Ownership stuff.
Wendy: *She blushes and is shaking* ...Umm...Hi everyone...The author is out today and he asked me to fill in for him...Im sorry, Im a little nervous. Im just used to doing some playful banter with the others so... *She looks down and keeps shaking*
Levi: Sorry folks, she still a little shy. Just please enjoy the following chapter. *Smiles*
After awhile Silver slowly starts to wake up.
Same for Shadow. "Its time, lets go." He gets up.
"Okay." She gets up too and puts the tent away.
The two then head to the center of town and wait for the free for all to officially begin. Once they arrive they see many others as well, all ready to compete. Then the rules are announced. "Okay I want a good free for all, so here are the rules. Oh wait, there are no rules. So if your thinking of using cheap shots and dirty tricks, that would be great." Everyone laughs a bit and grins.
Then Shadow whisper to Silver. "Looks like these guys play for keeps."
"Yeah, so just be careful. Okay?" She whispers back.
"Got it."
"Good luck to all of you, oh and one more piece of information. Be sure not to die, because there's no rule against that either." Shadow grips Silver's hand tight after hearing that.
Silver gulps slightly and looks at Shadow, knowing he's worried about her.
"Silver...please be careful."
"I will Shadow, Ive been through a lot to survive. Don't worry." She smiles at him to show she'll be okay.
He smiles back a little, knowing she's right about that. "...Once it starts, get as far away from me and the town as you can. Trust me, I have an idea."
"Alright, just don't do anything stupid okay?"
"I wont, I promise." Shadow kisses her cheek and waits for the starting bell to ring.
It soon rings and Silver quickly teleports herself to the bleach since its far from the town.
Shadow's plan then takes action. "Darkness Dragon Vortex!" He spreads his vortex a very long way, making sure it covers the whole town. Everyone watches in surprise at this.
Silver watches from the beach. "Amazing..."
Then after he's sure he's spread it through the whoe town he begins sucking everything into it. The buildings, the cars, even many of the people and contestants. While all the ones that didnt get sucked in watch in shock.
Silver smiles at how smart the plan was. "Nice one Shadow, you got rid of mostly everyone."
Once he's done, everything is gone. There's no town or anything left at all. "Now for part two, Darkness Dragon Eruption." In a sudden blast of dark energy all the buildings, cars and people emerge from it. Their all crushed to pieces, its all now just a big pile of wood and scrap.
"...Ah...Our town..."
"Reduced to a pile of junk...in less then a minute..."
"...This guy is a monster..." Are somethings that some of the remaining competitors say.
"Hey shut up, he's no monster!" Silver glares at them.
Shadow then walks over to her and stare at them. "Besides you said anything goes, I was only playing the game the best way I know how."
"That doesn't mean you should just up and destroy everything!"
"It was pretty much a wreck when we got here anyway."
That pisses them off. "Oh you bastard, die!" He charges at Shadow, ready to end his life with magic. However Shadow just stands there calmly.
"Shall I take care of him Shadow or you?" Silver asks, as calm as he is.
"Ive already had my fun, please do my dear Silver." The Darkness Dragon closes his eyes, sure she can handle them on her own.
"Okay...Magic Canceling!" She cancels the man's magic, then turns into her hellhound form and breaths fire at him.
"...Ah...That sucked..." Is the only thing he says before he falls to the ground out cold, the other two wizards then stare at Silver with fear.
"Oh my god!"
"These two are insane, run for it!" They start running away from Shadow and Silver.
She turns back to normal and smiles. "Well that wasnt much fun Shadow."
He opens his eyes again. "I agree Silver, so where's Laxus. There aren't that many players left, it says there are only 20 left now and there were at least 80 when we began. Pity, I though this game would offer us a bit more sport then this."
"I don't know, maybe he's waiting for the numbers to drop more."
"Well lets go find him." Shadow begins walking around, looking for Laxus.
Silver follows him.
The two keep searching for Laxus and defeating several more competitors along the way.
"I wonder where he is, nearly everyone is gone already.
"I know, lets just keep looking." After about an hour or two its down to just Shadow, Silver and Laxus. "That sure didn't take very long, looks like I was worried for nothing huh?"
"Yeah, so I guess now Laxus will come to us. Since its just us three now."
"Or he's gonna wait for us to take each other out and then battle whoever is left, which isn't happening. We're finding him first." Shadow begins searching for his scent. "There it is again, that familiar scent from before." He follows it.
"Wait up Shadow." Silver goes after him.
Shadow keeps following the scent all the way to a small mountain just outside of the town. "I think Laxus is up there." He looks up at it.
"You think so Shadow?" The magic neko looks up at it too.
"I do, lets go." He begins walking up the path.
"Okay." She follows him up.
Once they reach the top they see a big shrine, with a big statue of a dragon in the center. It looks to be made out of crystal as it shines brightly in the sun light. "Impressive, I had no idea this was here." Shadow walks up to it and stares intently at it.
"Its beautiful, I wonder how long its been here." Silver looks at it in awe.
Shadow sees there's a plaque on it, he then dusts it off and begins reading it. "This shrine it to honor and commemorate the dragons that fought to save humanity. May their souls rest in peace and may we never forget what they did for all of humanity. How touching."
"So this shrine must be for the dragons who wanted to live in peace with the humans."
"Exactly, I figured it would be here. This is the closes place any human can get to the Dragon Archipelago."
"Yeah, I suppose your right...but what was the familiar scent Shadow?"
"Im not sure exactly, but now where's Laxus? Is he here?"
"Im right here." Shadow and Silver turn and see him sitting on top of the highest point of the shrine, with one hand under his chin and still grinning at them.
"So you were here and waited until the numbers went down?" Silver questions.
"Pretty much, only the last few remaining are worthy enough to face me in battle. Anyone else wouldn't be worth my time."
"Well alright Laxus, you and me right now." Shadow challenges, then Laxus stands up and jumps down to the two.
"Wait, Im in this too. Why cant I fight?" Silver questions with a slightly displeased expression.
"Honestly Shadow is the only one that I want, your just a bonus."
"Is that any way to talk to the lady? I don't know why you wanna fight me so badly, but Im ready for it."
"Good, lets go then." Laxus surges with lightning and charges for Shadow, but he surges with darkness and charges right back. When they collide they grab onto each others shoulders with one hand and begin punching each other with the other. While still surging with their elements.
Silver steps back a bit, knowing they will make a big mess of things.
"Darkness Drive." Shadow disappears into the darkness.
"Don't think you can hide from me Shadow." Laxus taunts.
"Darkness Dragon Slash!" He slashes at Laxus several times, but his body was surging with so much lightning that it hurt him too. "Damn, smart move." Shadow's Darkness Drive ends and he holds his hand since that lightning hurt.
"Oh no, Shadow..." Silver looks at him, getting worried.
"Im fine Silver, don't worry about me."
"She should, because Im far from done. Lightning Eruption." It just like Shadow's eruption attack and it appears directly under the dragon, he barely manages to dodge it.
"Okay then, I just wont touch ya! Darkness Dragon Roar!"
"Lightning Bullets!" The lightning mage creates several spheres of lightning, they stop Shadow's roar completely then hit him as well.
"AH! Damn it...He's strong alright." Shadow is still standing though.
Silver keeps watching him. "Oh no, Shadow...He cant even touch Laxus...and he cant hit him either."
"This is a tough one, he really is strong. Ill have to take a different approach. Darkness Drive." He fades into the darkness again.
"Okay, where are you?" Laxus looks around for him and he appears at his shadow, then in the last second before he can react Shadow strikes him.
"Darkness Dragon Waxing Flash!" It hits and Laxus backs off from him a bit, then Shadow tries the same thing again.
"Don't think that'll work a second time, Lightning Explosion!" Laxus slams his fist into the ground, and several blasts of light come up from the ground and hit Shadow even though he's still in Darkness Drive. He's then forced out of the darkness. "Now Lightning Flash!" Laxus holds his hand out to Shadow and suddenly the lightning hits him hard and in a quick flash.
"AAAAHHHH!" The dragon falls to his knees and begins breathing heavily a bit.
"Shadow!" Silver looks at him, now very worried.
Shadow hears her voice and struggles a little, but is able to stand. "...I already said Im fine Silver...although his attacks are so weird...Its like Ive felt this before...and there's still that scent in the air too..."
"Are you done talking with your girlfriend yet, because Im ready to obliterate you. Final attack, Raging Bolt!" Laxus makes a giant ball of lightning above his opponent, then a massive bolt comes down from it and is going right for Shadow with tons of power behind it.
"Shadow get out of the way, hurry!" Silver quickly calls out.
Shadow tries to move, but his body is still a little paralyzed from all the lightning attacks he's taken so far. He's able to dodge it, though it uses a lot of his strength to do it.
"Seems I missed, your a lot strong then I thought Shadow or remember anyway." Laxus comments with his usual grin.
"Wait...remember?...Shadow...I think you know him, try remembering when you got shocked by lightning before." Silver suggests, feeling she knows who Laxus really is.
Shadow stands up, trying to remember. "He's probably not from my life before the lab and the only time before now when Ive hit by lightning was at the lab by..." He realizes it now and looks at Laxus with shock. "...Your..."
"Ill let you guys in on a little secret, I haven't told anyone about this because I really hate all the attention, but I guess I can trust the two of you." The lightning mage now has fangs and his magic power seems to be increasing.
"...He's the...No way..." Shadow cant believe his eyes.
"Dragon Force!" Laxus goes into Dragon Force and gains even more power, as well as some bright yellow lightning scales.
"You gotta be kidding me..." Shadow says, no longer shocked.
"Lightning Dragon Roar!" The Lightning Dragon shoots it at Shadow with tons of power and it hits with tons of power.
"He really is the Lightning Dragon...No way...I was right...Shadow!" Silver runs over to her mate.
She can actually still see the leftover lightning on his body, like static. "...S-Silver..." He breaths even heavier.
She quickly di-spells the lightning on him. "...Sh-Shadow..." She casts a spell and starts to heal his wounds.
Shadow slowly gets back up, feeling a little better. "...L-Laxus...you've been hear all this time haven't you?"
"That's right, with no laws or guilds it made this a perfect place to hide and be the strongest at the same time."
"...Oh yes that's right...you were third back at the lab...I see you've gotten stronger in the time apart and even have unlocked your Dragon Force..."
"Right again, but now Im the strongest dragon. Not the Light Dragon and not you either."
"Laxus why did you lie when I asked you if you were the Lightning Dragon?" Silver asks him.
"Simple, I didn't want you to go and tell Shadow there. I wanted to save it until we finally fought each other here and now, so now I can finally settle the score and prove Im the strongest dragon of them all."
"I don't care." Shadow says without hesitation.
"What?" Laxus questions.
"I said I don't care! I don't care which one of us is the strongest, but what I do care about is that we're all safe. The Light Dragon may be a jerk, but if there's one thing that Silver has taught me...Its that its never about how strong you are...just as long as you have those who accept you and call you their friend...No amount of strength will ever make up for that...Friendship and love...are worth much more to me then any title or power." Shadow explains confidently, starring right at Laxus.
"Oh Shadow..." Silver looks at him and smiles.
Shadow stands up and smiles back at her.
"Are you serious? That's ridiculous, in this world strength and power are the only things that matter. No amount of friends or love will protect you when the time comes." Laxus begins to get angry.
"Shut up! I want you to be our friend too Laxus, but only if you accept it." Shadow cuts him off.
"Your nothing to me! We may both be dragons, but Im stronger!" As he says that the lightning swirls all around him like a storm in all directions.
Silver glares at him. "Don't you dare call friends and love ridiculous! When you have friends they are there for you in the bad and good times and will help pick you up when you fall!"
"If your not strong enough to pick yourself up off the ground then your better off dead anyway, and Ill prove now by finishing you both off!" Laxus charges at Silver, but Shadow pushes her out of the way and the two dragons start fighting again. However since Laxus is using his Dragon Force and Shadow is not, its easy to see its a losing battle for Shadow.
"Don't you dare attack Silver, you hear me?!" Shadow yells in anger.
"Im gonna teach you about real strength Shadow!"
"Shadow! Get back! Your no match for him now!" Silver tries to make him come back and stop.
"Im afraid its too late for that Silver, even if I wanted to I cant! He wants a fight and he wont stop until he gets one!"
Laxus then knocks Shadow into the side of the mountain and Shadow struggles to get back up, but Laxus stops him cold by punching him so hard that it actually drags him down the side of the mountain. "Why wont you just die!" Once they reach the bottom Laxus picks Shadow up and kicks him hard, he flies through the air and hits the ground. "Face it already, its over!"
"Sh-Shadow..." Silver watches, scared Laxus is going to kill Shadow and a few tears fall from her eyes.
"Why ya stalling Shadow? I know you have Dragon Force, so why not use it and fight me full on?" Laxus taunts him.
"...B-Because...I promised Silver...I wouldn't use it...so I wont...I would never betray her like that..."
"Oh yeah, Lightning Dragon Breakdown Fist!" He sends a giant fist made of lightning at Shadow and it hits him hard while he's still down. There's an explosion and the sound of lightning.
"Shadow!...P-Please...don't die...Please don't..." Silver falls to her knees, crying a bit more now.
Shadow hears her voice again, then miraculously he stands back up once more. "...Silver..."
"That was your last mistake Shadow, now Im gonna send you to the next world! Lightning Dragon Heavenly Halberd!" Laxus throws what looks like a big spear made of pure lightning energy at him, Shadow quickly sees that this will kill him if it hits, so he falls to my knees in despair as he doesn't have the strength to dodge it.
Shadow is then quickly pushed out of the way and someone else takes the attack for him.
Shadow is greatly shocked by this and quickly looks up to see who it was.
It was Silver in her hellhound form, breathing heavy. "...D-Don't...you...dare...k-kill...Sh-Shadow..."
"I don't believe it. You really took a hit that powerful for him?" Laxus questions in disbelief.
Shadow sees it was Silver, he then gets very angry and begins to surge with a ton of darkness energy. "RrrrrrrAAAAHHHHH!"
"Ive taken a lot worse attacks then that...I wont be killed so easily..." Silver glares at him again.
"Damn it, he can still fight?"
Without warning Shadow quickly fades in and out of the darkness and gets close to Laxus. "Darkness Dragon Slash! Talon! Waxwing Flash! Blade! Pulse!" All his attacks hit hard.
Silver lays down and starts to use a spell to heal her wounds.
"Darkness Dragon Secret Art!"
"Lightning Dragon Secret Art!"
"Pitch Black Star: Dark Matter!"
"Total Destruction: Roaring Thunder!" Both their secret arts collide with intense power and a massive explosion follows.
Silver covers herself with a barrier, blocking the explosion.
When the smoke clears they're both out cold and badly injured.
Silver gets up and runs over to both of them. "You both are very reckless." She uses a spell to heal them as well.
Then the guy that was doing the announcements walks over to her. "Your the last one standing Silver, you've won. Congratulations, I didn't think anyone would be able to beat Laxus. So here's your 50,000 jewel." He hands her a big bag filled with her winnings, then he turns around and walks away.
"Umm...Thank you." She puts the bag down and waits for the two dragons to wake up.
It takes a while for Shadow to wake up, several hours to be exact. The sun is already setting. "...Ugh...What?...What just happened?..."
"Oh thank goodness your up Shadow." Silver smiles at him.
It takes a minute for him to remember, but then he smiles back. "Thanks Silver, and doesn't this mean you won?"
"Yeah." She shows him the bag of jewels.
"Nice, Im happy for ya."
"Thanks, Laxus should be waking up pretty soon too."
Then Laxus wakes up. "...Uhhh...Damn it...What hit me?"
"That would be me Laxus."
He turns to Shadow. "...I don't believe it...I lost again...I cant believe I lost again..." He looks down in sheer disappointment.
"Don't be so down on your self Laxus, you did great." Silver smiles at him now.
"Greats not good enough to be the strongest..."
"Are you kidding me? That was probably the toughest battle Ive been in so far and besides I didn't win either, we both went down remember?" Shadow reminds him.
Laxus remembers and is rather shocked.
"Its true, when the smoke cleared you were both out cold. So neither of you won...Well I did win the free for all." Silver explains to him.
"...But I was in Dragon Force and Shadow wasnt...If he was then that just means that he's clearly stronger."
"That's not entirely true, I was only able to beat you because my feelings for Silver made me strong enough to do it. I cant say for certain, but I think I felt just as powerful as I do when Im in Dragon Force."
"...That's still stupid...no way in hell that's true." Laxus denies it.
"Its true Laxus. When Gajeel the Iron Dragon wanted to help Levi the Water Dragon the feelings to protect her were so strong that he unlocked his Dragon Force to save her." Silver keeps explaining.
Laxus is also surprised to hear that. "...It would seem...I still have a lot to learn."
"Yes, you do. But that's no reason we still cant be friends, come with us, join the Neko Dragon guild." Shadow offers to him.
"Are you serious? Why would I wanna do that?"
"One can get very strong on their own, but without friends and loved ones there to help them they cannot reach their true potential." Shadow then stands up and gives Laxus his hand, the Lightning Dragon sheds a few small tears at this and looks up at Shadow in disbelief. "I cant guarantee Ill make you the strongest, but Im sure we're all willing to help you become stronger still. We all have to help make each other stronger, we could really use a power house like you in our guild Laxus."
After a few minutes of thinking it over, he takes Shadow's hand and stands up. "Ill do it, thank you Shadow."
"Anytime Laxus." The Neko Dragon emblem then appears on the left side of Laxus's chest.
Silver smiles at this, then remembers why her and Shadow are there in the first place. "Oh, Shadow we should get going soon."
"Yeah, the sooner the better."
"Where ya guys going in such a hurry?" Laxus asks.
"The Dragon Archipelago, we're going to find answers."
"Well then good luck to ya, Im gonna head back to the guild hall."
"Its actually a temple in a place the Magic Council cant get to us. The emblem will show you the way." Shadow informs their new friend.
"Sounds like an even better place to hide then here, thanks again Shadow and Silver." He smiles at them, then in a flash of lightning Laxus is gone.
"Well you ready Shadow?" Silver asks him.
"I guess so Silver, lets get going." They stare into each other's eyes.
"Okay." She smiles and they head to the beach.
Ruby: So now we got Laxus in our guild?
Cobra: Guess so, how many dragons are left anyway?
Jura: Only two more, Sting and the Nature Dragon. And something tells me Sting wont be as easy to convince as Laxus was.
Gajeel: What gave it away? The fact that he's a total bastard or the fact that he wants to kill Shadow? *He asks, sarcastically*
Wendy: No fair guys! This was supposed to be my turn to narrate!
Marin: Well then please finish us up Wendy, do your best. *Smiles at her*
Wendy: *Goes back to shaking* Okay...Will Shadow and Silver be able to find the answers they seek? Log on next time and find out...Thanks...