Back with part six I know this story isn't getting a lot of love but I won't let that stop me. I want to give thanks to all the people on reddit for encouraging me to keep going and to not let the loss of followers hold me back. And now let's get on with the story
Chp 6: Lacrimas Legs (Revised)
April Sundew the tween girl with plant magic was pacing back and forth in her room worried sick about her friends Wendy and Zodie. They were in the middle of a fight with the oracion seis and haven't heard from them since. Suddenly Abner, another one of their friends, entered her room.
"April hey I got here as soon as I could you sounded worried over the lacrima."
"I'm glad you're here.", The two hugged each other. "Hey I thought you were doing your community service."
"Oh I finished early and they let me go so I came here."
"Zodie and Wendy hav'nt responded and I'm worried that something's wrong", April picked up her plant and began to hug it.
Abner placed a reassuring hand on his friend's shoulder, "Look when they first told us we knew it wouldn't be pretty, and besides with the number one guild on their side they'll be fine, you just gotta have faith."
April sheds a small tear, "I know it's just that they're the only real friends the two of us have made and before I met you I was just the girl who talked to plants and was bullied over it."
"What you need is a healthy distraction like dinner, your dad's actually wanted me to come up here and get you and I'm getting hungry."
April let out a laugh before wiping her tears, "You're right I am getting hungry myself let's go."
The cait shelter trio arrived in the city that was Nirvana and proceeded on foot due to Carla being exhausted from using her flying magic and Zodie wanted to conserve his.
"Hey are the two of you ok, Carla if I could fly I'd do it myself I would."
"Don't worry about it, all that matters is that we're here now and that's all that matters is that we made it."
"Now that we're here you wanna go find Jellal,'' Zodie said.
"What, what would give you that idea?"
" Child please, your sob story was a dead give away."
Wendy twittled her fingers looking away bashfully, "W…well I mean I know we're here to stop this thing but think about it if Jellal was the one to release Nirvana then maybe he knows how to stop it."
"That actually makes sense." Zodie grinned, "All we gotta do is find him and Nirvana is stopped."
Carla was about to speak when noticed something as she looked in the distance. The kids began to grow worried .
"Hey Carl's you okay whats wrong, did you just remember you forgot your favorite ball of yarn." Zodie jokes.
"This… this can't be…" Carla murmured as she approached the edge with Wendy and Carla close to her. "Wendy tasted the air around here",Wendy was perplexed but did as she was told.
"The air tastes familiar, kind of like it's close to ho-, oh no." Wendy started to look just as worried as Carla finally realizing what was bothering her.
"Does someone wanna explain to me what's happening?" Zodie cut in.
"Nirvana it's headed towards our home, the cait shelter guild." Carla said.
Zodie looked on in fret of this shocking revelation. "In that case we'd better hurry, I won't let this thing take out home let's go you guy's, Wendy can you track Jellal's scent?"
"Yeah and let's go on foot just until you guys are ready to fly again."
On the other end of the city of nirvana Erza and Jellal were face to face with the final member of the Oracion seis midnight. He was a young man with short black hair, red eyes and dark lipstick. He was wearing a black leather vest a black choker and yellow pants and burgundy boots. Jellal has been attacking him but all of his spells seem to be avoiding him somehow.
"Damn I dont understand." Jellas spoke irritatedly. "I'm in such close range how am I missing him?" The blue haired man started to grunt in pain.
"Jellal please let me fight him, you're in no position to fight him, the self destruction spell took a toll on you." Erza said worriedly.
Midnight suddenly generated a spiral of red wind that lifted Jella up then sending him crashing to the ground unconscious.
"Well that was just pathetic, so you lost your memories and the ability to use magic." Midnight mocked. "Let's see how much more pain you can endure."
Suddenly Erza drew her sword and took a slash at Midnight but her attack was reflected.
Erza stood there perplexed. "My attack didn't even hit him." Suddenly her armor began to twist and distort around her upper body restricting her movement.
" So the mighty titania wishes to throw her hat into the fray."
Erza struggled to get herself free but it was no use the more she struggled the tighter it got till suddenly she changed her armor to one with wings.
"I understand now you can use reflector magic."
"Correct so that means no matter what you throw at me nothing can touch me."
"Is that so, dance my swords?" Erza sent dozens of her floating blades towards Midnight but they merely just reflected off him and went right back to Erza. The red red began deflecting her own swords with ease till Midnight used his magic to constrict Erza letting one of the blades knick her shoulder.
"How sad is this all the mighty titania can manage, spiral pain." Midnight swiped his fingers and Erza was hit with distorted air sending her flying. "Are you done alrea, I wanna keep playing with you."
Jellal staggered to his feet "You monster."
Right as midnight was about to hit Erza again Zodie came flying at top speed and nailed him with a double kick sending him through a wall. Wendy came over to Jellal to help Jellal to his feet, not without hugging him first.
`Jellal i'm so glad you're alright."
Jellal looked confused. "Wh…!?"
Before he could talk Midnight emerged from the wall. "So one of the brats from the cait shelter guild is throwing his hat into the fray."
"We know this thing is headed toward our guild, why, also why're you wearing makeup?"
"I suppose I can tell you since it'll be destroyed, long ago a tribe called the nirvits created nirvana in order to put an end to war, but soon it proved to be even more dangerous than the war they tried to end. So they sealed it away and swore to look over it, through the ages their descendents have taken the task making up a guld which still exists today."
"Cait shelter." Wendy said.
"Correct, you'd have to be a fool to let this power go to waste and the cait shelter will be our first victims to be sent down the path of chaos, its great power will turn them all against each other and the screams of slaughter pain will be our lullaby."
Zodie let out a scream of anger and flew straight toward midnight to attack. "I won't let that happen."
"Spiral pain." Zodie got caught up in a spiral of wind feeling pain all over his body.
"Zodie hang on i'm coming". Wendy started sucking the air surrounding her friend til it was all gone.
"What my spell is gone, how did she do that?"
"Thanks Wendy."
"Don't mention it."
"Both of you be careful he can use reflector magic no matter what spells you use it'll bounce off him." Jella warned.
"For real, how do I beat this guy?"
Suddenly Zodie and Wendy's clothes began to tighten on them squeezing them in pain.
"Bastard stop this, they're just children." Jellal shouted.
'They will be the first to suffer."
Suddenly zoomed in and struck Midnight with a palm strike freeing both Wendy and Zodie.
"Ms. Erza." Wendy smiled.
"I…impossible how did you hit me, it can't be.'
"There are two, two crucial weaknesses in your magic Zodie helped me find the first one". The phoenix child was confused. "Your magic can bend magic and even weapons but you can't use it on the human body, if you could my body would be your target instead of my apparel."
Midnight then constricted Erza's clothes but this time they didn't squeeze her like before. Erza simply just summoned dozens of swords and blades and rained them down at midnight forcing him to evade and trip and fall. "Second weakness when you used your magic on my clothes you evaded my sword. Why didn't you reflect it, it's because you can only control one space at a time either your opponent or yourself, not both at once".
Zodie then started to understand. "So when he uses it on someone he's defenseless, and since he can't manipulate the human body it was easy for me to land an attack".
Wendy's eyes twinkled with joy. "Mrs. Erza is so cool."
"So you figured out my flaw but that doesn't matter because I got a trump card". A loud bell started ringing, catching everyone's attention. "Once the clock strikes midnight my power reaches their peak hence my name". A magic circle forms above Midnight til he begins to transform into a large dark hulking monster and the whole area becomes eerie and dark.
"Wow, is this guy using takeover magic?" Zodie asked.
"NO I don't think so it's something else but, i'm not sure." Jellal answered.
Wendy grew frightened and hugged Carla tight, "I don't like this!"
"You fools cannot fathom the power I have. I am the strongest of the Oracion Seis". Midnight laughs hysterically Till suddenly Erza slashed at him with her Bisento and the dark wizard was back to looking human and the environment went back to normal.
"What the what." Zodie said, baffled.
"It was an illusion, but how did Erza see through it?" Carla asked.
"That is a third weakness, I'm immune to visual magic!"
Midnight was too speechless to speak and he fell over unconscious.
"Wow Erza really lives up to her name." Zodie looks at Wendy. ``Wend thank goodness you healed her."
The red head walked over toward the cait shelter kids smiling. "I never got the chance to thank Wendy for healing you, I appreciate it."
Wendy smiled. "Don't mention Ms. Erza, I was glad I could help."
Erza then turned toward Zodie. "And Zodie thanks to you I found Midnight's weakness thanks for the help."
"Of course."
Wendy turned toward Jellal, "It's good to see you."
"D… do I know you?" Jellal asked Confused.
"I knew he didn't remember me." Wendy shed a tear.
"It seems he lost his memory last time I saw him." Erza said.
"Does that mean he doesn't know how to stop Nirvana"?
"No, I tried to destroy it the first time but I just ended up releasing it. I'm so sorry but there's nothing I can do." Jellal spoke dejectedly.
"Don't give up, I mean there has to be something we can do, our guild no our home is on the line, our master, Lupita and Keanu".
Suddenly the ground began trembling and a dark light was glowing just on the side of the city. The group made their way towards the edge to see a ray of magic charging up at the bottom , but the worst of it was in the distance miles away stood a tiny building that looked like a cat.
"Oh my god! Cait shelter". Gasped Zodie.
"It's getting ready to fire, I don't think anything can stop it"! Erza said.
The cait shelter trio stood there frozen in horror as the light of Nirvana grew in intensity.
Wendy fell to her knees. "T…there's gotta be something we can do, it can't end like this"!
Zodie without thinking sprouted his wings ready to fly off but before he could take off Erza grabbed onto his arm holding him back. "Zodie no you can't it's too dangerous"!
"But I have to do something"! Zodie spoke with tears in his eyes. "We can't lose our home, our friends".
"No… Stoooop! Screamed Wendy.
But her please we're no good as Nirvana fired unleashing a massive beam of magic onto the cait shelter. It seemed that it would be the end of the cait shelter guild if not for something striking one of Nirvana's legs making it stumble making its attack miss the cat themed building. The attack soon died down after seemingly losing power.
"What just happened"? Jellal asked, perplexed. He wasn't the only one the whole group stood there puzzled but they were soon brought out of it as a large shadow casted over them making them look up. In the sky was blue pegasus airship, the flying christina now damaged and missing two legs.
"The magic bomber it's back". Erza said, relieved.
Suddenly they heard a familiar voice in their heads. "Hello, does anybody read me"?
"That voice". Zodie said, "Hibiki it's you".
"Zodie good to hear your alright little buddy, are Wendy and Erza with you too"?
"Yes, we're here and we're ok". Erza answered. "How did you get the magic christina to fly again"?
"Hard Work grit and loads of teamwork, Lyon is using his maker magic as the wings replacement while Sherry and Ren are combining their magic to keep the hull together and our attack on Nirvana you have Eve to thank for that".
Wendys eyes were overflowing with tears of joy. "Thank you guys all of you lamia scale, blue pegasus, thank you".
Then another familiar voice joined a voice Erza was both relieved and not so relieved to hear.
"Also if anyone cares I am here too".
"Master Ichiya, glad you're ok sir where've you been"? Hibiki asked.
"Story for later right now we must be getting to work".
"With the bomber back up Nirvana wont stand a chance". Zodie said with joy.
"Wishful thinking there Z but unfortunately we were running low on magic power and the christina just launched its final attack, it's a miracle that we made it here to begin with". Hibiki began to feel slightly fatigued. "But I have some good news. I know how to stop Nirvana".
Everyone's eyes widened.
"Really how, please tell us"! Erza pleaded.
"Does it have anything to do with these legs"? Zodie asked.
"They're not necessarily legs, they're more like pipes that absorb magical energy from the earth which is being used to power Nirvana." Hibikki explained. "Inside each appendage are six lacrimas that control the supply of magic energy meaning."
"We just have to destroy them." Zodie answered.
"Yes but we have to destroy all six at once or it wont work, but we have to hurry because this thing is getting ready to fire up again and my telepathy wont last long so here's everything that you'll need to know."
Hibiki begins to upload the information into each of the still conscious wizards' heads.
"Twenty minutes, twenty minutes til what?" Zodie asked.
"Till Nirvana is ready to fire again."
All of a sudden a new voice was heard. The voice was wicked oozing with darkness.
"Good I must say your archive is very impressive."
"That voice, who's it?" Erza asked.
Wendy shuddered in fear. "Brain it has to be, he intercepted Hibiki's telepathy but how?"
"Sorry but Brain is on sabbatical. I am Zero the true master of the oracion seis, and now I am going to annihilate everything with no point in stopping me because I've made an example out of four of the fairy tail wizards, along with that wizard saint."
Hibikki gasped in shock. "No, that's impossible, he took out Natsu and the others."
Zodie's fists were clenched in anger. Zero/Brain, hated them both, he hurt Wendy and then tried to destroy his guild.
"This isn't good, we have less than nineteen minutes and we don't have enough wizards." Carla cried.
Jellal had a look of angst on his face. "I don't want to admit this but it's over, there's nothing we can do."
Jellal was cut off by a new familiar voice.
"I'm not done not yet!"
"So six lacrima at the same time, pieces of cake!"
Erza shed a tear of joy. "Natsu Gray."
"Hey don't count us out yet." A new voice spoke, it was happy.
"Yeah we're here too and ready to fight till our last breath." Spoke Lucy.
Hibiki could feel his communication break. "Guys my telepathy is about to be cut off. I just uploaded the locations of the lacrimas and each is numbered, just pick one and go."
That was the last straw for Zodie he had had it with this guy.
"I've got numeral uno." Natsu said.
"I got number two." Gray said.
"Guess I got number three." Lucy said. "Please don't let that brain creep there."
"Well I hope he's in one because I want another crack at that bastard." Natsu said, tightening his fist.
Jellal stepped forward. "I want to help, I need to make up for my failure to stop Nirvana."
"My friends you can leave number four to me, it's the closest one to me anyway." Ichiya said.
"Ok six wizards six lacrimas time we get the ball rolling."
Wendy smiled. "Carla is right Zodie lets you and me work together and take out-… Zodie?"
The group looked in shock to see that he was gone.
"Where'd he go?" Asked Erza as she looked around frantically. "Did he head off towards one of the lacrimas already?"
Wendy looked troubled. "But which one we have to look for ?''
"Wendy we don't have time, we have our own duty right now I'm sure he'll be fine." Carla reassured her.
Jellal placed his hand on Wendy's shoulder. "Your friend is right I'm sure wherever he's going it has to be one of the lacrimas and given our numbers he won't be alone, but to make you feel better I'll find and assist him."
The sky maiden smiled. "Okay Carla let's go take down lacrima number six." The white feline clamped onto her back and took off.
Natsu was making his way down the halls of Nirvana towards the lacrima. His outfit was torn up a bit from the fight with Cobra and Zero's attack. But given what is at stake throwing in the towel wasn't an option he owed it to Wendy for healing Erza, he wasn't going to let Cait shelter meet its end.
Finally he reached a large bright lit room there in the center was the lacrima, a massive gray sphere made of crystal. But that wasn't all that was there. The fire dragon laid his eyes on the master of Oracion seis himself Brains darker half; Master Zero. The dark mage saw Natsu and flashed him a sinister grin.
"Well well well, you're alive like the little roach you are, but it makes me wonder if you'll come out of this alive."
Natsu just stood there grinning. "You know something I was wondering the same thing."
The salamander ignited his fist with fire and leaped at Zero to attack but the dark mage merley dodged. Natsu then followed up with a talon kick but Zero with effort dodge again till finally he unleashed a fire roar unleashing a ray of fire onto Zero kicking up lots of smoke. Unfortunately after the smoke cleared Zero was unharmed.
Natsu gasped. "What the?"
"Is that all you got, how you bested Cobra and Brain I will never know." Zero pointed his index finger toward Natsu. "Dark Capriccio."
A large spiral stream of green and red magic emitted from Zeros finger towards Natsu who moved out the way. But with a wave of his finger the dark capriccio morphed into a spherical shape and came back around nailing Natsu right in the back.
The fire dragon grunted in pain. "Dammit."
"I'm able to change the direction and shape of this attack any time I want." Zero waved his finger more, making the capriccio sphere swing at Natsu.
He kept dodging the best he could but the sphere was getting faster and faster till Natsu stubbed his bare foot on some fallen debri letting the spear hit him right in the gut. The fire dragon fell to the ground grabbing his foot in pain.
"Pitiful". Brain then continued to relentlessly attack Natsu with his attack til he was hit in the face by what felt like a pair of feet forcing him to reel back grabbing his jaw in pain .
"What the devil!" Zero grunted.
Zodie appeared in front of Natsu and Zero with an angry look on his face.
"Zoodie what're you doing here?"
"I'm here to back you up, and help kick this fool's ass." Zodie said, helping the fire dragon to his feet.
Natsu placed his hand on the tweens shoulder. "Look little guy I appreciate the help but."
"But nothing." Zodie interrupted. "This guy or rather his counterpart hurt my best friend and he tried destroy my guild my home, Natsu I heard about how your guild was wrecked by phantom lord and I can only imagine how that made you feel, please let me fight with besides if this guy uses the same magic as Brain I can help you."
Natsu said nothing for a few seconds then he grinned and let out a small chuckle before lightly slapping Zodie on the back. "Alright kid you win, let's kick his butt together."
Zodie smiled then the two wizards took fighting stances facing Zero.
"So it's two against one is it no matter once I off the dragon slayer the child is next, i'll keep him around so he can witness the destruction of his guild." Zero bellowed.
"Not gonna happen." Zodie spoke. As the two were ready to attack, a stream of golden fire shot right into Natsu pushing him back but the flames did no damage to him.
"Who did that?" Zero asked as he and Natsu and Zodie looked up at the origin of the blast. Standing at the top of the entrance was Jellal.
"Jellal." Natsu growled.
Ok and done I also want to give a shout out to Wildebunny the Eternal for the help in my punctuation never knew you put your ?!. inside the quote thanks.
