Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Kage's POV
"Shadow Knuckle!"
I sent the fists at Byro but he waved his staff and they disappeared.
"The clock parts are resonating Natsu." I said "We need to hurry and get his piece."
"Fire Dragon Roar!"
Byro just nullified the attack like all the others.
"Capricorn!"
Byro moved his staff and nullified Lucy's key before she even summoned her goat. Natsu tried to fistfight Byro but he was not match for the older man.
"HA!" I tried to get a blow in but I ended up on the floor like Natsu.
There's gotta be away around this guy.
"You gonna fight or talk us to death?" Natsu said interrupting Byro's talk about duty "You stay out of this." He told me.
"Fine" I nodded.
Natsu tried the brute force approach but nothing was working. He just kept getting back up and getting the crap kicked out of him.
"RAH!" Natsu managed to land one punch only to get planted into the ground.
"That you would compare your greed to my mission is an insult."
"Big talk coming from a thief." Natsu said as he got kicked across the room.
Natsu picked up the candles and started eating the fire. After that he proceeded to provoke the man. Even that wasn't enough to give him an even battlefield.
This guy hasn't even used any offensive moves. He's toying with him.
"If I must sacrifice myself for my mission than that is what I shall do!" Byro told him.
"Stop talking nonsense." I told him.
"I will make difficult choices without emotion."
"Harden your heart and you can justify anything." Michelle told him.
"Don't debate morality with me!" He yelled throw Natsu into Lucy.
"That's enough!" Happy told him "You're no different than a bully. Stop it with your fake righteousness. A path that hurts people is never the good one! Yes, as a guild we get paid for our work but we make people happy!"
"You dare ridicule me."
"Yeah because you're wrong!" The cat yelled.
"You tell'em Happy."
"I'll punish all of you!"
Romeo and Happy ran at Byro.
"Get back here!" Natsu yelled.
"Don't be stupid!"
"That's enough Lord Byro, you can't use Divine Arrow, it will kill them!" Dan yelled.
"Burn and be purified! Divine Arrow!"
He threw the bolt but missed by a mile.
"He missed?"
"That's a zero sir." Coco told him having kicked his staff "Please stop."
"Coco?!"
"This isn't what the church stands for. What's righteous about this? I won't stand by and watch this."
"Righteousness is an arrow that pierces all." Byro said.
"If that arrow must pass through the lost lambs then the arrow should be broken. I still think we can help people…but after seeing them I know we have to change."
"You've been corrupted!"
"He's gonna kill her!"
Kanji's POV
"Lightning Rush!"
"Adamantine Armor!"
I grabbed Erza and pulled her in front of the girl to block the attack.
"Just in time." I smiled.
"YOU!"
"We meet again."
"Titania…"
"Don't speak my name." she told him "I'm disgusted that you'd turn on your own comrade."
"You're disgusting." I told him
"You made a big mistake old man."
"It's Gray, Juvia and Carole…and Lyon?" Happy ponied out.
"This guy giving you that much trouble?" Gray asked.
"The gang's all here." I told him "We have every piece but yours, hand it over."
"You'll have to take it from me."
"You're vastly outnumbered." Erza told him "It's over."
"Destiny demands Zentopia watch over the clock. I cannot allow you to leave here alive."
"Enough talk!" Erza yelled throwing her Circle Sword.
"Demolition Fist!"
This won't work…maybe I can overload it.
He was able to block every single drop of Magic.
"I thought we could overwhelm him."
"Even with our numbers…" Gray said "This is annoying."
"One or a thousand, in my presence magic is useless."
"We'll fight with our fists then." Erza told him
"I'm trained to fight 50 opponents at once. You won't even be a warm up."
"He's incredibly skilled." I warned "Be careful."
All the clock pieces suddenly glowed and moved together on their own.
"It's putting itself together?"
"How?"
The sound coming out of the clock was almost painful.
Just what is this thing?
"It feels like my ears are bleeding!" Natsu yelled.
"This place is falling apart." Kage warned.
"We have to go!" Gray said.
Natsu sniffed "This smell…how? Get your guard up, we're in the fire now."
The smoke from the ringing cleared and I could see them clearly, a group of people.
The Oracion Sies had paid us a visit.
Cobra…
"I never wanted to see them again." Gray grumbled.
"It appears they have new members." Erza said.
Some weird bear creature introduced the group as the Neo Oracion Sies.
"So it's like the remixed version?" I joked.
"Not really a good time for jokes." Happy said.
"You seem surprised?" Midnight observed "Much has changed these last seven years."
"It's Midnight." I said.
Even with Jellal's help Erza and I had trouble with him.
"I no longer go by that name. You can call me Brain the 2nd."
"I'll call you whatever I want." Natsu told him "Why are you here?"
"To make my father's dream come true, to destroy anything with form."
"Still spouting nonsense." Erza said.
"Thank you for your help, but we no longer need your assistance." The six of them carved their seals on the clock.
Natsu, Dan and Byro went at them, but Dan's shield couldn't bounce back the attack. Even Byro's nullification didn't work.
"He destroyed the range and attack all at once." I told the others.
"Once the Infinity Clock bares the seal of a person it becomes their property. So, you see the clock is now ours."
"Since we are of the dark we cannot touch the clock." Angel informed "So we needed you to collect the pieces for us."
"We got played." Kage said.
Then why did Lucy's dad send her a piece?
"Let's stop sitting around." Natsu said shooting a roar at the group.
A man with a huge scythe flew in front and blew the attack back.
"He blocked the attack."
"It's wind magic." Wendy pointed out.
"It is more than just wind." The man told her "It's a storm."
"He seems really familiar." Happy said.
"He should." Kage said stepping forward "That's Erigor."
"These days I go by Grim Reaper."
"That's Erigor?!"
"Again…"
"I still have respect for you sir." Kage said "But I will beat you senseless if you get in our way."
"Who are you?" he asked.
Cobra and Racer jumped down and got ready to engage us.
"Cobra's mine." I told them running forward.
"Take them down!" Erza told Natsu and Gray.
Racer was even faster than before knocking down wizard after wizard in mere seconds.
"He's like an animal."
I bolted into the sky after Cobra.
"If it isn't the Maiden of the Sky. Do I frighten you?!" he said getting closer to Wendy.
"Wendy duck!" I yelled shooting a laser.
Cobra avoided the attack "You don't look happy to see me."
"Why would I be?!"
"You're so annoying." He snapped his fingers and my voice was amplified till it became a crippling shout.
"You too afraid to fight me?" I asked.
"I can hear it…I'll use your own voice to destroy you."
"I owe you a serious beating." I told him.
Each punch I threw was dodged by the man until he let off another sound blast that knocked me to the ground.
"We're far too strong for them."
"Angel take care of them." Midnight ordered.
She's using Angel Magic.
She summoned a huge statue that torn the whole tomb down on top of us.
LATER
When I woke up I was in the Blue Pegasus Guild.
"Ugh my ears still hurt." I mumbled.
"You'll be fine." Erza said "Since you slept on the couch here your punishment is over."
"Where's everyone else?"
"Lucy just went to find Michelle. Everyone else followed them."
"Well let's go see what they found."
When we found the others they were outside a church eavesdropping on Lucy and Michelle.
"This is all my fault." I heard Michelle say "I brought you that hand and dragged you all into this."
"It's not your fault." Lucy told her "No one thinks that."
The two talked and shared their feelings before we went back to the building.
"I was wrong." Lucy said "It was telling us not to gather the pieces. How could I have read it so wrong? I was so cocky…I'm so sorry."
"Sounds like your good intentions backfired." Ichiya told her "You're heart was in the right place, there's no reason to feel down."
"Ehh." Natsu shrugged "If anyone's to blame it's your Dad, he was too vague."
"He should have just been straight forward." Gray said.
"I prefer the easy way." I told them.
"Yeah me too." Happy said "That gives you more time to play!"
"I hear you loud and clear."
Lucy smiled again.
"Good…"
"Were you trying to cheer me up?" Lucy asked.
"Don't get used to it." Natsu told her.
"You could use some tips on flirting." I said.
"You asking for a fight!" He said getting in my face.
"I'll take you on anytime Pinky!"
"Everyone fails once in a while." Ichiya told her "You have so many friends surrounding you. Don't worry you won't make the same mistakes again."
Sometimes he's so wise…
Kage was still sitting off to the side.
"You alright?" Erza asked.
"What was Erigor doing with them…?"
"Alright everybody!" Mira called "It's time to get back to the guild."
In the distance you could hear the ringing of the Infinity Clock.
AN
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