Chapter 25
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The question of life or death? It is this question that earth land athos had to answer as his edolas counter-part life is choked away by his hand. Earth-land athos judgement was clouded by the continuous cries for him to stop from edolas erza as she fought on with the earth-land erza. But now even the erza from his own world began to tell him to stop. There was also his own conscience made him ask himself if he could he live with the fact he killed a person? Even if that person is a monster who has abused women like they was nothing? His brain told him he could live on but his heart didn't agree.
Pounding like a drum, his heart filled with fear and worry about what his fellow mages would think of him if they heard about this killing. Nothing would be the same, stained with blood on his hands. Athos was sure his guild mates would turn away from him. He couldn't live with that. All his time in fairy tail he had become known as the kind-hearted fairy tail bard who would not hurt a fly and doing this would shatter it. Creating a new image of himself he never wanted his friends or others to think of him as. He released his Edolas counter-part from his vine spell with a sigh.
The strongest man in edolas fell to the floor gasping for air like a fish out of water. But earth land athos wasn't quite finished with his breathless foe. Picking him up off the floor to standing postion, earth land athos then attacked his edolas counter-part with a swift uppercut to their chest. He watched the strongest man in edolas fly up into the sky before with another vine spell brought him crashing back to the ground.
"I may not have killed you" Earth land athos said walking over to his downed foe. "But I will teach you some manners by pummeling them into you!"
The downed edolas athos however didn't have energy to make a witty remark about how knight-walker pummelled him every night before his earth land counter part picked him up again. This time however as earth-land athos tried to attack with another upper-cut, his edolas counter part grabbed his incoming right hand.
"Ah you know other me." Edolas athos holding back the attack. "I never actually played with another fairy apart from my knight-walker."
This confession surprised athos as it almost made his edolas counter-part human in a way. But it was quickly shattered when he continued to say that was because knight-walker always killed them before he arrived.
"You're a monster." Earth-land athos angrily said as he broke his fist free from his edolas counter-parts grip. He then followed up his failed upper-cut with a fury of punches shouting at his foe.
"I hope you know the only reason you alive is because there is someone on this world that loves you."
It was hearing this that edolas athos broke away from his pummel with a swift kick knocking his attacker away before doing something his earth-land counter part never expected. He made a promise. A promise to marry ezra knight walker and put his old ways behind him if he lost this battle. Earth land athos couldn't help but feel this promise was something his edolas counter part wouldn't follow through. Not after all he had said and done. But that answer would come after they battled.
The two men charge into battle with each other with punches and kicks exchanged between the two at lighting speeds. Not one of them showed any sign of letting up. The erzas battle happening beside them also began to grow more and more dangerous as the two women now clashed at full power with their magic.
With their spells colliding and creating massive energy bursts, the forest the four battled in became nothing more than waste land as finally colliding with their weapons for the last time, the erzas created such a mass magical energy bust that it knocked all four fighters to the ground.
This was the end of the battle between them. They all lay on their backs beaten, brushed and extinguished. No-one looked to be getting up after all that. Yet panting like a dog, it surprised the other fighters when earth land athos managed to get to his feet.
His hat gone from his head and his clothing only holding together by the last few remaining stitches he looked at his defeated edolas counter-part and told him to keep his promise. This causes edolas athos to laugh loudly before tears begin to run down his cheeks.
Earth-land athos could only smile as he saw this. They weren't tears of sadness he cried. But joyful tears. Because now the strongest man in edolas had to do something that perhaps all along he wanted to do but never found the courage to do it. The edolas man looked to his left side to see his fairy laying only a few metres away from him. He wore a stupid grin on his face as she looked at him before shouting to her.
"Hey my sexy fairy. Will you marry me?"
Edolas erza didn't know what to answer at first. But looking over at earth erza, who nodded at her. She nooded back happily saying to her athos, yes. Earth-land athos could only smile at this touching moment as suddenly his body and earth-land ezra's began to glow a faint green colour. The two s-class mages then began to float into the sky which had turned into a blue whirling vortex.
The four fighters accepted that this was the end of their time as the earth-land athos and erza slowly floated up, edolas athos called up to them telling them both that they were invited to the wedding. The earth-land mages could only wish the new couple luck before vanishing into the vortex.
They all awoke from their trip in the east forest of magnolia. Athos was surprised to see that among the returned mages. Being Ganjeei, Nastu, Wendy,Lucy, Gray, Happy and Carla. Of course erza was also here to who at once hit athos telling him not to say a word to anyone about the two lovers back in edolas before asking everyone else if they were OK? They all nodded with some grumbling before a rustling in a bush caught their attention.
The fairy tail mages readied themselves in case it was an enemy. However to their surprise all that came out of the bush was a black cat holding a rope in its right paw. Now athos didn't knew why but ganjeei instantly smiled like a child calling the cat his panther lily. He could only guess this cat was friends with them like Happy and Carla. However it was when the cat said in a very strong voice that he had captured a prisoner trying to escape Edolas that caught athos's attention.
For as the cat pulled their prisoner out the bush with a tug, athos and nastu couldn't believe who it was.
"Lisanna!" They both called surprised as they saw the young girl prisoner with short white hair and bright blue eyes come crawling out the bush with her hands tied.
This girl was the dead sister of Mirajane and Elfman. She had been recorded dead on a s-class mission with her brother and sister, but she was here before them. The fairy tail mages couldn't believe it. But they couldn't say they weren't happy to see their friend alive. Nastu even ran over to her and hugged her with a happy smile.
After being untied, Lisanna then explaintion to them all that she hadn't died on the s-class mission she went on with her sister and brother. But instead switched places with the dead edolas lisanna and since then had lived in the edolas world hiding the fact she could use magic. Yet the fairy mage this didn't even matter to them. They were all happy to just to see their friend back alive as was Mirajane and Elfmen when the group took Lisanna to them as the brother and sister prayed over her grave in magnolia church.
It had been quite the adventure for the fairy tail mages. But lucky with their home back as it was and now the return of Lisanna. It didn't take long for the guild to return back to its happy loud and fun place for all the fairy tail mages to enjoy and cherish once more.