Chapter 10: The Powerful Weak II
I was furious. More than furious. How hard was it just to squash one single fly! There were so many battles and challenges and the best we could do was push them to third place, but they soon returned the position of second. But no matter what we did, we couldn't break their spirit.
"Beat us, squash us, mock us, but we will always stand right back up. In my eyes all you is a clawless pussy!" Damn that bitch! Now dare she mock us?!
"The tides have changed. We must crush them, Sting, Rogue I have been informed by an inside informant that the next battle will be a paired battle. Next match I am certain that Fairy Tail will be pitted against us. Tomorrow is the last day of tournament! We will show our might against them and crush them in one swift blow! You two will fight them! Do not fail me!"
"Yes, master!" This was the moment. I silently retreated with Rogue to prepare for our battle. Over the last few days, the fairy showed immense prowess and a large of amount of magical power. Rufus gave us the rating of power that she had. From one to ten she was most likely nine. A dangerous and powerful mage. All the battles she participated, she swept through the opponents with ease. Showing high intellect as well. It was the first time in a long time that the entirety of my body was trembling in anticipation to fight such an opponent.
"Sting-kun will definitely win!" I looked down, smirking at Lector, "Of course I will!"
"Fro thinks so as well!"
"I will be retiring to my room. Do not be late". Che, stiff guy. "I know, I don't need you telling me". He snorted and left me to my own devices. I though hard about the last couple of days, every time I entered to fight she showed the same reaction. Dismay, was she looking down at me. If that was it then I had really no choice but to show her that we were truly the strongest and we did not need her pity.
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"Hello and welcome the last day of the Grand Magic Tournament! All the guilds participating will send forth their two strongest mages to fight on their behalf against another pair! And for the first match everybody has been anticipating Fairy Tail versus Sabertooth! If both could respective guilds send forth their champions"
Me and Rogue stepped forth, the audience was deafening as usual. "Sting, look"
I stared ahead, she stepped forward from the shadows. Unreadable expression, by her side was Max Alors. A sand user, Rufus told us all of the respective abilities of the remaining members of the trash guild. None of what he said got into my head anyways, in the end all you have to do was beat the shit out of them.
"Max, let's do this. Let's reclaim our former glory!" She punched her fist her into the air, the audience responded with loud cheers and cries of encouragement.
"The same rules apply here as well….however", the arena ground started shifting, trembling, and within a few seconds we were high up in the air. The large piece of land we were standing was now suspended in the air, "If you were to fall from the platform it will considered as an immediate loss. If you do fall do not worry we have nets down below to catch you. The time limit is forty minutes and if both respective sides cannot defeat each other or push each other off the platform within the time limit it will be considered as a draw! And with that said, let the first match of the day…..begin!"
"Let's go Rogue!" I charged forward at full throttle, "Right!" But before we could reach them a huge sand wall was erected right in front of us. I skidded to a halt. "What in the world!" Rogue shifted his shadow form to bypass the wall but was immediately pushed back a immense magical aura. This feeling! "Duck Rogue!"
"Urano Metria!" A dazzling, electrifying light shot right at him sending him crashing him into me. "Gah! Fuck! It was a trap!?" "Get back Sting!" Rogue pushed me to the side, where a burst of sand nearly hit my stomach. Shit that was close. I glanced at Rogue's chest, the fabric was burnt off, and the flesh was severely burnt. Damn, just how much magical power did she put into that spell?
"You bet it was! Nice going Max!" The sand dispersed, revealing the spell caster. "Lucy! You thorn in my backside!" I charged forward once more, "White Dragon's Iron Fist!" Light gathered around my fist and it soon impacted her stomach sending her flying. As I jumped up to connect another punch in her face, I caught a look at her face, she was smiling?! "Piri, piri! Wrong person!" What?! The form of Lucy soon puffed into two doll like characters. Shit! Gemini! I landed back down. If that was Gemini then where was the key holder?
"Get down you moron!" Rogue grabbed my head and pushed it down as a wave of sand was sent at me crashed into one of the speakers. "It's going to take a lot more to take down us!" The brunette said while smirking, his hand immersed in sand, he waved his hand, and from the sand immerged a figure. Lucy Heartfilia. She was grinning.
"Sorry about that, but I just had to analyse your reflexes. No hard feelings, right?" She smirked, she crouched down in a stance. "The real fight starts now", I said through my gritted teeth. I was going to show the gates of hell to her. Rogue sprinted forward submerging himself in his shadows. "You go for Lucy! I'll go for Max!" I grinned and silently thanked him, he must have known how excited to fight her. He was soon engaged with Max with a flurry of kicks of punches.
"Let's rumble blondie! White's Dragons Roar!" A beam of concentrated light shot out my mouth cutting and disintegrating whatever came through it destructive path. She narrowly dodged it, summersaulting through the air, her foot was soon connected to my chin, giving it a powerful kick. I grunted as I stumbled back, I grinned as I spat out some blood. She soon got back in a battle stance.
"Aren't you going to summon one of your spirits to defeat me?!" I said mockingly, "Ahh…but the thing is, I already did", she said through a shit-eating grin dangling one of her keys. I swerved my head to my side where a rumbling sound of footsteps came from. A raging cow was running at me full throttle with a huge axe in his hands. When did she…?! He swung it down, I jumped out of the way before it reached me. The ground cracked where the axe connected. Fuck; that was too close. I felt another presence behind me, which I promptly made me jump to the side and retaliate by kicking the person.
"Did you forget my keen senses, Lucy-chan", she coughed some blood out. "No, but it was worth a try, especially when I could do this". I looked at my shoulder, there was a magic emblem. Shit!
"Too late! Nautical Almanac!" A magic circle appeared beneath my feet, sending a jolt of electricity along with white flames. "Aaarggh! Shit!" Damn it. My nerves felt like as if they were on fire. The spell lasted only for a moment but it was enough to damage my nerves. It hurts so much, fuck I'm going to kill this bitch! I stood right back up, pushing the pain to the back of my head.
"Rogue! It's time we stopped playing around! White Drive!" He nodded and jumped to my side, "Shadow Drive" A surge of magic radiated off us in waves. Lucy saw this a backed off with wary eyes, "Max, get ready". Too late, in a burst of speed I sent the brunette flying off the platform, but before he fell Lucy grabbed his hand. Impossible, my speed was unmatchable and at that distance she shouldn't have been able to catch him. She hauled him back onto the platform, from the corner of my eyes I saw a fist come straight towards me. I blocked it. Leo, leader of the celestial spirits. He continued to send another volley of punches and kicks with his fists glowing. I complied with matching his speed and strength. But soon got bored and punched him so hard that my fist went straight through his stomach. "I'm sorry princess…" he promptly faded away.
I turned my attention back to Rogue, he was currently was beating the shit out of Max who was feebly trying to defend Lucy. "Stop it Max! I can handle it!" She pushed him to the side and successfully blocked one of Rogue's punches. Her face grimaced at the pain but otherwise ignored it and retaliated by summoning another spirit. "Open thy gate, Scorpio!" Another sand user.
"We are! Sand Spear!" Long spear shaped sand was thrown to out in our direction. An omnidirectional spell. I neatly dodged all of the attacks, from the corner of my eye I saw Rogue charge forward once more to Lucy. "Take her keys! Once that's gone she won't be able to do much!" I shouted at him. He gave a brief nod and sprinted faster side-stepping Max's feeble attempts to slow him down with his sand. I gathered my magic in my hands, letting it concentrate to the point of bursting, "It's over, flies. Holy Nova!"
Pure white, I couldn't see anything but I could feel their magical auras.
Impossible, Lucy used her own body to shield the brunette. Her body was burnt all over the place and her clothes barely holding together. She was panting heavily, blood was dripping from her mouth and wounds. "I got her keys before you released the spell". He chucked it of the platform, I heard a small clatter of the keys landing below. We had won. Technically, Max wouldn't be able to stand a chance with our power combined and Lucy was in no condition to fight. I let out a laugh.
"Lucy! Are you alright! Shit! If only Wendy was here! Damn it!"
"Max…give me your vest. And then turn yourself to sand" He widened his eyes, "What are you talking about?! You're in no position to give orders!"
"He's right Lucy-chan, just give up! You can never win against us! Trash!" My laugh turned more maniacal, what could she do?! She was bleeding profusely and she just the full brunt force of my spell. She's struggling just to stand.
"Max, do as I say. I do not want you to see this" A surge of magical power was gathering, it was surrounding the fairy, "Max! Do as I say!" The flow of magical power steadily kept rising, to the point of bursting. The air surrounding us grew hot and arid. "MAX!" "Alright! But you better be alive when I turn back!" His form shifted into sand disappearing into the ground.
My knees failed me, a brunt force of magic power was pushing me down; I saw Rogue as well was kneeling like, struggling to keep his head up. So much magical power?! How much had she stored in her body?! And it continued to rise faster and faster, the air was crackling with electricity. The heat being generated was unbelievable. And then it disappeared.
"Corona Borealis!" A massive magic circle appeared above our heads. And for a moment I saw the stars, but this beauty was replaced by searing pain. A column of pure magical power crushed us, tearing our clothes and skin, the heat was unbearable. I felt the ground disintegrate beneath. Damn it, this will create a hole in the platform, which will make us fall through. Fuck!
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My body was screaming in pain, especially my leg, where a huge gash was showing bone. Rogue also had gash on his leg as well. We had managed to jump out of the pit before the spell completely bore a hole through the platform. I slowly returned into a battle position, I stared at Lucy she was panting heavily and coughing tremendous amount of blood out but she refused to back down, returning the stare I gave her. Rogue and I were panting heavily as well, my body was burning in pain as if it was under effects of the spell still. God! It hurts! But my pride refused to show it.
"Enough! Fairy Tail forfeits this round!" I flashed my eyes towards the brunette. "What are you talking about Max?!"
"Lucy you cannot possibly fight any longer, your body is destroying itself from the inside out! You need a medic right now! I repeat, Fairy Tail forfeits!"
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A/N: CORONA BOREALIS: Also called Northern Crown, Corona Borealis is a semicircle of stars. Its chief star is called Alphecca, comes into view one and a quarter hours after Arcturus. The group of seven twinkling bright stars is a beautiful sight for observation and enjoyment in the night sky. The entire constellation is only 15 degrees wide.
NAUTICAL ALMANAC: Book. A nautical almanac is a publication describing the positions of a selection of celestial bodies for the purpose of enabling navigators to use celestial navigation to determine the position of their ship while at sea.
Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I had to go to a birthday party and that took up most of the day. Thanks for anyone who has followed and favoured this fanfic.