Simon continues to fight against Rustyrose and Kain. All Sasha did was stand there and watch like Simon told her too. Simon decided to act as he requipped again and changed to Lightning Emperor Armor. He twirled his spear around and swung it down on Rustyrose, but Rusty changed his arm into his sword again and blocked the attack.
"Simon…." Sasha said.
"Sasha, why are you still here? I told you I can handle it." Simon said. "Don't just stand there. Get going to the guild. I got a bad feeling something's going on there." Sasha didn't really want to leave him behind, but she knew him too well that he wasn't going to change his mind.
"Fine. Have it your way." Sasha said and tried to move around the fight.
"No you don't. Kain, get her!" Rustyrose said. Kain stood in Sasha's way and tried to stomp down on her, but Sasha jumped back and moved out of the way.
"That's it." Simon said. He used some lightning magic from his weapon and electrocuted Rustyrose. "Meteor!" Simon used his other magic and flew right at Kain. With such an increase in speed, he was able to kick Kain across the face a few times and kicked him back. "Sasha, are you okay?"
"Yeah, but these guys really aren't fooling around." Sasha said.
"What just happened? How did he move so fast and glow like that?" Kain questioned.
"I see. So you use the magic that both of your parents possessed." Rustyrose said. "Sort of a glowing red star in the dark."
"I suppose that's one way to look at it." Simon said.
"Still, we can't have the audience leave when we haven't even reached the final act." Rustyrose said.
'How am I suppose to get pass these guys like Simon wants me to do?' Sasha thought. 'The drama lover can make anything he thinks. The big guy hasn't even used any magic yet.' "Simon, any clue as to what fatso is capable of, what magic he can use?"
"If I recall from the stories, his magic involves the use of a doll and a strand of my hair." Simon said.
"Mr. Cursey! That's right! Where is he? Why did he leave me?" Kain said as he was looking around for it.
"What are you talking about? You told me you gave Mr. Cursey away." Rustyrose said. "Kain, please just stay focus on destroying these fools and I'll treat you to a nice meal with all your favorite meals."
"Really?! So I guess I should start with the killing." Kain said.
'That big guy might be an idiot, but he does have brute strength going for him.' Sasha thought. 'At least now we know he doesn't appear to have any magic.'
"Despite his lack of magic, I've got plenty of wonderful creations. Come forth, Belcusas the Thunderclap!" Rustyrose called an armored beast and it appeared out of nothing.
"No way! He can really summon something like that?!" Sasha said.
"It's all fine. Summon all the monsters you want, it's not going to make a difference." Simon said.
"I don't understand. How can Simon be so calm at a time like this? Does he know something I don't?" Sasha wondered. Simon went for the attack as he charged right at his enemies. Belcusas tried crushing his arm against him, but Simon jumped out of the way.
"I've got you now!" Kain said as he appeared right behind him and slammed his palm against him. Belcusas tried attacking him, but Simon did his best to block it as he crossed his arms, but the attack still did some damage.
"Simon, they're going to kill you! You can't fight alone!" Sasha called out, but Simon still wasn't budging as Kain and Belcusas continued to attack him.
"Grimoire Heart stood at the very top, but Fairy Tail handed us our first ever defeat." Rustyrose said as he stood by and watch Simon get beaten around. "Many of our members were lost because of you people. So now the time has come for us to have our revenge. The phantoms shall destroy the fairies." Rustyrose thought he was done for until he saw Simon fly at him with Meteor and changed back to his regular clothes. He drove his fist into Rusty's face.
"Who are you trying to fool?!" Simon said and shoved Rusty to the ground. "You couldn't care less about Specter Avengers. It's Grimoire Heart where your dedication lies." Simon flew around and bashed against Kain, Belcusas, and Rustyrose. "While I admire such dedication, you two alone are the only ones who seem to care. The others seem to have moved on. Its reach the point where it's become sad and pitiful. Move on from the pain and let go of the past."
"Shut up!" Rustyrose shouted as he bash his sword arm against Simon. Then, Kain and Belcusas struck him. Simon slid against the ground and Sasha ran to help him.
"Simon! Are you all right?!" Sasha called out, but he was able to get back on his feet.
"Are you trying to lecture us?" Rustyrose said. "Are you trying to persuade us to forget Grimoire Heart like your father would? That will never happen."
"I thought I made it clear that I'm not my father." Simon said. "He would try to convince you to join Crime Sorciere, but I'm not him. I can't forgive you for attacking Fairy Tail. Your guild is depending on you, but you don't really seem to care for that. I can't lose to people like you."
"Boy, this is one tough kid." Kain said.
"We don't care what you say. You shall not delude us." Rustyrose said.
"You two keep going on and on about Grimoire Heart. You're just using Specter Avengers to fill some void." Simon said. "Your guild might be Specter Avengers, but your "real" guild is Grimoire Heart and you two just can't accept that it's gone. While I do find that admirable, it's also pitiful now. It's been about thirty years and obviously everyone has moved on from it. Failing to let go of the past will be your downfall."
"What are you saying?" Sasha said.
"Shut up!" Rustyrose said.
"We'll just bring Grimoire Heart back. A wimpy official guild wouldn't know about it." Kain said.
"You say you're not like your father, but everything you're saying sounds just like him. You're trying to persuade us out of the dark path." Rustyrose said. Simon was starting to get irritated himself.
"I keep saying I'm not him." Simon said.
"It frankly doesn't matter. It doesn't change the fact that you are going to die here." Rustyrose said.
"No. Not until I face him." Simon said and was starting to give off some magic power and they all felt there was something different.
"Whoa. He's giving off some intense magic power." Sasha said.
"To be perfectly honest, I don't understand why my father or some of the others are still part of Crime Sorciere." Simon said. "Zeref is gone. They've all been free of their charges. Yet he still keeps away. So I grow stronger and stronger. I'll keep fighting and I won't fall until I can stand alongside my father." Simon held out his arms and magic circles appeared around Kain and Rustyrose.
"What?! How did he get these here?" Rustyrose said wondered until he remembered all the flying Simon was doing. "Of course. He was setting this up sine the fight started."
"I don't think this is good for us." Kain said.
"I've brought judgement upon the two of you. The seven stars shall judge you now. Grand Chariot!" Simon called upon for the stars to rain down. Light came down around Rustyrose and Kain in the form of a constellation. Rusty and Kain could not handle all that force and power. When the lights cleared away, both of them were defeated.
"Whoa!" Sasha said as she was amazed by that power. "I can see why you made S-class."
"Thanks." Simon said. Hearing and watching that battle, Sasha finally understood what he was doing.
"You knew the two of them were still hanging onto the past of their old guild." Sasha said. "You used their devotion to Grimoire Heart and turned it to your advantage."
"Yeah. When I heard them going on like that, I knew I that could give me an opening." Simon said. "If they had already let go of their past, they would have been difficult to defeat. However, they didn't and I used that to blind their judgement. If they were fighting clear headed, they should have seen that attack coming." Simon relaxed, but he felt all that pain from that fight and nearly dropped down.
"Simon! They must have done some real damage to you." Sasha said.
"I'll be fine." Simon said as he was trying to stay tough. During the last few moments, Sasha realized something else about Simon.
"Simon, you really miss your dad, don't you?" Sasha asked.
"We're not talking about that now." Simon said as he didn't want to talk about it. "We better get to the guild. I'm worried about everyone." He tried to walk, but the pain was interfering. Sasha grabbed a hold of his arm and placed it around her.
"I've got you." Sasha said.
"Thanks." Simon said and he helped her walk. As the two were walking, Sasha was thinking about something else with Simon.
'The reason Simon was able to see that weakness is because he's going through the same thing.' Sasha thought. 'The way those two feel about Grimoire Heart is the same way Simon feels about his father. Only he's capable of hiding it. Simon won't admit it, but all he really wants is for Jellal to be home. Just like any child tries to get the attention of their parent, Simon becomes strong so that his father will notice him and maybe even stay in Magnolia. Simon, I'm sure your father already has, but from what I've heard, he's just having a hard time forgiving himself.'
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Nashi
Nashi made it through the city and was at the staircase that led to the guild. To be honest, she was a little nervous to find what's up there. With her advance hearing, she could also hear something was going on up there.
"Nashi!" Nashi turned around and saw Storm arrived.
"Storm, something weird is going on." Nashi said.
"I know, but I think the worst is on top." Storm said. "We better get up there and see what's going on." Nashi agreed and both of them hurried up the stairs. When they did, they saw their guildhall surrounded by a sandstorm.
"What's going on?" Nashi said.
"No clue." Storm said.
"No. No. No. You can't go any further." They heard a voice and wondered where it was coming from. They look ahead of them and saw Sol grow out of the ground. "I'm sorry, but you shouldn't be here."
"Who or what are you?" Nashi asked.
"I am Monsieur Sol, at your service." Sol said.
"Oh yeah. I heard of you. You were one of the Element Four with my mom." Storm said.
"Disgusting. To think that Miss Juvia would have a child with a despicable fairy." Sol said. Nashi and Storm were getting ready to fight, but Sol seemed to have felt something. Whatever it was, it caused him to get rid of the sandstorm that surrounded the guild.
"What's he doing?" Storm said. Both of them thought it was weird how he just let the guild free like that, but Nashi felt something wasn't quite right.
"Wait. How come I don't hear anyone?" Nashi said. "How come no one is running out of the guild?" Storm didn't hear anything either. Both of them didn't like how quiet the guild was. The guild is hardly ever quiet.
"Bastard!" Storm called out in anger. "What the hell happened in there?" All Sol did was smirk and give off a sinister laugh. Nashi and Storm might have arrived at the guild, but it sounds like it might already be too late.