AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hello my perrrrfect rrreaderrrs...welcome to the new chapterrrr of Zodiac Link. The searrrrch begins to find Lucy and save herrrr from Zerrro beforrre it's too late.

The split teams arrre on the move heading towarrrds Nirrrvana. It's time to reveal secrrrets minna. And I'm using trrriple RRRs cuz I'm a feline rrright now. Kitty kat me :3 You'll know why when you rrread this chapterrr. Enjoy :D

Chapter 9

NORMAL POV

Lucy was starting to feel weak. She tried again and again to break the glass but everytime she releases a huge amount of energy, the glass sphere absorbs it and distributes her magic equally to the six tubes leading to the broken lacrimas.

"Just give up. You won't get out." Cherish notified her

" *pant* I won't give up..I'll get out..*pant*"

"You're only destroying yourself Zodiac mage."

Lucy was panting. She rested for a while to regain her breathing. She looked at her arm. The Onyx insignia has sprouted it's first root. It was slowly forming into a swirl traveling from her arm to her shoulder.

"My..my...looks like your frineds are already falling into the trap." Cherish announces as she showed to Lucy the crystal ball that Zero gave her. In the ball, she saw Kagura and Milliana walking in a forest full of wilted trees . Lucy held her head low hoping that they'll be okay.

Kagura's POV

Milliana and I have got paired up when the ship exploded. We're okay, no injuries and all. I hope the others and safe. We were told to head towards the abandoned city, that's where Nirvana lies. Honestly, we don't know where it is since mermaid Heel wasn't part of the previous Alliance force. I'll just stick to my gut feeling and head North. Milliana and I were currently heading towards north. Judging by some wilted trees and less mineral grounds, I'd say we're heading on the right direction.

"Ne Kagura-chan, do you think Lucy is okay? If Zero were to find out that the Onyx is her, then we're in big trouble."

"I sense great power in Lucy, the determination in her eyes, the way she presented herself full of responsibilty, I think she'll be fine."

"Okay...but I'm worried about her. Also becasue she's Erza-san's comrade"

"They're note anymore."

"Huh?"

"Lucy and Erza are far from comrades. What I see in Lucy's eyes when she saw Fairytail, they held so much hurt and sadness."

"What do you think happened to them?"

"I don't know but I think friendship went flying out the door."

Just when I finished my sentence, I smelled something strange in the air. "Milliana do you smell that?" Milliana didn't respond, instead she stood there frozen. She then inhaled the air and ran away from me. I followed her to a small open field. What I saw made me turn on high alert. Milliana was playing with a flower? No, it's the kind of flower that makes cats feel relaxed. Then there was yarn next to it, and a scent of cat nip. What? It took me a moment to register what 's happening but I snapped. The cat nip smelled different like...poison...I ran straight to Milliana and grabbed her by the tail.

"Kagura-chan you seperated me from my happiness." She whined

"Milliana, it's a trap. Cover your nose." She did what i told her to do. All the goody cat stuff disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Meow...ohhhh I thought I'd get you that easy but I guess not." That voice. I recognize nthat. Right above the tree is the feline herself, Felina.

"she's...a kitty kat " Milliana started making googly eyes at Felina. She sure loves cats.

"Milliana she may look cute to you but remember,she's evil."

"You should listen to your partner kitty." Felina said

"what can a kitty cat like you do? You look to cute to be evil."

"I'm waering black with sharp claws and fangs and you still call me cute? " Felina sounded annoyed.

I readied my katana. Felina looks like she's about to launch her first attack. Out of the blue, she charged straight at Milliana with her claws. Milliana snapped out of her thoughts and focused on Felina. I quickly went infront of her blocking Felina's claws with my katana.

"Milliana focus!" I yelled at her. Charging at Felina, I kicked her left and right but she dodged everything. She in return, tried to claw me but I was too fast.

"Kitten blast!" Milliana casted behind Felina. The swirling rope went to her arms but wasn't able to touch her. Felina used her claws to swiftly cut the ropes and kicked Milliana on the stomach sending her flying towards the tree.

It was my chance to attack while she was distracted. I ran straight at her and jumped above positionng my katana infront of me to hit her on the head, strong enough to knock her brain signals to move. Felina saw me and jumpped towards me. We were only a meter away when she disappeared then reappeared behind her tail, she slapped me on the shoulder. I lost my hold of the katana and fell on the ground but I was able to land safely.

"you're quite fast for an outcast."

"we rogues have avilities that you wizards don't understand"

"Tell me, what does a rogue kitty like you doing in a dark guild? Especially Zero's illegal dark guild."

"Master Zero promised usour happiness. He said our lives will change forever once he gets the Onyx."

"Happiness? A rogue like you doesn't deserve happiness if you're going to hurt many people to get it." I glared at her.

I think I struck a nerve in her system. Her head was down, she was silent. "You don't know anything." She spat at me. Felina extended her claws, her sharp fangs were visible and her eyes were turning a dark shade of black. I think her inner felie is taking over.

"I know enough to know that you don't deserve it."

"Shut up!" she growled at me in a tiger kind of tone. She then to me. When she slashed me, I dodged. I was waiting for her to turn around so I could attack her head on but she never did. I saw what she was after. "Milliana!"

Milliana was trying to stand up,she was leaning on the tree trunk trying to get her balance back. Felina was fast, in a second, she held Milliana by the hair. "Move or she will die." Felina gently tapped her pointy nails on Milliana's neck.

I couldn't move. If I move, she'll instantly split Milliana's throat in half. If I don't she'll still do the same thing. What do I do now?

"You don't know me. You don't know my reason. You don't know what I want. You don't know what I've been through!" she spat at me holding Milliana higher in a sitting position.

"I'm gonna show you what happened and what I want in the end."

Milliana's POV

This Felina girl is a bad kitty cat. Cats are supposed to be good and adorable and she is the opposite of it. Slowly, she starts tracing one of her sharp nails on my shoulder. I screamed. It was painful.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

"I love it when you scream you bad kitty." She added another one of her nails on my shoulder. I can see the small blood dripping down my shoulder. That's gonna leave a cut. For some weird reason, with each cut I had this small vision of bad memories. They were all about people calling her a monster. I think I'm seeing a sneak peek at Felina's past. Now I understand.

I see Kagura debating on weather to run and help me or stand there and wait for Felina to stop so she can attack. I casted my magic on Felina's legs. The strong pink rope tangled her ( IMAGINE THE TIME WHEN LUCY GOT TANGLED IN MILLIANA'S MAGIC IN TOWER OF HEAVEN ARC )

I wipped the blood away but it was still flowing but I'll survive it. "I think i know why you're doing this."

"No you don't! How would you know?! You're not me."

"Yes I may not be you, but I saw glimpses of your past. Everybody treats you like a monster."

"You don't know the half of it."

"I know what you want. You want to use Nirvana to turn the people who hurt you into people who will accept you."

Felina remained silent. "They keep saying that you're not human, you're not one of them, you're not meant to live but they're wrong. You want to prove them wrong."

"shut up...I'm warning you." She said in a low tone. She was trembling but not in fear, it was something else.

"what is it that you want to prove?" and that what made her snap. She had enough of my questions.

Felina crouched down. Her body started shaking. I hear bones cracking. She's transforming into a beast. As the noise stopped, there stood Felina.

She was a feline indeed. Her body was the size of a tiger. Her fangs were long and sharp like a sabertooth tiger. Her fur was the same as a cat, it was brown, orange and black stripe and spots. I couldn't descrie what she is. But I think she has the factors of all feline friends. Every cat species on earthland.

"She shifted..she's not human." Kagura stated. Those words were heard clearly by Felina. Her eyes were a sjade green with sharp black pupils shown.

Felina roared like a Lion. "Let's see how you do with fighting me in my true form kitty cat." Her voice was a deep feminine call.

Felina launched herself at me, biting my cloak and dragging me in circles around Kagura's direction. I screamed as the hard ground made contact with my skin leaving dirt and small cuts visible on my arms, legs and face.

Kagura ran after her and used her katana to rip my cloak thus releasing me. Kagura dodged every slash and bite Felina tried to put on her. "Felina!" I screamed while lying on the ground.

"Felina! You don't have to do this! Those people don't deserve you!" I screamed again. I know she heard me but was not lsitening.

NORMAL POV

"she's right Felina. They don't deserve you." Kagura said while figting her.

"You don't know what it means to be hated, never been loved and treated like crap in society." Felina replied

"using Nirvana to make them see the good side of you won't do any good. Becasue deep down, they'll always be the people who hurt you." Milliana screamed

"Shut up!" Felina used her tail to send Kagura back hitting the tree. She slowly walked over to Milliana like a predator and pray.

"If they don't deserve the worse of you, then they don't deserve the best of you..so why not leave and start over!" those words made felina halt.

"They'll one day realize the bad things they've done to you...they'll feel guilty...they'll want to have a chance..but you won't give them that becasue they never gave you a chance..so why not leave. They don't deserve you Felina...if they did, they would treat you like nakama. Like family. Not some omega." Milliana explained

Milliana's explanation made Felina calm down a bit. Her heavy breathing wasn't stopping. She had to calm down. "Please don't do this...stop now, before you hurt yourself."

Felina slightly calmed down, bones cracking were heard..Felina had shifted back to her human form. Her eyes were blood red from crying, she broke down crying on the ground. Hurt written all over her face. Milliana walked up to her and crouched down to Felina's level.

"Shhhh...pretty kitty like you shouldn't cry."

"w...why?...w..why would you help me? I'm your enemy."

"No you're not..you're just a girl, lost and confused with a need. A need to be wanted and loved. Those needs clouded your decisions."

Felina started crying again. She had never felt this feeling before. For the first time in frever, someone cared for her. "T..thank you."

"huh?"

"t..thank you for...t..telling me those words."

Milliana smiled caringly at Felina. "You needed someone to knock some sense into you."

Felina watched Milliana. She meant every word that came out of her mouth. When she moved to hug Milliana, Kagura had wacked her weak spot on the her upper back, causing Felina to go unconscious.

"Kagura-chan why did you do that?!..don't harm the kitty!"

"She was about to hurt you."

"She was about to hug me Kagura-chan"

"No she wasn't...she was preparing to sink her claws behind your back while hugging you"

"and how do you know that?"

Kagura tries explaining everything to Milliana. "Milliana, what you told her, she understood everything that you said. Felina knows her mistake and wants to start over again, but...because of Nirvana, darkness tried to take over her bright heart again, that lead to second thoughts on either to stop or keep on going. She didn't know what to do. Nirvana's magic made her want to hurt you once you two hugged."

Milliana listened to Kagura's explanation. She understoods completely on kagura's point of view.

"How long will she be out cold?"

"That blow on her upper back, I think the whole day. Once she regains consciousness, her back will ache due to the hit, she'll be fine but will have a bad back ache. She won't bother us But just to be sure...you have to tie her to that tree."

Milliana did what Kagura asked and tied Felina to the tree trunk using her cat whips. The two mermaid heel wizards set off to find the center of Nirvana. They may be bruised and injured but they'll be okay.

BACK AT NIRVANA'S MAIN ROOM

"Felina is down for the count." Says Cherish. "you're lucky that she was just a weakling. Just a puppet to master Zero"

"Y..you ...g..guys are sick." Lucy weakly says. Her energy has slowly been draining her. The Onyx insignia grew another root on the left side. It went down her arm, to her shoulder and stopped on her neck. The mark is slowly eating her body up. Soon she will become a human crystal.

"let's see who is up against who." Says Cherish

Lucy didn't want to see nor hear anything. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep away her problems, only to be met with flashbacks.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hi guys, so ummmmmm I know it feels like I'm rushing this chapter becasue I am. Seriousy, they just met and now the enmy already surrendered? Yeah I know it was a rush but I had to do it becasue 1, I don't know how to write an action story and 2, becasue I can't wait for the climax ^_^

So in the next chapter, da da da da! It's a flashback of what happened to Lucy just 4 months ago before the Nirvana mission.

I'll see ya next time minna!

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