Chapter 13: Ice Wizard's Victory and Team Stylish.
Akame was staring with fear and horror at the person that was in front of her and the two wizards. "(I never thought I would encounter her so soon.)"
Esdeath was taking this at the scene as well even more so to see her love interest not only close to an infamous enemy, but to see another girl embracing the man she loved. "Normally I would congratulate you on finding one of the Night Raid assassins, one of the infamous members "Akame" but it would seem you're a member of Night Raid after all if that weren't the case then you would've attacked her but you didn't."
The General lifted her hat up slightly and giving off a glare from her face. "Not only that, seeing another girl embracing you has gotten me to feel so upsetting inside, so if I have to guess she's your girlfriend."
Part of Gray's cover was blown at being a member of Night Raid was true but having a girlfriend like Juvia wasn't.
"Hold on." Juvia spoke. "Gray, what is she talking about and why is she so upset with you and me?"
Esdeath's jealously grew more and more. "Are you his girlfriend?"
Juvia hesitated to answer though she was deeply in love with the Ice wizard.
Gray quickly decided to answer but then Akame stepped foward. "You two run away now."
The two wizards gasped.
"We won't have another chance like this again, just go." Akame insisted grabbing the hilt of Murasame.
"No, we won't go!" Juvia said.
"That's right!" Gray agreed.
Akame growled and gave them a bewildered look. "This isn't time for agruing, you two have get away."
"May we remind that when two Imperial Arms Users fight, one of them dies." Gray clarfied. "He's right, we lost Sheele and Bulat, we won't lose you too." Juvia agreed.
Gray put his arm in front of his admirer. "No Juvia, I don't want you to help, just make sure Akame gets away safely."
"No, I'm not leaving my beloved behind!" Juvia protested. "She's right, you'll only get killed!" Akame agreed."
"True, but even so that doesn't mean she's unbeatable." Gray pointed out. "Just go, I'll take her down."
Akame held her had out as if she was trying to reach out for the Wizard's shoulder but Juvia took hold of Akame's wrist. "No, I think we should leave this to him."
Juvia dragged Akame by her wrist. "Wait, let me..." The Night Raid wild child then noticed a tear flowing out of Juvia's eye.
That moment the Gray and Esdeath were alone.
The General sighed realizing the man she loved was now her enemy but also realizing he had a girlfriend. "So you're not only a member of Night Raid, but this blue haired girl is your girlfriend."
Gray twitched at the part of Juvia being his girlfriend but being part of Night Raid was true. "I'm sorry you had to find that out this way, but since you did I won't hold back."
General Esdeath sighed and smiled at the situation. "Its a bit poetic for you to say that, beyond that I'm in love with the enemy without knowing who the enemy was, now that it has comes to this, I'm afraid I have to set aside all personal feelings."
"WIESS SCHENBAL!" The General speard her arms apart lauching countless ice shards at Gray
The Ice Wizard stood in front putting his right fist into his left palm. "ICE MAKE: ICE SHIELD!"
General was surprised at what she just saw. "(What the...)"
Her Ice Lancers were blocked by Gray's Ice shield.
"(He has the same powers as me.)" Esdeath thought but recollected. "Impressive, I didn't know the man I love can use such powers like me."
"For your information, this isn't the power you spoke to me about before!" Gray corrected getting his new admirer's attention. "My Master Ur taught me this, however like I told she isn't around anymore!"
Esdeath charged with her rapier sword
"ICE MAKE: ICE SWORD!"
Gray created a sword and lunged at the General as both their swords collided.
They began to swing their swords at each other one at a time until Gray punched the General on the side of her face.
"I'm not going to look like fool!" She screamed with annoyance and she slammed her hand into the ground. "GRAU HORN!"
A giant Ice spike suddendly emerged from the ground. "ICE CLONE!"
Esdeath was shocked to see a Gray that shattered into pieces of ice. "That was fake!"
Gray grinned. "Now you see the power of my Ice Maker Magic!
Esdeath shook her head and raised her hands up straight. "HAGEL SPRUNG!"
A giant ice ball formed above her and then she let her arms down.
Her attack was sent straight at the Ice Wizard.
"ICE MAKE: ICE HAMMER!"
Gray created a large ice hammer and shattered the giant Ice Ball into pieces.
"NO WAY!" Esdeath exclaimed seeing a weapon being made of ice. "(He made a hammer out of ice.)"
General stared at the black haired man. "Let me ask you three questions, first was your parents including those people from your town, secondly did your teacher Ur really give her life to save you from this Demon type Danger Beast, or third was all of that a lie?"
Gray answered shaking his head. "No, its not, my parents were killed by a Demon known as Deliora and Master Ur did give her life to save me from the Demon."
Esdeath was surprised. "(This demon he spoke of has a name.)"
"Also my Master Ur was also an Ice Wizard, she taught me the ice Maker Magic and even used a spell to seal Deliora away!" Gray added. "After meeting the Deliora on a request job, Deliora was sent free cause of some wizards reviving it, however my friends and I found out that my Master Ur depleted the Demon's life force therefore with its last breath, it died and shattered into pieces."
"In that case, you can join your family, your Master Ur, and those that were killed by this Deliora in the afterlife!" The General placed her hands in front and created a large vortex of ice surrounded the Ice Wizard. "Enjoy your last moments because soon you will be frozen with a look of misery on your face!"
Meanwhile.
Akame then made to the hideout as she did, she began to explain everything to her comrades.
"Are you serious?" Levy asked.
"Gray is fighting that psychopath bitch!" Gajeel snarled in anger.
"Why didn't you two assist Gray?" Taran asked.
"He told me it was too risk for him to lose us." Akame said who had her head lowered. "Yes, Gray ordered us to go back to the base." Juvia added who had her head lowered too.
"Hmm, Gray is a strong wizard but who knows what General Esdeath could do against him." Lily muttered crossing his arms with concern.
Leone was worried as the others were and walked away.
"Where are you going?" Tatsumi asked.
"I know where you're going on." Everyone looked at Gajeel. "You're going to rescue Gray."
Mine pointed her finger at the blonde. "Don't be stupid if you try to go, you'll get killed!"
"Maybe so, I can't let that hunk fight alone against that woman!" The blonde shouted.
"Well count me in." Gajeel stepped in with a grin.
"I'll go too." Levy added stepping foward.
"Me three." Lily said flying up.
"Me too I'll go!" Taran added steppting foward.
"I'll go too, my beloved needs me!" Juvia stated.
"Then go ahead." Akame ordered. "Also the six of you guys, remember Esdeath is a powerful foe, don't let your guard down."
The six Night Raid members nodded in respond.
At the forest.
"At this rate, this vortex could seriously damage me." Gray said. "There be something I can do."
He thought for a second and then an idea came to his head.
Flashback scene.
"Wait, when I was fighting my father..."
Silver devoured Gray's ice attacks just like how Dragon Slayer would eat anything that matches their magic power.
Flashback ends.
Gray opened his mouth and the ice vortex began to disappear into his mouth.
"Is he eating my ice Vortex?!" Esdeath asked surprised at what she was seeing.
Soon the surrounding area was getting cold but much colder.
Gajeel and others were getting close to the location.
The Iron Dragon Slayer felt a sudden chill one he felt before. "(This coldness that I'm feeling, its chilling me to the...)"
Flashback scene
Gajeel recall after Laxus defeated one of the Nine Demon Gates known as Calamity but also called Tempester, nearly was killed alone with his members after it released poison particles. "(It almost seemed my friends were done for until...)"
Gray was walking down the path as he did everything around area froze including the vein particles.
Flashback ends.
Back with the others currently making their way to their friends location.
"Strange, this chill I'm feeling is so cold." Levy said shaking.
"Yes, it feels familiar too." Lily spoke as his body began to shake.
Akame was shivering and covering herself with her arms. "Why is the air so cold?"
"(It feels like Esdeath, no it very cold than her powers.)" Leone thought as her body shivered.
Gray stripped off his shirt instantly. "Its time to show my other Magic!"
"(His body is so nice like when he fought against that Martial Arts man, he's so hot.)" Esdeath thought blushing red.
She noticed something on his right arm. "(What kind of mark is that?)"
Esdeath shook off the thought and creating the same Ice Vortex.
Gray had a very cold aura coming from his body and it froze the entire forest surrounding them including the Vortex in a different color of ice.
"(What crazy kind of ice power is this?!)" Esdeath thought. "TELL ME WHAT KIND OF POWER IS THAT, ITS SEEMS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOUR PREVIOUS ATTACKS?!"
"I can't tell you nor I can't let you hurt any of my friends especially Juvia!" Gray replied angrily. "ICE DEMON'S RAGE!"
He enhaled and released a large purple blizzard of cold air, ice and snow at the General that engulfed her completely sending her flying away.
Gray grinned. "I won't...I..." He began to fall.
"Gotcha!" Leone caught the Ice Wizard.
"Hey, get your hands off him!" Juvia screamed with a jealously look.
"Looks he over did it." Levy stated.
"Ha, that's something I would expect from Natsu as well." Gajeel commented.
"Does this place feel so cold?" Leone asked as she noticed the forest surrounded them was frozen in ice. "What kind of ice is this, it doesn't look like Esdeath's powers, for that matter its purple, this can't be normal ice."
"Its not..." Gray managed to answer but still worn out.
"Then this must be the Ice Demon Slayer Magic that Gray has." Akame stated.
"Amazing, so this is how an Ice Demon Slayer is capable of." Leone chuckled with a big smile. "Who knew Gray was this powerful."
"Let's go." Gajeel suggested.
They all left for the hideout.
Back at another part of the forest.
Wave and Kurome were waiting for the General but hasn't shown up yet.
Kurome was eating her cookies. "Something ain't right, General Esdeath should've been here by now including Gray."
Wave looking troubled. "Maybe they ran into trouble or something?"
Akame's little sister scoffed his idea. "I doubt that cause there's nothing Esdeath can't handle, she's the strongest of the Empire."
Suddenly a sound was coming their way.
"What in the world was that?" Wave asked.
They saw something coming from above the sky and crashed nearby then ground not only shook but they felt something from ahead.
"Why is getting so cold?" Wave asked his body beginning to shake. "Is itEsdeath's doing?"
Kurome walked ahead to find out. "Let's go see."
They reached to the impact site and surprised to see such damage caused.
"What the hell happened here?" Wave asked as he noticed something on the ground so he walked over to it.
"What is it?" Kurome asked.
Seeing her teammate crouching down and picked up something ice like. "This looks like ice."
"Yeah, but looks different, its purple and really cold." Kurome said then she looked ahead and gasped in shock.
"What is it?" Wave asked seeing ahead as the dusted cleared and the center was crater with Esdeath inside.
They both immediately ran over to their leader. "Oh crap, she looks messed up, is she alive?"
Kurome put two fingers on the General's neck. "She has a pulse, but its so very weak, we have to get her to the Capital?"
Wave picked her up in his arms and noticed another was missing. "Wait, where is Gray, wasn't he with Esdeath?"
"We're worry about him later, the General needs a doctor!" Kurome answered seriously.
To them both they wondered not only who could defeat General Esdeath but what kind of ice that they found came from.
"(This ice must be examined by Doctor Stylish.)" Wave thought who had a piece of the purple shattered Ice in one of his jeans pockets. "(I have a feeling this isn't just ordinary ice.)"
Later at Night Raid's hideout.
Everyone was in the meeting room.
"Your Magic is quite stronger than we thought." Lubbock commented. "I'm impressed, but Leone carries you back, man this sucks!"
"Whatever, anyway like I said my father gave me this Ice Demon Slayer Magic after he was set free from Keyes' control." Gray replied. "He also said he wanted to use it to defeat a Fire Demon called: E.N.D."
"That's when he became Ice Demon Slayer." Juvia added.
"Amazing, I wonder what else your friends can do with their magic." Tatsumi said amazed.
"You'll see soon kid." Gajeel grinned.
Akame then walked to the Ice wizard and slapped his face. "Ow!"
"What'd you do that for?" Gajeel asked shocked that his friends were just hit by Akame.
She lowered her head. "I was so worried you were going to get killed."
"Me too, Gray I don't want to lose you either!" Juvia added getting teary eyed.
"Yes, I'm sorry I got you guys very..." Gray stopped as soon at Akame embraced him.
Juvia gasped in shock and growled with jealousy. "You little bimbo, get your hands off him."
Akame pulled herself away from the Ice Wizard. "All that matters is that you're ok."
"Anyway, did Esdeath do anything to you, Gray?" Levy asked.
Gray hesitated but thought of what to say, after awhile he explained everything including the names of the Jaegers, he told that he was kissed by Esdeath.
"Man, that ice bimbo kissed you and she forced you to sleep with her, how dare she do that to my beloved!" Juvia growled chewing a napkin. "Argh, I'll never forgive her!"
"You two aren't a couple yet." Mine mumbled with annoyed face but then had another thought in her head. "(However to think Seryu, that bitch is one of the Jaegers, she'll pay for what she did to Sheele.)"
"To think she would fall for Gray." Gajeel said looking little weirded out.
"On top of that I never knew a woman with such lust for bloodshed and war would be interested in love." Lily commented.
"Yeah, its so weird for someone like her too." Tatsumi agreed. "Agreed, that woman's reputation of falling in love doesn't suit her." Taran added to Tatsumi's statement.
"By the way, Esdeath is gone, right?" Akame asked.
Gray shook his head slightly. "Not sure, she was sent away flying from my last attack."
"Great, so we got to assume she's still alive." Mine groaned. "Beyond that, she saw your magic now."
"She's right, not only, she'll come for Juvia as well." Akame added.
"Why me?" The Water Wizard asked pointing at herself.
"She means that since she saw you hugging Gray, she might see you as rival besides an enemy." Lubbock answered as he lowered his head as tears fall from his eyes. "Though I'm not too jealous of Gray, its not like Esdeath is a woman that would be so luvey-duvey, beyond that she's the most dangerous killer in the Empire, I'm so lucky that wasn't me, whoo, I'm lucky, LUCK, LUCKY, LUCKY ME!"
"Don't waste your tears, Lub." Leone suggested.
Juvia's face went red. "(I have another love rival, even so I won't let that ice bimbo steal my beloved away.)"
Gray looked at Akame. "I have question for you, Kurome is your sister, why didn't you take her with you?"
The Night Raid wild child lowered her head slightly. "I wanted to, but she decided to stay behind, in her eyes she sees me as a traitor."
"It sounds wrong that she and you have to kill each other!" Levy yelled.
"She's right, I mean we had Fairy Tail members that were siblings, they never would hurt each other let alone kill each other!" Juvia agreed.
Akame was silent. "(Even so, I don't know if I can change her opinion of me.)"
"Anyway, I think we should celebrate!" Lubbock spoke. "I mean, Gray overpowered Esdeath by using his Ice Maker Magic even his Ice Demon Slayer Magic!"
"I like that idea." Akame smiled suddenly. "Besides that everyone must be hungry too."
"Sounds good to me!" Leone jumped joyfully.
"Let's eat!" Tatsumi stated raising his arm while making a fist.
"I'm starving too!" Taran raised her arm up while smiling.
"I'm in." Lily commented with a grin.
Gajeel grinned with a chuckle.
"Nice to see you smile too." Levy praised smiling herself.
"Be quiet, you little busy body." The Iron Dragon Slayer remarked turning his head away.
Levy scoffed. "Ah, but you're still a jerk!"
The group laughed and started to celebrate by eating a lot of meals and drinks, though Leone was the only one drinking whine and Lily ate the tuna that Tatsumi and Akame went to catch one time together.
At Capital's hallway.
Two guards were walking through.
"Did you hear, the word is that Esdeath was defeated in battle." One of the whispered. "There must someone that possess such strong Imperial Arms."
The second guard became interested. "If so who or what was this enemy?"
"Don't know, Esdeath was defeated but luckily to..." The first guard stopped as he saw the Minister walking by so they kept quiet.
Honest glanced at them knowing what they were chatting about. "(Hmm, I hope those two don't blab this to anyone else so the word doesn't get outside the Capital, its such craziness that someone defeated Esdeath the most powerful warrior in the Capital.)"
In the Conference Room.
Five of the Jaegers were sitting at table.
"Damn it, who could put the Commander in such a state?" Seryu asked slamming her first on the table.
"Relax, the doctors are taking care of her while the Dry Stylish is examining the purple ice Wave and Kurome brought back." Run said calmly.
"What stuns me that Esdeath was defeated." Bols commented.
His team had that thought as well to think their leader was defeated and almost killed.
Dr Stylish then came inside the room.
"How is the Commander?" Seryu asked as Koro whimpered with concern.
"She'll live, but she needs more rest for the time being, Run will be charge." Dr Stylish reported.
"Did you examine the purple ice Kurome and I brought back?" Wave asked.
Dr Stylish fixed his glasses. "Yes, I admit its nothing like I ever seen, nothing like the ice Esdeath uses, somehow I can feel its powerful, cause my research its not from this world."
The Jaegers were surprised to hear that but then again to them something is unusual about the purple ice.
Dr Stylish noticed one was missing. "Where is Gray?"
"Not sure, he disappeared too." Wave answered. "I wonder if he's ok or if the person that defeated Esdeath got to him too."
Kurome had something on her mind. "(Not sure, but I keep thinking something is off about Gray, I wonder it can't be that guy doesn't have any Imperial Arms.)"
"I SAY WE HUNT DOWN THIS CRIMINAL THAT TOOK DOWN ESDEATH AND BRING THAT SCUM TO JUSTICE!" Seryu shouted angrily as her dog companion barked in agreement.
"I know you're upset, but you can't go running off." Run suggested. "I mean we don't know who her attacker was let alone what kind of power this attacker uses."
"He's right, we can't go on feeling emotional." Bols agreed.
The Imperial Guard growled as her body shook in anger but knew her teammates had a point.
"There is one more thing." Everyone looked at Dr Stylish opening the door out the conference room. "After examining the purple ice, I went to check on Esdeath in the recovery room, she began to mumble something."
"What did she say?" Wave asked curiously.
Dr Stylish lowered his head. "I didn't understand her but..."
"But what?" Run inquired.
"It was strange but I could swear I saw tears forming in her eyes." The Doctor answered. "Beyond that she looked so jealous."
"What, she was crying with a jealousy look on her face?" Seryu asked looking slightly confused as Koro tilt his head left.
"That's not like her, but maybe she's worried about Gray." Bols suggested.
"That doesn't explain why would she would have a jealousy look on the Commander's face." Run said putting his hand under his chin.
"Nor that doesn't explain that who defeated Esdeath and what kind of Imperial Arms her attacker used." Kurome added.
"Alright, here's the thing." Everyone looked at Run.
"We'll continue our work as usual until Esdeath wakes up, if any of you encounter Night Raid, you know what to do."
His team nodded their heads.
Dr Stylish left and making his way out of the palace. "(Its strange, but maybe that boy Gray did this, but to be sure I must find him, if its possible he's the enemy then he might be a member of Night Raid.)" He thought and up ahead was his teammates waiting outside the gate doors which opened slowly.
Meanwhile at the bandits camp in opening center in a valley.
The fortress had several bandits outside guarding a big gate entrance.
A tall muscular man enormous wielding a large iron axe, he was standing outside of the gate pacing left and right.
"Master Syd." One of the bandits crouching down on his left leg.
"Any intruders seen lately?" He asked.
"Five bandits were patrol the area, while the Stifon is outside the gate waiting for their return but should report back in 5 minutes, I was so fine." Another answered.
Suddenly the gate door was busted open.
Syd and his bandits looked to the direction who was coming their way.
Stifon was laying on the ground dead and his body was severely damaged.
"What happened?" Syd asked as one of his Archers crouched down feeling the guard's pulse.
"Syd, he's dead." The Archer said. "Judging from his wounds looks to be wounds from a bomb explosion."
"Who did this then?" The leader asked.
The Demons were approaching them however they wore their dark cloaks.
"Who the heck at you four?" Syd asked doing a stance.
"We're here to cause a bit destruction." Fang answered.
"Not on our watch, ATTACK!" Syd commanded.
Several of his bandits charged their knives and axes.
Then Four Archers stood beside Syd and took preparing to fire their arrows.
Fang let out his arm. "BOMB BARRAGE!"
He motioned both his arms backwards and foward one at a time sending a ball like spheres of explosion energy at the Archer's arrows which destroyed them before they reached before the arrows got close.
"No way!" Syd exclaimed in shock.
"Neo-Bomb Spiral!" He motioned up arms up and swung down which caused a explosion like wave at the bandits.
Syd and his Archers were sent flying into a one of the fortress walls.
"If only Jackal were here, I'm sure he would love to see this." Fang chuckled as the explosion waves made his hoody reveal his face.
The White wolf took off his cloak revealing his black baggy pants with a light Double Loop stitched belt attached, he was wearing a black tank top with a white wolf paw print in the center of the shirt , wore no shoes, and his forehead was a Tartaros Guildmark.
Syd and his Archers were shocked yet confused what they were seeing.
"Who or what the heck are you?" Syd asked.
"I'm the guy, that's going to show you the power of Tartoros." Fang said with a evil smirk.
Syd growled and charged with a battle cry wielding a metal mallet and whacked Fang on the chest then he whacked him again, again, and again.
"How do you-" He stopped as he saw a smirk on the Demon Wolf's face.
"You human don't have any what you just did." The Demon Wolf muttered.
Syd backed away then he noticed something on his. "What is this?"
"Master!"
Syd turned around and saw four of his five Archers having strange symbols on three of them. "What is this?"
"Neo-Bomb Contact, depending on many my opponents touch me, my new Bomb Curse allows me to transfer any of the other contacts with others with my opponent that's fighting me, since you touched me four times you and four of your Archers get blown sky high, however the last one will be killed differently!"
Syd's eyes went wide with fright as the symbol on him and on four of his Archers went kaboom as they were engulfed in the explosion.
The last Archer was trembling in fear and decided to run away.
"DARK VINES!" Poison Ivy chanted as dark vines emerged from the ground and bind the last Archer
"What is this?" The last one asked.
"My Curse is: Black Nature, allowing me to control plants from the ground, but that's not all it can do, but I'll stick with my attack that's happening for now."
The last Archer was in tears and fear overwhelming him. "Please, I don't want to die yet!"
"Aw, this human is crying, boo, hoo." Fang laughed amusingly.
The last Archer was released onto the ground as he struggled to get up on his feet.
Key snapped his sharp fingers then his subject Leon the Demon Panther dashing toward the Archer picking him up by his arms.
"What are you?" He asked frighteningly.
"GRIP DRAIN" Leon declared as he his hands glowed green then the last Archer fell to the ground dead.
"That was fun, I guess." Fang said suddenly looking bored. "I was hoping some humans in this world can put up a fight."
Leon dropped the Archer on the ground who was now dead.
"Don't worry, we'll find some humans worthy for a fight." Saki stated.
"Yeah, some that can be perfect for becoming my new subjects." Kay added.
In the forest nightfall arrived.
Dr Stylish was walking through a path with a few people. "(Looks like, I have found Night Raid's base, they'll soon become dead soon, however one of them might useful for experiments.)"
End of chapter.