Chapter 19
In a land far, far away lies the kingdom of Fiore, a small, peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they apply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail.
Last time:
"Well then I guess now is a good time." Kaito said with a chuckle.
"What do you mean?" Dakura inquired of his friend.
"I kind of already stopped that from happening. Remember that key the Pedophile ran off with? Well that was to activate the Dragon Chain Cannon, which was going to achieve what Erza explained." Kaito revealed with a smirk.
"Well that makes our jobs easier, now we just have to free everyone, take down the King, and find a way home." Dakura stated with a wide grin, showing off his fangs.
Now:
As the group of Fairy Tail Mages exited the castle they could tell they missed a lot. There were flying beasts with Edolas Soldiers riding them shooting at Exceeds, and turning them into lacrima. Gajeel, Edo-Enkaar, Edo-Raiden, and Riley were fighting off ground forces, utilizing whatever was available to them. Noticing the losing fight the others were in, Kaito and Dakura rushed forward to join in the fray.
"Dark Dragon ROAR" Dakura shouted sending forth the beam impacting with a good chunk of the ground forces sending them flying, unconscious. The group joined them in taking out the ground forces.
"I've always wanted to try these out. Bombardier Beetle Sphere!" Kaito shouted out, as his signature attack formed in from of him with, unlike the usual elemental aura it has, an odd gasoline-esque smell emanating off of it before it was launched forward, exploding in a fiery manner upon contact with the ground in front of a majority of the army knocking a small battalion back and others unconscious.
"Tch, I knew that these weaklings wouldn't be able to get rid of these pests, so I guess we need to step in." Edo-Dakura stated as he walked up to the group flanked by a still slightly battered Erza Knightwalker along with an average height female with flowing brunette hair wearing a biker jacket with white trimmings and beige cargo pants. Stepping forward with a sadistic grin, the newcomer reeled her arm back as a javelin of stone materialized out of seemingly nothing before it was launched full speed directly at Dakura. Dakura quickly put a wall of darkness to block the spear and glared back at their attackers.
"Kaito could you take care of Edo-Abigail?" The wielder of elemental darkness asked as more of the stone weapons were launched at the small group.
"Wait wait wait, that's Abigail's Edolas counterpart?!" Kaito exclaimed, surprised at the sheer difference between the two as he shifted to his Swarm Formation to take the javelin thrower head on.
(B.N.: Play Sono chi no Kioku during the following battle sequence.)
As Kaito flew forward, the stone spears ripped holes in his insectine form, though the rifts were quickly re shut. Ducking out of the way of yet another javelin, Kaito landed in front of his target with a cloud of dust, before rushing out of the cover and tackling his target off the nearby cliff and onto a nearby island that was smaller than the continent sized one the capital was on.
"You asshole! You could have killed me!" Edo-Abigail cursed, glaring veterable daggers at the beetle user who didn't even flinch from the outburst.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you're a pest? Because you are." The albino retorted as he rushed back at the foulmouthed brunette with his right fist cocked back. "Soldier Ant Knuckles!" shouting out his spell, a small layering of the metallic insects covered his right hand like a gauntlet before the covered fist impacted with Haretaba's left cheek before she was sent stumbling back from the force. The brunette spit out a small glob of blood as well as a tooth that was dislodged from the impact as she sent a death glare at the silverette before forming more stone javelins to throw at her opponent.
"You pissant! You'll pay for that!" Haretaba shouted as she launched the stone weapons one after the other not caring about precision, only eliminating the man that had the gall to attack the kingdom she served for years on end.
"Jeez, you really are a one trick pony, aren't you?" Kaito drawled out, reverting to his swarm form to dodge the stone weaponry that came close to hitting him as he stalked forward.
"Shut the hell up! Why won't you just fucking die already?!" The guard captain yelled out definitely, though the slight hitch in her voice betrayed her fear of the man before her as he continued to stalk forward undeterred.
"You see, I would love to just curl up and die, but thing is I have friends that are expecting me to return so I can't do that for you." Kaito sarcastically drawled out as he raised his hands up for his signature spell. "Now why don't you surrender here, take a nap, and come back to talk when you are more level headed, ne?
"Like hell I would!" Haretaba shouted back as Kaito's spell fully charged.
"Whatever. Don't say I didn't give a chance for a less painful loss. Hive Mind Secret Art: Elemental Beetle Barrage!" shouting out the attack name, small beetle spheres crackling with varying elemental properties were launched forward, impacting the Edolas native in front of him with enough force to topple a bull elephant. As the attack slowly ended, the dust settled to reveal Edolas Abigail just barely standing, multiple cuts visible on her before she slowly fell forward with a dull thud, unconscious...
(Meanwhile with Dakura)
"Do you think you can take on your counterpart again?" Dakura asked of Erza, not looking away from their counterparts.
"Of course. Just be careful." Erza said while looking at her brother.
"No promises. I feel like beating myself up." Dakura stated with a smirk as he rushed his armor clad counterpart carrying him through the wall of some ruins nearby. Edo-Dakura quickly took hold of the situation as he grabbed the dark magic user and threw him into another wall. Edo-Dakura pulled out his sword-shotgun and started taking potshots through the hole that Dakura went through, but what he didn't expect was to see is his Earthland counterpart to be behind him suddenly with his own shotgun pointed at him.
"Surprise. Crushing Slug" Dakura pulled the trigger causing a deep purple slug to go flying at the paladin who tried to move out of the way, but stayed in place as the slug hit him dead on cracking his armor and sending him through a wall. Edo-Dakura came charging back swinging his sword and Dakura compiled by pulling out his own sword and the two started trading blows. They kept on continuously trading blows until Edo-Dakura over extended a swing allowing Dakura to land a kick to his gut sending sprawling on the ground a few feet away. Dakura pulled out his shotgun and put the barrel in front of his counterparts face.
"It's time this ends. Concussive Slug." Dakura said as he pulled the trigger rendering Edo-Dakura unconscious. Dakura go to search for Kaito but stops when he feels the ground shake and sees a mechanical dragon bursting out of an 'egg' shell like thing. Dakura double checked to see if his counterpart was down before going over to gain more information on the mecha-dragon. When he arrived he saw Gajeel and Natsu landing devastating punches on the robot ending with Wendy roaring at it.
"WHAT?! HOW HAS THE DORMA ANIM TAKE DAMAGE?!" King Faust's voice came from the robo-dragon being projected and amplified. Dakura smirked and joined his fellow dragon slayers in taking down the dragon imposter.
"Because us Dragon Slayers were trained to take down dragons. Dark Dragon Charge!" Dakura exclaimed as he charged the robo-dragon crashing into the mech causing it to stagger back.
"IS THIS THE POWER OF DRAGON SLAYER MAGIC? I MUST HAVE THIS FOR MYSELF!" Faust exclaimed as he made the robot fire a beam of energy at the four dragon slayers. Wendy countered by casting a speed enhancement spell on all four of them and they all quickly flew out of the way and started pelting the Dorma Anim with hits. As this was occuring, Kaito shifted back to his swarm form upon noticing the fighting occurring off in the distance.
"Great, they have a dragon now. Time to go aid with thi-" The albino was cut off as stone grappling hook wrapped around his yet untransformed leg and pulled him back down to the island he was previously on.
"DID YOU REALLY THINK I WOULD BE DEFEATED THAT EASILY, MURABBA!?" Came the angered shout from below as Edolas Abigail tugged hard on her end of the chain she wielded, bringing the crimson eyed male closer to herself as she produced a stone dagger and jabbed it into the exposed flesh of Kaito's leg, managing to draw blood from the surprised beetle mage.
"Dammit, I shouldn't have expected you to stay down." Kaito muttered as a Fire Dragon's Roar flew over head after having missed the Dorma Anim. From the focal point of the blast, Natsu charged at the mechanical dragon knight cloaked in flames.
"Take this! Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Came the pinkette's shout as he rammed into the mechanical monstrosity head on, the flames coating his body helping to propel him forward and add force to the strike.
"Dark Dragon Slam!" Dakura exclaimed as he came down on the head of the mech kicking it with his leg encased in darkness. Causing the robot to lie prostrate on the ground. The Dorma Anim stood back up with its eyes glowing intensely.
"ENOUGH!" Faust shouted as the Dorma Anim started glowing. When the light faded the Dorma
Anim was now a black in color, and the overall mech was bigger. Back with Kaito, he reeled back from a strike to his face the enraged Abigail Haretaba landed, before putting up a hasty guard to block more strikes from landing.
"WHY. WON'T. YOU. JUST. DIE. ALREADY!" The Edolas native shouted, emphasizing each word with a strike, growing progressively stronger as more time passed.
"I told you already, I have comrades waiting for me!" Came the albino's response as he jumped back to avoid a haymaker before raising his right arm up in his normal casting stance. "Ice Beetle Sphere!" Was his battle cry as the icy ball of pain launched forward, impacting the brunette he was facing directly in the gut, pushing her back and leaving the exposed flesh semi-frozen.
"You'll pay for that!" Haretaba shouted out, flinging several knives of stone at the albino, some clipping his face and leaving streaks of blood from their impacts. Rushing forward once more, the Edolas General cocked her right arm back for a particularly devastating haymaker which came at a speed Kaito had a hard time dodging, resulting in him getting nailed in the chest hard enough to cause him to fly slightly to his right, spitting up blood in the process.
"Looks like I need to pull out all the stops here, don't I? Beetle Formation!" Kaito exclaimed, shifting over to the insectine form. Bursting out of the resulting swarm, Kaito rammed his horn directly into the the chest of his opponent, causing her to spit up some blood of her own. Back with the dragon slayers they were having their asses kicked by the Dorma Anim because of the form change.
"Damn it I'm out of magic." Gajeel panted out
"Same here." Natsu and Wendy stated both looking worse for wear.
"If you two can keep him busy, Wendy and I can eat to regain our energy." Dakura stated earning a nod from both Gajeel and Natsu. Panels on the Dorma Anim opened and out shot missiles that came straight for them. The missiles hit the ground in front of the dragon slayers causing a giant explosion . Natsu promptly started eating the flames while Dakura went over to some rubble to eat the darkness underneath it, and Wendy started to suck in air. Gajeel proved a useful distraction by eating the tail of the Dorma Anim. All of this both surprised and angered Faust, causing him to whip the tail of the Dorma Anim to fling Gajeel off of it towards the other dragon slayers.
"THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL ALL BOW TO ME!" Faust exclaimed as the Dorma Anim sent forth a multicolored 'roar'.
"Why don't we show Faust a true roar." Dakura stated with a grin earning nods from the other dragon slayers.
"Fire Dragon-"
"Iron Dragon-"
"Sky Dragon-"
"Dark Dragon-"
"ROAR!" The four shouted sending forth the four roars that combined and completely overpowered the Dorma Anims blast and subsequently the Dorma Anim itself. When it faded all that was left was a scared shitless Faust on his knees, who after a few seconds passed out. A pillar of energy shot out from below as Kaito missed with one of his attacks, before turning back to the Edolas General that Abigail's counterpart was.
"What even ARE you?!" The brunette shouted out as she dodged more of his attacks, his shell flashing through varying colors as they were fired off. The almost seizure inducing display on the carapace of Kaito's current form soon stopped, revealing a bright danger orange. Rearing back his head, Kaito launched out a concussive blast that knocked off a small chunk of the island thee two were fighting on. After the blast stopped, the cycle started once more, stopping at the default jade green. Rushing at his opponent, Kaito reared the twin claws on his right side back, intending to at the very least injure his opponent enough to knock her out for good. Slashing forward, the limbs were blocked by a sword of stone in his opponents hand. Jumping back to prepare another blast, the Hive Mind user never got the chance as both sections of the island the two were on split apart, preventing Kaito from re-engaging. Back with Dakura and he rest of the Earthland mages they were regrouping after the destruction of the Dorma Anim. They were all checking each other over for any serious injuries when a very familiar guild mate walked up to them.
"Mystogan? What are you doing here?" Dakura asked of the masked mage. Mystogan only replied by reaching up and pulling off his mask to reveal a very familiar blue haired mage.
"Jellal?!" The group of Eathland wizards exclaimed, shocked that he was Mystogan the whole time.
"In a way yes I am Jellal, but not the one you know, for I am the Jellal of this world. I believe I know of a way to return you all back to Earthland and restore the guild, along with all of Magnolia to its proper place." Mystogan explained earning nods of understanding and questioning looks from his fellow guild mates.
"What do you have in mind?" Erza asked of the staff mage.
"I plan to reverse the Anima causing all magic in this world to be sent to Earthland. This will allow safe passage and to make sure not a single person is left behind." Mystogan explained with a serious expression.
"Are you sure about this Mystogan? If you do this then Edolas will loose all of it's magic. Won't that be a major problem?" Dakura inquired of his guild mate.
"Yes. Edolas has been losing its magic for quite some time now. It is time that we let go of what we can't hold on to any longer. " Mystogan stated with a serious expression. Everyone nodded at his statement agreeing with the plan.
"So what do we need to do?" Dakura asked of the staff mage.
"I will reverse the Anima while you make sure you are not standing under anything, and when you start getting pulled in do not resist for it might cause some problems on the way through." Mystogan informed as he started running towards the palace to achieve his goal. Hearing the sound of insectine buzzing as Kaito flew overhead. For a moment, before slamming down in front of the group and transforming back, sweat pouring down his face.
"I have never used Beetle Formation for that long." He huffed out, falling onto his back for a moment to rest.
"You okay there? I haven't seen you this tired since we fought that Jura-look-alike." Dakura inquired while looking at his exhausted friend.
"Yeah. Just… need a minute." Kaito said, before flipping to his feet. "What now? I saw a few glimpses of that metal dragon, is it dead or…"Kaito panted out before being pull away from the spot he was standing seconds before a stone spear the size of his arm impaled the ground where he was standing. "Good God this woman doesn't know when to stay the fuck down!" Kaito exclaimed as he dodged another spear. When Kaito jumped into the air he found that he kept rising at a steady pace along with the rest of the Earthland mages and the Exceeds. Kaito looked back to the ground to see a fuming Edo-Abigail trying to form another spear, but found she couldn't and resorted to chucking rocks at the quickly rising Kaito, who smirked at her and flipped her the bird before his field of view was engulfed with a very bright light.
(On Earthland)
The group of Fairy Tail mages found themselves in a clearing looking up at the the cloudy sky and in the distance they could hear the bustling of the citizens of Magnolia going about their day. They all got up and looked at eachother with wide smiles.
"We did it!" They all exclaimed while celebrating. During the celebrations Carla and Happy joined them and they started retelling their adventure to the Kingdom of Extalia. After some time a tiny panther cat came walking in the clearing while dragging a white haired girl that was very familiar to a certain pinkette, who immediately tackled her crying tears of joy that Lisanna was alive. After some time the group headed back to the guild hall, and when they entered they were met with curious looks as to where they were, and some surprised reactions that Lisanna was with them along with another female that none of them recognized. Dakura, Kaito, and Riley joined Abigail in a booth with Dakura ordering a large beer. Once he got his drink Dakura turned to his oldest friend with a curious gaze.
"So Kaito who is you friend?" Dakura asked of the beetle mage. Turning to the darkness user, Kaito's face was a bit more of a grin than normal.
"Well, to make a long story short, Riley here is, how do I put it, an old friend." Kaito said, his eyes narrowed in thought. Dakura gained a smirk that promised no nice things.
"Oh? An old 'friend'" Dakura said while using air quotes and a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, she is. She was one of the first people I met after leaving the swarm, Dakura." Kaito replied, his eyes reflecting his seriousness. Dakura smiled and put up his hands in a sign of peace.
"I was just kidding man, but if she wants to joining our team then I have no objections." Dakura said while giving Riley a wide smile.
"Hey… wouldn't our first initials spell out DARK?" Abigail asked, a pensive look on her face. All of the mages in the booth looked at each other before suddenly bursting out with laughter.
"Welcome Riley, to Team DARK." Dakura said as he held up his mug of beer.
Rage: Finally done with the Edolas Arc. This took forever.
Blueghast: Indeed it did, but we got it done. You know what's up next though.
Rage: Yeah the Tenrou Island Arc and THAT will contain some awesome fight scenes.
Blueghast: Yep. Well, hopefully we can get that do-
Marin: *Burst down wall* Guess who's back?
Blueghast: Shit! I forgot about you! Uh… Story Writer Secret Art: Character Teleportation!
Rage: Well that happened. Anyways I will be posting a new story this month so look out for that an I also plan on updating one of my other stories his month also.
Blueghast: As Always, Read, Rate, Review, and Favorite.
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