Hello there! Now I hope your all getting ready for Christmas because I'm excited! I get xmas eve AND day off for the first time in years! WHHHOOOO! And with it being so close…A holiday chapter! A few of you who talk with me probably know a little bit about it but you'll just have to read! Now, I don't know how long this will be, but I'm sure it will be fun! Also, it's not a standard Earthland, so there is a mix of modern technology and other things like cars and guns… So…ENJOY!
I still don't own any rights to any media!
Happy Holiday's
Universe 33252-S Magnolia December 24th year 792
The city was covered with a fine power of snow, the flakes of frozen ice falling from the sky as streetlamps lit the roadways. The flakes covered the streets…blanketed homes and factories…businesses and parked vehicles. Christmas lights were twinkling in windows, showing off the festive spirit of many in the city. A few snowmen lined sidewalks or front lawns, built by children the day before. It was the picture of serenity.
The crunch of footsteps. Panicked and full of fear were heard, running through the snow. A man was running, bleeding from his temple and clutching his side as crimson leaked from between his fingers.
"GET HIM!" A man roared out as he rounded the corner with several comrades, each brandishing machetes and guns.
"Shit…shit..shit…" the fleeing man whispered as he ran, trying to find safety. Bypassing several homes, he saw the doors reinforced or blocked off, the inhabitants not taking any risks on this night.
His foot slipped.
Spilling to the ground hard, the man groaned as the pursuers caught up with him. There was a dozen in all, some covered with blood and grime…others in cloaks or just normal attire as their eyes looked down at their victim.
"So…Mr. Ratchek? Regretting not giving me that raise now?" The ringleader asked in a sinister tone as he rested a baseball bat on his shoulders.
Being in his fifties, the older victim looked up at the younger man with pleading in his eyes. "Please Connor! You don't have to do this! I was going to give you a raise after the new year! I gave you that job years ago…I know your mother!"
"Awe…your begging…that's cute" Connor replied as he hefted the bat, slowly palming it in his free hand. In a flash of blinding speed, he brought the bat over his head, bloodlust and killing in his eyes. Bringing it down, he struck the balding man on top of his skull with a sickening 'crack'
Blood pooling from his eyes, Mr. Ratchek tried to focus on his assailant…but only managed to croak out one word as part of his cranium had caved in.
"W…wh..why?"
"IT'S THE FUCKING CHRISTMAS PURGE!" Connor yelled as he brought the bat down again. The crunch was heavier, caving in more of the skull as his friends looked and laughed. The beating continued, turning the head of the elder into a gorey, snow strewn paste of brain and flesh across the snow covered road.
"Stupid old man! Everybody knows its purge night!" One of them teased and giggled, his machete coated with blood. He had been killing the homeless, finding them deathly afraid of their little group. Mitch really loved how they begged and squirmed.
Once he was done, Conner lifted the bat, gore dripping from the end as his smirk radiated evil in the moonlight. Behind them, buildings burned and crackled in the distance, smoke and fire climbing into the night sky as screams, gunshots, and horror washed across the city.
"Let's thank king Toma for initiating the purge boys! Let's go get us some fine mage pussy!" Connor screamed out, his blood pumping after his latest kill.
"You mean…?" One of the men asked, his bare chest covered with speckles of blood.
"That's right. The magic suppressor is in effect til' 6 a.m. Which means that even powerful mages like Erza Scarlet or Mirajane are helpless against us…we can stroll right in and do what we want" Conner stated as another man spoke up.
"Ohh…I'm so gonna mouth rape one of those stuck up bitches. Always strutting around like sluts…destroying everything. Did I tell you that bitch Lucy destroyed my dad's business this past summer? He never recovered…maybe I'll fuck her asshole…"
"Well Derek…lets go get them and show them the common man's fury at their destructive ways!" the leader screamed out, getting the man to brandish their weapons and head toward the famous guild hall. All around them, people killed and butchered…robbed and stole. It was a night to vent their anger and frustrations…to get their own back after a year of mages accidentally destroying their homes and businesses… the snow was red with blood…
Running past an alleyway, Conner saw two women on their knees, sucking a man off who wore nothing but a Santa's hat. One of the women had the balls in her mouth, enjoying herself as the other took the shaft deep into her warm orifice.
"Heh…looks like somebody is enjoying himself" Connor mentioned as his gang laughed, running past the male receiving the blowjob from the two sluts. They would not disturb him…after all, they would have some fine women soon enough.
Boots crunching in the snow as fire's lit their path, his group ran past a pileup of burning cars as a group of women hoisted a struggling man above the flames. They had rigged up a pulley system, the male pleading for mercy…which fell on deaf ears.
"YOU'LL PAY FOR CHEATING ON ME YOU SACK OF SHIT!" The voluptuous brunette yelled out, her hands gripped around the rope as her friends cheered her on.
"You go Karen! You raised his kids and work hard! You deserve this after he fucked that waitress!" Another woman of similar age yelled out, her clothing resembling that of a sexy elf. She was carrying an assault rifle, her compatriots all equally armed as the fires lit up the street.
"PLEASE! KAREN! I'M SORRY! I'LL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!" The man begged as the heat from the flames started to lick at his bare feet. He was covered in cuts and wounds, blood leaking from the spot his right eye had been. As soon as the alarm for the purge started, his wife and her friends had dragged him from their home…their intentions obviously clear as they tortured and beat him.
"Oh…you're right…you'll never do something like this again…" Karen whispered as she let the rope leave her hands. Falling like a rock, the man landed in the mass of burning vehicles, the flames immediately starting to eat his skin.
"AAAAAAAAUGGGHHHHHH!" The cheating husband cried out, his blood curdling scream mixing in with the city as his flesh lit aflame.
"Consider this our divorce" Karen told the man before looking at her friends. "Ladies…lets go find us a jewelry store. I feel like spoiling myself"
"HELL YEAH!" The women cheered out, some slapping their friend on the back as smiles reached their faces. Running off, they left the slowly dying man on the pile of popping and burning metal, his skin already blackened and cracked.
"And that boys…is why I'll never get married" Connor told his men with a chuckle as they continued on their way. It was always fun to watch others purge their frustrations…every year he saw something new.
Running through the snow with smears of blood in it, He saw a man holding a gas can outside of a burning home, his crazed laughter mixing in with the falling snow.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN PRUNE MY TREES YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH! Well…WHO'S LAUGHING NOW DORIAN! YOU AND YOUR FAT WIFE YOU SMELLY SACK OF DOG SHIT!" The man screamed as the Christmas tree could be seen burning inside the engulfed house of flames.
'Crash!'
A body fell from the second floor, its flesh beyond cooked as it landed in the snow. The person's throat had been burned away…along with the clothes and most of its skin.
"HeheheheHAHAHA! NOW I CAN KILL YOU SOME MORE!" the man hurled the gas can away, brandishing a hatchet as he charged toward the hideously burned human in front of him. Raising it up, he brought he blade down on the skull, splitting it in two as brain matter burst across the fresh snow.
"YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN ME! THAT YOUR COW OF A WIFE WAS BETTER THAN MY BEAUTIFUL LINDSEY! NOW YOU SUFFER FOR YOUR ARROGANCE!" the male screamed as he chopped and cut, flinging the limbs away as he continued to hack. The burned victim had long since died, but the attacker was in a blood frenzy of hate as the home burned to his right. Embers rising into the night sky, Connor and his group ran past toward the rapidly approaching guild. All around them was chaos…and not just here…but in all of Fiore. It truly was a night to remember as they ran toward the front gates of the guild. Locked, the men simply started to climb over the walls.
"Heh…those pathetic mages will be nothing without their magic…" Conner chuckled evilly as they came to the door. Kicking it open, he was surprised to find it unlocked…and the guild was completely empty. There was nothing…no scared women or children…No idiot fire slayer trying to fight them…not even Christmas decorations dotted the walls.
"Wha…WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY!?" The man roared out before grapping a gang member. "SEARCH THE ENTIRE BUILDING! THEY HAVE TO BE HERE!"
Nodding quickly, the underling ran off with the others, not wanting to be purged by his own leader. Searching every room…every closet and floor, the gang personnel soon found themselves in the main hall with blank stares.
"Nobody is here, Connor. They must be hiding somewhere else"
Letting out a growl, the man kicked over a table before marching out of the doorway. "They have to be in the city…I just saw them earlier today before the purge started…We will find them and get our own justice on those fucking mages…"
The warehouse district 8:13 p.m.
The building was abandoned since last year, the owner a victim of the last purge. Which meant that it would be overlooked. Sitting on a plot of land that had a ten foot wall, the previous owner had been very serious about security with the wall around his property, heavy doors, and fire resistant materials. He had been in the process of sealing off windows on the ground floor, but had barely started the task before he was killed. While it wasn't in the best of shape from a few broken skylights, the structure was still sound.
Having come here through the sewer access door in the basement, the mages of Fiary Tail had invited the guilds of Lamia Scale, Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, and Sabertooth into the building. After the horrors that befell Quatro Cerberus and Twilight Ogre the last few years, the close allies had decided in secret to be prepared. Knowing how destructive they were…how much damage they caused despite their efforts not to, the guild masters came up with a plan.
Finding the abandoned building, Erza and the rest of team Natsu had stocked it with supplies for the night, including blankets and food under the order of Makarov. They also had a small stockpile of weapons, including some rifles and shotguns in case they were discovered. Then, over the last few days, groups from other guilds would enter the sewers by darkness and make their way to the building. They were no fools…they knew that if they stayed in their guild halls, they would be instant targets. And with their magic cut off until six in the morning, they would be on the level of normal civilians. Sure, they each had skill…but if any of them were surrounded by a half dozen armed with guns…they were dead…or worse. The women held no illusions on what would happen to them if they were captured.
"Dammit…How did it come to this? The country wasn't like this before Tenrou" Grey whispered as he sat near his girlfriend, Laki. The two of them were near his team and several mages from Sabertooth, Sting clenching his fists in fury.
"It was king Toma…after the…'conquest' of Bosco, Fiore suddenly had millions of new subjects…people that were poor and uneducated. He didn't want to pay for the programs to lift them out of poverty…he just wanted to rule with an iron fist. The princess spoke out against the idea…and he had her imprisoned in a lone tower in his castle…it was a few days after that he revealed the…'purge'
His face was lit by the low fire…no mage wanting to risk too much light as Lector came hurrying up, his cat features full of fear.
"Sting! I can't find Yukino!"
"WHAT!?" he shouted, his voice echoing across the crowded hall with dozens of mages.
'Keep your voice down!" Minerva hissed out from nearby, sitting with some of the mages from Lamia Scale. She had once been a vile…hateful woman…but once the purge started and she was one of the mages to find the twisted and broken bodies of the men from Quatro Cerberus…she had vomited after finding Bacchus's head on a pike. After that…she knew that the guilds needed to band together to survive. She still didn't like some of the women in Fairy Tail…but she had come to respect their power.
"Sting…I thought she was with you?" Rouge asked as the blonde man shook his head.
"No…she said she was going with you" the dragonslayer said with a panicked look as his eyes turned toward one of the high windows in the wall. Even now…they could hear the screaming and carnage washing over Magnolia as gunshots and laughter washed inside.
"If she's still out there…" Lucy whispered as Natsu shot to his feet, determination crossing his features.
"I'll go look for her. She can't be out there on a night like tonight" He told the surrounding mages as Sting moved toward Natsu, a glare on his face.
"Like hell you will? She's part of my guild! I'll look for her!" the blonde dragonslayer shouted out, prompting Kagura to rise and move behind the shouting man.
"Quiet! We can't let anybody hear us!" She hissed out before slamming the edge of her palm into the man's neck. Crumpling like a used sack of potatoes, the slayer collapsed to the floor unconscious as Kagura eyed one of Erza's best friends before looking around at the Sabertooth mages.
"I'm sorry…but he was being too loud. And knowing him, he'd be screaming her name around the city" The swordswoman replied before looking back at Natsu.
"I will accompany you"
"Kagura? Are you sure that's wise? It's crazy out there" Millianna told her guild mate who gave a nod.
"We have to find Yukino and bring her back safely. If some men find her…I don't want to harbor the thought of what they'll do to her"
"Then I'll come too. My magic may be gone for the night, but not my skill with the blade" Erza butted in, standing up as Natsu made his way over to his red headed friend. Setting a hand on her shoulder, the woman almost leaned in from the touch as worry and fear clenched her heart. "If we make it through the night…I'm telling him how I feel…"
"Erza…I appreciate it, but I would rather you stay here. Your one of our best fighters and if something bad were to happen…I would know your protecting everybody here"
"But…"
"He's right Erza. If we send out too many to search, the search party itself could be discovered. Natsu is a capable young man along with Kagura. I trust your senses are still sharp?" Makarov asked the salmon haired man as he walked up, the other guild masters in his wake.
Tapping his nose, the fire mage gave his signature grin despite the seriousness of the situation. "Sharp as ever old man. I'll be like a sniffing ninja" He spoke softly as Kagura sighed. "Why do I have to be attracted to this idiot?"
"Very well. Grab some weapons and go through the sewer entrance…we can't risk the doors being opened" he ordered as Erza and the rest of the team tried to voice their concerns…but were quickly squashed. Watching the man pick up a shotgun with a satchel for extra shells and Kagura do the same with a pistol, the two mages headed toward the basement, bypassing Cana and her father.
"Be careful, Natsu" Cana whispered, trying to sound brave as a blood curling scream echoed from outside…followed by more gunshots and an explosion.
"I will Cana. And when I get back, I'll give you my special gift early, I promise" He smiled, hefting the weapon and proceeding down the stairs with Kagura.
"You better keep that promise…" She said while wringing her hands, Gildarts resting his palm on her shoulder. He knew that his daughter cared for Natsu deeply…perhaps on the border of love.
"Kid…you better make it back to Cana! I don't want to see her cry! You're the only man I'll approve of for her you flame haired idiot!"
Hearing the 'clang' of the basement door echoing through the warehouse over small embers of fire and hushed conversations, the old guild master looked at several of his children with worry and fear in his eyes. "Please…let this be the right choice…" he stated as Happy sat in Lucy's lap, the blue cat and blonde woman clutching each other in worry as the purge continued outside the wooden walls…
Walking through the sewers, the duo kept silent as they proceeded. Natsu had the shotgun cradled to his chest, his eyes always checking the shadows for anybody that could threaten them. The rank smell of mildew and rotting garbage assaulted his senses, making his eyes water as Kagura kept a hand on her pistol. She was equipped with a sword, but that was sheathed at the moment.
Stepping through a puddle of greenish slime, the black haired woman grimaced as some splashed against her new boots. Some had covered the shins of Natsu, but the man looked to be very serious.
"During the Grand Magic Games, he was such a carefree idiot after most of Fairy Tail returned. He fought amazingly to bring his guild to first place…and then to actually fight the dragons later. But after they learned of the purge that was to take place…its like his intelligence grew to that of a mature man? How did that happen? Was he always this cautious and observant? Or was it the threat of this day that spurned him into seeking training with firearms and tactics?" Kagura asked herself as she stepped through a few more vile puddles.
"Ugh…gross" she lightly complained, trying to shake of the rancid ichor as a few rats scurried away.
"I know…Lucy would hate it down here. The smell is pretty bad" The man replied to his female companion, the blinking lightbulb above creating a slow staccato as they rounded a corner in the sewer. Sniffing his nose, Natsu blanched at the horrid stench in his nostrils.
"Can you smell her?" Kagura asked, walking past something…that she could not identify. They had been walking for five or ten minutes, the duo staying mostly silent through their journey.
"No…the smell of garbage and nasty stuff is to strong. I need to get to the street…through here" He instructed as they came to a familiar tunnel. Surging ahead with rapid footsteps, Natsu held the shotgun at the ready as they came to a heavy door.
"I'll open it" Kagura offered, her hands clasping the cold handle. Pulling with a grunt of effort, the heavy sewer door swung open, giving them access to the world above as it squealed on its hinges.
Clasping the shotgun tightly, Natsu could feel his adrenaline spike as the two slowly made their way up the stairs toward the maintenance access room. "No goofing off now. I know I may not be the smartest, but Erza said that thing the king uses seals all of our magic for the day is full-proof…not even Gildarts can use his magic…I COULD FIGHT HIM! NO! Focus… I need to keep Kagura safe and be cautious…and to find Yukino…I know what these crazy people would do to a cute girl like her…ahh…I didn't just admit she's cute did I? Awe man! Mira will be sooo mad if she finds out!"
"Natsu? Can you find her?" Kagura asked softly, interrupting his inner monologue as they stood near the open doorway to the building. Snow covered the street, the filled in footprints of previous humans outlined in the white powder as a fire burned out of control a street over to the east.
Right outside the door was the slumped over body of a man, half his head blown away as it rested against the wall of the structure. Gulping heavily at the sight, Natsu started to sniff the air as the crackle of gunshots and more deranged laughter echoed across the night. Picking up the traces of the woman in question, he pointed toward the East.
"She's that way…but its faint with all the blood and fires in the air…" He muttered as the man started to walk along the street, slinking along the walls of closed-up buildings on his right. Kagura was behind him, keeping an observant eye out as their boots crunched in the freshly fallen snow.
Stopping at an intersection, Natsu looked in all directions as the echoing cries of a dying man rose above the chaos from a few streets to the south. Gritting his teeth, the pinkette wanted to help…but knew he had no choice as the screaming cut off abruptly with a loud gunshot.
"Let's go" He whispered, scurrying across the roadway, bypassing a burning car flipped on its side. The flames licked and spread across the metal, trying to hide the horrors of charred flesh inside as the two mages moved on.
"I have to be stealthy like a ninja! I can't afford to fight like I normally do…just find Yukino and bring her back safely. By tomorrow morning all of this will be over"
Keeping the shotgun at the ready, Natsu had made sure the safety was off. He hoped he wouldn't have to hurt anybody…but this was not a normal night. Bypassing an electronics store that had been ransacked by looters, the male gave a quick glance to make sure it was empty as the door hung off one of the hinges.
"I SAID…I WANT MY FUCKING CANDY!" a voice screamed out from the nearby corner of the next intersection.
"CANDY!"
"TREATS!"
"SUGAR!"
Freezing in step, the mad voices of children reached the duos ears. Grabbing Kagura's hand, Natsu quickly moved into the ruined electronics store, their boots light and soft as they moved into the darkness…and just in time too. Rounding the corner was a gang of children…some no older than Asuka as they ran across the street to a locked-up candy store. They carried hammers and crowbars…some knives as the group of nearly two dozen youngsters started to attack the bars on the windows and door.
"GIVE ME MY FUCKING CANDY!" A twelve year old boy howled out, his face painted white like a deranged clown…his followers in the same getup. Taking a crowbar, the boy started to pry at the heavy door of the store, his laughter rising like a nightmare of insanity.
"STAY AWAY FROM MY STORE YOU LITTLE FUCKERS!" A man yelled from the two-story roof, a shotgun in his hands as a woman and two teenaged females joined him, guns in their hands.
"YOU WILL NOT RUIN OUR LIVLIHOOD AND HOME!" the obvious wife screamed out, leveling her rifle at the mass of purging children. Pulling the trigger, the forty year old female had aimed at the ringleader, blowing a hole in his head as brains and bone spread across the snowy road.
Clenching his fist in anger, Natsu wanted to go and stop them all. Starting to rise as the family opened fire on the mass of screaming children, his eyes leaked as the young were torn apart by gunfire and horror.
"No Natsu…If we go out there, those people might kill us as well" Kagura urged, restraining his shoulder as the last few children ran away, howling in fury as blood illuminated the snow covered road. Over a dozen had been slain by the store owner and his family, the man looking at his hands…horrified by what he had done.
Slowly nodding his head, Natsu knew that any chance to help had already passed. Following Kagura to the back of the store past a few smashed televisions, they came to the emergency exit. Slowly pushing the door open, Kagura pointed her pistol down the alleyway, checking for threats. Finding none, she waved Natsu into the darkened alley as a cat sat on a garbage can, keeping a lookout for vermin.
"You okay, Natsu?" Kagura asked, knowing the man had a kind heart…especially toward children.
Shaking his head, the man glanced back they way they came, a few tears streaking his cheeks. That had been awful to watch. Wiping the flecks of water away, he tried to smile at the swordswoman.
"I…yeah…let's just find Yukino" he said softly, his voice holding a tremble.
Nodding her head, Kagura kept the pistol at her side, always a breath away from being used. Moving toward the exit to the alley, the duo stopped as she took glances north and south. A few bodies lay in the street, the falling snow already starting to cover the bloody corpses of men and women…some with weapons laying nearby. Her stare traveling south, Kagura saw the illuminated police station as officers patrolled the rooftop in the distance. They wouldn't be any help to them. Under order of the king, any emergency personnel would not be allowed to help those in need. So, while they wouldn't attack per se, they also wouldn't help until the purge ended. Anybody approaching the station would be given one warning…and then none.
"Okay…it looks cl—"
"aaaahhhhhH!" A female scream interrupted from nearby…maybe only two or three streets away as Natsu's eyes widened.
"THAT'S YUKIINO! I'M SURE OF IT!" The man yelled out, his attempts at stealth gone in a flash as he started to run. His breath misted, the snowflakes settling into his hair as fear gripped his heart. Running down the next street, he abandoned his training in a flash.
"Natsu!" Kagura shouted out at his retreating back, the man quickly disappearing down the next street as she soon gave chase, her fresh boot prints in the falling snow. Unknown to the duo…they had been seen…
9th Street. Near the outskirts of the factory district
"COME ON SORANO!" Yukino yelled to her sister, quickly turning and firing her pistol at the gang of men. The bark of gunfire was immediately followed by one of her pursuers pitching forward, a howling scream wafting through the night as the gang surged forward.
"DON'T YOU THINK I'M TRYING!?" the older sister shouted back, her features contorted in fear and stress. Running forward past a trio of decapitated men in the road, Sorano didn't ask herself where the heads had gone…all she knew is that she needed to get away with her sister. "Dammit! Why did she come after me? I'm a dark mage! She could've stayed with her friends…then I had to be stupid…and reply to her letter…and then Jellal found out…he's going to want to find Erza…it's a free pass for him to do what he wants with her…I always was uneasy around him" She idly thought as they ran down the street, more bodies scattered around where they fell during the purge.
"GET EM' BOYS! THAT FINE PUSSY WILL FEEL GREAT! JUST MAKE SURE TO SAVE SOME FOR THE BOSS!" One cheered out as he pointed a pistol. Firing, the bullet panged off of a car near Yukino, sparking into the night as the men hooted and howled.
"DON'T KILL HER YOU IDIOT!" A woman's voice rose above the gang, her eyes watching the prey get closer. Olivia Connell…she wanted a fine woman like that…and when the boys are done ravaging both…she would get her turn along with her female compatriots. The fact was already making her wet between the thighs…
"Damn! I thought we were in the clear! But just one wrong turn…" Yukino slipped, a hidden patch of ice pitching her forward as she hit the roadway hard.
"YUKINO!" Sorano shouted out, halting her footsteps as she quickly turned and tried to reach her sister. Reaching down, she exerted strength as she pulled her sister to her feet….but not quickly enough. The arm that wrapped around her throat yanked her away, a breath of rancid heat hitting her neck.
"Got you now…bitch!" The man uttered darkly as he pushed the key mage to the pavement.
"SORANO!" Yukino shouted out as a man pressed his foot down upon her head, muffling her pleas. They were surrounded…over a dozen men and women standing around the two as laughter and dark jokes reached her ears.
"Shut up whore…and prepare yourself" the man uttered with finality as he stooped down with a knife in his hand. Flipping her over, he didn't care as wet snow and fear covered the mages delicate features.
"Pl..pl…please…just let us go…" Yukino whispered as the men grinned.
"Nah…we're gonna have fun with you two…lots of fun" He replied, licking his lips. Bringing the knife down, he slid it under the hem of her clothes, cutting and slicing the fabric as it revealed her womanly body. Trying to struggle and free herself, Yukino was soon held down by several men as tears streaked her cheeks.
"I'm going to be raped…no..no…NO!"
"Oh yeah…that's what I'm talking about…" he sneered as he watched the female's eyes widen with fear. To be honest…he loved that look during the purge. Being his third one…he always found a target weeks before and made sure to…enjoy his conquest on the night in question. This would be no different. Ripping her panties away, he stared down at the little tuft of white hair between her legs.
"Fuck yeah…" He whispered as he pulled his cock out of his pants.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Sorano screamed out, tears dripping down her features as her face was pushed into the snow. The men were tearing at her clothes…their intent obvious as one of them slapped her cheek.
"SHUT UP BITCH AND ENJOY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU!" One of the men screamed, his cock waiting and willing to fuck all her holes…they were going to gangrape this white haired slut…right in front of her sister as laughter filled the street.
"Don't forget! I'm gonna eat her out later! I want to break this slut real good…" one of the women added in, preparing to watch the gang rape in the middle of the street. They had stripped Sorano as well, pressing her face into the snow as one man stroked his cock. Being the one to capture her, he would get first crack at her pink hole.
"Please…don't!" Yukino tried to plead one last time as her legs were forced apart. She was looking down, the man inches away from entering her.
'BOOM!'
The man that had been about to enter her…his head exploded in a fine mist, spraying her exposed body with blood and bits of flesh. Feeling the warm crimson splash her left cheek, Yukino's eyes were like dinner plates.
"GET AWAY FROM THEM!" Natsu roared out, pumping the shotgun again as he fired another blast into the gang of rapists. The buckshot ripped through two of the men, shredding their flesh and cracking bone as the fire dragon slayer charged into the street, fury in his eyes.
"NATSU! DON'T CHARGE IN LIKE THAT!" Kagura shouted out behind him, her pistol barking like a eruption of fire in the night of falling snow and death. The woman standing near Sorano pitched backward, clutching her throat as blood pooled from the ragged wound.
"Don't just stand there…attack them!" A man yelled out as he pulled a knife free. He forgot to pull up his pants, his member flopping in the cold as most turned to their attackers.
"Natsu…" Yukino whispered a smile on her lips as the man charged into the fray…until a bullet ripped into his shoulder. The flesh was torn as he spun, surprise on his face as the shotgun flew from his hands.
"NO!" Kagura screamed out as she pulled her sword free, brandishing both weapons as the seven remaining rapists sneered at her. "I will save that idiot…and these women from these bastards!" she thought in anger and hate as she pointed her pistol toward the new leader.
The bullet slammed into her side, spinning her to the ground, its speed unable to be seen by human eyes. Blood leaked from her mouth, pain wracking her body as she tried to pick herself up. Looking across the snow, her sword had clattered several feet away. Grunting, she tried to crawl toward the weapon.
Stepping down on the struggling woman's back, Ryan Sterling glared down at the female as he cocked the gun.
"Move another muscle…and I'll kill you"
"NO!" Natsu yelled out, his shoulder flaring as one of the surviving women stepped on the ragged wound, blood leaking into the road. He had to get up…to save these women from what these bastards will do. "If only I had my magic!"
"Oh…you be quiet…you, sexy stud you" She giggled, her eyes traveling up and down his body.
"Karen…step back from him. He's going to pay for killing three of us…especially my brother…" a man grunted in unbridled fury as he stepped forward, brandishing a large knife. Stooping down, he looked at the three pinned females, his comrades keeping them restrained as the one with black hair groaned in pain. Ryan had turned her toward Natsu, his foot firmly planted on her back as her life blood continued to leak out.
"Oh…Natsu fucking Dragneel…I'm going to enjoy this. You destroyed my family's farm in year seven eighty four…all for killing three forest Vulcans….my family was almost ruined…and now your going to pay with a pound of flesh…" He finished before plunging the knife into the man's stomach.
"AAAAAAUUGHHHHH!" Natsu screamed, the blade cutting his flesh like hot butter. Then the man started to twist the blade, his eyes full of hate toward the mage. The salmon haired man…his insides were on fire as his internal organs were ripped and shredded by the large knife.
"YOU LIKE THAT YOU LITTLE FUCKER!" Seth screamed out in joy as he pulled the knife free, the blade dripping blood. Seeing the pinkettes chest rise and fall, the pain on Natsu's face was exquisite in the falling snow.
"Yo…you bastard!" Natsu grunted out as Kagura watched in horror.
"No…Natsu…" she pleaded as the bullet wound in her side throbbed, the man still pressing his dirty boot into her back.
"I'd get comfortable…Seth will enjoy this all night long…then we'll enjoy all you ladies…"
"AAAAUUGGHHHH!" Natsu hollered with a painful yell, his voice going almost raw as the blade was dragged across his chest, leaving a furrow of split skin and leaking crimson. The newest wound was deep…slicing through the muscle of his pectorals as his scream echoed through the night.
"NO! PLEASE STOP IT!" Sorano said loudly in a plea, her voice cracking from the horror of seeing the man tortured before her. She knew she was far from perfect and had done bad things…but this was…evil.
"Shut up!" A man slapped her again…with his cock as the vile skin traced along her cheek. Trying to pull away, the man lifted her head up as he stared into her eyes.
"You should be thanking us…not only do you get to see your friend again, but we've halted our plans for you girls…but that can change…" He smirked with lust as he dragged the tip of his member across her lips…before pulling away with a chuckle.
"You…you…you will pay for this…" Natsu whispered out as he turned his attention toward Yukino…her nudity forgotten as tears washed her cheeks.
"I fucking doubt it…" Seth disagreed before grabbing Natsu's left wrist. Clasping the hand like iron, the bigger man held the knife to the wrist. Giving a knowing smirk down toward the tortured man, Seth started to saw the blade back and forth, ripping through sinew and nerves as warm blood splashed against the snowy earth.
"GRRRRAAAUUGHHHHHHHH!" Natsu bellowed out, the pain almost unbearable as the gangster cut through his flesh. With a horrible 'rip' the hand came free as Seth pulled it away. Tossing it onto the rendered flesh of the dragon slayer, Seth smirked as the bloody knife dripped.
Clutching the horrid stump that was his hand, Natsu tried to hold back the tears as his nerves flared like lava. Unleashing another horrible scream, the three women were crying at seeing the male undergo such torture.
"You know…I don't like how his eyes look at me…I think I'll take them both…" Seth reasoned as he glanced back at Yukino. "I hope your ready for my cock...because we still have hours of night left…" As Seth leaned the blade closer toward Natsu's eyes.
"NO! PLEASE STOP! I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU WANT! JUST STOP!" Yukino cried out, willing to sell her body to these men. Hearing a light chuckle ring the air around her as the cold bit at her bare skin, her fear grew to new heights.
"And what makes you think you have anything to bargain with? We'll do what we please…after all, it's the fucking purge tonight!" Seth laughed out as he brought the knife closer to Natsu's right eye. He was really going to enjoy making this bastard scream.
'pop…POP…CRACKLE'
A spinning vortex of blues and purples sprang into existence, bathing the night in an eerie glow as the rapists and torturers stood up, disbelief in their eyes.
"What the fuck is that?" Seth asked…until two people emerged. One was a woman with crimson red hair, her body covered in a strange armor that had yellow lights running up the sides of her torso. She was holding a strange weapon. It was a dull gray with hints of yellow along the barrel with several red wires running along its length. Several green cylinders rose at an upwards angle, giving the weapon a soft, green hue. But the other person to step forward…he had salmon hair and carried a disturbing weapon with a chainsaw on it. His waist was wrapped in a belt, several pouches lining his side as his eyes shook from the horror before him.
"N..Natsu?" Kagura whispered out as the man stepped forward from the breech in the middle of the air.
"Knightwalker…"
"Yeah…I know!" she said, gaining a strange smile as she leveled the weapon at Seth. Pulling the trigger, a short burst of green energy shot forth, a trio of blasts burning their way through the man's torso…before consuming his flesh in a flash of green light. Disintegrating his body in moments, there was nothing left except a steaming pile of green goo in the middle of the road.
"Now…YOU ALL DIE!" Knightwalker screamed out, laying down a staccato of plasma fire at the group around her.
"NO!" Ryan grasped out…just before Natsu shot him in the face with the rifle. Watching as the body hit the ground behind Kagura, he grimaced at the sight before him. Some of the bone and blood had sprayed against his shirt, the flecks ignored as the duo quickly dispatched the men and women in the street.
"Dammit…if only we got here sooner…" he whispered, the sight causing queasiness as he walked over to his double on the ground. Knightwalker had made short work of the rapists, their bodies smoking from horrid holes in their death poses. Stooping down, he eyed the damage his twin had endured.
"Wh…what's going on…?" Natsu gasped out, clutching his bloody stump as his horrible chest wounds continued to leak large amounts of blood.
"We're from a different universe. Two hundred AB…and we're here to stop this damn thing forever" Natsu replied before looking back at Kagura, Sorano, and Yukino.
"Are you three able to walk?' as he looked away, the two sister's nude bodies still exposed as the portal spun.
"I..uh…yes…"Yukino whispered as she wrapped her tattered clothes around her, the damp fabric clinging to her legs as she stood up, her limbs shaking as her sister also stood with Kagura.
"You! Sword girl! Take Natsu through the portal with these two! Our guild will be able to help you recover and see to his injuries!' Knightwalker commanded as she picked up the loose hand of Natsu. Handing it to Sorano, the former huntress knew how…wrong it was.
"Give this to Wendy right away…she might be able to re-attach it if you hurry" She spoke with an inch of kindness in her voice.
Taking the severed hand, Sorano gulped as Yukino and Kagura helped Natsu to his feet. Moving toward the portal, Kagura glanced back at the two, her eyes speaking volumes.
"Thank you…" Kagura whispered. She held no doubts, Natsu was facing death…and the three women…a fate far worse. Passing through the breech between universes, Natsu watched it close as he turned to Knightwalker.
"This is…awful. How could this happen?" He softly told himself as he glanced at the blood his double had spilled.
"We know how deranged and messed up the multiverse is…McGarden taught us that. The real question is…are you up for this?"
"Y…Yeah" he stuttered before shaking his head. "If Dragneel can do it, so can I…I'm just…not used to killing people" Natsu told his armored girlfriend.
"Just keep a level head…AH! This sucks! If the magic wasn't sealed, I could use my super awesome plasma magic! Show Sam and my twin how its done!" Knightwalker complained, her voice carrying upon the wind and falling snow.
"You know…its not a competition…" Natsu tried to explain to his busty huntress who glared at him, her eyes betraying fury as her voice lowered to dark levels, her eyes boring into his.
"It…is a competition…" she replied with a harsh whisper, making the fire mage gulp. Sure, he had fought some bad guys and killed a few…but his girlfriends could be terrifying at times…especially the redheads.
"Did she take lessons from the one thirty sevens? She's just as scary as any of those crazy women!" he lightly shuddered…
'BBBBOOOOOMMMM!'
The large explosion wracked the area, thunder clapping from the west as a pillar of smoke and fire rose into the night sky among the twinkle of Christmas decorations and starry lights above.
"That…is that where they're hiding out!?" Natsu asked in a panic as Erza nodded her head.
"It looks like somebody found them…and that means…" her face contorted into a wide grin, the lancer on her back begging for action as she hefted her plasma rifle. Bursting forward in a flash of thudding boots, she was eager to join the fight as Natsu sighed.
"Yeah…no stopping her now…HEY! WAIT UP!" Natsu shouted out, quickly giving chase as his boots crunched the snow beneath his boots. His breath icing over with each gasp, he tried to keep up with the huntress…
At the warehouse… 10:35 p.m.
The explosion wracked the outer gate of the perimeter, scattering twisted metal and jagged steel in all directions as a group of men and women stood among the smoldering ashes.
"Ahh…finally we found them…" Conner smirked to himself as he stood at the forefront, the baseball bat in his hands as he noticed a few mages peering out the windows, fear in their eyes. Whistling a soft tune, he strolled into the yard with fifty of his kind as he twirled the bat.
"Come on out little piggy's…" he said loudly before nodding to his top men. Shouldering their assault weapons, they started to spray the windows with gunfire, laughing hysterically at the screams of terror washing from inside.
The snap of a gunshot made one of his men grunt, doubling over as a gurgled moan escaped from his bloody lips, the dirty snow coated red nearby as Conner glared.
"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT! I WAS GOING TO JUST RAPE A FEW OF THE WHORES INSIDE, BUT NOW I'LL SLAUGHTER YOU ALL!" He screamed out, the unhinged voice cracking the air with his fury. Pointing his bat forward, his eyes were like evil itself as his followers laughed and bayed.
"Kill the men and rape the women…make them scream" he sneered out as the dozens of men started to open fire with weapons while others ran toward the barred doors of the warehouse.
Looking out the shattered window at the approaching men, Mira clutched the rifle in her hands as a few of the others lined up were they could. Lucy was moaning nearby, a stray round ricocheting off a metal beam and burying itself in her side as crimson leaked on the floor.
"JUVIA! HELP ME MOVE LUCY!" Grey shouted to his friend as the rainwoman nodded her head. Picking up the groaning blonde, they moved her toward the center of the room near Wendy, the young girl with medical supplies.
"GATHER WEAPONS AND PERPARE TO FIGHT!" Gildarts yelled above the crackling gunfire as he held a rifle. Running toward a window near Mira, the barmaid had popped up, firing at a charging man outside with a Molotov cocktail. Striking the man, the round tore through his knee, dropping him to the ground as the burning liquid crashed around him. Racing across the snowy pavement, the fuel burned into his flesh, unleashing a banshee like wail as more of the men outside surged forward.
"DON'T LET THEM INSIDE!" Erza screamed out from another window, the brave redhead next to Minerva as she leveled another rifle at the mass of men to do them harm. More of the mages were at the shattered windows, the crackling gunfire ringing in her ears as shouts and screams assaulted her senses. Peering out, it looked like more of the purgers had joined the attack, their number quickly doubling as the ringleader stood back, watching his peons throw themselves at the defenses.
"I will not let them take me…" the knight thought as Minerva shot a pistol round through the window, winging a charging woman along her head as blood spread in an arc. Working the bolt of the old rifle, Erza knew her weapon was outmatched by the automatic weapons the gang wielded outside. Hearing a horrible scream, she glanced to her left to see Gajeel clutching at his chest, two gaping holes bleeding profusely as Levy tried to stem the bleeding. The wound was dreadful, and very fatal.
"GAJEEL!" She cried, the hurt and pain behind her eyes as her friend and team-mate thrashed on the floor. His blood was pooling as incoming gunfire shattered the glass in the low hanging window above her. Feeling a few flecks hit her skin, she gripped his hand…there was nothing she could do for him as his breathing slowed…
'Pop! POP! POP!'
The air near the script mage rippled before a spinning breech of blues and purples made itself known. With the oncoming onslaught, very few mages could rush forward to meet this new threat. Brandishing a sword, Lyon raced toward the hole in space, prepared to do his part as all the firearms were in use at the moment.
Stepping through, Natsu and Knightwalker made themselves known much to the shock of many who saw. Covered in armor and weapons, the two looked like they were ready for a serious fight…not to mention the fact that a second Erza was in their hall. Aside from her strange armor and deadly looking weapons, she now held a strange device with six long barrels attached to a large box. There was room for holding the weapon with both hands and obvious mechanisms for firing, but they didn't have time to question it as the gunfire and yelling outside increased. More had joined the battle as news spread on the location of the mages in the city. Soon…there would be hundreds trying to force their way inside.
"S..Salamander…" Gajeel croaked out, blood on his lips as darkness flooded his vision.
"Whoa…looks like you sure git hit bad. But don't worry…I'll patch you up" Natsu stated as he set his lancer on the floor nearby as more bullets screeched and howled through the night air. Pulling a strange syringe from a belt pouch, the salmon haired dragon slayer didn't wait for consent before slamming the plunger into Gajeel's neck.
"Gyrrk!" the black haired man managed to grunt out as Levy's eyes widened.
"NATSU! What are you doing!" she cried, trying to figure out why he stabbed Gajeel.
"Don't worry. It's a…little…robot thingy's…that will fix him. Another me and different Levy showed us how to make them…" he replied as his words came true. Right before her eyes, the gaping wounds in Gajeel's chest started to close as Natsu stood up.
"That was the only one I had…don't get hurt again please" He stated calmly before glaring at Knightwalker. "AND WHATS THE BIG IDEA RUNNING OFF KNIGHTWALKER! WE COULD'VE JUST PORTALLED HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Natsu roared at the woman, the female barely registering his words.
"Don't give me that. It was only because of Levy hopping us here that we made it in time. If she hadn't used the comm, you would've been running here…and probably getting your dumb ass lost. Now…stay OUTTA MY WAY!" She yelled before running toward the closest window, which ironically held a dumbfounded Erza as she tried to reload her rifle.
"Knightwalker!? What's she doing here! And…that's not Natsu…I'm sure of it. But if they helped save Gajeel…they probably want to help. I'm sure they can explain it all later…"
The crash of glass snapped her focus back to her Edolas counterpart, the woman with a high ponytail jumping through the window with a large weapon in her hands. She was smiling, giving a wink to Erza as she passed by two more strange guns were on her back, seemingly held in place by…nothing.
"ARE YOU CRAZY! THEY'LL RAPE YOU! OR KILL YOU!" Erza screamed to her double as Natsu joined her at the window.
"Don't bother, she has the look now…" he replied as he lifted the deadly rifle with a chainsaw toward a man climbing over the defensive wall. Pulling the trigger, a short burst flew from the barrel, cracking across the noisy night. Impacting the man's torso, the male fell with a light gasp, his body crumpling toward the ground as more followed in his stead. The main entranceway was clogged with men firing guns, the twisted gate giving rise to a firing line as the leader barked orders.
Shifting his fire, Natsu grimaced as he gunned down a woman no older than him, a bloody machete in her hands as her bullet ridden corpse in elf clothes hit the snow. Her jingle hat came free, getting crushed under foot as more men and women surged toward the mages under cover of gunfire. Snapping back into cover, Natsu was eternally grateful for his lessons in tactics from Dragneel as bullets slammed into the woodwork before him. Popping back up, Natsu shot a man with two pistols aimed at Knightwalker. The round passed through his eye, creating a horrid mist of blood and bone as the dragonslayer ducked back down next to Erza and Minerva, the two occasionally firing as Natsu remembered the advice Dragneel gave him about gunfights.
"Listen Natsu. I know you are a capable mage. Your strength has grown by leaps and bounds…already capable of standing next to Laxus in power and matching Erza an Mira in strength with your spells and determination. Not to mention your lessons with Levy have progressed at a steady pace" The scarred man stated with a grumble, his deep voice making Natsu smirk.
"Than'ks Dragneel! I've been working really hard so I can beat you!" Natsu exclaimed happily as his counterpart smirk disappeared into a scowl.
"Yeah…that doesn't mean shit in a gun battle. All my strength and intelligence…my magical power? That could be ended by a single sniper bullet to the brain! You and your friends have been traveling the multiverse, helping and righting wrongs. I know that you've taken the lives of a few mages in some magical battles…but that doesn't' mean shit to a fucking bullet!" He said sternly, holding his boltok in his hands, the heavy pistol glistening in the sunlight of the empty field. "You need to be prepared Natsu. Some universes prevent the use of magic like universe one thousand A. Or some strange technology that could limit or defuse it completely"
"So…what should I do if that happens? I'll just use my fists! I don't know anything about guns and all that stuff!"
"That's why I will train you. The first thing you should know…don't go charging in. You need to find decent cover to assess the situation. And when your there…you will realize that some people are trying to kill you…to prevent you from seeing all your friends and family again…your girlfriends…and your magic won't matter for shit. You will find yourself firing at people you don't know…that you have no idea of their past or future…that the person you are trying to kill is somebody's brother or son…somebody's wife or daughter…you are ending their future. And when your firing…all you can think about is the next moment…the relief that you got them before they got you. That death can snatch it's hand and claim your life in a heartbeat"
"But…fights should be between equals…to see who's better" Natsu asked quietly, knowing the whole story of Dragneel's life.
"You think that matters in a gunfight with people screaming and dying around you? The only thing that matters is coming through alive…and when it ends…you will be horrified at the pain and carnage you caused…the adrenaline will crash and your hands will shake after your first firefight. And then…you will be thankful that you can still see Erza or Lucy…that they won't be burying you… You will feel guilt and shame for killing…and joy that your breathing. It is chaos and bloodshed…blind luck and random chance. Now…pick up that lancer and let's start your training…"
Remembering Dragneel's words of wisdom, Natsu ducked back low as bullets whistled above his head, chipping some of the shattered window as flakes of wood and glass landed in his hair. Shaking his salmon locks, Natsu stood up, ready to fire once more when a bullet snapped past his ear. It was so close, that it shaved a layer of skin off his left temple, making his eyes widen in horrible understanding. Retaking his cover behind the wall with the two females, his hands shook as the truth became clear.
"If…if I had been just a few inches to the left…I'd be dead now…"
"Natsu! I don't know where mine is, but we need your help!" Erza shouted as she fired outside the window, her rifle resting on the shattered sill as shards of glass littered the floor.
Looking around, Natsu could see dozens of mages at the windows firing whatever weapons they could hold. Not just mages from Fairy Tail…but all their friends as well as they tried to stop the onslaught of crazed citizens. Hearing a gurgled scream, Natsu watched as Minerva shot a man dead at a distance of barely thirty feet, his blood pooling against the snow. Not a moment later, a round tore into the woman's shoulder, pitching her backward as a stifled scream left her lips. Some blood had sprayed, hitting some of his skin as the female continued to scream from the hot led buried in her flesh. Laki and Evergreen were on her in a moment, dragging her back toward Wendy to try and dress her wound.
Shaking his senses free as he gulped, Natsu stood back up and willed himself to stop shaking. "I…I need to keep fighting!" Taking a deep breath, the dragon slayer shot another screaming purger, blowing out his kneecap in a spray of shattered bone and blood. Shifting targets, Natsu started to lose himself in the battle, his actions with the lancer burned into his head by endless hours of drills and training.
Walking in front of the building as bullets flew around her, Knightwalker couldn't help but feel…elation. The types of battles she participated in in universe 200-AB were mostly…lacking. Yes, Mira and Erza along with Natsu were excellent sparing partners, helping to push her new plasma magic to new heights, bringing her on par with Scarlet. But…the fact that most dark mages were incompetent pussies in that universe…the fact that Makarov forbade her from killing them unless the situation was life or death…had left her bored. Hell, the last time she experienced a true battle was when Sam and Marvell took her to fight some strange orcs attacking a village in some faroff universe. To say it was bloody was an understatement… So now…here she stood with gunfire screaming around her…the thud of bodies hitting the snow as her boyfriend tried to cover her, the screams of wounded men and women reaching her ears. Looking at the ring leader as he swung his bat at the rear of his forces, he urged his mob of attackers onward as screeching lead snapped past her ears, making her adrenaline pulse. The fact that any of those bullets could end her… She staggered, a rifle round smashing into the breastplate as her breathe caught in her throat. The enemy was running toward her…sensing that she would be fearful and wounded…they were mistaken.
"Yes…YES! IT IS TIME FOR WAR! PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR DEATH!" She yelled with joy as she leveled her large weapon at the mass of bodies flooding across the open space toward her. Pulling the trigger, the large weapon with six barrels started to spin.
"GET HER! RAPE HER HOLES AND MAKE THE OTHERS FEAR THEIR FUTURE!" Connor screamed, not caring who was lost…he wanted that bitch Erza…and he would defile her before sunrise.
"HEHEHEHE! MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS YOU FILTHY ANIMALS!" Knightwalker yelled in sick joy as bursts of laser light shot from the large weapon, stabbing across the open space of the warehouse property. Her face was twisted in joy as her features echoed the flash, the smell of ozone hitting her nostrils as snow continued to fall lazily. The first men and women fell like wheat before the scythe, burning holes appearing in their torsos as flesh burned and crackled. What was once screams of fury and bloodlust…became cries of horror and fear. Tacking the bursts of laser fire back and forth among the mass of people as gunfire shuddered the air around her, dozens fell with sickly wounds of burnt flesh.
"RETREAT!" A female screamed with a shotgun in her hand, the deadliness of the weapon clenching her heart as a nearby man's head exploded, the blasts of light turning it into a twisted shape of cracked and shattered bone. Running toward the gate, the only reason she lived was because of the trio of men that got caught in the crossfire, one disappearing in a pile of ash as the winter snow fall started to increase in intensity.
Knightwalker continued to fire, her laser Gatling gun sowing fear and death among the purging men and weapon as the man with the baseball bat tried to restore order, his yells falling on deaf ears. Swinging in a wide arc, dozens of men and women fell under her onslaught, their bodies twisted and grasping for the darkened sky as their flesh burned…the sinew in their hands crackling as some of the pent-up energy slowly consumed their skin.
Connor looked at his bent and broken men, the last vestiges of his sanity fleeting as he glared at the whore before him. "This bitch will pay…SHE WILL PAY! I WILL MAKE…no…THAT'S IT!" He smirked evilly, the only men and women remaining behind the wall of the outer perimeter his most loyal of followers. Pointing to one man, he leveled his bat, not caring about who lived and died anymore. After all…the purge was about anarchy! "Go…and get those two" Connor said vilely, his voice filled with mirth. The mages thought it was over…but it wasn't as the peon ran to fulfil his order.
Finally clicking empty, Knightwalker stopped her action after a full thirty seconds, the moans of the dying reaching her ears as the crunching of boots could be heard behind her.
"Jeeze Knightwalker…overdid it much?" Natsu commented as his eyes traveled over the broken and dying outside the warehouse. There had to be easily two hundred bodies scattered about…some by his hand. Frowning heavily, Natsu looked up at the falling snow, his eyes misting at all the suffering that had occurred. "Why…why did this have to happen?" He asked the twinkling stars above as snow fell heavier and heavier.
"It doesn't matter why Natsu. All that matters is stopping it before we leave" Knightwalker stated as she frowned as she patted her belt. Already having set down the large weapon, she was searching her pouches.
"Dammit! I forgot to bring a spare fusion core!" She seethed in annoyance as a man tried to drag himself across the frozen blanket of dirty snow. His lower body was missing, the entrails dragging behind him as his last moments dragged on. He had been wearing festive clothing for the holiday's, his ugly Christmas sweater splashed with blood and gore, his fingers clawing for friction. With one last gasp he died, completely ignored by the huntress.
"Knightwalker?" Erza asked as she climbed out of the window, her bolt action rifle at the ready as the survivors stayed behind the perimeter wall…oddly quiet…almost as if they were waiting for something as Connor stood among the twisted gates, his face contorted with rage…but silent.
"Oh, hey Scarlet. If your wondering were your Natsu is, he's getting medical attention in our universe after some of these assholes started torturing him. Major surgery to get that hand reattached…" She muttered, widening the eyes of her twin.
"W..What? But…I just…He…" the redhead stuttered as her eyes flashed. "WHAT ABOUT KAGURA AND YUKINO?!" She shouted, making Natsu frown.
"Your Natsu prevented Yukino and Sorano from being gang-raped…but he got shot and that's how they got your two friends…we got here just in time to prevent his eyes being sliced out…" Natsu relayed with a heavy tone. He hated the look Erza had on her face as she looked at him. Worry… Fear… Horror… Pain and grief as her chocolate eyes moistened. If he had to guess, this version had feelings for his double too.
"Scarlet…All four of them are safe and we—"
"OH, YOUR GONNA FUCKING GET IT NOW!" Connor screamed with maniacal fury as he raised his hands in the air, almost like a show man at the circus.
"Crap…I forgot about that guy…" Natsu grumbled as Erza readied her rifle, loading a fresh clip in brief seconds.
"BEHOLD! THE BOSS AND TINY CLAUS!" Connor screamed out as two figures walked through the gate, stopping at the threshold to the property. The first man was wearing a black trench coat, his hands gripping two machetes covered in blood and gore…some still dripping to the ground as the moonlight basked the area in a sinister glow. A severed pigs head covered his head, the eye holes giving him vision as his eyes glared at the three across from him.
The second man could be described as a giant. Towering over seven feet tall, he was a massively overweight man, his folds of flesh hiding muscle. He was wearing a Santa's uniform including the hat. A bag rested on his shoulders gripped in his right hand, the contents unknown in the burlap sack. His left hand was holding onto a chainsaw, its teeth illuminated by blood and eerie moonlight.
"Well…well…we meet again…Erza" The shorter man exclaimed, his voice instantly recognizable.
"J…Jellal!? What are you doing? I thought you were past evil deeds?" Erza shouted to the man as he slowly spun one of the machetes in his hand.
"Come now Erza? You really think I'd pass the opportunity to sin to my hearts content? I mean, by tomorrow, I'll go back to being a good guy…but not tonight. Tonight…I really want to…taste you" His last words muffled be the decapitated pigs head covering his face.
Cringing slightly, Erza slowly gripped her rifle as Jellal let out a light laugh, pleased with his innuendo.
"He's…revolting! What kind of horrors as he instilled tonight wearing the dead flesh of swine!?"
"HO! HO! HO! You've all been very, very naughty this year! I think Santa should put you in his sack!" The large man in red and white laughed…his barking joy filled with sinister intent. Dropping the sack down to the bloody snow and shattered bodies, it tipped to the side, letting a decapitated head roll out. Gripping his chainsaw, the twisted version of the holiday symbol started up the engine, the teeth moving in a blur as he stepped forward. "Now…SANTA WILL PUT YOU ON HIS NAUGHTY LIST!" He bellowed, the black boots starting to crunch the snow.
"WAIT!" Knightwalker shouted with a smirk, stopping the three villains in their steps as she held up a finger. Pulling a list out of a pocket, the huntress unfolded it as Natsu sighed.
"WHY ARE WE WAITING!" Connor yelled at the three mages, their friends training weapons on the men from the inside of the warehouse. No matter what…they wouldn't let those three be hurt or killed.
"She's…checking off her bucket list…" Natsu grumbled, lightly explaining it to Jellal and the other two.
"Let's see…" Knightwalker told herself as Erza's curiosity got the better of her. Walking over, she peered down at the parchment as snowflakes continued to fall.
"What the…?" She barely managed to say as she started to read the items her twin wanted to accomplish.
Knightwalker's bucket list
Ride a T-Rex with laser cannons
Fight sentient squirrels with a battle robot
Beat Scarlet and make her submit to my awesomeness
Beat 137-C Scarlet
Have a foursome with Mira and Juvia to accomplish the red, white, and blue achievement
Rob three banks in a single day
Steal the batmobile
Make Wendy a super badass
Hunt Bigfoot…and steal his pelt
Fight a Minotaur
Let Harry Potter get gang-fucked by pirates (He's lame)
Meet Aragorn
Fight evil, parallel ghosts
Help the GDI fight the brotherhood of NOD
Turn Grey into a girl again
Kill a rapist with a pencil
Fight Santa in a chainsaw duel
Crossing off the fight Santa line, Erza couldn't help but notice at least a third of these items were crossed off. "WHERE THE HELL WOULD SHE FIND A T-REX! And she did 'that' with Mira and Juvia!"
"Okay! That should do it" the huntress exclaimed as she grabbed the lancer from her back. Holding it against her chest, the murderous men looked at her.
"You ready now?" Connor asked in annoyance, his bat screaming for suffering.
"Yup! LET'S FUCKING KILL EACH OTHER!" Knightwalker yelled, revving up her chainsaw. Smirking, evil Santa did the same as the two quickly closed the space between them, their boots avoiding the broken bodies and shattered lives around them.
The clash of steel hissing and popping was the signal for the battle to resume as Knightwalker and the large man glared at each other.
"You've been a very naughty slut…you will be Santa's little helper!" the large man bellowed out, the hiss of flying metal sparking past his eyes.
Straining her muscles, Knightwalker looked back at the man as her eyes flashed with battle lust. Pushing back with her own lancer, the screaming blades continued to jump and flash among the falling snow.
"If you think I'll be some whore…YOUR FUCKING MISTAKEN!" She yelled out, pushing the man back. Bringing the blades down, she cut a furrow along his chest, making him scream in pain. Staggering back as Erza K. did the same, it was surprising to see the red hat with a white puffball still sat on his head.
"Oh…your going in Santa's head sack now…"
Observing the two re-clash in their deadly duel a few moments later, Jellal used this opportunity to start running toward Natsu and Erza Scarlet with Connor. Running with his machetes at the ready, he smirked at the dragon slayer still watching the fight as the nightmarish holiday man swung his chainsaw at Knightwalker. The hiss of blades colliding with metal in a glancing blow staggered her back, but she jumped back into the fray as her anger grew.
"All I have to do is kill that damn dragon slayer and capture Erza…she will be…delicious…" Jellal thought as the rotting pig flesh pressed against his skin. He…loved the sensation of its coolness against his cheeks. Raising his left arm, the dark mage prepared to end the slayer in one blow as he jumped in the air. He never noticed that Natsu had been watching his movements out of the corner of his eyes.
"TIME TO DIE NATSU!"
Shifting slightly, the male lifted the lancer and shot from the hip. The gunshot echoed among the snarling of chainsaws, blowing a hole through Jellal's stomach as he flopped to the ground, his intestines a mess of ruin due to the proximity of the gun blast. Aiming again, Natsu shot Connor in the throat as the man's bat flew from his hands. Clutching the ragged hole as he fell to the ground, Natsu ignored him as he walked over to Jellal.
"Did you honestly think I wouldn't see or hear you? I was honestly hoping you would come to some sort of epi…uh…basically, I hoped you would see the error of your ways" The man sighed as he looked at his girlfriend fighting with her lancer. A few speckles of blood covered her face, the result of her blade cutting into the overweight man. Erza was watching the fight, trying to find a way to help…but a chainsaw battle was not something she would be able to assist with.
Lowering his eyes as Connor continued to thrash among the crimson snow, Natsu's eyes leaked a few tears at the pain and bloodshed committed tonight.
"Why would you do this Jellal? What's the point in hurting people? Killing them in some sort of…sick holiday? Especially when your dressed like a half man half pig?"
"Fuck you Natsu…I've always hated you…how Erza always looked at you…she should be mine!" The man groaned out, his pig head of flesh barely moving from his words. Groaning heavily from his stomach wound, his eyes wandered to Erza as she started to walk over as her boots crunched among the continuously falling snow. The wind had picked up, her scarlet hair billowing as the time ticked on toward early dawn.
"Jellal…I thought you had changed from the tower…I thought you were trying to do better…" She asked quietly as the man sneered at her, the pig snout covered in blood and gore from previous victims of the night.
"…The only thing I wanted was to make you mine…to claim your body…your too beautiful for this idiot"
Looking at Natsu who had a look of pure…sorrow, Erza glanced back at her wounded, childhood friend as he bled out on the frozen ground. "Is that all you see of me? My attractiveness?"
Coughing heavily, Jellal sneered through his flesh mask as Knightwalker dodged another lunge of Santa's chainsaw.
"It's the only thing your good…for…" he rasped as Erza's eyes tinted tears. "Is that all he wanted? My body? But…I thought we were rebuilding our friendship…and this darkness inside him? What if I had dated him and this came out? I…I…I need to tell my Natsu how I feel! I can't delay any longer!" Taking a deep breath, she made a snap decision. Bringing her rifle up, she pulled the trigger and shot the former friend between the eyes. Smoke wafting from the barrel, she looked away from the top of his head that had became a mixture of brains and pig flesh.
"YYYEAARGGHH! YOU FUCKING CUNT! SANTA WILL SKIN YOU ALIVE!" The man screamed, bringing the two's attention back to the chainsaw battle. Resting his hand on Scarlets shoulder, Natsu tried to be supportive of the re-equip mage.
"NOT FUCKING LIKELY!" the huntress yelled back, her armor covered in gouges and scrapes. Meeting among a pile of corpses, the two brought the spinning blades together as the sparking hiss of steel screamed across the air. The purging Santa that had been breaking into homes and decapitating the father's heads all night…was a bloody mess. Numerous wounds bleed, mixing in with his now tattered coat as his face contorted in fury.
"You made Santa…angry…" He sneered at the whore before him. He would violate her…over and over again…he would break her here and now.
"Well…you know what they say…JINGLE BALLS!" She uttered with blood splattered against her Gear armor. She had taken damage as well, a few close calls cutting swaths through her armor as her muscles screamed for relief. Flipping her lancer, the blade was spinning furiously. Ducking under the arcing swing of Santa's horizontal swipe as the hateful teeth buzzed and chattered inches above her head, Knightwalker knew victory was hers. Deep inside his defense, the hateful Santa had no chance as she brought the spinning chainsaw upward. Colliding with his testicles first, the man named Malcolm Krampus knew true agony.
"YYYEEEAAAAAAAUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHH!"
The scream echoed across the property as Knightwalker continued to pull the spinning blades up, the ruined mass of his penis falling down his pantleg. Blood and gore showered against her armor and face, ripping through his lower intestines as his mind numbing howl racked across the city. Working her way through the rib cage, Malcolm had finally stopped screaming as his organs and flesh were ripped and torn beyond recognition. Some of them even plopped to the ground, steam immediately leaving them in the winter wonderland as Knightwalker finally pulled the chainsaw free.
"Ugh…I think I'm going to be sick after watching that" Laxus commented, the whole battle with the two a horrible dance of death of screaming blades and blood. His face was extremely pale along with Evergreen, the woman not able to hold it in anymore. Doubling over, she vomited over the floor inside the nearby warehouse as Erza and Natsu walked toward the huntress outside.
"K…knightwalker? Are you…alright?" Erza asked with a pale expression, the area littered with still bodies that were slowly disappearing under a blanket of snow. The sun of dawn was starting to rise, basking the area in an explosion of orange and red. Glancing toward the wall were the purgers had appeared, she didn't see a single one.
"Must've ran off…" She whispered as her Edolas counterpart slowly turned toward her.
"I'll be alright. You should meet your double from one thirty seven-C…makes me look like a damn kitten…"
"Ah…what?" Erza asked in a stupefied manner as Natsu shook his head. "Don't worry about it. Just know…she tries to do the right thing even if her methods are…well…brutal"
A horrible siren filled the air at that moment, stretching across the city as speakers unfurled new information.
"ATTENTION! THE PURGE WILL END IN TEN MINUTES! IF YOUR COMMITING CRIMES AFTER 6:00 a.m. YOU WILL BE ARRESTED! EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE! THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PURGE. YOUR KING THANKS YOU"
"Natsu…we have to stop this from happening again. I know I'm a killer…but then, your not a saint anymore either. It's one thing to protect or kill in war…but this was wrong…how many innocent people died?" Knightwalker asked…before slapping her hand against her forehead. "Dammit…I sound just like Lucy…HEY LEVY! PORTAL! NOW!"
Springing forth, the dimensional breech hung in mid air as Erza watched her gore coated double walk through, her hips swaying as Natsu gave a quick peek. Try as he might, all his ladies were attractive and after today was done…let's just say a certain huntress would be in some sensual positions…
"Erza…We'll get your Natsu back to you as soon as we can…ah…how did the one thirty sevens do this all the time…all the bloodshed and death…" He whispered sadly, his heart aching as he walked through, leaving the mages behind as the breech snapped shut, leaving Erza standing in the middle of a sea of corpses on Christmas day…
Crocus December 25th 5:53 a.m. The Royal Palace
"Well gentlemen, to another successful year of the purge!" King Toma praised his inner circle of the 'Royals First' Party, raising a very expensive glass of champagne to his lips.
"True. But still…not enough of the poor and destitute are killing each other. They are a dredge on our society" A tall lanky man in a silken coat with several rings on his fingers added. Diamonds…Ruby's…Pearls…the finest jewelry adorned his body. His outfit alone could support a hundred families for a whole year…but his greed wouldn't see to that.
"And it seems our plan to have the strongest guild's meet an unfortunate fate…failed once again" An elderly woman added in, her haughty tone and high breeding screaming high status as fine embroidery clasped her frail body. "We need to make plans for next year…Fairy Tail and Sabertooth are the biggest problems…always speaking out against the purge. Our campaign to instill hatred and hostility toward the mages during the year is working…but we must increase funding for our defamation campaign" She finished, taking a slice of cake littered with gold shavings.
"I thought that money was going toward education programs for the poor?" A third man asked, his flowing robes and jewels matching the other members of high society. His diamonds twinkled in the lights of the royal palace. Looking toward his left toward a little dog bed, he glanced at the puppy his daughter had gotten him. Sneering at the little ball of fluff, he couldn't understand why his flesh and blood got him something so…useless as a Pomeranian. Scoffing, he turned back toward the celebratory meeting.
"What we need to do is find a way to frame them for a hideous crime…something to change the status of both guilds to dark mages…Then we can hunt them down and kill them…eliminating some of our strongest opponents to the Purge" A second woman asked, her elderly skin caressed with fine oils and moisturizer.
"The princess won't like that. She's very fond of those mages, especially Natsu Dragneel" Another member of the 'Royals First' spoke up, his handsome face in a sneer as he ate caviar from a dish. To be honest, he couldn't understand her attraction to that idiot. The princess would be much happier with him. After all…he is of noble blood. "Perhaps I'll go and find some poor women…I'm sure they would be grateful for my cock later. And if they complain, I can always make them disappear like the last two…hope they enjoy being cock slaves in Bosco!" Giggling to himself, the blonde man with a chiseled chin turned to king Toma. "Is the anti-magic grid still active?"
"Yes…but only for a few more minutes" The ruler waved him off, not caring about how many died in the last hour. To him, they were nothing but a drain on resources and wealth…he didn't understand why his daughter Hisui cared so much…probably inherited from her mother he pondered as a loud scuffle could be heard outside the doors.
"HEY! YOU CAN'T GO IN TH-!" A muffled scream and gurgling noise reached through the door, the echoing thud of a body falling against the door. In a crack of splintering wood, the finely crafted double doors were kicked open, spraying a few shards of splinters from the broken lock. Standing there was Natsu and a certain redhead with a familiar green haired princess behind them.
"Thank you for leading us here, Hisui…you might want to leave the room for this" Natsu told her, his hands gripping a strange weapon that was attached to a large, rubber-like tube. It ran toward a cylindrical tank strapped to his back as he walked further into the room with his two female companions.
"No…they've imprisoned me for three years as they butchered the poor…let people starve and die….I will watch their fate unfold" She uttered with darkness and hatred toward the ruling members of the country.
"Heh…I knew there was a reason I liked you" Knightwalker replied with a thumbs up as she quickly regripped her lancer. She was still covered with blood and gore, her features fresh from battle as the king stood up.
"HISUI! WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS!" Toma screamed at his daughter.
"GUARDS!" One of the members yelled out in panic, the fact that three armed people were in the room…and they weren't.
"This…? She whispered, her eyes misting at what these two told her happened to her beloved Natsu in the defense of three women. "He…was tortured for women not of his guild…one of them a dark mage…his heart his too pure…I will nurse him back to health once he returns!"
"This…THIS IS JUSTICE FOR NATSU AND ALL THE PEOPLE HARMED, MAIMED, AND KILLED BY YOUR PURGE! AS OF NOW THE ROYAL FIRST PARTY WILL KNOW HORROR AND PUNISHMENT!" She screamed, pulling a pistol she took from the dead guard outside. Aiming at her despicable father, she pulled the trigger. In a burst of light and speeding lead, the bullet jumped from the barrel as it flew on its trajectory. Trying to shield himself, the murderous king had his head turned to the side when the bullet tore his throat open. Grasping a hand to his wound, he could feel the warm, crimson liquid seeping through his fingers as he slowly choked to death on his own lifeblood.
"NOW! KILL THEM ALL! MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS! I AM THE SCARLET KRAMPUS!" Knightwalker yelled out, mirth and joy in her eyes as she opened fire with her lancer. The stream of bullets crossed the room, stitching their way up the handsome man's body as hot lead tumbled and tore through his flesh.
Stepping up, Natsu grew sick with what he was about to do…but it needed to be done. He couldn't let his girlfriend bear this burden alone. Pointing the nozzle at the elders that were trying to flee in terror, Natsu couldn't help but think they were getting what they deserved….then he pulled the trigger of the flamethrower.
Fire erupted from the nozzle, a jet a liquified flame crossing the room in mere seconds. Washing over the eldest woman in the room, her skin lit aflame as it crackled and popped. The intense heat sealed in her bodily juices as she screamed in a nightmarish agony. Waving the stream across the table as Knightwalker and Hisui continued to fire their weapons, the cone of fire consumed more. The flames of hate licked and ate flesh, burning and charring the party members. Eyes bursting from his head, the man encrusted with jewels could feel his skin melting from his bones as his nerves were lit aflame.
"AAAAAUUUGHHHHhhhhhhhh….." his voice ceased, the raw fire ruining his vocal chords as his burning corpse fell across the table with the others, the smell of burning pork rising in the room as the three stopped firing.
Seeing what he had wrought as the smell of burnt flesh reached his nostrils, Nastu collapsed to the marble floor, pressing his palms against the cool material.
"Oh…by mavis…wh…what did I just do…" He whispered…then wretched. His stomach quickly emptied, tears hitting the floor as vomit splashed.
"Oh god…I just burned…fire…those people…what…how can the others forgive me for this…" He pleaded, squeezing his eyes shut as more tears flowed. He was sickened with himself. Natsu was supposed to protect and help people…not burn them alive in their home…
Feeling a hand on his shoulder, Natsu looked behind him as Knightwalker had a solemn and stoic look on her face. A few smears of blood still showed…meaning she would need quite the shower later.
"For what it's worth, Natsu….you did the right thing. These…were very bad people." She waved with her free hand, indicating the charred and broken bodies that lay around the room. "They caused the deaths of thousands…maybe tens of thousands. They didn't care who perished or who was broken so long as they had their riches. This…this is what the one thirty seven's do all the time…blood, horror, and carnage…they do that to save people…to punish the truly wicked. Think about what happened to your double today…what was about to happen to Yukino and Sorano…what would've happened to Kagura. These people caused that…made it possible" She finished as her boyfriend slowly stood up, tears still flowing down his cheeks.
"I know…in my mind I know it was right…but in my heart…what will Mira or Lucy think of me now? Or Juvia and Cana?" he whispered to the huntress.
Looking into his eyes, Knightwalker could see the pain held there by his actions. Doing something drastic, she pulled him into a hug, pressing him against her bloody armor.
"You're a good man, Natsu…maybe an idiot sometimes and goofy…but you have a good heart…far better than mine. It's why I…I am fond of you"
"Heh…did you just say you loved me?" Natsu teased, the corner of his mouth turning upward in a small smile. Getting pushed away, Knightwalker turned to the side as she crossed her arms under the bust of her armor plate.
"Of course not you idiot! And if you tell anybody I hugged you, I'll make you suffer!" she retorted, still looking away from his eyes.
"But Levy probably saw the whole thing with Wendy…they'll know you hugged me" He smiled, glad for the lightening mood.
"THEN I'LL PUNISH THEM!" the huntress roared to the ceiling. After all…she couldn't let them know she was weak with emotions like Scarlet.
*whimper*
"Hmm?" Natsu perked up, hearing the small noise. Moving around the table, he saw the little puppy sitting in the dog bed, its little body scared from all the noise and fire. It was tiny with white and creamy fur, a pink bow in its hair and adorable little ears that perked up at the sight of people. Crouching low, Natsu held out his hand to the little ball of fluff as it slowly crept forward. Feeling the small lick upon his flesh, the slayer grinned as the adorable creature started to move forward. Gently picking it up, Natsu stroked his fur with a smirk on his face. Clearing her throat, Hisui walked over to the two mages from a different world.
"While I don't understand everything on how you came here….you have my thanks for what you've done" she told them, bowing deeply as the new ruler of Fiore.
"What will you do now?" Erza asked the young ruler as Hisui looked around the room, her face hardening. "I'll make sure the purge is done forever…I will help the poor and downtrodden…to make life better for everybody. Of course…I will eventually need a king…" Hisui mentioned, looking at Natsu with…lustful eyes.
"I ah…I'm sure the Natsu of this universe would be honored…hehe…not to mention Mira would kill me…or Erza…or any of them…hehehe…" Natsu replied nervously. After all…his girlfriends could be quite terrifying…
"Oh! I get it! You want to have sex with my boyfriend on the pile of corpses!" Erza K. nodded sagely, her woman's intuition infallible.
"WHAT! NO! IN MY BEDROOM! I MEAN! Uhh…" Hisui blushed heavily before sighing. "Ill just…let the country know I'm its new ruler…" She muttered awkwardly before leaving the room, dragging her feet as she left.
Watching her leave, the red head looked at Natsu who was still holding onto the fluffy little puppy. "So…what will you do with her?" she asked while looking down at the small dog.
"I…I think I know the perfect thing…" Natsu smiled, his grin faltering slightly as the portal sprang forth before them. Walking through, they left the room of bloody and charred corpses littered the area. Nobody would attend to them for three days…
December 27th 1:19 p.m. Fairy Tail guild hall.
The mood in the hall was somber among the mages. Not only were several wounded from the battle like Lucy, Minerva, and several others, but the death toll in the city had risen to almost two thousand…it was the bloodiest purge yet…and the bodies were still being cleaned up. Nobody had the heart to open gifts or celebrate…not when their resident fire mage was still gone in another universe.
"I hope Natsu is okay…." Happy whispered, sitting on Lucy's lap who's waist was still swathed in bandages.
"We know he's alive…that…Knightwalker let us know their status yesterday" Lucy replied as several mages from Mermaid Heel and Sabertooth joined them. While they did keep to their own tables for the most part, they were all being friendly and supportive. Even Minerva seemed to be…friendlier toward everybody.
"I still can't believe there's other universes of us out there…and Knightwalker came back to Earthland in two hundred AB" Erza commented as she sat next to Juvia at the same table, the water mage enjoying a glass of cool water.
"I just can't believe I date Evergreen in that universe and not Laki?" Grey commented as he held his girlfriend close.
"Truly horrific" the brunette commented from the bar, sitting next to Cana as she sipped a beer.
"HEY! I'm not that bad…right?" Grey asked as some of the men chuckled.
"Of course not…your my ice prince after all" Laki cooed, getting teasing snickers from Laxus and Gajeel who heard the whole exchange.
"I feel awful though…If I had gone to help…Natsu wouldn't have had to go through all of that…" Sting admitted as he clenched his fist in anger.
"But if you had, something could've happened to you too" Lector suggested, making the white dragon slayer lower his head.
"Mabye…" he admitted as a familiar popping sound resonated off the walls.
'Pop…POP! POP! POP!'
In a loud crackle, the familiar breech opened, casting the hall in a soft glow of blue. Subtle flashes had three familiar women walk through…along with Natsu. He had a strange cast on his left wrist, blue liquid bubbling in a clear container around the appendage. His vest hung open, revealing that his torso now had a hideous scar across his chest…along with the place where the knife had entered. Cradled in his right arm was a box, two fluffy ears peaking above the rim as he walked slowly toward the bar. Setting the box down, he turned toward his family and friends.
"Uh…hey guys?" He asked awkwardly as he rubbed the back of his head with his hand.
"NATSU!" Happy yelled with joy…along with several women in the guild who all crashed into him. Finding his face wedged between a pair of large, soft breasts, the slayer couldn't breathe as he took in the scent of a certain card mage.
"YOU…YOU IDIOT!" Erza scolded as she wrapped herself around the man she secretly desired, cutting off his breathing even more as a second pair of large breasts crashed against his face. There was Natsu…sandwiched between Erza and Cana as Mira, Lisanna, Juvia, and Lucy all tried to give him a hug as well.
"Lucky bastard…" Makarov grumbled at the young man getting all the attention from the beautiful females. Taking a long pull of beer, he decided to intervene before the poor man passed out from smothering.
"Okay ladies…let him breathe. No point in sending him back to the hospital" the guild master soothed. Luckily it worked as the girls relented…somewhat. Cana and Erza were still sticking by his side, much to the annoyance of the others.
"How you feeling, flamebrain?" Asked Grey, the man…glad to see his friend alive and well…not that he would ever admit it.
"Ugh…it was…pretty bad… I can't even train or fight until this thing comes off my wrist. The two Levy's explained that it was…reattaching stuff…I don't understand how it works really. But until it comes off, I can't fight….and my…scars…were very deep. The Levy with the face scar said the inside damage was healed…but the scars would remain…"
"Well…I'll take a few scars over you dead any day" Yukino said softly, blushing a little bit as she tried to look away. "He looks even more handsome with scars! How is that possible!?" The celestial mage thought as Cana glanced at the box Natsu had set on the bar. Ignoring the fact of two Levy's, the lush was curious.
"Hey Natsu…what's in the box?" the brunette asked as the slayer smiled at them.
"Christmas gifts…unfortunately I didn't have time to wrap them…" he chuckled before pulling the little Pomeranian out of the box, turning to Lisanna, he set the little dog into her arms. "Here you go Lisanna…her name is Ellie" he smiled as the Strauss sister's eyes widened.
"OHHHH! She's adorable! Thank you Natsu!" Lisanna squealed before jumping up and planting a kiss on his cheek…much to the annoyance of the other girls. Blushing lightly, the dragon slayer reached in and pulled out a book, handing it to Mira.
"It's a cook book with recipe's from a dozen different universes. The other you said you would like it" He smiled at Mira who started thumbing through the pages. "So many meals I can sway Natsu with!"
"I'll make you something right away!" she said with her angelic smile as Natsu grinned. He loved Mira's cooking. Reaching in, he pulled a bottle of amber liquid out and handed it to Cana. "Here…some Fiorian Honey whiskey…I hope we can share a glass" he stated as Cana snatched it into her grasp.
"Ohhhh…this looks yummy! And you can count on it, you sexy stud you" the brunette replied, squishing his face between her breasts again. "Enjoy the view…you will be mine!"
Released a moment later, he pulled a small box out and handed it to Erza. It was covered in pink and frilly flowers and had a heart shape on it.
"Sorry if the box is weird…the other Erza did that…but it's a strawberry cheesecake from the heavenly dessert universe…a lot of the women there helped me pick out Christmas gifts for you all…" he admitted as the redhead opened the lid. The cake practically glowed with deliciousness…and she knew…this was no ordinary dessert. She would permit Natsu one piece. After all, he would be her boyfriend soon enough.
"It…looks amazing…" she whispered as Natsu pulled out more gifts for his loved ones. Lucy was given a magical kindle…holding over a million books that she pressed to her ample chest in joy…before kissing Natsu on the cheek, much to the anger of the men. Juvia was given a new hat, the rainwoman practically purring with excitement at the gift her crush had given her. Kagura was given a sword polishing kit, who took it with a heavy blush and a vow to use it every day. Yukino was given a stylish coat, its white patterns mixing in with her hair perfectly. While it reached to her midriff, she instantly loved it and wore it as Natsu turned to Sorano, his hands empty.
"So…I um…I don't really have anything for you since before that night…we were enemies. But I can tell you're a really good person even if you made some mistakes…So I'm hoping that master will let you join Fairy Tail…" Natsu asked while cocking an eyebrow at the guild master.
Jumping down, the old man approached the woman with wide eyes.
"You…you want me to join?" Sorano asked softly, looking at the salmon haired man who gave a small nod.
"Now now…you still have to pass the test to join…not everybody can…" Makarov said sternly as he approached. Walking around the dark mage as he studied her, Sorano stood still as she awaited judgement.
"Hmmmm…" Makarov pondered as he glanced at the female. "Slim waist…large breasts…a firm ass with long legs…she's perfect!"
Jumping up, he slapped Sorano's ass with an open palm, the sound reverberating through the hall. "YOU PASS!"
"EEEKKK! YOU PERVERT!" Sorano let out in a girlish scream before slapping her hand across the elder's face, sending him flying into a wall.
"I guess she did pass…" Erza commented as Sorano glared. "You knew!?"
"Sorano…he did the same thing to me…but you slapped him so that's good" Lucy replied as Natsu straightened up. "AHH! I almost forgot!" he yelled, pulling a lacrima from his pants pocket. Running over, he pressed it into Levy's hands. "Here…this is from the other you…to you. It's blue…pronts…"
"I think you mean blueprints?"
"Yeah, that. Its how you can build your own dimension stuff" Natsu exclaimed before a magical window appeared in the hall. Showing Hisui standing straight behind a podium, the mages were silenced as the new ruler began to speak.
"As many of you now know, the 'Royal's first' political party has been…purged from our country thanks to a few dear friends. They will remain nameless…but they helped save our country from the greed and suffering it endured. Now that my father and his cronies are dead, Fiore will be different. From this day forth…the purge will be no more! No more senseless violence and killing! We will make this a country to be proud of again! It will be difficult…but it will be the right thing to do! And during that time…I will need to secure a new king to stand next to me. Somebody brave and righteous…somebody with a good heart…" She coughed, the words Natsu barely heard…but heard nonetheless. "I will reorganize our government to benefit the people….not the few. That is all for now" Hisui finished as several of the girls looked at Natsu who gulped deeply. Walking over, Erza clamped her hand onto his shoulder.
"Natsu…you will share my cheesecake with me…." She ordered/threatened as the man sweated in fear.
"I don't think so, Erza. Natsu and I were going to enjoy this whiskey!' Cana butted in, her glare at the red head making many men step back. Trying to sneak away, he found himself grabbed by a certain crash mage.
"Yo Natsu…you weren't ditching my little princess…were you?" Gildarts lightly threatened.
"O…Of course not…hehehe…" The still wounded slayer commented nervously.
"GOOD! Then you won't mind sitting right next to her at this table!" He slapped the younger man on the back, staggering him as Natsu walked slowly toward his fate. Sitting down, he was flanked by Cana and Erza…who had Lucy and Juvia next to them. Across from them was Lisanna, Sorano, Yukino, and Kagura with Mira joining last. Each one was looking at Natsu…licking their lips…eyeing his scarred torso and body with untold amounts of lust. Glancing at each other as Christmas ornaments and decorations hung on the wall, the females made a certain discovery.
"Why is that hussy/bitch/ strumpet looking at my Natsu like that?" Many thought as Happy landed on the table.
"HEY NATSU! Why do all the girls want to make babies with you? They have the same look when Grey and Laki wrestle naked at their place…" The little cat pondered as he held his paw to his chin.
"AH! HAPPY YOU TRAITOR!" Natsu yelled as each female rose from their seat.
"So…you think you bitches can steal….MY NATSU!" Each one roared as they jumped at each others throat, kicking off the largest cat fight in the guild's history. Laughing at his expense, Gajeel and many others enjoyed the fight and the belated holidays as each girl tried their best to steal Natsu away among the falling snow outside….
And that's it! I hope you all enjoyed my Christmas special! It was fun and twisted to write so enjoy it and all the good times with your family this Christmas! I actually don't have to work the holiday for once so it's a special treat for me! So read, review, and enjoy your gifts and family! Also, the poll is still up for my main story so check it out and vote! I need more than five votes people!
MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS HANS!
Natsu: Did…were you watching die hard again?"
Me: Nooo…of course not…
Kagura: You so were!
Sorano: I happen to like that movie. I'll watch it while I 'claim' Natsu tonight
Natsu: Uh what…?
*All the girls* HE'S MINE HARPY!
This is thehappy saying Merry Christmas!
