I AM BAAAACK! *Hides behind whatever available*
I am sooooo sorry ppl! School is a bitch! 11th took some serious toll! But... I passed! You may kill me! *hollow words. She is running away*
Here's the second instalment of the series. The Great Reveal! Hope you like it! And I can't promise anything yet, so no cliffhangers. Also, I made some slight changes in the places in the first chapter that I found dumb. They are quite minor, so if you want to revise it, depends on you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.
Chapter 2: Combat
"Black Ice?"
With the scattering of pixels, the scene around him morphed into a valley of hills, with him standing in the middle of the small road in between them. His opponent was standing on the top of one hill. His armour was black.
"New gamer, huh?" Black Ice said, "Welcome to NeuroLink, Salamander. Get ready to taste some virtual dirt." And with that, he jumped from the top of the hill towards him with inhumane speed and punched him right across the face. Natsu flew back with the power of the punch and skidded to a stop. A meter appeared on top of his head, with a fragment of his lifeline disappearing.
"Show me what you've got, Salamander. Don't tell me you spray-painted your armour sliver." Oh, so now he was trying to provoke him. Well, he should totally know that... he just succeeded!
"What did you say?" Natsu said. Black Ice just chuckled and said, "And now you are deaf as well. So much for a good sparring partner."
Natsu could feel the warmth around increasing with his temper. "Why you..." and as soon as he said so, his hands burst into bright yellow flames. "Whoa!" he exclaimed in surprise. Before he could register what was happening, he heard his opponent say, "Finally. Now you are getting serious," as Black Ice launched himself again on Natsu.
Natsu gave a super un-manly yelp and brought his hands in front of his face, in the hope of shielding his face from the upcoming attack, but that attack never came. He opened his eyes slowly, which he closed who-knows-when, and he caught just a glimpse of fire surrounding him before it dissipated. And to his surprise, he saw his opponent lying a few feet away from him, his lifeline half-empty. He just subconsciously attacked Black Ice! And he was winning!
Black Ice was soon on his feet, and said, "Whoa, you caught me off guard there. Enough foreplay," and he soon started changing his stance. Natsu also shifted, blazing and raising his balled fists and shifting his right leg behind. "I am not losing from someone like you, Black Ice!"
"We would see to that, Salamander!" and suddenly, the temperature dropped 20 degrees. "W-what is happening?" Natsu said. He then saw his opponent changing is stance putting a fist on his palm. Uh-oh.
"I am gonna finish you off with my last move," he said. "Ice Make: Lance!" he shouted and suddenly, numerous ice lances launched towards him. He dodged a few , some grazed him. But, he was so busy dodging the lances that he totally missed the black blur coming towards him until he was frozen/punched right across his gut, flying and bombarding himself into one of the hills. The metre flashed above him again, but this time his lifeline was empty. He lost.
With the scattering of pixels, a message appeared, saying, "Congratulations, Black ice! You may collect your points from your opponent." Great. First a great defeat and now an awesome bankruptcy. Black Ice strode towards him and extended his arm towards Natsu. "It's my rule to not suck out points from starters. That's kinda cheap. So, you plan to move your butt or do you actually love the virtual dirt?"
"Tch," Natsu reluctantly took his hand and stood up. And he could bet on a thousand jewels that His Blackassness was totally smirking."So," Natsu said conversationally, "You are the same guy from Brain Burst?"
"Yeah, the fastest!" he said proudly.
"Ya ya, whatever. Who are you anyways?"
"Oh Natsu, you are finally back! Gods, I was so worried!"
"But... wasn't it for just a few sec-"
So what? What happened? Did you win?"
"Well, no, but I-"
"What?! This is so sick! So it was one of those thugs who steals points from weak newbies!"
"Wha- weak newbies?"
"Oh my, did the player take all the points? Did you actually fight back? Did you-"
"Lucy! Listen to me! He didn't take my points. Yes I fought back. Kinda burnt him. But then he used some super cool move [pun intended] and... I lost."
"Oh. Fire? Of course. Elemental. Didn't take points? What an idiot..."
"Huh?"
"Nothing! I meant that he is a good guy. Yeah. Who was it anyways?"
"well, Black Ice but-"
"You just fought Black Ice? And you actually landed a blow on-"
"Well yeah... actually the fire kinda spontaneously shielded me and he barely dodged it."
"Oh. Ya that usually happens when he is with weak- *throat clearing* -umm... new opponents. He probably underestimated you. Also he didn't take your points. That's so him."
"Wait, you know-"
"No not really. Level Four, remember?"
"Yeah, yeah. Let's start today!"
"umm well, actually," Lucy fidgeted on the spot but said, "Well, I have a date at 7:30 so..."
"Lucy!" said a voice from the afar. Probably the front door of the, well, mansion. "Well," Natsu said, "I am going home then. Complete my homework. Bye Luce!" and then he disappeared. Literally.
Natsu decided to walk home. But as he was walking, he saw a guy across the street. His face was hidden with his hoodie, and a smirk was plastered on the part visible due to street light. Then suddenly, a bus passed by and he was gone.
"Me, you say? Isn't it, like, good manners to introduce yourself first, flame brain?"
"Why you Ice head-"
"I am Gray. Pleasure to meet you too, Natsu Dragneel. Hope you reach Level 4 soon." He started walking away, leaving behind a stunned Natsu. "And I hope this will be our little secret. Link Out!"
And just like that, he was gone, leaving Natsu with questions and Lucy.
*phew* FINALLY!
Was it okay, the fight scene? That was the first time (not really) I actually tried one. Plus, it is a start for the upcoming fight scenes too. Tell me if I need to improve cuz there will be a looot of those in here.
For the ppl waiting for this stupid little ass to update Possessed, the next chapter will be updated shortly after this.
Feel free to share your views! And hopefully I would update this soon.
Till then!
