So i managed to get this chapter out alot faster than i expected. Hopefully you like some of the things i did in this chapter, especially when they pertain to a certain character. I hope to get the next chapter out next week, but its hopefully going to be a long one, so i am apologizing ahead of time in case i dont manage to get it out as quickly as i would like. But on that note, please enjoy this chapter and leave a review so i know how im doing. have a good day and may the light always guide you.
The morning after, the sounds of training could be heard from outside the guild hall. Most of the guild were out training, especially after knowing they only had a couple of months to prepare. Currently, it was erza and Mikoto training against each other. Mikoto summons in Excalibur, and charges forward, making an overhead strike. Erza transformed into her flight armor and was able to keep up with Mikotos strikes. They kept this going for a bit, with Mikoto doing everything she could to push Erza past her limits. Eventually they stop, getting a drink of water to cool off. Mikoto looked around and saw Gray, Juvia and Natsu training against Touma. She saw Lucy also training with other members of the guild. Then she noticed Wendy and Carla walking towards her.
"Mikoto, can i ask you something?" Wendy asks shyly.
"What is it?" Mikoto asks after taking another sip of her water.
"In all the fights i have taken place in so far, i have been the weakest member. I just feel that im letting the guild down because of it. I may not enjoy fighting, but i want to learn how to be stronger so that i can protect others and not the other way around," Wendy admits.
"Oh wendy, none of us see it like we have to protect you. You just being there has helped us in many fights, and some of the times you managed to save us or won us the fight," Erza says, trying to comfort the younger mage.
"I know that, but i still want to be stronger, so Mikoto, can you make me stronger?" Wendy asks, looking at her friend and guildmate.
Mikoto smiles, having expected this conversation. She reaches into a bag next to her and pulls out a wrist gauntlet and gave it to Wendy.
"What is this? Wendy asks in confusion.
"When i got back to my own world, i told Raiden about something i noticed, and he created this. The gauntlet you have in your hand stores electrical energy from me, and can be used to allow its wearer the ability to be an electromaster of my level for a bit. With that gauntlet you can use my iron sand techniques, control polarity, or even use my Railgun at my full level 5 power," Mikoto explains
"Wow!" Wendy breathes, immediately strapping it on.
"Thats not it. If you hold it out over your head, and discharge all of its energy into the surrounding air, it will supercharger the air around you, filling it with Ethernano. In theory if you then eat that air, you can transform into the legendary Dragon force," Mikoto finishes with a wide smile.
"Really! Can we try it?!" Wendy exclaims, excitement filling her voice.
"Sure we can. Let's do it as a training match then," Mikoto agrees. She puts her water down and walks away, getting a good distance between them. The guild takes notice, and the majority of the guild forms up to watch.
"Whats going on? Wendy vs Mikoto?" Natsu asks, confused.
"Wendy, do as i said. I want you to see if the theory is correct or not," Mikoto says. Wendy nods her head and puts her right arm, the one with the gauntlet, into the air. She activates the gauntlet, releasing its full power into the air around her. The guild watched in amazement as electricity filled the air around Wendy, in an amazing ball of sparks.
Its working, i can sense the increase in Ethernano around her. Now all she has to do it eat it all.
Wendy takes a big breath and begins to gulp down the air around her. Once she was done, the electricity in the air dissipated. The guild begins to wonder what happened, until suddenly a burst of immense magical power came from Wendy. As the magic wind flew around her, Wendys body began to transform. White scales grew from her wrists and on her back shoulders. The scales coming through the right wrist pushed the gauntlet off of her. Her Hair then changed, with her twin tail look changing into hair that flowed backward. Her hair also changed color, from blue to pink. Finally she looks up at Mikoto, with an intense look from her now pink eyes.
Mikoto doesnt waste any time, knowing that Wendy now has to find the limits of this new power. Mikoto shot a blast of electrical energy at Wendy, but it is easily blocked by the strong wind around the young dragon slayer. Suddenly Wendy disappears, and A hard blow hits Mikoto from behind. She flips in the air, landing on her feet but causing a large gouge mark in the ground as she came to a stop. She looks up in time to see wendy appear in front of her and barely manages to dodge the attack by ducking. But suddenly a blast of air from above sends her face first into the ground. As Mikoto struggled to her feet, the guild could only stare in shock. Not only was wendy holding her own against Mikoto, but she was beating her.
"Not bad at all Wendy. That's good, you are already far stronger than before, but i get the feeling that you are holding back," Mikoto comments once she was back on her feet, wiping sand from her face.
"Yeah, im not yet used to this new form yet," Wendy admits.
"Remember this Wendy. In dragon force, you have full control of your element. That means that in an open air environment like this, you have control of everything around you. Use that to your advantage now!" Mikoto yells out, transporting herself infront of Wendy and launching a hard punch. Yet Wendy blocks it, and doing exactly as Mikoto said, used the wind around them to launch her friend backwards. She instantly attacks again, supercharging each of her strikes with the wind. With that not only was she able to easily keep up with level 5 Mikoto, but she was able to match her blow for blow. Finally Mikoto managed to block one of Wendys strikes, Mikoto looks into her eyes and says, "Its time to get real." Mikoto then transformed into level 6, the force of the transformation knocks wendy back but not down. Wendy didnt hesitate, and there was no sign of fear in her eyes as she charged Mikoto again. This time around Mikoto was easily able to dodge and block Wendys strikes, but more impressively, Wendy was able to keep up with Mikoto moving as fast as she was. The turning point in the fight was Mikotos skill at hand to hand combat, as eventually she started landing blow after blow. But wendy took it all, and leaping back, prepared to end it.
"Sky dragons!..." Wendy yelled out, taking a big gulp of air. Mikoto only had a split second to decide what to do. She could dodge, but that would leave the area behind her open to the attack. She could try to counter it with a railgun, or she could use her energy to create a shield. She chose the third option, using the same technique that she had used to save the guild initially from Acnologia.
"Roar!" Wendy finishes as she releases the attack. The attack collides with Mikotos electrical barrier, and a huge smoke cloud is created. When the smoke clears the guild sees Wendy down to her knees, transformed out of dragon force. Mikot walks over to her, also transformed out of her level 6 form, and hands Wendy the gauntlet back.
"Well you got alot stronger," Mikoto says. Wendy straps the Gauntlet back on, then wraps her arms around Mikoto in a big hug.
"Thanks so much Mikoto!" Wendy says.
"Your welcome wendy," Mikoto responds.
"What was that!?" Lucy yells out, running over. Also running over was Erza, Gray, Juvia, Natsu, Happy, and Carla.
"Do you feel okay child?" Carla asks in concern.
"Im fine Carla. Im just exhausted. It feels like i have no magic left," Wendy says.
"Nobody answered my question," Lucy says, getting slightly annoyed.
"That was Wendys dragon force form. It was activated when the electricity from the gauntlet supercharged the air, filling it with ethernanos. Wendy then absorbed those ethernanos, putting her at her strongest possible level." Mikoto explained.
"So does that mean she could do it at will now?" Natsu asks.
"No. Just like with you at the tower of heaven, the form is only temporary, so its better to be used as a finisher than as an opener. Also it completely drains you of all magic, so using it and for it not to work makes it a certain defeat," Mikoto explains.
"Oh yeah, i did achieve that form once, didnt I." Natsu finally remembers, laughing slightly.
"Well how strong do you think it made her?" Erza asks Mikoto.
"She is incredibly fast in that form, more so than i expected. Her strength as well, you cant believe that she could go from what she currently is to that so easily. She is at the very least on par with me at Level 5 in that form, in terms of pure strength. The issue for her is that she doesn't know how to fight," Mikoto explains.
"Hey! What do you mean by "I dont know how to fight"?! I held up pretty well against you didnt I?" Wendy exclaims, slightly offended.
"I didnt mean it as a personal strike Wendy. The only one here besides myself and Touma that truly knows how to fight is Erza. Fighting is not all about who is faster and stronger. If you dont know how to use those advantages, then you will not win the fight unless you get lucky, and you should never count on luck." Mikoto explains.
"Then how do you suggest we learn how to fight?" Gray asks quizzingly.
"The same way i did. We start with teaching you how to fight hand to hand, then with using a sword. From there you can begin to add in your power. That's how i learned and remember this, i was even more reliant on my ability back then then any of you are currently." Mikoto states.
"Do we have enough time for all of that?" Lucy asks.
"Dont know, but anything is worth a shot," Mikoto admits.
"Lets do it!" Natsu exclaims, slamming his fists together. So for there next week, the group worked hard on getting stronger using Mikotos training. During this time they had also run into Porlyusica, who gave Wendy the notes on how to learn two dragon slayer secret arts that Grandeeney did not teach her. During the week Mikoto had used her magic to create opponents for the others to fight, both increasing their own strengths as well as her own. They all showed improvements, but not as rapidly as Mikoto hoped. Both Natsu and Gray struggled to avoid using their magic, and Wendy tried her hardest not to use her own magic, but she wasnt physically strong enough to last without it. Lucy was in the same boat, she tried to fight without using her spirits, but a physical fight would never be her best area. But that doesnt mean they didnt improve, it just means not as quickly as Mikoto wanted them too. At the end of that week, Makarov ordered the guild to separate and go off to train for 4 months, and that the end of those 4 months he would pick who was going to compete in the tournament. So the guild split off into the groups and set off. Mikoto and Touma joined Erzas group, who were heading to the beach to train and relax at first. The first day was eventful, as the group had fun training against each other and relaxing at the beach. Then Virgo appeared, stating that the celestial world was in trouble. So the group got dragged into celestial world only to realize that it was a party all along. After celebrating, they left the celestial world, only to find out that 3 months had past. They were about to rush off to train, when they received a letter from an unknown source. The group decides to follow the letters instructions, which leads them right to Crime Sorciere, the independant guild consisting of Jellal,
Ultear, and Meredy.
"Well, its been a long time since we all last meet," Mikoto states breaking the silence.
"Yes it has been Mikoto. Good to see you all again," Jellal responds though he looks at Erza as he speaks.
"Wow is that you meredy?! You grew!" Juvia exclaims as Meredy walks up to her.
"Well it has been 7 years." Meredy explains with a laugh. Everyone else begins to catch up with each other. After all of that, Ultear and Jellal explain why they summoned Erza and the others. They explained that they believed that zeref was involved with the grand magic games, and needed the help of a guild that would be taking part, and that since they were friendly with Fairy tail, that they were their best bet.
"So you need us to keep an eye out for zeref or anyone involved with him?" Erza asks to confirm.
"That is correct," Jellal responds.
"Not to be rude, but do we get anything out of this?" Lucy asks.
"Well we know that you all missed alot of training, and i have a way that can fix that. Its called unlocking your second origin," Ultear states. After a quick explanation, The guild agrees to help them out.
"Well, who wants to unlock their second origin first? Be warned, it is very painful." Ultear asks, holding out her orb.
Mikoto walks forward and says, "Ill go first. Anything that can make my magic stronger i will do," Ultear activates the spell, and a series of markings appears on Mikoto. She suddenly collapses onto her knees, letting out a screech of pain. Touma rushed forward in worry, but a blast of electricity stops him in his tracks.
"Dont, Touma. I need to go through with this," Mikoto says through gritted teeth. She suddenly transforms into her level 6 form. She did this so that the spell would also affect her esper ability, but everyone else thought she was doing it to help deal with the pain. Ultear does the spell on the others, and after crime sorciere have a brief talk with Erza, they take their leave. At the end of the month the guild meets up again for Makarov to say who was going to take part. The team he choose was Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza and Wendy, with Mikoto and Elfman in reserve. Mikoto had asked to not be put on a team, but as a reserve member, in case things went wrong. With this finally decided, fairy tail was ready to take part in the games and reclaim their rightful spot as the strongest guild.
Be careful making wishes in the dark dark
Can't be sure when they've hit their mark, mark
And besides in the mean, mean time
I'm just dreaming of tearing you apart
I'm in the de-details with the devil
So now the world can never get me on my level
I just got to get you out of the cage
I'm a young lover's rage
Gonna need a spark to ignite
My songs know what you did in the dark
So light 'em up up up
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I'm on fire
So light 'em up up up
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I'm on fire
In the dark dark
In the dark dark
All the writers keep writing what they write, write
Somewhere another pretty vein just died
I've got the scars from tomorrow and
I wish you could see, see
That you're the antidote to everything except for me, me
A constellation of tears on your lashes
Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes
In the end everything collides
My childhood spat back out the monster that you see
My songs know what you did in the dark
So light 'em up up up
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I'm on fire
So light 'em up up up
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Light 'em up up up
I'm on fire
In the dark dark
In the dark dark
My songs know what you did in the dark (My songs know what you did in the dark)
So light 'em up up up
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Light 'em up up up
I'm on fire
So light 'em up up up
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I'm on fire
In the dark dark
In the dark dark