Chapter 32: Water 7 Battle Part 3: Kizaru's Ambush
In the New World
On an unknown island, in a large fortress, a massive mysterious figure with horns, and long black hair was sitting in a dark room, drinking red wine.
Kaido
King of the Beasts
One of the Four Emperors.
Captain of the Beast Pirates
"So, this boy let out a roar of a dragon..." He had wanted a poster of Natsu, seeing the devilish look on his face, a faint smirk appeared on the emperor's face. "Heh...heh...the worst generation seems to have developed interesting rookies than ever."
In another part of the island.
A masked warrior was standing in front of a large solid rock, carrying a copy of Natsu's wanted poster, the warrior was seemingly intrigued.
"A boy that can use similar powers to Fire Fist Ace, quite interesting, he was able to take down a Vice-Admiral and opposed the Celestial Dragon, but mostly he fought alongside a Vice-admiral that was his friend."
A light giggle was heard from the warrior. "Perhaps, our paths will cross."
The masked warrior then looked at the wanted poster of Monkey D. Luffy, looking more intrigued. "Strawhat, you got back on your feet." Another light giggle was heard from the warrior. "I expect no less from the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, but mostly the adopted brother of Porgtas D. Ace, I hope we meet soon."
Back at the Blue Station.
Erza and her friends continued their battle against Vice-Admiral Nicholas, Captain Mio, and Lieutenant Herald.
Gajeel and Herald had their fight on the navy warship.
Gajeel pulled back his arm. "Iron Dragon's Club" He then extended his arm forward as his arm turned into an iron-like club.
Herald transformed the ball mace into dark metallic color, using the size of it to stop the iron club, the iron dragon slayer was puzzled at what he saw. "How'd you do that?" As the long spiky-haired man pulled back his arm, feeling a bit numb.
"I used the Armament Haki, I can use this skill to use hardness any weapon like my mace," Herald explained, as he swung his mace around above his head. "In other words, I can combine this Haki with my weapons."
Gajeel smirked with his trademark laugh. "Is that so, I was hoping to get a challenge, and it looks like you might be a worthy opponent than I thought."
Herald smirked as well. "You're very impressive yourself, for someone who doesn't have a bounty."
Gajeel just smirked even more. "I don't need a bounty yet to show you what Black Steel Gajeel can do!"
He jumped into the air "Iron Dragon Lance!" He transformed his arms legs
His leg lancer struck down towards the mace user, who just smiled before he said "Shave"."
"Crap, he can do that speed move too?" Gajeel questioned in surprise. "This is a pain in the ass."
Appearing from behind, Herald swung the mace directly forward, Gajeel saw sensed his quickly and turned around.
The large macs seemingly have crushed the iron dragon slayer, Herald smiled, but that smile quickly vanished as the mace was suddenly grabbed by two pairs of iron-like hands. "Iron Dragon's Scales!"
Gajeel's entire body was covered in steel scales.
Herald was impressed at what he was seeing. "Looks like you've got more tricks up your sleeves." He pulled back his mace which landed in front of his feet.
Gajeel smirked. "Yeah, I ain't going down that easily, you got a lot to learn about Black Steel Gajeel!"
"I see, that's what you call yourself," Herald wondered curiously.
"That's what the people call me back where I live," Gajeel replied.
Herald was getting intrigued more than he was now. "I see, where is the place you live at?"
Gajeel just laughed. "Don't think I'll tell you so easily, but if you beat me then I might tell you."
Herald liked the sound of that. "Then I guess I'll have to defeat and make sure I don't go overboard, I mean overkill."
Gajeel punched his metal fist into his metal palm. "Good, I'm just getting fired up!"
He liked to use Natsu's line, he remembered back when he first used it, the pinkette brat didn't like that.
"That's my line pal!" Natsu's shouted.
"Then let's finish this!" Herald roared out, his body soon became all metallic. "This is my full-body Haki Black Metallic form, I can use my Haki to transform any part of my body into metal, even the whole body altogether."
"So, you can use a similar move as I can," Gajeel said looking impressed. "I got a hand it to ya, this has proven to be an interesting fight."
Herald smirked. "Less chat and more fighting!" He used his shave technique to move fast and appeared behind the black-haired man, he was a few inches away too.
Herald swung his mace in a circular pattern and tossed it forward.
"Iron Dragon's Hard Fist!" Gajeel punched the mace with both his fists, colliding against the large metallic, creating shockwaves that made the ocean's watery surface shake.
The two leaped backward and landed on their feet, both were barely breaking a sweat, even they knew that their fight was pushing each other, they seemed to acknowledge their worth.
Both were smiling in acknowledgment.
"Time for my most powerful mace smash!" Herald proclaimed as he began to walk up the air. "Moon Walk!"
"What the?" Gajeel couldn't believe what he was seeing. "He's walking on the air as if there are invisible stairs!"
Herald began to swing his mace around above his head in a circular pattern but expect he was swinging it faster and faster, he picked up the speed so quickly, that the mace soon became nearly impossible to see. "I haven't used this move in almost 4 years, those that lasted this longer were able to see once and never lived to tell the tale."
Gajeel went silent, without saying a word, Herald took note of this sudden silence.
"Silent are ya, doesn't matter if you don't live then I won't get any answers from you as I wanted, if you somehow manage to survive then you'll have to tell me what you and your friends are about."
Gajeel didn't reply, he stood in silence, his mind was suddenly going back to his time when he, Levy, and Lily were working as magic council soldiers.
Flashback scene.
Gajeel was in one of the magic council rooms, he was snoring on his break.
Levy was standing next to him, her hands on her hips. "Gajeel, you shouldn't be snoring on the job, wait until we get home."
Gajeel just continued to snore, Lily then approached the solid script mage. "Let him be, in times like these, we need rest, it's been almost a year since we left Fairy Tail, rather than since it was disbanded."
Levy frowned sadly. "Yeah, I hope everyone else is alright, I can't imagine what Natsu will say the most."
"Huh? Come on short stuff, the punk will alright, I mean he's Natsu after all, plus he's got Happy with him too." Gajeel's voice startled Levy.
"Hey, you were awake all this time?" Levy questioned.
Gajeel went back snoring, only irritated his female companion. "Geez, you iron-headed jerk, can you get up and stop that snoring!"
A faint smile appeared on Gajeel's face as he began to open his eyes, facing the marine that wielded a large mace. "I admit that my friends got me this far, now we get separated by this gateway, however, we've reunited, I'll see to it that the Navy won't take us down!"
His iron dragon scales changed into titanium. "Iron Steel Titanium Dragon Scales!"
Herald was astonished at what he was just seeing. "Iron Steel Titanium Dragon Scales, that's new!"
"I ain't done yet!" Gajeel put his hands together and a magic spell pattern appeared, then out came a chain with an iron steel titanium mace, except the mace had the head of a dragon, but not just any dragon, it was his father Metalicana. "Iron Steel Titanium Dragon's Mace!"
Gajeel swung it above his head in the same pattern and tossed it upward, Herald tossed down his mace too, then both maces collided creating more but even stronger shockwaves, the ocean surfaces got rough due to the shockwave's strength.
The two struggled to get their attacks through, in the end, Gajeel's large mace pushed through the Lieutentant's mace, which clashed into his body.
Herald's metallic body along with his mace shattered and the man fell, Gajeel then leaped upward and caught in the man. "I ain't going to let you die!"
He landed back on the deck of the ship, his titanium form began to fade as he placed the marine on his back gently.
Herald was knocked out, Gajeel checked his enemy's condition. "Looks like you won't be fighting, not for a while, anyway, that was a good fight, keep getting stronger and perhaps we'll have a rematch." He turned around, seeing the girls still fighting the marine captain.
The three female Fairy tail wizards and the marine captain Mio Takagi saw this display, thus stopping their fight temporarily.
"Yee-yah!" Lucy cheered.
"He did!" Wendy added jumping up with excitement.
Carla got closer to the edge. "Gajeel, go and meet the others, we!"
Gajeel nodded. "Don't have to tell me twice!"
Mio couldn't believe it, see her companion's motionless body. "Herald was defeated, I hope he's okay." She shook her head, knowing this wasn't the time to get distracted. "I'll just have to take you three down!"
"I think it's time for a change of attire," Lucy suggested. "Taurus, get some rest!"
"Hope to see you again and your lovely body!" Taurus waved with a perverted grin.
Lucy got another golden key which was Loki's "Open Gate of the Lion: Loki!"
A suited man with brown hair and glasses appeared. "Miss Lucy, I'm here at your service, I hope to protect you with all my might." He fixed his glasses in a flirty way.
"Star Dress: Leo Form!" Her outfit changed into an elegant, frilled, black ball gown that is slit up from her left leg and tied with a gold sash that sits around her hips.
A black, frilled choker sits around her neck and a ribbon with a mark of the Leo Zodiac emblazoned upon it falls between her breasts, with sleeves that are detached, sitting on her upper arm and falling to her forearm, where they flare outward.
Around the bodice of her dress is morn golden trim, curving inward around her bust, additionally, black heels, and her hair is now tied up in a quaint bun that is decorated with a black flower.
Loki pushed his glasses back with a perverted grin on his face. "My style still suits you well, Miss Lucy."
Lucy's eyes twitched as she closed her eyes hiding her frustration at the forward attitude that her spirit usually gives her. "Uhh, thank you, but now's not the time for all this flirty!"
Loki looked back, facing the marine captain. "Oh, such a beauty for a young lady like yourself." He said with a gentle smile and dashed at her side. "I must say your dark red hair matches the beauty of your eyes, such a feline transformation, like a young lioness."
Mio was taken aback by this, for some reason, she felt her heartbeat. "Uhh...thank you...I guess..."
Lucy fall into anime style and began to shout out while waving her hands comically. "Loki, she's the enemy, so stop being so flirty and let's get her butt, Lucy style!"
Loki agreed and looked at the female marine with a pitiful look. "Sadly, my loyalty is to Lucy, so I'm afraid I'll have to fight you by her side."
Lucy got all shaky at that. "Stop with the mushy stuff and get to fighting!" She shouted comically.
Mio was getting jealous again. "That bimbo, she gets all the men to drool over her!" A rage of jealousy was storming out of her body and caused her blood to boil.
Lucy was taken aback by this. "Hey, I'm no bimbo, my spirit is just a pervert!" She defended herself.
"Nevertheless, I will never let a girl like you get the attention of men!" Mio proclaimed, her eyes had a fire in them.
"Gee, that girl doesn't blondes that much," Wendy said with a sweatdrop.
"That girl has a habit of getting other girls jealous of her," Carla said with a shrug. "You are becoming quite the flirt."
"This isn't my fault! Aw, why does this happen to me anyway!?" Lucy bawled out comically in crocodile tears.
"Enough with the waterworks, let's finish our fight!" Mio yelled, in a flash, she vanished using the Shave technique.
She appeared out of nowhere right behind Lucy. "Paw Palm!" She thrust her paw-like hand right into the blond's back which send her flying away.
"Lucy!" Wendy screamed.
"This is bad, the spell must've worn off," Carly stated.
"Damn..." Lucy got up, groaning in pain. "That hurt, the navy has stronger soldiers that are for sure."
The blond then stood on her feet, looking a bit mad. "But if you think I'm gonna stay down just because I let my guard down for a moment, then you got another coming girly!"
Mio smiled devilishly. "Good, cause I ain't going to hold back, so I suggest you and your friends do the same."
"Wendy, it's obvious that this girl was just toying with us, so we must give it our all," Carla suggested, seeing the fight is about to get serious.
"Right," Wendy nodded.
Hearing this, Mio glanced at some remaining navy soldiers. "You men, keep the little girl and her kitty busy, I'll take care of this bimbo!"
"Yes ma'am!" The soldiers saluted.
The soldiers used the shave technique, then appeared before Wendy, luckily she sensed this move instantly, using the lle Vernier, using the spell on herself and Carla to increase their speed. "Let's do this."
The marine took their swords, clubs, and axes, charging at the young child and the white exceed.
Wendy was able to kick the marines and thanks to the increased speed, she was able to dodge some of the other attacks that were using the Shave technique.
Carla kicked other marines in the face and the stomach. "Shave!" Another marine appeared from behind the white exceed, using his sword to stab the cat, but the moment that he did, the catgirl was gone.
"What the?"
"Miss me..." Carla appeared from above the marine and landed her heel on the marine's head.
The marine was slammed onto the ground, his eyes rolled back, and was now unconscious. "Not bad, you almost had me," Carla said flipping her human hair. "But, I ain't going to go down easily."
More marines were showing up. "Get them!"
Carla figured this wasn't over yet. "They are persistent..."
"Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy unleashed her sky dragon breathe attack, sending the marines flying away into the ocean. "Let's not let our guard down."
Carla giggled. "You've grown a little more than I thought." She smiled proudly.
Lucy and Mio threw punches, kicks, as they did they evaded some hits, some of their fists collided, looks of determination showed on their faces, not giving in.
"Time to use my Regulus Lucy Kick!" Lucy's foot glowed in a yellow light of Regulus.
"Jaguar Kick!" Mio proclaimed.
They both had their foot collide with a strong force. "Lucy Kick, that's something a child could come up with!" Mio mocked, literally finding the attack name funny.
Lucy gritted her teeth. "It's a great attack name, I came up with it!"
That only made Mio laugh. "Please, sounds like you're not good at coming up with cool names." She smirked at the blond. "Unlike you, my attack has a cool name."
Hearing that infuriated Lucy, as her attack became stronger. "I'll show you not mock my power, which I'll use to protect my friends!"
Lucy's kick became stronger, which was able to push against Mio, sending the marine falling away.
"Marine Captain!" The marines shouted in shock and worry.
Mio was able to recover from the attack, she used the Moon Walk technique to kick the air and curled up in a ball, landed back on the ground.
Lucy was astonished at what she saw. "She used the Moon Walk to kick the air and used it to get back on the ground."
Mio used shave again, disappearing. "She used that speed move again..." Lucy observed the surrounding area. "She can pop out behind me again."
However the moment Lucy tried to use her kick again, the marine wasn't behind her like she thought. Instead, the dark red-head girl appeared in front. "Got ya."
"Paw Palm!" Mio thrust her palm forward and hit Lucy with a strong force, making her gasp in pain.
"Lucy!" Loki called out.
Mio saw her chance. "Tempest Kick Jaguar Tail!" She kicked with her claws and a Rankyaku appeared then started to take shape of Jaguar's head.
Loki saw the incoming attack, using his reflexes to dodge the attack but barely, his right leg was seemingly scarred. "That hurt..."
Lucy saw her friend's condition. "Loki, take a break!" Loki's key glowed and made him disappear.
Lucy wondered what spirit she should use, though she knew that she can't use Virgo, the attacks she had for it would be useless since there's no dirt let alone ground, Taurus, wouldn't be any good much either.
Knowing the danger, if she didn't think of something fast, she's done for.
"Hey, you're gonna fight back, or you going to surrender!?" Mio called out impatiently. "You scared that you'll lose bimbo!?"
Lucy gritted her teeth, she closed her eyes for a moment as a thought occurred to her.
Lucy began to remember the time that Fairy Tail was disbanded, even when Natsu left her that letter, she quickly ran after her best friend but realized it was pointless since he was already long gone.
She even recalled what she did after that.
Lucy was in her apartment room, sobbing. "Natsu...Happy...Everyone, what should I do?" She was literally in tears, feeling hopeless as she was when Aquarius sacrificed her key.
Then she looked at her Aquarius' broken key. "Lucy, I admit you're an arrogant brat that's always a crybaby and took everything for granted, however, I would always tolerate you because you were Layla's daughter."
"However, what's important is that you have the power to save your friends, the power as a Celestial Wizard!"
After remembering those words, she knew that if she ran into Natsu or the others, she would have to be the ones to protect them too. "After all the year of being by myself, I trained to use the power-up I got from Aquarius."
"The days turn into months, months turned into a year, I learned more of my Star Dress Forms, I learned that I can use more of them."
Present.
Lucy opened her eyes, sheer determination in them. "Now, I think it's time to use my power, Aquarius, I'll make you proud, I promise to use the power I have to protect my friends!"
Just then in the ocean, a hole appeared in the surface, then a water vortex appeared from within and a blue light came from inside it.
A shadowy figure appeared from the water-like vortex. "Can you be any more annoying than ever?" A familiar voice, made Lucy gasp quietly.
There was a mermaid, but one that Lucy thought she'd never see again, with the same scowl on her face.
Despite the scowling look, Lucy was on the verge of tears, her bottom lip curled up. "Aquarius...it...can't...be..." She choked, thinking what she was seeing was an illusion. "Is that you?"
Aquarius wasn't as touchy-feely though. "Who else would I be?"
Lucy then hugged her spirit. "Aquarius, I can't believe it!" She sobbed.
Wendy was surprised at this. "No way."
"How can that be?" Carla questioned.
The two Fairy Tail wizards were aware that Lucy's key for Aquarius was broken, which Lucy had to do herself to call forth the Celestial King.
The navy was puzzled at this. "Where'd that mermaid come from?"
"You got me,"
"She appeared out of that ocean vortex!"
Mio wasn't sure how to act to this. "A mermaid, why is a thing like that out here?" She knew that mermaids lived on Fishman Island, but seeing one in the open sea is rare, but from the looks of things the mermaid and Lucy knew each other.
"Geez, you haven't changed as much still the crybaby," Aquarius scoffed, but a faint smile formed on her face. "But I'm glad to see you're safe."
She pushed her former owner away, feeling a bit awkward. "Anyway, I'll explain why I'm here later, once we defeat this tramp!"
Mio was offended by that remark. "Tramp, who do you think you are old mermaid!"
Hearing that made the blue mermaid angry, getting insulted by one of the Hungry Wolf Knights was one thing, but getting insolence by a young girl was something she wouldn't tolerate.
"I see you got a big mouth there little girl!" The blue Mermaid roared with a leer which made the dark red-haired girl get all scared.
The navy flinched in fear. "She's scary for a mermaid!"
"No kidding!"
"Yeah, mermaids are so supposed to be peaceful creatures..."
Wendy felt a shiver go through her spine. "Geez, she can be scary as usual."
The Mermaid took out her magic Urn. "It's time to you cool you down you little skank..." She said with a dark look on her face.
A stream of big multiple bubbles was released from her magic urn and fired directly at the marine girl. "Bubble Shot!"
Mio saw that it was water, a devil fruit user's weakness. "Must avoid the bubbles...Shave..." She disappeared and leaped into the air, doing the Moon Walk.
Aquarius was surprised at this. "That brat is walking on the air..."
Lucy clenched her fist. "No, not this time..." She leaped up into the air. "I ain't going to stand by and see my spirits get hurt like before!"
Aquarius noticed this, glaring at her former owner. "Idiot, you can't possibly-" She stopped as she noticed something she wasn't expecting.
Lucy was walking on the ocean's surface. "Celestial Night Walk!" She then stopped and walked up in the mid-air too.
Wendy and Carla were astonished at the same time. "Lucy is-"
"Walking on the air!"
Aquarius didn't understand what she was seeing, but she sensed a little bit of magic coming from her former owner's feet. "She must've used her magic to help her walk on the air." Then something else occurred to her, but she shook the thought off, at least for now.
Mio couldn't believe what she was seeing. "That bimbo is using the Moon Walk technique... No, it's similar, but she named the move herself, either she mastered it or just learned it by now."
Seeing the distracted Mio, Aquarius knew this was her chance. "Torrent!" A torrent of strong water was sent directly at the female marine captain.
Mio's eyes widened as she was sent crashing into the station's entranceway.
Crash
Lucy remembered that since Mio is a devil fruit user, her powers will have weakened for a while.
"Hey idiot, this is your chance, attack now!" Aquarius snapped with a roar.
Lucy just smiled. "Great to hear your loud voice..." She then spread her arms out, her body began to glow.
Mio stood back up. "That stupid mermaid hag, I'm going to-" She stopped as she saw Lucy's body glowing, but that wasn't all, the spheres were circling the blond.
Lucy began to chant the spell;
Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens...
All the stars, far and wide...
Show me thy appearance...
With such shine.
Oh, Tetrabiblos...
I am the ruler of the stars...
Aspect become complete...
Open thy malevolent gate.
Oh, 88 Stars of the heaven...
Shine!"
A light of energy was gathered underneath the Celestial Wizard, then the light got brighter and brighter.
Urano Metria!"
The light flashed at Mio, which light got brighter than the sun and engulfed the marine with tremendous power.
Mio was soon lifted into the sky by the attack. "I lost..." She groaned as her eyes rolled back. "I'm sorry Nicholas..."
Her Jaguar form started to disappear, reversing her back into a human, then falling, but Lucy caught the girl in her arms. "I ain't going to let my enemy fall hard on the ground."
Lucy went the girl's navy ship, placing her next to her companion Herald. "You put a good fight." He smiled softly at the girl. "You aren't the only one that called me a bimbo too."
A memory of Flare the wizard from former guild Raven Tail, she remembered the first time they fought in the Grand Magic Games, she was merciless and threaten to severely hurt Asuka.
But despite her tough and creepy attitude, she was a good person, just went through a hard time, but reunited with the giant family that raised her.
Lucy then began to walk away before she glanced at the dark red-haired girl again, smiled softly. "You take care, even though if we meet again, we'll be enemies, I'll continue to get stronger for my friends, I can tell you'd do the same."
Mio was unconscious, but while she was, she remembered her past including her sad childhood.
"Look here, the miss red-haired is left out again!"
Older girls were looking down at child Mio, but one stood out the most, a blond girl with a ponytail.
"Yes a boy dumped this little runt for me, I can't help it if men find blonde's like me attractive."
"Yeah, but the time Mio grows up, she'll still be single, not even older men would fall for a shrimp-like her."
Mio was angry but still didn't move an inch.
A voice rang out. "Hey! Leave her alone!"
A child Nicholas came to Mio's rescue. "You girls leave her to be now before I informed this to my father!"
The girls scared, ran off instantly. "Girls, wait for me!" The blond girl cried out.
Nicholas approached child Mio. "You alright?"
"Why is it that you're helping me?" Mio asked in a tearful tone. "I'll never be as beautiful or attractive for a man, I always getting dumped by blond bimbos, why?"
She felt a hand placed on her shoulder in a comfort. "Don't listen to those jerks, they don't know what they're talking about." Nicholas smiled comfortably. "I think you're really pretty, your hair color is like scarlet...well sort of..., either way, you look pretty the way you are."
Mio looked at Nicholas with astonishment, but also she felt her heart beginning to beat. "After he said those words, I decided to help Nicholas and joined the navy to be his partner, the times we spent together, I couldn't bear of him leaving me, so I decided to get more developed."
Back to reality.
"Over time, I developed curves too, despite that no matter what other girls tried to get close to him, he never left my side..." Mio's voiceover said as tears formed in her eyes. "This blond girl saved me, despite she's a pirate, things in this era are quite strange."
A faint smile appeared on her face as Lucy left to join her friends. "Thank you...Lucy... One day, we'll have our rematch, maybe..." She thought.
Back on the Blue Station's rooftop.
Erza and Nicholas collided their swords swiftly, each with sheer determination in their eyes, going all out.
Both weren't breaking a sweat, still able to fight.
Erza was feeling exhausted due to her sleepiness. "I guess I should've gotten more sleep."
Nicholas saw this, which Erza seemed to notice that the vice-admiral saw her condition, hopefully, he wouldn't take advantage of the situation.
"You getting tired already?" Nicholas wondered. "I admit that's a shame, you were quite a challenge, I haven't meant opponents like you, I mean I fought countless pirates and bandits, each was strong, but some were weak."
He then jabbed his sword into the roof. "The fact is, I've been trying since I was a child, I saw countless villages, islands, or kingdoms fall at the hands of pirates." Then a look of pity formed on his face.
"Sadly, I saw marines do some horrible stuff, some that killed their men that fled or because they had a different opinion when showing morality."
Hearing this, Erza wasn't too surprised, after seeing what marine Nezumi was like, there were probably other navy officers that were corrupted. "I see, I can tell you're an honorable young man."
"How can you tell?" Nicholas questioned, a little surprised to hear that.
Erza smiled softly before she stood straight. "I met countless enemies that were corrupted, even those were above the law, they did horrible things even to their people."
She was of course right, the memories of Chairman's actions, the guild masters from dark guilds including Minerva's father from Sabertooth tossed their guild members out like trash, or people that she saw in Night Raid's world that caused death, pain, and suffering to those that were innocent.
Nicholas was intrigued by this, he could see that despite that woman before him being a pirate, she had her humanity.
"What is your idea of justice and morality?" Erza wondered.
Nicholas took a deep breath before he spoke; "I know that humanity needs to stay in this time, their countless people suffering not just from corrupted marines but also of the Celestial Dragons, I know that they have wicked nature, they claim anything or anyone as theirs in a blink of an eye, if someone opposes them, then the penalty is death."
Erza's eyes were wide in horror. "Those Celestial Dragons are worse than I thought." She remembered what Pango told her.
"The Celestial Dragons are descendants of the kings that built the organization known as the World Government, after generation after generation, they grow more reckless with power, using their authority to get what they want even they have to threaten people,"
Erza couldn't be more disgusted at the terror and fear that the Celestial Dragons. "I see, the Navy isn't doing anything about them or their actions?"
Nicholas frowned in anger, which confirmed her guess. "No, those disgusting nobles have the navy practically wrapped around their fingers, not only that they're the kind of people that enthusiastic, that anyone would fall for their meaningless speeches about peace, justice, and happiness."
Erza frowned at this detail. "I knew the Navy was corrupted, but come on, not doing anything to stop the Celestial Dragons from hurting their people, not only that they're collecting slaves and using them for who knows what."
"Regardless, I have to job to do, even you are an honorable person, I can't turn an eye and let you go," Nicholas said as he picked up his sword from the ground. "I know that doesn't sound right, but a job is a job, if you beat me then I might let you go."
Erza had a feeling that he would say something like that. "I agree, we started a duel and I say we end it." Her armor began to transform. "Re-Equip!"
Her body glowed in a gleaming light as her armor began to transform into a different kind. "Morning Star Armor!"
Her armor changed of orange and yellow leather-like material, which sported in the form of several orange wing-shaped pauldrons that cover her shoulders and waist.
The shoulder pauldrons had white wings protruding from the center of the shoulder guard and the pauldrons surrounding Erza's waist are held up by a simple dark pink belt from the front.
The suite she wore had matching pair of metal arm guards and large bolded knee guards over a pair of high-heeled armored greaves that cover her calves.
Her hairstyle was tangled in buns on top of her head and wore a silver choker around her neck that features a reddish-pink gem.
"Impressive, I heard that you could change into different armor at will," Nicholas said quite impressed. "Before me, we continue, I have more one more thing to say."
That got Erza to look at the marine in question, as the vice-admiral began to speak; "The navy is corrupted, at least some of them are, I hope to put the navy on the right path, by showing them that chivalry isn't dead, as you probably heard after the Whitebeard pirates retreated with their allies."
Erza wasn't liking the sound of this as the young Vice-Admiral continued his story. "The Marines continued to pursue them, many pirates were shot down and killed, but the ones that still drew breath fought back, some marines got injured and were left to die, many lost their lives as well."
Erza was horrified to hear this, sure she knew the war was insane, but hearing that the navy pursued to get killed last remaining pirates was more insane, but that was hard to hear that the marines that got injured were left to die, she hissed at this information. "I knew the navy was corrupted, but to leave human beings behind to die, it's sick, but, how can the humans in this world be so cruel."
"I see that you look on your eyes, its rage, and confusion," Nicholas's words snapped Erza out of her spacing out state. "That what happens to those that believe in absolute justice, needless to say, there is no justice when leaving your men to die, it's cruel."
Erza took a deep breath, looked at the vice-admiral calmly. "I can tell you got a lot of heart, you speak of a member of Fairy Tail."
"Fairy Tail...?" Nicholas questioned.
"It's a place where I live with my friends, there everyone is treated like family, we laugh and cry together, share our sorrows, knowing that we got each other's backs, no matter what we go through or the tough battles we get in, we will never surrender!" Erza declared with determination in her voice.
Nicholas smiled lightly. "I think you earn my respect Erza the Scarlet Knight, anyway, let's continue this fight."
"Right," Erza said smiled softly.
"Shave!" Nicholas sped up and appeared in front of the scarlet woman, attempting to use his katana to cut her.
Erza sensed this somehow and blocked the attack using her twin swords.
The two struggled to push their swords against each other, then both smirked.
"You blocked me, not everyone was able to block my attack," Nicholas said.
"I sensed your power, suspecting what you were about to do, you used the Shave technique to get in close range and then strike me down," Erza confirmed.
Nicholas smiled, realizing that his move was sensed before he could use it for a close-range strike. "Right, I wonder if what you sensed was an early sign of Haki."
Erza narrowed her eyes in confusion. "Haki?"
"I'll show you," Nicholas jumped back, then both of his hands turned metal black, but that wasn't all, dark energy began to cover his katana thus turning the entire blade black.
"A black sword," Erza said in astonishment but also confusion.
"That's what you can use Haki for, with it, you can become more powerful," Nicholas explained, he gripped his katana tightly.
"Now One Sword Secret Technique: Supreme One Thousand Worlds!" He swiftly dashed towards the scarlet woman, seemingly slashing her entire armor that made mulitple sword slash lines that were all over the scarlet woman's body.
Erza felt the damage from the power she was enduring. "This power... it's strong..." This felt just as painful when she fought strong opponents.
Ikargua a former member of Trinity Raven, an assassin that was able to cut through her armor in a blink of an eye, getting knocked down by her was insane.
Kagura, a member of Mermaid Heel, was able to cut through her armor as well even with her sword in its sheath, she was even stronger when she finally unsheathed her sword.
Minerva, a member of Sabertooth, the woman had such magic, using to switch places of her opponents, even when she got Demon blood, she became even stronger.
Then Kyoko a Demon from Tartaros, was strong even before she was in Etherious form, when she eventually transformed into her true self, she was able to cut through her armor.
"All my life, I knew that there would be stronger opponents, after enduring such pain from the opponents that were evil, I pushed myself," Erza's voiceover said, losing her consciousness.
Then she heard a voice. "You'll be okay..." Jella's voice, or rather it was a reminder of what he said when Fairy Tail disbanded, the moment that he walked past her. "Don't worry, you know the weakness and strengths of a man well enough."
"So continue, into the path of light. Just as you've done all along, by then, I hope that you shine more bright, enough to erase our existence, move forward, Erza Scarlet."
She even remembered what he said during the investigation with Avatar.
"Erza, how are you doing these days?"
"I'm fine, though, I'm sure you heard about my little trip to another world," Erza replied.
"Yeah, from the tone of your voice, sounds like the other world was dark," Jellal guessed, no response came, which confirmed his guess. "Erza, I know it-"
Just then Erza's voice interrupted. "But, despite what dark things happened, I have my friends to keep me warm, though I also that I need to stay strong, otherwise I'll go insane, that's something I can't let happen, so even when I'm backed into a corner, I'll always find a way to fight back."
"Good to hear, keep getting stronger and surpass your limits," Jellal said with a faint smile.
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Then she remembered discussing Zoro's sword style with Johnny and Yosaku.
"I see, Zoro uses three swords but uses them in different styles of sword techniques."
"That's right big sis Erza, how many swords do you use when you summon out your armor?" Johnny questioned.
Erza put her hand fingers to her chin. "I use countless ones, but there are times when I use only one, two, or more."
"Well, I'm not Zoro, but if he were here, he would perhaps say that you can use different sword techniques, I mean you could become a top swordsman like big brother Zoro," Yosaku said with a grin.
"Meaning that, if you put your mind to it and learn more, perhaps you can become a swordswoman that can do an unusual sword style, maybe one that out of this world!" Johnny proclaimed excitedly.
Erza opened her eyes, her armor began to change again. "Re-Equip!" Her armor changed again. "Red-Black Twin Blades!"
Her armor had bunny ears, with a two-toned dress, armored shin, arm, and leg caps, and lastly heels.
"That's quite impressive," Nicholas said, seemingly not phased. "But, little too revealing, regardless, it'll take more that than to defeat me."
He also noticed the slow breathing. "You better hope to come with a different strategy, if I manage to land another blow, I can guarantee that it'll be fatal, you won't survive perhaps either."
Erza was aware of that, she closed her eyes. "Haki, I wonder if I can detect it using the Aura sensor that Night Raid showed us."
She sensed the power within her opponent's body, the power was strong, higher than the enemies she fought in the past including those from the Jaegers. "Now if I can detect what move he'll use next."
"I can't wait any longer, so I'll end this now..." He began to wave his sword in a circle pattern, his Haki was combined with his blade, turning it black again. "Secret Sword Technique: Super Blade Fissure!"
He slashed the roof's unleashed a fissure that went directly towards Erza.
"I got it!" Erza's voiceover said, her eyes opening abruptly.
A strong powerful force was soaring through her arms going to her hands, seemingly black energy was starting to cover her swords, turning them more black than they were before.
"Pure Black: Twin Blade Slash!" She slashed her twin blades in an X formation thus cutting the fissure into several pieces.
Nicholas couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Haki, how could she learn it so quickly?" But that wasn't what most shocked him, the scarlet woman was able to use the attack to cut his fissure sword technique.
"I ain't done, Pure Black Twin Blade Technique: Soaring Black Phoneix!" Holding her twin blades, she formed a circular swing that launches two air-compressed projectiles that formed together into the shape of Phoneix.
The attack was coming so fast that Nicholas didn't have time to defend himself, the attack was so strong that he felt his body get sliced with incredible force.
Feeling his body beginning to give in, his eyes rolled back and fell on his back, Erza then ran over to the young man.
Erza changed into a regular outfit, she wore a white buttoned shirt with a blue skirt, she then jumped down to where her friends were, and she noticed Aquarius. "Aquarius, how did you-"
"I'll explain later once we leave this island..." Aquarius suggested. "Anyway, I see you won your fight."
Lucy was relieved to see her friend. "Erza, glad you made it." Her scarlet friend smiled.
"Erza!" Wendy called out, so happy to see her friend. "You did it."
Carla saw the marine's condition. "Do you think he'll be alright?"
Erza smiled softly. "I think he'll be alright, you guys go on, I'll catch up."
The three nodded and ran off into the station's entranceway.
Erza placed the Vice-Admiral on the deck of the ship, where his two companions were resting. "Nicholas, you were a worthy opponent, glad you never held back in the end." She then looked at her hands. "Haki, I could learn how to use more than I do, it might come in handy when my guild and I fight against Zeref and his army."
She then ran into the station's entranceway, running as fast as she can to catch up with her friends.
A marine was contacting Admiral Kizaru, explaining the situation.
"My, my, looks like our young recruits lost, no matter," Kizaru then looked towards the direction of Water 7. "Just keep following them, then once you spotted where they're head, inform me and I'll handle the rest."
"Yes sir!" The marine stated, hanging up his transponder.
Erza eventually caught with Lucy, Wendy, and Carla.
"You guys, where is everyone else?"
"Oh, we just contacted Lisanna, she and her friends told us, to meet in a secret warehouse," Wendy explained, taking out a map. "Here, the spot marked "X" That's where we'll meet the others."
"Where'd you get the map?" Erza wondered.
"Those two train organizers Stevie and Bushon gave it to me," Wendy replied with a smile. "They were so nice."
"Anyway, considering they're also good friends of the mayor Iceberg, we should be happy that the two men gave us this map," Lucy said.
"What are we doing here, let's get going!" Erza commanded loudly.
This startled the three girls. "Y-yes ma'am..."
Outside the sea.
Maru(Marumieta) along with her servant Yamen(Yamenahare) were on their waver, the front-rear that the shape of a swan.
"M'lady, do you think it's wise for us to be out here?" Yamen questioned a little nervous.
"Yes, I need to do something to at least thank those boys and their friends for saving me," Maru replied, lying next to her was a bag. "These might be the perfect gifts for them."
Up ahead was the Water 7. "M'lady, Water 7 up ahead."
"Good, then let's-" She gasped quietly. "Hold it, stop the waver!"
Surprised as her servant was, he did so, looked at her in question. "What's wrong?"
Maru narrowed her eyes. "A navy ship, if we get spotted then they'll come after us." She looked around the island. "We'll go around and see if we can spot anyone."
Yamen was a little worried about that suggestion. "But miss, that could be risky, not to mention there might be some navy officers on the island."
"We'll just have to approach cautiously, we came this far not to turn away," Maru said looking serious.
Yamen sighed deeply, knowing that she wouldn't be easily be talked out of her idea. "Very well, we'll go around, but once we get spotted, we'll have to leave, your safety is my one parody."
Bimine was at Pucci's hospital.
He was resting in bed, a female co-worker from his office was watching him. "Miss Maru, please come home safe."
Lisanna and her siblings along with Aquapad were on their way to Franky's secret warehouse, leaving Dock 1. "We got the supplies and food, the Franky Family should be there by now!"
"Right, Lisanna, you said that our friends are on their way?" Elfman questioned.
"Yeah, Erza's team, Thunder Legion, and are on their way, they just defeated the navy soldiers," The youngest sister replied.
"That's good, they're manly!" Her brother roared proudly.
Mirajane giggled. "Aw, Elfman."
Aquapad then heard the faint sound of the wave's dial tone. "Hold you guys!"
"What is it?" Lisanna wondered.
The Marlin Fishman looked out the direction where he heard the faint sound. "Sounds like something is out on the ocean?"
Elfman put his hand to his ear. "He's right, I heard something like a motor, but it's faint."
Lisanna turned into a swan and flew into the air. "Where is the sound?" She then spotted the waver. "There's a woman and old man on a strange boat."
"Really, can you describe them?" Mirajane asked.
"Not from here," Lisanna said. "Hand me some binoculars and I'll try to get closer."
Mirajane tossed a pair of binoculars and her sister caught in her beak, then she flew off to one of the nearby buildings.
Lisanna then landed on a building's rooftop, then looked through the binoculars. "Let's see...umm... There's a light brown-haired girl and a man that looks like a servant," She described. "What are they're doing out here is the next question."
"Right, if there are navy soldiers out there, they might attack them or worse," Aquapad speculated.
"In that case, we'll go warn them," Lisanna flew back to her group.
Elfman was a little concerned about that. "Lisanna, that's dangerous, the Navy is probably-" He stopped abruptly when his sister looked at him with a serious look. "If we don't, the navy could spot them before we could get to them, if that happens well I don't want to think those soldiers will do to them."
Elfman then smiled. "You're right, Aquapad, give me those bags." The Fishman did so. "You both go warn the two people on the boat, make sure they get to the secret warehouse, they'll be safe then until the navy decides to leave."
"Good idea Elfman!" Lisanna praised.
Lisanna jumped into the water.
Aquapad was surprised. "How can she do that, she can swim that-" He was cut off when the short white-haired girl lunged out of the water, in a mermaid form.
The Marlin Fishman was taken aback by this. "No way, she's a mermaid."
"No, that's one of her transformations, full one that is," Mira explained with a smile.
"But that works though, back where I live, Mermaids are the fastest swimmers, faster than us Fishman," Aquapad informed.
"Cool, let's go Aquapad!" Lisanna called out gesturing him to follow her.
"Right!"
The two swam into the ocean and went in the direction where the two citizens of Pucci Island were.
At the Iceberg's hang(2nd Galley-La Headquarters).
Iceberg was staying there, keep low until the navy left, the three slaves were resting in the meantime.
While he was waiting he continued to work on the blueprints that were going to be for Water 7.
The mayor's thoughts were brought to when he told Franky about his plan.
"I'm going to make this city float..."
"What, you're going to make Water 7...a-a...boat, can that be possible?"
"Have you forgotten already, we grew up seeing a man that makes the impossible possible, now I'm going to do the same, this will be hard work, but no surprise since we built the Sea Train with Tom."
A light smile formed on Iceberg's face. "Franky, I hope you're doing alright." What was he kidding, of course, he was, he survived the sea train, though barely, but was able to fix his body up with some modifications.
He turned to look at the window. "I hope our new friends escape."
Yamen and Maru continued cautiously around the island.
"So far, no one, the navy must have everyone on high alert,"
Then a splash was heard.
"What was that?" Yamen said little freaked out.
Maru looked closely at where the sound came from, two shadows that were lurking in the water, coming towards them. "What are those?"
Yamen was a little panicked. "Miss, we have to go, that could be Sea King!"
Maru put her hand out, signaling him to be quiet.
Two pairs of heads came which caused some water to splash on the Pucci Mayor's daughter. "Hey." She wiped off her face with the water.
"Sorry about that..." Lisanna giggled.
"Geez, I guess we could've given them a heads up," Aquapad said with a smirk.
Maru and Yamen were in disbelief.
"A Fishman...
"And Mermaid... here on Water 7..."
"It's fine, we won't harm you two," Lisanna said putting her hands up. "We just want to know if you needed help or something."
Yamen was a little unsure if they could be trusted. "Uhh...we were just sailing around, nothing more..."
That was a lie, Lisanna looked at the servant like she knew that he was fibbing.
Maru then smiled gently. "Do you know of a man named Gray and Natsu are here?"
Hearing that caught Lisanna's attention. "Oh, what is it that you need from them?"
A short time later.
Erza and her friends caught with the Thunder Legion.
"Laxus!" Erza called out.
"Hey, you guys!" Bickslow replied waving out his hand up high.
"You guys won your battle it seems," Freed said with a smile.
"Yes, they were tough, but we were able to beat them," Lucy answered with a thumbs up.
Wendy noticed the injury on Laxus' arm. "Oh no, Laxus, you're injured."
"Uh oh, that looks nasty," Lucy said observing the wound.
"Wendy uses your magic to heal him," Carla ordered.
"Right," Wendy walked over to the Lightning dragon slayer, while he sat down on the ground.
Using her magic to heal his wound, the wound stopped bleeding, his wound seemingly healing. "That should do it," Wendy said.
"Right, but if the wound opens up, that could be a problem," Freed said.
Rune magic-user was right. "Freed is right, at any rate, let's get going to Franky's secret warehouse, once everyone is there, we can make our escape,"
Natsu and Happy along with their new friend Fujika were already there.
"That's the Fairy Tail's pirate ship!" Happy exclaimed in amazement.
The pirate ship had a flag that with a skull that the Fairy Tail guild mark on the forehead, not only that the front-rear had the statue of a Fairy with wings.
"A Fairy statue, so cool!" Natsu said in surprise, his eyes became stars.
"That's funny, you usually don't like boats," Happy giggled.
Natsu slightly dropped over, then got back up. "Let me enjoy this moment before I start heaving again!"
Zambai and the others stared at the fire dragon slayer's antics.
"Quite the energy he's got,"
"No kidding, he's just as energetic as Strawhat Luffy,"
"Anyway, where are the others?" Paulie wondered, looking at his watch. "We have to be quick, if the navy finds this place, we're screwed."
Just then the door opened.
"Hey, guys!" A voice called out.
Natsu and Happy turned around. "Lucy!"
"Natsu, Happy!"
"Good to see you two!" She hugged the two tightly.
"Same here Lucy..." Natsu smiled brightly.
"We're glad to see you, Lucy!" Happy cried happily.
Fujika was feeling a sting of jealousy in her stomach. "That's the Lucy, she's the one from the wanted posters."
"Natsu!" Wendy ran towards and attempted to hug the boy she looks up to but accidentally hugged Lucy instead.
However, this caused the four to fall on the floor.
"Oops, sorry," Wendy said groaning in pain.
"Geez child, you need to be careful," Carla lectured.
"Come on, no love for us?" Bickslow joked with a huge grin.
"Yeah, what are we chop liver?" Evergreen asked in a pouty tone.
"Are you two done clinging onto Salamander?" Gajeel asked seeing the awkwardness.
Lucy realized what she was doing. "It's not what you guys are thinking!" She pushed herself off of the Natsu, but this caused Wendy to fall on her back.
"Ow..." The young girl groaned with dizzy eyes.
The Galley-La workers didn't know what the make of this comedy routine was, but some were laughing.
"They're funny!" Tilestone laughed loudly.
Kiwi and Mozu giggled.
"They're so funny!"
"Yeah sis, just as the Strawhats are,"
"They look like such a group," Zambai said with a huge grin.
"Is that manly voice I hear?" A voice asked in a roaring tone.
There was Elfman and Mirajane.
"Elfman, Mira!" Lucy cried out again, both hugging them.
"Reuniting is so manly!" Elfman cried in joy.
"Aw, Elfman," Mira laughed while patting her brother on the back.
Gray and Miyaka showed up.
"Hey, guys,"
"Oh, it's Gray!" Lucy cried, she seemingly hugged the ice mage too.
Gray started to get all stammering awkwardly. "Gee, no need to get all huggy."
Miyaka feels her body get all hot, not a good way. "That's Lucy, Gray mentioned her in the wanted newspaper."
Mira noticed the two new girls. "Who are they?"
"I'm Fujika, a former member of Kuja Pirates,"
"I'm Miyaka, a former marine captain of the Navy,"
Mest was surprised and approached the Panda Mink. "Are you a Panda or something?
Panda gave the former council member a bear hug. "Yeah, nice to meet you, pal!"
"Y-yeah...same here...I-I guess," Mest spoke barely able to breathe.
"I see, you two seem to have been busy," Mira teased looking at the two childhood friends, she was referring to the new girls.
Natsu and Gray's faces went red with embarrassment and shook their heads comically. "Huh?"
"No, we're just friends, no nothing!"
The former Kuja Pirate and the Navy officer had comically gaping mouths.
"Just some friends?"
"Hey, if you guys are done with your comedy routine, we should get going!" Paulie snapped comically. "Secondly, we-"
He stopped as he noticed the attire that Erza, Evergreen, and Lucy were wearing.
"You three girls should be ashamed!"
The three Fairy Tail wizards were puzzled at the vice-president's flustered behavior. "Huh?"
"Don't "Huh" me, your clothes are revealing your legs, not to mention that your stomachs are showing too!" Paulie continued with a beet-red face.
He noticed Wendy's attire, he suddenly calmed. "Well, at least this squirt knows how to dress appropriately."
To his surprise, Wendy started to bawl out her eyes. "Stop picking me!"
Paulie was confused by this reaction. "What did I say?"
Stomp
"Alright, enough!" Erza shouted with a demon glare. "Let's get down to business!"
Everyone froze in fear like a statue. "Y-yes ma'am..."
After explaining the next step of the plan, the Fairy tail wizards got on the ship, preparing to sail, even explaining where Lisanna and the Fishman Aquapad, Pango got to meet the other Fairy Tail wizards, they were in awe to see another talking animal but accepted the panda as their friend.
"Let's sail!" Erza pointed with her sword.
"Yes ma'am!" Zambai pulled the lever to open the dock's garage door.
"See you guys!" Lucy waved. "I know we just met, you guys are cool!"
"Yeah, thanks for looking out for our Mira and her siblings!" Wendy waved happily.
"I wish we repay you guys somehow," Erza said feeling a bit bad without repaying the people's kindness.
"No worries Erza the Scarlet Knight, we're just happy to help!" Zambai replied with a huge grin.
"Yeah, we should be thanking your friends, they help this island when it got attacked by other pirates!" Tilestone called out.
"We'll never forget you guys!" Kiwi bawled out.
"Yeah, we'll be friends forever!" Mozu added equally bawling her eyes too.
Paulie grinned. "We'll miss you guys."
"Tell Lisanna and Aquapad, we said "goodbye" too!" Peepley Lulu called out waving his arm.
"Also, if you guys see brother Franky, tell him that Iceberg, Galley-La, and the Franky Family say hello!" Keiv called out next.
"We will!" Natsu answered. "Won't we, Happy?"
"Aye, sir!" Happy agreed with a happy face.
The doors opened.
The ship then went down the small waterfall, this caused the gang to scream and land with a big splash.
The deck even themselves got soaking wet.
"Let's do that again!" Natsu cheered.
"Aye, sir!" Happy agreed.
Bonk bonk
Natsu and Happy were on the deck's floor with lumps on their heads.
"You idiots, this isn't the time for games!" Lucy yelled comically.
"Yeah, we still need to escape too!" Gray added.
Just then up ahead a bright light was shining in the sky.
"What's that?" Erza wondered, having a bad feeling.
Fujika realized what the light was. "Everybody, be careful, that's-"
The light took the shape of Kizaru.
"Ah! It's Kizaru!" Miyaka screamed in horror.
"My, my, you thought you could escape, luckily, I had a scout following you guys, thanks to him, I was able to find you guys." The admiral said with a creepy grin.
"That's the Admiral?" Evergreen questioned.
"Yeah, and the worse part is that he's Logia type devil fruit user," Miyaka said looking scared.
"Gee, to think a pretty face like you Miyaka would betray us, a pity, but I can't allow you to go free," Kizaru said narrowing his eyes at the former marine. "I'll just have to destroy with one attack."
The Admiral crossed his arms in front of him. "Yasakani Sacred Jewel!" From both, his hands a torrent of deadly light particles were fired.
"We're so dead!" Lucy screamed.
"Not yet!" Erza transformed into her Adamantine Armor, creating a large shield.
The torrent light particles soon came in contact with Erza's shield.
"Damn...this attack is strong than I thought..." She thought desperately holding her ground.
Her feet began to slide back slowly.
"That guy is strong," Lily said.
"The attack is pushing Erza back too," Carla added.
Wendy was frightened. "We can't die like this."
Laxus gritted his teeth. "We can't stand here and do nothing!"
Freed placed his hand on his leader's shoulder. "We can't do anything reckless, we have to trust Erza!"
Fujika then saw her opportunity to use that sea prism handcuff but noticed they were gone. "Crap, the handcuffs are gone, I must've left them in my bag, which is inside, and there's no time to get it."
The attack was over, Erza knelt down while panting heavily as her armor disappeared. "That was strong, that wasn't even the magic cannon that was used by Phantom Lord."
Kizaru grinned amusingly. "My, my, you got quite the power Erza the Scarlet Knight, your strength is more than I thought it, but now you're already brought to your knees, that's a real shame."
Erza hissed in frustration. "Damn...I'm the Guildmaster of Fairy Tail, and I'm already on my knees."
"You will have plenty of time to rest in the afterlife with your friends," Kizaru said doing his arms cross pose. "Well then, I shall finish you off once more."
He unleashed his torrent of deadly light particles again.
Fairy Tail and their new friends watched in horror as the particles came closer.
Just then a bright light was shot from high in the sky and was coming down fast, the light then separated into six.
Two of them appeared in front of the light particles, then took the shape of Sting and Lector who was carrying his partner. "You won't be killing our friends!"
"Huh?" Kizaru wondered in surprise.
Sting inhaled deeply as the light particles were sucked into his mouth.
The navy soldiers were surprised at what they were seeing. "What is going with Kizaru's light particles!?"
"That strange man is sucking them into his mouth!"
"Does that guy have a death wish?"
Sting sucked the all particles into his mouth and wiped his lips with his hand. "Now I got fire in my belly, tasty."
Natsu heard this. "That's my line pal!" But then he smiled brightly. "Oh well, we're friends so I'll let that slide."
Yukino couldn't believe it. "Sting, you're here!"
"Yeah, but I'm not the only one."
Makarov, Rouge, Frosch, Gildarts and Milliana appeared from the other lights.
"Hey, kids,"
"You'd think we'd let you have all the fun,"
"Frosch wants to see new people,"
"Erza, glad to see you, you too Kagura,"
"Where is my little girl Cana!?"
More of their friends show up and save them from Kizaru, the question is now, will they still be able to escape.
In the next chapter: The Great Escape
PS forgot to add Gildarts, so I'm fixing that.
End of chapter.