Chapter 52

With Ritsu

Ritsu POV

My throat was burning with dryness. I glanced at the fire against my will. I couldn't help but move towards it.

So tasty…..

I tried in vein to stop myself, to keep my arm from reaching out to the fire. I couldn't even flinch back when I felt the fire burning my hand. Fire…. Fire shouldn't hurt me this much….

I continued eating despite the desperate pleas my body was giving me to stop. I could feel my face start to flush with a harsh fever. The flushed feeling quickly spread to my arms, then my stomach, then my legs…. until my entire body felt like a volcano ready to erupt.

"(giggle) I'm going to disrupt your meal for a second!" A punch flew me across the room, not that the room was very big.

I coughed, struggling to get up. My fever was making my body weak, and I was loosing consciousness fast.

The computer virus took no time rushing over to me and opening a portal, "Cold there kid? How about some hot coals to warm you up? (giggles)"

I could feel the pain before he even started his attack. My own adrenaline was the only thing keeping me awake, "N-no….."

A portal opened above my head, which looked like the furnace of a blacksmith's shop. Someone was whistling and I saw red-hot coals that were kept still by a metal slide. The slide started to move slowly.

One of the coals landed on my head. The heat of the coal combined with my fever started to burn my skin. I winced loudly. My skin will be gone if I don't move!

I can't move...

I only managed to move an inch, if that….. "Oh (hysterical giggles), you don't like the heat I'm giving you?"

The wide smirk returned to his face, "If you don't like the heat… (dark giggles), then what about monsters? I know you're dying to share your meal with someone!"

I suddenly flinched backwards as more coals started to fall on my head and back. Some of them were burning through my cloth...

Wait….

These freaking coals are burning through my clothes!

Dad's scarf!

Blind rage jolted though me, as well as one of the biggest bursts of energy I've ever felt in my life allowed me to fly towards the computer virus and sock him in the jaw, "This is my dad's scarf, you idiot!" I screeched at him at the top of my lungs.

The look on the virus' face was enough to make me laugh, "Huh (shocked giggles)?"

He slammed against the wall hard enough that there was a loud bam when he fell. I huffed slightly before falling myself, my last bits of energy gone.

I heard another bam once the debris of my attack was gone, the look in the computer virus' eyes was deadly, "(insane giggles) So you do have some fight in you…" he giggled sadistically, "This is going to be fun…."

I landed right by the small fire that kept itself burning. I started slurping it without thinking, and my body responded with a true burning feeling.

My actual skin was reddening and burning away.

I screamed with pain, and the computer virus continued with his attack, "You won't live past this (sadistic giggles)!"

I think he's right….

I closed my eyes waiting for impact. My thoughts sounded like my last words….

I'm sorry I'm so weak, you guys…. I've passed out at least once now…

Tell Mom and Dad "hi" from me, ok?

I didn't know who I was directing my thoughts to, but I was sure I was going to die.

"Say 'hi' to your new friend, kid (giggles)!"

A portal opened above me like always, but what came out was….

A friend.

"I'm already his friend, you monster!" Hono flew out of the portal with a diving kick to the computer virus' face.

My breath caught in my throat.

"What the?..." The computer virus was as breathless as I was.

Hono was standing in all of his second seal glory, covered in red-brown and ice blue scales and his matching wings. His glare lacked the usual human look to it; it looked like a predator fixing to take out his pray.

Or a mother bear whose child was just killed…

"Hono…" I spoke softly, barely able to breathe as is.

Hono's face turned from a glare to shock once he saw me, "Ritsu?! What the heck are you doing here?!"

I laughed softly, "Trying to beat the bad guys like we Fairy Tail wizards always do?"

He bent down to me, ignoring our foe, "What happened to you? This isn't the Dragon Slayer my parents and me trained, right?"

I could only laugh.

He glanced at the fire and back at me, "Why aren't you eating that?"

I started to reply, but he noticed my flushed face and burns first, "Don't tell me that you've eaten too much of that…"

I'm sure he could only hear my voice because he has Dragon hearing, "It's sad, but true. Don't eat any of it. It'll make you addicted."

Hono gave a frustrated sigh, "Well, this should fix our problem quickly…."

His now hands started to sparkle with specks of ice, "Ice Dragon Claw!"

He aimed at the ground, causing a small glacier to appear. I couldn't help but admire how well he polarized his magic… I can still be a failure at it sometimes…

I was so happy to eat something cold that the addictive affects that fire was having on my brain faded away. I gorged on the ice without even thinking about thanking Hono for saving my life.

"You… (giggles). You're that Dragon kid that interfered with us earlier…." The computer virus' voice had a grudging undertone to his frustrated voice.

Hono's tone wasn't too different, "Well you're the guy who managed to trap me in a dimension of monsters before I got the chance to do anything. I felt like a disgrace to my kind by even letting that happen…"

"Your kind, you say? (giggle) Thanks to the Archives, I know full well what your kind is capable of, but I know you would never use your full strength against anyone…"

"And why not?"

I heard a book drop and pages being flipped though, "(giggle) The Dragonoid seal gives the wearer three forms due to the seal's ability to be broken and fixed consciously by the user. 1st seal only allows one part of their true form, 2nd seal allows for half, and 3rd seal is their original state; however, if 3rd seal is used for more than five minutes…. The wearer will loose their human form."

I heard a faint growl from Hono.

"(satisfied giggles) That's how I know."

I was too much in bliss to really hear the rest of their conversation. The cold of the ice was soothing the dryness and heat from every part of my body. It felt amazing, and even better, my strength was returning as fast as a wildfire.

I'll be able to kick that guy's butt now…

I ran up to Hono once I finished eating the entire glacier, he was taunting the computer virus, "So you really think you can defeat a dragon? Don't make me laugh."

"Defeat a dragon (giggle)? As a computer virus I have the ability to destroy anything, that would include you, Mr. Dragon…"

My eyes narrowed and I chastised myself at my irrational thinking, "You won't be defeating one dragon, but two!"

I smirked at Hono and then at the virus, "and I'm ready to end this fight. I'm not planning to put this power boost to waste by talking!"

Man I'm being impulsive….

I charged at the computer virus without saying another word to him, "You ready, Hono?!"

"You got that!" Hono started to outrun me with his supernatural speed.

I punched the computer virus while he was still unprepared, "Can you stall for me?!"

Hono gave me a suspicious look, but listened, "Take as long as you need!"

I stood still and put my arms up and tilted my palms towards the ceiling. I glanced at the fire. It's about time I make use of this. I started to steal the seemingly endless fire while adding significant amount of my own to the blue fire clouds forming just below the ceiling.

That fire was giving me a seemingly endless supply of fire, but every time I looked at it, my mouth watered. I hope I won't regret this later…

I gathered as much fire as I could given the size of the small room, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Exploding Blue Rain!"

Thousands of tiny blue explosions started to rain down on the computer virus, who didn't have time to dodge anything. However, it was hard to aim my attack…. Hono got hit a couple times, "Watch where you're aiming! This hurts you know!"

Or at least I thought the computer virus didn't have any time to dodge my attack…

"(Giggle) You won't beat me that easily," three huge portals appeared around him sucking every last bit of my attack.

The suction from his attacks was strong, Hono had first seal so he could use his claws to dig into the ground, unfortunately, I don't have that ability.

I molded my fire into something to keep my glued to the ground. I grunted loudly with my teeth clinched.

How strong is this guy? He isn't even the leader!

Even though it's sad who the leaders really are though.

Hono glanced at me, "Hang in there! An attack like this shouldn't stop you!"

My words came out in parts, "You..'re… Right…."

The computer virus finally closed his portals once my attack completely disappeared.

I glared at him. That's my strongest attack…

Hono's hair covered his eyes, "Well, I guess it's my turn now…"

I could barely see Hono's movements a second later. He managed to get a couple of hits before the virus opened a portal right under Hono's feet.

Hono had to go first seal to escape from it; his wings were flapping rapidly, "You're not going to beat me with the same attack twice!"

Hono gracefully flipped once he was out of the portal's gravitation field, his wings disappearing before he reached the ground. He glared at the computer virus,

"I was able to learn some things while I was in that dimension. You did accidentally suck in some Archive books while you were retrieving some. What was in one of them made me grateful that my mother taught me to read."

The computer virus giggled, "(sarcastic giggles) Like what? Come on, I'm curious!"

Hono's eyes never left the virus' "It was about your powers. It said that each one of you control an aspect of the game. I'm certain that you control the portal field, and that's the only power you have."

Feeling stupid standing there doing nothing, I walked towards the egg, which was unharmed…. Thankfully…

The virus lifted an eyebrow, "(confident giggles) So? My ability lets me defend against anything, next to nothing can get past it!"

Hono's voice was low, "It means that if you get hit with a strong attack, you're dead."

I could see an evil smile playing at the virus' face, "(quiet dark giggles) It also allows me to attack unsuspecting people…"

"What?!"

A portal appeared underneath the egg and me before I even had the chance to think. The first thing I saw was blackness, more blackness, and even more blackness. I remember Mom or Levy talking about free fall before… I think this is it.

Thanks to my Dragon Slayer hearing, I could barely hear the computer virus' gloating, "(giggles) That's a dimension where you fall forever into nothingness…"

And I could hear Hono's angry screams, "You don't mean?!"

Falling forever into nothingness…

I held the egg as tightly as I could. I pushed all of my remaining magic power into my feet and pushed blue fire out of my feet to try to make it to the small portal hole.

I was running out of power fast.

I have to make it! A Fairy Tail wizard doesn't let himself be defeated this easily, right?

I pushed harder as my determination increased. I'm not going to let something like this beat me! I have to be strong!

Even though the hole started to get bigger, my magic power was almost gone. Dizziness was starting to overtake me, and my determination started to disappear.

I have… to…. make it!

My determination started to disappear with every second.

I have…

Till there was nothing left.

I'm not… going to make it…

A dimension that makes you fade into nothingness.

The fire from my feet stopped suddenly and I started to fall again, even faster than before.

My hope was gone. I have nothing to get me out of this now.

I let my thought's drift for a few seconds, before I heard a tiny crackle sound.

It barely caught my attention. It could be my imagination for all I know.

Then I heard the crackle sound again, but louder.

And again.

And again.

Until the egg inside my arms started to break.

My eyes were wide with awe as I saw the small creature flying above me, or better said Exceed.

Her fur was a blue so light that it was almost white, and her little eyes were as black as Happy's but with Carla's eye shape. Her underbelly didn't have the white circle Happy's did, but was the same color along with the rest of her body like Carla's, along with her tail.

This is Happy and Carla's child…

While I was lost in awe, I felt small paws start dragging me towards the portal hole, "H-heavy…" Her voice as a soft, high pitch.

The portal was starting to take up the entire ceiling of the dimension. I squinted once I felt the flash of light as we flew though the portal.

I remembered what I said before this whole fight started, "I wonder what I'm going to name you…"

There was one name that came to my mind.

I'll call her Hope, because when I thought I had none, she made me realize that I had more.


A.N- I'm going to be editing and re-writing this story in some parts as mentioned on my profile page. New information is going to be added to some of the previous chapters or added in general to make the story flow better. I'm going to try and fix it as fast as I can, but if some things seem out of place for a few weeks that's why. Thanks for reading this!