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After making some distance, Brandish then dropped Natsu, Lucy, and Ur down on the ground
"what the hell you're thinking?!" Ur exclaimed angrily at Brandish
Natsu sat up as he stands back up and helps his mother in law stand up as well
"Brandish, please! I don't want to fight you, no matter what!" Lucy exclaimed.
Brandish stared down at the trio, returned to her normal size while her gaze went elsewhere. "I feel the same way. I am in your debt after all. As a special exception, I have chosen to turn a blind eye to you three."
"Special exception…?" Ur said while dusting off dirt off her pants
"As I have made clear previously, I am a loyal citizen of Alvarez. I have no intention of betraying my homeland. So from this moment forward, I shall return to the battlefield and will annihilate every single one of your comrades. However, I will overlook the three of you and return your kindness by sparring you."
"…What?" Lucy said as she didn't understand
"you….do you have any idea what are you saying to us, right now?" Natsu asked Brandish
Dimaria was watching from nearby, clicking her teeth in annoyance. "Randi….I put my faith in you…I believed in you, and yet…!"
"This battle, no matter how you look at it, we will be victorious. That has been set in stone. The sheer number of our forces, and their individual skill levels; the Spriggan 12, August, Irene…and on top of all that, the fact that the Emperor, at this very moment, is in the middle of obtaining Fairy Heart. It can only mean one thing. Whatever sliver of hope you had of winning has now been reduced to zero. You may have been able to push past Alvarez's vanguard, but that was as far as you and your comrades go."
"Those are just words." Natsu immediately fired back. "We ain't gonna know until we try."
Brandish's expression didn't waver. They didn't understand their situation, but she did. "You may not know, but I do. Let me make this crystal clear. All of your friends will die today."
"and do you believe that Alvarez would win?" Natsu asked
"I'll have you know; we've survived and overcome countless battles in the past!" Lucy said.
"but have they ever faced an enemy like Alvarez?" Brandish asked again before looking to Natsu "you should know better as you were once one of us"
"so what?" Ur asked the green haired girl "I watched how Fairy Tail fights back every single enemy coming towards them, this guild is not one to be underestimated!"
"Fairy Tail is scary as it can be when fighting its enemies" Natsu stated out
"Recall the events that transpired on Caracoll Island. If we so desired, the 12, myself included, could crush you all in mere seconds." Brandish stated. "You couldn't even defeat the emperor with your power, and nearly died. How could you possible defeat him if you can barely harm him?"
Natsu didn't reply as he clenched his fists and ignited them in flames
"So you intend to fight until you're dead?" Brandish's expression turned sour as she sees the flames raging on Natsu's hands.
Natsu stares at Brandish before he looks to the side as a figure approaches them
"Where is Lady Erza…Lady Erza…"
It was Neinhart and he looks to be not himself
"Neinhart!" Brandish turned to look at the man's bizarre aura. "Those eyes, you've been…"
"Kukuku…" The Spriggan chuckled at his comrade's observation. "Indeed, you're bearing witness to Lady Irene's formidable enchantment techniques. This unrivalled power exceeds even the limits of my own magic!" An ominous black aura flowed from his body. "Step aside, Brandish. Those pitiful mages are comrades of Lady Erza. In order words…" A twisted grin spread on his lips. "Our enemies…"
"lady Erza…?" Ur said in confusion
"Fall back." Brandish said. "I am in the middle of negotiations with them."
"Negotiations…?" Neinhart cooed. Brandish said negotiations, but he heard something entirely different. "Am I to interpret that as betrayal? BRETAYAL TO LADY IRENE!?"
The instant he screamed, an intense whirlwind whipped out, covering the entire area while slicing into them.
"AAAAAH!" Brandish was genuinely caught off guard by Neinhart's attacks, as cuts started to rain upon her
"what is this!?" Ur exclaimed while holding onto Lucy as the hurricane was blowing them away "this magic power…. Is unbelievable!"
"My magic is having no effect! He's been enchanted that much!?" Brandish thought in shock
Natsu shielded himself from the hurricane of cuts as he charges towards Neinhart, despite the winds ripping into his very being.
"STOP, YOU CAN'T BEAT HIM!" Brandish warned. "His power now exceeds that of yours!"
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Neinhart cackled.
"it doesn't matter if my power can't beat his!" Natsu shouted as he summoned on Drac as the gauntlet was ignited in flames. Black static soon started to shock Natsu's whole arm as the man gritted his teeth to shook off the pain "it's all about moving forward to the future!"
A flaming dragon head appeared as it roared out
Neinhart saw the attack as he sends a blast of wind at Natsu but the flames grew bigger from the wind
"HAAAA!" Neinhart looks in horror as a black flaming demon appeared behind Natsu as it had its fist pulled back like Natsu as both punched Neinhart straight down to the ground
Brandish looks in amazement as Natsu's power was beyond comprehension "his power…..it keeps growing!?"
"ATTA BOY NATSU!" Ur cheered out to her son in law
Dimaria just stares down of the fight that ended
"haaa….haaaa….haaa" Natsu huffs out as his gauntlet disappeared back into a bracelet
"YoU JuST SpEEd Up ThE ProCEsS. HoW fOOlIsH oF yOU" Vlad spoke to Natsu as the man fell to his knees while trying to breath
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed as she and Ur went to the man
"what's wrong?! Are you hurt?!" Ur asked the man
Natsu just stares at the ground but in his mind, he was seeing more and more of his memories of Fairy Tail disappearing
Memories of him with the others fighting against Oracion Seis; gone. Memories of the GMG; gone. More and more memories started to shatter like glass
Natsu's eyes widen when he saw memories of Ur in his head, cracked like glass before shattering into pieces
Natsu fell unconscious as his mind went blank
"Natsu! Hey Natsu! Wake up!" Ur shouted out as Natsu suddenly went out cold
"it would seem that unleashing his power had a backlash to him" Brandish said
"Natsu…" Lucy looks to Natsu as the man went out cold
"sorry for doing this…" Brandish said as she takes off her cloak "but I have to get rid of you now"
"Brandish please! I don't want to fight you!" Lucy exclaimed to Brandish
"I'm sorry…. But I have no choice!" Brandish said to Lucy
(Skipping the fight scene)
"That's quite enough. Let's end this farce of a battle here and now, shall we?" Dimaria appaeared as she decided to join the fray.
"Mari…" Brandish glanced over her shoulder.
"it's that swordwoman back at Hargeon!" Ur said as she remembered how Dimaria was captured back then.
"A farce?! What are you talking about!?" Lucy exclaimed
"Ignorance sure is bliss." Dimaria snickered before glancing at Lucy. "It seems that blondie is a slow keeper. From the very start, Randi here had no intention of any of you at all. is that clear enough for you?"
"don't make me laugh, Randi. In that battle you could've just shrink the blondie to the size of an ant and then stomped her down, yet you just played around with her" Dimaria said to Brandish who didn't say anything. "You realized that I was watching from afar and decided the best course of action would be to throw the battle in order to deceive me."
"Wha…" Lucy's eyes turned to Brandish.
"so she wanted Lucy to win?" Ur said in surprise
"it's a pity, Randi. You're simply no good to us anymore." Dimaria said before she gritted her teeth
"ST-" Brandish wanted to try and reason with Dimaria, but in the next instant, Dimaria was behind her with a bloodied knife. There were multiple slash and stab wounds on her stomach and chest. "…OP…." Brandish's eyes went dull and she tipped over before collapsing.
Lucy covered her mouth with her hands, shrieking at the scene before her. "B-Brandish!? NOOOOOOOO!"
no one could do anything against Dimaria's Age Seal. No one here present had the power to deal with her.
"Lucy behind you!" Ur screamed out as Dimaria appeared behind Lucy and threw her over her shoulder as it slammed the girl to the ground
"Gah!" Dimaria then grinds her boot on Lucy's head as she held an angered teared look
"I'm going to make sure you suffer…." Dimaria said to Lucy as she put more pressure on Lucy's head "you'll die in pain, little bitch!"
"get away from her!" Ur tried to help Lucy as Dimaria merely gritted her teeth a few times before Ur had dozens of bloody gash marks all over her body "Gah!?"
"Ur!" Lucy screamed as the ice mage fell down with blood pooling on the ground
Some of Ur's blood pooled near Natsu's as it touched Natsu's bracelets
Natsu was in darkness as he sees the scene in front of him
"iT lOOks lIke We aRE Going AheAD OF sCHedule Here!" Vlad appeared as he laughed
Natsu's eyes widen in shock to see Ur laying on the ground with her blood pooling around her
"Ur-san…." Natsu muttered out in anger as to see his mother in law in such condition
"she still lives….her wounds were shallow…." Drac said as Natsu clenched his fists hard "she will not die, I can promise you that, Natsu"
"What WiLL It Be? UsE us nOW or she wILL diE" Vlad said to Natsu who merely punched his fists together and the whole darkness was lit in crimson and black flames
"HAHAhaHAha! ThAT'S the SpiRIT!" Vlad laughed out as he transformed into his gauntlet form and attached himself onto Natsu
Drac looks at Natsu in sadness before he followed suit like Vlad
Lucy grunts in pain as Dimaria continued to grin her boot on her head
"I'll make you pay for ruining Randi!" Dimaria said before hearing movements behind her
She turns around and sees Natsu slowly getting up
"Natsu…?" Lucy looks at the man as he had Vlad and Drac equipped onto him "don't! you'll just get attacked by her magic!"
"so the Demon King has some fight left?" Dimaria said as she pulls her leg off Lucy's head "no matter how much power you have, you can't beat me!"
Dimaria gritted her teeth two times before her face was suddenly grabbed by Natsu
"guh!?" Dimaria looks at Natsu as she grabbed his hand
Natsu's right and left eye glowed black and red as black markings appeared all over his body
A monster like growl came out of Natsu's mouth as his fangs grew sharp and a black appeared on Natsu's right back
A black misty aura was unleashed by Vlad and Drac as Natsu's body undergoes a transformation
Dimaria looks in horror as a demonic eye glowed within the black mist
That's a wrap!
Bye bye