The war between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord had begun as both guilds attacked one another in Oak town.
Meanwhile, Lucy who had stayed behind was walking in the street while carrying some groceries in her hand.
"I kinda wish I had gone with everyone else," Lucy muttered out as she walked through an alley on her way back to the guild. As Lucy walked through the alleyway, she was surprised when it suddenly started to rain, "No way. Rain when the Sun is out?"
Lucy stopped walking when she saw a figure approaching her. the figure was close enough, Lucy saw that it was a teenage girl with azure blue hair, wearing a sapphire blue coat, as well as a matching Russian Cossack hat.
"Drip, drip, drop." The woman said as she walked towards Lucy, "Yes... Juvia brings the rain. Drip, drip, drop."
"Huh?" Lucy said with a confused look. The blonde's eyes narrowed slightly, as she scanned over the mysterious girl's features.
"Who might you be?" Juvia asked, holding her hand out to catch some rain.
"Um, who are you?" Lucy replied in a confused tone.
"I had fun. Farewell." Juvia said, spinning around and starting to walk away, "Drip, drip, drop."
"Eh? What was that all about?" Lucy asked, watching the blue-haired woman walk away.
"Non. Non. Non. Non. Non. Non." A new voice echoed throughout the alleyway. Juvia stopped dead in her tracks, as a green-haired man with a monocle materialized from the ground. The man smiled, as he gazed at Lucy, "Bonjour with non in a 3-3-7 rhythm."
"Another weirdo?" Lucy said under breath, feeling her skin beginning to crawl.
"Juvia-sama you can't just walk away from your mission." The newcomer said as he turned to look at Juvia.
"Monsieur Sol." Juvia said in a surprised tone.
"My monocle is telling me that mademoiselle over there is none other than our target," Sol said, his head tilted to the side.
"Oh, my...she's the one?" Juvia said as she turned to face Lucy.
"Pardon my manners mademoiselle." Sol said, clapping his hands, "I am Sol. You may call me monsieur Sol." The man smiled, as he leaned towards Lucy, "We've come from the great Phantom Lord to welcome you."
"Juvia is a member of the Elemental 4, who brings rain," Juvia explained as the rain began to fall more intensely.
"Phantom Lord?!" Lucy exclaimed, as her eyes widened in shock, "Y-You're the ones who attacked Natsu!" An angry look spread across Lucy's face, as she reached for her celestial spirit keys.
"Non. Non. Non. I'd like to clear up your misunderstanding with three nons." Sol said, twiddling with his pencil thin mustache,
"Wrecking the guild and attacking Natsu-sama; all were done by Gajeel-sama... Though, it is true that this was done with a unanimous vote from our guild."
"Wh-What is this thing?!" Lucy gasped out, managing to push her head through the water barrier.
"Juvia's Water Lock cannot be broken," Juvia said as she swiped her hand. Lucy yelped as she was yanked back into the sphere of water. Lucy's eyes began to close, as she lost consciousness due to air lose.
"Mmmm, Tres Bien," Sol said with a smile, as he watched Lucy float in the water sphere.
"Don't worry...Juvia won't kill you, for it is Juvia's job to bring you back." Juvia said, not noticing that Lucy's keys fell from the water sphere, "Lucy Heartfilia-sama."
"Mmmm! Victoire!" Sol cheered, adjusting his monocle.
"Capture complete," Juvia said as the mission to capture the target was done
in Natsu's dream, the man is standing in his dream as he looks at Ikaruga who sat behind the large sakura tree with the accompany of two infants in a large straw basket.
"ssshhh… " Ikaruga softly shushed him while raising a finger to her lips before glancing at the two infants in the basket. "I just have put them to sleep"
Natsu slowly reached towards her before taking her in his embrace
"Ikaruga..!" Natsu softly cried to her as he holds her tightly yet gently. Ikaruga smiles and hugs him back
Natsu leaned away from the embrace as his tears haven't stopped falling. Ikaruga sighed softly to him as she wiped away his tears with her sleeves.
"tears never suited you, you know" Ikaruga whispered to him while holding his cheek with her palm. Natsu reached to her hand and leans to it
"yes" Natsu whispered back "you always did know me better than anyone"
Natsu kisses her hand as he smiled to her. Ikaruga smiled before Natsu take her lips in a passionate and deep kiss while holding her very close to himself.
at Oak Town, the battle of the two guilds were reaching an end as Phantom Lord Guild Master, Jose had tricked Makarov and had one of his top mages drain and weaken Makarov to the point where he could not fight as the old man was sent crashing down to the ground. every member of Fairy Tail froze in complete shock and horror once they saw their Master defeated.
"M- Master!" Erza cried out and ran over to him with Cana a step behind her.
"Ah… d… amn… my… magic..." Makarov gasped out as Erza and Cana knelt down next to his body before Erza reached down and held the man up. Quickly ignoring her adversary, Mirajane ran towards the large group that was forming around the fallen Guild master.
"Why can't I feel any magic from Master? It's like he's a plain old man now." Elfman muttered.
"I don't get it… How could he lose?" Gray questioned as he looked up at where the old man had fallen, "Just what exactly happened up there?"
"No way...how can the Master be defeated?" "I-Impossible!"
"This is bad if Master is out of the picture then…" Erza's body tensed as she looked back at the Phantom wizards they were just thrashing, all of them were getting back on their feet with cocky grins.
"This our chance! They've got no chance now that their Master is down. Attack those Fairy scums!" The members of Phantom Lord roared and went on the offensive as Fairy Tail tried their best to defend themselves against the revitalized enemy.
"No...This is bad...our morale took a blow as well..." Erza and Mirajane shared a glance before nodding to each other
"RETREAT!" Mira shouted to everyone as she fired a black energy blast at the incoming army "Everyone to the Guild Hall. Me and Red will hold them off until everyone is outside!"
"No way! Are you out of your mind Mira?!" Gray shouted.
"Men don't retreat nee-chan!" Elfman added as he fended off several members of Phantom.
"No, she's right." Erza shouted as she summoned a sword in her right hand, "We might be able to handle these guys and the Elemental 4, but without the Master, we don't stand a chance against Jose!"
"I can still fight!" Macao tried to tell her, but the injury had just received from protecting Cana was taking its toll.
"stop being so tough!" Cana scolded him as she pulled him away
"Me too!" Bisca shouted, but seconds later her legs started to wobble and she fell against Alzack's extended arm.
Erza slammed the blade of her sword into the ground before shouting back at her stubborn guild mates, "This isn't time for discussion! Retreat and that's an order!" This time the others listened to the armored girl and started making their way to giant exit they had created.
Gajeel sighed in disappointment as he watched Fairy Tail begin to retreat. He stood at the rafters with Aria, who arrived in time to watch their enemy Guild retreat.
"It's so sad!" Aria cried with tears running down his face.
"Aria...you're creepy as always." Gajeel commented as he continued to stare at Erza and Mirajane guide everyone to the exit "I'm surprised that you managed to put down that old geezer."
"It was all part of Master Jose's plan, all I had to do was follow it to the letter. But still…" The blindfolded man replied, and seconds later he started crying again, "Thank you for your kind words!"
"Jeez! Would you stop crying already?" Gajeel looked up at the man in annoyance. "So…did we capture the target?"
"yes, we have successfully captured Lucy Heartifiilia-sama when she was on her way to Fairy Tail's guild" Aria replied to him
"they didn't bother with Salamander's kids, did they?!" Gajeel exclaimed with an angered look on him
Aria raises his hand up in a prayer "as to your warning, they did not harm the children of the fire dragon nor did they even encounter them at all"
"that's good…" Gajeel said while sitting on the rafters
"Kyuiii!" Kiara squealed to Gray who was punching away some Phantom thug
"what is it, Kiara?!" Gray asked her while freezing the floor and caused many nearby running phantom members to slip and fall
"Kyuuiiii!" Kiara squealed to him again as she tugs on his pants as a sign to follow her
Gray then followed her as Kiara lead him away from Phantom's guild to another location where there stood a castle
"is that!?" Gray exclaimed as he saw a familiar blonde girl standing by the window railing of the castle
in Natsu's dreams. The man carried the infant Haruka in his arms as the child sleeps while sucking on a pacifier. Natsu watched her sleep before turning his attention to her twin brother who babbles to Ikaruga while reaching his little hands to her.
Ikaruga smiled at her child as she traces a finger on the little boy's forehead down to his nose that scrunched up before pulling away, the mother pecks her son's forehead. Haruo let out babbles to his mother as Ikaruga sighs to her child before humming a lullaby for him.
"six years.." Natsu spoke softly yet sadly as he placed Haruka into the wooden straw basket beside him "the regret of the decision I made back them, still haunts me till now" His tears started to form again in his eyes as Natsu clenched his fists "I wasn't there when you needed me the most! I made you suffer for six years!"
"I!...i!" Natsu's face scrunched up in sadness as he never felt so much remorse for his past self. Ikaruga looks at him in sadness for a moment before she smiled at him
"yes…..for six years, I've been separated from Haruka and Haruo" Ikaruga said before she placed Haruo into the basket along with Haruka as they disappeared into thin air. Natsu punched the grass bellow him as his tears fall down the ground
"I am such a failure of a husband and a father!" said Natsu before he felt hands on his cheeks as his eyes widen in surprise
"but… you've raised them well and protected them with your life…..that is something only you can do best, no?" Ikaruga softly said to him as she lifts his face up. She wipes away his tears with her sleeves as she slowly leaned his head to her shoulder "the past is the past, time cannot be taken back, like the Sakura petals that falls from its tree, the petals shall bring joy to life itself"
Natsu stares with wide eyes before he scrunched them as he embraces Ikaruga close.
the Fairy Tail members sat in the cellar of their guild. Some were recuperating, others were treating injuries that they had sustained during the Phantom assault, and the rest were preparing for any more attacks, whether they be offensive or defensive. But overall, they were silently mourning the losses that they had procured after their recent battle with the rival guild.
"Damn it…" "I can't believe this…" "How could this happen?" "What do we do now?" These were all utterances around the cellar as they sat at tables, or stood over maps covering the landscape around the Phantom Lord guild's main headquarters.
Macao and Wakaba sifted through crates of lacrimas, hurriedly stuffing as much as they could in make-shift knapsacks.
"We'll need more explosive lacrimas!" the smoke mage shouted.
"We need to come up with a plan!" Macao argued.
"Well, if we load up on these lacrimas, we can launch them up their asses!" "That won't work, you old coot!" As the two argued, with some members began involving themselves in the commotion, wanting to put in their own input.
At the far side of the cellar, Elfman and Gray stood with their arms folded, while Lucy sat on a barrel, timidly with Levy beside her.
Lucy was quietly watching them. Seeing how badly injured some of her friends were from the fight they had with Phantom only made her feel more guilty because of the fact that they got all these injuries because of her.
"Are you worried? Don't worry, we'll get them back for this." Lucy perked up at Gray's voice and turned her head to look at him.
"No… It's just that...I'm sorry..." Lucy bowed her head as she apologized again.
"It's a normal thing for daughters from rich families to be targeted and one of the down sides of it!" Elfman added before he placed his fist on his chest with a smirk. "But a real man's duty is to protect them!"
"Don't say that!" Gray snapped back at the tall man, who gave Gray a look at being interrupted.
"but Lu-chan, why were you hiding it?" Levy asked her
"kyuiiii" Kiara squealed to Lucy while sitting on her lap
"I wasn't so much hiding it...but I ran away from home a year ago and not once did he want me back. Now he suddenly wants me back, I just don't get it." Everyone watched as Lucy's hands tightened into a fist, "Doing all these horrible things just to get me back… He's the worst! Although...all of this happened because I ran away from home in the first place, right...?"
"N-No! That's ridiculous! Your dad is the bad one!" Elfman told her with a wave of his hand.
"Idiot!" Gray shouted at him.
"Ah! I mean it's all Phantom's fault!" Elfman let out an awkward laugh as he corrected himself.
"Because of my selfish actions...I can't believe I caused so much trouble for everyone...and it caused Natsu to be in this state..." Lucy admitted as she sadly looks to the unconscious man with tears starting to form in her eyes.
"Don't cry. It's not like you..." Gray told her as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Yeah! Men are weak to womanly tears!" Elfman added while trying his best not to cry himself.
Meanwhile, in another room of the cellar, Cana sat cross-legged while studying a pattern of cards she had laid out. After flipping one, she took a moment to concentrate, only to abruptly toss the cards around in frustration a second later.
"It's no use! I can't find where Mystogan is!" Grabbing a bottle beside her, Cana took a quick chug, "If their target is Lucy, I wouldn't be surprised if they attacked again soon. We've got too many injured people on top of that. This is not looking good for us…" she finished by taking a swill of her drink.
Mirajane grunted before turning to the direction of the counter across from her, where sat a communication lacrimas. In the ball, it showed a mirage of the Laxus,
"Prick, our guild is under attack and the master is seriously injured. Most of our other members have also suffered injuries and we are unable to locate Mystogan. We could really use your help." Mira stated although she did her best not to puke when she 'requested' help from Laxus.
"Gramps is out? HAHAHAhah! That's great news, maybe now I can take over for him now!" He laughed.
"We need your help!" Mira protested, though the words she said made her inwardly scowl as she mentally gritted her teeth.
Suddenly, a wave of harsh laughter erupted from the lacrimas, "God…The geezer is freaking pathetic, hahahaha! I don't see how this is remotely my problem. you have Natsu with you guys, so why do you even need me when he is more than enough to handle those Phantom weaklings?" Laxus sneered.
"Natsu…." Mira muttered out in sadness as she clenched her fists "…got defeated by them"
she clenched her eyes to try stop the image of Natsu in his injured state back at the Sakura caves flooding her mind
"wha?!" Laxus' eyes widen in shock to the revelation of one of his most respected persons got defeated by Phantom, before recomposing himself
"So, you're going to help us or not?!" Cana asked in an agitated manner.
Laxus sighed as he rubbed the back of his head
"I would if I could, but even at my top speed, it will take me at least three hours or so to reach the damn place" Laxus said to them
"then what are we supposed to do till then!?" Cana exclaimed to him
"you figured it out yourselves" Laxus said before turning the lacrima off
"Laxus!" Mira exclaimed to him but was too late
Mira gritted her teeth before slamming her fist at the Lacrima Orb as it was destroyed
In the showers on the other side of the lower floors, Erza was trying to calm herself down from the battle they had just left
"According to Bisca and Alzack, Master was hit by a spell called Drain. Apparently, the target of the spell could recover faster if the magic that was scattered was returned to him. But since we didn't know what it was exactly, it was too late to do anything then.…" she thought before placing her hands on the wall,
"Master and Natsu are out of commission at the moment, Mystogan is going to be too busy to help with the situation here," she spoke out loud through the sound of running water, "Laxus is nowhere near us and would not even attempt to come… A lot of our numbers were injured in this battle."
The redheaded woman snapped her eyes closed and gritted her teeth as memories of the battle echoed through her mind.
"Jose is probably on the top floor. I'm gonna tear him a new one!"
Makarov's words played in her head as she remembered the last time, she spoke to him. She then clenched her fists and punched the wall as hard as she could,
"I should have gone with him! I'm pathetic! It's all my fault!"
RUMBLE!
Suddenly, A massive quake rumbled throughout the Fairy Tail cellar. Hurriedly all the members of the guild made their way outside. What they were met with was shocking, to say the least.
"W-What the hell?!" Gray shouted.
Over the cliff by the Fairy Tail guildhall, and across the large body of water that sat on it. A large structure was making its way in their direction. As it moved closer, it could be seen as a giant castle, held up by six giant, mechanical legs. The monstrous building made its way toward them, slowly but surely.
"A-a walking guild?!" "Phantom!" Screamed the guild members as they recognized the massive headquarters of the Phantom Lord Guild.
"I-I could have never anticipated that they would go to this much of an extreme…!" Stated Erza as she stood with the rest of the guild, a towel being the only fabric clothing her bare body.
"What should we do?!" Loki questioned as the Fairy Tail guild watched the walking building come to a halt a good distance away. For a few moments, everything seemed quiet, and that was not a good thing at all.
"The Magical Convergent Cannon, Jupiter!" Inside the main control room, Jose was sitting in his chair with several men surrounding him in order to properly control the moving Headquarters. The Guild master gave the men a silent nod to signal them to prepare the weapon and wait for his orders.
Outside on the mainland, Fairy Tail watched in shock as the gate in front of the building slid down and a large cannon emerged from inside the building, extending its barrel which was currently pointed at them and their Guild Hall. After it settled, a ball of compressed, black, magical energy began to build up at the barrel of the large cannon, growing to enormous size, "Engage and wait for my mark… Eradicate them all."
"Here it comes!" Macao warned as the cannon started to power up.
"Everybody, get down now!" Erza told her comrades before she ran several yards ahead of them
"Erza!" "What are you doing?!"
Erza tossed her towel away before re-quipping into her Adamantine Armor, and then shouted out "I won't let you destroy our guild!"
"Adamantine Armor!?" "S-she can't be!" "Erza don't!" "She isn't thinking of blocking the blast, is she?!" "Erza, stop! It'll kill you!"
Drawing three cards from her deck, Cana started channelling her magic into them and was preparing to throw them, "I doubt even her Adamantine Barrier defense alone will be enough!"
Not a second later, the storm building cannon fired its powerful payload. The blast exploding into a beam of gargantuan size, throwing the water below it apart to show the visible bottom of the lake.
Erza took the initiative and slammed her gauntlets together to form a large shield, which in turn produced a huge magical seal that equalled the size of the Jupiter blast.
"HAAAH!" Erza yelled as she closed the two shields together and a large magic circle appeared right in front of them. The beam from the Jupiter then collided with it as Erza was struggling to hold it back as she stood her ground. They all watched in awe as she was holding it back. She then felt a crack in her armor as the Jupiter blast was starting to breakthrough her shield.
"ERZA, HANG IN THERE!" Mira shouted
"I...WON'T...LET YOU WIIIIN!" She shouted as she clenched her teeth and was holding fast against it
In an instant the blast was dispersed and so did Erza's barrier. Erza's Armor was crumbled into pieces as she was sent flying back
"Erza!" Gray shouted as he and Eflman went to her aid
Jose smirked in his guild as he watched the mighty Titania fall
"both Makarov and Erza are out of commission" he spoke "you have no chance of victory anymore"
"NOW HAND OVER LUCY HEARTFILIA, IMMEDIATELY."
Everyone's face turned into an angered one when he said that
"Lucy's our comrade!" "there isn't a guild out there that would sell out a comrade" "Lucy's not going anywhere! She's one of us and that is how it's going to stay!"
One by one other member of the guild shouted their own opinions on how they would never do such a thing, bringing tears to Lucy's eyes as she heard their words.
"THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! I WON'T ASK AGAIN!"
Lucy's body shook as she looked at the damage done to the area and to her guild mates, "I…I should just give myself up… I don't want anyone to suffer because of me…"
"You would have to kill us before we'd ever turn against a comrade!" Erza exclaimed as cheers of agreement were once again heard, but this time louder.
"E-Everyone… T-Tha… T-Thank you!" Lucy had tears falling down her face with once hand covering her mouth.
"IN THAT CASE, I'LL JUST FEED YOU AN EXTRA LARGER DOSE OF JUPITER!" Jose's voice echoed across the Phantom Lord's Building and the surrounding area, "SO SAVOR THE NEXT 15 MINUTES OF YOUR LIVES BECAUSE THEY WILL BE YOUR LAST!"
The guild quieted down at Jose's proclamation.
"What the hell?" Elfman muttered with grit teeth.
"They're gonna fire it again so soon?!" Loki could feel a bead of sweat go down the side of his face
"W-what?!" "He's going to fire it again?!" "No way!"
"Look!" Cana spoke up making several heads turned to look at her to see that the brunette was pointing at the moving building in front of them, where to their surprise thousands of ghost-like creatures were flying out of the windows and other openings, "Those things are Jose's Shade Magic given form to be his phantom soldiers."
"what!? Shades are!?" Bisca exclaimed in shock
"Ghost!" Alzack finished her sentence
"But that means he can release the Jupiter Cannon's next attack without worrying about his men since they aren't human!" Macao exclaimed as he clenched his fists tightly.
Wakaba took in a deep breath before blowing out a ball of smoke, "So it's either get taken down by his ghost soldiers or be eradicated by the Jupiter… not much of a choice is there."
"Wha…?" "He's merciless!" The guild roared, before Jose's voice echoed once again,
"You are now left with two choices. Be destroyed by my henchmen, or be demolished by the Jupiter!" he claimed.
"Then we'll just do what Fairy Tail always does," Gray called out before punching a fist into his open palm, "Create a third option and destroy the Jupiter Cannon within 15 minutes before it fires off another shot."
"I'm going with you! A Man never step back from a fight!" Elfman exclaimed
"me too!" Mira exclaimed as she transforms into her Satan Soul
Gray and Elfman nodded to her while letting Max and Nab take Erza back to the guild
"the rest of us are going to deal with the Shades, alright!?" Cana exclaimed to the others as they roared in agreement
"I'll fight too!" Lucy voiced in before Lisanna grabbed her hand
"no Lucy, you have something else to do" Lisanna said as she pulled her away with Reedus following
"Let's go!" Gray shouted as he whistled his fingers for Ash as the wyvern came flying to them
Elfman and Gray jumped up to his saddle as they flied towards Phantom with Mira blasting away some Shade that tried to get close to them
Lucy with the twins were at the front of the guild and away from the fight
"Lisanna-neechan what's happening?" Haruka asked Lisanna who closed the guild's wrecked up door.
"everything is alright, Haruka-chan. Everyone is getting back at the bad Phantom for hurting Natsu" Lisanna said to her
"I want to fight too!" said Haru while holding a small club in hand. "I am going to hurt them back for hurting Papa!"
"you three won't be fighting at all" Lisanna said with a serious face "Reedus is going to take you all to the Sakura Caves till the fight is over"
"but I have to fight with everyone!" Lucy retorted to her "it's all my fault that this happened!"
"no Lucy, No one thinks that way" Lisanna said to her "this fight is for our guild, for our fallen comrade, and to protect the three of you! everyone has their pride in this battle"
Lucy then looks down before nodding to her
"good" Lisanna said with a smile "Reedus"
the Pict Mage who nodded with an "Oui" drew a cart that was being pulled by a purple boar on his body as it came to life from his magic
Lucy and the twins with Kiara then boarded the cart with Lisanna the only standing beside it
"what about you, Lisanna-neechan? Aren't you coming with us?" Haruka asked her
Lisanna shook her head to the child "I have to stay behind to look after the injured" She then backed away from the cart "be safe you three"
"go Reedus!"
"Oui!" Reedus then swings the railings as the boar then pulled the cart and runs towards the path that will take them to the Sakura caves
"I'm counting on you, Reedus" Lisanna then run back into the guild to take care of the guys who are too injured to fight
Gray and Elfman with Ash arrived at Jupiter's barrel and stood at the opening of a circular tunnel.
"Ash, go back and help Mira in wiping away some Shades!" Gray told to Ash as the wyvern then flied away
Gray and Elfman then walked down the barrel until they made it to a large room with a giant Lacrima in the center with four colored crystals attached to walls surrounding it, and above the Lacrima was a giant timer.
"that must be the lacrima that is powering Jupiter" Elfman assumed as he looks at the giant Lacrima
Gray narrowed his eyes as he examined the large object, "A large one like that has to be pretty durable."
"well what are we waiting for?! Let's see if its MAN enough after we deal with it" Elfman said as he transforms his right arm to a metallic arm
"I cannot allow that." A voice was heard as Gray and Elfman looks up and saw a figure who was wearing a combination of a ninja's and Samurai's clothing. "It is Phantom Lord's priority to see Fairy Tail wiped from the face of Fiore. For that to happen, the Jupiter is required."
"And who the hell are you?!" exclaimed Gray at the member of Phantom.
"I am Totomaru, of Phantom Lord's Element Four." The man calmly stated.
Before any of the Fairy Tail mages could react, a large clock overshadowing the room on the ceiling moved to another numeral embedded on it with a large strike.
"Seven minutes until Jupiter discharge." a female voice echoed in the core.
"we don't have time for you!" Gray shouted before extending his arms forward,
"Ice Make: Lance!" A magic circle appeared in front of his arms, as long, curved ice lances were created and shot toward Totomaru.
Totomaru vanished from his spot before the attack could hit him, causing Gray's eyes to widen.
He spun around, and was kneed him in the stomach, sending him flying into a wall. Gray grunted before straightening himself up just in time as Totomaru prepared his own attack.
"Red Fire!" Suddenly a red seal appeared out of Totomaru's hand and burst into a ball of red fire. Shooting out at the Ice mage.
"Ice Make: Shield!" Gray created a large shield made of ice in front of him as the Fire smashed against his shield and exploded upon contact, which generated smoke, blinding Gray.
"Orange Fire!" Gray's eyes shoot wide open in shock as an orange seal appeared above his form. Shooting out an orange flame, it hit him straight in his face.
"Gah!" Ur's pupil shrieked. Not in pain, however, but in disgust, as his eyes started to tear up a bit, "What kinda fire is this?! It smells so gross!"
"My flames have a wide variety of attributes," Totomaru explained before he vaulted over Gray's shoulder and launching himself into the air. At the height of his jump, he looked down at the distracted Ice Make mage, "You would do well to remember that." he finished and drew his katana. He brought it down on Gray, intending to finish him off.
Luckily, Gray recovered enough and created a sword out of ice, blocking the Totomaru's inches from his face,
"MAAANNN!" Elfman came running towards Totomaru and was intending to punch him before he dodged by jumping away
"What is the point in all this?! Why are you Phantoms using something like the Jupiter just to take care of a single guild?" Gray exclaimed at Totomaru
"That should be apparent, the two of our guilds were fighting for decades, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened." The Fire Mage explained calmly before he blocked a vicious slash from Gray's sword.
"By risking the lives of my friends and the innocent citizens of Magnolia?!" Gray shouted in rage, as he rapidly slashed the enemy. Totomaru felt slightly nervous as he was being overpowered by the relentless assault of Gray.
Before he knew it, his sword was slapped out of his hands into the air. He was fast enough to take a large leap back in order to dodge another slash from the Ice mage.
"Two minutes until Jupiter discharge." The female voice echoed in the core once again.
Totomaru let out a small chuckle, "You're out of time The Jupiter will fire, and your strife will all be for not." he said before he raised his magical power
"Rainbow Fire!" As he casted the spell, a seal appeared quickly and generated flames of multiple colours came which combined into one brightly colored flame. Once it was ready, he launched it toward Gray, consuming him in an explosion of flames.
Totomaru grinned as he thought that he won, but his grin was quickly replaced by a shocked gasp when Gray emerged from the flames and charged at him.
"Those Flames are nothing compared to his!" he shouted as he shot up his knee to hit Totomaru in his gut. The fire mage opened his mouth to spit saliva
Elfman then grabbed Totomaru by his collar with his left hand as he then punched him with his right arm
"NOW GRAY!" Elfman shouted to him as Gray created a large, bazooka-like hand-held cannon,
"ICE CANNON!" Gray fired an ice blast from his bazooka as it was heading straight for Totomaru
"GAAAAAHHH!" Totomaru was sent crashing towards the giant Lacrima as large cracks started to form.
Soon the entire lacrima was crackling up. Within just a few moments later, it burst into a blinding light that filled the room.
Elfman and Gray grinned as they had stopped Jupiter from firing
A few minutes earlier
"Ten more minutes, Fairy Tail, and you will be no more!"
Jose's voice declared for all the members of Fairy Tail to hear as they fought off his army of shades.
"Jeez, does he ever shut up?" Macao asked rhetorically after burning away a few shades.
"Well, I'm sure he just likes the sound of his voice," Wakaba stated through the side of his mouth as his pipe spurt out more magic.
"Damn it! They just keep coming!"
"Wakaba Look out!" Macao screamed.
"Huh?!" The smoke mage only had enough time to turn before a shade shot through his body.
"Gah!" he screamed as he fell to his knees, clutching his abdomen shakingly as a sense of exhaustion and emptiness rushed through his body in less than an instant of coming in contact with the ghastly specter.
"Wakaba! What's wrong?!"
"I-I… Feel empty…" Wakaba replied as beads of sweat formed on his forehead.
"Don't let the shades get you!" Cana shouted as her cards created a net of lighting to repel oncoming shades. "If they attack you, they'll drain you of your energy!"
Suddenly, the sounds of explosions could be heard making many heads turn to see the Jupiter Cannon.
The large cannon then crumbles to pieces as it falls down to the water bellow it
After seeing the spectacle take place, the members roared in cheers as a wave of victorious sensation filled all those fighting below.
"They did it!" "The Jupiter is destroyed!" "We might actually win this!"
Howled the members as their spirit was emboldened immensely from this sudden victory after such a grim start.
Cana nodded her head with a smirk as she took a handful of cards in each hand, "Those guys are fighting from the inside and took out the cannon. Now let's eliminate the enemies out here!" With another cheer, the remaining members of Fairy Tail charged towards the ghost soldiers ready to continue their fight against them.
"Master Jose! The lacrima for the Jupiter has been destroyed! The cannon is no longer operational!" Shouted one of the hooded mages to his seated Guild master.
Jose proceeded to clench his fist as a pang of anger and annoyance ran through his body, "Such incorrigible scum…" he harshly muttered.
"Launch the MK. II! And have its prepared Abyss Break at once!" he bellowed to his minions.
"Yes, sir!" Jose then had another idea appeared as he grins evilly
He then snaps his fingers twice as some of the shades came flying towards Fairy Tail's guild
everyone continued to fight off the endless hordes of Shades that mercilessly shot at them.
Suddenly, a large boom sounded throughout the battleground. The mages turned their attention back toward the large hexagonal fortress as it was starting to transform.
"what the!?" Mira exclaimed as she was in the middle of cleaning up some Shades with Ash before her attention was brought away when the moving castle started transforming
"W-What's going on?" Gray exclaimed as he kneeled down to the floor as he lost his balance.
"the room? No! the whole place is moving!" Elfman exclaimed as he saw the walls starting to split and moving
"BEHOLD YOU FAIRY TAIL BRATS!" Jose's voice called as the room continued to shake for several minutes before everything came to a halt. Gray managed to regain his balances before he went at the new center of the room, "KNEEL BEFORE THE SUPER MAGE GIANT PHANTOM MKII AND KNOW YOU'RE POWERLESSNESS! COWER IN DESPAIR FOR THESE LAST FEW REMAINING MINUTES OF LIVES!"
Mira came flying in to where Gray and Elfman were at as they could tell that she had a grim look on her.
"This is bad, Gray! Elfman! The giant is drawing an Abyss Break magic circle, and from the size of it the blast could destroy the entire town!" Mira exclaimed to them
"Abyss Break!? But that's one of the forbidden spells!" Gray clenched his fist as he turned his head upwards, "Is Phantom really that insane to use something like that just to get at us? They'll kill hundreds of innocent people that live in Magnolia!"
Erza was standing back up while wobbling a bit as Lisanna held her
"you should rest Erza!" Lisanna exclaimed to her
"I can fight!" Erza retorted to her
CRASH!
Soon the back entrance to the guild was destroyed as a couple of Shades came flying in
"what!?" Erza exclaimed as the shades came in
"Lisanna! Erza!" Cana shouted from outside as she was blasting away the shades with her cards
"Kyaaaa!" Lisanna screams as she was grabbed by the shades and got taken away.
"Lisanna!" Erza and Cana tried to reach her but couldn't as the Shades block their attempt
"Get away!" Erza slashed at the Shades but failed to reach Lisanna
"Haaa!" Cana threw some of her cards at the shade as the cards exploded upon impact
"Let go of her!" Cana exclaimed
"I'll get her back!" Erza exclaimed as she equips her Kureha no Yoroi and flied towards the group of Shade that was taking Lisanna away but was shocked as Lisanna suddenly disappeared before she could reach her. Erza then looks around for her but couldn't find her
Elfman and Gray split up separate ways as they were trying to find Element four and try to stop Abyss break
"is this the best Monsieur can do?" Sole said smiling in amusement causing Elfman's eyes to widen in anger
"Sable Dance!"Sol created a huge storm of sand as it blinded Elfman in it
"how annoying!" Elfman shouted as he wipes away some of the dust in his eyes
"Roche Concerto!" Sol's voice called out from behind as Elfman was suddenly pounded by many rocks that were shooting up from the ground
"GAAAH!" Elfman shouted in pain.
"non, non, non, non!" Sol appeared out of the ground with a smirk as he kept firing earth attacks at Elfman and rendered him unconscious.
"Elfman!" Mira who was trying to stop the giant from using Abyss break came flying towards Sol as she intends to put a few dents to his puny face. Sol then smirks as the ground then covered Elfman's body as he was caught off guard
"Elfman!" Mira shouted before a rock spear appeared out of the ground and was near Elfman's neck as it stopped her.
"Bonjour Mademoiselle Mirajane!" Sol greeted her with a bow
"let him go!" Mira shouted while creating a black energy ball in her hands
"Non. Non. Non." Sol said while moving his finger side to side to her, "If I recall correctly..." Sol started to speak while he played with his thin mustache, " A few years back, you little brother attempted to perform a Full-Body Take Over, but it went wrong and he went berserk...your darling little sister almost lost her life trying to stop him from going on a rampage, isn't that right? Not only that but the trauma of it resulted in him from never using the Full-body Take Over ever since."
"I said let him go!" Mira shouted again
"Hmmm… I suppose that memories are painful." Sol said to her "as a gentleman, I feel like I should make you remember the despair you felt two years ago." Said Sol before he pointed his finger outside, towards one of the giant's hand.
Mira looks at where he was pointing and her eyes widen in shock as in one of the giant's mechanical hands is Lisanna
"Lisanna!?" Mira exclaimed in shock and surprised
"Madam Lisanna has been quite naughty as she had told one of your guildmates to run away with Lucy Heartfilia-sama, our target" Sol explained while smiling evilly
"Lisanna!" Mira shouted as the giant's hands were getting tighter on her
"M-Mira-nee!" Lisanna wheezed out as the giant's hand was starting to crush her body
"Lisanna!" Mira was about to go to her before Sol chuckled to her
"are you sure you want to save your little sister first?" asked Sol before the rock spear near Elfman's neck started getting closer to the unconscious man.
"Elfman..!" Mira muttered out while looking between Lisanna and Elfman
"there can only be one choice!" Sol said while holding his monocle "your little sister or your little brother?"
the rock spear was near Elfman's neck while the titan's hand was getting tighter on Lisanna
"Gah!" Lisanna grunted as she felt like she was going to be flatten
Mira looks back to Lisanna then to Elfman and then back to back again while her tears were forming
"what shall it be, Mademoiselle?" Sol said with a dark face
"Lisanna….! Elfman….!" Mira had to pick a choice, save her little sister or her little brother
"time is ticking~" Sol said as Lisanna grunted in pain again and the rock covering Elfman was getting closer to his chest and so was the rock spear to his neck
Everyone was wiping away the shades as they thought that they were getting the upper hand, but were shocked when the ghostly figures all simultaneously came to a halt.
"Wha...?" "Why did they stop?"
Suddenly, the hundreds of shades started moving again as they all converged on a single position. Landing in front of the guildhall, the shades crashed into one another, building up their mass as dozens forced themselves into the blob. The guild members could only watch in horror as the shades kept growing and growing until its size rivalled that of their guildhall. As the last shade entered the blob, a pair of red eyes, reminiscent of those of the smaller shades, glowed into existence.
"What's going on?!" "What is that thing?! What is it doing?!" The mages started to grow frantic as the blob started to rumble a bit before multiple strands of darkness shot out of its body that soon formed into large fists.
Cana being the first to recognize the gravity of their situation, she yelled out to her guild mates. "It's attacking the guildhall! Take it down! Quickly!"
Before any of them could act, the giant blob slammed one of its fists into the guild, easily breaking through the chunks of wood and destroying an entire upper section of the hall. Another landed on the side of the building, bulldozing the wooden supports like they were nothing, forcing rubble to fly everywhere.
The mages then acted as they watched their home being assaulted before their very eyes. Throwing their magic at it, as devastating as it would have been to any regular enemy,
But their attacks proved futile as the giant Shade just regenerated the part of its body that was destroyed
"Natsu is still in the guild! We need to get him out of there!" Jet shouted and was about to get into the guild but could not as the door to the guild came crashing down on him
"Jet!" Levy and Droy shouted as they ran to their teammate.
The giant shades then sent multiple punches at Ash who was sent crashing to the ground
"Ash!" Max shouted as Ash crashed down to the ground
Cana lifted herself up on her elbows as she struggled to stay up. She looked at what the enemy was doing to their guild building was just so horrifying, "No! It can't end like this! Not our guild!" She cried, "Please stop!"
"It's not gonna last!" "Please stop!" "It's already been reduced to rubble! Why are you still attacking it?!"
"Please! Anybody, save our home." Cana whispered, clenching her fists on the ground; tears streaking down her cheeks. "please! Someone!"
Natsu stood in his dreams as he sees what is happening to the guild where his body is within. He sees the giant Phantom Shade as it endlessly attacks the destroyed guild with no signs of stopping.
"you must go" said Ikaruga as she stood behind Natsu while everything behind her turns white. "your friends need your help"
"I wish to stay here" said Natsu as he glanced at Ikaruga. "I dream of being with you at times…..i wished that dream is real"
Ikaruga shakes her head with a frown as she didn't want him to stay living in a dream.
"you must move forward, never look back on your past" said Ikaruga as she reached her right hand out and on her palm is a Sakura flower that is glowing beautifully. "it is time for you to be who you truly are"
Natsu looks at Ikaruga before back to the vision of the outside world as he sees his guildmates doing their best to stop the giant shade with everything that they have. He sees Gray and the others struggling in stopping Phantom Lord as they were giving it their all.
"I understand" said Natsu as he closed his eyes before he opens them to reveal his pupils that turned reptilian. Red dragon scales started to appear all over Natsu's skin as they climb up to his neck.
Ikaruga nodded before the Sakura flower in her hand burst into flames that flew around Natsu in a circle before disappearing into him.
"I will find you one day" said Natsu as Ikaruga looks at him before slowly nodding.
"I will wait for you" replied Ikaruga as Natsu started walking away before he is covered in flames, Ikaruga smiled before she softly spoke "have a safe trip" to her beloved.
Everyone stood in tears and shock while some were keeping up the attacks at the giant phantom as it was still demolishing their guild
"please….please stop!" Cana shouted while being held back by Macao
A minute later, an inhuman roar rang out as everything and everyone stopped in their place. The roar continued on for a few seconds before disappearing.
"that sound.." Cana started out before the ground started shaking
BOOM!
A pillar of crimson flames burst through the wreckage of the guild as the giant shades backed away from the flames. the giant pillar of flames then flew towards the giant shade as it was burned from the flames
the whirlwind of flames flew towards the giant's hands as it was destroyed
"Kyaa!" Lisanna screams as she was falling while still trapped in the giant's hand
"Lisanna!" Mira screams for her sister
A red blur dashed towards the giant and caught Lisanna before landing next to where Mira was
The figure then destroys Elfman's rock prison as it then sent Sol who was caught surprised by the figure's appearance flying with a flaming punch
Mira had tears falling from her eyes while having a big smile
Everyone else who saw the figure had a big smile on them for a friend has come to help
"NATSU!"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
