Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima and its respective companies, I do not own anything except my OCs
Chapter 19
Fifteen minutes… that was how long it was supposed to take for the Jupiter cannon to fire again, at least originally.
But now, we only have less then ten minutes?
This was clearly payback for causing so many things to change, though now isn't the time to complain about it.
"No way"
"What'll we do?"
"They're gonna fire at us again?"
While everyone is panicking by what Jose said, out of Phantom's headquarters come out several dozens of creatures that looked like Grim Reapers.
"YOU'RE IN QUITE A QUANDARY AREN'T YOU FAIRY TAIL? THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS THIS SITUATION CAN PLAY OUT. EITHER MY TROOPS WILL TEAR YOU APART, OR YOU'LL BE BLOWN AWAY BY JUPITER"
"Are you kidding me? If he fires at us he'll kill his own men" as Macao probably thinks Jose's gone insane.
"Surely he's bluffing, who'd do something like that?" while Wakaba agrees with him.
"No, he's gonna do it" while Cana breaks the bad news to them.
"Those Phantom Soldiers were created by Jose's Shade Magic. They're not human so it won't matter to him if they're destroyed" as Cana explains to the others and I finally remember what they're called.
"Then we've got no time to waste, Natsu" as I call him out he answers with "yeah, what is it?"
"If I'm right the Jupiter cannon's probably powered by some sort of lacrima, head straight down the barrel's throat and destroy it from the inside"
As Natsu and Happy are the ones who can head there the fastest we have to destroy it as soon as possible, it'll take the rest of us a few minutes to even reach their headquarters.
But also one of the Element Four is guarding it which while Natsu has the worst compatibility no one else is as proficient at flying with Happy as he is.
As Natsu seemed to realize he smashed his fists together "You've got it, I'm all fired up now. Let's go Happy"
"Aye Sir" as he picked up Natsu and headed straight for the cannon.
"Next, is that Jose most likely wants Lucy back.. So he'll probably send one of the Element Four or Gajeel to retrieve her"
"We have a hideout, we can take Lucy there…"
"No! It's all my fault that we're in this mess. I just can't abandon everyone when they're out there fighting for me" as Mirajane suggested Lucy outright refused to leave us.
But before Mira could argue back "Actually, that might not be the best idea" as I opposed that plan.
""Huh?"" as the others looked at me and responded.
"Did you forget that Gajeel's a Dragon Slayer too, his nose is probably just as good as Natsu's. Even if we hide her in town he'd probably find her in no time"
"!"
The others seemed to not have considered that, not that I blame them since I'm simply using my knowledge of canon to my advantage.
"Then what are you suggesting we do?" asks Erza as she re-quips with her Heart Kreuz armor.
"While it would be best that she stays with everyone back in the Guild and probably stops Jose from firing the Jupiter Cannon. He'd just send them there and we have enough to worry about with these Phantom Soldiers, we don't need those guys causing havoc when we're this preoccupied"
"You don't mean…" as Erza realized what I was proposing.
"Yeah, she's gonna go with us and storm Phantom's Headquarters" as I smiled while cutting down one of the Phantom Soldiers.
"That's insane" as Mira objects.
"Well, if you have a better idea I'm all ears. Where do you think she'd be safer, next to Fairy Tail's most powerful female S-Class Wizard or that hideout with probably little to no defense against Phantom?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
No one could refute that statement.
"Gray, Elfman, Erza and I will go along with her, besides Lucy's also got her spirits with her-."
"Actually, I lost most of my Gate Keys when they kidnapped me" as Lucy drops a bomb on everyone.
"Shit, I forgot about that" as I pinch the bridge of my nose.
"Wait, you said most, right?" as I gathered my thoughts and asked.
As she nodded her head in response before pulling out Sagittarus's Gate Key to show us "This is the only one, but we haven't formed a contract yet, but this is an emergency situation so it should be fine" as I recall the rules Aquarius explained to me back then.
If I could I would give her my keys, but since only the wizard who's contracted to them can use them she'll have to deal with it.
"But boy is Aquarius gonna be pissed later" as I pray for her survival.
"It'll have to do for now. The rest of you will have to defend the fort and keep these bastards from destroying our Guild. Show them what it means to never mess with Fairy Tail"
"You've got it. But I expect a drink after this" as Cana prepares her cards before throwing them at several enemies.
"So long as it's only one" though I didn't say that part out loud.
"They're not getting anywhere near our home"
"If they think they can just walk all over us they've got another thing coming"
As Both Macao and Wakaba unleashed their flames and smoke respectively.
As they all nodded in response I then asked her "Will that work for you Erza?"
As she crossed her arms and thought for a moment before sighing.
"I can't argue with you at this point, you are the leader after all" as she seems to have given up.
"Besides, after you confronted Laxus like that I don't think anyone will complain. You can be damn scary sometimes you know that" as Gray recalled and shivered at the thought.
"Really?" As I wonder how my friends saw me someone unexpected came forward.
"I'm coming too"
And it was Loki.
But he was still standing from a distance from Lucy and me.
Though the look in his eyes seemed to say as if he wouldn't take no for an answer.
"How much time till it fires again?"
"Eight minutes" answers Mirajane.
"No more time to waste"
"Fine, we're wasting time just standing around anyway. Let's get a move on"
""Right"" as everyone nodded and started to take action.
Onboard Phantom's Headquarters
Six Minutes until Jupiter Fires!
As we hear the announcement go off the moment we board I can't help but think how short on time we are.
After Gray made us a path with his Magic we blew a hole in the wall and have just landed inside the enemy's base.
So far we haven't encountered any enemies yet, but they could be just lying in wait, or maybe most of them were still injured after our raid on their headquarters earlier today.
"Do you think Natsu will be okay?" asks Lucy as soon as she looks around worried about him.
"That flame brain will be fine, if nothing else he can handle himself in a fight" as Gray
"Don't forget that Happy's with him as well" follows Erza with a smile.
"But still, it shouldn't take him so long to destroy the Jupiter Cannon from the inside, which means that…" as I look outside and see the barrel literally right next to us.
Though I know one of the Element Four is guarding the core, and it should be that stupid ponytail bastard who's blocking him.
Five Minutes until Jupiter Fires!
As I look out and grit my teeth "Erza, I'm going to go check on Natsu, focus on taking out Jose. Everyone else go with her, there's no telling when the others might come out"
As I see her nod in acceptance before using Burst and taking a major leap to land myself on top of the massive cannon.
After another series of Bursts and I'm already at the tip of it.
Though I had only used it a few times I already feel winded, even though I'm trying to conserve as much Magic Power as I can.
Four Minutes Until Jupiter Fires!
"Here's goes nothing" as I jump off and use Celeste to create a chunk of ice in the air to use as a springboard before pushing off and heading straight inside.
While heading down the massive barrel that could annihilate all of Fairy Tail in a single blast and more to spare, I hear voices further in.
"I'm running out of time, shut up and let me do my thing" followed by what I assume is Natsu punching himself in the face.
"You okay?" hear Happy who sounds worried.
Three Minutes until Jupiter Fires!
"Is it just me, or does it feel as if time is moving much faster now? Ultear? No, not possible, she's still with Jellal right now" as I wondered if the pressure's just getting to me and heading further down.
I hear their voices getting louder. I stop just short of the exit and get down on the ground.
Inside I can see four huge lacrimas of differing colors at four corners of the room surrounding an even bigger lacrima. From its size alone can be as big as our guild, maybe even more
As I peak over I see that Natsu is already pushed against the wall of the room.
Along with another person that looked familiar.
A young man with two toned hair mix of black and white tied in a Japanese top knot at the back of his head. Dressed in a long, orange reddish karate gi held by a black belt adorned with reddish fur around the collar as well as a katana at his hip, fishnets on his arms and a pair of loose black pants and boots. What stood out most though were the three black bars across his face.
Totomaru
"The Great Fire" of the Element Four
"I am Totomaru and I have complete control over the element of Fire" as he declares his name, Natsu somewhat remembers the Element Four, Happy plays the straight man, and they continue fighting.
BZZZ!
BZZZ!
BZZZ!
BZZZ!
I then notice that the other Lacrima are starting to brighten up and are sending massive amounts of Magic Power to the main core.
"If Natsu can just get him out of the way I can have a clear shot at the Jupiter cannon"
Two Minutes Until Jupiter Fires!
"Natsu, we gotta hurry. We can't let the cannon fire" as Happy passes him by after having spit on him instead of his Fire Dragon Roar, now he's pissed and gotten his full attention on Natsu.
"That works, just a bit more Natsu. Get him away from the lacrima" as I watch this from the shadows and slowly build up my Magic Power.
Though this time I'm making sure that it circulates slowly within my body and not outwards so that they don't notice until the last possible moment..
Meanwhile Totomaru unleashed an orange flame that Natsu devoured, leaving him lying on the ground and squirming in pain.
"Smells like an old rag soaked in spoiled milk, doesn't it?" as he laughs on at this, though not for long as they now started butting heads.
One Minute Until Jupiter Fires!
"Come on, Hurry up Natsu" as Happy pulls his face, not that it helps as Natsu decides to fight without using fire.
"Huh, now you want to fight without using Magic? That's fine by me. My katana is at the ready" as he draws it out and starts slashing at Natsu who dodges some of them but also fights back.
"NOW!" as I finally see an opening and a Blood Red magic Circle appears behind me and on my feet.
"Burst" as I call out and slam my foot down and pass half the distance in an instant.
"What? There's someone else here. Damn you, this was your plan all along?" as he notices me and tries to stop me by shooting a blast of Blue Fire at me, but was quickly devoured by Natsu.
Twenty Seconds until Jupiter Fires!
"Shawn, do it now!" as Natsu screamed while he kept Totomaru occupied.
"Thanks Natsu, I owe you one" as I make it just below the lacrima before using another Burst to jump high in the air and stand just in front of the giant lacrima.
As I heavily concentrated my aura into both fists before reeling them back.
"Burst Impact Barrage!"
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
As a series of loud thuds occured as I smashed my fists against the giant lacrima, though I wasn't just hitting at random.
But was actually hitting the exact same spot over and over again with incredible force.
And before long...
CRACK!
CRACK!
CRACK!
CRACK!
BOOOOOOOM!
As all the built up magic power inside was released along with a massive explosion.
…
…
...
For a few moments there was nothing but dust and wreckage as well as a massive hole in the outer wall where the cannon used to be.
As for me?
Before it exploded I used Burst to get away and headed next to Natsu who ate the fire, but it's impact still sent me flying.
"They outsmarted me!" as Totomaru was still in one piece.
While I took a knee from landing though the force cracked the ground around me. I took in deep breaths while sweat dripped down my face.
Destroying something like that when you're low on Magic Power isn't exactly easy.
"When... did you notice me?" as I asked in-between breaths.
"Since the moment you headed inside, never underestimate the nose of a Dragon Slayer" as he smiled while scratching his nose.
As for Happy who seemed to have realized "I get it, Natsu picked up on Shawn's scent and was waiting to give him an opening. Now I feel kind of bad about rushing him like that"
After all, when does your enemy most likely let their guard down?
Answer!
When they're just on the cusp of victory of course.
As I let a small smile grace my lips before getting serious once more "That's it for Jupiter. But this isn't over yet, there's still-"
RUMBLE~
RUMBLE~
RUMBLE~
BOOOM!
BOOOM!
BOOOOOM!
As the whole place starts shaking and pieces of the building come tumbling down.
"He's awakening it right now? But there's no horizontal stabilization here" as he stands on the wall as the rest of the area starts to literally tilt on its side.
As Totomaru starts grinning in joy "you Fairy Tailers are through. Phantom's giant will slaughter you" as he screams in joy.
"Natsu, get up" as Happy calls out to him.
"KNEEL BEFORE ME YOU DETESTABLE BRATS, OR YOU WILL FALL VICTIM TO MY WRATH. SAVOR YOUR LAST MOMENTS BECAUSE SOON I WILL END YOUR PATHETIC LITTLE LIVES"
Though Jose starts talking I simply chose to ignore him while looking at Natsu who was suffering from motion sickness.
Though I don't have time to grab him since it's hard enough to keep ourselves balanced in this place.
"What's your problem? You get motion sickness? Guess you can't eat fire right now can you? Well then, time for me to-"
"Gray, shut him up for me will you?"
"With pleasure"
DING!
DING!
DING!
As suddenly before he could finish Totomaru was quickly frozen from head to toe in ice, courtesy of Gray.
"You're not a man, you're a backwards shooting snowflake" while Elfman sent Totomaru flying off into the ether.
As the seemingly completed Giant had finished transforming I was able to get up and say "Thanks, that guy was about to get on my last nerve" as that makes one of the Element Four down for the count.
That just leaves one thing left unanswered.
"What are you guys doing here? I thought I told you to stay with Erza and the others"
"Erza and Lucy told us to back you up, and… we really couldn't refuse them" as I saw them both covered in cold sweat.
It also didn't seem like they were willing to speak any further on the matter.
"What the hell did those two say to scare them like that?" as the mere thought sent a chill down my spine.
"And what about Loke?"
"Still with Lucy and Erza, he insisted on it" though he wasn't sure why.
As I place my hand under my chin "What's going on with him?" while trying to think about how he's been behaving so differently since we started this fight.
But I'll have to leave that aside for now.
Deciding to end the topic there they both went to check on Natsu.
Both of them roasted Natsu for his weakness to motion sickness, then Gray decided to ask "So, is this all that's left of the Jupiter cannon?
"Aye" replied Happy followed by "though Shawn is the one who really destroyed it"
"Hey, give me some credit Happy!" as Natsu went to explain about how he distracted Totomaru long enough to give me an opening.
"I see, then you both did good" as he praises us. I couldn't help but feel like he was trying to act cool, but this wasn't the time to argue.
"Now then, do you guys know what all that shaking was earlier? I know for a fact that it couldn't have been Jupiter"
"I'll do it. Let me fly outside and see what's going on" though before Happy could head off I grabbed him by the tail.
"Hold it Happy, take me with you. I've got another bad feeling about this" as I hoped it wasn't what I was imagining.
Happy then took me on his back and took off.
Though while we were flying "You know, I think this is the first time I've ever flown with an Exceed. Pretty nice all things considered, maybe I should think about getting one" though this idea would have to be put on hold for the time being.
"Huh, good thing your not as heavy as Lucy"
"Happy, now's not really isn't the best time to make fun of her. You don't want me to take away your fish again, do you?"
SHIVER~
As Happy knew he wasn't joking he kept his mouth shut and finally made our way outside..
The whole front of the base now looked like a giant robot straight out of a mech anime from the early 90s.
Though that didn't matter as much as the magic circle it was drawing was a thousand times more important.
"So, it's the Abyss Break, definitely not good Happy"
"Do you know what that is Shawn?" as I could hear the fear lingering in Happy's voice.
"Take me back to the others and I'll explain" as he replied "Aye sir" and headed straight back to the others.
"So, tell us you two, what is it?" asks Elfman.
"So, do you want the good news or bad news?" as I answer them with a question.
"Start with the bad news first," says Natsu.
As I take a moment to calm down "All right, the bad news is that the entire Phantom Headquarters has turned into a giant. Though to make matters even worse is that it's casting the Abyss Break spell, a forbidden spell powerful enough to wipe out the entire city, and from the looks of it we've got only ten minutes before it finishes casting"
…
….
….
"WE'RE DOOMED!" as Happy started freaking out.
"What'll we do, we got to stop it somehow!" Natsu gritted his teeth and it seemed like he would go running off any moment.
While Gary grabbed him by his scarf "Hold it flame brain. Before you go on a rampage, Shawn, what's the good news?"
Though before I could say Natsu broke free from Gray's clutches, forcing him to freeze his lower half, though I know that won't hold him for long.
"The good news is that I've read quite a few books, and the Abyss Break spell was actually in one of them"
"You don't mean…" as Elfman seemed to finally catch on.
Though that last part about books was a partial lie, being a bookworm is still a part of me, I made sure to read as much as I could about the spells used by all the villains in the series I could find.
But given the majority of them were mostly forbidden spells there were some that only had partial information such as what they're called and they're effects, not on how to cast them yourself.
Which most likely is done by the Magic Council in order to limit any possible threats to the kingdom.
Imagine if an ordinary citizen with a grudge against Fiore had access to forbidden spells and the Dark Arts.
Don't even get me started on the Books of Zeref.
It makes sense they would ban any knowledge regarding such dangerous spells.
It also gives me an excuse to flaunt my knowledge in times like these without arousing suspicion.
Though since we're short on time I try to keep it short.
"The Abyss Break spell is made up of the four elements: Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. Jose uses Shade Magic so he's ruled out, best guess would be the Element Four that's powering the giant, take them out…"
"And we take out the Abyss Break along with them" as Gray finishes for me, the other's eyes widened as they finally got it.
Nodding my head "Exactly, for now we should split up and try to locate the rest of the Element Four. Though I imagine with Totomaru out of the picture the spell should have slowed down, nonetheless you find one of them you take them out, understood?"
"Right"
"Aye sir"
"Hmph, this sounds like a job for a real man"
As Gray nodded, Happy flew, and Elfman proclaimed…
SIZZLE~
BANG!
"HAAAAAAAAA! I'M COMING FOR YA PHANTOM. YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!" as Natsu melted the ice on his legs and charged straight out of the room.
"Natsu, wait for me" as Happy panicked for a moment before flying after him.
"..."
"..."
"... I better go after him, who knows what that idiot will do if no one's there to babysit him"
After both of them agree, they split up and I track down Natsu, which is pretty easy since all you have to do is follow the roars, explosions, and all the damage he leaves in his wake.
Phantom's Interior Halls
Erza's POV
Shortly after "asking" Gray and Elfman to back Shawn and the others up.
Despite the front he put on for us I could tell he still hasn't fully recovered from earlier, the only reason I'm able to stand and fight against Jose after protecting the guild is because of him.
Guess now I owe him one, maybe when this war with Phantom is settled I can finally take him to that sweet shop we promised to go back before that whole mess on Galuna happened.
"For now though, I'll leave it to the others to keep an eye on him. Protecting Lucy and defeating Jose is what's most important"
Lucy, Loki, and myself headed deeper into Phantom's headquarters looking for Master Jose.
Though it seems like nothing more than an endless maze of hallways and stairs resulting in us getting lost.
"What is that?"
As I hear Lucy call out and point to something outside the window.
Loki and I turn our attention outside, only to be shocked at the giant magic circle that the now "Phantom Giant" is now casting.
"What is that?" Lucy asks while sweat drips down the side of her cheek.
"Abyss Break, how did Phantom…"
"What is that Loke, explain" as Loke seems to realize what it is I order him to explain what it is.
He then begins filling us in on the Abyss Break, what it does, and the devastation it can leave if it's finished.
"Believe me, an Abyss Break on that scale can wipe out the entire city"
BANG!
"!"
As the anger finally boils over, I smash my fist against the wall and curse Phantom.
"Is Jose really going to go that far? The people of Magnolia have nothing to do with this, why involve them?"
"Erza..."
As Lucy called out I tried to take a deep breath and focus.
"Hey, doesn't it seem to have slowed down?" as Loke points out, compared to moments earlier it does seem like the Giant's movements have slowed down slightly.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Rumble!
"AHHH!" as Lucy yelled in terror, I was more focused on the explosions I could see near one of the giant's arms.
That and the shaking from earlier told me something.
Not sure why, but I feel as if something has changed.
"It's Shawn and the others, I think they're already working on that, for now all we can do is trust them"
""Right!"" as we started to pick up the pace.
"Just you wait Jose, you're next"
Shawn's POV
"DID YOU REALLY THINK YOUR LITTLE PARLOR TRICK WOULD FOOL ME? AS PUNISHMENT, I'LL CRUSH YOU TO DEATH AS YOU WATCH YOUR FRIENDS PERISH"
As I finished taking down another of Phantom's goons who came in by burying their heads in the ground, I heard Jose's voice play over again.
"Mirajane, so it's come to that huh" as I was following Natsu's trail of destruction that the bastard's voice started to get on my nerves, regardless of my feelings it at least gives me an idea at what stage we're at.
Elfman must be dealing with that Frenchie Sol, I never really liked that guy, especially since he can torment his opponent mentally by showing his victim's tragic past.
Though that now begs the question of can he overcome him? Or will he be consumed by his own guilt for "murdering" Lisanna?
BOOM!
Then another explosion goes off somewhere, and it's not far either from the sound of it.
"WHY ARE YOU CRYING?"
Along with the shout that sounds throughout the place.
I only know one man who can scream like that.
"Well that answers that".
… Screw it, I don't have time to go back and check, I'll just have to do what I can now and proceed further down the hall.
"You're still standing after my attack, very impressive"
"I'm fired up now. Let's see what you got!"
As I see the end of the corridor I can already hear Aria and Natsu's voices coming down the hall.
As I reached the end I found myself in a wide open area, it seems like some sort of reception area, perhaps from before you reach the Guild Master's room.
Though seeing it I already know this is the place where Makarov and Jose have their final battle.
"Natsu!" I call out to him, he turns around "I see you finally made it, what took you so long?"
Just hearing that is starting to piss me off, though now isn't the time to argue.
"Hmm, you are… the one who saved Titania from the wrath of Jupiter, correct?" as Aria looks at me.
"The name's Shawn Chambers, and I take it your Aria of the Element Four?"
"Indeed, I'll admit while you were impressive, the amount of Magic Power you possess now is not enough to defeat me, that is…. SO SAD!" as he starts bawling his eyes out again, though I wonder how in the hell those bandages aren't soaked by now.
"Listen Natsu, I can tell you're having a hard time with him, we'll have better odds of winning if we team up"
"Like hell, you just wanna have all the fun. I take this jerk all by myself…"
"Natsu!"
I scream out, causing him to flinch in response.
"This isn't up for debate, understand?" as I glare angrily at him
"Aye sir!" as it seems like he's completely terrified, probably because I remind him of Erza.
Not wanting to scar the poor kid "thanks, consider this a job Natsu. If you finish it I'll treat you to lunch at my friend's place in Clover as a reward. You can stuff your face as much as you want" and smile.
Hearing the prospect of food seemed to snap him out of it and he started "I'll keep you to that, now you've got me fired up!" as he smashed his fists together and his Magic Power is on the rise.
"That's Natsu for ya" while Happy finally makes his presence known to me.
Now that that's settled, I start preparing myself, since this isn't going to be an easy fight.
"How about I even the odds?"
BOOM!
"What?"
As I recognize that voice anywhere me, Natsu, and everyone else look up and see someone crashing through the roof of this place.
That figure lands and the dust clears and see who it is.
As he stands up with his arms crossed with that arrogant look on his face, I can already feel my blood start to boil over.
"...Gajeel, this is just perfect" as I can't help but smile despite the crisis we find ourselves in.
Author's Note: Hi everyone, Ashbel Dusk here with another chapter of Fairy Tail: Guildmate from Another World
It's been quite a while hasn't it guys?
To start off I'd like to apologize for being gone so long, I've wanted to upload new chapters for so long yet just couldn't get the time to do it.
What with work taking most of my week away and COVID restrictions making it hard on everyone as well.
All I can is thank you guys for sticking with me through all of this, you guys make me glad I started this over two years ago and want to see this through to the end.
Once again, I sincerely thank you guys for your patience (insert image of me bowing)
...
Now, on to some important matters.
I hope to release another chapter for both of my current stories before the end of February, so I'll be most likely be writing on the weekends and when I have time to spare after work.
Also, I'm hoping not to drop off the face of the earth again since that isn't fair to you guys.
So if it does happen again I'll make sure to make an announcement next time, it's just the right thing to do.
As such, I look forward to giving you guys more chapters in the coming months with consistency in mind.
Next Time: A Tag Team Battle ensues? How will Shawn and the others overcome the odds? Tune in to find out.
Till Next Time!
