Fairy Law
After holding off Phantom Soler made his way back to the guild. He entered the still destroyed building, into the basement to find the members patching themselves back up after the battle. The ones who were apart of the assault, which was most of the guild were helping each other while dealing with the sour defeat. He could the frustration in their eye especially since he was felt the same way. He knew they could have defeated them but with Master taking such a blow, he was glad Erza made the call she did. Speaking of the red he noticed she wasn't around nor was Natsu which was even stranger. He was about to go ask Gray if he knew anything but a certain conversation drew his attention,
"Laxus, please. The guild really needs you." the voice belonged to Mira who he was saw looking down at something. The name she said and how desperate she was sounding was more than enough to force him to walk over. He got closer and could see a lacrima ball with Lauxs face being shown on it,
Oh great him. He internally groaned. The thunder mage crackled at the plea,
"You really expect me to come to your beck and call? Well, why should I? Just because Gramps is down?' he paused his rant to laugh some more to Mira's expense who was doing her best to keep her composure, "If you ask me this just means that it's time for him pass along the guild to me!" he boasted. Mira was starting to tremble with a mix of rage and frustration at talking to the vile man.
"This isn't time for this Laxus! Phantom is after Lucy and we need your help," she said. Laxus thought for a moment,
"Lucy, isn't that the hot newcomer? Well how about this you get to be my woman then I'll come right over and help." he burst back into his laughter while Mira's trembling worsened. She was about to break down but someone from behind wrapped an arm around her.
"Hey look its Makarovs Shadow. How's it going man?" the laughing stopped and the man looking on in disgust at who had spoken,
"Oh, it's the trash." Mira looked to see Soler who was smirking looking at Laxus. A single tear made its way free,
Soler.
"Listen MS it's always a non-pleasure to talk to you but we kinda have way more important things to deal with than your ego complex," he said. Soler was already irritating the man but he kept his smirk up,
"Oh really? From what I just heard it sounds like you guys need my help desperately. If this is your way of talking to your savior then you need to work on that." he responded. Soler faked looking shocked,
"Your help? Woah Woah there pal let's back it up. We don't need your help. See our sweet Mira here just thought you'd like to get into the action, but really if you did come you'd just be in the way. So thanks but no thanks." Soler said. Laxus glared at him,
"Don't get too cocky tra-"
"Besides if Makarov went down I highly doubt his shadow could do any better. I mean you are the weakest member of the guild." Soler interrupted. Now Laxus was enraged by that,
"Why you bastard-"
"Yeah listen I don't really care much for what you have to say surprisingly enough, so let me do us both a favor and just end this. Bye-bye!" Laxus was trying to retort but Soler ended the call during his sentence. Soler sighed knowing that he'd have to deal with Laxus later, but right now the trembling Mira was his primary concern. Without question, he brought Mira into a soft embrace which she gladly accepted. He stroked her hair as he heard the soft sniffles come from her and spoke sweet nothings to help ease her. After a few moments, he felt her trembling stop and the sniffles with it.
"You good?" he asked. She nodded her head and looked up to him with a soft smile and a few stray tears falling down,
"Thank you Soler." he smiled and wiped away the last of her tears,
"Anytime Mira." while the two were having their moment Natsu and Happy walked in with a distraught looking Lucy following behind. Mira let go of Soler,
"I should see what happened," Mira said,
"Yeah and I'll go check up on Erza. I think I got an idea of where she is," he responded back. Mira nodded and went off to check on Lucy while Soler slipped off to the showers. If he knew Erza as well as he did then he knew that after what happened to master she would want to be somewhere alone. He made his way to the guilds showers and could hear the sound of a running shower and knew he was right on the money. He made his way to the only running shower as the steam embraced him. He got closer to the shower he could make out the shape of a woman and of course the red flowing hair down her back. He took a seat on the bench closest to the shower and rested his back against the glass. It was extremely fogged up so he couldn't get a detailed view of her but it didn't matter nevertheless. It was quiet for a few moments the only sound was the running water until he felt the thud of Erza punching the wall.
"Somebody is upset," he said. He could feel Erza tense,
"You better not have come down here to get a peak." her voice deadly serious.
"Nah I'm not into perving much ya know," he responded coolly.
"Then why did you come down here? I'm sure the others could use your assistance." she tried to sound like her normal calculated self but he could hear the edge in her voice.
"Eh I already helped Mira deal with Laxus, which I know will come back to bite me, and everyone else was helping everyone else so that left you," he responded. Erza didn't respond back but he could feel her shift around in uncertainty,
"That's noble of you but right now-"
"Right now you need to open up and let me help. I can hear the edge of your voice you obviously are trying to figure out how to handle things with Master down and having to lead the guild in his absence. Well, you're not alone Erza I'm worried too for him and everyone else. Mira said something about Lucy being Phantoms target which doesn't help matters at all. So I get it I do but if you want to be mentally ready for this then please let me in Erza." Soler said cutting her off. Erza was silent yet again as she let his words marinade. The silence was lasting a bit too long for Soler so he was prepared to add some incentive, but he watched as she cracked her door open enough so that her hand could be free without showing too much of herself.
"C-Can you please hold my hand?" her voice was quiet. It was so quiet he was almost wondering if it actually was Erza he was speaking too but he knew better. Soler took her hand and wasn't surprised to feel that she had been trembling much like Mira was earlier if not worse.
"I can't speak the words I need to say, but can we just stay like this please," she asked. Soler had never heard her sound so vulnerable which him wonder if she was always feeling this way. But again he'd have to save those thoughts for a future date,
"Yeah of course," he responded and the awkward grip they had tightened. They said nothing else after, all their feelings and emotions being conveyed by the simple act of hold hands. If it was up to them then they probably stay like that but with a thunderous quake that was strong enough to send them both the ground the serene moment shattered. Soler got himself up,
"Erza you ok?" he quickly asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. What was that?"
"I have no idea but I have a feeling it's not good." another strong rumble answered his question as he had to steady himself against a locker. Before he could check on Erza the red burst from the showers with nothing but a towel on that fitted her form nicely because of the shower. She grabbed his hand and without question, the two ran up and out behind the guild where everyone else was. The two made it to the front of the gawking crowd to see exactly what they were staring at, and it wasn't a good sight.
"What the hell." was all that escaped Soler mouth as he watched the entire Phantom Guildhall thunderously walking towards them. The guild looked to be walking on giant metal legs that were protruding from the ground that the building was sitting on and it was not an inviting sight. Soler felt Erza grip tighten on his hand and he looked to see her facial expression matched. He also tightened her grip as he and the rest of the guild watched the building came to stop right off the shores of the town. The guild sat itself into the waters and everything went still. Then they watched as the upfront of the guild opened up and a massive cannon slid out from the front. Once the cannon came to stop the saw the dark void of the weapon charging up for a powerful blast and that set everyone back in motion.
"Everyone get down!" Erza shouted and everyone did what she said with a panic. But Soler knew that even if they got down that wouldn't stop the blast from destroying them, the guild, and a good chunk of Magnolia. What he didn't see coming was for Erza to charged off to the front with her towel flying off the glow of her magic and soon she had re-quipped into her Adamantine Armor. The magnificent silver and black armor shone brightly as she collapsed the two half shields on her arms to make a massive shield that easily covered her whole body. They watched as two massive magic circles spawned from the shield.
"I won't let you touch the guild!" she shouted in defiance.
"She can't be serious!? She's going to try and block that attack?" Cana shouted. Natsu tried to go to her but Gray quickly grabbed and face planted him into the ground,
"Only Erza can do this Natsu!" he shouted. Then the blast the cannon was charging fired off in a spectacular show. Time itself slowed to a halt the moment it fired but Soler's mind was racing much like his heart,
I know that she can block the attack. That is her strongest defensive armor, she can block it, but- he started at her back as the attack neared her and his sensible train of thought ended as his body moved without thinking. He could swear he heard someone scream his name behind him but he didn't hear it as he charged to Erza in blinding speed. He made it to her in a second and placed a hand on her shoulder. He saw her shocked expression but it disappeared as he teleported her back with the others. Now he stood before the massive oncoming attack and lifted his arms up,
Remember the water training, remember the water training remember the water training! Then right before the blast hit him it hit an invisible wall of his energy and he was stopping the blast in its tracks. But he wasn't fully stopping the blast just pausing it at the point so it could be teleported but he was struggling immensely. Stopping the attack was pushing him back but he did everything to keep his ground. That wasn't the worst part, in stopping this massive blast his arms felt like they were being burned by one of Natsu's strongest roars non-stop. He could swear he actually saw his arms sizzling from the energy and he wanted to yelp in pain but he pushed passed it and focused solely on stopping the attack. The other guild members watched with held breaths as Soler held off the attack. A few agonizing moments passed the blasted stopped firing and Soler had the attack contained in a big ball. He was sweating immensely and his breathing was harsh but he wasn't done just yet. He focused his energy one last time and the ball of energy disappeared. A few moments passed and out passed the Phantom guild a massive explosion shook the ground and the shockwave blasted the water up on the shore. Soler lifted his arms up every movement giving him the most intense pain he's ever felt, as he looked at them and saw that they looked cooked to an extent, even steam was still coming off them. The pain was so intense that he was on the verge of fainting from the pain but he had to keep it together he had to be prepared. Well, that what he told himself his body had a different plan as he began to collapse backward. He was preparing to hit the ground but instead, he landed in something soft. He looked up to see Erza was staring down at him with a pained expression,
"Why did you do that?" she asked her voice cracking as she looked over his injuries. Soler managed a smile,
"I don't know. My body just moved it's own," he said his voice low and hushed. Soon enough he heard the other footsteps of the rest of the guild coming up. Happy floated down and landed next to his head with worried eyes,
"You dummy you could have died," he told him.
"Don't worry Happy. It takes more than that to stop me," he said. Before anyone else could say anything the loud sound of a speak rung through the air and soon enough Jose's voice could be heard throughout the town,
"Well, well, who have thought that the White Blur would stop Junipers attack," he said. Soler groaned,
"Still hate that name," he said to no one.
"But it seems that he's out of the fight. He may have stopped you're destruction for this moment we'll be sure to destroy you all nevertheless. Well if you give up Lucy then we'll fall back and leave you fairies alone. From Soler's position, he could see Natsu was flaring,
"Like hell, we'd give you Lucy! She's one of us!" he shouted back getting agreement from everyone else.
"You say she's one of you? It's all lies! Makarov thinks that by having the daughter of one the richest families in Fiore in his ranks that he could buy his way to the top? No, I won't allow him! Give me Lucy Heartfilia now!" at hearing her full name Soler's eyes widened as the memories of the village and the harm that was caused on it by that name. With strength, he didn't know he had Soler got himself back up much to others pleas to not. He groggily stood and looked around to find Lucy who was looking at him with tears already streaming down her face. His bangs covered his eyes but he talked in an angered voice,
"Did you say Heartfilia?" he asked. You could feel Jose smile wickedly at that,
"Yes, Heartfilia. The exact same Heartfilia that ran that little town you saved practically into the ground. That very man's daughter has been in you're precious little family this whole time and is the sole reason that your guildhall is destroyed and you're Master is near death. So now don't just want to give her back to her father to be rid of her." Soler didn't respond but instead started to slowly walk towards her. None of the other members tried to stop him, well except for Natsu who had to be held back yet again by Gray. Lucy stood still as he approached her tears pausing there flow until she's heard his judgment. In Soler mind, the images and feeling of the village flashed back with perfect clarity. He could feel their despair and hopelessness which was caused by the Heartfilia name. It made his stomach twirl with rage but at the same time, his memories of Lucy flashed also. He hadn't spent too much time with her but he could remember seeing her fight, laugh, and struggle along with them. He remembers the first full conversation they had how she gave him his last name. He could see how excited she was and proud that she named someone she admired.
With the two set of memories, he just could combine them whatsoever. The name Lucy Heartfilia just didn't mesh. Lucy was so bright while Heartfilia was so dark it was impossible to put them together. He came to a stop right in front of her and she kept her head down unable to even look at him. She knew all the pain her father has caused to him and couldn't bare to meet his gaze. Soler then began to raise his arm much to his body's protest as it ignited to life with fresh pain. She saw the arm raise and was prepared for the worst but when felt his hand on the back of her head, and his forehead connected to hers she couldn't help but look up to see his smiling face. He said no words to her but the emotions were easily conveyed which brought on a new set of tears. He disconnected their noggins and glared out to the Phantom Guild,
"Jose if that was your last gamble then you really need to learn how bet. This is Lucy of Fairy Tail! She's a precious member of this family and you'd have to kill us to get to her!" he shouted back out. His words sparked the guilds fire and everyone joined in with the shouting of never giving up Lucy. As the guilds cries rang out to you could feel Jose starting to fume from wherever he was from within the guild,
"Fine then! I hope you enjoy the next 15 minutes with your family because by then Juniper will be ready to fire and that's it for you all. At hearing the powerful cannon will fire again quickly that stopped the guilds rowdiness and sent them into a slight panic. The panic didn't lessen as what looked like ghost were emerging from the guild. Soler could hear the other members voices and how stressed they all sound, but as much as he wanted to be there with them and help his body as had other plans as his vision blurred and he blacked out from the pain.
Soler didn't dream he only saw black. He saw black and felt tremendous rumbling as the void around him seemed to be shaking. As time passed it grew worse and worse until finally, his eyes shot open. He looked around to see he was in the crumbling guildhall and the tremors were from the battle going on outside. His head was groggy as he sat up not knowing how long he was out but he felt it was short since he only felt slightly more energized than from earlier. He got off the table he was on and that's when he noticed that he couldn't move his arms. He took a look to see that both his arms were completely wrapped in bandages. He tried to move them, again and again, no movement.
Mira must have used numbing magic on my arms. He stood up and made his way to a bored up window to see the guild members fighting the ghost from earlier and it seemed they were in a stalemate. But what really caught his eye was that the Phantom Guildhall had transformed itself into its giant form. What made it worse was that the giant was forming a massive magic circle that was almost complete. He recognized the spell was Abyss Break and at that size, it could easily destroy the entire town. Soler quickly made his way outside and into the battle. He stood there for a moment trying to catch his bearings. All the sudden movement after just waking up didn't go together well.
"What are you doing up!?" Soler looked over to see Cana coming over towards him. He smiled weakly,
"Well, what can I say? I just couldn't help but join in," he responded. Cana threw a set of cards at an incoming ghost and stopped before him looking upset,
"You shouldn't be here. You need to be resting," she said. Soler shook his head his senses coming back to him now,
"Nah I've slept long enough. Besides, how does it look for an S-Class to be sleeping while the guild needs them? Now what's the status report." he asked. Cana sighed knowing him long enough to know he won't back down,
"Right now Gray, Elfman, Natsu, Erza, and Mira are in the giant trying to stop that Abyss Break spell. It seems to be working whatever they're doing since its practically moving at a crawl now. Jose sent out these ghosts which just won't stop coming but that just means we have to stall until their done in there." she answered. Soler wanted to be surprised at hearing Mira being in there but if Elfman was with her then he didn't need to worry. The problem wasn't even the spell but it was Jose himself. Even after they stop the spell Jose won't just sit by and let them go. His grudge against them was too strong to allow any of them to survive and with him being on par with Makarov it was going to be one hell of a battle to subdue him. To add on he couldn't use his arm at the moment but he knew if he could meet up with Erza then they had a better chance of taking him down together.
"Alright, I'm going to go in a meet up with Erza. Jose isn't going to stay still for too much longer and if were our best shot at surviving his rampage." Cana wanted to protest but she knew he was right,
"Ok then. Just do what you can to get everyone back alive ya hear." Soler nodded,
"Of course. Keep everyone in line out here." with that exchange Cana ran back off into the battle while Soler ran off to the giant. He was glad Grays ice path was still there or else getting on board the Giant was going to be tough. Well tougher since he had no use of his hands he'll have to improvise. Soler charged on the ice path gaining as much speed as he could and with all his might he jumped and tucked himself into a ball and smashed through a window. He rolled to a stop to catch his breath.
"Alright infiltration complete," he spoke to himself. He slowly picked himself back up and took a look at his surroundings. He was inside the place but because of the structure change, everything was changed. Not that he knew his way around this place before but with certain paths going straight up, it didn't help his sense of direction any.
"Hmm maybe sensing my way around will help." he pondered. He closed his eyes to try and sense his friend's energies. It took him a few moments but he picked up on Erza and Natsu's signatures and they were battling someone else. Luckily they weren't too far away. Without another thought, he took off to their sources. His path lead him through several hallways and stairs but he was getting closer, he could tell because the signature they were fighting as stopped meaning they must have won. But as he almost reached them an ear piercing scream sounded throughout the entire building. Then Jose's voice followed,
"That scream should sound familiar to you fairies. If not it belongs to the lovely Lucy meaning our job here is almost complete! All that's left is to wipe out the remainder of you all!" his voice ended and the dread started to sit in for Soler.
Have to hurry! He picked up his pace and continued to the others. As he neared he couldn't help but feel a strong surge of heat and hear Natsu's mighty roar. The roar faded into the distance much like the heat and when Soler came into the clearing he was met with an exhausted Erza sitting against a pillar breathing heavy.
"Erza you ok?" he asked running to her. The shocked expression she had spoke volumes,
"What do you think you're doing here!?" she shouted anger obvious in her voice,
"You're going to need help here. Even if I can't use my arms it's better for me to be here," he responded. Erza stood herself back up and glared at him,
"This is beyond reckless Soler! You need to be resting not fighting here. You switched places with me to block that blast and now you're pulling this stunt. Natsu is seeming more sensible than you are right now!" though her reasoning was sound Soler wasn't backing down,
"Yeah I know already but what happens to me doesn't matter. Right now everyone else is in danger and-" Soler response got stopped by Erza who slapped him hard. He stood there stunned beyond belief. In all his time knowing Erza this was the first time she's ever slapped him, and it was the first time he's seen her so upset and hurt before. He looked at her confused,
"What was-"
"How dare you say that you don't matter! You are just as valuable as everybody else in the guild so you dare say you don't matter!" she shouted at him. He felt the words she said but still,
"Erza I-" she smacked him again
"Shut up Soler!" he could hear her voice was trembling with emotion and it made him stay silent. Erza was fuming at him with mixed emotions of anger and hurt but she calmed herself some so she wasn't just blindly shouting at him,
"Soler I understand you're more worried for everyone else and that you put your needs after others. Those are noble qualities but just how much you care for the others we all care for you the same. Soler, you don't die for your loved ones but you live for them. You live so that you can laugh, love and play with them. Do you understand?" she asked him with a much softer tone. Soler was quiet, he just didn't know what to say. In all honesty, since he was alone for so long, he stopped seeing his life as important. Coming here and joining Fairy Tail he learned to value those around him more than anything but, is his life just as important as theirs? He stared at Erza who's facial expression had softened,
"Do you understand?" she said softly. Soler opened his mouth to reply but the sounds of footsteps stopped his response. The two looked to see Mira, Gray, and Elfman running in their direction with Gray and Elfman looking worse for wear. Their shocked expression when seeing both Soler and Erza was phenomenal. It was hard to tell whether they were more shocked to see Erza beaten up or Soler awake and here. Mira was the first to speak,
"Soler what are you doing here?" hearing the question again made Erza's words resonate in his mind. But any response was lost since all at once the intense feeling of death filled the room. It was as if the air was being dragged out of their lungs. This feeling felt like it lasted for centuries but was only mere moments for with the sound of clapping the feeling ended and they all gasped for air.
"Well, well, well it would appear some flies have been buzzing around my castle." they all looked to see Jose slowly walking down the steps towards them. It was easy to feel the pressure the Master was giving off and it was definitely more than Soler thought. A glance at Erza and she seemed to be having similar thoughts. Jose came to a stop at the bottom of the stairs and stared at them all, without an ounce of concern or worry,
"And it seems that one of the flies has already clipped their wings for me.' he looked at Soler who glared back at him, "It's a nice offer but If you think being injured was going to give you a chance you surely mistaken." his threat was deadly and they all knew what he meant. Soler's mind was racing thinking on what to do but Gray and Elfman didn't wait as both charged him.
"No!" was all Mira had time to shout for once they were right on Jose the mage sent out a powerful wave of dark magic which sent everyone flying. Mira went racing back towards the wall and knew her crash was going to hurt but instead of hitting the wall she hit something much more squishy and solid. She looked to see Soler had gotten in the way and caught her mid-flight, while Erza caught Elfman and Gray. She also saw that Erza had re-quipped into her Black Wing Armor. She floated down with the armors black dragon-like wings and placed the two boys down. Both were knocked unconscious from the attack.
"You okay?" the question snapped Mira attention back to Soler who was looking down at her. She nodded,
"Yes thank you for the save. But right now you-"
"No right now you need to get Elfman and Gray out of here. Erza is gonna need some backup," he said. Mira shook her head,
"Soler no. You're in no condition to go through a battle and with one of the Ten-Wizard Saints on top of that," she said with worry. Soler only gave a smile and stood back up walking in front of her,
"I appreciate the concern but I don't have much of choice in the matter. Either we stay and give you time to get them out and maybe take him down then none of us are leaving her alive.' as he said this his earlier conversation with Erza replayed, "But don't worry Mira. No matter what happens Erza and I will make it through this, I promise." he didn't give her a chance to reply since he ran back up next to Erza who had her sword out preparing to fight. She glanced at Soler but refocused back on Jose who looked at the two with a wicked smile,
"So Titania and The White Blur stand to challenge me to protect your little friends. It should be fun to release a little stress!" The shot out several dark tendrils which formed together to attack them. Soler and Erza both began to dodge the attacks with slight ease. Soler timed his dodges until he saw a split-second opening and then he took it to get right behind Jose. He came in with a strong side kick but the master dodged the fast attack with ease. It easily confused Soler who was left wide open and Jose didn't pass that opportunity and grabbed his legs. Soler winced in pain as the masters' long nails dug into his leg. He proceeded to throw him with tremendous force sending him barreling right at Erza. She saw him coming but instead of catching him she dodged around him and charged at Jose, slashing furiously at the man. He dodged her attacks with ease and grabbed her by the face slamming her into the ground. He wasn't finished as he motioned his hand knocking her into the ceiling with a dark wave.
While this happened Soler flipped himself to land on his feet but the force of the throw was too strong for him to stop so he crashed into the wall. He didn't have time to stop moving since Jose shot several small dark balls at him. They zipped through the air quickly and Soler barely had time to duck out the way before they embedded themselves deep in the wall. He glared at the Master who still held an amused smile. The teen charged right back at him and the same time Erza recovered and went back in also. The two's teamwork clicked on as they matched each other's speed to attack together. Soler went in with a series of high kicks while Erza did her best to get some slashes in. The twos combined speed was enough to push back the Master forcing him to actually block the attacks. Jose was beginning to get frustrated with how coordinated the attacks and decided to send them both back by letting out a pulse of magic. The two fighters got sent flying back`but Soler focused his energy to his foot to surprising form a spear and kicked it right at Jose. The master simply tilted his head and the spear missed plunging itself into the wall behind him. Soler and Erza recovered and landed away from Jose. Both combatants were breathing harder than before while Phantom Master still stood looking as collected as ever.
"Makarovs little brats are doing better than I imagined. You've actually forced me to try, slightly." he boasted. Both Fairy Tail mages grimace,
"Why the hell are you doing all of this? It's one thing to try and capture one of us but to try and wipe out the entire guild is another." Soler said. Jose looked at him with a tinge of annoyance,
"Why you say? Why wouldn't I is the better question," he responded. He got a confused expression from both Soler and Erza as they waited for him to continue,
"For years Phantom has been Fiore's top guild, undeniable in strength and fame. But in these past few years the names Titania, Laxus, Mystogan, The White Blur and Salamander have been spreading like wildfire and now Fairy Tail has quickly risen into fame and infamy, taking our guilds top spot. Now Makarov thinks by having the heir to one of the richest families he now has access to their limitless wealth. I won't allow that, I can't allow this to continue! Phantom is the number one guild and if slaughtering all of Makarovs little children isn't enough for him to drop to his knees before me and beg me for forgiveness isn't enough. Then killing him too will be just as satisfying." the master proceed to laugh wickedly while the Soler and Erza anger was rising,
"Your doing all this, this whole guild war just because of some petty grudge you have with not being the top guild? You're a disgrace as a man!" Erza shouted. Jose's eye twitched,
"A disgrace? You call me a disgrace yet you're master is trying to buy his way to top also? If there's a disgrace here then it is your entire guild!" in rage, the master blasted the two with a volley of blasts. Soler and Erza dodged the attacks barely getting missed by them. When the volley ended the two were more tired than before. Soler eyed up Jose and could see he was slowly letting his rage get the best of him,
"Erza let's do the Reverse X." Erza looked at him confused,
"Reverse X? You can't even move your arms, how are you-"
"Don't worry just throw it at the right moment. Now high, low!" he shouted and took off towards the Master with Erza trailing him. Jose watched them unamused, since hearing them he had an idea of what the little 'Reverse X' was. Soler would attack low while Titania would attack high since she had the wings. If he were a lesser mage than the little combination might've worked, but then again he wasn't a lesser mage. He watched them get close and prepared a low wave attack for Soler. But the moment he got in range Soler went in for a high knee strike surprising the Master. He narrowly dodged the attack allowing Soler to easily get above him. But the teen wasn't done for while up there he stomped down on Jose's face and launched himself into the air. The dazed man was too focused on Soler to notice Erza charging at him. By the time he realized it was too late for Erza got a deep slash on him from below rising into the air. Once she got airborne she quickly threw her blade to Soler who caught it in with his teeth. He flipped himself to gain some downward momentum and it picked up quickly enough for Soler get in another slash on the man forming a bloodied 'X' on his chest. The teen tucked and rolled away before flicking the sword back up to Erza.
"Ha! Told ya I'd make it work." he boasted. Erza smirked playfully,
"You got lucky," she responded. Jose pressed his hand on his chest and looked to see blood, his own blood. His blood was spilled by those… Soler and Erza instantly tensed as a dreadful pressure washed over them. They looked to see Jose trembling in rage his eyes closed,
"Fairies spilled my blood. My blood! How dare you!" when he opened his eyes they were black and his pupils were golden. Before either wizard could move Jose sent out a massive void which consumed the two quickly. The two elt pain. Physical, mental, spiritual all they knew and felt was immense pain. It hurt so much they wanted to scream to try and ease it but even with their mouths open no noise came out. It felt like they were in this void for hours but the attack lasted but only a few seconds and just as quick as they were swallowed they spat back out back into reality. The two mages were on their knees, eyes wide, mouth agape and with a few tears that escaped their eyes. It took a few moments but eventually, both gasped for air and they were brought back. Soler looked at his hand with his entire body trembling,
What the hell was that? He examined himself and besides the injuries from earlier, he could see no new damage was added. But that all felt so real, it still feels so real. My body won't stop shaking and my heart is racing. Just what the hell… He looked over to Erza who wasn't in any better condition than he was in. He could tell she was trying her best to pull it together but it was a struggle that he was feeling too. While the two squirmed to stand again Jose didn't let them and sent out black smoke like snakes which quickly wrapped around the two suspending them mid-air much like how Gajell did team Shadow Gear. They tried to struggle but any slight movement caused powerful shocks to erupt from the binding causing incredible pain. Jose watched the two writhe in pain and he was enjoying every moment,
"Your time's up little fairies. It was fun but now it's time for you to die!" he made a crushing movement with his hand and the bindings tightened and the shocks grew more intense with each passing moment. This was the first time in years to where Soler felt utter helplessness and honestly thought he was going to die. He glanced at Erza who looked to have been accepting her fate also. It was foolish for him to actually think they had a chance to win. He was stupid too stupid and she was going to pay the price for it. The pain was getting too much to bare and with the added squeezing his vision was starting to darken meaning his time was coming up. But then a memory flashed in his mind of Mira and that promise he made. He gritted his teeth and newfound resolve he began to strain against his bindings.
Come on! I made a promise to Mira to come back alive damn it! And I intend to keep it. Erza watched with half-lidded eyes as Soler energy began to swirl around him and his hair began to whip around slowly as his whole body began to glow a cyan. She knew this what he was doing,
His break form? Even if it boosts his power what good is it here. She wondered as his power began to grow. Jose saw this new development and didn't think much of it and just focused on finishing the two off. Soler strained with everything he had. His target was the spear still behind Jose and if he could just get it to move. As he tried the pressure and the shocks got worse but he couldn't give up, not now! He tried to move his hand, hell even just a finger would do he just need it to move. In that moment of his need that when he felt it he felt one finger flexing the numbing magic was wearing off on that finger. He smirked and with all his strength Soler motioned the finger and the spear behind the unassuming Master began to wiggle and wiggle and wiggle until it shot out from the wall at high speeds. Jose not paying any attention behind him wasn't ready for the spear that plunged itself into his shoulder causing him to drop his magic. Soler and Erza his the ground with thuds, both alive but very damaged. Soler looked worse than Erza who scrambled over to the boy since he was laying face down. His glow had stopped but that wasn't important part she lifted him up and held him to see him having a smile on his face,
"I got him." was all he said. She couldn't help but smile at him as she brushed some stray hair out his face. Jose pulled the spear out of his back and he fuming with rage now and his embracing targets were the dead on his eyes. He unleashed a powerful death wave attack at the two full of his hatred for them. The attack neared them and Erza pulled Soler in tighter as the two braced for their end. But instead of them meeting there demise they felt extremely warm. Heck, they were feeling a lot better and it felt like their injuries were disappearing. The two broke their embrace to see that they were both covered in a warm glow and the glow was healing and rejuvenating them. Once the glow subsided they were both back in great condition and Soler could even move his arms again.
"You both did very well my children." They looked back to see Makarov walking up towards them. Soler and Erza both smiled brightly,
"Master!" they both shouted. Makarov gave them both a warm smile as he stood before them,
"You did well in protecting the guild and each other. I'm sorry for my failure as you're Master but let me make amends by having a little talk with Jose," he said as he stared at Jose with a hint of anger. Soler jumped up energized,
"Let me help master. I know I couldn't do much before but now that I can use my arms again I could do better," he said. He didn't get a chance to reply as Erza slapped him on the head,
"No Soler were leaving, Master can handle this. Besides if we stay here we'll just be in his way," she ordered. He wanted to retort but he knew she was right,
"Alright then. Kick his ass for us, Master," he said to him which got him a nod in response and the two proceeded to leave the guild.
Erza lowered Soler onto the shore and requiped into her normal armor. There were some large rocks to sit on so they both sat and watched the massive partly destroyed Giant and waited for the signs of victory. They sat in silence words lost to them. It likely shock is what kept them quiet since neither thought they were going to survive that encounter. He silence was getting so thick it felt as if their lungs were going to implode,
"So aren't you going to take off you're wrappings?" the question surprised Soler so much he jumped a bit. But realizing it was Erza he calmed himself,
"Sorry what did you ask?" she pointed to his arms,
"You wrappings. You said that they were healed up so aren't you going to take them off?" she asked again. He finally noticed they were still wrapped up,
"Oh, you're right. I guess I should take them off." he began the process, taking his time unwrapping his arms. The silence returned but it wasn't as bad as before. As they sat rapidly approaching footsteps could be heard and they looked over to see Mira followed by Elfman, and Gray running over to them. The two smiled at them as they got close,
"Hey guys, hows it-" Soler was knocked off his rock by Mira who tackled him with a hug. He sat himself up with the girl still attached to him,
"Wow Mira I didn't think you'd missed me that much." he joked. It was then that he felt his chest was getting moist and that could only mean she was crying.
"I thought I was going to lose you." he heard her muffle. Soler just stroked her head with an understanding smile on his face,
"There, there, It takes a lot more than that to take me down. Besides I had Erza by my side and our promise. So there was no way we weren't going to come back." Mira looked up at him with tearful eyes, smiled and nodded before burying her head back into his chest. Soler wrapped an arm around her bringing her a bit closer. After that, he looked up to Elfman and Gray,
"So how're things back at the guild?" he asked.
"Well, the entire building got destroyed," Gray said with a sigh. Soler nodded much like Erza did,
"I honestly expected the building to fall. How are the others?" Erza asked,
"The rest of the members are a bit beaten up but they're all alive. Cana kept everyone in together. She was so manly!" Elfman boasted. It made them all smile awkwardly,
"I don't think you're using manly in the right sense here pal." any other words were lost as a bright light began to shine. They all looked to see that the light was coming from the giant and it was a magnificent light indeed.
"What is that?" Gray asked.
"Fairy Law. It's one of the guilds three grand spells. Those that the caster sees as their enemies are taken down. It's a powerful spell." Erza explained. Everyone watched in awe at the magic being displayed with a sense of pride knowing that it was coming from their Master and knowing that they had won this war.
***A Few Days Later***
"Alright here's some more lumber for you." Soler placed down another set of wood for Makarov. Makarov was in his giant form and was hammering down the foundation of the new guild hall. He looked down to Soler and just nodded. Soler nodded back and decided he'd take himself a break. After they defeated Phantom, got Lucy back, team Shadow Gear healed up and dealt with the Magic council construction of the guild had begun and was going smoothly. Things had finally returned to normal. Well as normal as things in Fairy Tail could get. He took a seat on an unused pile of lumber and let out a sigh and closed his eyes,
"Ah I'm glad to take a breather in peace and quiet," he said to himself. His quiet didn't last long since someone took a seat next to him. He peered over to see it was Lucy who was holding some water for him,
"I saw you over here and figured you might be thirsty," she said with a smile. He smiled too and happily took the drink,
"Thanks, Luc." he took a big swing and gave a sigh of content, "Ah nothing beats some cold water after working so hard. So hows things been for ya?" he asked her. Since the whole Phantom stuff, Lucy had started to talk to him a lot more than before. She opened up about herself and her pass which he appreciated but told her she didn't have to if she wasn't comfortable, but she insisted that she did since it was the least she could do. Soler listened with a smile as the energetic blond talked about her day. Yet all the while he left a twinge of electricity in the air. He figured it was nothing, well almost nothing. For if it's what he thinks it is then this peace is going to very brief.
Alrighty, this one is done. So I got something to say this time. I'm thinking of actually starting a novel soon. It's going to be based on this character I made in D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) and the campaign world he's in. If any of you would be interested in reading it then I'll be posting that story on Wattpad. I'll set up a link for you guys later once it's all started. Also if you have some prompt ideas or questions or stuff you just want to say you can always leave a review (reviews really help me know how I'm doing and what you guys think) or if you want quicker responses then my Tumblr is the place to go. It's my author's name on here so it's Solerwolf 21. Anywho tell me what you think as always and this has been Solerwolf...later.