Inside the Robot
Natsu, Gray, Elfman, and Happy were transversing through the halls. They have met up a few moments ago and decided to stick together in order to find Jose. They ran in front of a door in the hallway. Natsu ignited his fist.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist," Natsu shouted, punching the door off its hinges. The group just saw an empty room.
"Dammit," Natsu exclaimed, punching the wall. "This is like the hundredth door we've checked."
"It's actually the twentieth," Gray corrected.
"THIS IS SO UNMANLY," Elfman shouted.
"Aye," Happy agreed. Suddenly, they felt something start to move. The hallway slowly started to tilt upward.
"What the hell is going on?" Natsu shouted.
"I don't know," Gray answered. "But we got to get out of here." Natsu, Elfman, and Gray made a dash down the hall while Happy just flew behind them. With each step, the hallway slowly tilted upward.
"Look, there's a door," Happy cried out, pointing to a wooden door at the end of the doorway. By then, the hallway was about to reach a 45 degree angle.
"Ice Make: Floor," Gray shouted, placing his hands on the ground. Ice coated the floor, making the trio slip and skid down the hallway on the ice.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, GRAY?!" Natsu exclaimed, surprised by the unexpected spell.
"This is faster," Gray explained. "Blow up that wall before we become a bloody mess." Natsu glared at Gray before looking back at the wall. He took in a deep breath, combining his magic.
"Fire Dragon's ROAR," Natsu shouted, shooting out a giant fireball. The fireball flew at mach speeds, exploding on contact with the wall. The group covered their faces to block out the smoke. Elfman was the first to look back down.
"DEMOLISHING WALLS IS VERY MANLY," Elfman shouted as the others looked down. They saw the floor approaching at a very fast rate.
"Brace for impact," Gray said. Natsu, Elfman, and Gray crashed onto the floor.
"Ow," the trio groaned, rolling onto their backs. Happy flew down next to them.
"What happened?" Natsu asked.
"Have you forgotten what happened a few seconds ago, flamebrain?" Gray responded.
"I'm asking is why did the hallway start moving, icicle stick?" Natsu asked, angered. Natsu and gray jumped onto their feet before butting their heads against each other.
"THIS IS SO UNMANLy," Elfman shouted, standing up.
"Aye," Happy agreed.
"My, my. Didn't your mother teach you manners?" a voice interrupted them. The group turned their heads to see three people. Two of them were male while the other was female. One of the males was dressed like a ridiculous light brown, gentleman suit with a top hat of the same color while the other was wearing a green cloak with bandages around his eyes. The woman was dressed in a blue parka with a long blue skirt and black boots, carrying a pink umbrella.
"Who are you?" Natsu demanded to know, turning his body, along with the others, to face the mysterious group.
"We are the Element 4, monsieur," the man in the strange suit answered. The Fairy Tail members widened their eyes in surprise.
"Allow us to introduce ourselves," the man stated before pressing a hand on his chest. "I am Sol."
"I am Juvia," the woman introduced herself.
"Are is my name. Oh, how sad," the last member said.
"What are your names?" Sol asked, pointing to the Fairy Tail group.
"We're here to kick your ass," Natsu responded, igniting his fists.
"For once, I agree with you," Gray added in, placing his hands together.
"FIGHTING IS VERY MANLY," Elfman shouted, collecting his magic.
"What are you doing?" Sol responded. "We just asked you to introduce yourselves."
"Why would we do that?" Gray pointed out, taking off his shirt. "Aren't we supposed to fight?"
"It's being respectful," Sol answered while Juvia blushed at the sight of Gray. "Also, why did you taking off your shirt?" Gray was in the process of taking off his pants when Sol pointed out what he had done.
"Oh, sorry," Gray hastily replied, pulling back up his pants before putting back on his shirt. If anyone had super hearing, they would be able to hear a quiet sigh of disappointment from one of the Phantom Lord members.
"What's with all this dialogue?" Natsu exclaimed. "Let's fight." Natsu then launched himself at Aria.
"FIGHTING IS MANLY," Elfman shouted in response before lunging at Sol.
"Wait, we should think of a pla~," Gray called out, only to see Natsu punch Aria while Elfman transformed his arm. Gray smacked his forehead before looking at his opponent. Gray took up a fighting stance while Juvia continued to look blanklessly at him.
"Ice Make: Lance," Gray shouted, creating an ice lance. He hurled at Juvia, aiming at her shoulder. To his surprise, Juvia just snapped her fingers and his ice lance transformed into water. The water gathered itself into a sphere, floating in the air.
"Water is useless against Juvia," JuvIa stated before extending her arm forward. The water sphere morphed into a pike before flying towards Gray. Gray managed to duck underneath the pike as to flew towards him. He turned his head to see it flying upward and back towards him. He sidestepped, just dodging the pike. He gritted his teeth as he watched the pike swerve once again, flying back at him. He moved backwards only to find himself against a wall. He looked out the corner of his eye to see what he bumped into. His eyes widened as he realized it was the floor of the previous hllway. His eyes looked back to see the pike mere inches from his head. Gray just managed to maneuver his body to dodge the pike. To his surprise, the pike lightly splashed against the wall.
"I did it," Gray smirked, celebrating in his head. Then, he heard water forming in front of him. He turned his head to see multiple water pikes around Juvia, all aimed at him.
"Where did she get that water?" Gray gaped. Gray felt a large surge of magical energy from Juvia. All of the pikes flew towards Gray. Gray narrowed his eyes before dodging the first pike. He flipped over the second pike. As he landed on the ground, he looked up to see the third pike flying at him at mach speed. The third pike scratched Gray's arm as he sidestepped to the right. Gray grunted in pain, but still managed to dodge the fourth pike.
"Dammit," Gray grimaced before taking off his shirt. He glared at Juvia. He placed his hands together.
"Time to get serious." Gray stated, gathering his magic. Juvia waved her hand. All of the pikes all aimed at Gray.
"Do you concede?" Juvia asked.
"Not by a long shot," Gray answered before pressing his hands on the ground. Juvia snapped her fingers, making all of the pikes fly at Gray. Large amount of magic surged from Gray as a giant ice dome erupted around him. Julia's eyes widened as she watched the pikes embedded themselves into the dome.
"Has Juvia not told you it is pointless to use your ice magic?" Juvia said before moving her hand. The dome melted into water before morphing into something different. To her surprise, no blood flowed underneath the water dome. Then, she felt something behind her. She turned around to see Gray placing his hands on the ground behind her.
"I got you now," Gray smirked. "Ice Make: Iceberg." Juvia's eyes widened as ice erupted up around her feet. Ice quickly encased her body, She tried to morph the ice back into water, but felt stronger mage opposing her.
"Nice try," Gray commented, smirking. "I assumed that my magic would be able to overpower yours."
"How?!" Juvia questioned as the ice encased most of her body. "Juvia does not understand how you would know this."
'It doesn't matter. I'm just very observant," Gray responded. "I win." Juvia just looked at Gray as the ice finally encased her entire body. He stood up as he looked at the frozen Juvia. He looked around him to see Natsu and Elfman flying towards him.
"What the?!" Gray exclaimed before Natsu and Elfman crashed into him. The crash sent the trio flying through the ice encasing Juvia, shattering it. The trio crashed into the ground .
"Owwwww," the three of them groaned.
"Are you ok?" Happy asked, flying over the trio.
"Yeah," Natsu groaned.
"THAT WAS VERY UNMANLY," Elfman shouted, standing up. Gray rubbed his head before noticing the broken ice pieces.
"WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS DONE?!" he shouted, getting on his feet in an instant.
"What's wrong, Gray?" Happy asked, landing next to Gray, who was standing oner the broken ice pieces.
"We killed her," Gray answered, his voice broken. He then turned to Natsu and Elfman.
"WHAT WERE YOU IDIOTS DOING?" Gray shouted at them.
"WHY ARE YOU YELLNG AT US?" Natsu and Elfman shouted back at him.
"You just killed her," Gray stated, pointing to the broken ice pieces.
"We have no idea what you're talking about," Happy pointed out to Gray.
"There was a girl frozen in that ice," Gray explained. "AND YOU JUST KILLED HER."
"It's not our fault," Natsu responded.
"YEAH, IT WOULD BE UNMANLY TO KILL SOMEONE," Elfman shouted back.
"That explain who's fault it is that this happened," Gray exclaimed. Happy looked back forth between the arguing parties. He then noticed something behind him. He turned around and his eyes widened in shock.
"Watch ou~," Happy tried to shout out, but it was too late.
"Oiffff," the Fairy Tail members exclaimed, crashing into the wall.
"What the?!" they shouted, looking down to see water latching them to the wall. They looked back up to see Juvia, Aria, and Sol.
"But you're dead," Gray responded, surprised.
"Juvia is made up of water," Juvia explained. "Juvia can easily regenerate her body as she has a source of water nearby." Gray just looked at her.
"See, we didn't kill her," Natsu said, looking at Gray.
"Shut up, flamebrain," Gray replied.
"What was that, stripper?" Natsu responded, with a tick mark on his forehead. Gray and Natsu glared at each other.
"IT IS NOT MANLY TO ARGUE WITH YOUR COMRADES," Elfman shouted.
"Aye," Happy weakly agreed with fake tears rolling down his face. "How did I get here?"
"I think Jose will be very pleased with what we have here," Sol stated.
"I agree,' Aria replied. "It makes me so sad."
"Nice job, Juvia," Sol congratulated. "Now, just incapacitate them and we will take them to Jose." Juvia nodded her head and moved her hand upward. The Fairy Tail members started to struggled as the water expanded over their entire bodies, suffocating them. The Phantom Lord members watched in amusement as Natsu, Gray, and Elfman tried to use their magic to break free. Alas, it was futile. Juvia's S-Class magic was too powerful for their A-Class magic. Darkness threatened to envelop their vision. Suddenly, the water fell onto the ground. Natsu, Gray, Elfman, and Happy fell onto the ground, coughing and gasping for air.
"w-what happened?" Natsu gasped out. They looked up to see the Phantom Lord far away. Standing in front of them, there stood Erza and Mirajane.
"Are you ok?" the group heard a voice ask. They turned their heads to see Lisanna next to Elfman, tending to his wounds.
"Who are you?" Sol demanded to know.
"I am Erza Scarlet," Erza introduced herself.
"I am Mirajane Strauss," Mirajane followed up. Erza and Mirajane then pointed their fingers at the Phantom Lord members.
"It's time to pay you back for what you have done to us," they stated before lunging at them. Gray, and Elfman moved to help them. Natsu moved as well, but Lisanna stopped him.
"Natsu," Lisanna whispered, holding onto Natsu's arm. "Lucy has been captured." Natsu looked at her in surprise.
"Naruto tells us that Gajeel is probably holding her prisoner," Lisanna continued before bring out s ring of keys. "Naruto is unable to do anything until you can save her." Natsu nodded his head, grabbing the ring of keys from her.
"I'm all fired up," Natsu smirked before running off. Lisanna moved to follow him. Suddenly, a rock cage formed around her. Natsu looked back in alarm and moved to help her.
"NO," Lisanna shouted. "Save Lucy."
"But," Natsu responded, unsure on what to do.
"Don't worry," Lisanna reassured him. "I will be fine." Then, a black ball of energy blew up the cage. Smoke blocked Natsu's vision. After it cleared, Natsu sighed in relief as he saw Elfman and Mirajane surroudning Lisanna, glaring at Sol, who was fuming with rage.
"GO, IDIOT," Mirajane shouted before flying at Sol.
"SAVING GIRLS ARE MANLY," Elfman shouted, pushing Lisanna behind him. Natsu nodded his head before turning around.
'Happy," Natsu shouted.
"Aye, sir," Happy responded before picking up Natsu and flying him into a hallway.
"Be safe," Lisanna whispered as she watched Natsu and Happy fly away. She looked back to see Mirajane, in her basic demon form, engaged Sol's rock clones.
"Are you ok?" Elfman asked Lisanna.
'I'm fine," Lisanna answered. "Don't let me hold you back." Elfman nodded his head before dashing towards Sol. Mirajane noticed this and threw a black ball at Sol. The blast forced Sol to move, facing his back towards Elfman. This was a major mistake as Elfman transformed his right arm into a rock monster's. He smashed his fist against Sol's back.
"ARGHHHHH," Sol screamed, flying through a wall into another room. Mirajane and Elfman followed after him. Lisanna then turned her head to see Erza with her foot on top of a heavily bruised Aria.
"How did she do that?" Lisanna questioned. Then, she felt something behind her. She turned around to see water needles fly towards her. In an instant, something red cloaked Lisanna's right arm. Lisanna whacked the water needles out of the air with that arm. All of the water needles fell onto the ground before losing their shape.
"LISANNA," Erza shouted, dashing over to a panting Lisanna. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine," Lisanna said, falling onto her knees as the red thing displayed into the atmosphere. Erza knelt down next to her. Lisanna started coughing, covering her mouth for hygienic purposes.
"What were you thinking?" Era scolded her.
"sorry," Lisanna weakly replied, moving her hand to see the blood on it. Erza noticed this and looked up to see Gray hurling an ice net at Juvia.
"GRAY, we need your ice to freeze our blood vessels," Erza shouted at Gray. Gray looked at Erza before dodging another attack from Juvia.
"Switch with me," Gray responded, sprinting towards Erza and Lisanna.
"Juvia won't let you," Juvia interjected, stretching out her hand. A part of Juvia's hand transformed into water and latched themselves onto Gray's wrists and ankles.
"Hnnn," Gray grunted in pain as he was slammed against the wall. A swishing sound could be heard before the sound of water splashing onto the ground. Gray landed on his feet to see Erza pointing her sword at Juvia.
"I don't know who you are," Erza stated, getting into a fighting stance. "But I will be your opponent." She looked back at Gray, who nodded his head before running off towards Lisanna, who was still coughing out blood. Juvia summoned back the water, reforming her hand.
"If thou wish to fight Juvia, Juvia shall grant thy wish," Juvia mentioned before snapping her fingers. The water puddles near Lisanna levitated before coming together to form a decent-sized sphere of water. Erza noticed this and made her move.
"Requip," Erza shouted, dashing off towards Juvia. Erza's magic made her body glow, temporarily blinding Juvia.
"Water Empress Armor," Erza exclaimed, jumping up. The glow disappeared, allowing Juvia to see Erza, donned in a green, fish-like armor with a crystallic sword in hand. Juvia barely managed to block Erza's strike with the ball of water. Erza landed on the ground before swiping Juvia off her feet. Juvia fell onto the ground in surprise, losing grip of her umbrella. She crashed onto the floor, losing her cncentration. The ball of water fell onto the floor. Erza then placed her foot on Juvia before aiming her sword at her neck.
"Surrender," Erza ordered. "You are beaten."
"Juvia doesn't think so," Juvia responded before she turned into water, Erza jumped back as the water tried to stab her. The water reformed into Juvia.
"Seems like you are able to morph your body into water," Erza commented, taking up a stance. "No matter, you will not defeat me." Juvia just looked at Erza, but took up a stance. Era and Juvia stared each other down. Then, Erza disappeared. Juvia's eyes moved around before noticing a sliver of movement. Flowing like water, her body rotated around to restrain a strike from Erza by morphing her body into water and trapping the sword in that body of water. Erza's face didn't change as she immediately responded with a kick to stomach. Juvia dodged the kick before jumping over a sweep kick from Erza. Erza looked up to see Juvia morph her hand back, gripping Erza's sword. Juvia then took a swing at Erza. Due to Juvia's lack of experience at swordplay, Erza dodged the clumsy strike before quickly disarming Juvia, regaining her weapon. Juvia then summoned the residual water in the area. Erza gripped her sword even tighter as she saw a ball of water above Juvia's right hand. Erza tried to slice the ball of water, but Juvia maneuvered the ball of water around the sword before latching itself onto Erza's wrist. Erza grunted in pain as she felt the ball of water breaking her wrist. Before further damage could be inflicted, Erza summoned a dagger into her hand before slicing the water around her wrist. The water fell helplessly onto the ground. Erza looked back at Juvia to see a burst of water threw her across the room. She flipped in mid-air, landing on her feet. She was a good distance away from Juvia, who had the advantage in long-range attacks.
"I see," Erza thought to herself. "She maneuvered myself into a favorable position for herself."
"LISANNA," Erza heard Gray shout. She turned her head to see Lisanna being carried off by the ground. Erza and Gray moved to save her, but they found themselves being restrained by something. They looked down to see their ankles encased in water.
"AHHHH," they heard Lisanna yell. Erza and Gray looked back up to see Lisanna disappear to where Mirajane and Elfman were fighting. Erza and Gray looked at each other before nodding their heads. They glared at Juvia, who had a ball of water floating above left hand. Erza was the first to take the intiative. Using her dagger, she sliced the water around her ankles before running towards Juvia. Juvia extended her left arm, making the ball of water fly towards Erza. Erza threw her dagger at the ball of water. As expected, the dagger was encased in the ball of water. Erza immediately followed up with a slice of her sword. The water fell onto the ground as her dagger was sliced in two, falling onto the ground along with the water. Juvia tried to gather more water, but she was withtin Erza's reach. Erza made a swipe at Juvia. By instict, Juvai turned herself into water, dodging the attack. Before she could turn back to counter-attack, she felt a foreign magic surging through her body. Forcing herself to transform, she saw Erza's smirking face. Her eyes widened as she recognized the foreign magic before she was fully encased in ice.
"Nice job, Gray," Erza complimented. Gray appeared from behind the frozen Juvia.
"Thanks," Gray responded.
"How long will she be in that state?" Erza asked.
"I left enough of my magic to keep her like this for another hour," Gray answered. "As long no one breaks it, we won't be seeing her for a while." Erza nodded her head before hearing a crash. Gray and Erza turned their heads to see Sol flying towards them.
Before - With Mirajane and Elfman
Mirajane and Elfman landed into the other room as Sol just picked himself up.
"You will pay for damaging my beautiful face," Sol threatened, pointing to a huge bruise on his face. Elfman and Mirajane just looked at each other before looking back at Sol. Mirajane fired off a black ball at Sol. Sol barely managed to jump away, but failed to dodge the explosion. Sol felt some his hair and clothing burn before he quickly snuffed the fire. He glared at Elfman and Mirajane.
"Suffer my wrath," Sol exclaimed before extending his arm. "Roche Concerto." Massive amount of rocks erupted from the ground before flying towards Elfman and Mirajane. Mirajane flew towards Sol, dodging the rocks while Elfman smashed the rocks with his beast arm. Mirajane tried to punch Sol, using her flight as momentum.
"Sable Dance," Sol shouted, creating a sand storm. Mirajane didn't expect and missed her punch. She ended up punching the wall nearby. The sandstorm and smoke dissipated, revealing Mirajane's arm embedded up to her elbow into the wall. Sol saw the opportunity and moved towards Mirajane.
"Time for some payback," Sol grinned creepily, moving his fingers in a creepy fashion. Mirajane glared at Sol while trying her best to pull out her arm. She could feel large amounts of magic coming from Sol. Then, all of the magic disappeared as Elfman socked the right of Sol's head. Sol flew into a nearby wall, leaving an indent of himself.
"Good job, Elfman," Mirajane complimented. "Now, get me out of here."
"YES, HELPING YOUR SISTER IS MANLY," Elfman shouted. Mirajane just sighed in annoyance before extending her arm out of Elfman to grab. Elfman gripped onto Mirajane's arm tightly with his beast arm before pulling Mirajane out of the wall. Mirajane coated her arm to get some feeling back into it.
"Are you ok, sister?" Elfman asked, concerned about his sister's health.
"I'm fine, Elfman," Mirajane answered before looking at a recovering Sol. "Let's get this over and done with." Mirajane then flew towards Sol. To her surprise, Sol then looked up with a smirk on his face. She heard Sol whisper something as she once again tried to punch him. Foreign magic invaded her mind, making her fall onto the ground and lose her demonic form. Scraping her body, she rolled on the ground before hitting the wall.
"SISTER," Elfman shouted, concerned, before charging towards Sol.
"So predictable," Sol responded before stretching out both of his arms. "Merci la Vie." Elfman felt foreign magic invade his mind, making him trip over his own two feet.
"ELFMAN," Mirajane shouted despite the pain from her head as she watched as Elfman's body jerk around before being completely still.
"What have you done?" Mirajane growled at Sol, forcing herself up onto her feet.
"I merely made him relive his worst memories like I tried for you, but it seems that your magic is fighting mine. Unfortunately, this seems to have left you defenseless," Sol stated before snapping his fingers. "Platre Sonata." A huge hand of earth erupted from the ground before flying towards Mirajane. She tried to move, but the foreign magic in her mind kept in place. Mirajane closed her eyes ready for the pain the punch will bring to her non-demonic body. Then, she heard a loud roar in front of her. She opened her eyes to see a sight she thought she would never see again. Standing in front of her, surrounded by broken pieces of earth, there stood her brother in full beast mode.
"ELFMAN," Mirajane shouted. The large beast in front of her didn't respond to her. The foreign magic still prevented Mirajane from moving, but she could feel its grip on her weakening. Sol looked at the beast in shock.
"How did he break out of my spell?!" Sol said, clearly shocked. "My spell should have rendered you useless for hours." The beast just looked at Sol. Then, it roared. It wasn't a pathetic roar that only showed how loud it could roar. No. It was a roar that could make grown men crap their pants, women to faint, and give children nightmares for years to come. Sol stumbled back in fear just as the beast appeared right behind him. A resounding crack echoed throughout the hallway even making the demonic Mirajane wince as Sol flew at mach speeds across the room. Sol literally skipped across the hallway floor before lying still on the ground. Mirajane instantly felt the magic disappear. Then, she heard another resounding crack. She looked at Sol to see the beast mercilessly beat Sol into the ground. Her eyes widened as she saw one of the fists with blood on it.
"Takeover: Sitri," Mirajane shouted before her appearance changed into one of her demon forms. She quickly dashed over to Sol and the best. Just as the beast tried to punch Sol, delivering the killing blow, Mirajane blocked the beast's fist. Sol lay on the ground, semi-conscious.
"Elfman," Mirajane shouted. "Snap out of it, dammit." The beast didn't respond instead raising its other fist. Mirajane grimaced as both of her hands were occupied from blocking the first fist. She pumped her body full of demonic energy to brace herself for the fist. To her surprise, the fist never even touched her. Instead, the beast seemed to punch the ground behind her.
"sis," Mirajane heard the beast say.
'Elfman," Mirajane said. The beast looked at Mirajane before pulling back both of its fists.
"sister," the beast rasped out.
"Yes, it's me," Mirajane said in an abnormally kind voice. The beast continued to looked at Mirajane before moving. Mirajane didn't even have time to react as the beast pushed her aside. Mirajane turned around to see the beast sent flying by a humongous rock punch. She watched in horror as the beast crashed into a wall before being repeatedly punched.
"ELFMAN," Mirajane heard a familiar voice cry out. She whipped around to see Sol and behind him, Lisanna with blood around her mouth. Mirajane saw the blood on Lisanna. Then, she lost it.
"Take Over," Mirajane whispered, gathering the necessary magic to summon her most powerful demonic form. Sol felt great magic gathering within Mirajane. To his surprise, the magic started changing into something else. Something truly demonic. A cold sweat appeared on Sol's skin as Mirajane glared at him. To his horror, her eyes weren't her usual blue. Instead, it glowed red in a shape of a fox eye.
"Nine," Mirajane said, making Sol tremble in his boots. "Tailed Fox." A great surge of power flowed throughout the room, canceling all of the magic in the room. Sol was forced to cover his eyes due to how powerful the magic was. When he looked back, he was greeted with the most memorizing sight. There stood Mirajane with orange fox ears and tail, but these did not give off the feeling of kawaii. The ears were long and sharp while the tail was long and slim. Mirajane was garbed in a orange fur one piece. However, her skin was emitting a strange red glow. Sol didn't know what this was, but he knew this was a battle he wouldn't win.
"s-s-surrender," Sol stuttered, stretching his arm out at Lisanna. A sharp piece of rock placed itself right underneath her chin.
"o-o-one m-m-move and she's dead," Sol stuttered, trying to sound tough. Mirajane continued to stare at Sol before disappearing.
"I-I-I warned you," Sol said before moving his hand up. Blood splattered across the floor. Yet, it was not the blood of Lisanna.
"AHHHHHHHH," Sol screamed out in pain, collapsing onto the ground while cradling his shoulder, which had a piece of rock sticking out of it. Mirajane menacingly stood over him; her eyes piercing into his soul. Lisanna collapsed onto the ground, coughing violently. Luckily, no blood came out when she checked. She then looked up to see Elfman lying on the floor.
"BROTHER," Lisanna shouted in alarm before seeing Mirajane pick Sol by the scruff of his neck.
"SISTER, NO!" Lisanna tried to stop her, but it was too late. Mirajane started to repeatedly punch Sol. Lisanna tried to get up, but felt her legs scream in pain. She could only watch as Mirajane hurled Sol out of the hallway, making him crash through a wall. Mirajane then jumped after Sol. Lisanna could only watch in fear as Mirajane smashed through the wall. Forcing herself up, she limped over to an unconscious Elfman.
"Brother," Lisanna said, trying wake Elfman as she inspected his body for any injuries. Luckily, his beast form seemed to take on the brunt of most of the attacks, leaving Elfman's human body with just some minor bruises.
"Brother," Lisanna said again. This time Elfman responded, opening his eyes.
"lis, what are you doing here?" Elfman asked weakly.
"Brother, you have to stop Mirajane," Lisanna answered. "She's using her Nine-Tailed form." Elfman's eyes widened in shock before he slowly picked himself up.
"I will try my best to stop her," Elfman stated. "But it will be very likely you would need to use your magic." Lisanna nodded her head as she watched Elfman run after Mirajane. She then stood up, feeling the pain from her body. She slowly limped over to the other room to see Erza and Gray engage Mirajane in combat. Erza made a swipe at Mirajane. Mirajane grabbed the sword's blade before shattering it. Erza grimaced as Mirajane appeared right in front of her. Erza instinctively summoned a spare sword before blocking the punch from Mirajane. The sword shattered, but allowed Erza the chance to sock Mirajane right in the face. Mirajane was unfazed. Erza grabbed onto her face.
"GRAY, NOW," Erza shouted out. Gray then jumped up fro behind Erza. Mirajane looked up, growling as Gray placed his hands together.
"Ice Make: Barrier," Gray exclaimed, stretching out his arms. Erza jumped back as a thin layer of ice erupted from the ground. Mirajane looked at the barrier.
"Will the barrier hold?" Elfman asked Gray and Erza.
"Of course, it will," Erza answered. "Right, Gray?" Gray was huffing and puffing as Mirajane repeatedly beat on the barrier. Every punch cracked the barrier, but before Mirajane could do anything else, the barrier would repair itself.
"it. should," Gray weakly answered. "as long as i can keep the magic flowing."
"How long can you sustain the barrier for?" Erza asked.
"not for much longer," Gray answered. "the pressure is too much."
"Then, let me in the barrier," Lisanna said. Everyone turned their heads to face her.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Erza and Elfman exclaimed. "That would be suicide."
"No, it won't," Lisanna responded, determination clear in her voice. Erza and Elfman's eyes widened as something red coated Lisanna's arm. There was no response before Erza nodded her head.
"I hope you know what you're doing," Erza commented before looking at Gray. She then socked him right in the face, knocking him unconscious.
"What are you doing, Erza?" Lisanna questioned, shocked.
"HURTING A COMRADE IS UNMANLY," Elfman shouted. Suddenly, the sound of broken ice echoed through the room. As time slowed down, everyone turned around to see Mirajane lunge at them. She pulled back her arm, aiming to punch Erza. Erza braced herself for the punch. Then, she felt a huge gust of wind. Erza smirked as she saw Lisanna grabbing onto Mirajane's wrist; her fist mere millimeters from Erza's face.
"I'm sorry, sister," Lisanna whispered before throwing Mirajane across the room. Lisanna watched as Mirajane crashed into a wall. Lisanna then started to cough violently.
"LISANNA," Erza and Elfman shouted. Lisanna raised her hand to stop them from moving closer to her.
"let me finish this," Lisanna ordered before the red thing coated her entire body. She then dashed after Mirajane, who pulled herself out of the wall. She growled before lunging after Lisanna. Lisanna blocked Mirajane's intial strike before plunging her hand deep into Mirajane's chest.
"RAHHHHHHHHHH," Mirajane roared before raising her hand to slice Lisanna in half. Lisanna looked up before jumpng backwards, dragging something similar to what coated her body out of Mirajane. Mirajane screamed out in pain as Lisanna continued to pull.
"Return my sister," Lisanna grunted in pain as she continued to pull. Mirajane started to scream even louder before quieting down. The red thing dislodged itself from Mirajane. As she fell onto the ground, the red thing seemed to be absorbed by Lisanna. After it was completely absorbed, the red thing around Lisanna disappeared. Erza and Elfman watched as Lisanna stood stockstill. Then, her body leaned forward, threatening to fall.
"Lisanna," Elfman shouted, catching her. "Are you ok?" Lisanna didn't respond as she lay in Elfman's arms.
"Elfman. Take Mira and Lisanna out of here," Erza ordered. Elfman nodded his head before running over to Mira. As he moved his arm to pick her up, she whacked his hand way.
"Go, take Lisanna," Mirajane rasped out. "I can still fight."
"Don't be stupid,' Erza responded, crossing her arms. "You always feel weak after you use that form, which was stupid of you to use anyway."
"You can't say much," Mirajane grumbled, picking herself up. "You're still recovering from that Jupiter Cannon blast. I can still fight. Now, take Lisanna and go."
"Are you sure, sister?" Elfman questioned. Mirajane glared at Elfman. Then, she picked him up in an instant and hurled him through a wall, breaking it. Erza watched in shock as Elfman flew out of the robot into the open ocean.
"MIRA?!' Erza shouted out in shock as Mira wiped her hands before turning around to look at Erza.
"What?" Mirajane asked.
"Your punishment has just been extended," Erza said, pulling out a small notebook and writing into it. Mirajane froze at the reazlization. Erza put her small notebook away and moved over to the unconscious Gray. Erza looked at him before slapping his face.
"OWWWW," Gray yelled out, sitting up straight. "Who was the idiot who did that?"
"Hmmmm," Erza responded, cracking her fists menacingly. 'I'm that idiot." Gray started to sweat furiously with a petrified anime expression while Mirajane started laughing at him. After a heavy beating, Erza, Mirajane, and an anime beaten Gray walked through the halls of the robot, trying to find Jose.
"Do you have any idea where he is?" Erza asked Gray.
"No," Gray answered through his bruises. "We were looking for him when he encountered the rest of the Element 4."
"I knew I couldn't trust those useless brats," a voice said. The trio whipped around, only to be blasted away.
With Natsu
Natsu and Happy flew into a pitch-black room. Natsu and Happy looked around the room.
"Are you sure she's here?" Happy asked, landing Natsu.
"I'm sure," Natsu answered. "I can smell Luce's scent in here."
"That's right, Salamander," a voice said before light illuminated the entire room. The light blinded Natsu and Happy.
"ARGH," Natsu yelled out in pain as he was hit by something. His eyes adjusted to the light to find himself pinned to the wall by a metal pole.
"Gajeel," Natsu growled as he looked up to see him smirking with an unconscious Lucy wrapped around his arm.
"Hello, Salamander," Gajeel greeted. "Did you like the little trap I set up for you?" Natsu didn't reply as he ignited his fist. Gajeel pulled back his metal pole just before Natsu tried to punch it away. Natsu missed and ended up falling onto the ground, unceremoniously. The Phantom Lord members in the room started to laugh at him.
"You bastard," Natsu growled, picking himself up. "You will pay for that."
"That's the spirit," Gajeel responded before handing Lucy off to one of the Phantom Lord members. "Make sure she doesn't escape." Natsu and Gajeel stared each other down.
"NOBODY IS TO DISTURB OUR FIGHT," Gajeel ordered. Natsu ignited his fists while Gajeel's smirk widened. Happy started to slink away while Natsu and Gajeel lunged.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist," Natsu shouted, pulling back his fist.
"Iron Dragon's Lance," Gajeel responded, morphing his arm into a metal pole. The two attacks collided, creating smoke. Natsu reacted by kicking away the metal pole. Natsu then followed through with a direct punch to Gajeel's chest. Gajeel swiped his left arm up, deflecting Natsu's punch. He then morphed his right arm back while side kicking Natsu's stomach. Natsu grunted in pain before grabbing Gajeel's leg with his ignited fists. If Gajeel was hurt, he didn't show it. Natsu was unprepared as Gajeel morphed his foot into a metal pole and extended it at rapid speeds. Natsu was pushed through the air into the nearby wall. Natsu screamed out in pain, letting go of Gajeel's leg. Gajeel grinned before pulling back his leg. He took in a deep breath, gathering his magic.
"Iron Dragon's ROAR," Gajeel shouted, blowing out a huge gust of iron at Natsu. Natsu dodged the attack, which damaged the wall behind him.
"Fire Dragon's Pheonix Sage," Natsu exclaimed, spitting out multiple fireballs. The fireballs flew towards Gajeel, who eitheir dodged them or whacked them away by morphing his arms into metal poles.
"Fire Dragon's ROAR," Natsu exclaimed, shooting out a huge fireball at Gajeel. Gajeel dodged the fireball only for his face to come into contact with Matsu's ignited fist.
"Fire Dragon's IRON FIST," Natsu shouted, punching Gajeel across the room and into a wall. Seeing the chance, he ran towards the Phantom Lord member, who was holding Lucy.
"Let go of her," Natsu ordered, jumping up to punch the Phantom Lord member. Out of nowhere, a metal lance pierced the side of his stomach.
"Gah," Natsu shouted out in pain, spitting out blood. He fell onto the floor while the metal lance retracted back to Gajeel. Natsu touched his side to feel a huge gaping hole. The wound was so deep that Natsu knew he couldn't easily fix the damage with his flames. Shakily, he ignited his fist, sealing the wound, so the blood would stop flowing out. He then heard footsteps, approaching him. He looked up to see Gajeel walking over to him. Gajeel's skin seemed to be compromised of iron.
"Surprised?" Gajeel responded. "This is the Iron Dragon's ultimate defense. The Iron Scales." Gajeel then raised his foot. Natsu barely managed to roll away from Gajeel's stomp, which broke the floor. He tried to sweep kick Gajeel.
"ARGH," Natsu screamed out in pain as soon as his foot came into contact with Gajeel's ankle. He rolled away before getting up onto his feet while Gajeel just looked amusingly at him.
"Nice try, Salamander," Gajeel commented. "But my Iron Scales are impenetrable. None of your attacks will ever be able to hurt me." Natsu just looked at Gajeel. Gajeel flexed his fingers before running towards Natsu. Natsu prepped himself for the onslaught he knew was coming. He could still feel the pain from his stomach. Gajeel first strike was a simple punch. Natsu easily dodged this, but it was just a feint. Gajeel went for a strike to Natsu's wound with his other arm. Natsu grunted in pain before responding his a punch of his own. He then followed throrugh with a roundhouse kick. Gajeel dodged the first punch before grabbing hold of Natsu's leg after the roundhouse kick. Natsu was expecting this and immediately jumped and twisting his body at the same time. He ignited his other foot, hitting Gajeel on the side of his cheek. Gajeel was sent flying a few feet, letting go of Natsu's leg. Gajeel landed on his feet while Natsu fell onto the floor, nearly reopening his wound. Gajeel ran towards Natsu, who painfully picked himself off the ground. Gajeel morphed his arm into a metal pole before extending it. Natsu dodged the attack before running after Gajeel. Gajeel retracted his arm at a rapid speed as Natsu jumped up, pulling back his fist.
"Fire Dragon's," Natsu shouted. Gajeel smirked, prepping himself for Natsu's punch. To his surprise, Natsu landed short.
"ROAR," Natsu shouted, shooting out a huge fireball right underneath Gajeel. Gajeel wasn't expecting this and was blown away by the fireball. Smoke enveloped the area, blocking everyone's line of sight. Within the confusion, Happy struck. He flew over above the Phantom Lord member, holding Lucy hostage. He fished something from out of his green pack before dropping it on top of the head of the Phantom Lord member.
"AHHHHHH," the member screamed as red paint dribbled down his head. "I'M BLEEDING!" Happy then brought out an enormous fan and whacked the member unconscious. Happy caught Lucy before carefully laying her on the ground.
"Luce," Happy tried to wake her up, but to no avail. He looked up to see Natsu and Gajeel engaged in close quarter combat.
"I can't ask Natsu for help," Happy thought before he looked at the giant fan in his hand. "Is it wise?" Happy thought for a moment before raising his giant fan. He whacked Lucy's head.
"OWWWW," Lucy shouted, sitting up straight before feeling the pain in the side of her body. "What the hell happened?"
"you were unconscious," Happy answered. Lucy just looked at Happy before remembering what happened to her.
"I won't ask what happened to you," Happy said, pulling out a ring of keys. "Natsu needs your help though." Lucy looked at Happy in surprise.
"Why would Natsu need my help?" Lucy questioned. Happy just pointed to the fight between Natsu and Gajeel. Lucy turned her head to see them firing off spells at each other. To her surprise, Natsu seemed to be breathing heavily while Gajeel didn't even look winded.
"What happened?" Lucy asked, taking the ring of keys off Happy. "Thanks, Happy."
"Gajeel managed to inflct a heavy wound on Natsu when he was trying to save you," Lucy looked shocked at Happy's words.
"Natsu needs some fire," Happy told Lucy. "NOW." Lucy nodded her head before standing up. She saw the other Phantom Lord members start to approach her.
"I think you should handle them first," Happy stated.
"NO KIDDING, YOU STUPID CAT," Lucy shouted at Happy. She flipped through her keys before seeing the one she wanted.
"Gate of the Golden Bull, I open thee!," Lucy shouted, pushing her magic into the key. "TAURUS." Golden light illuminated the area before a giant cow emerged out of the ground.
"MOOOOO," Taurus exclaimed. "It's so good to see your mootolicious body." Lucy smacked Taurus.
"Now, is not the time for that?" Lucy scolded Taurus. "My life is in danger right now." Instantly, Taurus got into a fighting stance with a serious look on his face.
"I will cut down all those, who wish to harm my Lucy," Taurus said before attacking the Phantom Lord members with his double-sided axe.
"I'M NOT YOURS," Lucy shouted at Taurus, who annihilated the members.
"That doesn't matter," Happy said. "Think of a way to help Natsu."
"You're right," Lucy responded, turning her head to see Natsu bashed through a wall. Her eyes widened as he spat out blood when he landed outside.
'Don't think you can get away from me, Salamander," Gajeel taunted, grabbing Natsu's ankle. Gajeel then flung him back inside through another wall. Natsu spat out even more blood. He didn't even have the energy to scream out in pain.
"NATSU," Lucy and Happy shouted in alarm.
"Lucy," Taurus called out. "I defeated all of them."
"That's good," Lucy replied. "Do you happen to be able to create fire?"
"Nooooo," Taurus answered. Lucy frowned at Taurus' words.
"Though, I believe Sagittarius would be helpful in this situation," Taurus stated. Lucy looked at Taurus in surprise.
"You have his key after all," Taurus continued before he disappeared in a golden flash of light. Lucy just looked at the spot where Taurus was before quickly fumbling through her keys to find the one she was looking for.
"Gate of the Archer, I open thee! Sagittarius," Lucy shouted, holding up a golden key. Golden light illuminated the room again. This time, a guy wearing a horse costume appeared with a bow and a quiver full of arrows.
"Moshi. Moshi," the guy known as Sagittarius greeted, saluting.
"Sagittarius, I know it's a lot to ask, but are you able to create fire?" Lucy asked.
"I am an archer, my lady," Sagittarius responded. "I am unable to create fire out of thin air." Lucy looked at Sagittarius distraught before looking back to see Natsu leaning agasint the wall as Gajeel came charging at him. Behind Gajeel, Natsu could see the distinct silhouette of the Fairy Tail guildhall. A single memory appeared in Natsu's mind, looking at that building.
"How do you like it here?"
"I don't know. I'm kinda confused why this place is called Fairy Tail."
"Do you know if fairies have tails?"
"What? Fairies have tails?!"
"No one knows exactly. When the first guild master was thinking up of a name for the guild, she wanted a name that would be remembered for generations to come."
"So why Fairy Tail?"
"It is to symbolize an endless adventure. No one knows if a fairy has a tail, so the only we can know if we find one."
"Huh?"
"Stop confusing the poor kid, Makarov. Just tell him the actual reason why Mavis named this place Fairy Tail."
'Shut up, old man. I'm trying to tell the kid an important lesson."
"Here's the lesson, kid. Enjoy your life to the best of your ability. Whatever you do, make sure you put in everything you got. That is what this guild represents."
"…."
"I think I got to him."
"Old man, I still don't see how that explains why this place is called Fairy Tail."
Natsu smiled before clenching his fist. As Gajeel moved to punch him, Natsu retaliated. With new vigor, Natsu ignited his fist, punching the right side of Gajeel's face. Surprised by the sudden attack, Gajeel's head was knocked to the left, momentarily stunning him. Natsu followed through with a left hook, knocking Gajeel's head to the right. He then ignited his foot before side-kicking Gajeel right at the stomach. Gajeel was pushed back a bit. Natsu continued his onslaught of quick strikes, constantly leaving Gajeel disorientated. However, he knew that he was running out of magic to amplify his attacks with fire, but he couldn't let that stop him. Punch after punch, Natsu kept the pressure on Gajeel. Then, he missed. Natsu's eyes widened as Gajeel moved his head, making Natsu's punch miss. Gajeel then began his retaliation by grabbing Natsu's shirt. He then lifted him up before smashing him right into the ground. The smash broke the ground floor, making Natsu spit out even more blood.
"This is the end, Salamander," Gajeel stated, raising his fist. His fist morphed into a sharp blade. Natsu could barely see the blade.
"Is this the end?" Natsu thought as his vision got blurrier. "It can't be. I never got …. to …. see ….. Igneel ….. again." Natsu started to lose his vision. Suddenly, the entire area exploded. Natsu felt the warm sensation of fire. He snapped his eyes open to see himself surrounded by fire. Without a moment's hesitation, Natsu started sucking in all of the fire. He felt his magic being replenished as he sucked up the last bit of fire.
"Heh," Natsu grinned, wiping his mouth. "I'm all fired up now."
"Don't think this will make you any stronger," Gajeel responded with a frown on his face. "You won't be able to penetrate my iron scales with any of your attacks."
"You're not the only one with dragon scales," Natsu responded, clapping his hands together. A large amount of magic gathered inside Natsu.
"Fire Dragon's Flame Armor," Natsu shouted. Suddenly, flames enveloped his entire body. Gajeel was pushed back by the strong magical pressure. When Gajeel looked at Natsu, he was amazed to see Natsu's skin practically covered in fire.
"What is that?" Gajeel questioned. "That's not dragon scales."
"This is my flame armor," Natsu answered, smashing his fists together. "It covers my entire body in in fire. It also boosts my attacks."
"Gihihihihi," Gajeel responded. "This should be interesting." Gajeel then jumped high. Natsu just watched as Gajeel came flying down, bringing his fist back. Just as Gajeel swung his fist. Natsu swung his fist. Their two fists collided, creating a huge gust of wind. The two were like this for a moment. Then, a resounding crack echoed through the room. Cracks started to appear across Gajeel's iron scales on his right arm. Shocked, Gajeel jumped back to examine his arm. Natsu smirked as he flexed his fingers before running towards Gajeel. Gajeel barely blocked Natsu's punch before being sent flying from Natsus kick.
"Fire Dragon's ROAR," Natsu shouted, shooting out a stream of fire at Gajeel.
"Iron Dragon's ROAR," Gajeel hastily responded, breathing a spiral of iron. To Gajeel's surprise, Natsu's stream of fire quickly melted his iron. He jumped away from the stream of fire's path, but landed right in front of a grinning Natsu.
"This is what you get for underestimating Fairy Tail," Natsu said before pulling back his fist. Gajeel's eyes widened as the flames around Natsu's right fist turned blue.
"Fire Dragon's," Natsu exclaimed before swinging his fist at Gajeel's stomach. "IRON FIST." The punch shattered Gajeel's iron sclaes, making him spit out blood. Natsu then followed up his punch with an left uppercut. Right hook. Left elbow strike. Right roundhouse kick. Left hook. Then, a powerful side-kick to the stomach. Gajeel was sent flying before crashing onto the platform outside. Natsu then walked up to see that Gajeel was unconscious.
"That was for all the people you've hurt," Natsu said before collapsing onto the ground.
"NATSU," Lucy and Happy cried out. Natsu smiled, rotating his head to see Lucy and Happy running towards him.
"Tell … the … old man .. Lucy is safe," Natsu said to them before his vision turned black.
With Erza, Mirajane, and Gray
"MOVE IT," Erza shouted as she landed on her feet. Mirajane transformed into her demon form before flying at Jose. Gray crashed against the wall before falling onto the ground. He quickly got up onto his feet.
"Ice Make: Cannon," Gray shouted, coating the entire floor in ice.
"Requip: Black Wing Armor," Erza shouted. Her heart crutz armor changed into a black one with wings. She flew towards Jose, who trying to shoot Mirajane out of the sky, at high speeds. Sword in hand, she swung at Jose. Jose just noticed Erza and brought up his hand. He fired off a black ball at Erza, who deflected it. She took a swing at Jose, who jumped away just in time. He waved his arm, sending out a wave of dark energy at Erza. Erza jumped back, dodging the wave of dark energy. Mirajane then flew down right in front of Jose. The ground cracked underneath her force.
"Take this," Mirajane shouted, shooting off dark blast at point-blank range. Mirajane smirked as she saw he blast hit something, creating smoke. Her eyes widened as the smoke disappeared to reveal a shield of dark energy in front of Jose.
"Nice, try little girl," Jose said before blasting Mirajane away. "Bu you're still too young to play with me." Mirajane crashed into the wall. Jose then blocked a sword swing from Erza before swinging her across to take a blast from Gray's ice cannon. Erza grunted in pain, crashing onto the ground. She saw Jose aim his hand at her. Her eyes widened before seeing Jose left his hand up to raise up another shield to stop an ice lance. Seeing her chance, Erza swung her sword at Jose. Blood flew through the air. Erza screamed out in pain as her sword pierced her right shoulder. Jose looked down at her with a grin on his face.
"Did you think you could hurt me?" Jose asked, releasing his dark energy around the hilt of Erza's sword. Erza glared at Jose as he aimed his hand once again at her. Out of nowhere, Gray appeared above Jose with a huge ice club in his hand. Erza smriked as Gray smashed the top of Jose's head. She clenched her teeth as she pulled out her sword before rolling onto her feet. She looked up to see Gray jump away from Jose. Blood flowed down Jose's head as a black ball flew towards him. Jose jumped out of the way, but was caught in the explosion. Erza saw Mirajane fly towards Jose, blasting him as much as possible.
"Erza," Gray shouted. "Are you alright?"
'I'm fine," Erza answered, touching her arm to see fresh blood. "Seal my wound for now." Gray nodded his head before pressing his hands on Erza's shoulder. Erza could feel Gray's magic on her shoulder.
"Done," Gray said, just as Mirajane was crashed right next to them.
"Thanks," Erza replied. "Now, GO." Gray nodded his head before running at Jose. Erza looked at Mirajane.
"You distract him," Erza ordered. "Gray and I will subdue him."
"Why do I have to distract him?" Mirajane responded.
"Just do it," Erza scolded. Mirajane glared at Erza before flying at Jose, who blasted Gray away. Mirajane fired off a stream of demonic energy at Jose, who blocked it with his shield of dark energy. Mirajane then landed in front of Jose before pulling back her fist. She punched Jose's shield, hardly making a dent. However, she could hear Jose grunt from the force of her punch. Mirajane started to repeatedly punch Jose's shield. Finally, she broke through Jose's shield.
"Got you," Mirjane smirked, turning her head to only see a shade in place. Her eyes widened as Jose appeared behind her.
"Got you now,' Jose said. Mirajane turned her head to see Jose aiming his hand at her head.
'Watch out," gray shouted, pushing Mirajane out of the way. The blast hit Gray, sending him flying into a wall and knocking him unconscious.
"GRAY!" Erza and Gray shouted.
"YOU BASTARD," Mirajane responded, swing her fist at Jose. Jose dodged the attacked before snapping his fingers. Dark energy from Jose wrapped themselves around Mirajane. Mirajane struggled to break free, but it was to no avail.
"Don't bother trying to get out of these," Jose said, wiping off the blood off his eyes. "Your pathetic magic is no match for mine." Mirajane glared at Jose before seeing Erza appear behind Jose, donned in her heart crutz armor, ready to strike him down.
"Don't think I forgot about you," Jose stated, whipping around and grabbing Erza's face. Dark magic wrapped themselves around Erza. Jose let Erza go as his dark magic dragged Mirajane and Erza in front of him.
"It looks like I win," Jose stated.
"No, you haven't," Erza responded. "Fairy Tail will stop you."
"Yeah, you never get away with this," Mirajane added in, spitting at Jose. The spit landed on Jose's face. Jose wiped the spit off his face.
"It doesn't matter," Jose responded. "The Heartfilia girl is under my control. With her, I will weed out every last cent of her father." Erza and Mirajane glared at Jose.
"You won't get away with this," Erza exclaimed.
"Oh, I think I will," Jose responded. Suddenly, a huge explosion could be heard from outside. Everyone in the room turned their heads to see a huge fireball outside one of the windows. Erza and Mirajane smirked as they recognized the fireball. Jose had a look on infuriation on his face.
"He's coming for you," Mirajane sneered. "And there's nothing you can do about it." Jose glared at the two girls.
"I will see about that," Jose responded before snapping his fingers. Suddenly, electricity flooded Mirajane's and Erza's entire body.
"AHHHHHHHH," Mirajane and Erza screamed. Mirajane lost her demon form, making her feel even more pain. Jose watched in a glee before feeling a powerful presence behind him.
"Hello, Guardian," Jose said, turning around to see Naruto glaring at him. "Have you come to save your guildmates?" Naruto didn't even bother to answer as he walked over to Erza and Mirajane. As Naruto passed Jose, Jose decided to act. He placed his hand on Naruto's face and fired a blast of dark energy. He smirked as he felt blood on his hand. To his shock, he felt Naruto's hand on his wrist. He turned his head to see Naruto's face, which was scarred beyond recognition, slowly start to repair itself. Naruto then flung Jose across the room. The force was so strong that Jose crashed through a wall and landed outside. Naruto looked at Erza and Mirajane, who were about to faint from the intense pain. Grabbing the dark energy with his hands, he ripped ripped it away from Erza and Mirajane. He caught them before laying them gently on the ground.
"grandpa," Erza weakly said.
"Shhh," Naruto responded. "You have done well. Now, it's time for you to rest."
"but," Erza replied, but Naruto had already stood up. He walked over to Jose, who was trying to pick himself up off the ground.
"Jose," Naruto said before grabbing his head and lifting him off the ground. "I will show you how powerful Fairy Tail truly is." Jose then saw something that would haunt him for the rest of his life. The eyes of a fox- no demon. Then, the blood red skin.
With Lucy and Happy
Lucy was tending to Natsu's wounds. Natsu had just gathered up the last of his magic before shooting a large fireball.
"You idiot," Lucy muttered, her eyes watering with tears. "You didn't have to go through all this trouble for someone like me." Tears started to stream down her face. Suddenly, a huge explosion rocked the entire robot. Lucy whipped her head around to see smoke coming from the other side of the robot.
"What was that?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"That would be the old man," Happy answered.
"What?!" Lucy responded, shocked.
"You wanted to know about his monikers," Happy replied. "Here is the reason why."
"What's happening?" Lucy asked.
"The old man has probably lost his temper," Natsu answered. Lucy turned around to see Natsu with one eye open.
"What do you mean by that?" Lucy questioned.
"There is a legend among Fiore of a red demon that hunts down magic guilds," Happy explained.
"I think I've heard of that legend," Lucy replied. "Apparently, the demon appeared right after the Second Trade War. Both legal and illegal guilds were destroyed. All their members mutilated, so that no one would be able to recognize them. The only thing that was known about the demon was its blood-like skin and powerful magical pressure."
"Guess who did that?" Happy responded. Lucy's eyes widened as she realized what Happy meant.
"He did that?!" Lucy exclaimed in shock.
"No one knows why, but something must have set the old man to make kill all those guild members," Natsu told Lucy. "This is what earned him the moniker Demon of Demons." Lucy turned her head to see another explosion.
"Just what is going on there?" Lucy thought to herself. "And I thought he was just a Guardian."
With Naruto and Jose
Jose was jumping back as Naruto, in a four-tailed state, chased after him. Jose was panicking. Blast after blast, Jose hoped that one of his attacks would stop Naruto, but it was too no avail. Jose then stopped on one spot. He looked behind him to see Naruto gone. His eyes widened as he sensed Naruto right behind him. He couldn't do anything as Naruto grabbed him by the throat before smashing him right into the ground. He tried his best to repel Naruto with his dark magic, but Naruto was completely impervious to it. Naruto tightened his grip around Jose's throat. Using his other arm, Naruto started to repeatedly punch Jose in the face. Punch after punch, Naruto beat Jose closer to death. There was nothing Jose could do against the so-called Demon of Demons. Naruto gave one last punch before letting go of Jose. Jose could hear Naruto's heavy breathing.
"Now's, my chance," Jose thought, lifting his hand up. The moment Jose lifted his arm up, Naruto grabbed his wrist.
"AHHHHHH," Jose screamed as Naruto shattered his entire arm. Jose lifted his other arm to free himself, but Naruto shattered the other arm as well. No words could express the pain Jose was feeling. Unfortunately for him, Naruto was done. Naruto smashed Jose's face.
'You thought you could get away with hurting my guild," Naruto growled in his demonic voice. "I will show you the fate all those, who harm my family, suffers."
"This is for Levy." Naruto punched Jose's stomach, breaking three of Jose's ribs.
"This is for Droy." Naruto then smashed Jose's head into the ground.
"This is for Jet." Naruto shatter Jose's right leg.
"This is for Makarov." Naruto then twisted Jose's right arm, nearly twisting it off it's socket.
"This is for the pain you have caused my family." Naruto then punched Jose's face once again.
"And this is for thinking you could hurt my guild when I was away." Naruto then raised his hand above the area where Jose's heart is. "Suffer thy punishment." Naruto was about to embed his hand into Jose's chest.
"STOP," Naruto heard a voice behind him. Naruto turned his head to see Makarov with bandages.
"What do you want, boy?" Naruto growled. "Are you here to stop me?"
"No," Makarov answered. "I'm here to stop you from making the same mistake you did all those years ago." Naruto looked at Makarov for a moment before standing up. He looked down to see Jose so badly beaten that even he couldn't recognize him.
"We won," Makarov said as Naruto returned to normal.
"We may have, but we were lucky," Naruto replied before turning his head to Makarov. "Next time, we won't be." Naruto then walked away from the scene, leaving Makarov alone with the beaten Jose.
"You were always foolish Jose," Makarov commented before looked at the distance to see a fleet of ships, approaching them.