The next chapter is finally done! I had been sick for a while, so it took a lot longer than I thought. Still, it's a good chapter, and it is only one half of the story of what happens in the world of Fairy Tail. Read and enjoy!
(I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Sword Art Online. All I do is form my imagination from both stories, and share it with the world!)
Asuna's Team so Far
Necho Cat (Pina) MAXED
Magic
Thunder
Time Bomb
Sleepra
Stat Boost
Thunder Boost (x3)
Magic Haste (x4)
Magic Boost
HP Boost
Sleep Block
Confusion Block
Spirit Ability
Support Boost
Tatsu Steed (Babaru)
Magic
Bind (Sacrificed for Hawkeye)
Blizzara
Mini
Stat Boost
Bind Block
Confusion Block
Blizzzard Screen (x2)
Blizzard Boost
Magic Boost (x2)
Magic Haste
Wheeflower (Petal) MAXED
Magic
Blizzard (Sacrificed for Ashika)
Blizzara (Sacrificed for Babaru)
Blizzaga
Esuna
Stat Boost
Magic Haste (x2)
HP Boost
Cure Boost (x2)
Water Screen (x3)
Magic Boost (x2)
Bind Block
Sleep Block
Chef Kyroo (Flambé) MAXED
Magic/Techniques
Cura
Aerial Slam
Blitz
Fira
Firaga
Stat Boost
Fire Boost (x2)
Attack Boost
Magic Boost
Defense Boost
Fire Screen (x2)
Item Boost (x3)
Support Ability
Air Combo Plus
Eaglider (Hawkeye)
Magic
Firaga
Stat Boost
Attack Haste
Juggle Pup (Ashika)
Magic
Baloonra
Blizzaga
Balloonga
Stat Boost
Blizzard Boost
Attack Haste
Blizzard Screen (x3)
Item Boost (x2)
HP Boost
Magic Haste
Magic Boost
Attack Boost
Asuna woke up once again, now in a middle of a dive. She looked about, and saw that she was alone. "Looks like Riku and I really did split up." Asuna figured, and looked ahead to see the gate before her, along with what she had to do in order to go into the next world; 'Defeat Queen Buzzerfly'. "Queen Buzzerfly?" Asuna questioned, "I wonder if that's like that Brawlamari that I faced in the other dive?"
Asuna then saw something heading her way, and readied herself. When it came close, Asuna could see the Buzzerfly, similar to what Kirito had to face in his dive to the Garden of Time. The difference was its' color, like the fact that its' body was yellow, purple and black, and its' antenna and wings were white, purple and yellow. It screeched at her as four more Buzzerfly drones joined with her, blocking Asuna's way to the queen. "I guess that this must be my target." Asuna realized, readying her Keyblade, "All I have to take you out, so let's go!"
Asuna saw the queen order her drones to attack, then she started firing needles off from her stinger at the same time. The drones paired up, and form a beam connected by their stingers. Asuna quickly reacted to her opponent's and the attacks that were coming at her, and spun out of the way in multiple directions, avoiding the beams, drones and stingers that went by her.
Asuna slowed herself down, and saw the drones fly back to their queen. As they did, Asuna saw weakpoints on their backs, and knew where to strike. She dove at the four drones as the queen fired more stingers at Asuna. She managed to take down two of the drones, but was struck back by one of the stingers, and tumbled back. Asuna recovered herself in time to dive back down, and strike down the last couple drones.
The Queen Buzzerfly moved in close to Asuna, and started unleashing wind slashes at her. Asuna avoided, and aimed at the glowing stone on top of the Nightmare's forehead. She dove and thrusted at it repeatedly, fell back, then dashed in again, destroying the gem. "That was easy." Asuna said with a smirk.
The Queen shrilled as it turned its' back to Asuna, and she could see she was not done. There were three more gems on its' back; two right close to its' wings, and one on its' abdomen. Asuna narrowed her eyes and angled her body, aiming for the one close to its' right wing. It was difficult, considering the Queen was moving about. Finally, she dashed forward, thrusting at the gem fiercely. She managed to destroy it, and was just starting to break the gem on the left, but the Queen Buzzerfly flew away from Asuna, turning around, its' gem on its' forehead restored, and it was raring to go.
Asuna saw it call forth more drones to her side, then issued them to attack. Asuna saw them pair up differently than before, forming beams of energy that Asuna knew could easily avoid. It was the homing stingers that the Queen fired that she had to dodge spin around, avoid all around, then dashing at one of the drones, defeating it and breaking the beam it was making with its' partner. She slowed herself again, and saw the drones coming back into position. Asuna took them out one by one, then got in close to the Queen, and with several dashing thrusts, she took out the gem.
The Queen turned her back to Asuna, and started moving about as Asuna took aim and dashed at the damaged jewel next to the left wing, finally destroying it. She then targeted the abdomen, and started striking fiercely at the gem. She unleashed a final thrust at it, and completely destroyed the gem. The Queen Buzzerfly shrilled in agony, then started tumbling away. Asuna watched as the Nightmare fell further away, then it finally vanished in a sparkling of lights. It was finished.
"Yes! I did it!" Asuna cheered, flipping in the air, proud of her achievement. With that out of the way, she kept diving until she crossed the gate, and was enveloped by the warm light of the next world.
(Insert 'Ignite' TV Size by Eir Aoi)
Without hesitating, Take the world of paradoxes,
(The scene opens with Kirito's face fading in from the left-hand side, his eyes opening as the symbol of the Original Keyblade wielders appear in the center. Kirito's face fades out as Asuna's face fades in on the right-hand side, opening her eyes as the Dream Eater Spirit symbol replaces the Original Keyblade wielders symbol.)
And shoot it with your hands
(Asuna's face fades out as Yui's and Leafa's faces fades in, back to back as they looked towards either side while Sora's crown pendant appeared between them. The crown shines brightly, then showing the title of 'Sword Art Kingdom: Falling Fantasy', with the Sword Art Kingdom symbol right behind it.)
In the warmth of fallen tears
We should've learned kindness
(The scene opens to Asuna standing on top of the school rooftops, looking out in the distance with a solemn expression. She looks down at the white Wayfinder in her hand, the ghostly image of Aqua passing by her. She closes her eyes as she clutches the Wayfinder tightly, then she looked seriously ahead, ready to proceed.)
So why do we keep hurting each other
And give birth to more hatred?
(Kirito is sitting on the porch outside his house, holding one of his kendo stick Keyblades he made in his hands, looking down at it with a serious expression. He then stands up and whips it around before stopping in his fighter's stance, as the ghostly image of Terra in his battle stance stood behind him.)
From the stinging pain I learn to be strong
(The first scene shows Gretinal at her desk, with Yui on one side, and Jackson, Latias and Cypress on the other, all looking at the screen. The next scene shows Yen Sid at his desk, with Donald, Goofy and Mickey on one side, and Sora and Riku on the other side.)
And gently blanket the future
(The next scene shows Leafa closing her eyes as she fall backwards into the black screen, only to be scooped up by the large hand of Young Xehanort. He waves his other hand forward as Heartless Oberon, Gouxus, Saïx and a black coat Recon stand around him, grinning maliciously. The screen distances from them to where Kirito and Asuna stood, angrily looking back as they charged.)
Without hesitating, Take the world of paradoxes,
(The scene next shows Kirito using Flowmotion to move around the city of Alne in Alfheim Online, taking out Nightmares that came at him, then slamming his Keyblade into the ground, causing a shockwave of energy that blasts away nearby Heartless.)
And shoot it with your hands
(Asuna appears leaping across the rooftops at high speeds with her Eaglider and Pegaslick at her side, unifying together into Dual Style: Bladecharge, and swinging her energy-extended Keyblade around, sending all Nightmares around her flying away.)
I ever so softly embrace, The sorrow that is covered in red tears
(The scene shifts to Asuna and Recon fighting with one another within the experimental lab at the top of the World Tree, Sora and Leafa's minds showing behind the two as they fought. Then it shows an open room within the top of the World Tree, and Saïx is going into Berserk mode as he faces Kirito, who roars in rage as he charges at him, determined to defeat him.)
Just as the ringing vibration, Marks the sound of the beginning
(The scene ends as Asuna and Kirito race forward towards the golden bird cage where Leafa was, surrounded by darkness and fast asleep, with Heartless Oberon and Gouxus standing in front of the locked gate, waiting for the two. Asuna and Kirito leapt at the two, producing their Keyblades to fight. Heartless Oberon and Gouxus produce their own weapons and leapt at the two, Oberon going after Kirito while Gouxus went after Asuna, and the frame freezes as they near each other, ready to attack.)
When Asuna opened her eyes, she found herself in the middle of a desert, the sky glowing with the afternoon sun. The plant-life contained cacti that, for some odd reason, took the forms of multiple kinds of hand poses, from a thumbs up, to a fist, even to one that Asuna would refrain from mentioning.
"Open plains, the digital wastelands, and now, a desert." Asuna stated, reminding herself of where she landed in before, "I get the feeling I am going to be in a lot of wide areas, void of people…" She sighed, and looked up at the sun, shielding herself from the glare it gave. "I just hope this desert isn't totally barren." she hoped.
Just then, Asuna heard a scream from someone, causing her to look about. "What the…?!" Asuna gasped. Hawkeye and Flambé produced themselves, calling to Asuna and pointing them towards a direction. She looked to where her Spirits were pointing at, and saw a cloud of dust forming. "Looks like I won't have to wait very long to find people to save, this time!" Asuna realized, and she dashed towards the commotion.
When she got there, she saw a swarm of Nightmares, composed of Eagliders, Fishboné and Tyranto Rexs. They were surrounding three people and a car. At closer inspection, Asuna realized that she knew who the three people were. "That's Natsu, Gray and Lucy!" she told herself as she ran, "They're the members of Fairy Tail that we met back in Yusnaan!"
She was right, though they were wearing different clothes than before. Natsu was wearing a pair of goggles on his head, along with a red and white-trimmed leather jacket with fiery designs on the wrists, white arm straps, a white belt, navy blue pants, and dark brown shoes.
Gray looked like he was wearing something that people would wear going to Antartica; several layers of clothing, with a white coat over it, black gloves, a black and red-checkered scarf, heavy black pants and shoes.
Lucy's hair was shorter, and her side ponytail was held with a skull pin. She wore a black and white-lined jump suit, slightly unzipped at the top to reveal her cleavage, a metal shoulder guard on her right shoulder, with a purple detached sleeve under a long fingerless glove. Her left arm had a black tattoo near her shoulder, and a dark purple glove covering her hand. She also wore a silver belt around her waist, and black shoes.
Out of the three wizards, Lucy seemed to be the only one who seemed ready to fight. Natsu and Gray were cowering from the Nightmares. "Don't just stand there! Help me out!" Lucy ordered the two boys.
"We can't. We didn't bring our weapons." Gray answered her while Natsu looked fearfully at the Nightmares.
"These things are gonna eat us whole!" Natsu whined.
"Can't you find something useful in those overclothes of yours?!" Lucy barked at Gray.
"Why is Lucy acting so harshly at the guys?" Asuna questioned, "And why are those two acting so cowardly? They were no where near like that in Yusnaan." Hawkeye cawed at her. "You're right. We can figure it out after saving them." Asuna agreed, producing her Keyblade, "Let's take them out!" She charged in with her Spirits, and begun to assist the three at the car.
Asuna began slashing down the Dream Eaters and unleashing her magic attacks onto them. She also began using her Neutron Rapier Skill, which was a five-hit thrusting attack that caused light-based damage to her target. It was a powerful technique, which was necessary since the Nightmares were all pretty tough, especially the Tyranto Rexs. However, with her and her Spirits, she was able to protect the Fairy Tail members and destroy the Nightmares.
She recalled her Keyblade as her Spirits came to her side, cheering in victory. She smiled at the two, then Lucy demanded, "Hey, what the heck was that?!" Asuna turned to Lucy, who stepped forward, glaring at Asuna.
"Uh…" Asuna started, slightly nervous. Lucy seemed less approachable than she remembered.
"Wow. That was awesome." Natsu commented softly.
"Yeah, how the heck were you able to produce that magic like that?" Gray asked.
"Why? Can't you?" Asuna questioned, "Can't you guys use magic from your bodies?" The boys gave confused looks at this.
"Hold on, I think I know what's going on." Lucy realized, drawing Asuna's attention back to her, "You're from Earthland, aren't you?"
"Earthland?" Asuna echoed, confused.
"Yeah, that's right." Lucy answered, "You're with the Fairy Tail members from Earthland, right?"
"Wait, what?" Asuna questioned, "You mean you guys aren't from Fairy Tail?"
"Geez, you're so clueless." Lucy huffed, "We're from the Edolas' Fairy Tail. I'm Lucy Ashley. I'm not that other Lucy that you know."
Asuna blinked, surprised. "You AREN'T the Lucy that I know?" Asuna stated, looking up and down her, "But you look so much like her, though I guess you're attire is different from her's, and so's you're attitude" Asuna looked to Gray and Natsu, and added, "And you two are definitely not the same Natsu and Gray I know, either. The ones I know are a lot braver and head-strong." Natsu and Gray looked embarrassed at this.
"In other words, this world, Edolas, is a parallel world to another, and you three are parallel versions of my friends." Asuna summed up, "Do I have that right?"
"I guess you can say that." Lucy replied.
"Man, this is making my head spin." Gray moaned, placing his hand on his head.
"It's probably heatstroke with all those coats you have on." Asuna stated amusing, "But this is kinda confusing, too."
After a moment's pause, Asuna said, "Sorry for all that confusion. Maybe I should introduce myself. I'm Asuna Yuuki."
"Hey, there." Lucy replied, "Oh, and thanks for the save."
"No problem." Asuna replied, looking at the car, "So what were doing out here?"
"We were heading back to our guild when my car ran out of fuel." Natsu explained.
"Why didn't you just refuel it sooner?" Asuna asked him.
"I don't know. I'm sorry!" Natsu apologized.
"There's no need to apologize, idiot!" Lucy replied, scaring Natsu, then turning to Asuna, "Magic is a finite resource here, so magic fuel is also very limited."
Asuna approached the car, examining it. The body of the car almost looked like a small boat. The bottom part of the frame even was made of wood, which confused Asuna considering it would burn up so easily. The tires were definitely made for all-terrain, and made to last.
"So this thing runs on magic?" Asuna asked, "What kind of magic are we talking about?"
"The lachryma used to fuel it is made of fire magic." Natsu explained.
Asuna thought for a second, then Flambé and Hawkeye came to her side. They spoke to her in their own language, and Asuna understood what they were saying to her. "What are those things of yours saying?" Lucy asked.
Asuna turned to the trio and answered, "I think we might be able to refuel your car using our fire magic."
"R-Really?!" Natsu said happily.
"But how are you gonna do that?" Gray asked, "You can't make lachryma like that."
"No, but our magic can work as a substitute." Asuna answered, "My Spirits believe it might work, so let's give it a try."
The three Fairy Tail members looked at one another. "Well, we are in a hurry." Lucy sighed, then barked, "But it better work, or else!"
"R-Right…" Asuna stammered. Lucy was definitely demanding.
Natsu popped open the hood of the car, indicating where he usually places the magic lachryma. Asuna took this time to set up her commands so as to use as much fire magic as she could, since she could not use the attacks continuously. Fortunately, she had two Firaga spells and one Fira spell to work with. Plus, she had Hawkeye and Flambé, which made it even better. They all positioned themselves in front or above the hood of the car.
"You guys ready?" Asuna asked. The two Spirits responded. "Together now." Asuna told them, "3, 2, 1, now!"
Asuna leapt up into the air, and fired her fire spells consecutively. Flambé roasted up some fireballs into his pan, and tossed them in an arc. Hawkeye, directly above, started dropping fire bombs produced in its talons. The three attacks landed directly in the fuel compartment in the car simultaneously. There was a burning light as all attacks fused together. It lasted for a few seconds, then it vanished, revealing a glowing fireball in its' place, filling up the car.
"Unbelievable…" gasped Lucy.
"What kind of magic does that?!" Gray asked.
Asuna landed onto the ground, gathering up her Spirits and approaching the open hood. Natsu raced towards it before them, looking at it. "You did it!" he cheered, "That was amazing!"
"But will it be enough?" Asuna asked Natsu.
"Only one way to find out." he answered, racing to the driver's seat and getting in.
As he was checking, Asuna felt her pad vibrate, and pulled it out to see that she had gained a new dodging technique; Firewheel. "Whoa, I got that technique again!" Asuna gasped, "Guess playing with fire has its' benefits." Flambé and Hawkeye landed next to Asuna, who turned to them. "Thank you guys, so much." she thanked them, "Why don't you get some rest, okay?" She pulled out their cards, and recalled her Spirits back into them.
Lucy had the passenger seat door open, looking in at Natsu. "So is the vehicle able to go?" she asked.
"Oh, yeah." Natsu replied, his tone much more confident than before, "This baby's fully loaded and ready to roll!" Asuna pulled down the lid of the hood, and looked to see Natsu poke his head out of the driver's seat window, grinning. "Thanks for pumpin' my ride back up again." he thanked her, "You got some serious heat on ya."
"Thanks." Asuna replied, not sure if he was flirting with her or not, "But what got you so cocky all of a sudden?"
"Natsu acts this stupid way when he's in a vehicle." Lucy explained, reaching inside the car, "But if you pull him out…" She yanked Natsu out of the car, and put him in a torture hold, making him cry out in agony. "Technique 31: The Studly Bomber!" Lucy called out, "You got some nerve speaking to someone who saved our lives like that!"
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" Natsu cried, his face in agony. Gray watched the action in fear as he hid behind the back of the car.
Asuna was shocked at Lucy's actions to the crybaby Natsu. 'Wow. This world's Lucy is a lot scarier than the one I know.' she thought to herself, 'I'm not sure if I'll get use to this…'
After a few minutes of this, everyone calmed down and entered into the car. Natsu was driving, with Lucy in the passenger seat, and Gray and Asuna in the back seat. "Get ready, guys." Natsu told the others, his confidence back again, "We're ridin' hard." He shifted gears, and Asuna saw the tires spin and ignite in flames. "GOOO FIRE!" Natsu shouted as the car took off at high speeds through the desert, the flames in the tires boosting the speed of the car.
"Lucy, can I ask you something?" Asuna asked.
"Shoot." Lucy answered, looking back.
"If you know the other Lucy, do you know where she is?" Asuna questioned.
"Yeah, I do." she answered, "She, the other Natsu and their buddies are fighting King Faust and his royal army as we speak."
"They're fighting the king and his royal army?!" Asuna echoed in shock, "But why? What did he do to provoke them?!"
"We learned that King Faust created a magic called 'Anima'." Gray explained, "It's suppose to suck the magic out of Earthland and turn it into a lachryma."
"Edolas is running out of magic, so the king decided to use Anima to turn Earthland's Fairy Tail and most of its' wizards into a giant lachryma." Lucy continued, "But he isn't satisfied with that. He plans to fuse it with the magic of the Exceeds, who are basically angels, so that everlasting magic will rain down on Edolas, but that will mean that the wizards and the Exceeds will be gone forever."
"That's horrible!" Asuna barked, "He's sacrificing innocent people for his own greedy ambitions?! That's not a king. That's a tyrant!"
"You got that right." Natsu agreed, adjusting his rear-view mirror on Asuna, "Even so, the king's army is a force to be reckon with. In order to conserve the magic in the world, he ordered all magic guilds to be disbanded. Those who ignored it were arrested or worse. Our Fairy Tail is the last magic guild left."
"Even though we told those Earthland Fairy Tail wizards how tough the royal army is, they still went and started a fight with them." Lucy stated, "If you ask me, they got a lot more guts than us."
"Well, I would be with them, too." Asuna agreed sternly, "They're my friends, and there's no way I would let someone get away with something like this." The other three looked at Asuna's expression, seeing how serious she was.
"Natsu, can you take me to where the other Natsu, Lucy and the others are?" Asuna asked, "I want to fight with them."
"There's no need." Lucy replied.
"Why?" Asuna questioned her.
"Because I'm already planning on giving them the support of Fairy Tail." Lucy answered, giving her a determined look, "We're heading back to the guild, and we're gonna get ready to fight for our world."
After a half-hour car ride, the four finally stopped themselves in front of their destination; the Edolas Fairy Tail guild hall. It was the most plant-like building she had ever seen. It looked like a giant sprout, twisted tightly and going every which way. Asuna could see the wooden doors that led in, with the name 'Fairy Tail' labeled above it. The orange and white-fringed flag and symbol of Fairy Tail was held open by vines.
Asuna hopped out of the car, and looked up at the plant, amazed. "This is your guild hall?" Asuna asked.
"Yep. This is Fairy Tail." Lucy answered, smirking at her.
As Natsu and Gray walked back to the guild, Asuna looked to Lucy and asked, "So these Exceeds that you talked about before, are they those cat-like fairies?"
"Yeah, they are." Lucy answered, "I guess you're thinking about the two Exceeds those guys had? The white and blue-haired ones?"
"Oh, you mean Happy and Carla." Asuna realized, "Yeah, but I never considered them angels, especially Happy."
"Well, the queen of the Exceeds has rule over who lives and who dies in Edolas." Lucy explained, "The people of Edolas are practically frightened of even looking at one, in fear of what might happen to them. Even so, the king still intends to fight them, and they've already taken down the queen's guard."
"That's awful." Asuna replied, "They're still living beings, no matter what. We should help them." Lucy nodded in response, and she walked Asuna over as they entered the guild hall.
The interior of the guild was as plant-like as it was on the outside. The walls were darker than the exterior, and the tables and chairs all about were mushrooms. The floor was rock, and there was a bar in the back of the guild. There was a board on one side, with papers that had requests on it, and a weird machine on the other side, with a girl with blue spiky hair and a skimpy outfit working on it. There were a bunch of people all about the guild, possibly fifty people.
"Wow…" Asuna gasped, looking about. Natsu scurried away from Lucy, heading over to the bar. Gray raced over to another blue-haired girl in a sailor-like uniform that was quite revealing.
"I need to deal with a few things ready before I talk to the guild in general." Lucy told Asuna, "Why don't you get acquainted with the people here."
"Hey, who's the new girl?" asked a middle-aged man with short clean hair. Everyone in the building looked to Asuna, who looked slightly nervous.
"Everyone, this is Asuna." Lucy introduced her, "She help me and the guys get here safely. She's with those Earthland Fairy Tail wizards, so treat her nicely, okay?!"
The guild members all replied their approval. "Sure thing." "Whatever you say." "She's kinda cute, don't ya think?" "She's from Earthland? No way!"
Asuna waved to the guild. "Nice to meet all of you." she greeted them.
Asuna started greeting the people that were part of the guild. She met Jet and Troy, who formed team Shadowgear, and were the strongest members of Fairy Tail, and proud of it. She met Cana, a well-dressed woman who was very lady-like and enjoyed tea. Then there was Bisca and Alzack, who were uncomfortably lovey-dovey with one another. The girl Gray was in love with was Juvia, who was prideful and couldn't stand Gray being close to her. Asuna also met the Edolas' Wendy, who compared to the young girl she met in Yusnaan, was older, well-endowed, and much more mature.
"The people here are all so interesting." Asuna stated, walking over to the bar, "Kinda reminds me of the guilds back in SAO."
At the bar, there were a trio of white-haired people, but they were all young. The person working the bar was a beautiful woman with long hair and a skimpy purple and lavander-fringed outfit. The two who were at the counter was a muscular man with a bowl-style hair and a mauve tank top with white pants. The third person there was none other than Lisanna.
Asuna walked over to them, and saw that the muscular man was crying while Lisanna was comforting him. "Are Jet and Troy making fun of you again?" Lisanna asked.
"I'm sorry, but it's because I completely goofed on the last job." the man moaned.
"Don't worry. I'm sure you'll do better next time." the lady at the bar assured him.
As Asuna drew close, they all turned to her. "Hi there." Lisanna greeted her, "So you're Asuna, right? It's nice to meet you."
"Hello there." Asuna greeted, "And who might you two be?"
"I'm Mirajane." the lady greeted, "I'm Lisanna's older sister, and this is my little brother, Elfman."
"Hey." Elfman sniffed. "Sorry for making you see me like this."
"It's okay." Asuna replied, sitting next to them, "I am kinda thirsty. Can I have some soda?"
"Coming right up!" Mirajane answered, and she pulled out a bottle of soda for Asuna to have.
"So is it true? Are you from Earthland like Lucy said?" Lisanna asked.
"Y-Yeah, I guess." Asuna lied.
"I heard that humans from that world can use magic from inside their bodies." Mirajane told her, "Can you do that?"
"Well, I can produce Spirits and use magic spells." Asuna stated, and she produced her Keyblade, "But it all started when I gained this." Both Elfman and Mirajane were amazed at this magical summons.
"I recognize so many people here from the other Fairy Tail, though their attitudes are so different." Asuna stated, looking back at the guild, "I mean, I recognize Lucy, Natsu, Gray and Wendy. Though, I haven't seen Gajeel or Erza, anywhere." She looked to the trio, "Do you have any idea where they might be?"
"Gajeel is a journalist who digs up dirt on the king." Mirajane explained, "As for Erza…"
"She's one of the leaders of the king's royal guard." Elfman followed, "She's known as the Fairy Hunter because she's responsible for taking down so many of our wizards."
"Erza's a bad guy here?!" Asuna gasped, then she recalled how powerful her battle was with Sora in Yusnaan's Slaughterhouse, and added, "If she's your enemy, then that's not good. I'm not sure if I'll be able to beat her, either."
Asuna looked to Lisanna, who looked down, showing signs of depression. "Are you okay, Lisanna?" Asuna asked.
"Y-Yeah." Lisanna hesitantly answered, "Just thinking about things." Mirajane and Elfman tried to cheer her up as Asuna examined her closely. She really did look like the Lisanna she met in Yusnaan as well. In fact, her attitude when she met her was exactly like the other one. If the other Edolas counterparts were the opposite of their Earthland versions, wouldn't Lisanna be much more different than this?
"Hey, I need some help over here!" called out the spike-haired girl at the machine. Asuna found this a good opportunity to walk away from them, and went over to the girl as Jet and Troy joined her.
"What's going on?" Jet asked.
"I need to get something in the back storage room of the guild, but the entrance has those monsters guarding it." the girl explained.
"Just leave it to team Shadowgear!" Troy told her, "Why don't you stay here and tell us what it is?"
"No way. I need to get it myself." the girl retorted, then she turned to Asuna, "Hey, you! Why don't you come along with me and show me those magical powers."
"Okay." Asuna replied, "I'll help protect you from those monsters."
"Good." the girl answered, "I'm Levy, by the way. Fairy Tail's mechanic."
"Nice to meet you." Asuna greeted. Together, the two girls left the guild to head out in the back.
"So tell me, why are you here, and not with Earthland's Fairy Tail wizards?" Levy asked as they walked around the giant sprout, "You realized the king's army was too much for you?"
"No. Actually, I want to go there, but Lucy assured me that you guys would come with." Asuna explained.
"Lucy said that?!" Levy asked, "Geez, that cow is seriously getting on my nerve if she thinks she'll get us to rally against the royal army. Were already doing so much to survive as it is!"
"Sounds like you don't like Lucy that much." Asuna noticed.
"She just drives me nuts." Levy scowled.
They reached the back of the building, and saw a group of Dream Eaters blocking their path. "Well, there they are." Levy told Asuna, "Go do your thing."
"Oh, you know it!" Asuna responded, producing Petal and Babaru to her side, and charged in. The Nightmares were of the same variety, only it had Electricorns instead of Tyranto Rexs. Asuna made sure to set her attacks back to how they were before while in the car, and utilized her new Firewheel spell in her set of attack, which was a flaming cartwheel. There were a couple waves, but Asuna managed to clear them out.
Levy walked to the door of the storage room, and opened it up, with Asuna following behind. "That's some pretty awesome magic you have there." Levy complimented her.
"Thanks." Asuna replied, looking in the storage room. It was cluttered with tones of things, and Levy walked over to where all the mechanical devices were, and started shuffling through it. As she started looking through, Asuna had a sudden urge to talk about one of the people in the guild. One that drew her suspicion.
"Hey, I was wondering what you know about Lisanna?" Asuna started.
"Why do you ask?" Levy questioned.
"No reason, but I do know her, I mean, I know the Earthland version of her." Asuna explained, "Lisanna doesn't seem to be different from her. I just want to know if there was anything different."
"Well, Lisanna's been with us ever since she and her older brother and sister joined the guild." Levy explained, "Actually, they were here before me, so I don't know what she was like beforehand. However, I do know that two years ago, Lisanna had an unfortunate accident."
"An accident?" Asuna asked.
"Yeah. She had a fall, and we thought she died." Levy continued, "However, she came back to us some time later, alive and well. She was kinda weird at first, saying things or doing things that were definitely out of the ordinary. Her attitude was different, but we adapted, and she adapted with us, too."
Asuna found that bit of info puzzling. She then asked, "Did she meet any of Earthland's Fairy Tail wizards?"
"Yeah, a few days ago, Earthland's Natsu and Wendy, along with those Exceeds Happy and Carla, came by the guild, thinking we were their guild mates." Levy responded, finding the machine part she was looking for, and turning to Asuna, "Natsu seemed to burst into tears after seeing her, like how we did when she came back two years ago." Levy looked up, thinking. "Now that I think about it, I noticed how Lisanna seem to disappear after a while. Since they left, she's been looking more depressed which is weird considering how cheerful she usually is. I never bothered asking, though." Asuna, on the other hand, knew exactly what that meant. Levy didn't realize it, but she told everything Asuna needed to know.
Just then, a box fell over next to Asuna, and she saw its' contents open up before her. It contained three Brilliant Fantasies and a glowing orb. "What's this?" Asuna asked, kneeling down.
"Don't know. I've never seen it before." Levy replied, walking next to her. Asuna grabbed the light, and it sparkled and vanished. Just then, her Dream Eater book started to glow, and Asuna pulled it out to see its' pages open up to a new Dream Eater recipe; the Aura Lion.
"Oh, wow!" Asuna gasped, "This must've been a recipe! I can now make a new Spirit!"
"You can what?" Levy questioned.
"Here, let me show you." Asuna told her, and they exited the storage room. Once outside, Asuna got to work setting up the materials, which contained the Brilliant Fantasies, along with Intrepid Fantasies. She then added the Mini spell for extra power, and backed off, focusing.
"Dream Eater, beckon to my side." Asuna chanted, "Come forth, and fight with me against Nightmares!" The ingredients spun around and came together, then there was a flash of light, a puff of smoke, and Asuna's new Dream Eater appeared.
As the name went, the Spirit looked like a male lion, and was the same size as one, too, with a mane that went from orange to red to purple and finally blue as it went out. The body was yellow with green and aqua blue patterns, with yellow and green fringes on its' legs, purple feet and red claws. The tail looked armored, and was aqua blue, green and yellow. The Spirit's emblem was on its' mane, underneath his chin.
"No way!" Levy gasped, as Asuna brushed the mane of her new partner, "You created that beast out of just those little pieces? How?!"
"I'm not sure, but with this recipe book, I can do it." Asuna answered, looking from Levy to the Aura Lion, "Now for you, I shall definitely call you 'Leo'." The Aura Lion roared in response, agreeing with the name.
"Now to see what you can do." Asuna stated, pulling out her cards. The only ones that weren't maxed were Ashika, Babaru, Hawkeye, and now, Leo. From the fighting since she last checked, along with how many more drops there were from the stronger Nightmares, Asuna had gained about 600 Link Points.
From Ashika, Asuna gained the last two powers she could gain from it; the technique called 'Slot Edge', and the ability Leaf Bracer, which allowed Asuna to perform healing magic without being interrupted.
From Babaru, Asuna gained a double boost in magic-casting speed, a boost to ice-based magic and resistance, and finally gained the Blizzaga spell, which all together completed the Link Board for Babaru.
From Hawkeye, Asuna gained resistance to slow and bind effects, a double boost to stamina and physical attacks, a boost to attack speed, a double resistance boost to fire attacks, a boost to fire attacks, and another Aerial Slam technique.
Finally, from Aura Lion, Asuna could only gain a boost to magic speed and a new Curaga spell, which she replaced for the Cura spell she had in her Commands. Asuna thought for a second, then she decided on sending Kirito the Cura spell, since she didn't need it, and she felt Kirito might need it. Using the method Riku taught her in Twilight Town, she set up the Cura spell, and had it sent over to Kirito's Command Pad.
"There we go." Asuna stated, putting the Pad away.
"What were you doing there?" Levy asked.
"Powering up myself and my Spirits." Asuna explained, "It's kinda hard to explain, but the Pad is pretty much connected to my very being, and there are so many skills and techniques I can use at a time." Asuna turned to the Aura Lion, and stated, "I think I'll give you a shot, and have Babaru with you, and save Hawkeye in reserves."
"Man, are all Earthland people like you?" Levy asked, "Whatever, I need to get back inside to fix up the machine. Thanks again for clearing the way for me here."
"No problem." Asuna replied, "I hope you don't mind me having the stuff I found in the storage."
"Eh, no one's gonna miss it." Levy responded, turning around and walking away. Asuna followed behind her, wondering if Lucy was ready to take action.
As they rounded to the front of the entrance, they saw Lisanna standing outside, looking out into the evening sky. "Hey, Lisanna." Levy greeted her, "What are you doing out here?"
"Oh, nothing." Lisanna replied, "Just getting some fresh air, that's all."
"Might as well get it while you can." Levy stated jokingly, "With how the royal army's been, I don't know how long it will be fresh." Lisanna giggled at this. Asuna, on the other hand, looked concerned at Lisanna.
"I'll stay out here with Lisanna, okay?" Asuna told Levy.
"Suit yourself." she replied, and she entered the guild.
Asuna walked up next to Lisanna. "The stars are really pretty." she mentioned.
"Yeah…" Asuna agreed, "You worried about the Earthland Fairy Tail wizards?" Lisanna looked hesitant, then she replied, "No, I think they'll be fine. That other Natsu acts pretty tough."
"You would know, wouldn't you?" Asuna questioned, causing Lisanna to look at her, "Lisanna, I spoke to Levy about you, and based on what she said about you, I figured you out. You're not originally from Edolas, are you? You're from Earthland."
Lisanna looked fearful, taking a step back. "I don't know…" she started, but Asuna interrupted her. "And further more, I realized that you know who Natsu and the others are, but you didn't bother telling them that you were still alive. You've been dead for two years in their eyes. Did you even care about how they felt when they first saw you?!"
"It's not like that!" Lisanna barked at her, "I did want to tell them, really. But…" She looked away from Asuna's gaze as she continued, "I need to take care of my brother and sister here. The Edolas' Lisanna is dead, and if they knew I wasn't their real sister, they would be sad."
(Flashback) Lisanna watched from the back as Natsu, Wendy, Carla and Happy were confronted by the rest of Edolas' Fairy Tail. "Let me get this straight; You guys say your from another world called 'Earthland?" Troy asked.
"And you came back to save your friends?" Jet added.
"Yeah." Natsu replied simply.
As they continued to question Natsu, who wanted directions to the royal city to rescue the rest of Fairy Tail, Lisanna continued to watch in silence, but her eyes widened as she realized that this was really the Natsu and Happy that she knew before. It wasn't until Troy told them to leave and head back to their world, when Natsu replied, "No way. I ain't afraid of your king. And I ain't leavin' without my friends, I promise you that." Lisanna turned away and ran out the door, closing it behind her.
Outside the guild hall, Lisanna's started to cry, but she stifled her sobs with her hand. 'It's Natsu; the Natsu and Happy that I know.' she thought to herself, 'I can't let them find out! I don't want my poor brother and sister to go through that sadness again. I have to be strong. I have to live my life in Edolas!' She gritted her teeth, trying to hold back the tears as she made this silent vow to herself. (Flashback ends)
Asuna looked down for a moment, then she said, "You can't live a deceiving life like this." Lisanna looked at Asuna, startled. "If the Edolas' Lisanna is really dead, then let her be dead. People die, I know that more than you realize. But if we remember them, they'll still live on in our hearts."
Lisanna was surprised at these words. She looked away as she stated, "I use to tell myself that, too. I always told others that people have to die one day, but the memories we cherish will keep them alive."
"In that case, then let Mirajane and Elfman's have the memories of their REAL sister!" Asuna tried to convince her, "Don't tarnish her life by trying to take her place. Not only that, but if the Edolas' Lisanna have her older siblings here, don't you have your siblings in Earthland? Why don't you care for their feelings?!" Lisanna's eyes watered in tears, her mind conflicted with Asuna's argument.
"I'm not trying to do this to hurt you." Asuna told her, "I'm doing this for the sake of other people's happiness. Natsu, Happy, your older brother and sister. All of Fairy Tail misses you. I know it won't be easy to tell everyone the truth, and I'm not going to tell them for you. It is up to you whether to tell the truth, or live a lie." Tears fell down Lisanna's face, but she nodded in response.
Just then, the door opened, and Gray stuck his head out. "Hey, guys!" he called out to the two, "Lucy told me to gather everyone up, so come on in."
"We'll be there!" Asuna replied back, then turned to Lisanna, "You'd better dry up those tears for now, cause we might need you to get ready to fight." Asuna walked back, and Lisanna followed a few steps behind, thinking about everything Asuna told her. Little did she know that she would have to face the truth, one way or another.
Asuna and Lisanna joined the group of people as Lucy stood on top of the head of the bar, getting everyone's attention. "Now that everyone's here, there's something I need to speak to all of you about." Lucy started, "We need to help out the Exceeds and Earthland's Fairy Tail wizards. I had just spoken to Gajeel, and he told the the battle had just started, and the royal army are capturing them and turning them into lachryma." The people stirred at this bit of news.
"Listen up! We have to help them!" Lucy shouted, "The Exceeds and the Earthland Fairy Tail are in serious danger. The royal army wants to wipe them out and take over this world! We can't just sit back and watch this happen can we?"
"Well, no, but the royal army has all kinds of magic at their disposal. If you ask me, we don't stand a chance." Troy noted.
"He's right." Mirajane agreed, "We had enough time trying to deal with them without any added power."
"Look I hate to be a downer, but they would pulverize us." Gray stated. The other Fairy Tail members all mumbled their agreement on the matter. Asuna looked about at all of them, shocked by their cowardliness.
"I know! Why don't we just wait until the royal army and the Exceeds are done fighting?" Troy suggested, "That's the perfect time to attack, cause they will be exhausted. We can swoop in and give them a proper Fairy Tail thrashing."
"I have to admit, that is a brilliant idea, Troy." Cana agreed, "That way, they say it's always best to strike while the iron's hot."
"Perhaps we should cozy up to the royal army." Juvia suggested, "If we side with them, then they'll be indebted to us, and they would no longer see us as their enemy."
"That's true." Wendy agreed, "It would be nice to not have to live in constant fear of them."
"You're so smart, Juvia. And pretty, too!" Gray praised her, to which she didn't reply kindly back.
"Sorry, Juvia, but that will not work." Asuna retorted, "Since the king is a tyrant, even if we were to side with him, that wouldn't mean he will have a change of heart for Fairy Tail."
"She has a good point." Lisanna agreed, "There's no way to make peace with them. You know they can't be trusted. Even if we side with them, they could turn on us."
Lucy nodded in agreement, then added, "Troy's suggestion won't work, either. King Faust isn't just gonna stand around. As soon as he's done with the Exceeds, his next stage would be to usher in a time of darkness, and tyrannize anyone who apposes him. This is the only chance we got to beat him. Humans and Exceeds need to work together to stop him once and for all!" Everyone started talking with one another, not sure whether to fight or not. Lucy looked to Lisanna, who looked troubled. She wanted to help her old friends, but she didn't know whether she could do it or not.
"Maybe this isn't such a good idea." Natsu moaned, shuddering at the thought of fighting, "I think it would be best if we just mind our own business and let them duke it out."
"You know, he has a point." Alsace agreed, holding Bisca close to him, "I'd rather just stay here and cuddle with you."
"Yeah, I agree." Bisca added, "I don't think we should get involved. It has nothing to do with us." The wizards all agreed with what they said.
Asuna looked down, her eyes shadowed as her body tensed up. "I don't believe this." she muttered, getting Lisanna's attention. Then without warning, Asuna raced up to the bar, leapt onto the table, and leapt high onto the head of the bar, standing right next to Lucy, who was surprised at this. "Is this really Fairy Tail I'm looking at?!" Asuna shouted to the audience, "All I see is a bunch of cowards who would dig a hole and wait until the enemy digs them up! The Fairy Tail that I know would stand up and fight for what's right for them and the world they live in!"
"It maybe like that for your Fairy Tail, but aren't like that." Elfman pointed out, "You have so much magic, while we don't. We aren't that strong."
"This isn't about whether you have magic or not!" Asuna barked back, "This isn't about whether you're weak or not, either! It's if we are living beings!" The people started to stir at this. "The way I see it, if you have a living heart and a soul that wants to do good, you have a will to live, and you have the right to find happiness." Asuna continued, "Even so, someone is trying to take that life and happiness away from you! I wouldn't just stand around and watch them take that from me. I would fight with everything I got!"
"Here's the thing; We're running low on magic power right now." Levy told them, who was sitting at the machine she had been working on before, "We only have enough power to warp one more time. So if we choose to battle, there's no turning back." Asuna didn't know that the machine was capable of warping the entire guild. Now it made sense on why Lucy was so sure she could bring Asuna to the battlefield. Now the only thing left was to convince everyone to fight.
"We have to make a decision now!" Asuna told them, "Are you gonna stand and wait, or take the fight to the enemy?"
As the group of people talked with one another, Lucy looked about at the group. Most of them weren't convinced to join. "I don't know what else we can say to change your minds." she started, "But please! The Fairy Tail members from Earthland are risking their lives to fight against the royal army. The Earthland versions of me, Natsu, Gray, all of us!"
"I couldn't just stand around and watch them die." Asuna spoke up, "I know most of you don't know them very well, but they are friends of mine, and people risking their lives for your world's future! Are you just gonna let them die on the battlefield, or are we gonna lend them a hand?!"
"I know they are still fighting out there!" Lucy noted, "If they have the strength to fight, than I can, too! I'm tired of always running away from fights. I think it's time to stand up to the royal army!"
"We gotta start fighting!" Asuna told them.
"We gotta face our foes head on!" Lucy declared, tears of determination forming in her eyes.
"Because that's what it means to be a Fairy Tail wizard!" the two girls shouted in unison.
For a moment, no one stirred. They were all at awe at the two girls shouting to them. Lucy and Asuna were panting a bit at their speech. Suddenly, Lisanna declared, "They're right. We should fight for our future!"
"Better to fight than to regret not fighting." Wendy agreed.
"It's time for the mighty Team Shadowgear to show the royal army what's up!" Jet roared. "Yeah! Let's do it for the Exceeds!" Troy agreed. Everyone started to vocalize their agreement. All of Fairy Tail was ready to fight now! Asuna and Lucy both smiled at the accomplishment, then to one another.
"Let's get all our weapons together, and prepare to warp into the battlefield!" Levy told the group, who roared in response.
"I want to hold a short meeting on how we'll deal with the fight!" Asuna told them.
"You sure you can handle that?" Lucy asked.
"Trust me." Asuna replied with a smirk, "Believe it or not, back home, I was once the second-in-command of a powerful guild called the Knights of the Blood Oath. This is nothing."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Lucy told her.
Asuna and Lucy hopped down from the head of the bar, joining up with the others. Lucy got a map out and pointed out the battlefield where the Exceeds, Earthland Fairy Tail, and the royal army were fighting at. "Okay, here's the plan." Asuna started, "Each of you will party into teams of two to four people. Make sure you back each other up. Those with long-ranged weapons keep their distance, and aid those who are better at close-quarters combat…" Asuna continued to explain the strategy to all of the guild members, while they all listened intently to Asuna's instructions. To her, Asuna felt like she was leading a raid party into a boss battle in SAO.
"Okay, we've got all the weapons here!" Elfman shouted, with Mirajane and him pulling out carts of magical weapons. Everyone in the guild went to pick out their special weapons, readying themselves for combat.
"Okay, is everyone ready to go?!" Levy asked. "Punch it!" Lucy responded. Levy pulled the lever on the machine, causing the entire guild hall to shake. Everyone held on as the whole guild started to shake more and more violently, then all at once, the magical energy started to effect the gravity of the room, making everyone lift off the ground.
Asuna was surprised at this. "Is this how we're gonna transport over there?!" she shouted.
"Be ready to fight!" Lucy told her. From outside, the guild hall started to glow white, then like a sprout returning to the earth, it burrowed itself into the ground, and vanished.
On the battlefield, the Earthland Fairy Tail wizards were being overwhelmed with the royal army, who had magical spears and arm guns, along with swarms of Dream Eaters at their command. Lucy and Gray were on their backs, covered in injuries. Lucy's celestial spirit, Loke, was also injured and surrounded, unable to come to the other's aid. Happy was holding the unconscious Carla in his arms, petrified at the doomed situation they were in. "Someone, please save us." he whispered, his eyes tightly shut.
All of a sudden, a sprout started to grow, and then it grew bigger and bigger, the vines starting to spread out and taking out some of the Dream Eaters. The army was shocked at what was happening. "Whoa, what the heck?!" Gray gasped. The sprout continued to grow, and the vines started to twist about one another, forming into the Edolas Fairy Tail guild hall.
The abrupt appearance caused a huge dust cloud to form around the entrance of the guild. When the dust settled, Lucy, Asuna and the rest of Fairy Tail stood there, ready to go. "Alright, everyone. Charge!" Asuna shouted, and the roar came from all of them as they charged in for the battle. Asuna summoned Babaru and Leo to her side, racing alongside her as they charged towards a group of Dream Eaters. "Everyone, stick to the plan!" she shouted to the others, summoning her Keyblade and readying herself to fight.
All of Edolas Fairy Tail divided up into their own teams, taking on the royal army and their Dream Eaters. Edolas Lucy came to the aid of Earthland Lucy and Loke, who had hearts in his eyes as he saw the two ladies. Both Grays joined up, criticizing each other of their attire, Edolas Gray telling the other to put some clothes on while the other told to take them off. Lisanna and Natsu were tag-teamed together against the enemy, while Levy, Jet and Troy were taking out most of the competition.
Asuna was basically dealing with all of the Dream Eaters, leaving the royal army to the rest of Fairy Tail. "Let's do it, Babaru!" Asuna told her Spirit, "Link Style! Wavesurfer!" Babaru fused with Asuna, and she began to glow a watery blue aura. Asuna tossed her Keyblade, and rode on it like a surfboard, unleashing her watery attacks with everything she had. Meanwhile, Leo was clawing his way through all the Nightmares with incredible force, unleashing warping dives, using its' own version of the Sparkga spell, and summoning aura versions of itself as they dove at the enemies. "I can see why you're called an 'Aura' Lion." Asuna stated.
Meanwhile, both Lucys were back to back as they were fighting off the royal army with their whips. "By the way, I found someone who seems to know you guys quite well." Edolas Lucy pointed out to the other one.
"Really?" Earthland Lucy questioned, "Who is it?"
"She's over there." Edolas Lucy pointed out Asuna, who spun her surfboard Keyblade at a pair of Majik Lapins, "She claims she's a friend of yours. I don't know if that's true or not, but it's partially thanks to her we arrived here." Earthland Lucy looked at Asuna, not knowing who Asuna was, since she hadn't met her before this. However, if she was responsible for bringing Edolas Fairy Tail in to join the fight, then who was she to complain.
Asuna and Babaru were separated from one another, and now she and her Spirits were taking down the Nightmares individually. All the while, Asuna was calling out to the other Fairy Tail members. "Juvia, I see some enemies coming at you on your seven!" Asuna shouted, "Alzack, Bisca, help out Cana! Gray, stop flirting over there, and get back in the battle! Wendy, go help out Happy and Carla!" Asuna was making sure that the Fairy Tail wizards would have all the support they could get. She ended up being a sort of leader to the group.
Up in the skies above, Asuna could see several floating islands, two of which had intense battles going on them. Asuna couldn't make out who was up there, but she guessed that the rest of the Fairy Tail members were up there.
When she was back to back with Loke, she asked, "Hey, where are the other Fairy Tail guys? I thought there were more of you."
"Well, pretty lady, if I tell you, would you go on a date with me?" he asked, wrapping an arm around her shoulder and acting cool.
"Get serious!" Asuna barked, knocking Loke back with her Keyblade, "This isn't the time. Besides, I have a boyfriend, so tell me the situation!"
"Sorry about that." Loke responded, massaging his head, "Erza's up on one of those islands fighting the other Erza, while Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy are facing the king in a giant mechanical dragon."
"Geez, two intense fights up there, and a war down here." Asuna muttered, seeing the two battles going up above.
All of a sudden, one of the islands exploded with a burst of red and green energies that pushed against one another. The power caused the island to break apart, leaving a small fraction left. Asuna could make out two different styles of red hair, so she figured it was Erza. She watched as the island was unable to float anymore, and it fell with the two Erzas falling with it, crashing into the ground. This caught the attention of many fighters. "Erza, please be okay." Asuna hoped.
Just then, Asuna heard some screams, and turned to see several of the Fairy Tail wizards running away from a new Dream Eater, which looked like a festival-colored mole, with poofy arms and feathers on its' head, poking out of the ground from a giant hole.
"What is that?!" Asuna gasped, pulling out her Dream Eater book, and seeing the enemy in the high-level section, "Holey Moley: A hit-and-run menace that pokes out of the ceiling and walls , flinging stray objects your way or taking swipes with its' claws."
Asuna closed the book, and watched as the Holey Moley dove into the hole, which Asuna discovered was more of a warp hole. It reappeared next to the Fairy Tail guild, looking up at it, producing a warp hole on the wall of the building, and diving in. "It's heading into the guild hall!" Mirajane shouted.
"I'm on it!" Asuna responded, racing to the guild with her Spirits at her side, and entering within.
Asuna entered into the building, looking about. The guild hall was empty, as everyone was outside, fighting. There was no sign of the Dream Eater, either. Asuna continued to look, then she sensed the Dream Eater's presence, and she turned around and looked up at the wall behind her. the Holey Moley had its' head popped out of a warp hole, looking down at Asuna. "I suppose you tried to get the jump on me, did ya?" Asuna questioned, readying her Keyblade. Leo and Babaru readied themselves for combat. The Nightmare produced a dark barrier in front of the door, preventing Asuna to escape.
The Holey Moley vanished into the warp hole, then it reappeared in the center of the room. Asuna saw it shift places, and unleashed her Blizzaga spell at it from afar, then started to rush in for a close range assault while Babaru fired bubble shots. The Holey Moley saw Asuna closing in the gap, and disappeared into the warp hole, avoiding her and the bubbles. "He escaped!" Asuna muttered, looking about. She saw the Holey Moley reappear on the wall. Asuna leapt up at it, ready to strike, but it slashed with its' claws, striking Asuna and causing her to fall backwards. She retaliated by unleashing her Payback Thrust, shooting right back at the Holey Moley with her Shooting Star Rapier skill.
The Holey Moley dived back into the warp hole again, reappearing to the right of the bar. It then summoned small rockets that started homing in on Asuna. She dodged them with her new Firewheel technique, going right past them while covering herself in flames. She kept up the technique until she reached the Nightmare, burning it with her technique. Leo leapt in and unleashed two aura versions of itself that dived at the homing missiles, destroying them.
Asuna unleashed her Neutron Rapier skill in the Nightmare's face, blasting it with light-based damage. Babaru also joined in with its' shotgun-variant of the bubble shot. The Holey Moley countered by producing pots and sending them at Asuna and Babaru. Asuna produced a barrier while Babaru formed a barrier with its' bubbles, both of which endured the attack, but the Holey Moley disappeared into the warp hole, reappearing aways from them. "This guy's gonna keep me chasing after it." Asuna stated, leaping at the wall, and unleashing her Flowmotion to speed towards the Nightmare, and drilling at it. It took several of the drill spins, but it disappeared into the warp hole again, reappearing on the wall again.
Asuna and her Spirits continued to chase after and fight the Dream Eater before it changed locations, all the while enduring its' claws, homing missiles and thrown pots. The book was right about it being a hit-and-run type, because either it was cowardly, or this was just the style of combat it did, but the Holey Moley kept disappearing and reappearing all around the room, from the floor to the walls, and a couple times in the ceiling, making it very hard to get at.
At one point, Asuna saw it vanish again into the warp hole, and a half-dozen claws reappeared all around the room, the warp holes they came out of moving about with them. "This scene seems familiar…" Asuna told herself, reminded of the Hockomonkey Mage she and Riku had to fight before, with its' floating hands. "Guys, fight off those things as best as you can!" Asuna called out to her Spirits, who agreed and started going after multiple claws. All the claws could do was swipe at them or disappear into the warp holes and reappear in other parts of the hall. What's more, the claws seemed to be unable to be taken down, unlike the Hockomonkey's magic hands.
As Asuna, Babaru and Leo all started to get exhausted by fending off the claws, all of them disappeared into their warp holes, and the main body made its' reappearance close to Asuna. It shot more homing missiles at Asuna. She didn't see them coming until it was too late, and she was bombarded with the attack, causing her to fly back in pain. She fell to the ground as Babaru and Leo charged in to attack. Leo pounced onto the head of the Holey Moley, attempting to slash it repeatedly, but the Holey Moley shook it off and disappeared into the portal, reappearing on a wall close by. It tossed pots down at the two Spirits, striking them back.
"Guys!" Asuna shouted, getting to her feet again, she unleashed her Firaga spell at the Holey Moley, but it vanished into the warp hole, avoiding the attack.
"Damn it!" Asuna snarled, looking about, and seeing the Nightmare reappear on the floor aways from them. Leo teleported, and unleashed its' warp dive, pouncing onto it again. Asuna and Babaru raced towards it as Leo leapt off and unleashed its' Sparkga spell, sending three crystals spinning about its' body. The Holey Moley tried tossing pots to counter, but they shattered and the Nightmare got struck hard.
The Holey Moley vanished again, and Leo was breathing heavily. "You've been pushing yourself a lot." Asuna noticed, "Maybe I should switch Spirits." Leo growled at her, roaring something at her. "You have your pride to think about?" Asuna questioned, "This isn't about pride or any of that! It's about whether you have the strength to go on!" Babaru saw the Nightmare above them, hanging from the ceiling, and it shot more missiles at them. It warned the other two, who looked up and avoided getting hit by the attack.
Leo growled something at Asuna, who turned to her. "You want to try a Link Style?" she asked, "Okay, just let me get that thing down from there…" Asuna leapt up and unleashed her Balloonga spell, creating a huge balloon, but it was too far away from the Nightmare. As Asuna fell, she fired her Blizzaga spell, popping the balloon and making the smaller balloons inside home in on the Holey Moley. It got struck badly, then it vanished into the warp hole, reappearing on the floor.
"Now's the time." Asuna told Leo, and they focused, "Link Style! Shining Hammer!" Asuna fused with Leo, and she begun to glow a white and bright violet aura. She charged at the Nightmare, and unleashed a leaping slash that struck the ground, creating a shockwave. She then performed a spinning slash that carried her a few inches in the air, then she repeated the hammer slash, followed by another spin. She ended the combo by leaping up, unleashing a stronger sword spin, followed by a heavy downward slash on top of the Nightmare, causing a great amount of damage.
The Dream Eater vanished into the warp hole, reappearing a good distance from Asuna, on the wall. Babaru was close by, and unleashed a series of bubble shots, hitting the Nightmare in the face with it. This gave Asuna the chance to charge in and unleash her Neutron onto it, which was enhanced due to the light-element form she was in.
The Holey Moley vanished once more, and Asuna pushed off the wall it was on, activating her Flowmotion. She flew right at the center of the room, where the Nightmare reappeared. Asuna focused all of the Flowmotion's energy to the tip of her Keyblade, then slammed it down upon the head of the Nightmare. She roared in fury as she pushed the Keyblade harder onto the head of the Nightmare, and caused an explosion to take place from the attack.
Asuna backed off as she and Leo reverted back to normal again. Asuna saw the Holey Moley dazed by being hammered so hard on the head. It looked at Asuna, Leo and Babaru, seeing multiple forms of them. Confused and worn out, the Nightmare collapsed, and slipped into the warp hole, which glowed brightly, and it disappeared in a sparkling of lights. It was finished.
Asuna panted from being so exhausted from fighting the Nightmare. She felt her Pad vibrate, and pulled it out to see that she had gained a new Command Slot, with the Blitz technique taking the slot, and that she gained a new reprisal skill: Barrier Surge, which she can use after blocking an attack with a barrier, causing Asuna to dash forward with her barrier around her, hitting anyone close to her with it. Asuna remembered the technique when she was in Aqua Soul, so she figured it was a move that her sister would enjoy her using.
Asuna placed the pad away, and smiled at her Spirits. "We stopped that Nightmare from happening." Asuna told them. They cried out in approval. Asuna looked outside, and noticed the sounds of battle had stopped. "I wonder if the fight's over?" she wondered, "Let's head out there, but be ready. If they enemy has won, that could be bad news for us." The Spirits understood, and they walked to the door. Asuna took a deep breath, reached out to the door, and opened it up.
The first thing Asuna saw was the many streams of yellow-colored energy surging into the sky above. The streams seemed to come from the ground itself, along with the magical weapons the royal army and the Edolas Fairy Tail wielders held. Everyone seemed to panic at the sight, most of them stating that their weapons were no longer working for them. The royal army even began to flee, powerless to fight.
"What the heck is going on?!" Asuna gasped, looking about, seeing the terror in people's voices.
Asuna raced over to where Edolas Lucy was, who turned to her. "Asuna!" she called to her.
"What is going on here?!" Asuna demanded, "What's with all the lights?!"
Lucy looked up at the lights and answered, "It's our magic energy. It's being pulled into the sky."
"It's what?!" Asuna gasped.
"The magic energy is being removed from the land, our weapons, everywhere." Lucy explained, "Even the floating islands above us are falling because of it." Asuna looked up and saw that she was right. All of the islands that were floating in the sky were now falling down to the ground, causing massive tremors as they crashed.
Asuna looked to the fleeing army, then pointed, "At least the fighting is over. You won't have to worry about the royal army because they no longer can use magic."
"Yeah, but we can't use our magic, either!" Lucy barked back, pulling Asuna to her face, "I don't know if you realize this, all of our magic is disappearing! Don't you know what this means for Fairy Tail?!"
Asuna was shocked at Lucy's expression, seeing the tears starting to form in her eyes. "I'm sorry. I know magic is important to you." she told her, then she added sternly "But shouldn't you worry about something else, like the people?" Lucy looked questionably as Asuna continued, "You said it yourself; Your world relies on magic to survive. If that magic is taken, won't that cause people to panic?"
Lucy suddenly realized the truth of the matter, and turned to all of the other members of Fairy Tail. "Listen up, everyone!" she shouted, gaining everyone's attention, "I know things look bad, but we need to stay cool. Let's head into the royal city, and see it for ourselves."
"What do you mean by that?" Natsu asked, "See what?"
"Our future." Lucy answered, "Let's look it straight in the eye, and support all the citizens with it." Lucy led the rest of Edolas' Fairy Tail, along with the Earthland Gray, Lucy, Happy and Carla, towards the city.
Asuna turned to see Lisanna standing there, looking up at the tragedy before her. "Lisanna." Asuna spoke up, getting her attention, "Something is bothering me about this."
"Which part?" Lisanna asked.
"If the magic of Edolas is leaving, what would happen to those with internal magic like you and I?" Asuna asked.
Lisanna realized the confusion of her question, and looked down thinking. "I hadn't thought of that."
Asuna paused, looking at her. She knew what would happen to her after this. After all, this all happened before they came to Yusnaan. "Let's go into the royal city to help people out." she told her. Lisanna agreed, and they followed the Fairy Tail wizards as they entered the royal city.
When they entered, they found panic and mayhem all around the city. People lost sight of a bright future, and were racing through the city, not sure what to do or where to go. The lack of magic caused several other things to fall apart, and it was up to the Fairy Tail wizards and Asuna to help secure their safety and bring people back together. Everyone was divided up, and Asuna was with Lisanna, Elfman and Mirajane as they aided everyone every way they could.
Just then, they heard more devastation, and heard the news that a certain fire-breathing demon calling himself 'Lord Dragneel' was terrorizing the city, claiming that he was the one responsible for draining the magic. He had three other subordinates at his side, were composed of a blue-haired little girl, a man with black, spiky hair with a sword for an arm, and another black-haired individual, commanding monsters and using a key-like weapon.
"It couldn't be…" Asuna realized, "What's gotten into Kirito, Natsu and the others?! There's already enough mayhem as it is!"
Just then, they heard news that the long lost prince of Edolas had returned, and was confronting Lord Dragneel. Asuna and Lisanna looked at one another, shocked. "But how?" Mirajane asked, "Prince Jellal supposedly vanished seven years ago!"
"Could he really be back?" Elfman asked.
"I wonder…" Asuna questioned, putting the pieces together, thinking things from Kirito's standpoint.
Then it finally clicked. Natsu, Kirito and the others were trying to get the prince to be a hero to the citizens, and that they were playing the role of bad guy in order to do so. It was a way for the people to have a leader to protect them from this tragedy. Asuna smiled at this. "You couldn't stop playing the role since SAO, did you, Kirito?" Asuna muttered, getting Lisanna's attention, "He's always doing the craziest things, but it always works out."
Asuna turned to the trio next to her and said, "Let's get in closer to the situation, and see what's up."
"But…" Lisanna started, not sure if she wanted to be close to where the Earthland Fairy Tail was.
"She's right." Elfman agreed, "We should see the results."
"Come on, let's go!" Mirajane told them, tugging at Lisanna's hand and pulling her along with the rest of the group.
By the time they reached the rest of the Edolas Fairy Tail wizards, the fight was over. The prince had won, and the crowd was cheering for his victory. "Looks like the fight is over…" Asuna stated, "The citizens have finally calmed down. Great job, you guys."
All of a sudden, Natsu's body started to glow, along with the rest of Earthland Fairy Tail. Asuna felt herself glowing brightly, and looked down at herself. "I knew it." she understood. She had internal magic, like the rest of Fairy Tail, and that meant she would be carried along with the disappearing magic energy.
Asuna turned to Lisanna, who was shocked to see herself glowing, as well. The Edolas Fairy Tail members were shocked at this, too. "Whoa, what's happening to you?!" Troy asked.
"Your body, it's glowing!" Jet gasped.
"I-It's not what you think!" Lisanna stated, and she started to float up into the air along with Asuna, "I'm sorry!"
Just then, Mirajane grasped Lisanna's hand, smiling up at her. "It's fine." she assured her, "We've known all along." Asuna grasped ahold of a nearby lamppost, and watched the scene take place.
Elfman reached out, and lowered her head close to him. "We just wanted more time with our little sister." he told her, "Forgive us."
"You're a sweet girl, just as sweet as our Lisanna." Mirajane told the tearful girl, "But you have to go. I know how much your real brother and sister care about you. So please, don't make them suffer any more."
"But I…care about you, too!" sobbed Lisanna, not wanting to leave them.
"You still have your siblings in Earthland." Mirajane told her, "Go to them. Please give them our regards. We'll miss you." And with that, Mirajane let go of Lisanna, letting her fly into the sky, back to where the others were. Lisanna cried out to her siblings as she was pulled away, then she disappeared from sight.
Asuna watched her leave, then she let go of the lamppost, and started floating upwards. 'Lisanna had to leave behind the people who called her family, even though they knew she wasn't really theirs.' Asuna told herself, looking down and watching Mirajane collapse to the ground, sobbing, and Elfman kneeling right next to her, comforting her.
'I wonder, will I have to do that when I find Aqua again?' Asuna wondered, 'Would I have to leave my mom and dad? They've taken care of me since the day I arrived on their doorstep, caring for me like I was their daughter. I didn't know until much later on that I wasn't really so. Maybe I can bring both the family I was born with and who I was raised with together, and find the answer, then. Until that day comes, I will never stop looking for Aqua!'
Asuna flipped herself around in the air, and saw the Sleeping Keyhole in the sky above her. She produced her Keyblade, and waved it towards the Keyhole. A beam of light shot out, hitting the Keyhole, and opening it up before her. Asuna was bathed in the light as she wondered what the seventh and final world would hold for her.
On the next SAK FF:
Kirito: I need to help out the Fairy Tail team! The key to a weapon called the Dragon Chain Cannon is stolen by a Dream Eater, and it is leading to the king of Edolas. I can't stand greedy people like this, taking people's lives in order to empower themselves. I won't let this happen! I'll stop the Dragon Chain Cannon, and dethrone this king, with my friends!
On the next 'Sword Art Kingdom: Falling Fantasy'
Royal City! King Faust's Ambition!
Kirito & Asuna: The Dreams have yet to be discovered!