Chapter FIFTY
Jellal held up their hands and Lucy slipped hers gracefully out of his grasp.
"I don't know if you know, cause you might have not been here last year, but you wanna make a bet?" Natsu called, grinning.
The Grim Requiem mages glanced at each other. They nodded.
"Great!" Natsu pumped a fist into the air.
'He doesn't change.' Lucy noted.
Jellal nodded and rubbed her clenched knuckles with a finger. Lucy felt the knot in her stomach vanish.
"If we win, you need to reveal yourselves." Erza said, taking over. "I'm sure everyone here is pretty curious."
Valkyrie nodded. "Sure."
"Our side of the deal." Reaper said. "Is that, if you lose, you leave us alone." No one questioned this strange request. After all, both Natsu and Erza were too hyped up to even register it fully.
"Deal!"
The 'Start' signal had been given, and Erza instantly equipped into her Heaven Wheel armor.
"Let's do this, Erza!" Natsu cheered, fist engulfed in flames. Erza nodded.
Reaper and Valkyrie held hands and held up their other hand. "Black hole magic: Roar of the Poison Dragon!"
Erza and Natsu each leaped to the side, the attack flying past. It left a huge, melting crater on the wall.
"At this rate, they'll destroy the place." Wendy whispered. Meredy giggled.
The two Grim Requiem mages were forced to let go of the other when Erza came at them, sword raised to hack right through their linked hands.
Two black holes appeared above them, helping them reach height as they jumped away from Erza's second blow.
"Imagine what Erza would be like if she found out who they are." Meredy whispered back. It was Wendy's turn to giggle.
"She'll be pissed, alright." Sting snickered, overhearing with his Dragon Slayer hearing.
"Roar of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu called from him place to the left. Erza's eye's widened for a moment, but before she could stop him, the fire breath attack flew at Reaper. A black hole sucked up the attack before Natsu had finished releasing all of it.
"Wait! That's not fair!" Natsu yelled.
"Idiot! They can suck up any sort of attack!" Erza scolded, whacking the Dragon Slayer on the head.
Natsu frowned. "Oh, right."
"Natsu-san shouldn't be able to eat his own flame." Wendy said.
"Yeah. But once it's sucked up by the black hole, is it even his flames?" Rogue asked.
Erza summoned a countess amount of swords and fired them. Valkyrie jumped to the side again. Erza's attack followed and a hollow cry of pain followed at a sword slashed through Valkyrie's shoulder.
A spiral of wind came, knocking the rest of the swords away. Reaper appeared beside his guild mate, helping her up. They vanished into the smoke caused by the Sky Dragon Roar.
"That's Wendy's attack!" Natsu yelled. "Why do you have it?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Poison breath attack melted the earth as Natsu jumped away to avoid it.
"I do. That's why I'm asking!" Natsu said.
"I don't think that's what it means." Erza said.
The battle continued after that. There had been an incredible exchange of fire, swords, and several other elements which the two Grim Requiem mages had absorbed before.
Soon, there was only five or so minutes left. Both sides paused in their movements.
"Why don't we get serious?" Natsu asked. Erza smirked, summoning a few hundred swords.
"Sure." Valkyrie said. "We'll leave hints of our identity on our way." Reaper nodded in agreement.
Natsu grinned. "Mode - Lightning Fire Dragon!" He charged forward. "Roar of the Lightning Fire Dragon!"
Reaper and Valkyrie each summoned a black hole. The lightning was sucked into one, the fire into the other. Natsu let out a sound of annoyance.
Erza send some of her swords flying forwards. The two mages dodged them.
Erza smirked. "Your magic is very powerful. We all thought it could suck in anything." She paused. "However, if so, why did you dodge my attacks? Why did you split Natsu's attack into two and suck up one each?"
She raised her sword. "That is because you can only suck up one element at a time." She stated bluntly.
Reaper nodded slowly. "Very good." He said. "You are correct."
"The one thing that doesn't explain is how you could swallow Minerva's attack." Erza said.
This time, Valkyrie opened her mouth. "This magic is power granted to us by the death God." She didn't elaborate.
"So godly powers can be used to suck in other godly powers." Erza mused.
Reaper leaned back. "Now, back to the battle." He turned to Valkyrie. "Do it." He said
Valkyrie nodded. She reached into her cloak and pulled out something that made all the Fairy Tail mages freeze. "Fleuve d'étoiles!"
"Th-that's Lucy's..." Natsu trails off. "Why do you...?" His eyes narrowed. "Do you know where she is?" He snarled. "Tell me!"
Valkyrie shrug. She swung the whip around and Natsu had to jump away to avoid it.
"Damn it!' He ran forwards, dodging the whip attacks. He came right at her, fist raised. Valkyrie jumped back but Natsu followed. Reaper stepped forwards, about to rush and help her, when Erza stepped in front of him.
"Your opponent is me." Reaper clicked his tongue as he dodged a dozen of swords.
"Tell me where Lucy is." Natsu snarled. He managed to catch the girl's shoulder with a blow and she skidded backwards. She landed heavily on her back and lay there for a second, winded. She managed to slowly sit up.
"VALKYRIE!" A panicked cry from Reaper made her whip around, just in time to see Erza come at her, sword in her hand. The blade was turned towards her and Valkyrie found that she couldn't move.
She saw a flash of light which she instantly recognized as Meteor. There was a flash of movement, a blur of black and cloak and blue, and there was a horrible pause before something wet hit her face.
Erza's eyes widened as the Reaper jumped in front of his guildmate. She realized that she wouldn't be able to shift her stance. Something was nagging at her. How had he gotten there so quickly? She didn't even have a second to ponder this as her sword went straight through the mage's right shoulder.
There was a gasp of pain.
Jellal hissed as he lost control of the black hole hidden within his cloak. Natsu breathed in sharply and Jellal groaned as he realized that Natsu had probably recognized his scent now that it was unconcealed.
"You-" Whatever Natsu had been about to say was cut off when Erza quickly pulled out her sword. A flash of pain was better than a long, dull drag of it.
However, the force of the pull sent Reaper staggering backwards, clutching his shoulder. Time seemed to slow as the hood fell, revealing a very familiar head of blue hair and a red tattoo.
Sorry about the very late update. Also if there were any errors. (There will probably be a lot)(Was slightly rushed)
Darque: Raven broke his arm. A car ran into him(ish).
Raven: It wasn't my fault. The car ran into me.
Darque: That's what I said.
Raven: I meant that it wasn't my fault.
Darque: Yeah, cause cars just randomly run into people who are waiting for the traffic light to turn from RED to GREEN.
Raven: ...
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