Chapter X
Makarov, Laxus, and the six remaining teams finally arrived to the Boundary Forest.
"We're finally here." Makarov said.
Everyone looked at the Boundary Forest with awe.
"Now warning, there are gigantic monster living here. So be careful because they can be very dangerous." Makarov said.
Everyone nodded their head.
"Alright, now for the second trial, all three fight will happen in different places at the same time." Makarov said.
The six remaining times gave Makarov a dumbfounded look.
"What do you mean by that Master?" Erza asked taking a step towards Makarov.
"The three fights will happen in different locations at the same time. That way so you don't know whose going onto the third trial. If you don't know whose moving onto the third trial then you can't think of anyway to give yourself an advantage." Makarov explained.
"Now Erza and Mirajane, you two will head east for about three miles. Cletus and Cana, you'll head west two miles. Evvie and Thoma, head north for three miles. All the spots will be marked with the Fairy Tail emblem." Laxus said.
"When you finish your fight, the winners will head towards Laxus and myself. We'll be watch through some Lacrimas. Once all three fights have finished Laxus will shoot some lighting into the air so all of you can see it." Makarov said.
"If you have any questions now will be the time to ask." Laxus said.
Erza rose her hand and asked,
"What are the rules for these fights?"
"Simple. No killing. First one unable to continue fighting will lose. You may also choose to surrender." Makarov said.
"Any more questions?"Laxus asked.
"What happens if a gigantic monster interrupts the fights?" Cletus asked.
"If a monster interrupts your fight then defeat it then continue your fight." Laxus said.
"What if the monster is too strong for us?" Cana asked.
"Then your not ready to be an S-Class Wizard."Makarov said in a serious tone of voice.
"What do you mean we're not ready to be S-Class Wizards?" Natsu asked.
"Just as I said. If your get beaten by a monster out here then you lose the second trial and can not become an S-Class Wizard. Now the second trial begins now." Makarov said then gave the signal to start.
The three groups went off in the direction they were told to go. After walking three miles, Thoma, Natsu, Evvie, and her partner arrived to their battle site.
"We're here." Natsu said getting pumped up to fight.
Without warning Thoma and Natsu were hit by a huge gust of wind. Thoma increased his and Natsu's gravity so they didn't get blown away. Then just as quick as it came, the wind dead down.
"Damn. I thought that if I sneak attacked you then this fight would be over already." Evvie said disappointed that her attack didn't have any effect.
"Well I guess the fight has begun." Thoma said.
"I'll take care of Evvie's partner Thoma." Natsu said turning his head to Thoma and gave a thumbs up.
"Alright, then I'll deal with Evvie." Thoma nodded.
Natsu charged toward Evvie's partner while Thoma used his Gravity Magic to pull Evvie to him.
"I don't think so." Evvie said then made another gust of wind to free herself.
Thoma watched has Evvie freed herself, he was shocked and impressed.
"I am amazed that you were able to stop my pull with wind." Thoma said.
"Whatever. Hurry up and go down." Evvie scoffed and was getting annoyed with Thoma.
"What did I do to you?" Thoma questioned.
"Personal?... nothing." Evvie said.
"Then why do you act that way?" Thoma asked.
"You wouldn't understand. Now come on and let's fight." Evvie said raising her fan to attack with.
Evvie then charged towards Thoma and when she was close enough, she swung her fan to create a gust of wind.
"Razor Gust!" Evvie yelled.
Thoma then had cuts on body from Evvie's attack. He put his arms in front of his face to protect it from getting cut. Thoma then countered by sending a blast of gravity towards Evvie.
"Gravity Push!" Thoma yelled.
Evvie's Razor Gust was canceled out by Thoma Gravity Push and she was sent back a few feet. Evvie landed then she heard someone yell behind her.
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Natsu yelled and went to attack Evvie from behind.
Before Natsu could land his attack, he was sent back into a big tree and was knocked out.
"Hurricane Winds." Evvie said.
Thoma saw that Evvie opened her fan a bit and could see something written on it, but he couldn't tell what is was.
"This fan increases the power of my Wind Magic. The more it is opened, then the power my magic has. No one has seen this fan fully opened." Evvie explained how her magic worked.
"Then I'll aim to be the first to see it. Your not fighting at full strength until that fan is fully opened." Thoma said smiling, hoping to get Evvie to open her fan.
"Then continue to piss me off then you'll see it." Evvie said then swung her fan angrily.
Thoma put up both his arms and yelled,
"Gravity Push."
Both attacks canceled each other out.
"Your really pissing me off!" Evvie shouted at Thoma.
"What did I do!?" Thoma shouted back.
"Your all the same. Looking down on me, thinking that I am weak." Evvie said.
"What are you talking about?" Thoma asked.
"I am not weak and I'll show you." Evvie said.
Evvie opened her fan more and now it was half way open. Evvie then swung the fan at Thoma and a massive wind it Thoma. Thoma used his Gravitational Sphere to protect himself, while around him the trees were being ripped out of the ground and/or breaking into piece.
'If she can do this much damage with the fan only half open then if the fan is fully open...' Thoma thought.
The massive wind subsided then Evvie said with a grin,
"I can do more then just make massive winds."
Evvie turned the fan so the face was facing the ground then swung the fan again. Thoma dodged and saw the trees that were behind him get cut clean through.
"I dodge by reflex, if I didn't then I could have been..." Thoma said.
"Been cut in half. I can create small slashes of wind that can cut through rock. I also can fire multiple in rapid succession. Like so..." Evvie said then swung her fan over and over again to send multiple slash attacks at Thoma.
Watching Thoma dodge and block her attacks, Evvie grew more and more angry.
"Stop mocking me!" Evvie shouted.
"I am not mocking you." Thoma said.
"Yes you are. You saying that I am weak and looking down on me." Evvie said.
"I am not doing those things. Why do you think that?" Thoma asked while dodging Evvie's attacks.
"Because everyone thinks that. Ever since my parents died." Evvie said stopping her attacks.
Thoma was breathing heavily and he saw tears running down Evvie's cheeks.
"Are you crying?" Thoma asking concerned for Evvie and took a few steps towards her.
"Stay away from me!" Evvie yelled.
Evvie then opened her fan all the way and swung it at Thoma. Thoma couldn't do anything, but increase his gravity so he couldn't get blown away.
"This wind... so strong..." Thoma said to himself.
Thoma looked at Evvie's fan and the name Mugino was written on it.
'Whose Mugino?' Thoma questioned.
"Ever since my parents died, I had to raise my little sister on the streets. Everyone looked down on me and treated me like dirt. I had to be strong and cold so I could give my sister a future." Evvie said.
"I understand." Thoma said.
"No you don't understand!" Evvie yelled in annoyance and anger.
"I know how it feels to lose your family." Thoma said.
Evvie stopped her attacks and said,
"You what?..."
"When I was little my home village was attacked and my parents were killed and my sister was taken away. I ran away because I was afraid. I was alone, but then Tadanori, a man whose like a second father to me, found me and raised me." Thoma said having tears come to his eyes.
"You were found and care for, while I wasn't." Evvie pointed out.
"Yes, but then once again, my family was taken from me and I was all alone again. I traveled from place to place trying to find my sister and I meet people who treated me like dirt, but there were people who helped me. Then one day Makarov found me and offered me to join Fairy Tail where I was reunited with my sister. If you open your heart to people then I'm sure that you can have friends and have a future for both you and your sister." Thoma said walking to Evvie.
"Who would want to be friends with me?" Evvie asked wiping tears from her eyes.
"I would." Thoma said.
Evvie gasped then looked up at Thoma.
"You would?" Evvie asked.
"I would, if you let me." Thoma said offering his hand to Evvie and smiling.
Evvie begun to cry and Thoma hugged her. After a few moments Thoma stood up offered Evvie his hand and said,
"Come on, let's finish the fight."
Evvie shook her, stood up and said,
"No. You win Thoma, I surrender." Evvie said.
Thoma looked at Evvie with a confused look on his face and asked,
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I don't deserve to be an S-Class Wizard. You do." Evvie said.
"Alright then." Thoma nodded.
Natsu woke up from being knocked out to see Thoma and Evvie shake hands.
"Thoma, you win?" Natsu asked walking up to Thoma and Evvie.
"Yeah. We won." Thoma said.
Natsu cheered.
"Sorry that I got knocked out Thoma." Natsu said tilting his head down because he was ashamed to be knocked out.
"That's ok." Thoma said.
Thoma then turned back to Evvie and asked,
"Evvie, who is Mugino?"
"Mugino is my little sister. She is three years old now." Evvie said.
"I see. Mugino means a lot to you doesn't she." Thoma said.
"She does, Mugino is every important to me." Evvie said smiling.
Evvie then noticed a locket around Thoma's neck that she didn't see before.
"Thoma, what do you have around your neck?" Evvie asked.
"This is a locket that belong to my father and it is very important to me because its one of the only things that I have to remember them by." Thoma said placing his hand on the locket.
"That's nice, I am sure your parents are proud of you." Evvie said.
"Thank you and I am sure your parents are proud of you." Thoma said.
"You think so?" Evvie asked hopefully, but thinking that it wasn't true.
After a few moments of talking, Thoma and Natsu learned about Evvie's past. Evvie's parents were magic shop owners who died in a accident and were forced to live on the streets. Life was hard for Evvie trying to give Mugino a good life, which resulted in Evvie becoming a cold person to everyone, but Mugino. Then one day Evvie tried to rob Makarov, who offered her a chance to start anew at Fairy Tail and that is how she became a member.
"I never knew that Evvie, I am sorry for you." Natsu said.
"Thank you." Evvie said.
Then Thoma, Natsu, and Evvie saw lighting off in the distance.
"Looks like all the fights are over. Come on Natsu time to go." Thoma said standing up.
"All right." Natsu said
"Wanna come Evvie?" Thoma asked.
"Yeah." Evvie said nodding her head.
Thoma, Natsu, and Evvie headed towards the lighting.
"Hey, Evvie. Where did your partner go?" Natsu asked.
"She headed back to Magnolia when the fight was over. She said that she had no reason on staying and wished to go back." Evvie said.
Thoma and Natsu nodded and continued to head to the lighting in the sky. Thoma, Natsu, and Evvie were the first to arrive, Makarov and Laxus were waiting.
"Nice match Thoma and Evvie, I was really impress with your outcome." Makarov said.
"Thank you Master." Thoma and Evvie said at the same time.
Shortly after Erza, Gray, Cana, and Levy arrived.
"Sis!" Thoma exclaimed.
"I am not surprised to see you Thoma." Erza said.
"How did your fight go?" Natsu asked.
"Gray took down Lisanna, while I settled a score with Mirajane." Erza said happy that she won her fight.
"How your fight go Cana?" Thoma asked.
"It was going bad for me at first, but then a huge monster attacked. Cletus, his partner, Levy and I teamed up to take down the monster and then after the monster went down, Cletus said that he was done and that Levy and I won." Cana said.
Thoma, Natsu, Erza, and Gray looked at Levy and Cana with a dumbfounded look.
"Its true, Cletus said that he was very low on magic energy so he surrendered." Makarov said.
There was a moment of silence and it was broken when Laxus cleared his throat and said,
"So, the ones that will be taking the third trial are: Thoma Scarlet, Erza Scarlet, and Cana Alberona."
"And for the third trial, only the names that were called out will be taking it. So that means Natsu, Gray, and Levy, you have to sit out." Makarov said.
Natsu and Gray were upset while Levy looked like she didn't mind.
"Come on Gramps! Why do I have to sit out?" Natsu asked upset at the fact that he had to sit out.
"Because you three are not taking the trials, your helping the ones who are. The third trial is to see how well they can perform by themselves." Makarov said.
"What is the the third trial Master?" Erza asked.
"The third trial will be, Capture The Flag." Makarov said.
Thoma, Erza, and Cana had a confused look on their faces when Makarov said capture the flag.
"Can you explain this Capture The Flag?" Thoma asked.
"It is simple. Laxus will have a flag on his back and you three have to take it by force, but be careful because Laxus has permission to defend the flag. And if Laxus is able to knock you out, then you will disqualified from the trials." Makarov said.
"The third trial will begin when I get the flag and shoot lighting in the sky. There is a time limit of two hours. If none of you are able to take the flag away from me then all three of you are disqualified." Laxus said.
"Do any of you have any questions?" Makarov asked.
Thoma, Erza, and Cana shook their heads then Makarov said proudly,
"Then go and show me that you are worthy of becoming an S-Class Wizard!"
Everyone cheered in excitement then Laxus took off to get the flag. When Laxus vanished from sight Evvie walked up to Thoma and said,
"I wanted to wish you good luck Thoma and to thank you for asking to become my friend."
Evvie spoke in a soft and nervous tone and her face was turning red.
"Are you ok?" Thoma asked worried and examined Evvie's face.
Evvie stepped back a bit shook her head and laugh saying,
"Yeah. Of course I'm ok. Why would I not be?"
"Well, if your alright then that's good. Thanks for letting be your friend Evvie." Thoma said then smiled.
Evvie's face turned red once again. Before Thoma could say something, everyone saw a lighting bolt in the sky.
"Alright. Laxus has gotten the flag and is ready. Let the third trial of the S-Class Promotion Trial begin." Makarov cheered.
Everyone cheered, Thoma, Erza, and Cana all had looks of determination. Then Erza and Cana took off running while Thoma took to the sky.
'Sorry Sis, but I am winning this trial.' Thoma thought to himself hoping to win the trial.
Evvie watched Thoma fly away and she said to herself,
"Good luck Thoma."
Thoma was flying through the sky looking for Laxus so he could take the flag and win the third trial.
"The lighting came from here, so Laxus has to be somewhere around here." Thoma said to himself while to looked around.
Then Thoma saw lighting off in the distance.
"There you are, but how did you get over there so fast Laxus?" Thoma asked then took off towards the lighting.
As he was flying, Thoma noticed that it looked like Laxus was fighting someone.
"I wonder who Laxus is fighting. Is it Sis or Cana?" Thoma asked himself.
Thoma arrived to find that Laxus was fighting both Cana and Erza and they both were trying to take the flag from Laxus which was tied to his left arm.
"Alright. While Sis and Cana are distracting Laxus, I can swoop in and take the flag and win the trial." Thoma said to himself.
Thoma then picked up his speed so he could snatch the flag. Laxus and Cana were too busy to notice Thoma closing in, but Erza saw him. Erza then threw a punch, Laxus thought Erza was going to attack him so he dodged. When Laxus dodged, it created a window so Erza had a clear shot at Thoma. Erza then punched Thoma in the face and when she did both Laxus and Cana exclaimed,
"What the!?... Thoma!?"
Erza then launched Thoma backwards and because Thoma had little gravity he went far and the thing that stop Thoma was a huge rock.
"OWWWW!... Sis! What was that for!?" Thoma yelled getting up slowly and rubbing his face where he was punched.
Erza smiled and said,
"Sorry Thoma, but I won't let you win that easy."
Thoma smiled back and said,
"Then shall we see which Scarlet Sibling is stronger?"
"You read my mind." Erza said.
Erza and Thoma charged towards and begun each other in hand to hand. Laxus and Cana were watching Thoma and Erza fighting.
"I thought the point of this trial was to take the flag from me?" Laxus said looking at Thoma and Erza with a dumbfounded look.
"It looks like they thought different." Cana said also looking at Thoma and Erza with a dumbfounded look.
Cana then attack Laxus while he was distracted, but Laxus managed to dodged Cana's attack. So it was Thoma vs Erza and Laxus vs Cana.
Makarov, Natsu, Gray, Evvie, and Levy were watching the third trial on a Lacrima screen.
"Why is Thoma and Erza fighting?" Evvie asked.
"Its because their brother and sister, they want to test their strength against each other. It is natural for siblings to test themselves." Makarov said.
"I am just glad that I am here and not there." Natsu said.
"For once we agree on something." Gray said.
Back at the fight, Laxus managed to defeat Cana and he joined the fight between Thoma and Erza.
"This is a fight between Sis and me, stay out of this Laxus." Thoma said throwing a punch at Erza.
"You can take on the winner." Erza said catching Thoma's punch then throwing a counter punch.
"There is only an hour left and I don't want to wait." Laxus said attacking both Thoma and Erza.
Thoma and Erza blocked Laxus' attack then jumped back. Laxus then fired a lighting bolt at both Thoma and Erza, Erza dodged while Thoma redirected the attack behind him with his magic. Erza then charged Laxus and begun fighting with her sword.
Thoma took this chance to increase the gravity around both Erza and Laxus. Erza and Laxus fell to one knee and were struggling to get back up while Thoma walked over to Laxus to take the flag.
"If you don't mind, but I'll be taking that." Thoma said removing the flag from Laxus left arm.
Thoma let go of his hold on Laxus and Erza then said,
"Sorry Sis, but I want to win this."
"I pay you back for this Thoma, but for now win this trial." Erza said.
"Congratulations Thoma, you won the third trial and are the only one able to move onto the fourth and final trial." Makarov said walking up behind Thoma, Erza, and Laxus.
"And what is the final trial?" Thoma asked.
"The final trial is a one on one fight with Laxus." Makarov answered.
"And this time, I have little to no restrictions." Laxus said.
"So if your going all out then I'll do the same." Thoma said smiling believing that he'll win the fight.
"Then let the fourth and final trial of the S-Class Promotion Trial begin!" Makarov yelled.
"Your going down Thoma because there is no one in Fairy Tail stronger then me." Laxus said trying to dissuade Thoma.
"All the more to get excited." Thoma said pumping himself up.
Thoma and Laxus were about to begin their fight and Makarov and Erza could feel that this fight would get intense.