The other Blood Dragon Slayer has arrived.
Chapter 9 Start
As soon as those words left her mouth Alex made his claws appear and dashed at her, she drew two daggers and held his claws back.
"Erza, get everyone out of here now!"
"R-right!" She didn't have to do much, since everyone in the guild was present. The guild members started to move towards the door.
"Alex. You better survive this." Natsu said as he left. Once the guild was empty except for the two of them Alex spoke.
"So you decided to reveal yourself instead of just destroying Fairy Tail...Why?"
"I told you." She pushed Alex's claws back and jumped back "You will see Fairy Tail destroyed with your own eyes, then I'll kill you."
"I'm not going to just stand here and watch you destroy Fairy Tail."
"I know. Which is why I'll have to damage you enough to prevent you from getting up." She puts her daggers away and red claws take their place.
"Blood Dragon Slayer Magic...We have the same magic, so we should be about even."
"You think so, but I can guarantee I'm stronger then you, why else would our father have sealed me away?"
"Our? My father died when I was five and he didn't seal anyone."
"Come now. Who trained you in Dragon Slayer Magic? Who took care of you for those two years? It was all Sanguis!"
"He also killed my real father, and mother who raised me for 5 years! You have no idea what's it like to have your parents killed in front of you since you never had any!" Alex paused "How did I..."
She smirked "I don't know if you remember this, but we met once before when we were both 5. It was brief, but Sanguis linked us together in the way that as soon as we saw the other we would know about them."
"I see. Lisa."
"You remembered my name. Now back to the point, Alex Mclean, second student of Sanguis, I challenge you to a fight to the death!"
"Looks like I have no choice. There's no way you will leave peacefully." Alex got ready.
"That's true. I need to avenge our father."
"How many times do I have to tell you? He is not my father and I will never think of him as one!" Alex ran at her and slashed at her, and she easily countered with her own.
"Reckless." She kicked out and connected with Alex's knee, catching him off guard a bit, allowing her to find an opening with her claw, cutting Alex's shoulder. He jumped back.
Alex's claws disappeared and he rose his hand towards her "Blood Lance!" A red lance flew from Alex's hand and Lisa caught it right below the tip.
"Come on Alex. You're a Blood Dragon Slayer aren't you? Why don't you do something that's hard to defend against?"
"That's a hard request. You know more about Dragon Blood Slayer Magic then me...which means you must know most of my moves."
"There's only one way to find out Alex."
"I guess you're right." Alex rose his hand "Binds Of Blood!" Ropes of blood shot out towards Lisa and she easily dodged them, cutting them with her claws as they got close to her.
"You'll have to do better then-" She stopped as she realized Alex wasn't in the spot he had been.
"Behind you." Alex said smugly. He slashed with both claws, cutting down her back making an X shape and hitting her into the ground. She pushed herself up and turned to face Alex.
"Impressive."
"You may know the moves, but you don't know my fighting style."
"And you don't know mine." She rose her hand quickly "Blood Lance!" The red lance shot from her hand faster then Alex's ever could and it stabbed into his shoulder.
"Damn it..." Alex pulled the lance out and it reverted to it's liquid form, coating Alex's hand red and making a puddle at his feet.
"Looks like you need to increase your speed." She said mocking him. Alex ran at her and their claws collided.
"Speed will come with my further training."
"You don't have any further training in your future." She said, as she started to push Alex back. Alex tried pushing back with all his strength, but he couldn't push her back even a bit.
"How are you so strong?!" Alex muttered, still trying to push back.
"It comes with the training." She gave one last push, shattering the hardened blood that had created Alex's claws and sent him flying backwards.
"This isn't good." Alex pushed himself up.
"Of course it isn't." Lisa said walking closer to him "You are facing a Dragon Slayer that has been trained for an extra 2 years then you, and I never forgot a single memory of my magic. You can't defeat me."
"It might be impossible, but I'm not about to surrender!" Alex drew his sword.
"You need to learn when to give up!" She slashed at his face with her claws and he jumped back without injury...or so he thought. A spilt second later he clutched the left side of his face in pain, letting out sounds of intense pain. Alex looked up at her, blood running down his face, under his hand.
"How in the hell did you cut me?! Your claw couldn't have connected!"
"You just didn't see it. You need to improve your speed, strength, and vision so you can see attacks coming...too bad it's too late for your vision." She said with a smirk. When she slashed out at Alex, her claws had connected with his face...and it had cut his left eye.
"My left eye might be useless, or even gone, but I won't surrender to you!"
"You're different then I thought. I thought you might try to run, but you're fearless. Such a shame that your bravery is going to get you killed." Alex knew this battle was going to go downhill now that only one of his eyes was useable, but he never gave up before and he wasn't going to now.
"I will not surrender!" Alex shouted as red markings appeared on his body, giving him the look of being covered in blood "Dragon Force!"
"Already using your Dragon Force?"
"I have no choice, you've reduced my field of vision by half, and damaged my shoulder, holding back would be foolish at this point."
"You realize by using your Dragon Force you have pretty much given up, right?"
"I haven't given up!" Alex shouted as he appeared behind Lisa and tried to stab her in the back with his sword. She stopped it with her claw and smiled.
"You might not have given up, but your actions have sealed your fate."
"How so?"
She disarms Alex and kicks him in the chest sending him back a bit "I'm almost exactly like you. I am a third generation Blood Dragon Slayer, I can also use Dragon Force. Since you were forced to use yours before I used mine, there's no way to defeat me."
"If I can defeat you before allowing you to use your Dragon Force-"
"I don't need mine to take you out."
"Stop acting so cocky!" Alex shouted as his claws appeared and he appeared in front of her and cut her arm. She jumped back and Alex felt a burning pain on his arm. He looked down and saw that where a spot of her blood had hit him, his skin was burning.
"What is this?"
"Don't you know I'm hot blooded?" She smiled and Alex just glared at her "No sense of humour? Whatever. It's an ability called Burning Blood, it makes the blood of the Dragon Slayer as hot as magma, meaning even if they are cut, if their blood connects with their enemy it will burn."
"You have quite a few tricks don't you?" Alex asked shaking his burned arm a little.
"I do, but you're no different."
"We are both Blood Dragon Slayers." Alex took a breath "Roar of the-"
"That's not going to work." She shakes her head and smiled.
"Binds Of Blood!" Alex shot the ropes and by changing the move in the middle he manages to catch her off guard and capture her.
"Dammit...I fell for it..."
"Yes you did. Roar Of The Blood Dragon!" Alex shot the red beam at her and it hit her, not to mention putting a hole in the wall of the guild. Alex took the moment to make the blood running from his eye form a hard patch over where his eye use to be, pretty much an eye patch. Alex turned to where Lisa was standing and noticed she was gone. He walked over to the hole and looked out to see if the beam hit her out, but she wasn't there either.
"Where did she go?" He feels an arm go around his neck and tighten.
"Looking for me?" Lisa's voice asked.
"Just wondering where you went." He looked at the hand in his view "And judging from your hand I'd say that my attack did quite a bit of damage to you."
"I'll admit. You are strong. Your attack surprised me. By the way do you know that a battle between Blood Dragon Slayers can last forever?"
"Never really thought about it...why?"
"Just wondering. The battle can last forever for one reason. The element that they can take into their body is always available in a fight." As she says that she bites Alex's neck, drawing blood.
"Ow!" Alex tries to get her off, but to no success. After a while she lets go, jumps back and licks her lips. Alex's hand goes up to his neck.
"How does it feel to have your blood drained?"
"Not very good..." Alex responded.
"A battle between Blood Dragon Slayers can last forever because they can keep sucking the blood of the other, if they are skilled enough, and they will never run out of blood."
"I understand that. Yet they would soon stop the other from sucking their blood preventing the other from getting renewed."
"True. But at this point you are weakened and you won't get near my blood...even if you did it would still burn you."
"Which is why I'll kill you now!" The marks started to emit a red aura from them "Blood Drive!"
"Well if you're going to do that. Dragon Force!" Her markings started to appear starting from her legs the marks started to twist around her body, until they reached her head and stopped just above her eyes.
"Then let's begin round 2 of our fight!" Alex shouted.
Alex made the first move "Blood Lance!" The lance shot out and Lisa easily dodged it.
"Blood Whip!" A rope of blood shot from her hand and shot around Alex's neck. Alex cut it with his claws and jumped into the air, and wings formed on his back.
"Blood Dragon's Wing Attack!" Both wings came towards Lisa and she smiled.
"Blood Dragon's Piercing Spike!" A spike appears and extends from her forearm, stabbing through Alex's right side of his chest, cutting through one of his lungs. The wings disappear and the spike retracted, allowing Alex to fall onto the ground. Blood was flowing from Alex's punctured chest, yet he got into a sitting position.
"Looks like you are no match against me even with your Blood Drive."
"I'm not done yet."
"You say that as you are sitting on the ground as your chest is bleeding."
"What if I told you that you feel into a trap!" Alex rose his hand and a magic circle appeared under her and blood wrapped around her legs.
"This again?" She shook her head then saw Alex and knew she was in trouble.
Alex had his hands near each other but with a round space in between them "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Blood Slayer's Heart!" A red orb appeared and started to beat like a heart.
"A Secret Art!"
"Yes. This move holds all the pain and suffering I've gone through in my life. This is my strongest attack." Alex stood up "Slayer's Heart, defeat this foe that stands before me, as she threatens my life and Fairy Tail!"The orb shot from his hand towards Lisa and it hits her in the chest and explodes all around her. Alex's aura and markings disappear.
"That's all I had left." He starts to breath deeply, and unevenly due to his damaged lung.
"That was your strongest move?" The smoke clears and Lisa is standing there, in blood armor, completely unharmed. The armor disappears and she's smirking.
"How...are you so strong?" Alex asked in disbelief.
"I've never seen that move...but I have to say it's impressive, but not enough." Alex collapsed to his knees then to his stomach. He looked up at her, weakly.
"Why do you fight?" Alex asked.
"I told you before. I'm here to avenge our father by killing his murderer, you!"
"No...you lie. You are not fighting for revenge. I know how that feels since that's how I fought before. You don't love Sanguis like a father. You despise him. You wanted to be the one to kill him and since I killed him you decided I would do. Correct?"
She looked at Alex surprised "How did you guess that?"
"I know how people fight with different purposes. Mine was revenge, and is now to survive and protect Fairy Tail. Yours is to prove yourself. You wanted to defeat Sanguis to prove your strength to him because of how he treated you in your training."
"You're right..."
"I'm at your mercy. Kill me and complete your goal, or spare me and be on your way. I am out of magic, so do as you will." Alex put his head down so his forehead was against the ground.
She stayed silent for a moment and then broke it "What...do I do...?"
"What do you mean?"
"If I kill you or spare you...I'm still in the same position...where do I go after?" She said suddenly seeming a lot more fragile.
"Do what I did. Join a wizard guild, use your magic for the good of the people, not for your own needs. Make friends, gain memories, good and bad with them, and live without any regrets."
She nodded as her eyes got a little wet "I'll do that." She knelt in front of me "I guess I let my emotions get the better of me...Good bye, my foster brother." She stood up and disappeared in a small cyclone of blood.
"Interesting move...maybe...I should...learn it...some...time..." Alex passed out, but he was sure he heard voices before he lost complete consciousness."
Chapter 9 End
