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Garion stared at the beam that Nirvana was shooting into the sky, his eyes wide and mouth open in shock.
"That's gotta be it." Hibiki said, snapping out of his shock induced stupor, his face now shifting into a serious expression.
"Seriously?" Lucy asked, her voice filled with shock and confusion. "But how'd the Oracion Seis beat us to the punch?" Hibiki didn't answer, and just kept staring at the beam.
"That pillar of light..." Natsu muttered. He then scowled, rage boiling up inside of him. "I know Jellal's there!" He said, voice seething with rage. Lucy blinked and her eyes widened in shock.
"Jellal...?" She asked weakly, her voice trembling. Natsu tensed up, and suddenly broke into a sprint, running off into the heart of the forest, which broke Garion out of his stupor. He gave Natsu an alarmed look as he ran off.
"Hold on!" Lucy called out in a vain attempt to stop him. "Wait, don't just run off without telling us what's happening!" she demanded, confusion racking her brain.
"No..." Wendy muttered, hands held in front of her face, her guilt suddenly running rampant again. "What have I done? Is this all because of me...?" She said, unaware of the darkness that was now beginning to surround her heart, and that Nirvana was slowly gaining interest in her.
"Who is Jellal?" Garion asked with a frown. Lucy and Happy gave him confused looks in reply.
"Didn't you hear about the Tower of Heaven?" Happy demanded, alarmed. The dual element wizard shook his head.
"The Tower of Heaven? What's that?" he asked, confused. Happy and Lucy shared a quick look before turning back to Garion.
"We can explain later. But why is he talking about Jellal?" Lucy asked, slightly dumbfounded that Garion hadn't heard about the events regarding The Tower of Heaven.
"Is he talking about that blue haired guy that was in the cave?" Garion asked. Lucy blinked and her eyes widened in terror.
"W-What did you just say!?" She demanded weakly, fear now running rampant through her body. Before Garion could reply, Hibiki spoke up.
"We can resolve this at another time, right now we need to go after Natsu!" Hibiki said, desperation in his voice. Lucy looked at him, fear and confusion still evident on her face, but she nodded. Suddenly there was a high pitched scream from behind Lucy and everyone spun around to look at the source.
"Erza has gone missing!" Carla declared in shock, her head snapping from side to side as she tried to find Erza. Lucy gasped in shock and Garion was momentarily stunned before he panickingly reached out with his magical sense. Wendy felt even more guilt flare up, and the darkness drew closer.
"I swear where are her manners?" Carla asked, her arms crossed and voice filled with annoyance along with a blaring tick mark on her forehead. "She didn't even thank Wendy for saving her life!"
"Uh oh, do you think she might have heard us mention Jellals name?" Happy said, worry etched into his features. Garion drew his magical sense back, now more worried as he'd been unable to find Erza due to the interference from Nirvana. I can't sense anything aside from what's around me... not good.
"How could I be so stupid?" Wendy stammered quietly, her hands on her cheeks and her body shaking from the tears she was threatening to shed. Hibiki glanced at the girl. "What did I do? I never should have healed him! It's my fault Nirvana was found, Erza disappeared... and Natsu ran off!" She cried. A moment later Hibiki raised his arm and summoned several glyphs in the air in front of Wendy. The sky maiden could only gain a look of confusion before the glyphs pulsated and released a wave of concussive force, sending the blue haired girl flying into the air, the force of the hit knocking her unconscious with her mouth open, the scream of pain never escaping her lips. Garion spun around and his eyes widened in shock when he saw the girl in the air.
"Wendy!" He and Lucy cried out in unison.
"What do you think you're doing striking a girl!?" Carla demanded incredulously, shock etched into her features. Snapping out of his shock, Garion darted forwards and, realising he wouldn't be able to catch her safely, hurled himself at the ground underneath the girl. He grunted in pain as the combined pain of both having a rough landing and a girl land on top of him struck his senses at more or less the same time. He pushed himself up on his forearms, Wendy rolled off his back onto the ground as he did so, and spun around to look at Hibiki, confusion clearly present on his young features. The Blue Pegasus wizard had a serious look on his face, and after a moment lowered his arm.
"Garion get Wendy. We're going after Erza." He said curtly, clearly intending it to be a command. Garion blinked in confusion and opened his mouth to speak but was cut off. "Not now, we have to go." Hibiki said. Garion shut his mouth and picked Wendy up bridal style. He turned to look at the archive user, who simply nodded and took off into the forest. "Come on, lets go." He shouted back.
Confused and alarmed, the other four concious people present took off after the Blue Pegasus wizard, Carla and Happy taking flight whilst Lucy ran astride Hibiki and Garion followed behind the Exceeds who were behind Lucy and Hibiki.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you, but she's gonna be fine I just knocked her out." Hibiki explained after a few moments of silence.
"Why'd you do it?" Lucy demanded, confusion present on her face. "And why are we suddenly in a hurry?"
"We've gotta catch up with Natsu and Erza." Hibiki replied. "Just keep running till you reach the light."
"Why should we take orders from a brute like you?!" Carla demanded, fixing Hibiki with a hard glare. "I realise Wendy can be a bit of a whiner, but that's no reason for you to strike her!"
"Why did you hit her!?" Garion demanded, confusion present in his tone. "She didn't do anything!" Hibiki lowered his head, a worried look forming on his face.
"I did it because I had to." He said as he started slowing down. Eventually he stopped, and Lucy, Happy and Garion gave him confused looks whilst Carla simply glared at the Blue Pegasus wizard. "I haven't been completely honest." Hibiki continued. "I know a lot more about Nirvana than I originally let on." Happy let out a shocked gasp, his eyes widening.
"Why didn't you tell us?" The tomcat asked.
"I couldn't, because of the nature of the magic I couldn't say a word." Hibiki explained. Everyone fixed him with their full attention. "Even mentioning it now is risky and might put us in danger." Lucy regarded him with a serious but concerned look, as the Trimens member's tone was filled with worry. "That's why... guild master Bob only told me about it. Mister Ichiya, Ren and Eve have no clue."
"So what did he tell you?" Lucy asked, her tone serious.
"Nirvana... is a terrifying magic like no other." Hibiki replied. "It alone has the ability... to turn light into darkness." He finished. Garion's eyes widened and he felt worry pang through him. N-No way... T-Then what's it going to do to me!?
"Are you for real?" Happy asked, disbelief clear on his face.
"My word..." Carla murmured, now worried about the implications of what Nirvana could do.
"It can switch them?" Lucy asked.
"But that doesn't happen until its final stage." Hibiki said, raising his head. "The first thing it does when it's been unsealed is shoot off a black beam, just like the one in front of us." Everyone was staring wide eyed and open mouthed at Hibiki by this point, all of them terrified of what Nirvana could do. "Then it goes in search of those who are weak. It'll switch anyone wavering between light and dark to the opposite alignment. In other words, a good guy who's feeling down and out, will likely fall to the dark side." He jerked his head and the group began moving again. Garion's eyes widened in realisation.
"So that's why... you knocked her out!" The boy blurted out. "So she wouldn't get switched!" Hibiki nodded an affirmative.
"She was at high risk of becoming a target because of her guilt. If I hadn't stepped in when I did she could have easily switched over to the dark side." The Blue Pegasus wizard affirmed. Garion looked down at the girl in his arms. Wait... why did she feel like it was her fault? I said it was mine and I apologised... He wondered, now confused. ...and she said it was fine...
"Now you've got me worried, is anger a negative emotion?" Lucy asked. "If so Natsu's in danger!"
Hibiki frowned, thinking the question thoroughly. "That's a tough call." He started. "Normally it would be, but because his anger is for someone else's sake, I don't know if you could classify it that way."
"But wait... what about me?" Garion asked. Hibiki frowned.
"I don't quite understand the question."
"I mean... what about my magic?" Garion clarified. "I can use light and dark... so what happens if it tries to turn my light magic into dark magic? Can it do that?" He queried. Hibiki's frown deepened.
"I... don't know." He admitted. "Unfortunately I don't have any information regarding your magic on archive, so I won't be able to determine how it'll be affected by Nirvana. But don't worry about that for now, since that'll only be a problem if it reaches it's final stage. Plus Nirvana focuses on alignment more than magic, so I doubt there's any chance of that happening." Garion nodded, despite the fact Hibiki couldn't see it. He then frowned.
"So... Nirvana looks for those who are feeling bad right? Does it... um... make those who felt bad earlier feel bad again?" The dual element wizard asked, not entirely sure he got his point across.
"What do you mean?" Hibiki asked, although he was quickly analysing Garion's statement in his mind.
"I mean... with Wendy... I apologised to her... and she said it was fine. So did Nirvana make her feel... guilty again?" He asked. Hibiki glanced back at the boy.
"In all likely hood yes. Although the sudden release of Nirvana could've also shaken her quite a bit." The Blue Pegasus wizard stated.
Happy was looking extremely confused by everything going on. "I feel like a dummy! Nothing you're saying is making any sense to me!" The tomcat whined.
"That's because you are a dummy." Carla rebuked. "Allow me to spell it out for you. Now that Nirvana's seal has been broken it has the power to turn those with good hearts evil, and those with evil hearts good. Do you get it now blockhead?" The white furred Exceed asked. Happy nodded glumly.
"I kept quiet about it at first because if I told you what I knew you'd be at risk." Hibiki said, his face set in a serious expression. "Thinking in terms of good and evil can bring negative emotions to the surface, and before you know it they've taken hold of you. 'If only that person didn't exist', 'who's fault is it that I'm in pain', 'why does this always happen to me?'" The Blue Pegasus wizard explained. "These pessimistic thoughts... attract Nirvana and allow it to take control."
"Pessi-what?" Garion asked, confused by the big word.
"Pessimistic Garion. I think it means... uh..." Happy said, scrunching up his face as he tried to think of the meaning of the word.
"It means thinking negatively." Carla said exasperatedly. "Goodness how could you not understand that?" she asked, rolling her eyes.
"Um..." Garion said, feeling embarrassed. "Levy never really taught me that many big words..." Lucy glanced at the blond haired boy, an eyebrow raised.
"Levy taught you words?" She asked. Garion nodded.
"She actually taught me how to talk too!" He declared, the grin on his face as bright as the sun. "She taught me a whole lot of other interesting stuff too! Like about different kinds of magic, other guilds, animals, books, the guild, food, people and music!" The boy said cheerfully, nearly stumbling over his words. "Levy's the best person ever!"
Lucy couldn't help but let a smile spread across her face. "And I taught him how to fly!" Happy declared proudly. "I was more than willing to teach him, but only after he made a good enough offer of fish!"
Lucy sweatdropped. Not surprising.
"I now understand why he crashed earlier," Carla commented. "And I am amazed he even knows how to fly straight."
"Hey!" Happy shot back, looking wounded. "Wasn't that a bit mean?" He asked. Carla didn't reply.
Lucy rolled her eyes before refocusing her attention on Hibiki. "So whenever Nirvana is fully activated, everybody in the alliance could suddenly turn evil?" She asked.
Happy raised a paw. "One question: I understand the part about it turning us evil but does that mean it'll turn the dark guild guys good?" The tomcat asked.
"It's possible but there's no way of knowing for sure." Hibiki answered. "What makes Nirvana truly terrifying is the fact that it can be controlled to do whatever it's caster sees fit."
The rest of the group gained shocked expressions. "W-What?" Lucy asked.
"I'll explain." Hibiki said. "Let's say that a wizard were to use Nirvana against a guild. They could have the members start killing each other, or make them go to war with another guild for no reason. And they barely have to lift a finger." Garion felt fear creep into the pit of his stomach. N-No way...
"Seriously!?" Lucy asked, now even more scared than ever before.
"We've gotta find a way to stop it and fast!" Hibiki said urgently. "Otherwise the light guilds... will be wiped out." He said. Garion shifted Wendy in his arms, his fear even worse. W-Wiped out? He thought fearfully, and he had to fight to keep himself from shaking.
"Come on, we need to catch up with them!" Hibiki barked. The group sped up, moving faster towards the pillar. They ran for several minutes until suddenly Hibiki and Lucy stopped. Before Garion could ask Lucy whipped out her keys, raising one above her head.
"Open, Gate of the Archer, Sagittarius!" She declared, whipping her arm down and holding out in front of her. A moment later a magic circle appeared and a man wearing a horse for a head emerged.
"I am ready to serve lady Lucy!" He said, snapping off a salute. Lucy pointed at Gray, who was currently standing over an immobile Natsu, a spear of ice in his hand and it was clear he was ready to use it. When Garion noticed he froze, and stared wide eyed at the ice wizard.
"Stop him!" Lucy ordered. Smoothly, Sagittarius withdrew an arrow from his quiver, notched it and fired it at the spear in the hand of the ice wizard. As Gray made to finish Natsu, his spear shattered, filling the air with chunks of ice. Glancing to the left, the ice wizard grunted before raising his left arm, ice magic gathering in his palm.
"All right come out!" he yelled, and launched a wave of ice lances. Sagittarius masterfully shot each one down. Lucy raised a finger and pointed it at Gray, an indignant look on her face.
"Mind telling me what the heck you're doing?" She demanded. The celestial wizard, Happy and Hibiki were all standing along the riverbank. Garion was setting Wendy down gently against a tree just behind them. After making sure that Wendy was comfortable, the boy rose to his feet and took position next to Lucy.
"Looks obvious to me!" Happy angrily yelled.
"It would appear we foiled his fowl play." Sagittarius added.
"Nice... shot... Lucy..." Natsu said before his cheeks bulged out and he went greener than grass. He collapsed back onto the raft, his stomach jumping through loops and circles.
"I know your motion sick but watching you nearly puke after saying my name is killing my self esteem!" Lucy cried, faux tears falling from her eyes.
"Shall I shoot him?" Sagittarius asked helpfully. The raft collided with a tree stump, causing Natsu's stomach to suddenly do a barrel roll.
"What's the matter with you Gray?" Happy demanded. "You're taking this way too far. Unless he stole your fish then you'd be completely justified!"
"Don't give him an out stupid cat!" Lucy snapped. Gray grunted in disgust.
"Could you guys be any more annoying?" He asked. "Mind your own business, I'll deal with the rest of you once I'm done with him so keep your little mouths shut and wait your turn!" He snapped, his smirk making Garion feel uneasy. Happy visibly recoiled, and Garion gave Gray an alarmed look.
"What!?" Happy and Garion said in unison.
"Is this Nirvana? Has that thing already switched one of us to the dark side?" Lucy asked, now giving Gray a worried look.
"N-No way..." Garion breathed.
"Why won't it stop?" Natsu whined, his body shaking. "It's wobbling, its swaying, Let me off..." He grunted out.
"How are you still sick when it's not even moving?!" Lucy demanded. Happy summoned his wings and launched himself towards Natsu.
"Hang on Buddy I'm coming for ya-AGH!" The small Exceed fell to the ground, now encased in a ball of ice.
"How could you!?" Carla demanded.
"W-What?!" Garion demanded. "That's not how you treat one of your friends Gray! What's gotten into you?" The ice wizard smirked in reply.
"Happy may be able to fly, but he can only carry one person." Gray said analytically. "He doesn't have any combat skills. That's all the info Gray has on the pest."
"You're not making any sense at all." Lucy said. "What's gotten into you?" Hibiki frowned.
"My guess is he's the first victim of Nirvana's magic." The Blue Pegasus wizard proposed. "He's switched to the dark side."
"He's got plenty of info on Lucy." Gray continued. "A newcomer to Fairy Tail, definitely easy on the eyes. He likes the whole package." he said, a twisted smirk on his face. Lucy felt steam shoot out of her ears.
"Um... should I be hearing this?" She asked, her face bright red and her hands held over her chest.
"She can be as hot headed as Erza, but she hides her pure heart." Gray continued in the same analytical tone. "Oh she's a celestial wizard?" He asked. Lucy started when he gathered ice magic around his left hand. "That so?" He shouted before launching a spinning saucer of ice at Lucy. The celestial wizard nearly screamed in terror, but suddenly the attack shattered. It took her a moment to realise Hibiki had blocked the attack using his archive magic.
"That's not Gray." He said. "I can tell you're an imposter. Drop the act." Hibiki said, an edge in his voice.
"What are you saying?" Lucy demanded.
"That's... not Gray!?" Garion asked, his head snapping side to side as he looked between Hibiki and Gray.
"Accessing information on Hibiki. A member of the Blue Pegasus guild, ladies man." Gray said. "No further details available." He grunted. "Well that wasn't helpful." He then looked to the right and his eyes fell upon Garion. "Accessing information on Garion. Nice kid, long standing member of Fairy Tail. Odd kind of magic, clings to Levy a lot. Reaches out to all those he can, bit naive sometimes and stupid at others. Unsure of his own abilities."
Garion frowned. "You're not Gray! Who are you?" He demanded. Gray smirked and let out a disturbing laugh, lowering his head as he did so. A moment later he lifted it up, and Garion recoiled. His eyes now had two white dots for pupils, and the rest was black. A cloud of smoke burst forth, shrouding him from view. When the smoke cleared, it revealed... a smirking Garion.
"Me!?" Garion asked incredulously. He then blinked. "Wait a second... I fought you before!" The other Garion's smirk faded.
"Yes. But this time." His smirk returned in full force. "I'm not going to lose."
"You've got to be kidding me." Hibiki said. "You know you're not fooling any one, we know you're not the real Garion so why don't you show us your true form?"
The other Garion laughed. "Oh I know. You don't need to fall for anything." He cocked his right arm back, darkness now coating both his arms. He summoned a ball of darkness, small tendrils swirling around it to signify it's growing power, a bright purple glow emitting from it. Garion's eyes widened, and he felt his legs lock up.
"No... what are you doing!?" He demanded.
"Simple. I'm using the power that you're too scared to use." Gemi-Garion replied with, the sphere in his hand growing in power. "Demon's obliteration..." He clamped his hand shut around the sphere, the purple light shining through the gaps in his fingers.
"GET OUT THE WAY!" Garion yelled, his wings appearing on his back. In an instant, Carla activated her magic and grabbed Wendy. As quickly as she was able, she lifted the sky dragon slayer into the air. Hibiki and Lucy took Garion's word and dived to the left, Sagittarius being dispelled in order to keep him safe, whilst Garion dived to the right. But as Garion had yelled, his counterpart had finished casting the spell.
"CANNON!" Gemi-Garion roared, jerking his arm forwards and opening his hand. A massive beam of purple magic erupted, hurtling like a freight train towards the light wizards. Unfortunately, Hibiki didn't quite make it out of the line of fire in time, and took a serious glancing blow, sending him crashing to the ground along with a yell of pain. Any trees unfortunate enough to be in the path of the beam's trajectory were annihilated. Garion grunted slightly as he crashed to the ground, but forced himself up on one knee as soon as he could. He felt the ground shake slightly as the spell detonated, and he glanced back to see a large cloud of smoke rising from the forest. He frowned as he saw the damage caused by the spell, charred husks of trees along the beam's trajectory and grey ash coloured ground.
"W-Whoa..." Lucy breathed, eyes wide at the destruction caused. "O-one spell did that!?"
"What power..." Hibiki grunted whilst holding his side. Lucy rushed over and knelt beside him, trying to help. Garion turned to look at his clone, who's breathing was more sporadic, and faint beads of sweat were visible on his face.
"Damn... I missed..." he grunted between breaths. He glanced up at Carla and Wendy, and a smirk formed on his face. "And just where do they think they're going?" He summoned a sphere of darkness magic and took aim. Before he could throw it a spear of light flew towards him, forcing him off the raft and into the water. As he surfaced, he spluttered violently, and rose to his feet before growling at Garion.
"You are not going to hurt Wendy." The boy said with determination. His features softened. "Please, just surrender. You've used up a lot of your magic power with that attack, I can sense it."
Gemi-Garion scoffed. "As if I would ever surrender to someone like you."
Hibiki glanced up at Garion. "Might I ask... what exactly was that spell he used?"
Garion looked at the Blue Pegasus wizard. "Demon's Obliteration Cannon. It's my strongest, and most unstable spell. I never use it since whenever I do, It uses up a large chunk of my magic power." The dual element wizard looked back at Gemi-Garion. "And sometimes, it just blows up in my face."
"Of course you'd never use it since you're so scared of killing someone." His clone snapped. "You're just like that aren't you? Too damn kind for your own good. It makes me sick just by looking through your memories."
"That's quite enough." A voice said from the opposite riverbank. Lucy and Hibiki scowled as Angel walked into view, and Garion frowned. "Take a break, my pets. Save your energy."
"As you wish." Gemi-Garion burst into a cloud of smoke. A haunting laugh emerged and the twin spirits of Gemi and Mini were revealed, chanting "Piri Piri." Angel smirked.
"Hello Lucy darling!" She stretched out her left arm flamboyantly. "How does it feel to gaze upon an angel?"
"I'm pretty sure I'd rather be blind Lady!" Lucy shot back. "And besides, Garion's more of an angel than you are anyway!" Angel's smirk evaporated and she glared at the blond haired celestial wizard.
"Ah yes... the boy." She sneered, turning her gaze onto Garion. The boy frowned and crouched slightly, his legs a bit further apart. His wings twitched slightly. "With his mockery of wings! How dare you impersonate something as beautiful and glorious as an angel!" She placed a hand on her chest. "I will tear your wings off myself, if that is what is required to teach you a lesson!" She then turned to Lucy. "Oh I'm sorry darling, I didn't mean to ignore you. What do you think of my pets? Have they been entertaining you?" She smirked. "I'm quite fond of their little trick." The two spirits drifted forwards slightly.
"I'm Gemi."
"And I'm Mini!"
Angel raised a golden celestial gate key. "I believe you know them as the Gemini twins. Celestial spirits make the best toys..." she said eerily. Garion's eyes widened at her statement.
Lucy narrowed her eyes. "You're a celestial wizard!? That makes me sick."
Angel chuckled. "As much as I hate to say it, you're not the one I'm here for. Well... not first anyway." She looked at Garion. "I'm here to deal with the imposter." The dark wizard glanced at Lucy. "If you hand over your keys now I'll let you leave. Consider it, or you'll be wearing lots of red!"
"Never to the likes of you!" Lucy yelled, brandishing Aquarius's key. "And I'll never abandon any of my friends! Open, gate of the water bearer! Aquarius!" She commanded, and launched into battle.
Angel smirked. "Deal with the boy you two." The spirits let out a Piri Piri in acknowledgement before taking off towards Garion. They transformed into the young boy half way across the lake, darkness magic already at the ready and right fist cocked back. Garion switched to his darkness magic and hurled himself towards his imposter, left fist cocked back and ready to strike. The two hurled their punches at each other as they met in mid air, the surface of the water being disturbed by the collision, and even more as the two fell into the water, but Gemi-Garion was knocked back by the force of the collision, causing him to fall backwards into the water.
Grunting, Gemi-Garion leapt to his feet and summoned a ball of darkness in his left hand and swung his arm forwards, aiming for Garion's head. The dual element wizard ducked under the blow. Tensing his legs, he transferred magic into his lower appendages, coating them in swirling purple magic. Like a coiled spring he shot forwards, sending a fist into Gemi-Garion's stomach, causing spit to fly out the spirits mouth. The attack carried them out of the water onto the river bank, Garion landing on his feet and Gemi-Garion hitting a tree. Summoning a sphere in each hand, Garion charged his opponent and let fly with his attacks, both of which collided and kicked up a cloud of dust. As the dual element wizard charged into the cloud, his advance was abruptly halted as a fist slammed into the middle of his face, sending him crashing back into the water, the force of the landing winding him.
Before he could lift his head above the surface, Gemi-Garion was on top of him, raining darkness enhanced punches down on him. Garion's vision had stars dancing across it, his chest burned, and his body started rapidly losing strength. Slamming his hands into the ground, Garion detonated the magic he'd gathered around his arms. The force of the explosion blew his clone off of him and Garion whipped his head above the surface, struggling to take in a much needed deep breath. His soaked hair stuck to his forehead, his clothes clung to his body and his breathing was ragged. He was shaking slightly, and his arms felt weak.
However his opponent wasn't content to let him rest and charged him, a massive amount of power swirling around his right arm, but his exhaustion was clear. Garion's eyes widened and he barely managed to hurl himself to the left to dodge the attack. His clone's fist collided with the riverbed, and a massive sprout of water shot into the air. Thinking on his feet, Garion quickly took another gulp of air and gathered magic around his legs again and launched himself at his opponent, arm cocked back and ready to strike. His clone was looking around, unable to see due to the wall of water around him. He reached out with his inherited magical sense to try and find-
His efforts were in vain as Garion's fist collided with the side of his face, a powerful blow which sent him crashing into the ground. Recovering quickly the spirit leapt to its feet and charged Garion, fist cocked back and ready to strike. Garion answered with a punch of his own, the force of the attack disturbing the water around them. Gemi-Garion cried out in surprise as his legs suddenly gave way and he plunged under the surface of the water, courtesy of Garion delivering a sweeping kick. The dual element wizard raised his fist, but hesitated as he loomed over his clone. The spirit felt his hesitation, and quickly delivered a powerful punch to the boys gut, causing him to stagger backwards and clutch his stomach in pain.
Gemi-Garion forced himself onto his feet and gave Garion a disgusted look. "Pitiful. You had the chance to end it, and you hesitated." He said between pants. He grinned. "And that will be your end!" The spirit charged forward, and Garion hurled himself to the side to dodge the spirits attempted sucker punch. Much to Garion's confusion however his clone suddenly vanished, but he didn't see the two small spirits sneak away underneath the water and brush past Lucy's legs before vanishing. The twin element wizard looked around in confusion until he felt something wrap around his left leg. Reaching down into the water, he frowned when he found it was a red hair band.
"W-What..." He said between pants. He started and looked to his left, and his eyes widened when he saw what was going on. Lucy was shaking violently. A man in a suit was engaged in a fierce battle with a woman wearing a strange outfit with horns sticking out of her head. Angel had a strange metal ball which was in the shape of a cannon next to her. Suddenly it fired, the beam piercing clean through both Aries and Leo. Garion's mouth fell open in shock. Angel was just laughing.
"Ah hahahahaha, now that's entertainment!" She said, giving a thumbs up. The two spirits faded, and Garion could't help but share the same shocked expression Lucy had. "See? That's how you pull off multiple gates darling!" She taunted, twirling her keys in her hand. "Looks like I've put your most powerful spirit out of commission for a while." Garion moved up next to Lucy, his breathing now more or less back to normal but his physical exhaustion still weighing on him. "Oh the boy's still alive? What a shame, if you give up I promise to make it quick and painless." She extended a hand towards the boy. "I won't even tear your wings off."
"..." Garion was quiet, too shocked to actually say anything.
"You disgust me." Lucy spat, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Are you crying?" Angel asked incredulously. "It's not like they actually die so why bother wasting your tears?"
"But they do feel pain!" Lucy shot back. "They're not mindless dolls for you to play with! A real celestial wizard would respect their spirits!"
"Oh?" Angel gave a quiet laugh before smirking. "I seem to remember saying... you weren't the focus of my attention..." Lucy withdrew her last key, holding it tightly in her right hand.
"Open, gate of the golden bull, Taurus!" She commanded, sweeping her arm down. A turquoise magic circle appeared in the air, and Taurus burst forth, letting out a loud "Mooooo" as he materialised.
"Gemini." Angel said, annoyance in her voice. The spirit materialised in the air next to her, and Caelum changed to it's sword form.
Taurus glared at the other celestial wizard. "Making Lucy cry was the worst moooove~ of your life! Get ready for a rodeo of pain!" The spirit then blinked in confusion at the other Lucy who was standing in front of him, in an extreme suggestive pose. Garion had to do a double take when he saw Lucy's clone, and the real Lucy could only stare in shock.
"Come get some~!" She cooed. Taurus dropped his axe and charged towards Gemi-Lucy, hearts pounding in his eyes. As he reached her, she spun around and knocked him flying into the air with Caelum. "And he's outta here!"
"Smooches!" Taurus cried before he faded out of the material world.
"No! Taurus!" Lucy cried. Suddenly her legs gave way and she collapsed to her knees. "What... already...?" Her body started shaking from exhaustion.
"Lucy!" Garion shot forwards, placing himself in front of her. Angel laughed.
"Oh how adorable. Weaklings sticking together, thinking that they can overcome their betters." She grinned evilly. "You can't win. Unlike that novice I'm not even close to running out of magic power, and now that she's finally out of the way, I can get around to my real goal here." Her grin turned into a glare. "Killing you."
Garion felt a shiver run down his spin, and then his whole body started shaking. I-I'm alone against a member of the Oracion Seis!? H-How can I win!? Gemini turned back into Garion, and rested Caelum on his shoulder, smirking. "He's scared." The clone narrowed his eyes. "He knows he's alone, and that he's got to face us."
"N-No..." Lucy said defiantly. "I still haven't... used... Sagittarius..." She reached for the golden key.
"Lucy don't!" Garion snapped, spinning around, worry etched into his features. Lucy looked up at him, eyes widening. "You don't have enough magic power left to open a gate! You're not going to die to try and help me! So please, let me handle this!" His face had a determined, yet fearful expression on it.
The celestial wizard was taken aback by Garion's sudden deceleration. "N-No..." She said, grabbing the key she was looking for. "I won't... sit by and just... let you... fight her..." She raised the key, her hand trembling. "Friends... don't leave their other friends out to dry... right?"
Garion stared at Lucy, and he opened his mouth to speak. However Angel's sudden sarcastic remark cut him off, "Oh please, feel free to go ahead and kill yourself. It'll make dealing with the boy so much easier, since how could he ever handle the guilt of one of his friends dying for his sake?" She laughed.
"He couldn't." Gemi-Garion said. "He'd be more likely to kill himself."
Angel laughed again. "Oh really? Well please Lucy darling, go through with summoning that spirit of yours. I am absolutely dying to watch that imposter take his own life!" Gemi-Garion laughed at her joke.
"Open.. gate of the..."
"Lucy... please... don't." Garion said. "I... I can do this!" He said, determination filling his voice. "I need to... for the sake of all our friends!" Lucy looked up at the boy, eyes wide. Then, she nodded.
"Beat her... for all our friends." She whispered. Garion gave a quick nod and turned around, doing his best to keep his shaking body and mounting fear under control.
Angel raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Well then... Gemini... leave Caelum here... and deal with the boy."
"As you wish." Gemi-Garion said, releasing the other celestial spirit. Summoning his dark magic, he charged, his magic gathering around his arms. Garion summoned his light magic and charged forwards. His clone smirked. "Well now, that'll make it all the mor-" He was cut off as Garion shot around him faster than the spirits eyes could follow. He roared in pain as a spear of light slammed into his back. He crashed into the river bed, springing to his feet as soon as he could.
"Rain of light!" Garion yelled. Gemi-Garion scowled as the spell approached him, and raised his arms, gathering his magic around them.
"Darkness wave!" He yelled. The wave surged forward, engulfing Garion's light rain, and then the two attacks detonated. Gemi-Garion launched himself through the air towards Garion, fists cocked back and ready to strike. He swung, aiming for the boys head. Garion dodged both blows and cupped his hands together.
"Light grenade!" He yelled, thrusting them forwards. The spell hit his doppelgänger dead centre in his chest, sending him crashing into the ground. He burst from the surface of the water and shook his head to get the water out of his eyes. He looked up at Garion with an odd smirk.
"Just as I thought. You can't fight me for real." He stood up. "All this time, you've been confused, unsure. Not really able to fight properly. You were able to fight Laxus the way you did because you barely knew him, but even then you held back just a little bit." The clones smirk spread further across his face. "Your 'kindness' is pathetic. In this world, only the strong survive! And you are weak."
Garion stared at his clone, eyes wide. Lucy looked between the two. W-What is he...
"Gemini..." Angel said testily. "What are you up to?"
"I'm letting this idiot know just how pathetic his kindness is. And just how weak it makes him." Gemi-Garion chuckled. "Really... and because of it... you'll lose..." His smirk turned into a violent grin. "... and then I'll kill Wendy with your own two hands! I know all about your promise to her... how ironic would it be for the very person who promised to keep her safe to be the one who ultimately ends up taking her life!"
Angel caught on and smirked. "That sounds like a wonderful idea my pet! Oh! Maybe we could keep him alive for it? Just to let him watch."
Garion stared at his imposter. Eyes wide, mouth open, and his body started shaking. N-No...! W-Wendy... He balled his hands into fists, his shaking more violent now. H-He'll hurt Wendy... and the others... looking like me... and I won't be able to stop him since I can't... since I'm...
"Garion don't listen to them!"
The boy blinked and turned to look at Lucy who was giving him a pleading look. "Please! Ignore them! They're just trying to make you fall to the dark side! You can win!"
Gemi-Garion scowled and glared at Lucy. "Shut up!" he roared, launching a powerful sphere straight towards her. The celestial wizard closed her eyes and braced for the pain. It never came. She opened her eyes to see Garion standing in front of her, a shield of light in front of him. He glanced back at Lucy.
"I'll handle this." He turned to look at Gemi-Garion. "I thought... because you were me... you wouldn't be evil." Garion lowered his head. "I don't like to fight... and it's true I always hold back... cause I don't want to hurt anyone... but..." Suddenly Garion recalled that crystal clear image he had in his mind of Wendy's smile. The memory gave him a sudden surge of strength, along with a faint warmth in his chest. He snapped his head up, the look of determination in his eyes startling his clone. "I'm not going to let you hurt any more of my friends! Especially Wendy! I'm going to give it everything I have!" He balled his hands into fists, darkness coating them. "I'm going to defeat you, then we're going to stop Nirvana!"
"Empty words. Gemini, deal with him." The celestial spirit nodded and charged, a grin on his face.
The spirit cockily said, "Are you sure you can ha-" A fist to the face rudely interrupted him, sending him crashing into the water. He burst forth a moment later, his smirk replaced with a look of fury. Without hesitation Garion charged him and began raining punches down onto the celestial spirit, who was suddenly struggling to hold off the dual element wizard, throwing back punches whenever he could but taking more damage than he was giving. Damn... when did I get so slow- The spirits eyes widened. DAMMIT! That spell took more out of me than I thought!
His thoughts were interrupted by a powerful kick to his stomach. He doubled over in pain. Seeing a chance, he grabbed Garion's leg and pressed his full weight on it. The dual element wizard immediately let his other leg slip out from underneath him and the two went crashing into the water. Gemi-Garion let go of the leg and swung his fists violently. He smirked when he felt his fist collided with what felt like Garion's ribs, but his smirk faded as a darkness enhanced fist slammed into his face in reply, causing his head to snap back violently. Roaring in anger, he brought his head forwards and hurled another two punches at Garion. The first one collided with the side of the boys face, but the other one was caught by his left hand before it could land.
He then felt something strange, a burning feeling within his chest. His eyes widened when he realised it was coming from Garion. "I said..." The boy forced the spirit back "... I'm not... going... to... LOSE!" Unleashing a mighty battle cry, Garion swung his right arm in a powerful uppercut. The attack collided with his clones jaw, sending him flying into the air. He then delivered a follow up punch to the clones chest, sending him bouncing along the surface of the water before coming to a stop. Garion's chest still hurt slightly from earlier, and he winced whenever he took a long drag of air. The muscles in his arms and legs were burning, but his determination was allowing him to ignore his physical pains, albeit temporarily. My body's tired... but I've still got plenty of magic power!
Gemi-Garion forced himself to his feet, his chest heaving. He glared at Garion. D-Damn it... he's overpowering me! The spirits eyes widened as a plan formulated in his mind. If that's so... then I guess I'll just...
Garion charged, fists raised and determination on his face. His clone smirked, and was engulfed a cloud of smoke. A moment later, he was revealed to have changed into Lucy, a smirk on her face. She spread her arms to the sides, and Garion's eyes widened. "Well? Will you still fight me?" The spirit mocked. Garion tried to stop himself in mid air, but then he casted his gaze over Gemi-Lucy's shoulder.
His mouth nearly fell open. Caelum was in its cannon form, charging a shot which was aimed dead centre at Gemi-Lucy's back. Without thinking, without giving any thought to the possible consequences, Garion switched to his light magic and hurled himself at Gemi-Lucy. The spirit's eyes widened as he suddenly charged, and her smirk crumbled. It was replaced with complete confusion as Garion grabbed the spirit by the shoulders and hurled her to the right. As quickly as he could, the boy brought his arms up to try and block the attack, switching to his darkness magic as he did so, but he wasn't fast enough and screamed in pain as the beam struck him and sent him flying backwards, burning off most of his shirt. He crashed into the water, a loud splash accompanying his landing.
"GARION!" Lucy cried out. She tried standing up, only for her legs to give out and cause her to fall to her knees. "No no no no no..." She reached the boy, and, with great effort, pulled his head above the surface of the water. "Garion! Are you okay?" She felt dread seed itself in her stomach. She violently shook the boy. "Garion!" She cried. A wave of relief crashed onto her when he started coughing, large globules of water flying out of his mouth. Gemi-Lucy couldn't help but give the dual element wizard a shocked look. W-Why... Why did he...
"L-Lucy?" He asked weakly, his face ghostly white. The damage was bad, most of his upper left chest had been burnt and badly bruised by the attack.
"Oh thank God, you're alive." The celestial wizard helped him over to the small island in the middle of the stream, resting his back against it. "A-Are you okay?" She asked.
Garion shook his head weakly. "I... it... hurts..." He winced, his hand on the wound. "It... burns... its... sore..." He gritted his teeth. "I'll be fine... just... deal with Angel..."
Lucy hesitantly nodded then turned around and glared at Angel. The dark wizard was roaring with laughter.
"I... I can't believe it..." She said, reaching up to wipe her tears with her right hand, her left still clutching her stomach. "W-What an idiot! Putting your life in danger just to save an enemy!? Talk about stupid!" She wiped more tears away and calmed down. "Now... thanks for the entertainment darlings but I think it's about we got moving. Gemini, finish them."
The celestial spirit shuddered, her head lowered and her eyes obscured by her hair. "Gemini? I said. Finish. Them." Lucy glanced at the spirit before she fixed Angel with a determined glare. "Hey quit staring, it annoys me." Angel remarked, narrowing her eyes.
"Release Aries from her contract."
Gemini started. Angel chuckled. "You're joking right?" Angel inquired, dead panning.
"Karen tormented her... broke her on almost a daily basis." Lucy said. "She deserves to be happy, but that won't happen... until she's free..." Gemi-Lucy raised her head, and gave Lucy a shocked look. She wanted to strike her... she wanted to hurt her... it was what her master wanted... and it was what she had to do...
So why can't I raise my arm and do it!? The spirit wondered, her whole body now shaking. Struggling with all her will, she managed to raise the weapon and strike Lucy, but as she did so, she felt her entire being cry out in objection to it. Lucy screeched as she struck the rock next to Garion.
"What do we say when we want something from someone Lucy my dear?" Angel asked, smirking. "Well? I'm waiting."
"Please... let her go..." Lucy pleaded. She lowered her head. "... I beg you..." Tears started to well up in the blond's eyes. "She should be with Loke... and we can make that happen for them..." Her whole body started shaking. "Do what you want with me... just release Aries so she can find her own happiness!"
Angel laughed. "For free?" Gemi-Lucy was starting to tremble. N-no! S-stop it!
Lucy started shaking. "You can have anything..." She lowered her head. "Except for my spirits! You can even take my life! And please, let Garion live as well!" Gemi-Lucy's trembling was intensifying.
"My how generous..." She gained a dark look on her face, a smirk spreading across her lips. She waved her arm. "Gemini, collect for me! And take care of the brat too." The spirit complied, raising Caelum above her head. She could feel her entire body protesting what she was being ordered to do, a shadow being cast over her eyes. Angel's smirk fell slightly. "Hurry up!" She ordered.
"You have a heart." Gemi-Lucy looked up to see Garion smiling. "You always did..." The boy said.
The spirit lowered Caelum slightly. "Huh..." Her voice now both Gemi and Mini's as opposed to simply Lucy's. "I hear a strange voice... it's in my head..." I love celestial spirits so much Mama! Can you teach me how to summon them? The spirit heard a young Lucy say, an image of the young girl beaming at her mother appearing in her mind. Celestial spirits are my friends! Not my shield! She heard an older Lucy cry, a picture of her hugging the fading Loke in front of the celestial spirit king replacing the previous picture. I can't just sit here while my friend disappears right before my eyes! Gemi-Lucy's shaking intensified, and a single tear ran down her cheek.
"No... I can't..." Her voice became mixed again, more tears running down her face. "She loves us... She's willing to give up her life for us... We envy... her spirits..."
Angel let out a gasp, her eyes widening. Garion's smile grew slightly. Lucy looked up at the spirit. "Gemini..." She breathed. Angel's expression was a mixture of shock and disbelief.
"Begone!" she ordered, swiping the spirit's key through the air. Gemi-Lucy faded, Caelum floated down to the surface of the water, and Angel gripped the spirits key, her hand shaking from rage. "Oh... You'll suffer for that!" She growled, looking at the key. A splashing noise returned her attention to the two wizards in front of her, and she took a step back when she saw Garion on his feet. His legs were shaking violently, and his face was contorted into a visage of pain, but there was a look of determination on his face that was hard to miss. Angel stared at him for a moment before she laughed. "Oh? Do you truly believe you can stand up to me in that state?" She asked, but her tone wavered as she spoke. Caelum took position next to her.
"Yes..." Garion said, taking a step forwards, his whole body shaking. "Because... I know..." He took another step. "My friends..." Another step. "Are behind me..." Yet another, and Angel took a step back. "And... that... gives... me strength!" He clenched his right hand into a fist, and raised it. His wings bellowed out from his back, and magic began to gather around his form. "Strength I need... to defeat you!"
"Are you serious!?" Angel demanded alarmingly. She then growled angrily and swiped her arm through the air. "Fire! FIRE! FIRE FIRE" She desperately roared. Caelum complied and began charging, its attack aimed straight at Garion's heart. Garion's magic swirled around his arms, its strength rising with each second. I've only got one shot at this... I need to make it count!
Caelum finished charging, and unleashed its attack. Garion tensed his arms and raised them in an X-shape, and a shield of light formed in front of them. The boy gritted his teeth as the green beam of energy struck his shield, and he poured as much magic power as he could spare into it, but he noticed that the attack wasn't as nearly as powerful as he'd been expecting. With a yell, he thrusted his arms outwards and deflected the attack into the river, water spraying into the air as it struck the riverbed. He began walking forward again and extended his shaking arms out to his sides and willed a massive spear of light to form in each of his hands, the effort requiring all his concentration.
Angel was beginning to retreat. "NO NO NO NO! FIRE AGAIN!" She angrily roared. The spears in Garion's hands reached the level of power he needed, but then his foot got caught on a stone. He teetered forwards, his eyes widened and the spears in his hands began to weaken. But he managed to save himself with a quick flap of his wings, which lifted him out of the water, and he redirected more magic power into the spears. Caelum was charging again, still aimed at the dead centre of Garion's chest.
This is it!
Garion drew his arms back, tightening his grip on the spears. "Twin Grand Angel spears!" He yelled before unleashing the attack. The two spears circled each other as they flew towards Angel, who looked upon the approaching attack with abject terror. Caelum reached full charge and unleashed its attack, the beam flying towards Garion. The boy felt fear wash over him, but he shifted his body to the left. Just before the beam was about to reach him, it jerked slightly to his right, guaranteeing that it would miss him.
Angel was not so lucky.
The two spears collided with each other less than a foot away from the dark wizard dark wizard, who'd raised her arms in a futile attempt to protect herself, and detonated. The intensity of the explosion caused the celestial wizard to scream in pain as the attack racked her body, dealing significant damage. However, that wasn't the worst part of it, as her entire body seemed to start burning from the inside out as the light from Garion's spell engulfed her. After several moments, the light faded, revealing Angel falling backwards into the water, seemingly defeated.
Garion stared at Angel for a few moments. Then, letting out a tired sigh, he collapsed, his wings fading. His eyelids started drooping, and he crawled over to the riverbank and collapsed against it, feeling completely drained. I... t... it's... over...
"Garion!?" A panicked voice asked from behind him. The boy rolled onto his back, and smiled when he saw Lucy was kneeling next to him, clutching her arm. She breathed another sigh of relief. "What is it with you guys risking your lives so much... and without even thinking..." She muttered.
"Huh?"
"Hmm? Nothing!" Lucy said evasively. Garion was too tired to inquire further and he just let his head fall back.
"We beat her..."
"No... you beat her." Lucy interjected
Garion looked at her. "No. If it hadn't been for your help, she'd have beaten me. If anything, you're the one who beat her." He smiled. "Without you, Gemini wouldn't have been able to understand..." His smile fell. "I feel bad for them... to be treated like that day after day... to have no friends... no one deserves that..."
Lucy gave a sad smile. "Yeah..." A loud moan drew the attention of the two to the raft that Natsu was on.
"It won't... stop... moving... can't... last much... longer..." The fire dragon slayer complained, despite the fact that the raft was still dead still. Lucy sweat dropped.
"Let's help him out." Garion suggested. Lucy nodded, and offered her hand. He accepted it and she pulled him to his feet, but had to grab him by the shoulders to stop him from falling over.
"You gonna be okay?" Lucy asked. Garion nodded, his legs wobbling unsteadily. Lucy let go of his shoulders slowly, and Garion managed to maintain his balance, but he was still weary. The two started to move over to Natsu, but Angel and Caelum suddenly bursting out of the water behind them drew their attention. Garion's legs nearly gave out and the two light wizards just stared at Angel, who looked extremely battered and bruised, and were unable to believe that she was still standing.
"I... will... not... lose!" She said, almost sounding demented. Caelum switched from its ball form to its cannon form. "I'm one of the Oracion Seis... you never stood a chance!" She had a psychotic look on her face.
"N... No!" Garion breathed. "D-Did I screw up!?"
Lucy tensed up and stood in front of Garion. "No..." She said, unable to keep the fear out of her voice, her whole body trembling. "You didn't..." Caelum's power was reaching critical levels.
"I'll use the last of my power..." Angel started shaking. "TO SEND YOU TO THE GRAVE!" Caelum fired, the green beam of energy hurtling towards Lucy and Garion. Both of them sharply closed their eyes, turned their heads away and tensed up, waiting for the pain that never came. The beam veered off just before it hit Lucy, going around the two wizards and striking the tree trunk behind them. Angel was speechless for several moments before she lowered her gaze to her spirit. "No you missed... filthy traitor!" She said with venom. The spirit simply blinked two red lights in reply before returning to the celestial spirit world. The dark wizard's legs gave out, and she fell into the water.
As a result of the trunk being destroyed, the raft Natsu was on began to drift down stream, kicking off another round of motion sickness for the dragon slayer.
"Hang on!" Lucy called out as she turned around. Garion spun around as well, and his eyes widened.
"Uh oh..."
"Come on! We need to catch him!" The two wizards started wading through the water in an attempt to catch up to Natsu, Garion was holding Lucy's left hand so he wouldn't lag too far behind. "It's moving too fast!" Lucy cried. Garion concentrated and brought out his wings and tried to take off but he nearly went face first into the water instead of taking off. "You've gotta pull yourself together! Come on I know you can do it!" Lucy stretchered her right hand out towards the raft. "Take my hand!" Natsu weakly raised his arm, and Lucy managed to grab a hold of it. "Gotcha!"
Everything went downhill from there.
The raft, as it turned out, was right at the top of some very fast running rapids. With a surprised cry Garion and Lucy were pulled over the edge, and a moment later spat down the rapids. Lucy was on top of Natsu, whilst Garion was clinging for dear life to the side of the raft, his adrenaline rush the only thing allowing him to do so. The expression on his face clear showed he was not in the least bit amused or satisfied by his location. In fact he looked just a tad bit worried.
"WHERE'D THESE RAPIDS COME FROM!?" Lucy screeched in terror. Garion let loose his own high-pithed scream of terror as the raft rocketed down the rapids. With a massive heave, he managed to get onto the raft, now completely soaked by his 'experience'. The boy let out a sigh of relief, which he immediately regretted the moment he looked forward.
"Oh no way!" Lucy and Garion cried in unison as they saw that there was a massive drop up ahead. "You gotta be kidding me!" Lucy looked down at Natsu. She then looked back at Garion.
"Hold on!" She said, trying to sound confident in the face of the waterfall. Garion nervously nodded his head. As the raft went flying off the edge of the waterfall and broke apart, Lucy clung to Natsu for dear life whilst Garion was comically clinging to one of the logs that had made up the raft. Both of them tensed up as they plunged towards the bottom of the waterfall, Lucy clinging to Natsu and Garion clinging to his log.
With a large and loud splash the trio broke the surface of the water. Garion felt the water rush up to greet him, his body finally gave in to exhaustion, and darkness took him.
And that is done! Thank you very much for reading and please drop a review telling me what you thought and I hope you enjoyed! Let me know how I did on the fight scenes, I'm working hard on those, and I felt like the ones in this chapter were good, but please just let me know what you think!
Garion beat Angel. I felt like it was kinda appropriate plus ironic that ANGEL of all people would get beaten by someone who uses magic called 'Angel's light magic.' Like I said, he's the MC, I'll be giving other people's victories to him. Not all of them mind you, and only ones that I think make sense.
So anyway, thanks for reading, I'll be sure to include more Garion and Wendy bits next chapter (since that's what this story is mainly about) and I'll see you all in the next chapter!
Tally-ho!
Next Chapter: Nirvana Rising.