Coco: Hey, guys, I know it's been a while since I uploaded anything for Fairy Tail. I apologize for taking so long. I just have a hard time getting passed the Galuna Island Arc. It and Eisenwald are literally my least favorite arcs in the entire series XD Funny how they're the first ones, but yeah. Anyway. I hope to end this arc soon. After they leave Galuna Island, I plan to add in the Changeling Episode and the Episode about Happy's Origins and Lisanna. I just thought it'd be really fun to write about little Rizzo and her brothers XD Anyway, I just want to warn you that Jun/Silk is in this chapter, but he has changed. He's still creepy...just not as flamboyant? Or rather, he's not as manic XD I hope you like this new version of him.
Now, on with the chapter!
Gray continued to looked at Rizzo with wide eyes as the pinkette was glaring at him. She then went off and punched him across the face, which had his head snapping to the side.
"Just what the hell are you doing, stupid?!" Rizzo demanded as she continued to glare at Gray.
The room went quiet as Lyon sweat-dropped wondering what the hell was going on. Gray growled while turning to face Rizzo with an annoyed expression.
"What the hell am I doing?!" Gray snapped. "I should be asking you that! You're the one hitting me!"
Rizzo reached forward grabbing Gray's necklace to jerk him forward to bring his face right to hers, so they were staring each other dead in the eye.
"And I'll hit you again and again if that's what it takes to put some damn sense into you, Frosty!" Rizzo again. "That spell isn't something you should use so lightly!"
"I'm not using it lightly!" Gray said. "Lyon has to be stopped! I'm willing to die to stop him if that's what it takes!"
Rizzo hit her forehead hard against his as she continued to glare right into his eyes.
"How is dying going to fix everything, huh?!" Rizzo demanded to know. "It won't, and if you had any brains, you'd know that! You do this, and you're basically running away from whatever has been plaguing you since you learned Deliora was here! You might annoy the hell out of me, but one thing I can say with confidence is the Gray Fullbuster I know isn't a coward!"
Gray looked at her with wide eyes as Rizzo finally let him go to shove him away.
"I expected more of you." Rizzo said. "If you want to die and leave all those who love you behind, go ahead! But if you care at all about us, you'll take the long way through this and kick his ass!"
She pointed towards Lyon as Gray let her words sink in. Before he could even reply or think of anything to even say, the entire temple started to shake. Rizzo stumbled to the side trying to keep her footing. Instinctively Gray reached out to grab her before she could tumble over.
"What now?" Natsu asked sounding annoyed.
The temple started to tilt back into place, and Gray tightened his hold around Rizzo as he tried to keep on his feet. Natsu growled in aggravation then started randomly kicking and hitting stuff. He worked hard to get this temple to tilt. Why the hell was it going back into place?
"This is bad." Gray said. "Now the moon is going to shine on Deliora."
Yeah, this really wasn't working in their favor. Rizzo frowned while knowing they still have a job to finish.
"We have to stop them." Rizzo said.
"Hey, uh, Rizz, where have you been anyway?" Natsu said.
"How'd you even get here is more like it?" Gray questioned. "Erza told me she knocked you out and when I left, you were still out cold."
"Once I woke up and learned what was going on, I immediately made my way towards here." Rizzo said. "Erza cleared me a path when I came upon the fight she, Lucy, and Happy were in."
But Rizzo wasn't even close to forgiving Erza. The redhead would pay for knocking her out. She even made sure to let Erza know that too when they crossed paths.
—FLASHBACK—
Rizzo ran along the path that lead towards the temple while hearing what sounded like fighting ahead. She broke through some bushes while seeing that Erza, Lucy, and Happy were fighting a bunch of people in cloaks. Lyon's flunkies—obviously. Rizzo kept running not planning to pause for the obstacle in her path. Rizzo slid under this one person knocking them down before they could get Lucy.
"Rizzo!" Lucy gasped. "You're up!"
Erza turned towards the pinkette as well as Rizzo turned to look at Erza in return.
"So, you're finally helping, huh?" Rizzo questioned. "What changed the mighty Tatiana's mind?"
Rizzo then sent her elbow back to hit this one guy right in the gut. He cried out as he dropped to the ground in a ball. Lucy turned pale seeing Rizzo wasn't in the mood to take it easy on anyone.
"She's mad alright!" Happy said not looking worried at all.
"Shush, cat!" Lucy hissed.
She didn't want either of them being pulled into the fight that might happen between the two older wizards.
"Is that really important now?" Erza inquired.
Rizzo stared at Erza a bit longer before giving a scoff as she looked off to the side while sticking her hands in her pockets.
"I suppose not." Rizzo said, which had Lucy sighing in relief. "I'm leaving these weaklings to you, Erza. I take it the boys are at the temple."
"Yeah!" Lucy said. "If you hurry you should be able to catch up to Gray."
"Good." Rizzo said. "Now I just have to move these guys out of my way."
She looked to the cloaked men who were between her and the temple. Before she could even decide which instrument to summon, Erza jumped into the fray while easily clearing Rizzo a path.
"Get going." Erza said. "Lucy, Happy, and I will handle things here."
"Fine," Rizzo said shrugging as she started back running down the path. "Don't think this means were square, Erza! I'm not forgiving you for the punch to the gut anytime soon!"
Erza didn't reply, but it wasn't like Rizzo expected her to anyway.
—END OF FLASHBACK—
"Wait, ERZA?!" Natsu screeched bringing Rizzo back to the present.
He started sweating bullets while wondering when Erza had gotten here. Oh man, they were so dead! Suddenly a short middle-aged man wearing a mask ran into the ice coated room with a young man wearing a similar mask right behind him.
"Pardon the interruption." The man said.
"I should have known." Lyon said. "I take it you did this."
"Indeed I did, sir." The man said. "The moon will be out soon, so I thought I'd take the liberty of straightening the temple for you. And my apprentice made sure everything was prepared on top of the temple to begin the Moon Drip ceremony."
Great, things just kept getting worse and worse, didn't they? Rizzo stepped away from Gray while ready to battle it out with these guys. There was no way she was going to fail a job. She never has failed one ever since she took on her first job.
"That weirdo fixed it all by himself?" Gray asked.
"And after I went through all that trouble to mess it up too." Natsu said. "Hey, what'd you do to fix it, huh?!"
The man blinked over at Natsu curiously before he busted out laughing, which pissed of Natsu.
"Tell me how you did it, you jerk!" Natsu snapped.
The man just continued to ignore Natsu, and Rizzo pat him on the head to make him feel better.
"Now that everything is in order, my apprentice and I should commence the Moon Drip ceremony." He said. "Let's go, Silk."
"Yes, Master Zalty." Silk said.
The two then started running away, which had Natsu exploding in anger…and fire.
"Would you quit ignoring me, you demon-eyed freak?!" Natsu roared.
"Yeah, wait you two!" Rizzo added. "We're going to kick your asses!"
Natsu started running after the two, but Silk paused a few feet away from the entry way with Natsu running past him since the Dragon Slayer only wanted to beat up Zalty. Silk smirked challengingly at Rizzo in a manner that instantly pissed her off. He then started running off in the opposite direction of his master and Natsu.
"Get back here!" Rizzo yelled as she ran after him. "What was that smirk about, huh!? ARE YOU MOCKING ME?!"
"Natsu, Rizzo!" Gray shouted.
The two, who were almost out of sight, paused to look back at Gray with determined looks on their faces.
"Listen, we have our own fights to worry about, Frosty." Rizzo said.
"Yeah, we'll just let you deal with this icy guy." Natsu added. "It will look back if you lose again, and not just you…"
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Gray said.
"But for all of Fairy Tail." He, Natsu, and Rizzo said in unison.
They all exchanged a grin before Natsu and Rizzo went after their respected opponents. Rizzo didn't plan to lose that Silk bastard. She'd hunt him down and giving him a beating of a lifetime.
Rizzo followed Silk to an underground chamber, but it had to be away from Deliora because she didn't sense a chill, which she did around that large sphere of ice. Silk finally came to a stop to turn and face Rizzo.
"I think we're far enough away to commence with our battle." Silk said. "I'd hate to get in Master Zalty's way."
Rizzo frowned while not really caring. Though she supposed she'd rather fight away from Natsu too, so not to get in her friend's way. So this worked in her favor as well.
"Hmm, I've heard about you, Rizzo Sweeney." Silk said. "I'm quite the avid reader of Sorcerer's Weekly if I must confess. Someone is quite destructive, isn't she?"
He tutted as if scolding her while wagging his finger at her, which had her eyebrow twitching in annoyance.
"Ah, shut your trap, Silky guy!" Rizzo snapped.
"It's just Silk." He said grinning. "Pleasure to meet you formally, Rizzo Sweeney."
He gave a grand bow to Rizzo as she kept her eyes on him. She didn't know what this guy's magic was or how strong he was, so she had to be careful.
"Now, I suppose it's time to get this fight started." Silk said as he came out of the bow. "Really I don't see the point in hurting such a pretty face. So, how's about we just have a bit of fun instead of having an all-out battle, hmm?"
Rizzo just silently held out her hand with her violin appearing out of thin air into her awaiting palm. It was honestly her most powerful instrument. Her brass instruments had power behind them, but her violin could do many different spells that most of her other instruments couldn't.
"Hmm, you look so serious." Silk said. "I really don't want to hurt you, but you seem determined to fight. Very well, I suppose I can entertain you for a bit. All I need to do is distract you long enough for Master Zalty to complete the Moon Drip ceremony and revive Deliora."
"That's not happening." Rizzo said as she glared sharply at Silk.
Silk's brow quirked and his lips turned up into an amused smirk that made Rizzo's blood boil.
"Oh really?" Silk asked with a tilt of his head. "And how did you come to that conclusion, hmm?"
"Easy." Rizzo said while smirking this time. "Gray and Natsu are going to win their fights without a problem, and I plan to kick your ass right here and now. We won't let you or your comrades revive Deliora."
Silk chuckled finding this girl amusing, but he did like her spunk and determination. Poor girl didn't know that she was completely unmatched. However, he supposed he could humor her. Silk rolled his shoulders with them cracking loudly.
"Please, forgive me for what is about to happen." Silk said to Rizzo.
Before Rizzo could even blink Silk was right in front of her. He hit her in the gut and she gagged as she was sent flying backwards. She crashed into the cave wall behind her with the air knocked completely out of her. She slumped against the ground while wondering just where that power just came from. The guy wasn't giving off anything that might suggest he's S-Class level. Silk, who suddenly was missing his mask, appeared over Rizzo and her eyes widened when seeing his eyes had changed. His irises were a shocking red and the sclera were pitch black, and going out of him seemed to be long red tails. No, they weren't tails…they seemed almost flesh-like.
"What in the hell…?" Rizzo murmured.
She then grasped when one of those "tails" slammed right next to her head on the cave wall.
"You can give up if you want," Silk purred as he leaned in closer while brushing back a strand of maroon colored hair. "Many do when they catch a glimpse of my magic—Arc of the Undead."
She's certain she's heard of it before. The Arc of the Undead. It was a type of lost magic—a type that was forbidden in most countries to use. It dealt with the bodies of the deceased and bringing their souls back into the empty corpses. Once brought back through this magic, the user gained the ability of the Arc of the Undead as their "creator" had. It was a magic developed to create armies and armies of soldiers who did not feel pain nor hunger nor fear. Those created by this magic were also bond to the original caster's will unless the caster passed on or the one created managed to overpower the caster.
"Arc of the Undead?" Rizzo repeated. "So, you're…dead."
"That's right," Silk said. "I died some time ago back in my home country, but this magic transformed my body into the undead—a zombie if you will. It means I'm unkillable, you see? In other words you don't stand a chance against me. So, why don't we bring this fight to an end?"
He asked this with a smile as he closed his eyes and tilted his head to the side. Rizzo glared up at him wondering who he thought he was, and if he did read about her then he should know something very important—Rizzo never gives up. Rizzo then gave a shout as she kicked Silk as hard as possible in the gut. He went jumping backwards seeming to retreat on his own than Rizzo actually forcing him to move. In fact, he didn't seem fazed at all from Rizzo's attack as said pinkette got to her feet.
"So, you intend to fight," Silk said with a sigh. "Very well. I tried to deter you."
"I told you that I'm going to kick your ass." Rizzo said. "And I meant that. Besides, Zombie-boy, unkillable doesn't mean unbeatable. So, prepare to lose!"
Despite her tough words, Rizzo wasn't sure how she was going to win. This guy was obviously stronger than her. How could she defeat someone who was practically a zombie anyway? She set her jaw in determination knowing she just has to attack and try to find weaknesses. Rizzo readied her violin. Her magic started to build up as she started playing aggressively on her violin. Silk looked around curiously as the cave seemed to start heating up. Magic circles started to form around the cave to cover every angle of the cave, and one even formed under Rizzo, but it glowed golden instead of green like the others.
"Song of the Phoenix's Rage." She said.
Fire started shooting out of the magic circles around the room, and Silk had to flip and twirl out of the way. He laughed excitedly as the fire roared around the room as if a vengeful phoenix was really billowing around the area. Where Rizzo was standing was the only place where the fire wasn't touching. It moved around her as if protecting while it burned fiercely.
Silk felt his flesh start burning. Even when he avoided the flames directly, his body couldn't take the intense heat. Despite being burned alive, Silk stared at her feeling in awe at her skill. The bow moved expertly and smoothly across the strings as Rizzo poured emotion into her music, which gave power to her magic. It was mesmerizing to watch the young girl play. Silk felt his heart thump oddly as he continued to watch her.
"Impressive." Silk said. "So, this is part of the power of Rizzo Sweeney."
Silk wanted to continue to watch her play, but if he didn't stop her, there would be nothing left of his clothes, which were burning along with flesh. He didn't want to try and explain to Zalty why he was running around practically nude. Silk jumped through the flames surprising Rizzo who abruptly stopped playing. While she was trying to stop the guy, she wasn't trying to kill him. She then gasped when Silk's arms went around her as the flames died down.
"I beg pardon," Silk said against her neck making her freeze up. "This will sting for just a moment."
Before Rizzo could even compute his words, his teeth sunk into her shoulder after he pulled her shirt down out of the way. She hissed in pain as her blood was being taken by the weirdo who had his arms around her. Rizzo slammed down on his foot really hard with her heal, and he let her go instantly. Rizzo back peddled away from him while ready to give him an earful. However, the words were stuck in her throat when seeing his wounds were all healing.
"I do apologize, Miss Sweeney," Silk said as he wiped his blood from his lips and his eyes returned to normal. "I just needed something to heal my wounds. Flesh and blood replenish me, you see. I just wish it worked on my clothes."
He looked down at his singed clothes—what was left of them anyway. The entire top half of his outfit was gone. Rizzo just narrowed her eyes at him as she kept a hand on her bleeding shoulder.
"Apology not accepted!" Rizzo snapped. "You freaking bit me!"
Silk chuckled at her outburst—finding it cute how her eyes seemed to light up as she shouted at him. This woman…why did she make his heart flutter? What was this feeling? He has never felt in such a way.
"I understand if you don't forgive me," Silk said. "I should have asked permission. The last thing I want is upset such a flower such as yourself. Especially after you have captured my heart."
Rizzo blinked once then twice as she stared at Silk as if he grew a second head.
"WHAT?!" Rizzo cried out in shock.
This guy couldn't be serious. Just seconds ago he slammed her into a stone wall and was trying to scare her into giving up the fight. Now, he was declaring his love?!
"I know this is quite forward considering we only just met." Silk continued not seeming to notice Rizzo's outburst or her horrified expression. "However, it is the only explanation for this feeling. My fluttering heart, my warmed cheeks, and knotted stomach can only point to love. What a euphoric feeling."
Silk looked at her with a smile full of bliss, and she shuddered uncomfortably. This guy was completely nuts.
"Stop talking crazy!" Rizzo snapped while leaning away from him.
How did things wind up like this for her? She just wanted to kick this guy's ass and return to her friends. She didn't ask for any of this.
"Oh, you seem so shy." Silk practically cooed. "How adorable. I could just eat you up."
He licked his lips as he said this and Rizzo shuddered though felt her cheeks warm slightly at what he was implying behind his smirk. She never got this kind of attention from a guy, and so far, she wasn't liking it. Where were her guildmates when she needed them? Hell, she'd take Erza at this point if it meant getting this guy away from her.
"I'm not shy!" Rizzo snapped. "And we're enemies, so whatever you have in mind won't work. Besides, we just met! There's no way you could love me already!"
Silk just continued to smile as he stepped towards Rizzo who took several steps back. Like hell, she was going to let this bastard touch her again.
"Have you never heard of "love at first sight", my dear?" Silk asked her. "And while we might be on opposite sides of this battle, it does not mean we are destined to remain apart. I would give up everything here if it meant being by your side forever."
He then practically pounced on Rizzo who let out a small shriek at getting caught. Silk held her close while taking one of her hands to intertwine their fingers.
"Let us run away from here, my darling," Silk said as he stared into her eyes imploringly. "Where no one can ever bother us. Where we can be together as we want."
Rizzo was about to tell this lune to shove it in a pretty graphic way when the entire cave shook around them. A roar came with the shaking and Rizzo felt her blood run cold. Could it be…?
"Ah, Zalty must have successfully revived Deliora," Silk said as he kept his arm around Rizzo's waist. "That means the mission was a success."
Silk then looked down to Rizzo when noticing she was shaking. Thinking it was because the demon was awoken, he went to comfort her. However, she shoved him away while hurrying in the direction the noise was coming from. She knew a certain ice wizard might jump the gun and try to do something stupid again. This was all personal for him, but she'd be damned if she let that idiot throw away everything he has—his life included—just to put this demon down.
"Gray!" She shouted as she disappeared through the tunnel. "You better not do anything stupid before I get there!"
Silk watched her go with his eyes practically narrowing into slits as he crossed his arms into his sleeves.
"So, it seems my darling has someone else in her heart." Silk said as his eyes went red and black again. "That simply won't do."
Rizzo hurried down the tunnel running as fast as possible. She had to stop Gray. She felt a familiar chill in the air and knew it had to be him. She knew his magic anywhere. Rizzo finally made it to where Deliora was being kept with her eyes widening when she saw the upper half of the demon was free. This wasn't good. Worse is that Gray seemed ready to preform the Ice Shell again, and Natsu was in his way.
"Gray, you moron!" Rizzo shouted.
Gray's head snapped up before he turned to look towards Rizzo as she ran towards him and Natsu. She noticed Lyon on the ground as she ran passed him, but didn't pay him any mind. Once reaching the pair, Rizzo planted herself right between Gray and Deliora just like Natsu.
"I thought we went through this, Stupid!" Rizzo growled in annoyance. "There is no way in hell I'm letting you do this."
"That's right." Natsu said. "We're not letting you go out like this!"
Gray stared at his guildmates in shock as they stared up at Deliora unwaveringly.
"Go ahead and cast the spell." Natsu said. "But we're not moving."
Deliora let out another roar as its raised its fist ready to attack the wizards before it.
"I know it's technically not allowed anymore, but I say we throw everything we've got at this thing, Natsu." Rizzo said. "We can't afford to take it easy on demon like this."
"Right," Natsu said as he got into a stance. "One Natsu-Rizzo-Power-Move coming up."
Rizzo had her violin appear in hand while ready to redeem herself from her last fight. If it could even be called that. She readied her bow as Natsu took a deep breath. As they readied themselves, Deliora swung down at the pair.
"Natsu, Rizzo!" Gray shouted—fearing he'd lose them as he had lost Ur.
"Fire Dragon: Firecracker Roar!" Rizzo and Natsu shouted as Rizzo played her violin to the tune of the Jumping Firecracker.
Natsu let out a breath attack with the firecrackers from Rizzo's magic spiraling around his own. They went straight towards the demon and as the spell hit explosion after explosion happened. It shook the entire cave and even put a deep hole through the rock behind Deliora. Lyon watched in shock at the power behind the two wizard's attack as rock fell around them.
"The entire place is going to cave in on us!" Lyon said. "But even so that attack couldn't have stopped Deli—!"
His words were cut short as he watched in horror as the demon started cracking in front of them. Gray was just as surprised as the demon started crumbling away. Natsu blinked not expecting things to be that easy.
"Huh, what the…?" Natsu murmured. "I know that was one of our big attacks, but it shouldn't be over already, should it?"
Rizzo blinked before she let out a small chuckle while sending her violin away.
"I see," Rizzo said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "While that magic might have only been meant to seal away the demon, Gray and Lyon's master has been slowly killing Deliora inside all this time. What an amazing wizard."
"Yeah," Natsu said while turning to Gray. "Your master was pretty awesome."
Gray just stared on before tears started running down his cheeks at a rapid pace. He hung his head as he thanked his master once more for all she's done. Rizzo and Natsu smiled at Gray as he tried to wipe away his tears. Above them, the wizards had no idea they were being watched. Silk, who had the unconscious Zalty tucked under arm, watched on as Rizzo, who moved away from her guildmates, picked up Lyon by the back of his clothes to lift him up. He gave protest, but Rizzo ignored him.
"Well, we better get out of here," Rizzo said as the cave continued to shake. "There's no telling if this cave will still be standing much longer."
She herded the boys along while dragging Lyon along.
"These Fairy Tail wizards have great potential." Silk said. "Certainly, worth keeping an eye on."
He then stiffened when Rizzo moved her arm to loop it with Gray's as she grinned up at him. Gray grinned at her in return, which had Silk very unhappy. He narrowed his eyes at Gray Fullbuster as his brow twitched.
"He will certainly need to be removed from the equation if I am ever to have my darling to myself." Silk said. "Though there are other matters to deal with before that. So, I will take my leave."
He disappeared through the hole made by Natsu and Rizzo to the outside where he would attempt to wake Zalty. Rizzo, who was nearly outside the cave, paused to look back. She frowned feeling as if they were just being watched.
"Hey, is something wrong?" Gray asked her.
"…No…" Rizzo said. "It's nothing. Probably my imagination. But now that we're on the subject on things being wrong…"
She trailed off while giving Gray a smile—a smile he did not trust since it was coming from her of all people. Without warning Rizzo smacked him over the head so loud the noise resounded around the tunnel they were walking through.
"What the hell was that for?!" Gray demanded.
"For being stupid!" Rizzo snapped. "I can't believe you tried to preform that spell twice, Ice-For-Brains! I knew you weren't the brightest bulb around, but damn, I thought you had some sense."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it!" Gray said. "I was wrong! Happy?!"
"Not even close!" Rizzo retorted.
Natsu just laughed as the two argued as they all continued walking through the tunnel as the cave behind them completely caved in. Rizzo then turned her attention to Lyon as she continued to drag him.
"And you, Icicle King, don't think you're getting out of a lecture either!" Rizzo said. "I mean, I can't believe you thought reviving a demon that has killed hundreds was the best way to surpass your master. That doesn't make a lick of sense to me. You want to surpass someone you have to do something even greater than them. How are you doing that by defeating something that was already defeated?!"
Lyon just hung in her grip wondering why he was brought into this scolding. It wasn't as if he and Rizzo knew each other. What right did she have to yell at him?
"Geez, I feel sorry for Ur." Rizzo said with a sigh. "She had such stupid students."
"Take that back, Pinky!" Gray snapped.
"No way in hell!" Rizzo sneered.
Coco: Well, that's the end of the chapter! For those of you who have watched Tokyo Ghoul, I'm sure you noticed that Silk's magic mirrors the Ghouls from that show. It's going to have a few similarities, but then I'm going to add in a few of my own things to make it fit a bit better in the Fairy Tail universe. Anyway, I hope you liked the chapter, and I will try to make sure not to make you all wait so long for the next one.