The battle against the eclipse zodiac spirits continue, but it's getting closer and closer to the end. Over half of the eclipse spirits has been defeated and appeared to be gone. Only four spirits remain, but just those four can be dangerous. Shae is about to see that for himself as he goes against Eclipse Taurus.
"So you think the Sabertooth guild isn't all that? Allow me to show you how wrong you are." Shae said as he charged right at Eclipse Taurus. "Shadow Dragon Slash!" He slashed against Eclipse Taurus, but he appeared to have been able to withstand that attack. It was like he didn't even feel it. "What?!"
"I'm afraid you'll have to do better than that." Eclipse Taurus said.
"No problem!" Shae said as he kept trying to attack with his shadows. He tried going for fast attacks, but Eclipse Taurus was avoiding each of his attacks with great speed. He couldn't believe how fast he was and backed away.
"What's wrong?" Eclipse Taurus asked.
"I can't believe how fast he is." Shae said. "I never knew that a bull could be that fast."
"That is right." Eclipse Taurus said. "I hold a great balance of both speed and strength. You won't be able to defeat me as easy as you think."
"Don't be so sure." Shae said, but Eclipse Taurus appeared right in front of Shae in less than a second.
"I am and you…are about to see why that is." Eclipse Taurus said. He drove just a single finger against Shae and it sent him flying he flew through a couple trees and smashed against another.
"What gives?" Shae said. "How can this guy be so big and fast?" Eclipse Taurus walked over to him.
"You appear to be quite outmatched." Eclipse Taurus said. "My apologies, but I will not be holding back. So let's see how tough the guild you're from really is."
"You haven't seen anything yet." Shae said as he got back up went to attack again, but Eclipse Taurus wasn't worried about his attacks.
"Foolish youth." Eclipse Taurus said. He held his arm back and was going to attack him, but his hand passed right through him as Shae became a shadow and moved behind him.
"That's all useless if you can't hit me." Shae said as he became solid. He tried to give Eclipse Taurus a strong kick and hit him right in the gut.
"Moo?" Elipse Taurus said as he acted like he didn't even feel that. It didn't seem like anything really happened, but Shae was the one that pulled back and winced in pain as he held his foot.
"Damn. What is he made out of? Iron? If that's the case, Gale should be the one fighting you." Shae complained.
"I told you that I have the perfect balance of speed and strength." Eclipse Taurus said. "It seems that you just don't have what it takes to defeat me." He smacked Shae and Shae was sent flying again as he hit another tree and was down.
'How am I suppose to beat this guy?' Shae thought. 'He might be incredibly fast and strong, but he's got to have a weakness somewhere.' Eclipse Taurus walked over and was ready to finish him off.
"How disappointing." Eclipse Taurus said. "I was looking forward to seeing what you would do to prove me wrong."
"Shadow Dragon Roar!" Shae used his breath attack when Eclipse Taurus was real close to him. He blasted him and was pushing him back, but he was able to withstand it.
"You're shadows are just dark and weak. There's nothing you can do." Eclipse Taurus said as he pushed through and was about to stomp down on Shae, but Shae became a shadow and sank into the ground with him slithering around like a snake trying to escape. "Hiding won't do any good." Shae made his way through the forest and stayed hidden behind a tree as he emerged out of the ground.
"Oh man." Shae said and was trying to catch his breath. "This one is unbelievable. There's got to be some way for me get past his strength and speed." Shae tried to take a moment and figure this out, but he didn't get the chance. The tree was pulled right out of the ground and saw Eclipse Taurus was able to find him.
"Did you really think you could run from your problems?" Eclipse Taurus said. Shae just became a shadow and went into the ground again and was trying to keep his distance from him. "You can't keep running. I already know the flaw in your little magic. In order for you to touch me, you must become tangible yourself and we both know what will happen if that happens."
'He's right.' Shae thought as he kept himself in the shadows. 'I can't stay here. I have to figure out some way to beat him.' Eclipse Taurus roamed around the forest and was trying to find Shae.
"Come on out. You know you can't beat me like this." Eclipse Taurus said. Shae's shadow slithered over to him and emerged behind him as he kicked Eclipse Taurus right in the back, but that didn't work either.
'Nothing. This is bad.' Shae thought. Eclipse Taurus grabbed a hold of his leg and slammed him against the ground. He lifted Shae up and held him so he wouldn't escape this time.
"It seems you won't be able to slip away this time." Eclipse Taurus said. He held out his spare hand and brought out an axe-like weapon for him to finish this. Since Eclipse Taurus had a hold of Shae, he can't become a shadow to escape. "This is where the battle ends." He swung his axe at him, but Shae surprised that bull. He was able to grab his arm and kept him back. He saw Shae had a shadowy aura around him.
"Shadow Drive." Shae said. His strength and magic power has increased. It might give him a little edge. Shae still had a free leg and drove it right against Eclipse Taurus and that got him to weaken his grip and allowed Shae to escape. "That was close."
"Increasing your power. I applaud you for that, but it isn't enough." Eclipse Taurus said.
"Oh yeah?!" Shae said as he tried to attack him again, but Eclipse Taurus and held out one finger and was able to stop his attack. "Damn."
"Even if your power has increased, you still don't have enough power to beat me." Eclipse Taurus said. He flicked his finger and sent Shae flying back, but Shae slid against the ground and was able to remain standing. Eclipse Taurus didn't light up on him as he used that speed of his again. He held his axe over Shae and swung it down, but Shae became a shadow again and avoided the attack as it smashed into the ground. Shae moved away and kept some distance from him.
'Nothing I try seems to be enough against him. Nothing seems to have any effect on him.' Shae thought as he was still trying to figure out a way for him to win this fight.
"Before we continue, could I ask for a moment of your time?" Eclipse Taurus asked.
"What is it?" Shae asked as he kept his guard up.
"All we require is one of the celestial wizards from either your guild or the Fairy Tail guild." Eclipse Taurus said. "If you won't hand over the one in your guild, let us have the one in the Fairy Tail guild. You have nothing to do with them. So could you please let us have her? One celestial wizard is all we need for our plans."
"You must be as dense as that head of yours looks." Shae said. "It doesn't matter. Fairy Tail are our friends and we won't let you attack them either. You spirits started this when you attacked our guild and them as well. If Fairy Tail needs our help, we'll be happy to help them. Not a single person in my guild would sell out someone else just to save our own skin."
"So you still wish to deny us our freedom?" Eclipse Taurus asked. "That will be a foolish mistake. While that did sound noble of you, I still can't allow you to interfere."
"Why do you desire your freedom so badly?" Shae asked. "What are you planning that you need a celestial wizard to pull it off?"
"I don't need to explain our reasons to you. I'm afraid you won't be around much longer. Moo!" Eclipse Taurus said as he held out his axe. "Moo?" He noticed something about his axe. It was dirty and muddy. "Yuck. How filthy." He was doing his best to clean his axe, but he was acting like a clean freak.
"Is he serious?" Shae questioned as he thought that was a little weird.
"Filthy. Filthy. Filthy." Eclipse Taurus said as he cleaned his axe so well that it was shining. "That's much better."
"So you don't like getting dirty. Good to know." Shae said as he charged right at him. He dragged his hand against the dirt and tossed some of it against him and a dirt spot formed on his clothes.
"Moo! How degrading!" Eclipse Taurus said and was doing his best to clean it off. "Filthy dirt. Get it off. Get it off!"
"I wish I knew about this sooner." Shae said. He was looking for a weakness and he just found it. He grabbed pieces of dirt and kept tossing them at Eclipse Taurus. Eclipse Taurus really didn't like it.
"Stop it. Stop this at once!" Eclipse Taurus said. He wanted to fight back and stop him, but he was putting cleaning himself as a higher priority. He really doesn't like filth and such.
"You might be strong, but you aren't without your weakness like everyone else." Shae said as he charged in and attacked. With his focus on cleaning himself, Eclipse Taurus was defenseless and Shae drove a kick right under his chin. He formed shadows around his hand and smashed it against Taurus and pushed him back. "Shadow Dragon Roar!" Shae blasted Eclipse Taurus with his breath attack and he was able to push him back with Eclipse Taurus being pushed against the ground. When the attack stopped, Eclipse Taurus was completely dirty.
"Moo! I'm filthy! This can't be happening!" Eclipse Taurus said. Shae moved fast and held Taurus down by the head and kept himself over Eclipse Taurus.
"If you feel this way about dirt, how are you going to feel about this?" Shae asked.
"What? What are you going to do?" Eclipse Taurus asked.
"Sure glad no one will be able to see me do this." Shae said as he didn't like he had to do this, but he will if it means he can stop this rampaging bull.
"What?! What more are you going to do me?!" Eclipse Taurus said as he was getting scared. Shae did the unthinkable….and spit right on Eclipse Taurus. Right on his head. When he did that, that bull acted like a little girl seeing a spider and screamed. "Saliva! That's even worse than dirt or sweat! It's so volatile, vile, and utterly repulsive!" He was such a clean freak that he couldn't take it anymore. He actually passed out from all the dirt and the spit.
"Let that be a lesson." Shae said as he got up and off Eclipse Taurus. "Don't ever insult the Sabertooth guild." It seemed like Eclipse Taurus actually was defeated and turned to stardust like all the others. "Here's to hoping that I never have to do that again. Here I am fighting for Sabertooth's pride and I beat my enemy with spit? That had to have been the biggest freak I ever fought." Another one down and only three more to go. Let's hope that the remaining three aren't as bad as this one, but that's highly doubtful.
