Ichigo and Laxus' backs were facing each other, waiting for one of them to go down. Moments later, Laxus' right shoulder burst out plenty amount of blood as he slumped down on the ground. "Damn...it..." were his last words before going unconscious.
"L-Laxus, has been d-defeated." Gajeel stuttered. Then he looked back at the bluenette who is behind him. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine," Levy replied. "So, he's really back. He looks so much stronger."
"Yeah, this guy's at a whole other level," he agreed.
Ichigo reverted to his shikai and placed his cleaver on his back as he walked towards the unmoving form of Laxus. He lifted him up and placed him on his right shoulder. "Well, he's not as heavy as I thought."
He looked over to Gajeel and Levy and motioned them to exit the church, "You guys go back to the guild, I'll bring him to a local clinic." They nodded but before they could take off, Ichigo ask them a favor.
"And don't tell the others I'm back. I planned to make this a surprise." He said with a small grin on his face. They nodded again with Levy smiling, thinking of how the guild will erupt to cheers when they found that their favourite Shinigami is finally back after six months, especially a certain white-haired barmaid.
As the two of them left, Ichigo looked over at the blonde on his shoulder, he can only sigh. "Come on, Laxus" he muttered "After you get treatment, you'll go see your granddad."
"Plus, I can't wait for the Fantasia." he thought, smiling.
Oh hell yeah guys, I'm back! I struggled quite a little bit writing this chapter, so if you think its not good enough, I'm sorry. I'm in need of reviews, so please review! And I thinking of adding another character from another anime into the fic, maybe in a couple of chapters later, making this fic into a three way crossover. Its not concrete yet, but if you guys think its okay, then I'll do it. Cheers!