Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Gray stood in his spot as he holds his frozen side
Invel stood in his place as the Winter General looks at Gray
Natsu and the others were still frozen in their place, leaving only Gray to fight alone
Invel swipes his hand upward as an ice attack flies towards Gray who made an ice shield in the nick of time
"Ice Make!" Gray chanted out as his magic forms a giant ice hammer above Invel
"Ice Impact!"
The hammer falls down upon Invel who merely holds it up with his hand
"what!?" Gray exclaimed in surprise
"as I suspected, your Ice Make Magic will never win against me" Invel said as Gray's ice hammer was cracking
"you can break my ice…" Gray said before the giant hammer was shattered into pieces by Invel "by freezing it!?"
"I am a pure Ice Wizard. I freeze everything as I please. Your magic will never win against mine" Invel told Gray
"then how about this!?" Gray said as he lifts his right hand up and black markings started to appear all over his arm up to his face "the power I inherited from my father; it's meant to kill demons"
Invel looks at the markings as Gray did a gesture with his hands together
"Hyoma! Zero no Tachi!"
Gray created a long ice sword as he slashed Invel from the front before slashing him from behind
"Gah?!" Invel holds his injured wound on his chest as it was bleeding a bit
"Ice Devil Slayer magic.." Invel said as he wipes away the blood on his lips "this power might prove to be troublesome for END-sama in his current state"
"but!" Invel holds his hands up as he caught Gray's ice sword and encase the land in a blizzard
"what the hell!?" Elfman exclaimed
"first a sandstorm now a blizzard!?" Lisanna said while shivering in the cold
END looks to the windows of the guild as he watched the blizzard raging outside
"looks like Invel found Gray" END said as Zeref nodded
Gray stood in the middle of the blizzard as the cold temperature was making him shiver
"you have the potential to become one of us, you know" Invel told Gray "I believe you do know that power of yours will corrupt your mind and soul, slowly turning your heart from white to black,"
"so what!?" Gray retorted "I don't care if this power of mind turns me evil, I'll do it to save my guild!"
The sound of ice cracking was heard as Invel and Gray looks behind and sees Natsu's ice shell was cracking apart before shattering into pieces as the dragon slayer was freed
"that's the Gray I know!" Natsu said with a grin as Lucy and the others were freed from their frozen shell as well
"Gray-sama! Are you alright!?" Juvia exclaimed to him
"guys!" Gray said with a smile
""hmm, it appears that END-sama will regain his other half quite sooner than expected"" Invel thought before seeing Brandish who was a giant grabbing Lucy, Natsu and Milo
"I'm taking these two" Brandish said as she grabs the three
"Brandish, don't! we're trying to.." Lucy said before she was cut off by Brandish who squeezed Lucy in her grip
"silence" Brandish told her before she walked away in the blizzard
"hold it right there!" Gray exclaimed at the giant woman but she ignored him
"Gray-sama!" Juvia exclaimed as Invel swipes his hand and created an ice chain lock that was attached to Gray's and Juvia's collar
"what? What is this!?" Gray exclaimed while trying to break the ice chain attached to his neck
"Juvia's body…won't do what Juvia tells it to" Juvia said as she tried moving her legs
"Ice Lock. this magic lock away the mind and makes the body into my puppet" Invel explained as he tilts up his glasses "soon you will attempt to kill each other, and only till then one of you will be freed"
"huh?! This thing!" Gray exclaimed as he tried to break free but could not as his mind was going hazy by the second
""according to the information, END-sama provided me, Gray and the girl has a past together and both depend on each other. I believe that Gray would commit suicide rather than to kill the one who has stayed by his side the whole time"" Invel thought as Gray and Juvia looks at each other with hardened Gaze
"Juvia" "Gray"
""with him out of our way, END-sama will regain his power and help his Majesty in succeeding with his plans""
"let us begin…" Invel said with a smile "the slaughtering of comrades"
""I'm losing consciousness..""
""Juvia doesn't want to hurt Gray-sama!""
Invel just watches as the two started assaulting each other as fists, kicks, and magic attacks were sent at each other
""it would seem that Gray will be the winner"" Invel thought as he can see the superior strength Gray has than that of Juvia's ""no matter, I will simply eliminate him myself after he is done killing the girl""
""Juvia can't stop her body!"" Juvia thought as she got a punch to the face by Gray ""Juvia doesn't want to hurt Gray-sama!""
Juvia gathered her water into her hands as they created a water blade
""then Juvia must take away her life! if that what must be done to stop Juvia from hurting Gray-sama!""
"it's futile, nothing can break the hold of Ice Lock" Invel told her "this magic will hold on even against such petty magic, it will rob you of your ability to think and feel"
"this emotion is too great to be shut up within Juvia's tiny body!" Juvia shouted as she looks at Gray and smiled softly to him
"Juvia was fortunate to have met someone like you, Gray-sama" Juvia said before she pierced her own body with the water blade
"suicide!? She killed herself!?" Invel exclaimed in shock as he thought that Gray would be the one to do suicide other than her
Invel looks at Juvia before looking at Gray as his eyes widen in surprise
"why? Why did you do that too?" Gray said as blood was dripping on the frozen ground
An ice blade was imbedded in Gray's chest as the man had did suicide to himself as well
""simultaneous suicide!?"" Invel looks in shock as the two were losing blood at a very fast rate
"Gray-sama, no!" Juvia cried in tears as their swords disappeared
"i…don't want to hurt…a friend….i don't want to hurt you!" Gray said as he coughed up blood
"Gray-sama…." Juvia reached out her hand towards Gray as the man did the same
"I wanted….to protect you" Gray voice out as their hands didn't reach other as they fell to the ground with their hands a mere centimeter away
""I can't believe this….i was certain that Gray would be the one to do suicide"" Invel looks at the two as his Ice Lock disappeared with the two's death
The blizzard slowly disappeared as Invel started to walk away
"now that is has come to this, I must make sure that END-sama regains his other half" Invel said as he disappeared from the sight
As Invel left the scene, Gray's body twitches as his heart was beating again
""this feeling…I thought for sure….""
Gray slowly got up as the man felt his heart pumping blood again
""this feeling….is this Juvia's blood in me!?""
Gray looks down to his left hand as a water like tube was pumping blood from Juvia's
""Water Make: Blood. Juvia took precautions in case anything happened to you, Gray-sama""
Gray looks at Juvia as his eyes quiver with tears forming
""this is a blood transfusion magic Juvia learned in secret""
Gray's hands reached towards Juvia as the ice make wizard holds her in his arms
""Juvia lives on within your body, Gray-sama. so there is no need to grieve""
"wait….please…..no….Juvia" Gray cried out as tears fell down his eyes and onto Juvia's cheeks
""Juvia's life is yours, Gray-sama""
Gray cried out as his tears stream endlessly
"Juvia….please! please! Don't leave me! Please wake up!" Gray cried out as his memories with the rain woman came flooding in his minds
"please…I'll take you more seriously…so please…..wake up"
With Invel
The Winter General was walking the path that he suspected where Brandish was heading at
"she must be heading in this direction" Invel thought out loud before his body tensed up when he sensed an immense bloodlust coming from behind him
He slowly turns around as he sees Gray approaching him with rage oozing out of his aura
"h-how can you be alive!?" Invel said in shock as Gray glares at him with a murderous intended glare
"but with that wound, you cannot hope to fight in!"
Gray dashed towards Invel as he sends a right hook straight at the man's face and broke his glasses
"Gah!" Invel was punched to the ground as Gray kicks him before delivering a punch straight as Invel's chin
Invel was sent flying to wall as the wall was destroyed in the attack
He skidded on the ground before looking a Gray
""looks like I have no choice!""
Invel thought as ice slowly encased his body and forms a layer of ice upon him
"Shinto Kamui!"
Invel was now donning an armor made out of ice as Gray dashed towards him and sends a punch that got blocked
"futile, this demonic ice freezes all it touches" Invel told Gray as the man continued pouring every single ounce of energy, he has into his attack
"even with your resistance to cold…this armor will freeze you solid!"
Gray's hand slowly started freezing as ice was encasing it
"I will shatter you in that frozen shell!" Invel shouted before the ice surrounding his right arm was shattered
"what!?" Invel exclaimed as he sees that the same ice as his armor was encasing Gray's hands
""that's not possible! He imitated the ice that makes up my armor with his Ice Make Magic!?""
"you stole Juvia's future! You stole it from her!"
Gray sends a fury of punches upon Invel as the fists were like a blizzard of fury
"Hyoma! Zero no Haken!"
"Gah!" Invel was sent crashing to the ground as Gray looks at him with tears dripping down his eyes
With Juvia
The rain woman was laying down on the ground, motionless before Wendy and Charla came to the rescue
"Wen…dy?" Juvia voice out as her eyes opened and sees the young Dragon Slayer
"goodness grace, we're lucky that we managed to find you in the nick of time" Charla told the rain woman
Juvia looks to her bloodied abdomen as her wounds was sealed up thanks to Wendy's healing magic
"Juvia is eternally grateful to you! Wendy! Charla!" Juvia bowed to Wendy and Charla as she was grateful for the ones who saved her life
"no, you don't! this is how I contribute to the guild!" Wendy told the rain woman "I've got to work twice as hard now! For Cheria! I'll protect you all!"
Juvia smiled back before she realized something
"where is Gray-sama!?" Juvia exclaimed as she looks all over the place for the Ice Make Wizard
With Gray
Gray stood over the beaten up Invel as the man had bruises all over his face
"I could keep punching you all I want but that won't bring Juvia back, it won't ever bring her back" Gray said as he clenched his fists
"just like your father…your mother….and your teacher" Invel said with a smirk
"it is your fate, this fate that will curse your life for all eternity"
Invel looks at Gray as the man was smiling while chuckling
"no matter how much power you have, you can never defeat END-sama, he is the most powerful and the most destructive demon of the books of Zeref"
"you!" Gray clenches his fists as his anger was rising again
"but if you want revenge for your fallen loved ones, I suggest that you kill your friend, the one who is just an illusion to Erza-sama" Invel told Gray "they are linked, two sides of a coin, one light and the other darkness"
"if one ceased to exist, so will the other. What will it be, Gray Fullbuster?"
Gray looks at Invel who was smirking at him
"kill your very friend who you trust? Or kill the demon who took everything from you?"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye