Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
"Devil Force!?" Sting exclaimed in disbelieve as Natsu had a black wing appearing on the left side of his back
"no more holding back" Natsu said as he squatted a bit before dashing at high speed towards the two
"wha!?" "fast!"
Natsu grabs both of their heads before slamming them to the ground
He then kicks Rogue away before he blocked a punch from Sting and then punched him away
"aargh!" Rogue let out a roar as Natsu breathes out his own roar at his
Natsu's roar overpowered Rogue's as the Shadow Dragon Slayer was sent flying away
"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
Natsu stands on top of a pile of rubble while Sting and Rogue was trying to stand up from their beaten state
"is this the best you two can give?" Natsu mocked the two as he raise his right hand up and did a taunt towards the two
"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.
"is that!" Juvia exclaimed
"a Unison Raid!" Ur exclaimed in surprise
"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 and lightning
"Ankoku! Bakuraijin!"
Natsu spins his hand in a circular fashion as a torrent of crimson and black flames mixed with lightning barrages against Sting's and Rogue's
The two attacks collided before Natsu's attack overpowered the two's and collided with them
BOOM!
A giant explosion clouded the field as no one can see a thing
"WHAT AMAZING POWER! THE ENTIRE ARENA FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO CRUMBLE!" Lola shouted on the mic as his wig fell off
The cloud dust started to thin out as they see Sting and Rogue standing motionlessly while Natsu was looking at them
Natsu stares at the two before he turns around and started to walk away
""your power…." Rogue falls down before he fell to the ground ""is unmeasurable, Natsu Dragist"
Sting fell to his knees as he slowly falls forward ""I'm sorry, Lector. He's too strong, Natsu-san""
"DOWN! WINNER! FAIRY TAIL! NATSU DRAGIST!" Lola exclaimed on the mic as the crowds cheered and screamed like crazy
"yay!" Aya cheered with her grandmother as Fairy Tail cried and hugs each other for the win
"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!"
Natsu powers down as he grabs Gajeel by the leg and started dragging him up
Nighttime
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 Dragist'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 Dragist 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
"when I get my hands on him!" Gajeel said with gritted teeth as he was angry on Natsu knocking him out
"just calm down" Levy told the man with Lily helping
"just get your revenge on the last day of the fight" Lily told his partner
"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 with a smile
"time really flies fast, huh" Mira said as everyone partied on
"yay!" Aya cheered as she rides on her father's shoulder with a big smile
"be careful, Natsu" Ultear told her husband as he gives his daughter a piggy back ride
"alright" Natsu replied as he runs around in a circle with his daughter on his shoulders
"with this! We will win the pri- I mean the number one title for Fairy Tail!" Makarov shouted as everyone cheered
"he nearly said the prize money, didn't he?" Gray whispered to Lucy who nodded
Natsu plays around with his daughter before his eye spotted Jellal outside
"play with your grandmother for a second, Papa needs to go out a bit" Natsu told to his daughter while placing her down from his shoulders
Aya nodded before she runs to Ur
Natsu smiles to his daughter before he walks out and meets up with Jellal who was waiting on him in the alleyway
"what is it?" Natsu asked him
"I checked the palace and everything, and it was as you had suspected," Jellal said as he takes out a couple of photos out from his vest
"this is Eclipse, the gate that will change the world," Jellal said as he handed Natsu a photo of a giant metal gate
Natsu looks at the picture before he looks to the other one where it showed the image of a green-haired girl who looks to be in Lucy's age or less
"she's the princess of the kingdom, Hisui. E. Fiore I believe she is the master mind behind all of this" Jellal told him as Natsu squinted his eye at the photo
"no, not the master mind, she's the puppet" Natsu said as he looks to the other photo where it only shows Hisui walking away from the Eclipse gate
"the Puppet Meister is still hiding in the shadows" Natsu's eye look to a shadowed part as he sees a figure in the shadows
He then looks to the last picture as this got him to look in shock
"how does the princess of this kingdom have the 12 Zodiac keys?" Natsu asked as the last photo shows a picture of Hisui holding the 12 Zodiac keys in her hands while standing in front of the giant metal gate
"this doesn't make sense, if it's Libra's and Pisces' keys. Getting a hold of them from Yukino Agria would be make sense, but the rest are with Lucy"
"I don't know, but it's probably the master mind you said that provided her with the keys" Jellal said to him
Natsu sighs before he looks at the photo once more
His eye scanned around the photo before he spotted that the Aquarius Zodiac key had a small bloody smudge on it
"is it possible, for someone else other than the Future Lucy came from the future as well?"
Natsu thought out loud as this got Jellal think of the same thing
"then that would explain a lot!" Jellal said as Natsu nodded
"you said that you met Future Lucy on the 3rd day of the GMG, but it wasn't her. Someone else came from the future as well!" Natsu exclaimed as he heard clapping from the other side of the alley
"very well done" a voice spoke as Natsu and Jellal looks ahead and sees the shadow moving
Natsu summons Drac on as black markings started to appear on his skin
"you pieced the puzzle well, but it won't stop me from my plan."
The shadows started to slither around and form a human like figure. A mouth and an eye appeared on the shadow as it was smirking at the two
"not even you, Natsu Dragist. Or should I say" the shadows then meld in with the other shadows before it slithers arounds the walls as Natsu and Jellal got ready for an attack
"Zeref's most strongest demon" a voice whispered to Natsu as he looks around before he can't hear the voice anymore
"we got our guy" Natsu said as Jellal nodded
That's a wrap!
Bye bye