Hey guys! Here is the twentieth chapter of Assassin's Journey! The gang being the final showdown against Genos, only to encounter a major problem at the start of the battle. Hope you liked it. There are also five more chapters left after this one.
Ch. 20 – The Final Boss!
"Let's go!" Natsu hollered.
"Yeah!" Everyone else hollered in unison.
Natsu and the whole gang charged at Genos with all of their might.
The ultimate battle to decide everything is about to commence!
Natsu, Nagisa, Luffy and Ichigo attacked first.
Genos dodged all four effortlessly.
"Dammit!" Natsu hollered.
"He dodged all four of them?!" Blue exclaimed.
"Hit him with an all out barrage!" Erza commanded.
The gang, except the Exceeds, Takebayashi, Karasuma, Irina and Korosensei, charged in for a combined assault.
- Fire Dragon's Iron Fist! – Natsu shouted.
- Sheathed Blade Assault Style… Void Sword! – Nagisa shouted.
- Tempest Tail! – Blue shouted.
- Gum-Gum Jet Pistol! – Luffy shouted.
- Twister Fang! – Blizzard shouted.
- Getsuga Tensho! – Ichigo shouted.
- Open, Gates of the Lion and Maiden! Leo! Virgo! – Lucy shouted, summoning Loke and Virgo.
- Regulus Impact! – Loke shouted.
- Chain Magic! – Virgo shouted.
- Majestic Salvo! – Kaede shouted.
- Thunderbolt Tempo! – Nami shouted.
- Koten Zanshun! – Orihime shouted.
- Ice Make: Ice Cannon! – Gray shouted.
- Requip! Black Wing Armor! – Erza shouted, summoning her Black Wing Armor.
- Sky Dragon's Roar! – Wendy shouted.
- Purple Flare! – Romeo shouted.
- Water Slicer! – Juvia shouted.
- Iron Dragon's Sword! – Gajeel shouted.
- Solid Script: Fire! – Levy shouted.
- Chain of Punishment! – Karma shouted.
- Element Gun… Energy Blast! – Sugino shouted.
- Ground Spark! – Isogai shouted.
- Hadoken! – Maehara shouted.
- Hex Tornado! – Okuda shouted.
- Telekinetic Strike! – Kanzaki shouted.
- Photon Blast! – Nakamura shouted.
- Ammunition Discs! – Kataoka shouted.
- Kikoken! – Okano shouted.
- Sonic Scream! – Yada shouted.
- Homing Attack! – Kimura shouted.
- Gorilla Smash! – Kurahashi shouted.
- Whirlwind Kick! – Okajima shouted.
- Minigun! – Sugaya shouted.
- Iron Fist Punch! – Fuwa shouted.
- Freeze Beam! – Mimura shouted.
- Trick Shot: Violent Fizz! – Chiba shouted.
- Widow Gauntlets! – Hayami shouted.
- Canary Cry! – Hara shouted.
- Power Tackle! – Terasaka shouted.
- Talon Strike! – Yoshida shouted.
- Flamethrower! – Muramatsu shouted.
- Katana Lunge! – Hazama shouted.
- Controlled Fire! – Itona shouted.
- Three Sword Style… 1080 Caliber Phoenix! – Zoro shouted.
- Special Attack... Green Star: Devil! – Usopp shouted.
- Diable Jambe… Collier Strike! – Sanji shouted.
- Heavy Gong! – Chopper shouted, transforming into his Heavy Point.
- Cuarenta Fleur; Cuatro Mano: Spank! – Robin shouted.
- Coup de Vent! – Franky shouted.
- Aubade Coup Droit! – Brook shouted.
- Some no mai, Tsukishiro! – Rukia shouted.
- Licht Regen! – Uryu shouted.
- El Directo! – Chad shouted.
- Hikotsu Taiho! – Renji shouted.
The whole gang combined their attacks to take out Genos.
A massive explosion occurred, blowing away the top of the Fire Temple.
Everyone dodged the falling rubble.
"Did we get him?" Yoshida asked.
"Let's make sure." Isogai replied.
"Y-Yeah!" Usopp hollered, getting a little scarred.
"An excellent idea, Isogai-kun!" Korosensei hollered.
"Like you did anything!" Ichigo, Maehara, Okajima, Mimura and Sanji hollered in unison.
"I was seeing how far you've all grown." Korosensei explained.
"Like we buy that!" Nami and Kaede thought in unison, deadpanned.
Karasuma and Irina weren't buying Korosensei's "defense".
"Loke. Virgo. You two can return now." Lucy explained.
"Anytime you need me, milady, just say the word." Loke explained, adjusting his glasses with a smile.
"Good luck, princess." Virgo said.
Both Loke and Virgo disappeared to their world via gates shut.
The gang slowly walked toward the explosion, which is now a little easier thanks to most of the rubble covering half of the lava pool.
The dragon slayers, Blizzard, Blue, and Kurahashi (in her dog form) all sniffed to catch a scent.
Natsu's eyes soon widened when he caught a scent… and something else.
Lucy became concerned.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.
"No way…" Natsu muttered.
The smoke cleared, revealing a large wall of rock coated in fire, water and wind.
"A wall of all four elements?!" Usopp and Chopper exclaimed in unison.
"Genos couldn't have done that by himself?" Juvia asked.
"No." A male voice said.
A voice most of the gang remember.
"That voice is…" Gray said.
The wall crumbled, revealing a returned Efreet, Sylph, Gnome and Undine. Genos stood behind his spirits with an evil smile.
(A/N: Bad news! The spirits are back!)
Everyone became very shocked.
"YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?!" Ichigo, Lucy, Happy, Nami, Blizzard, Kaede, Blue, Gray, Juvia, Romeo, Gajeel, Lily, Levy, Sugino, Maehara, Nakamura, Kataoka, Okano, Yada, Kimura, Okajima, Sugaya, Fuwa, Mimura, Hara, Terasaka, Yoshida, Muramatsu, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Franky, Brook, Rukia, Uryu, Renji and Korosensei exclaimed in unison.
Orihime, Wendy, Carla, Okuda, Kanzaki, Kurahashi and Robin gasped in shock.
"They're such a pain!" Luffy hollered.
Erza, Chad, Karma, Isogai, Chiba, Hayami, Hazama, Itona, Karasuma and Irina gritted their teeth in frustration.
"I thought they were dead?!" Natsu asked, in a frustrated manner.
"You failed to grasp the situation of dealing with spirits." Genos explained.
Genos took out a lacrima from his pocket and revealed an image of a strange jar.
"What's that?" Ichigo asked.
"A jar of immeasurable magic power. Capable of bringing back the great spirits only one time. But with one addition." Genos explained.
"What 'addition'?" Erza asked.
Genos put the lacrima away in his pocket.
"They gain an additional boost in power." Genos replied.
Everyone became shocked once again.
"Allow them to show you a demonstration." Genos said.
With a flick of his fingers, the four revived spirits attack the whole gang with ferocity and ruthlessness. Even Korosensei and Kimura couldn't react in time.
(A/N: Korosensei now runs from Mach 20 to Mach 100 at max!)
"They're… so strong." Gray said.
"It's too dangerous to engage in an all-out battle like this." Karasuma explained.
"Exactly. We should split up and take on each spirit in four separate groups." Korosensei suggested.
"I think you're right." Robin said.
Everyone began to stand up from the pain.
"I'll take Juvia, Karma, Sugino, Okuda, Kanzaki, Moss-head, Robin, Renji and Uryu to deal with Efreet." Gray explained.
"Anything for you, Gray-sama!" Juvia hollered, having heart-shaped eyes.
"I'm in." Karma said.
"Okay!" Sugino hollered.
"R-Right!" Okuda hollered.
"I'm ready." Kanzaki said.
"Bite me, ice douche!" Zoro hollered, having a red tick mark on his forehead, taking Gray's insult.
"Let it be, Zoro-kun." Robin said.
"It's on!" Renji hollered.
"Try not to get overconfident, Renji." Uryu said, adjusting his glasses.
"Lucy, you should go with them." Natsu said.
"Sure you'll be alright?" Lucy asked.
Natsu gave off his signature grin.
"Don't worry. I'm too fired up to lose now!" Natsu hollered.
Lucy smiled and gave Natsu a soft kiss on the lips before going to Gray's group.
"Be careful, Natsu." Lucy said.
Natsu nodded with his grin.
Lucy walked over to Gray's group.
"I'm stuck with love rival." Juvia muttered.
Lucy has a sweat drop on her forehead.
"Let's go!" Gray hollered.
Gray and the other nine took off. Efreet followed in pursuit, just like they hoped.
The rest of the gang were confused.
"Trying to enlighten us instead of changing strategy?" Karasuma asked.
"Oh, don't worry. I'm actually being fair to let each spirit take on the people you assigned." Genos explained.
Korosensei pondered on that.
"Erza, you take the people you were with the first time we met each other." Ichigo explained.
"And that should be the same for Wendy and Romeo, and Gajeel-san and Levy-san." Nagisa explained.
"Kurahashi! Okajima! Blue! Go with Romeo's group!" Luffy hollered.
"Same for Mimura, Takebayashi, Hara, Yoshida, Muramatsu, Hazama and Itona to be with Levy and metal head's!" Natsu hollered.
"Hey!" Gajeel exclaimed, having a tick mark on his forehead.
"I'll accompany Erza's group." Karasuma said.
"And I'll join Romeo-kun's group." Irina said.
"As for me… I'll stay with Nagisa-kun's group!" Korosensei hollered.
Nagisa smiled.
"Thanks, Korosensei!" Nagisa hollered.
"Nami, Orihime and Kayano. You girls go to each group separately! They'll need additional support." Luffy explained.
"You sure?" Nami asked.
Luffy gave his signature grin and put his iconic straw hat above his head.
"Don't worry! I'll be fine!" Luffy hollered.
Nami smiled.
"Okay then." Kaede said.
Kaede gave a soft kiss to Nagisa before going to Romeo's group.
"Good to have you, Kaede-san!" Wendy hollered.
Kaede smiled.
"Thanks." Kaede said.
Nami gave a soft kiss to Luffy before going to Erza's group.
"I'll protect you with my life, Nami-swan!" Sanji hollered, doing his "love tornado".
"Shut up." Erza, Rukia, Kataoka and Okano muttered in unison.
Orihime gave a soft kiss to Ichigo before going to Gajeel's group.
"Ready?" Fuwa asked.
"Yep!" Orihime hollered.
"Guess everyone's ready." Lily said.
Erza nodded.
"Now then… SCATTER!" Erza shouted.
Erza, Romeo and Gajeel's groups then scattered to different parts of the island. Undine chased after Erza's group; Sylph followed Romeo's; Gnome pursued Gajeel's.
All that's left were Natsu, Nagisa, Korosensei, Luffy, Ichigo and Genos.
"With everyone else out of the way, let's begin our battle." Genos explained.
He used an earth spell to lift the area around him and his five opponents, sending them upwards. It was flying at unbelievable speeds, forcing the five to hold on for their lives.
"What the?!" Nagisa, Ichigo and Korosensei exclaimed.
"I feel sick…!" Natsu hollered, feeling motion sickness all of a sudden.
"THIS IS SO COOL~!" Luffy shouted, extremely excited out of his mind.
XXX
On the east side of the island, Gray and his group, who were battling Efreet began to see what's happening at the center.
"Are they flying?!" Sugino exclaimed.
"Natsu!" Lucy hollered.
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On the north side, Erza and her group, taking on Undine, were also seeing the same thing.
"Such power!" Isogai hollered.
"He isn't one of the toughest mages of his time without showing a demonstration!" Erza hollered.
"Luffy!" Nami hollered.
XXX
On the west side, Romeo and his group, squaring off with Sylph, saw it as well.
"Holy crap!" Romeo, Usopp, Sugaya, Okajima and Irina hollered.
"This is insane!" Carla hollered.
"Nagisa!" Kaede and Blue hollered in unison.
"Luffy!" Blizzard shouted.
"Natsu!" Happy shouted.
XXX
On the south side, Gajeel and his group, tangling with Gnome, were seeing the same travesty before them.
"This is crazy!" Gajeel hollered.
"Kurosaki-kun!" Orihime hollered.
XXX
The round arena stopped in mid-air.
Genos then used his magic to redecorate the scenery.
It is now a floating area with multiple white columns with the arena extended a little further, several fountains laid around, eight altars lit, and two huge wings with funnel currents on opposite sides to float.
XXX
Natsu woke up. Nagisa, Korosensei, Luffy and Ichigo woke up as well.
"Where are we?" Ichigo asked.
All five surveyed their surroundings to see Genos standing at the top of a fire altar.
"What've you done?!" Natsu asked, in an angry manner.
"A little spell called 'Heaven's Field'." Genos explained.
"What's that?" Nagisa asked.
"It allows me to use an area within a 360 degree radius and float it above 1000 meters high. Then it allows me to change the scenery using all four elemental magics: fire, air, wind and water." Genos explained.
(A/N: Would that be good calculations on area and height?)
"And by that, you have control over all four elements?" Korosensei asked.
"Correct." Genos replied.
Nagisa stood firm, until he felt something in his head.
"Nagisa-kun! Are you there?!" A voice asked in Nagisa's head, telepathically.
"That voice… Kanzaki-san?" Nagisa asked.
"Yep!" Kanzaki replied, telepathically.
"Did you say Kanzaki?" Natsu asked.
Luffy was wildly confused.
"She told me she'll open a telepathic channel with everyone, including us." Nagisa explained.
Ichigo smiled.
"Nyrufufufufu~! Excellent work, Kanzaki-san!" Korosensei commented.
Natsu smiled, before he heard a strange noise.
"What was that?" Natsu thought.
"You alright, man?" Ichigo asked.
Natsu shook the thought out of his head and nodded.
"Well, boys… are you ready?" Korosensei asked.
Nagisa drew Korefuji with an Anti-Sensei handgun ready.
Luffy entered Gear Second once again as he imbued his arms with Armament Haki.
Ichigo summoned out his Hollow mask, releasing even stronger reiatsu coming from his Bankai.
Natsu entered Lightning Fire Dragon Mode and mashed his fists together with a confident smile.
"I'm all fired up now!" Natsu hollered.
XXX
In the far distance, a large silhouette is approaching the Summer Island and Heaven's Field at a high speed.
Its growl echoes the skies as its wings soar it through the air.
Who is this creature? And what does it want with everyone on the island?
Preview Skit:
Natsu: That sound…
Nagisa: What's wrong, Natsu-san?
Natsu: I just got this weird feeling something bad is coming.
Ichigo: How bad?
Luffy: Like you're "very hungry" kind of bad.
Natsu: No!
Luffy: Aww~!
Ichigo: I doubt that's what he's thinking about.
Nagisa: This isn't the time to worry about food, Luffy-san.
Luffy: It's always important to worry about food! Especially meat!
Ichigo & Nagisa: You're unbelievable.
Natsu: I know there's a bad feeling going on. What was it?
Nagisa: Uh, Natsu-san. It's time.
Natsu: Huh… oh, right!
Natsu: Next time: Chapter 21 – Wings of Darkness.
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