Yo awesome readers! Sorry I took a while to update, I'm just finishing off my other story then I gotta start another one! Ahah the busy life of a writer I guess... As well as going out with friends, but hey it's the holidays!
MY DAD IS SOO UNFAIR! HE HAS BANNED ME FROM MY LAPTOP DURING THE DAY SO I HAVE TO STAY UP MOST OF THE NIGHT TO WRITE ANY STORIES NOW WHICH SUCKS! D'X
*Cries furiously into a pillow*
Anyways please enjoy this chapter!
P.S. I didn't really proofread this so sorry if there's mistakes! That's what happens when your writing at like 3:00 AM!
Me: Yo everyone!
Lucy: Hi!
Gray: ...
Natsu: YO!
Me: What's up with you, Gray?
Gray: ... Nothing... :/
Me: *whispers* Are you jealous that Natsu got to carry Lucy, huh?
Gray: *blushes and whispers back* How the hell did you know? O_O
Me: I'm the author, stupid. *Crosses arms and smirks triumphantly* :^)
Natsu: BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA STUPID! AAAHHHH *wipes tears of laughter from eyes* XD
Lucy: You shouldn't be so mean to him Natsu!
Me: Yeah!
Lucy & Happy: You were being mean too... -_-'
Me: Psh! What are you talking about? :3
Natsu, Lucy, Happy & Gray: Oh wow, what a weirdo... O_O'
Me: HEY! D:
Chapter 14 : A Battle of Three Elements
Previously...
"Alright luce, let's get outta here." She looked up at me again with those big brown eyes, she seemed so frail but she had just won an awesome battle!
I bent down and carefully hooked my right arm under her knees and my left arm held onto her shoulders. (A/N: So basically he picked her up bridal style but Natsu being Natsu, he doesn't know what it's called!)
My cheeks were still burning and I felt Lucy's warm face on my chest. 'Is she blushing?' I wondered as I tried to get a look at her face, but her blonde hair covered most of it.
Gray watched us for a bit but then decided to head out of the cave, walking towards the heavy iron door that was our only way out beside digging out. A shadow crept down the stairs that were on the other side of the gate, the footsteps stopped when the person reached the door.
Spiky black hair, purple eyes, snake face and the same hooded coat and navy blue pants tucked into black combat boots.
"Akira..."
- Normal P.O.V. -
"What the hell are you doing here?" Natsu growled, clinging onto Lucy tighter.
"You beat my girl..." Akira's tone was low and quiet, which was very surprising for the Fairy Tail wizards, "AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA PAY!"
The small fire torches from the stairway outlined his features, and he looked absolutely furious.
He was enraged, so much that the cave seemed to shake and tremor beneath everyone's feet, small rocks were even moving with the yell. Natsu gently set Lucy down and stood in front of her protectively.
"Great! I've been waiting for a fight and now I'm all fired up!" Natsu yelled, grinning his crazy battle grin, his body completely covered in intense flames of the Fire Dragon Slayer, the Salamander of Fairy Tail.
"Alright! Bring it on!" Gray got into his fighting stance, placing his right fist on the palm of his left hand, ready to show Lucy what he really could do in battle.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Lucy held onto her keys, she was determined to fight and show that she was in fact, a useful wizard and team mate.
"Lucy. Stand back." Natsu spoke in a low tone as he glanced back at the blonde, he seemed a bit harsh but there was worry in his onyx eyes.
"But Natsu... I want to fight! I need to show everyone that I'm not a useless wizard!" Lucy had tears in her pretty brown eyes.
Lucy bit her lip in an attempt to stop herself from crying, especially in front of Akira, the enemy. Her fists were clenched with frustration, she was angry at herself, for always being a few steps behind the rest of her team, in her eyes she was letting the magnificent guild Fairy Tail down. Natsu turned slowly to face her, his eyebrows arced upwards and he looked very generous and comforting.
"Lucy... You don't have to prove anything to me..." Natsu spoke softly as he approached her.
Smiling, he gently ran his hand along the soft skin of her jawbone before smiling and turning to face Akira. A single tear rolled down her cheek and she blushed, the sudden soft contact of his hand felt so comforting.
Natsu didn't care if it looked embarrassing or if it was in front of the enemy, he had to look after Lucy before dealing with Akira. Now he hoped that Gray understood that Lucy was his and only his.
"Natsu..." Lucy almost whispered.
Natsu gently wiped the tears from her eyes with his thumb and turned back to Akira, ready for battle. Lucy understood what he was saying, she nodded and went to the far side of the cave, keeping a hand on her Fleuve d'étoiles and Celestial keys just in case Akira decided to attack her.
Both Natsu and Gray were facing Akira, who was standing still on the other side of the heavy iron gate.
"Earthquake of the Earth Dragon!" Akira yelled.
The whole cave immediately started shaking, some large pieces of rock fell from the ceiling and the heavy iron door blocking his way shattered and flew out towards the Fairy Tail wizards, Natsu and Gray swiftly jumped towards their teammate. Lucy gasped, protected her head cringed while waiting for a painful impact.
The flying pieces of iron quickly turned into a hot magma like substance, falling to the ground in smoking spots. The earth was moving furiously, getting stronger by the minute, rocks cascading down from the roof of the cave.
"What the hell? Is he a Dragon Slayer?" Gray yelled over to Natsu, who looked just as shocked as he did.
All Fairy Tail wizards had to keep light on their feet in order to avoid getting hit by the rocks that were falling down from the walls and roof, soon the whole cave would probably destroyed then they would be outside to start the battle,
"The Earth Dragon Slayer! This should be fun! Now I'm all fired up!" Natsu yelled raising his fists and wearing his crazy battle grin.
"Ice Make: Lance!" Gray shouted as he slammed his hands onto the ground.
A blue magic circle appeared in front of him and long sharp lances curved their way towards Akira at a frightening speed.
"Earth Dragon's wall!" Akira yelled, placing both of his fists in front of his body then turning them, a brown magic circle spread over his fists as a wall of solid earth/rock quickly blocked the deadly sharp ice lances.
The rock wall and lances collided and shattered, small pieces of ice and rock flying in all different directions around the cave.
"Your wall ain't too strong there, huh?" Gray smirked and stood up straight, crossing is arms across his chest.
"Yeah!" Natsu grinned and a deep growl came from Akira.
'What the..? They just started fighting and now their just going to talk? What's with them?' Lucy thought as she watched the three men, somewhat entertained by their fighting and arguing, well at least that's what Natsu and Gray were doing.
"What was your dragon's name Aki?" Natsu asked, looking happy although he was questioning the enemy.
"MY NAME'S NOT AKI YOU STUPID WIZARD!" Akira roared angrily.
"Great, now I gotta deal with two lizard wizards!" Gray smirked at the two yelling Dragons.
"SHUT UP BOXER BOY!" Natsu screeched at the Ice mage.
She thought it was so immature, but that was what made them one of her best friends and her secret crush.
Suddenly, Natsu crossed his forearms in front of his body with a red magic circle under his feet, his knees bent in a horse-riding stance.
The Dragon Slayer jumped and yelled, "Wing attack of the Fire Dragon!"
Scorching flames trailed behind Natsu, who swung his arms in a circular motion which sent the flames crashing down towards Akira, who didn't have nearly enough time to make another wall or shield to defend himself from Natsu's attack.
"Hard fist of the Earth Dragon!" Akira exclaimed, raising his forearm above his head to prevent his brains from being singed.
Another green magic circle covered his arm and it was suddenly coated in a thick layer of rock and earth. The wings of fire lashed out and shattered Akira's hardened rock arm, the black haired mage was sent flying backwards into the cave's wall, which dented and broke with the complete force of the Fire Dragon Slayer's attack.
When the dust cleared, Akira's body looked suspiciously fine, considering the force he was sent flying into the rock hard wall.
"What the...?" Natsu raised an eyebrow at the nearly unscathed Akira, who stood up with ease, a smirk on his snake-like face.
"I'm an Earth Dragon Slayer you dumb ass, I can't be injured by my own element." Akira's voice was harsh but quiet for someone with such a horrible temper.
"Shut up! I don't need to hear that from you!" Natsu growled in reply.
"Natsu, I think he can soften any earth and that's what saved him from getting any injuries!" Gray explained to the pink-haired wizard.
"Well at least you have some brains... I was beginning to think that all Fairy Tail wizards couldn't think for shit!" Akira emphasised the word 'some' and laughed before preparing to shout out another spell.
Natsu's eyes glowed a devilish red, he looked part demon as he glared into Akira's purple eyes, "You made fun of Fairy Tail, big mistake pal." His sharp fang-like teeth were showing and the Salamander was ready to fight.
"Cheh, you seriously think you can beat me?" Akira snarled, dropping his right foot back so he was ready to spring into action as he crouched slightly. 'So I get to see the full power of the Salamander, huh?'
"Iron fist of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu sprinted towards Akira with his right fist ignited with flames.
He swung a powerful punch directly at Akira's face, the black-haired wizard simply ducked so he was crouching on the ground then spun his leg, managing to trip Natsu. The Salamander was about to fall on his back but effortlessly he stretched his arms out, flipping a fair distance away from the Earth Dragon.
Gray saw the opportunity as soon as Akira had crouched after Natsu's attack. He moved his hands into the cannon-position and yelled, "Ice Make: Ice cannon!"
A giant cannon of ice appeared in his hands and the ice wizard fired it immediately, hoping that Akira would be too distracted to come up with a counter-attack. The Earth Dragon took a direct hit in the shoulder from the hard ice cannon-ball, knocking him back a few steps but he still seemed to be fine. People rarely stayed standing after a hit from Gray's ice cannon, but Akira seemed to be as tough and stubborn as a rock, it was his respective element.
"This guy can take a hit..."
Ice-cold fog now surrounded Gray's feet, Lucy thought he looked so powerful with all of the fog around him, but he was no match for when Natsu was 'all fired up', he just looked so irresistible.
'NO LUCY! What are you even thinking? It's not the time for that right now!' Lucy mentally bashed herself for thinking like that in the middle of a battle. Her eyes were closed in frustration and her fists were resting on her cheeks, she was fidgeting and her knees were rubbing together as her whole body wriggled.
'Perfect. The Salamander's weakness is weak...'
"Earth Dragon's Demon Spears!" Akira swung his arm in front of his body, pointing his hand at Lucy, who was still wriggling around at the other side of the cave. A green magic circle spread out in front of the man's hand.
"LUCY!" As soon as Natsu figured out that Akira wanted to attack Lucy, he jumped towards her with amazing speed.
*** SLOW MOTION ***
The blonde opened her eyes, only to see the flying rock-spears that were headed in her direction. To the right side was Natsu yelling her name and running towards her at an incredible pace, he was centimetres from her before her brain could process what was happening.
Lucy felt strong, muscular arms wrap around her shoulders and waist.
Natsu's body was extremely hot, both in temperature and looks, in the midst of battle he looked so irresistible, she had to fight down the urge to hug or kiss him he was that HOT.
Natsu effortlessly lifted Lucy and jumped away from the razor-sharp spears that were flying in their direction.
He gritted his teeth as he felt a sharp pain on his shoulder, then another slicing feeling on his leg. He landed and gently placed Lucy on the ground so she could stand by herself.
The red blood trickled down the Dragon Slayers arm and leg, there was a deep gash oon his arm but the other injury was probably less serious.
*** NORMAL MOTION..? OR SPEED! YEAH! NORMAL SPEED! ***
Lucy gasped, "Natsu! Are you alright?"
She had a worried expression on her face, eyebrows tilted up and her pink lips were slightly opened.
"Yeah! This is nothing!" Natsu grinned at her, reassuring the blonde that he truly was ok.
Natsu stole a quick scan of her body, checking that she hadn't gained any extra injuries from Akira. His face was serious then he turned his body towards Akira, (A/N" Akira is on the other side of the cave) but he still had Lucy in his vision, just in the corner of his eye.
"I'm gonna make this bastard pay for trying to hurt you. That was a dirty trick!" Natsu snarled loud enough for Akira to hear him.
"DID YA HEAR THAT ROCKY? YOU'RE FIGHTING ME!" Natsu yelled, pointing a thumb at his chin.
Fire was licking around his body like an aura, but filled with power and determination, the fire of a truly powerful Dragon Slayer.
"Alright! You're on!" Akira stuck out his tongue, which was surprisingly (and unnaturally) pointy for a human/Dragon Slayer, rocks and pieces of earth surrounding him started to move and tremble.
"Ice Make..." Gray (once AGAIN) put his right fist on his left hand palm and the icy-cold fog seemed to be flowing from the ice mage's hands.
'Are they all powering up or something...?' Lucy sweat dropped.
Natsu sprung into action, running up to Akira with amazing speed, his feet almost expertly skimming over the hard, rocky surface. He had an unusual strategy in mind, which was to zig zag and jump to different places, probably trying to confuse the purple eyed mage.
'What the hell is he trying to pull here?' Akira smirked, and stupidly enough he was distracted by his own stuck-up (cocky) thoughts.
The Salamander was right in front of Akira, and he had the look of complete determination on his face. Natsu completely disappeared from sight, Akira's eyes widened in shock and his pupils shrunk dramatically.
"Oi, Salamander! What trick are you tryin' to pull he-" His yelling was cut off by a loud voice from above him.
"Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu jumped from the roof of the cave and struck Akira's head, forcing the Earth Dragon to smash into the solid ground below him.
"Umph!"
Natsu roughly landed on the ground, the rocks cracking under the pressure. Salamander stepped on Akira's head and moved his foot around, obviously not putting the Earth Dragon in any pain, but he just seemed to be rubbing the fact that he was winning into his hair.
"This would've been a fun fight..." A shadow fell over Natsu's eyes, his foot stopped moving. "But you tried to kill one of my friends. She's real important to me. And you. Tried. To. Kill. Her."
'Am I really that important to him? I know we're best friends but...' (A/N: That was Lucy's thoughts)
A dark aura surrounded the pink-haired mage and his trademark red glowing eyes were showing as clear as day in the dim light of the cave.
"Psh, so what? She's just a useless girl!" Akira shot back, he didn't seem to care one bit that Natsu's foot was on top of his head.
Useless.
'I am a useless wizard!' Small tears started to form in Lucy's eyes and her lips quivered.
(A/N: Man normal people would have images of brains splattered all over the floor... *Sighs* What a weird character I made...)
"USELESS? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? BECAUSE LUCY IS NOT USELESS!" Natsu roared as he lifted his foot up and stomped on the black haired mage. Hard.
The ground floor cracked and sunk underneath the force, cracking more and more every time Natsu stomped on the Earth Dragon's head.
"Man, he's lucky that he doesn't have to worry about getting injured from the earth, he'd have brain juices everywhere by now if he was normal." Gray shoved his hands in his pockets as he watched Natsu stomp on Akira's head repeatedly. "Oi, Natsu. That's probably enough..."
"He tried to kill Lucy! It's NOT enough!" Natsu snarled.
"Natsu! Cut it out!" Gray yelled, he didn't want Natsu to kill someone, especially in front of Lucy.
"Natsu! Stop it... Please... " Tears ran down Lucy's smooth cheeks.
Gray pulled the blonde into a hug, allowing her to cry onto his bare chest. He was also taking the chance to get her to look away from the horrifying scene that was taking place right in front of her.
"Argh!" Natsu pulled an extraordinary amount of power into a final stomp, Akira coughed up some blood. Natsu straightened himself and prepared for whatever was going to hit him.
And it hit hard. Lucy was in Gray's arms, crying. Because of what he did.
"Lucy..." Natsu's face was back to normal (A/N: as opposed to the dragon-like-battle-face he had earlier) and his eyebrows tilted up in worry.
'Heh. That idiot is way too pre-occupied with trying to look after that weakling...'
Silently, Akira was able to stand with out being noticed by anyone. Gray was having a go at Natsu, Lucy was crying onto Gray's chest and Natsu as trying to apologise but Gray wouldn't let him get close.
"Natsu. Get back." Gray spoke in a low tone.
"Wha? Why should I?" Natsu raised a confused eyebrow.
"YOU'RE the one that made her cry!" Gray snapped.
"Hammer of the Earth Dragon!" Akira roared, in a blink of an eye his right arm had grown a giant hammer on it. (A/N: This thing is HUGE. Like Gray's ice hammer, Akira has creation magic that can be much like Gray or sometimes Gajeel's, who turns parts of his body into weapons)
He swung the massive weapon, crushing Natsu into a wall further from where Gray and Lucy were. The wall cracked from the immense force, Natsu coughed up blood an struggled to breathe normally with the pressure of Akira's giant hammer.
"Natsu!" Lucy shrieked.
Natsu gritted his teeth in pain, his vision wasn't good at all. He saw his blonde team mate worrying for him, crying for him.
"Lu-Lucy..."
Suddenly, part of the roof fell into the cave, a small figure landed neatly on top of the rubble.
"Akiraaaa!" A high-pitched voice squealed at the Earth Dragon, who looked like he was annoyed.
The torches lit up a small girl with huge light blue eyes, bright blonde hair stuck out from under her hooded cloak. Gray's eyes widened, he definitely hadn't suspected her to show up. Was she here as an ally or enemy?
"Lyra!" Gray exclaimed. 'What the hell is she doing here?' The ice mage stepped slightly in front of Lucy, who looked extremely fragile and vulnerable with tears that soaked her cheeks.
"Akira. Stop this!" Lyra stood firmly, obviously she was afraid but was standing her ground.
"Cheh. Why should I kid?" Akira turned his attention towards the small blue-eyed girl.
Natsu stayed surprisingly silent, he could feel that he had at least broken a few ribs and the blood that trickled from his mouth wasn't a good sign.
"You don't have to kill them! What do you even want with them?" The girl's voice trembled, she took a few steps towards the black-haired mage.
"I can kill 'em if I want! And who do you think your doing this for?" Akira smirked evilly as he watched Lyra flinch from his last sentence.
"M-My sister..." Lyra's eyes shifted to the red-eyed woman, who was lying on the ground unconscious just a few metres behind the young mage. Tears ran down her small face and Lyra crumpled onto the ground crying.
"What?" Gray glared at Akira, who was still wearing his evil smile.
"She was weak and easy to control..." Akira sighed, looks like he had to explain the rest to the Fairy Tail wizards.
'What the hell's going on here?' Gray thought, it was all getting very complicated and it was as though he had just stepped into a huge spider's web, all of the different threads linking up to one another.
The hammer attached to the Earth Dragon's right arm glowed green before shrinking back into his normal human hand. Natsu dropped to the ground, slumped up against the wall while he clenched his teeth from pain and anger. Lucy ran over to her Dragon Slayer and knelt beside him.
"Natsu! Are you alright?" Lucy had a worried expression as she placed a hand on Natsu's shoulder,(left shoulder) looking into his eyes.
"Lucy... I'm sorry... For scaring you..." His voice was quiet as he reached his right hand up and placed it on Lucy's small hand gently.
Her brown eyes softened and she gave the Dragon Slayer a smile before wrapping her arms around his neck and whispering into his ear.
"You don't have to say that, Natsu." Lucy closed her eyes as she felt completely relaxed and safe with Natsu.
Natsu's eyes widened in shock as he felt her comforting embrace around his neck and at first the Salamander wasn't sure how to react, but his arms found their way to the middle of her back. He pulled her closer to his body, Lucy could easily feel his unusually high body heat coming from him. Shivers were sent down her spine as she felt Natsu nuzzling his face into the crook of her neck, his warm breath tickled her skin as he breathed in her sweet scent.
"Lucy... I'm sorry if I hurt you..." Natsu whispered.
Lucy smiled, leaning her head against Natsu's, his surprisingly soft and fluffy hair tickled the side of her face.
"Natsu..."
"I never want to go through that again..." The boy gripped her a bit tighter, as though it was out of determination.
'I don't ever want to let her go... I never want her to be with anyone else...' Natsu clung to her, his brows furrowed as he breathed slowly.
*** Back to the others ***
"Who do you think you're talkin' to, huh?" Akira snapped at the blue-eyed girl.
"Y-You promised m-me! I had to help you and you'd let my sister go!" Lyra whimpered and looked up at Akira with sad eyes.
Lucy slid her arms back to her sides and Natsu did the same, both of them watching the scene unfold in front of their very eyes.
"I'm not done yet." He smirked evilly at her.
"W-What do y-you m-m-mean?" The Golden Light mage's voice quivered almost uncontrollably from fear.
Akira sighed, he seemed bored or tired with the topic. "I haven't killed them yet!" He growled pointing to the Fairy Tail wizards.
"Kill us?" Lucy gasped and Natsu stepped in front of her protectively. She placed her hands on his upper back and shoulders 'I feel so much safer when I'm with to him...'
Akira seemed like a demon from hell, not the kind of demon that Erza was but completely ruthless to the extreme; Erza would never kill, unless it was some sort of beast. (A/N: Such as the incident with the 'Lullaby')
Lyra somewhat recovered from her scared state and crawled to where Kyoko lay still on the ground. The young mage checked her pulse and thanked the heavens, her dear sister was just unconscious.
"Kyoko? Wake up Kyoko!" Lyra whispered while shaking the black-haired teen, trying not to attract attention from Akira.
Her long eyelashes fluttered and then her eyes opened, revealing the blood red colour of her orbs.
"L-Lyra..."
"Sister!" Lyra hugged her older sister and cried.
Kyoko simply sat up and stroked her little sister's bright blonde hair.
"Lyra, I'm so sorry. I couldn't stand up against Akira, I was too scared. And because of me, you ended up being one of his slaves, just to save me! I tried to do what he said to protect you but it didn't work!" Kyoko clung onto her sister.
The little blonde just cried, Kyoko remembered a certain day years ago...
Flashback
A tiny six-year old girl ran as fast as her legs could carry her, she had heard someone shout 'fire' and she had a horrible feeling about this fire. In the middle of a small town there was a surprisingly large amount of people squishing to get closer to the scene of the fire, to the smoking remains of an old house.
"Mamaaa! Papaaa!" She cried and crumpled to the ground, crying until even all of the crowd of people left the scene.
It became dark and the little Kyoko cried herself to sleep on the sidewalk.
"They're gone..."
TIME SKIP - ONE YEAR LATER
(Kyoko now 7 years old)
Kyoko wandered through the woods, picking various berries and fruits for her evening meal. Once her hand-made basket was full, the seven year old headed back to her cave in the side of a mountain where she had lived by herself since the death of her parents. There was a sudden noise that just about made Kyoko jump out of her skin.
A crying baby...?
The black-haired girl ran as fast as she could and quickly arrived at the cave's entrance. There was a wriggling bundle wrapped in a white cloth, this was where the noise was coming from.
Kyoko swiftly placed her basket of foods down and gently lifted the crying baby. She looked around everywhere for a chance of finding some footprints from it's parents, but nothing. Kyoko searched for the next few weeks, but there were no traces of anyone even nearing her cave.
"Look's like I've gotta take care of you, huh?" Kyoko looked into the baby's big sky-blue eyes.
It's face softened and the baby giggled and smiled at her new 'caretaker'.
"Hmmm, you need a name... Ah! I know! Lyra! I picked Lyra berries on the day I found you!"
End of Flashback
** Back to the others **
"AS IF SOMEONE LIKE YOU COULD KILL US!" Natsu roared at the Earth Dragon.
"EASY!" Akira roared back, it seemed to be roar vs roar of the two Dragon Slayers.
"Why would you want to kill us? You don't even know who we are!" Lucy screamed, her fear suddenly turning into anger.
'Wow, her face looks scary...' Gray thought, 'But at least she's not as scared anymore.'
"Why?" A dark shadow fell over Lucy's eyes, "Why did you target us? Do you know how devastated Akihiko must be right now?"
'Lucy...' Akihiko's soul awoke from within Akira.
His soul took on it's human form from within the body, he seemed to be floating just over a large body of water. This water never seemed to end, there was no waves or rocks at a shore, it was all water.
*** Explanation***
This is where one of the brothers' souls would stay while the other took control of the body, although it is possible for the soul that is in the black room to communicate to the other twin who is in control of the body.
Akihiko was worried, Lucy was concerned about him but she was injured and no one was currently winning the battle. He was so proud of his childhood friend when she fought with Kyoko and won, but as he had suspected, Akihiko knew that he should've told her the whole truth earlier. The kind twin has been able to grasp the ability to read Akira's thoughts, but his brother despised him for it. Akihiko was getting closer to gaining almost full control of their shared body.
The ability to chose who controlled the body and when.
***End of Explanation***
"Power. I have to be the most powerful dark wizard, level to Zeref. I heard the Salamander and his team from Fairy Tail were the 'strongest team', so I had to kill you. And my so-called brother? I don't care. I don't care about him!" Akira roared.
Lucy gasped as her eyes widened in shock, a dark shadow fell over Natsu's face and the Salamander's whole body ignited with dangerous flames. Even with Lucy standing directly behind him
"You did all this CRAP just for power! Are you even human?" Gray yelled.
"I'll show you... THAT I HAVE NO HUMAN HEART!" Akira exclaimed and used his magical powers to create a green magic circle in front of himself.
Kyoko immediately stood up and one of her red magic circles appeared, she ready to protect her adoptive sister at any cost.
"Earth Dragon's Demon Spears!"
"Protective Chains!"
The earth spears collided with the strong arms of the chains, that seemed to swoosh down and destroy any spear that came their way, as long as the caster of the spell kept their eye on the opponent.
"Lyra! Get away! I can only cover a small spot!" Kyoko ordered her sister, Lyra obediently ran off to the side, far out of Akira's attack range.
'Crap... I don't have much strength left from that fight with Lucy...' Kyoko gritted her teeth and pushed on, determined to take a stand against Akira.
The Earth Dragon saw the look on her face and he recognised it straight away, smirking. He stopped his attack and Kyoko stumbled, she was in a lot of pain and reaching her limit. Lucy, Natsu and Gray were completely shocked and unsure of what to do, Lucy still hated Kyoko but she had a feeling this went deeper than what she thought.
"I'd really hate to kill you Kyoko! Just give in now and I'll let you live. But you have to be my lover!" Akira yelled over the noises of chains smashing rock spears into pieces.
"No way! I will fight for my sister and NEVER give in to you! I hate your guts!" Kyoko screamed and clenched her fists.
Akira's face became extremely distorted with rage and he sprinted at full speed to where the black-haired girl was. She stood, preparing for any magic attack that he could throw.
'I have an advantage because I know all of his techniques and spells.' She thought as he approached her. But to Kyoko's shock, no magic circle appeared from the Earth Dragon.
Akira crouched slightly, then planted a heavy rock-coated fist right up into the girl's ribcage, her back smashing against the solid wall. She coughed up a bit of blood, still being held above ground by the Earth Dragon's powerful fist.
"Time to say." He looked her in the eye, with evil intention.
Her eyes widened in realisation, she knew what was coming.
"GOODBYE!" Akira's arm glowed in green as his fist distorted and turned into a sharp blade, stabbing through Kyoko's stomach.
More blood spewed from her lips and Kyoko's eyes widened at first, then slid half-closed and glazed over.
Lyra screamed in horror.
Lucy closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
Gray gasped and clenched his fists.
"NO!" Natsu screamed.
Her body slumped and Kyoko's head hung low, her feet still dangling above the ground. A red pool of blood was growing beneath her.
Akira pulled his arm back and carelessly dropped her in her own blood, where Lyra ran to her sister to see if the older girl could be saved.
"L-Lyra... s-sorry..." She whispered and smiled, her last breath was spent with her adoptive sister whom she loved so much.
"NO! KYOKO!" Lyra screamed and heavy tears san down her face.
Gray ran over the the little blonde girl so he could protect her. He figured after what that monster had just done, Lyra needed to be protected.
"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Natsu roared as he sent a huge ball of fire at Akira's back.
The Earth Dragon had only a second or two before the fire ball hit him, so there was nothing he could do. Akira went flying and hit the far wall, hard. Once the dust settled everyone could see the smoking body of Akira, who held onto the wall with one hand so he could stand up.
"You're just like Gajeel was. You hurt people for your own enjoyment..." Natsu strode over to Akira, who was glaring at the pink-haired mage.
The Earth Dragon was panting heavily, he had been badly winded by the fire blast as well as a few broken ribs. Natsu was surrounded by intense fire, as though he had an aura. There was a dark shadow over his eyes and his strong fists were clenched.
"And you know what happened to Gajeel? I beat him 'till he couldn't walk for days!" Natsu's eyes glowed red, this was the true power of the Salamander of Fairy Tail.
'Damn that cocky attitude!' Akira thought.
"You killed Kyoko and now you're gonna pay!" Lucy fired up her Fleuve d'étoiles, she was ready to beat the hell out of Akira for killing Kyoko.
Gray stood in his 'Ice Make' position and prepared for a fight with the rest of the Fairy Tail Team. (Minus Happy and Erza :P)
"AAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!" Akira roared and clutched his head with both hands, falling onto his knees. His eyes were screwed tight and he clenched his teeth.
'Stop this NOW Akira!' Akihiko's voice shouted from deep inside him.
"PISS OF AKIHIKO! I'M NOT DONE YET!" Akira screamed and punched the ground repeatedly.
"What the hell's goin' on with him?" Gray looked over to Lucy, hoping for some kind of explanation.
"I think Akihiko is trying to take over the body and stop Akira..." Lucy concentrated on the scene unfolding before her.
'Come on Akihiko... You can do it!' Lucy encouraged him in her thoughts.
Akihiko stopped hitting the rocks then stayed still, panting. There was a shadow over his eyes but he managed to stand straight by using the wall for support. Natsu lit his fist on fire, just in case Akira was trying to pull a trick on them while Lucy gripped her Fleuve d'étoiles and Gray stayed in his 'Ice Make' position, icy fog seeping from his hands.
The shadow faded from the black haired wizards' face and he looked at Lucy lovingly.
"Akihiko!" Lucy smiled and they walked up to each other.
Once they met in the middle, Akihiko pulled Lucy close to his body and hugged her tightly, his head leaning against hers. He wrapped his strong arms around her thin waists, Lucy's eyes widened in surprise but she soon relaxed. She couldn't do anything due to her arms being stuck by her sides in the tight embrace, so she just smiled, relieved that it was hopefully, all over.
"What the..?" Gray was completely dumbstruck, and a bit jealous.
He heard a deep growl coming from where Natsu was. The Fire Dragon had his fiery aura surrounding him.
'He is hugging MY Lucy. Around the waists, too! AARRGGHH I wanna snap his neck!' Natsu thought angrily as he stormed up to Akihiko and Lucy.
Natsu put one of his hands directly over Akihiko's face, causing a 'mmph' as Natsu pushed the other guy away from Lucy. Natsu didn't care at all that Akihiko was two years older than him, he was a threat and he had hugged Lucy.
"YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A RIGHT TO HUG LUCY AFTER ALL THIS, HUH?" Natsu glared dangerously at the purple-eyed guy who had a hurt expression on his face.
"Natsu- It's alright!" Lucy stepped in front of him, her eyebrows arced up with a look of concern.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP YOUR DUMB ASS BROTHER SOONER, HUH? HE KILLED SOMEONE!" Natsu screamed as images of Kyoko's murder flashed in his mind.
The pink-haired Dragon Slayer snapped out of his rage tantrum and looked at Lucy's gorgeous chocolate orbs.
"Natsu. It must've been hard for him to try and take control of their body like he did. Think about it. I know Akira did some terrible things but still! I know Akihiko was doing his best all the way through that battle!" Lucy stepped closer to the Salamander.
"Why are you standing up for him, Luce?"
Lucy's eyes widened. "Why?"
"He killed someone Lucy, someone who was trying to free their family..."
"I know... It was horrible but it wasn't him. Akira is the one you should be getting mad at, and we should be grateful that Akihiko was able to stop him." Lucy leaned against Natsu's chest and cried for the loss of Kyoko and she felt like she was being torn apart inside.
Her best friend, team mate, her love hated her first true friend, someone she had met when she was so much younger.
Natsu wasn't sure what to do, Lucy was crying on his chest and he felt partly responsible. The Dragon Slayer wrapped one arm around the middle of her back and the other stroked her soft blonde hair.
"I completely understand you feelings, Natsu. I'm sorry it took so long to stop Akira, but my Archive magic wasn't enough... I really am sorry." Akihiko almost pleaded with the Dragon Slayer.
"I still don't trust you..." Natsu released his arms when he felt Lucy trying to turn around.
She wiped the tears from her cheeks with the back of her hand and smiled.
"Well, we better have a funeral for Kyoko at least..." Gray walked over to where Lyra still cried quietly next to her sister.
Gray managed to make a stretcher of ice that he and Natsu would be able to carry the black-haired woman out on, then they would prepare for her funeral.
Once they were out of the cave Lyra, Akihiko, Lucy, Natsu and Gray walked through the forest towards the town where Gray said he had seen a small cemetery when he had first arrived in Gustavia.
"I'll go and find the mayor!" Lucy volunteered and quickly ran off to look for the short, plump man.
She ran around asking for directions from the locals, and she ended up standing in front of the motel that she and Natsu had booked into as soon as they had arrived in Gustavia. Lucy didn't hesitate to sprint up to the receptionist.
"Which room did the mayor go to?" Lucy ordered.
The woman behind the huge wooden desk seemed frightened and obediently answered, "R-R-Room s-sev-seven"
"WHAT? Are you sure?" Lucy asked. 'Thats me and Natsu's room!'
"Y-Yes I'm cer-certain!" She stuttered.
"Crap! Thanks!" Lucy waved and ran off, counting the numbers on the rooms as she sprinted past them. "One, two... six... Aha- Seven!"
The blonde slammed the door open to reveal the neat little room, although there was something hunched over in the corner where Lucy kept her suitcase.
There was a sniffing sound.
Lucy panicking, turned on the lights and pulled out her keys, ready to summon Loke if anything was wrong.
"Ah, Lucy. I was wondering when you would get back- you look lovely!" Enfolavon Gustavia, the mayor held onto her hand and once again, planted his big fat lips on it.
Lucy shrieked and pulled her hand back in disgust.
"What the hell are you doing here? This is my room!" Lucy screamed at him.
"Yes madame, but you took so long on the mission I had to get the smell of your sweet perfume..." He explained, lifting up some of Lucy's clothes.
"You creepy PERVERT!" An angry vein popped out of her head and Lucy kicked him square in the face, knocking him backwards. "You're coming with ME!"
She grabbed the collar of his suit and dragged him along the ground and all through the town until she found Natsu and Gray.
(A/N: Lyra had found the funeral workers and was now watching her sister being buried :'( )
"Natsu! Gray! You'll never believe what I found this PERVERT doing in my room!"
Both the Fire Dragon and Ice mage ran over to Lucy, Natsu grabbed the collar of the mayor's shirt and held him off of the ground with just on arm.
"What. Did. You. Do?" Natsu glared right into his ugly face.
"Lucy, are you ok?" Gray put a hand on the blonde's shoulder.
"Ah- I simply..." The mayor started to speak but was interrupted by the Celestial wizard.
"HE WENT INTO MY ROOM AND WAS SMELLING MY CLOTHES! EVEN MY UNDERWEAR!" Lucy shrieked.
(A/N: Clean underwear -_- )
"What the..? What kind of dirty old man are you?" Gray shouted at the Mayor.
Natsu growled deeply and roughly dropped the fat little mayor on the ground. Enfolavon stood and dusted off his coat and cleared his throat with a cough.
"Might I add that her perfume smells exquisite!" He did an Ichiya wink with a little star.
"YOU PERVERT!" Natsu and Gray yelled in unison, both punching the mayor in the face which sent him flying. (Like when they punched Elfman on the second episode)
Once the mayor was far out of sight, Natsu quickly whirled around to face Lucy, placing a firm hand on her shoulder.
"Lucy." He stared directly into her eyes, so onyx was meeting chocolate brown.
"Yeah?"
Natsu blushed and he looked to the left, so he could avoid her eye contact for the next time he spoke. "Uh... He really didn't DO anything to you, did he?"
Lucy giggled.
"What's so funny?" He raised an eyebrow at her.
"Ah, it's just you look so cute when you blush!" Lucy giggled more when his whole face turned scarlet.
"I'm NOT blushing! Y-You're imaging things! Your delusional!" He argued which just made Lucy drop to the ground in a fit of laughter.
"Hey, uh guys?" Gray asked, both Natsu and Lucy looked at him questioningly.
"Yeah? What is it Gray?" Lucy asked.
"I think the funeral's starting..."
"Oh, ok then...
Me: So how'd ya like it?
Natsu: Yeah! I got all fired up and totally kicked ass!
Gray: What fight were you watching? I KICKED THE MOST ASS ASH BRAINS! AND MADE THE FIRST ATTACK!
Natsu: Psh, yeah right you SNOWMAN!
Lucy: You guys are really gonna get in a fight over that? :/
Natsu & Gray: LUCY! WHO KICKED THE MOST ASS?
Lucy: Eh? 0.0'
Me: Wow it's just like when they were fighting over who won the pillow fight that they had with Erza... ^.^'
Natsu: Come on, Luce! I beat Aki whatever his name is up really good! :D
Happy: Aye! :3
Gray: You idiot I was beating him up tons more than you!
Lucy: Well I think it was Natsu, but then again Gray did beat that Lyra girl didn't he?
Natsu: YEAH! I TOLD YOU BOXER BOY! *Punches air and jumps around*
Gray: HEY SHUT UP! I HAD TO TAKE OVER YOUR BATTLE WITH LYRA 'CAUSE THE WAY YOU WERE GOING YOU WEREN'T GONNA WIN!
Natsu: BUT AKI IS MORE POWERFUL! AND LYRA CAME BACK AND SHE WAS FINE!
Happy: Aye!
Lucy: His name's Akira... And I still think Natsu beat up more people, sorry Gray! :/
Gray: I feel betrayed... -_-
I WENT TO FINISH IT ONE NIGHT AND HALF OF WHAT I HAD WRITTEN WAS GONE! WWWAAAAAAHHHH WHY ME?
*cries in emo corner*
But I did try to make it as LOOOONNNGG as I could so I hope you guys enjoyed reading! IT'S LIKE 8,000+ WORDS PEOPLE!
Man, I hated writing this chapter so much, I absolutely HATE killing characters!
Only 1-2 chapter(s) left depending on how I decide on ending the whole thing! Ah, I'll probably just make one really long chapter soon so I can't wait to finish this story!
I'll say a very big special thanks at the end so if you wanna get mentioned, please leave a review or add my story to you favourites list! (Reviews are preferred)
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*** APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE UPDATE AND MAKING AKIRA AN EARTH DRAGON SLAYER IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT ***
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