Chapter 11: The Vengeful

'She managed to avoid my cannon?!' Kono thought, slowly getting back to his feet. 'I see…that new form of her heightened her senses and increased her speed. And judging by that attack, her strength increased as well. Well then, let's see how long she'll be able to keep this up.' Kono fired a volley of air balls at Blake. Blake charged towards Kono, dodging every air ball that was fired. Kono narrowed his eyes as he increased the speed of his attack but Blake continued to dodge it effortlessly. As Blake got close enough Kono, she punched the wizard in the face and sends him crashing to the ground hard, knocking him unconscious.

Blake stood back up as her body started to glow again, returning to its original form. Blake looked down at her body and saw that it was back to normal. She touched the top of her head and noticed that her bow was still missing.

"Looking for this?" Gray asked, getting Blake's attention. Blake turned towards the ice wizard and saw that he was holding her black bow. "So that's what you were hiding under that bow."

Blake's face turned red as she snatched her bow out of Gray's hand. "Promise me that you wouldn't tell anyone about…this." She said, pointing her ears.

"Don't worry, my lips are sealed. Besides I don't see what the problem is. It's not like anyone in the guild would think any less of you without your bow."

"I'm not sure about that." Blake said, "There are some very prejudice people in the world. I don't know how everyone else would treat me if they know about…" Blake was cut off when Gray put a hand on Blake's shoulder.

"You never know unless you try." Gray said. "Besides, Fairy Tail isn't the guild that judges by how they look or what they are." Blake looked at the guild mark on her shoulder and nodded. "Come on, let's find your friend." Blake nodded as the two went into the forest to find Ruby.

Emi smirked as she put her palm near Ruby. "Sound Palm!" Ruby was pushed back several by the sound wave coming from her palm. "What's the matter? You look shocked about what just happened. That's surprising, considering where you and I come from."

"What are you talking about?" Ruby questioned.

"Come on, you haven't figured it out. How could a wizard like me use my aura to protect myself your attack? It's quite simple really. It's because I'm not from Earth Land. I'm from Remnant just like you and my semblance is sound."

"You're from Remnant?"

"That's right. I was once a student of Beacon Academy. My team was the best that school had to offer. No one could beat us. No one from our class, the upper classmen, or anymore from the other combat schools could hold a candle to us. We were unstoppable until one day…my team was attacked." Ruby widens her eyes in shock as Emi began to her story.

"It two months before graduation and my team were sent on one final mission as students." Emi explained."It went off without a hitch but as we were heading to Beacon…" Tears started to form and fall from Emi's eyes. "The White Fang attacked and murdered my team! The attack was so sudden, we didn't stand a chance. I was completely frozen in fear as I watched them die. I was lucky that I've survived. After I regained consciousness, I buried my comrades and wandered around the Emerald Forest without a place to return to. That was when I met her."

(Flashback)

A beaten and battered Emi sat a tree in the Emerald Forest. Her eyes were red after crying so much when she buried her friends.

"What are you doing sitting there?" A new voice asked, getting Emi's attention. Emi looked up and saw a woman with long black hair, looking down at her. "You're a student from Beacon. Why are you here? What happened to your team?"

"I don't have a team." Emi said sadly. "They're dead."

"So, the thing happened to you too." The woman kneeled down to looked at Emi in the eyes and smiled. "Tell you what, how you come with me. From this day on, it'll be the two of us."

(End of Flashback)

"She taught me how to turn my semblance and aura into magic. She taught me how to fight and installed a new killer instinct that I never had before. She gave me a purpose of living. That purpose is to avenge my fallen comrades by destroying the monsters that took their lives and those who sent us there to be slaughtered in the first place!"

"Wait a minute, why would you target Beacon?!" Ruby shouted. "They had nothing to do with this!"

"You don't think so, huh?" Emi said with a smirk. "You don't know the type of emotional Hell that I went through unless you experienced it yourself. Although I must admit, those friends of yours are strong. They've manage to defeat some of my comrades. However, they seem to the worst for wear." Then a wicked smile appeared on her face. "If they were to die…" Ruby's eyes widen when Emi said that. Her shocked expression turned into one of pure rage.

"No you can't!" Ruby shouted in anger. Emi appeared in front of Ruby and hit her in the chest with her magic infused palm, forcing her onto the ground.

"Like there's anything you can to do to stop me." Emi said. "Face it, you lost!" Emi turned around to walk away from the red hooded girl.

"I'm not letting you hurt any of my friends!" Ruby shouted in anger. A red circle appeared under Ruby's feet, causing her to disappear into a pile of rose petals. Ruby reappeared behind Emi and head butted her in the back, causing her to fall to the ground and skid a few feet. Ruby fell to the ground as well, struggling to get up.

"You're started to piss me off, you brat." Emi cursed, glaring at Ruby. "Fine then, you'll die first! Siren's Screech…" Emi fired a blast of sound waves from her mouth, creating a huge explosion and pushing Ruby back. "Someone like you can never understand my pain! You don't understand what it's like to watch your comrades fell before your eyes while you felt so powerless! Sound Burst…Machine Gun!" Emi fired a barrage of sound blasts at Ruby, hitting the huntress relentlessly and send her crashing through a tree behind her. Emi slowly walked towards Ruby, who struggles to get up to her knees. "Well what do you know; you won't able to experience the pain that I have experienced. Don't worry, you'll be able to see your friends again when you all reunite in the afterlife."

"Fire Dragon's…" A familiar voice shouted, getting Ruby's attention. "…Wing Attack!" Emi used her speed magic to disappear as a figure crashed in front of Ruby. Ruby's eyes widen, knowing who the person was.

"Natsu!" Ruby shouted, happy to see the dragon slayer.

To be continued…