Erza had patience that could stand the test of time, hwever walking around aimlessly was slowly, but surely peeling away her layers of paitence. She let lose a quick rageful punch, and a once mighty oak fell.
"Damn that Natsu."
She was starting to think of the things she would do to him when she caught up to him, when an explosion of white light came down from the distance. Figuring it was a place to go to investigate Erza runs off in that direction, but was stoped by a dagger being thrown in front of her. She took a step back.
"Who is there." She called out to the trees.
"Erza Scarelt. The master of the Knight. Titania. You have all these titles. It's funny."
A man with wild orange hair walked out in a pair of dirty overalls and a black shirt walked out doing a slight clap for Erza.
"You, who are you?" Erza asked in her normal straightforward way.
"That really hurts. You should know me by heart. After all it's thanks to me that you're anything anyway." The man gave Erza an angry look.
Disregarding what the man said Erza repeated the question.
"So right to the point. Well I go by Vulcan and I'm the 7th member of Astria Nyx. I create armors and weapons and practically made re-quip magic what it is today. Have you ever considered who made that armor you have, or those swords? They didn't just fall from the sky. No, someone had to work thier ass off to make them what they are. To add those abilities wasn't any easier either."
"My... armor." Erza stumbled as she was to shoked by the answer.
"Yes, I got sick of no recognition so after some practice I mastered the re-quip technique as well as make my own assortment of armous and weapons that are stonger then yours."
"I do not have time for you. I'm in a hurry."
"Wait don't you know what were doing? I thought that that's why Fairy Tail came here."
"No, we got lost and... what are you doing here?"
"Well seeing how I'll kill you I guess you should know that we will use the artifacts we've gathered to summon demons stronger then Lullaby and Deloria combined. Zeref had sealed away most of them, but with the ritual we're setting up we'll control them all as they rampage throughout the lands!"
Erza looked surprised at the news that stronger demons could be summoned, but then returned to her normal stare of anger.
"I do have time for you then."
Erza transformed into her Black Wing Armor and took a fighting stance.
"Huh, I figured that would be your first armor choice considering it's just me, but I have my own to beat it."
He transformed into armor that was bulky and had a light brown color to it. It covered all but his face and came with a halbred with a blade at both ends.
"I call this Atlas Armor. It is the most durible armor I have ever created. Far more sturdy then the cheap Adamantine Armor you have."
Erza squinted her eyes at the comment and dashed at Vulcan, who didn't move. She slashed at him and stood on the other side. She turned around confident that she cut through, but instead her blade shattered.
"See what'd I tell you?"
In one swift movement he spun around and swung his halbred at Erza.
"The armor is very easy to move in too."
Erza quickly transformed into her Pergatory Armor and strongly held it's blade. She lunged forward and swiped at the armor again. This time a crack did appear and Erza quickkly turned on her heels and slashed again breaking open the stomach area of the armor. Vulcan jumped back covering the opening wit his hand..
"Well I did make that to be a powerful armor." Vulcan said as he threw his halbred at Erza.
She easily swatted it away, but was surprised by the skin gripping black armor with plating on the chest, back, arms, and legs with twin sai's that Vulcan was charging at her with. She swung her sword, but with speed faster then a heartbeat Vulcan evaded and moved into striking distance. He made several quick stabbing movements which cut up the middle part of her armor, and blood driped from the cuts. Erza cringed at the pain and jumped back while transforming into her Flight Armor.
"Oh a test of speed now." Vulcan said amused.
The two charged at each other and sparks flew as her sword and his sais clashed. They were both evenly matched until the broke apart and stared each other down.
"Well, it looks like were both well equiped with speed, but there's something I know that you don't." Vulcan said with a sly smile.
"What's that?"
"That this is the heavy form of this armor."
After that sentence the plating dropped off, and his speed increased to the point where he was nothing more then a blur. Erza was taken back and could barely manage to fend off half of his attacks. Vulcan broke off and Erza was covered with bleeding cuts.
"Had enough?"
Erza glared at him and transformed into her Heavens Wheel Armor.
"That is no where near fast enough to touch me."
Erza ignored him and summoned out several spun them at Vulcan. He grinned and easily avoided the blades as he went at Erza. He was about to swipe his sais when about 30 swords appeared around her like a spiked shell. Vulcan saw them come up, but was moving to fast to dodge and ended up getting sliced across his arms. Before he could move Erza quickly moved in a attacked with Trinity Shot leaving serious wonds on him. Vulcan jumped back and transformed into the simple light blue armor that covered all but his forearm and equiped him with metal gloves and he wielded a simple sword.
"This is my Nemisis Sword and Muse Armor. It really is quite the combination..."
Erza cut his sentence short by sending three swords flying at him. He swung his sword at the swords and when they touched the three swords immediatly flipped around and went back at Erza, blade first.
"As I was saying. My sword will reflect any attack sent at it, and my armor is already healing the wonds you cut in me."
Erza's eyes widened, but the quickly transformed into her Robe of Yuen. She swung her halbred at him and he parried it, but the balde didn't flip around. Vulcan jumped back with eyes of realization.
"Now I remember. I was dying to remember what the robe did and it can't be reflected. Very clever, but now that my wounds are healed I can..." Vulcan transformed into armor that has a red chest, leg, and forearm plating. It also had an orange scarf that draped behind his head and orange designs on the plating. Finnally he had a black staff with decorative ends that had a big hole in its' top. "use my Helios Megistus Armor."
He spun his staff and flames flew at Erza. She quickly transformed into her Flame Empress Armor and dodged them. She felt a slight singe and could tell that the flames probably riviled the suns. Vulcan jumped into the air and flames came out of his knee high red, metal, boots and he flew in the air. He quickly manuvered his staff under his arm and shot balls of fire from the end of it. Erza dodged them, but they left black spots on the ground where she was sure nothing would grow for several years. She slashed her sword and a wave of flame went at Vulcan who actually pushed his chest out and took the attack in all.
"Well I wish I had some marshmellows to roast in that weak campfire. I do love smores."
Erza glared at him and rushed him with her sword in front of her. Vulcan manuvers his staff and collides head on with her blade. He grins and almost faster then Erza could see he parried her sword and the open end of the staff was facing her.
"Arrow of Apollo!" Vulcan screamed smiling like a shark.
An intense white flame shot at Erza and it was shaped like an arrow. She moved her sword to block her stomach, but the arrow easily pierced both and she coughed up blood and fell to the ground.
"This is the best you, Titania, can do?" Vulcan said shaking her head. "That is very sad."
Erza grittited her teeth and furiously stood up and in that motion transformed into her Morning Star Armor and struck lightning fast with her sabers striking into Vulcans chest. He jumped back and transformed into his Muse Armor, but before he could attack with his Nemisis sword Erza closes the distance and with the edge of her sabers less then an inch from his chest she fired off Photon Slicer. An outrageously powerful blast hit Vulcan close up. When the blast dispersed Vulcan's pale, shocked face was motionless in his destroyed armor and he colapsed to the ground, returned into her Heart Kreuz Armor before sitting next to a tree trying not to move her severly burned body.
The Lacrama showed Erza sitting on the ground. All three onlookers were angry beyond words.
"We lost our head armor maker." The second finally managed to say.
"With Charmcaster gone as well we are severly lacking in the holder magic department." The first said.
"We have bigger issues at hand. Erza scarlet is a live and has slain one of the Astria Nyx. The rule is clear on any outside member who kills an Astria Nyx member." The third said.
All three nodded in agreement.
"Send the order that all Fallen Nemisis members are to kill Erza Scarlet on sight." The first said out loud as a shady figure in the back scurried out.
End of Chapter 8
