Wow, only my first semester and I just have to say college is so much better then high school! ...Please enjoy the following chapter.
"Ive been watching this whole time, you all put on a very good show. However there are a few things Id like to say and a few changes Id like to make." E.N.D. says in his dark sounding tone and his face hidden, as usual.
"What?! You cant change the rules in the middle of a game you scumbag!" Gajeel yells up at him.
"Silence!" Even though its on a viewing crystal, it makes the whole room shake.
Silver glares up at the crystal. "What is he going to change and what does he wanna say?"
E.N.D.'s eyes turn to look at Silver now. "Ah Silver, its been too long. How are you?"
"Don't even bother, I know the truth and Im disgusted that Im your daughter." Silver continues to glares at him.
The strongest demon laughs a bit. "I have to admit Im a little surprised your still alive, I thought for sure you'd perish. Also the feeling of disgust is mutual."
"Ill never see you as my father E.N.D." Silver keeps her glare strong.
"You look just like your mother, you sound like her too. Never the less you somehow survived all these years and even have a husband and children of your own, but now they want to kill you. How cute."
Silver clenches her fists. "Bastard...We're going to fix that and I swear you'd better keep away from my and Shadow's kids...E.N.D."
"Sorry to tell you they came to me, how could I possibly say no to my own grandkids?"
"Prick." Is the only thing Shadow can say, with an angry look on his face as well.
"You will not be seen as their grandfather. You may be my father by blood, but you are not part of our family. Because you have no love for my mother or me." Silver tells him, firmly.
"Hahahahaha, its funny how much like your mother you are. The only real difference is your age and life experiences, she used to love me you know. We had plenty of good times together, including having you." E.N.D. says in a taunting way.
"I may be part demon, but...IM NOT A HEARTLESS BASTARD LIKE YOU!" Silver's shout was very loud, it made the entire building shake slightly and she then breaths heavily afterwards. Wanting to vent her anger out.
Shadow looks at her, surprised and concerned.
"Call me what you will, your mother called me the exact same thing before she left. Moving on, here are the rule changes. From this point on all points are no more, the battle is over when all members of one side have been defeated." E.N.D. explains.
"No fair, we were totally beating them!" Blaze cuts in.
"I said silence!" E.N.D.'s voice shakes the room again.
Silver keeps glaring at him. "He's only doing this now to give his side a chance to turn things around."
"It'll be alright Silver, we wont lose. I say bring it on!" Shadow cuts in as well.
"Same here, Ill send ya back to hell." Gajeel agrees.
"Im in too, my battle is approaching and Ive been waiting for a good fight." Marin does as well.
"Thank you guys and sorry for that out burst." Silver apologizes.
"Its alright Silver, no one here blames you for it." Wendy informs her.
"Glad to see your all still in, not that you have much of a choice. You know Silver, Zeref is...Never mind, Ive said enough." E.N.D. finishes and the viewing crystal then goes back to normal.
"Hey!...What the hell was he going to say? Something about Zeref?" Silver asks.
"I have a feeling I know. Remember how Zeref is one of the two most powerful beings in the world, along with Acnologia? And also remember how E.N.D. is the strongest demon created by Zeref?" Shadow reminds her.
"Yeah Shadow, I remember, but I still don't get what he was going to say." Silver looks at him.
"Im not entirely sure myself, but I have a theory. Silver, since Zeref created E.N.D. and E.N.D. is your father, that makes Zeref your grandfather." A few of the others eyes widen, as they didn't think of that.
"Oh...Not sure how to feel about that." Silver looks down a bit.
"Zeref is also known as the Black Wizard and also the very creator of all magic and curses." Bluenote gives her a short explanation.
"But how did Zeref create E.N.D.?" Silver asks.
"No one but Zeref himself knows, but the fact remains that your connected to Zeref Silver." Bluenote answers as best he can.
"...Should I be happy about that? Because Im not sure at all." Silver says, not sure how to feel about being connected to Zeref.
"Me neither, none of us have met him so we don't know what to expect." Shadow adds.
"Im just gonna keep a clear mind, because he could be nice...but then again he could not be." Silver keeps looking down a bit.
Shadow puts his hand on her shoulder. "For what we heard about the future we might need his help."
"Yeah, lets hope we can find him." Silver brings her head back up.
"I have a feeling E.N.D. might know." Shadow says.
"Yeah and he's going to tell us." Silver clenches her fist a bit.
"We'll get the answers out of him, one way or another." Shadow matches her feeling.
"Yeah, but we still have to get through this, then our kids before we get to him."
"Yeah, this is far from over. The real battle starts now."
"Yeah, now we only have to beat them."
The viewing crystal selects the next battle. "Demon Spawn's Death vs Neko Dragon's Layla!"
"My turn again, good." Death grins in anticipation.
"Finally!" Layla yells out.
"Best of luck out there Layla, don't you go and die on me." Sting says to her.
"Never Stingy." The two dragons of light and nature kiss, then Layla and Death go out to the battlefield.
"Good luck Layla, you can do it!" Silver cheers for her, then looks at Shadow.
"He's the one that beat Ruby with his zombies, this will also be a challenge for Layla too." Shadow says, knowingly.
"Be careful Layla, he'll probably use more zombies!" Ruby cautions her.
"Don't you dare die on us Layla!" Silver yells down to her now.
The two opponents stare down each other and Layla adjusts her glasses. "Based on what I saw from you last time I know this wont be easy, but I also know that Im not leaving this field another one of your zombies."
"Hmhmhmhmhm, wishing wont help. Ill send you down to where you belong." Death laughs a bit.
"Come on Layla, I know you can figure something out!" Silver watches her.
"Spores wont work, blades wont work. What else is there?" Layla asks herself, remembering all Death's abilities and powers.
"If your done thinking out loud Ill make the first move, Death's Wind." Death moves his staff and blows the same black wind at her as with Ruby, but Layla quickly dodges it.
"Lets just stop you from moving around for now, Nature Dragon Thorn Whip!" Layla's vines restrain his arms and legs.
"Nice one Layla. Shadow do you think Layla can beat him?" Silver turns to him.
"At this rate no, just take a look." Shadow points down at the battle.
Death then disconnects his arms and legs from his body to get free, the rest of his body then floats in the air along with his staff.
"That is seriously messed up dude!" Layla yells at him.
"I wouldn't expect you to understand, your still alive. Come forth my minions." Death calls forth more zombies, this time a swarm of locusts with a taste for any type of plants.
"...Uh oh...That's not good at all." Layla feels worried.
The swarm frees Death's arms and legs and they reattach to his body. "Nice try, care to try again?"
"Oh no, this is bad." Silver keeps watching.
"Rgh, your locusts cant eat seeds! Nature Dragon Seed Blast!" Layla shoots a bunch of seeds from her palms and they explode all over Death and his swarm, when the smoke clears the locusts are gone, but Death is unharmed. "How do ya take this guy down?!"
"You don't, now feel the wrath of my servants." Death calls for more, then some zombie hands grab Layla from underground.
"AH!" Layla looks down at them, trying to get free.
"Layla! C'mon you can do this!" Sting cheers for her.
"Don't give up Layla!" Silver keeps cheering for her too.
"Let go of me, Nature Dragon Roar!" Layla aims it down at the zombies and blasts them, they let her go.
"Not bad at all, you'll make a fine addition to my zombie army." Death says with a grin.
"Shut up! Im not gonna die here, I train with Sting everyday! I trained like crazy for him, so you'll understand when I put you back in the ground! Nature Dragon Seed Blast!"
"Death's Wind." Their attacks collide and cancel each other out.
"Oh man, Shadow is there any chance that Layla might beat him?" Silver asks in a worried tone.
"There is, but its gonna take some smart maneuvering and tactics to pull it off."
"I hope Layla can do it." Silver turns back to the battle.
"Death's Fog." Death makes a thick, black fog all over the field.
"That wont stop me, Nature Dragon Roar!" Layla fires it all over to clear the fog, but when it finally does clear Death is no where to be seen. "Huh?"
"Death's Wind." Death is above her with his amazing jumping ability, his attack hits fast.
"AAAAAHHHH!" Layla screams in great pain.
"Layla! You've been through worse then this, I know!" Sting calls out to her.
"Come on Layla! Don't let him beat you!" Silver does too.
"...But what can I do?...Nothing works on him, and he can still hurt me..." Layla struggles to stay standing and cant seem to find a way to beat Death.
Then Sitri begins to get restless and cant stand it anymore. "Layla the gems in his staff! Their the source of his power!"
Then Vexen gets angry and Ezel pulls Sitri back to keep her quiet. "How dare you Sitri! Keep her quiet!" Vexen orders.
"Can do." Ezel assures him.
"Seriously girl, not cool." Blair tells her, displeased by her friends sudden outburst.
"Doesn't matter, its not like that means she'll win. Finish her off Death!" Jackal yells out.
"Thank you Sitri. You heard her Layla, destroy those gems!" Silver yells as well.
"She cant destroy them, she can only take them away from him." Shadow corrects her.
"Still good enough, thank you Sitri! Nature Dragon Thorn Whip!" Layla aims right for Death's staff, but he jump high again and dodges it.
"Don't think it'll be that easy to get your hands on my staff!"
"Well at least she has a chance to beat him now." Silver keeps watching.
"Yeah, but now Death is gonna be forced to get serious." Shadow grits his teeth, knowing what's coming next.
"Come forth my servant and destroy her!" Death calls out, then a giant zombie hand comes up out of the ground.
"Ah! What on earth?" Layla quickly gets clear of it.
It slowly rises up out of the ground, a giant demonic looking monster zombie.
"Oh dear, this doesn't look good." Silver looks up at it and quickly worries again.
"That's his most powerful zombie, Ive seen it crush mountains by throwing boulders at them." Shadow explains.
"You sure your not just making that up?" Sting asks, hoping he's exaggerating.
"Very sure." Shadow says, regretfully.
"Oh no, can Layla stop it Shadow?" Silver asks, even more worried now.
"She might be able to Silver, but she'll have to be very careful."
"Just as long as Layla makes it out okay from this fight."
"She can do it, I know she can." Sting says, sure of it.
"That's a pretty big zombie, but Ill bet it'll come up short! Nature Dragon Petals!" Layla's petals swarm all around it, but the zombie acts like it was nothing at all. It punches and shakes the ground, Layla dodges, but then it uses its other hand to jab her and it holds her upside down.
"This zombie has never failed me before and it wont fail me now or ever, submit Layla." Death grins up at her.
"Oh no, Layla! Come on, you can beat it!" Silver calls out to her.
"This isn't good at all." Shadow adds silently.
"You know what to do now my pet." Death says knowingly, then in one quick movement the zombie swallows Layla whole and the girls of Neko Dragon gasp.
"...It ate her...Layla..." Sting tears up a bit.
"What the hell?...Layla..." Silver looks shocked that it just ate her.
"What the hell is this you shit heads?!" Gajeel yells out, enraged.
"Master E.N.D. said nothing about lifting the rule about killing your opponents, sorry." Jackal says sarcastically and with a grin.
Sting just cries more and glares at Demon Spawn.
"Th-This cant be...Layla...She cant be dead..." Silver sheds a few tears, scared her friend is gone.
"...Layla...it cant be..." Levi sheds a few tears as well.
"How can this be happening?..." As does Ruby and most of the others.
"Seems I win and now your friend is the newest addition to my zombie army." Death says with another grin, but then something strange begins to happen with Death's zombie, it begins flailing around and holding its chest like its in pain. "What's going on?"
"...Could it be? Is Layla still alive?" Silver looks up at the zombie, hoping she's right.
"She must be doing something to it." Shadow deduces.
"But its a zombie, what could she be doing to it?" Wendy questions.
Then a bunch of vines begin appearing from the zombie's body in several locations, Death is surprised by this. "What?!"
"Vines...She must be growing a plant inside it to stop it from the inside." Silver keeps watching, sure of it.
"I don't think so, I think this is something more." Shadow says, knowingly.
"Its just like when Marluxia made his vines grow through that giant rock I raised, but I don't think she'll destroy it." Bluenote agrees.
Then the vines stop growing and the zombie stops moving, then a hole appears where the zombie's heart is supposed to be and everyone sees Layla there instead. "Hey guys, like what I did with the place?" Layla smiles, is in Dragon Force and has many vines coming out of her body.
"What happened?! What did you do to my zombie?!" Death cant believe what he's seeing.
"Simple, I used what I saw Marluxia do and my vines to take control of it." Layla answers and grins down at him.
"Amazing, she's okay and in control of it. Nice one Layla!" Silver smiles up at her.
Everyone on Neko Dragon's side is surprised and happy to see she's okay.
Demon Spawn, not so much. "But how is something like that even possible?" Blair questions.
"Its actually quite simple, plants are also living things and since zombies are undead her plants were able to act sort of like new blood vessels with her as the heart. And since any form of animal life relies on blood to survive she was able to take control of it with relative ease, her mastery of plant life is truly incredible." Vexen explains and is actually a little impressed by Layla's technique.
"This cant be happening, go back now!" Death tries to make his zombie go back, but it doesn't.
"Sorry bone head, but Im in control of this big boy now. Show him what Im talking about!" The zombie listens to Layla and throws a punch at Death, but he dodges. Then it hits him again and Death goes flying into a wall.
"Amazing..." Marin's mouth is gapping.
"Way to go plant babe!" Blaze cheers for her with her fists on fire.
"Great Layla, keep it up!" Silver keeps smiling and keeps watching as well.
Death gets back up and looks pissed. "I grow tired of this! Take her down my pets, do it now!" He summons three more zombies, all very big. A snake, a vulture, and a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"Are you kidding me?" Cobra questions, not believing he has zombies like this.
"Oh my god...I hope Layla can handle the three of them." Silver worries a bit again.
"Don't let him get to you Layla, I know you! Your stronger then him!" Sting yells up to her.
"And don't you forget it Stingy! Bring it!"
The three zombies charge at her and her giant. The snake wraps around its body, the vulture digs its talons into its shoulders and the T-Rex bites down on its head.
"Yes, good." Death grins at this.
"Come on Layla, you can beat them!" Silver keeps her eyes on them.
"No worries, this outta do it. Nature Dragon Thorns!" Giant thorns sprout up all over her zombie's body, they shred the snake to pieces, the vulter cant fly anymore and the T-Rex lost its head. The giant then crushes everything that's left of both.
"Ouch, that was bad." Ezel cringes a bit.
"Nice shot." Shadow is impressed.
"Great work Layla!" Silver smiles and keeps watching.
"Give it up Death, its over." Layla says to him.
"Not yet, Ive still got one thing left. Etherious Form!" Death changes into his Etherious form. He now has three sets of arms, legs, and wings. As well as three tails, a longer neck, a more demonic looking head and some new weapons. Including a sword, shield, spiked ball and chain, a lance, a trident and his staff. All entirely made of bone. "Prepare to meet your doom." His voice got deeper too.
"Oh no. Come on Layla, beat him quick!" Silver yells to her.
Death then takes flight and waves his staff. "Death's Wind!" Its like a hurricane now, but the giant still manages to walk through it, slowly.
"Rgh...That wont stop us!" Layla counters, determined to win and survive.
"We'll see about that girl." Death throws his lance and trident at the giant's hands, they hit and get stuck in the wall. Now the giant's hands are stuck to the wall and it cant move.
"That might be a problem...Nature Dragon Roar!" Layla roars at Death, but he blocks with his shield. Then he hits her dead on with his spiked ball and chain, then cuts the giant right down the middle with his sword. The giant falls on either side, dead once again.
"Oh no, this is bad. Shadow, does Layla have a chance now?" Silver asks, while still watching, worried for Layla.
"Im not sure Silver, he might look like just a bigger pile of bones, but make no mistake. In this form his fighting powers have more then tripled, plus he's able to regenerate his body parts and weapons at will, then there's also the flight. Death is certainly a tough opponent." Shadow explains, unsure of the outcome himself.
"So its bones verses plants...I hope Layla will be okay." Silver adds.
"C'mon Layla, I know you can beat this!" Sting begins to get worried.
Death regenerates his weapons, lands and slowly walks towards Layla who is now back on her feet. "Don't you know girl? Death is immortal, no one can beat death. Its simply impossible."
Then Layla grows several leaf blades and thorn wipes to match his weapons. "I will, here and now." They then begins fighting using there weapons and some magic, both at close range and at a distance.
"Don't give up Layla!" Silver cheers for her and prays she will be okay.
After a few minutes they both back off from each other and Layla breaths heavily, Death would if he had lungs. "...You know...your not so bad...Too bad its not nearly enough."
"Are ya sure about that?" Layla grins and suddenly several seeds placed on Death start growing and rooting into his body.
"Ah! What is this?! What did you do?!" Death was caught off guard by this.
"I seeded you, like some soil without a seed. Duh."
The plants keep growing and Death cant stop them. "Normally I kill everything that gets this close to me, so why not with you?"
"Simple, Nature Dragon's plants are guaranteed not to die. The old Nature Dragon didn't plant very often, but she did start all the large forests and jungles we have today. Especially the one I ended up at during our four years apart." Layla grins again, while Death keeps struggling.
"Nice one Layla!" Silver smiles down at her.
"Even I didn't know that, she's gotten so much more powerful. To be able to grow plants that never die." Sting smiles as well, impressed with how far Layla's come.
Layla then walks calmly over to Death, who is completely restrained by the plants now. "Now Ill take this." She takes his staff from him and through it to the side.
"NO!" Death can only watch, as the source of his power is taken from him and thrown away.
"Yes, now why don't you die? Nature Dragon Secret Art! Pure Life: Forest Trap!" Then a whole forest seems to appear on the battle field, much of it very deadly plants. All anyone hears on the outside are some screams and when its over the forest clears and Death's body is literally left in pieces.
"...D-Down! Death is down! The winner is Layla of Neko Dragon!" The crystal announces.
"Yay! You did it Layla!" Silver cheers for her, happy she won.
"That was incredible, to make all those plants grow so quickly." Shadow is in awe.
"Alright! That's my girl! She's amazing!" Sting cheers loudly for her.
Layla then turns off her Dragon Force and Death is teleported to the healing station, along with his staff.
Then Layla turns to Sting and smiles. "Thanks Stingy, I love you to." She then leaves the battlefield.
"Thank goodness your okay Layla, you gave us quiet a scare, but we're all glad your safe." Silver smiles at her when she makes it back up to the rest of her guild.
"That's an understatement, you beat Death! Your awesome!" Blaze gets very excited by her battle.
"It was amazing, you did what I couldn't. Thanks Layla." Ruby thanks her and smiles.
"Don't mention it Ruby, that just wasn't the right opponent for you is all."
Sting and Layla share a kiss after that.
"Again with that, seriously get a room you two." Levi says to them.
"Lets let them have there moment for now okay?" Silver smiles and then looks to the viewing crystal for the next match.
Then over on Demon Spawn's side, Vexen begins getting mad again. "First Atlas, then Marluxia and now Death? This is all unacceptable." It begins getting cold over on their side and the other demons struggle with the pain.
"Ah! Vexen dude, knock it off!" Jackal demands.
"We know your upset, but this really hurts." Blair adds.
"I hope Sitri will be okay after she called out and gave that advice to us." Silver worries for the demon.
Sitri manages to break free from Ezel's hold. "Just remember who the stronger demon is Ezel!"
"Got it jeez, although between you and Vexen its clear he's stronger. He'd eat you or any of us alive." Ezel counters.
"Exactly, so don't let me catch you giving away advice on how to beat us again Sitri." Vexen turns and looks at her with a dark look in his eyes.
Sitri reluctantly bows to him. "Im sorry Vexen, please forgive me."
"...Sitri..." Shadow looks over at her, with mixed emotions.
"Poor Sitri, she's really sticking her neck out for us." Silver looks over at her too.
"For sure, the last time someone did something like that they were killed on the spot." Shadow brings up.
"Just for disobeying once? Scary." Wendy cringes at the very thought of it.
"Oh dear. After we defeat E.N.D. we should make sure Sitri is okay. Its the least we can do for her with what she's done for us." Silver says in a generous tone.
"Yeah, I wanna make sure their all okay. Sitri especially." Shadow agrees.
"Hold on. If every time a demon from this guild is dealt a serious injury I thought they were just transported to the healing station, so how could one have been killed on the spot like that?" Marin asks.
"Simple. For demons orders are absolute, simply disobeying the master even once can and will make them considered rouge and rouge demons don't get treatment for their injuries. The only thing demons do with rouges is kill them." Shadow explains.
"Oh dear..." Silver looks at Sitri once more, worried again. "She knew that, yet she still told us about Death's weakness."
"She got off with a warning this time, but I doubt they'll be as forgiving next time. Just stay quiet Sitri, we can handle ourselves!" Shadow yells over to her and she looks up and nods.
"I don't want her getting into more trouble." Silver looks back up at the viewing crystal.
"Me neither." Shadow does the same and it starts selecting.
"I wonder who will be next to fight." Silver keeps watching it, waiting to see the next match up.
"I already know, going by what they have planned. Think about it. The only ones left are me, you and Marin. While they have Vexen, Sitri and Ezel. You tell me who you think will be next." Shadow tells her, in a knowing way.
"I feel they will put Marin up against Ezel, me against Vexen and you against Sitri." Silver replies.
"That's my guess, get ready Marin." Shadow agrees and informs her.
The Ice Dragon nods, prepared for battle, then the crystal stops.
"Next up its Demon Spawn's Ezel vs Neko Dragon's Marin!"
"I knew it." Shadow declares.
"I kinda wished I was wrong about it. Marin, you ready?" Silver looks at Marin, a bit worried.
"I am, I saw enough when he beat Jura. Ice may not be much different from Earth, in the sense that both are solid and can be molded into many shapes and forms, but that wont stop me." Marin says, confidently.
"Good luck big sis, you better die on me or Ill never forgive you." Blaze says to her, then they share a quick kiss for luck.
"You know me little sis." Then both Marin and Ezel enter the battlefield.
"Alright! C'mon Ezel, two for two!" Jackal yells down to him.
"You look even tastier then your earth friend, Ill enjoy eating you." Ezel grins and licks his lips.
"Sorry, that's already my sister's job." Marin counters, with a grin of her own.
Her comment however makes a few people on both sides blush after hearing it.
"Marin, don't get dirty like Blaze and don't die." Silver blushes hard.
Blaze on the other hand, just laughs hard. "Ahahahahahah! That's my sister alright, but don't go stealing my shtick."
"Wouldn't dream of it, just wanted to try it out for myself." Marin replies, keeping her grin.
"That's not a bad idea, maybe you should try singing with me Levi." Gajeel grins at his mate.
Levi then gets a nervous look on her face. "No offense Gajeel, but I don't think that'll make it much better."
Silver sighs a bit. "If Gajeel sings, we might all die." She whispers to herself.
Shadow nods in agreement, then turns back to the fight which is about to begin.
"Ill start things off, Onimaru!" Ezel heads straight for Marin, with an intent to kill.
"A shield wont work, so Ice Dragon Blades!" Marin matches his cut with a cut of her own.
"Shadow, what are Marin's chances of winning?" Silver looks at him for an answer.
"Id say better then Jura's, but the clear winner remains to be seen Silver."
They then back off from each other. "Juzumaru!"
"Ice Dragon Absolute Zero!" Marin freezes his slicing wind before it hits her. "Now Ice Dragon Frozen Edge!" She then shoots a blast of ice from her sides, which propel her into the air above Ezel. "Finally, Ice Dragon Frozen Breath!" Its just like Sting's Light Dragon Holy Breath attack, but with ice instead.
"That wont stop me, Mikazuki!" The two attacks cancel each other out, with explosive power from both sides.
"I see, so either one could win." Silver keeps watching.
In all the chaos Marin takes action. "Ice Dragon Sword Horn!" She head butts Ezel straight on, while surging with Ice energy.
Ezel holds her back as best he can, then strikes back. "Not bad, Onimaru!" Their both sent flying into walls, on their respective sides.
"Come on Marin, you can do it!" Silver cheers for her.
"Kick his ass sis!" As does Blaze.
Both sides get back up, ready for plenty more. "I think the audience might be getting a little bored, how about we just go all out right now?" Marin asks with a grin.
"You read my mind, get ready little girl." Ezel matches her grin.
"Here it comes." Shadow says, knowing what's coming.
"Fire Ice Dragon Mode!"
"Slash Attack Mode!" They both go into their most powerful forms.
"Come on Marin, you can beat him!" Silver keeps watching.
Then Blaze makes a heart out of flames and even starts to drool over Marin's new form. "So hot and also so cold, Im in love all over again."
Everyone else on Neko Dragon's side sweat drops at this.
"Oh Blaze..." Silver sweat drops too and keeps watching.
"Lets see if you can handle this, Juzumaru!" Ezel wastes no time.
"Oh I believe I can, Fire Ice Dragon Burning Tundra!" The blizzard of heat and cold wind collides with Ezel's slicing wind, but Marin is able to over power Ezel and he takes a big hit.
"Rgh...Rrrr...Damn, this is hot and cold..." Ezel stands strong through it.
"That's so cool and hot!" Blaze keeps cheering for her mate and sister.
"Nice one Marin, keep it up!" Silver also cheers and keeps watching.
"Sure enough that hurts, you've got one of those dual element things too. Still I wont be defeated by you or anyone, Onimaru!" Ezel attacks her again.
"Fire Ice Dragon Blades!" Both their attacks collide and the two are locked at close range. "There's no way you can cut it down now, Fire Ice Dragon Roar!"
"I don't intend to, Juzumaru!" Ezel uses his tentacles to cut this time, and both their attacks explode at close range.
"Their attacks keep canceling each other out." Silver comments.
"You wouldn't think they'd be this evenly matched, but they appear to be. At this rate the battle may go on a while." Shadow agrees.
Both sides are forced back, but dig in and don't go back very far. They then get up and stare each other down once again. "Your not bad." Marin is the first to speak.
"Thanks, you okay yourself, for my future dinner." Ezel laughs a bit to himself.
"Yeah, now it all comes down to who can hold out the longest." Silver keeps watching.
"I already know Marin has amazing endurance, if ya know what I mean." Blaze smirks and everyone else blushes a bit again.
"Okay, enough with the sex jokes!" Ruby comments, forcefully.
Then Blaze gropes Ruby's large chest, making her blush more. "So you say, despite having such a hot body." She says sexually and looks at Ruby the same way.
This makes Ruby blush way more.
"Marin, Blaze is flirting with Ruby! You'd better hurt and punish her!" Silver quickly informs Marin.
"Blaze until I tear this guy a new one and get up there knock it off!" Marin yells back up to her sister.
Blaze then stops and smiles innocently, after hearing what Marin said.
Ruby starts to get a little worried at the same time.
"Ill keep Blaze on a leash until you come back Marin." Silver puts a coller and leash on Blaze.
Blaze looks up at Silver with that same sexual look. "Ya know some people are into this kinda stuff Silver." She twirls the leash in her fingers.
Silver blushes. "You take her Ruby." She then gives Ruby the leash and goes over to Shadow.
Ruby blushes and calls out to Silver. "Don't leave me alone with her Silver."
Shadow turns to Silver. "Blaze can sure be a handful."
"Yeah, I don't know how Marin can handle her." Silver sighs.
Shadow laughs a bit. "Its one of life's greatest mysteries, the important thing is that they just work."
"Yeah. Sorry I left you with her Ruby." Silver says to her.
"Its alright Silver, Im pretty sure Ill manage somehow." The Blood Dragon says while hiding behind a wall made of blood.
"Anyway, lets get back to Marin." Shadow turns back to the battle.
"Fire Ice Dragon Wing Attack!"
"Juzumaru!" They cancel each other out again, but the leftover shock causes both sides some damage.
"Marin is doing really well, I hope she's okay." Silver still cant tell whose got the upper hand.
"So far, so good." Shadow matches her feeling.
"Fire Ice Dragon Brilliant Flame Shard!" Marin throws down her giant ball of ice and flames at the demon.
"How pitiful, Onimaru!" Ezel cuts through it, but then Marin is no where to be found and he is surprised.
"Gotcha! Fire Ice Dragon Geyser!" Marin makes a large geyser of ice and fire shoot up out of the ground.
"I wont be the only one taking damage, Juzumaru!" Ezel barely counter attacks, both attacks hit their targets hard.
"Come on Marin, you can beat him!" Silver keeps watching.
Both opponents get up yet again. "Fire Ice Dragon Lancer!" Marin makes a bunch of lances of fire and ice fly at him.
"Not this time, Mikazuki!" Ezel slashes them all down with ease.
"I guess its still not gonna be that easy." Shadow declares upon seeing another draw.
"Oh man, come on Marin! You can do it!" Silver yells to her again.
Blaze turned back to the fight a few seconds ago. "...Don't...quit..."
"Ill take you down no matter what! Fire Ice Dragon Scorching Freeze!" Marin freezes and scorches everything around her.
"That wont stop me! Mikazuki!" That only slows Marin's attack down and her attack freezes and scorches Ezel.
"Alright! That's the way!" Blaze keeps cheering for her sister and lover.
"Keep going Marin!" As does Silver.
"Did she get him?" Wendy asks.
"No, its not over yet." Shadow says.
Then after a few second Ezel breaks out of his icy, yet hot prison. "...Not bad at all...Frosty..." He begins breathing heavily.
"Damn it, why wont he go down?" Silver asks.
"Ezel is very tough, it'll take a lot more then that to bring him down." Shadow answers.
"Damn right, time for you to die! 11 Sword Attack! Underworld Assault!" Ezel slashes at Marin with every one of his swords in one big attack, it was so fast no one was able to see it.
When its over Ezel is on the other side of Marin and she is gushing blood from 11 different places on her body. "AH!" She begins to fall over.
"MARIN!" Blaze calls out to her.
"Oh no, Marin!" Silver looks at her, worried as well.
"...A-Amazing, 11 strikes in an instant." Levi is impressed by Ezel's attack.
"...I hope she's alright, that looks pretty bad." Layla worries for her too.
"You had that coming, now Ill eat you just like all my previous victims." Ezel grins, certain of his victory, but upon turning around to look at her, Ezel is shocked to she Marin is still standing and the bleeding as stopped. "But how?!"
Marin turns back to the demon and her body is now coated in icy blue, cold scales. "Ice Dragon Scales. Just like Gajeel's Iron Dragon Scales they cover and protect my body, the ice stops the bleeding."
"She learned that from me, not bad at all." Gajeel is now impressed by Marin.
"Thank goodness, she's okay." Silver keeps watching, relieved she's alright.
Blaze smiles down at her. "Way to go sis, now finish him off!"
"Of course, this ones for you little sis. Fire Ice Dragon Secret Art! Blazing Far North: Phoenix Pheasant Sword!" The same attack she used to take out that bounty hunter from before, it explodes from her.
"I wont let this happen! Mikazuki!" Ezel's attack does little to stop it and Marin's attack hits Ezel with overwhelming power and beauty. "RrrrrrrrAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Ezel yells out in pain, as he's shot right into a wall in a big explosion of fire and ice.
Everyone is in awe over Marin's power.
"Nice one Marin!" Silver smiles down at her.
Blaze smiles at her and tears up a little at the sight of Marin and her secret art. "...Marin...Im so happy...your my big sister..."
When the smoke finally clears Ezel is out cold and badly injured.
"Unbelievable! Ezel is down! The winner is Marin of Neko Dragon!" The crystal announces.
"That was unbelievable, Ive never seen Ezel go down like that." Even Shadow is impressed by this.
"Amazing, Marin did it." Silver smiles down at her, happy she's okay.
Blaze keeps smiling too, happy her sister won and is alright. "Marin, I love you so much."
Marin turns off her dual element mode and looks up at Blaze. "I love you to Blaze, ya better have a kiss for me when I get up there." She begins walking back up to her guild mates and Ezel is transported to the healing station.
Silver then takes the leash from Ruby and gives it to Marin. "She's all yours."
Marin takes it and uses it to pull Blaze in close. "Good, you know I like it rough." Blaze says with a grin and in sexual tone.
"You know I do too." They share a deep kiss.
"Who needs to get a room now?" Sting asks, sarcastically.
Ruby is careful to stay away from them.
"Don't go too far Blaze." Silver informs them, then looks up at the viewing crystal.
As the twin dragons kiss, Blaze's phoenix wings and blue flames surround them both, they heal all of Marin's injuries.
"What the hell? Where was that when we were hurt?" Gajeel asks, a bit angered she didn't even bother to heal the rest of them.
The two then break the kiss for a minute. "It only works when Im turned on." Blaze explains, never taking her eyes off of Marin or losing her tone.
"Thanks sis, now Ill have to return the favor." They resume kissing.
"Ewww..." Silver summons up a curtain around them. "Please behave yourselves you two. Mostly you Blaze."
They ignore her and keep kissing.
Then Shadow whispers to Silver. "You say ewww, yet you still had sex with them."
Silver blushes hard at his statement and whispers back. "I did that for you."
"And I enjoyed every second of it." The Darkness Dragon whispers back.
Silver keeps blushing. "Okay, okay. Lets go back to the matches. Its down to us, Vexen and Sitri and I guess we'll know who we will be facing very soon."
"Yeah, I have a very bad feeling I know already, but I really hope Im wrong." Shadow says, with a bad feeling and the crystal begins selecting.
"Same here Shadow." Silver agrees and keeps watching the crystal.
Shadow grabs her hand, praying its not what he thinks it is.
Silver holds his hand back.
Two more of the Nine Demon Gates have fallen and now only two remain, will Shadow and Silver be able to beat Vexen and Sitri and make it to the final challenges waiting at the end? Or will these be their final battles? Find out next time.
