Fun Little fact #1: The Idea of Fear and Lust names are all based off the homunculus in Full Metal Alchemist. ~ Other than the Akatsuki in Naruto, The Homunculi are my FAVORITE evil organization!
Authors note: Please read after the chapter I have a special question for you all :)
I do not Own Fairy Tail, which awesome privilege goes to Hiro Mashima
Last time on The Road to Life:
He moved his strong arms lower, so that he now held Lucy by her waist in a tight embrace. His head rested on her shoulder, and he closed his eyes. "I give this to you Lucy. Even if it is not what either of us wanted or thought of, the Imprinting has been completed, so….." he slowly opened his eyes back open, and stared at the ground just near their feet
"Come back to me"
Chapter 11: The Dragons true Fire
Natsu and Misaki vs. Nami and Mika
Natsu growled as he lunged forward, trying to hook his right fist around Mika. Though he was one of Fairy Tails strongest, his speed was not quite a match for her, and she slid through all of his punches.
Natsu grit his teeth and started to form a large fire ball in his hand. Springing forward, he started to pick up speed and began to throw punches in a big blurr. However, Mika dodged them with ease, as if they were in slow motion. She hurled her leg in an upwards motion, kicking Natsu squarely on the chin. He flew backwards, and landed hard on the dirt ground.
Natsu began a spasm of coughs, and could see blood land on the ground where he faced. "D-Damnit…. This is harder than I thought" He turned his head toward Misaki and her own fight with Nami. The weird Dragon slayer seemed to be doing alright, landing a few hits, though against a poison mage you can never be too safe.
He heard a giggle, and looked back at Mika, who watched innocently down at him with her green eyes. "You're kinda stupid aren't you?"
Natsu clenched his fist into tights balls, and managed to laugh emotionlessly "You bitch…Just shut up will ya?!" He stood up rather quickly, causing Mika to take a step back in surprise. "Oh?" she asked "You're gonna fight seriously now?"
Natsu responded by hitting his hands together, fire spreading from them. He gave her a menacing glare "You bet!" Natsu quickly jumped forward, managing to get a good hit on her shoulder. She recoiled in pain, and Natsu saw his chance of an opening "Now!"
He lunged forward, only to be stopped by a blinding light that came from Mika's hands. He stopped in midair, and landed awkwardly on the ground. Turning, he could see Mika land a few feet from him, her gray shit ripped a little bit and blood trickled down her arm from his claws.
Smirking at her, Natsu crossed his arms over his chest "Give up yet?"
"Bastard" she started to say "You have no right to act arrogant. Don't forget that we still control some of your friends. I'm sure they are being useful to Madam Fear at this very moment….." Mika gave Natsu a wicked sneer "Especially that White haired one."
Something in Natsu's mind started to breakdown. He clenched his fist and started to seethe through his teeth "Lisanna…."
Natsu lunged forwards, aiming his "Fire Dragons Wing" at Mika who only stood there, motionless. Suddenly a smile spread over the young girls face and Natsu was knocked backwards from a large figure.
"Owww…." He trailed off, rubbing his head in pain. Looking to his side, he saw Misaki doing the same thing.
"What the?! You baka! Why did you mess up my fight!?" he growled at her and Misaki glared at him pressing her nose up against his "Who are you calling a baka?! You bastard, I told you not to intervene with MY enemies'!"
"And I told you that I have to find my friends!"
They heard a giggle and turned to see Mika smile at them, bending down towards them "You are both baka!"
Nami yawned, stepping forward "Im bored of this Mika…." A devilish smile appeared in her face, and she raised her hand.
"Poison Needles!"
In The Castle
Fears POV
Fear sat patiently in her new found throne, twinkling her fingers on her blue staff. Looking up at the Lacrima visions that were spread all throughout the battle field, she smiled seeing the results.
"It seems, both Armel and Zela have made their appearance." She glanced at the fight involving Fairy Tail's Ice mage "God have mercy on your souls" Something flashed in the corner of her eye and she turned to look at the fight that was going on against the two Fire Dragon Slayers. She narrowed her eyes, seeing Nami send her Poison Needles straight at them.
"Nami and Mika are one of the strongest mages I have seen. They are truly a force to be reckoned with, but….." She stared at Natsu's determine face that was frozen on the Lacrima vision. Laughing quietly to herself, Fear raised her staff above her head, and her eyes started to glow. "I might have to change my original plans…."
Juvia struggled underneath Lyons solid grip on her. He held her up against the wall, and she writhed against it. She could feel her heartbeat race, and she turned her head slightly to see Lyons once kind dark eyes, look at her with murderous intent. She bit her lip, her heart slowly breaking inside "Alright last chance…"
"Lyon-sama! It's me Juvia! Please tell me that you remember me!" she pleaded, however he gave her no verbal response, instead he stared to form an ice figure on his right hand. Her eyes widened as she recognized his "Ice make: Wolf"
"Die!" the monotone voice said and she could see Lyon lunge forward. Swiftly, Juvia pushed her back up against the ice mage's chest, causing him to stumble backwards. Without hesitating, she ran forward and pole vaulted herself over his shoulders so now she stood behind his back.
Remembering a fighting move that Gajeel had taught her not long ago, she pushed Lyon to the ground on his chest. She grabbed both on his arms, and placed them behind his neck. She sat down on his back lightly, trying to catch her breath. The Lyon Zombie growled and squirmed underneath her and seeing her friend like this only made her heart break even more inside. Strangely, she felt rage towards the person who had done this to him, even more so than when Meredy had threatened to kill her Gray-sama.
"Lyon…." Juvia said quietly through his muffled screams " Please, if you can hear Juvia…." she could feel tears forming in her eyes and she struggled to continue "-Juvia doesn't know if you're alive in there….maybe this Fear women's control of you will never end, but….." she felt the tears flow steadily down her cheeks now and her grip in his hands tighten "Please, Juvia doesn't know why but….Juvia needs you!"
Suddenly the screams died down underneath her, and the Ice mage grew motionless. Juvia stared wide eyed down as the boy groaned and placed his hands behind his head in pain. She didn't move, just sat there, until the boy turned his head slightly to look up at the weight that was on his back. Juvia flinched, expected those same murderous purple eyes, but instead he look at her with his normal soft dark eyes.
"J-Juvia…..Why are you sitting on me?" He stuttered those words, and Juvia could see a small shade of pink on his face. Amused by his nervousness, she started to giggle and threw her arms around his neck, kissing him on the forehead "Juvia has never been happier to see you!"
Lyon didn't understand what had been happening "Why is Juiva covered in scratches? And why can't I remember anything after meeting that women Fear?" He soon realized however, he couldn't care less about those things, just as long Juvia was safe now. He looked at the crying water mage with soft eyes, and placed his hand on her hair, stroking it gently "I'm fine now, Thank you"
Juiva looked up from crying sobs, and realized something. "If her control over you has vanished, that must mean everyone else should be free too!"
"Millianna…." Erza coughed out, holding her side in pain "Run"
The cat like mage stood defiantly in front of her friend "Never!" she growled "You protected us from Jellel, you saved my life then! I'm not about to leave you now!"
She stood protecting an already injured Erza against her guild mate "Last chance Kitten" Kagura seemed to say in a monotone voice. Millianna clenched her teeth, and ran forward
"Kitten Blast!" she yelled, sending a vortex of her tubes towards her. However Kagura simply side stepped and sliced her attack in half with her sword still sheathed. "Pathetic"
Kaugra ran forward, towards her and she heard Erza cry out. Millianna closed her eyes and let out an emotionless laugh "I guess I die here….."
"Millianna look!" Erza yelled and she turned her face up to see Kagura fall to her knees, dropping her sword. "Kagura-chan?" she asked timidly.
Brown eyes looked up at her, and Millianna held her breath "Millianna…..w-whats going on?"
"Kagura? Is it you?"
"Erza!" she seemed to ignore her guild mates question and ran towards the injured red head "What happened?"
Erza laughed out weakly "You sword…It's very sharp"
Kaguras brown eyes widened and she gave Millianna a devastated look "-I did this to you." She seemed to understand now what was going on, and she picked Erza, laying her carefully on her back. "We need to get out of here."
"Lisanna!" Mirajane exclaimed, standing over her sister petite body in concern. Laxus looked over at them, seeing the unconscious white mage wiggle around. When the she devil had landed in the cave with her two siblings, both her and Elfman were unable to control their little sister and they were forced to knock her out. If it weren't for Laxus and his Raijinshu who came into the cave in search of survivors, they would be in trouble.
"That women's magic is leaving her body" Bickslow commented "She should be fine now"
She gave a sigh of relief and watched as Elfman picked her sister, placing her on his back. Freid stood over Mira, with a concerned look on his face.
"Where's master?" she asked standing up, wiping the dirt off of her pants.
He looked over at her "After you guys were thrown into this hole, the entire stadium was evacuated. We barely managed to slip through here. The military has surrounded the place and ceiled it in a magic bubble." She saw as he clenched his fist in anger "They took Master and the others into questioning…They honestly think Fairy Tail is the one behind this!"
She placed a hand on his shoulder quietly; he turned to face her slightly, seeing her blue eyes full of determination and anger. "They will regret that"
Laxus turned his head, and saw the opening in which his team had come through "That leads outside correct?"
Evergreen nodded, whipping out her fan "What should we do?"
"Well obviously look for others!" Mira said harshly towards Laxus "We can't leave our Nakama!"
Laxus turned towards Freid "You said you saw Lucy fighting up above?" He nodded "Yes, but it was rather one sided with that Blood Dragon slayer, maybe one of us should go up-"
"No." Laxus said rather firm "Mira is right; we need to look for the others."
"But Lucy…" Evergreen trailed off
"There is no need to worry about Lucy, I can smell those Sabertooth Dragons up there right now. Now…" he turned towards the group of mages in front of him. "I say we split up. Mira, Fried, and Bickslow will go out through that entrance" he pointed to a small opening in between the rocks. "Evergreen, Elfman and myself will go through the other way." He looked at them all individually "No one Die, do you understand?!"
"Yes sir!"
Natsu groaned in pain as the sharp poison objects stopped hitting them. He tried to rack his brain around the situation, but his eye sight became fuzzy, and he couldn't think straight. He heard an evil laugh, and looked up to see Nami stare down at them with a evil look "My poison is one of the strongest…..It has killed men 10 times the size of you in 10 minutes flat…..You'll be lucky to last 5"
Natsu ignored her, and looked over Misaki, who seemed to be in the same situation as him. "Damnit! How are we going to get out of this one?"
"Neh you're Natsu aren't you….." a weak voice said, and he looked to see Misaki stare at him.
"W-What?"
"You're Uncle Igneels kid right?"
"Uncle Igneel?" His eyes widened in surprise "How do you know my father's name?!"
Misaki slowly got off the ground, despite the poison and gave him a self-assured look. "My mother Incendiatra told me stories about her and her brother Igneel…She told me he had adopted a son named Natsu….."
"Your mother….as in a Dragon mother?!"
He watched as Misaki sweat dropped "You really are an idiot. Yes a Dragon! I am a Black Fire Dragon Slayer after all"
"So that's makes us…."
Misaki nodded "We are cousins"
"Cousins?" Natsu said the word, and it felt odd on his tongue "I never had a cousin…." Misaki shook her head "Nor I"
"I-I have family?" He thought to himself "I never thought of it before…."
Suddenly Natsu was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard and exasperated sigh "Hellllloo? Forget about us?"
Natsu unexpectedly sat up next to Misaki, a wide grin spreading on face as he stood up "Hearing this is getting me all Fired-up! No need for flames this time" Misaki nodded, standing up next to him, and wiping her face of blood, "Me either."
Nami stepped back in surprise "B-But how?! My poison should be killing you!"
"All right Misaki! Let's show them a Dragons true Fire! The most powerful Fire Dragon spell we have!"
"Mhmm" she quickly nodded, and they both punched their fists together. Their voices seemed to turn monotone as if one person was speaking. They began to recite an ancient poem
"When the Sun rises, fire roars across the land"
"When the Sun sets, Fire thunders through the night sky"
"Fire is everlasting, Fire is uncontrollable"
"Fire is both destroyer and Rebuilder"
"Fire within us…..BURN!"
Suddenly a huge explosion of fire erupted from the ground. Both Nami and Mika looked at them terrified. Lava flared up from underground, sending boulders everywhere. Nami stared at the large lava hole, petrified when she saw long claw marks coming out from underground, her eyes growing wider when she realized that those claw marks belong to a large paw, coming out from underneath the ground. More and more, the fire figure grew out from under, paws becoming legs, and legs attached to a large body. Nami stared horrified as she saw the Fire figure crawl its way out of the ground, revealing a rather large Flame formed Dragon. Though only made of flames, it roared straight at them, sending both her and Mika flying.
"W-What is this Power?"Nami said looking up at the Flame figured dragon, her green eyes widening in horror as it began to fly straight towards them "I-It's like an actual Dragon!"
The large powerful flame clamped his teeth shut over Nami and Mika, devouring them into the flames. Its body started to disappear, and it turned his head towards Natsu direction, an almost….smile appearing on its flame face. Natsu felt tears forming in his eyes for some unknown reason, and his heart skipped a beat.
"Igneel….."
Then, as soon as it appeared, the Dragon disappeared, revealing both Mika and Nami unconscious on the ground. Misaki fell to her knees "W-what was that…"
Natsu picked her up, pulling her arm around his neck for support. " I don't know….." The two Dragon Slayers began to walk towards a small opening that had appeared after the monstrous attack.
Natsu thought back to the day that his father had taught him that move.
*FLASHBACK*
"Neh Father, what are we doing out here?" a small Natsu asked while walking in the nearby forest. His father, being secretive as always just smiled "Natsu…..there is a very powerful technique that I want to show you. But you must promise me that you will not use it unless you're in a very bad situation that you could possibly die."
"I promise!" he said grinning
"Alright, well in order to perform this spell, you must have at least one other Dragon slayer in your company, and….. You must repeat these words."
"When the Sun rises, fire roars across the land"
"When the Sun sets, Fire thunders through the night sky"
"Fire is everlasting, Fire is uncontrollable"
"Fire is both destroyer and Rebuilder"
"Fire within us…..BURN!"
"Fire inside us Burn?" he asked innocently and Igneel gave his soon a soft look. "Again, you must not use this Spell unless it is utter most dire"
"I got it Father!" Natsu said jumping up on his back "Neh Father…..whats this spell called?"
"It's called Dragon Soul"
*END FLASHBACK*
"Dragon Soul….just what kind of spell are you?"Natsu looked at his hands and clenched them into tight balls "Father…..what did you teach me?"
Sting, Rouge, and Lucy vs. Zela and Axel
Sting held onto Lucys limp body, her wiggling stopped almost instantly. He could feel her breathing return to normal, and he found his grip on Lucy tightening.
"Sting….." Rouge said off in the back
"I'm fine!" he hissed "Just alittle tired….thats all"
"You baka! That's not all!" Rouge growled suddenly "Performing the Imprinting ceremony drains your power almost to zero! Why? In the middle of the battlefield! How can you be so stupid?"
Sting didn't answer, instead he laid Lucy flat on the ground, his blue eyes growing soft as he looked at Lucys sleeping form. Suddenly clenching his fist, he stood back up, his back facing Rouge "I couldn't let them take her…"
Rouge gave his friend a sympathetic look, and sighed "Sting, you are such a baka sometimes…"
He let out an emotionless laugh "Then what does that say about you Rouge? You hang out with me after all"
"Yes but I s-" Rouge was cut off as a large magical black arrow was shot through his shoulder, causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
"Rouge!" Sting yelled, and he looked up to see Zela in Caressa's body. Her clothes now changed into ancient black battle armor, and she held a black bow in her hands. "You messed up my plans Eucliffe"
Sting widened his eyes "How do you know my name?"
The girl laughed, sending another arrow in his direction. Sting barely managed to dodge as he jumped backwards. "I know everything about you, all your dreams, all your thoughts….." she gave him a sly smile "All your memories"
"Tch!" Sting growled through clenched teeth
"There is one memory in particular that I need to ask you about…." She said knocking her bow with another arrow, "It's about the day you killed your dragon"
"I don't see why that has anything to do with this fight or Lucy!"
"Got you!" Axel said jumping up, dragging Sting to the ground. Zela smiled and let go on her arrow. Sting roared in pain as the arrow went through his thigh.
"These are magic arrows." She said letting go of another arrow, this time it went through his arm. "They take your worst memory, and intensify the emotions that you felt back then to now. In a way, this is a depressant" she said with sly grin.
"Tch…you bitch!" Sting growled, and that caused another arrow to go through his other arm.
"Now, Now, no need for mean words like that" She placed her bow at her side, and slowly walked forward "Im curious, that's all. Why did you kill you Dragon? Was it out of fear? Did your new found powers scare you?"
"None of your business!" he spat. Zela narrowed her eyes slightly, and suddenly Sting could feel his anger fading, to be slowly be replaced by fear.
"Or was it because you liked your new found powers?" she gave him a devilish smile and tapped her fingers against her chin "That's it! After your father Weisslogia taught you all those spells, you had grown to love that feeling that is gave you. You loved the power of destruction, and you wanted more" She placed her foot on Stings leg; causing him to cry out in pain.
He looked up at her weakly "Say what you want bitch" he said challenging her.
Zela smiled "That's all you are Sting, a mage destined for destruction" She peered down at him "I am a mage that can see into the future, and all I see for you in pain." Sting looked up at her, his emotions turning sour. "You're lying"
"Hmp don't believe me? Fine it's up to you. But….."She picked him up by his neck.
"S-Sting…." Rouge coughed out.
"You still killed your dragon" she said rather coldly "and you think you can just live with that?"
"I can try!" he hissed out
"Ahh yes but you see, your little Lucy over there…" Zela said pointing to Lucy's comatose body. "Can she live with it?"
At this, Stings eyes grew a little bit "I-It's true, Lucy….she knows I killed my father"
Noticing his uncertainty, Zela continued "Lucy has such a nice, kind heart, so innocent…. Can she really live with a murderer like you?"
"S-stop it" Sting mumbled weakly, feeling Zela's arrow's magic course through his whole body.
She tightened her grip on his neck, a crazy look in her eyes "You don't belong with her. You don't even belong with that Shadow Dragon slayer of yours!" She threw Sting back onto the ground, ignoring his cries on pain. "Join me! Join this cause! I promise you, people like us have no hope in this world!"
Sting was on his hands and knees, coughing up blood. He was sweating badly, and he gasped for air "No hope?"
He could hear Axel growl "What are you going Zela? We need him as a sacrifice!"
Zela ignored him and offer Sting a hand "Join us Sting, and together, we will create a world where people like us can have a bright future!"
Sting stared at Zela's hand, his mind running through everything. It's true…..he was a murder, slaying his own father. Sting looked over at Rouges pleading face and he tensed his muscles. "What should I do?!" He then turned to Lucys body, his heart tugging out to her as he faced this problem. Seeing her innocent face, Sting laugh emotionlessly "Did I really think someone innocent like Lucy, could be with someone like me…Rouges right…..I am a baka" Sting hit the ground hard in frustration "What should I do?!"
"That's all you are Sting, a mage destined for destruction"
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"You don't belong with her"
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"We will create a world where people like us can have a bright future!"
He glanced back at Zelas offered hand and slowly went to grab for it, when suddenly….
"No!" a blur of blonde hair flashed past Sting and Zela was knocked sideways. Sting looked up to see a familiar blonde hair and warm brown eye looking down at him; it caused his heart to beat faster.
"Lucy…"
Next Time on the Road to Life:
"Sting you're not a murderer!" Lucy said harshly to him and he took her hands off his shoulders
"I am Lucy. I killed my father"
"Yes but that was a long time ago!" she began to grow desperate "I won't let you give up on yourself like this!" She quickly grabbed him into a tight embrace, her face pressed against his bare chest, and Sting stared down at her surprise. "Lucy….."
"Please!" she cried out "Let me help you!"
Alright guys, that's the end of chapter 11, I hope you like it :)
*Sidenote: I think that they should create "Dragon Soul" as an actual spell for him x)
My special Question: Well! I have just finished Full metal alchemist, and almost done with Soul eater, and I mean I watch Naruto and Fairy Tail, but I have to wait once a week for an episode, so my special question is….Do you have any Anime recommendations for me? I'm open to any! :)
Please Review, comments would be much appreciated, and Im still looking for more OC's if you wanna send me some! :D
Love ya! :3
