Nashi

It was less than two days walk from here so it wouldn't take all that long. Magnolia was one of the cities that was usually avoided. But there was a major train hub there, so I could hop a...

Nope. I'd wait. But still, it'd probably be better to go to a bigger city.

The first day was quiet as I walked by myself. Nobody else was really walking towards Magnolia. In fact, a few worried people were going away from the old city. Dark clouds filled the skies as I dug into my bag and threw on my black rain cloak.

The second day my life changed. Rain poured down in sheets as the wind started to start up. However, it started when I got to the edge of Magnolia and saw it ablaze as lightning struck buildings. People were screaming and running in terror as a few other people were engaged with a lightning wielding man. But it was obvious they were losing.

And now we get to the point that shifted everything. I drew my sword. A woman clad in cowboy style clothing took out two pistols and fired at the figure. Her companions withdrew as the lightning man advanced.

A bolt of lightning shot towards her. I acted, shoving her out of the way as the bolt impacted.

"What are you doing here! Get out of here! It's not safe!" She quickly pushed me off, "do you have any idea who that is you idiot?"

I shook my head, "what going on? What's happening?!"

The woman gritted her teeth, "a mind mage. He has most of the older Fairy Tail Mages under his control. We've been waging guerilla warfare through the streets to try and regain control but it's not working. We're pulling out. Magnolia is lost, get yourself out of...HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

I gritted my teeth, "buying you some time!"

"ARE YOU INSANE, YOU THINK YOU CAN HOLD OFF LAXUS DREYAR WITH A SWORD?"

I smirked as I walked toward the man, "no, but I have to," she was in no condition to fight.

The man dropped to the ground in front of me, his eyes fully a glowing blue. He had a sneer on his face, "what is this? A titania wannabe? I'll say child, you have quite the moxie trying to attack one of the Fairy Tail's guild's best members. It's a shame really, that I will have to kill someone so young."

My grip tightened, "Titania? Ha. She's an inspiration, I'm the fucking Dragon Blade!"

The person mind controlling Laxus made a tsk noise, "language. You young people and your affinity for swear words. Perhaps I won't kill you, just to teach you some proper edict later."

I turned a head over my shoulder, "get the civilians out of here, I'll handle it."

A bolt of lightning flew past my ear and struck Controlled Laxus in the chest as boy with a mug in his hand had his other one pushed out palm facing him, "DAD! STOP IT! YOU CAN BREAK THIS!"

The gun wielding woman looked at the young boy, "Yuri Alberona-Dreyar II, get out of here!"

"No. If anyone's gonna face my dad, it's me. The others need you Asuka."

"Shut up, kid, you can't do it alone," a new comer said as she stepped out behind a building, "it'll take two of us," her blue and black hair went down to near her hips while a few piercings were visible on her face.

I returned my attention to the man ahead of me. He shook his head, "two Dragon Slayer and a foul mouthed swordsman? Sounds like the punchline to a bad joke. But if you get to add new people, I suppose I shant play around this time."

A wicked grin crossed his face as he sped forward. The dual colored haired woman rushed out in front of me as her arm transformed into solid iron and swatted at Laxus.

Yuri sparked forward, ready to intercept as they predicted the wrong move. Laxus twisted around and went straight after me. My vision slowed as if time was moving at a snails pace as I saw his fist getting ready to strike. I brought up the blade in a defensive stance as his fist collided with it, sending a jolt of electricity through my body. I gritted my teeth as a copper taste filled my mouth. Blood.

His knuckles were bleeding as the mind controlled Dragon Slayer stood in surprise, "well I'll be, you managed to avoid one hit, you're lasting longer than I..."

I stomped on his foot to shut him up, "I told you! I'm the Nashi the Dragon Blade!" he yelled in shock and took a step back as I slashed once across his chest.

A faint line of blood was visible as I lunged at him.

"Hey! Sword girl! Jump!" The iron woman called out. I did as instructed as Yuri came streaking up below me to punch his father in the face. A metal pillar extended from metal girl's arm as she hit him from the back and knocked him skyward. I lashed out with a kick, sending him back towards the earth.

One problem. Now I was falling.

I swore out loud as I braced myself for a landing. I heard these were really bad on the knees but everyone did it at some point.

Yuri and the other girl ran up to me as we turned to face Laxus who was laughing, "you idiots think a little 1-2-3 combo is going to stop this plaything?"

Within a blink of an eye, Yuri and the other girl were flat on their backs as a bolt of lightning was whipping around the courtyard. My sword was sapped out of my hand as it was electrocuted again. I watched as the lightning hit it a few more times, knocking it out of reach.

"TIME TO DIE DRAGON BLADE!" He cackled as he came at me. I turned instinctively and met his fist with my hand, catching it mid punch.

He stopped sparking as the rain filled the silence, "that look, impossible."

"Are you done?" I asked cockily, "because I'm just getting fired up."

The body went limp as the blue glow vanished, something must have scared him off. Something he saw in me. I stepped back as the limp body fell on his face into the wet cobblestone. Footsteps echoed behind me. I turned to see two more people and Asuka running towards the plaza, "YURI! GALE!" a boy my age called out with dark blue, almost midnight blue hair. A red haired boy was running behind him. The first boy saw the two unconscious guild mates and looked at me with anger in his eyes, "YOU! ICE-MAKE CANON!"

I grew worried and threw my body over the adult that was just there. The ice blasted across my back as I screamed in pain.

"STORM YOU IDIOT, SHE'S ON OUR SIDE!" Asuka slapped him in the head before shouldering her rifle and attending to Gale. Yuri was just beginning to wake up. He looked around and saw me standing over his father with my sword out and scrambled to his feet.

Storm however, wasn't taking any chances as he marched towards me a d got in my face, "just who do you think you are Pinky?"

"Back off Snowball, I'm here to help. I was just passing through. But it looks like you guys and gals could use an extra hand."

The red haired boy shook his head as he stepped up as Yuri slid to his dad's side. He offered his hand, "apologies about Storm, he's awfully competitive. I'm Simon Fernandes of the Fairy Tail Guild. You must be Nashi the Dragon Blade. Kinda odd to see you without a suit of armor."

I blushed, "you've been to a tournament?"

"Of course, my mother likes to go in disguise. She's always wondering why you leave so fast. She's wanted to meet you a few times."

Fernandes, like..."ERZA IS YOUR MOTHER!?"

He nodded, "uh, yeah. It's not really a big deal though."

"Of course it's a big deal! Your mom is one of my biggest idols!"

"And you're just an immature girl who's way in over her head," Storm shot at me.

I responded with a kick to the balls, he fell to the ground in pain, "if anyone's over their head it you because you have to deal with me!" I shouted with a fist over my head.

Simon seemed impressed, "so what happened? There is no way Laxus went down that fast. How did you beat him, especially without magic?"

I shook my head, wet hairs slapping against my hood which had fallen down a while ago, "I didn't, it's like whoever was possessing his body freaked out and left."

He placed a hand on his chin, "so he obviously knows who you are, but for someone like him, a non-magic user is usually not a threat. Either way, it was a bad move because now we have a possible powerhouse back."

Yuri staggered to his feet with his dad held up by an arm, "hey, thanks for the help."

Storm moaned on the ground, "I could have beat him myself."

"Dude, you got hit in the sack and went down. I don't think you got room for smack talking," Yuri chuckled.

Laxus's hand went to his head as Simon, Storm, Yuri and I tensed up, "ahhh...my head...what happened?"

"Dad?"

Laxus blinked, his eyes back to a normal human color, "Yuri? Where are we? Where is your mother?"

He paled, "uh, long story short, mind mage took over the guild, had you as a puppet but now you're free from his control..."

Storm jumped up and puffed out his chest, "all thanks to me! I single handedly saved you after Gale and Yuri couldn't manage a single hit, your welcome!"

Asuka came walking up with Gale limping behind her, "that's not what happened. We'll tell you back at camp. But for now, we need to go before that asshole sends out another member for us to face."