so it seems like i have a good amount of things to talk about today. First of all i am extremely sorry about how long it took to get this chapter out. I got busy with college finals as well as my job picking up, so i am deeply sorry about that. On more positive terms, it seems like Familiar of Zero is the one you all want me to do as the next crossover, with SAO and then Date a live following. I guess that means i have to actually watch Familiar of zero now. On another note, i might have something else planned for all of you, maybe a group of oneshots based off of this story, but im not going to give all the details. Finally the last arc, the grand magic games arc, is coming up with the next chapter. As i said before, this will be a temporary ending, as after that arc, i will be writing the third story and then every so often a new chapter of this will be posted, but thats still a while away. So on that note, please enjoy this chapter and leave a review. Have a good day and may the father of understanding guide you all.
It was the next day, and Touma thought he was waking up early. As he got up and stretched, he noticed that Mikoto was already missing from their bed. He looked over at the clock, noticing just how early it was
She normally doesnt sleep late so this should not be a surprise, but this is early even for her.
He walked out into the main room, and he was thankful to see that she was just sitting down reading a book.
"Morning Touma!" Mikoto says, looking up to him with a smile.
"I was afraid you were up worrying again," Touma responds, walking to the kitchen to make some food.
"I would be, but Raiden told me not to worry at the moment and to rest, so im trying to take his advice." Mikoto replies, putting her book down so she could talk.
"But you are planning something right? Its not like you to sit idly by, not doing anything." Touma says while preparing his food.
"Your right. Raiden said he will have me stay here for a week, and then we can go back. Im going to use that time to get stronger. I ran out of power to quickly, and thats why i couldnt beat Acnologia. If i was able to go level 6, i might have stood a chance, but i couldnt. I need to increase my endurance with my power, as well as getting my magic stronger. To do that, im going to have to force new limits upon myself," Mikoto explains her plan. She gets up and walks over to the kitchen and helps touma finish preparing their breakfast. Now she never was good at cooking, but she could always handle herself when someone else was helping, so it wasnt long till they were sitting down eating. They had almost finished when raiden walked into the room.
"So you two are already up, though i guess thats not surprising." Raiden comments.
"Was 3 days enough for you to forget what we are like?" Mikoto teases.
"No it was not, i dont think anyone could ever forget you two. So we didnt talk much about what happened during your time in earthland, and i have not looked at its history so will you tell me?" Raiden asks, pulling up a chair to the table they were at.
"Well where do i start. We joined fairy tail fairly quickly, with me not showing my powers right away, though using my sword alot. We began to make friends, and eventually the time for the battles against Oracion seis arrived. Touma and I managed to get ourselves involved with that, helping to be the Oracion seis. Next was the dragonoid battles, which we again helped with. Then was edolas and after that Tenrou," Mikoto explained roughly.
"So you did show your power right?" Raiden asked.
"Yes i did, many times in fact. By the time of acnologia, the guild knew just how strong i was capable of being, and i even learned something during my time in earthland," Mikoto says.
"Oh, what did you learn?" Raiden asks intrigued.
"Its better if i show you," Mikoto says with a sly smile. She got up and walked away from the table and then turned back to face Touma and Raiden. She was wearing her pajamas and for the first time in a while she did not have the waistband on.
"Summoning Magic! Unlock!" Mikoto states, and a magic circle spawns above her head.
"Summon! Level 6 gear!" Mikoto chants, holding her right arm upwards into the magic circle. From there her clothes change from her pajamas into her level 6 clothes, with her waist band also having been summoned in. But that was not it for mikoto.
"Summoning, God tier! The sword that has no equal! Excalibur!" Mikoto yells out, holding her right hand forward. In that hand, the mighty sword appeared. Mikoto looked straight into Raidens eyes, and she was happy to see pure amazement in them.
"You learned magic! I wasnt sure if that was possible. Now i know i was right!" Raiden exclaims in wonder.
"Well how about we do something about this, lets see just how powerful my magic is, in a training match of course." Mikoto challenges.
"Your on, apprentice,"
They were quickly in the training room, with Mikoto at one end and Raiden at the other. Mikoto had excalibur at the ready, and Raiden had drawn Murasama. Mikoto was the first to make a move, stabbing the sword forward and sending a blast of magic energy at Raiden. Raiden blocked with Murasama, but finding out that Excalibur had special abilities was a wake up call. He charged forward, attempting to get close and use murasama at its best distance. Mikoto blocked the strike with Excalibur, and again this surprised Raiden. The magic imbedded into the sword was preventing it from being cut by Murasama, a sword that has never had a problem cutting through other swords. The continue this little dance, with Mikoto effectively dodging or blocking Raidens attacks. Finally Mikoto went on the offensive, swinging her sword at Raiden. Raiden went to block with Murasama, but excalibur phased right through it, and Raiden barely managed to dodge. Raiden leaped back to get some distance, but that put him in perfect position for another of excalibur's abilities. Mikoto stabbed the blade forward, creating a blast of magic energy that flew at Raiden. He put his left hand forward and used his ability to counter it. But when the smoke cleared, Mikoto was right next to him, and Raiden barely dodged her next attack. Raiden was getting worried, this sword of hers was an unknown, and fighting an unknown was not something he enjoyed doing. Then he noticed something. Mikoto was breathing heavily. He guessed that used the sword drained her magic energy just by having it in her hand, but using each ability drained it even more. He also assumed that the phase ability was a passive one, and something he could use to his advantage. He went on the attack this time, launching strike after strike with Murasama. Mikoto tried to dodge them all, but it was too much, so eventually she had to try and block. Thats when Murasama was phased right through excalibur. Raiden had thought he had won the fight, when suddenly Murasama had been blocked. He looked down, and sees that Mikoto had managed to both draw and move her HF Blade in time to block the strike. She leaps back, getting some distance, and desummons Excalibur.
"Summoning magic! Raptors!" Mikoto yells out as magic circles appear around her. From these circles spawns 5 raptors, who walk forward to surround Raiden. The charge him, but raiden was simply faster. He easily dodged their attacks, while striking them with Murasama, destroying each one after the other. He turned to face Mikoto, when suddenly a punch slammed into his face. He was knocked back, and lands on his feet. He looks up to see Mikoto in her level 6 form in front of him, but something was different. Her hair color was different, instead of being the blue that was normal for her, it was a crimson red. Also something about her ability felt different. She moved forward once again, instantly appearing directly in front of him. He went to block a strike from the front, only to be hit from behind. Mikoto was moving so quickly that not even Raidens cybernetic eyes could track. Unknown to him, but Mikoto had made a risky move. She had used her magic to summon enchants onto herself, increasing her power and speed. Add that to her level 6 form, and she was now in a different league than she has even been in before. Raiden tried to do something to block or dodge her attacks, but Mikoto was too fast, and each of her blows hit harder then a semi truck going at full speed. Then suddenly Mikoto collapsed, the color of her lightning and hair changing back to her normal level 6 self. That's when Raiden realized it.
"So you noticed? Took you long enough Raiden," Mikoto laughs, forcing herself back to her feet. She was now drained of her magic energy but her pride would not let her back down, not against Raiden.
Raiden only sighed and sheathed Murasama. He then said, "So i understand now. The magic you learned is also a weakness,"
"What do you mean by that?" Touma asks, having been watching the battle.
"Her magic is powerful, but it has its limits. Unfortunately for Mikoto, those limits are very small when compared to her esper ability. You can tell by looking at her now. She is drained of magic, but her ability remains. The issue is this, that when the magic runs out, she becomes weakened physically. Where with her esper ability, it can only go into run away and not decrease in power, her body would only be worn down by physical activities. With her magic, she gets tired just by using it. That means if she even uses her magic, if it doesn't win the fight for her, she is screwing herself for later. Basically her magic is the short term answer that creates long term problems." Raiden explained.
"I get what you're saying. Basically by using my magic first, i weaken my esper abilities because my body gets worn out," Mikoto realizes.
"We need you to be ready to fight Acnologia when you go back to earthland, so we are going to do something about this," Raiden says.
Mikoto sighs, realizing that if Raiden was going to get involved, the next couple of days will be very busy for her. "What do you have planned?"
"3 times every day for the next 3 days we will train in here. During those training sessions i want you to fully use up all magic in each session, and try to keep using magic. We are going to force you to be able to use magic for longer periods of time." Raiden explains.
"So thats your plan, well i guess since it's the only one we have, lets try it," Mikoto gives in. For the next three days they go through with Raiden's plan, and unsurprisingly, it worked. Every day Mikoto was left exhausted and completely worn out, but the morning of the next day she could feel something different. The fourth day was the first day without the training, and in truth it kinda left Mikoto feeling bored. She walked over the the main room to see Raiden working on some projections of a ship, making changes and doing other things. During their time away from Academy City, Mikoto had joined Raiden in what was known as the Coalition Fleet. The Coalition fleet was a fleet of Super battleships and Super BattleCruisers From multiple different nations. The nations consisted of America, Britain, Japan, and Germany. The americans have 2 Battleships, The USS Illinois, and The USS Wisconsin. These were the powerhouses of the fleet, with enough armor to be almost invincible to their own guns, which were by the way, armed with 32, 18inch long barreled main guns. The british had 2 Battleships, The Prince of Whales, and the Renown. Both were armed with the same guns as the Illinois, but slightly less, with only 24 guns compared to the 32, and with slightly less armor, though just a bit faster. Japan had only one battleship, but it was the mighty Yamato, with even more armor that the Illinois, and with bigger guns. It had 12, 20 Inch long barrelled main guns, and they packed a huge punch. Then finally, the Germans have 2 Battleships and 1 Battlecruiser. The first battleships, the Bismark, was an illinois Class that was sold to the German navy and renamed to Bismark. The second Battleship, the Tirpitz, was an upgunned Illinois class, with 16, 19inch long barreled main cannons. The Battlecruiser, the Admiral Graf Spee, was a completely new design. The ship had less armor than any of the others, but it was the fastest by far. Also its armament of 16, 19inch long barreled main cannons, did not leave it lacking in that area. This fleet was made to bring all of these nations together against any country that would threaten one of them. It was designed to be the first fleet into combate, completely annihilating the enemy nations fleets and giving ground support when needed. Raiden had a big part in this, as he was the Captain of the Illinois, its designer, and the Admiral of the fleet. During their time away from Academy City, Raiden made Mikoto his second in command, and that's what they used to travel across the world. So here seeing him working on designs of a new ship, left her very interested.
Is he just modifying the design of the Illinois Class? Or is this a whole new design? Why would he be making a new design?
Mikoto sat down next to Raiden and watched as he made the changes to the projections, finally deciding on her question.
"What is this for?" She asked.
"For you," was Raiden's response.
"What do you mean by that?"
"After you are done helping Fairy Tail and defeating Acnologia, you are going to join me once again with the fleet. During that time I'm going to focus on teaching you how to be a captain, so that in a soon enough time, you could captain a ship yourself," Raiden explains.
Mikoto could only stare at him in astonishment, that he would have so much faith in her was unbelieveable.
"The crews of each ship already respect you. You have already shown that you have the attitude of a good captain, to do anything to protect your crew, yet take risks when needed. Also the governments of each country have called for one ship in the fleet to be coalition owned, meaning that no country could claim it over the others, so i thought this was the best answer to those issues," Raiden explained.
"Im honored. Can you show me the design of the ship you have planned for me?" Mikoto asks, her curiosity now growing. Raiden pushed a couple of buttons on the control pad, and the projections expanded to fill the room, to give a better view as well as make it easier to manipulate.
Mikoto walked around, looking at each element as Raiden explained the design.
"The ship's name will be Aquila, which means The Eagle, It will be the most heavily armored ship in the fleet, with at least Double the effective thickness of the Illinois class. But thanks to a new armor design i found, the total weight of the armor will be only slightly more than that of the Illinois. The armament also changes to 4 turrets of 4 22 inch long barreled cannons, giving it the largest punch in the fleet."
Mikoto had walked over to the bow part of the ship, and noticed in the internal drawings something was different. There was some kind of weapon in the front of the ship.
"What's this?" Mikoto asked, turning to Raiden for an answer.
"That's the Aquilas ace. I thought it was fitting to give the ship the signature move of its captain," Raiden replied with a smile.
He gave it a Railgun! How? How would that work on a ship like this?"
"I know what you're thinking, so let me explain how it would work. First it could be powered by two methods. The first is by you pumping your own electricity into the system. The second does not require any work from you. The ships will focus all power created by the nuclear reactors into the electrical generators in the bow. Then the Bow would open up, and expel enough Electricity to move the water out from in front of it. The the rest of the energy would be stored behind a huge shells and expelled at once, forcing the shell out at extreme speeds. (Think of ARPs Super gravity Cannon for a visual). It would act in a very similar way as to your own Railgun." Raiden finishes explaining.
"When will this thing be built?" Mikoto finally asks after looking over everything else.
"Well the building has already started, i was just finalizing some things. It should be done in 6 months or less, depending on if i invest more resources into it." Raiden says
"Thanks Raiden, I wont let you down," Mikoto replies.
Raiden reached to a table and grabbed a folder and passed it to Mikoto. Once she opened it up, he says, "On another note, i have a mission for you."
Mikoto read the packet, recognizing some of the names and looks up at him.
"This is Akihiro Fukuhara and Genjiro Hamamoto. They are two members of the board of directors here in academy city, what do you want with them?" Mikoto asks, a little worried.
"I want you to kill them," Raiden says simply.
"Why? What have they done?" Mikoto asks. She was hoping she was done with the killing when she returned to academy city, but evidently that will not be the case.
"The papers explain it more, but i found out that the city is planning another level 6 shift program, and those two are at the center of it. They need to die in order for the plan to fall apart. I could do it myself, but i'm a little busy, and we only have a small window to do it," Raiden explains. Mikoto looks down, quickly reading through all the papers, and sure enough she finds the parts showing that they are in fact starting a new level 6 shift program. Her anger begins to grow, and her body flickers in and out of level 6. She was not going to let more people go through that.
"So what is the plan? How do we get to them?" Mikoto asks.
"Tomorrow around noon is the time to strike. Those two are good friends, so they like to walk around the city together on their time off. At that time tomorrow is one of those moments. The papers also list where they will be walking, so that should help you. Since the last attacks on city officials, they will be guarded, most likely by two judgement officers. You need to find a way to kill them without causing harm to anyone else," Raiden explains.
"I know just how im going to do it."
The next day, Mikoto was preparing to leave. She had her stealth outfit on. It consisted of a cloaked shirt, with a hood and a pair of shorts. The cloak managed to cover most of her legs as well. Also on her face she wore a mask that covered everything but her eyes. She then used her magic to summon in her bow and quiver, attaching the quiver to her back and hanging the bow over her shoulder.
"So thats whats going on?" A voice sounds behind her. She turns to see touma behind her.
"Sorry Touma, but this is something i have to do," Mikoto says.
"I know that, and im not going to try to stop you. Just promise me you wont lose yourself," Touma presses.
"I promise." Mikoto used her ability to get to her desired location as fast as possible, jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Eventually she gets to her spot, and kneels down, overlooking a road. She draws her bow and waits. Sure enough, at the exact time she predicted, two men walk around a corner, with two judgement officers with them. She recognized the men as Akihiro and Genjiro, but there was one other face she recognized.
Kuroko! They have her on guard duty! If she is guarding them that means that Uiharu is watching from her computer in the judgement branch. I have to act quickly, i don't want to be spotted by Uiharu. I need to keep my arrows to ones that would not harm anyone else then my intended target, i don't want to hurt Kuroko.
Mikoto reaches back into the quiver, grabbing an arrow with a weirdly shaped Red colored Tip. She draws the arrow, assuming the distance to be 150 feet, aims, and then fires. The arrow hits its mark, embedding itself into Akihiro's chest, right at his heart. Then something weird happens, as the arrow tip begins to burn its way through him. Kuroko tried to teleport it away, but the damage had already been done. Then in the same instant, Mikoto had already drawn and fired another another arrow, this one with a green tip. It embeds itself into Genjiros neck, expelling a lethal injection of poison. Uiharu managed to spot Mikoto on the rooftop, and called it out to Kuroko, who immediately teleported over.
"You are under arrest by the name of Judgement!" Kuroko exclaims, holding onto her armband. Mikoto didnt respond, instead she leaped over Kuroko and took off running. Kuroko teleported after her, but each time Mikoto dodged her attacks. This chase continued over many roof tops, until finally Mikoto decided to end it. Mikoto leaped off the building, spun in mid air, and fired a smoke arrow at Kuroko. Kuroko teleported out of the way, but when she looked around Mikoto was nowhere to be seen. She did not know who this mystery bowwoman was, but she had seen something that might help her. When Mikoto had spun in the air, her cloak rose up a little, and gave Kuroko a perfect view of Mikotos Fairy tail guild mark.
"Uiharu! Do you see her!" Kuroko asks over the radio.
"No! She vanished. Do you have anything on her that might help us find her?" Uiharu asks.
"There is a mark on her left thigh, i think that might help. When i return to the judgement branch i will show you. How is Akihiro and Genjiro doing?" Kuroko asks.
The other judgement officer was the one who responds, "They are both dead. The bowwoman succeeded in killing them.
Mikoto returned swiftly to Raidens base and reported a mission well done to him. After that, Touma and Mikoto began to prepare for going back to Earthland, but Mikoto could not get that brief encounter with Kuroko out of her mind.
I'm bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is bring you down
I'll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes
And I take it in
I'm bleeding out
I'm bleeding out for you, for you.
When the day has come
That I've lost my way around
And the seasons stop and hide beneath the ground
When the sky turns gray
And everything is screaming
I will reach inside
Just to find my heart is beating
Oh, you tell me to hold on
Oh, you tell me to hold on
But innocence is gone
And what was right is wrong
'Cause I'm bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is to bring you down
I'll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes
And I take it in
And I'm bleeding out
I'm bleeding out for you (for you)
When the hour is nigh
And hopelessness is sinking in
And the wolves all cry
To fill the night with hollering
When your eyes are red
And emptiness is all you know
With the darkness fed
I will be your scarecrow
You tell me to hold on
Oh you tell me to hold on
But innocence is gone
And what was right is wrong
'Cause I'm bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is to bring you down
I'll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes
And I take it in
And I'm bleeding out
I'm bleeding out for you, for you.
I'm bleeding out for you (for you)
I'm bleeding out for you (for you)
I'm bleeding out for you (for you)
I'm bleeding out for you
'Cause I'm bleeding out
So if the last thing that I do
Is to bring you down
I'll bleed out for you
So I bare my skin
And I count my sins
And I close my eyes
And I take it in
And I'm bleeding out
I'm bleeding out for you, for you.