Chapter 52
I'm surprised at how few scolded me for postponing Lucy's match once again. It was only a pair of people, really. Anyway, get your butts ready, 'cause today Lucy'll fight! :3
Thank you DesolationDeath for helping me out with the story!
I apologize for any grammar errors that I have made! Read & Review!
Disclaimer: Actually, just yesterday I was on the edge of convincing Slowpoke to let me have a share of the story - I planned to conquer it later on, I had to get under his skin first - but then, of all people, Zeref, the almighty, popped up and sent me away. DAMN YOU ZEREF!
Back at the balcony~
Gajeel's P.O.V
Well, the first match went by in a snap. Some cat-chick, Millianna, of Mermaid Heel was against some ugly dude, Semmes or something, from Quatro Puppy. She had some weird-ass magic, cat-tubes, which she quickly tied the big guy up with. She got it all done in less than two minutes.
Besides that, with Bunny-Girl's complete annihilation of that magic thing, we were tied out with the Ravens. What kind of messed up performance was it even they delivered back there. That Obra-dude was seriously weak if he could only score 4 damn points.
Well, at any rate, the battle between Sabertooth's Rufus and the little guy from Blue Pegasus was about to start. Based on earlier results, I was pretty sure that this one was a clear win for the tigers.
Actually, the battle just started, as the gong sounded. Eve didn't waste a second as he swiped his hand forward. "White Fang!" He said as pure, white snow spun around itself and towards the Saber mage in big snowflakes. It all looked more like a comfortable swirl of cotton.
Rufus didn't move out of the spot, even as the magic was right in front of him. "I'm memorizing that magic." Rufus declared and then jumped high up into the sky, just before the pony's magic clashed with itself, where the Saber was supposed to be, and created a big explosion of snow, which should've encased the Saber. Well, that was what I guessed it was meant to do anyway.
Then the commentator-dude began speaking. "Two people who met in Day 1's Hidden event collide once more in Day 3's battle!" He said semi-loudly. You're way too slow, commentator-guy.
Then, the old guy said something that surprised me, actually. "Eve-kun was originally with Council, right?" He asked the guest commentator, Lahar. So that little runt had actually been with the Council once? Well, he certainly chose the right path!
"That's correct." The council-guy confirmed. "He was a Rune Knight and a member of the Custody Enforcement unit, the same as me." Lahar told us. "He was always an outstanding talent, but after entering a guild, his magical power has been polished further." He said. What is it they say? You learn something new every day.
The cosplay-guy held two fingers to both of his temples and smirked at Eve. "Memory Make.." He said, getting ready to make a new spell. I had never heard of Memory Make magic before, but to be all honest, it sounded powerful. Making something from your memory. In other words infinite possibilities. "Karma of the Burning Land!" Rufus half yelled. He put his hand on the ground and flames instantly shot out from the bare ground.
The farther away it came from the Cosplay-guy - my new nickname for him - the bigger the flames grew and they kept to the ground. The flames swiftly crawled their way to the Snow mage and burned him roughly, making him scream in agony. It had been a long time since I heard that kind of screams…
But the spell only lasted a moment, right after that, it disappeared and Eve landed on the ground a little away with a thump. And exactly as I had expected, the match was over in that instant. With only one hit too. "The match is over!" Chapati declared in the microphone, sending the crowd into a round of cheers. "Eve put up a valiant effort against Rufus, but to no avail!" He said. Way to rub it in his face, old man. "The victor, Sabertooth's Rufus! Strong as expected!" He yelled, making the crowd's cheering into roars instead.
It was to be expected that these guys were strong. Otherwise there'd be no way they'd be on top for so long. But they were going to lose that title, that was for sure.
The two who had just battles came of the arena, the pony with a bit of help, and the pumpkin appeared instead, waving at all of us. "Next up, let's start the third match! Kabo." He said. Ohh? Somehow I knew this was something special. Maybe I'd get to kick some ass. "Fairy Tail B's-" Hah! So it was really me! "Lucy Mau'Te Rongo!" WHAAAAT?! Bunny-Girl?! "Vs Raven Tail's DD!" The pumpkin announced.
That was when my jaw hit the ground. No way! I wanted to fight those bastards! There was something wrong with those guys, they were too cocky. I wanted to kick their asses so much they wouldn't be able to walk! And then here comes Bunny-Girl and takes my spot. What the hell?!
I looked at Bunny-Girl, who looked shocked herself. But there was also a lot of determination in those eyes of hers. She was clenching the railing, looking at the Raven Tail balcony on the other side of the stadium. She was obviously struggling with something.
The Chaos Dragon put his hand on hers, drawing her attention. "You can do it Lucy." He reassured her. Those words seemed to be all she needed to hear. She nodded, determined, and jumped over the railing. The feeling she had around her. She was dead serious.
What the heck had I missed? I knew Raven Tail and Fairy Tail weren't exactly on good terms, but this was obviously more than that. It just seemed.. Much more important somehow.
She calmly walked to the middle of the field, as the Raven also did it.
Down on the ground~
Lucy's P.O.V
I was glaring right at the man in front of me. DD. He was the one of the Ravens who seemed considerably normal. His eyes switched between green and blue - the only two colors he had shown so far. And he was grinning at me.
He had that wide, amused smile etched on his face, as if it was all just a game for him. Well, maybe it was. Maybe he wasn't even aware of who he was fighting against. Or maybe he did. And the fact that I couldn't even use my Dragon magic. Maybe he was just laughing at me.
The Ravens. They knew something, it was confirmed yesterday. Acnologia had spoken to the other Heads, but they decided not to do anything, since it would be too risky without knowing anything at all. I had to agree with them.
I stopped when I stood just a few paces in front of the guy. He was taller than me, almost as tall as Acnologia, but not quite. His posture told me he was confident. Probably that he'd win or something. I glared right into his changing eyes. I would not lose this battle. I would show him, and all the other Ravens, that there was no stopping a Dragon. Or a Fairy for that matter.
Chapati was the one to break our stare-contest. "LET THE MATCH BEGIN!" He yelled as the gong once again marked the start of the battle.
I quickly crouched, so I was ready for whatever he might throw at me. I waited, wanting to see what he did to counter it and figure out how this guy moved.
But he didn't move either, actually, he seemed awfully casual about the whole thing, standing there, grinning and with his hands in his pockets.
Fine then, I'd make the first move. I moved my hands down to my hips, one grasping Fleuve d'étoiles and the other making its way down in my pouch after a key. I repeated the order of my keys in my head and quickly found the key I wanted.
I pulled the key up swiftly and pointed the golden metal at my opponent, while having also pulled the whip out, so it was ready to be used. "Open Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!" I called as my pink-haired Maiden Spirit appeared before me in her shackles.
She bowed lightly at me. "Hello, Hime-sama. Is it time for my punishment?" She asked me, as per usual. I realized that it had been too long since I had called her, as well as the rest of my Zodiacs, out. And the Silver keys too.
I nodded. "Yes, Virgo. We're going to punish this guy." I told her, not looking away from my opponent. I feared that if I looked away from him for even a second, he would attack me.
Virgo gave me a nod, realizing this battle was serious. She jumped up in the air, as if she was a dolphin in water, and bore down in the ground, disappearing from sight.
DD watched as Virgo disappeared into the ground, then grinned up at me, his eyes shining blue. "What? Do you really think a lowly Spirit like her can hit me?" He asked me. His smirk widened. "Think again, sweetheart." He said.
I felt an intense magic rising from him and suddenly the whole ground changed into sand. I glared up at him. Virgo couldn't dig in this and he knew it. It was too soft for her. I touched her key again, calling her back.
I looked at him, as he stood there, smirking. "Who are you?" I asked him bitterly, spitting every word out as if it was poison.
He grinned at me. "I'm glad you ask!" He told me rather excitedly. "I am DD, creator of absolute Desolation, the cause of inescapable Death. From there comes my name, Desolation Death." He explained. "Well, you can also erase the space if you want, but it's up to you." He told me with a wide smile.
I narrowed my eyes at him. That wasn't even a name. He was not going to tell me his real name, that much was clear.
I looked down at the sand-like ground I was standing on. I had a Spirit that fit this place perfectly. I touched Scorpio's key at the side of my belt. "Open Gate of the Scorpion! Scorpio!" I told my Scorpion Spirit.
Just like with Virgo, Scorpio appeared right next to me. "We are!" He exclaimed. He didn't need to be guided to the enemy, Virgo had probably told them all that I was fighting. "This whole arena is our sand!" He told us all and crouched a little down, his tail pointing up in the air. "Sand Spear!" He chanted.
Out of his stinger-like tail came a spear of sand. I quickly reacted as he said the spell and lashed out at DD with my whip. It wrapped around him keeping him in place, just before the Sand Spear hit him.
But just as the sand was supposed to hit his face and fly out in every direction, it began floating calmly in the air in front of him. He tipped his head to the side, and the sand flew off in that direction. Suddenly, I felt the grip my whip had on him loosened. That too began floating in the air around him, not at all restraining him like it was supposed to.
I pulled my whip back and clicked it back on my belt. It was obviously useless against this man, to use it that way anyway. And that was how I used my whip 90 percent of the time. "Gravity magic?" I asked him. That was the only magic I could think of, which would do what he just did with the whip and the sand. And he seemed to be very adept with it. It didn't explain what he did with the terrain though..
He smiled widely at me. "Correct!" He said as if I'd just answered a question right in a quiz. "But, there's more than just that." He promised me. Yes, I'd figured that much out.
Since I couldn't use my whip, I would just have to use my Celestial magic instead. Gravity magic didn't have any effect on that after all. But I also had to figure out what that other magic he possessed was.
I would have to get closer to him though… I summoned a golden glow to my fists and looked at Scorpio, who was awaiting my command. "Scorpio." I simply said, knowing he'd know what I wanted.
He nodded. "We will help you, Lucy!" He reassured me and once again stood on all fours, tipping his tail forward. "Sand Vortex!" He called. Sand appeared around DD, swirling around him like a whirlpool. It was a new move Scorpio and I had worked out, training under the Spirit King.
I nodded in thanks and quickly shot forward at the Raven, getting ready for some close combat. The now softened ground made it a bit difficult to move, but nothing I couldn't handle. I quickly neared him, but just as I came close, the Sand Vortex Scorpio had created exploded from within and in every direction. That was his other magic, I knew I'd felt it before, but I couldn't quite place it.
"Ha!" I heard him laugh. "Like some measly whirl of sand could keep me trapped." He mocked me. I knew I was close enough to him and aimed a roundhouse-kick right at his face while he was still unsuspecting. Well that was what I thought, but just as I was about to hit him, my shin hit his forearm roughly. He smirked back at me. "Sweet cheeks, you'll have to do better than that." He told me and pushed his arm back, making me fall down on the ground on my butt. Very elegantly, indeed.
I quickly got on my feet again and jumped back from him, trying to figure something else out. I had reinforced that kick with Celestial magic, it shouldn't have been as simple as it seemed for him to stop it.
I knew who I should call out… Someone I trusted a lot and knew would cover the close combat department well. I touched Loke's key. "Loke." I simply said, completely forgetting that there was actually and incantation for opening Gates and that most Celestial mages used them.
The Lion Spirit appeared beside me, also aware of the situation and not making any weird appearance, declaring his love for me or anything. "It's been way too long, Princess." He simply told me, then charged in at the opponent.
The two of them quickly engaged in close combat, Loke momentarily driving his attention away from me and my other Spirit. Loke got DD turned around, so that he had his back to us, creating the perfect opening for us.
I exchanged gazes with Scorpio and we both nodded, readying our own attacks. "Sand Buster!" He said and a big tornado of sand shot out of his tail and at DD's back.
I quickly sent a beam of my own magic into his and spun it around with Scorpio's Sand Buster. "Celestial Sand!" I said somewhat loudly. "Loke, go back!" I quickly called. He nodded at me and disappeared back into the Spirit World.
The swirl of golden sand quickly closed the distance between DD and itself. The target turned around so he stood with his side to us and looked at the beam calmly with green eyes and a little smile playing at his lips. He simply held his hand forward at the rapidly approaching tornado. And just like that, it exploded again and disappeared. Well, the sand did, but my Celestial magic didn't.
The golden magic continued on towards its target and spun right around DD's hand and arm, hitting him around the shoulder. The magic didn't seem to hurt him much.
As I had expected, whatever magic it was he used, it didn't affect the Celestial magic I could produce. It was too 'pure' to be affected by it. Unfortunately, Celestial magic wasn't supposed to hurt someone like this. It was supposed to protect, strengthen and summoning Spirits.
I furrowed my eyebrows. What was I supposed to do here…? Any time this guy whished; he could push us down with his Gravity magic or make us fly around weightlessly. And I didn't even know what he could do with that other magic.
He smirked at me, completely unaffected by my Celestial magic. "At this rate, you won't stand a chance to win, now will you, Mau'Te Rongo?"He asked me mockingly, putting extra emphasis on my last name. "You'll have to use your Drag- no, Elemental keys if you want to win." He mocked me, once again letting me know he knew all about me. It was painfully obvious that even though Scorpio was at the most advantageous field, he still wasn't strong enough to do anything against this guy. So, with a single glance, I sent him home to Aquarius.
I crouched down again. It was obvious this guy was stronger than he led us to believe. I could feel a well of untapped magic in him. Perhaps I should go first and tap on some of the magic I kept hidden.
I closed my eyes for a second and released a fourth of the magic I had been holding down. For a start, this was enough. I opened my eyes and released it all in one burst.
The sudden break in defense made a semi-strong wind blow out, with me in centrum, and DD momentarily lost balance, both from the sudden rise in magical pressure and the wind.
I quickly shot forward, taking advantage of his momentary drop in guard, readying my magic in one foot once again. I reached him swiftly and when I was almost right in front of him, I moved the foot with the magic forward with as much force as I could. "LUCY KICK!" I yelled. My foot shot up like a bullet and hit him right where I wanted it to, in the chin.
He flew far up in the air, it being my strongest kick after all and one I often used as a finishing move. At some point, the force of my kick didn't reach farther and DD slowed almost completely down. Then he slowly, as if gliding off something, began falling down headfirst.
But then, he moved his head and looked directly at me with amused, blue eyes. He winked at me once, then began spinning himself around, using the momentum of the fall. I have no idea how many somersaults he had made before he finally landed on the ground on his feet, with his back to us.
He slowly turned around to me and me, but unfortunately for him, I was already right behind him, delivering a Celestial-enforced punch to his face.
He didn't have time to dodge or block it, so instead he used it to whirl himself around, lifting a foot to give me a kick to the face in return.
Just like he had earlier, I put up an arm for blockade. Our two limbs crashed together loudly and painfully, sending an uncomfortable tingling feeling through my arm. I realized that I didn't have enough strength to hold his foot at bay with only one arm.
I growled under my breath at my own weakness and was about to push his leg away, when I figured I could do something much smarter.
I could feel a little smirk slowly forming on my lips when I looked into the other guy's green eyes. It kinda freaked me out how they constantly changed like that. I disregarded that line of thought and quickly encased my hand in a golden glow.
I saw that he glanced down at my hand, probably feeling the Celestial magic oozing off it. Now, the little smirk grew to a full-blown smirk instead, while I jabbed my glowing hand forward, connecting directly with his stomach.
But my smirk quickly faded. That didn't have the effect I thought it would. His stomach was as hard as steel, almost literally. As it seemed, it hurt me more than him. That damn bastard had seen it coming and had readied himself for it.
He grinned at me. "Nice try, Princess." He said, apparently having finally found a fitting name for me. He finally took his foot down. And in a flowing motion, following his foots course to the ground, he leaned in closer to me. "You know, I don't see much Peace in you, Princess. You seem more like a wild beast." He told me with a wide grin.
I found myself speechless. I knew he knew I was a Dragon, but I guess it hadn't really seeped in after all. Now, it was hard not to know he did, he had basically called me a Dragon. A Peace Dragon. And he had used the term I had once used, although only in my thoughts. Who was this guy?
His grin changed to a smirk when he heard the loud growl coming from the balcony behind me. "What? Rendered speechless with my good looks?" He asked me confidently.
This snapped me out of whatever trance I had been caught in. I did just as I had seen Natsu and Gray do countless times, sticking my own head all the way up to his, so our noses almost touched. "No way, Raven." I snarled at him.
This only made him smile wider. "You're open, Princess." He warned me, before he too shot his hand forward, incased in the magic I recognized, but couldn't put my finger on. It quickly connected with my stomach, giving me no time to do what he had done.
While I bent forward, trying to regain at least some kind of air back into my lungs, I finally realized what kind of magic it was. It was the one which made everything crumble around you, if you didn't keep it down. The magic Fairy Tail's ace owned. Crash.
I knew his magic wasn't as strong as Gildarts', I'd be long gone by now if that had been the case, but that didn't mean it wasn't strong. It was one of those magic where it just didn't matter who had it, that guy would be strong.
I heard my opponent laugh above me, as I had fallen on the ground, clutching my stomach. "You're nothing like what Master put you up to be, creature of Peace. I don't get why he would want you for anything." He laughed at me. I cast my eyes at the ground again. Just as I thought he couldn't insult me further, I heard a word. That one word. "You're weak, Mau'Te Rongo." He told me.
Was he telling me that I was weak?! You could call me a lot of things, but if you called me weak, my darker side would make its way to the front.
My inner Demon Lucy aura began seeping out of me in waves, sending dread and the promise of doom into anyone unfortunate enough to be close by.
I began laughing by myself, still keeping a tight hold on my stomach as I looked at the ground. "Ohh…" I said in a dark voice. "So I am weak, am I?" I asked him, while he was still laughing.
It seemed he finally realized I had changed. His laughing halted and I was guessing he was looking down at me. To confirm it, I slowly turned my head up in a way I guessed was creepy. My eyes met his, and I saw how he gradually blanched, looking down at me and feeling the aura which now was solely focused on him.
At first, I scowled at him, but slowly that scowl changed to a little smile, which, judging by my opponent's face, wasn't a pleasant kind. He involuntarily took a few steps back, making some distance between us.
I slowly got up on my feet again, tipping my head a little back. Kind of like how the redhead from his own guild had. "Shall we see who's weak now, creator of Death?" I mocked him, using his own words. It was ironic as it was right now. He was almost trembling where he stood, while I had the aura of 'Death' around me.
I touched two keys at my belt and called them out. "Fortis, Consectetuer." I said in my dark voice, as the two fighters appeared at either side.
As usual, Flash threw his arm around my shoulders, being one of those people who didn't give a damn what Acnologia said. Surprisingly, Acnologia didn't react as strongly when this guy touched me than when anyone else did. Maybe he'd just given up with this one?
Flash grinned down at me, his scythe hanging casually over his shoulder as if running around with a scythe was the most normal thing in the world. "I like that aura, Princess." He told me approvingly and laughed.
Fortis stared directly at the man, whose eyes were now almost completely black. A color we hadn't seen before, eh? "Is this out opponent, Lucy-dono?" He asked me, his attention not wavering the slightest.
I nodded as Flash also looked at the guy in front of us. "Yes. Tear him apart." I told them, knowing it would spur them both on.
My Lightning Spirit began laughing maniacally. "Finally you called me out to a fight, Princess!" He said ecstatically. "I WILL ANNIHILATE YOU!" He told the opponent, who took another step backwards.
On the other hand, Fortis only nodded. "I will make sure Lucy-dono doesn't look weak in this rude man's eyes." He told me as if what he said didn't even exist and 'this guy' wasn't sane.
Yep, these two guys were definitely some of the best choices I had as it was right now. Both extremely good hand-to-hand combatants. Or just close in general.
They both charged forward, Flash with a battle-cry. He was obviously enjoying himself. Fortis on the other hand, thought something else. "How dare you insult Lucy-dono with your presence, you commoner!" He yelled at him.
Even though I was Demon Lucy, I sweat dropped at this comment. It was like he thought I really was a princess of some kind.
Lightning began to crackle all the way around Flash's scythe as he quickly closed in on DD, who had finally regained his composure. I figured this out, because his eyes had once again changed to a color he hadn't used before. They were glowing bright red as if he was some kind of beast, keeping his focus on the two Spirits.
They both closed in on him equally fast, while he stood still awaiting their attacks. I could feel they both summoned magic to their respective weapons, preparing to slice down.
When they were inside reach, they both began slicing each of their weapons down. It seemed DD had expected this. He closed his eyes for only a second and when he opened them again, a strong wave of his Crash magic flew from him.
I stumbled a little backwards when I was hit, but I made sure to supply both my Spirits with enough magic, so they wouldn't be affected with the wave. And it worked.
Both slashed down at him simultaneously and with their magic intact around their weapons. It seemed that Fortis' magic was quickest, as it spread around him, covering more than just the wound on his chest. Meanwhile, Flash's magic came into contact with Fortis' and electrocuted the Raven.
They both jumped back quickly, landing on either side of me. They hadn't even needed to talk about it, they both knew what they were supposed to do.
DD didn't seem to get much of an electrocution, but it wasn't what shocked him anyway, judging by his facial expression and suddenly orange eyes. He looked alternately at the three of us, at some point only at my two Spirits. "How did you..? My magic was supposed to neutralize any magic." He told us confusedly.
I smiled darkly at him, taking a step forward to regain his attention. "Your Crash magic can't affect magic as pure as the ones these Elemental keys use." I told him. He still looked confused. I guess that he didn't know everything after all. I sighed and signaled for my two Spirits, well mostly Flash, that they were allowed to attack him again.
Of course, he also did this immediately. He shot a little beam of Lightning at DD, while he still had Iron magic in his system. DD tried to block it with his magic, but it didn't work on it, it just continued on and hit him, sending him into another round of electricity. Meanwhile, Flash also closed in on DD, swinging his scythe around as if it was a plaything.
Maybe he would slice that guy to ribbons? Heh, he'd deserve it after calling me weak. He should just be grateful I wasn't able to use my own Dragon magic right at the moment. I'd swallow him. Alive.
I took another step forward as my Spirit and the guy were now quite preoccupied with a one on one. "Just like with my Celestial magic, you can't hit the Elemental key's magic." I knew what he was going to ask, as well as anyone else in this situation. "The Elemental keys aren't like the Zodiac keys or the Silver, they work purely on their individual Elemental magic. Zodiac's, like Scorpio's, all have a hint of Celestial magic in them, which is why you could separate them with Crash. But you can't do that when it's completely pure." I explained.
That was how to beat this guy. Crash-magic wise anyway. Then there was his Gravity… That was troublesome.
Flash swung his scythe down one more time in an almost animalistic way. Had animals been able to hold scythes… I noticed that his whole way of fighting was very animalistic. Relying on senses and instinct rather than wits. I knew a few other people who did that as well.
I saw DD's face lit up with realization. So he had realized too, huh? Gravity magic. That was what he should use if he wanted to win. I quickly reached for my whip and while he gathered his magic around him, I lashed out with it, grabbing his arm just above his wrist. He only just realized it was around him before I pulled it back forcefully. So forcefully I 'accidentally' made him crash into the wall behind me.
He closed his eyes in pain and grunted as he slid down on the ground. I looked at Fortis, who nodded. I nodded in return and focused on getting my magic to my Spirit. I felt him take quite a bite of it, then got submerged in a golden glow. Before the glow had subsided again, he was already running forward in his armored Rhino form.
The ground shook lightly under the weight of the big rhino as he made his way towards our opponent. He kept running forward, although not too fast.
I heard the maniacal laugh belonging to my other Spirit behind me, as he began running forward as quickly as he could. He caught up with the rhino in no time and jumped up on his back. "YEEHA!" He said excitedly with his scythe in the air.
"Don't get used to it, Consectetuer." He warned the bat, before speeding up just a bit. DD looked up from where he lay on the ground, slowly pushing himself up with one hand.
He had one closed eye, as blood oozed out from a wound, that the wall had apparently inflicted on him. above it. He held one hand out to the two Spirits. "Gravity: Down." He said.
Suddenly, both Spirits were flying in the air over the ground. Flash looked back at me. "Princess!" He called. I nodded and sent him my magic as well, feeling him take a bite of it as well. He quickly transformed to a bat.
He had much better chance of doing anything in this lower Gravity zone he had been put in. Of course, he had also figured that out. He began flapping his wings and quickly gained speed. He planned to slice the guy up with his wings, as I had later learned was where his scythe had ended up, and probably adding some Lightning to the mix.
That would have been a good idea, if DD hadn't already foreseen this. He had already made his way to his feet, although not standing as steadily as he had before. Had he hit head first into the wall? He held his hand out towards Flash and Fortis. "Gravity: Up." He said. I felt him put extra much magic in this one and widened my eyes, this would probably send both of them back to the Spirit World.
As I had expected, both suddenly crashed to the ground as if what they had been standing on had been pulled away under them. They both managed to make quite the crater in the ground, Fortis' the biggest one of course.
They also both reverted back to their Human selves. Fortis made eye contact with me. "I'm sorry… Lucy-dono. I am a disgrace to you.." He muttered and disappeared.
Meanwhile, Flash only focused on DD. "I'LL KILL YOU!" He yelled at him and then also disappeared. Why did I always get the eccentric ones?
DD, having regained mobility and everything else, grinned at me. "So what're you gonna do now, Princess?" He asked me mockingly. I just glared at him. How dared he hurt my Spirits and friends. I'd get them back for this. "I'll make this quick, it's beginning to bore me." He said with bright blue eyes. He held his hand out towards me. "Gravity: Up." He said.
I felt my legs tremble under me and I fell to my knees, unable to keep myself standing under the heavy pressure of my own weight. Shit.. What was I supposed to do? Should I call another Spirit? But I didn't want to put any of them up against this guy just so they could lose either.
DD casually made his way towards me. "You look really pathetic down there, Princess." He told me, laughing in the meantime.
I glared up at him, at the very least able to move my head. "What does your Master want with me, Raven?" I demanded to know. Might as well get some answers out of him now I had the chance. I kind of got the feeling it could be important.
He smirked down at me. At first, he didn't say anything. Then he crouched down in front of me, full-well knowing I couldn't move. "He wants a Peace creature." He simply told me in a low whisper, so the screens didn't catch it.
I widened my eyes. What? He wanted a Peace Dragon? I get that it could be a powerful asset to the guild, but if it wasn't willingly… What made him think that I would join? I could just eat them all one by one if I wanted to. And wouldn't a Chaos Dragon be better for the task?
Apparently he saw my confusion. "We already have a Chaos creature locked in a jail here in Crocus, as I know you know." He told me. "We need balance, you see." He said and stretched his legs, standing above me. "Something to outweigh the Chaos. Peace." He told me.
That Chaos creature he talked about… Could it be Kurama? No… It could only be Kurama. He said it was something I already knew. The only Chaos Dragon I knew of, which was locked up, was Kurama. So these were the guys who kept Kurama and tortured him.
I felt my anger rise again. How wretched of them! Torturing an innocent Dragon for whatever gain they had of it. We'd stop them. There was no way they would get what they wanted, not if I had anything to say in it.
I'm guessing he could feel my anger rising and kicked my side, making me fall down, without being able to get up or do anything besides glare up at him. Why weren't the judges stopping the match? It was obvious even to me I had lost here. I hated to admit it, but I would get him and the rest of Raven Tail back for this. But not today.
He looked down at me with amused, blue eyes. "Actually, Princess." He called to me. He spoke so softly only I would hear it. I faintly noticed the crowd and judges raging over this fact. "I'm going to let you in on a little secret." He told me. If he didn't have it before, he most certainly had all of my attention now. "You see, I think Master is thinking of getting rid of our current Chaos creature." He said. "It's getting old and weak, we need something strong and fresh." He explained and glanced up at the balcony where my team was. "Like your mate for example."
That was when something snapped inside me. He would NOT even consider touching my mate. I felt my inner Dragon clawing inside me to get to the front. I fought it, but it easily overpowered me. I was raging. Raging with anger towards this man. How was it even possible for anyone to be so disgusting?! I WOULD NOT LET HIM ANYWHERE NEAR ACNOLOGIA!
In an instant, I let down the barrier for my Celestial magic completely, closing my eyes. It sent a wave much stronger than his own out of me, and it wasn't just one, it was several, all with the same intensity. It was fuelled exponentially by my anger.
I felt the effects of the Gravity magic fade completely and got to my feet with my Celestial magic raging around me. I felt it radiating from my body, being too much for me to hold inside me.
When I finally opened my eyes and glared at the man in front of me, who now had completely coal-black eyes again, I saw my own reflection in an instant, before he was literally blown away with an especially strong wave of Celestial magic, which was also the last.
My eyes, just like with this creep, they weren't warm and brown. They were a dark, night-blue color and stars lit them up in a golden glow, my Celestial magic shining out through them. I guessed it was because it was all coursing around in me, enhanced with anger. Anger could do marvelous things.
I slowly and threateningly took steps forward, towards my enemy. "I won't allow you to lay a single finger on Acnologia, Raven." I told him. "You better just spread you wings and fly AWAY!" I yelled at him and stretched my hand out towards him in the same fashion he had. Golden and glittering Celestial magic shot out, much faster than before, towards the guy.
He had no way of stopping it. None of his magic had any effect on it and he hadn't been quick enough to react. The beam of Celestial magic hit him right in the chest. I quickly followed up with a harsh kick to the side, just as he had to me when I was pulled down by his Gravity magic.
Except I deliberately put much more force into mine. Instead of just falling to his side, DD flew off into the wall on the other side. He had his back to the wall, creating a big dent into it.
I had completely let go of my merciful self as I, while I stalked towards him like the Dragon I was, kept an ongoing beam of Celestial magic constantly drumming into him, keeping him where he was, without giving him any hint of a breather.
I glared right at him as I closed in on him, enjoying the way his face twisted in pain. Somewhere deep in myself, I wished that that was due to the Dragon's bloodlust rather than myself. "How DARE you assume that I will just help you?!" I yelled at him.
He was going to suffer. Right here. They said something about how they didn't take responsibility if anyone died here, right? Well, well, well… That was promising.
I continued going forward, getting angrier and angrier for every second that passed. DD, didn't say anything, he only endured, or tried to, my Celestial beam, which suddenly had the property of being able to hurt people directly. As I said, anger was power.
I finally reached him and grabbed his chin, making him look directly at me, as I stopped the Celestial magic from hitting him and instead let it radiate out of me intimidatingly. "Don't think for even a second that I will let you hurt him or anyone else I care about." I told him threateningly. "I'll say it one last time. I will not join your lousy guild for some damn plan your Master has!" I snarled at him.
His eyes, now green again, met mine calmly. "Princess, as much as I like this wild side of yours.." He trailed off, a smile beginning to form on his lips. "You're predictable." He told me and suddenly I felt a strong pain from my chest.
Oh, so this pervert knew where to hit so it hurt? Or was he just that? A pervert? Either way, I would not forgive him for this. Or for anything else he did.
I had released my hold on his chin, so he was on his feet standing like a looming shadow over me. "My Master always gets what he wants." He reassured me and kicked me. I was fast enough to stop his foot with my arm, now enhanced with loads of Celestial magic, having learned from an earlier mistake.
I glared up at him, having otherwise faced the ground. My vision was getting red and blurry from the thought of him 'getting what he wanted'. I wouldn't let him touch my mate! I wouldn't let him touch a single hair on Acnologia's head! I WOULDN'T LET THEM COMPLETE THEIR PLANS!
I felt the last bit of humanity slip out of my fingers as my Dragon-self took completely over. I couldn't control myself anymore. I began growling lowly, so only he would hear it. My bloodlust at the moment was so big and forceful I felt myself preparing to change to my Dragon form.
"Oh no you don't…" The Raven muttered. He quickly gave me a roundhouse-kick to the face. I hadn't had time to block or dodge, but I did have time to react afterwards. I flew with my back parallel to the ground.
Nothing in my mind worked right. I was completely going on instinct right now. It was a scary feeling, but I felt powerful. Unbeatable. Indestructible. Immortal. Nothing this Raven said or did could do anything to me now.
I reached one hand down to the ground. With the help of the sudden decreasing speed, I flipped around. I landed on my two feet and with one hand on the ground. I didn't care about my now bleeding hand. All I cared about was the prey. Right there in front of me. I looked up at my prey as the predator I was.
I faintly registered in my mind that the guy was saying something to me, but it didn't break through the coat of anger I had thrown around me. Nothing did.
I quickly pushed off the ground, running towards the Raven once again. I erased the distance in only a moment. I quickly delivered a powerful right hook. He just barely evaded and gave me a punch in return. I didn't feel it. I was unbeatable.
I grinned, letting my now more fang-like teeth show. I knew my nails had grown too. Sharper. Longer. My knee connected with his stomach. He bent forward, trying to get air into his lungs. I didn't give a damn as I elbowed him in the back. He collapsed on the ground right in front of me.
I growled at him, not saying any words, just telling him I was superior. The predator. He was my prey. Dragons ate Ravens as an afternoon snack. Then picked their teeth with their bones afterwards.
I wasn't done there, I hadn't won yet. I hadn't beaten him. I hadn't killed him. I gave him a Celestial-enforced kick, making him fly away into the wall once again. He was like a bullet from a gun.
He cried out in pain, much to my pleasure. The Dragon inside me howled in glee. I faintly heard him say something. 'You asked for it'. That's what he said. I felt his magical pressure rise. It kept growing.
I looked at him. He had white magic oozing off of him. Crash magic. Nothing to a Peace Dragon. Nothing to me. I responded by getting my own Dragon magic ready for use.
But then he shot forward. Faster than I thought he could. He pushed off the wall. He hit me in the stomach with a knee. Just like I had to him. But his sent me flying. Now I crashed into a wall. I couldn't breathe. There wasn't any air in my lungs.
I looked down. I tried to find him. I got off the wall. But then he was suddenly right in front of me. He tripped me. I fell to the ground. I felt something hit me. The sore spot I had on my stomach. Then my magic faded. All around me, it disappeared. As if someone pulled it out. Absorbed it. It wasn't natural. It shouldn't leave me like this. Someone was taking it.
I felt my sight go blank, then a moment later I opened my eyes again. The intensity of my Dragon had completely vanished, I was back to my own rational self. I stared forward at the open field in front of me with wide, scared eyes. My Dragon, my instincts, they had taken over completely, I was at the mercy of them. It was scary, I was so scared…
I was pulled out of my fear as someone finally said something very loudly. "That marks the end of the most exciting battle for day three!" He yelled. It hurt my ears so much. The waves went right past my ear drums and straight to my brain, where the vibrations shook it painfully. Everything was so loud. So noisy. "What an awesome battle! It left us right at the edges of our seats all the way through! A battle of raw magical power!" The guy continued painfully.
I closed my eyes and held my ears. Maybe I could hide? Couldn't I just be alone? This was way too loud. I was caught, trapped. Everyone was staring at me. Or didn't they see me at all?
I heard footsteps approaching me. I opened my eyes and saw a pair of black sneakers hidden underneath a pair of jeans. "Princess. The match is over." Someone said. I looked up. It was DD. He was looking at me with green eyes. Green, calm and calculating eyes. He held a hand down to me. "Come on, get up or your mate will kill me."
I looked alternately at him and his hand. Debating what I should do. In the end I took his hand, it would seem wrong if I didn't. I nervously looked at him as he helped me up. When I looked into his eyes, the noise of the crowd behind me disappeared completely.
When I finally got to my feet, the haze that was fear cleared a little. I averted my gaze from his. "I-I'm sorry…" I muttered, referring to my anger-attack.
I glanced up at him to see him smirk. "Oh, don't worry about that." He told me. Suddenly, he leaned in next to my ear, invading my personal space. "We can't have you revealing all of your secrets yet, now can we?" He asked me, pulled back and walked back to his balcony with a last wink.
I spaced off for a second, then slowly and unsteadily made my way towards the gate under our balcony. When I crossed over to the shadows under the balcony, I once again felt the fear taking a firm hold of my heart and mind. I quickly crossed a corner, where I then slid down the wall.
I pulled my knees all the way up to my face, like I had done that day fourteen years ago. I put my forehead on my knees and my hands over my ears, locking out the sounds of the people outside.
The Dragon… I had almost killed that Raven. If he hadn't somehow stopped me, I would have killed him. And maybe I wouldn't have stopped there. I would have continued on to the rest of Raven tail. Found their Master, Ivan, was it? Somehow I got the feeling that that was just a cover. There was someone working behind the scenes.
It had taken over my mind completely. I couldn't make a single coherent thought, they were all just a mush. Actually, there was one thing. Kill. That one word kept replaying in the back of my head.
I wasn't the one who moved my body out there. It was the Dragon, the evil Dragon inside me, not Big Lucy, she was funny and kind, no this was the dark Dragon inside me. It wanted blood. Lots of it.
"LUCY!" I heard a feminine voice call to me. I just curled myself even more into the ball. Hopefully this person would know I didn't want company. But my wishes were crushed as the person continued their approach to me. "Lucy…" She muttered.
I felt two arms wrap around me and the distinctive scent of Grandine and Igneel mixed together filled my nostrils. Grandine… This was Grandine. I could trust her. And finally I released the tension I had built up, let go and let the tears fall. They were surprisingly few.
I reached out and threw my arms around her as well, pulling her closer for much needed comfort. I never wanted to experience it again, not being able to control anything, but only able to watch it from the spectator seat. It was scary, more than anything I had ever tried before.
Grandine sat there, holding me tightly as I cried. Let it all out, so I could calm down and talk again. It took a little while, but I finally calmed down enough so I could speak again.
Grandine pushed me back gently and cupped my cheeks, brushing tears away gently and in a kind of motherly way. Her beautiful and kind blue eyes looked into my teary ones. She smiled at me. "Can I heal you now Lucy?" She asked me.
I giggled and nodded, first now noting that my hand was throbbing and my back was hurting. And that wasn't anything compared to my stomach. If Grandine hadn't been around, it would've left a blue mark. A big one too. I would be too embarrassed to show Acnologia my stomach for a long time.
Grandine held her hands over my hand first, healing the bloody hand. She furrowed her eyebrows. "Lucy, I feel someone used their magic on you. It's dark. You should have Amelane purify it." She told me.
I looked up at her. "Really?" I asked her. She nodded. So the feeling I got that my magic was being sucked out wasn't just something I imagined. I guessed it was someone from Raven tail, the same who also did it to Lisanna. Thing is, I was really happy that the person did it. I would have gone on a rampage if he hadn't. I nodded. "I'll ask her after the Games has ended." I reassured her. It wasn't weighing me down as it was right now, so I would be fine to wait.
We sat in silence for a moment, before she spoke up again. "Your Dragons, it almost took over down there, right?" She asked me, momentarily glancing up at me to read my reaction.
I hesitantly nodded, keeping my gaze on my hand. "Yeah… I felt so powerful. It felt like no one could beat me, I was unstoppable, you know?" I asked, really hoping she knew what I was talking about.
She nodded, finishing the treatment of my hand and moving on to my stomach. "We all go through it sooner or later, Lucy. I knew this day would come, just didn't expect it to be in the middle of these Games." She told me.
I looked at her with furrowed eyebrows. "What? You knew this would happen?" I asked her confused. Why hadn't they warned me?
She looked up at me with a kind smile. "Ae (Yes), as I said we all go through this at some point in our lives." She explained. I looked confusedly at her. "It's a kind of test." She told me, having understood my expression. "Every Dragon goes through this. Afterwards, it's important that we find out whether the persons liked what they experienced or if they didn't." She explained.
I looked at her again, tilting my head lightly. "Why? Why are you letting people go through this kind of thing?" I asked her. It was a horrible feeling, not while doing it, but afterwards.
She smiled at me. "Not everyone is as pure of heart as you are, Lucy dear." She told me. "Some people enjoy doing that, letting their instincts take over and kill. It's a second nature to Dragons, that's what we did long ago." She told me, then her face lit up in a bright smile. "But you have nothing to worry about, you obviously didn't like his experience very much." She reassured me.
I hesitated before asking. "Then what about those who do?" I asked, genuinely curious. Would they just watch over them more closely? Or keep them locked up perhaps.
All those thoughts were quickly extinguished, like a bucket of water on a lit match-stick, with the next few words Grandine spoke. "They're killed." She said. "They're too dangerous, for Dragons, but most certainly also for humans. Usually humans are what we have the desire to kill." She looked thoughtful for a while. "That dates way back to when the great war between human-loving Dragons and those who hated them." She told me. "We're protective of our territory after all." She said.
Somehow I got a feeling she was talking about what I yelled out there. Which I just remembered I had. I felt my face quickly heating up and hid it in my hands. "Tell me I didn't yell that out loud!" I squeaked. How embarrassing!
She laughed at me, but didn't get a chance to say anything when my favorite person in the world called out to me. Which I had also just declared to the world. "LUCY!" I heard Acnologia yell from the other side of the hall. I looked to my right to see him finally turning a corner. Then he also noticed me and Grandine and began running full-speed towards me.
Grandine pulled back, being done healing me, I realized. The pain had completely disappeared. That Dragon really was something.
Acnologia quickly reached us and when he was only a pair of meters from us, he fell to his knees and slid the rest of the way. When he was right next to me, he slowed down completely and trapped me in his familiar embrace, burying his nose in the crook of my neck. "Lucy…" He whispered gently into my skin.
I smiled and wrapped my arms around him as well. "Acnologia." I answered back, pushing myself closer to him and letting his delicious smell flow into my nose and fill it.
Acnologia's hold on me tightened a little, I was glad Grandine had healed me, otherwise that had been painful. "I'm glad you're okay." He told me in a whisper. He pulled back and looked into my eyes. "What did that Raven bastard tell you?" He asked me, skipping the part where I was a psychotic Dragon looking for blood.
"I'll let you two be alone for now." She told us with a smile and began walking back the way she came from.
I looked at her and shook my head. "No, you need to hear this too. After that go get the Heads, we're getting Kurama out of there today." I told her. She nodded and both of them listened as I explained what DD had told me.
At the back of the crowd~
Mysterious Master's P.O.V
That match had been good. The one between the man I trusted most and Lucy Mau'Te Rongo. DD had made a good job of showing me just how much the girl had learned on Celestial magic alone. Although that wasn't what I was looking for, it gave me a clear view on how much she had progressed. I looked forward to seeing her when she used her Dragon magic instead.
The way her Dragon almost took over back there showed me she had become strong. Now she had experienced it. But knowing her, she'd take the way all those Heads preferred. The 'light' path, which cared for these pesky humans all around. But she was clearly powerful, I could feel her Dragon all the way up here. I hated to admit it, but that girl had been considerably intimidating.
I felt someone approach me and stopping up right next to me. "So, Master, is she strong enough now?" DD asked me, not looking up at me, but at the battle going on between two pipsqueaks down in the arena.
I nodded, not looking at him either. "Ae (yes), she has enough power for what we need her for." I told him. Now it was time to progress the plan further. There wasn't long. Not long until my plan could be completed. And I knew Lucy would agree to do it.
Ohhh Jeeeeezz… If that wasn't a plot development, I don't know what is. It is beyond clear Raven tail and this mysterious person are working close together. He even has his right-hand man as one of the competitors. What kind of plan are they plotting though? It all be revealed soon…
In case you people were wondering how Lucy could get as mad as she got, her Dragon instincts. The Dragon instincts are ten-doubled to that of Dragon Slayers. So if something pisses Natsu off, it pisses Lucy off ten times as much! That and Dragons of both genders are very territorial. Or possessive. However you wanna say it ^_^
AND WAS THAT A LONG-ASS BATTLE OR WHAT?! It could be a training chapter all by itself. Amazing, isn't it?
Okie-dokie, so how many have figured anything out regarding DD's eyes? Why do they change color and is there a rhythm in it? Looking forward to (maybe) seeing some guesses ^_^
I know I haven't done this as of yet, but one time has to be the first. Guys… Did you read the new chapter of Fairy Tail? If you haven't I won't spoil it. I'll just say: be prepared for the plot-twist of your lives. And girls; don't drool too much XD
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