Upon the Emperor's palace, we turn our attention to the bottom level of the palace where underneath it is a hidden stone passage. Soldiers were positioned by the passage as footsteps is heard from the right end, soldiers glanced to the side and see Ikaruga coming out of the shadow.
"Empress Ikaruga, why are you here?" a soldier asked Ikaruga who glance at him as her eyes turned black and her pupils became reptilian white.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
The soldiers fell to the ground with lifeless faces as Ikaruga started walking through them.
"this body is far greater than that old one" said Ikaruga in a different voice as something is inside of the woman and is controlling her.
Ikaruga arrived in a chamber where there is a large stone circle seal that is surrounded by 8 statues of the 8 Celestial Spirits of Lingyue.
"in moments time, the world will shake in terror for the coming of the Demon Snake" spoke Ikaruga with a dark smirk.
Upon Water island, Kazane soars into the air as she swung her fans in a spinning movement that creates dozens of twisters at the large battle armored monkey.
"Ayame, the Wooden Spears!" shouted Enra as he and Ayame are fused together in the large monkey.
"yes! Enra-sama!" said Ayame as the large white monkey's long tail grabs hold of nearby trees and pulls them out of their roots before throwing them towards the incoming twisters. The thrown trees went right through the twisters as it broke the wind apart.
Kazane clicked her tongue before she glance to the side as Byakko jumps and holds out its left claw then strikes her down.
"guh!" grunted Kazane as she crashed down to some trees below.
"Byakko, you sure you wanted to do that to her? She's still your chosen general, right?" said Enra inside the large white monkey.
"may she be my summoner, my will of protecting Lingyue overcomes my concern over her" replied Byakko to Enra as the two Celestial spirit beast looks at Kazane who got back up while gripping her bleeding left shoulder.
"Kazane, cease this at once. If you overuse the power of the Kojun and your Kagejun, your body will break in half" said Enra to Kazane who gritted her teeth before she started doing some hand signs.
"Kazane, what are you?" said Byakko before his eyes widen in seeing the order of the hand signs that Kazane is performing. "stop it, Kazane! That is a forbidden technique!"
"what is the technique that she is performing, Byakko-sama?!" asked Ayame.
"it's like yours and Enra's Juujin Henge Technique, but this one fuses oneself with their Kagejun!" shouted Byakko as he roars out before firing a blast of air from his mouth right at Kazane who jumps away while still performing her handsigns.
"if she finished those handsigns and fuse with her Kagejun, we might be in trouble too!" shouted Enra as the large battled armor monkey swung its staff down at Kazane who spins in midair and slides through the claws. "what!?"
"face this, Ayame!" said Kazane with a smirk as she did several more hand signs and is about to perform the last one when static of electricity flies across her sight. "electricity?"
Raikou appears in front of Kazane as he has his metal claws pulled back.
"Raikiri" said Raikou before he zooms through Kazane, erupting a blast of lightning that went right through her.
"Aaaaagghh!" screams Kazane from the attack before she got covered in an explosion and smoke.
Raikou landed on the ground as he stood up and looks in the air, Kazane's falling figure is caught by the Son Goku as Kazane is defeated.
"Raikou? You?" said Ayame as the large white monkey exploded into white smoke, soon Ayame and Enra who carried Kazane landed on the ground a few feet away from Raikou. "you came and took Kazane down, why?"
"she was doing a forbidden technique, right? Even for us Generals, doing something forbidden can be bad, after all" replied Raikou while lifting his hands and shrugging his shoulders before he sighs and looks to the side. "and I heard that the predicted Lingyue Moon might be coming today"
"how did you know of that?" said Enra as Raikou shrugs his shoulders.
"got no time to explain" said Raikou before he looks at Ayame. "Ayame, whatever you and those Fairy Tail mages are planning with the Celestial Gems, I suggest that you get and use them fast before night comes"
"Raikou, are you betraying the Emperor?" asked Ayame as Raikou sighs and scratches his chin.
"I don't know about that. But what I know is that something dangerous is coming upon Lingyue and that means its us Generals' duty to ensure that danger won't come" said Raikou before looking at Ayame. "right?"
"I suppose so" said Ayame before seeing Raikou walking off. "where are you going now?"
"probably to get Daichi and the others" said Raikou in reply before he turns to look at Ayame. "for now, got to get the other Generals to stop and know of the danger coming"
Raikou soon disappears in a bolt of lightning as he left the island.
Ayame looks to where Raikou before to Kazane in Enra's arms, she reaches into her kimono and took out Byakko's Celestial Gem.
"Enra-sama, Byakko-sama, please, help me reach Tenko and protect Lingyue for the coming night" said Ayame as the two Celestial Spirits of Lingyue nodded.
At the Earth General Palace, Gajeel is running in the street as he did a barrel roll to an alley where he took cover from exploding arrows from Akari who is in the air, the Light General's body is covered in skeletal armor, her face partly masked behind the skeletal mask of an eagle that covers her right eye and whole mouth, leaving her left eye open. The woman also has skeletal wings on her back that are flapping to keep her airborne.
Akari pulls five arrows on her bow before she fired it at where Gajeel is hiding at. the Iron Dragon Slayer jumped out of the alley of where he is hiding before it exploded from the arrows.
"damnit!" grunted Gajeel as he looks at Akari who pulls a single arrow on her bow and its arrowhead started glowing white. "just how many arrows does that woman have?!"
Gajeel runs again before an arrow flew behind him and it exploded, the air of the explosion also blew the Iron Dragon Slayer forward and sends him rolling on the dirt.
Akari looks at Gajeel who slowly got up, the Iron Dragon Slayer looking tired as he had her on the edge, but that was until Akari underwent her Kojun.
"after this…" muttered Gajeel as he got back up and spit at the ground near him before looking at Akari. "I'm going to make Salamander pay me to double the jewels he owe me, for sure!"
"what a persistent man" said Akari as she holds out her left hand to the side and an arrow with a crescent moon shaped arrowhead appeared. She holds the arrow and pulls it on the string of her bow, strong and tight before she aimed right at Gajeel who looks to be ready to run when she fires the arrow. Akari muttered out "this shall end your life for sure" before firing the arrow.
The arrow flies down towards Gajeel who instantly made a bolt for the nearby alley, but he didn't realize that the arrow, Akari fired is following him.
"shit!" exclaimed Gajeel as he keeps on running before throwing some nearby crates and random stuff at the arrow, but the projectile just keeps on chasing him.
Akari watched as Gajeel keeps on running away from her arrow before an explosion occurred near the downtown area where the Iron Dragon had lastly run to.
"that is over" said Akari as she slowly floats down from the air, only to be met with a flying Iron log to her stomach that made her lean forward while coughing out saliva behind her mask. "gaaah!"
more iron logs came flying out of nowhere as they all hit Akari's body at several areas before the Light General crashes down to the ground.
"ugh…uugggh" grunted Akari as her bone mask cracks and a piece of it shatters then falls to the ground.
"seems like you don't know the meaning of being a sniper, do you?" said Gajeel's voice as Akari looks up and sees the Iron Dragon Slayer who has burn marks on his right shoulder, but the man had a grin.
"h-how….my Lunaris Arrow….should've hit you…" muttered Akari as she was so sure that her arrow ended Gajeel's life.
"gihee, like hell it did" said Gajeel with a grin
Flashback
Gajeel is running down an alley as he took a quick look behind and sees Akari's arrow chasing after him still.
"hope this works!" exclaimed Gajeel as he runs to a wall and did a backflip roll, the Iron Dragon Slayer hovers above the arrow that went pass his head before it was grabbed by Gajeel.
Gajeel quickly throw the arrow down the alley as it exploded while the Iron Dragon Slayer runs away.
flashback
"t-that's…not possible….my arrows….never.." muttered Akari before she fell unconscious from Gajeel's Iron Log attacks on her.
"huh? What was that?" said Gajeel before he grunted in pain a bit, he holds his right hand to his waist as it is bleeding. "yeah….never misses…..what a pain"
Gajeel kneels near Akari as he rummages around her kimono and found the Flashing Eagle, Taka's Celestial Gem attached on a necklace around her neck.
"you're not the Monk guy, but the gem you got will do" said Gajeel as he got up and started to make his way out of the town while a bit slow due to his wound. "hope the others got the other gems…." Gajeel looks up as the sun is reaching the set by the horizon. "there are only a few hours left"
Upon the Lightning island, Laxus battles Yamika to the next level as the Darkness General uses her Kojun that equips herself in a skeletal armor similar like Akari's kojun.
"oraaah!" shouted Laxus as he punched out his fist and fired a stream of lighting at Yamika who is soaring in the air before flying to the side and dodged the lightning attack.
Yamika hovers in the air before she swoops down while spreading her hands to the side, both her limbs are covered in skeletal bird like talons.
"a head on attack, huh? Then!" said Laxus, before his body is coated with electricity and bolts of lightning, started to dance around him. Laxus drags his right foot back before he jumped right towards Yamika with his right hand pulled back and his magic coated it in pure electricity. "Rairyu no!"
Yamika swung her talons forward before she spins her whole self into a black twister right at Laxus.
"Hokken!" Laxus swung his electric fist forward before his attack clashed with Yamika as a power battle ignites between the two.
Laxus let out a battle cry roar as his attack causes bolts of spark to fly everywhere against Yamika's attack. The two continues to push their attack against once another as their power was almost equal.
"give up, my power will exceed yours!" said Yamika while in the black twister.
"sorry but giving up isn't in my vocabulary!" shouted Laxus as he grunted and gritted his teeth hard, the man's punch is being pushed back from Yamika's attack. "I got a job and that's to take you down and get that gem!"
The sky above darkens as thunder rung and lightning strikes down everywhere.
"take this! Metsuryuougi!" shouted Laxus as he pushes Yamika back with his right fist while his left fist is pulled back and is struck with a lightning bolt.
Yamika flew back as she looks at Laxus who got above her while readying his left electrocuted fist.
"die!" shouted Yamika as she swung her claws forward, sending dozens of shurikens flying towards him from the shadows.
Laxus roared out as some shurikens cut his skin and some lodged into his body, but the Lightning Dragon Slayer went forward with his attack.
"Narumikazuchi!" shouted Laxus before he punched his left electrocuted fist right at Yamika's head, breaking through her skeletal raven mask instantly.
"aaaagggghhh!" Yamika screams out in pain as the power of Laxus punch and his lightning instantly breaks through her attack.
The thunderclouds above subsided as Laxus has finally defeated Yamika.
Yamika's figure fell to the ground with a loud thud as Laxus landed a few feet from her. The Darkness General's eyes were white, and the pupils are gone, her body twitching with the sound of grunts before her head tilts to the side showing that she is out of consciousness.
Laxus takes multiple deep breathes in and out as he looks at Yamika and sees a glowing black raven head-shaped gem near her head. He sighs before going near her and picks up the gem.
"fighting a girl wasn't my style and all, but since you hurt my friends that makes you an exception," said Laxus as he grasps his hold on the gem while looking at Yamika. "those who attack the guild, and its members are my enemies, you guys won't get off easy in the first place"
Laxus started walking away as the man placed his left hand on his right side which is bleeding from receiving Yamika's shuriken attack a few moments ago.
"damn….what a pain" said Laxus while wincing before he looks at the gem in his grasps then focus on getting off the island and back to Tenko.
Upon the Wind Island, the island is set on fire as the town and the forest around were burning in flames.
Within the flames that burn the island, Houo of the East Sky rises out as the immortal fire bird let out a squall while its flames burns the land.
Erza is at the burning town as she is under a pile of fallen wood, her head bleeding her blood while her body is covered in burn wounds even though she wears the remnants of her Flame Empress Dress that she had tried to use to defend against Gojin.
Upon a second later, Gojin came landing down in front of Erza as the man is covered in pure skeletal armor of a bird that has flames burning underneath, the man fully became a burning monster who has defeated Erza.
"Ishgarian and their magic are so weak…this is why Lingyue is far stronger than any continent in the world!" said Gojin with a chuckling laugh. "if the Emperor ever plans to invade Ishgar soon, I'll be the first to get there and slaughter every single person on his home area, your guild and your friends are on the first number on my kill list!"
Erza grunted as she couldn't get up nor she could even muster up the strength to get out of the rubble, she is underneath in.
"first.." said Gojin as he lifted up his Kama that has a burning blade that is pointed right at Erza. "…I'll have your head…and then his.."
Gojin got close to Erza as he lifted his weapon's blade up and aimed right for the scarlet knight's head.
"die, Ishgarian" said Gojin as he swung his weapon down, only for it to clash with the blade of Chitetsu which appeared out of nowhere. Gojin looks at the katana before he looks up and is face to face with Natsu who is in his demonic form like himself.
"that's far enough, Gojin" said Natsu as he lifted Chitetsu up and both men swung their weapon against each other, causing a gust shockwave to blow out.
The gust of the shockwave blew the flames around them as Natsu faces Gojin, the demonic man having arrived before Gojin could deal the finishing blow on Erza.
Houo let out a squall before the firebird looks up and sees the sky above darkening with flashes of lightning and ringing thunder. Draco soon descends from the thunderclouds as the Dragon Celestial Spirit has Gildarts, Wendy, and Charla riding on its head.
"seems like we made it in time" said Gildarts while holding on one of Draco's scale.
"is that Houou of the East Sky?" asked Charla as they see the flaming bird.
"to think that you actually lend so much power for that brat's revenge against Natsu, Houou" said Draco to the fire bird.
"I aid the General who I have chosen, that is all" replied Houou with a feminine like voice, the immortal fire bird turns to look at Gojin who faces Natsu. "if he manage to kill Daimou then that is the fate that has been sealed"
"we shall see" replied Draco while the flames burning the island all flew up into the air before to a single spot as they are getting sucked right into Chitetsu's blade and with Gojin's Karito. Both weapon's blades sucks in all the flames around them as they soon glows red.
"I was planning to hunt you down, but since you come here personally," said Gojin with a chuckle before he got into a battle stance with his weapon. "I'll end you and make you die slowly for your sins"
Natsu didn't spoke a word as he just wielded Chitetsu with both hands while in a drawing stance.
Wendy with Charla on her back flies down near the two as they went to Erza who is under the pile of rubble while Gildarts stayed on Draco, the Dragon Celestial Spirit keeping an eye on Houo who flies in the air while flapping its flaming wings.
Natsu and Gojin faces one another as both just eyed each other, their weapon's blade glowing redder by the passing second.
"w-what is going on?" muttered Wendy as she with Charla is near the unconscious Erza while looking at the two.
"it's like a duel….of the mind?" said Charla, feeling how the atmosphere is getting pressuring and tense by the passing second.
Passing seconds turns into passing minutes as the atmosphere between Natsu and Gojin became tenser and pressuring. Both didn't speak a word nor did they move an inch as their weapons glow bright red to the point that it is like seeing a star from up close.
A burned down house's wood log was swinging back and forth before it fell to the ground causing a loud sound. Upon the sound, Natsu and Gojin dash at one another before they stood at one's another before positions with their weapons' blade outstretched.
Chitetsu's blade is outstretched as the weapon's sharpness shines before Natsu swung the katana to the side and then sheathed it back into its scabbard.
"why…why can't I beat you?" asked Gojin while still in the pose with his weapon outstretched. "i….i trained so hard….to overcome you…yet….i can't beat you….ever since I train under you….you were always stronger no matter what…why..what makes you so strong?"
"my convictions and my feelings for my family and friends….that's what makes me strong" said Natsu as his demonic form disappears into ashes, the man turns to glance at Gojin whose burning skeletal body dies down into black ashes. "you forgot that those who die will always be living in one's heart…no matter what"
"I see…..i forgot to have feelings….is that why?" muttered Gojin before blood spurted out of his chest that is caused from a huge cut mark. Gojin fell to his knees as blood seeped out of his mouth, the man having tears sliding down his eyes. "I wanted so much revenge…..i focus on my hatred….i…i…"
"when the time comes, you will know the truth, Gojin" said Natsu as he turns away from Gojin who slowly gritted his teeth before falling to the ground, defeated by Natsu's single attack.
Natsu looks at Gojin with a small frown before he turns to Wendy and Charla who saw the scene.
"get Erza out" said Natsu to the two before he looks up and sees a floating rock pedestal that has Lucy and the others on board it. "we're going to leave for Emperor island next"
At Tenko, Levy with Lisanna were situated out of the mansion as they are standing in front of an army of armed soldiers and men.
"this many" said Lisanna, seeing the rebellion's members.
"there's still more coming from the other islands" said Levy while near a table that has four men, all looking at a map of the Emperor's palace drawn on a scroll. "everyone is giving it their all to overthrow the Emperor"
"there's still more.." said Lisanna before she looks to the side and sees her big sister, Mira flying out one of the cave tunnels while looking injured. Lisanna looking surprised quickly runs while shouting out "Mira-nee!"
Levy and some people turns to see the Majin returning back from the Celestial Gem retrieval mission with a banged up look. The Script mage quickly runs as Lisanna got to Mira and helps her up.
"Mira-nee! Are you alright?!" said Lisanna with a worried look to her sister.
"I'm fine…" muttered Mira before Levy got to her side and helps her.
"are you alright, Mira?!" asked Levy with the same worried look as Lisanna.
"I'm fine…I just got tired from fighting Mizuki" said Mira before she winced a bit. "but, man does she hit hard even with water"
"Mizuki? What do you mean?" said Levy before Mira explains to the two that their intended opponents had switch places with one another, giving them a bad chance in fighting to some.
"they knew of our plan?! But how?!" said Lisanna in surprise.
"I don't know, but the main point is" replied Mira before she holds out Seiocho's Celestial Gem. "I got one of the gems back here"
"that only makes one" said Levy with a frown as this confused Mira.
"what do you mean?" asked Mira.
"we don't know how, but the two gems that we already had just disappeared," said Lisanna as she explained it to her sister.
"god damnit…..did the enemy found the place and get them…" said Mira before she grunted as she tried to take a step forward, only to fall.
"let's take her inside!" said Levy as Lisanna nodded before the two carried Mira and carries her to the mansion to get medical attention.
The sun in the horizon is slowly setting as the sky is turning orange. Upon the Emperor's palace and within the underground chamber. Ikaruga stood upon the stone circle as the 8 stone animal statues were all destroyed.
"the coming night is upon us all" said Ikaruga in a man's like voice while having a smirk. The pink haired woman lifted up her left arm and then bites it down hard, drawing out blood that drips down the stone circle.
The blood continues dripping on the stone circle as it flows into a crevice and outwards, the stone circle having several carved symbols that are interlinked with one another while slowly filling up with blood.
"you managed to seal me 4 centuries ago, Kaguya" said Ikaruga while chuckling as she watched her blood fill the symbols on the stone circle. "you won't be able to seal me now"
The blood filled up all the symbols carved upon the stone circle as it glows red, illuminating Ikaruga from bellow.
Ikaruga started to perform several hand signs as she started to mutter out an incomprehensible chanting while black snake like markings were spreading around her body up to her own face.
The illuminated shadow of Ikaruga that is on the ceiling soon turns into a large serpent-like a shadow that has glowing yellow eyes.
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
