Two members of E.R.4. are down and only two remain. The guild has been brought back together, but they won't be able to leave soon. Erza and Gray were able to beat Sasomoo and Gajeel was able to defeat Hamuro. As for Laxus, he's faced with Kuma, the one who put Fairy Tail in this mess to begin with. It's payback time.
"If you know what's good for you, you'll be smart and walkaway." Laxus said.
"Negative. Retreat is not an option for us." Kuma said. "It is time for you to go now." Kuma lunged himself forward and tried to make Laxus disappear like he did last time, but Laxus unleashed lightning all around him and pushed Kuma back.
"I told you that I'm not going to fall for that again!" Laxus said. "You're the one that's going down!" Laxus unleashed another blast of lightning, but Kuma was able to avoid it and got behind Laxus. 'Damn. He's fast.' He thought. Kuma tried to hit Laxus, but Laxus was able to turn around and blocked that attack. "Is that the best you got?"
"Negative." Kuma said. He unleashed a barrage of punches and they were all moving incredibly fast. Laxus was doing his best to hold off against this attacks. Laxus was able to grab one of his arms and stop him from attacking.
"My turn." Laxus said as he kept hitting against Kuma. "You're a tough bastard, I'll give you that much." Kuma was taking everything Laxus was throwing at him and was still standing. Kuma still fought back as he placed his hand near Laxus and blasted him with some pressurize air and that did some damage. Kuma grabbed a hold of Laxus and tossed him over his shoulder and pinned him to the floor.
"Away with you." Kuma said as he tried to make Laxus disappear again as he swiped his hand, but Laxus was able to move out of the way and got some distance between the two of them. "You are skilled. I can see why you are considered one of Fairy Tail's strongest."
"Since when has it mattered to me what guys like you think?" Laxus said. 'There's something weird going on.' Laxus looked behind him and saw the opening to the hangar. 'Why does he keep getting me to face there when he's trying to send me flying like he did before?'
"You should know better than to look away." Kuma said as he was going to attack Laxus again and made another attempt.
"Lightning Dragon Iron Fist!" Laxus was able to smash his lightning coated fist against Kuma and knocked him back. 'Whenever he tries to use the same spell on me as before, he leaves his hand open. When he physically attacks me, he makes a fist.' He thought as he was looking over all that was going on since the fight started. It soon came to him on what was going on. "I think I see it now."
"What do you see?" Kuma said. Laxus smirked as he looked over to the switch on the wall that opened the hangar. Laxus became lightning as he went right over to it. He smashed his fist against the switch and caused it to break as the hangar was closing. "What are you doing?"
"I think I see the flaw of your magic." Laxus said.
"What?" Kuma said as he didn't think he could.
"That spell you used to send me, Natsu, and the others flying to anywhere needs to be done outside, in an open space." Laxus said. "That's why you kept trying to get me to face the hangar whenever you used it on me. You needed a clear shot for me to go in that direction. However, when we're in a closed environment, like this hangar, that spell won't really work. Tell me if I'm right or wrong."
'Impressive. He was able to figure out the flaw of my magic in such a short amount of time and after seeing it only once.' Kuma thought.
"You spell makes us travel so fast that we can't be seen or heard." Laxus said. "That is impressive, but it doesn't mean we're not there. Using that spell in a place like this might have me hit the wall, but we won't be able to go anywhere. As long as we're in this closed space, I don't have to worry about it. You won't be able to avoid me now."
"I have no reason to avoid you." Kuma said. "My orders were just to keep you out of our way. Since that no longer seems to be an option, I will have to eliminate you personally."
"No way that's going to happen!" Laxus said as he charged right at him. "It's over for you! You won't be able to slip away from me this time!"
"It would appear I must take more lethal actions to stop you." Kuma said as he placed both hands against the floor. "Air Imputation!" Kuma unleashed a wave of pressurized air that spread over the whole room. Laxus got caught in it and there was a lot of weight behind it. Laxus was blown across the room and hit the wall.
"That hurt. What the hell was that?" Laxus questioned.
"Air Imputation." Kuma said. "Pressurized air is released from by body and strikes anything within the surrounding area. It can feel like getting hit by a cannonball that's about ten times bigger than you are."
"Damn. I'll take your word for it." Laxus said as he felt some pain in his body.
'Of course. It has a limit as well. I won't be able to use this spell again for at least five more minutes.' Kuma thought. 'It takes someone with great stamina and endurance to use that spell. Using it again before the five minutes is up can be dangerous to my own body. Can I really hold out for that long against such an opponent?'
"Okay. No more messing around." Laxus said as he charged at him again. There wasn't any time for Kuma to act as Laxus hit him right in the head. Then, he drove his foot against him.
'I'm doomed if I don't defend myself. I must fight back.' Kuma thought as he launched another blast of pressurized air, but Laxus was able to smash his fist against it and stopped the attack.
"Is that really all you got?" Laxus said. Laxus drove his fist against Kuma's gut and knocked the wind right out of him. He grabbed a hold of Kuma and spun him around so Laxus tossed him against the roof. Kuma slammed against it. When Kuma came falling down, Laxus smashed his fist against Kuma and knocked him down again.
'It's no good. His strength is far greater than I expected.' Kuma thought. 'I have no choice, but to use Air Imputation for a second time or else I'm doomed.'
"Time to finish this!" Laxus said as he was going for the final blow, but Kuma placed both his hands against the floor again and Laxus could see he was going to use that spell again.
"Air Imputation!" Kuma released that spell again and the air wave was released. However, from using it again so soon, Kuma's body was in pain as his clothes ripped and his body grew sore.
"Not this time!" Laxus shouted as he slammed his fist against it and released some electricity through it.
"What do you think you can do? You can't stop it." Kuma said.
"Just wait and see!" Laxus said as he pushed through and the spell completely dissipated in a loud bang that caused the whole room to shake. Others felt it through the ship and wondered what that was. As for Kuma, he couldn't believe Laxus was able to push through.
"Impossible… No one should be able to do that!" Kuma said. In his awestruck state, Laxus closed the distance between the two of them and appeared right in front of him.
"Lightning Dragon Jaw!" Laxus slammed his fists against Kuma and he got electrocuted as he hit the ground and great damage was done to his body. Kuma won't be moving after the state his body is in now.
"No more. No more." Kuma said.
"Giving up?" Laxus said.
"My body is in no condition to continue battling." Kuma said. "I can see that I am no match for your power. It's in too much pain and I can't really move that well now. I surrender this fight."
"Good for you." Laxus said. "Maybe that will teach you to never mess with Fairy Tail ever again."
"That was never our intention." Kuma said. "All we wanted was to make sure that Fairy Tail stays out of our way." Laxus found that strange with how he keeps saying that.
"You keep saying that. What exactly are you trying to keep us away from?" Laxus said.
"E.R.'s goal. It is close at hand." Kuma said.
"E.R.'s goal?" Laxus questioned. He thought about that and tried to remember what that goal was. All he knew was that it wasn't going to be anything good.
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Natsu and Lucy
"What do you think all that shaking was?" Lucy asked. Natsu and the others continued to search for Natalia since they picked up on her trail, but had to stop from when they felt the ship shake.
"Don't tell me this thing is starting to move again!" Natsu said as the mere thought of that scared him. He really didn't want to get motion sick again.
"I don't think so. I think that came from someone fighting." Happy said. "Hopefully it means that one of our own was able to beat another member of E.R."
"I'm sure they have. We need to keep going and help out Natalia." Natsu said. Happy and Lucy agreed and they got going again. They just better hope it's not too late to save her.
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Natalia
Natalia was still with Kojishi. Kojishi is now the only one left standing, but is it too late to really do anything about it.
"What was that shaking earlier?" Natalia asked.
"That had to have been one of your friends fighting against one of my colleagues." Kojishi said. "It doesn't really matter. We're here." Natalia looked and saw they were in front of a large door.
"What is this? Where are we?" Natalia said as she didn't seem to like this. "Kojishi, what's in there?"
"Everything we have strived for." Kojishi said as he opened the door. It slid open and Natalia saw something inside. She was surprised to see it was a man. This man wore a fancy looking black attire, but appeared to be trapped in a glowing pink crystal of some sort.
"What is this? Who is that?" Natalia said.
"That is Eclear." Kojishi said. Natalia was beyond shock to hear that the person in the crystal was the same person this affiliation has been searching for over a century. E.R. really is close to reaching their goal, but what will happen once they do?