Nashi and the others have arrived in the base of Shadow Veil, but they decided to split up in six different directions and take on enemy in hopes of it being one-on-one fights. Sasha and Storm have already came across two of those enemies. Storm stood facing Anith in a torture room.
"I told you my name. So who are you?" Storm said.
"I don't feel any obligation to tell you my name." Anith said. "The one who brings the torture never reveals the name because their victims end up dead." Akin held out his arm and pulled two fingers back. Storm heard something coming from behind, but Storm dove out of the way and saw a pendulum axe swing by and would have killed him.
"Where did that even come from?" Storm said.
"Probably the same as where this is coming." Anith said as he waved his hand down. Storm looked up and saw a giant spike ball was about to crush him. Storm jumped out of the way just before it crashed into the ground.
"That does it. Ice-Make: Lance!" Storm formed his lances of ice and launched them towards Anith, but Anith leaped to the side and avoided the attack.
"Oh! So you're an ice user, are you? That works for me." Anith said. "That's because all ice users have one weakness." He said as he motioned for something to move forward. Storm heard a rolling sound and saw two cannon-like objects rolling on wheels towards him. "They can't stand the heat!" Anith also had chains slither like snakes and coiled around Storm.
"What?!" Storm questioned. Then, the two devices unleashed streams of flames that were dangerously close to Storm. "What the heck is going on? He's hardly doing anything. He's not even touching anything. How the hell are these dumb things even moving?"
"Do the flames feel hot enough? Do you feel like you're slowly melting away?" Anith said.
"Nice try." Storm said as the chains around him were beginning to freeze. "I've felt hotter flames than this." Storm broke free from the chains as they broke in pieces and froze the cannons.
"What?! That's impossible! Fire always beats ice." Anith said.
"Don't believe everything you hear." Storm said. "My ice is so cold that it never melts away. That's my maker magic. Wait till you see my demon ice. Ice Demon Rage!" Storm unleashed the cold ice blast and it hit Anith. Anith tried to block it, but was pushed back because of it.
"I see. So your one of those demon slayers I heard so much about." Anith said.
"Yeah. So what?" Storm said.
"It's just important so I know exactly what you're like so I know how to torture you." Anith said.
"Dude, that is seriously creepy." Storm said. "What's all the talk about this torture stuff?"
"You mean you really don't know. My magic is torture magic." Anith said. "It's a form of black magic that allows me to utilize all forms of torture equipment, even telepathically."
"Black magic?" Storm questioned.
"That's right." Anith said. "A majority of us in Shadow Veil utilize with black magic. The darker the magic, the more powerful we are."
"So almost everyone here uses black magic? That's good to know." Storm said. "I think it's time someone shed a little light through your shadows."
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Sasha
Sasha was facing her own opponent as well. She was fighting against Caluke and he was excited that it would be Sasha he gets to fight. He wanted some payback at her since she left a scar on his chest. Caluke popped his knuckles and was ready for her.
"Are you ready to rumble, princess?" Caluke said.
"I don't have time to be wasting with you." Sasha said as she pulled out her rifle and aimed it at him. "This should leave you paralyzed enough until we take out the rest of you." She fired, but Caluke moved fast that the shot missed. Sasha was a little surprised by that. Caluke jumped from a pillar and got behind her. "How did he….?" Sasha got smacked across the face and slammed against a pillar.
"Paralyze me? You're going to need to go for the kill. Not that it really matters. I'm faster than you thought. I didn't get the chance to show you what I can really do." Caluke said. Sasha pulled herself up and was ready for him this time.
"Is that so? Let's see what you can do then." Sasha said. She aimed her rifle again and kept firing, but Caluke was moving around so much that it was hard to get a good shot in. He was like a wild animal.
"Take this!" Caluke shouted as he went right at Sasha with some of his magic forming around his fist. He thrust it forward, but Sasha rolled out of the way and broke the pillar behind her in two. Sasha did underestimate him from the last time she tried to fight him and has yet to see what he's truly capable of.
"You do have some power, but that changes nothing." Sasha said as she requipped her rifle for a pair of dual swords. "I won't lose!" Sasha charged right at him and kept swinging both of her swords at him, but he was avoiding each of her strikes as he moved back and she tried chasing after him. 'Is he reading my movements somehow? I can't get a good hit.' She wondered. She tried again, but he grabbed both of her by the wrists and blocked her attacks. Sasha tried to break free, but Caluke had a strong grip.
"You've got some nice moves. In fact, you're the first that ever scarred my body." Caluke said.
"What's your point? You that vain?" Sasha said. "Is your body your precious treasure or some other load of trash like that?"
"It's not that." Caluke said. He moved her arms out of the way and drove her foot into her gut. She was kicked back a few feet, but Sasha was still standing strong. "I'm like an animal that can't be caught and you are my prey."
"Excuse me?" Sasha questioned that statement.
"Aren't you curious about my magic?" Caluke said. "It's a form of black magic known as seith magic."
"I'm starting to get it now." Sasha said.
"Do you?" Caluke questioned. "There are two kinds of seith magic. We've got human possession, where you can control the souls of people and place them in objects, and animal possession, where you can control the souls of animals place them in your very being."
"With the way you're talking, I would be correct to assume that you use animal possession?" Sasha said.
"Exactly." Caluke said. "I have the spirits of animals flowing through my very body. I take the souls of animals and merge them with my own. It's almost like I became an animal myself and this animal will not be tamed or caught!"
"You sure do bark a lot, but there some that are all bark and no bite." Sasha said.
"You think I have no bite?" Caluke said. "Let me show you that I have plenty of bite!" He charged right at her. Sasha got ready to intercept the attack. Sasha swung her blades at him, but Caluke jumped over her.
'He's so fast!?' Sasha thought. She tried to turn to fight him, but Caluke already formed a claw made out of energy around his hand. He swung it at Sasha and slashed her against her side. Sasha was knocked off her feet from that attack and had a large scratch mark over her side.
"Not so tough, are you?" Caluke said as Sasha laid there to hold back the pain.
"Shut up." Sasha said.
"The truth hurts, don't it?" Caluke said. "When we first met, you did surprise me, but I'm ready for you this time. I'm not dropping my guard for anything this time."
"Don't get too carried away." Sasha said as she was able to get back on her feet as she held her side.
"You can act tough all you want." Caluke said as he grabbed her by the collar of her jacket and tossed her into another pillar with all the strength of his inner beast. "You're about to see that this beast isn't going down!"
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Nashi
Nashi was on her own through Shadow Veil's building. She ran through the halls and kept her guard up for any enemy attack. She came to a stop when she felt something. She could feel something was wrong.
"I don't like that feeling." Nashi said as she look back and was wondering what was going on. The first thing that came to her mind were her friends. "Are the others okay?" She wanted to go see, but she resisted when she remembered what they talked about just before they parted ways. "No I have to believe that all of them are safe and they'll beat whoever it is they're fighting." Nashi shook the thoughts from her head and kept running with her belief trying to be strong.
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Jesser
Jesser had some security set up and was keeping an eye on his intruders through some vision lacrima. He enjoyed a nice piece of meat as he watched all of them move through his halls. It was like he was watching a series of movies.
"Still stuffing your face? Is there ever a time you're not eating?" Jesser looked behind him and saw A come up behind him. "With all due respect, you might be in command, but you are quite the glutton."
"A?! What brings you here?" Jesser questioned. "Also, I can't help it. I have quite the appetite that must be fed."
"It just makes sense you would want to keep an eye on the intruders. We wouldn't want them going anywhere they really shouldn't." A said. "So what's the status so far?"
"It seems Caluke and Anith have already come in contact with the enemy much to their enjoyment." Jesser said. "Caluke's going wild like usual and Anith is enjoying the various torture techniques he gets to try out."
"And of their opponents? What's the status on them?" A asked.
"Who cares about them? They'll be dead." Jesser said. "Does it really matter? Our black magic will destroy them."
"Do not underestimate Fairy Tail, even if there members are some inexperienced children. Many have and it always led to their downfall." A said.
"Really? I'm asking because I'm having a hard time seeing that." Jesser said. "Are you certain that the power we're looking for is with Fairy Tail?"
"It is. They may not appear like it, but they have their secrets with some power to it. I assure you that what we're looking for is with them." A said. Jesser wasn't so sure about Fairy Tail, but he just sit back and enjoyed the fighting for his own amusement and not let it bother him.
"Look at this. It seems like another one of them is about to come face with another one of us." Jesser said. "This will be a good show. I can't wait to see which one will be the first to fall."
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Gale
Gale was heading down the hallway he chose. He saw there was another room coming up and he was expecting there to be another enemy. Gale went into the room and saw it was a large red squared floor and ceiling with dark grey walls.
"Sheesh. How big is this place?" Gale said as he had a look around the place. He picked up someone's sent and looked ahead of him. "I knew it." Across the room was another opponent and this one smirked at the thought of having to fight him.
