So here is finally chapter 14. Sorry it took so long to post it but i just started up my fall semester of college so i had gotten really busy. We are getting very close to some big events in the upcoming chapters so be prepared. Also I hope you are enjoying this story as much as I am. I have noticed a lack of reviews recently, so if you could please post a review, even if its only to say you liked the chapter. So I will leave you with that, have a wonderful day and please enjoy the chapter!
Mikotos fight in the center of the town was going well. More and more guards were sent to contain her, and all of them were knocked out in the process. But Mikoto did notice a couple of things that were beginning to worry her. First off all it seemed like the army was not committing to many soldiers or guards into fighting her. To most this would not seem like a problem, but Mikoto knew better than to think that. If the guards were not here fighting her, who appeared to be a great threat to the city, then that meant that they were doing something that the king felt was more important. The idea that there was something the king felt was more important than her is what worried Mikoto. Thats when she remembered the dragon chain cannon, and the magic that was stolen from Wendy and Natsu.
He is preparing to use the Dragon Chain cannon! Thats got to be where all the guards are, there is no other explanation! I Think its best if I go to try to stop its use as well. Im sure that Natsu and the others can stop it, but to be safe I might as well go.
With those thoughts Mikoto takes off back to the castle. Getting in this time was much easier than last time, since she didn't have to worry about staying hidden any longer. There was barely any guards blocking her way into the castle, and as Mikoto ran through the halls she caught a glimpse of the lacrima made of the exceed army. She gave a slight shiver as the thought of that happening to her crossed her mind. That's when she heard the sound of a fight breaking out above her, then a complete silence and then an argument between people. Mikoto used her ability to move faster, and she got to the entrance of the dragon chain cannon the moment it was fired. She realized very quickly that Erza, Gray, and Natsu had tried to fire the cannon directly at the lacrima to free the rest of the guild, but the intervention of Knightwalker allowed the cannon to be fired instead at the Island holding the Lacrima. This meant that unless something happened, the king's plan to use the exceeds and their remaining guildmates to create magic energy would succeed. So Mikoto did the only thing she could think of to stop it all from happening. She leaped forward, past the royal guards, past Knightwalker, past her guild mates, and punched the fuel cell containing the dragon slayer magic with all of her power. The cell exploded, releasing all of the energy, but it did not go completely as planned. First of all because Mikoto was at the center of the blast, all of the dragonslayer magic that was in the fuel cell flowed into her, both sending her flying backwards and knocking her out. Also the island the dragon chain was attached to was already set into motion, and was still gaining speed while flying at the exceeds home island. That meant that Erza, Gray, Natsu, Lucy and Gajeel had to find a to stop. At that moment Lucy and Coco busted in on a legion, and Erza, Gray, and Natsu got on to escape the castle. They then tried to use their combined strength to stop the island, but even after Wendy and Carla managed to convince the exceeds to fight for themselves, they barely managed to stop the Island from colliding with the exceeds home. Mikoto was just waking up to see the lacrima that contained the rest of their guild disappear. She couldn't see the person that was not standing where the lacrima once was since she was so far away, but she could only guess that it was Mystogan. She staggered to her feet noticing a few things almost immediately. First she felt very lightheaded, along with the feeling that a strange power was now hidden inside of her. She also noticed that all of the troops that were once in this room where now gone, along with Knightwalker and the King. She was about to go and join her guild in the sky when she noticed something weird with her left arm. There was strange black markings on her left arm, and if she focused on them she could feel a strange magic power building up inside of her. She had no clue what it was, nor where it came from. She could tell the power and the marking were not permanent, but that only worried her more. She looked around for something to cover the markings so that she wouldn't focus on it. She found what she was looking for, a blue cloth that she tore up and wrapped around her left arm, completely covering the markings. Then she set off into the sky using her power. She got into the sky the moment the royal army launches their attacks on the exceeds. Mikoto immediately got herself involved in protecting the exceeds, but the army was vast and even though Mikoto could take many out quickly, they were still turning the exceeds into lacrima just as fast. She flew over to her guildmates to see if they were going okay. Immediately Wendy noticed the bandages on Mikotos arm, and worry flashed through her eyes.
"Mikoto are you hurt!?" Wendy asks in concern.
Mikoto lands on the legion to rest her power and she replies, "I'm fine. I got hurt in an explosion earlier but its all okay, just some scratches and such."
"On another note, we have to find a way of stopping the army," Erza states, regaining everyone's focus. They were about to discuss this when they heard the ground begin to shake. They all looked over to a large ruin and saw the ground open up to reveal something that Looked like a giant egg. Then the egg began to transform into a dragon like robot. Then the voice of the king could be heard from the dragon, threatening the fairy tail wizards. Mystogan talked back and then the two fought for a little bit till the king's robots magic beat Mystogan, knocking him out of the sky. The fairy tail wizards scrambled, with Mikoto, Erza, Gray, and Lucy staying in the sky, while the dragonslayers went down to fight the robot dragon. The fight in the sky was a mixed bag. Mikoto was able to handle her own, but eventually the legion took a hit from ground forces forcing everyone to go to the ground. Erza was intercepted by Knightwalker leaving the others to fight on the ground. Mikoto was going to stay to help Gray and lucy, when a scream and explosion could be heard from where the dragonslayers were fighting the robot dragon, also called the Dorma Anim.
"Go help them! We can handle it here!" Gray yells to Mikoto. Mikoto looks over to Lucy to be sure and She gets a nod in response. So Mikoto does what they said and uses her ability to transport herself to where the dragonslayers were fighting the Dorma Anim. She gets there in time to see Natsu get knocked away. Wendy and Gajeel were standing next to each other, already looking worn down. Mikoto knew at this moment that she had to step in and help. The king was about to attack Wendy and Gajeel when suddenly the Dorma Anim could not move. He looked down and saw the robot's legs being held to the ground with Electromagnetism. He looked around to find the source of the Electricity and that's When Mikoto leaps into the ruins and stands in front of Wendy and Gajeel.
"Mikoto?" Wendy asks, surprised by her guildmates appearance.
"Rest up, I can hold him off long enough for all of you to get enough magic back to defeat him. Hell I might even defeat him before than," Mikoto states.
"You didnt need to come, we could beat this dragon," Gajeel states annoyed at Mikoto joining the fight.
"I will let you think that for now Gajeel. For now though let me have some fun, alone." Mikoto states. At that statement she charged forward and in a blink of an eye she was point blank to the Dorma Anim. She fired a huge blast of electrical energy and it knocked the robot back but not down. Then Mikoto charged her fists with her power, so now she moved as fast as she could, dealing electrically charged punches so quickly that the Dorma Anim could not even land a hit back and was taking damage. Mikoto was at an advantage here. First she was much quicker than the Dorma Anim, and secondly her power was not magic based, thus the Dorma Anims armor could not stop the damage being dealt. But having such an advantage against an opponent could also be its own disadvantage. Mikoto was especially prone to having her advantages turning into disadvantages, and it happens now. She was so confident in her speed, that she was beginning to toy with the Dorma Anim,allowing it to finally land a crushing hit on her. She got to her feet quickly, but not quite fast enough, as a barrage of Missiles were sent at her. Instead of dodging the attack, Mikoto simple used her power to destroy the missiles in the air. She uses the smoke as a diversion, to get herself into a soft spot to use her own magic. The smoke cleared, and the king was immediately worried when he did not see Mikoto when the smoke cleared. He began to search around, until her heard a sound come from behind him. He turns and looks up at the top of the ruin, there Mikoto was standing, her hands posed about to summon.
"Summoning Magic! Guardian!" Mikoto yells out. A huge magic circle opens up in front of the Dorma Anim and the giga spawns in from that magic circle. This time it was just as large as the Dorma Anim. It flexed its arms as it roared, its roar so loud that the whole planet shook in fear. The Royal army that was now fighting Gray, Lucy, and the edolas Fairy Tail did not know what was happening, and the momentary distraction changed the tide in fairy tails favor. It even managed to distract Knightwalker giving Erza a moment's advantage. Even Faust, the king inside of the Droma Anim was scared for a second, but then he questioned what he was seeing.
"You think so little of me sorcerous? I know that the creature infront of me is only an illusion, I have seen that kind of magic before!" Faust yells out.
"I did not think little of you until you said that." was Mikotos only response. Then the Giga charged forward. It rammed its head into the chest of the Dorma Anim, knocking it back slightly, then it slashed its claws across the Dorma Anims chest, doing some damage. Now realizing that the creature in front of him was a threat, The king decided to act. The dorma Anim launched a breath attack on the Giga, doing some damage but the key to that moved was that it created separation. Then as the king laughed insanely, the Droma Anim began to transform while taking more magic from the world. Once the transformation was complete, it was now taller than the giga and slightly more powerful. Then it uses an Omnidirectional attack, which knocks everyone back and does severe damage. The Giga though uses this to its advantage. The damage it received was enough to send it into rage mode, and it took all of the kings focus to just defend against a stronger and enraged Giga. Mikoto struggled to her feet, the constant drain of her magic along with the damage she received from the attack slowing her down. She watched as her Giga fought evenly with the now empowered Dorma Anim, and she realized something. Each one of the Gigas attacks were aimed at the same spot in the Dorma Anims chest, which she could only assume was where Faust was located at. She could also tell that the gigas attacks were weakening the armor to a breaking point, and with a single strong attack, the armor could be destroyed. She realized what needed to be done and ran over to where the dragon slayers where before the Dorma Anims attack. She found them all barely conscious on the ground, that single strike having done a massive number on them.
"Get up! I need you now!" Mikoto says, nudging them to try to get them up.
"Sorry Mikoto, but I cant Move. I am completely out of energy," Wendy replies softly. Natsu only response was a momentary struggle to get up, only to fall back to the ground.
"Sorry but that last attack took all the magic I had," Gajeel adds.
"What? Are you all giving up? You are Dragon Slayers! Your magic was created to kill dragons and I do believe that our enemy is a dragon. I found a weak spot in the Dorma Anim, that if we work together we can use to defeat it. My Giga can hold it in place while we then deal one decisive blow to the Dorma Anims chest. Its been weakened by the Giga and we can beat it!" Mikoto explains, trying to motivate them to get up. It worked, as all three Dragon slayers fight to their feet. After a second's discussion, it was decided that they would use a unison raid to achieve their goal. Mikoto would use her power to send Natsu into the air, then as he fell infront of them, they would all use either a dragonslayers breath attack, or in Mikotos case a huge beam of electricity, to propel him at the Droma Anim, then he would use his fire dragon's sword horn, to punch through the armor. Right before they did this though, Mikoto used her magic to make a last command to the Giga which it obeyed. It dodged a strike from the Droma Anim and then bit down on the Dorma Anims shoulder. This allowed it to hold the Robotic dragon in place. Thats when Faust finally realized what was about to happen, but it was already to late. Natsu was already sent up into the air, and then he was sent flying by a full unison raid of Electricity, Iron, and Sky attacks. When Natsu collided with the Droma anim, he punched straight through it and knocks Faust clean out of the robot. As the robot begins to fall apart, Mikoto leaps in with her Hf blade to help her giga finish it off. While they were doing this, the mere sight of a pissed off Natsu was enough to scare the king into unconsciousness. The rest of the battles went smoothly as well. Fairy Tail defeated the royal army, and Erza drew a draw against Knightwalker. That was how the last battles in edolas ended, but it was not the end of the adventure for the Fairy Tail wizards from Earthland. They still had to find a way home.
You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame
You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays
You won't know your worth now, son, until you take a hit
And you won't find the beat until you lose yourself in it
That's why we won't back down
We won't run and hide
'Cause these are the things we can't deny
I'm passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That's why you stick to your game plans and party lives
But at night we're perspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American dreams
Oh shine your light on me
You can't fill your cup until you empty your lit house
You can't understand what lays ahead
If you don't understand the past
You'll never learn the fun now
Till you're standing at the cliff
And you cant truly love until you've given up on it
She told me that she never would face the world again
So I offer up a plan
We'll sneak out when they sleep
And sail off in the night
We'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives.
When we're gone we'll stay gone
Out of sight, out of mind
It's not too late
We have the rest of our lives
We'll sneak out while they sleep
And sail off into the night
We'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives
Out of sight, out of mind
It's not too late
We have the rest of our lives
The rest of our lives
The rest of our lives
Because we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah 'cause these are the things we can't deny
I'm passing over you like a satellite
So catch me if I fall
That's why you stick to your game plans and party lives
But at night we're perspiring by candlelight
We are the orphans of the American dreams
Oh shine your light on me
Because we won't back down
We won't run and hide
Yeah 'cause these are the things we can't deny
I'm passing over you like a satellite
'Cause these are the things that we can't deny now
This is a life that you can't deny us now