Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Kanji's POV
We headed up the tower to find Natsu and stop him from attacking Erza's friend.
"Hey Metal-mouth can't you just use that telepathy to call them?" I asked.
"It's being blocked. I can't find Wally or Millianna anywhere."
I was in the middle of the pack with Gray and Juvia.
"You sure we can trust this guy?" Gray asked "I mean we survived but Natsu or Lucy could have gotten killed."
"I'm not making excuses" The man told Gray "But if you had died there, you'd never stand a chance against Jellal. Besides I was confident Natsu would survive."
"What about me!" Lucy yelled.
"None of you have come to comprehend Natsu's true power." Simon told us "When he unleashes his true inner dragon, evil will fall in his wake."
Inner Dragon?
"Hello." The walls started speaking.
"What the hell." "Where's that coming from?"
"My name is Jellal, the ruler of this tower. All the pieces are I place so let's begin."
So this is the voice behind the story huh?
"Shall we play Heaven's Game?"
"You wanna toy with us some more." I mumbled.
"My goal is to use Erza Scarlet as my sacrifice to revive Zeref." The man said over the speakers.
Like hell I'll let you get anywhere near her.
"I will win if I succeed in opening the gates of heaven. If you manage to stop me you win."
"Easy enough I just have to beat the crap out of that guy." I smirked.
"But since that by itself is so dreadfully boring I've recruited four warriors to fight on my behalf."
"Warriors?" the Metal-man looked confused as to who these guys were.
"So in other words it an incredible battle, four on seven." Jellal boasted "And there's one final rule I need to tell you about. There is a slight chance the magic council might attack this tower with the Satellite Square, Etherion."
"Is he insane?!"
"There is no time limit but if the Etherion does fire…everyone will lose."
"The council, impossible they…"
Erza went quiet mid-sentence and me turned around and saw her friend Sho had trapped her inside one of his cards.
"What are you doing?"
"Drop her now!"
"I'll defeat Jellal myself. I won't let him touch her!" and just like that he ran off.
"Ahh Damn it!" I ran after the boy who had taken Erza with him "Gray take the girls and find Natsu!"
I ran after the man and heard footsteps behind me.
"Any reason you're following me…Simon?"
"You'll need my help to convince Sho to free Erza."
"I wasn't gonna convince him…I was just got knock him out but if you can talk him down fine."
We followed after Sho before we lost track of him.
"Where the hell is he!" I yelled
"You need to relax." Simon told me "You're getting out of control."
"I won't relax till Erza is back in my arms." I told him.
"Oh…I see, exactly what are you to Erza?"
"I'm her boyfriend."
"I see." He said not sounding very thrilled.
"Yeah have been for a while, about three years now. I'm gonna marry her someday."
"I see…How did you two meet?"
"Oh that…well I guess I can tell you why we look. It all started eight years ago…
Flashback Start!
It was a day like any other…boring and not exciting at all. As usual I sat around the guild with Gray and Cana waiting for something to happen. Ever since Dad left a few years back Laxus hasn't been very fun to be around.
"You guys want me to read your fortunes?" Cana asked "It'll pass the time."
"Sure."
"Okay Gray you first." Gray cut the deck and Cana shuffled her cards around "Alright Gray…the cards say you're going to have an amazing day."
"What? That can't be right."
"What do you mean Gray?" I asked.
"I fell in a ditch on the way here and dropped my wallet; today's been nothing but crap."
"Well that's what they say…your turn Kanji."
I cut the deck and Cana dealt her cards out.
"Okay the cards say today…well that can't be right."
"What do they say Cana come on I wanna know."
"Uhh…alright they say." Before she could answer the door opened up and a girl walked in.
She was short; her blood red hair was cut short as well. She wasn't dressed very well. In fact the clothes she had on looked like they were gonna fall apart. But her most recognizable feature was her eye patch.
Who's she?
The girl walked to the center of the guild and looked around. I walked up to introduce myself like I do to most kids that show up at the guild.
"Hi, I'm Kanji what's your name?"
"…"
"Uhh I guess you're not much of a talker huh?"
"…"
"I'll take it from here boy." Gramps said walking up.
"Okay Grandpa." I pulled the old man over "Make sure you get her name. You can tell me when we go home okay."
"Why do you want to know so badly? …AHH!" Gramps said in shock "You getting to that age I knew this happen someday." Suddenly the old man was crying "They grow up so fast. I didn't think I'd be dealing with a problem like this for at least another few years."
"What the hell are you talking about you old fart!" I yelled.
He didn't answer he just walked away sobbing.
"Okay…that was weird, I just wanted to know the new girls name."
I went back to the table with Gray and Cana. When I asked her to tell me what my fortune was she told me she had forgotten and trying again wasn't going to work. The rest of that day went on like normal.
That was the day Erza entered my life.
LATER
Most of the week went on like that. I'd try and talk to Erza but she just brushed me off. After the second day she began to wear armor, an odd choice in a magic guild. Gray wasn't too pleased with the lack of interest show by Erza. He kept trying to pick a fight with her but she always put him in his place. I guess I owe Gray one though, because of him I was finally able to hear Erza's voice.
I still remember the first words she spoke "Don't worry about me."
It kept going like that for days on end. Gray would pick a fight then Erza beat the crap outta him. But still she wouldn't even speak to me and I didn't know why. I kept trying to talk to her but she never answered.
One day I was walking home around sunset when I saw her sitting by the river.
Is it just the sun…she looks pretty in that light…what am I saying!
I felt my face heat up I realized I was staring. I was gonna try again, this time I'd make her talk no matter what.
"Umm…Hi."
When she didn't answer I once again kept pressing for a response.
"Still won't talk to me. Did I do something to bother you?"
"…"
I have to make this girl talk.
So in order to get her to at least open her mouth I tried something that I knew would get her attention.
"Let's see you not say anything after this." I told her.
She turned her head to me and looked confused. That was my chance.
I moved quickly and kissed her.
"Ahh! What are you doing?!" She said pushing away and holding her face.
"Hahaha! I knew I'd get you to talk." I said with a smile.
"You're…You're…UGH! I can't believe you!" she said turning away, trying to hide her blush.
"You're really cute when you're embarrassed."
"I'm…I'm not embarrassed."
"Your face says otherwise." I told her "Now that I've got you to do it once will you talk to me."
"I prefer to be left alone."
"Why is that?"
"I just prefer to be left alone."
"That stupid." I told her "Life's way more fun with friends."
The look on her face got sad "I used to think that too."
"I'm sorry, was it something I said?"
"Huh oh no it's nothing." She had tears in the corners of her eyes.
That look. It makes me angry, why is she crying.
"Hey you wanna do something?"
"Huh?"
"You and me let's go out and do something. There's a fair in town tomorrow let's go. It'll be like…what's that thing Laxus is always talking about…Ahh a date."
"What No!" she said blushing again.
"Alright then that's fine, it's getting late I should head home. I'll see you tomorrow Erza."
"Yeah bye."
"Hey Erza!" I yelled from the top of the hill "You might not go with me tomorrow but one day I will take you to the fair!"
I don't know why but Erza makes me happy.
Four Years Later
It was just after my fifteenth birthday. Nothing to interesting had happened the last few years. Natsu joined the guild and Laxus got more and more distant. There was still no sign of Lauren or Dad anywhere. I had been stuck in a routine for weeks now. Nothing exciting was going on. It had been years but something remained fresh in my mine.
I walked up to the door of the guild and saw Erza there "Morning Erza."
"Hey."
After that day by the river Erza had opened up to me and we became good friends. I walked up to the job board once I was inside and I saw Cana was by the board as well.
"Hey Cana."
"What's up?" She said looking at a flyer.
"What's that for."
"Oh, the fair's in town."
I took the flyer from her and scanned it.
Annual fair. This is the one I try and take Erza to the last few years.
I walked across the guild, Erza was arguing with Mira like usually.
"Beat it Mira." I told her.
"Shut it sparkplug. What you wanna talk to your little girlfriend.
"He's not my boyfriend."
"You should hurry up and take him while you still have the chance Red." Mira teased grabbing my arm "Before I do."
"Knock it off Mira." I shook her loose.
Mira laughed and went off to see her siblings.
"You need something?"
"Yeah here." I handed her the paper "It's back in town, please come this year."
"I…I don't know."
"I told you I'd take you one day and today is the day. Please Erza. You've been saying you won't go the last few years because you think it's a date and you were too young for them. We're fifteen so dates should be normal."
"I don't…Alright sure." She said keeping her head down "But it's not a date."
"Yeah! It's about time. I'll pick you up at seven."
LATER
The time couldn't come fast enough. I left early and got to Fairy Hills with plenty of time to spare. This day felt like it was supposed to be a dream. Ever since I convinced Cana to tell we what she saw in the cards that day I've been trying to get Erza to go out with me. She always says we were too young but know I finally got my chance.
The door opened and Erza emerged. She looked beautiful. She was wearing her casual clothes and had a purse with her.
"You look nice." I told her
Compared to her I was a little under dressed. I had jeans and polo on.
"You do too."
She complimented me.
"Ready for our date milady." I said sticking my hand out in a joking manor.
"I thought I said this wasn't a date."
"Come on you know better than that."
*Sigh* "Yeah I should just accept it. Fine this will be our first date. I expect you to treat me well." She said putting her hand atop mine
"Shall we."
"Let's shall."
The night was the best night of my life, Erza looked to be having fun to. Erza and I visited a ton of stands and rides. I won her a bear; it was dressed like a knight. After countless hours out on the town we decided to go home. I walked Erza back to her dorm.
"I had a lot of fun tonight Erza."
"Yeah me too."
We sat there awkwardly for a few more seconds.
"I should get inside." She turned to go.
Before she got too far I pulled her back and she fell into my chest.
"Uh…Uh…Um..."
I silenced Erza with a kiss. I was surprised when she kissed back. We stood like that for a few more seconds before we separated.
"Um…Wow." She said.
"Haha! Yeah that was nice." I told her "How about we do something like this again sometime?"
"I'd like that." She said heading back inside "I'll see you tomorrow."
Flashback End!
"After that Erza and I went on a few more dates, it was a few more months before we started calling our relationship 'official'. We've been together ever since."
"That's quiet the tale."
"Yeah." I reached into my pocket and showed him the ring "This is why I have to stop Jellal. You can't ask a girl to marry you if some guy uses her as a sacrifice."
"You plan to ask Erza to marry you?"
"I was going to do that at the casino but you guys put a stop to that."
We walked through a door way into a room where the floor was covered in feathers.
"What's this place?"
"I have no idea? I don't remember a feather room."
"Ahh! You must be Simon. Jellal spoke of you." A man said from the other side of the room.
"Who are you?" Simon asked the man "Are you one of those warriors Jellal spoke of?"
"Correct, only I'm not with those Trinity Raven guy, I'm only helping Jellal as a favor for a friend." The man explained.
"What's your name?" I asked the man.
He was a tall guy, about my height. He had tan skin and black hair tied in a ponytail. He had a soul patch on his chin. He was wearing a brown leather vest and had a cowboy hat, like Bisca's only brown not white. He had on a pair of brown leather pants with tassels on the seams and the bottoms. He even had a thick leather glove on his right hand.
"My name is Harver, Harver Quatro."
"I know that name." Simon identified the man.
"Silence him Hermes!"
A Falcon soared in through the window and sank its talon's into Simons shoulder and threw him to the ground.
"Simon!"
"It's him. They call him 'The Falconer'. You need to get away from here; he's a member of Grimoire Heart.
The dark guild!
The room went dark as Simon blocked out the lights to give me the chance to run
"No way! I can take him."
"Luna! Shred him"
I felt a pair of talons dig into my back and saw and owl clawing at me.
"Damn bird!" I grabbed it and snapped its neck "How'd that feel."
"What a monster!" Harver yelled as the darkness cleared "Too bad that won't work."
A magic circle appeared on his glove and the owl came through it.
It's summoning magic like Lucy's
"This is Bird Summoning Magic. I have a whole flock at my command. You've already seen my Falcon and my Owl, How about I show you some more. Hera! Zeus!"
A Hawk and an Eagle came out and flew and me.
"Talon Crush!"
The two birds we're so fast I barely saw them. The claws dug into my wrist and pinned me to the wall.
"Now that I have you in place, I'll finish you off. Blind him Polyphemus!" A raven with a scar over one eye emerged and landed on my head, the claws dug into my hair and it hurt like hell.
"Lightning Body!" my whole body charged up and roasted the birds clawing at my skin
"Smart man. Hermes!" The falcon came back and flew right at me.
I need to do something. I can't be stopped here I have to find Erza before it's too late. I don't have a choice I have to use it.
"You've forced my hand!" I told the man "You asked for this!
I'm Sorry Natsu.
I charged my fist and punched forwards "Lightning Dragon's Demolition Fist!"
"What the hell!" Simon yelled.
"Hera!" The hawk came out and carried Harver out of the way of my electric attack.
"Lightning Dragon's Roar!" I shot a bolt from my mouth into the air but the bird was so fast he kept avoiding the attack.
"How are you doing this?" Simon asked "You're not a dragon slayer; you're the grandson of the Fairy Tail guild master?"
"The call us second generation. We have a lacrima that gives us power. I have half the Lightning Dragon Lacrima in my body; my brother Laxus has the other half."
"No one told me this." Harver said out load. She told me this be easy 'Just help Jellal' that was all this was supposed to be, damn it Ultear."
"You made me do this, I hate this magic it's not natural. Natsu learned this magic from his father; he will never know that I bear this ability. If he found out that I achieved power from a dragon without ever meeting with it that would dishonor his father's teachings!"
A small pigeon flew in through a window. It had a note tied to its leg. It landed on Harver's shoulder and he took off the note and read it.
"You lucked out brat. We'll have to settle this some other time. Athena!" A large toucan came out; this thing was like the size of a house "See ya around!"
Harver and the bird flew out the window and into the distance.
"Let's go I have to find Jellal."
AN
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