Chapter 13
Hoteye
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Magic"
Flashback
Location / Date / Time Skip
Magnolia
Fairy Tail Guildhall
Magnolia city. A calm, peaceful place to raise a family... depending on the day of the week. Home to the Fairy Tail guild, this city had been dragged into many of the guild crazy adventures. Like the guild war they had, or the fighting festival. But most of the time it's a beautiful, wonderful, happy...
"AHHH! A blast of dark energy shot out of the guild hall, blasting a solid hole through a nearby mountain. Right, forget what I just said. It's a bad day to live in the city, because Mirajane is angry.
"Mira, calm down." Elfman begged his older sister.
"The hells the matter with you!?" The goth girl asked. "Our little sister is fighting against six of the deadliest wizards in the world, AND YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN!?"
"Yeah, but..." Elfman mumbled.
"BUT WHAT!?" Mirajane asked back
"Mirajane, enough!" Makarov walked down the steps and hopped onto the bar top.
"Master! Send me to take her place! Now!" Mirajane ordered the old man.
"Its too late, Mirajane." Makarov poured himself a beer. "The operation has begun."
"So why didn't you wait for me and Elfman to get back?" Mirajane shouted as she swatted the mug out of his hand.
"We couldn't afford to wait." The master said with a heavy amount of authority in his voice. "The whole conference agreed we needed a takeover mage, and Lisanna was the only one we had available."
"But-" Mirajane shouted.
"Mirajane, show some faith in your sister, like she did with Elfman." Makarov said as the little brother walked over with the mug. "If it make you feel any better, there is a wizard Saint among the group."
With Lisanna and Jura
The two stood their ground before a rustling turned Jura around. "I know you're there! Show yourself!" The ground turned to a liquid and threatened to swallow the two, forcing Lisanna to turn into her bird form and carry Jura out of the splash zone as the ground crashed where they once stood.
"As expected of a wizard Saint!" Hoteye said as they landed. Jura sent pillars of hardened of stone at the dark wizard, only for them to melt on to the ground.
"Is he the one?" Jura asked as the girl returned to normal.
"No, it's Salamander I need to talk to." Lisanna answered.
"Intresting." Hoteye mumbled to Jura, catching his attention. "Your powers harden the earth, while mine soften it. I wonder which is stronger."
Jura pushed Lisanna behind him and dropped into a fighting stance. "Magic power doesn't matter. The one with the stronger ideology will win."
"No true at all." Hoteye shock his head. "In the end, all that matters is who has the most money."
"Miss Lisanna, run." Jura ordered.
"I told you, I'm not leaving!" Lisanna shouted as she put herself side by side to the Saint. "Besides, I'm pretty sure he won't let me leave at this point."
With Lucy and Hibiki
Lucy stared at Erza worried before leaves rustled behind her. In a panic, she turned around as Erik popped out of he bush, holding the three smaller beings in his arms. "We're back!"
"Erik!" Lucy shouted in joy.
"Hey, how'd you do that?" Erik turned to Hibiki. "All of a sudden this map popped into my head."
"That can wait." The playboy said back. "Is Wendy okay?"
"I think so..." The slayer placed the three down and started shaking Wendy. "Hey, wake up kid! I saved you, now you save Erza."
"That's not how you treat a kid!" Lucy shouted in protest.
Wendy's eyes slowly opened and stared at Erik, before she pushed herself back with a scream. "I'm sorry! I had to do it!"
Erik dropped to his knees and lowered his head. "I can forget about that for now. Erza was bitten by some giant snake. It's got magic venom and she needs help."
"She's hurt?.." Wendy asked before looking over at the red head.
"We need Erza to beat the Oraciōn Seis." Hibiki added. "Without her, we're as good as dead."
"Please, Wendy!" Lucy copied Erik's actions. "We need you to save her."
"O-okay! I'll try to save her!" The girl shouted with focus.
"Hooray..." Happy groaned as Carla stood up.
"How long do you plan to stay like that?" Carla asked? "You're pathetic."
Wendy crouched down beside Erza and held her hands close. "Sea Dragon Purifier." A ball of water appeared between her hands and she gently pressed into Erza's wound, creating a large amount of steam. 'I've heard that Jellal's done terrible things to Erza...' The venom slowly boiled away as Wendy kept healing. 'I just can't believe that.'
With Jellal
Jellal walked through the deepest part of the woods before looking over his shoulder. Sensing nothing, he continued his treck, missing that Natsu was watching him the whole time.
'What gives?' The snake keeper thought to himself. 'I can't hear a damn thing from his head. If I could just hear his thoughts, I wouldn't be following him right now."
Jellal stopped in front of a mutant tree covered in chains. "Wha the hell? How did I not see this place before?" Salamander mumbled as he looked up at the branches. "Looks like Brain was right... is this really where Nirvana is sealed?"
Jellal his hand out and touched the trunk, making the whole tree explode into a pillar of light. "This is it! This is our future! This is Nirvana!" Cubelious wrapped around him and he scratched her chin. 'We've done it, Sorano! The world belongs to us now!'
With Erza's Group
"There, all done." Wendy wiped her forehead clean of sweat as she turned around. "All the venom is gone. Now we just have to wait for her to wake up."
The Fairy Tail wizards stared at the red head until she turned her head to the side like she was sleeping. "All right!" Everyone cheered at once before trading high fives.
"Looks like I owe you one.." Erik chuckled.
"That's amazing..." Hibiki mumbled from on top of Erza. "The color of her face is lessening... This magic is incredible."
"Get off her!" Lucy shouted.
"Excuse me!" Carla spoke up. "Now that your friend is healed, try not to force Wendy to use her Sea Magic again. She'll tell you that she's find, but I can tell she's exhausted just by looking at her."
"I'm fine." Wendy spoke up. "I'm just worried that's all."
"Once Erza wakes up, we can go after the Seis." Hibiki told the youngest wizard. "We'll be fine."
"It's time to take these guys out!" Lucy shouted.
"Aye!" Happy added. "We're gonna stop them before they get Nirvana!"
A bright light exploded up to the sky as dark tendrils swirled towards it. "A pillar of black light..." Wendy mumbled.
"Did they find it?" Carla asked as Happy hid behind her.
"That's Nirvana!" Hibiki shouted in fear.
Oraciōn Seis Hideout
"So, it happened..." Midnight mumbled as he and Brain looked at the pillar.
"There's no doubt about it..." Brain nodded. "Nirvana is ours."
"I suppose congratulations are in order." Midnight turned and looked at Brain. "Now if you'll excuse me, there are some pesky guild wizards I need to kill. Don't wait for me. Go to the light, father."
Brain nodded and the two left towards their own goals.
With Gray, Lyon and Sherry
"That can't be good..." Gray mumbled at the pillar.
"Gray, go find Erik and Erza." Lyon said as Sherry helped him stand. "We'll get the others."
"Okay. Just let me do one thing." The dark bluenette walked over to Racer and froze the blondes feet in a block of ice. "No more running for this guy."
With Erik's Group
"That has to be Nirvana!" Hibiki said.
"The Oraciōn Seis beat us!?" Lucy asked. "How!?"
"That light..." Erik mumbled as he stared at the pillar in anger. "Jellal is there, no doubt about it!" The mention of the bluenete made Lucy go wide eyed in fear.
Erik took off into the woods leaving the others behind. "Hey, you can't just run away without explaining things to us!"
"No..." Wendy mumbled in fear at her actions. "This is my fault..."
"I'm not gonna let him run into Erza!" Erik said as he sprinted through the forest. "I have to stop him, both of them! I'll kill them if I have to! That way... they can't make her cry again!"
Erzas eyes slowly opened and her mind raced to a single name. 'Jellal...'
With Lisanna, Jura and Hoteye
"What is that?" Lisanna asked, looking at the spiral.
"That is Nirvana!" Hoteye shouted with joy. "I'm sorry, but time is money, and I'm not going to waste any more. Oh yeah!" He waved his hand and a magic seal appeared. "Mud Coating!" A tidal wave of soft earth rolled towards the two light mages.
"Iron Rock Wall!" Jura waved his fingers up and stone pillars blocked the wave. Lisanna charged forward and entered her tiger form. She swung her claws and the dark mage dodged them all.
Hoteye raised his hand and a pillar of mud shot out from under Lisanna and trapped her before it curved back down and slammed her into the ground. "Ugh, I'm gonna need a shower." Lisanna complained before pulling her foot out of the ground as Jura charged the dark wizard.
The wizard Saint thrust his open palms in thrusts and Hoteye dodged them before punching Jura in the stomach, right were the stab wound was. "Seems your still sore, oh yeah!" The ground bubbled before it shot up in a fist, catching Jura's chin, punching him back.
"Slurry Shot!" Hoteye held out his hand and a 70/30 mix of water and earth shot forward and pushed Jura back. A lot of the stone targeted Jura's wound until his grip on the ground gave and sent him flying back into Lisanna.
Lisanna jumped into the air and avoided Jura, turning into her bird form, but Hoteye raised his hand. "Mud Shot!" Five pillars of soft dirt shot up and slammed into Lisanna, coating her wings in a crust and not letting her catch any air, as well as slightly breaking them.
In a quick thought, Lisanna turned into her penguin form and aimed for the dark wizard, who raised his hand and summoned a shield of soft earth that bend around the large birds form. Lisanna slid down off the shield as Hoteyes eyes flashed, his Heavens Eye activating. "I got you now!"
The whole ground turned soft and Lisanna started to sink before she flopped back onto her belly and started sliding forward to Hoteye. She reached Hoteye and pointed her beak at him, but a mud arm grabbed her tail and slammed her into a thick tree, returning her to her human form.
Lisanna slowly stood up and ran forward as her body glowed again. "Animal Soul: Armadillo!" Her body shortened as she transformed into a bright red armadillo with hot pink feet before she rolled up into a ball and launched at at Hoteye.
The orange haired man's eyes flashed as a seal appeared. "Mud Trap!" A giant hole opened up under Lisanna before it swallowed her and closed shut.
"Miss Lisanna!" Jura shouted as he held his fist out, summoning a seal. "Iron Rock Fist!" A stone fist shot out of the seal and hit Hoteye, sending him into a tree. He ran to the ground where Lisanna was swallowed and started digging. "No!"
A cloud of dirt popped up and a large brown mole with a tuff of white hair stuck its head out of the ground. "I'm okay!" Lisanna said as she crawled out of the ground. "Knew having this soul would come in handy." Her body glowed and she returned to normal. "How are we gonna beat this guy? It's like he has a counter for everything he does."
"I have a spell I've been working on, but I need time." Jura whispered to the girl as Hoteye stood up.
"How long do you need?" Lisanna asked.
"As much as you can get me." The saint answered. Lisanna jumped as her body glowed again, returning to her mole form as she dove back into the ground.
"Oh, no. What ever shall I do?" Hoteye sarcastically asked as he activated his Heaven's Eye. Quickly finding the girl digging under him, he activated his Earth magic and melted the ground, exposing Lisanna.
She turned back into human before launching forward and turned into her tiger form. She raised her leg and tried to deliver a kick, only for Hoteye to catch it. She jumped and delivered an enzuigiri dazing Hoteye long enough for her turn into her harpy form and take to the sky.
Bearing her talons at the dark wizard, she dive bombed Hoteye, only for a muddy hand to reach up, grab her legs and pull her down in a slam. The hand picked her up again and turned into a ball on a pillar before shrinking in on Lisanna making her scream in pain. "Tell me, what was the point of all this? Oh yeah." Hoteye asked as the muddy earth squeezed Lisanna tighter.
Lisanna looked up and smirked at the dark wizard. "It's called a distraction."
"Rumbling Mount Fuji!" Jura shouted before slamming his hands on the ground, letting a giant beam of geothermal energy enveloped Hoteye for three minutes. The beam faded and Hoteye, singed and opened jaw, started falling to his back.
'To see my brother... just one more time...' He thought as he looked up at Nirvana. 'That is my prayer...' He hit the ground and dropped his book, defeated. The mud hardened around Lisanna and she turned into her rabbit form, breaking free.
"One down..." Lisanna said as the Saint studied his wound before collapsing against a tree. "Are you okay?" She returned to normal and ran over.
"I'm fine..." Jura slung his arm over her shoulder and let her help him stand up. "Did we win?" Lisanna nodded, making him smile.
With Brain
"No!" Brain shouted in anger as one of the lines on his face vanished. "Not Hoteye as well! I will not let these fool destroy my dream!"
Well, Hoteye is done. I struggled with this one, but NiA helped me out a lot. Up next is Angel, and let me tell you now, she will NOT go down easy. See you then.
Beta read by Natsu is Awesome.
