'Hang in there Ursa' Cole pondered to himself as he wacthed her being taken away.
'Alright! Now it's time for one of the wizard saints! Jura from Team Lamia scale!' said the announcer right after which Jura stepped in.
'So it's him again, he was pretty tough to fight, well let's see what he can do here' Cole folded his arms and watched.
At the Sabertooth dug-out, Reaper kept looking around, right after which he just turned around and started walking away.
'Where are you going? Aren't you gonna watch Jura fight?' asked Frosh curiously
'I'll be back soon, tell me what happened okay?' replied Reaper as he took out his robe and stepped out.
'Hmph, he thinks he's so tough, that watching Jura of all people will be boring for him' commented Sting.
'Well, let's just hope he comes back in time' replied Lector. 'After all, we still have the battle rounds left' he added.
Reaper stepped out of the stadium, turned around to see the sky, with the cheers of the crowd echoing around. He took a deep breath and wore his robe, quickly used his lightning tether to climb on top of a building and looked around. He used his firebird strike to travel fast across the buildings and halted at one place.
'Didn't expect you to come so soon, Reaper' said a voice familiar to him.
'I got your signal, and thought I needed some fresh air' Reaper replied as he took off his hood. 'There's something you guys should know' he added as he turned around and looked at the stadium.
'What is it?' asked Ultear as she stepped in front, along with Jellal and Meredy behind her.
'Yesterday night, after I met Cole, I found someone' he replied, confusing the other three.
'You're gonna have to be more specific' added Jellal.
'I can't be sure who that was, but it was that kid from Fairy Tail, Wendy' Reaper replied.
'What about her? And wasn't she supposed to be with her guild? How come you found her all by herself?' asked Meredy
'I don't know myself, she wore a black robe, she was shivering in fear, and she kept murmuring, about some .. Eclipse' he added.
'What a strange young girl' commented Ultear
'I don't know, she looked pretty different, it's almost as if she had completely changed in an hour' replied Reaper.
'Alright, we'll keep our heads up here Reaper, again thank you for taking your time' replied Jellal, right after which the trio began to disperse
'Watch yourself okay?' said Meredy as she waved her hand and walked away.
Reaper then turned around and looked at the stadium, right after which he noticed royal guards moving in a formation around the stadium.
'What's all the commotion about?' he thought as he kept a look, right after which he noticed a face familiar to him in the same uniform as that of the guards.
'Yu..kino? What's she doing with them?' he thought as he kept observing, right after which he noticed Arcadios greeting the guards.
'I've seen him before, at the Castle, but more importantly, what on Earth is Yukino doing over here?' he thought as he kept looking.
'Alright, from now on, you'll be serving the King of Crocus' said Arcadios right after which he was greeted with salutes. He gave a smile as he walked around, looking at everyone and came across the same row Yukino was in. 'I believe I have the right to have great expectations in all of you!' said Arcadios as he gave a faint look at Yukino, right after which he ordered everyone to head towards the castle.
'What on Earth is going on here' thought Reaper right after which he decided to follow them to the castle
As the troops marched across the soveirignity of Crocus, Reaper kept a watchful eye and moved swiftly across the rooftops, following their every move.
The troops halted at the castle gates, after which a giant door opened and all of them were inside. Reaper was standing behind a tree, where he kept watch.
'Aren't you going to watch the games Sir?' asked one of the guards
'Indeed I am, that's one celestial wizard down, and one more to go' he replied right after he walked away
'I don't know what those two were blabbering about, but I gotta find out why Yukino is here' Reaper mumbled as he climed on top of the tree and prepared to scale on top of the castle wall using his firebird strike
As he used his firebird strike, he quickly entered into a room, leaving behind a trail of smoke, which the guards gave a look, but ignored.
'Now, to find out what's going on' said Reaper as he stood up and was about to move around, seconds before he heard footsteps.
'Crap! I gotta hide fast!' he thought as he looked around and immediately hid behind a curtain
'So you believe this plan will work?' said a voice familiar to him. Reaper moved the curtain just a bit to see the princess Hisui open the door
'You'll see for yourself' replied someone coming in with her.
'There are still 2 more days, till then I'll just have to wait' she replied.
'Who is she talking to?' thought Reaper as he attempted to get a closer.
'For now, I need some time to think, I'll have my guards escort you' replied Hisui as she signalled one of the guards to take the man away.
'I'll be waiting, Princess' he replied, right after which he and the guard walked away.
'2 more days? What on Earth is going on?' thought Reaper as he pondered to himself
'I don't know how this will go, but if our plan is executed right, we might be able to do it. Just need some time' said Hisui as she began taking off her robe.
'Crap.. I shouldn't be seeing this' Reaper gave a smirk and covered his eyes.
Hisui took a heavy breath and opened her hair as she walked across the room half naked and stared at the sky, standing just near the curtains
'I just hope this will be able to change things' she murmured.
'I'm trapped here, damn! how on earth will I get out now' Reaper stood still as he looked at Hisui staring at the sky, not knowing he's standing right next to her
Suddenly, he felt a jerk in his chest, as his body began to flicker around. 'Crap! not now!' he thought as he held himself and began releasing sparks of lightning.
Hisui was surprised to see the curtain illuminating all of the sudden, as she was about to remove it, Reaper tossed a smoke grenade and quickly jumped awat.
' cough cough... Who could that have been?' she mumbled as the smoke began to clear off and she looked outside of her window. She noticed a pattern of fire moving away farther from her.
'Crimson... no .. Reaper?' she said in shock as she watched.
'Princess! is everything alright?' yelled out one of the guards as they noticed the smoke.
'Everything is okay, just some miscalculated spell I was practicing' she replied.
'Reaper..' she said as she wore her robe and tied her hair
Reaper immediately stopped as he landed on a rooftop and held his chest, right after which the flickering ended. 'It's only getting worse' he thought as he gathered lightning around his hand. 'So there's gonna be something big 2 days later, and I need to find out what' he said to himself as he looked back at the castle, and then looked at the stadium. 'Better get going!' he yelled as he used his lightning tether to leap around buildings.
As Reaper reached the stadium, he dusted off his robe and went inside. He noticed how the others inside the main hall were staring at him, but it mattered less. He looked up to see a sign pointing towards the nursing office. He nodded his head and went towards the direction pointed by the sign.
'Excuse me sir, who would you like to meet at this time?' asked a nurse attending the office.
'Ursa DeWitt, the one from Fairy Tail' he replied, to which the nurse got a bit surprised
'May I know your name, Sir?' asked the nurse.
'It's Reaper' he replied.
'Your real name?' she asked again.
'...Kessler' he replied, right after which the nurse walked towards a room.
'Miss Ursa? Are you awake?' asked the nurse as she knocked the door.
'Yes, come in!' she replied as she opened her eyes and sat upright on her bed.
'There's someone by the name Kessler here to meet you' said the nurse, to which Ursa was a bit surprised. 'Let him in' she replied after thinking
'Alright Sir, you can go in!' said the nurse, right after which Reaper opened the door and stepped in.
Ursa's eyes lit up as he watched Reaper walk in and sit on a chair next to her bed.
There was a minute of silence, as Reaper took a bottle of water and drank, while Ursa sat still, not knowing what to say.
'So, I saw your match, you feeling good now?' asked Reaper as he kept the bottle of water and smiled. Ursa still remained silent and didn't say a word.
'Listen kid, you win some you lose some, but what matters is you tried your best kay? now don't let that get to you' he added as he gathered lightning around his hands.
'Reaper...' she mumbled as tears rolled down her cheeks
'Huh?' thought Reaper as he looked at her
'That day, after the blast, what happened?' she asked as she wiped off her tears.
'It's a long story kid' he replied.
'I thought you.. died..' she added as she was about to burst in tears
'So did I, but well, here I am!' he replied, spreading his arms.
Ursa wiped her tears and smiled, looking at Reaper. 'So, Sabertooth huh?' she asked out of curiosity.
'That's another long story. So tell me, how's good ol' Cole now?' he asked, dodging her question.
'Cole.. he's alright' she replied, right after which Reaper stood up.
'I better get going now, take care kid' he said as he put on his hood and opened the door.
'Wait!' she yelled out, extending her right arm
'Goodbye Ursa' he said as he closed the door and walked out of the office. He walked to the team area, where on entering he was greeted by Frosch and Lector.
'Where were you Reaper? the game had ended way back and two battles have already been done!' exclaimed Frosh.
'I had to run some errands' replied Reaper
'Errands? Hard to believe someone like you would need to run errands' replied Lector.
'Yeah yeah.. so who won?' asked Reaper.
'You mean the game round? Jura came first, while Erza came second' replied Lector.
'That doesn't matter, i'm itching to go out there and fight!' yelled out Sting
'Who's turn is it supposed to be now?' asked Reaper out of curiosity.
'It's Fairy Tail B vs Raventail' replied Frosch.
Reaper watched as Laxus stepped into the arena. He narrowed his eyelids as he remembered his encounter with him before.
'Oh, him again, I remember that lightning before' mumbled Reaper, right after which he gave a smile.
'This is going to be interesting..' he thought as he leaned against the edge and watched over
'The battle between Team Fairy Tail B's Laxus Drevyar and Team Raventail's Alexei is about to begin!' yelled the announcer, right after which the gong was struck