Chapter 11 - How Wars Are Won
Magnolia Town
The fight still continued and despite the heavy battles that the guild was forced into participating. Most of the town was somehow completely unaware of the literal civil war that was caused. At best this was likely a terrorist attack and it would take a lot of lawyers and money to cover up what happened here today. Sadly, Dr. Jekyll is the only attorney and his resources are limited. Regardless, everyone in Fairy Tail needed to worry about stopping the pointless fighting that Laxus has caused.
By now, with the help of the active Casters. Lucy was able to break down the barrier that was restricting her and the Dragon Slayer's movements. Before the Holy Maiden could work on a plan with everyone. Gajeel and Natsu decided to rely on their fists and run head first towards seeking out Laxus.
Even little Shirou sighed seeing his father run off on his own, "I'm guessing I get my smarts from mom." he said as he watched Natsu leave.
"And thank goodness too." Lucy said as she remembered that vision from when she met Shirou for the first time.
With Freed
The letter mage managed to make it out alive. His mission to stop Reedus was partially completed but that didn't stop Freed from beating him. He ran into those three servants and lost before being forced to retreat. It was cowardly and pathetic and he let his own health come before the mission Laxus gave him. Unfortunately, instead of running back Laxus like a loyal puppy as he intended.
Vincent decided to remind Freed that there are opponents that are much stronger than him.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
Freed managed to draw his sword fast enough to deflect two of the bullets only for the third to hit him in the shoulder and make him fall onto his back. The green haired mage winced as he felt the bullet go through his shoulder. He also felt that his pride was further wounded as it wasn't the typical bullets used by gun mages like Bisca and Alzack. This was clearly outdated but still effective.
Vincent jumped down from his hiding spot and reloaded his gun, "You put people in danger. So now it's time to put you down." he side as he aimed his gun.
"I will not fall here. For Laxus will achieve his goal of a strong guild." Freed said as he stood up.
Vincent scoffed, "A dark guild is what you will become. Do you think you can undo death and destruction?" he asked silencing Freed. "Better yet, do you think anyone is going to forgive the death threats?" he asked.
"You know nothing outsider." Freed said disappearing and reappearing beside vincent to slash down his sword upon Vincent.
The former Turk blocked the blade with his gun before kicking Freed in the chest. Seeing that Freed had a lot of fight in him, Vincent dashed at him and attempted to swipe at him with his armored claw. Freed backed away in time despite feeling a part of his jacket being torn off. Despite this, Freed continued his battle and attempted to slash at Vincent several times who either blocked the blade with his armor or tried kicking him away.
At one point, Freed attempted to stab him only for Vincent lean away and grab the arm before bashing his elbow into Freed's face several times and twisting his arm. Making it very painful for the swordsman to maintain his grip before dropping his saber. Vincent let go of the arm and headbutted Freed who continued to stumble back until he tried fighting back with his fists which he lacked much experience in and lead to him being punched hard enough to fall over a bridge and into the river stream underneath.
Vincent refused to give Freed time to recover and jumped down to meet him once more. Freed however, put aside the barbaric way of combat and used his eye magic.
"Dark Ericture: Pain!" Freed casted only for Vincent to avoid the attack and land another blow to his face.
Once more feeling disoriented, Freed tried to fight back by throwing punches and kicks which were off balance. He did manage to land a punch or two but Vincent remained unfazed as Freed lack physical strength to do actual harm. Leaving the green haired man to be kicked hard enough to skid across the river.
"Damn him, hand to hand fighting isn't my forte." Freed said as he felt at least one rib break. Luckily his determination was stronger than his fists, "Dark Ericture: Wings!" he casted making himself capable of flight and thus avoided the incoming bullets that Vincent fired.
'His magic relies on writing similar to that Levy girl. Though his seem to be meant for direct harm than support.' Vincent thought as Freed managed to pick up his saber.
"I think I should finish you here now before you hinder Laxus and his plans." Freed said arrogantly as another magic circle appeared over him. "Dark Ericture: Darkness!" he casted as he turned into a brutish looking beast before flying into Vincent and making him crash through a building.
Vincent coughed very loudly as he recovered from the hit before being assaulted by the large creature Freed turned himself into. He could see that Freed wasn't completely useless or arrogant if he was paired up with one of the few S class mages. As Freed is able to control and maintain his sanity unlike other transformation techniques make someone lose their sanity as a trade off for power. Similar to a Mad Enhancement that Berserkers are usually forced to have.
'If anything, I might have to risk using my own technique.' Vincent thought as he ducked under a punch before being lifted up and tossed further away from the main buildings.
"Darkness Breath!" Freed yelled as he summoned a black tornado that flew directly towards Vincent who went wide eyed.
"Damn, where is that materia when you need it?" Vincent asked as he was too slow to avoid the hit and ended up crashing into the ocean.
Vincent struggled to swim back to shore as he saw Freed continue his assault, "Darkness Flare Bomb!" Freed casted as he unleashed a powerful sphere covered in dark magic.
As the attack made its way to Vincent. Lucy's Bodyguard created his own magic circle and changed his form as the magic collided. Once the smoke disappeared, Freed was very surprised to see Vincent's form changed to that of a purple demon with horns. Despite the heavy blast Vincent took, he just stretched his limbs and started making snapping noises as he stretched his neck before standing up to Freed.
(Final Fantasy VII OST - Fight On!)
Vincent growled as tried to punch Freed who caught his fist. Freed in return tried to fight back only to receive a blast of fire from Vincent's mouth. By the end of this fight, Freed was likely going to have a severe concussion with all the times he's felt disoriented. Which didn't help as Vincent continued his rabid assault on Freed by repeatedly punching him around along with smashing his foe's face with his knee. In return, Freed grabbed Vincent by the horns and started running into the rocky points of the ocean and repeatedly smashing his head against the wall.
Vincent growled as he pushed Freed away, "Beast Flare!" he yelled as he blasted Freed further away with a heavy wave of fire.
Freed sneered as dashed right back Vincent and punched him in the throat before choke slamming him into the ground. Vincent countered his attack by using both hands to chop his neck. Freed backed off as he gasped for air before Vincent slapped both Freed's ears, making his ears ring as he was lifted up and slammed into the ground.
Freed quickly sat up and kicked Vincent away to prepare for his next attack, "Darkness Bre..." he tried to say only to be interrupted from an attack from behind.
Vincent watched in surprise as he saw Taurus appear and rush at Freed from behind, "Aren't you a celestial spirit?" Vincent asked Taurus as he recognized him.
"That's right, I'm not as ferocious as some of those Berserkers, but I ain't no pushover mister. Lucy has faith in me too!" Taurus says as he gives a thumbs up.
Vincent nodded as the two turned to face Freed who was started to look exhausted from having to be pushed to the limit.
With Natsu and Gajeel
The two had already made their way across the town of Magnolia. Both having the intent to defeat Laxus, mainly out of pride since they were pretty ignorant of all the destruction and harm going around them. From the looks of things, the heavy fighting had stopped from Freed being distracted as the barriers were either gone or being disabled by the Casters. It also helped that servants were confused for a single individual entity due to their connection to Lucy and her containing the Throne of Heroes.
Therefore it was like Freed's magic had difficulty understanding if it was holding Lucy or someone else. Which made it worse as it would mostly detect Lucy through the various barriers. It was simple, yet unpredictable as Freed's skill couldn't predict such a large contradiction when forcing the guild members to fight.
"The fights out here may be over, but I can finally beat up Laxus!" Natsu shouted with a sharp toothy grin.
"What are you talking about Salamander!? I'm gonna beat that overgrown man baby!" Gajeel shouted as the two Dragon Slayers sneered at each other.
Both unaware that they passed by Mordred, Siegfried and Astolfo who were frozen in their space and felt very confused.
"Are you guys getting a sense of deja vu?" Astolfo asked.
Both Sabers nodded, "I feel like I've done this before, but at the same time I haven't." Siegfried answered.
Mordred rubbed her temples, "Damn it! Stupid mama's boy!" he yelled.
"Who's a mama's boy?" Astolfo asked with a sweat drop.
"For some reason that's what I think when I picture that arrogant jackass." Mordred answered as she referred to Laxus.
After a few more minutes of running, the two finally made their way to the cathedral where Laxus was spectating the fights. Looking most displeased as Freed's magic had failed him and Evergreen was already defeated causing Laxus to lose his hold over the guild.
"Alright you petty overgrown mama's boy! It's time for us to finally kick your butt!" Natsu said as he pound his fists together.
"Oh so you two... wait did you just call me a mama's boy?" Laxus asked now feeling confused.
"Yeah, that's what some of the other guys said." Natsu answered while laughing at an angry looking Laxus.
"No matter, I'm finally rebuilding this guild to be for the strongest and kicking all of you losers out once the old man gives up." Laxus said arrogantly.
"Well that's not gonna happen because no one wants to be in a guild with a jerk like you! So I think it's time I punch out that smug look on your face!" Natsu said as he surrounded his body in flames.
Laxus chuckled as he still underestimated Natsu, "Let's see you try before I break you and the outsider." he says as he surrounds himself with lightning.
Back with Lucy
During the planning phase, Bisca had suggested shooting down the lacrimas that Laxus had made to surround the town. While the gun mage did destroy one with her rifle, it unfortunately injured her and left her unconscious. Leaving her to recuperate in the newly built infirmary while everyone else tried to think of a way to disable or destroy every lacrima without the risk of anyone getting harmed along the way.
It turns out that luck was on Lucy's side as she sensed several servants. Witnessing that Himiko, Richard and Hessian Lobo had arrived.
"What the?" Lucy asked as she didn't recognize them right away.
"Stella!" Himiko cheered as she tackled Lucy down in a hug.
Lucy gasped as she lost the oxygen in her body as Himiko's monstrous strength crushed her. Luckily the former Queen of Yamatai let go right away before trying to tell Lucy of her exploits.
"Um Himiko, first of all, I'm Lucy now. Second, did you guys come all this way to find me?" Lucy asked.
"Yup! It was long and tiring, and then this guy with green hair tried to attack us." Himiko said while listing out recent events. "And now we're here!" she said happily before hearing an explosion in the distance.
"Actually Himiko, I think you can help me with our situation." Lucy said as Himiko blinked in confusion.
"I can?" Himiko asked.
That's when Richard spoke up, "I think Lucy-sama is speaking about your mirrors and how they can reflect the lightning back without you getting hurt." he said.
Himiko blinked curiously as she summoned on of her mirrors. Himiko loved mirrors and enjoyed collecting them. Some people thought she was a witch with cursed abilities when in actuality, she was just shining her mirror in the wrong place and accidentally set invading ships on fire when she reflected the sun's glare. Similar to a technique that Archimedes can use. With all that in mind, Himiko responded to Lucy's hypothesis... by crying and rolling around the ground.
"NOOOO! I don't wanna! That's too much lightning and also my beautiful mirrors will get scratched!" Himiko said whining and crying.
Lucy sighed as she squatted down to meet Himiko's eyes, "Himiko, it won't hurt too much. I know of a way to give you enough power to handle all the lacrimas at once. I know you don't want your precious mirrors hurt." she says as she noticed Himiko's quivering. Lucy then smiled as she offered her hand, "So I, Lucy Heartfilia, student of Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern and reincarnation of Princess Stella Nox Fleuret and daughter of former Empress Aile Fleuret..."
At this point everyone sweat dropped or rubbed their aching heads. It's one thing to have a long name and title, but another thing to boast about all the people you're related to. So all the girls and the guild master hoped that Lucy would hurry up and convince Himiko to do her little hypothesis.
"...of the Empire of Palamecia. Will grant you any request you wish to your heart's content upon assisting me." Lucy said finally finishing her honor code.
Himiko wiped her eyes and nodded, "Ok you better grant my wish! I want uh... what did I want? There's so many things out there, do I have want a wish? No, yes! I do! I want... I want to meet my soulmate!" she exclaimed making everyone face fault.
"Eh?" Lucy asked with an awkward smile.
"As the former Queen of Yamatai, I Shingi Waō, otherwise known as Himiko to the modern man. Request a dramatic and exciting encounter with my soulmate! Please!" Himiko pleaded.
Lucy sweat dropped at the request, "You want anything else or is that it?" she asked.
Lucy regretted asking that as Himiko made a thinking pose, "I like to collect shiny mirrors and haniwa. Maybe some tasty clams too." Himiko answered happily.
Lucy sighed as she acknowledged the request. Before she did anything crazy, she saw Medusa and Jack pushing a cart holding a pig contained with a cage. What was more surprising was Circe was riding on the cage like it was a chair. No doubt the pig's existence was her doing.
"I brought you all gift. Sadly, it was not in the form of a festive banquet." Circe said as she hit her staff against the metal bars.
That's when everyone realized who was inside the pig, "Are you serious?" Cana asked as she tried to hold back her laugh.
Levy covered her mouth in surprise, "The worst irony I can imagine." she said.
"Evergreen is that you!?" Makarov asked.
The pig whined as it sat down, "Yes." she answered.
Everyone else just laughed at the predicament. While Evergreen turned the girls into stone. Circe was captured and turned into a pig. A pretty depressing punishment for a woman arrogant enough to call herself queen of the fairies.
"Good, now you can learn your lesson that way! Now tell me what my grandson is up to before I put you on the menu! And if you don't believe me, then you clearly haven't met a very hungry Natsu!" Makarov yelled as Evergreen squealed in horror.
"OKAY! OKAY! I'LL TELL YOU! PLEASE DON'T EAT ME!" Evergreen begged with tears in her eyes.
Evergreen literally squealed like a pig and revealed everything she was told by Laxus. The information was very shocking that Makarov had turned pale and fell onto his back while clutching his chest.
"MASTER!" the girls yelled.
"Happy, go find Porlyusica-san!" Lucy said as Happy nodded.
"Aye sir!" Happy said as he flew away to find the elderly doctor.
"I'll try to heal him myself, but I need someone to find Warren." Lucy said confusing some of them.
"Why Warren Lucy?" Mira asked curiously.
"Because he's a part of the plan I need so I can power up Himiko so we can stop the thunderdome." Lucy answered which surprised Mira.
That's when Lobo growled and barked, "What does he want?" Cana asked fearfully.
Lucy smiled, "Lobo can try to track him down. Does anyone have anything Warren touched or a photo that the Hessian on Lobo's back can use?" she asked.
Mira used her transformation magic to turn into Warren. Though aside from the disturbing sight of Warren in a girly dress. The Hessian nodded as he made Lobo ride off into the town to seek out the telepathic mage. Though that didn't stop Lucy from having this shaking feeling that there is still a lot more to worry about than pride obsessed man child with a superiority complex.
With Gray
Gray was chasing around Bickslow, the clown of Laxus's group. From the look of things, Bickslow kept leading Gray around to narrow areas to trap him. Along with making it easier to use his "babies" to hurt Gray who also had to worry about civilians getting hurt. Especially one where Bickslow went ahead and sent of his totems to hit a building where a little girl was watching from the window. Gray immediately dashed for the window to use himself as a shield along with risking Bickslow's escape.
Yet it seemed like fate was on his side once more.
"Chariot of Boudica!" yelled out a voice as a chariot pulled by two white horses arrived to block the attack.
Gray watched as he was pulled onto the chariot by Juvia of all people, "Gray my love!" she said as she hugged him tightly.
"Juvia!? How... what is this? Weren't you frozen too and...?" Gray asked as he was confused.
Juvia smiled, "I snuck out of the guild after being freed and hitched a ride with Boudica nee-chan and friend Mata Hari." she said pointing to the two girls.
"Ok, well at least the kid is safe. Now we just need to go after Bickslow." Gray said as he saw the man climbing up the building.
"Buckle up! No seriously, buckle up or else this chariot isn't moving." Boudica said as Gray sighed and put on the conveniently placed seat belt.
The next thing Gray knew, they were all moving at a skyrocketed speed towards Bickslow. Who was still trying to attempt parkour but only managed to avoid breaking his body with the help of his totems. Despite the need for help, Bickslow was only more annoying by showing off his acrobatics.
"Haha, so you finally made it slowpokes?" Bickslow taunted.
"You bastard, you almost killed some kid!" Gray yelled angrily.
"Hey don't freak out about it. You were ready to be a meat shield anyways so I don't see the problem." Bickslow said denying that he was at fault.
Gray fumed as Juvia gently held his hand that was turned into a fist, "Gray dear, don't let him anger you. We can defeat him and punish him together." she said trying to keep him composed.
However Bickslow jumped to the top of a pole before revealing a class card, "Whatever you say water lady. Because we got an admirer that wants to see Fairy Tail be a real guild." he said surprising the four. "I wonder what this one does." he says as he activated the card and transformed.
Bickslow was now wearing a mask and dressed in victorian style clothing with sharp gloved hands. The totems also transformed into animatronic machines with clawed hands as well. Seeing that he had an advantage, Bickslow took off his mask and laughed. Revealing his strange face, hairstyle and magic eyes. The girls screamed in fright at such a hideous man. Leaving Gray to suddenly hold Juvia against his bare chest.
"Don't worry Juvia, it's just the class card. It disfigured his face, but it will go away when we beat him up." Gray promised.
However Bickslow face faulted, "This is my real face you jerk!" he yelled angrily.
Juvia continued to cry into Gray's shirt, "Gray-sama, please save me from the creepy man!" she pleaded.
Before Gray could respond, Boudica and Mata Hari also cried onto Gray, "So creepy!" they said.
This quickly angered Juvia, "He's my husband! Back off!" she yelled angrily.
Leaving Bickslow quite annoyed, "I'm not that ugly am I?" he asked one of his totems turned automatrons.
The automatron shook its head satisfying Bickslow. Only to face it's counterparts and nodded rapidly. This went unnoticed by Bickslow who went back to continuing his fight.
"Now you see me. Now you don't." Bickslow says as he disappears from his spot.
Gray then pushed everyone away as he prepared for Bickslow's appearance. Having been paired up with Lucy long enough. Gray identified that Bickslow used presence of concealment and the only weakness is that it gets weak depending on how eager the Assassin is to attack their target. It also didn't help that the automatrons were going after them.
"Juvia, watch out!" Gray warned as Juvia immediately turned into water and survived one of machines trying to skewer her.
"Water Whip!" Juvia called out as she slashed at the machine, splitting it in half.
Although that didn't stop it as the machine tried walking on it's two hands to keep slashing at Juvia. Meanwhile Boudica used her shield and sword to combat the machines. Leaving Mata Hari to use a kitchen knife she found to defend herself as she had very little fighting skills to combat the machines and had doubts that her Noble Phantasm could affect machines. Leaving Gray to create a large wall of ice as Bickslow appeared and tried to slash at him with his new claws.
"That's lame! I should have got someone bigger or faster." Bickslow said as he broke through the ice.
Gray slammed his fist into his hand, "Like that suits you at all you freak. Ice Make: Spear!" he yelled as he tossed a spear made of ice towards Bickslow's head.
"Don't hate the player, hate the designer or whatever." Bickslow said as he bent over backwards to avoid the attack.
"Ice Make: Hammer!" Gray yelled as he created a hammer and attempted to hit Bickslow while he was getting back up.
"Come on, your boring me here Gray. You really are weak and slow. You won't even reach Laxus if you can't touch me." Bickslow said continuing to taunt Gray.
"Water Ray!" Juvia yelled as she blasted Bickslow with water from her palm. "Don't let him anger you. It's what he wants!" she said warning her love.
Gray shook his head, "Ok, but we need to beat him fast so we can beat Laxus." he says as Bickslow dashes at him with his claws.
Gray then started to use his ice magic to coat his arms to block the clawed attacks before kicking Bickslow away. As the two fought it out, Juvia tried to time her attack as to avoid hitting Gray. Her opening came once Gray created an ice sword and managed to break one of Bickslow's clawed hands. Bickslow screamed in pain as he gripped his missing claws, but hopefully his real hand was fine once the class card is uninstalled. Regardless, Biscklow stumbled away which gave Juvia time to restrain him.
"Water Lock!" Juvia casted trapping Biscklow in her dome.
"Good job Juvia!" Gray said praising Juvia as she blushed.
Meanwhile Bickslow gripped his throat as he started to lose his breath. Juvia's face turned back into her usual expressionless one as she wasn't capable of killing others. Her technique relied on incapacitating her foes once they lose enough oxygen. So she would be sure to keep him alive until he regained consciousness. However it appears that Bickslow had more plans and disappeared again.
"He's gone!" Juvia said filled with fright as she dropped the water lock.
"Juvia no!" Gray warned as he saw Juvia get smacked off of the roof.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia cried out as Gray jumped after her.
"Hang on!" Gray said as he held her close while using one of his arms to create a slide.
At the same time, Bickslow laughed while remaining invisible, "Haha, now time to finish off the ladies." he said while looking at Mata Hari and Boudica who were struggling. Unfortunately, the class card had many glitches, "Oof!" Bickslow said as he tripped and fell on his face.
One of these defects was his presence of concealment keeping him invincible. Bickslow immediately realized that he couldn't see himself just as no one else could see him. Making this quite the difficult battle for him.
"Stay calm, just take them out and then run away with the babies." Bickslow said only to knock into his automatrons. "Ok that hurt. Did you get the girls?" he asked them as the machines helped them up.
As the machines attempted to communicate while helping Bickslow's invisible form up. Mata Hari suddenly jumped on top of Bickslow and started slapping and pulling on his face. The automatrons attempted to help their master only to end up hitting Bickslow more often than they did Mata. Luckily their concern for their master's safety outweighed their concern to defeat Boudica along with Gray and Juvia who were making their way back to the rooftop.
This gave Boudica the chance to slice off the head and one of the arms of an automatron that turned their back on her. The red haired Briton then proceeded to grab the arm and tossed it to Mata.
"Thank you Boudica!" Mata said as she used the arm to slap Bickslow.
"Boudica onee-chan." Boudica said correcting Mata.
For some reason the supposed Queen of Victory needed to be seen as an elder sister figure. Especially around anyone that descended from England.
So now Bickslow felt the wrath of someone's onee-chan, "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! My babies have been turned against me!" he yelled as he tried shaking Mata off of him.
"I can hardly fight, but if its for the many friends of Lucy. Then I'll try my best!" Mata said as she kept slapping Bickslow with the automatron arm.
"So annoying! I swear... AHH!" Bickslow started to scream as he tripped and started falling backwards over the roof.
"AHHH!" Mata also started to scream as she let go of the arm and Bickslow.
Upon falling, Mata Hari felt as if the world had just slowed down completely. It wasn't magic or an illusion, but as if the mind just wanted to extend it's time in this world.
(Johann Sebastian Bach - Air On G String)
Mata Hari gave a weak smile, 'I suppose this is it. I shouldn't be scared or worried. Not that I think someone is coming to save me.' she thought as she watched Boudica's scared face the Rider tried to reach out to her despite how far Mata was falling. 'I suppose it feels good knowing someone cares. Because once I plummet, I'll be in a lot of pain sure, but I'll just be sent back to Lucy. At least Lucy wants me.' she thought while remembering Lucy.
The former spy remembered the day she met Stella's reincarnation and was delighted to meet the excitable girl.
"I can't promise you a husband, but can you at least accept companionship?" was what Lucy asked her the day they formed their contract.
Mata Hari shed a tear, 'That's all I wanted, I didn't care for treasures. No amount of beautiful things will fill that void. Eternal youth sounds nice too, but settling down and having a nice family in a nice home would be perfect.' she thought as she remembered her broken childhood. 'But even then, no master really wants me and my inability to fight keeps me from winning. I guess a wish is just a wish. Something I can't make a reality.' she continued to think sadly.
Mata Hari closed her eyes and accepted her fate. Expecting to feel nothing but her whole body shattering due to her poor endurance before awakening in the Throne of Heroes once more. Only to open her eyes as she felt a wave of water catch her from the air as she heard a loud cracking thud beside her. Mata Hari realized she was about a half a meter from the ground whereas she could see blood leaking onto the ground. Most likely from Bickslow as his Presence of Concealment was still having issues.
Also blood was pouring into the sky for some reason.
(End of Song)
"This really hurts... but at least... I got to see some melons." Bickslow said in between coughs before Mata slapped his face.
"Pervert!" Mata yelled as she slapped what she had assumed to be his face. To be fair, Mata Hari is known to be a dancer and used her wiles to allure men, 'But I'm not giving him a free show!' she thought while suddenly needing to cover her ample chest.
'Maybe that Lucy girl ain't so bad. There's so many hot chicks now, even if some of them are as dangerous as Erza.' Bickslow thought before losing consciousness.
Well actually he lost consciousness after he felt someone land on his chest.
"Yo am I late?" asked none other than Loki who was wearing a suit.
"Loki, you're back!" Gray said as he made his way back down while Juvia tended to Mata Hari.
"Yeah, Lucy said she needed the strongest and the best out here. So I brought this petite cutie with me." Loki said as he revealed Circe riding on his back.
Circe giggled, "Ara ara, a nice boy. Anyhow, who am I punishing?" she asked as Bickslow's transformation let go as his class card burned out.
"That's him right there." Gray said as Circe smiled before hitting the man upside the head and turning him into a pig.
"Good, now two more left." Circe said having been given the explanation of her targets.
Meanwhile Juvia was hugging Mata Hari, "You almost got really hurt Mata-chan." she said.
Mata nodded, "It's fine Juvia. I would have just ended up being sent back to Lucy." she said.
Juvia frowned, "But wouldn't that hurt? The fall is pretty big." she said.
Mata smiled, "Thank you Juvia, but I really am fine. Death isn't permanent for me." she said.
Juvia once again pulled Mata Hari closer in a hug, "Don't say that Mata-chan. Even if you're a ghost. Your life has value and you matter to someone. Even if the world you know is gone." she said changing Mata's perspective.
"Thank you Juvia." Mata said as she hugged back.
Back with Laxus
The battle with Laxus is a tough one. Despite his cockiness and claim to be the strongest in the guild. The level of arrogance from Laxus met his level of power. To Natsu and Gajeel's frustration, Laxus is a dragon slayer. Though they weren't aware of his lacrima which gave him his power, but it was limited. It won't run out, but it won't give them the true potential of a dragon slayer. Laxus is no push over, but he could never reach the same feats Natsu and Gajeel can achieve in the future.
It also didn't help that Gajeel had the disadvantage of using iron. Without involving too much science, the heavy amount of electrons inside of iron makes it easy for lightning to conduct in iron. Which is bad as underneath Gajeel's iron scales is his flesh, making it excruciatingly painful.
That and Natsu was still too slow and reckless in his fighting style.
"I really hate this guy!" Natsu growled.
"Really? Well that solves that mystery." Gajeel replied sarcastically.
As they argued, Laxus sent them flying across the cathedral with another blast of lightning.
"Idiots, you two are what makes this guild so pathetic. You have a pyromaniac that destroys everything he touches and an enemy that was ok with smashing up our place." Laxus said.
Gajeel smirked, "At least we aren't pathetic enough to run and hide like you did." he said making Laxus sneer.
"But you're going to wish you did run! Lightning Dragon's Breakdown Fist!" Laxus yelled as he coated his arm in lightning and smashed the ground around them.
"Crap, I really wish I had that class card again!" Natsu yelled knowing Karna's armor would have reduced that attack's damage.
His thoughts were put aside as he saw one of the walls of the cathedral collapse. Not from the power Laxus displayed, but rather by Freed who was punched through the wall. With Vincent and Taurus trailing behind him. Laxus snarled seeing that Freed returned to his normal human form as he lost consciousness.
"Your pathetic Freed!" Laxus yelled before kicking his green haired subordinate away.
"You jerk!" Natsu growled angrily. "He was loyal to you this whole time and you kick him around like he's garbage!?" he asked with much frustration in his voice.
"Freed had his job and he screwed up. I guess he isn't worthy of being a part of my new guild." Laxus said as he didn't bother facing Freed.
Natsu continued to growl, "You really are a piece of work you spoiled jerk! This is why you can't be guild master! Because no matter what, no one would follow an asshole like you!" he shouted as he dashed at Laxus.
Laxus grinned as he prepared to put Natsu in his place, "Lightning Dragon Iron Fist!" he yelled
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Natsu countered as the two fists connected causing a bright flash of light.
Natsu was sent back flying, but before Laxus could boast about his power. He almost lost his footing and noticed something else. Natsu forced him to skid back at least ten meters to the back of the cathedral. Laxus was growing ever more angry that someone like Natsu could push him back and even more when the true dragon slayer just recovered after that hit.
"I'm still fired up Laxus!" Natsu yelled as he didn't stop his fighting.
"Don't think you can leave me behind Salamander! Iron Dragon's Sword!" Gajeel yelled as he tried slashing at Laxus who rolled away.
"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!" Natsu yelled as he hit Laxus when he didn't have time to react.
Laxus crashed through several pillars before hitting his head into a wall. It didn't stop there as he had to dodge Natsu's punch which was aimed for his head. Laxus charged up more lightning into his body and flew towards Natsu. Only to feel a heavy punch against his face that sent him crashing into the wall.
"Thanks uh, giant purple monster?" Natsu asked as he couldn't recognize Vincent.
However, Vincent did take a knee before releasing his form, "I'm out of energy for that form." he said.
"Hey since when can you turn into giant monsters?" Natsu asked.
"That's not important! Now watch out!" Vincent says as he tackles Natsu away from Laxus who tried to hit while they were talking.
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Laxus roared.
"Damn, Aeroga!" Vincent casted as he tried shielding himself and Natsu with a heavy wind spell. "This won't hold it very long!" Vincent said as the lightning spell was too powerful and too long.
"MOOO!" Taurus yelled as he tried to hit Laxus from behind.
"Cow!?" Laxus asked in confusion.
"Name's Taurus and you picked the wrong fight by making Lucy your enemy! Especially considering how much of a beauty she is! Moo!" Taurus said making Laxus sweat drop.
Putting aside the existence of a perverted cow. Laxus avoided the axe swings before landing a frontward kick up the celestial spirit's chin sending him flying away. Vincent proceeded to shoot all three rounds in his revolver hoping to catch him off guard. Laxus zapped himself away dashed towards Vincent who was reloading while avoiding Natsu and Gajeel's continued strikes aimed towards him.
With Laxus finally arriving in front of Vincent who's gun was finally loaded and aimed. However the dragon slayer was clearly more ready to fight.
"Lightning Dragon Iron Hammer!" Laxus yelled as he aimed his lightning coated punch towards Vincent.
"What is it with you idiots and putting iron in your attack names!? I don't see iron or hammers!" Gajeel yelled angrily.
He understood that iron was probably meant to describe or strong or painful the attack it, but as an iron dragon slayer it was confusing and redundant for him. It didn't matter anyways as the attack went through Vincent causing him to disappear.
"A Thought Projection!?" Laxus asked angrily before hearing three more bullets being fired.
Laxus attempted to deflected them by charging lightning around his body. Only for one of them to hit him in the shoulder, a second grazing his arm and the final narrowly missing. Laxus gasped loudly as held his shoulder in pain. Wondering how primitive weapons were able to pierce his flesh and deal so much damage to his body.
"What is this?" Laxus asked as he winced in pain.
"Origin Bullets, they're specifically created to combat mages. Especially anyone who can control or transform into the elements kid." Vincent said as he loaded three more bullets. "You better give up now before you make things harder for yourself." he said as he kept his gun aimed at Laxus.
Vincent was right to do so as Laxus's superiority complex refused to let him give up. For in a split second, Vincent saw Laxus pull out a class card. Seeing the incoming threat, Vincent had no choice but to continue shooting to incapacitate Laxus. Unfortunately, the speed of a bullet regardless of it's enhancements were not faster than lightning as Laxus activated the card and turned into a pseudo servant before being swatted away with an axe.
Having taken the heavy hit, Vincent blindly opened fire and ended up missing all of his shots. As he sat up from the hit, he looked up to see that Laxus carried a strange axe and his attire changed to something more of what a Russian mobster would wear. Not too different as Laxus still looked like an arrogant jackass now that his clothes looked slick but had that thuggish outlook.
"You losers are done for now." Laxus said as the effect of the origin bullet went away and he was able to release a lot more lightning.
"Crap, did he get stronger!?" Natsu asked as he narrowly avoided the lightning that had it's speed and power enhanced.
"He ain't stopping me or getting rewarded with Lucy's boobs! Rampage!" Taurus yelled as he jumped up and slammed his axe onto the ground creating a large shockwave.
Laxus smirked as he smashed his own axe down and countered the attack. Right before raising up his axe to block Taurus who was much slower in this state. Regardless, it seemed like now, the celestial spirit was really motivated to win.
"You guys jumping in or not. I mean, I get first dibs with my Holy Maiden Master, but..." Taurus said gesturing to Laxus who then pushed him away.
"Everyone be cautious, that servant is one with divinity so his magic is dangerous and powerful." Vincent said as he couldn't entirely recognize the
"Karna would be really useful right now. Just saying." Natsu said as he tried punching Laxus who kept avoiding his attacks.
"Salamander, I don't wanna hear your complaining!" Gajeel yelled as he covered himself in iron scales again.
Laxus kept laughing, "Well I'm pretty much done with all you losers." he said as he charged even more godly amount of lightning magic. He then jumped up and prepared to slam down his axe, "Golden Eater!" he yelled just as Taurus ran up to him.
"Tension Max!" Taurus yelled as he put every bit of energy he has in attempt to block the Noble Phantasm.
Only to be blasted away along with the others in a moderately large explosion that shook the entire cathedral.
With Lucy and Warren
Warren was very nervous, he was a bit unsure about Lucy's plan. Yet at the same time, he was afraid of Dark Lucy who decided to "convince" him. It was pretty bad considering that Warren was hardly around in the guild lately so he didn't get the chance to meet Lucy earlier or meet her dark side.
"Um, what did you want me to do again?" Warren asked nervously.
"Do I need to repeat myself Warren-kun?" Dark Lucy asked, her evil grin ever present. Regardless, she still whispered her plan into his ear, "Better?" she asked.
Warren nodded and attempted to mentally communicate with everyone in the guild who was still conscious. This ending with a loudspeaker sound effect going on and Warren messing with his magic as if he was on a radio.
"Hey is this thing on? Hellooooo!" Warren announced grabbing a few of the wizards attention. "Guys please listen! Dark Lucy is threatening me and all of you with torture if we don't listen to her!" he mentally shouted gathering everyone's attention.
Everyone shivered and stood at the position of attention. While not as physically powerful, Dark Lucy was stronger in terms of mind games. And no one in Fairy Tail wanted any mental torture from Dark Lucy since she needs to be appeased before regular Lucy can appear again.
"Are they listening?" Dark Lucy asked receiving a fast nod from Warren. "Good! Hello everyone, if you haven't stopped fighting. Do so now before I unleash unspeakable agony upon you." she said as a small storm could be seen in the sky.
Everyone immediately got on their knees and bowed their heads.
"Listen closely my dear friends. Today is supposed to be a special occasion, yet it appears that Laxus-kun has decided to turn today into a dick waving contest. It doesn't help that quite a few of you are fighting just to do the same." Dark Lucy said as there were a couple wizards like Natsu that were having too much fun. Dark Lucy then cleared her throat before explaining her plan, "Unfortunately, there's also the lacrimas in the sky that will likely activate and kill everyone unless baby Laxus gets his bottle. So that's where you all come in. There's a nice Queen from an ancient land, named Himiko who loves mirrors and enjoys collecting them. I need all of you to pour every bit of energy you have into Himiko so she can hopefully open fire and reflect the lightning back so we all don't go through a painful death. Reincarnation is a pain everyone and not everyone gets to do it." she explained.
Before long, everyone that was connected to Warren's mental link found a set of command seals on the back of their hands. Once again in the shape of Fairy Tail's sigil. All of them now finding themselves being connected the former Queen of Yamatai who was currently sitting in the guild waiting on some food she ordered from Mira. Then feeling a large headache that made her very uncomfortable.
"Ouch! So many masters just for one servant." Himiko whined as she rubbed her temples.
Elizabeth giggled behind her hand, "The sad part is you're a Ruler so you can't participate in a normal Grail War. You can't make a wish of your desire either because of your saint like title." she said as Himiko cried anime tears.
"So mean!" Himiko whined.
Before long Himiko felt a sudden surge of mana going through her body. Feeling this slight discomfort, she ran out of the guild despite Mira calling her and telling her that her food was ready. Still being full of despair, Himiko summoned several mirrors around her started blasting at several of the lacrima. As predicted it returned fire only to be reflected back but not so easily.
"Ok this hurts, but I can do it." Himiko said as she can feel the mana from the guild regenerating her.
"Only about several dozen more Miko-chan." Elizabeth said teasing Himiko only to get slapped in the back of the head by Nero.
"Baka, she's the only capable one here." Nero said in her pompous voice.
"You don't need to hit me!" Elizabeth whined as she rubbed spot where Nero hit her.
When suddenly, they were interrupted by the sight of sword slashes heading their way. Luckily Himiko was able to defend herself with one of her mirrors. Everyone looked to see a man in a suit walking up to them with his head down and his hands in his pockets. Yet, he didn't look calm as he approached them. In fact, this man was twitching violently while briefly revealing the veins on his face were throbbing and turning a blackish green.
"Stand... back... troublesome... bastard... got... to... me..." the man said.
"Who's the suit!?" Himiko asked.
"I don't know, but watch out for that sword!" Elizabeth warned as Himiko moved out of the way from the heavy attack that left a large crater on the ground.
Nero groaned, "While I clearly have the best body along with the best singing voice." Elizabeth groaned at the Emperor's pride. "It will most unfortunately, not help us as I am not a Saber." she said.
Himiko sweat dropped, "Why is it that a lot of you need to wear bikinis when changing classes?" she asked.
Nero merely gave a hearty laugh as she suddenly sparked, "I know it is unfortunate Queen Himiko. I'm sure you have a body that many yearn to witness as well." she said as Himiko really didn't care about showing off her assets.
"Now isn't the time to walk down the runaway!" Elizabeth yelled as she managed to block one of the man's strikes. "He's too tough and I need help!" Elizabeth demanded before being kicked away.
Just as the man prepared to attack Himiko again. He found several swords flying towards him. The man was able to parry away each sword before finding himself having to block Erza's dual bladed attack as she was in her Heaven's Wheel armor.
"What is going?" Erza asked as she stopped the rogue servant.
"That man came out of nowhere and is trying to stop Himiko!" Nero warned as she prepared her staff.
Erza began to struggle with her new opponent as their swords were locked against each other, "I will not allow this. I can't use too much of my mana, but at the same time I will not let my guild fall." she said as she pushed her enemy away.
"Troublesome... need... help... remove... bug!" the servant tried to say only to charge at Erza with a heavy strike.
Erza's eyes widened as she remembered something similar with Arthur. It was different, but she could see that the servant's eyes were yellow and he starting to go pale as well. It's also likely that he knows he is under someone else's control. Her thoughts were broken as the servant had to block an attack from a Saber.
"Okita!" Erza said recognizing the Saber.
"This is an ironic twist. Captain of the Third Squadron, Hajime Saito." Okita said as she got into a defensive stance.
Hajime twitched even more, "First... captain..." he managed to say before striking at her.
"Beware of him Erza-san. He can rotate between speed and heavy strikes, but has a near invincible blade. He doesn't believe in defeat unless an opponent is dead." Okita said as Erza nodded.
"Very well, I suppose it's almost similar to fighting Ikaruga in a way." Erza said as she found herself in a fight between captains of the Shinsigumi.
Back at the cathedral
Taurus crashed outside of the cathedral while holding his aching muscles. As he tried to sit up, he watched as Vincent and Gajeel were also tossed out. Before he could even consider gathering up his strength to fight an amplified Laxus again. He sensed Loki appearing behind him with Circe.
"Hey Leo, you finally made it. Took you long enough." Taurus commented as he used his axe to stand up.
"Well, I had to help carry this cutie." Loki replied.
Taurus chuckled, "Ok I get you, but to be fair. She could use some development upstairs if you get what I mean." he said with a wink.
Circe frowned as she knew that the celestial spirit was referring to her small breasts. Regardless she could sense the heavy amount of divine magic coming from inside the cathedral.
"It seems that someone in relation to a god has appeared." Circe said with some interest.
"A god? Well too bad, tag you're it." Taurus said as he tagged Loki's hand and disappeared. Then the lion briefly heard Taurus say, "But I get the reward from Lucy if you beat him for me!" as he left.
Loki groaned, "Freaking Laxus being a pain. Do you think you can help?" he asked Circe.
Circe smiled, "I have some divinity of my own, but I should see who we're dealing with." she said as the two slowly approached the cathedral.
Only to find Gajeel running back in with his arm turned into an iron sword. Which was a mistake as he was now a lightning rod for Laxus to use as an outlet. Causing him to be blasted away along with Natsu who was tossed at him.
"Not good, it appears that he is using stolen power from Sakata Kintoki. The son of Raijin, the Shinto God of Lightning." Circe said to Loki.
"So any suggestions?" Loki asked.
"Trap him inside of something made of rubber maybe?" Circe suggested knowing rubber can't conduct electricity... most of the time.
Loki still had some doubts in himself seeing as Laxus was able to take two people with one being a celestial spirit like himself. At best, he could attempt to tire out Laxus as he had little knowledge of the power that the man had. From the looks of things, his only backup was Circe along with the dragon slayers who looked pretty beat up.
"Stay here." Loki said only to see Happy arriving while carrying Richard in his arms.
"Move over you meanie! The cavalry's here!" Happy announced as he dropped Richard.
"Who the hell are you!?" Laxus demanded.
"I am the second King to wield Excalibur. The one who will help put an end to your terror." Richard said as Laxus scoffed.
"It's only terror for the weaklings. Besides, no fancy sword or armor is gonna beat me. I don't care if you call yourself a king either." Laxus said as he tapped into Kintoki's power.
Laxus rushed at Richard who immediately summoned his fake version of Excalibur to block the axe. Luckily the king of England had the strength to withstand the constant bashing Laxus brought down on him. But also had the speed to keep up with him before pushing him away. Meanwhile Happy flew towards the downed Gajeel and Natsu.
"Hey guys, Lucy brought gifts and no Natsu. It's not Dark Magician." Happy said as Natsu frowned.
"I don't want it then." Natsu said as he looked away.
"It's Karna." Happy said as Natsu grinned and took the class card and activated it.
Gajeel reluctantly took one and took a moment to figure out it's activation. As he was too stubborn to ask or accept help. By the time he did figure it out, Gajeel could sense a lot of physical strength pumping through his veins. Now he stood tall and ready to fight again using Lu Bu's power. Gajeel grinned as he slammed his halberd down causing a slight earthquake that knocked Laxus off of his feet while he was distracted.
"I could get used to this." Gajeel said.
Natsu however, found it funny, "Ha! You got feathers on your head like a chicken!" he said pointing to the feather's on Gajeel's head.
Sadly Gajeel wasn't cultured enough to know that it's a traditional headpiece. That surprisingly enough, some modern people use in foreign militaries as a sign of respect. So he just picked a fight with Natsu.
"At least I'm not showing off my chest like your stripper boyfriend!" Gajeel yelled sounding annoyed.
"I'm not gay! You're gay with your stupid feathers metal face!" Natsu yelled back angrily.
Happy then appeared between the two angry dragon slayers with a note, "Guys, Lucy said if you two fight instead of working together. She's gonna do lots of bad things to you." he said as he handed them a letter.
They didn't need read much. Other than sensing Dark Lucy's presence laced in the letter. The two back away in fear before arming their weapons and aimed their sights on Laxus who running back and forth with Richard. Natsu dashed at them first while coating himself in flames while Gajeel slowly trudged right behind him.
(Jujutsu Kaisen OST - 7 to 3)
As Laxus swung down and missed his attack. Richard quickly slashed at him while resisting the uncontrolled energy Laxus continued to omit. By now, it was safe to say that Laxus was forcing the class card he was given to use every bit of energy it had. There was no doubt he would use every bit of it's essence in an attempt to win. He would most likely break before that ever happens.
With that, Richard continued to clash his blade with the axe. Hoping to find a good opening within the brutish style of fighting that Laxus possessed.
"Is that all you got Lancelot?" Laxus asked in a cocky voice.
"Lancelot is a knight! Not a king you ignoramus!" Richard argued.
You don't need to know your history or certain terms in jargon to be a leader. Yet it's better to avoid making yourself look like a fool if you wish to take up the mantle of leadership. So that's another reason why thunderhead here shouldn't be the leader of anything.
"It doesn't matter. I make up the rules once the old man surrenders the title over to me!" Laxus exclaimed.
"You dishonorable ingrate! Turning on your grandfather's guild is selfish and disgusting! You are unworthy of being a guild master let alone the leader of anything!" Richard yelled as his composure started to slip.
This gave Laxus and opening to land a devastating punch to his abdomen. Laxus smirked as Richard held his stomach before being kicked in the chin sending him crashing into a wall. However just as Laxus was about to land a devastating blow when Gajeel appeared with a smirk on his face.
Laxus growled as he slammed his axe onto Gajeel's weapon. Then repeatedly punching the dragon slayer in the face before having his own face grabbed and shoved onto the ground before being repeatedly stomped on.
"Not so tough now that I got a cheat sheet too." Gajeel said as Laxus grabbed his foot and tried to pull him down.
Only for Natsu to land on his back, "You like this Laxus!? You like it when other people are stronger than you!?" he asked.
"No one is stronger than me!" Laxus roared as he pushed them off of him. "Lightning God's Roar!" he yelled as he unleashed his enhanced magic.
"Fire Dragon God's Roar!" Natsu yelled back as the two techniques created a giant explosion.
Laxus celebrated too quickly as he never prepared for Natsu to fly right at him and smash him through the windows in the cathedral. By the time Laxus broke free of his grip, he found himself being shot at by Gajeel's arrows. With the Iron Dragon Slayer laughing at how much fun he feels at trying a new weapon.
"Haha, I should try this stuff more often. Now I know how Salamander felt when he got me with that sword." Gajeel said before finally piercing Laxus with an arrow.
Laxus gritted his teeth as he barrelled towards Gajeel again only to feel Natsu crash onto him. Laxus snarled as he started punching and bashing his elbow onto Natsu's head who just tanked the beatings.
"O Agni." Natsu muttered as Laxus was set on fire before crashing through the rooftop.
Gajeel grinned, "Hey Salamander! I'm new to this whole teamwork thing but at least let me share in the beating!" he shouted as he eagerly climbed up to the roof.
Richard slowly stood back up before taking a few breathes, "I let my emotions dominate my thoughts. I should assist them." he said before using his superior agility to jump between ledges to the top of the roof.
(Fate Stay Night OST - Mouka Houkou)
At the rooftop
Having made it to the top of the rooftop. Natsu and Laxus exchanged blows through the use of their respective weapons before reaching a stalemate and attempting to push one another off of the roof. Laxus seemed to have been gaining the upper hand only to feel as Natsu started to pour his own amount of godly fire to give him the boost to push Laxus past his limits and near the roof.
"Damn it! Just stay down you idiot!" Laxus yelled.
"I won't quit until I beat you and finally prove you're not as good as you think!" Natsu yelled back as the two kept putting pressure on each other.
Before either of them made their move. Laxus briefly looked up at his dragon tears that made his up thunderdome get destroyed. He gritted his teeth as he saw all of them get individually destroyed with no sign of repercussion as they appeared to be coming from one source.
"Looks like your crappy cage failed. You lose now Laxus!" Natsu exclaims with a wide grin on his face.
With Himiko's group
Himiko panted as she was on her hands and knees, "That hurt and it was too much work!" she whined.
Meanwhile Hajime was finally defeated and knocked unconscious, "Calm down, you can worry about your mirrors being scratched later." Elizabeth said as Himiko gasped and checked on the collection she had to use to reflect the lightning.
As this happened, Erza lifted up Hajime to make sure he still wasn't possessed, "Hopefully Lucy can put this one back under her control." she said as she looked towards the sight of Laxus's final stand.
Completely unaware of the Hassan who was watching them the whole time, "The coup was a failure. We should have brought more to intervene." he said as he didn't agree with Mateus on his decision to only observe Fairy Tail's battle.
Along with enticing Laxus with power which also seemed to have failed. It doesn't help that the class cards are nowhere near the same design and skill level as the ones Ventus can produce. Leaving the Assassin to escape and fight another day when given the chance.
Back with Laxus
Laxus was all out of options and new one final trick he would have to rely on as he was desperate to win. The son grandson of the Makarov pushed himself past his limit as well and shoved Natsu away before putting his hands together to form a familiar orb.
"I'm the only one who's going to win!" Laxus yelled angrily as he used whatever magic power that remained.
Natsu narrowed his eyes as he prepared one final attack. It wasn't too long that Gajeel finally arrived with Richard arriving just moments before him. Both of them also prepared their weapons hoping to put Laxus down and retake the guild.
"This is it fools! Fairy Tail is mine!" Laxus exclaimed as he prepared his final attack. "It's over! Fairy Law!" he yelled as he casted one of the guild's most powerful techniques.
Natsu quickly retaliated as did his temporary teammates. All three completely unaware of how the technique did no damage. Leaving Laxus out of energy and burning out the class card he was given. Laxus now finds himself confused and with the bare minimum of which he can use to defend himself.
(Fairy Tail OST - Dragon Force)
"Fire Dragon God Roar!" Natsu screamed letting out his enhanced magic.
"God Force!" Gajeel yelled as he fired his arrow.
"Excalibur!" Richard shouted as he unleashed another copy of the Sword of Promised Victory.
For a brief moment, Laxus saw all three of the attacks converge. Even if he was to make up the excuse of them using borrowed power to win. He was no different as he stole and cheated his way to make it this far. For another second, he looked behind him and saw the many members of the guild and Lucy's servants also making their way towards the cathedral. All of them working together, coordinating their attack on a common foe.
It was this painful time and revelation that Laxus realized that it wasn't about strength and power. That his brutish way of thinking was not the right way. He wasn't going to be the next master and make Fairy Tail the strongest. He fell from grace as a proud S class mage to a pathetic cheater that still lost. Giving him no choice but to accept inevitable defeat.
All three attacks hit Laxus directly and sending him flying off of the roof but somehow not killing him. As that wasn't the way of the guild, but still caused enough damage to cause the cathedral itself to collapse.
Regardless of the high level destruction the guild is known for. Fairy Tail won once again.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Omake: Freed's True Defeat
Seeing as Freed was going to try and stop Reedus. Lucy pulled out all the stops and proceeded to pull out the best teams that could stop him. The Holy Maiden pulled out a radio and whispered the command code.
"Summertime lovin', loving in the summer." Lucy said before making a few whistle sounds.
Elsewhere
(Doom OST - The Only Thing They Fear is You)
Artoria nodded as she reported back on the radio. She then looked at the rest of the ladies before grabbing a water soaker.
"You heard the boss lady! I want everyone's tops tied tight, beach balls ready, sun tan on and ready to whoop some ass!" Artoria said as she got on her bikini on along with filling her soaker with water.
(Keep your dirty fantasies about bikini babes to yourselves you sickos. I ain't writing all that.)
Once ready, Artoria was at the front of the line. Many of the summer servants being memorable girls like St. Martha, Carmilla, Marie Antoinette, Frankenstein and even her Rider Alter self. There was quite a few more girls behind that line, but there were too many to mention. Then again it was overkill considering how many of them there were.
By the time they arrived, the found Reedus trying to break through the barrier. Only to find Freed trying to attack him. His attack failed as Artoria shot him with the water soaker at the back of the head. Freed turned around with an angry look on his face followed by it transitioning into a face of sheer horror and embarrassment.
"PUT SOME CLOTHES ON! I CAN'T FIGHT BIKINI BABES!" Freed yelled as he tried scaring them away by waving his sword around.
"Ok time to put this freak on ice." Mordred said as she cocked her surfboard like a shotgun.
This ended with Freed being repeatedly beaten with various beach toys and the bruteforce of each woman. Surprisingly enough, St. Martha had a powerful heel drop. Sadly for Freed, there would be no Freed juniors when this was over. Just imagine what would have happened if this was the women's side of the hot springs instead of the outskirts of town.
In the end, Freed was wet and covered in sand. Along with with wearing nothing but a bikini that was too small for him.
"Bikini babes... go away... please..." Freed said in between sobs as the girls helped Reedus who was trying to not get a nose bleed.
"Operation summer is a success ladies. Even you did a good job too Medusa." Artoria said as she stared a jellyfish in a bikini.
*FLOP*
Everyone nodded as they assumed Medusa was trying to say something.
Omake: Gilgamesh Saves The Day
As Makarov was about to enjoy the beginning the pageant which quickly turned into a bikini modelling show. Gilgamesh, in Caster form, grabbed the master's attention and handed him a slip of paper. Makarov read the paper with much curiosity before being filled with rage.
"Everyone, please wait here while I have some disciplinary matters to attend." Makarov said before walking out of the guild and towards the cathedral.
Seeing as everyone just stood and waited curiously. They heard the sounds of a beating in the distance along with screaming and lots of explosions. It ended once Makarov arrived with a bloody and beaten Laxus.
"LAXUS DREYAR YOU ARE OFFICIALLY STRIPPED OF YOUR S CLASS TITLE! FROM NOW ON YOU WILL ONLY BE DOING LAUNDRY DUTY!" Makarov roared as he turned gigantic.
That's when Sakata Kintoki appeared with a basket, "You're the one handling laundry? That's good to hear. You're golden, my main man." he said he gave a light slap to Laxus's shoulder.
Gilgamesh then arrived with actual golden clothes along with a giant list, "I expect these done well. There will be severe consequences if any of my fine clothing is tainted in any way." he said threatening Laxus.
Next up were the Berserkers who gave Laxus some jockstraps, "RAAAHH!" they roared.
Then Astolfo arrived with several bras, "Hold these please." he said as took one and put on Laxus's face.
Despite being bloody and beaten, Laxus at least felt some satisfaction. At least the bust size for the bra seemed to be very large. Sadly Astolfo was not female and therefore must have taken those from someone else. As he could see the angry and embarrassed faces on some of the more voluptuous female servants.
"GET HIM!" one the girls yelled before dogpiling Laxus to beat him up more.
All of this pain and misery for Laxus was thanks to Gilgamesh having the ability to predict future events.
END OF OMAKES