Chapter 10
"Showing Mira. Takeover Mage. Large amount of power. Currently fighting 1 S-class mage and 1 monster. 1 mage and 1 Demon are next in line for the upcoming trial. Currently beat 3 S-class mages, 2 monsters, 4 mages and 1 Demon. If she beats the S-classed mage and the monster that makes it 12 out of 12. Showing Room Mira." Says the robot voice.
As the screen was materializing, the guild could see smoke filling the room she was in. Everybody in the guild had sat down now as they were unhappy with what is going on and were worried. Natsu sat in a corner watching the screen, he needed to see what was happening and take in as many details as can. This also took his mind away from Lucy a bit. Happy was crying into his scarf as he hugged into him.
"Don't worry Happy, Lucy will be fine, she always is. She's not stubborn like us, she won't go that easily." Smiles Natsu.
"I hope so" Happy sobs as Natsu hugs him.
As the smoke cleared, Mira was left in front of the bodies of the male S-class mage and the gloopy looking monster. The bodies suddenly sparked away and soon so did her Satan Soul. Mira had her hands on her thighs as she tried to stay up right, huffing and puffing for breath. She hadn't had it easy and it was effecting her, she was knackered and on top of that she felt sick. Like her stomach was jumping and twisting about, she felt like she was going to be sick.
"Feeling sick" says a deep voice.
"Not more" she sighs as she comes face to face with a demon and a small mage.
"Mira" Laxus mutters, watching her every move.
"Because she's ranked S-classed, she's getting more and harder fights, she has to take on 2 at a time." Makarov says.
"Luckily, it's just a mage, rather than an S-class." Romeo says.
"She's just used Satan Soul to the point where she can't keep it up anymore, it takes a lot of magic." Elfman says worriedly.
"You're gonna be easy pickings." Grins the demon standing before her.
"I don't think so. My friends are waiting, there's no way I'm letting them down. They owe me hugs after all this is over." She grins back.
"You're a very brave little girl for being out of magic." Buts in the small male mage, he was older than her but smaller.
"Where did you hear that crap from?" she grins. "SATAN SOUL!" she lunges at the mage and punches him back into a wall.
"Oh, so you've still got some fight left. Hmm this might be a little entertaining after all." Smiles the Demon.
The mage was still slouched over on the ground beside the wall, licking his wounds. Mira had tried hitting the Demon but he didn't budge, instead she got hit multiple times and her head was spinning. The Demon ran for her and hit her in the stomach, this brought her realization to the fact that the sickness spell was still taking effect. It was stopping her from fighting a nearly impossible fight even further.
"DAMMIT!" she screams, the guild all gazed wide-eyed since this was the first time she had screamed. "Hey! Stupid guy! Lift this spell, I can't fight!"
"No can do, sorry darling, just face it you can't win." Booms the voice of the captor.
"He answered?!" the guild yell.
The Demon swung at Mira again while she was distracted, aka she was cursing. "She can't protect herself as it is, never mind without a surprise attack!" shouts Elfman.
"C'mon Mira!" Laxus shouts.
At the last moment, Mira was torn from her cursing and her attention was turned to the Demon that was so close to her, ready to punch her. "Don't you have any manners! Geez, don't sneak up on a girl who is having a crisis!" she shouts, grabbing his incoming fist with her hand and bending his arm so she can hear a crack. After she heard it break a couple of times, she twirled him around and flung him into the mage who was just standing up.
"She wasn't even in any form!" Freed shouts.
"Well, she can overreact a little." Says Gray.
"Especially when it comes to-" Master says.
"Manners!" the rest finish with him.
"Wait, look." Their happiness was broken with Bixlows words.
Mira was bent over and holding her stomach, she was coughing harshly. She couldn't stop, it felt like her stomach was eating itself. She finally stopped coughing when the last cough had coughed up blood. She stood up with more blood trickling down her chin. "Blood?!" they shout.
"You have no chance" the Demon grins as the mages body disappears. The Demon ran right to her and yet again punched her, this time in the stomach and in the face.
She was sent crashing into the wall behind her. As her body peeled off to the ground, she coughed up even more blood and she had a bruise forming on her slightly swollen face already. "Damn, I'm losing." She growls.
The whole guild had their eyes locked onto the screen, with a scared look on their faces. "It takes a strong person to realise they are losing, but an even stronger person to admit it" Master Makarov says proudly yet sadly.
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief" she says rising to her feet.
"Oh, a little friendship quote?" he laughs. "You're so done for."
"I won't give up, I will keep fighting, for my friends!" she shouts. "SATAN SOUL: SITRI!"
"She can't, she shouldn't be able to transform at all never mind into one of her strongest souls!" Elfman cries.
"Her strongest?!" Laxus shouts.
"Mira has many very powerful demon souls. She's fighting fire with fire now. But it will effect her." Makarov says.
The scary looking features and armor appear on her and the fire surrounding her. She looks very scary in this form and even scarier when she's angry in it like she is now. "You'll wish you had manners now!" she shouts as the flames surrounding her intensify, but her voice was the, it usually changes.
"Geez Natsu, she could compete with your fire haha!" Gajeel laughs.
"Wait, shhh!" Elfman says, never taking his eyes off his sister. "Something's not right here."
"C'mon little girlie, you don't honestly think that scares me." The Demon growls.
"Oh, I don't expect a big not so scary Demon to be scared of little old me." She smiles devilishly.
"You're right Elfman." Says Laxus.
"What's wrong?" asks Bixlow.
"Well she shouldn't be able to transform at all, never mind her strongest known one. Although she's keeping it up, she's being drained even further, with only her emotions keeping her in check. But her it's taking its toll on her body, she has transformed but the voice is the same, it usually changes with each Demon Soul." Makarov frons.
"Only going on her willpower, geez" Jellal says.
"Puts us all to shame" Alzack says.
"Well she's an S-class for a reason." Says Freed.
They all watch as Mira lunges out towards the Demon with incredible speed, you could hardly see her until she had made contact with him as she punched him with increased strength. The Demon hit the wall and it caused a tremor throughout the room. Mira wasn't really effected much by it since she was floating, this Soul gives her the power of flight, increased speed and strength and fire magic. The Demon was back up in no time and he launched at her. As he grabbed her waist and wrapped his big bulky arms into it, they both went flying into the wall behind them, causing Mira lots of damage as her body was already deteriorating. The Demon grabbed her leg and swung her above and over his shoulder sending her into the ground. She struggled to get to her feet, but somehow she managed to.
"This isn't working." She says. "Damn, I need more." She mutters to herself as if she was trying to come up with solutions.
"It's unwise to not pay attention to your enemy." He says as he runs to her. "Especially when they are gonna win!" he shouts pushing his fist out in front of him.
"Who says I wasn't paying attention and I think you're being a bit cocky, don't you think?" she grins as turns to face the incoming body.
In the nick of time, just before his fist made contact with her body, she jumped onto his back. When she was standing about halfway down his back she mustered all the power she could. She combined her power of the Sitri Soul and used the speed, strength, flight and fire all at once with an almighty punch down into his spine (If he even had one). And with that his body fell to the ground and Mira fell to the ground close by, although his body dissolved away and hers remained.
"Mira!" they shout as they see her lying on the ground lifeless with burns and bloody wounds.
The screen went blank and the robot voice says "I'm sorry, Room Mira is having some problems right now. Please try again later. Pick another name."
"She did it! She beat him!" they shout celebrating.
"Don't celebrate yet or have you forgotten what sate she is in already." Laxus glares and they all slowly sit back down quietly.
"Jellal, you may go now" Makarov says seriously.
"Thank you master" Jellal nods and walks to the lacrima. "Erza"
"Erza- Powerful requip mage…"