LunarFallenStar: Hey guys! Guess who's the worse at updating? ME~! Sorry for the EXTREMELY late update (like ridiculously late). Anyway, the truth is, I've lost a lot of motivation for this fic, BUT WORRY NOT! I SHALL PERSEVERE! And finish it and not just kinda' drop it. I've read fanfics that are absolutely amazing only for the author to drop them, and I don't want to do that to my loyal readers who have stuck with this story which is practically filled with plot-holes. Anyway, enough of my rambling. I've decided to stick the response to reviews at the end so people don't have to keep scrolling to get to the story.
~Previously~
Ed sighed irritably, his antennae twitching slightly, "Would you stop crying?"
Lisanna looked up, a wave of hurt passing over her features.
Ed noticed this and sighed, his expression softening, "Your sister wouldn't want the first thing to see when she wakes up to be her sister crying her brains out at her bedside. Smile some, Mira would want it that way."
Lisanna sniffled slightly, wiping the remaining tears out of her eyes before smiling widely. Ed grinned, watching the young girl before turning his eyes back down to Mira's unconscious form to resume healing the severe injuries.
Sweat beaded and rolled down a furrowed brow. Golden eyes gazed intently in upmost concentration as the wounds marring the young barmaid's skin slowly closed. The earth's chi jolted, bursts of magical energy causing the patterned flow to ripple.
Edward grunted in frustration, unable to manipulate the chi for very long. He leaned back, absentmindedly wiping the sweat from his forehead, "Feels like everyone's fighting with all their might," Ed said, before muttering quietly, "That or getting their asses handed to them..."
He resumed his work on healing Mira Jane, nervousness pricking at the back of his mind as Lisanna's gaze burrowed into the back of his head. He sighed, turning to face the take over sibling.
"Look, your sister is going to be fine," Ed assured, "But you staring at me like that isn't going to help her case at all."
Lisanna jumped slightly, bowing her head, "S-sorry!"
Ed chuckled softly, returning to his work.
A few minutes passed by and Mira's condition was steadily getting better. Ed couldn't help the smile that crossed over his face.
He stiffened when he felt a presence nearby. Clapping his hands, he quickly changed his automail arm into a blade and whirled around, pointing it in the direction of the unknown entity.
A shriek resounded in the silence and Ed flinched slightly.
Levy stared at the blade pointed threateningly at her throat, and gulped. She subconsciously pulled the wounded Gajeel closer to herself.
Analytical golden eyes soon noticed the iron dragon slumped over the small girl's shoulder and widened, "Even Gajeel got this beaten up?"
He hurried over to Levy and took the injured dragon slayer from her, leading him over to a spare cot. He lowered him slowly, and immediately began checking over his wounds. Small lacerations and abrasions marred the tough skin of Gajeel's form. Ed sighed in relief when no avulsions were found. He couldn't do much about those no matter how much he wanted to.
His eyes closed, keying into the energy of the earth as he began to heal his newest patient.
Behind him, the two girls trembled as they watched their friends being healed.
"This enemy's strong..." Levy murmured, "Gajeel's pretty strong, and he barely managed to win. Even Mira lost, and she's an S-Class mage..."
Lisanna sighed, staring at her sister with sadness, "Well, at least they're both still breathing... that's a blessing if any..."
"If I had been stronger," Levy whispered, "Maybe Gajeel wouldn't be like this right now..."
"It's all my fault..." Lisanna cried silently, "All my fault..."
The snapping of a twig was heard farther off in the distance, gaining the two girls' attention.
"It's not your fault," A deep voice choked out.
"Elf-nii-chan!" Lisanna cried out in worry.
Elfman stood in the clearing, injuries littering his body. Two particularly nasty wounds were upon his left shoulder, consisting of two stakes jabbed into his flesh. His whole body trembled under the force of his exertion, holding an unconscious Evergreen in his arms.
"They're strong," Elfman panted, "It hurts, but they're too strong. We can't do anything! Damn it!"
He fell to his knees, tears pouring down his face, "I'm pathetic! I couldn't protect the one's dear to me..."
Ed sat back on his heels, finished for the most part with healing Gajeel. He was forever grateful for the boosted healing ability of the dragon slayer. He stood up, straightening as he made his way over to the group.
"A kingdom divided is doomed to fall," He said softly, looking at the ground, "Stand up and use the two legs you were given to fight. Fight for your loved ones! Fight for your honor! Fight for Fairy Tail! No matter the adversity, Fairy Tail can't be beaten because of the strength of your bonds... Isn't that what being in this guild is all about?"
The group stared at him in confusion, before Levy's eyes lit up in realization, "Ed's right... We need to unite! This exam drove us apart, but now we need to combine our feelings instead of prioritizing ourselves. We are Fairy Tail! We need to combine our strengths and WIN!" She stood up, shouting into the sky as tears poured down her face, "Everyone! Please... Unite your feelings and stand as one!"
Time Skip
Ed looked at his four patients who were presiding in the remains of the main base of Fairy Tail. He sighed, turning to the only one still conscious.
The alchemist turned to Lisanna and Levy, "You might want to step out for a bit at the moment."
He kneeled beside Elfman, inspecting him for injuries. Like the others, cuts, abrasions, and minor lacerations marred his skin. Golden eyes fell upon the heaviest outer wound, the two dangerous looking stakes jutting out of his shoulder. He couldn't help the wince passing through his being.
He looked at Elfman, "I'm just going to tell you ahead of time, this might hurt like a bitch, so grit your teeth."
Closing his eyes, Ed clapped his hands, bringing down the temperature of the area around the wound slightly to numb it, hoping to block some of the pain. Taking his left hand, he carefully inspected the area around the wound closely, wiping off the blood around it.
"It's pretty deep in there... you're just lucky these didn't end up a bit lower or you'd have a severe problem."
Ed grasped one of them in his right hand, meeting Elfman's eyes, "Take a deep breath for me and let it out. In. Out. In. Out. Now grit your teeth."
Giving no further warning, Ed quickly pulled out the stake with expert precision, discarding it quickly to the side. He clapped his hands quickly and channeled the earth's chi into Elfman's body to speed up the healing, stopping as much of the blood as he could.
When most of the blood flow was staunched, Ed readied himself to remove the next stake, "Just do the same thing as before. Breathe in, Breathe out."
Repeating the same process he used with the first one, Ed removed it successfully. He moved on to stop the blood flow from the wound.
Turning around, he rummaged through the medical kit, finding a few rolls of bandages and a disinfectant. He quickly applied the disinfectant and bound the bandages around Elfman's torso.
"You're pretty good at this," Elfman chuckled dryly, "I guess if you're a man, you need to know how to dress wounds."
Ed smiled sheepishly, "My brother, Al, would be a lot better at this than I am."
He tied the finishing not on the bandage and smiled, moving onto the other wounds. A few minutes passed and Ed had managed to heal the more minor of wounds.
"There, guess I'll tend to Evergreen now..." Ed said, getting up. He called to the outside of the ruins of the base, "Levy, Lisanna, you can come back in now."
The two girls walked back inside quietly, and Lisanna ran over to her brother, "Elf nii-chan! You're better!"
Kneeling down beside Evergreen, a large smile appeared on Ed's face as he got down to healing the woman.
A searing pain ripped through Ed as he collapsed to the ground, body convulsing in pain.
"Edward!" Levy called running to him. She knelt down beside him, "What's wrong? Did you exert too much of your power?"
"N-no..." Edward choked, "Th-That's not... it... Someone's in a pretty rough fight... all the magic being used is messing up the earth's chi... making my Alkahestry backfire somewhat..."
He shakily got to his feet, "I need... to go there..." He winced as another shockwave rippled through him, "This is why I hate this world of yours sometimes."
Ed began to walk off, turning slightly to say one last thing, "I've left basic weapons in there made from alchemy. They're imbued with some alchemic power so if worse comes to worse you're not completely helpless."
With that, the golden haired alchemist turned back around and dashed away, heading to where his ally was fighting.
LunarFallenStar: And done! Fail chapter is fail...
xJake: Thanks for your review! And awwwww I'm so flattered! Reading your review made my day SO much better! I was super bummed about having to go back to school so early considering our school decided to take away some of our summer vacation so we could go back to school earlier, and your SUPER sweet review cheered me up. Also, I really like your stories so keep at it! I look forward to your updates. I'll work on that One Piece and Fairy Tail crossover and get some plot ideas and buff up on my One Piece knowledge. I've watched it and read it, but I haven't been watching it or reading it a ton lately. It would be really neat if you could give me some ideas for the plot. Anything works really.
majishan: I'm not sure if I'm going to make them win or barely win... still thinkin about it... Thanks for the review!
Assault Godzilla: I'm gonna try to read that when I have time, it sounds really interesting. Thanks for the review! Yep, Ed's got a long list of people he needs to give the metal boot too... he's just gotta figure out which one is first. Zeref's dark magic can affect him, but not super super severely. OMG I never thought of that! I would like to see him with Spider-man's web shooters /is currently in love with that movie. And it's a plus considering Spider man is my favorite super hero. Ah~ Childhood memories.
BlueJeanne: Mira is an amazing sister... I was super sad when I read the chapter in the manga too. I'm glad you liked this chapter and thanks for the review!
CrazySarahify: Thanks for the review! I hate procrastination so much... and now I have school in the mix too.
StarJade101: Thanks for the review and I'm glad you like this story so much. I'm so, so flattered! I've been so obsessed with FMA. It's my all-time favorite anime and manga. And again, I'm so flattered! I can't believe I'm your first favorite author!
Blinded in a bolthole: Thanks for the review! True, true. I like that saying you used. And the second statement is true as well. He also had gotten taller at the end of brotherhood too.
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steferstheawesome: Thanks for your many reviews! I like how you enjoy my attempt at this fanfiction. And I'm kinda' a Lisanna hater too (NaLu all the way for me), but I don't really mind her too much.
vampireanna'dancer: Thanks for the review and I'm glad you like my fail attempt at a story. I personally don't enjoy cross-pairings so I don't really put them in there. Another thing is I can really only see Ed with Winry. And I love EdWin! And I'm going to try and mention EdWin some in this fic, I'm just trying to find a way. You don't sound like a jerk at all! You made a perfectly valid point and I love hearing the readers' ideas because it makes my story better. Many hands make for light work after all.
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