Chapter 17! Kiryu is joining the fight in this so there is going to be some action in this chapter.
Edolas Fairy had joined the battle not long after it started and had done a good amount of damage to the army. After one of the engagements, the army was able to out flank them and outnumbered the guild 7 to 1.
Edo Juvia flinches. "This isn't good!"
Edo Gray runs over to her and grabs her leg like a child. "Don't worry my love! I'll protect you!"
"Get off me!"
A soldier makes his way in front of the ranks of soldiers.
"You are all outnumbered. Surrender now and the King will show you mercy."
Not far from them, Earthland Gray was isolated from the group. "Not good!"
Edolas Natsu cowers behind Edolas Lucy.
Edo Lucy grits her teeth. "We're in a bad spot."
A few minutes go by as they weigh out their options. Edolas Kiryu steps to the front of the group facing towards the large army. He drops the spear he was using during the battle.
"We surrender! Just let us live!"
Everyone gasps, surprised by what their friend was doing.
"What are you doing?!" Shouts an angry Edo Juvia.
"You're selling us out!?" Asks Edo Droy pissed off.
Edo Lucy nearly loses it. "Why are you doing this!?"
He turns to them. "I want you guys to live! If any of you guys died out here, I don't know what I would do!"
Edo Jet tries to charge at Edo Kiryu but is stopped by Edo Droy.
"You son of a-!"
"Easy Jet!"
Edo Lisanna approaches Edo Kiryu.
"Kiryu, stop this. I know you mean well, but, these guys can't be trusted."
"Trusted?! You mean I can't be trusted, don't you!?" He snaps at her.
She is drawn back by this, he had never reacted that way with her. The buff teen grabs her arms tightly.
"Why can't you guys trust me to save your lives!!!"
A hand grabs Edolas Kiryus shoulder. He turns to see who it is, but is met with a right hook to his cheek. He hits the ground and runs his sore cheek. Everyone looks and sees Earth Land Kiryu, looking rather pissed off. Edolas Kiryu stands up. "What the hell was that for!?"
"You're an idiot."
"What did you say!?"
Kiryu punches him again. This time he stays on the ground. Edo Lisanna gasps. Edo Kiryu sits on his knees and grabs at the dirt.
"I just want to protect my friends! These guys are like family to me, man!"
Kiryu stands above his Edolas counterpart, no longer pissed off but more of the face of a brother about to give another brother a piece of advice.
"You want to protect them right?"
Edo Kiryu looks up with tears in his eyes. "Yeah."
"Then fight."
He looks at him confused. Kiryu kneels. "If you want to protect something, fight for it. Handing them over to the enemy is no different than stabbing them in the back." He stands back up and looks at the numerous soldiers in front of him. Earth Land Gray smiles. Kiryu takes a step. "Now, if you'll excuse me……"
He fixes one of the fingerless gloves on his hands. "I have some business to take care of."
(Begin One Me Two Hearts)
The Edolas soldiers look shocked as the teen dragon slayer. The lead soldier scoffs confidently. "Its only one kid! This should be easy! Charge!"
The soldiers with melee weapons charge and the long range raise their weapons.
Kiryu draws his sword and prepares to slash. He charges his magic into the blade and the blade glows blue. With a smile across his face he swings the sword, taking out a good chunk of the soldiers in the front. Sheathing his sword, Kiryu charges in dodging bullets with ease.
A soldier raises his sword to slash at Kiryu, but gets drop kicked by his target. A second soldier tries the same strategy but with a flank. Kiryu however plants his palm onto the ground and spin kicks the second soldier into the first. A group of three soldiers charge at him to try and take him out with superior numbers. Kiryus fist sparkle from his magic and he punches them in rapid succession.
Edolas Fairy Tail watches as Kiryu fights the large group. They all smile and Edo Kiryu picks up his spear.
"He's right. Let's go!"
The guild begins to charge into the ranks of the hundreds of soldiers.
The captain was shocked, he was failing.
"Gunners! Line up and take them out!"
A large number of the soldiers line up and take aim. As soon as they are ready, Kiryu swings his fist and releases a huge wave of his magic, taking out a few and making others dazed. By the time they are ready to counter attack, the guild members are smashing through their ranks.
"Star Dragon Roar!"
Kiryu launches a few soldiers back, and Earth Land Gray stands in their way.
"Ice Geyser!"
Ice sprouts from the ground and traps the soldiers. Kiryu jumps down a slope and side kicks a soldier about to attack Gray from behind. Gray looks at him, and they go back to back.
"It's good to have you back man!" Says Gray.
Several soldiers surrounded them. The two boys raise their fists.
"Less talk, more action!" Says Kiryu confidently.
"Ice Make Lance!"
"Stardust Bind!"
The battle raged, and the moral of everyone fighting the Edolas army had been raised.
Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel had been fighting the king of Edolas, due to the dragon armor only being vulnerable to Dragon Slayer magic. Natsu takes a big whiff of the air.
"No way…"
Wendy turns to the fire dragon slayer. "What is it?"
"I got Kiryus scent! He's here!"
Wendy smiles happily. "That's great! He can come and help us!"
Gajeel stands up, injured from the battle. "He better hurry up and get here, or we're goners." He says turning to face the King of Edolas.
"Then we just have to keep him busy until he gets here!" Natsu says as they charge towards the Dragon armor.
Kiryu and Gray continue fighting the soldiers.
"Kiryu!" Gray shouts. He turns towards the ice wizard and sees another wave of soldiers coming in.
"They are going to be trouble for us!" Gray says.
"Right. Let's take them out!" Kiryu responds.
As the soldiers charge, Gray places his palms on the ground.
"Ice Make Floor!"
The ground underneath the soldiers turns into ice and they slip and fall.
"Star Dragon Stardust Barrage!"
The attack slams into the soldiers sending them flying. Kiryu is nearly blind sided by four guards with spears. They go to jab, but Kiryu had drawn his sword and blocked the spears. He then roundhouse kicks the soldiers into the side of a large boulder.
"Ice Bringer!"
Gray makes two swords of ice and slashes several soldiers, freezing them in ice. Edolas Fairy Tail had rallied and had the army on the ropes. Kiryu punches a soldier and gets ready to fight a large group.
"Holy crap!" Shouts Gray.
Kiryu looks at what hes talking about. Flying beasts like the ones that took Kiryu to the castle, had gathered into one large group and began attacking members of Fairy Tail.
"What do we do?" Asksjo Gray.
"Focus on the soldiers, I'll take care of those." Kiryu says, and jumps onto a giant boulder. A beast tries to bite him, but Kiryu uses his Cosmic fist to punch him a few times. Another one tries slashing, Kiryu uses his sword to block it and slashes at the beasts face. The beast roars in pain and falls back to the rear. Kiryu blocks a slash from a third beast. He turns to fall back but notices something in the corner of his eye. Edolas Lisanna got cornered by soldiers.
Crap! That doesn't look good.
Kiryu drops down from the boulder and jumps on top of a soldier, using him as a springboard to launch himself towards the girl. The soldiers approached her and she looks at Kiryu. He punches a soldier in the chest. Another one was behind the first, so Kiryu pushed the first into the second and continued sprinting.
"What are you waiting for!? Move your ass!"
Edolas Lisanna turns to run but her path is blocked by more soldiers. Kiryu grits his teeth. "Damn it!"
He draws back his fist.
"Star Dragon Stardust Bind!"
The stardust flows towards the soldiers like a river and binds them. Kiryu kicks a soldier that he missed in the chest, then turns to Edo Lisanna.
"Go! Run!"
Before they could do anything, the beasts were on top of them. Kiryu looks for a way out of their situation.
Damn! Where do I-?
Kiryu looked to their right and spotted a slope. He runs to Edo Lisanna and picks her up in bridal style. "Hold on." He warns.
After taking a quick look down the slope, Kiryu jumps. Edolas soldiers with rifles began to form a line at the summit of the slope and begin firing. Kiryu begins to slide down, making slight adjustments to avoid the bullets. Once reaching the bottom, the Kiryu nearly runs into the face of a 10 foot cliff. Thinking fast, he throws Edo Lisanna up and she barely makes it to the top. Kiryu plants his foot into the ground and does a complete 180, drawing his sword. He raises it above his head as the beasts and soldiers begin closing in. He takes a deep breath and tightens his grip on the swords' handle.
"Star Dragon Secret Art: Solar Flare Blade!"
The swords' blade grew as Kiryu swung the massive blade down through the large group. The shockwave sent the soldiers flying, and the beasts crashed to the ground.
(End.)
Kiryu takes a breath and sheaths his sword. "I might have overdone it." He looks in the direction of a giant arena, and takes a whiff of the air. "Natsu, and the other dragon slayers, they're close. I have to hurry, I've been sitting on the sidelines for too long!" He takes off to the arena. On the cliff, Edolas Lisanna watches the young Dragon slayer run toward the battle.
Natsu punches the armor, but is brushed aside. Gajeel attempts to sweep it by the feet, but is slapped by the tail. Wendy, standing more to the back using her enchantments, gets hit by missiles from the armor. The dragon slayers have no idea what to do.
"Hahahahaha! You fools! It's over! I shall harness the power of the dragon slayers and Edolas will have magic energy for years!" The King says.
Wendy struggles to get to her feet. "It's not over! We won't let you win!"
The armor turns towards her. "Stay down!"
A dozen missiles launch from the armor and shoot towards her.
"Wendy!" Shouts Natsu.
"Get down!" Warns Gajeel.
She tries to use her roar, but falls down again. The missiles are too close. She braces for the impact.
"Stardust Bind!"
Waves of stardust appear and wrap around the projectiles. They spin around Wendy and slam into the armor, shocking the King. The three dragon slayers look to see Kiryu standing on top of a wrecked pillar.
"Kiryu!" Says Wendy happily.
"You made it!" Says Natsu.
"Bout time you showed up!"
Kiryu jumps down and helps up Wendy.
"Sorry I'm late. I was acting like a child lately and I want to apologize to you guys."
Wendy's eyes water a little. "Its okay, you were mourning May's death. But I'm glad you're back."
Natsu goes to join them, followed by Gajeel.
"It's all good now, we have a chance of winning!"
The King of Edolas, now recovered from the attack, laughs. "You think one more of you will make much of a difference?"
Gajeel turns to the King and smiles. "I don't think you get it."
"Huh?"
The now four dragon slayers turn to him.
"Kiryu is the strongest of us all, I think you should be scared!" Says Natsu.
Kiryu cracks his knuckles. "Enough talk. Let's take this "king" down and get our friends back.
"Right!" The other three agree.
The king flinches and the four wizards charge.
Gajeel jumps up.
"Iron Dragon Club!"
The club slams into the head of the armor, scooting it back a few feet.
Wendy runs forward to get a hit.
"Sky Dragon Wing Attack!"
The "wings" of wind hit the armor from below. Natsu jumps onto the pillar that Kiryu was on.
"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!"
The ball of flames slams into the top of the King. The King us furious.
"You pests!" He says as he launches all the missiles he can.
"That's not good." Says Gajeel.
"I got this! It's my turn now!" Kiryu says as he runs towards the missiles. Dodging them, the missiles start to track Kiryu as he runs towards the King. "What are you-?" The king says surprised. Kiryu slides under the armor, the missiles now tracking the armor. "No matter. I'll just dodge!"
Standing behind him, Kiryu charges his magic into his hand.
"Star Dragon Meteor Blast!"
A beam crashed into the rear of the armor as the missiles crash into him. The armor crashes to the ground and Kiryu joins the others.
"Alright guys! Let's finish this bastard off!"
They face the armor.
"Sky Dragon-!"
"Iron Dragon-!"
"Fire Dragon-!"
"Star Dragon-!"
The dragon slayers take a deep breath.
"ROAR!!!!!"
The roar merges into one giant blast. The King looks up, and is helpless by the amount of power the dragon slayers had shown.
"NOOOO!"
The combined roar blasts the armor into pieces in a massive explosion.
Kiryu takes a deep breath. "He shouldn't be standing after that."
"Yeah, its impossible for something like that to take that much and survive." Gajeel agrees.
Natsu walks over to the wreckage and finds the king, shocked by what had just taken place. As Natsu and the King have a small conversation, Wendy walks over to Kiryu, who had gotten lost to his thoughts.
"Are you sure you're alright?" She asks.
"Yeah I'm just thinking about what you guys told me before all of this." He responds with a smile. "About going to see Lisannas grave."
"Are you going to go see her when this is all over."
Kiryu looks at the ground, his smile fading slightly. "Yeah. I didn't go to the funeral and I haven't been there before. So I think I owe it to her to go."
Wendy smiles. "That's good. I think she would like it."
After a minute, Natsu joins the others.
"Guys, we have one more thing to do."
The three look at him confused for a moment.
The dragon slayers had joined with Erza and the others. Natsu said something about helping out Mystogan. Wendy and Gajeel decided to help, but Kiryu stayed out of it. As the three went through with the plan, Kiryu and the rest watched it play out at the Capitol city.
"You sure you're not gonna join them?" Erza asks.
Kiryu laughs. "Of course not. I've made enough surprise appearances. They should do this."
Gray walks over to them. "Yeah well, you are always good at making appearances."
Kiryu shrugs. "Yeah I guess you're right."
He turns to Lucy, who was watching Natsu fight Mystogan. "Lucy."
She turns to face him. "What is it Kiryu?"
"Thanks for that conversation earlier. I was acting like a child and you guys were in trouble. I can't thank you enough." He says bowing his head to her.
"Hey, don't worry about it. You've been through alot."
The magic in Edolas began to disappear into an Anima above the city, due to Mystogans work. Soon every Exceed and the active wizards from Earth Land began to glow and rise towards the portal. As they were rising, Kiryu began to look towards Edolas Fairy Tail, who had gathered to watch Natsu and the others. After a moment, Kiryu managed to find Edolas Lisanna. Their eyes meet and Kiryu smiles.
I'm glad this one didn't meet the same fate as our Lisanna.
Everything around them flashes, and they appear outside of Magnolia.
And that's the end of chapter 17! Sorry it took me forever, I've been working lately and haven't had much time to post. But I should have plenty of time for a week or two to post a chapter or three. Thanks for the support! Review!
