Italics indicate thinking.
Bold is for attacks.
Kanji's POV
"Can you tell me who I am?"
Is it really amnesia?
"Who is Erza and why can't I remember?"
"What a load of crap!" I yelled "You really expect me to believe that!"
"Jellal…" Erza started to walk towards him.
"Don't tell me you believe him."
"Stay back!" Jellal blasted Erza but she kept walking "Don't get any closer."
"Then you come to me. I am Erza! You are Jellal, you were once my friend. Then you lost your mind, hurt my friends, destroyed the magic council, and killed Simon. If you claim to have forgotten that I'll beat you till you remember. Now get over here!"
"Did I really do all those things?"
"Does he really not remember?" I mumbled.
"So that's why I can't read your mind." Cobra said stepping out from the shadows "Why did you unseal Nirvana?"
"I heard a voice tell me to get Nirvana. I remembered the magic and its location but that was it. I remember how dangerous it is, that is why I must destroy it."
"Destroy it?!"
"Wait you can destroy it?" Erza asked.
"I've already assembled the Self-Destruction magic circle. Nirvana will collapse in on itself."
Cobra ran up and tried to shut off the circle but Jellal told him not to waste his time.
"I'm the only one who knows the cancel code."
"Tell me the code!"
"Erza…" Jellal mumbled to himself "That name invokes a kindness in me."
"Jellal."
"You may hate me in the future, but that will eat away at your heart. So I can't go there, I can't stand in front of you. Be free I'll take all that hatred with me." Jellal fell back and a magic circle formed on his chest.
"He cast it on himself!"
"Jellal!" I pulled the man off the ground "Get up! I'm not letting you die. This isn't me forgiving you for what you've done, understand. You will live and man up and face your past. I won't let you run away from the truth!"
"What's all this?"
"Brain! Jellal put a Self-Destruction circle on Nirvana." Cobra explained
"Calm down Cobra, I created many types of magic when I was with the Bureau of Magical Development, one of which was Self-Destruction."
This guy worked for the Bureau.
"Don't you remember I'm the one who taught you this spell Jellal? I don't need a canceling code to stop this spell."
Brain tapped a spot on the circle and the whole thing started falling apart.
"Did you intend to die with the code?"
"He's memories have been wiped by the Etherion. He forgot who he used to be." Cobra explained.
"What a pity! I'll be taking Nirvana for myself then!"
"I won't let you!"
"Nirvana!"
The ground beneath us exploded. The earth shifted and Jellal and I were getting separated from Erza.
"Grab my hand." Erza yelled over the noise.
I managed to connect to her before something erupted out of the ground in a violent fashion pulling us into the sky. Erza grabbed some kind of ledge and pulled us up.
"Cancel the Self-Destruction circle." Erza said "You job is to live."
"I…I couldn't stop Nirvana."
"So what it ain't over yet." I told him "Just look."
In the distance one could see Natsu, Gray and Lucy heading for the base of the giant lumbering creature we were on.
"No point in giving up till the last spells been cast." I told him. "Now get up we have work to do."
The three of us headed up a set of stairs and found we were in some sort of old ruined city.
"What is this place?" Erza asked.
"It's a giant moving city, is this Nirvana?" I added.
"This is Nirvana's true nature." Jellal explained "Or at least I think it is."
"Erza how'd you even show up at the light?" I asked her.
"After Wendy healed me I overheard Natsu mention Jellal that seemed like a good place to start."
"In the future can you not ask people to cut your arm off, leave things like that to me please? Don't be so reckless."
"I'm sorry." She said "I should trust you more often."
An earsplitting roar echoed throughout the alleyways of the abandoned city.
"What the hell is that noise?!"
"Natsu?"
We wandered around the city for a while, no sign of the others or the Oracion Seis, well not really.
"Did you see that?" Jellal asked.
"What are you talking about?" Erza asked.
"I swore I saw a snake there for a second."
*Hiss*
Cobra's snake slithered out from around the corner and came up to us. Erza pulled out a sword but I put my hand up.
"Where is Cobra?"
Gone, Brain betrayed him…
"I have to finish up here but do you still want my help?" I asked.
"Who are you talking to?" Erza and Jellal asked.
"Make a choice or I'm leaving you behind." The snake slithered up and wrapped around my shoulders "I'll take that as a yes."
"Seriously who are you talking to?" Erza said.
"Nothing, just know we gained another ally." I said petting the reptile "Your name's Cubellios right?"
*BOOM!*
There was a loud explosion off in the distance.
"What was that?"
"Father is always trying to take my fun away."
*Hiss!*
"What's got you all stirred up?"
"Are you the last of my prey? Cubellios? What are you doing over there? Have you betrayed us like Hoteye?"
*Hiss*
"Stay back Erza." Jellal said stepping forward.
What about me?
Jellal blasted forward and bounced right off Midnight.
"How sad." Midnight joked "Spiral Pain!"
Jellal got knocked out of the air and fell to the ground.
"Did you forget how to use magic Jellal?"
He's so weak now. He probably got drained setting up those magic circles.
Erza ran forward and swung at Midnight, but her sword bent as it hit him.
"Erza duck!" Erza dropped to the floor at my command "Lightning Dragon Roar!"
The energy stream engulfed the man, but when I closed my mouth he was there unscathed.
"What the hell! Cubellios move!" I ran forward "Electric Shotgun!" I blasted his face but nothing happened "How?"
"How tiresome." Midnight flicked his wrist, I was thrown back and Erza's armor wrapped itself around her body.
*Hiss* Cubellios went to try and bite Midnight.
"Be gone traitor. Reflector Blade!" a sharp wind cut and Cubellios and knocked her away.
"Cubellios!"
I promised to help her, please don't die.
"Rah!" Erza re-quipped into her Heaven's Wheel armor "I see the nature of your magic."
"It's called reflector. I can distort anything, even light."
"You ready Erza?"
"Let's go."
Erza summoned a massive amount of swords and sent them all at Midnight.
"Increasing the number won't make this any easier. That just gives me more to send back at you!"
"Static Shield!" the swords were blocked by the force field but Midnight knotted up Erza armor again.
"AHH!"
"Yes scream more!"
"Lightning Bolt!" the energy whizzed past Midnight and he stepped to the side to avoid it.
I see!
"Erza did you see?"
"Yes."
"Spiral Pain!"
The ground burst open and reflector blades came up and sliced through us.
"GAH!"
"Are you two done already? Don't die yet I need entertainment till we reach Cait Shelter."
"Why Cait Shelter?" Jellal asked.
"That's our first destination."
"Why there are tons more guilds closer than that." I added.
"Because the members of that guild are descendants of the people who built Nirvana. They are the only ones who can seal it. We wouldn't want that now would we? With Nirvana we'll turn everyone's hearts to darkness and have them slaughter each other!"
"You disgust me." Jellal spat.
"Why? Stop trying to act all high and mighty. You're an evil man who enslaved children and killed his friend. You even tried to kill Erza!" Midnight yelled "Join us Jellal, you'd make an excellent member."
"I know there's a light inside you Jellal." Erza said standing up and changing her armor again.
"Impressive as ever." I mumbled pulling myself off the ground.
"So you can still stand?" Midnight said "It will be so much fun to destroy you!"
"I've already seen through you; you're finished." I told him.
"Come show me your power, it's not like your attack will hit me."
"Lightning Dragon Talon!" I jolted forward and stopped right before Midnight and kicked him, the lighting bounced off but my foot hit him in the face "You can't bend a human body!"
"That's not the only weak point." Erza added.
"Firstly, you can't bend the human body." I explained "If you could do that you would have just twisted us inside out rather than only the swords or armor."
"Brag all you want I'll just choke you out with your own clothes!" Erza's robe wrapped around her.
"The second is that…" Erza said as she opened a portal up and a dozen swords appeared at the same time I charged up my fist.
"Electric Shotgun!"
The blast threw Midnight across the ground and into Erza's falling swords.
"You can only control one area at a time." She elaborated "The area around you, or the area around someone else." Erza freed herself from her bindings "This is The Robe of Yuen. It's elastic like armor. Maybe that makes it three weaknesses."
"It's over just give up." I said.
"It's a shame. Had you just died like good little boys and girls you wouldn't have had to see this."
The clock tower suddenly began ringing.
"At midnight my magic reaches its peak!"
Midnight began mutating into some freakish monster right out of a nightmare.
"What the hell is that thing?!"
"NOW DIE!"
A tendril shot out an impaled Jellal.
"Jellal! GAH!" I soon joined him on the spike.
Erza run…
The he grabbed her with one as well.
"Erza!"
"HAHA THE FUN IS JUST GETTING STARTED!"
Suddenly everything cracked and disappeared. Erza was behind Midnight and he was in the process of falling to the ground.
"You…You saw through my illusion."
It was just a fake!
"This can't be possible. I'm supposed to be the strongest, even stronger than my father. I'm invincible."
"If you laugh at others you can never reach the top." Erza told him.
"Holy crap, that was intense." Cubellios came back and wrapped herself around me "Glad to see you're okay. You alright Erza, Jellal?"
"I'll be okay." Erza said.
Jellal just sat there stunned at what Erza had accomplished.
"Jellal!"
"It's Wendy." Erza said.
"Who are you?" Jellal asked the girl.
Wendy looked downtrodden at the revelation that he did not know her.
"Jellal can't remember right now. He didn't even remember me." Erza told her.
"Did I know you?" he asked.
"You have no memories! Well I surely hope you haven't forgotten how to stop Nirvana!" Carla whined.
"The Self-Destruction circle will be useless at this point; I don't know what to do."
"Then what's going to happen to our guild, Nirvana is right in front of it!"
A low hum suddenly rang thorough out through the street.
"What's that?"
*Hiss!* Cubellios sprouted wings and picked me up and flew into the sky.
"You can fly." I looked forward and saw the problem "It's gonna shoot the guild!"
The front cannon fired…and missed.
"What?"
I turned around and saw one of the back legs had been struck and knocked off balance Cubellios went back and landed next to Erza, Wendy and Jellal.
"The Magic Bomber?"
Can you hear me, it's me, Hibiki.
AN
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