"You're... Gray's sister?" Erza Scarlet asked softly, barely audible. She stood in front of Hikari, who fearlessly approached the "Fairy Tail queen". Charles, Wendy, and Leon just stood back, not sure of what to do. It was obvious that the "game" wasn't fair to begin with.
"Three against one? With Titania on our side? Against a little kid? What is up with this guild?" Leon muttered to himself, shaking his head.
"This is ridiculous," Charles nodded. "That flimsy looking girl can't even measure to Titania."
Hikari Fullbuster stiffened as she clenched her fists. Seeming to hear every word they said, except for Erza, she whipped out her two humongous metal fans and raised them up in the air.
"Wind Magic... Hurricane!" Hikari swung her weapons in Wendy and Charles' direction with all her might, sending a giant tornado right at them using her magic.
"Dragon Magic..." Wendy took a deep breath in and yelled, "Wind Dragon's Roar!"
The two forces of stormy winds clashed against each other, nearly ripping the floor out beneath them. Erza stabbed her sword into the ground so that she wouldn't be pulled in by the gusts while Leon partly froze himself to the floor. Finally, the wind died down, none of the attacks reaching their goal. Hikari leapt onto a tall statue of a rose that had appeared behind her and pointed to the side of the room, where a wooden door now took shape. She snapped her fans shut as she pointed and said, "Titania and the white cat may leave. The rest will stay."
"What? Why not let all of us out?" Charles demanded.
Hikari glared down at the winged cat and replied, "I know where my limits are. Rin taught me how to fight properly. Now, go, Titania! The more levels you complete, the closer you are to your goal."
"Our goal?" Leon echoed.
Taking the chance, Erza dashed through the portal which closed shut right after she disappeared, leaving Leon, Wendy, Hikari, and Charles still inside the room.
"Wait a second... are you serious about this?" The ice mage questioned, glancing over to the place where the door had been. He kind of regretted not trying to slip into it. He didn't want to spend his time beating up a little girl.
"Wind Magic... Twin Storm Blades!" Hikari's metal fans flew open again and sent two large yet sharp and fast gusts of air at the opponents, not giving them time to speak.
"Watch out!" Leon yelled and pushed Charles and Wendy aside, narrowly dodging the attacks. The stormy blades of wind smashed into the walls and floors of the room, creating dents around 2 meters in depth. The bundles of air spun in their spots for a moment until they vanished.
Hikari jumped down to the ground in front of them, holding her fans by her sides with confidence. "Don't underestimate us Black Rose," she warned, "You'll regret it."
"Oi, you!" Rin yelled, pointing at Tobi.
"Yes?"
"Leave!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEHH?!" He exclaimed, "Why?!"
"Shoo! I'm only interested in Mr. Abs!" She said, motioning to the steel door that now appeared as if to punctuate the command. "Now go! The blue cat and Lucy can leave too!"
"What the heck..." Tobi, Happy, and Lucy sulked in the corner, tears dripping out of their eyes. "We're not even needed... it's not our fault..."
"Ahaha...ha..." Gray chuckled weakly, thinking, What in the word is wrong with this chick.
"If some people are allowed to leave..." Evergreen trailed off.
"Mirajane! Please go ahead of us! We'll hold her off here!" Levy said.
"But really... where is she? Or he?" Panther Lily muttered after changing into his grown form. The Fairy Tail members had just heard the news from a voice in the room, different from the one accompanied by the screen.
"Ara, ara..." The voice snickered, "I guess you know who I am now, thanks to Arietta who revealed my name."
"You're Kaya?" Mirajane asked.
"Ah, well, I could be Kaya... or I could be someone else. It's all who you wish me to be. I can be the enemy..." A dark figure of a silver haired girl flashed in front of Mirajane, then immediately disappeared, "Or I can be the stuff around you..." she continued, "Air... space..."
"Let us go!" Levi cried out.
"I was thinking to myself, you know, whether I should open the door to the next level or not and let you through... but... nah," Kaya said, still invisible.
"Stop with the nonsense and open the gate!" Panther Lily raged and sliced at the spot where the voice came from with his humongous sword.
"My, my, little kitty... Will you ever stop hissing? You are like a child, not knowing how to be patient," Kaya's voice now came from behind him. "Let me tame you, then."
A black sword became visible a split second before Panther Lily could say a word. He looked down to see the blade protruding from the middle of his chest, dripping blood. The katana smoothly slid out of him and the mage's knees buckled, leading him to the ground.
"Lily!" Levi cried out, horrified.
A soft chuckle echoed through the air as the sword started to disappear; the black blade inching into nothingness. Just before the weapon escaped their sight completely, a clawed hand gripped it tightly, digging the tips into the flat side of the sword. Mirajane held onto the blade with all her might, knowing that it would not cut through the tough scaling on her lower arm. Her black pointed wings blew out in full span behind her while her stocky dark tail lashed out.
"Let them go," Mirajane Strauss snarled, anger burning within her. "You will be fighting me."
"Ah... You must be the Demon Mira," Kaya snickered, still hidden from view.
Mirajane's frown furrowed deeper causing deep wrinkles to line her forehead.
Seeing her expression, Kaya laughed and the blade slithered out of the Fairy Tail mage's hand like a snake. She later reappeared with her sword in hand leaning against the side of the large black rose sculpture. "Alright," she said, "This will be interesting."
Kaya snapped her fingers and the center of the rose opened up, the stiff petals growing soft and being sucked in. Soon, a large circular portal came in view, long thorny vines protruding from it. They grabbed onto the Fairy Tail members, except for Mirajane, and dragged them into the door before closing. The petals reappeared as soon as the escape route shut and the statue returned to its original state.
"You really do look like a demon... That is your magic... Satan Soul?" Kaya asked, starting to circle the sculpture in a relaxed pace.
"I didn't think you would let them go so easily. Scared that we'll win?" Mirajane ventured, ignoring the Black Rose mage's question.
"No, no, no." The girl disappeared again and a few seconds later, Mirajane could feel Kaya's warm breath against the back of her neck.
"I just don't want anyone to interfere," Kaya whispered in the white haired girl's ear, "I might kill the others by accident, you know... I know where your siblings are... If you don't hurry up and kill me, they will die in the hands of my fellow members... And you will regret as you live on... that you were too hesitant, too weak, to save them. That is, unless you're killed by me."
With a strangled roar, Mirajane spun around to slash at the assassin, but the girl disappeared just in time and escaped, leaving the Fairy Tail mage nothing to grasp but air. Kaya's laugh echoed throughout the room.
"This," she paused, "Will be interesting. Playing with you flies will be much more enjoyable than I thought."
A new sign blazed on the ceiling of each of the rooms of war.
Level One:
Haku Soreta vs. Natsu Dragneel, Lisanna, Freed
Hikari Fullbuster vs. White Cat, Wendy Marvell, Leon
Carma Sacred vs. Elfman, Bickslow
Kaya vs. Mirajane Strauss
Raiko Tsumi vs. Makarov Dreyar
Rin Solstice vs. Gray, Lucy Heartfilia
Level Two:
Carma Sacred vs. Cana Alberona, Juvia Lockser
Vyere Regificus vs. Levy McGarden, Black Cat, Evergreen
? vs. Makarov Dreyar
Raven Thomas vs. Tobi Solstice, Erza Scarlet
OC Characters:
Kaya~ LaMindy
Hikari Fullbuster~ Laila Yagami
And guys, I'm back! Finally! TTuTT
Thanks so much for waiting! :3
(btw, Lucy stayed because of some reasons... . explained in the next chapter!)
