And we're back! Well let's see if things can get worse or not. Things are really going to get bad for these guys, but to learn more just read on! This time they won't get out that easily. Well enjoy!
Rez: Well you'll see if you were right or wrong
Chaos: Oh yes, and it probably won't end well.
Lingering will: You're right there. And seeing how the calm is we will know how bad the storm will be!
dark impetus: I don't know, it just comes to me! I have a lot of ideas in my head and if I had to rewrite all of this it will probably end differently. And sometimes I even think, what if... also I get inspiration from the show/manga and stuff like that
Marty: Yea she can get crazy sometimes about Kera but she means well! But enjoy the next chapter!
Kera had fallen asleep finally that night and she was having a nice and peaceful dream for a change. A sweet dream where she was actually living a happy life without any people trying to hunt them down. Unfortunately, luck wasn't on her side and she wouldn't be able to finish that peaceful dream.
"WAKE UP!"
Kera literally jumped out of bed as Crystol yelled through her mind. She had nearly gotten a heart attack from that! She was breathing hard as she looked around the room. She noticed that Erza was still sound asleep in her bed.
What the hell Crystol!? I nearly died!
"I sense them again. They're here."
Kera's eyes went wide. "What?" She whispered so she wouldn't wake up Erza. Those crazy people were here!? "Where?" She asked while quietly getting out of her bed. The brunette sneaked passed Erza and left the room as quietly as she could.
She walked down the hallway while keeping an eye out for anything strange. She did not want to get jumped, especially by those people. "Where are they Crystol?"
She could hear that Crystol was slightly agitated and annoyed. "I don't know exactly where, but they are in this building."
Why would they be here? Where they planning on killing them again? Attack them in the middle of the night when everyone was sleeping? But there was only one person here at Fairy Hills that… "Wendy…" She muttered realizing that the little girl was in this building as well.
But Levy was with her, if anything were to happen to them Levy could at least protect Wendy and the little girl knows how to fight herself.
Kera sneaked around the halls trying to find out where these people were. They had to be around here somewhere.
The halls were dark and everybody was sleeping peacefully. No one was roaming around except for her and the intruders. She tried to listen for any sound or noise but there was none. She scrunched up her nose slightly. She couldn't even smell anyone in here…
Kera kept on walking around the place as she tried to find these intruders. They were going to pay for what they have done, or at least what they tried to do. No one puts them in a silly game.
She stopped for a moment. "Wow… I sound just like Natsu…" She muttered before shaking her head. Taking a deep breath she walked to Wendy and Levy's room. She wanted to make sure that there wasn't any trouble or that they were trying to head for Wendy.
But when she poked her head through the door and saw both girls sleeping peacefully she knew that they weren't there. So where were they headed?
Kera considered going back to bed but Crystol would bug her if she did that. She also knew that the Dragon was right. If she thought they were here, then they were here, but where!?
She headed down the hall, passing Erza's armor rooms, walking towards her room. She kept on wondering what they would be here for, that is until Crystol stopped her. "Wait… I think they are in one of these rooms."
"In Erza's armor room?" She asked a little confused. Why would they be there? There was nothing important in there and if that one girl wanted to steal some of Erza's armor they're all secured with magic… also Erza's most powerful armors were in her inventory or whatever she called it.
But she was going to find out what they wanted. She sneaked into the room and looked around. Nothing seemed to be out of place so she kept on looking around. Those Dragon Hunting Idiots had to be somewhere.
She rounded a corner entering another room of Erza's and looked around. More armor were lined up but she didn't care about them. She headed to the back again and walked into the next room.
Kera immediately stopped when she saw something that made her heart stop. She saw a Lacrima bomb with a timer on it and it was counting down from 5… 4…
"Shit!" She yelled not caring about if she woke anyone up. Immediately she turned around ran for it. The clock turned down
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Kera dived in the last second as the bomb went off. She covered her head as debris started to fly over her head and even armor! She prayed and hoped that she wouldn't get hit by anything, but the smoke was starting to fill her lungs and the fire was spreading fast.
She coughed and knew she had to get out of there before the fire burnt her. The room was burning and there was just one exit. The smoke was already suffocating her and it wouldn't take long for it to kill her off. So with that in mind she got back to her feet and ran towards the door. She crashed through and hit the floor gasping in the fresh air.
She coughed as she tried to breathe. Footprints were heard and soon hands grabbed her pulling her back. "Kera! Are you okay!?"
Looking up she saw Bisca and Evergreen holding her with worried looks on their faces. Behind them she could faintly see Juvia using her water magic to extinguish the fire. Kera coughed again, the smoke still in her lungs. "Bomb… H-Hunters… here." She muttered.
"They are!?" Juvia asked shocked from behind.
"What's going on here!?"
Erza, Levy and Wendy were running towards them. Levy saw the fire and got worried. Wendy gasped slightly while Erza quickly checked Kera over.
Juvia saw Wendy and smiled. "Wendy! Juvia could use some help!"
Wendy nodded and ran over to her. Juvia kept on using her water magic while Wendy took in a deep breath. "Sky Dragon Roar!" She shouted before sending it into the room. Almost in an instant the entire room was extinguished of the fire.
Erza helped Kera to sit up. "You okay?"
She coughed again but nodded. "Y-Yea… I'm fine…"
"Then what the hell where you doing!?" She shouted at her, having the urge to slap her. Before she could though, Kera quickly raised her hands. "Wait! I… Crystol woke me up saying that they were here and I just went out to see if it was true or not!"
"You could have woken me up!" She snapped at her while she started shaking her. "Why don't you ever listen to me!?"
Juvia and Wendy came out of the room wiping their foreheads. "The fire is out." Wendy told them. "It should be safe now."
"Why would they put a bomb in here?" Levy asked confused as to why they would set a Lacrima bomb in one of Erza's rooms.
Everyone turned their heads towards Kera. The brunette looked shocked. "How the hell should I know!? I just found it!"
"Well then we need to look and find out." Bisca stated. "This is Erza's room so she should know what's missing or not."
Erza nodded though she was still confused as to why they would decide to blow up one of her rooms. Was there something they wanted from her? She had nothing useful to them. She helped Kera back to her feet and offered herself as support.
They all entered the charred room and stepped over fallen armor. Erza muttered something about just having it paid off and Kera looked a little guilty at her. Kera really wanted to know what they were after.
Erza sighed. "This is such a waste. There was armor in here worth millions of jewels."
"Sorry about this… though I hope they didn't steal something from you." Kera said looking around.
"Um guys… I think you want to see this… especially you Erza." Levy called.
Worried Erza headed up to Levy and the others that were already at the end of the room. They rounded the corner, just like Kera did a few minutes ago, just this time without a bomb ready to blow.
Both Kera and Erza saw that the wall was blown up and that there was a safe hidden behind it, but it was broken and open, the contents empty. Levy turned to Erza with a worried look. "I hope you didn't have anything in there."
Erza looked at the empty safe that was usually hidden behind the wall and protected by magic. Fear and horror filled her body as she kept her eyes gazed on it. Kera noticed this and got worried. "Erza… please tell me there wasn't anything important in there."
She swallowed hard and everyone could see sweat falling from her forehead. "Erza…" Kera pleaded.
Erza rubbed her forehead. "I… in the safe… was… were… the Dragon Twin Blades."
Silence fell upon the group as they heard this. Kera's face went deathly pale. "Oh god…"
"We're screwed." Erza muttered still looking like she'd seen a ghost.
Alrik looked at Alison and Caine. "Do you have it?" He asked raising an eyebrow at both of them.
Caine grabbed something from his bag and handed it over to Alrik. It was an object covered in cloth. Alrik took it and carefully unwrapped the cloth. He smiled when he saw two blades sitting there perfectly, ready to be used. He grinned. "Perfect." He chuckled.
He then looked back up to his two members. "Did you have any problems?"
Alison shook her head. "No, it was hidden very well, but with Caine's ability we were able to find it and blow it open. Though we think that little brat of a Queen knew we were there."
Alrik smirked as he grabbed one of the blades. "Yes, I thought so. That… Dragon inside of her proves quite useful for her. But it can be defeated."
"Sir, if I may ask, what are you going to do with those blades?" Caine asked his hands behind his back standing up straight like a soldier would do.
Alrik smirked as he glanced at the blades. "Just wait and see. I promise it will be spectacular."
Alison and Caine gave each other a confused look but didn't question him. He had his reasons so they didn't need to ask.
He glanced at them from the side of his eyes. "What are you two still doing here? Don't you have Dragons to hunt?"
Both flinched and quickly scurried away. Alrik rolled his eyes, but they quickly turned back to the blades. "The Dragon Twin Blades. The blades that possess the power of slaying a Dragon. Perfect for a Dragon Hunter." He smirked as he pulled the cloth back over them.
"Oh god, we are so screwed!" Natsu shouted pulling at his hair. It was morning and the rest of the group received the news of what had happened the night. Hearing that the weapon, that could easily kill them all was stolen, scared them all.
"How could this have happened!?" Lucy panicked.
Erza gritted her teeth. "I'm sorry! I thought they would be safe there! They were hidden and protected with magic, it shouldn't have been that easy!"
"But it was! Now they have the deadliest weapon to kill all Dragon Slayers!" Gray shouted still not believing what has happened.
Kera stood up and pushed him back. "Hey back off!" She shouted at all of them. "It's not her fault so stop ganging up on her! Erza didn't mean for them to steal the blades alright!?"
Erza looked at her surprised. "Kera, I lost your blades. If they have them they can easily kill you and the others!"
The Queen of Dragons turned towards her and sighed. "Erza… it's not your fault. It's nobody's fault. Yes we may be at a disadvantage at the moment but we can't lose hope. We can still beat these guys!"
"Yea and anyway, how are we supposed to know if those blades work or not?" Gajeel stated while waving his hand. "It's not like they worked before."
Erza and Kera looked at each other knowing exactly what Gajeel meant. The brunette sighed. "Actually… that was an entire different situation. Erza just used them to… stun me, so Sting could blast me with his magic. She didn't try to kill me. But these people want to kill us so I have no doubt that they can use them against us."
Natsu groaned as he slammed his head against the table. "Can this get any worse!?"
Kera sighed as she looked away. "Don't jinx us…"
"How about Kayeleth?" Gray asked. "She should know something or has another sword that could help us."
Kera shook her head. "No, these people know where we are, they seem to be following us, I will not lead them to my mother."
"That probably isn't a bad idea." Mira spoke up. "They shouldn't be after her as well. It's already bad enough that they're after our Dragon Slayers."
"By the way." Kera spoke up as she looked up at Mira. "How's Sting doing? Is he doing any better?"
Mira smiled softly, but she didn't need to answer at all. "I'm perfectly fine." Kera turned her head around and couldn't believe what she was seeing. Sting was standing on his feet while giving her a smile. He had a few bandages still wrapped around his head and arms and probably chest, but he seemed to be better. "Wendy kept on healing me so I'm better."
"Thank god, at least some good news." She said with a smile.
Sting nodded. "Now I can help as well."
"What's that going to do?" Gray asked giving them all a stupid look. "They got Erza's Dragon Twin Blades, with those they could easily kill our strongest Dragon Slayers."
The blonde haired boy shrugged. "Then we have to be extra careful. That doesn't mean we lost. Just their odds of winning are a little higher now. We can still beat them. We're five Dragon Slayers here in this room. We can get Rogue and then we're six Dragon Slayers. They are what? Five people? Plus we got the entire guild on our side, we can win this."
Kera smiled up at him. At least he still had some hope. Losing some blades wasn't the end of the world. They can still win this. They just need to have hope.
"The thing we need is a plan." Lucy said. "We can't just sit here and wait. If we do that then we will definitely lose."
"Then what's your plan? We're the targets here!" Natsu shouted while throwing his hands up in the air.
Lucy thought about it and the attacks that have happened lately. "With every attack that has happened to you guys, you were attacked by at least two people, right?"
"Except for Natsu being blown up yea." Kera said glancing at the blonde wondering where she was with this.
The blonde smiled. "Then it's simple! The only reason why they won is because they were together and could back each other up."
"So… what's the plan?" Natsu asked.
Lucy smirked as she let out a devilish look. "Have you ever heard of divide and conquer?"
Even more trouble for the gang! And it looks like Lucy has a plan! Tell me what your thoughts were about this chapter!
Until next time!