Chapter 6: Jadeite's Last Stand
Jadeite Stood before Queen Beryl. He bowed before her however, Queen Beryl was angry.
"Now tell me why the last one failed…" said Queen Beryl.
"I believe none of them trusted me from the start." Said Jadeite.
Queen Beryl narrowed her eyes.
"Jadeite I am tired of your excuses!" yelled Queen Beryl, "Eliminate the Fairy Tail Guild once and for all or you will punished with eternal sleep."
Jadeite gritted his teeth, he had to come up with a plan that will work.
Sometime later he began to think of what to do.
That was when an idea struck.
"Cut off the head and the body will follow." Thought Jadeite.
Sometime later at the Fairy Tail Guild Hall…
Erza was eating some cake when Mirajane walked over to her.
"You seriously joined my sister's new team?" asked Mirajane.
"We've talked and fight this multiple times." Said Erza, "I'm not in the mood."
"Well I am!" yelled Mirajane.
She swiped Erza's cake and tossed into a wall.
The entire guild went deathly silent.
"EVERYONE DUCK AND COVER!" yelled one of the members.
Everyone but Luna and Elfman did so. Elfman went to get Makarov while Luna flew in midair confused.
"What's going on?" asked Luna.
Erza immediately requiped into her Purgatory Armor.
"You want to fight I'll give you a fight…" growled Erza.
In Makarov's office he was messaging a headache while dealing with warnings from the Magic Council.
The diminutive man didn't even sense the person behind him until it was too late.
That was when Elfman burst into the office.
"Mira just destroyed Erza's cake!" yelled Elfman.
That was when he noticed Jadeite holding an unconscious Makarov.
Back in the main hall Luna was thankfully brought under a table by Happy who was explaining everything to her.
"Seriously…" sad Luna.
"Yeah, whenever someone does something to Erza's cake she goes on a rampage." Said Happy.
"Really?" asked Luna.
That was when she got an image in her head of a monster destroying Sailor Mars' cake but the image of the ensuing rampage scared her.
"Best not to try that…" said Luna.
"What?" asked Happy.
Nothing…" said Luna.
That was when Elfman suddenly flew across the room.
Both Mirajane and Erza turned to see where he came from.
"You two are still fighting, pathetic."
They saw that it was Jadeite who said this. He was holding Makarov and then tossed to where Elfman was laying.
Mirajane glared at Jadeite as the rest of the guild came out of hiding.
"You have until Midnight…" said Jadeite, "Bring in who you think can defeat me."
"Why can't we just take you out now!" yelled Natsu, "Fire Dragon…"
But before Natsu could attack, Jadeite sent energy at him slamming into the wall sword hair it left him embedded in the wall.
"Sorry… but I said you have until Midnight, meet me in the East Forest then… and see if you can defeat me." Said Jadeite who disappeared.
Lisanna began to shake.
"I'll go get a doctor…" said Lisanna running out of the guild.
"Wait Lisanna!" called out Levy.
"Let her go…" said Erza as she requiped into her Heart Kreuz Armor.
"She's right…" growled out Mirajane who returned to her human form.
"Lisanna." Said Luna.
As Lisanna ran towards the hospital.
"It's all my fault…" thought Lisanna.
Sometime later, Makarov, Elfman and Natsu were in beds, while a doctor checked them over and spoke to Mirajane and Lisanna.
"Natsu and Elfman should recover soon… but I can't tell what Makarov's problem is…" said the doctor.
"His energy was probably stolen." Said Lisanna.
"What?" asked the doctor.
"When me and Levy faced that monster in the woods it friend Jet and Droy's energy." Said Lisanna.
"That would explain things… he should recover in a few days." Said the doctor, "At least I think so…"
The left the to rest.
The doctor left and as Mirajane and Erza the strongest mages present they took control of the meeting.
"We have get back at the guy!" yelled Grey.
"We know that." Said Erza, "But we have to do this carefully."
"What's that supposed to mean." Said Mirajane.
"Now's not the time to be fighting." Said Erza, "We know we have to face him."
Mirajane was quiet.
"My team will search elsewhere to see if there's any information on him. Mirajane will form a team to take him down at midnight." Said Erza.
"What you're can't be serious." Said Mirajane.
"I think it's the best option right now." Said Erza.
"Oh and who will take your place?" asked Mirajane.
"I recommend calling in the Sailor Guardians." Said Erza, "They have been taking care of most of the things he sent."
"Fine…" muttered Mirajane, "But Grey, Macao, Wakaba and Cana all have to come with me."
"Cana took a job this morning." Said Loke.
"I see… you're taking her place." Said Mirajane.
A lot of the guild began to yell.
"What?" asked Loke.
"We need to keep the teams small." Said Erza, "The more people there are the more less we have in case he decides to attack the guild instead!"
The other members talked to each other about this.
Mirajane muttered under her breath, "I could have gotten that across…"
Sometime later, Lisanna, Erza, Levy and Luna all left.
"It's all my fault Elfman and Natsu got hurt…" whispered Lisanna.
"You shouldn't blame yourself." Said Luna, "I should be the one taking the blame since I wanted to keep it a secret…"
"It's no one's fault…" said Erza, "He would have attacked the Guild regardless…"
"Erza's right…" said Levy.
"Well it doesn't matter…" said Luna, "Anyways I haven't reported anything in a very long time…"
"wait you report to someone?" asked Lisanna.
"I do, but it's been a while since I've done so." Said Luna, "Now might be a good time… besides I think I'll will help our cover story."
Luna used Area and flew off.
"What do we do for a few hours." Said Levy.
"I do have a few more orders I have to get from the bakery." Said Erza, "After all the guild has some new members since I came from my last job."
Both Levy and Lisanna sweat dropped.
"I guess me that means she'll share." Said Levy.
"Yeah." Said Lisanna.
That night, Mirajane's group waited for the Sailor Guardians.
"Do you honestly think they're going to show?" asked Wakaba.
"They seem more reliable to help out than Laxus." Said Grey.
Laxus was another S Class Mage of the guild, he was also Makarov's grandson. However thanks to his attitude and the fact he was rarely around very few found he was reliable.
Well at best, at worst they considered him an asshole.
That was when the Sailor Guardians arrived.
"So you acutely made it." Said Mirajane.
"Don't worry, even if we're on missions a lot we know what's going on." Said Sailor Moon.
"I see." Said Mirajane, "Well come on!"
They headed to the East Forest.
As they Mirajane eyed Sailor Moon 's guild mark.
"So you're copying me?" asked Mirajane.
"What?" asked Sailor Moon.
Mirajane laughed, "It's okay, I guess you look up to me."
"Yeah, I do." Said Sailor Moon.
"You do seem to have a handle on these things." Said Mirajane.
"Mirajane took a liking to one of them…" said Wakaba in shock.
"What was that?" asked Mirajane.
"Nothing…" said Wakaba.
"I don't think it's that surprising, they seem like the type to get along." Said Sailor Mercury.
"Seriously?" asked Wakaba wit ha sweat drop.
"Let's not question it." Sighed Macao.
They got to the East Woods and just stood around.
"So you actually came." Said Jadeite, "And with such a small group…"
Mirajane glared at him.
Of course the Sailor Guardians couldn't help themselves, but they did their speeches.
"I am the pretty sailor-suited guardian of love and justice Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon I will punish you!" called out Sailor Moon.
"I am the pretty sailor-suited guardian of love and intelligence Sailor Mercury! Douse your head in water and repent!" called out Sailor Mercury.
"I am the pretty sailor-suited guardian of Fire and Passion, Sailor Mars! In the name of Mars, I will chastise you!" called out Sailor Mars.
There was an awkward silence as the other members sweat dropped.
"Okay… what was that?" asked Grey.
"We don't know!" said Sailor Moon blushing bright red.
"We can't control it…" sighed Sailor Mercury.
"I don't know about them, but I think it's fun." Said Sailor Mars.
Both Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon sweat dropped.
"I'm still here!" yelled Jadeite.
That is when Jadeite summoned many monsters made out of mud.
"Their weaker than most but have fun dealing them!" taunted Jadeite.
"Really mud monsters, I thought you were going to give us a challenge!" said Mirajane.
Jadeite smirked, he just had to catch them off guard.
At the Strauss House, Luna took out a communication Lacrima from under Lisanna's bed.
"This is Luna for a process report." Said Luna.
That was when the Lacrima glowed.
"Luna it is good to hear from you." Said the a voice on the other end yet not face appeared, "How it the mission going?"
"I have yet to find the Princess but I have found three of the Sailor Guardians." Said Luna, "And I'm narrowing down the list of candidates."
"So who are they?" asked the voice.
"Lisanna Strauss is Sailor Moon, Levy McGarden is Sailor Mercury and Erza Scarlet is Sailor Mars." Said Luna.
"Aren't all three of them from Fairy Tail?" asked the voice.
"Yes they are, and I believe the last one is a member as well." Said Luna.
"Well… that's good." Said the voice.
"But I should let you know that we did have to inform Makarov about it." Said Luna.
"He's the master of Fairy Tail, isn't he…" said the voice.
"He is." Said Luna, "And I told as much as I could."
"Does anyone else know…" said the voice.
"There is one more person… but he doesn't want to get involved." Said Luna.
"Whop is it?" asked the voice.
Luna sighed knowing she would have to five the news.
Back in with the fight.
Sailor Mercury was dodging attacks as she only had Bubble Spray and it was wasn't a good time to use them.
One of the mud monster was about to attack.
"Twister!" shouted Loke as a tornado appeared and blue away the mud monsters that were about to attack Sailor Mercury.
"Thank you Loke!" said Sailor Mercury.
"You don't have any offensive spell do you?" asked Loke adjusting his sunglass.
"No… I don't…" sighed Sailor Mercury.
"Don't worry I'll help you." He said.
"Thanks..." said Sailor Mercury with a sweat drop unsure if he was hitting on her or not.
"Fire Soul!" called out Sailor Mars.
The fire attack burned most of the mud monsters.
"We can't back down!" yelled Sailor Mars.
"Wow she's really getting into it." Said Sailor Mercury surprised.
"I'm not…" said Loke rubbing his face for some reason.
"Is something wrong?" asked Sailor Mercury.
"Oh she just reminds me of someone I knew I know many years ago." Said Loke.
While Sailor Mars was taking out many of the monsters, Sailor Moon was taking out quite a few herself.
"Moon Tiara Action!" called out Sailor Moon.
The golden discus cut through the mud monsters easily.
Jadeite watching this.
"This form of magic… it feels familiar." Said Jadeite, "I don't know how."
He knew he had to take out Sailor Moon.
He was about to steal her energy from behind.
However he had to dodge a fireball.
Both Sailor Moon and Jadeite saw it came from.
Of course it came form the Dragon Knight.
Back with Luna, she had finished telling well… the mysterious voice about Loke.
"It is sad news." Said the voice, "But I understand why he wants to distance himself from them…"
"There's someone who has been interesting in the fights." Said Luna, "He goes by Dragon Knight."
"Dragon Knight?" asked the voice.
"Yes… I don't know if we can trust him or not." Said Luna.
"I have never heard of him." Said the voice.
"I see…" said Luna.
Back in the woods, the members of Fairy Tail stared at Dragon Knight.
"Who's that guy?" asked Macao.
"We don't know, all I know is that he tries to help." Said Sailor Mars.
"Is try the key word?" asked Mirajane.
"I don't know." Said Sailor Mars.
"Why are you interfering?" asked Jadeite, "You're not a member of this guild."
"I have my reasons." Said Dragon Knight.
"Which are?" asked Jadeite.
"None of your business." Said Dragon Knight.
"I don't like your tone." Said Jadeite with his hand crackling with energy.
"And I don't like your voice." Said Dragon Knight.
"Yours is far more annoying." Said Jadeite.
The two began to fight.
Sailor Moon stared at this fight.
"Sailor Moon, get back to fighting!" yelled Sailor Mars.
"Okay!" said Sailor Moon.
Back with Luna.
"So have to discovered more about the enemy?" asked Luna.
"I do." Said the voice, "They are known as the Dark Kingdom and currently their goal is to gain human energy."
"I knew about the energy." Sighed Luna, "But the Dark Kingdom…"
"There's something I want to ask." Said the voice, "How involved is the guild."
"They're all involved, even if most of them don't know who the Sailor Guardians are, they consider them family and will fight with them no matter what. Our enemy is their enemy." Said Luna.
Back with the fight…
"Ice Make: Arrows!" called out Grey which destroyed more of the mud monsters with many ice arrows.
"Purple Rain!" called out Macao sending bullets of purple fire at the mud monsters destroying them.
"Smoke Crush." Said Wakaba as the smoke from his pipe formed fists.
"Dark Stream." said Mirajane while in her regular Satan Soul, hands made out of black energy came forth and ripped the mud monsters to shreds.
Back with Luna.
"It's good to you have found good allies and I wish the best of luck to you, please contact me when you have some new information and don't wait a long time…" sighed the voice.
"Yes." Said Luna with a nod.
With that the call ended.
"So the Dark Kingdom…" sighed Luna.
Back in the East Forest, all of the mud monsters were seemingly destroyed.
"So where is he?" asked Sailor Mars.
That was when they heard explosions.
"I'm really tried of Dragon Knight butting in." sighed Sailor Moon.
They all ran over where Dragon Knight and Jadeite were still fighting.
That was when Dragon knight suddenly doubled over in pain.
"What are you injured from fighting." Said Jadeite, "No wait… I can tell those injuries were already there… you came here fighting injured? "
"Hey!" yelled Sailor Moon.
Jadeite turned towards them.
"I guess it's time to finish you myself." Said Jadeite no longer paying attention to Dragon Knight.
"Moon, Mercury there's something I want to try out." Said Sailor Mars.
She whispered it to them.
"You do you think it will work?" asked Sailor Moon.
"It's worth a try." Said Sailor Mercury.
Sailor Moon again grabbed her tiara.
"Moon Tiara Action!"
Once again the glowing discus headed for Jadeite.
"Fire Soul!" called out Sailor Mars.
The fire engulfed the tiara turning it burning hot.
"Bubble Spray!" called out Sailor Mercury.
Instead turned into mist the bubbles surrounded the red-hot glowing disk.
The combined attack hit Jadeite head on. When it did he yelled in pain then collapsed.
"You… you haven't won…" said Jadeite.
That was when he felt it, he was loosing the energy he stole from Makarov.
"NO!" yelled Jadeite.
But it was too late.
"No I will not loose! I will not go in enteral sleep!" yelled Jadeite.
However Jadeite was suddenly teleported away.
"What did he say?" asked Sailor Moon.
""It sounded like this might have been a last chance for him." Said Sailor Mars.
"Great what's his name is gone too." Said Mirajane as she shifted back to her human form.
"He does that all the time." Said Sailor Moon.
"I see…" muttered Mirajane, "He better hopes he doesn't into me again…"
"Why?" asked Grey.
"I have my reasons…" said Mirajane.
This just made everyone else sweat drop.
The group got back to Magnolia, Grey noticed the Sailor Guardians were missing.
"Where did they go?" asked Grey.
"I'm sure they have a reason for leaving." Said Loke.
"I guess they felt they weren't need anymore." Said Wakaba with a shrug.
"Seriously…" said Mirajane.
"They were the ones who finished it." Said Loke.
"Hey!" shouted a voice.
That was when the "Reconnaissance Team" showed up.
Lisanna ran over to Mirajane and hugged her.
"You're okay, I'm glad." She said.
"Did you even find any information?" asked Mirajane.
"An old acutance of mine was surprisingly knowledgeable about the name of the group." said Luna.
"Really?" asked Wakaba.
"So you're saying I can't have sources because I'm a talking cat?" asked Luna.
"No that's not what I meant…" said Wakaba.
"Okay then…" said Luna.
"We should really check to see if any of them recovered." Said Erza.
They got to the guild and found that Makarov was awake.
"Hey you're okay." Said Grey.
"Yeah, whatever he did to me must have been reserved." Sighed Makarov, "I'm never falling for that a again" he muttered under his breath.
"Are Elfman and Natsu all right?" asked Lisanna.
"Natsu woke up… went to use the bathroom then end up fell asleep in there." Said Happy.
This made the two groups sweat drop.
"That idiot…" muttered Mirajane.
"Elfman's doing well." Said Droy.
"Though after the fit he had we had to use a sleep spell on him." Said Jet.
"Elfman…" sighed Mirajane.
"So what happened?" asked Makarov.
"I don't think we'll be seeing that guy again." Said Mirajane, "I think they're going to kill him when he gets back opt his HQ."
Makarov was quiet when she said.
In the location of the Dark Kingdom, Jadeite stood trembling in front of Queen Beryl.
"So you once again failed." Said Queen Beryl.
"Wait… I have some information you might want to hear…" said Jadeite
"I don't want to hear it!" yelled Queen Beryl.
That was when Jadeite was covered in a crystal which then vanished. Indeed he was now forced to sleep for all eternity.
"Nephrite." Said Queen Beryl.
That was when a man appeared, he had long brown hair and wore the same uniform as Jadeite.
"It is now your job to gather energy." Said queen Beryl.
"Yes my queen." Said Nephrite.
Indeed even if Jadeite was defeated the threat wasn't over yet… and Nephrite's methods were not only vastly different than Jadeite's but far more insidious.
Next Time: Nephrite uses a completely different tactic than Jadeite. "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer". He created an alias and join the Guild. Will they be able to figure it out or not? Find out next time!