Continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Natsu pulled back a flaming fist as he sends it straight at Hades' face
He then took a deep breath and fires a close contact Fire breath at the man without stopping
A few moments earlier
Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray, and Wendy were now at the base camp with the others as they were forming a plan to face Hades
"you will be a diversion?" Gray said to Natsu who nodded
"I will be the first one to face Hades alone, then all of you need to find Aya on that ship" Natsu said to them
"but how are we going to find her? I mean she could be hidden anywhere on that ship" Lucy said before Natsu turns to look at Ultear and Meredy who were in a tent as they were let in by Levy and the others
"her scent, find her by her scent, Wendy should be able to find it" Natsu told to Wendy who nodded
"then get her to safety before joining me in fighting Hades" Natsu then looks to Charla and Lily
"while the two of you sneak into the control room of the ship and disable it from inside," he told them
"that way they cannot make a get away"
Everyone nodded in agreement to his plan as Natsu nodded as well
Back to the present
"Karyuu no Kenkaku!"
Natsu sends a flaming headbutt at Hades who took the blow only to skid back a few feet as Natsu jumps away before doing a back flip as Hades' magic chain nearly grabbed him
"ha!" Hades made a gun like motion with his fingers as he fire several magic shots to Natsu who defended using Drac as a shield
Natsu then ignites his hand on fire as he did a circular motion swing
"Guren Bakuenjin!"
A torrent of crimson red flames flied towards Hades as it envelops him and sends him crashing to the wall
"is that the best the Bringer of Catastrophe can give?" Hades voice out as a magic chain fired from where Hades was standing as it latches to Natsu's waist as he was sent flying to the wall before crashing to the floor
"come! Show me the strength of the dragon!" Hades taunted as he fired magic shots at Natsu
In the ship
Carla and Pantherlily successfully sneaked onto the ship and now traveled through the air shaft in search of the control room. Unfortunately, they've yet to find anything even remotely resembling such a room, instead finding lots of chambers and barracks for soldiers, who kept lurking around the ship.
"I'm starting to fear this ship has no control room after all." admitted quietly Carla. "We've already checked all obvious spots, we're running out of room to cover."
"Impossible." disagreed Lily. "Even if it's not a whole control room, this ship must have a power source. As long as we eliminate that, we will be successful."
Carla sighed. "I hope you're right. It's been a while since we've come in here."
They both continued to travel in silence for few more minutes, before Lily spotted something with the corner of his eye. Curious, he gently lifted the check and jumped down, much to Carla's dismay.
"Wai- What are you doing?!" she called out after him.
Lily landed on the floor and quickly looked around, before running up to the nearby door, with Carla flying right behind him. They both sneaked inside and gently closed the door, making as less noise as possible.
"Why did you-" started Carla, only to drop her jaw in horror, with disturbed Lily standing right beside her.
In front of them was a giant container filled with green, dirty fluid in which floated a massive, dark-red heart, its beating loud and aggressive. The container was connected to many consoles filled with buttons through pipes and thick cables, that were very poorly organised and muddled up.
"What the hell is this?" asked quietly Carla. Lily simply shook his head, but quickly regained his composure.
"I doubt it's the power source, but it looks too important to be left alone." he said and shifted into his battle form. He walked up to one of the consoles and examined it. "It might not be what we came here for, but let's try to disable it. I have a bad feeling about leaving it all by itself."
Suddenly, both Exceeds heard steps outside of the room. Lily walked up to the door and placed his ear against it.
"Someone is in that room! Check it out!"
Cursing under his nose, Lily jumped away from the door. "No matter what happens, keep trying to destroy this thing. Push the buttons, cut the cables. Don't stop working. I'll handle this!"
As soon as he said that, the door was blown up with countless men storming inside the room, all of them armed. Pantherlily quickly grabbed one of the men by the wrist and punched him, successfully disarming him and taking away his sword. As soon as he grabbed it, the blade grew in size, much to his surprise.
"I see...This blade changes size according to its wielder's. Just like my old blade." he deduced with a nostalgic smile. He gripped the sword with both hands and grinned at his opponents. "Let's test it out."
With Gray and the others
They were on the other side of the ship and was searching for Aya
"over there" Wendy said while holding a hair band that belongs to Ultear as Natsu told her to use this to find some of Ultear's scent on Aya
They reached to a heavily guard door which they assumed must be guarding something important
"looks like we've got to bust our way through" Gray said as he creates an ice bazooka
"no need, Gray"
Ultear's voice was heard as they turn to see Ultear and Meredy running towards them
"what the heck are you two doing here?" Gray exclaimed to them
"if we weren't here, you wouldn't be able to get through this door!" Meredy exclaimed
"there are other ways to open the door" Ultear said as she swipes the air in front of the door and a magic screen appeared
"I can bypass the security using this" Ultear said before hearing running from behind them
"there are the intruders!"
"get them! Miss Ultear and Meredy are traitors! Get them all!"
"buy me some time!" Ultear exclaimed as the others got ready to fight the thugs
Back with Natsu
"gah!" Natsu gasped out air as he was kicked in the abdomen by Hades
""are they still not finished?""
Natsu thought before dodging Hades' magic chain as he took a deep breath and fired a breath attack against him
"how pathetic, I got my hopes up for nothing." Hades said as he created a multi layer magic circle around him
"time to perish, fire dragon" Hades spoke before hearing thunder ringing in the sky
"took him long enough" Natsu said with a smirk as a lightning bolt strikes down the ship and Laxus appeared
"yo, Natsu. Is this the guy whose been messing with Fairy Tail?" Laxus said as he then headbutts Hades before punching his face with a lightning imbued fist
With the others
"how much time left?!" Gray exclaimed as he punched away a thug on the face
"just a bit more!" Ultear shouted as she was bypassing the security on the ship as fast as she could
"make it fast!" Gray said as he created an ice cannon and fire it at the reinforcements
"haa!" Erza who was in her Heaven wheels armor battle cried as she sends her swords flying towards the thugs
Ultear typed the key to the system before seeing a green flash
"it's done!" Ultear exclaimed as the door opened
They all then see that Aya was in the middle of the room while in a dark sphere
"keep them occupied!" Meredy exclaimed to them as they went in to the room
"we need to bypass it" Ultear said as she started typing on a magic screen to free her daughter
Back with Natsu
Natsu and Laxus dashed at Hades as the two started close combat fight at the man
Hades smirks as he grabs Natsu's fist and Laxus' leg and sends them flying back
"Laxus!" Natsu exclaimed as he took a deep breath
"yeah!" Laxus shouted as he took a deep breath as well
They then landed as the two cause a magic pressure to arrive
"Karyuu no! / Rairyuu no!"
"wha?!" Hades exclaimed before seeing the two face their mouth at him
"Hoko!"
Their roars cut through the ship side by side, fire and lightning filling up the hall, as they made their way towards Hades. The elder did not move an inch from his spot and merely pointed his fingers at the floor and swiped his arm upwards, a dark grey pillar appearing out of thin air. The pillar blocked majority of the roars, their remains spilling to the sides, burning everything on their way.
Hades was blow away from the attack as he fell to the ground with a big thud
The two slayers look to him while huffing their breaths
"did that do it!?" Laxus said while feeling a tad tired
"no" Natsu replied as they felt the ship shaking and Hades flip back up
"that attack….did nothing?!" Laxus said in shock
Hades smirks as he strokes his beard
"to think that Makarov had quite the arsenal in his guild, he has my praise"
Natsu and Laxus got ready for Hades' counterattack as the ground was shaking
Hades raised his right hand and pointed it at the two as purple energy started forming around his palm.
"If you wish to despise someone for this, aim it at Makarov. It is his fault you've all had to go through this." he told them, before launching a giant ball of energy
Natsu and Laxus took the attack head on as it surprises Hades
"wha? Why did you not avoid it? Surely with your speed you could have a- ha!" Hades spoke before hearing the whole ship going down to the sand
"what is the meaning of this!?" Hades exclaimed before seeing Natsu and Laxus standing up
"looks like they made it in time" Natsu said as he holds his right hand up as a red glow appeared from Natsu and Laxus as it then dims away and Hades realized that it was a layer of protection magic
"you couldn't have!?" Hades said before looking behind him
"surprise!" Gray appeared with an ice cannon readied as he fires it at Hades
"Gaaah!" Hades was blown away from the ice attack
"Natsu!" Gray called out as Natsu sees him with the others and especially Meredy and Ultear who was carrying an infant in her arms
"the plan worked!" Gray said as Natsu nodded with a grin
"good" Natsu said before he summoned on Drac to his right hand
"now then" Natsu said as he and Laxus bumps fist
Laxus' lightning was flowing to Natsu's as the electricity was running around his body
"time to give this old timer the pain" he said before he burst into flames and lightning
A giant tower of flames formed where he stood, the temperature on the ship increasing massively. Natsu glued his eyes in Hades, who carefully watched the Dragon Slayer, his eye slowly widening in pure shock.
Natsu's eyes turned red and black as flames and lightning circle around him
"To think I would ever get a chance to see it with my own eyes." said Hades in awe. "The ultimate form of Dragon Slaying Magic...Dragon Force!"
He didn't get to admire for too long, as he soon found his face being smashed by a nasty right straight that blew him back and made him crash into debris.
Natsu retracted his fist back and stared the downed elder down as he can now let go of his full strength
"it's time to return the favor, a hundred times fold"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye