The coffin retrieval team of Fairy Tail was riding on a bright orange phoenix, made of pure fire though it didn't burn them. The phoenix had a long body, wide wings and a long tail. All five members fit comfortably on the body. Danna was in the front of the group, right by the bird's neck. There were reigns around the phoenix's chest which were resting in Danna's hands and she was able to steer the bird with it. In her head she was able to keep track of where her track's location was. Glail was right behind Danna, and occasionally his ripped arms would bump her side and caused bright blush to well on her cheeks. Occasionally she would lean back slightly to bump their bodies again. Glail just thought it was because of turbulence from the flight, even though the bird flew smooth. The jeep had moved behind some hills in the distance so the group never saw it. They did see Jape however and the four other members kept an eye on him, Danna was too focused. Jape's eyes scanned the group, he could see well even though they were way up in the air. Fairy Tail was a popular guild, constantly making magazines so Jape had a good idea of what Ales looked like. He did recognize Reyes and Phynn, and an excited grin grew on his face when he recognized Reyes. Hastily his cheeks puffed out and then a breath of wind was forced out. The breath expanded several feet wide and it roared like a tornado. The breath carried up the phoenix and it moved fast. Because everyone was keeping an eye the suspicious guy, someone acted fast. That someone was Glail. He jammed out his palm and sprayed white flames from it. These flames propelled the bird sideways, putting it clear of the spell. The wind still swirled everyone's hair around as it passed. Danna's head was jerked when the bird was moved and she spun around both hurt and confused. But she saw the spell pass by and it made her jump up, clearing her anger.
"He has got to be a member of Chaos Bones to attack us like that," said Taft, looking down curiously at the wide male. Everyone was glancing down but Phynn had already swung her feet so she hung off the bird, ready to slip off.
"Oh he has to be," added Phynn. "And I dibs fighting dragon slayers so, mine. Good luck guys, be safe. Don't let my brother do anything stupid." Without waiting a second Phynn pushed off the bird and began to soar downwards. Her hair and ruffly dress rippled in the fierce wind from the fall.
"No you don't be stupid, stupid!" Glail shouted back but Phynn was too far down. The bird continued to fly forward but everyone turned their heads around their shoulders to watch the encounter, mostly to make sure another spell wasn't fired their way. Phynn took in a big breath and Jape just stayed their watching. His muscles were clenched through, ready to move at any second. His hands just laid at his side, his fingers wiggling in anticipation. Bit of yellow lighting cackled around Phynn's lips which were suddenly wet.
"Roar of the Storm Dragon!" A breath was pushed from her lips, very similar to Jape's breath in both size and speed. Hers was made up of wind as well, through it was a darker gray. The biggest difference was the shots of lightning that swirled with the raging wind. Bits of water sprinkled out from the spell though this water evaporated before it got far, Jape never felt a bit of water. The broad Jape slide to the side quickly, wind being pushed from his palms and feet to increase his speed. He was free from the spell which kept its course before the spell even got close to crashing into him. Jape followed by taking in another deep breath, though this time as he breathed he sucked in the wind from Phynn's spell. The lighting and rain remained as it continued forward and crashed into the ground, blowing up bits of dirt and leaving a crater. All of the wind was easily sucked into Jape's body and he looked more spry and energetic afterwards.
"Thanks for the snack," burped Jape, patting his stomach. Phynn was still falling to the ground, though her own spell had slowed her down quite a bit. Her knees bent as she fell but she had a sturdy hand out which she used to catch herself and landed in a cool pose. The two fighters just watched each other carefully, neither preparing a spell at the moment. "I heard you dibs all Dragon Slayers. Which is fair, it is fun to test yourself against other dragon slayers. Especially with the dragon's all gone our only real opponent are other dragon slayers. But I read about you, Phynn Raul, the Storm Dragon Slayer. Knowing your element was storm, which is just a mix of wind and electricity-"
"And rain," joyfully interrupted Phynn. Jape just shrugged her words off and kept talking.
"I knew I can just suck out the wind from your spells. And I can dodge them too but even if I don't all you hit me with is some half assed lightning and I'll get a power-up every spell you throw. So you picked the wrong Dragon Slayer." Jape tightened his fist and his back leg shot backwards. Phynn's face tightened as a smug grin spread across.
"No, you're exactly the right Dragon Slayer. You're right, my magic is at a huge disadvantage against yours. I'll have to use all my experience, intelligence and creativity to win. So I'm excited."
"You're foolish!" laughed Jape, keeping his eyes locked on Phynn's who was locked back. "You're especially foolish for coming down here. You could've just blocked my spells and kept flying past. But now you dropped down here to stop the one of me, leaving the other four to fight the hundred members of Chaos Bones.
"You're right, I am foolish. In many regards. But I am not foolish for coming to fight you. Here's the thing. You, Chaos Bones are a legal mercenary group and you are decently well known. So I've read about you too. You only have four members. And so if I didn't fight you here you could catch up with us and ambush us from behind. Now I have a question for you."
"Yeah I've had enough talking. Show me how you plan to beat me without the full force of your storm." Jape shot forward with long strides, light gray wind pouring at his back. He shot his right fist back behind his shoulder like he was cocking a gun. His other arm was bent forward in front of his chest, acting like a shield. Wind whipped up around both fists, creating a sphere of shredding wind. The wind was noticeably fiercer than the roar spell from earlier. "Iron Fist of the Sky Dragon."
"Sky Dragons are supposed to be finesse," muttered Phynn. Phynn bent her knees and her hands were staying forward, like a fly trap. Jape was charging in fast with the wind at his back but he smirked when he noticed Phynn wasn't making any hints of a spell. Jape's heels dug down into the ground, making a mess of dirt that was kicked up, only adding to the dirt that was trailing behind him. He stopped a few feet in front of Phynn and quickly clapped his two hands together. These movements happened so fast that Phynn couldn't counter fast enough.
"Whirling Drill of the Sky Dragon!" The whirring winds of his fists merged together when the hands clapped. The wind shot forward the same width as the two hands and it still spun furiously. It was quick with double the spinning power. Phynn was slammed right in the stomach without any spells of her own. She was sent flying back instantly off her feet. Her frilly dress now had a big ripped hole right in the stomach and thread hung off it. Her dress and leggings ripped more as her body flopped against the ground and bounced back several times. Jape's stomach bounced around as he gave a hefty laughter. Phynn's momentum died out as she flopped one more time and landed on her back. Instantly Phynn's bruised body shot back up and her hands rocketed off the ground and raised her body back up. "I wanted to see what you'd do if I came in close. As I figured you were going to wait until the last second and fire a spell so I didn't have time to eat it. Yeah I'm not that stupid. Guess I'll wrap this up now with another ranged spell. I was hoping you'd be a challenge like the fire dragon slayer but I guess when your magic stands no chance against mine there is nothing you can do. Not your fault." Phynn was standing to her feet with ripped clothes and fresh bruises. She was hunched over slightly, breathing heavily. Her shoes had been thrown off when her body was sent flying, scattered in front of her. Jape raised both of his massive arms up over his head and at the same time Phynn raised her dirty arm, pointing two fingers right at Jape. The giant only scoffed at this move, there was nothing Phynn could do to hurt him. Phynn kept her stance, but no magic appeared. A ball of wind swirled around in Jape's hands. The wind formed almost instantly, already in the size of a small car. Jape bent his elbows, took a firm step forward and hurled the ball right at Phynn. "Gorgeous Wind of the Sky Dragon!" Jape had no other words, just watched proudly as his ferocious spell hurled towards his opponent. Phynn kept a serious, intense look on her face, bit of green hair were flopped over her eyes. She didn't bend her knees or take a step even though the spell was hurled right towards her. Light wind swirled around her fingers but it mostly crackled with yellow lightning. The wind spell had kicked up so much dust as it flew that Jape couldn't see what Phynn was doing.
"Crackling Blast of the Storm Dragon!" Phynn huffed under her breath. A big gust of wind shot out from the sides of Phynn's hand but this was just excess of the wind that propelled Jape's Gorgeous Wind back at him. Even if Jape wanted to suck in this wind it was too late, it already did its job of countering. Dust was kicked up yet again as the spell went the other way. Phynn wasn't even pushed back or damaged in the slightest. She dropped her tired arm down below her waste. Despite the roaring dirt Jape could still clearly see his spell flying back at him. Wind propelled under Jape's feet and shifted him over to the side, clear of his speeding spell. He could see traces of lightning in his old spell but he thought nothing of it. While Phynn's hand was resting below her waste, her fingers were still sticking out. She then bent her fingers back into her fist. Right when this happened lightning exploded from the Gorgeous Wind which had just passed Jape. The electricity crackled out every side of the wind sphere like a bomb. Several streams of electricity jammed into Jape's back, sending a furious shock through his body. The giant released a deep yelp that sounded like a mammoth screeching. Jape fell right to his knees in pain, not able to fight it at all. His hands did fall forward to catch his body before his head could hit the ground. He stayed there, panting and fighting off the pain. His body was numb all over, he was unable to move his legs or his back, so he stayed. Phynn stayed still but she straightened up her stance and wore a victorious smile. She kept her guard up though, knowing the fight wasn't over.
"You're right, I can't beat you without the full force of my storm. But looks like your wind works just fine for creating a storm. Now, I had a question for you," demanded Phynn. She slicked one hand across her hair, pulling the strands out of her eyes. The sweat and dirt kept it plastered back to the top of her head. Jape just gruffed, focusing on moving his body. "Master was paying you guys quite a bit for that body. Why did you demand another payment?" Jape rolled back his eyes, he could already feel the numbness fading but it wasn't fading fast enough.
"Cross had made me a very rich man. I follow Cross, I get rich. He has never failed me," blurted Jape.
"But you made an enemy of Fairy Tail with your actions. Even if it wasn't illegal, you had to know you were going to piss off a very powerful guild. Now we are going to beat you guys up, take back our coffin and not pay you," replied Phynn with legitimate curiosity and confusion in her eyes.
"I trust Cross," answered Jape with a stern expression. "Now enough questions, let's get back to fighting." Jape yanked one knee off the ground and slammed down his heavy leg. His other foot dragged against the ground, scraping his toes against the rough dirt.
"But I still have so many questions," whined Phynn. She had not prepared a spell nor was in any sort of stance. "I haven't even got to ask you about why you got your dragon slayer lacrima."
"And I want to fight. You totally should've knocked me out when you had me paralyzed. But instead you stood around talking. You're a disgrace to a mage's guild and to dragon slayers," spat Jape, his brows furrowed in anger.
"Who says I was standing around?" wondered Phynn with her tongue sticking out. She pointed repeatedly at the space behind Jape, where there was another Phynn charging forward with her leg up above her waste. Other Phynn looked identical to Original Phynn, same body, same fierce eyes, same tears in their same dress. Jape turned around hastily because he felt the sudden presence of magic, which was coming from Other Phynn. Jape originally turned around his neck to look at the magic but dragged his entire body around once he saw the presence. He moved quickly as always, just able to turn his body around so his side faced the oncoming kicking but he was just starting to raise his arms up. Other Phynn fired her leg, which was easy to kick now due to her torn dress, right above Jape's moving hands. She had hopped up with her planted leg which let the agile girl send a roundhouse kick right into Jape's pudgy neck.
"Mirage of the Storm Dragon!" shouted Other Phynn. Jape flinched, tightened his muscles to brace for the attack but the kick just went through his body and Other Phynn's leg disappeared in a puff of vapors. Other Phynn grinned as the rest of her floating body disappeared in a puff of a vapors as well. Jape could hear heavy, running steps charging towards him as a look of defeat slid down from his forehead.
"Raging Fist of the Storm Dragon," chanted Original Phynn. She was already right at Jape's back, even using wind to propel him he couldn't dodge in time. And he couldn't eat her spell quick enough either. All Jape could do was turn his head around to see the determined look coming from Phynn's narrowed eyes and her biting her bottom lip with her big front teeth. Her right arm had all of its muscles flexed, it bulged like a bridge and veins were popping off. Her fist was clenched tightly, her bit of chewed fingernails were digging into her callused palm. A swarm of wind and lighting spun around the fist as water droplets slid down her wrist. Using all the force she had she fired her raging fist into Jape's soft cheek, forcing his eyes to roll back as the punch connected. The ferocious fist knocked the consciousness right out of Jape and it was obvious from his eyes that were completely rolled back. Despite being hit from Phynn's full force punch, the heavy Jape did not move back much. He look a few unconscious steps before his giant body fell back over like a huge domino. Phynn landed square on her feet and looked down at Jape as the wind petered off her fist. She was breathing heavily but not panting and her body didn't seem too damaged, just a little bruised and sore stomach. "No Arms, no Vernier, what kind of Sky Dragon Slayers are you," sighed Phynn. Immediately after she strolled off towards where the rest of her guild members had headed, though she couldn't see the phoenix anymore. She wasn't worried though, figured that they just dropped down behind the hill that was in her path. Phynn kept walking, leaving Jape alive behind her. Even though the hot summer sun was beating down, he would live. She knew he would not wake up soon, not soon enough to get in her team's way. But he did nothing illegal, so knocking him out was all she could do. Phynn was confidence that even after Jape woke up, he would not mess with Fairy Tail again, as evident by the proud smirk on the side of her face.