A/N: Hello, readers!

I'm putting all the battles in this one chapter because I'm hella lazy and I don't feel like writing a separate chapter for each of the battles.

So expect a long chapter.

Enjoy!

CHAPTER FIVE: BATTLE ROYALE

Atlas and Fera were running through the Lunar Fang guild. "Are you sure you'll be able to handle Natsumi? Her magic is similar to Shiro's. Just a Devil Slayer instead of a Dragon Slayer." Atlas said.

"I'll be fine, Atlas." Fera reassured him.

Atlas was about to say something else, but they got interrupted. "Looking for us?" Atlas and Fera looked up to see Nero and Natsumi coming out of the shadows.

"Lucas' tactics never cease to amaze me." Atlas commented.

"Damn straight." Fera replied.

"Looks like we found you." Nero sang in a mockingly tone.

"Wrong. We actually found you." Atlas denied.

"Remember what I said, Nero. I'm not fighting him." Natsumi reminded her comrade.

"All this just because you spent one night with him." Nero mumbled, clearly annoyed.

"Lightning Devil's Rage!" Natsumi shouted as a blast of purple and white demonic energy with lightning energy infused in it shot out of her mouth and headed towards Fera, making him fall to the ground.

"Fera!" Atlas shouted, worried about his guild mate.

"I'm fine!" Fera informed as he got back up.

Atlas glared at Nero. "Let's see if you remember your training from Terra, Nero." He said as he got into a fighting stance.

With Rialle...

Meanwhile, Rialle was looking in the area where Lucas told her to go. "I figured I would run into one of you pests sooner or later." A voice said, making Rialle turn around. She saw Rosaline looking at her.

"Who would've thought that I would run into you though." Rosaline added, glaring at her.

Suddenly, Rosaline's eyes became golden. "Stone Eyes!" She shouted. However, Rialle was quicker as she dodged out of her way to avoid being turned into stone.

"Just like Lucas predicted..." Rialle thinks to herself.

"Illusion Magic: Entanglement!" Rialle shouted as she disappeared. Moments later, Rosaline was surrounded by several vines and chains, but before they could bind her, she ended up dodging.

"Sorry, honey. I saw that attack coming." Rosaline informed.

Rosaline used her All Seeing Eye to see where she could easily attack Rialle. "She is one of the strongest members in God Pegasus that's not S-Class from what Nero told me aside from Lex Luter." She thought.

She finally found something interesting about her as she smirked. "Illusion Magic: Fear Factor!" Rosaline shouted. Rialle was suddenly in the God Pegasus guild. Sting was facing them, and he was carrying something. Or more like someone.

Familiar spiky light brown hair was shown. "No... Don't tell me Lucas is..." She thought.

And that's when everything came crashing down.

Below the second floor, Olga was looking for Milan. Her green eyes scanned the empty hallway. "Out of everyone in God Pegasus, I had to get the Tribe woman coming after me." Olga heard a voice say.

Olga looked up to see a doll with blonde curly hair that reached down to their hips and sapphire blue eyes. The doll wore a white frilly dress with a knee-length skirt and contained no sleeves. She also had a large disc-hat that provides her body with shade.

"Creepy..." Olga thought.

"I think my original form will please you more." The doll said. Soon, a twenty-three year old woman with straight jet black hair and crimson red eyes was in the doll's place. She wore a black trench coat worn over a black tank top, a black mid-thigh skirt, and black leather knee-high boots. A red Lunar Fang guild mark was on the left side of her left thigh.

"Requip: The Amazoness: Whip Chain!" Olga yelled as she requipped into an outfit that was equipped with a chain whip that had a ball on the end with three spikes attached to it. She headed towards Milan, trying to attack her.

However, Milan ended up blocking it. "Doll Magic: Creation Ex Nihilo!" She shouted. Suddenly, a doll version of Lucas appeared in front of her.

"You must be pretty stupid to think that you'll trick me into thinking that's Lucas." Olga informed as she chuckled. "The real Lucas is resting in the hospital."

The doll version of Lucas attacked Olga, sending her to the ground and removing her outfit as she appeared back into her normal clothing.

"Sure fights like Lucas though!" Olga commented.

Both Atlas and Fera were on the ground. "Come on, Atlas. I thought you were stronger than that." Nero taunted. "Perhaps you're as weak as that Jade Tactician of yours."

Atlas slowly got up. "Call my best friend weak one more time. I dare you. There's a reason why he's God Pegasus' ace." He threatened. "Earth God's Cataclysm!" Atlas shouted as he summoned a boulder and punches it. The boulder headed straight towards Nero.

Nero slammed his palm against the ground as a light blue Magic Circle with an oni face in the middle appeared. There was a flash of light, and Nero ended up stunning Atlas as he fell to the ground once more.

"Their Magic Circles..." Natsumi thinks to herself. "They're similar..."

"Not so smart to be easily distracted during a fight!" Fera shouted. "Fang Magic: Trap Jaw!" He called out. Though, Natsumi was able to dodge it just in time.

"Lightning Devil's Destruction!" Natsumi yelled as she summoned a pillar of lightning as she electrocuted Fera.

"Natsumi, aren't you going to help me?!" Nero asked.

"Forget it! I told you I'm not fighting him!" Natsumi argued.

"I don't give a damn about your stupid love for him! Master Kazuo ordered us to eliminate them and we will do that by working together!" Nero shouted. The two of them began to argue, not noticing that their opponents got up.

"Sounds like teamwork isn't their best subject." Fera commented.

"Hmm..." Atlas thinks for a moment. "Their weakness is teamwork. Like every other dark guild. Fera, if we work together we can defeat them."

"Sounds like a plan." Fera agreed.

Both Atlas and Fera concentrated on their magic power. Nero and Natsumi stopped arguing when they felt a huge amount of magic power coming from the two.

"Fang Magic: Great Fang: Behemoth Crunch!" Fera shouted as a large maroon Magic Circle appeared under Natsumi and a large set of jaws with sharp fangs bit down where she was standing.

"God Slayer's Secret Art!" Atlas yelled. "Havoc Avatar!" Atlas summoned a large aura around himself as it took form of himself as it attacks Nero.

When the dust settled, both Nero and Natsumi were on the ground, defeated. "Glad that's over..." Fera said, sighing as he did so.

"Let's go see if our guild mates need help with their battles." Atlas said.

"Right." Fera said as they walked away from the scene.

"Atlas..." Nero mumbled.

Atlas stopped in his tracks. "You have a chance to become good, Nero." He informed as he turned around. "After this whole war is over, you should consider joining God Pegasus. It's not too late to change." And with that, Atlas followed his guild mate to look and see if their comrades needed help.

"This is not real, Ria, it's an illusion. She's trying to trick you." Rialle thinks to herself.

She could see Sting breaking down as Drake and Shiro tried to comfort him. Atlas was clenching his fist, looking like he was about to go on a rampage. Everyone else in the guild had a hint of sadness in their eyes.

"Come on, Ria... Snap out of it. You're stronger than this." Rialle scolded herself.

"Ally!" She heard someone shout. She looked up to see Lucas standing in front of her, perfectly fine. He smiled at her.

"Lucas?" Rialle questioned, thinking this was another illusion.

"Come on, Ally. You really going to let another Illusion Mage trick you?" Lucas asked. "You're a member of the second strongest guild in Fiore! You need to show this woman who God Pegasus really is!"

Rialle smiled. "Yeah... Yeah you're right, Lucas. Thank you." She said. Everyone in the illusion began disappearing as she broke free.

"H-How?" Rosaline asked, shocked. "How did you break free from my illusion?"

"Simple. My friends in God Pegasus helped me out. You should know that you can trick another Illusion Mage for long." Rialle replied.

"Illusion Magic: Jail of the Mists!" Rialle shouted as she created a small illusion in order to blend in the background. She traveled throughout the illusion as she attacked Rosaline multiple times. The illusion disappeared and Rosaline was on the ground, unable to get back up.

"Time to go see if the others need help..." Rialle thought.

"Requip: The Amazoness: Swords Woman!" Olga shouted as her outfit changed. She held a massive sword. The doll version of Lucas crossed his arms as he blocked her attack using a jade crystal-like shield. Though Olga easily destroyed it.

"See, the real Lucas would know that attack wouldn't block so great when I'm using this outfit." Olga stated, smirking.

"Doll Magic: Pulvis Et Cinis!" Milan yelled as the doll version of Lucas self-destructed, creating a large explosion while Olga was caught in the middle of it.

"Damn it..." Olga muttered as she realized she was out of her outfit and back in her normal clothing once more. "I underestimated this chick... How am I supposed to beat her?"

Olga thought for a moment. "Yes, that might just work!" She thinks to herself as she got up from the ground. "Requip: The Amazoness: Brawler!" She shouted, changing into an outfit.

She headed straight for Milan and before Milan can call out a spell Olga punched her multiple times using her brute strength. She landed one final punch in her face as Milan went flying through a wall.

Olga waited for a few moments and noticed that Milan didn't get back up. "Hope I didn't kill the poor girl. Oops." Olga said to herself as she chuckled a bit. Lucas had always told her that her strength was overbearing.

"Well, I guess it's time to see how the others are doing." Olga said as she went on her way.

Lucas sighed as he laid his head on the pillow. It had been a few hours since everyone left to do what they were assigned to do. Sting had left only minutes later because he wanted to stay with his mate a little longer.

"I'm so useless in here, Ace..." Lucas groaned.

"The doctor said you should get better just in time for the war to be over." Ace replied. "You're not useless, Lucas. You still did your part."

"I suppose you're right. I'm really worried about Sting though." Lucas stated.

"He'll be fine. He's doing it for you, after all." Ace reminded him.

"That's why I'm scared for him." Lucas admitted.

"He's also apart of the strongest guild in Fiore, and Lector is with him. Knowing Lector, he'll watch out for Sting. There's nothing to be worried about." Ace kept trying to reassure him.

"Yeah, you're right." Lucas finally agreed.

Master Kaiba suddenly walked into the room. "Oh, Master." Lucas greeted.

"How are you feeling, Lucas?" Kaiba asked.

"Better I suppose. I'm recovering." Lucas replied.

"That's good." Kaiba smiled. "I thought I would visit you before I went to deal with Kazuo."

"Hmm? You're going to fight him?" Lucas questioned.

"It's the only way to end this war. Plus, I have questions that need to be answered by him." Kaiba stated.

"Well... Good luck, Master." Lucas said.

Kaiba nodded as he walked out of the room. "Now... Time to ask Kazuo what he wanted from Lucas..."

A/N: There we go!

I feel like the battles kinda sucked. If they did, I apologize. I get bored easily when I'm writing fight scenes. Oops.

Sting and Akame's battle will be in the next chapter because there's a lot of information that I'm going to be revealing.

Track season is starting on Monday so if I don't update as much it's because I don't have a lot of free time.

Hope you enjoyed!

~Kyle