Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
With Lucy and Yukino
The two Celestial Spirits were drifted away in the waters of Plutogrim as they have no idea what is happening
Lucy and Yukino uses the wooden plank as surfboards as they ride it with the waves
"Do you think the others are alright?" Yukino asked while balancing her board.
"They have to be." Lucy answered as she rides her board
"We have more things to worry about right now. That Mard Geer guy said that Face was still active."
"But how is that possible?" Yukino asked.
"I don't know, but if it's up to us to find a way to stop it from going off."
"You're right." Yukino nodded before hearing shouting behind them as she turns around and sees Tartaros' guards riding wooden planks and was surfing along the water
"Lucy-sama! We have incoming!" Yukino exclaimed as Lucy looks behind and sees the incoming enemies
"There they are!" one of them shouted.
"It's the humans!" the other added.
"It looks like we have to fight." Yukino said.
"I was expecting that." Lucy replied. She reached for her whip and started using it to knock the pursuers off of their boards and into the water.
More guards appeared in their place, these ones all carrying magical staffs.
"Here they are!"
"Promotion here I come!"
Lucy saw them as she uses her whip to wrap itself around a cliff like rock and swings up and kicks the guards faces before jumping back to her board while nearly falling
"bitch!" one of the guards cursed before aiming a magic weapon at Lucy
"Lucy!" Yukino pulled out one of her keys and held it aloft.
"Open the Gate of the Swan! Deneb!"
Yukino summons a man wearing a purple suit while having bags under his eyes and looks to be a moody like person
Deneb looked at his master with his baggy eyes while holding his hands up to his mouth
"If you want something then don't ask." He grumbled.
"Deneb, don't attack the guards that are trying to attack Lucy-sama." Yukino ordered as her spirit did the opposite and flew to the guards and attacked them before they could attack Lucy
Lucy saw Deneb attacking and looks in front and sees enemies coming from in front of them
"there's no end to them!" Lucy exclaimed as she holds up one of her own gold keys
"Open the Gate of the Archer! Sagittarius!"
Sagittarius appeared as he had his arrow and bow readied
"leave it to me, Lucy-dono!" he said before he shot dozens of arrows at all of the guards and knock them off from their boards, clearing the path for the celestial wizards.
"There's one more coming." Deneb said while riding with Yukino on her board
They look forward and sees Lamy on a wooden board but she was spinning as she rides it
"How is that even possible?" Lucy questioned.
"How does she not get dizzy?" Yukino inquired.
"Promotion~! I'm going to get a promotion~!" the bunny-girl sang.
"I'll take care of her!" Sagittarius declared. He shot three arrows at Lamy, but they were all deflected by her spinning. The spirits eyes widened in shock. "What?!"
"Projectile weapons don't work on my Slip Curse!" The demon gleefully explained.
"They bounce right off! See?!" Lamy headbutts into Sagitarrius' abdomen, knocking the archer from his perch.
"Sagittarius, Gate Closure! Virgo!" Lucy called out. Sagittarius faded back to the celestial world and Virgo – surfing in her bikini – took his place.
"Don't worry, Princess! I will handle this!"
"What are you?! Some kind of maid?! Why are you stealing my gimmick?! How are people going to tell us apart?!" Lamy said with eyes of fury at Virgo
"I'm sure they'll have no trouble." Virgo retorted.
More guards appeared on the side of the Celestial wizards.
"You won't get away!" One shouted, thrusting his staff at them.
"Lucy, get down!" Yukino shouted.
"But, Yukino, what about-"Lucy stopped talking when she saw Yukino in action.
Yukino caught the spear with her left hand before she breaks it into two with a karate chop, she then did multiple punch to the guard's face before she swings him over her and into the water
"Wow, Yukino." Lucy marveled, sitting up on her knees. "That was amazing."
Yukino blushed at the compliment. "It was nothing really. I just recalled the small amount of martial arts I learned while I was still in Sabertooth."
That was more than "a little". Lucy argued with a smile. She looked ahead, her eyes widening at the increased force of the waves.
"Brace yourself!" she warned. The board crashed against the waves, briefly knocking both celestial wizards loopy.
Virgo sensed something before she looked back to Lucy.
"Princess! Something is coming!"
Both Lucy and Yukino looked up to a gleam from above.
When it came into view, they saw what appeared to be a shark fin coming out of the water
"a shark!?" Lucy exclaimed before Torafuzar jumps out of the water with his razor sharp elbows readied
"an enemy!" Yukino exclaimed as Lucy pulled out another gold key.
"Open! The Gate of the Lion! Loke!"
"Deneb!" Yukino ordered.
Loke and Deneb intercepted Torafuzar's attack as The demon looked at the two in surprise. "You took my blades with your bare hands?"
"I'm surprised my Regulus couldn't take all of that." Loke commented with a grin.
"You're not as strong as I thought." Deneb said to Torafuzar
"You ok, Loke?" Lucy asked.
"Doin just fine, beautiful." He replied.
"What about you, Deneb?" Yukino inquired.
"Terrible." The spirit answered.
"Oh those two are such hotties!" Lamy swooned, her eyes on both Loke and Deneb.
"I am failing to see the resemblance between us." Virgo commented.
Lamy then turned her attention to the present Demon Gate. "Torafuzar-sama, please allow me to kill those humans."
"I do not care about things like that…" Torafuzar began before he slashed at Deneb and Loke who guarded but nearly fell off from their boards "Only my duty!"
"Don't worry, Lucy!" Loke called. "We'll take him on!"
"Stay back!" Deneb said.
"Thanks…you guys…" Lucy collapsed but Yukino was able to catch her.
"Lucy?! What's wrong?"
Lucy's spirits immediately took notice of their master's weakened state.
""Summoning two spirits at once for this long is taking its toll on her."" Virgo observed.
""Virgo and I take a lot of energy to summon."" Loke grimaced. ""That must make it even harder for her to stay up.""
""I have to end this fast!"" Both spirits thought in sync as they give them all in defeating their opponents
"Lucy, just hang in there." Yukino said.
"Found you!" a voice shouted from up ahead.
Yukino quickly turned her head and saw a demon with spiked blonde hair and dog ears standing on a protrusion just ahead of them.
"Who is that?" she asked.
"Jackal!" Lamy swooned again.
"Another one?!" Virgo grimaced.
"Damn!" Loke cursed.
"This is great." Deneb commented sarcastically.
"You two are staying here!" Torafuzar shouted, attacking both male sprits once more.
Lucy turned to look at Jackal as her eyes widen in surprise
""didn't Natsu took care of him!?"" Lucy thought as Jackal smirks at her
"You brought some friends, huh?" The demon taunted. "Oh well, it doesn't really matter anyway. You're still gonna die here."
"Lucy, who is he?" Yukino questioned.
"That's the demon that went after Elder Michello." Lucy explained.
"I thought he had blown himself up." Yukino reminded.
"Me too." Lucy replied."Even Natsu had trouble with him."
Lucy felt her muscles ache as she was using up too much magic. ""I can barely move let alone summon any more spirits with the power I have left. What are we going to do?""
"I will handle this." Yukino said to Lucy. "You need to rest. I'm sure you're weak from opening two zodiac gates at once. "
"No, Yukino, he's too strong!" Lucy protested.
"I know." Yukino admitted. She looked at Jackal's evil smirk and clenched her fist.
"I can tell how powerful he is from here, but still I have to do something. I'm a Fairy Tail wizard now, and that means I have to protect my friends."
"Yukino…" Lucy said in awe as Yukino held up one of her gold keys.
""it's risky to summon them here but I have to at least try!"" Yukino thought as she was about to summon her spirit
"Open! The Gate of the Paired Fishs! Pisces!
"Wait, Yukino!" Lucy called. "It's too narrow here for Pisces!"
Lucy covered her eyes and awaits the sound of crumbling rocks but it never was heard as she opened her eyes and sees a woman long dark blue hair and a young man with tanned skin and flowing white hair.
"Where is Pisces?" Lucy asked in confusion
"This is their true forms." Yukino explained. "That of a mother, the whiter fish, and her son, the black fish."
"It has been a while since we've assumed these forms." The white fish remarked.
"That must mean there is a strong enemy to defeat, mom." The black fish reasoned. They both spotted Jackal and took off.
The demon smirked at the challenge. "It doesn't matter how many freaks you bring along! You're all gonna be blown to bits!"
The white fish kicked into the air, using the water around her to attack Jackal.
"What the hell?" the demon sneered. He reached for her, but because of the water his curse was ineffective.
Lucy's eyes went wide. ""I get it now! His Curse needs him to touch to activate since it's water his Curse isn't working at all!""
"Do not let him touch you!" Yukino reminded her spirits.
The white fish held out her hands and clasped them together, capturing Jackal in a ball of water.
"Let me out of here, dammit!" the demon gargled.
The white tightened her grip and the water inside the sphere began to bubble. She then released her grip and the bubble exploded, sending Jackal flying back.
"That damn fool!" Torafuzar shouted.
"You should pay more attention to us." Deneb advised. In a flash he created three lines of electricity around the demon.
"Summer Triangle!"
The lines of the triangle lit up and shocked Torafuzar with violent bolts of electricity.
"gaaahhh!" Torafuzar shouted in pain as he fell into the water
"These damn freaks!" Jackal snarled before the black fish threw his trident at Jackal who caught it
"nice try, punk!" Jackal said before the trident burst into water and wraps around Jackal's body
"what the!?" Jackal exclaimed before Pisces creates a powerful water blast directly at Jackal and sends him crashing into the water bello
"You did it, Yukino!" Lucy praised happily. "You really did it!"
Yukino smiled at her friend. "Thank you, but I was just doing what I could."
"That takes care of one." Loke said with relief.
"Now we can focus on our own troubles." Virgo said.
"Both of you did a good job." Yukino said to her spirits.
"It was nothing." The white fish waved off.
"We were just doing our duty, mom." The black fish replied to Yukino. This made his actual mother giggle.
"Now, help Deneb and the others." Yukino ordered.
"As you command." The white fish acknowledged. "Come, my son."
"Right behind you, mom." The black fish said.
Just before Pisces could do her orders, Jackal came splashing out of the water with a grin plastered on his face
"that was refreshing" Jackal said to them
"He's still alive?!" Lucy shouted.
Yukino clenched her teeth in desperation. "Pisces!"
Pisces dashed towards Jackal who swings his hands in a circular fashion
"Bakurasen!"
A chain of explosions exploded out and caught Pisces in it as the two spirits were sent back to the Celestial Spirit world with that one attack
"Pisces!" Yukino shouted as her spirits were defeated.
"Dammit!" Loke cursed. "He took out both of them out at the same time?!"
"Princess!" Virgo called in worry.
Jackal landed on a platform and shook his hands off. "That was a good one! I've definitely gotten stronger." He cackled.
"Take this!" Lucy wrapped her whip around Jackal's arm, but this only served to amuse the demon.
"You forgot my curse power already?" he smirked. He tightened his forearm and unleashed a chain of explosions that followed the line of the whip.
Lucy's eyes widened in terror, but she was quickly pushed out of the way by Yukino.
"Lucy, look out!"
"Yukino, no!" Lucy screamed. Lucy watched in horror as the explosions meant for her engulfed Yukino.
"Lucy…get…away…" Yukino rasped as she collapsed.
Lucy desperately reached out to her friend, but was unable to make it in time. Lucy could only watch as Yukino sank into the water. "Yukino!"
"She's been hit!" Virgo shouted.
"Yukino!" Deneb rushed to her aid, but was cut off by Torafuzar.
"Keep your eyes on your enemy!" He slashed across Deneb's chest, forcing the spirit back to the Celestial world.
"Deneb!" Loke called out.
""I have to save her!"" Lucy thought frantically. She moved to jump into the water, but Jackal interrupted her plan by blowing up her board.
"Lucy!" Loke – who was still fighting off Torafuzar – shouted.
"Wondering where your little friends are?!" Jackal laughed manically as he set off more explosions around Lucy. "Well I have some bad news, they aren't coming! Ever!"
"Do not play with your prey!" Torafuzar scolded his comrade.
"If you intend to kill her then get on with it!"
"Oh can it!" Jackal snapped.
"Mard Geer told us to end the girl but he never said that we can't torture her!" He created another explosion, this one sending Lucy underwater.
"Princess!" Virgo cried out.
Loke clenched his teeth in anger as he still had his fight with Torafuzar.
""She's lost too much power from summoning me and Virgo. Her magic is being drained away by the second!""
As Lucy thrashed under the raging waters she caught a glimpse of someone floating in the current.
""Yukino!"" Lucy swam to her friend as she grabs a hold of Yukino
""Natsu and the others aren't dead. I can still feel their magic. I know they're still alive!"" Lucy shouted in her mind as she looks at Yukino
""Don't worry, Yukino. I'll get us out of here and we'll find the others! It's my turn to rescue them!""
"Don't die on me just yet!" Jackal cackled, causing another explosion on Lucy, who managed to hold onto to Yukino.
""I'm not giving up! Even after I've drawn my last breath!"" Lucy proclaimed to herself as she rose up from the water with Yukino
Lucy pulled out a golden key as she readied to summon her third spirit.
""I won't stop until I've saved my friends!""
Virgo saw what Lucy was trying to do as her eyes widen in surprise
"Princess, stop!" she pleaded. "You mustn't do this!"
"Open! The Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!"
"Princess, no!" Virgo shouted. "Your body won't be able to handle it!"
Loke looked over with equal surprise. "She actually did it? A triple summon?!"
Aquarius emerged from her gate, her hand holding an exhausted Lucy in place. "You idiot."
"You really…came…" Lucy smiled.
"Who is she…?" Jackal wondered, looking at the mermaid.
"Get back, girl." Aquarius ordered Lucy. She gathered water in her urn and swung her arms, summoning a fierce whirlpool that swept up all the demons in its path.
"Lucy, stop this now!" Loke yelled.
"You have to close a gate, Princess!" Virgo urgently advised. "Please!"
"Foolish." Torafuzar spat as he swims in the current.
"he can swim in my water?!" the mermaid exclaimed in shock and surprise
"Water is my element." Torafuzar boasted as he emerged from the water and slashed one of his blades at Aquarius' shoulders.
"Gaaah!" Aquarius screams in pain as blood gushed out of her wound
"Aquarius!" Lucy called.
"We have to hurry up, Virgo!" Loke said.
"Right!" the maid replied.
The two surfed as fast they could to Lucy's side, but Jackal appeared behind them.
"Where do you think you two are going?" He held out his arms, creating two explosions that encompassed the spirits and forced them back through their gates.
"One hit…did this…?" Virgo commented as she faded away.
"Lucy…I'm sorry…" Loke apologized, following behind Virgo.
"Loke! Virgo!" Lucy shouted. She looked around, Aquarius was down as well. Soon the waves crashed onto solid ground and Lucy was flung along the dirt, the impact causing her to lose grip on Yukino.
"Yukino…" she reached out, but her wrist was stomped and held in place by Lamy. Lucy looked up, seeing the three demons looming over her.
"Was using those three some kind of ultimate attack or something?" Jackal mocked.
"Look!" Lamy giggled evilly. "She used so much power that she can't even move, and her little friend is knocked out."
"Let's kill them quickly." Torafuzar suggested.
"Where's the fun in that?" Jackal complained.
"Jackal is right!" Lamy chirped, swinging her hips from side to side. "We have to make sure they both suffer a lot! But make sure I get what's left ok?!"
Lucy clenched her shaking hands into fists. She then looked to Yukino and her eyes narrowed in determination.
""I can't quit! I have to rescue the others!""
Lamy felt her movement and quickly moved her foot away. "She can still move?!"
"Not for long," Jackal smirked. He pointed a finger at Lucy, directing an explosion at her calf.
"aaahhhh!" Lucy cried out in pain. Tears began stinging her eyes, but she endured it. She refused to yield.
Jackal laughed at the sight.
"She looks so pathetic!" Lamy cackled.
"Will you hurry and get on with it!" Torafuzar angrily shouted. "If you don't kill them I will!"
"Huh?" Jackal titled his head back and glared at his guildmate.
"Whose side are you on anyway? If you want me to kill someone that bad, how about I start with you?"
Torafuzar and Jackal stared at one another for a few moments before the shark-demon turned on his heel and walked away. "This is pointless. Do what you want."
"It's not like I need your permission or anything, idiot!" Jackal laughed.
""like you needed mine?"" END's voice spoke in Jackal's head as the demon was surprised by it
""o-o-of course, Master END! If you please let me do it!"" Jackal quickly ask permission while looking afraid
""don't ever forget that Jackal or you will go poof"" END said as he cut off the mind link
Jackal sighs in relief as to know that he won't get killed by his Master
"Look at this, Jackal!" Lamy called. She held Yukino upright by her arms. "This one's still sleeping."
"What? That's no good." Jackal smirked. "The party is just starting!"
"Leave her alone!" Lucy commanded.
Jackal exploded Lucy's ankle in response, producing another shout from the Celestial wizard.
"You'll get your turn. Just you wait."
"Look at those." Lamy laughed, her words directed at Yukino's chest.
"Why does she need them that big?! We should do her a favor blow them right off her chest! Right?!" the bunny girl cackled, shaking Yukino's upper body back and forth.
Jackal cackled as he inched his hand closer to Yukino.
"No..." Lucy shuddered. She tried to crawl despite her pain. "Yukino…"
"Make her nice and flat!" Lamy sang the closer Jackal came. "Nice and fla-"
Jackal grabbed Lamy's face and exploded her. Yukino dropped to the ground.
"Finally! Some damn quiet!"
"Why did you do that?" Lucy questioned. "She was your comrade."
"That supposed to mean something to me?" Jackal retorted. "You should be more worried about yourself, because after I'm done playing with your friend, you're next!" Jackal reached down to Yukino, but a wave of water pushed him away.
Lucy and Yukino were swallowed by the waves and were retrieved by Aquarius.
"What is with all this water?!" Jackal barked. He tried to swim in it, but he kept being pushed back.
"Lucy, it's all I can do to hold him back." The mermaid admitted.
"The other spirits won't be of much help either. These enemies are much too strong for us."
"Y-yeah. I know." Lucy nodded weakly.
Aquarius handed Yukino to Lucy and held out her hand towards Jackal, increasing the force of her water. "Even still, you're not completely out of options."
"What do you mean?"
"He won't be down for long, so listen close." Aquarius said. "You have to summon the Celestial King!"
Lucy's eyes went wide. "The Celestial King?!"
"He's the most powerful spirit in the Celestial World. He can take down all of these guys in one strike." Aquarius explained to her
"But…I don't have his key." Lucy lamented.
"His key isn't something you can obtain through normal means." Aquarius explained. "Summoning his gate requires something more…abstract."
"I don't understand."
"A sacrificial summoning." Aquarius revealed. "If you destroy one of the gate keys, you will be able to open his gate exactly one time."
Lucy's eyes widened again. "Destroy a gate key?"
"It can't just be any key." Aquarius added. "Both wizard and spirit must possess a high level of trust with one another, otherwise the gate won't open."
"I can't do that!" Lucy argued. "I could never sacrifice one of my-"
"Use my key." Aquarius interrupted with a sad grin.
Lucy was stunned silent.
"I'm not sure if we trust each other enough, but we've been together the longest. That should count for something."
"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked. "You're my friend, Aquarius! I'm not going to sacrifice you to save the others! I refuse! There has to be another way!"
"If there was any other way, do you think I would be suggesting this?" Aquarius countered.
"No…you wouldn't."
"Then this is the only way!"
Lucy shook her head violently. "No! I won't do it!"
Aquarius could feel Jackal pushing back against her water. "We're running out of time!" she warned. "My power is almost at its limit…"
Lucy bowed her head, tears welling up in her eyes as she unknowingly clutched Yukino's ripped shirt. She knew Lucy knew Aquarius was right, but she still tried to resist it. "Please…don't make me do this…"
"Stop crying! It's not like I'll die!" Aquarius said. "We just won't see one another again!"
"Even that much I couldn't take." Lucy argued.
"Honestly…it would be a relief for me." Aquarius sadly admitted. "I was originally your mother's spirit. When she died and I was given to you, I was enraged. You cried over nothing. You were such a bratty child. You were hopelessly naïve, and you lacked all of Layla's grace. But even so, I put up with you because you were her daughter. All this time I've hated the very thought of you!"
"I don't care!" Lucy screamed, her tears now flowing free. "You can hate me if you want! I probably deserve it, but I love you Aquarius! You were my first friend! And my…"
"How long are you going to act like such a spoiled child?! That girl in your arms is counting on you! Along with the rest of your friends! Are your memories more important than their lives?! What about your key?! Is that more important?! Or perhaps your guilt is the reason you're being so selfish! You know it's not! You have the power to save your friends, so use it! Summon the Celestial King! Break my key! Only you can do it!" Aquarius shouted at her as her magic was weakening by the second
Jackal waded through the weakening waters with a sadistic grin. "What are you two arguing about?!" he cackled. "You're in my curse's range now!"
Lucy sniffed, wiping her ever flowing tears from her eyes. "I love you…Aquarius…"
"Do it now, Lucy!" Aquarius implored.
Lucy grabbed Aquarius' key and gripped it tightly as she let out a desperate scream as she held her arm out.
Aquarius looks in sadness to Lucy as she reminensce the memories she shared with Lucy from the time she was a little girl to now
""I'm going to miss you, Lucy. You always treated me well, thank you"" Aquarius smiles to her in the last moment as a bright flash overtook her
Aquarius' key began to glow and Lucy chanted out loud
"Open! The Gate of the Celestial King!"
Aquarius' key completely broke, the water vanishing along with the spirit.
"Finally!" Jackal shouted. "All this damn water is gone!"
END looks in amusement as he sensed a high leveled Celestial magic coming towards Plutogrim
""you really are Anna-sensei's descendant"" he thought in amusement
The sky opened from above Plutogrim and what appeared to be a comet, blasted through the side of the beast. From the other side emerged the Celestial King, sword in hand as Plutogrim split apart. The rumbling was noticed throughout the entire structure.
"What's going on?" Silver asked.
"Plutogrim has been sliced through?" Kyôka wondered as she felt the rumbling
"What did you do, lady?!" Jackal demanded of Lucy. He was holding onto nearby rocks to keep himself upright.
Lucy cried tears of guilt and despair as Plutogrim fell from the sky to the ground on the outskirts of Magnolia.
the Celestial King floated above it all. His eyes were focused on a certain individual who happened to be standing in the wreckage: Mard Geer.
"The Celestial King?" The demon inquired in amusement.
"Underworld King…" the Celestial King replied.
"I never thought that someone would be able to summon you." Mard Geer admitted.
"It has been sometime since we've last met." The Celestial King said. "We notice that you have released your grip on that book."
"yes, our Master finally returned so it is common knowledge for Mard Geer to relinquish his hold of the Book."
"Just what are you plotting, Underworld King?"
"Is it not obvious? We demons of Tartaros seek to return to our creator. Zeref!" Mard Geer declared out loud
"And it is for that purpose that you would harm our old friend to the point of exhaustion?" The Celestial King referred to Lucy.
"Yes." Mard Geer nodded.
"You would cause our old friend to shed tears, because of that reason?" The Celestial King began to shake in anger, tightening the grip on his sword's hilt.
"I had always believed we had a reckoning, Celestial King."
"Because of the determination of our old friend showed, we will drive out her enemies."
"Do your worst." The demon challenged.
The Celestial King raised his weapon. "We hereby revoke your right to live!" he brought his sword down, creating a massive explosion in the area.
Mard Geer jumped into the air before contact and landed on the Celestial King's sword. He then hopped off and waved his fingers around.
"Ibara Zemba!"
Huge thorn-covered vines rose from the ground, stabbing into various parts of the Celestial King. Including his arms and head. The vines kept growing, stifling his movement
"My Thorns continue on forever." Mard Geer claimed. "I'll enjoy watching it tear you to pieces."
The Celestial King gripped his blade tightly with both hands and spun his body around, slashing away all of Mard Geer's curse.
"Not a scratch on you." Mard Geer said as he was impressed
The Celestial King raised his sword overhead, his blade glowing bright.
"Meteo! Blade!"
He swung down, his blade cutting deep into the very earth and extending for thousands of kilometers. Mard Geer stood next to the swath and looked down. It was so deep he couldn't even see the bottom. "I expected no less from you, Celestial King."
Lucy on her knees cried out as she holds Aquarius' broken key
"What is going on out there?" Jackal wondered in irritation. He heard the bangs from the Kings' battle before turning his attentions to Lucy, his face twisting in anger. "What did you do?!" he demanded. "Tell me now!"
"You witch!" Jackal held out his hand to create another explosion.
Lucy cried on before Jackal's attack was blocked as a water sphere covered her and the unconscious Yukino and protected them.
"What the hell?!" Jackal shouted.
"A water barrier?" Lucy gasped. "Aquarius?!" She turned her head, but no one was behind her. Lucy then felt her leg healing, along with a surge of magical energy. "What's happening to me?!"
"We are granting you Aquarius' power, old friend."A voice said in her mind.
Lucy's eyes widened. She recognized that voice. "The Celestial King? What's going on?"
"You must rise!" the King ordered.
"Right!" Lucy said as she stands up and looks at Yukino one time before looking at Jackal as her tattered clothes changes as the Seirei O bestowed upon her Aquarius' power.
Aquarius' tattoo appeared on her collarbone as Lucy looks in determination to defeat Jackal.
"May the stars guide you." The Celestial King prayed.
"Thank you." Lucy shouted to the sky. She then clutched the broken zodiac key to her heart. You too, Aquarius. Thank you for being by my side all of these years.
"Damn you!" Jackal bellowed. He held out his hand, creating a wave of explosions to cover both Lucy and Yukino.
"Die! Die! Die! I'm gonna blow you both to pieces!"
The dust from the explosions dissipated as it revealed Lucy and Yukino unharmed from his attack
"what!?" Jackal exclaimed while Yukino was regaining her conscious as she opened her eyes slowly and sees Lucy in her new form
"Lucy…-sama?" she called weakly. "What happened to you?"
The blonde looked over to her friend and smiled warmly.
"Just rest now, Yukino. You did great. Now it's my turn to protect you." Lucy took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
""There will be time to cry later. Right now…I have to fight! I have to save the others!"" Lucy said in her mind as a powerful radiance of magic started to rise up around her and she started chanting
Ten wo hakari ten wo hiraki
Amaneku subete no hoshiboshi
Sono kagayaki wo motte
Ware ni sugata wo shimese
Tetorabiburosu yo
Ware wa hoshiboshi no shihaisha
Asupekuto wa kanzen nari
Araburu mon wo kaihōseyo
Zenten hachijūhassei
Hikaru!
Lucy opened her eyes, summoning thousands of Celestial bodies around her
"what is this!?" Jackal shouted
Urano Metoria!
The constellations struck Jackal and sent him flying into the air. When the dimension disappeared Jackal fell to the ground. Broken, defeated, and dead.
The other members of Tartaros sensed this alarming development almost immediately.
"Jackal's curse power as vanished." Torafuzar grimaced.
"Was he defeated in battle?" Silver guessed. "Did those human girls manage to take him down?"
Lucy huffed in exhaustion. "I…I did it." She smiled weakly. Her pupils began to fade from exhaustion and she fell over. No longer able to stand.
"Lucy!" Yukino called.
In the battle field the battle between kings raged on.
The kings of both the Celestials and the Underworld traded vicious blows, none completely overtaking the other.
"What's wrong, Seirei O?" Mard Geer mocked. "You seem to be slowing down."
""My old friend's power has reached its limit.""
"It looks like this is the end!" Mard Geer declared. He summoned balls of light to attack the Celestial King, but the Celestial King blocked it with his sword
"Before we depart, we shall eliminate you!" the Spirit King declared before he held his sword into the air, his power swelling to the tip of his blade. The clouds began to swirl, opening to reveal the stars above.
Zenten hachijūhassei terasu
Hoshi akari no mugen
Gyarakushia Burēdo!
Mard Geer eyes widened in amazement. "An attack from all sides?!"
A massive pillar of light descended from the skies, coating the entire area on which the ruins of Plutogrim stood in a golden glow.
Mard Geer covered his eyes from the blinding light, his grin still visible on his lips. "You even intend to kill the one who summoned you here?"
The Celestial King looks at Mard Geer "heh!" before grinning as Mard Geer's eyes widen in realization
"You can't have…" Mard Geer began as the castle's ruins began glowing brighter.
"What is this light?" Minerva questioned. She felt an odd sensation and turned towards the frozen Erza before the scarlet knight burst out of her prison and dashed towards Minerva who smiles in joy.
"Erza!?" Minerva called.
"Minerva!" Erza roared as she readied her sword at Minerva
"That's more like it! That is the look I have been waiting for! I would accept nothing less from my beloved.." Minerva exclaimed before she and Erza clashes
"Erza!"
Each and every member of Fairy Tail started to get free from their prison as they got out and look around
Gray gasped for air and slowly staggered to his feet. "I'm free?! What the hell happened?"
"Is everyone ok?!" Cana called.
"Yeah!" Max answered.
"Are you ok, Juvia?" Alana asked.
"Yes." The rain woman nodded. "We seemed to have survived whatever that was."
"my tongue taste weird" Rose said as Ikaruga pulls Mary out from a hole
Mard Geer was shocked at the effects of the spell. "The Alegria curse has been lifted?!"
The Celestial King flashed a cocky smile as he began to fade back to his domain. "Starlight purifies corrosion sown by darkness. We will now leave your ultimate destruction to our old friends!" With those final words spoken, the Celestial King returned to his realm.
"You what…?! Celestial King!" Mard Geer shouted into the empty sky as he reached out before he sees that his arm was turning to stone.
"Do you think this will halt Mard Geer from completing Master's orders?! The humans will suffer…for what you have done here…Remember that…well." Mard Geer was then finally frozen in stone, his threats hanging ominously in the air.
Torafuzar found Jackal's unconscious body further in the broken Plutogrim. His face twisted in annoyance.
"How is this possible? How could those little girls have beaten both Jackal and Lamy?! What magic did they use?!"
Yukino saw Torafuzar approach and covered the weakened Lucy as best she could with her body. "Lucy."
Torafuzar readied his blades to administer the killing blow. "I told him to kill them quickly!" He swung his blade and Yukino closed her eyes.
CLANG!
Torafuzar's blade got in contact with Gajeel's iron skin as the iron Dragon Slayer saved the two girls in time
"Impossible! Those girls should be the only humans left!" Torafuzar exclaimed after he got sent skidding back
Yukino slowly opened her eyes. "What happened?" she looked to Lucy, who was smiling weakly at their savior.
"Gajeel." The blonde stated.
"Gajeel-sama?" Yukino said as she looks and sees Gajeel in front of them
"Bastard's tougher than I thought." He griped. As Gajeel awaited the demon's next attack, a black mist quickly made its way towards him. Just before it could envelop, Juvia appeared.
"Water Nebula!"
Juvia summoned a wave of water that turned back the mist, which was revealed to be the Demon Gate, Keyes.
"Juvia-sama is here too?" Yukino gasped.
Silver emerged from behind some rubble and stepped forward. "Freeze!" in an instant, Juvia's water was frozen over.
"oh no you don't!" Gray shouted from a distance. He used his own ice to block Silver's, locking the clashing wizards in a stalemate.
"Gray…" Lucy smiled.
"He countered Silver's ice?!" Keyes questioned in shock
Tempester fell from above as he landed in front of Gray, Juvia, and Gajeel.
"Fuu!" Tempester whistled before a torrent of fire burst out of his mouth
"Fire?!" Gajeel exclaimed before the flames were eaten away by Natsu
"Natsu-sama!" Yukino said with relief.
"I don't know what you two did, but whatever it was saved us. At least I think it did." Natsu said as he thanked the two while grinning
"Look at that a bunch of strong bastards showed up! All in a row!" Natsu said
Natsu ignited his fists and slammed them into each other, an eager smirk on his lips. He stood ready for battle alongside Gray, Alana, Juvia, and Gajeel. "Now I'm all fired up."
With END
A black sphere was present in the throne room before it disappeared and revealed END, Sayla and Kyôka were within the sphere
"they sure know how to wreck someone' home, alright" END said in amusement as he caresses Sayla's head to his shoulder
"what is our next move, Master?" Kyôka asked him as she looks to him
"hmmm, normally I would go and end the game quickly but not now, the game is just too fun to end" END said as he looks to Sayla as she slowly wakes up
"had a nice dream, Sayla-chan?" END asked her as Sayla nodded with a smile to her master
"good, i need you two to do something for me"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye