Fairy Tail V: Tale of the World Slayer

Phantom Lord Arc: Part 5

Chapter 9:
Phantom vs Fairy

JellalRavan: This is the last part of the Phantom Lord Arc! I split chapter 8 into two chapters so I hope you like it!
Now let's end this arc with a bang! ^^


Luke's POV

I had told Erza and Cindera about everything that had happened when I relived the memories. Erza reacted to the tests on the children and that I and Jellal had been sort of the leaders for the kids that rebelled on the cultists.

When I was done telling them about what I had been seeing they both went quiet. Erza looked a bit spooked and Cindera was just looking sad.

"Why do you two look so… Gloomy?" I asked them.

"What?" They asked me, they hadn't listened to the question.

"Why do you two look so sad and gloomy?" I asked them.

"I am just thinking!" Erza said as she clearly didn't want to tell em about what she was thinking about.

"And you, Cindera?" I asked the Bronze Phoenix.

"I am just sad…" She said not looking at me.

"Why?" I asked her gently.

"Because… I cannot be with you anymore…"

"What do you mean?" I demanded to know.

"I am an enemy to Fairy Tail… Even though I don't want to be… After everything I have done to you and your friends… I cannot just join in and be with you!" She started to sob and I embraced her.

"I don't think anyone would be cool with you joining Fairy Tail…" I started. Cindera sobbed more and Erza opened her mouth, but I gave her a look that said: 'I got this!'. "But, after some time, they will warm up to you, they will be friendly with you, they will joke with you, laugh with you, cry with you! They, as well as me, will be your family! And in time, you and I will reunite with our friends and my brother!"

Cindera grabbed my shirt and started to cry out for real. She thanked me between sobs and yells as I patted her head.

Erza was looking at me with eyes that said: "Aren't you meant to do that with ME!?"

I in return gave her a look that said: "I will always give you this! No matter when! I am still yours!"

As Cindera calmed down Erza and I promised to talk to the master about letting her join Fairy Tail.

"We need to get you patched up as well!" I told Erza. She had taken a lot of damage from Jupiter and fighting Aria had left her tired and with lower magical energy.

Cindera had helped my body recover and thanks to her, my magical energy was replenishing faster. But Cindera was out of magic herself and was tired after all the battling.

"Let's get you out of here then!" I told Erza.

But when I was about to carry her, Elfman, Gray and Mirajane (for some reason) found us and told us about what had happened after we had separated. I told them about Erza and Natsu as well. They didn't seem too keen on letting Erza joining the fight, but I told them I could heal her, and so I did.

They were shocked to see Aria taken down as well and the fact that Erza had taken him down only made it more shocking to them

"But you did good work too guys!" I told them and helped Erza on her feet. "What is it?" I asked as Elfman and Gray had taken offensive poses.

"Is she really with us now?" Gray asked nodding toward Cindera. She had hidden behind me when they had arrived and I told Gray and Elfman to stand down.

"She didn't know what she was doing back then!" I told my friends. "Phantom Lord twisted her mind so that she got the idea that she needed to get me away from Fairy Tail to make me hers! Luckily, she came to her senses and she will join Fairy Tail!"

"WHAAAT?!" Gray and Elfman wondered as Mirajane clapped her hands together.

"Wonderful!" She said giving Cindera a big smile. "Guess you have a rival now, Erza!" She taunted my girlfriend.

"WHAT? No! I- I mean- I Ehh?" Erza didn't know what she would say and her face grew red.

"I am not interested in Luke like that!" Cindera told us as she patted Erza's back.

"But you kissed me!" I said, remembering the cruel moment. "With tongue!"

Cindera and Erza blushed as they were reminded about the moment as well.

"I just wanted to make the redhead mad… Juvia-san told me love can make people mad as well as happy!"

"Isn't Juvia the Elemental Four that you took out, Gray?" I asked him, he had stripped again, making Cindera hide behind me again.

"Yeah… She was kinda weird…" Gray stated as he noticed he was standing around in his underwear.

We all stopped. We all felt it, the horrid and disgusting sense… of death.

"It... It is pure evil…" Mirajane whispered as we got chills from the presence.

"What kind of magic can… Be so menacing?" I wondered. I looked at Cindera and saw the fear in her eyes. "Cindera?"

"He… No…" She mumbled as her lips quivered.

"It's like… Death…" Erza said.

Slow clapping was heard from behind us and we turned around to see Phantom's master Jose walking forward us.

"I must congratulate you for your skill and observation… Fairy Tail…" His aura was disgusting and I had a feeling things was about to get ugly. I didn't even know if Cindera would be alright or not, it was her master after all.

"I must say, this have been rather entertaining…" Jose said as I tried to come up with a plan to deal with him. "You managed to destroy Jupiter… Take down my elite Element Four… Make my Giant fall to its knees… And even make my phoenix doubt her loyalty… That is rather good work…"

"Master…" Cindera whispered.

"This creep?" Elfman wondered.

"He is Phantom's master?" Gray asked.

"I feel sick standing near him!" Mira complained, and right she was!

I forced Cindera behind me and looked Jose in his eyes.

"First I would like to have my phoenix back, don't make this messier than it needs to be!" He said; it was clearly a threat.

"She doesn't belong to you!" I snapped, tightening my grip around Cindera's waist. "She was never a true member of Phantom Lord, you only used her, let her become a tool for your whims! And for that you will pay!"

Jose only laughed at me and reached out his hand like he wanted me to give him Cindera in a peaceful manner.

"She choosed to join Phantom Lord… Will you deny her of her own free will?" He sounded calm and way too smart for his own good.

"Cindera?" I whispered looking at her, trying to reach her with my words and worried face.

"I BELONG WITH MY BROTHER!" She yelled. "If he is to be a member of Fairy Tail, then so be it! It does sound better than being a part of Phantom Lord, all you do is evil!" Cindera sounded just as angry as the rest of us Fairy Tail members were and I knew this would change the opinion of her on both sides.

"You dare to betray me!" Jose looked like he would pop several veins in his anger. "AFTER ALL I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOU SIDE WITH THE ENAMY!?" He sounded truly pissed now; he had lost his ace and was one step closer to lose.

"They are family!" Cindera yelled back as she grabbed my waist as well.

"Give up Jose!" I commanded him. "Fairy Tail will win, it's only you left now!"

"Me… And our dragon slayer!" Jose laughed. "Gajeel will put an end to your Salamander and I myself will send you to hell!"

"TRY US!" Gray and Elfman sprinted forward Jose and I was too slow to stop them.

"DON'T!" Erza yelled.

Jose sent an attack that annihilated Gray and Elfman, sending them flying.

He didn't even try for real… I was in awe and felt anger at the same time.

"Cinder! Go and help them!" She nodded and ran off to help Gray and Elfman.

"Not so fast!" Jose growled as he used another attack to blow away Gray, Elfman, Mira and Cindera, all at once.

Erza and I attacked him and at once. He used ranged magic as Erza requiped into her Black Wing Armor and I sent a lightning bolt at him. Jose dodged my attack and grabbed Erza with ease and threw her through half the room. I used my agility and jumped back to Erza and blocked one of Jose's attacks.

"I must say you two are rather exquisite…" Jose said as Erza and I tried to catch our breath. "First we got Titania; you took a blast from Jupiter and still you can fight… Next is Blue Era… The phoenix slayer that manage to survive a magical bomb even the Ten Wizard Saints would have trouble dealing with, yet here you stand!"

"We stand because our friends give us strength and hope! We would never fail them!" Erza said in a confident and impressive voice.

It does sound a bit cheeky though… I thought to myself.

"And what's more interesting…" Jose continued. "The two of you are in love! The beautiful, strong and courageous Titania, queen of the Fairies and the smart, handsome and sympathetic Bule Era, king of all Phoenixes, are in love! This opens up a whole lot of possible ways to pain you and break you!"

He sounded vicious and cruel. No way I would let him hurt Erza!

"Let's get him!" I told Erza and we attacked him at once.


It was at this time Natsu fought Gajeel someplace inside the Giant. Fisrt they were on par, but Gajeel could eat the iron from the Giant and it made his magical energy return, Natsu quite the problem then…

Natsu had some trouble fighting Gajeel when he was out of fire; he got wounded quite a bit, even though he didn't confess about it later on. Natsu had to match our guildhall get smashed to complete rubble as he was beaten by the Iron Dragonslayer.

But in the end, Natsu won, with the help of Lucy's spirit Sagittarius, a funny looking horse-man-thing… I know it was a bit weird, but anyway… Natsu won against Blacksteel Gajeel and had shown Fairy Tail's true strength.

Now was only the master of Phantom Lord left… That fight was not easy… And Erza and I had no chance against him.


During the Fight with Master Jose

Luke's POV

Erza and I had been fighting Jose for some time now. We were tired and I had problems standing. Cindera had been badly wounded and needed to rest so that her magical healing could mend her.

We knew that Natsu had won, or at least we felt it…

The whole place was rumbling and it was a clear sign that Natsu had been going a bit overboard.

"I must commend your dragonslayer…" Jose said, giving me and Erza a breather.

"He is a remarkable wizard!" I said trying to focus.

"He could be on my level or even stronger!" Erza continued, pointing her sword at Jose.

"Don't be so modest Titania; your magic is as remarkable as the Salamander's." Jose told Erza. "You two are the only wizards that have been able to stand against me for this long! Truth to be told, we three would be more equally matched if Titania hadn't taken the blast from Jupiter and if you Blue Era hadn't fought Cindera!"

Erza and I exhaled and inhaled loudly to give oxygen to our muscles.

"Do you know what really bothers me about Fairy Tail?" Jose asked us. "That you have so many strong wizards like yourselves! All allied with Makarov!" He flicked his finger and sent Erza straight into the wall.

That power and speed! I dodged the attack aimed for me and sent a lightning bolt at him. He dodged it like it was nothing.

"You are nowhere near as fast as Cindera!" Jose told me as his next attack hit me. "You won't join Phantom so I have only one way to go!"

He started to shoot small but dangerous beam-attacks at me and Erza and we had to dodge them as best we could.

"I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU!" Jose snapped.

Erza and I dodged and dodged, trying to get an opening in his defense.

"Killing you will most certainly make the old fart give in to despair!" Jose said in a menacing way.

The master was one of the things holding Fairy Tail together; losing him was not an option.

"Imagine; how he will react when he finds his guildhall turned completely into rubble and his children all dead and gone!" Jose continued. "He will be lost and consumed in total despair and sorrow! When he is in that state; I will kill him! But not until I have tortured him, making him wither and die!"

In rage I and Erza attacked Jose. I used my teleportation and Erza sliced at him with her sword, but he was too fast for us. He was simply too strong for us in our current state.

"For as long as I can remember; Phantom Lord has been the strongest in Fiore!" Jose said, facing away from us.

Shut it!

"We have the greater wizards, the greater spells, bigger capital and more members than any other guild! But, recently Fairy Tail has beginning to catch up to us!

Names like Erza, Laxus and Mistogan became widely known, not to speak about the SS-class wizard Luke Drakeson, a phoenix slayer, called the Blue Era because people think he is the fastest wizard in our time! And of course… The tales of Salamander."

Does he ever shut up?! I wondered. I didn't like the way he talked, and I knew I wasn't the fastest in our time, that damn magazine had said that after I used my teleport-skill to fetch some stuff a few miles away.

"Now Phantom's place as number one is shared with Fairy Tail. People see us as equals… The two guilds that are representing this kingdom… The thought disgusts me! I WILL NOT BE COMPARED TO SUCH A FEEBLE GUILD!"

He was angry because of such a petty thing!?

"SILENCE!" Erza roared as she attacked Jose again.

I was right behind her and tried my best to keep up. But Jose was truly too fast and too strong for the two of us. He dodged our attacks and made sure to keep his distance a bit.

"So we are fighting for our lives because you have been struck by jealousy!" Erza remarked in anger.

"'Jealousy'?" Jose didn't sound too keen to use the word. "We simply want to show to the kingdom who's the dominant guild!"

"That sounds like jealousy t me!" I snapped as I attacked him. "LIGHTNING PHOENIX'S SONG!" Blue lightning erupted from my mouth and the power of the attack made the building shake.

He dodged that attack too, but Erza got in close to him and started to slash at him with her sword again.

He kept dodging Erza's attacks until he disarmed her. Her sword hit the ground and Jose used his magic to bind Erza, as well as torture her.

"DAMN YOU!" I yelled as I teleported behind him to strike. But he was too fast, as I have stated before…

He slammed me to the ground, then to the wall, then to the other wall, then to the ground… He kept going until I must have broken twenty bones… I think; it was quite painful.

As he left me, bounded by his magic, on the floor, to watch him torture Erza.

"Even though I harbor ill feelings towards your guild, that didn't start this war…"

"What?" I hissed. Half of my ribs were broken, even when I was on the ground, it hurt like hell.

"Our patriarch who was the head of the Heartfilia-family wanted his daughter back!"

"Lucy!" Erza and I hissed.

"The daughter of one of Fiore's wealthiest families had joined Fairy Tail, so Makarov is trying to buy his way to the top, ISN'T HE!?" As Jose uttered the last phrase he pained Erza even more with his magic, making her scream in pain.

"STOP IT!" I roared and tried to break free from my binding. But the magical binding only broke another of my ribs, making me yell out in pain and spit blood.

"Luke!" Erza hissed as I coughed up blood.

"Even if your guild doesn't have access to the Heartfilia-family's fortune, it will only be a matter of time before you do, if that is; we haven't wiped you out by then!"

He pained Erza and me more and I grew more pissed with myself because I couldn't break free. But for some reason, I started to laugh.

"What?" Jose wondered.

Erza smiled at his ignorance and so did I.

"It is laughable how concerned you are with your guild's ranking, but I am even more amused over how misinformed you are about Lucy!" Erza told the bastard.

"WHAT!?" Jose snapped.

"Lucy doesn't have access to her family's money!" I yelled.

"She came to us as a runaway!" Erza continued. "She rents an apartment for 70.000 Jewels a month! She works hard to make a living! She fights alongside us, she laughs with us, cries with us! And she is the reason we are at war!"

I rememberd what Lucy had told Natsu.

"I wanna stay with you guys! Because… I love being a part of Fairy Tail!"

"She may be part of the Heartfilia-family, but a child doesn't get to choose its parents! YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LUCY, OR THE TEARS SHE HAVE CRIED!"

Way to go Erza! I thought; she truly was amazing.

"Well… I'll find out soon enough!" Jose hissed. "Did you think I wouldn't do all this without making a benefit of it?!"

"You scum!" I yelled as I got yet another rib crushed as I struggled more.

"I am going to make Lucy Heartfilia my prisoner, until her father meets my every demand! I will get ahold on the Heartfilia-family's fortune and their money-making business! I am going to bleed them dry!"

"Damn you!" Erza and I yelled.

He was the worst of scum.

"You two shouldn't struggle so much; it will only make it more painful!" He made two giant phantoms attack Erza and by her screams it sounded as if she was in a lot of pain.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" The sound that erupted from my throat was inhuman and sounded like a serpent's roar, if serpents could roar…

"I'd like to see you try! But first I will kill your dear beloved Erza! I will show her lifeless body in front of your guildmates and after that I will show them your crushed body and soul and kill you too!"

"I'LL MAKE YOUR DEATH PAINFUL!" I made the sound again… I did sound inhuman, but I didn't think of it back then. I wanted to kill Jose myself; I wanted to save Erza, by any means!

Come on body! Work with me! I commanded my body to heal and fight the binding at the same time and felt how my heart started to beat abnormally.

I felt how my body started to heal, but my energy drained faster than ever before. I got on my knees and tried to break the bindings. But the more I fought them, the more did they fight back.

"It is amusing to see you fight like that, but it will lead you nowhere!" Jose told me in a calm voice. "You might die before Titania does! At least then you won't see either her or that other phoenix die!"

"I… WILL… KILL… YOU!" I tried harder than ever to break free, but I couldn't, my magic energy wasn't enough.

"Luke!" Erza called my name, but I had lost my ability to speak thanks to the pain. "You are despicable!" Erza told Jose.

"You should learn to watch your mouth!" He snapped back at her. "You won't get anywhere, you will die here!"

I saw Erza's face and knew what she was thinking. I knew her well enough to know what she was thinking just by looking at her face. She was ready to give her life to defend our home… And so was I.

She managed to look at me and I nodded. She nodded back and sword lifted from the ground. She would use it to kill herself and I would release all my magical energy at once and turn into a suicide-bomb.

At least we die together! I though; I was ready to die.

But it was not the end for us…

A light entered the crumbled building and I felt my strength return and the bindings loosen up. I got back on my feet and I saw Erza's armor mending before my eyes. Jose's magic evaporated with the air as Erza got back on her feet.

"But… How?" Erza whispered.

Erza and I reacted similar when we saw master Makarov slowly levitated down to the floor.

"You have been shedding the blood of our children!" Makarov said as Jose smiled at the old man's arrival. "That is unforgivable!" Makarov continued. "They have been suffering because of the incompetents of their parents!"

I quickly went to Erza's side and started to heal her with the little magical energy I had left.

"This war has gone on too long… We are both to blame, Jose!" Master Makarov sure did sound awesome back then. "Let's end this, Jose, here and now!"

Erza rubbed away her tears with the back of her hand.

"Master…" She whispered.

Jose smiled at Makarov's challenge and his eyes turned pitch-black.

They will fight seriously… We will only be in the way from now on…

"If we fight, it would create a catastrophe!" Jose said, sounding like he was into the idea.

"I'll do anything to protect my guild!" Makarov responded as he started a spell.

I thought that I had seen and felt the building shake and rumble, but when the two masters showed their true power, it was like an earthquake.

"The others…" I mumbled and saw the rest slowly getting up.

"IIAARGHH!" Jose had cast a spell right at us, but master had blocked it with his magic.

"You kids must go!" He ordered us.

"No way!" Gray argued.

"We will stay with you!" Elfman responded.

"No!" Erza commanded.

Jose attacked the master again and again the master blocked the attack.

"We must go, now!" I told them, helping Cindera by letting her lean on me.

Gray argued with Erza and Elfman helped Mirajane.

"Now when you are here, I no longer need to bother with those kids of yours!" Jose told the master. "I will take care of those pest after I have dealt with you!"

"Let's go! We will only be in the master way!" Erza told us and she was right.

"But-" Gray tried.

"Have fate in him!" I told Gray as Cindera and I left the building.

"We all do!" Erza said as she and Gray left too.

The grand battle of master Makarov and Jose started and we could only watch the sea, the earth and the sky tremble because of the strength of the two Wizard Saints.

"That's some power, huh!" I said when we were back at the beach.

"I never knew they both had this sort of power…" Cindera whispered in awe and fright.

"But it will be over soon!" Erza confirmed.

"Yeah!" I agreed. "This war was over the moment master Makarov arrived!"

We saw lightning and dust explode within the Giant and I could feel the power of both the wizards fighting, they were total monsters… But the master soon started a special spell, a spell I had been eager to learn myself, but not been allowed to learn. Makarov was about to settle this once and for all now.

"What is happening?" Bisca asked as we were all almost blinded by pure light.

"The light is coming from the Giant!" Cindera remarked.

"It is killing the phantoms!" Alzack said as the remaining phantoms disappeared in the light.

"It must be someone on our side!" Cana remarked.

"True!" I said with a smile.

"This is Fairy Law!" Erza told everyone. "A spell that creates a light that vanquish darkness, only those that the caster sees as the enemy is affected by it! It is amazing, one of the most legendary spells in existence."

"Your old man had that up his sleeve?" Cindera asked me as her face expressed fear of death.

"It won't hurt you!" I told her. She looked at me with big eyes and so did everyone ells. "This light will affect enemies of Fairy Tail, you were used by Phantom and you regret everything you did, that is why you won't be affected!" My words calmed her and the rest of airy Tail didn't question Cindera's presence, but they would in a few moments; that I did know…

Cindera held my arm and we watched as the light faded away, without hurting her.

"It is over at last!" I said exhaling. "The master won!"

Every member of Fairy Tail started to cheer and laugh as, because we had won the war against Phantom Lord.

"WE WON AGAINST PHANTOM!"

I sat down on the ground and inhaled and exhaled in relief.

"We did it!" I mumbled as Erza sat next to me.

I didn't care if everyone would stare at us, so I putted my hands on Erza's cheeks and gave her a deep kiss. She answered the kiss and she dominated my tongue with her own.

I am damn lucky to be alive and I am damn lucky to be with you! I thought as we deep-kissed in front of the whole guild.

Cindera blushed, Gray told us to get a room, Mirajane told us we were cute and the rest cheered us on.

When we ended the kiss I hugged her close to me.

"No matter what, I will always be there for you!" I told her.

"And no matter what, I will be there for you as well!" She responded as we got back up on our feet.

Everyone was standing up as the master appeared on top of the Giant and told us we were victorious.

"But I had wary little to do with it!" The master continued. "This victory IS YOURS MY CHILDREN!" He yelled out and I felt that I was in need of some time off.

"Erza…" I said calmly while the others were cheering.

"Yes?" She answered looking at me with questioning eyes.

"I want to make a team with you! That way I can spend more time with you!" I told her and she grabbed my arm tight.

"You and I have already been talking about Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Happy and me forming a team, Team Natsu, right... Well, I am glad that you will join!" She said with a smile.

A tuff part of my life was over. I had reunited with my sister, I had overcome a war and I was in a perfect relationship with the most awesome woman on the planet.

I had a new personal quest and I was eager to get it done. I wanted to find and help my brother, Jellal Fernandes. (I wasen't too eager to take back my old name though!)

Little did I know that my brother would hurt me in more than one way…


Happy:

To be continued!

JellalRavan:

Thank you for reading this chapter. I made the sixth chapter into 2 smaller chapters so it would be easier to read!

Lucy:

But I liked that it was long!

JellalRavan:

That's because you like long novels, Luce! And I don't like to sit up all night writing… No, that's a lie; I do like to sit up all night writing!

Next time you'll read about the Magical Council and Laxus will show up for a bit. Soon after that, the Tower of Heaven Arc will begin; I have been waiting for that!

Fallow/ favorite, it helps a lot. Tell me know how the story is and what you would like to read about that is non-canon. Do you have questions, than just ask!

See you next chapter!

Happy:

Bye!