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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: MAIDEN OF THE SKY
Lyon is about to cut off Snow's poisonous arm, to relive him from the tremendous amount of pain. "Here I go!" Lyon slices the blade down, but Gray and Yuki freeze the blade before it can reach Snow. They stare at each other in anger. "You value his arm more than his life?!"
"There might be another way. Don't jump to conclusions!" Gray snarled.
"He's my brother and I won't let you cut off his arm!" Yuki shouted.
"Just as weak as always, Gray." Lyon commented then turned to Yuki. "If he's your brother, wouldn't you want to save his life?"
Yuki sighed. "I agree with Gray. There might be some other way to save him. Cutting off his arm won't help and it will only make him weak when he fights in the future, and I won't let that happen to him. H-He..." Yuki starts to shred tears. "He's the strongest person I know!"
"Yuki..." Snow muttered, collapsing from the tremendous pain. "This is bad... At this rate the poison will spread throughout his body!" Eve stated.
"Wendy could save him." Carla said. "This is not the time to be fighting amongst ourselves. We'll work together, and save Wendy! And that male cat, while we're at it."
"Wendy? That little girl has magic that can purify poison?" Eve asked, raising his hopes up.
"Not just poison. She can view fevers, stop pain, and heal injuries." Carla responded.
"My... Why do I feel like my identity is suddenly weakened?" Ichiya commented.
"But I thought Healing Magic was a Lost Magic. Wasn't lost to the ages?" Sherry asked.
"Wait, does it have something to do with the Maiden of the Sky thing?!" Lucy questioned.
"Wendy is the Sky Dragon Slayer." Carla replied. "Wendy, the Sky Dragon!" This shocks everybody else, especially Natsu and Yuki who look at each other, speechless. "The details can wait until later. Actually, I won't tell you more anyway. What we need now is Wendy." They look at Snow who is in deep pain. "And although I don't know why, they seem to need Wendy as well."
"Which means..." Lyon started off.
"...there's only one thing to do." Hibiki said.
"We will save Wendy-chan!" Eve said.
"For Snow's sake as well!" Gray said.
"And Happy, too!" Lucy added.
"All right! Let's go!" Natsu shouted. The Allied Forces' mission changes: they must now save Wendy from the Oracion Seis.
Deep in the Worth Woodsea, there is a secluded area which is used by the Oracion Seis as their base of operations. The Dark Guild arrives and Brain orders Wendy to heal someone. The members of the group do not understand Brain's plan at first, but after he mentions Nirvana, everybody does. Brain, preparing for the worst, sends Hoteye, Cobra, and Angel to look for Nirvana, while Racer is sent to get the unknown person. Happy demands to know what Nirvana is, and Brain answers with "Magic that switches Light and Darkness."
Meanwhile, the Allied Forces have split into groups to search for Wendy and Happy. Fairy Tail's Natsu, Yuki, Genie, and Cait Shelter's Carla. Lamia Scale's Jura, Lyon, and Sherry. Blue Pegasus' Ichiya, Ren, and Eve. But Ichiya got lost and left behind. And remaining beside Snow are Fairy Tail's Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Blue Pegasus' Hibiki.
Lucy, Gray, and Erza watch out for Snow as Hibiki uses his Archive Magic, searching for the locations of the Oracion Seis'. Lucy, on the other hand, is not confident in her skills, but Hibiki, Gray, and Erza recall the times she fought on her own.
The next group is one composed of Natsu, Yuki, Genie, and Carla. Genie is thinking about what Yuki said before everyone left.
Past...
"Genie, you're going with Natsu, Yuki, and Carla." Erza informed.
"I can't. I need to stay with Snow." Genie replied.
Yuki kneeled down in front of him. "Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Hibiki are going to stay with him. You don't need to worry." He reassured him.
Genie starts to shred tears. "He's my best friend and partner. I can't abandon him like this." He replied.
"If you want to help Snow, you can help me. I might need you just in case I need to fly." Yuki informed.
Genie finally nodded in agreement. "Alright, I will go with you."
Present...
Genie looks at Yuki. "You were right, Yuki. I know how much you wanted to stay by Snow's side as well. You're doing this for him too." He thinks to himself.
"So, about this Sky Dragon Slayer... What does she eat?" Natsu asked.
"Air." Carla simply replied.
"Does air taste good?" Natsu continues to ask questions.
"I have no idea." Carla replied.
"How is that different from breathing oxygen?" Yuki sweat dropped.
"She volunteered for this mission because she thought she might get to meet you three, especially Natsu." Carla said.
"Me?" Natsu questioned.
"You, Snow, and Yuki are Dragon Slayers, yes? She wants to ask you three about something." Carla added.
"About what?" Yuki asked.
"Yes. She says that the dragon that taught her Dragon Slayer magic disappeared 7 years ago." Carla informed. "So she thinks that you might know where the dragon is."
"What's the name of the dragon?" Natsu asked.
"She said it was the Sky Dragon, Grandeeney, if I recall..." Carla responded.
"The Sky Dragon, Grandeeney..." Natsu repeated. "Yuki?"
"You'll have to ask Snow when he is healed, but I don't know. Sorry." Yuki replied.
"Seven years ago..." Natsu's distracted by his own thinking. He runs into a trunk, hitting his own head. He perks up, thinking of an idea. "That's it! What about Laxus?!"
"Gramps told us, remember? He's not a Dragon Slayer." Yuki reminded him.
"W-What's this?!" Carla yelled, catching their attention. They realize they're in a patch of dark woods.
"The trees are black?!" Yuki pointed out.
"This ain't right!" Natsu sits back up.
Just then, members of the Naked Mummy guild appear. "Zato-niisan, they said it's 'cause of Nirvana, right?" One of the members asked.
"It's just terrible magic!" Another member said. "The earth itself is dying, Gato-niisan!" Most of the members happen to be human-like monkeys, surrounding them.
"H-Hey..." Carla backs up a bit. "We're surrounded!"
"It's 'cause of Nirvana, right?" Gato repeats himself.
"You just said that, Gato-niisan!" Zato informed.
"Did I, Zato-niisan?" Gato asked.
"It's monkeys! We got two monkeys here, whoa!" Natsu taunted, acting like a monkey.
"Those guys are from Fairy Tail! It was their fault!" One of the members that Lucy beat up before, shows up, furiously pointing at the culprits.
"Friends of the woman who messed up our plans in Acalypha, huh?" Gato said.
"There's another monkey!" Natsu exclaimed.
"We're Naked Mummy, and we work for Oracion Seis!" Gato informed.
"Let's play!" Zato prepares his Magic.
"Naked Mummy?" Natsu questioned.
"One of the Dark Guilds. Lucy told us she fought with them earlier, remember?" Yuki reminded him.
"We've been had! I thought we were only up against six people!" Carla stated.
"These guys'll be perfect..." Yuki uses his Ice Magic, having a smirk on his face.
"Perfect!" Natsu continues to taunt the members of Naked Mummy.
"What are you people saying?! We have to hurry and break through to escape!" Carla said.
"Run? Don't be silly. They came all this way to greet us..." Yuki said. "We'll force 'em to tell us where their base is!"
"Wait for us, Happy, Wendy!" Natsu swings his flaming hand around.
"These brats are makin' fun of us!" Zato said.
"We're Naked Mummy, and we work for Oracion Seis!" Gato repeated.
"Why do you say things twice?!" Natsu yelled.
"It's over for you!" Zato chuckled as the members get ready to fight. Natsu and Yuki stare at their opponents, evilly grinning at them.
"What is with these Fairy Tail wizards? Do they really think they can win such numbers?" Carla asks herself as she watches them.
At the same time, Blue Pegasus' Ren and Eve are also surrounded by a new enemy. They find themselves surrounded by members of the Dark Guild, Dark Unicorn.
Lamia Scale's Lyon, Jura, and Sherry are the same. They are surrounded by members of the Dark Guild, Red Hood.
On the other hand, Ichiya, now separated, stands alone against a dark guild. "Men!"
Racer returns with a cross shaped coffin in his hands. He thinks the transportation took too much time, but Brain commends him. He releases the chains of the coffin, revealing that inside lays none other than Jellal. Wendy has an odd response to this sight, and Brain reminds her that he is Jellal, the man who saved her life.
Natsu and Yuki stand back-to-back, facing the Naked Mummy guild. "We'll show them just how scary we, Naked Mummy, can be, Zato-niisan!" Gato said.
"Let's get them, real quick like, Gato-niisan!"
"Yes... We'll show them just how scary we, Naked Mummy, can be, Zato-niisan!" Gato repeated.
"You said that already, Gato-niisan." Zato reminded him.
"Did I, Zato-niisan?" Gato asked. "Then we'll show them just how..."
"Get 'em you lugs!" Zato interrupted, ordering the members of the guild to fight.
"We sure got an earful of their brain-dead brother banter..." Natsu commented.
"Sounds like they're both the older brother, though." Yuki added.
The Naked Mummy members attack with their Magic Guns, but Natsu and Yuki easily dodge their attacks. Natsu then charges at the group of Naked Mummy members, causing a huge explosion, defeating several members. One member tries to retaliate, but Yuki grabs and freezes his hand, using his Magic to defeat several members.
"Damn you!" One of the members reloads his Magic Gun, aiming at Natsu. "Get a load of my magic shotgun!" He shoots at Natsu from behind. "I did it!" The bullet is ineffective, not causing any danger to Natsu. Natsu chuckles at him as the bullet sizzles off of him. "M-Monster!" Natsu easily defeats him by sending him flying into the sky.
"They aren't half bad, Zato-niisan." Gato stated.
"Shall we take 'em on together, Gato-niisan?" Zato asked.
"They aren't half bad." Gato repeated.
Meanwhile, Wendy is faced with Jellal. Happy reminds her of the horrors he committed, but Brain reminds Wendy that she owes him her life. Wendy is paralyzed, unable to do anything. In order to motivate her, Brain fakes an attack on Jellal. Wendy screams, and powerless, falls onto the ground. Happy continues to mention Jellal's evil actions, but Wendy, still unconsolable, doesn't believe what Happy is saying. She stands up, and Happy prays for Natsu to get there soon.
Back at the base where Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Hibiki are with Snow. Lucy looks down at Snow, worried about his condition.
"Please be alright, Snow." Lucy thought as she watches Snow clinging onto his life.
"I'm trying my best to locate Oracion Seis's hideout." Hibiki informed.
"Guys, I have this bad feeling about what's ahead of us. I'm going to go investigate the place and search for the other members." Gray said. Lucy, Erza, and Hibiki agree, watching him run out of their sight.
"Everyone. Please hurry and save Wendy. Snow doesn't have much time."
Natsu and Yuki are exhausted from beating all of the Naked Mummy members. "You've got to be kidding me... Naked Mummy was beaten by just two wizards?" Zato weakly said, defeated, laying on the ground.
"You've got to be kidding me... Naked Mummy was beaten by just..." Gato repeated after his brother.
"I said that already, Gato-niisan." Zato reminded him.
"What was with these guys? They weren't small fry at all!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Wow, they actually had some fight in 'em." Yuki said.
"Of course they do! They're an entire guild!" Carla pointed out, hiding behind the trunk of a tree. "What in the world were you people thinking?!"
Natsu grabs hold onto Zato's shirt, interrogating him. "Okay, blabber-ape! Where is your base?!"
"I ain't telling you, stupid!" Zato replied, refusing to tell him as he laughs to himself. Natsu knocks him unconscious by crashing his head into Zato's.
Natsu turns to Gato, interrogating him as well. "Okay, big ape!"
"You guys are crazy, you know that." Carla commented.
"Guest, the rest is up to you..." Gato said before he became unconscious.
"What?" Natsu lets go of Gato.
"Guest?" Yuki questioned.
"Hey there, flame-brain and shadow brat! Long time no see!" A figure greeted, standing on a tree. Natsu and Yuki turn to look where the voice came from. "I really own you for what you did to me way back when... You damn flies!" The figure happens to be Erigor.
"It's you! Hey ya, you breezy bastard! Long time no see indeed! How's it hangin'?" Natsu happily greeted.
"We ain't got that kinda relationship, bub!" Erigor yelled.
"I think he's got me confused with Snow, but whatever..." Yuki scoffed, annoyed that he got mistaken for Snow. "Anyways, I've heard about him. Snow told me he was responsible for trying to use Lullaby to assassinate Gramps and the other Masters."
"Oh, right... I seem to recall I beat the crap out of him." Natsu finally remembers.
Erigor floats up in the air, approaching the two. "After the destruction of Eisenwald, I wandered as a free agent through the guilds associated with Oracion Seis... Waiting for this day... The day I get revenge on you flies! The day the Death God is reborn once again!"
"A revenge match? Sounds interesting." Yuki accepted.
"I'm gettin' fired up!" Natsu shouted.
"Y-You people are going to fight more? You're more than just crazy!" Carla sweat dropped, bemused by the enthusiasm.
As the members of the Dark Guild charge at him, Ren uses his Aerial. The Dark Mages immediately feel the effects of the magic and begins to suffocate while Ren explains that his Magic can lower the oxygen in the air around his enemies. Meanwhile, the other Dark Mages surround Eve. The Dark Mages begin to belittle him due to his appearance and charges at him. However, Eve uses his White Out that is able to trap and freeze his enemies. Eve begins to taunt the Dark Mages who are unable to move, trapped under some snow.
Elsewhere, the Red Hood Guild members summon some cute goblins who disarm (psychologically) Sherry and Lyon. They retreat, but in the meantime, the guild has summoned a gigantic Wyvern. The Lamia Scale members delegates defeat without much ado.
Erigor attacks the group with his Wind Magic. The two protect themselves from the attack. "Impressive... Those monkeys were nothing compared to him!" Yuki exclaimed. Then, he turned to Natsu. "Leave him to me, Natsu!"
"You're joking, right? Don't act all tough like that shadow jerk!" Natsu yelled.
This made Yuki pissed off. "That shadow jerk is my brother. In fact, if he wasn't bitten by that poisonous snake during our battle with Cobra, he would wipe the floor with this guy! So let me deal with him!"
"Fine! You can have him!" Natsu gives up and agrees.
"Genie, fly me up there!" Yuki shouted as Genie flew him into the sky.
Erigor looked at him. "Oh? It's you, shadow brat."
Yuki puts his right fist back, ready to attack. "Ice Dragon's..."
Erigor looked at him, shocked and confused. "Hold on, what did you just say?"
"...Frozen Fist!" Yuki punches him, but Erigor defends himself.
"Who are you?" Erigor asked, not seeing him before.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Yuki Setsuko, The Ice Dragon Slayer and Snow's identical twin. I reckon you remember him?" Yuki said, introducing himself.
"I've never seen you before." Erigor mentioned.
Yuki smirked. "That's because I joined Fairy Tail quite recently." He answered.
"Ice Dragon's Claw!" Yuki kicks him back.
"This new guy is strong... Nothing like how Natsu was... I'm gonna have a tough time beating him." Erigor thinks to himself. Yuki jumps back onto the ground. "You're quite strong, boy!"
"Sorry 'bout this, Erigor... But I gotta crush you pretty soon so we can go look for Happy and Wendy." Yuki's entire body is covered in ice.
"Stop talkin' like that'll be so easy, you damn brat!" Erigor yelled. "I'll chop you to pieces! Emera Baram!" He then attacks, causing a huge explosion. As the smoke disappears, he has no sight of the Ice Dragon Slayer. "How do you like that destructive power? I haven't been playing around either. I've been training to build up my Magic Power to get revenge ever since!"
"Is that so?" Yuki chuckled. "What a joke."
"Come on... you got to have a better reason than that." Yuki taunted. Natsu smirks at Yuki, knowing that if he was just like Snow, he would have a lot left in him.
"Yeah, you said it. This isn't about Eisenwald or Oracion Seis anymore... As I am a lone wizard, I will defeat you!" Erigor evilly smiles at him.
"I'd like to see you try! Bring it on!" Yuki shouted as he smirked, covering his body in ice. Erigor charges at Yuki. "Take this!"
"Magic Wind Palm!" Erigor strikes at Yuki, but he flies through it.
"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Black Ice: Frozen Destuction Fist!" Yuki punches him multiple times with blue light and ice, easily defeating him.
"I... I'm no match..." Erigor flies away. Yuki lands back on the ground.
"Couldn't you have finished that a bit faster, Yuki?" Natsu teased.
"G-Good going there..." Carla complimented. "If he's this strong, it makes me curious of what his brother is like."
"Hey, you! Where are Happy and Wendy?! This is no time for sleeping!" Natsu tries to wake up the unconscious Erigor, interrogating him.
Ren and Eve interrogate the Dark Mages about the location of Happy and Wendy.
Jura, Lyon, and Sherry manage to find the location of the Oracion Seis' hideout from the Red Hood members. Sherry begins to laugh at the Red Hood members for attacking them and ending up defeated. Jura then tells her and Lyon to head to the hideout while he remains at their present location, as he feels powerful Magic Power approaching, which he predicts belongs to a member of the Oracion Seis.
Ichiya has been captured and rants about his abductors about his abilities and strength. "Men..."
"Here?" Natsu and the rest approach Brain's hideout, standing above the hill.
"Natsu! Yuki!" Gray called out, running up to them.
"Gray?" Natsu and the other three turn around to see Gray.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were with Snow and the others." Yuki asked.
"I had a bad feeling about something so I decided to investigate the place. While I was running, I found you guys." Gray responded. "Is this the hideout?"
"Might be." Yuki replied.
"Happy! Wendy!" Natsu shouted without hesitation.
"Wait! There might be enemies here!" Carla stated.
In Brain's hideout, the members hear Natsu's voice calling out for Happy and Wendy. Racer is sent after them.
The group notice a fast speed of light heading their way. Racer runs past them, causing them to scatter. "It's him again!" Natsu said.
"I'll go back to Hibiki and the others and tell them about the hideout. Natsu, you go down there." Gray said as he ran in the opposite direction.
"I'll handle things here. Hurry and go, Natsu!" Yuki said.
"Right!" Natsu agreed.
"You think I'll let you go?!" Racer dashes at Natsu instead since he's closer to Brain's hideout, but he slips on Yuki's ice.
"Genie, now's our chance! Wings!" Natsu looks at Genie who is lying on the ground, with swirling eyes as well as Carla.
"Oh, well... Get going on this!" Yuki creates a slide for Natsu.
"Here we go!" Natsu jumps on the slide while carrying Carla and Genie. Racer and Yuki face each other, beginning their fight.
Natsu, Genie, and Carla find Happy and Wendy, to their shock, Jellal too. Even though it made her feel guilty, Wendy had to revive him.
Lucy and Erza watch over Snow as Hibiki does his research. The poison spreads deeper into Snow. Lucy asks him if he has found Wendy's location, but he hasn't found anyone. Hibiki says that he'll try his best to contact someone right away.
Wendy apologizes for reviving him. She passes out from using too much Magic Power.
Jellal suddenly attacks Natsu, and surprisingly, Brain too. After they are incapacitated, he leaves. Natsu tries to go after him, but Carla reminds him of Snow's condition. So Natsu leaves, with Wendy, Happy, Genie, and Carla in tow.
Brain gets up and deduces, by Jellal's actions, that he is after Nirvana. Furious, he brands Nirvana as his, and shouts to Cobra to go after Jellal. Cobra, even though nowhere near, listens, and gets on with his job.
A/N: There you go!
Hope you enjoyed!
~Kyle
