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Warpath
Sado stopped as he spotted Alzack standing down the road from him. Instantly, a barrier rose around them, declaring that they had to fight. Sado continued walking.
"Now who...oh shit!" Alzack shouted. "Guns mag-"
Sado appeared beside him, slamming a fist into his gut and dropping him. The barrier faded and he continued walking. About a block later, Laki skidded into his path and another barrier rose. The wooden club Laki had in her hand broke apart instantly as Sado's flames spiked, growing out of control.
"What gives!?" Laki demanded before her eyes widened as she stared at Sado. "No way!"
"Laki, close your eyes," Sado said. "I'll make this quick."
"But...I have to...save them," Laki said.
"Look at me, Laki," Sado said. "This barrier negates all magic, and yet I'm on fire. Tell me which of us you think stands a better chance of taking down Laxus and the Thunder Legion."
"Okay," Laki said, squeezing her eyes closed. "Please be gent-"
He appeared behind her, removing his flames from his hand and chopping her in the back of the neck, knocking her out. As soon as the barrier was gone, his flames returned to merely shooting from his hands again.
"Keep sending friends my way Freed, it won't save you or Evergreen," Sado snarled, continuing to walk.
Warren and Nab both stumbled upon Sado as he was walking along, but before they could do anything, he had knocked them out. Then, finally, he stepped into a shopping center just as Evergreen turned Elfman to stone, Elfman in his Beast form.
"Evergreen!" Sado snarled, the woman spinning toward him, eyes wide with fear.
"What..." she began to back away, but when she turned to sprint he was already behind her, catching her by the throat and lifting her off the ground. "But how?"
"You think anyone's going to stop and fight against me?" Sado asked. "Let's take this somewhere less populated."
He jumped, flames launching him to a nearby rooftop, Evergreen still stuck in his grip. Once he landed, he hurled her and she flipped, a set of dragonfly-like wings extending from her outfit, controlled by magic. She stopped herself, landing on her feet and glaring at him.
"What's the matter?" Sado snarled, his flames growing even larger, engulfing his entire body. "You're not afraid of me now, are you bitch?"
"Not at all," Evergreen said, lifting her glasses, her eyes flashing.
Sado smirked as Evergreen's face contorted in confusion.
"Why isn't it working!?" she demanded, eyes flashing several more times.
"Simple," Sado snarled. "You wear glasses to control your ability, and therefore can't use it on anyone wearing glasses. These flames function as my glasses."
"I see," Evergreen snarled. "Then I'll just beat you the hard way!" Golden dust began to form around her and she opened her fan. "Fairy Machine Gun, Leprechaun!"
She swung her fan, launching a barrage of golden spikes that exploded when they met Sado's flames. Sado waited, watching the explosions bend around his flames in silence. Finally, the smoke cleared and be began to walk forward, Evergreen's eyes widening in fear.
"No!" she gasped. "Impossible!"
She shot forward, golden dust surrounding him.
"Fairy Magic, Gremlin!" she shouted.
This time, before they even began to explode, he jumped, slamming both hands into her back and sending her crashing to the ground where the explosions caught her, instead. He landed beside her as she rolled over, groaning. He picked her up by the throat, careful to keep his flames away from her as he began to squeeze.
"Fix her!" he snarled. "NOW! ! !"
"It's done!" Evergreen choked out. "The spell's cancelled!"
"Good," he snarled, slamming her down into the roof, knocking her unconscious. He turned, looking to the church where he knew Laxus would be waiting. He dropped back into the street, continuing to walk along. Before he could go far, however, glass orbs began to float out of the church, surrounding the city, each orb having a yellow lightning-shaped lacrima inside.
"Thunder Palace," Sado snarled, looking between the lacrima and the church. "Damn you Laxus."
Ur stopped as Freed appeared in front of her looking exactly as he had been in the guild hall, green hair with two lightning-bolt-shaped spikes on the sides, red coat, sword in hand, and a bored expression. She smirked, placing her hands together.
"I must say, you're quite attractive Ur," Freed said.
"Why thank you," Ur smirked. "Normally I'd accept a drink from you, but given how much you all pissed off my students, I think I'll settle for kicking your ass."
"As you wish," Freed said, slashing. "Dark Ecriture, Pain!"
Glowing purple script appeared on her chest and faded. Then, a moment later, her world erupted into unimaginable agony. Ur screamed, clutching at her head as the pain tore at her nerve endings. She knew Freed was speaking, but she couldn't process his words. He slashed again, and fear joined the pain, again it was more than she had ever experienced, even when facing Deliora. Another slash and both the pain and fear began to get worse. Then, her daughter flashed through her mind and her eyes opened. It wasn't the worst she had felt. It was close, but not the worst. She pushed herself up, Freed staring at her in shock. She put her hands back together.
"Impossible!" Freed shouted. "You can't possibly be standing! Dark Ecriture, Pain! Pain! Pain!"
The pain began to get worse, Ur's entire body trembling, her magic barely responding through it, but the tears flooding down her face were from an entirely different pain, one that his spell couldn't begin to compare to.
"Your spell's impressive," Ur said. "But I've felt more pain than you could ever cause me. Physical pain can only get so bad. But true pain will always be worse. Like the pain of losing a child. Compared to what I felt when Ultear died, this is absolutely nothing!"
"Very well then!" Freed snarled. "If you're in so much pain, I'll put you out of your misery! Dark Ecriture, Dea-"
"Ice Make Rose Garden!" Ur shouted, a massive sea of pink-tinted ice flowers shooting from her feet to Freed, freezing him solid just as Mira landed behind her.
"I see you had it handled," Mira said.
"Yes," Ur said. "Sado is on his way to the church to deal with Laxus. He's going to kill him this time."
"Sado isn't going to kill Laxus," Mira said. "He's not a murderer."
"But is he under control?" Ur asked. "That's what happens when he loses control, right? People die?"
"People die every day," Mira said. "Sado's not a murderer. He'll be fine."
"You have so much faith in him," Ur smiled just as her ice exploded, Freed rising out of it.
He was different now, though. He had transformed his upper body into that of a demon. A pair of horns grew backward on his head, black fur covered his arms and the sides and back of his torso, his skin had turned a dark grey, there was a wing-like design on his chest, he had massive pointed ears on the sides of his head, pointed teeth, light grey scales around his right eye, which had turned black, and a pair of spikes had grown from his elbows. From his back a pair of glowing purple runes extended outward, forming wings.
"He looks like a demon," Ur said, placing her hands together, only for Mira to set her own hand on Ur's shoulder, stopping her as she shifted back into her devil form.
"You've already faced a devil, right?" Mira asked. "I haven't gotten to stretch my muscles for a while." She extended her wings from her back, cracking her neck. "Allow me."
Ur nodded and Mira blasted off the ground, reaching Freed instantly, her fist blasting into his gut, launching him backward. He crashed into the ground before flipping, a sphere of dark magic energy with a red aura formed around both of his fists, a similar one forming around both of Mira's, but hers having their usual purple aura. Freed shot forward, punching at Mira rapidly, Mira avoiding the strikes, driving her own into Freed each time he missed her. Finally, she clasped her hands, swinging them from her left into the side of his head, blasting him sideways. He flipped, stopping himself and growling in rage as she held out her hand, a black spell circle forming in front of her.
"Darkness Stream," Mira said, dozens of pitch black hands of magic energy shooting out of the circle at Freed, who began to fly around, avoiding them.
Finally they faded and he stopped, roaring angrily, his black fur spreading down his legs until hid-calf, below with became grey scales and clawed toes, three in front and one in back. Then, a black and red spell circle formed in front of him.
"Darkness Breath!" he shouted, a massive blast of dark energy forming into a tornado, blasting into Mira who began to shoot backward, crossing her arms to shield her face. Then, he appeared in front of her, a sphere of his dark magic in his hands. "Darkness Flash Bomb!"
She grunted as it exploded against her chest, blasting her down into the water. She opened her eyes and smirked, gripping the water with her magic and spinning, rising back out of it with the water spinning around her in a tornado of its own. Then, she looked up at Freed, glaring.
"Evil Explosion!"
She hurled the water in her hands at Freed, sending the tornado itself at him as a massive spinning blast of water. It exploded into him, launching him backward and she stopped on level with him, forming a black sphere like a vortex, a black spell circle forming and then being sucked into it instantly.
"I haven't used this for a while," Mira said. "Soul Extinction!"
She shoved it at him and it exploded outward into a gigantic beam of energy, tiny violet lights seeming to race through it as it engulfed Freed instantly. Then, it exploded, purple and black magic energy filling the sky for several seconds, everyone stopping to watch. As the smoke cleared, Freed fell, crashing down in a crater and groaning, Mira landing over him. He stared up at her, eyes wide with fear.
"Relax," Mira said, transforming back into her human form. "You've lost Freed."
"Why aren't you killing me?" Freed asked.
"Because this battle is meaningless," Mira said. "I won't kill you because we're allies. We're from the same guild. That means we laugh together, we celebrate together, and we grow together."
"No, Laxus is my only ally!" Freed shouted.
"It doesn't have to be that way," Mira said. "It's perfectly fine to have that one person you trust more than anyone. It's human nature. But that doesn't mean you shut out the rest of us. We're part of something bigger. We're like family. If you just reach out, I promise there will always be someone there for you." She reached out, taking his hand and smiling. "Once you finally get that connection, you'll never forget that it's there. You're surrounded by people who care for you."
Freed began to cry, raising a hand to his face. "I never wanted it...to come to this!"
"Yeah I know that," Mira smiled. "How about next year, we enjoy the Harvest Festival together? As a family should."
Her smile faded and she pushed herself up as Ur arrived with Elfman, who Mira had had with her.
"Please take Freed back to the guild hall," Mira said.
"I will," Ur nodded. "Go help Sado."
Mira nodded, transforming again and taking off.
Sado stared at the light and smiled. "Stretching your muscles Mira? You didn't have to go all out like that against Freed."
"Your girlfriend's as much a sadistic nut job as you are," Bixlow said.
"Sadist! Sadist!" his totems chanted, only to burst into flames as Sado glared at him, letting his arm drop back to his side.
"Hm...that's going to be problematic," Bixlow said. "I didn't think I have any non-flammable toys in town."
"So I see you beat Gray," Sado mused. "That's a shame. Now you've made the mistake of standing in my way."
"Sado!" Lucy shouted, jogging to a stop beside him, Cana on his other side. "We'll handle this creep. You go and deal with Laxus."
"How much time do we have left?" Sado asked.
"Less than an hour until he fires the Thunder Palace," Cana said. "Can you do it?"
Sado grinned just as a cloaked figure with a half-dozen staves on his back stepped out ahead of them, looking back at him from under his cloth mask.
"Oh yeah," Sado grinned. "I've got this." He walked past Bixlow, who made no move to stop him, then stopped beside Mystogan. "Long time no see."
Mystogan nodded, setting the end of his usual staff, one with a fan at the other end, on the ground. He looked back toward Bixlow, then at the church just down the road.
"Shall we?" Sado grinned.
Mystogan nodded and Sado grinned, cracking his knuckles as they both turned toward the church.
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