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Warpath
Sado stormed toward the barrier, flames roaring off of him, his control over his anger starting to slip. He kept the flames above his ankles in order to spare the floor, and the flames ended a few inches below the ceiling. As he reached the barrier, he reached out to it, but it turned red, solidifying. He scoffed, cocking a hand back before punching it, an explosion shooting outward from the impact, shattering the barrier. He continued, and as soon as there was nothing over him, the flames jumped, forming a massive bonfire around him that dwarfed the buildings around him and filled the main street as he walked. After a few blocks, Alzack ran out of a side street, a barrier forming around them. Before Alzack could react, Sado spiked his power, a shockwave exploding into him and slamming him into the barrier, knocking him out, allowing the barrier to fade and Sado to continue on his warpath.
About a block later, Laki skidded into his path and another barrier rose. The wooden club Laki had in her hand broke apart instantly as Sado's flames spiked, growing to fill his half of the barrier in a sea of flames, obscuring him from anyone else's vision from the heat waves alone.
"What gives!?" Laki demanded before her eyes widened as she stared at Sado. "No way!"
"Laki, close your eyes," Sado said. "I'll make this quick."
"But...I have to...save them," Laki said.
"Look at me, Laki," Sado said. "This barrier negates all magic, and yet I'm on fire. Tell me which of us you think stands a better chance of taking down Laxus and the Thunder Legion."
"Okay," Laki said, squeezing her eyes closed. "Please be gent-"
He kicked a rock at her, sending it crashing into her gut and hurling her into the barrier, knocking her out. As soon as the barrier was gone, he continued on his way, careful to keep his flames away from Laki as he passed her, though they remained the same sea of flames they had turned into when he lost the ability to control them.
"Keep sending friends my way Freed, it won't save you or Evergreen," Sado snarled.
Warren and Nab both stumbled upon Sado as he was walking along, but before they could do anything, he had knocked them out the same way he beat Alzack. Finally, Sado reached the main shopping center just as one of Evergreen's spells exploded around Elfman, knocking him to the ground, despite him being in his Beast form. Then, she lifted her glasses and turned him to stone. Sado didn't even break his stride, slapping her across the face and sending her bouncing along the ground. She formed a pair of dragonfly-like wings from the back of her outfit and shot into the air instantly, opening a small folding fan and swiping it toward him.
"Fairy Machine Gun, Leprechaun!" Evergreen shouted.
A massive barrage of glowing gold magic bolts rained down on him, exploding against his flames and failing to get within ten feet of Sado, who still hadn't broken his stride. She flew down low, grinning wickedly, only for his hand to suddenly burst out of the smoke, grabbing her by the throat before he stepped out, his flames roaring backward off of him, only his hand extended from the flames, which started at his wrist, quickly clearing the smoke. He slapped her again, her glasses spinning away.
"Fix her!" Sado snarled.
Evergreen opened her eyes, only for a patch of his flames to turn into stone in front of his face before crumbling away, instantly replaced by more flames.
"I'm not asking," Sado snarled, beginning to tighten his hold on her neck. "Fix her! Fix her or I'll rip your eyes out of your skull and feed them to you!"
Evergreen's eyes flashed again and the stone around Elfman began to crack before crumbling away, Elfman collapsing and groaning. "They're free!" Evergreen choked out. "They're free! Please! Don't kill me!"
He stared at her for a moment before bending forward and smashing her head into the ground, knocking her out. Then, he continued toward Kardia Cathedral, where he could sense Laxus. His flames returned to their massive sea just as glass orbs began to float out of the church, forming a massive ring around the city. Sado snarled angrily. He knew that spell. It'd wipe out the entire city.
"Thunder Palace," Sado snarled. "Damn you Laxus! You fucking coward!"
He began to walk faster, making much better progress now that he wasn't meeting any of this friends.
Ur stopped as Freed appeared in front of her looking exactly as he had been in the guild hall, green hair with two lightning-bolt-shaped spikes on the sides, red coat, sword in hand, and a bored expression. She smirked, placing her hands together.
"I must say, you're quite attractive Ur," Freed said.
"Why thank you," Ur smirked. "Normally I'd accept a drink from you, but given how much you all pissed off my students, I think I'll settle for kicking your ass."
"As you wish," Freed said, slashing. "Dark Ecriture, Pain!"
Glowing purple script appeared on her chest and faded. Then, a moment later, her world erupted into unimaginable agony. Ur screamed, clutching at her head as the pain tore at her nerve endings. She knew Freed was speaking, but she couldn't process his words. He slashed again, and fear joined the pain, again it was more than she had ever experienced, even when facing Deliora. Another slash and both the pain and fear began to get worse. Then, her daughter flashed through her mind and her eyes opened. It wasn't the worst she had felt. It was close, but not the worst. She pushed herself up, Freed staring at her in shock. She put her hands back together.
"Impossible!" Freed shouted. "You can't possibly be standing! Dark Ecriture, Pain! Pain! Pain!"
The pain began to get worse, Ur's entire body trembling, her magic barely responding through it, but the tears flooding down her face were from an entirely different pain, one that his spell couldn't begin to compare to.
"Your spell's impressive," Ur said. "But I've felt more pain than you could ever cause me. Physical pain can only get so bad. But true pain will always be worse. Like the pain of losing a child. Compared to what I felt when Ultear died, this is absolutely nothing!"
"Very well then!" Freed snarled. "If you're in so much pain, I'll put you out of your misery! Dark Ecriture, Dea-"
"Ice Make Rose Garden!" Ur shouted, a massive sea of pink-tinted ice flowers shooting from her feet to Freed, freezing him solid just as Mira landed behind her.
"I see you had it handled," Mira said.
"Yes," Ur said. "Sado is on his way to the church to deal with Laxus. He's going to kill him this time."
"Sado isn't going to kill Laxus," Mira said. "He's not a murderer."
"But is he under control?" Ur asked. "That's what happens when he loses control, right? People die?"
"People die every day," Mira said. "Sado's not a murderer. He'll be fine."
"You have so much faith in him," Ur smiled just as her ice exploded, Freed rising out of it.
He was different now, though. He had transformed his upper body into that of a demon. A pair of horns grew backward on his head, black fur covered his arms and the sides and back of his torso, his skin had turned a dark grey, there was a wing-like design on his chest, he had massive pointed ears on the sides of his head, pointed teeth, light grey scales around his right eye, which had turned black, and a pair of spikes had grown from his elbows. From his back a pair of glowing purple runes extended outward, forming wings.
"He looks like a demon," Ur said, placing her hands together, only for Mira to set her own hand on Ur's shoulder, stopping her as she shifted back into her devil form.
"You've already faced a devil, right?" Mira asked. "I haven't gotten to stretch my muscles for a while." She extended her wings from her back, cracking her neck. "Allow me."
Ur nodded and Mira blasted off the ground, reaching Freed instantly, her fist blasting into his gut, launching him backward. He crashed into the ground before flipping, a sphere of dark magic energy with a red aura formed around both of his fists, a similar one forming around both of Mira's, but hers having their usual purple aura. Freed shot forward, punching at Mira rapidly, Mira avoiding the strikes, driving her own into Freed each time he missed her. Finally, she clasped her hands, swinging them from her left into the side of his head, blasting him sideways. He flipped, stopping himself and growling in rage as she held out her hand, a black spell circle forming in front of her.
"Darkness Stream," Mira said, dozens of pitch-black hands of magic energy shooting out of the circle at Freed, who began to fly around, avoiding them.
Finally, they faded, and he stopped, roaring angrily, his black fur spreading down his legs until mid-calf, below with became grey scales and clawed toes, three in front and one in back. Then, a black and red spell circle formed in front of him.
"Darkness Breath!" he shouted, a massive blast of dark energy forming into a tornado, blasting into Mira who began to shoot backward, crossing her arms to shield her face. Then, he appeared in front of her, a sphere of his dark magic in his hands. "Darkness Flash Bomb!"
She grunted as it exploded against her chest, blasting her down into the water. She opened her eyes and smirked, gripping the water with her magic and spinning, rising back out of it with the water spinning around her in a tornado of its own. Then, she looked up at Freed, glaring.
"Evil Explosion!"
She hurled the water in her hands at Freed, sending the tornado itself at him as a massive spinning blast of water. It exploded into him, launching him backward and she stopped on level with him, forming a black sphere like a vortex, a black spell circle forming and then being sucked into it instantly.
"I haven't used this for a while," Mira said. "Soul Extinction!"
She shoved it at him, and it exploded outward into a gigantic beam of energy, tiny violet lights seeming to race through it as it engulfed Freed instantly. Then, it exploded, purple and black magic energy filling the sky for several seconds, everyone stopping to watch. As the smoke cleared, Freed fell, crashing down in a crater and groaning, Mira landing over him. He stared up at her, eyes wide with fear.
"Relax," Mira said, transforming back into her human form. "You've lost Freed."
"Why aren't you killing me?" Freed asked.
"Because this battle is meaningless," Mira said. "I won't kill you because we're allies. We're from the same guild. That means we laugh together, we celebrate together, and we grow together."
"No, Laxus is my only ally!" Freed shouted.
"It doesn't have to be that way," Mira said. "It's perfectly fine to have that one person you trust more than anyone. It's human nature. But that doesn't mean you shut out the rest of us. We're part of something bigger. We're like family. If you just reach out, I promise there will always be someone there for you." She reached out, taking his hand and smiling. "Once you finally get that connection, you'll never forget that it's there. You're surrounded by people who care for you."
Freed began to cry, raising a hand to his face. "I never wanted it...to come to this!"
"Yeah, I know that," Mira smiled. "How about next year, we enjoy the Harvest Festival together? As a family should."
Her smile faded and she pushed herself up as Ur arrived with Elfman, who Mira had had with her.
"Please take Freed back to the guild hall," Mira said.
"I will," Ur nodded. "Go help Sado."
Mira nodded, transforming again and taking off.
Sado stared at the light and smirked. "Stretching your muscles Mira? You didn't have to go all out like that against Freed."
"Your girlfriend's as much a sadistic nut job as you are," Bickslow said.
"Sadist! Sadist!" his totems chanted, only to burst into flames as Sado waved a hand, then glared at Bickslow, letting his arm drop back to his side.
"Hm...that's going to be problematic," Bickslow said. "I didn't think I have any non-flammable toys in town."
"So, I see you beat Gray," Sado mused. "That's a shame. Now you've made the mistake of standing in my way."
"Sado!" Lucy shouted, jogging to a stop off to the side, out of range of his flames, Cana at her side. "We'll handle this creep. You go and deal with Laxus."
"How much time do we have left?" Sado asked.
"Less than an hour until he fires the Thunder Palace," Cana said. "Can you do it?"
Sado snorted just as a cloaked figure with a half-dozen staves on his back stepped out ahead of them, looking back at him from under his cloth mask.
"Easily," Sado snarled. "I'll break him in two seconds." He continued walking, stopping beside Mystogan, keeping his flames parted around Mystogan, forming him a safe area. "Long time no see."
Mystogan nodded, setting the end of his usual staff, one with a fan at the other end, on the ground. He looked back toward Bickslow, then at the church just down the road.
"Don't even think about it," Sado snarled. "Stay out of my way and you won't get burned."
Mystogan glanced at him but remained silent. Sado huffed, pulling his flames back to himself and jumped, flames launching him toward the church. He landed in a low crouch before standing and continuing walking, his flames once again surging back outward.
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