Back with the next chapter!
"Speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
The last fight of Day 4 of the GMG is on the way as it was the battle between Dragon Slayers
"ohh! Natsu Dragov has challenged the Twin Dragon Slayers on a 2 on 1 fight!" Lola commented on the mic
Natsu grins before he disappears and appeared behind the two
"wha!?" "so fast!"
He then kicks the two away as they were sent skidding back a bit
Sting and Rogue catches their ground before going on the attack as they re-entered their Dragon Force
""let me have some fun"" END said with a smirk as he snaps his fingers and summons Reiter no Yoroi as the armor went on the attack against Rogue
"Dragon Force has the power of a dragon! There's no power stronger than that!" Sting shouted as he sends barrages of light punches towards Natsu who dodges them all before he punches Sting on the face and sends a kick to the face
"that power of yours, is still half baked" Natsu told him as he lit his fist in flames and then punches Rogue from behind as the Shadow Dragon Slayer tried a sneak attack
"guh!" Rogue crashes on the ground before he rolls to the side as Reiter no Yoroi swings its halberd but the attack misses
Sting breathes out his roar at Natsu who fires back his own roar as his roar overpowered Sting's
Natsu ducks down as he dodges a shadow attack from Rogue before he sends a flaming kick towards Rogue and sends him crashing to the wall
"not! Not yet!" Sting exclaimed as he stands up and went to attack again
"Sting-kun!" Lector cheered for him
"Rogue" Frosch as well
Natsu blocked both of their attacks before he sends them flying away with a spin kick
"unbelievable! Sting and Rogue! The Twin Dragon Slayers are overpowered!" Lola exclaimed on the mic
"Sting!" Rogue called out to Sting as he had a ball of dark energy forming in his hand.
"Right!" Sting answered Rogue as he had a ball of white energy forming in his hand
their respective elements swirled in their open palms becoming bigger and bigger before condensing into concentrated balls of their elements and combining.
"Yajima-san! What is happening!?" Lola asked the old man as the whole stadium rumbles
"a Unison Raid" Yajima said
"it's a form of a fusion spell"
Natsu stood in his place as the attack was growing larger and larger
Rogue and Sting thrust their arms forward, a combined stream of light and darkness shooting forth from their fists.
"Seiryu no Senga!"
"if there was a power stronger than it, it's the power of the heart" Mavis said as Natsu burst into flames
"Guren! Bakuenjin!"
Natsu spins his hand as a flaming vortex collided with the Unison Raid before overpowering it as the attack collides with Sting and Rogue
BOOM!
A dust explosion clouded the field as no one can see anything
"right now, we are assessing the field as we can't see anything" Lola commented on the mic before he gasped as he sees a shadow in the dust cloud
"it's!" Lola shouted as he sees Natsu standing over Sting and Rogue who are defeated and are lying on the ground
"Natsu Dragov! Winner! Fairy Tail!"
The crowds cheered on as Fairy Tail have won
Natsu looks over the defeated Twin Dragon Slayers as he turns around and walks away
"I knew it will end this way" Bob said with a smile
"impressive, as always," Oldmine said with a grin
"we have a new target now," Oba babasama said while spinning her hands
"target! Fairy Tail!"
Everyone cheered for Natsu and Gajeel (even though he didn't finish the two at the end) as they started walking back to their stand after looking back at Sting and Rogue for a moment before walking away
They walked back to the others as their friends cheered for their victory
Night time
After the commotion during the day, the moon began taking control of the sky and turned it dark. And with the darkness came the anticipation. The fun was over. Each guild was now in heavy preparation for the final day of the Grand Magic Games. No one knew what the final day would consist of, but plans were being made to work with any curveball the committee decided to throw.
Having fully recuperated from their fight the previous day, Sting and Rogue returned to Crocus Gardens to face whatever their guild master had in store for them.
"Sting. Rogue." Jilemma began, his booming voice reverberating throughout the massive room. "Do you have any words to explain what happened yesterday?"
The question sounded more rhetorical than anything. Jilemma didn't care what "excuse" Sting and Rogue chose to use, they were already worthless in his eyes. The question hung in the air, begging to be answered, just so said answer could be challenged.
The rest of team Sabertooth wore amused smirks on their faces. It was no secret that they reveled in their teammate's scolding and humiliation.
"There is nothing we could say that would help our situation." Rogue answered regretfully. "We failed. Natsu Dragov's power, was beyond what we could apprehend." He clenched his fist in anger at himself.
"he was too strong"
"Does being the strongest mean nothing to you?! Have my words fallen on deaf ears, or are you two just idiots?!" Jilemma angrily asked. He stood up, knocking over the table in front of his chair. Coincidently he knocked over the wine sitting on the table, but he didn't care.
Jilemma towered over Sting and Rogue. The aura emanating from his very presence caused the dragon slayers to retreat into themselves. "Your lack of resolve has embarrassed this entire guild! You are supposed to represent Sabertooth and our dominance, but instead you went out and lost!"
"But Master we…" Sting began to protest.
"SILENCE!" Jilemma roared. "You have insulted us long enough!" his voice summoned a fierce gust of air that knocked down both Sting and Rogue. "You no longer have the right to call yourselves Sabertooth!" Jilemma shouted. In his rage he kicked Sting while he was still down and punched Rogue in the face when the black haired wizard attempted to stand. "Remove your guild marks you sniveling weaklings!" he berated. "Remove them and crawl back to the hole I found you both in! Just like that witch, Yukino!"
"H-hold on, Master." Lector spoke up, his voice and body quaking with fright. "Both Sting and Rogue, tried really hard."
Jilemma's gaze cut towards the exceed.
"Lector…" Sting groaned in pain as he clutched his ribs. "Don't…"
"I think that we still have a chan-"
"Who are you?" Jilemma cu Lector off
"C-come on, Master." Lector nervously laughed. "I'm Lector, remember?" He turned around and lifted up his vest, showing the Sabertooth guild mark on his little back. "I've been in the guild for a while."
"Nonsense." Jilemma spat, his rage building again. "The mark of Sabertooth is one reserved for those proven to be among the strongest of wizards. It has no place on the backs of worthless creatures like yourself." He held out his hand towards Lector, a magic circle forming. "Be gone!"
"Huh?" Lector muttered.
"Master, don't!" Sting pleaded desperately as Jilemma's hand glowed purple.
Suddenly Lector was engulfed in an explosion.
"Lector!" Sting screamed.
"Sting…" Lector said before fading away into nothing.
Everyone saves for Minerva looked on in both shock and horror at their master's actions.
Sting could say nothing; all his words had escaped him. He could only look on, his eyes widened in disbelief as his tears began to flow.
"L-Lector…" Frosch said, tears flowing down his small cheeks. "H-he's gone…he..."
Rogue ran to Frosch's side and held him tight, afraid that he would be the next one to face Jilemma's wrath.
"Where did Lector go, Rogue?" Frosch tearfully asked.
"Disgraceful." Jilemma angrily scoffed, feeling no remorse for his actions. "Such a lowly beast having the mark of my guild."
His sorrow reaching its apex Sting let out loud, anguished cry. All of his sorrow and agony had been released in that instant. His mournful roar was reminiscent of a dragon letting out its dying breath.
"Quit that infernal whining, Sting." Jilemma ordered.
Sting slowly rose to his feet, his tears still flowing, but these were different. His sadness was being slowly replaced by anger and rage. "You…" he breathed towards Jilemma. "How could you…? Lector did nothing to deserve…"
"Enough!" Jilemma roared. "Stop wasting you tears over a mangy…!"
In an explosion of both rage and agony, Sting unleashed a white energy blast that bore through the Sabertooth Master's stomach. Once again everyone in the guild looked on in shock, even Minerva. Although hers was more of a look of intrigue.
Jilemma's eyes widened in shock as he fell backward. He spat up blood, the red liquid clogging his throat as he tried to breathe. He seemed to fall in slow motion to the others in the guild, to them the unthinkable had just happened and they had no way to process it.
Sting still had an enraged look on his face which was only accented by his tears, while Minerva wore an intrigued grin. "That will be all." she said as she stepped forward.
"Sting." Rogue uttered in shock. "What have you done?"
"That was very well done." Minerva said.
Sting looked over to Minerva.
"W-why you…" Jilemma grunted as he coughed up more blood.
"This day shall be forever marked as the dawn of a new era for Sabertooth." Minerva explained. "And since Sting was the one who ended my father's despotic rule, I believe he would be an exceptional candidate for our new master."
"Minerva…" Jilemma said. "You little…what are you planning?"
"I'm only following the rules you have set for the guild, father." Minerva replied with a conniving grin. "The same rules you instilled in me at an early age. 'The weak will always fall to strong.' Correct?"
"Damn…you." He cursed before finally succumbing to his injury and dying.
Minerva returned her attentions towards Sting. "Despite your fight ending in a draw, you showed a power that I had never seen inside of you before. Your drive to become the strongest, your desire to uphold your promise to Lector pushed you farther than ever before. And this action, the pain of seeing your friend disappear in front of your eyes, only amplified that potential. It was almost inspiring. I believe that you can even surpass Natsu Dragov with this power."
"Princess, I'm not sure I…" Sting began, his mood having calmed down some, but he was still visibly distraught about Lector.
"You can rest easy." Minerva said. "Lector is still alive. I used my magic to teleport him away just before Jilemma's magic took effect."
Sting's eyes widened in disbelief at the news. His tears flowed again, this time in happiness. "Really? Thank you, Princess! Thank you so much!" he wiped away his tears and fell to his knees. "Please give him back to me." He sniffed. "I'm so grateful for…"
"Don't be naïve!" Minerva said, a fierce look in her eyes as she stared at Sting. Her tone frightened the other members of Sabertooth. "You will not see Lector again until Sabertooth has won the Grand Magic Games."
"What? Wait. Please, Princess!" Sting pleaded. "Please give Lector back to me! I'll do anything!"
"Then all you have to do is heed my words and win the Grand Magic Games." Minerva said. "I am not my father, but that does not mean that I will allow Sabertooth to be turned into a laughingstock. We must remain the strongest at any cost." She bent down, lifting Sting's chin with her finger until they were staring into each other's eyes. "You have already displayed once that you have overwhelming power within you. Harness it, show the world your strength, and win. Only then will I return Lector. Your actions alone determine whether he lives or dies. Is that understood?"
Her question floated around in Sting's mind. He wanted to protest, wanted to fight back like he did against Jilemma, but he knew that Minerva would make good on her threat. With no other option, Sting admitted defeat and reluctantly nodded. "Yes, Princess."
Minerva grinned and let go of Sting before standing upright again. "Good. I look forward to the fruit your newfound resolve bears." She walked past Sting, making her way through the crowd of her guild mates. "I suggest you all rest, tomorrow is a busy day. Also, make sure my father is properly disposed of."
With that, Minerva exited the room. Her words, along with Sting's actions leaving a lasting impression on all of Sabertooth.
With Fairy Tail
They were all celebrating their victory in the Tag Battle as the team that they created was by far the greatest of the all
"even though, you weren't the one to deal the finishing blow. You were great out there, Gajeel" Lily told his partner
"yeah, I'll let Salamander get the win for now" Gajeel said before drinking his beer
"but on the last day, I'll be the one to win it" he grinned as Lily grinned in the same way
"and Papa just swooped in like bam! And then he transformed!" Rose said to Yukino as she makes gestures on how Natsu defeated the Twin Dragon Slayers with his attacks while in a child's way of describing it
"yes yes, we all saw it, Rose-han" Ikaruga told her as she patted her head
"we're finally reaching the finals, huh?" Mira said with a smile to Erza
"it still feels as if it yesterday that we just entered the games" Era replied while carrying Mary who fell asleep like usual
"time really flies fast, huh" Mira said as everyone partied on
"where's Natsu?" Gray asked out of the blue as they didn't see the Fire Dragon Slayer anywhere
In the castle
Arcadios was walking in the hallway of the kingdom before he stops as he turns back
"who is there?" he asked as the sound of footsteps were heard
Natsu came into view as he donned Enryuo no Yoroi
"Natsu Dragov" Arcadios looks in surprise to see him
"we need to talk" Natsu said as the Future Lucy came into view
"the Princess is being used"
At Honeybone inn
Everyone was fast asleep as they need a good night rest for the last day's battle
While they were asleep, they didn't notice a shadow coming into their room as the shadow appeared near Yukino and Lucy as the two were sharing a bed
A shadow hand reached out as it took Lucy's and Yukino's golden Zodiac keys before it disappeared into the shadow and out of the window
With Natsu
"what?!" Arcadios said in disbelieve to Future Lucy's story
"yes, and it will happen on the night of the final GMG event," Future Lucy told him with a sad face
"but that is absurd! Eclipse is the door to travel in time! How can the dragons appear from in it!?" Arcadios exclaimed at her
"We don't know, but what we do know is that someone planned all of this from the beginning," Natsu told him
"someone who knew of the Dragons coming"
They then heard footsteps coming from the end of the hallway as they see light coming from it
"I trust you know what to do before it's all too late," Natsu said as Future Lucy put on her hood and the two fled the scene
Arcadios stand where he was with the information, he was told of still ringing in his head
"Captain Arcadios" a guard came with a flashlight
"is something of the matter?"
"nothing" Arcadios replied to him
"nothing at all"
Bellow the castle
A lone girl stood in front of a giant gate as she gazes upon it
Her name is Hisui. , the princess of the kingdom
"The time has come, for project Eclipse 2," she said before a figure appeared in the shadow
"do you have them?" Hisui asked as the figure's hand reached out and revealed the 12 zodiac keys
"to save the kingdom, and to save the world" a voice spoke to Hisui as she takes the 12 Zodiac keys into her hands
She looks at the keys before she walks towards the giant gate
The 12 keys glowed as 12 circles around the gate glowed before dimming
"It is done," Hisui said as she gives back the keys to the figure
"all that is left is to wait" the hand took back the keys
"for the Dragons to come"
The figure then disappeared into the shadow, leaving Hisui alone
That's a wrap!
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