A/N: I wasn't planning on updating this story for a while. Why? Because the mange decided to throw me off: Erza's mom, and poor Wendy. I wonder what would happen to Wendy... O.O I cry
But, then I got some cool ideas, and this chapter was my result. How does Lucy V.S. Jackal sounds? But it would more epic than the one in the manga or anime. ;)
Please enjoy?
"Lucy will be here tomorrow, and Jellal will be here today." Hisui murmured as she looked at the reports from Minerva and the Twin Dragons on their last mission at the Sun Village.
"Wait, why is Lucy coming back a day later? I forgot." Sting asked as he leaned back in his seat.
"I remember her saying something about meeting the council for some warning that she needed to tell them." Hisui frowned.
"Now she plans on telling them?" Minerva crossed her arms as she stood between Sting and Rouge.
"Do you know what it's about?" Rouge asked.
"Something that the council should never have the authority to have." Minerva muttered.
The Twin Dragons looked at each other for a moment before looking back at Minerva. "If it's something that bad, then why did she wait for so long?"
"She needed more information. She needed evidence that the enemy wanted their weapon, and she needed to convince them to destroy the weapon until the enemy could take it."
"Why would the council needs evidence? I'm sure they trust Lucy." Sting crossed his arms.
Minerva turned to face the dragon slayer. "I'm sure you know that Lucy has trust issues. She doesn't trust anyone, even the council. She only told me fragments of this, and I was able to piece in the missing pieces. And if my assumption is correct, and if the weapon falls in the enemy's hands, then we need the Fairies' help."
Sting frowned. "I don't see how powerful this weapon is…And I don't know what it can do to us, but if you believe in this, then I'll believe in this as well. Plus, we get to see Natsu again!" He grinned.
Hisui stood up to her feet. "In any case, the mission is going rather successfully. We need to proceed to Plan C. Agreed?"
All three mages consecutively agreed with grins painted on their faces.
"Alright! Hopefully we get to fight this time!" Sting pumped his fists.
"You were supposed to fight in the Sun Village! Why didn't you do anything?" Minerva scowled at the light dragon slayer.
Sting nervous chuckled. "I was…sort of…in awe on how Natsu fought."
"Rouge was the only one that managed to do his job properly! Helping by convincing the devil ice slayer to ice the village and lure the Wizard Saint." Minerva frowned how different the twin Dragons are.
"Can we just get on with Plan C already?" Rouge mumbled, not wanting to hear his milady and his friend arguing.
Hisui lightly chuckled as she grabbed a sack of paper that laid silently on the table. "According to Lucy, The council members are their main targets. Lucy is still trying to figure on why they are their main targets."
"So we need to make sure that we guard all of the council members, correct?" Rouge questioned.
"But Lucy's at the council right now. I'm sure that she can protect them." Sting replied.
"We can only hope for the best." Hisui truly hoped that things won't go south.
Couple seconds later, the door opened, revealing Jellal in his cloak.
"Jellal! You're back!" Hisui said.
Jellal only let out a deep sigh. "Yeah I am. Did the plan succeed?"
"Yep. Now we're going to Plan C" Hisui responded.
Jellal nodded as he walked closer to the mages. "Let's hope that this works. And hope that Lucy don't know what we're doing."
"Lucy being able to read our minds, truly a formidable opponent." Minerva crossed her arms.
"And I thought Doranbolt could do magic like those. I'm surprised." Sting mused.
"Doranolt can't read minds. He can only alter the memories of his opponents." Rouge spoke up, correcting Sting, who merely 'tched' at his friend.
Hisui shook her arms. "Let's just hope that Lucy can convince Doranbolt to alternate the memories of the higher ups so we can get rid of the weapons."
"That Doranbolt is quite fishy in my opinion." Minerva confessed.
"I agree." Sting added.
"Anyway, how are the mission Cobra and the others went to complete?" Hisui spoke up as she looked at Jellal, changing the subject so they won't get too off topic.
The mages turned to Jellal for the report of the mission, knowing how Jellal was given the tasks of being in charge of the villains.
"I received the reports yesterday, and it seems that all Dark Guilds are almost subdued. We may be able to complete the mission of taking out Tartaros without much casualties." Jellal reported.
"Without casualties… Lucy is trying so hard to prevent those…" Minerva frowned.
Hisui nodded. "Lucy's heart is in the right place, but her methods are…well…not well thought out."
Minerva was about to say something, but the door exploded, revealing a familiar figure wrapped in a white cloak that the mages knew all too well.
"Lucy?"
Hisui sighed at the broken properties. "What happened?"
Lucy didn't say anything at first. She responded by walking deeper into the room with a grim look on her face. When Lucy walked deeper into the room, it was evident that there was blood coated all over the blonde, and her cloak was also in tatters, with an addition of an expressionless expression on Lucy's face.
"Lucy?" Hisui hesitantly called out, afraid of what had happened.
"What happened?" Sting asked with a curious tone as she observed each spots of blood that liberated Lucy's body.
Lucy ignored them and walked passed them, intending on going back to her room to clean up. But she was stopped by Minerva stepping in her tracks, who sported a small scowl.
"It would be nice if you could tell us what happened." Minerva stared at blonde, who continued to be expressionless and emotionless, which was unlike her.
"He can tell you." Lucy murmured before walking around Minerva and left the room.
When Lucy was gone, a deadly silence of uncertainty and mystery filled the room.
"He?" Sting spoke.
"She means me." A new registration made itself known at the entrance of broken woods.
The mages turned to see a familiar mage that they were talking not too long ago.
"Doranbolt?" Hisui spoke up.
"They attacked the council, and killed everybody. I was the only survivor." Doranbolt answered for what Lucy refused to share.
"Tartaros's already making their move?" Sting's eyes widened.
Minerva cursed under her breath. "Guess we need to make our moves then."
"There's more." Doranbolt added with a grim look. "They're also going after ex-council members as well."
"So…they're be going after Jellal as well?" Rogue asked.
Doranbolt nodded. "And Lucy is really frustrated right now."
"Frustrated? Why? Last time I remember, she was very distrustful of the members of the council." Minerva said.
Doranbolt frowned as she recalled the attack on the council while was visiting.
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~Flashback~
It all happened in a flash, and it left no room to recuperate from the sudden attack when the building had exploded. Just one single blast sent the entire council to rumbles and it killed some members instantly, while others bled to death.
There was only a few survivors that managed to survive, and they were Doranbolt, Orge, and Lucy.
Lucy managed to shield herself from the surprise attack, and didn't take into account of what had happened. When she saw the current aftermath of the council, she wished she was dreaming.
She looks around, her white cloak coated in dirt, and tried to find what had happened. In the corner of her eyes, she sees Doranbolt, mourning over his dead friend, Lahar that remained limp and cold. It was too late for him. Lucy looked away and tried to find the cause of the explosion.
"What happened here?" Lucy murmured as she walked through the rubbles. She was only here to tell the council to get rid of the weapon before it was too late. She feared that they were already making their moves.
"Lucy!"
Lucy turned to see Doranbolt running towards her, blood dripping from his forehead. "What?"
"Did someone else survive?" Doranbolt asked with a desperate tone that made Lucy pity him.
"I don't know. That's why I'm looking. I need to find what caused this as well, and I fear for the worse." Lucy gritted her teeth as saw corpses of the council and those who had worked for the council.
"You mean Tartaros?"
Lucy sighed as she stepped over a big broken pillar. "It's too soon. But then again, war is unpredictable."
Doranbolt nodded in understanding.
"Lucy…Doranbolt…" Not another second, both mages heard a soft and weak voice coming from their right. Lucy and Doranbolt turned to see Orge pinned down by a large rock.
"Orge!" Doranbolt started to make his way to Orge's side and try to help him. But Lucy made no such move, as she registered a new individual that sent chills up her spine.
"No, no" A new voice that Lucy figured belonged to the individual that she was worried about.
Doranbolt halted in his tracks when a hand slammed into Orge's head, pinned him deeper into the ground. "Letting you live is not an option. Assassinating all nine senate members is our direct after all." The unknown man grinned with evil that Lucy hated so much.
"Doranbolt…Lucy…Run." Orge muttered, coming to terms with his death that cannot be avoided.
Lucy narrowed her eyes at Orge, silently telling him that she will never run away. Without saying anything, or wasting a moment before Orge was killed, she lurched forward and attempted to kick the man off of the councilman.
It was successful on Lucy's part when she was able to kick the man away. However, when the man got up, he grinned evilly and smirked at the blonde. "The name is Jackal. One of the demon gates of Tartaros, and you just touched me."
Lucy frowned at the man at the last part. Not another second, her leg that had kicked Jackal begun to glow, and she immediately knew what was happening. But she didn't have anything to prevent it, or stop it. Another second passed, her leg exploded, sending the blonde to the ground.
The man, Jackal laughed evilly. "I always love a good fight. But that can wait, as I have unfinished business that I need to attend with that survivor over there." He pointed to said survivor that's pinned under a rock.
Lucy grunted at the pain on her leg and forced herself up and glared at Jackal of Tartaros. "You won't be killing anyone else."
Jackal grinned again. "Wow, you're still intact. Impressive. Try and stop me."
Lucy glared at him before summoning the power of one of her strongest spirit, Aquarius. Once the power settled within, she willed all of the water that was nearby and aimed it at Jackal, mindful of not making any contact with the demon.
Jackal dodged it by jumping to his side and lashed forward toward the blonde and tried to punch her. Lucy dodged it has she teleported out of range of his power.
"Nice move." Jackal grinned at Lucy.
Lucy situated herself on a broken pillar and stared down at the demon.
Jackal jumped forward and made an attempt of hitting Lucy, wanting to see some reaction of pain that he got earlier. He wanted to hear more and see more painful expression of the blonde
Lucy made every attempt of dodging and making sure that she doesn't get hit by the explosions by using the power of the Water Bearer and tried to stop Jackal before he land an attack on her. She wasn't a fan of the explosions, and she couldn't avoid to be hit by the deadly explosions.
5 minutes of intense hit and dodge between the demon and the blonde, Jackal finally managed to land a hit on Lucy's stomach, sending her across the ruined building that once used to be a council, followed by a loud explosion and a horrifying loud scream soon followed.
"Lucy!" Doranbolt called out while trying to wedge Orge out of the fallen rock he was pinned down by.
"Dornabolt…Run." Orge spoke up again.
"I'm not leaving you!" Doranbolt shouted, trying to lift the rock again, but it was too heavy.
"Think of what will happen if we lose you as well." Orge hoarse with much difficulty as he stared at Doranbolt.
"I cannot!" Doranbolt cried. "I'm not losing another friend!"
"That's really sweet." Jackal grinned as he appeared from behind.
Doranbolt turned to the man with wide eyes and was tempted to run away. But he didn't want to leave Orge, even if he asked for it.
Jackal cracked his knuckles. "Now, time to finish my mission."
Doranbolt narrowed his eyes and stood, getting into his defensive stance. "You'll have to kill me first!"
Jackal's grin widened with joy. "That could be arranged."
"Run!" Orge repeated, looking Doranbolt with a terrified and confident expression.
Doranbolt ignored Orge and stared at the demon, raising his hands, preparing himself for battle that he doesn't know if he'll survive or not.
Before any of the two mages could move, Doranbolt was soon lurched backwards by an imaginary force and gently collided against a wall. "You'll be in my way."
Doranbolt turned to see Lucy with the angriest expression that she had seen. All he could do was just nod with fear.
Lucy stepped forward and approached Jackal with narrowed eyes and clenched fists.
"Wow. To see that you're still standing after that explosion to your stomach. Impressive." Jackal mused with amusement.
Lucy frowned deeper at the demon. In all honesty, Lucy would've died if she did not have her celestial healing powers. She had almost bled to death, and her blood now coated her white cloak. She needs to be careful next time, and make sure that she doesn't gets hit again.
"Let's see if you can withstand another explosion" Jackal grinned at the blonde, excited to fight some more. Orge can wait, seeing that he can't move. So he has plenty of time to lay waste to the blonde that dared to fight him.
Lucy gritted her teeth and quickly summoned Leo and Norma. The two spirits appeared according to their call and stood next to Lucy with purpose and immediately prepared themselves as they stared at their known enemy.
"Princess, I'm here for you." Leo smiled at Lucy as he raised his fist.
"It's about time!" Norma shouted, excited to have a fight that he missed.
"Leo and Norma, you'll fight by my side and help me take this demon down." Lucy ordered with a glare that's directed to the demon.
"Sure thing, Princess." Leo smirked and cracked his knuckles.
"Can't wait!" Norman grinned and readied his fists.
Lucy then lurched forward, indicating that their battle had begun, and both Leo and Norma followed Lucy to help take down their formidable opponent.
Doranbolt could only watch as Lucy and her spirit begun to fight Jackal that had laid waste to the council and killed many with just one explosion. He was almost afraid if Lucy was his enemy, and what she would've done if he were to fight her. For now, he needs to trust Lucy, and trust that she can defeat the demon and save Orge.
Doranbolt got up on his feet and glanced at Orge, who was still pinned under a rock, and he knew that she needed to get him out soon, or Orge will die. Glancing back at the battlefield between the celestial magic and explosion magic, he looked for an opening to run to Orge's side and try and free him, and save him.
Lucy was frustrated and angry. Jackal was an opponent that she hadn't faced before, and she needed to find a way to stop him and save Orge for some answers. Leo and Norma continuously landed their attacks on the demon, but Jackal merely used his explosion to shield himself from the attacks of the celestial spirits.
"Ya'll are fun. But can we pause? I need to make sure that your friend doesn't escape with my target." Jackal grinned.
Lucy looked to the side and sees Dornabolt attempting to left large rock off of Orge. She gritted her teeth and turned back to Jackal, only to see that he disappeared.
Alarm covering her senses, the blonde turned back to Doranbolt and Orge, and sees that Jackal was in the air, about to kick Doranbolt away. Lucy made quick haste and summoned the power of Antlia and used the speed of power and lurched forward toward Jackal and hoped that she wouldn't be too late.
She was unable to stop Jackal from kicking Doranbolt harshly, sending him across the room, explosion and a scream soon followed. But Lucy stopped Jackal before he does get to Orge and punched him in the stomach without much thought, and sent him across the room. As much as she was concerned for Doranbolt, she need to ensure Orge's safety first.
Lucy stood, panting with adrenaline and felt her arm glowing and allowed it to explode, causing the blonde to scream. After the dust settled, Lucy immediately administrated to her now bleeding arm and used the power of her celestial healing power and stopped the bleeding. She dismissed her spirits to replenish her magic, as both Leo and Norma was draining her magic.
"So, that's how you survived." Jackal boomed with annoyance of being interrupted once again, but was intrigued with the power of the blonde.
Lucy ignored the demon and finished healing her arm.
Jackal grinned. "Well then, I'll shall give you as much explosion I can so you can't heal yourself. Let's see if you can keep up."
Lucy glared at Jackal and readied her arms once her arm was fully healed. "I will stop you."
Jackal grinned and jumped in front of Orge. "Fine, but first, let me kill this man before we can fight. I don't want any more interruptions."
Jackal's hand made its way toward Orge's head, and Lucy made a mad dash toward Jackal to stop him.
Jackal grinned as his plan was working and withdrew his hand and used it to bring a punch toward the blonde. Lucy wasn't expecting this and extended her arms to defend herself.
But before Jackal's fist could connect with Lucy's hands, he stumbled to the ground with a soft thud, causing Lucy to pause in her tracks.
Jackal growled and turned to see that Orge had summoned enough strength to make the demon lose his balance.
"Lucy! Don't waste your life on me." Orge shouted through a hoarse tone.
"I won't let anyone die." Lucy gritted her teeth.
"Like I said, I can't let anyone live." Jackal grinned and grabbed Orge's hand that still had a grip on Jackal's feet. "Explode"
"NO!" Lucy screamed and lurched forward and hoped that she could stop Jackal, or save Orge.
An explosion sent Lucy backwards, colliding against a wall, blood that belonged to Orge splattering against her and her surroundings.
"Ah, blood is the best, don't you agree." Jackal grinned as he emerged from the dust.
Lucy stared at the demon with wide eyes, filled with anger and fear. She couldn't save Orge, and she couldn't save Doranbolt. She was too late. If this demon was just as strong as the other demons of Tartaros, then she has no hope of defeating the dark guild.
"Now, let's continue our fight." Jackal continued and cracked his knuckles.
Lucy narrowed her eyes and stood to her feet and debated on what to do. She stared at the demon, and contemplated on what to do. After a minute, Lucy's eyes widened as she quickly read his mind.
"Lucy."
Lucy turned and sees that Doranbolt was leaning against a pillar, tears streaming down his cheeks, having witnessing the whole scene of Orge being killed in cold blood. "We need to escape."
Lucy eagerly agreed with him and turned back to Jackal. Fighting this demon will have to wait. Doranbolt's injuries seemed more important to attend to, rather than fighting this demon.
Lucy quickly teleported behind Doranbolt and quickly teleported both of them to a different location, away from the demon and their lust for blood.
Once they were safe, or once that they believed they were safe, Lucy immediately tended to Doranbolt's injuries.
"What just happened?" Doranbolt muttered as the blonde tended to his injuries.
"A war between dark and light begins." Lucy muttered after she finished healing Doranbolt.
"What will you do now?" Doranbolt asked as he got back up on his feet.
"I need to find the other ex-councilmen." Lucy muttered as she closed her eyes angrily.
Doranbolt looked at Lucy before trying to review what had happened. "The ex-councilmen? I don't understand."
"They will be hunted, one way or another."
"What? Then we need to do something about this!"
Lucy turned and started to walk in one direction. "First, I need a bath and a change of clothes." She didn't like how her clothes were covered in both hers and Orge's blood. She felt filthy.
"Are you going back to your headquarters? To STAR alliance?"
"Yes."
Doranbolt decided to follow her, as he has nowhere else to go.
~End of Flashback~
The mages were silent, dread filled the air, rendering the occupants that breathed air completely speechless.
"I can't imagine how Lucy be feeling…her efforts being laid to waste." Hisui murmured.
"At least she gained something." Minerva turned to Doranbolt.
"We need to act on this Intel, and fast." Sting stood up to his feet.
"We can't do anything without Lucy's content." Rogue pointed out.
"The ex-councilmen…" Jellal knew that he would also be a target, as he used to be part of the councilmen.
The door opened once again, and Lucy in a newly cleaned clothes and her now white cloak and clean skin walked back into the room.
The mages didn't say anything at first, afraid and unable to speak up after what had happened. And Lucy still seemed angry and frustrated. All eyes were on Lucy, and waited for her to speak up.
Lucy stopped in front of the group and stared at each and every one of them with a criticizing glaze. After a moment of silence, Lucy opened her mouth. "Tartaros made their move. We do the same and ensure the safety of the other ex-councilmen. They may hold the information that we need. And a way to destroy the weapon.
"What is this weapon, may I ask?" Sting asked as he crossed his arms.
"They call it FACE. It is capable of ridding of magic completely."
"Now, that's bad." Sting muttered.
"So what do we do?" Minerva asked.
Lucy sighed. "We split up into groups, and we'll be assigned to protect an ex-councilman, and try and defeat the enemy that dared to attack them."
"Sounds good, but can we even win? You had a hard time." Sting pointed out.
"I can't protect and fight at the same time." Lucy then turned to Jellal. "You are one of the targets. You stay here and stay with Hisui."
Jellal nodded. "That's understandable, but I can still fight, you know."
"I don't like risks.
Lucy left the room and made her way outside. She needed to reflect on what had just happened, and she needed to replenish her magic.
When Lucy had left the room, the mages stood with silence, and contemplated on what to do next. Some had an idea, and others had completely different ideas that they wanted to act on.
"We need to convince Lucy to let Fairy Tail fight with us." Minerva spoke up.
"I agree." Hisui frowned.
"But the question is, how? How can we convince her to let Fairy Tail fight with us?" Sting asked, a question that made the mages rethink on their methods of convincing the blonde.
A/N: Well...? What did you think? O.O I want to know! :3
If ya'll are lucky, I might complete this arc before putting this on a temporary hiatus. I need more information from the manga, so I will have to wait...AND I HATE WAITING! T.T
Please review and comment on your thoughts! I don't bite~
Toodles!~~