Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
With Sting and Rogue
Sting and Rogue were still fighting against Mard Geer, as the Underworld King parried their attacks with ease
Mard Geer swiped his fingers to the right as a thorn root wall appeared in front of him before he did more gestures and cause the thorn wall to attack Sting and Rogue who jumped back and started dodging the flying thorn roots
"this guy is tough" Sting said as he wiped off the dirt off his face
"You offend me." Mard Geer said. "Humans should never have been allowed Dragon Slayer magic."
"I guess the feeling is mutual." Sting retorted. "Because we don't like you either." The twin dragons stepped forth from the dust, their angered glares on the demon guild master. "You hurt our friend!"
"And we will not let that insult pass." Rogue added with equal venom.
"If you feel that I have slighted you then come. I will relieve your burdens here." Mard Geer taunted.
Sting and Rogue rushed Mard Geer and unleashed a flurry of blows upon him, but they were all blocked by the confident demon.
Rogue lunged in with a punch but pulled back at the last second. Seeing Mard Geer fall for the feint, Sting struck Mard Geer with a punch to the cheek, earning the twin dragons their first solid hit.
"I see…" Mard Geer muttered to himself.
Rogue lunged forward with a shadow covered punch that Mard Geer blocked, but Sting once again followed up with a strike that staggered him. This one being a kick to the demon's chin. Mard Geer stepped back a few paces, his chin in the air from Sting's attack.
"I am beginning to see why Kyôka enjoys playing with humans so."
"Stop playing around and fight for real, you bastard." Sting demanded.
Mard Geer ignored him and continued his soliloquy "They do not see how close they are to death. These petty ideals that guide their actions are fueled by their fragile emotions." He lowered his chin.
"They lack knowledge of their own weaknesses. What infinite ignorance. It is so hopefully foolish…but I can't help but love it."
"Stop talking like we're not here!" Sting charged forward. He and Rogue once again began to rain down fierce blows on Mard Geer.
"I should have assumed that those with Dragon Slayer abilities would be difficult to deal with." The demon master assumed as he blocked the incoming assault.
"We're gonna take you down!" Rogue declared.
Sting added his own declaration. "Then we're taking the princess back home with us!"
Mard Geer shifted his left foot back and waved his hand, forcing the Twin Dragons away from him. "You two are the first humans to last this long against Mard Geer. The very feat makes my heart pound ever so slightly."
With Erza
Erza and her group continued their search for the control room with the shrunken Franmalth as their guide.
"Are you positive this is the correct way?!" Erza interrogated, tightening her grip on the diminutive demon.
"Y-yes, I am sure." The scared demon answered.
"Minerva, are you alright?" Erza looked to the sullen wizard. She was trailing a few paces behind the redhead, her head angled down and her eyes focused on the ground.
"I hope Sting and Rogue are faring well." She finally said.
"All we can do is trust them to do what they need to do." Erza reassured. "Right now we have to focus on stopping the Face bombs from detonating."
"You're right."
Further behind Minerva, Aya and the exceeds
"I never thought the Princess would be so worried about Sting and Rogue." Lecter sniffled, wiping happy tears out from his eyes. "She's really changed."
"Fro thinks so too!"
"I was initially wary of her because of the Grand Magic Games, but she has proven herself to be a pretty good person after all." Lily admitted.
"She's not only a good person, but the princess is also a wizard in the kitchen as well." Lecter boasted.
"What was that?!" Lily exclaimed in disbelief.
Lily was stunned at Lecter's revelation of Minerva's cooking prowess. He thought of the demon woman inside of a kitchen, an apron around her body with a steaming pot in her oven-mitted hands and smile on her face. "Dinner is served!"
"She seems to have the makings of a good wife" Lily blurted out.
Lecter sweatdropped. "I don't what you're thinking about, but that sounds like a good recommendation."
"Stop stalling or you will be left behind." Erza warned with a commanding tone.
"yes!" they replied before they hurried their pace
Aya followed behind before she turns around as she can feel a weird sense building up in her chest
"Papa" she muttered out as she sees through the ceiling of the ruins and sees a burst of flames and explosions ringing out a few miles away from their position
With Natsu and Gajeel
Juvia was out as she was infected with the Devil Particles within Keyes after she had defeated Keyes
Natsu and Gajeel stared down Torafusa and Tempesta. The results of the fierce battle were beginning to show on all four combatants. Demons and Dragon Slayers alike were eager to finish this long-winded fight.
Natsu was the first to speak out. "it's time we finish these guys off." The dark markings on his neck slither around and covered his cheeks and made tattoos like markings
Gajeel agreed with his statement. "Yeah."
Tempesta then broke his normal silence. "I tire of this."
This ominous proclamation caught the dragon slayers off-guard.
Torafusa begrudgingly agreed with his ally. "Yes we should just accept the inevitable. These humans possess inhuman, dragon-based abilities." As he spoke, the bodies of he and Tempesta began to shimmer like they were on fire. "The only way we will defeat them is if we utilize the full extent of our abilities."
"It is time to get serious!" Tempesta roared.
"Guys, I have a bad feeling about this!" Lucy shouted to Natsu and Gajeel.
Natsu and Gajeel roared out as both undergoes a change with Tempester and Torafusa doing the same
"Modo! Tetsueiryu!"
"Devil Force! Kaihou!"
"Etherious form!"
Tempester and Torafusa looks to their enemies and looks in shock to Natsu as his power was nearly identical to that of theirs
""this pressure! There's no doubting it! He's one of us!"" Torafusa thought before Natsu and Gajeel dashed towards them and sends a powerful punch to their gut
"Gaaahh" "Guaaahh!"
They then let loose a barrage of hard blows, culminating in a salvo that ended with both demons being knocked into the air.
"What has happened to them?!" Torafuzar exclaimed in shock as he skidded back on the ground
"Ankoku! Bakuraijin!"
"Tetsueiryu no Hoko!"
Both attacks collided with their respective targets, the impact forcing both Torafuzar and Tempester back to ground, hard.
As their attacks subsided, they continued to give them more and more punches, kicks, and magic attacks upon them
""impossible! To think that an Etherious allied itself with these humans!"" Torafusa thought as he looks at Natsu who unleashes a torrent of black flames upon Tempesta who got blown away by it
Natsu and Gajeel slams their opponents to the ground before firing a roar at them
BOOM!
When the explosion subsided, Natsu and the others sees that the two demons were still standing
"they're still standing after those attacks!?" Gajeel exclaimed as the attacks he and Natsu unleashed were nearly all they got
Torafuza smirks to them as he held his hands out
"We are the ones who will prevail here!" Torafuzar interjected as waves of black water rose from behind him. "Now come join me in the watery depths of Hell!"
"Tenchi! Kaimei!"
The ocean of dark waters flooded the entire chamber, engulfing all of the Fairy Tail wizards.
Levy heard the crashing of the waves and was soon overtaken. Where did this water come from?!
Natsu and Gajeel floated in the murky depths, their cheeks puffed out to hold in their breath as long as they could.
""How far does this water reach?"" Gajeel questioned. He looked around and saw that he was surrounded on all sides.
Torafuzar sped through the water towards the dragon slayers with amazing speed. He aimed for Natsu first.
Natsu saw the attack as Torafusa rams his head onto Natsu's gut causing the Dragon Slayer to coughed up his stored air supply
"Salamander!" Gajeel shouted out in the water before he got a punch to the face by Torafusa that sends him sinking down a bit
""This bastard is pretty fast in the water."" Gajeel observed. He looked to Tempester and sees that he was sitting on the ground with his arms and legs crossed.
""The other one is just sitting there like it isn't bothering him at all. Does he think they can take us down that easily?!""
Natsu gritted his teeth as he can't use his fire in the water
""then"" Natus thought before Gajeel stopped him
"don't use your lightning here! You might hurt the others doing it!" Gajeel told him before the two got kicked away by Torafusa who was fast like an underwater jet
""damnit!"" Natsu curses as the dark markings on his face started to spread out more and small horns appeared on the side of his head
"Salamander!?" Gajeel saw Natsu going through a transformation as he sees Natsu's canines growing longer and the dark markings on his body was covering more and more of his skin
"now to end this!" Torafusa shouted out as the amphibious demon jets through the water towards Natsu
Natsu held his hand out before he slams them together and caused a powerful shockwave that rang through underwater
"Gah!" Torafusa nearly got blown away by the shockwave but managed to get his balance again
"what?!" Torafusa looks at Natsu who readied his fists to the side and they were then ignited in black flames
"Flames?! Underwater!?" Torafusa shouted before the dark water was sizzling and boiling
"Metsuryu Ougi! Ankoku Rasen Geri!"
Natsu spins around as the spin creates a flaming whirlpool that sucks in Torafusa
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!"
Gajeel grabs both Lucy and Juvia and turns his legs into hooks that cling towards a wall
They were nearly got sucked in as Gajeel loses his grip over Lucy and she nearly got sucked into Natsu's attack, if it hadn't for Levy who came to the rescue
"Levy!?" Gajeel saw the Script mage who held onto Gajeel with Lucy
Levy nodded to Gajeel as the dark water was evaporating fast and was nearly out
Torafusa spins around in the flaming cyclone as he was burned by the flames
""this power!? It cannot be!"" Torafusa thought before the flaming cyclone disappeared and Natsu appeared above him
Torafusa looks at Natsu who had two glowing black dots in his eyes before seeing a pair of black demonic wings appearing on Natsu's back that spreads out
"you are…." Torafusa spoke out before Natsu punches him with a black flaming fist that sends him crashing down to the ground in a large crash
"Guaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
BOOM!
Both crashes down to the ground and caused a big explosion
Gajeel and Levy shielded themselves from the flying debris as Natsu's attack upon the water demon was very powerful and caused a temporary to occur
The dust explosion thins down and Gajeel sees Natsu stood over the defeated Torafusa who was burned from the attack
Natsu let out a low monster like growl as flames were in his mouth and he had demonic features all over him
"S-salamander" Gajeel looks at Natsu as he had fear running through him
"h-he looks just like.." Levy muttered out as she gulped nervously
""a demon…."" Torafusa last spoke before the demon passed away
Natsu's black wings spreads out and created a huge gust of wind before the wings flies him up to the sky
"where is he going?!" Levy exclaimed before she was pushed away by Gajeel who saved her from a giant fireball attack that came from Tempesta
"Dammit! there's still one left!" Gajeel shouted as he turned his arms into Iron Clubs and was about to attack Tempesta but instead fell to one knee as he was feeling woozy
"you swallowed some of the dark water which was rich in Anti Barrier Particles and are toxic to the likes of you, mages" Tempester told to Gajeel as the demon blew a whistle that turned into a tornado
"Dammit!" Just before Gajeel could succumb to Tempester's attack, spikes of ice emerged between them, discouraging the demon.
"What the hell?" Gajeel looked up and saw Gray floating above them in the air with an ice bow and arrow in his hands. The ice wizard landed next to Gajeel.
"Gray?!" Levyy shouted in surprise.
"This the guy that took out Laxus and the Thunder Legion?" Gray asked Gajeel. "Never mind. I can see the devil particles in his body."
"You can what?"
"We can use his blood to make an antidote for the others. Do me a favor and take them to old lady Porlyusica."
"How about you give orders after you take this guy down!" Gajeel retorted.
"You don't have to worry about that. This won't take me long." Gray bolted towards Tempester.
The last demon pointed two fingers to the charging Gray and whistled, creating a multitude of tornadoes around him. Gray swung his hand around, flash-freezing the whirlwinds.
Gajeel's eyes widened in disbelief. "How the hell…?"
Gray pressed the side of his fist into his hand, gathering ice.
"Hyoma! Zero no Tachi!"
In one swift momotion he slashed Tempester with a blade of cold light, encasing the demon in ice.
Gajeel look in shock as he sees Gray's eyes were cold, and his posture was firm.
"what the-?" Gajeel muttered out
"Don't worry, I'll personally take down END." He said with a hard gaze of hate
With Erza and the others
Erza's group exited the corridor they traveled and saw what looked to be the remains of some sort of room.
"Is this it?" She asked Franmalth.
"Yes." After being squeezed for so long the cackling demon was now exhausted.
"Look, Erza!" Lily pointed out
Erza followed Lily line of sight and saw Crawford pressing against the holographic buttons of a console.
"We have to stop him!" Erza dropped Franmalth and ran into the room.
""I'm sure Keyes isn't animating the chairman."" Franmalth reasoned. ""The only person able to do that is …"
"Chairman!" Erza reached for Crawford but just before she could touch him her body froze.
"What's happening?! My body has stopped moving!" slowly her hands reached up and grabbed her neck.
"What's…going on?!" she choked. Her comrades were under the same influence. Each of them struggling for control of their own bodies.
"You are under the influence of Macro. My curse power." A voice revealed.
"Leave Erza alive." Another ordered. "She belongs to this one."
Minerva looked to the source of the voices and her eyes narrowed. "Sayla…Kyôka…" The torturer Kyôka was now unmasked, her green hair freely flowing down her back.
"You're the one controlling chairman Crawford?" Erza angrily questioned.
"Indeed I am." Sayla answered. "Though I admit I lack Master Keyes' finesse in these type of practices, my curse power allows me some minor control over the deceased."
"And with the authority of the chairman we have the power to activate all 3000 Face bombs from this location!" Kyôka declared with evil joy.
Sayla bowed her head as if in regret. "Your tales have come to a close."
Kyôka looked down her nose at the struggling Minerva.
"Minerva, you intrigue this one. You chose to die in disgrace with the humans rather than die in honor. Intriguing though it is not unexpected."
"Damn you…" Minerva hissed.
Kyôka turned her attentions to Erza. "How does it feel to be bound before this one once more? Does it make you reminisce on the time we spent in my interrogation chambers? Surely you remember them fondly. Perhaps you will continue to bring pleasure to this one."
Erza and the others were beginning to fade from their lack of air. Any longer and they would all pass out.
"it…hurts" Aya cried out as the child's face was turning blue
"stay strong…Aya!" Lily choked out as he was having struggles in breathing
Suddenly Sayla was struck by Mira who came attacking her
"Mira?!" Erza shouted in surprise.
Sayla slammed into a pile of rocks. The action broke her control over Erza's group as well as returned Crawford to the dead.
"We can move again!" Lily chirped.
"The chairman's down too!" Lecter pointed out.
Mirajane fell to the ground, her body returning to its normal state.
Sayla began to stir from the rubble, her gaze locked on her former foe. "You impertinent…"
Erza ran to her friend. "Mira, you're safe! I was beginning to worry about you."
The barmaid gave a weak smile. "Me too. I think I may have used up the last of my strength with that last attack though."
Erza knelt down and smiled. "It's fine. You've earned a rest."
Kyôka went to Sayla as the avian demon kneels down beside her
"Forgive me Kyôka-sama, I have failed you" Sayla said as she cried in tears
"You performed well despite your dwindling curse power, Sayla." Kyôka praised with a smile
"The Face Operation is still…"
"No need for worry…" Kyôka looked to the diagram Crawford was typing on. It was glowing red.
"The chairman completed his task. The bombs will detonate shortly."
"What?!" Erza exclaimed.
"I was…too late…" Mira lamented.
"We did it!" Franmalth cheered.
"I am glad" Sayla whispered with a smile before everything stopped
"The bombs are going to detonate?!" Lector shouted
"We have to stop them!" Lily shouted.
"You have to take Kyôka down, Erza!" Minerva yelled. "She's the most knowledgeable when it comes to the operation!"
"You have to win, Erza!" Mirajane pleaded.
Erza looks at Kyôka whose eyes were foreshadowed
"let us end this, Erza" Kyôka said as she looks up and smirks at her
"yeah" Erza agreed as the two readied themselves for a fight
Erza re-quipped into her Armadura Fairy Armor as she held up her sword.
"I will stop Face!"
Kyôka glared at Erza while smirking
Kyôka glared at Erza. "This one will exterminate all opposing our Lord Zeref!"
Erza bolted towards Kyôka for their final battle. She briefly looked to the clock. 32 minutes until the bombs detonate. I must end this quickly! She swung her sword. Kyôka blocked with her claws.
"You are already too late to stop us." Kyôka taunted.
"We'll see about that!"
Erza swung again and Kyôka pushed her back. The demon extended her claws. Erza cartwheeled to evade. The knight then dashed to the left, circling around to Kyoka's back. Kyôka sliced a pillar into three pieces and sent them to Erza. Erza sliced away two of the pieces while vaulting over the third one. Once she was close enough to Kyôka she landed a kick to the demon's face. Kyôka fell to the ground. Erza chased her, swung her sword as she passed the demon, nearly slicing her arm off.
"She is certainly entertaining to watch." Minerva complimented of Erza with a smirk to Frosch.
"Fro thinks so too."
Pantherlily, Happy, and Lecter went to aid Mirajane.
"Mira!" Happy yelped.
"Are you alright?" Pantherlily asked.
"Just fine…if a little bit exhausted." the barmaid joked with a weak smile. The two exceeds helped her to a seated position. "Thank you."
"Where are Lisanna and Elfman?" Happy asked.
"Yes it is odd to see you three separated," Pantherlily added.
"We ran into a bit of trouble." Mirajane explained.
Lecter raised a brow. "Trouble?"
"When we were freed from that stone, hundreds of those bunny girls appeared out of nowhere. Elfman and Lisanna stayed behind to fight them while I chased after Sayla."
"Do you think they will be alright on their own?" Lily inquired.
"Jet, Droy, and Warren are with them. So they will be fine I think." She smiled.
"I think you might be overestimating the talents of those last three." Happy stated bluntly.
Kyôka rose to her feet with an evil smile on her lips. "Magnificent, Erza. You continued to display just why you belong to this one!"
Erza readied her blade to strike again but tensed at the sound of a beastly roar. "What's happening now?"
Even Kyôka was caught off-guard at the ghastly sound.
The sound echoed in the air again.
"What is that horrible sound?" Minerva wondered. She felt a twinge of fear at the base of her spine.
"What is that?" Aya asked as she felt fear rising in her heart when she heard the sound
"I'm not sure." Lily answered. "But it sounds…familiar…"
"I'm scared, Lecter." Frosch whined.
"I-it's going to be ok." He tried to reassure his friend, but he was just as scared at the sound.
"What in the darkness is going on?!" Franmalth yelled.
With Wendy
After continuous trips through Direct Line, Wendy, Carla, and Doranbolt finally arrived outside the ruins of Plutogrim. Exhausted from the nonstop use of his power, the councilman dropped to one knee.
"Are you ok, Mr. Doranbolt?" Wendy asked in worry.
"Y-yes." Doranbolt exhaled weakly. "Just…need…a few seconds…to catch my breath."
Carla looked to the ruins. "It looks like that Cube was destroyed at some point. There are pieces everywhere."
Wendy's eyes widened. "Really?! Do you think everyone made it out ok?"
"One can only hope."
"Mr. Warren must have…" Wendy suddenly felt her strength draining and she fell to her side with a thud, inciting panic in both Carla and Doranbolt.
"Wendy?! Are you alright?!" Carla called. "Say something, child!"
Wendy's heart began to beat louder and louder as her body convulsed.
"Wendy what's-"Doranbolt's ears soon caught wind of the roar. "What is that sound?"
With Gajeel and the others
"Gray-sama was here?" Juvia said after waking up
"yeah, he left about as fast as he came though" Gajeel told her
"I'm just glad everybody is okay" Levy told the two
Gajeel then takes out a small sack that had a soaking red bottom
"Levy take this to that old hag Porlyusica" Gajeel said as he gives the sack to Levy
"okay! That'll help Laxus and the others, right?" Levy said
"where did Natsu go to anyway?" Lucy asked as the fire Dragon Slayer was nowhere in sight
"dunno, all that I know is Salamander snapped, don't know how but the guy just went into a whole new level of terrifying" Gajeel said as he remembered the form Natsu took on before his eyes slowly widened when his ears picked up the sound Natsu heard.
"that voice!" Gajeel looks up as he sweated in fear
"a voice? I don't hear anything." Levy spoke up before
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
A dull roar echoed through the skies, catching all the wizard's attention.
"What was that?!" Lucy asked, covering her ears as the sound grew louder.
the roar had gotten so loud that everyone could barely hear one another.
"It sounds like it's getting closer!" Levy shouted.
With Sting and Rogue
The sound reached all the way to where Mard Geer and the twin dragons were battling.
"This is unexpected." Mard Geer said with a touch of surprise.
"What is this?" Sting questioned in alarm.
"Some kind of…voice?" Rogue wondered.
"not even Mard Geer could've planned for this turn of events." Mard Geer said as the sound grew louder and louder, alerting everyone within the ruins.
Something was fast approaching the battlefield. Mard Geer could feel the presence become clearer.
"Was he drawn here by the use of such powerful magics? Or does he seek Master or Zeref himself?"
with the others
"ACNOLOGIA!" Gajeel shouted as everyone, victim of the Tenroujima incident shakes in fear
"Acnologia?!" Lucy exclaimed in fear.
Gajeel confirmed with a tense nod. "I would never forget that awful sound, or that scent."
"But how is that possible?!" Levy panicked. "How could he have possibly known to show up here of all places?!"
Far away
The black dragon soared through the sky above, unleashing another blood-curdling roar that froze all within its range in fear. It then rained down breath attacks, devastating the surrounding area.
"It really is Acnologia!" Cana yelled.
"The same dragon that blew away Tenrou Island?!" Macao panicked.
"We're done for!" Vijeeter yelled.
Cana shuddered at the thought of the incident from seven years repeating itself. "Why? Why do we have to go through this again?"
Back with Wendy
Wendy was still shaking on the ground, the sound of her heartbeat increasing each passing second.
"Wendy, you have to snap out of this!" Charla said. "Tell me what's going on!"
Doranbolt looked to the horizon. The explosions were getting closer.
"Tell me that's not what I think it is…"
With Sting and Rogue
"Well what is happening here?" Mard Geer looked to the now kneeling Sting and Rogue.
They were experiencing the same phenomena as the other dragon slayers. He found himself increasingly interested in the unfolding events.
"What does this mean? Not even Mard Geer can predict how this will end."
Acnologia zoomed towards the ruins.
"Everyone spread out!"
The Fairy Tail wizard dove out of the dragon's line of flight as he dove down and rose into the air again.
"Are we really going to die here?" Nab grimaced.
"Why did this have to happen to us again?" Cana questioned with tears in her eyes.
Acnologia floated over Mard Geer, allowing the demon to come to a realization.
"I see. It is really Master END he is after. Is he perhaps…afraid? Has he come to destroy Master before his revival can take place?"
Mard Geer watches as the black dragon fly higher in the air, Mard Geer couldn't help but be filled with a sense of wonder.
"Fascinating!"
In the sky
Acnologia roared out as the dragon of chaos creates destruction upon his arrival
Screams of fear, chaos, and death rings through the air as the black dragon creates destruction everywhere
Acnologia looks to the ruins of Tartaros as the black dragon charges up a roar in its jaw
"does it desire to annihilate all of us?" Mard Geer said as he sees the charging up attack coming
Acnologia threw his head back and was about to unleash its attack only to stop when another roar was heard
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Acnologia looks to the side and sees down on the ground something that made the anger in him boil like lava
STOMP!
The ground suddenly shakes as for everyone it felt like a moving earthquake
STOMP!
The tremors continue as it was getting more and more stronger
STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!
Acnologia unleashes his roar as the black dragon's eyes glowed red
"is that!" Cana shouted as she pointed to the west
Flames raging around the land, melting and burning everything near its path
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!
The roar was heard again as everyone's eyes widen in surprise and shock as they see a black flaming dragon appearing out of nowhere
Acnologia roared out as the flaming dragon roared in respond before the two dragons dashed towards each other and went into a power struggle with each other
The flaming dragon threw Acnologia over its soldier and to the ground before firing a point black flaming roar at it
BOOM!
A powerful explosion occurred and nearly blew away everyone who were a few miles away from the battle of monsters
"what power!" Cana said as she and the rest were shielding themselves from the huge gusts of wind that came from the explosion
The dust clouded the field before red glowing eyes appeared in the smoke cloud and was blown away by Acnologia who roared at the flaming dragon who responded in the same action
The two dragons soared to the sky as their battle lit the sky in fire
"that flaming dragon! Is it possible…!" Makarov said as he watches the battle
"it's Natsu, there's no mistaking it!" Ur said out loud as she knew that it was her son in law who was battling Acnologia at the very moment
With Gajeel and the others
"Are you ok, Gajeel?" Levy asked. She helped him to a sitting position after the Iron Dragon Slayer's sudden pain attack had disappeared
"What the hell is going on here?" the iron dragon grumbled. The pain he felt earlier was gone, but he still had plenty of questions.
He watches as Natsu battles Acnologia in a war like duel
"Salamander, that hot head is actually fighting Acnologia on a one on one match!?" Gajeel said as both dragons fired their roar at each other that caused and explosion that lit the night sky
With Sting and Rogue
The twin Dragon Slayers watches the fight in the sky as so was Mard Geer
"more and more surprises are keep coming that Mard Geer cannot keep track of them" Mard Geer said in an amused voice while cradling the book of END in his arms
"yeah? What about me?" a voice spoke as Mard Geer with Sting and Rogue looks to the side and sees Gray coming into view
"Gray-san!?" Sting exclaimed in surprise to see the ice make mage
"now, who might you be?" Mard Geer asked the ice wizard
"Gray, Gray Fullbuster" Gray replied as he lifted up his right hand and showed the Ice Devil Slayer tattoo, he has on him "an Ice Devil Slayer!"
Gray swipes his hand to the side as geysers of purple ice strikes upon Mard Geer causing the Underworld King to grunts in pain
""I recognize this power."" Mard Geer broke free from his impromptu prison.
He glared at Gray. "This is Silver's magic, isn't it?"
"So what if it is?" Gray retorted.
"I knew someday he would betray us, but I was not expecting it to be in this capacity. Fate is truly a fascinating thing." Mard Geer summoned his Thorn.
Gray spread his arms, freezing the thorns around him.
"Whoa." Sting marveled.
"He froze them in an instant." Rogue said.
"How?" Mard Geer questioned.
"Spare me the philosophical crap." Gray said to the demon. "I'm not doing this for fun. This is what my dad wanted!"
Gray encased his fist in a purpled coloured ice gauntlet and punches Mard Geer's face and sends the demon crashing away
Mard Geer fell to his back and rolled a few meters away from Gray.
He rose to a sitting position, his smirk growing more sadistic.
""It seems I will have to make a few adjustments"" He stood to face Natsu again and focused his telepathy.
"Kyôka. Can you hear me?!"
With Erza
In the remains of the control room Kyôka heard her Guild Master's call as she and Erza briefly stopped their battle to watch the dragons' war overhead.
""Mard Geer-sama?""
""I want those nuisances out of the sky."" He ordered as he was referring to the dragons battling overhead.
""detonate the Face bombs earlier than scheduled. You are in the control room now, yes?"
""Yes, but there are complications. Both Sayla and Keyes have been defeated by the humans. We have no way to activate the system with the chairman dead.""
""That is no problem. The means to activate the bombs lie within you.""
Kyôka was stunned at the revelation. ""How?""
""All you need do is establish an organic link with the main lacrima in the center of the control room. This will allow you to become the detonation key and set the bombs at your leisure. When you do this, not only will the wizards be rendered powerless, the dragons will be without life force as well. And once it is done, our victory will be assured! Now go fulfill our destiny, Kyôka!"" Mard Geer ordered her
""But Master, if this one was to establish an organic link with that level of magic power…this one will die!""
""I know this. Are you afraid of death, Kyôka?""
A bead of nervous sweat fell from Kyoka's face as she considered Mard Geer's words.
she narrowed her eyes in determination.
""No. This one will gladly lay down her life in service of Lord Zeref.""
Kyôka looked up and created a line to the giant lacrima overhead with her claws. She then pulled herself up, landing on the underside of the ball.
"What is she doing?!" Erza shouted.
Kyôka dug the rest of her claws into the lacrima and began to drain its energies. It was more painful than anything she had ever felt, but she pushed forward for the sake of her mission. As she continued filtering the energies into her body, the lacrima shrank and little balls shot out in all directions.
"What are those?" Frosch asked while looking around the screen
"They seem to be some sort of icons?" Lily guessed.
Erza watches and tightened her grip on her sword. She had no idea what was happening. She looked around at the icons.
"Are those the number of Face bombs on the continent?"
Kyôka finished her process and suspended upside down from the shrunken lacrima.
"Organic Link complete. This one has now become the key for Face's detonation."
"What?"
"Why would she do that?" Lecter questioned.
"Sounds scary." Frosch shuddered.
Minerva grimaced at the thought. "She must intend to detonate the bombs early, Erza!"
Kyoka's superior smirk returned in full force.
"There is only course of action for you. You must kill this one!"
Erza looked up to the new Kyôka as her appearance fits that of a feathered demon
"You are certainly not lacking for confidence now." Erza observed. "Though you are still unable to foresee your own defeat."
"It would seem neither do you." Kyôka launched herself from the lacrima towards Erza.
"Witness the true power of the Goddess of the Slave Planet, Kyoka's, etherious form!" Like a gust of air the demon sped past Erza, slashing away pieces of the knight's armor and breaking her sword.
"She broke her armor with her bare hands?" Lily implored.
"Erza!" Minerva shouted.
"Damn, she's even faster than before." Erza requipped into her Blackwing armor.
Kyôka let out a blood-curling scream and the Face clock sped up. Everyone took alarming notice to this.
"We're losing time?!" Lecter blurted out.
"That's not fair." Frosch whined.
Minerva clenched her fists against the ground. "Dammit, she's speeding up the countdown. Erza, hurry!"
"I know!" Erza dashed towards Kyôka.
"You cannot defeat this one." The demon boasted. "This one's curse is strength enhancement. With each passing second this one's power increases without limits!"
"We'll see about that!" Erza slashed at Kyôka, but the demon jumped back, sliding down the slope below the lacrima. Erza jumped after her.
"Since this one is now connected to the detonator, the activation of the bombs will consume her life as well."
"What?!"
"However that is no cause for concern! As long as this one succeeds the plan for Zeref, this one will gladly sacrifice herself!"
Erza requipped into her Purgatory armor and swung her club don upon Kyôka who evaded the attack once again.
"Why would you go that far for this?!"
"Because fate wills it!" Kyôka grabbed a broken pillar with her claws and threw it at Erza.
"All demons written within the Book of Zeref share the same desire to return to our Master! It is a homing instinct of sorts. We were created by Zeref so we shall return to his side."
Erza jumped over the pillar and requipped into her Heaven's Wheel armor. She sent swords to attack Kyôka.
"That's nonsense! All you've done is chosen death! You no longer follow the same path as your comrades!"
"Silence!" Kyôka screamed again and green streaks of lightning shot forth from her hands.
"What is this?!" Erza exclaimed as the lightning strucks her , breaking pieces of her armor away.
The lightning strikes at the others near the area as Minerva, Mirajane, Aya and the Exceeds were all struck by Kyoka's attack.
"What's happening to my body?" Erza exclaimed as her body tingles in pain
"Painful is it not?" Kyôka sauntered to her afflicted opponent.
"This one has enhanced your pain receptors to their absolute limit. Even the slightest breeze will cause you exquisite agony." Kyôka looked around to the others, her smirk widening as she watched them writhe in pain.
"It seems this one was unable to hold back. Her curse affected your friends as well."
Each breath Erza took was filled with pain and suffering. She writhed in pain as she can feel her body being pierced by hundreds of needles
Kyôka walks towards Erza as she kneels down and blow a breeze at her
"aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!" Erza screams in pain as the breeze felt like dozens of glass shards pierced her own body
The knight fell to her back and Kyôka stomped on her stomach. The pain was excruciating but Erza could no longer scream. Her voice had gone hoarse.
"This brings back memories does it not, Erza?" Kyôka taunted.
"Our time in the torture chamber was very precious to this one." Erza's body twitched from the horrible sensations covering her body. It felt as if she was being crushed by a massive weight.
The clock continued to countdown. There was now less than twenty minutes before the bombs detonated.
Kyôka reached down and broke off a piece of Erza's armor.
"Armor is unbecoming of you." She broke off another piece.
"After all you have such lovely skin." She continued to rip Erza's armor off of her while enjoying torturing her
When she was done peeling away Erza's armor as she was left with no armor other than loose scraps of clothing
Kyôka smiled in sick satisfaction as she laughs
"Your suffering is your final appeasement before this one departs from this world. You still have much to atone for, Erza! Much to suffer and despair for!" Kyôka raised her hand over her face.
"Now to rob you of your sight." She snapped her fingers and Erza's eyes began to cloud, her view of Kyôka going completely dark.
"Now for the rest of your senses."
One by one Erza could feel the loss of her senses. She no longer felt the rocks beneath her body. The taste of blood in her mouth was completely gone. The smell of burning flesh and putrid air was eliminated from her nostrils. The last thing she head was Kyoka's maniacal cackling. Everything had gone dark. She had reached a state of total sensory deprivation.
Kyôka rested her foot on Erza's chest, laughing uproariously at her victory as the knight's comrades tried to fight through the curse.
"Total victory is at last ours!" Kyôka proclaimed.
"While this one's soul may depart, humanity's future will go along with it!" She stepped on Erza's face and continued her tirade.
"You shall not die so easily, Erza! No, this one will present you to Master END as a plaything! You shall experience a fate much worse than death! He will rend both your body and soul apart piece by piece for all time!" Kyôka exclaimed as she pressed her foot harder on Erza's head.
"This one envies such a reward! You should be delighted to given that distinguished duty! Tell this one how grateful you are!"
"…ee…" Erza muttered out as Kyoka looks to her
"what?" Kyoka said
"…I can…see" Erza muttered out as her fingers twitch and she was slowly getting up
"no matter what you steal, there is one thing that you cannot take from me.." Erza said as her red eyes looks at Kyoka "the light that guides my path!"
"How?!" Kyôka backed away from Erza who was glaring at Kyoka and the scarlet knight stood up again
"my sight…my hearing…there is a light within me!" Erza requipped into her hakama and sarashi to the shock of Kyôka as well as her own comrades.
"How can she stand with all of her senses gone?!" Minerva questioned.
"This is…not possible…" Kyôka quavered.
Erza thought of her friends. "Until I see them again-"she drew back her fist and struck Kyôka's chin with a hard uppercut.
"I have no right to feel pain!" Erza felt like her hand was shattering to pieces but she fought through it and clenched her fist harder.
"You wish to make me feel the ultimate pain?!" She shouted to Kyôka. "As long as I have my friends and family you will never have that satisfaction!"
Minerva grinned. "There is the Erza I've grown fond of. That annoying sense of duty and honor only suits someone like her."
Kyôka stepped back and wiped the blood from her chin. "How was she able to land her strike?! She should be blind!"
Kyôka stared at Erza with hatred and disgust.
"This one has taken all of her senses! Not only that but her pain receptors are amplified to their limits, she should be unable to stand! That strike was allowed because this one was being careless. It will not happen again."
Erza runs forward before kicking Kyôka's abdomen, making the demon grunts in pain
The demon gasped for air and slid back on her heels, clutching her aching abdomen. She glared at Erza.
"How is she able to strike this one when she can no longer hear or see?! How do you know this one's location?!" Kyôka fumed at the deaf woman before she gets a punch from Erza then another
"how is it possible for Erza-san to attack when she cannot see, hear, nor smell?" Lecter said in confusion with Frosch doing the same
"is a sixth or seventh sense developed when her other senses were taken?" Lily suggested
"it's because she's aunt Erza!" Aya said to the exceeds
"I'll buy that" the exceeds said
"Filthy human! You will pay!" Kyôka screamed as the timer on Face's countdown increased
"She's speeding up the clock again!" Minerva shouted.
"We're running out of time!" Lily added.
"Do you think you really stand a chance against a demon from the book of Zeref?! Learn your place!" Kyôka shouted as she dashed towards Erza with the later doing the same
"I nearly forgot that the demon's strength increases each passing second." Lily realized. "This is bad for Erza!"
"She has to find a way to counterattack or the time will run out!" Minerva said.
"this is the end!" Erza shouted as Benizakura appears in her hands
Kyôka screams as she strikes her claw at Erza who ducks and slides and was now behind Kyôka
Kyôka quickly turns to look at Erza who had readied Enryuo no Kiba into a drawing stance
""How? Does she feel no pain? No fear? She's too...strong!""
"Haaaaaaaaaaa!" Erza slashed her sword at Kyôka as the demon was slashed by her blade
Kyôka fell to the ground as Erza stood a small way past her, huffing in exhaustion.
Her entire body had gone numb, shutting itself down in order to protect itself from further pain.
""I….won"" Erza thought before she slowly wobbles around and then fell face first with Enryuo no Kiba clanging when dropped to the ground.
"Look!" Lecter pointed. "The timer!" Everyone looked to the clock. There were less than forty seconds left until detonation.
"Damn…" Minerva closed her eyes and switched places with Erza with her territory magic.
she grabbed Benizakura and jumped into the air. She came down on Kyoka's chest with the point of the blade
Minerva plunged the sword at Kyôka's chest as she pierced it and killed the demon.
"I did it." Minerva exhaled. "It's over." She looked down at the dead Kyôka
She heard a rumbling and looked up to the lacrima, it was shaking.
Erza gets up and sees something that horrified her
00:00
FACE
"ON"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye