"Speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
Erza and Irene looks to each other as they got into a stand off
"what is that suppose to mean?" Erza said to her
"as it sounds like" Irene said as she smiled before waving her staff down as the ground rumbles and rock spikes exploded from the ground and headed towards Erza and Wendy "I am your mother"
Erza and Wendy jumped away from the spikes before Erza then re-quiped her armor on as she was now wearing her Tenkuu no Yoroi
"Blumenblatt!"Erza's swords circle around her before they fly towards Irene who scoffed as the attacks hits her and caused a dust explosion
Erza landed near Wendy as they look to the dust cloud
"how pathetic" Irene's voice spoke as the dust cloud disappeared and Irene was still standing where she was as Erza's sword were imbedded to the ground near her
"that's not possible!" Wendy exclaimed
Irene smirks as she stomps her staff to the ground as Erza's swords flied up from the ground and face towards Erza and Wendy
"even with that young lady's enchants, you cannot harm me at all, Erza" Irene spoke before Erza's sword flies towards them
Erza re-equipped two swords and uses them to fend off her own blades
Wendy uses the wind to block the attack as both of them parried off the swords yet came injured by some of the blades managed to graze them
"how I waited this day" Irene said as she swings her staff at them as she created a magic circle in front of her "for me to finally get rid of you"
A fire blast was created from the magic circle as a stream of fire headed towards Erza and Wendy
"Wendy!" Erza got in front of Wendy as she re-equipped into her Flame Empress Armor
"futile" Irene swings her hand to the side as Erza's armor disappeared
"tch!" Erza covered Wendy as she protected her in her arms
"Erza-san!"
FLASH!
A red crimson flash appeared on Erza's bracelet as the Crimson Dragon Armor appeared in front of Erza and Wendy as it defended them from the attack
"what?!" Irene exclaimed in surprise at the appearance of the armor
Erza and Wendy looks to the armor as it had defended them from Irene's attack
"it protected us?" Erza said in surprise
"why?" Wendy asked in confusion
The armor then flashes as it purges off and equipped itself upon Erza
Erza looks upon the armor as it transforms to fit her figure
"heh!" Irene scoffed as she readied her staff to her side
"I do not know what is that armor, and on how was it able to defend against my attack" Irene then cast her staff to the front as the armor on Erza glowed and then shatters
"nothing can withstand my enchant" Irene smiled wickedly before it disappears and was replaced with shock and surprise as the shattered armor fragments regenerate upon itself
"how!?" Irene said in shock
A dragon sword then appears in front of Erza as it floated to her
"Use it, Erza"A voice spoke to Erza as she nodded and took the sword into her hands
"tch!" Irene waved her staff to the side as several magic circles appeared in front of her and then each one fired a fireball attack upon Erza and Wendy
"get behind me, Wendy!" Erza exclaimed as she readied the sword for defense
Wendy got behind Erza as all of the fireball attack exploded as they hit Erza
A dust explosion occurred as Irene waited for it to settle so that she can see if her attack had annihilated Erza and Wendy
To her shock, Irene sees that her fire attack got absorbed into the blade of the sword Erza holds in her hands
"incredible" Wendy said as she sees the sword glowing red before dimming
Erza looks to the sword as it glowed to her
She then readied her sword above her before swinging it down as the earth shatters upon impact from the sword
Irene jumps to the side as the slash cuts off a piece of her cape
She then looks to the side and sees Erza in front of her with her sword readied beside her
"Haaaa!" Erza swings the sword at Irene's head as a shockwave was created upon contact
Erza's eyes widen in shock as Irene caught the sword in her fingertips while her witch hat was cut in half and blood drips down her head
"I see" Irene spoke as she grabbed the sword in Erza's hands. Erza saw Irene's nails and hands transforming as scales appeared on them "so this is how you repay your mother who brought you to this world, huh? you ungrateful brat!"
Irene's eyes turned into that of a dragon's as she created a magic circle in front of Erza and blew her away with a twister
"Gagh!" Erza skidded on the ground before she saw a rain of ice shards came flying towards her
She uses her sword to fend them off but was caught off guard as Irene created a white and black magic circle between her
Irene smirks as black and white lightning shocks Erza
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Erza-san!" Wendy exclaimed as she went to her
"stay back!" Erza exclaimed as Wendy stops in her track "I will defeat her!"
Erza uses all of her strength as she swings her sword at the magic circles and burned them upon contact from her blade
Irene scoffed as she threw off her cape
"you? Defeat me?" Irene said as she waved her staff to the side and created a green magic circle bellow Erza as vines fired out of the ground and binds her "I have been doing magic for Four centuries!"
a yellow magic circle appeared above Erza as the sky soon darkens
"rain down!" Irene exclaimed as a lightning bolts rained down upon Erza
BOOM!
Irene smirks before she saw Erza holding a lance in her hand as it was giving off electric static
"I will not be defeated! For my friends and my family!" Erza exclaimed as she cuts off the vines on her
She then dashed towards Irene who swings her hands in a gesture as a red magic circle with a dragon like markings appeared upon herself
"I detest you!" Irene exclaimed as she blocks a sword slash from Erza with her claws "I should have never given birth to you!"
Irene swings her claws at Erza as her lance was shattered into pieces from the single strike
She then grabs a hold of Erza's neck and started dragging her on the ground
Erza gritted her teeth as she summons De Malevo lance to her hand
"fly!" Erza kicks away Irene before firing the lance to her abdomen as it sends Irene skidding back on the ground
"how annoying!" Irene grabs the lance and breaks it into two
She then saw Erza wielding a sword that had aquatic like designs on it
"Geyser!"Erza pierces the ground with the sword as geysers burst through the ground and Irene was sent flying into the air by it
"Gaaaah!"
Erza dashed towards Irene falling figure as she holds the dragon sword to her side
"Haaaa!" Erza jumps up and readied the sword to deal the final blow upon Irene
Irene turns her body around in mid air as she pulled back her claw and created a magic circle that created a layer of red magic on her claw
"Die! Erza!" Irene and Erza clashed as their collision of power cause a shockwave that sends debris flying everywhere
BOOM!
An explosion was created upon the clash of power as Erza and Irene crashes to the ground
Erza panted as she sees the dragon sword, she wielded has cracked before it shattered
She looks up and sees Irene standing up
"you troubled me to no ends, little brat!" Irene wobbled as she had red electric static dancing in her hand
Erza grunted as she stands up and pieces of the dragon armor crumbles down as chips of metal falls down
"I will end your suffering now!" Erza shouted as she dashed towards Irene
Irene glares towards Erza as she dashed towards Erza as well
"what do you know of Suffering!?" Irene parried off some of Erza's fist as she then punches Erza's face "four centuries! Four centuries I have suffered in this body of mine!"
Erza grabs Irene arm and slams her down
"I may not know your suffering, but I had been held prison in a cult for the first years of my child hood!" Erza then blocks a kick from Irene as she back flipped before firing a beam of lightning at Erza "it was because of my friends and my family who made me the one I am today!"
Erza then punches Irene's gut as she then grabs a hold of her and swings her away
Irene skidded on the ground as she looks and glares at Erza
"and it was because of my father who protected me in my childhood!"
"your father…" Irene stands up as her eyes were shadowed "your father!?"
Irene then looks up and reddish white scales appeared on her face "he was the reason I became like this!"
Erza can feel the rising magic power coming from Irene as the ground rumbles
"he called me a monster!" Irene dashed towards Erza as she kicks her away before appearing bellow her and punches her away "an abomination!"
Irene then grabs a hold of Erza's neck as she lifted her up
"your father was a scum who I had wished to have never met!"
"yet he protected me!" Erza exclaimed as she kicks Irene's face and then landed on the ground
Irene holds her chin which was a bit bruised from Erza's kick
"how!? You delusional child! He's been dead for centuries!" Irene exclaimed at her
"he's not!" Erza retorted back "this armor is the proof of it!"
"he protected me every time! Protected me in my time of need!"
"how delusional can you be!?" Irene exclaimed and was about to attack Erza again but stopped as she holds her head in pain
"gaah!" Irene saw images of the man she despises, shatters and was replaced with the pink hair man who was holding her in his arms
"who?!" Irene then took a few steps back as she felt her feet a bit wet as she looks down to a puddle of water and sees a dragon brand on her back
"that mark!?" Irene screams in pain as she holds her head and sees herself sleeping with the pink hair man who holds her while they sleep
She then saw her memories shattering as new ones appeared as they all had images of her with the pink hair man
Irene screams before dashing towards Erza
"Die!" Irene screams as she pulled back her claw
Erza summoned a katana to her hand as it glowed red
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Erza ducks down from Irene's attack and then readied her sword in front of her
"it's over!" Erza lunged her sword towards Irene whose eyes turned human in the last moment
"Erza…." Irene spoke with a soft smile
ZLURCH!
Erza's sword pierced Irene's stomach as Irene coughs blood
The both of them falls down with each other as Irene's hand slowly reached towards Erza's neck
Erza though that Irene was trying to grab her but was surprised when her hands softly caresses her cheeks
"f-finally…..i get to…hold you…" Irene softly spoke as she wraps her arms around Erza
Erza looks to Irene as she hugs her
"my daughter…..all grown up…." Irene whispered as she smiled softly
"what are you?" Erza said as she lets Irene hugs her
"i…..enchanted my memories…..so that I return to my old…self" Irene told her as this surprised Erza
"I wanted…to repent…on…..my sins…my sins…for abandoning you…for letting you….suffer in your…childhood….."
"I wanted to….die…by your hands" Irene separates from the hug as she looks to Erza
"i….always…..loved you…I…always prayed…that…you would…be safe"
Erza's eyes widen in shock as Irene falls
she smiled to Erza one last time as tears poured down her eyes
"thank…..you…Erza..i…love….you"
THUD!
Irene falls to the ground with a thud as her blood soaked the ground
Erza looks upon her fallen mother with a sad look
"thank you…..for giving birth to me…mother" Erza softly spoke as she looks down
THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
The sound of giant footsteps was heard as Erza looks behind and sees a giant version of Flaze coming towards her and Wendy
"Flaze?!" Erza exclaimed in surprise to see the once little salamander was now a giant reptile
Flaze growled to them as he nudged his snout to Erza
"you idiot" A voice spoke beside Erza as she whipped her head to the side and sees Natsu kneeling in beside Irene's fallen figure with tears falling down his face
"you…." Erza muttered as Natsu looks to Erza with a sad smile
"in the last moment…she hugged you, huh?" Natsu spoke as he took a deep breath before looking to Irene
He then gently carries Irene up as he looks to her
"your sins…..i already took them away…." Natsu spoke before he leans down and kisses Irene
Erza looks to them as she saw Irene's body glowing red and she sees the wound inflicted upon her disappearing
Natsu leans away and looks to Irene as her eyes slowly opens
"Na…..tsu" Irene softly spoke as her eyes set upon him
"I'm sorry it took me a long time to wake up" Natsu said with a smile as he lifts Irene into his arms
"you two need to go back to your guild" Natsu told Erza and Wendy as he slowly sets down Irene on top of Flaze's head
"Flaze, get them back safe" Natsu said to the giant salamander as he growled to Natsu
"Natsu?" Irene looks to him as he smiled to her before turning around and had a serious face on
"I'll be dealing him" Natsu said as a figure approached him and everyone saw that it was Acnologia
"the time for our last battle is near, E.N.D" Acnologia said as he grins at Natsu
"go, Flaze" Natsu said as he walks towards Acnologia who did the same
Flaze growls to Erza and Wendy who were looking at Natsu before getting on top of the giant salamander's head as it then started running away
Irene looks back to Natsu in worry as she prayed in her heart that he would be safe
Natsu and Acnolgia kept walking towards each other before they started running towards each other
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"ORAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Both of them pulled back their fists and punched them at each other and caused a devastating shockwave that causes the ground to rumble
That's a wrap!
Bye bye