okay so here is chapter 89 finally. It should be a very interesting chapter, with some parts of it being over serious and some parts could be seen as funny. So it will probably be another week or so til chapter 10 is up, so in the mean time i want to ask everyone a question. Would you be interested in me having this Mikoto cross over into other animes? kinda like i did for this story. If so please tell me what animes, the ones i have in mind are SAO and Arpeggio of Blue Steel. If It is decided to do another cross over, it will take place after the third story of this series and will be writen/posted after that, so it will still be a long time till we reach it. So I will leave you to think about that and to enjoy this chapter. So please leave a review enjoy the chapter.
The next day everyone was in the guild hall, talking away when suddenly gray walked in with a grim look on his face.
"Natsu! I got some news for you!" He yells out, drawing the dragon slayers attention.
"I hear a rumor of someone spotting a dragon. Supposably the person that saw the dragon is staying at a old inn just outside of town. If you want more information, i would suggest you speak to her," Gray informs him.
"Do you think its true gray?" Natsu asks, a gleam of interest in his eyes.
"I dont know, but I think its worth a shot," Gray responds.
"Can I come with you?" wendy asks. Natsu nods his head, and after a quick rebuke from their guild mates about keeping Wendy out late, the two dragon slayers, happy, and carla set out. Mikoto only sits back and watches as gray also turns and leaves the guild hall, preparing herself for the events to come. Touma notices this and says, "Its happening today isnt it?" Though he accidentally said it loud enough for the guild to hear.
"What do you mean by that?" Levy asks.
"Be prepared for a fight," Mikoto replies simply.
"Are Natsu and Wendy in danger?" Lucy and Erza both ask.
"Wendy is not. Natsu is," Touma responds.
"But nothing can be done about it yet. Sometimes things need to happen to teach people things, and this is one of those times for Natsu," Mikoto states, laying her head down on the table to rest for the battle that was coming. After Natsu and Wendy had not returned for two hours, Erza and Lucy both got worried. Not only was what Mikoto said still on their mind, but it was also getting dark and having wendy out this late was not safe. They leave to go to where Natsu and Wendy went to try to find them. Once they got to where the building was supposed to be, they saw nothing.
"Something is wrong. Nothing is here!" Lucy exclaims.
"Mikoto was right! They were in danger. Gray was lying!" Erza states. Just then lizardmen spawned in, forcing Lucy and Erza to fight them. They manage to beat the lizardmen, erza the conventional way, and lucy in an unconventional way. Suddenly a huge dragon like creature, the dragonoid, broke free of the ground. Wendy, Happy, and Carla came running over.
"Where is Natsu!?" Lucy asks.
"He is inside that thing! We believe it is using him as a power source!" Happy exclaims desperately. Thats also when they noticed gray, and after a short conversation, they realize he is partly to blame for all of this. Before they could ask him any more questions, Elfman came over and knocked Gray out, explaining that Makarov sent them to retrieve Gray. More lizard men attack, with Elfman and the others somehow managing to get Gray back to fairy tail. Meanwhile Erza was attempting to stop the dragon as it flew towards Magnolia, but she could not damage it. Once it arrived at the outskirts of the city, the fairy tail guild prepared to fight it to save Natsu and the city, when Makarov speaks to the guild.
"Our Main focus will be to defeat that dragonoid by any means necessary. That means we will not focus on saving Natsu," Makarov explains his plan.
"Gramps, how can you do that? Shouldnt we worry about Natsu's safety?" Elfman asks, concern in his voice.
"Natsu will understand. He would not want us risking everything to save his life and threatening the lives of those who live in this town." Makarov presses.
Mikoto comes walking over drawing everyones attention. She was not wearing her battle outfit, nor was she carrying anything other than her HF Blade. She says, "Makarov is right. If you dont focus on defeating the Lizardman and the Dragonoid, someone will die. Natsu is strong, he will last long enough for us to defeat that thing."
"But how are we going to beat that thing? It looks like even Erza cant hurt it!" Levy asks.
"I will take care of the Dragonoid. Touma help everyone else take care of the Lizardmen!" Mikoto says. As she spoke, huge amounts of electricity had gathered around her, shooting sparks off in every direction. Then she uses this large amount of electricity to move herself at an amazing speed and hit the dragonoid hard, pushing it backwards.
"Erza! Help the others deal with the Lizardmen! I can hold off the dragonoid!" Mikoto yells out. The battle grows in intensity, with every member of Fairy tail struggling against the Lizardmen. Mikoto kept her own fight up, combining her esper powers with her summoning magic in order to fight the dragonoid. Using her two wyverns to help to distract, she kept dealing high damage electrical attacks. eventually Gray and Juvia enter the battle using a Unison Raid to defeat all of the lizardmen at once. However this also takes out Mikotos summons. This also causes Natsus personality to appear through the dragonoid, and its behavor becomes more erratic. Fairy tail begins to prepare to assist against the dragonoid, when something horrible happens. Mikoto had spent too much of her energy trying to deal damage to the dragonoid using both her magic and esper abilities, so when one of Natsus erratic wing attacks hits her, she could not gather her electricity to absorb the attack and it sends her hard into the buildings around her. After flying through multiple buildings, she comes to a stop and struggles to her feet. But the dragonoid doesnt give her a chance to rest, and fires a blast of fire at her. She somehow gets her electricity to block the attack, but it then launches another one, and this time she could not block it. This attack would seriously hurt Mikoto when it lands, and everyone could do nothing but watch as it strikes home.
"Mikoto!" Touma yells out, starting to run over to where Mikoto had been standing. But he stops when he sees a large silhouette through the smoke, standing between where Mikoto was and the dragonoid. When the smoke cleared, a huge black and red creature was standing just in front of Mikoto. It was just as Tall as the Dragonoid, with large arms and claws, a large tail and a jaw that was obviously for destroying anything it caught. The fairy tail wizards stood in amazement, as they saw the magic circle that was created under it, meaning that Mikoto had summoned it.
Giganatosaurus! The largest land carnivorous dinosaur that ever lived! I did not try to summon him though, what does that mean? Wait! Is my Guardian Summon a Giganatosaurus? Thats amazing!
The Giganatosaurus, Giga for short, took one step forward. The weight from its step caused the ground the shake tremendously. Its arms extended the same way that a raptor would when its about to attack and it unleashes a roar so loud, it actually hurt Natsus ears while he was still inside of the Dragonoid. The giga charged forward at an amazing rate for its size, already getting close enough to attack. The dragonoid tried to knock it away with a wing attack, but the Giga catches the wing in its mouth and bites down hard. The pain floods into Natsu, his scream of agony being heard by everyone around. The Giga uses its new hold to toss the Dragonoid away. It lands on its feet and fires a breath attack at the Giga, but the Giga charges through it, barely taking any damage. It uses its long claws to slice away at the chest of the dragonoid, actually doing damage. While this was going on, Mikoto was limping her way back to the other Fairy Tail members. Touma runs over, offering his shoulder for support, fear in his eyes for her safety.
"Its okay Touma. Im not too badly injured, no broken bones this time. Im just drained of energy." Mikoto responds, giving him a reassuring look.
"Erza! I know the way to beat the Dragonoid!" Gray yells out. He then tells Erza that in order to beat the Dragonoid, Natsu has the destroy it from within. Erza then realizes to do that, just make Natsu angry. The fairy tail members begin to taunt him, with even Mikoto joining in, all the while the Giga was still fighting. The Giga managed to bite down on the dragonoids neck, putting so much pressure in that he almost bit right through it. With this hold it was now able to hold the Dragonoid in one place. Thats when Gajeel showed up, launching a simultaneous karma demon: Iron Spiral attack and a Taunt. The taunt succeeded in pissing Natsu off, while the attack destroyed the dragonoids core, releasing Natsu. Than at one time, The Giga and Natsu finished the Dragonoid. The Giga pulled backwards, tearing off a huge chuck of the Dragonoids neck, almost decapitating it. Natsu starting causing the dragonoid the explode from the inside, and then went and destroyed the head. When this was all over,Daphnee, the creator of the dragonoid, was put in jail and the Fairy Tail members reconvened back at the guild hall.
"Well that was an interesting fight," Makarov says.
"Yes it showed just how well Fairy Tail works as a team. Also I learned how to summon my Guardian so I am happy." Mikoto comments.
"Well I dont know about all of you, but I think Natsu is done for the day," Lucy says, drawing everyones attention to Natsu, who was fast asleep in a chair. The guild laughs at this, but not loudly enough to wake him, as he deserved his sleep after what he went through.
Im enjoying my time here at Fairy Tail. I have gotten stronger in ways I could never imagine. I just hope the changes Im causing in this world will lead it to a better future. Please dont let me be the end of this guild.
The next morning everyone had gathered back in the guild hall, having recovered from last nights events. So they were shocked when Touma came into the guild hall alone, usually he was with Mikoto.
"Hey Touma, where is Mikoto? Isnt she with you normally?" Lucy asks
"She said there was something she wanted to do alone and told me not to worry about her," Touma replies sitting down at the same table as the others.
"Thats weird, usually she likes to hang out here," Gray comments, thinking over the past couple of weeks.
"She gets like this every so often. She never told you what happened to her after achieving level 6," Touma says.
"What do you mean?" Erza asks.
"Level 6 is incredibly powerful but that kind of power can taint a pure heart. Before she reached that power, she would never have killed anyone, she wouldn't be as merciless as she is now. That form feeds of strong emotions, and will cause the esper to experience greater amounts of those emotions," Touma explains.
"What your saying is that its hard for her to control herself?" Lucy asks.
"In a way yes. Its not so much with the power itself, but what happens to her mind. She has moments of insanity, where no reason will get through to her. In those moments all she cares about is the joy of the fight, the pleasure at seeing your opponent helpless against you. Everytime she gets stronger she goes through that phase, and its best for nobody to be around her. You saw it first hand after dealing with the oracion Seis, when she attacked the magic council troops. If he had said no she would have gone through with her threat, and there was not a thing any of us could do to stop her. She is probably going through that now, and saw it coming. So she probably is somewhere blowing off steam," Touma finishes explaining.
"Well is there anything we can do to help her?" Natsu asks.
Touma shakes his head and replies, "No. These bits of insanity come from a combination of her power and her past experiences. She was the center of some horrific experiments before we got serious, and those events will always be in her memory. Just be glad it takes as much as it does to set her off."
"Well i think you are helping her. She always calms down around you, and is always level headed with you around. I think thats because of her strong feelings for you," Lucy states with a smile.
"Thanks, im trying to help her out as much as I can," Touam responds. Gray was about to say something, but a voice comes from the guild entrance.
"Why is everyone talking about me?" the group turns to see Mikoto walking in. Small electrical currents were flowing around her as if she was angry but her eyes held a dull look.
"Is something wrong my child?" Makarov asks, having been observing the whole time.
Mikotos eyes light up for a second before going dull again, as if someone speaking to her had almost pushed her out of whatever dark place she was in currently. She replies quietly, "Nothing is wrong."
"Thats not true. I can tell something's very wrong, speak to us, we will understand," Makarov presses further.
"Its nothing wrong, just alot going on in my head. So many memories, so much pain, so much love, so much hate, its all around me. This is the worst its ever been….." Mikoto trailes off, almost collapsing to the ground. Her head was swimming, and consecutive thoughts being erased the moment it popped up in her mind. If she could think clearly, she would realize she was about to lose it.
'Mikoto calm down. Focus on the love, focus on me. Dont do this right now, dont let the memories take over, dont let the power rule you!" Touma rushes over, trying to talk her into a calm state. He knew where it was going and was trying to prevent it. But it doesnt work as effectively as he hoped.
"Why should I? It feels good to let go every so often!" Mikoto growls, her eyes filling with lightning as she was about to transform. Her transformation was quick, too quick for Touma to stop it with His imagine breaker. She was now level 6 in the middle of the guild hall, but thankfully her greater control of the form prevented any damage to the building.
"No, she went level 6!" Lucy exclaims, fear in her voice. Erza, Gray, and Natsu all form up, prepared to fight her if needed. Mirajane also joined, prepared to use takeover if necessary.
"Mikoto! Stop! If you use that form here you will destroy everything!" Touma yells out, again trying to plead with her. But then the strangest thing of the day happens, Mikoto starts laughing, with her level 6 form disappearing as quickly as it came. Touma notices that light had once again returned to her eyes, but it was the light of laughter, as if she had just watched something funny or heard a good joke.
"Oh my goodness, you should have seen the looks on your faces. It was priceless!" Mikoto gets out between her laughs. Everyone stands around in shock, and it takes then a while to realize that Mikoto had been playing them from the beginning.
"Seriously Zapper that is not funny! I had thought you had lost it! Touma exclaims, slight anger in his eyes.
"First of all, im surprised I got you. I thought you knew I would never lose it with you in the target range. Secondly, i was nowhere near losing it today. I left the apartment today without you because I wanted to go test something, not because my sanity was in danger. Yes i have had moments where my sanity has lessened, but its been a long time since i completely lost it," Mikoto explains.
"Was that your level 6 form?" Makarov asks, walking over.
"Yes it was, though that was only about 5% of my maximum in that form. I wasn't intending to go any higher than that," Mikoto responds.
"That was only 5%!" Lucy exclaims in shock. Even though she was one of the few that had already seen Mikotos level 6 form, she did not realize just how powerful it could be.
"If you want, I can show you up to 50% of my maximum, though I will have to do so over the water," Mikoto offers.
"Thats okay Mikoto. I think we all already have a good idea on how powerful you can get," Makarov says.
"Okay suit yourself. Im still going to show it off. So if anyone wants to see what 50% of my strongest looks like, meet me out back by the water. Only a couple of minutes later, most of the guild was waiting outside the back of the guild. Mikoto was surprised by how many were interested in seeing this and hoped they would not be disappointed.
"Touma, keep yourself between the guild hall and me. If more power is released than I expect, you are the only one who can stop it," Mikoto says. Touma nods in agreement and positions himself infront of the other guild members. Mikoto transforms quickly, then flies out over the water. Once a safe distance away, she begins to power up to 50% of level 6. Huge amounts of electricity fill the air around her, and a large thunderstorm builds up. All the electricity from the storm flies down, striking the area around Mikoto. The water begins to move around freely, as the electricity around it begins to control the water. Huge dip in the water is made under Mikoto, and the static in the air increases immensely, even from as far away as the guild hall. Mikoto pushes even further finally reaching 50%. The visuals of this moment was incredible. An aura of electricity larger than any ever seen before was around Mikoto. Suddenly a mountain in the distance began to disappear, as the iron sand inside of it was pulled out by Mikotos power. Soon enough the whole mountain was turned into Iron sand that was flying through the air around Mikoto. She used her power to control the water, pulling it upwards and in all directions. Electricity continued to rain down from above, as Mikoto was now in control of all the electricity in the water she held upwards evaporated from the extreme heat from the electricity in the air. Then as quickly as she had reached this form, it began to calm down. She was still at 50%, but now she was controlling it better. The water settled down, and the ironsand returned to its normal position, reforming the mountain. Finally Mikoto lowers herself onto the surface of the water, with her powers allowing her to walk on it. She walks back at the guild, now standing before them at 50% of her maximum.
"So this is 50% of my level 6 powers," Mikoto states.
I have not told anyone this yet, but this is the first time i have felt my true power returning to me. When i first came to this world, what i thought was my maximum at level 5 was not actually my maximum. It seems like it was taking my body a while to regain its true strength, but now it seems that it has. I wont need to show level 6 for a while now, at least until I have to face Acnologia.
"How can 1 person have so much power?!"Gray exclaims in shock.
"In time you will realize that any amount of power is attainable through training and specific events. One day you may even have a power that can rival mine," Mikoto comments.
"Are you sure that any of us can reach this kind of power?" Erza asks.
"Yes i am. That doesnt mean that you will, but i can say that you all have the potential in you. Thats the thing about limits, they are not physical, but mental barriers you unconsciously put on yourself. Your body can reach any height, but your mind doesn't believe that it can so that causes you to not be able to reach those heights. Thats why someone is likely to attain a new power when something traumatic happens, as the mental blocks they had vanish from the event. Thats how I attained this form," Mikoto explains.
"I get it. Thats why Natsu is always getting stronger, his mind knows no limits," Wendy states.
"Correct," Mikoto replies. She takes a deep breath, exiting her level 6 form as she steps back onto land.
"How does it feel being at that level?" Lucy asks, wondering if it had any side effects.
"Different in many ways. Because of the way level 6 works, I have to constantly make sure my emotions stay in check. Its too easy to lose control while at level 6, so i tend to force a strange calmness over myself. It used to be very exhausting, but I have gotten used to it," Mikoto explains.
"Touma told us there have been times that you lost it before while at level 6, care to explain those moments so we can see it coming?" Erza asks.
"The most recent time happened only a week before we came to this world. We were near another town investigating some things when we were attack by sorcerers. We were very quickly overwhelmed, even though three of us were high leveled espers, though i had yet to go level 6 because in my opinion we were too close to the town for me to risk it. Then one of their attacks barely missed Touma, but it caught the tree behind him and the tree fell on him. He wasnt badly hurt, but the sight of it happening right in front of me, almost pushed me to the edge. Then they focused him down. Half of the sorcerers attacked him while the others held us at bay. I couldnt take anymore and the last bit I remember was my power bursting out of me in rage and fear. When I came to, the whole forest was destroyed, with the town the only undamaged area. Touma and the others explained that it was because of the three of them that the town had gone undamaged. I dont know how far i took my power during those moments, but Raiden told me it was more than he had ever seen me use," Mikoto tells, looking upset as she told the story.
"So basically dont let someone you care about get hurt. Got it," Lucy says.
"So now that that's out of the way, i'm going to go walk around town some more and let my mind rest See you all around," Mikoto says, walking out towards town. The guild could only hope that nothing ever set Mikoto off where she uses so much of her power like that.
There's a fire burning inside me
cold steel calls out my name
Tempted to give in to the rage
Torn apart by this affliction
locked up inside myself
This life is much too young to fade.
I ran away from the pain
always breaking down inside
Incomplete
but now I see
This won't be the end of me
The world around me
sells an empty promise
They build you up just to watch you fall
It's time to meet this face to face
Black and white melt into grey
till every truth is stripped away
When nothing's wrong nothing's ok
Everyone has been betrayed
I ran away from the pain
always breaking down inside
Incomplete
but now I see
This won't be the end of me
The world around me
sells an empty promise
They build you up just to watch you fall
It's time to meet this face to face
I ran away from the pain
always breaking down inside
Incomplete
but now I see
This won't be the end of me