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Chapter 9

Normal P.O.V. ~With Erza, Gray, Lucy and Kage~

They found themselves racing down the tracks, trying to catch up to Natsu, Happy and Hikari, the only thing is that the car wasn't the same one that they originally came in and Erza was driving quite fast despite her condition. Lucy yelled "This… Isn't the four-wheeled vehicle that we rented!" She yelled this while slightly leaning outside looking down at the racing car, Gray spoke next "I take my hat off to Eisenwald for their precautions. They made sure our vehicle was destroyed." Lucy closed her eyes, folding her arms and sighed before speaking "That means we'll have to provide compensation…"

"Keh… And you stole another car. How irresponsible." Was what they heard, and Lucy turned to see that it was Kage that spoke, he had one eye open and was looking at them, Lucy yelled "We're just borrowing it! Erza said so." The last bit was spoken quietly but was said clearly. Kage looked down slightly, before looking up at them again but there was confusion in his eyes as he asked "Wh-Why did you bring me along…?" Lucy was looking at Kage, yet she answered him " We had no choice since there was no one else in town. So we're gonna take you to the hospital in clover. You'd better be thankful." Kage was getting frustrated yet the confusion stayed a little, he yelled "No! I mean, why did you take me!? We're enemies!" There was a slight pause but he continued more calmly "Oh, I know… You're taking me hostage so you negotiate with Eligor-San… That'd be a waste of time… He's cold blooded. There's no way he will." He was mumbling this to himself but Gray and Lucy heard this loud and clear. Lucy muttered to herself "Uwahh, what a gloomy thought."

"I can kill you right now if you wanna die that badly.." Gray spoke in a scarily calm voice, Lucy looked at him in alarm "Hey Gray!" She yelled, yet it didn't seem to bother him one bit, he continued "Life and death aren't the only two possible outcomes of a conflict, right? You should all live your lives more positively…" Kage just looked at Gray with wide eyes but then then car suddenly skidded and almost crashed but managed to continue with its journey. But this sudden movement made Lucy go flying, her butt hitting Kage in the face, she yelled out "KYAAA!" Kage groaned in pain, and Lucy looked slightly disgusted by what just happened. Gray leaned over towards Erza, "ERZA!" Erza looked over her shoulder towards them slightly before concentrating on the track "Sorry, I'm alright." Erza said this yet she was thinking to herself on her over doing it with her magic, her vision going slightly blurry, yet she continued going the speed with the car. Kage spoke again but directed his speech to Lucy, "Don't go around bumping people with your huge ass." Lucy practically freaked out by this, screaming out "HIEEK! A SEXUAL HARRASSMENT! GRAY, KILL HIM!" She was glaring at Kage yet she was also giving Gray pleading looks, Gray sighed before speaking "Hey… Don't waste my witty remark earlier." And they were like this for most of the journey.

Hikari's P.O.V.

I was watching Natsu and Eligor intently as they stood looking at each other, well, Eligor was glaring while Natsu had a teasing smile on his face, he spoke "Come! I'll burn you along with that dangerous flute!" I shook my head, but spoke up "Be careful Natsu, this guy is dangerous, especially with that flute!" I wasn't really surprised by Natsu's actions with tormenting Eligor but I still thought he needed to be careful. "Oh I know, but I'm still gonna kick his ass!" My eyes widened when I notice Eligor move, he was moving his arm yet he was using two fingers. "NATSU, LOOK OUT!" Natsu turned towards Eligor only the get a strong wind in his face, I gritted my teeth yet held my place as the wind to hit me. I also tried my best the protect Happy from getting hurt, who was still in my arms tired. This strong wind caused Natsu to lose his balance, he called out to us "Happy! Hikari!" I looked at him he then remembered "Oh yeah! Happy used up all his magic power! And you Hikari have injured your wings!" I would help him, but I knew he was right, I had injured my wings, it surprised me that I managed to get here, so I'd probably be unable to hold him and my magic is limited.

Let me explain what I mean by limited, because of what I am (no-one is ready for the truth yet on that) I have the ability to lock some of my true strengths away and with that there is only so much magic that I could use. Right now I've almost used up all of my magic, but still got enough to use one more attack. I zoned back into attention only to notice Eligor knocking Natsu off the track, "NATSU!" I gently placed Happy down and went to jump after him but he stopped me "DON'T YOU DARE JUMP AFTER ME! NOT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO!" I looked down towards him in fear, I didn't want this, I couldn't let this happen and ignoring his request I jumped after him, summoning my wings while doing so. Natsu's eyes widened by my actions, but yelled "YOU IDIOT! I TOLD YOU NOT TO GOT AFTER ME!" My anger then hit me, but it wasn't directed at him, I yelled back "LIKE YELL AM I GONNA LEAVE A FRIEND OF MINE TO FALL, KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING!"I yelled this as I grabbed onto his arm before lifting him back to the tracks but as I was just above them, Eligor shot some wind at us, successfully making me drop Natsu, who landed next to Happy. Me on the other hand went flying into one of the many rocks that surrounded the tracks, I was then falling into the darkness, me having lost my wings out of pain. The last thing I heard before losing consciousness was, "HIKARI!"

Normal P.O.V.

Natsu looked down to where he saw Hikari fall, he needed to save her but right now he needed to beat this guy to hell and back. And let me tell you, he was pissed "You! You are dead meat, do you hear me!? You. Are. DEAD! If something bad happens to Hikari then you won't live to see another day!" Natsu spoke in such a dark voice, one filled with hated and anger, one that would probably put Master to shame or even Igneel but he didn't care, Eligor had hurt Hikari, his friend. Natsu summoned his fire before firing himself at Eligor with a big amount of speed, this of course made Eligor's eyes widen in surprise, he couldn't dodge the punch that Natsu aimed at him, and Natsu yelled "SALAMANDER'S CLAW!" This attack made Eligor go flying back but then he managed to dodge Natsu's second punch by flying up using his magic, "don't get carried away!" He was glaring down at the pinkette, he sent a little bit of wind down to him before sending down a complete tornado at him yelling out "STORM BRINGER!" This attack made Natsu fly around in circles before being thrown further down the track and seeing his chance, an opening, Eligor flew towards Natsu and swung his weapon hoping to end his life, he spoke "This is it." But just as he was about to hit him, Natsu closed his eyes but the attack never came. He opened his eyes, only for them to open in surprised, there stood in front of him, was Hikari, block the attack with scales covering her arms yet there was blood coming from her forehead.

Hikari's P.O.V.

Man… That was a close one. I was glaring at Eligor as I protected Natsu from the attack. I had regain consciousness just as I hit the ground below the tracks and had quickly flew up only to see Natsu in trouble, I was angry or more likely pissed. He dared hurt a friend of mine and he was dead for doing so "LIGHT WING SLICER!" Trying to scratch him only for him to jump back, I looked back at Natsu who was staring at me with wide eyes, I motioned for him to concentrate on Eligor and thankfully he understood that, so he started to fight again "Salamanders-" He paused to suck fire into his mouth, Eligor spoke as he was doing this "Is he gonna shoot flames from his mouth!?" I smirked as fear and shock were shown in his voice and on his face, Natsu continued "-ROOAARRRR!" Eligor dodged again, Huh? Didn't feel fear just a second ago? Hmm I'm guessing he has another trick up his sleeve. I looked up to where Eligor was floating then down to where Natsu was looking frustrated, he yelled "Shit! Don't just fly around. You're sneaky! Come back down!"

I looked back up at Eligor who seemed to be thinking a little then I walked over to where I left Happy and pick him up. I decided to let Natsu deal with him as I'm at my limit, I couldn't fight any more for now, so I watched like I had originally planned to do. Eligor spoke "I… Underestimated your abilities a bit. Let's fight seriously now." My eyes widened by those words, he wasn't fighting seriously before? Damn, just what we need, a greater challenge. Natsu just looked up at him, not seeming fazed by his words, Eligor had a smirk on his face "You and me." I saw Natsu now had a smile on his face as he spoke up the Eligor "My flame will take you on." I watched as Eligor crossed his arms over his face as he said "Storm mail." I then saw that, like earlier with the station, his wind magic surrounding him, protecting from any damage, and this was no good for Natsu at all. My attention stayed on the fight that was in front of me, I shook my head when I saw that Natsu seemed amazed by this, it was then that I heard Eligor speak "Here I come."

Then the true fight began as Eligor shot down towards Natsu like a bullet and hit the tracks just as Natsu dodge, then Natsu went to punch Eligor shouting "SALAMANDERS IRON FIST" and with that he punch Eligor hoping to get through that wind but like I predicted his attack did really work, Natsu tried again after cursing and failed again. He seemed to be getting frustrated and I couldn't blame him, Eligor spoke as a cocky smirk appeared on his face "Just as I thought; you can't generate power unless you're coated in flame… It's useless now…" I gritted my teeth, feeling frustrated myself as I looked on, Natsu was frustrated yet his confusion was what he mainly covered him, he spoke "What's going on!? The flame died out!" I wanted to help him but I still haven't got enough magic power and I don't want to leak out the rest of it that I have locked away just in case I lost control which I sometimes do. Eligor spoke again "Storm mail blows wind inside out. Don't you get it? Flame can't go against headwind. Flame cannot simply defeat wind." And what he said was the truth, those with fire magic that fight against wind struggle as it is only natural and in this case all I could do was hope Natsu would be ok.

Eligor's wind was picking up with its speed and strength and it caused me to kneel down so that I could hold my place. To make things worse I had to try to protect Happy from its force, I looked up to see that Natsu was also trying to hold his place but he was standing, "What is this wind!? It's like a typhoon." I heard him speak, but I could tell it was to himself, "Your flame won't work won't be able to reach me now. DIE!"Eligor yelled as he fired his wind continuously at Natsu while laughing. Thankfully Natsu managed to dodge each, but I too had to dodge from them. I jumped back so that me and Happy were out of harm's way and my sudden movement actually woke the cat up who gasped looking around before zoning in on the fight that was before us. I saw Natsu throw a punch at Eligor but it only failed just like his flames, I heard him yell out "Not just flame… But I can't get close to him, either!" I could tell by each minute and each failed attempt, Natsu's frustration was getting stronger and his anger was building up and I knew he'd explode soon. "Take this! Soaring wind magic that cuts up everything! EMERAPARAM."

My eyes widened in fear and Happy yelled "Emeraparam!? You'll be chopped into bits if you get hit by that!" But it was too late, Natsu had fired himself at his opponent just as Eligor shot his attack yelling "DIE! CINDER BRAT!" This was followed by a large explosion, I closed my eyes so that I wouldn't get dirt in them but then soon enough re-opened them to see that there was a lot of damage done to the scenery and soon the remaining smoke cleared and we saw Natsu lying on the tracks covered in his own bloody "NATSU!" Both me and Happy screamed out to him in fear for our friend, no, no this cannot be happening no, NO! Out of anger and blinded by rage, I unintentionally dropped Happy, shooting myself at Eligor "LIGHT WING SLASH!" I screamed giving him punches after punches, I lost control. Natsu laid where he was and hoping no-one paid much attention I yelled out "LIGHT DRAGONS ROAR!"A large beam of light shot of my mouth (Like Natsu's except not fire) I did attack after attack, I stood there panting, now I'm at my limit, I really can't let any more of my magic get through. I could seriously do some damage here. And not only that, I actually almost lost my control. Damn. The smoke cleared up but only to see Eligor still standing with no scratch and his wind still surrounding him how is he still standing? My powers should've least given one scratch but nothing! How, how, how!? Shit… I was cursing so much that I didn't notice Eligor fire an attack at me and because I wasn't paying any attention, I flew back and landed next to Happy. "Are you okay, Hikari?" Happy asked me, I looked down at him with a smile, I only nodded but muttered a thanks.

"Not bad, both your bodies are in one piece. You both are pretty good for young mages. Don't worry. I'll send those geezers over to your place soon enough. With the lullaby's melody of course." Eligor spoke this as he turned away from us, though we were yelling for Natsu to wake up and I sighed in relief when I saw Natsu move slowly, moving so that he was on his hands and knees. Oh thank god he is alive, I didn't know what I do if Natsu died, I heard him speak "The lullaby…" It was quiet, but Eligor heard it, making him spin around in shock, Natsu yelled "If you want Jicchan's head, fight us fair and square!" He looked back at me and Happy for a second yet froze at the sight of my injuries, him noticing that they looked worse than just a second ago then turned back to Eligor and yelled again "AND IF YOU HURT HIKARI ANY MORE THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE, THEN YOU WON'T LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY!" I felt tears in my eyes by his words, I smiled knowing that he would do anything to protect us and defeat Eligor and I felt grateful to have Natsu as a friend.

Eligor seemed to be too stunned and shocked to move yet he spoke "What!? He's still alive!?" Me and Happy were cheering for our friend who dah summoned some flames into his fist and went to punch Eligor while yelling "IF YOU'RE NOT COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO FIGHT, DON'T EVEN BOTHER!" And yet, his fire-filled punch failed just like the rest of his attacks, but Natsu anger only built up to the point were his magic was very high, I could feel the heat from his flames from where I stood and I was no-where near him. That is when me and Happy noticed something, we noticed Eligor's wind was blowing towards Natsu and away from Eligor, Natsu's heat was taking away his power. Natsu was so pissed he grabbed onto the track itself and was trying to melt it screaming out "WHY CAN'T I GET CLOSE TO YOU!? I DON'T GET IT-!" I SAW Eligor lips move but I couldn't hear what he was muttering over Natsu's screams. I looked back at Natsu only to se him actually melting the metal, him pulling it away from the rest of the track, he was so blinded from his rage, like I was before, and his magic seemed to be having some effect on Eligor wind.

Screaming out Natsu ripped the track to pieces, and that's when I realized something, this was flames of emotion…? I think I got that right, so that was what his magic was like in some form. Natsu was still screaming out, it was like he was giving out a true dragon's roar, and it too reminded me of Igneel. I looked over at Eligor and noticed the wind that had surrounded him was almost completely gone! I smirked at this, though he too seems to realize what was happening. "I KNOW!" I looked down at Happy were he yelled this, it surprised be by his outburst "What?" I asked but he ignored me, he called out to Natsu who turned to him, Happy spoke "Impossible. You can't win, Natsu. Let's leave it to Gray." I caught onto what Happy was doing and I spoke up "Yeah! Gray is much stronger than you! Let's wait until he's caught up to us so that HE can beat Eligor!" Happy smirked up to me but I was looking at Natsu, who was now looking more pissed than ever "WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT!?" Natsu's fire power seemed to increase then, Eligor's storm mail had now completely disappeared, both me and Happy were smirking at our victory, while Eligor looked like he was scared shitless.

We heard Eligor screaming out "N-NO WAY! STORM MAIL IS…. BEING SUCKED AWAY…" I heard Happy mutter something but my attention was on Natsu and Eligor. "His wind armour came off!" I spoke up with a smirk, Eligor Screamed out again "INCREDIBLE HEAT MAGIC LIKE THIS….. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" I was laughing, Natsu yelled out, his rage covering his voice "I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN! SALAMANDERS-" Eligor was freaking out by now, he was yelling "DOES A DRAGON SLAYER STILL EXIST?" Natsu fired himself, head first like a bullet at Eligor screaming out the last part of his attack"-SWORDHORN!" The fight was over, Natsu had won, I watched as Natsu heavily dropped down and landed on the tracks. He was glaring down at Eligor's body. Natsu yelled to us, his anger just about disappearing "See, Happy! Hikari!" I smiled before collapsing onto my ass, my arms resting on my knees.

"Hikari!" I heard Natsu and Happy yell and the next thing I knew I felt warm arms wrap around me protectively, I felt safe and warm, I smiled losing consciousness. At least we stooped Eligor…

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