Hello everyone. A little tidbit about this chapter, I edited it and changed a million things in it. I think I'm satisfied but not sure. Shoutout to raxhel1027 and MidTwili for following/favoriting and kurahieiritr JIO and Wacko12 for reviewing. And a heads up I've changed the rating to mature because will be getting graphic here on out.
Chapter 13. Chaos
The next day of the Annual Wizard Celebration Fairy Tail took another break from most of the games and competitions. They watched in the stands as the other guilds competed and showed their support for their friendly rivals.
Lia was leading citizens out the city when she felt a strange sensation, prick in the back of her head. She looked towards the coliseum where most of the fans and guilds were. She ushered the people out of the city faster knowing that they only had a small amount of time left. Lia had sensed the impending event would happen as soon as she stepped foot into Crocus. She had devised a plan to get the citizens not in the stadium out without a panic. Unfortunately, she could not prevent the assault but only try to keep the casualties low.
"Listen everyone needs to leave the city boundaries immediately. The city is under an evacuation drill! Go now! Don't wait just go!" People poured out the buildings following her orders. Once most of them were out, she placed her attention on the stadium once again. She tore down the streets hoping to get there before it started. When the force field barrier about to be completed, the surrounding area became inverted in color as the silver key hanging onto a long chain around Lia's neck glowed briefly. She slowed her pace and entered the stadium. Everything turned back to normal as she heard the grand clock at the entrance tick back to life.
Sprinting down the halls, Lia came to a screeching stop as she ran into someone from her past. "Seilah!"
Seilah gave her a calm look as she greeted her former… well it was complicated.
"Hello Miss. What a story book reunion this will be for all of us."
Lia searched wildly around for anymore Tartarus demons. "I'm the only one here Miss. The others hold gates of their own," Seilah informed.
"Why is it that everywhere I turn there's always trouble?" Lia groaned.
Seilah shook her head. "I don't hold the answers Miss. You are the one who sees all. Are you not?"
Lia gave Seilah one last glance as she raced to the stands. She came to another stop as the definition of trouble appeared.
"Greetings humans!" Chaos, the twin brother of the deceased Mard Geer said with glee. He was an exact copy of Mard Geer except for his silver hair. The same as Li\\\\\a's.
"Pardon us for interrupting your little soiree but we've come to welcome an old friend", Chaos continued. Lia slowly walked to the Fairy Tail box not wanting to be spotted by Chaos or any of the other Tartarus demons keeping an eye out.
She stood next Reiki, Yury and Warrod as they watched Chaos.
"Let's go guys!" Natsu yelled.
Reiki held the dragon back with his staff. "I'm afraid I can't let you do that. As a member of the council, I forbid any civilian that has never dealt with Chaos previously to fight him. Or else they be thrown in jail should they survive." Makarov made to argue but stopped once he saw the serious expression on the First God of Ishgar.
"Don't worry son. We'll handle this," Yury said before he, Reiki and Warrod teleported to the battlefield. They surrounded Chaos.
"Ah. Nice to see you three again." Chaos smiled in remembrance. "It's been so long since then. Oh how I missed our fights. Such fun. Such destruction caused by them. I've come to ignite that old flame once again. But where's the fourth member?""
Reiki took out his lance. "You're not getting her."
Chaos sent a black bomb curse at him. Reiki swiped at it and it exploded in his face. The smoke cleared and The Iron Man stood unmoved from his position. The spectators were astonished at his defensive power.
"I've felt more powerful attacks from you. You're slipping Chaos."
"Oh I'm only playing around until mistress joins us. It'll be a showstopper event. The entire nation will get to see the remaining members of the Sinister Six struggle to fight off the King of Tartarus."
Fairy Tail huddled protectively around Lia. The action drew more attention than needed, spawning vines to jut out of the ground, swooping upwards to clamp themselves around Lia's neck. Lia was dragged down to the battlefield; she didn't struggle, just looked very annoyed.
The present Gods of Ishgar made to move. "Ah ah ah. One wrong move and I'll snap her neck.
"My, my. Mistress, you haven't aged a day. Still as beautiful as the day I last saw you. So very long ago," Chaos put a hand to his cheek sighing, turning his attention to Lia.
"What do you want Chaos?" Lia asked impatiently.
"As I was saying to your team mates, I missed the fights we used to have. You were always my favorite opponent."
"Well those days are over. Leave. Now." Lia demanded. She wanted to prevent as much bloodshed as possible. But with her current position she didn't wield much power.
Chaos ticked. "As I also said before the Tartarus demons are stationed at every exit. We put up anti teleportation barriers around and above the arena so no one gets in or out."
Chaos smiled at her helpless expression. "My, my. I've never seen that look on your face before. Quite pleasing. I crave more.
Lia schooled her face.
"Why don't we place a wager. If I win, with no interference from any outside sources, everyone dies and you come with us. However, if you four win, with no outside interference, every pathetic human life here continues. What do you say mistress?" He laid the decision solely onto her shoulders knowing she would be the easiest to manipulate.
The stands held their breath. Would Ophelia fight for them?
"No deal. My days fighting you are long over. I'm tired of the endless cycle. Just leave, Chaos. Please," Lia plead, her voice coming out strained as the vines tightened their grip.
Fairy Tail was fuming. How could Lia beg a demon for anything? That was a disgrace to their guild.
"Wrong answer."
The vines disappeared from her neck and journeyed downward to her ankles.
Yury readied an attack but was stopped by Reiki. "Wait until he lets go of her. Those vines can easily go back to her neck to strangle her as long as they have her held."
Lia was rapidly spinning around the stadium. Chaos let her go by throwing her up further into the air. When her back arched up, several large thorns tore straight through her abdomen.
"Dea Yggdrasil!" A massive spinning sphere conjured out of his hand. An immense wooden bean fired at her. Lia was shot further into the air. Chaos grabbed hold of the wooden instrument and hit her like a ball into the stands. She fell onto some fans that placed her next to the stairs. His vines grabbed her body and she was swung into the Fairy Tail watch box.
"Are you okay?" Wendy asked. "Want me to heal you?"
"That would be great, thanks," Lia said as blood dribbled out the corner of her mouth. Wendy got to work as the other Fairy Tail members dotted over the severely injured mage.
Yury sprung out of his standing position, delivering a lightning charged uppercut. When Chaos fell backwards his was met with the armor clad knee of Reiki.
Yury turned toward the direction of the Fairy Tail watch box. "You may want to stay passive Lia but some of us still have some fight left in us. Join or not, Chaos will be handled with or without you." Reiki and Warrod flanked Yury.
"Angel Wings!" A faint white light appeared around everyone in the stadium. "You guys can do the grunt work while I heal. If we lose, my shield will disappear and everyone will be fed to Tartarus. I hope you don't have much of an appetite because we're-they're invincible together."
Chaos licked his lips. "Oh this will be good."
The five adversaries unleashed their magic and curses.
Watching Reiki, Fairy Tail could tell he surpassed Erza in skill and power with his Requip magic. Laxus surely inherited his proficient lighting abilities as Yury was dominated most of the beginning fight with lighting bullets and strikes. And Warrod, it seemed, had lied about his magic level as he easily kept up with the others, hitting Chaos with several tree attacks.
Reiki wasn't one to Requip into numerous armors like Erza. He usually relied on the dozens of weapons he owned for his defensive skills and magic resistance allowed him that flexibility. His most favored weapon was his trusty lance, which belonged to his father before he retired. Reiki slashed, cut and sliced Chaos in with high speed. Chaos used his vines to block most of his strikes. Warrod had sneaked up behind him; a large tree shot from underneath the ground sending Chaos flying into the air. Yury's lighting struck him before he could begin to fall back down.
At first, Lia stayed out of the battle, as she was known to do. With many of their battles, Lia remained on the sidelines as to preserve her magic energy as other opponents often tried to pick a fight after a battle had been completed. The other members of the team were usually worn out and low on magic by then, so Lia would take care of it with a little support from the others. It was a system they tried to implement in their current battle with Chaos but the devious demon wanted to lure Lia into the fight as well. Seeing her teammates struggle, she waited for the perfect time to issue an attack. Lia's guild mates waited for her to jump in. They had never seen Lia fully with her Spacetime magic. The few jobs she went on with them she let them take care of most of it only defending herself with her swords.
At that same moment Reiki had aimed one of his swords at Chaos's heart but it he had dodged it before it could hit the valuable muscle.
The three never let up with the onslaught of spells. "Earthquake!" The floor underneath them shifted as Chaos tripped. A tree log thrown by Warrod would have decapitated Chaos had he not moved a foot's length to his left to send a curse to Reiki. Warrod tackled Chaos and pressed a sharpened tree branch onto the left side of his upper back. Lia took that opening to conjure up a red arrow. "Five-Point Sniper!" It launched itself towards Chaos who slipped out of Warrod's grasp. Yury looked away as Warrod fell to his knees wailing in pain. "Warrod! Warrod I'm sorry," Lia said as she lifted the spell off her friend. Lia's special Five Point Sniper chooses five of the target's most painful memories then attaches itself to their pain receptors. The memories are converted to energy which latched onto the pain receptors and antagonizes them, turning into physical and mental pain for the victim. The target relives the memories all while they torment the victim. Most turned mad from the agony. Yury helped pull Warrod to his feet. He was mumbling incoherently under his breath about a fire.
Reiki stabbed Chaos multiple times through the heart but the demon king only chuckled at his attempts to kill him.
Chaos coughed up more blood. Smirking in scarlet, he kicked Reiki in the midsection. He shot up in the air and he punched him repeatedly. They traded blows, knocking teeth, breaking hands and releasing more splashes of blood in the process.
Reiki breathed deeply. "You've gotten some new tricks," he huffed out.
Chaos had a smug look. "And you're using the same old ones."
Reiki wiped more blood away. "Too lazy to come up with new ones."
A gash was on Chaos's face. He wiped the blood away with a handkerchief. After distracting Reiki by knocking him into a still mumbling Warrod, he set his sights on the lone female.
Part two of the battle with Chaos coming soon! Until next time :)