Chapter 25: The True Power of the Mightstone

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~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~ Aboard the Ornithopter ~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~

Gizmos whizzed while gears grinded, Urza's great invention the Ornithopter flew through the dusk skies. Never before had anything like this been seen before in Fiore. Not only were the Fairy Tail mages flying in a great monstrous flying but their days' worth of travel got reduced to just hours. Urza's crystal was glowing bright red still, and the machine continued onwards. Like a curious cat, Leo looked outside the cockpit admiring the world from above. It surprised Lucy that Leo hadn't returned to the spirit world yet and that he was still with them.

Inside the Ornithopter's cabin the children were not doing better. Neither was Natsu as his laid face down on a bench, his face in an empty metal trash can. The only thing Lucy could do for the sick Dragon Slayers was try to comfort them. The young, warm, soft hands of Lucy rubbed Natsu's back in an attempt to make him feel better. Cold ice kept the temperatures of Wendy and Hanzo down, thanks to Gray's fast thinking. Neither kid seemed to improve.

"Wendy…" It took all of Carla's strength not to cry on Wendy's chest. Her face fully red and her breathing was still troubled and that terrified the Exceed greatly.

Erza took a metal glove of hers off and felt Hanzo's head. The boy was almost a raging inferno. The suspense killed her not knowing how to save her friends lives. "How much longer do we got to wait? I don't think they'll hold out much longer."

The Ornithopter climbed higher and out in the distance a bright orange flash is seen. Explosions were heard far off in the great distance. Leaving the controls alone, the old man walked to a control panel and flipped a switch that said 'Auto Pilot'. Piloting the great machine was difficult and draining work on him, and he required time to rest. But that wasn't in the question; he was more worried about the children that were now in his care.

Not caring about Natsu's condition, Urza placed his hand on Hanzo and Wendy's heads. Both were burning up, none of the magic in his many years had given Urza any idea of what they had or how they could be cure. Lucy began to panic and tugged on Urza's arm. Quickly he turned his head to see that Hanzo and Wendy began to foam at the mouth.

Urza ran over to the kids quickly and put Hanzo on his side. Lucy saw what was going on and turned Wendy on her side. Urza instructed for the kids to be kept on their left side. Doing as instructed, they're not too late as they start vomiting again. The mages screamed out loud, as they feared they're not doing something right.

"Keep them on their left sides; I'll get us to Tawnos quickly." With a quick turn Urza returned to the controls.

"Why didn't you teleport us?" Happy asked as he kneaded on Urza's leg.

Lucy looked over and threw a crumpled up paper at him. "Happy!"

Urza clearly didn't mind that Happy was kneading in his leg. "Easy, I don't remember where he lives exactly. If I use that spell and I don't know the exact location, I can accidently teleport myself OR YOU into a wall."

All commotion ceased as everyone thought about the implications of that spell. In hindsight, it looked to them that fighting Urza Bellator was the better idea. The Ornithopter's wings continued to flap; the children on the other hand have calmed down and aren't having seizures from their high fevers. A deep breath is heard as their world began to warp and change into Urza's past.

~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~ Urza & Leo VS Yawgmoth: 4000 years ago ~*O*~ ~*O*~ ~*O*~

Leo and Mishra broke the surface of the water. Leo knew how to swim well on the other hand Urza's younger brother did not. With quick and power breast strokes Leo swam over and using his shirt collar, the lion dragged Mishra behind him as he laid belly up in the water. In the distance Yawgmoth saw that Urza was still alive and clearly wasn't affected by his injury. The wind had ceased moving, the ground itself showed evidence of their battle. Meanwhile Urza ran over to his spirit and his dazed baby brother, Mishra's eyes still spinning and clearly he couldn't handle water. Coughing loud and with wild flailing, water is heard hitting the ground as Mishra threw up.

This battle wasn't going to end soon. The city of Penregon had already been ravaged by Pierre and Tevesh who were once high ranking members in the Artificers Guild turned murderers, had wreaked havoc on the population as well as land. Blood ran down Mishra's body, the last attack from Yawgmoth had cut deeply into Mishra's body. The younger brother walked over to a ruined building and leaned on a ruined wall; his older brother ran to him and pressed a hand against him that glowed green against his chest.

"Brother, you can no longer fight. Get out of Penregon, go back to Argive and get my family and my workers to safety." He couldn't fully restore his brother, but he did repair the damage caused by the sheering attack.

'He's sending me away!?' That thought echoed in Mishra's head. Leo ran over to the brothers.

An enraged look was on Mishra's face "I can still fight, Brother!"

"I know you can. But someone has to survive this fight. I'm counting on you Mishra. Return to Argive and protect my family." Urza's hand slipped into his brother's jacket and pulled out Mishra's reigns for his spectral horse.

Leo stood there as an unspoken argument is fought between the brothers. Now was not the time for brotherly feuds. "Master, the enemy approaches."

Everything in his body said to stay and fight. But the life of his family was much more important and his big brother asked him to protect his family. The feeling of being rejected would go away in time. Mishra grabbed both sides of the reign, flung it into the air as he jumped up and landed on a spectral horse beneath him. Dust and stones flew up as Mishra rode off. Urza jumped into the sky, a long steel lance was conjured into his hands. Leo jumped up with him and the two charged at Yawgmoth.

The Phyrexian Lord summoned two more green magical skulls that fitted over his hands, and fought back. With one hand he could handle Leo; his other hand swatted away the pointed tip of Urza's lance. Despite their blinding fast attacks and their great strength, their attacks were easily handled and swatted away. For a moment they both swore they could hear Yawgmoth laugh at their attacks. Yawgmoth caught both their attacks. The green skulls bit down and exploded. Urza released the lance as he flew backwards and with his right fist extended at the ground, a trail of fire burned from his feet as Urza flew to the ground. Before his fist even connected, the ground gave away to the sheer force Urza was moving. A loud explosion heard kilometers around and gave Mishra the knowledge he needed that his brother was fine.

He rode desperately to Argive hoping that it wasn't too late to get his brother's servants and family to safety. The explosion cleared the area where Leo and Urza landed. The lion spirit's body was filled with pain and he groaned loudly as he tried to sit up. His master ran over and laid him down. Both hands stroked Leo's mane-like hair as Urza calmed his spirit.

"Leo please rest, I'll take care of him." Clanking is heard as steel Knight-like armor covered Urza's body, his head still exposed.

How could a spirit abandon his master in middle of a fight? Such an idea was beyond insanity and also against Celestial Spirit Law. This battle had way too much on the line for Leo to relax, thus he tried to get up only to find that tree roots began to bind him to the Earth. Feeling betrayed, Leo shouted for his master.

"MASTER BELLATOR! How can you do this!? Let me fight with you!" The Celestial Spirit leader fought against the roots

Urza summoned Ubume back into his hand "Recover your strength kitten and then you can rejoin me in battle"

The orange eyes of Yawgmoth shined brightly as the clouds over Penregon darkened. Rain drops began to fall. Urza jumped into the air at flying at his enemy. Yawgmoth summoned two more green skulls over his fists and the two clashed in air. Being a spectator wasn't in Leo's contract but his master's orders were law he had to obey. His strength and magical power began to recover, but as a Celestial Spirit Leo knew he was also draining Urza's power by being there.

The two continued to exchange fists with occasional blasts of Metal and Phyrexian magic. Large shards of cold grey steel impaled the ground the ground as the Phyrexian magic annihilated anything else it touched. Mighty buildings constructed of wood, iron and marble were instantly destroyed by their attacks. Both hands were bunched together and Urza swung them down with great force as a metal hammer appeared in his hands.

"Metal Make: Steel War Hammer!" The attack smashed into the crown of Yawgmoth's head.

A piercing demonic scream is heard as Yawgmoth plummeted towards the ground. A large green colored fiery explosion is seen once he hit the ground. The wind kicked up with such power that Urza's armor was ripped off his body. The same piercing howl is heard from below, Urza shielded his face from incoming debris. The sound was incredibly loud it caused rubble to vibrate. Not wanting to see if this is some sort of Siren or Sound Magic, Urza rushed down with a stream of ice shooting from his hand. The blood soaked and burned ground of Penregon iced over. The ice gave Leo the chance to break his confines and free himself. A sonic boom is heard and at once all the ice shattered.

Urza walked out of the creator he made while his trusty friend and spirit Leo ran up. The faint smell of decay was still in the air. For some reason Yawgmoth smelled like he was rotting while he still lived. Leo's fist began to glow brightly as he put his back against his master's. Ubume's flame shined brightly as Urza was ready for some sort of attack. The black muck from Yawgmoth's missed attacks rippled as though they were alive. Several of the puddles merged together and created monsters.

One looked like a charged human skeleton; it had yellow eyes that pierced the dark clouds, tattered bat-like wings and ears. It didn't have a jaw which made the sight more frightening. Another was the same height as a clock tower, hunched over with a greyish exoskeleton loomed over them. Five sickle like talons on each hand with four smaller sickle-like arms on its chest. The monster roared loudly revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth. Its tail cut into the ground as it swung around. A third worm like creature appeared. This creature was as long as a soccer stadium with over a dozen serrated sickle arms sticking out its sides. The head of the creature was a grotesque spectacle with bright green eyes, a sharp tusk under its jaw and two more above the jaw. All the creatures gave off god awful howl.

"Master…" Leo looked back at Urza, he was actually scared and Urza never seen Leo scared before.

His hand rubbed Leo's shoulder as he stood next to him ready to fight. It brought Leo great comfort "You'll be all right, trust me Leo."

The three creatures circled around Leo and Urza while Yawgmoth was watching the battle from atop of the wrecked Artificer's Guild. The bodies of several members rotted away as he walked past them and by some malevolent force, the bones began to erect a throne for Yawgmoth as he sat down. The worm creature attacked first trying to devour them. Ubume was raised high into the air and lightning struck the worm. Seeing his chance to strike, Leo slammed his fist into the worm's soft underbelly.

"Regulus Impact!" Shouted Leo as a beam of light shot out and lifted the worm into the air.

Urza flew next to worm and smashed into it with his head "Heavenly Body Magic: Meteor!"

A golden trail of magical energy followed Urza as he slammed head first into the worm. It roared loudly as it fell to the Earth. To stop its infuriating screaming, Leo threw his fist as hard as he could into the right side of its face. A loud crack is heard as one of the tusks snapped off the worms face. Sand is thrown into the air as the three crashed into the ground. Urza and Leo flew backwards and watched the worm screech loudly, causing both to flinch and then bury itself into the ground.

The skeleton attacked Urza as the monster attacked Leo. With a trail of golden magical energy, Urza slammed into skeleton and it shattered instantly. He circled around and slammed into the monster with Leo's kick. It made no sound but grabbed Leo as he was slower than Urza and began to squeeze him. Worried his spirit could get injured; Urza flew back and fired two blasts of golden energy into the demon. Golden fires erupted on the monster but it didn't even notice. A loud scream and crash is heard as Urza smashed into the ground. His arm was blackened and burned it was something that Urza never seen before, wounds that appeared without being touched.

With a great burst power, Leo shot a magical Regulus Beam at the abominations head. It went through its neck, and sure enough Leo's neck had a similar injury. Gathering a great ball of darkness, Urza threw it at the monster. Just as Leo was about to get impaled by the monster, it let go of Leo. He ran out of the way and the black magic actually sucked up and absorbed the Phyrexian monster. Yawgmoth shifted his position from his bone throne as he saw one of his most powerful creatures get absorbed. Leo waited for Urza to return, however a skeletal hand grabbed his shoulder. The skeleton jumped on the Spirit and began to suck out his magical energy.

Pained screams for help were heard by Urza causing him to run over to his partner. Somehow Urza could feel his energy drained too, was this monster somehow training Urza's magical powers as well as Leo's? They both felt drained of power but Urza pressed on as he got closer to Leo. Arching his fist back Leo delivered a Regulus charged punch to its face; it howled but didn't loosen its grip. With a loud grunt and his shoulder leading the charge both arms of the skeleton snapped off. Both hands were of Urza's were stretched out as he froze the Skeleton. Although the ice magic was working, the skeleton didn't freeze over. The severed arms freed the main body. A loud wailing is heard and the ice shattered on the main body.

The Celestial Spirit stood in front of his master and the two looked at each other not sure what to do. A smile cracked on Urza's face as he reached into his shirt and pulled out his stone. He tossed Ubume and the stone into the other hand at the same time. Curiosity wouldn't kill this cat but the Lion spirit had to know what his master was planning.

"I don't think your staff will break this skeleton, Master Bellator." Sweat started to run down the spirits head.

Urza laughed at the spirit's misconception. "That's because my Mightstone isn't meant for me, it's for you." Holding the stone above his head, the fiery red stone shot a red beam of energy on Leo.

Leo screamed loudly as the beam hit him. Magical power raged throughout his body, his strength and energy was fully restored. A loud crash is heard as Leo was invigorated by his master's stone and his own magical power of Regulus punched the frozen skeleton. The skeleton doesn't break away but Leo doesn't give up striking it with everything he had. The leant strength of the Mightstone and Urza's own magical power gave Leo the greatest strength boost he's ever felt. The Skeleton broke away, little by little.

The unrelenting assault made Yawgmoth shift in his seat as the fight continued. His magic was not weak yet somehow a Celestial Spirit and human were over powering his creations. With a loud triumphant scream, Leo charged forward with a Regulus Punch and shattered the Skeleton. Quickly he turned around and saw the skeleton starting to reform. He aimed his fist at the skeleton as Urza ran behind Leo.

A giant golden Lion's head with its mouth open, shot out from Leo's fist "Regulus Impact!" The magical attack destroyed the skeleton completely.

The two then turned to Yawgmoth who was now standing. In the back of their minds they knew unless the worm attacked again, they only had to deal with him. A loud cackle broke their train of thought.

"Now this will be fun!" The demonic voice of Yawgmoth shouted.

TO BE CONTINUED…