Coco: Hey, guys, and Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah or whatever it is you celebrate around this time of year. I hope you are having a wonderful day with your family and friends or even just a nice quiet day for yourself! And as a little treat, here's the new chapter for you. I wish I could say I had something for all my stories today, but I unfortunately don't. However, I am getting better and getting into writing again despite the fact things haven't really cleared up at home. But I just want you all to know that your support and kindness through all of my troubles is the best Christmas Gift I could get, so thank you.
I hope you enjoy the chapter (it's a bit longer than the others), and just as a reminder, I am writing another story for Fairy Tail with as little OCs as possible as I know some of you were looking forward to seeing a version of this story with less OCs. I have a poll up for you to vote on who my OC should be paired with, and I'll leave it up until after New Year's Day, so still plenty of time to vote. So far it looks like there will be an obvious winner, but don't hesitate to cast your own vote.
Now, let's get started, shall we?
Rizzo stood amongst her guildmates as they wondered just how to tackle the giant guildhall in front of them. Erza had finally passed out, which meant they were out of S-class wizards until her brothers arrived or until Erza recovered enough to fight.
"What should we do first?" Bisca wondered aloud as she looked to the others.
"First order of business should be that cannon." Craylee replied. "If Sven was here, he could use his magic to make it useless, but he isn't. Meaning it's going to take a lot of power to take it down before it can fire again. With it out of the way, we'll have more time and more breathing room to take care of Phantom."
Rizzo could agree with that plan. She was sure if all of them together went at the thing, it'd surely break. She and the others then looked towards Phantom as cloaked ghosts started coming from the building, which had Rizzo narrowing her eyes. They had to think fast.
"You're in quite the quandary, aren't you, Fairy Tail?" Jose mocked. "There's only two ways this situation can play out. Either my troops will tear you apart or being blown away by Jupitar."
"Are you kidding me?!" Macao asked. "If he fires at us, he'll kill his own men."
"Surely he's bluffing." Wakaba said. "Who'd do a thing like that?"
Jaser frowned while sniffing the air, and he noticed those "men" had no scent.
"No, he'll do it." Jaser said. "Those things aren't people."
Macao and Wakaba looked at the Sand Dragon Slayer in surprise as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Jaser is right." Cana said. "Those phantom soldiers are created by Jose's shade magic. They're not human, so it won't matter if they're destroyed."
Which just meant they were still in a lot of trouble here without much of a solution.
"What the heck are phantom soldiers?" Bisca asked.
"Are you saying they're ghosts?!"Alzach added.
"Ghosts in ugly cloaks." Craylee deadpanned. "I might actually be a bit disturbed."
The two sharp-shooters sweat-dropped as they looked at the seamster. Was he being serious? Though knowing their Craylee, he probably was.
"It's like Craylee said, we've got to find a way to take out that Jupitar cannon." Cana said.
Rizzo could get behind that plan, and once that stupid cannon was out of the way, Phantom Lord was going to be toast.
"I'll smash it into pieces." Natsu said. "I've only got fifteen minutes to wreck it, right?"
Cana nodded her head, so Natsu and Happy prepared to leave. However, before Natsu could run off, Jaser grabbed his shoulder. Natsu turned towards the older Dragon Slayer.
"Natsu, Black Steel is probably in there." Jaser said. "After taking out the cannon make sure to kick his ass for the both of us. I'd do it myself, but I think it's best for the guild if I remain here to help."
Cana was a bit surprised Jaser decided to stay behind considering how gun-ho he seemed to be about beating Gajeel himself yesterday. Natsu just grinned as he nodded.
"You got it." He said. "I'll burn him to a crisp for sure! Now come on, Happy!"
He started running forward with Happy hurrying after him. Natsu jumped into the air with Happy catching him.
"Come on, Elfman!" Gray said as he and Elfman ran forward. "We're going to storm the place too."
Cana said her group would stay behind to protect the guildhall as those phantom soldiers got closer.
"Count me out." Rizzo said to Cana. "I'm going with them. There has to be others in the guildhall. They'll need the back up."
Cana nodded her head in understanding as she brought out her cards while ready to fight.
"I'm coming too." Craylee said as he was stitching something into the back of his vest. " Jaser, I'm trusting you to take care of things here."
Jaser nodded with a grin on his face as Craylee was slipping his vest back on. He picked up Rizzo who blinked as she wondered what Craylee had in mind.
"We're going up." Craylee said. "Pattern Thread: Wings!"
Large white wings sprouted from Craylee's vest, which had those close to him moving back quickly out of the way. He soared up into the air carrying Rizzo as Gray and Elfman paused a moment to watch them go with their mouths agape.
"Dude, unfair!" Gray shouted. "Come back and give us some wings!"
"Yeah, Craylee!" Elfman shouted. "Be a real man and sew wings on our clothes!"
Craylee ignored the two shouting wizards as he continued flying towards the guildhall. Natsu and Happy reached the guildhall first, and Craylee and Rizzo were right behind. Happy let Natsu drop down onto the cannon as Craylee continued to hold Rizzo up as he flapped his wings. Craylee and Rizzo watched for a moment as Natsu tried to take out the cannon.
"Natsu, that isn't going to work." Craylee said. "Go inside to destroy it. Its power source is what you want."
Natsu paused while thinking it over. He then wanted to hit himself when he realized Craylee was right.
"Right!" Natsu said.
"You two go on in." Craylee said. "We'll go search for any of those Element 4 and the Beast Tamers. Even once you take out the cannon, they'll still be a problem. Unless you need our help."
"No, you go on." Natsu said. "I'm counting on you two to take out those punks. Just be careful."
"Hmph, who do you think we are?" Craylee asked. "We'll be fine."
Natsu grinned ignoring Craylee's snarky remark as he nodded his head. Rizzo grinned as well.
"Be careful, Natsu, Happy." Rizzo called.
She waved to them as Craylee flew down towards the lower levels of the guildhall. Craylee set Rizzo down as they looked around.
"If I was a Phantom moron, where would I hide?" Rizzo murmured as she kept looking around.
"I'm guessing inside." Craylee said as he put his hands in his pockets. "Speaking of morons, where are Gray and Elfman?"
Rizzo shrugged. They could still be at the guildhall for all she knew. They'd get here sooner or later, so she wasn't going to worry about them.
"They'll catch up in their own time." Rizzo said. "What we need to worry about is finding the top dogs around here—that means the Element 4 and the Beast Tamers."
Gajeel was Natsu's to fight, so Rizzo was going to steer clear of the Iron Dragon Slayer—but if he gets in her way, she'll deal with him.
"Lucy wants us to save that one—Leona Porla." Craylee commented as he twirled his sewing needle with the tip of his tongue. "But I don't think she'll just let us save her."
"If kicking her ass is how we have to get her away from here, we will." Rizzo said as she grinned. "She's tough, right? I'm sure she'll be fine if we have to knock her around a bit."
Craylee hummed supposing they had a rough plan of attack. Go in, cause havoc, take out the big shots along the way.
"Shall we?" He asked as he gestured towards the buildings.
"Let's," Rizzo said smirking.
As the fight continued between the Phantoms and the Fairies, the entire building started to shake violently, which stopped Rizzo and Craylee in what they were doing.
"Looks like Natsu destroyed the cannon." Rizzo said as she stood on a pile of defeated flunkies.
Craylee, who had his foot planted on some guy's head, chuckled as he bit his needle.
"Seems like it." He said.
They then heard footsteps, so they turned their heads to see Gray and Elfman running towards them.
"Looks like you two have been causing a ruckus." Elfman commented when seeing all the Phantom Lord wizards at the two's feet.
Not that he was surprised. Craylee shrugged his shoulders in reply as he took a seat on top of the goons underneath him.
"So, you guys finally made it, huh?" Rizzo asked. "You're so slow."
"Shut-it!" Gray snapped. "If Craylee had given us wings, we would have been here sooner. I had to make an ice boat to row over here with Elfman!"
Rizzo just stuck her tongue out at Gray, which had his eyebrow twitching in annoyance.
"Anyway, what are you two doing?" Gray said. "Shouldn't you be with Natsu?"
"We decided Natsu could handle the cannon." Craylee said. "We've been searching for the Element 4 and the Beast Tamers. All we've found is flunkies though."
He nudged the flunky in front of him for example before crossing one leg of the other. The place then started to shake again, which had the group frowning. The building gave a sharp jerk, which had Rizzo tumbling off the unconscious men under her feet. Craylee, who got to his feet, caught her quickly as the shaking continued.
"What's going on now?" Elfman said frowning.
"Don't know." Craylee said as he set Rizzo down. "However, I have a feeling we should check on Natsu…due to his motion sickness."
The three guys all sighed knowing that the Fire Dragon Slayer was probably hunched over feeling sick at the moment. Rizzo had a worried look on her face as she thought about the same thing. They all then ran through the hallway while trying not to fall over. They went up a flight of stairs before coming to the room where the Jupitar cannon had once been. And luckily the building stopped moving. When they entered the room, they saw a man standing over Natsu and Happy.
"PREPARE TO DIE DRAGON SLAYER!" He shouted but then Gray started covering him in ice, and the man quickly noticed. "Hey, wait—Hey, no! What's happening to me?!"
"You're not a man." Elfman said as he grabbed the frozen guy to throw him up into the sky. "You're a backwards shooting snowflake!"
His guildmates sweat-dropped at his declaration as the man kept flying off into the sky before disappearing in a twinkle.
"Thanks, you guys." Natsu said as he lifted his head off the ground. "Oh, Rizz, Craylee, you're here too?"
"Yeah, we were beating the snot out of some Phantom punks before meeting up with Gray and Elfman." Rizzo said. "Then when this place started moving, we knew you'd be down for the count, so we hurried here."
Well, Natsu was grateful for that. He hadn't expected the building to start moving, so it was a good thing they arrived when they did.
"You guys are so cool!" Happy said. "You showed that Phantom jerk who's boss!"
"What's your deal, Natsu?" Gray asked. "That was just sad."
"If you were a real man, you'd make the giant motion sick of you." Elfman added.
The two of them then cried out when Rizzo elbowed them both hard in their guts. They even doubled over a bit as they rubbed where she hit. Craylee lightly chuckled as the two men whined about pain.
"You two help take out one piece of trash, and suddenly you think you can run your mouths." Rizzo said shaking her head. "I didn't see you two take care of the Jupiter Cannon. I believe it was all Natsu and Happy, right?"
"Aye!" Happy replied.
Gray just rolled his eyes as he grumbled about violent females, which had Rizzo snorting at him.
"I'm going to fly outside, and see what's going on." Happy said.
He flew up into the air as the others stood there waiting for the little blue cat's return. When he did come back it wasn't with happy news.
"The giant is drawing a magic circle!" Happy said urgently. "It's for an Abyss Break!"
The group's blood ran cold while knowing that a giant Abyss Break circle could wipe out the entire town.
"We're doomed." Happy said.
Rizzo had to admit that things did look a bit bleak at the moment. Okay, way more than just "a bit" bleak. More like, everything's going to hell.
"What do we do?!" Natsu demanded. "We've got to stop them."
"I guess we split up, and start looking for this thing's power source, right?" Gray suggested.
"That'd be the best plan of action." Craylee agreed.
"Man, are we ever going to catch a break?" Elfman complained.
"Standing around complaining isn't going to make things any easier on us." Rizzo said. "So, I say let's give them hell and show Phantom Lord just what happens when you mess with the wizards of Fairy Tail. You with me?"
She held out her fist to the others and they grinned as they put their fists in as well. They then broke apart with each of them going in a separate direction to try and find a way to stop the Abyss Break. And who knows, maybe they'd finally run into those elite wizards of Phantom Lord.
On the outside of the Giant Craylee climbed out from one of the windows up onto the side of the building that was turned due to the giant's transformation. As something wet fell and hit his face, he looked up at the sky to see it was now raining.
"When did this start up?" He asked with a frown.
He really hated the rain. It only brought back those memories that he'd rather forget.
"Drip, drip, drop."
Craylee turned around seeing a woman wearing all blue walking forward. She had blue hair and eyes as well, and she was holding an umbrella over her head. He narrowed his eyes at her.
"Hello, my name is Juvia." She said. "And Juvia is the rain woman of the Element 4. Drip, drip, drop."
Craylee frowned getting a bad feeling about this woman. He bit on the needle in this mouth thoughtfully. He'd have to be careful in this fight. After all, he heard those in the Element 4 were S-class ranked wizards.
"One of the Element 4, huh?" Craylee murmured. "I bet you'd know how to stop the giant."
And if he had to beat the information out of her, he'd do it in a heartbeat because he wasn't a merciful man.
"Juvia must say that Juvia is impressed your guild was able to strike down two of the elements." Juvia said. "However, you must not underestimate the remaining two."
Craylee's frowned deepened as he looked at Juvia. Did she expect him not to fight? Or expect him to be intimidated?
"If it's a fight you are looking for, it's a fight I will give you." Craylee said. "However, you should know that I have no qualms against fighting women."
It was silent for a moment as Juvia and Craylee had a small stare off as the rain continued to fall.
"Well then…Juvia gives up." She said as she turned around abruptly. "You win. Goodbye."
Craylee's head tilted in confusion as she started walking away. He sighed wondering why he had to run into the strangest people. But he really couldn't let this one get away since she probably knew information he could use.
"Excuse me, but I need to know how to stop the giant." Craylee said as he ran after her. "Tell me if you know how."
Juvia didn't reply as she kept walking with her hand placed over her chest as her heart thumped loudly.
"There must be something wrong with Juvia." She said to herself. "Why is my heart beating so fast?"
"Could you please just wait a moment?" Craylee asked with his patient (what little he had) already running thin.
Juvia paused during her walk to glance back at Craylee who was closing in on her.
"Juvia has this strong urge to make him mine." Juvia said. "Juvia just can't help herself anymore. Water Lock!"
She turned around to lock Craylee in a sphere of water. However, he was suddenly gone, which had her eyes widening.
"Was that supposed to be a sneak attack?"
Juvia whirled around to see Craylee standing there with his brow quirked and hands stuffed in his pockets. She blushed at how close he was as he looked down at her as he tilted his head…which made him look so…handsome! Juvia had to take a few steps back as her heart pounded in her chest. She couldn't believe how quickly he moved. Was speed his magic? Or perhaps teleportation? He was so mysterious, which just made him more attractive. His mysterious aura and her gloom were like the perfect match.
"You shouldn't space out in a fight." Craylee said as he was suddenly behind Juvia again. "It could end up being a fatal mistake."
Juvia gasped when seeing there was some kind of thread wrapped around her. Some of it was even stitched into her own clothes.
"Iron Thread: One-Thousand Blades." He said.
The thread turned into swords that stabbed into Juvia multiple times, and Craylee frowned as he turned around.
"Hmm, I probably shouldn't have used that attack." Craylee said. "How can I get answers out of her if she's shredded into pieces?"
Not to mention that he'd probably get a scolding from Sven for treating a woman so rough—whether she be the enemy or not.
"That was an impressive attack."
Craylee blinked before turning around to see that even if pieces of her were missing she was still alive. He could see her body moving like water as it was repairing itself.
"Juvia's body is made entirely of water." She explained. "Surprised? Drip, drip, drop."
Craylee frowned because this meant this fight was just going to be annoying. If he can't use physical attacks then he'll have to come up with something else.
"Yes, Juvia musn't forget." She said. "My love is also my enemy. We're on opposite sides of this war. Juvia has no choice but to attack."
Craylee blinked once as he wondered if he had heard the woman right when she spoke.
'Did she really just call me her love?' He wondered as he scratched the back of his head. 'What is with this woman?'
He shook his head knowing he couldn't get distracted. Juvia raised her hand to face it towards Craylee.
"It seems this is farewell, my prince." Juvia said. "Water Slicer!"
She sent three blade-like streams of water towards Craylee, and he had to duck down to avoid it. He looked back to watch the attack as it sliced through the stone above.
"You turned up the pressure of your water to make it stronger." Craylee said. "Not bad."
Juvia blushed at the compliment as Craylee stood back up from where he had been knelt on the ground.
"Now, what am I going to do with you?" Craylee asked as he ran his hand through his hair. "Physical attacks seem pointless."
"Yes, you are right." Juvia said. "No matter what you do you cannot beat Juvia."
Craylee frowned because he didn't like people underestimating him. It irked him to no end.
"But there is one way that your guild may be spared." Juvia said. "All we ask is that you hand over Lucy Heartfilia. Do that, and I will ask our master to call off his attack on Fairy Tail."
Craylee knew that Jose wouldn't stop even if he got Lucy. This fight was obviously more personal for him. Besides…
-FLASHBACK-
Craylee sat at a table by himself as he watched his idiot guildmates fight each other for the third night in a row. He sighed wondering how these fools couldn't go one night without breaking out into a brawl.
"Hey."
Craylee tilted his head back to see Lucy, who was holding Happy in her arms, standing behind him with a nervous smile on her face.
"Can we sit with you?" Lucy asked. "I noticed the fighting doesn't come near you, so I thought it'd be the safest place to be."
Craylee nodded his head while gesturing for her to have a seat. Lucy's smile widened as she took the seat in front of him. She set Happy down and the little blue cat pulled a fish from his bag to start munching on.
"So how do you manage to keep them away?" She asked. "I'd love to know your secret."
"They know better than to bother me with their fighting," Craylee replied with a shrug.
"Aye!" Happy agreed. "One time, Jet accidently hit Craylee during a guild fight. It didn't end pretty for Jet or anyone else involved. Craylee made them bleed! After that no one dared to get near Craylee during a fight!"
Lucy paled a bit at that, and Craylee half expected her to move away from him. However, she remained put. She even let out a small laugh, which slightly surprised the seamster.
"Well, I don't think I could manage something like that." Lucy said. "I'm not that strong."
She then smiled at Craylee as she placed her chin in the palm of her right hand to lean against the table.
"But despite all their craziness, I like it here with all of them." Lucy said. "Don't you?"
Craylee blinked at the question, but felt his lips turn up a bit as he leaned back in his seat.
"I suppose." Craylee replied.
-END OF FLASHBACK-
"Hmph, you should really watch what you say." Craylee said. "You and I know there is no going back from here. Besides, there's no way in hell I would ever turn over Lucy. She bares the mark of Fairy Tail, and for that I will protect her."
At the sound of conviction in his voice, Juvia's eyes widened as she realized something horrifying. Lucy…Heartfilia…is her love rival! She cried out in pain as she dropped her umbrella. Craylee frowned wondering what was up with her.
"Oh, the pain!" She cried. "How could fate be so cruel? My heart feels like it has been shredded into bits. It hurts! It hurts."
Craylee felt his eyebrow twitch as he wondered why fate was cruel indeed. It seemed as if he was always stuck crossing paths with annoying people, or people who have a few screws loose.
"Miss, what's wrong?" Craylee asked not keeping his exasperation out of his voice. "Are you in need of medical attention?"
Juvia stopped withering in pain to look up with a…disturbing expression on her face.
"She's not worthy of my prince." Juvia whispered then exploded in anger. "Lucy Heartfilia cannot be allowed to live!"
Craylee had a deadpanned expression his face as he contemplated just walking away. However, before he could he was blasted by scalding water. He hissed when the water burned his skin a bit. Now he was even more wet that before too. He should have worn water proof clothes today.
"That really burnt." He said frowning as he looked to Juvia. "What's with this sudden anger? Why are you so upset with Lucy?"
The only answer he got was Juvia blasting more scalding water at him. He "tch"ed in annoyance before dodging the attack. He had to summersault away when the water curved to try and hit him again.
"Much faster than I thought it'd be." Craylee said as he dodged again. "I'm fast, but I don't know if even I can keep up with this."
When he landed back on the ground, his eyes widened when he slid across the ground due to the water. He went close to the edge, but managed to catch himself. He frowned at how disgraceful that was. Slipping on water. How embarrassing.
"Ever since the day Juvia was born, Juvia has been followed by the rain." Juvia said as she walked forward. "It gives me strength. It makes me invincible."
She raised her hand with a magic circle forming, and above that was what looked like steaming water. Craylee frowned knowing what was to come next would not be pleasant.
"Prepare to be scalded by my jealous rage!" She shouted.
She started firing hot water at him, and he had to start dodging backwards to avoid it.
"Would you care to explain what you're so jealous of?" Craylee asked as he continued dodging.
The water then went to come down on him. He cursed while reaching inside his inner vest pocket, which he had sewed with Infinity Thread, which makes the pocket much deeper than it appears. He pulled out a gray fabric that he had reinforced with his iron thread.
"Iron Thread: Shield!" He shouted.
He held it up in front of him with it forming an actual shield in from of him. He hissed when the metal started to burn his hand as it was heated up due to the water.
"This water is hot." He complained. "I won't be able to hold on to this for long!"
"Juvia told you that Juvia is at her most powerful in the rain." Juvia said as she continued on attacking. "You'll never be able to defeat me."
Craylee sighed knowing he was just wasting his time on this woman. He needed to find a way to stop Jupitar. He threaded new thread into his needle before sewing something into his shield.
"Pattern Thread: Smoke Bomb." He said.
The smoke bomb exploded creating him a cover, so he slipped through the whole in the window. Once the smoke cleared Juvia stepped towards the window.
"He's not just handsome…he's resourceful." She said then blushed. "Juvia really is in love!"
Craylee, who was inside, ran in the opposite direction of Juvia knowing he didn't have any more time to waste on her. However, Juvia didn't seem to want to let him go since the hallway filled with scalding water. He hissed in pain as the water burned his skin. He was then shot out of the hallway back into the air outside.
"It's all over now!" Juvia said shooting up water at Craylee.
"I am getting tired of you thinking you have me beaten!" Craylee said as he pulled out another fabric.
It was reinforced with his binding thread and after adding the iron thread quickly, he was able to make it a shield. Juvia's eyes widened as he put the shield out in front of him. He started getting closer and closer to her as he started to fall towards the ground. When he was just above her, the cloth changed back, and he quickly wrapped her up in it.
"Looks like I…what I am holding?" Craylee asked with a frown.
He looked at his handy work to see that while he had ended up binding Juvia into the cloth…he had gotten his hand stuck in as well…and what he was holding…felt really soft and plump. Juvia blushed when feeling his hand on her breast. Craylee felt his own cheeks heat up as he realized his blunder.
"Apologies," He said while trying to keep his cool.
He quickly undid the fabric to unbind Juvia who fell to the ground on her knees. Craylee cleared his throat as adjusted his tie. He can't believe he made such a mistake. This was all getting ridiculous and embarrassing. Juvia looked up at him surprise that he had let her go. She felt herself fall even more in love with him right then.
"Shall we start over?" Craylee suggested while wanting to forget what just happened.
"Let's not." Juvia said as she stood. "Honestly, Juvia doesn't want to hurt you, so there's no point in us fighting anymore."
Craylee frowned wondering what was with this woman. She had some major mood swings. He's never had anyone confuse him so much.
"Are you trying to say you cannot beat me?" Craylee said.
Juvia didn't reply to his question as she looked down almost shyly, which had Craylee wondering what was up.
"You know…Juvia is much stronger than Lucy." Juvia said as she looked up to meet his gaze. "If you would let Juvia…Juvia would be happy to protect you."
"No." Craylee shot down immediately. "I don't need anyone to protect me for my battles and troubles are my own to deal with."
Juvia's eyes widened as she blushed. He was a strong man. He didn't hide behind anyone. It was…amazing. Craylee then frowned as the rain started to pour even harder. He lifted his eyes up to the sky with a glare on his face. He really hated the rain…it was raining on that day…this rain only reminded him of it.
"Craylee, my darling boy, you understand why Mother is doing this, don't you? Mother needs to do this to become stronger. Don't worry. Your mother will protect you once all this is over. Just hold still. This will only hurt for a moment. "
One of Craylee's hands clenched into a fist as his other hand reached up to cover his sightless eye.
"This rain." He said getting Juvia's eyes to snap back to him. "It seems to just be getting harder…I hate it…it's so gloomy."
Juvia's eyes widened as she fell to her knees, which had Craylee turning back to face her.
"What is it now?" He asked.
Juvia just looked down at the wet ground as what felt like a million emotions rushing through her. She then got back onto her feet.
"How can you be so cruel?!" She demanded as steaming hot water shot off of her.
Craylee frowned really not wanting to go through this again. Juvia hit him with water that felt much hotter than the last batch of water that hit him. He tried to remain on his footing as he thought of what to do.
"Juvia is through with love!" Juvia shouted. "And Juvia is through with you!"
Craylee shouted out in surprise as he was knocked off his feet to hit the wall behind him. He grunted in pain as he hit it hard.
"Juvia spent her entire life as a gloomy rain woman!" Juvia shouted.
Craylee lightly frowned as he calmly started at the enraged woman of water who had pain in her eyes.
'So, like me, the rain brings up unhappy emotions for her as well,' He thought. 'To be followed by it her entire life—it has to be painful for her.'
He then narrowed his eyes knowing what he had to do. It was time to wrap this fight up.
"But Phantom Lord welcomed Juvia with open arms. Juvia is one of the Element 4! A proud Phantom Lord mage!" Juvia declared.
She finally stopped her attack, and Craylee silently got back onto his feet. Juvia started rushing at him as he used more of his iron thread laced fabric to form a shield.
"How can you be proud to be with scum like them?!" Craylee demanded. "Your guild will be defeated even if I have to take you all out myself! Pattern Thread: Wings!"
The wings he had stitched onto his vest earlier appeared, and he flew up into the air. Juvia looked up in surprise as he brought out another fabric that was laced with his Lightning Thread.
"Lightning Thread: Lightning Dance!" He said.
He cast the fabric up into the air, and Juvia watched in awe as the fabric sparked before a barrage of lightening covered the sky. It crackled and thundered loudly through the clouds before a large bolt came down to strike the ground next to Juvia. The power from it sent Juvia flying off the side of the building.
She started falling towards the ocean while ready to accept her fate. She knew this was the perfect way to end for her…Juvia the gloomy rain woman falling to the ground as a raindrop. However, before she fell too far, she was caught into strong arms. Her eyes snapped open in surprise to look up at Craylee as his wings had him soaring back up towards the giant. He landed on the solid surface before setting her down. The wings then disappeared from his back.
"You…why did you save Juvia?" She asked.
"Felt like it." He said simply. "Now quiet down and get some rest."
Juvia kept staring at him in awe as he looked at his soaked clothes with distain. He loosened his tie before completely pulling it off. Juvia was then blinded by some light, and when her eyes finally adjusted, she saw blue skies and a bright yellow sun.
"Finally." Craylee said as he looked up at the sky. "The sun decided to make an appearance. Hmph, took it long enough."
It looked like the lightning dispersed all the clouds as he thought it would, so it was worth using the thread—which was hard to come by and expensive.
"The blue sky…Juvia has never seen it before." Juvia said.
"Figured." Craylee said as he was now unbuttoning his vest. "Don't worry you'll be seeing it from now on. I cleared away the clouds."
Juvia looked at him while feeling tears of gratitude in her eyes. He really did clear away the rain. Not only here…but the rain in her heart as well. She sniffled as she looked back at the sky for a moment. She turned her head back to Craylee, and her eyes widened when seeing he had peeled off his white shirt and vest. She let out a surprised squeal before fainting right then.
"What the hell is up with her now?" Craylee asked frowning.
He then heard his name being shouted, so he lifted his head to see Mirajane and Elfman running his way.
"Mirajane, when did you get here?" Craylee asked.
Rizzo ran through the inside of the giant trying to find a power source or even someone who'd know how to stop the giant. There was no telling just how much time they had left, so she had to make things quick. She turned down another hall to find a wide-open room that had a large chandelier hanging above. It had several bookshelves lining the walls and places for people to sit comfortably and relax—seemed pretty fancy and well-lit for a place where Phantoms called home.
Rizzo didn't have time to stand around and look at it for long though, so she kept running. She was about halfway through the room when she felt something coming at her from both sides. She barely jumped back in enough time to avoid being hit from two large forms. Once out of the danger of being hit, she took in opponents who blocked her path.
Two large beasts. One a large, scaly, two-leg-standing crocodile and the other seemed to be of the reptile family as well—it resembled a lizard and stood on two feet with large razor-like jaws. It was colored in mostly green scales while the crocodile was oddly colored in black and red scales.
"Well, well, looks as if we meet again." A voice spoke from behind the crocodile.
Rizzo's eyes turned seeing Ulva coming out from behind the creature. Her eyes then shifted to see a similar looking woman walking up to the other reptile.
'She must be Leona,' Rizzo realized.
She definitely didn't look as if she wanted to fight, which Rizzo couldn't say the same for the older girl's sister.
"It must be destiny that you are to fall at my hands, little fairy." Ulva continued.
Despite the obvious disadvantage in front of her, Rizzo smirked as she summoned her guitar forward.
"That's funny," Rizzo said. "I was thinking something along the same lines, but if anyone will be getting their asses handed to them—it's going to be you two."
Despite her backtalk, Ulva's own smirk widened and seemed to take on a darker tint.
"I can't decide if your confidence is cute or just annoying," Ulva confessed. "But no matter, and while I'd like to shut you up with my own two hands, Father has ordered us to deal with you pests quickly, which means no play time for us."
She then snapped her fingers with the crocodile giving a snarl as it moved in closer. The large lizard creature glanced back at Leona and when the woman nodded her head, it moved in as well.
'Well, looks like I'm about to have some fun.' Rizzo thought.