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Bold is attacks.
Kanji's POV
As soon as Levy lowered the barrier, I sprinted out the door leaving Natsu and Gajeel in my dust.
I just have to get Freed to tell me where Laxus is.
I was wandering around town looking for Freed when I felt a magic pulse pierce the air.
This magic?
"Mira?!"
I had to make my way to Freed and since Mira was most likely there too I could kill two birds with one stone.
"Don't do anything stupid Mira."
I ran towards the outer part of town as fast as I could.
If Mira is doing what I think she is, she could kill Freed. I need to talk to him.
When I arrived at the outer part of town Mira was already crushing Freed in an air battle. She had him pinned the ground by his throat and her demon fist was getting dangerously close to his face, but then she stopped just short.
"Don't pity me Mirajane, just end it." Freed told her.
"Why would I do that? We're friends you know, members of the same guild." She said turning back to normal.
"That's not true! Laxus is my only ally."
"There's nothing wrong with having that one special person." Mira explained "But you have so many people around you, you just have to reach out for them. When people see how lonely they are that's when they become the most kind."
Lonely?
"I never wanted any of this." Freed said as he started to cry.
"Then help me stop it." I told him stepping out "Where is Laxus?"
Freed looked at me for a second "The cathedral. Please stop him. I know you hate seeing him like this."
"I'll get it done." I told him as I ran off.
Is it just as easy as reaching out?
Kanji's POV
I was going to the cathedral when I got stuck thinking about the past.
What the hell happened?
Flashback Start
Laxus came out of Gramp's office angrier than usual.
"Out of the way runt."
"Are you fighting with Grandpa again? Please stop doing that."
"How come you always side with him?" Laxus asked "I'm your brother but you always take the old man's side."
"I'm not taking anyone's side. But you're upset over nothing. So, what if people only see you as the master's grandson, shouldn't that give you something to strive for?" I asked sitting at the table.
"Still he's the one who kicked Dad out." He said taking a seat.
"Dad was a doing bad things! Look what he did to us!" I said pointing to his scar.
"And?! What if he was still here Lauren wouldn't have gotten taken!" He yelled "And he won't help us go look for her! Even after we found out where she was."
"We only know she's with Dad, and that Dad founded a guild. We don't know where that guild is. Besides if we just ran in and tried to take her who knows what he'd do."
"I'm leaving." Laxus said getting up from the table.
"Laxus just think once in a while, what would Mom think of you acting like this?"
He stopped at the door and turned around "You trying to piss me off?"
"No just since Dad left you've been acting weird. I'm worried. This isn't like you. You've been distant, it's like you don't care anymore."
"Maybe this is just how I was all along." He said stepping outside.
"I don't think that's it at all." I said to myself "If he's gonna get strong to surpass Gramps, then I get strong as well. I'll show you Laxus, I'll make you proud of me."
Flashback End
I was snapped from my thoughts by the sound of shattering glass. I hopped up a building and saw that all the windows of the cathedral had just been blown out.
I have to hurry.
I flew to the front door and saw it was already open so I let myself in.
"Laxus!" I wasn't the only person to call out the name.
"Natsu? Erza?!"
"Oh you guys got out of there?" Erza said.
"Who's that guy?" Natsu said gesturing to other man inside with us.
"Mystogan?"
"You're wide open!" Laxus yelled as he shot Mystogan in the head.
When the smoke cleared, I saw Mystogan's face for the first time in my life, and it made me angry.
"What are you doing here?!" I yelled
"You're…alive?"
"Oh a familiar face?" Laxus questioned.
"Wait so Mystogan was really Jellal?" Natsu asked.
Mystogan sighed "I'm sorry Erza; I never wanted you to see this. I am not your friend Jellal, I know of him, but I'm not him." He turned to me "I'll leave this with you."
And like usual he vanished.
"Damn jerk, I'll deal with that later. I will handle this Natsu." I yelled "Erza? Erza!"
Erza got shocked by Laxus "Pay attention Red, wipe that dumb look off your face. Come on little man, aren't you gonna defend you woman?"
"AHH! Laxus!" Natsu yelled "I'll be the one to take you out."
"Oh when did you get here Natsu?"
I blasted Natsu off to the side "Take a spot in line." I charged my fist and ran in at Laxus "Let's go!"
This will have to be up close and personal; he'll just absorb my ranged attacks.
"Get out of my face!" He shot a bolt at me but I jumped away from it.
I kicked off the wall and went in for a punch. He blocked it with arm and I slid back.
"You'll have to faster than that!" He yelled as he kicked me in the face.
"Ugh."
"Where are you going, we're just getting started!" He grabbed my wrist and I fell to the ground from the force of his attack, he quickly followed up with a punch to my face.
"Who said I was running?! This is my chance to finally kick your ass!" I said punching him like he did me.
We traded blows back and forth; each shaking off the damage like it was nothing. I lost my footing after a punch to the face. Laxus tried to curb-stomp my face but I rolled out of the way. I tried to kick him in the kidney during the dodge but he stepped on my head.
"Not even close brat!"
"Gah!" I got knocked back pretty far and as I was standing up someone used me as a springboard.
"I'm borrowing you for a second." Erza said.
Erza slashed at Laxus but missed. Natsu pulled himself off the floor from before and tried to re-enter the fight but Laxus punched him back into the wall.
I scrapped Natsu off the rocks "Take a break would ya."
"What are those things in the sky Laxus?" Erza asked him.
"That would be the Thunder Palace. You heard of it right, I mean your boyfriend is the one that created it."
"You'd destroy your own hometown! You monster!"
Erza kicked at Laxus but he caught it with one had "Two minutes."
"Hands off!" I yelled punching him in the stomach.
"Natsu go destroy them!" Erza said.
"I can't they'll shock me if I hit them."
"Body link magic!" Erza yelled she jumped back and changed into her Lightning Empress Armor.
"Erza stop, leave this to me." I told her.
She stared at me for a second before smiling "Just be careful okay. We have a lot of planning to do."
Erza ran off "Where are you going? Are you gonna try and destroy that thing?"
"It's useless!" Laxus yelled "Just one of those things is deadly, and there are three hundred out there in the sky. Besides times up."
"Then I'll destroy them all at once." Erza told him.
"That would kill you!" Laxus yelled.
"But the town would be safe. Make sure you stop Laxus!" Erza yelled running off.
"I can trust you right?" I called out "and I don't mean about destroying the lacrima. You better come back alive!"
"Get back here!" Laxus yelled trying to go after Erza.
"Fire Dragon Roar!"
"We're right here." Natsu told him.
"You fricken punks."
I flashed forward and got in Laxus face "Electric Shotgun!"
Laxus took the blow, I tried to punch him again put he caught my fist and pushed me back.
"Don't you see it, what a sorry state the guild is in?!" The air around me exploded with lightning and knocked me back into Natsu "I'm going to fix the guild, and to do that I have to be Master!"
"There is one minute and thirty seconds left till activation of the Thunder Palace."
"What's the old man doing? Doesn't he care about the town?" Laxus said.
"Don't get so cocky Laxus." I yelled charging forward "Thunder Blast!" I pushed him back with a shock burst "It's a lot harder to keep acting tough isn't it Laxus?!"
"Who the hell do you think you're talking to?!" He yelled shooting at me.
"Erza will stop the palace!" Natsu yelled coming from behind to kick Laxus in the face.
"You two better shut up." Laxus yelled as lighting erupted from the floor knocking us both back.
*Buzz Buzz* "The Thunder Palace is out of order." The loudspeaker said
"Told ya." I gloated "The guild is fine how it is. How can anyone respect you as master when you never try to be friendly with them?"
"RAH!" Laxus exploded with energy "Than I'll do it with force!"
"Stop it Laxus I won't let you take the guild." Natsu told him.
"Is that so? I never should have wasted time with hostages and bargaining. Power is the easiest way!" he yelled.
"I'll stop you know!" Natsu yelled charging forward.
"You'll be the first to taste it." Laxus pushed Natsu into the air with a bolt and shocked the life out of him.
"Enough! Lightning Eruption!" I kicked the floor and blasted Laxus with a powerful shock.
"That tickled; let me show you some real Lightning."
Laxus teleported forward and hit me with a flurry of powerful kicks and punches, all of which were infused with lightning.
"Come on fight back!" Laxus yelled blasting me away.
I stumbled off the ground "Static Stingers!" The ten bolts swerved towards Laxus but he swatted his hand and brushed them away.
"That was fricken pathetic!" he yelled thrusting his hand into the air "Can you feel it? The lighting I've summoned?"
How does he still have the power to use this spell?
"It will plummet from the heavens and turn you to ash! Raging Bolt!"
I looked back and saw Natsu was still stuck on the ground trying to pick himself up.
I can absorb the spell but this could kill him!
"Natsu run!"
The bolt slammed into the ground.
Natsu!
When the smoke cleared no one was left in the crater that had formed.
"Hahaha! Who's the strongest?!" Laxus yelled "What's the matter Natsu can't answer since you got turned to dust!"
He's losing his mind.
"That wasn't very nice."
I turned around to see Gajeel standing behind me.
"It ain't nice to kill your guild mates. Luckily I got here in time. I'll be the one to take this kid out."
"Gajeel."
"Another victim!" Laxus yelled.
"You two stay out of this I'll handle it." I told them.
"No way." Gajeel said.
"Yeah!" Natsu added.
"This guy is a true monster; he has Makarov's blood in him." Gajeel said "And so do you. We don't have to like it but we don't have any choice. We'll have to take him on together."
"What! No way!" Natsu yelled.
"I can handle this myself." I told him.
"Look at him." Gajeel pointed out "Stop lying to yourself, that is your brother and you can't fight him without pulling your punches. That is an enemy of the guild and we have to take him down."
He's right. I can't do this alone.
"You protect the guild?" Natsu said with a laugh.
"I can protect or destroy whatever I want!"
"This is a onetime deal understand." I told them.
"Let's go!"
The three of us charged forward and attacked Laxus with a hail of punches and kicks. Laxus flicked his wrist and Natsu and Gajeel got blasted back but I kept going forward.
"I will stop you!"
"Fire Dragon Roar!" "Iron Dragon Club!"
I dropped to the ground to avoid the searing metal flying overhead. Laxus jumped away but Natsu appeared behind him.
"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!"
Laxus got blasted out of the air and I ran to the spot in front of him "Electric Shotgun!"
Laxus got knocked back and Gajeel attacked next "Iron Dragon Lance: Demon Logs!"
As Laxus got up off the ground Natsu and Gajeel both unleased their roars and blasted Laxus with a massive amount of magic. The three of us stood there trying to catch our breath.
Is it over?
"Was that it?"
"How is he still standing?" Gajeel said in shock.
"And you call yourselves Dragon Slayers."
"You intercepted every attack." I observed.
"Now I'll show you little kids true power!" Laxus gloated "Come on why don't you show your friends how special you are?"
"Don't do it." I told him sternly.
Laxus shirt ripped off as his body got bigger and scales formed on his forearm.
"Hit the deck!" I yelled and I used the same spell as Laxus.
"Lightning Dragon Roar!"
The two steams of lightning collided and caused a huge explosion.
"You know we stronger when we're near each other." I told him throwing off my tattered shirt "You knew I could stop that attack."
"I was curious to see if you'd actually use it. And mine was stronger." Laxus said.
I felt a sharp pain in my leg and collapsed to the ground. I saw that the blast had not only hurt me but Natsu and Gajeel were stunned as well.
"Crap."
"You three, Erza Mystogan, Fairy Tail, and all the pathetic citizens of Magnolia. I'll exterminate all of you!"
A huge wave of magic energy came out of Laxus.
"This spell…"
"He wouldn't." Gajeel said.
"It's Fairy Law!" I yelled "Laxus don't!"
"Stop Laxus!" Levy ran in.
"Levy what are you doing!"
"Master…Your Grandfather is dying! Please go see him!"
What?!
The spell disappeared from Laxus and the air calmed.
"Grandpa is gonna die." I whispered trying not to cry.
The air changed again and Laxus went back to casting Fairy Law "Well that's perfect. Looks like my chances of being master just went up."
"How could you…"
"Die Fairy Tail!"
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" I yelled
"Fairy Law!"
The light engulfed us but then it disappeared and we were all fine.
"How the hell are you all still alive?!"
I was seething in the corner trying not to explode and attack everything in sight.
"Everyone in town and in the guild is fine." Freed said walking inside "Not a single person was hurt."
"Impossible I casted it perfectly."
"Your magical skill isn't the only thing you inherited from master." Freed told him "It was your heart; the spell saw right through it. Magic doesn't lie Laxus; it showed us how you truly feel."
"That's not true! Anyone who'd oppose me is my enemy!" Laxus yelled.
"Give up Laxus! Go see master while there still time!"
"I don't give a crap what happens to that old man! I'm not some grandson! I'm Laxus!"
"They know that!" I yelled "Stop the poor me act! Who cares who we're related to! Stop being so hung up on blood ties! The whole guild is our family!" I ran forward with a charged fist "Why can't you see that!"
"Shut your mouth brat! Just die!"
"I'm putting a stop to this right now! I won't let you have the guild even if it kills me! The guild is our home!"
I swung and missed and got punched in the face as a result. I grabbed the ground and catapulted forward.
"Just give up shrimp!" Laxus said as he slammed my head into the ground "Some chump like you could never beat me."
I pushed myself off the ground "Please stop, the guild doesn't belong to you." I stood up "Imagine what Mom would say if she saw you doing this."
"Shut your mouth brat!" Laxus said upper cutting me through the roof.
I stabilized in air and we fought in midair until he blasted me back down to the roof.
"Why don't you go see her and ask? I'll end you here and now!" Laxus yelled furious.
"I'll purge the darkness in your heart." I told him "I get it now! Mira was right. Loneliness is plaguing your heart. I'll reach out and show you the love you need and free you from your darkness. I forgive you for everything you've done these past years. Let's just go back to how it used to be!"
"Die brat! Lightning Dragon's Heavenward Halberd!"
"Heavenward Halberd!" I threw my own lighting weapon to block his and ran forward.
"I don't know who this is but it's not Laxus! I want my brother back!"
I landed in front of Laxus and set off a barrage of attacks I had seen Natsu do.
"Lightning Dragon's…"
"Demolition Fist!" "Talon!" "Wing Attack!" "Static Elbow!" "Thunder Blast!"
"I'm bringing you back!" I yelled.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Roaring Thunder!"
My blast sent Laxus flying back and into a wall, where he didn't get up.
That's enough. No more fighting.
"RAHHHH!" I screamed out in victory.
I then fell to my knees and passed out.
That shouldn't have finished you off, why didn't you get back up?
AN
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