Chapter 20 – Monsters
Insane Dominator here, bringing you another exciting chapter of The Fairy Contender. With that being said, I'll answer some Reviews.
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Last chapter took me three days to make, just so you know.
This is also the chapter that Nic will reveal his last pokémon, so be ready.
To Recap:
Everyone meets up at Sophie's new home for a short while, where Nic explains about his Pokedex a bit. After they left, Greninja urges Nic to ask Erza out on a date, to which he was hesitant. He eventually tries and asks her, to which she says yes. Unbeknownst to Nic, he's being watched. The next day, Erza and the girls, excluding Sphie, compete in a contest, and Evergreen and the rest of the Thunder God Tribe turn the girls to stone, with Laxus holding them hostage. He then forces a battle royal and everyone is pit against someone in Magnolia. It was all up to Nic and Sophie to stop the Thunder God Tribe, and Nic conveniently runs into Evergreen.
Chapter 20 – Monsters
Evergreen increased her elevation and she began to remove her oval glasses. Nic had to prepare for what was to come. Though he knew he would be safe because of two properties he had: His sunglasses and his Stone Plate.
Thanks to his sunglasses, Evergreen's Stone Eyes couldn't faze through since there was no direct vision between them. Secondly, in his Stone Plate Form, Nic can manipulate any and all stone, and that includes himself. The only reason he didn't utilize it to free Erza and the others was because he was fairly inexperienced with it and he was trying be cautious.
"Let's see how you like this. Stone Eyes!" Her eyes then flashed, and Nic was unharmed by her Magic. Nic just stood there, crossing his arms. He looked on with a raised brow.
"This ain't no staring contest you pixie. You can stop now." Nic said. Evergreen grunted as she had forgotten that Nic had sunglasses. "Look, let's try something else." He then pulled up his sunglasses. "Try again, unless you think you can't." He just wanted to play around a bit and test out his Stone Plate. It was risky, but it should prove once and for all he was safe.
Evergreen smirked. "Well now, seems as though you're getting cocky Luminous. Very well then. Stone Eyes!" Her eyes then flashed and Nic's eyes did the same. Just in that instant, Nic's body was turned to stone. His body was as still as a statue. Evergreen put her glasses back on and chuckled. "Well now, that takes care of him. Guess my sense of confidence was-!" She then went wide-eyed as she saw Nic's body actually shrinking the rock. The rock that covered his body was molding and minimizing, and it was quickly being absorbed into his coat.
Soon enough, in less than ten seconds, he was free and he smirked. "Did I break your confidence yet?" He taunted, flipping his sunglasses on.
Evergreen reeled back slightly in shock that Nic had actually freed himself without delay. "What?!" Evergreen was baffled to say the least. Her Stone Eyes were stopped two times in a row. She grunted as she was being toyed by Nic.
"We can do this all day lady, but apparently I got urgent business to take care of." Nic explained. "Now, care to turn everyone back to normal?"
Evergreen kept herself collected as she regained her grin. She chuckled and she went forward slightly, now hovering over the street. "You must be a fool Luminous. You seem to have failed to account for another Magic that I specialize in." She then began to scatter about some dust particles from her body that was beginning to surround Nic.
'No more experimenting.' Nic thought. 'Time for some action.' Nic's body then sparked with light blue energy, via Rock Polish. As soon as the dust was scattered about enough, Evergreen's smirk increased.
"Too late! Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!" She then had the dust ignite, having said particles explode. The entire rooftop that Nic was on was covered in an explosion. Having think she had won, Evergreen laughed. "Don't tell me it's over already." She said, wanting more fun.
"Nope, it ain't over." Nic's voice said from behind, startling Evergreen. Evergreen nearly choked as she couldn't believe Nic was able to avoid the attack. She turned around and looked at the rooftop behind her, only she was hit then with a few floating gems in hard, light purple energy.
"Power Gem!" Nic unleashed then as she turned and got her. The gems explode upon crucial impact and Evergren yelled. Evergreen flew up from the dusty explosion, having few scratches on her.
She looked very unamused and angry. "You dare assault the great Titania?! Here, I'll make you bow before me! Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun!" She waved her arms and then unleashed a torrent of energy needles made from concentrated fairy dust.
Nic began to dart towards his left, having Evergreen continue to unleashed the torrent upon Nic. Nic had a tactic and he began to leap into the air while on the rooftop. "Rock Blast!" His coat then glowed silver and then he fired four rounds of silver energy in the shape of his coat. The rock-hard energy easily went through the needles as it was too dense to suppress by the torrent. Evergreen grunted and she maneuvered her way out of range and watched the four explode. Evergreen escaped just in time and was now angled high above Nic.
"Not too shabby, but let's see you reach me from up here!" She then unleashed another barrage of her torrent of dust needles and showered them down onto Nic. Thanks to Rock Polish, Nic managed to evade the continuous onslaught. He was typically dancing all around with hardly any room to counter.
'Crap, she's not letting up is she?' Nic thought. 'And I can't reach her from this distance. Rock Slide isn't a liable option either considering there's civilians and injured Mages below!' He had to think all of this while still dancing about and around the attack. 'And I can't shift because she might use those Stone Eyes on me. It looks like I'll have to get some good old backup.' With enough diligence, he leaped high into the air, barely evading the attack.
Evergreen had noticed that Nic was getting out a poke ball, which left her curious. "Alright you witch, time to turn the tides! Staraptor, go!" Nic yelled. He threw his poke ball and Staraptor had come out, flying in the air and sailing at Evergreen with no delay.
"Let's just see who wins in the air, right?!" Staraptor fiercely proclaimed.
Evergreen had a grin. "My, is this one of your accomplices Luminous? It's a shame that it won't be of any help. Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!" Evergreen scattered her dust at an incoming Staraptor. Staraptor was no fool. She knew how to maneuver in the air better than what Evergreen could. Staraptor flapped her powerful wings only once, and that was enough to deflect the dust around her, keeping her safe and out of the explosive range.
Staraptor flapped in place as the explosions al around her ceased. "It's gonna take a lot more than that to keep me down!" She shouted. "Aerial Ace!" She then zoomed in at high and accurate speed at a startled member of the Thunder God Tribe and she was hit head on, making her screech and jerk back several feet in the air.
Evergreen had little options now that Nic had help. She began to fly off, prompting Nic and Staraptor to chase her along the rooftops.
"You coward!" Nic shouted, dashing after her with slight annoyance by her trick.
"I'm a coward you say? Let's who's the coward after this!" Even during mobility, she unleashed yet another torrent of her attack and Nic grunted as he was forced to evade while running.
Nic was forced to take action as he was leaping from roof to roof and evading. "Rock Tomb!" Nic was outlined in white energy and a ring of gray rocks with outlines emerged from over him. He thrust his hands forward and the rocks went sailing continuously to shield Nic from Evergreen's attack. The rocks from Rock Tomb sailed forward over Nic's head and into the attack, allowing him to have room to close in on her.
Evergreen took note of Nic's counter and turned back and she gained altitude. "Not bad, but let's see how you hold up against double the amount." Evergreen then extended her arm with the fan in it and he waved it, unleashing an even bigger torrent with more needles showering Nic.
"Rock Polish!" Nic yelled, covering himself in more light blue sparks, increasing his Speed even more. With the extra needles coming his way, he had to cover as much ground as possible. With his Speed going up, he was dancing again and dashing even more, now sprinting towards Evergreen, effectively avoiding her attack.
"Hold still!" She shouted.
"You're forgetting about me!" Staraptor shouted, making her way from her side. Evergreen gasped as Staraptor was coming in fairly fast. Evergreen turned and changed her target over to Staraptor. With her arms waving once, she unleashed a huge barrage of her Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun at Staraptor.
"Double Team!" Staraptor shouted, she then made several illusionary copies of herself that had spread about all throughout the attack, throwing Evergreen slightly off with the multitude of numbers. She could only see maybe twenty or so of them evasively flying throughout the needles.
"Hah! You think that'll stop me?!" Evergreen boasted as she kept up her onslaught. One by one, she saw them vanish upon getting hit in the attack. She then laughed. "The great Titania can't be stopped by some mere bird! I am the true Fairy Queen!"
Just then, she saw that all of the copies were gone, and the actual Staraptor wasn't there. "What?!" She was caught off guard by this sudden change and she cancelled her onslaught. She then heard an incoming sound from an upward angle. She looked up and saw the real Staraptor coming at her with a Steel Wing.
"Take this!" Staraptor swung her right wing down at Evergreen. Evergreen was reflexive enough to reel back just enough to barely avoid by the skin of her teeth.
Evergreen used this to her advantage and she pulled down her oval glasses. "Time to see you drop and shatter!" Her eyes then glowed, and she gad Staraptor look at them as she was still following through with her downward Steel Wing. Staraptor kept her gaze on her, and nothing happened still. Evergreen was beyond baffled now that her Stone Eyes failed to even petrify the likes of Nic's Pokémon. 'C-Can my Stone Eyes work only on humans?! I don't believe this!' Evergreen backed away as fast as she could as Staraptor balanced herself.
"You're finished!" Staraptor shouted as she raced at Evergreen with another set of Steel Wing. Evergreen tried to counter with her needles of dust, again, but Staraptor deflected them by swatting her wings. 'This is just like battling a Fairy-Type. Too easy!' The needles didn't hit Staraptor once and she let loose a direct hit, passing Evergreen with a swift assault with her Steel Wing.
Evergreen screamed as she felt excess pain from the attack. She didn't understand it, but that pair of Steel Wing actually hurt.
"Nice one Staraptor!" Nic shouted. He sought this to be his chance as Evergreen scream and fell. "Stone Edge!" Nic stomped his foot forward, making the ground shake slightly. Glowing light blue pillars of rock then erupted from the roofs and the attack rush at Evergreen. The attack completely smashed into her, making her scream and enveloped in a rather painful explosion. Evergreen was found being hurled and smashed into the side of a tall building, almost embedding her into the side.
Evergreen groaned and was badly bruised. She was hardly even able to move as she was severely damaged. Taking several consecutive attacks really took a whole bunch out of her. She looked at Nic and his Predator Pokémon with unsettled eyes. She was nearly trembling as she hardly even laid a scratch on Nic, yet he nearly destroyed her.
Nic approached her and stopped fifteen feet away. Staraptor flapped to his side and landed right by his side, both staring intensively at a defeated Evergreen.
Staraptor chose to remain quiet while her Trainer spoke lightly.
"False ambitions aside, you're still apart of Fairy Tail." Nic stated. "I don't even get why you even call yourself something you're not. In case if you haven't noticed, Titania is Erza's title. If you can't respect others and what they stand for, then I guess you truly are nothing but scum."
Evergreen grunted at Nic's words. She was appalled and she didn't wanna tolerate it.
"I'll only say this once, turn Erza and the girls back to normal." Nic demanded.
"We won't hesitate to arrange your demise if you don't comply." Staraptor added.
Evergreen sweat dropped, but she did have a certain trick up her sleeve. She smirked. "Hmph. Nic, was it? I don't suppose you know that my Stone Eyes grant me another ability as well."
Nic raised a brow. "Oh really?" He sounded very unamused by the tone of her voice.
"Remote control." She said. This made Nic and Staraptor both narrow their eyes in dislike of her boasting. "Concede and kneel before me or I shall shatter your precious friends!" She blackmailed.
Nic gasped slightly, he was slightly caught off by this demand. If he were to concede, then the girls and his future date would be free. Nic, however, never seems to take these things likely.
"I was right about you Evergreen. You really are nothing more than a coward…" Nic then glowed, and Evergreen's smirk died, revealing a heavily stunned face. Nic shifted into his Zap Plate, having a big lightning cloud surging above them.
The cloud of lightning was thundering, signifying Nic's rowdy rage. "You now pixie, I really didn't wanna have to resort to this, but you're threatening the lives of innocent Mages." Nic sounded a little more low-toned than normal, meaning he was angry. Evergreen could've swore she almost had a hiccup escape from her throat. "If you really do intend on shattering them, I'll have no trouble in annihilating you and fry your soul into oblivion." He spoke very cold.
The lightning was beginning to surge heavily, and thunder boomed extremely over Evergreen, making her heart race and skip several beats. "Uh…" She was petrified in fear. "Uhhh….can we talk?"
"No." Nic said, and then a brutal Thunder attack was looking to hit her square on the head. Evergreen screamed so loud that all of Magnolia could've heard it. She thought she was a goner, but she was still alive when she was looking to see Nic intentionally releasing his Thunder attack right in front of her. The lightning bolt smashed into the ground, booming ever so ferociously a few feet away from Evergreen's face. The warning attack lasted for ten seconds, nothing but sheer lightning power brutally smashing the roofing area near her.
When it stopped, Evergreen was still looking blindly in front of her. She was completely scarred for life at Nic's ferocity. She had to admit this was worse than Laxus. Nic was in front of her the moment the Thunder attack ceased, and he gave her a dark look that could scare even you nightmares away. His Staraptor was supporting him by remaining five feet away.
"Next one won't miss." He warned. He then narrowed his eyes. "Do you concede?"
Evergreen was so scared that she had trouble forming words, but her quivering lips and petrified throat was managing to squeal. "Y-You w-w-win." She squealed, almost looking as though she was gonna pass out. Her eyes glowed, signaling that she was reversing the process. Once she did, her face paled and then she slumped down towards the roof and off the side of the piece she was on and passed out.
Nic turned away, seeing that it was over. He then inhaled and exhaled. He then turned towards Staraptor. "Well I guess we should-!" He was then stopped by a strange feeling that felt like they weren't finished. Nic had a bad feeling, and he was right when Staraptor told him to look up into the sky.
Nic gasped when he saw almost three hundred yellow spheres with spiked collars and lightning bolts floating all around Magnolia. Nic and Staraptor both turned about and saw the sky had a big ring that stretched all around.
"Well…this ain't good." Nic said. "And just when you think it's over."
"We were suppose to get that Laxus guy, but it seems as though he sprung another trap of sorts." Staraptor indicated. Nic shifte back to normal and he looked solemnly at the one that's twelve o'clock high.
"Staraptor, get me up there." Nic asked. With no delay, Staraptor grabbed Nic with her talons and gripped his shoulders. She then began to flap her wings and sail upwards towards the lacrimas floating high above. Nic and his pal made their way up to where the closest one was.
The lacrima itself wasn't too bad. It was the size of your average person, but Nic still had a bad feeling. His Staraptor flapped there as he pondered. "Hmm, no doubt this is one of Laxus's traps." Nic stated.
"Agreed, anything you wanna try?" Staraptor ask, somewhat tempted to smash them. Nic had a feeling that Staraptor was raring to go, but he had to make sure for himself. He was given a good distance and he gave the lacrima a small kick. Not too hard, but to test what was being dealt with.
When he had just kicked the lacrima, he then felt a small shock of electrocution that sprung from his body. He was jolted very slightly, like a harsh tickle. Since he did a small kick, he hardly hurt himself from that shock.
Nic grunted slightly at his ticklish shock.
"Nic, how were you shocked?" Staraptor asked, looking down at her Trainer. She was shocked (pun intended) to see Nic be dealt with electric damage, but how was this possible?
Nic raised a brow, then looked back up. "Hmmm. Staraptor, put me down." Nic said. Staraptor then sailed back down and plopped Nic onto the flat roofing. She landed by his side and saw him looking up. He then turned towards her. "Staraptor, call me cray, but I think when I kicked the lacrima, it countered by hitting me with some of the small force applied."
Staraptor looked up once again and looked back at Nic. "It's possible. It's not that I don't doubt you, but I still can't understand how that lacrima could do something like that."
"I don't blame you. Perhaps it's one of Laxus's defense mechanisms." Nic theorized, crossing his arms. "I noticed that when I kicked the lacrima, I felt the same amount of pain, which was but a harsh tickle. Imagine what would happen if someone destroyed one…"
"I rather not." Staraptor said. "If that's true, then there's no way we can take all of them out without getting electrocuted. It's like Destiny Bond, only with an Electric-type quality to it."
Nic narrowed his eyes. Staraptor had a point, the odds weren't so well if they were only going to get electrocuted. Probably taking out just one might prove fatal to a weak guild member. He stared up at the lacrimas, pondering about their qualities. 'We have little time and these things will electrocute you with equal power…wait.' Nic almost gasped at what had to be done. He then turned to his feathery pal. "Staraptor, I know how these things can be dealt with."
Staraptor was all ears, if they were visible that is. "If you mean dealing with Laxus, that might work, but if not, then regardless the odds are we'll get shocked."
Nic smiled. "Oh contraire. There's one guy we know that can't get shocked, even if you tried." He didn't say anything after that and allowed his pal to think for herself. After a few moments, she blinked and let out a small gasp.
"Don't tell me. Him, yes?"
Nic nodded. "Exactly. He's the only one who can stop these things in time, not to mention Electric-Type moves or anything electric in general have absolute zero affect." He then got out a poke ball. He then spread his legs, and Starpator stepped back. "Now, let's go!" Nic tossed up the poke ball, and it opened high in the air. The white energy came crashing down and made a small crater in the roof. The energy formed a large draconic Pokémon that was taller than Elfman. He had a large shark-like fin protruding from his back and he had claws for hands. He had the head of a hammerhead, and yellow eyes of a behemoth.
He roared so loud upon coming out that all of Magnolia heard his voice. Small shockwaves rippled about, and they simmered down soon enough with him heaving a brief snarl. He turned towards Nic and Staraptor and approached them. The two weren't even remotely fazed as their family member towered over them with his ferocious look.
The three all looked at each other and after a few seconds, the ferocious creature smiled and he downed down to hug Nic and Staraptor. The three had a happy hug, seeing how friendly he can be outside of battle. He let go and Nic smiled and pet his pal's head.
"So Garchomp, how's it feel to be able to stretch your legs?" Nic asked.
Garchomp reeled back up and smiled, but more sinisterly. "All too good. When do I start the smashing?" He asked in a not-so-calm and sinister tone. He chuckled and then turned to look up at the lacrima. He could hear everything from his poke ball, so he knew exactly what to do.
Nic smirked, knowing Garchomp was all too eager. "Start right now." Nic ordered. "I need you to destroy those lacrima all over town. Meet up with me when you're finished." Garchomp nodded without looking, and then after stepping forward, he leaned at an angle upwards and lunged, sending himself soaring up at the speed of sound; in fact, he was so fast that he had the air rippling at the spot he lunged from.
Garchomp grinned and he had a swift glance all around, seeing how many. "This is gonna be fun!" He shouted as he readied a Slash and roared as he completely smashed the first lacrima in a flash. He was then found being electrocuted, but it had absolute zero effect on him. "Gee, that kind of tickles." He then went sonic speed in a clockwise direction, destroying lacrima like they were glass. Each and every single time, he was unaffected by the electrocution, proving the strong points of a Ground-Type.
"I give him ten minutes at most." Staraptor commented.
Nic got out another poke ball. "Yeah, he'll get it done. He is a monster you know." He then threw up the poke ball, and out popped Greninja. "Greninja, you and Staraptor both work together and find the rest of the Thunder God Tribe. Find and help Sophie if she needs it." Nic ordered.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Greninja commented. With that said, the frog and the bird went off in search of Bickslow and Freed together, and Garchomp was in the middle of having some fun annihilating the Thunder Palace.
Nic then leaped down and eased his way safely through an alleyway. "Nothing's stopping me now Laxus." He then darted off in search of the S-Class jerk.
Meanwhile, in Fairy Tail's Guild Hall…
All of the girls that were statues were found turning back to normal in a confused state. They were free from Evergreen's Stone Eyes thanks to Nic and Staraptor.
"W-What happened?" Juvia asked, rubbing her head from a small headache.
"The last thing I remember was seeing Evergreen, a-and things went fuzzy from there." Levy said.
"Evergreen must have used her Stone Eyes on us." Erza stated.
Gajeel, Happy, Makarov, and a now awake Natsu all ran up to where the girls are, seeing that they were alright.
"Lucy! You're okay!" Happy cried, flying up and hugging her in her breasts.
"Hey, whoa! Who said you could hug me there?!" Lucy said, startled.
Makarov turned back to the board and saw the status. "Nic vs Evergreen. The winner is…Nic!" Makarov exclaimed in joy. "He's done good. I knew I shouldn't have doubted him."
Erza was satisfied to hear that Nic was the one who freed them, but she needed to know what was happening.
Everyone there was grinning at the fact they were okay, and then Makarov briefly explained the situation at hand. After he finished explaining, all of the girls nodded in understanding.
"I see, so Laxus has tried and pull strings on his own." Erza said.
"He called this The Battle of Fairy Tail. That walking lamp had gone and pushed one too many buttons." Gajeel said.
"Yes, but now it's over. I've played along with his silly game because your lives were at risk; but now that you're all okay, this game can end." Makarov said.
"What do you mean?! I never got to fight anyone!" Natsu shouted.
"You did, but Nic just wasn't in the mood for you." Happy pointed out, flying close to him.
"This guild is rather fun, isn't it Gajeel." Juvia said.
Gajeel looked away and crossed his arms. "It ain't boring, I'll say that."
Everyone then saw the runes on the board turn red and dark red, and they started flying up into the air and forming a huge skull.
"What's that?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"If Laxus is pulling up another trick, he's gonna have to fight us this time!" Bisca warned.
The skull above them then spoke, with Laxus's voice. "Can you hear me old man?" Laxus communicated. "The rest of you should be listening to this too. Due to Nic throwing a rule out a window, it appears I'll have to make a new one. To put this bluntly, I prefer to not have The Battle of Fairy Tail early and I think I'll add a twist."
"What twist?" Makarov demanded.
"The twist?" Laxus then chuckled. "I bet you'll love this one old man, it's my Thunder Palace."
"What?! Are you out of your mind?!" Makarov shouted.
"You have one hour before I have all of Magnolia fried, unless you wanna have the guild handed to me, master." He said master with some form of dislike and the the skull was dispelled, the runes disappearing.
Makarov was far beyond pissed that Laxus was now targeting all of Magnolia rather than the girls. He had veins coming from his head and he was screaming. "YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH BOY! I WON'T LET YOU DRAG INNOCENT PEOPLE INTO THIS-!" Just then, he froze and he started gasping rapidly. He grabbed his chest and grunted.
"MASTER!" Erza shouted, rushing towards his side.
"Is he okay?" Natsu asked. Mira went rushing to go get some medicine while the girls rushed to Makarov side. Erza had Makarov in her arms, seeing him clench his own chest.
Gajeel shifted his gaze and looked out the window. He then saw the Thunder Palace. "Guys, you better come see this." The girls and everyone else rushed outside and saw the Thunder Palace up above them.
"The heck are those?" Natsu asked.
"They're lightning lacrima created by Laxus." Erza detailed. "They overflow with Lightning Magic."
"Yeah, and they're scattered about all over town. Let's just hope he doesn't set them off." Cana said calmly.
"Wait, what happens if he activates them?" Lucy asked.
"…everything inside with burn." Cana coldly said. Everyone was startled for a bit, and then Bisca pulled out a rifle.
"Enough! Let's see Laxus stop-!" She was about to aim, but then she saw something coming from her left. Everyone saw what was coming. "What's that!?" They all saw Garchomp roaring and ploughing through the lacrimas with ease. They saw him using Slash, cutting and slicing through ten lacrima in less than ten seconds. He continued onwards, tearing them up with his sharp claws and roaring.
"I can do this all day!" Garchomp shouted as he passed everyone, with the girls and everyone watching him go on.
"Just what is that thing?" Natsu exclaimed.
Erza then pictured something she recalled last night. Something about Nic describing his last Pokémon hungry for brawling and ferocious. Showing no mercy was one of the traits they witnessed, as Garchomp had moved like a monster.
Erza narrowed her eyes. "I'm not sure, but I think that's one of Nic's last Pokémon that he described." Erza said out loud, shocking Natsu, Lucy, and Happy.
"WAIT! That thing was with Nic?!" Startling Lucy. She imagined it being ferocious, but seeing how it was brutal in taking out a multitude of lacrima.
"Seems about right. That thing fits Nic's description." Happy remarked. "And it seems to be taking out the Thunder Palace too!"
"With that incredible speed, it'll be done in no time." Juvia remarked.
Erza then turned back towards the girls. "We can't waste anymore time. Laxus needs to be stopped regardless. We'll go and search for him while Levy keeps an eye on the Master until we can contact Porlyusica." Erza said. "When she does arrive, Levy will break the Enchantment and have Natsu and Gajeel track down Laxus."
Everyone agreed and they went to do as told. Erza went as well and she was dashing out of the guild faster than the others. 'I'll be there soon Nic. Don't fight Laxus on your own.'
With Laxus and Freed
Laxus was angry before with Evergreen losing to Nic, but was beyond infuriated with Nic's Garchomp tearing up his new rule. His teeth were gritting and his eyes were almost bulging out of his head. Lightning and static was thundering and booming deep inside the place where he was spectating everything.
Freed was behind Laxus, unemotional and unfazed by Laxus's demeanor flaring about. Being the head of the Thunder God Tribe, he had to remain positive and support Laxus. "Laxus, even with that thing destroying the Thunder Palace, we can still win." Laxus's face was shadowed and the lightning simmered down into sparks. "We don't need hostages; and even if we try, I'm afraid Nic and his fellow accomplices will stop us."
The lightning stopped and he grunted. "That geezer is probably counting on Erza now, and Nic's still running rampant…the others are annoying." Laxus then set off another round of lightning surging. "Mystogan is bound to find me eventually, so I'll take care of him. I know he's here, I can feel his Magic…Freed, before you go back out and fight with Bickslow, I need you to do a little Enchantment…" He then grinned slightly. "…that Nic is as good as dead when I'm finished with him.
With Sophie
Sophie was on a rooftop and was looking above and seeing Nic's Garchomp terminate multiple consecutive lacrima. She saw him get electrocuted, and he looked as though it did absolutely nothing. She blinked in surprise that she had seen Nic's Garchomp. "Boy, just when things are crazy already." She commented. "Just where could Laxus and his Thunder chumps be?"
"Lightning chumps" "Lightning chumps" Some weird floating tiki-looking dolls repeated behind her. Sophie turned and was surprised that they were with Bickslow. Just then, Sophie saw them shoot green beams at her, surprising her.
Sophie panicked and then making haste after she ducked and avoided the lasers. The lasers kept on going from the five or so dolls. She squealed and squirmed as she made way behind a corner, where she heaved and the lasers ceased for the time being. Sophie peaked her head around the corner and saw the five dolls floating in the air. Floating gently above downwards with a maniac-like laugh was none other than Bickslow.
Bickslow laughed and landed on the roofing. "What up newbie." Bickslow greeted wickedly.
"What do you want you mifletzat!" Sophie demanded, calling him a monster in Hebrew and sticking her head around the corner.
"Oh nothing really. Just thought I'd stop by and give ya some regards before we get to the fun part!" Bickslow warned, sticking his tongue out.
Sophie sweat dropped. "I hate to ask what your definition of 'Fun' is." She mildly said.
"Fun." "Fun." "Fun." Bickslow's 'babies' said.
"How about we show ya." Bickslow then paused and then stuck his tongue out once more. "Time to tear it up babies!" The dolls then made their way over and in front of the corner Sophie was hiding and they started to shoot. Sophie turned back and she tucked and rolled forward, evading the firing. She then began darting forward as the beams were trailing from behind.
"Haha!" Bickslow mocked. "Pretty reflexive for a newbie. It's too bad I can't go easy on ya in this war!" He then moved both his arms in opposite arcs. "Line Formation!" The dolls then got a lock on Sophie and they stacked on top of the other, creating a totem pole. A large, vertical crescent that was green was launched from the stacked 'babies'. The crescent made its way towards Sophie, cutting up bits of the roofing and leaving a trail. Sophie turned around and saw the attack coming her way. She made haste and dove towards her right and barely missed the vertical assault by a few inches.
She quickly got to her feet and grunted. "You know, your 'babies' ne better adult supervision!" She then relaxed herself and pointed a finger at her head. Just then, a chain of memories flowed behind her.
"Oh, what kind of Magic is this?" Bickslow curiously asked.
"Let's see how your precious 'babies' handle my Memory-Make Magic. Stone Lightning!" From the sky, Sophie had then unleashed yellow lightning that shot downwards and the bolts of lightning all struck the dolls, not only shocking them, but then turning them into stone upon said impact. They all fell to the ground and shattered into dust.
"My babies!" Bickslow cried. "Oh no-o-o-o-ooooooo!" He cried in a panic.
Sophie smirked. "Not very responsible with your 'babies' now are ya?" She joked. Bickslow continued to panic about his poor babies.
"What am I gonna do? My poor babies-!" He then almost immediately had a big smile and stuck his tongue out. "-kidding!" Just then, a rather large green blast had just launched itself out of nowhere and exploded at Sophie's feet, making her scream and slam back against the roofing, akmsot making her go over the edge. She was fortunately still on the roofing and she grunted as she was getting back up, but gasped to see toy dolls floating in the air in place of the dolls that were turned to stone.
"But…how?!" Sophie said in astonishment.
Bickslow crossed his arms and his 'babies' flew about. "Look behind me." Sophie then did as told and she saw that it was a toy store. She wasn't getting it until she looked back at the new dolls. She piece it all and realized Bickslow was using the toys from the toy store to attach her.
Bickslow then proceeded to explain. "I have Seith Magic, meaning I can control souls and move them freely to any inanimate object I want. This is more than just a store, it's an armory! You can break as many of these toys all day long, but I can simply move their souls to another. Sucks to be you now, huh."
The toys then proceeded in the offense. They began to shoot green magical beams at Sophie and she grunted before leaping towards her right again and started running. She had no room to counter as the toys now charged at her. They flew in at her from an angle and one doll swooped in front of her to make her momentarily stop, which was when a secondary doll swooped in directly at her, tackling her in the abdomen. The toys laughed as they saw Sophie get hit. Sophie fell back, but then another doll zoomed in from behind and hit her back. Sophie yelled as she was hit from behind and she fell forward with a rather large thud.
"Fun. Fun." A few of the dolls shouted and the other dolls laughed. Sophie then tried to stand up. She managed to get a knee under her and a hand to the ground for support, but she looked up and saw the dolls floating in front of Bickslow.
Bickslow did his laugh again. "End of the line for you newbie. Don't worry, your soul will be taken care of. Baryon Formation!" The dolls then positioned themselves in a pentagonal shape. A harsh whirlwind goes around the outside of the ring and a powerful green energy was being generated. The beam was then fired, and it was hurling towards Sophie.
Sophie was in a little panic, though she knew just what to do. "Sorry pal, but I'm allergic to having my soul taken." She said it as a lame excuse. "Memorize…then…" The beam was closing on her as she had a finger at her head as a focus point. "…forget." She then said it, and the blast was almost dispelled just like that. The attack had dispersed in almost a millisecond.
Bickslow jerked back in surprise. "Oh what?!" He shouted. "How'd you do that?!"
"Surprise. Surprise." His 'babies' repeated.
Sophie then got to her feet and smirked. "Wanna know how I did that? Simple, my Memory-Make made me memorize your attack, and then I chose to have it forgotten."
"What?" Asked a confused Bickslow. Just then, he saw a Water Shuriken attack tear through his dolls, destroying each and every one. "What the-?!" Bickslow was very confused because he had no idea where that attack came from. He then heard a flap from behind and turned around, only to get hit in the waist by Staraptor's Steel Wing. Bickslow flew back and skid. He then felt startled and he pivoted to see Sophie again. "Alright, what kind of trick are you trying to pull?" He then saw Greninja leaping in front of Sophie, and Staraptor was flying in place right by his side.
Bickslow was a little shocked and then he confidently grinned. "Well now, what do we have here? You two must be those Pokémon things that I've been hearing about." Bickslow said. Greninja and Staraptor both got themselves ready for Bickslow.
Greninja looked back at Sophie. "You okay?"
Sophie nodded. "Yeah." 'I got saved by a frog and a bird. What are the odds?'
Bickslow grinned. "Let's see how you fair with me. Line Formation!" New toy dolls from the store then stood atop the other and they unleashed a vertical crescent at Greninja and Staraptor.
"Let's just see who's sharper than the other. Water Shuriken!" Greninja swiftly created compressed stars of water and he unleashed them at the Line Formation heading towards them. The shuriken and crescent then came into contact, and fortunate enough, Water Shuriken slices the crescent into several pieces and exploding on the spot, sparing them.
With Bickslow caught off guard with that sharp offensive, he didn't see his toys get destroyed by Staraptors quick Aerial Ace. Bickslow grunted and reeled back at the swiftness the two had. He had new 'babies' set close to him right after that. He clearly underestimated them.
"Grrr. Never thought I had to resort to this." Bickslow said. He began to remove his metal shield from his head, and he undid the hood from his head. It revealed him to have some weird navy blue human puppet symbol between his nose and eyes and over his forehead. He had navy blue hair that was cut along the edges, revealing black, and making it look like he has three rows of navy blue, with the middle and top being a Mohawk of sorts.
"This doesn't look too good." Sophie remarked.
"Figure Eyes!" Bickslow then opened his two eyes and they began to glow green. He then became surrounded in a green aura, and the three had no choice but to look away.
"Guys, don't look!" Sophie shouted, and Greninja and Staraptor both shut their eyes along with Sophie. "I've read about this type of Magic! If you look into the eyes, you turn into those creepy dolls!"
"Well now, aren't you just a bookworm." Bickslow stated.
"Bookworm. Bookworm." The dolls glowed green and they all zoomed in and started bashing them. Sophie covered up, as did Staraptor and Greninja. They all felt little bumps by them thanks to Staraptor's Intimidate halving the assault.
Sophie and the others grunted as each hit nudged their sides slightly, and the worst of it was that they couldn't look.
Although, they could do the reverse.
"Greninja." Staraptor said, using her brains. "You know what to do, right?"
"Yeah, and what are you, Nic?" Greninja stated, saying he prefers to have Nic give the orders. Regardless, he knew just what Staraptor meant, since everyone on Nic's team could read the other's thoughts and minds.
"Smokescreen!" Greninja made ninja hand signs and he aimed from where Bickslow's laughing was coming from. He huffed out a huge cloud of smoke. The Smokescreen had completely obscured Bickslow and his dolls' vision. He wasn't even able to open his eyes as smoke was getting into them.
"Gah! My eyes!" Bickslow screeched, unable to open them through the Smokescreen. Greninja and Staraptor and Sophie all then opened their eyes once more. Bickslow's Figure Eyes were put to a halt, and that meant they could counter attack.
"Now it's…" Staraptor started, flying into the cloud.
"…our turn!" Greninja finished as he jumped into the air. "Bounce!"
"Aerial Ace!"
Staraptor flew straight in and with her keen vision, she hit Bickslow and he yelled in a scream through the smoke. Staraptor then flew passed him so that Greninja could come down on the Seith Magic user. Greninja then immediately jumped down on Bickslow from above with such force that the Smokescreen dispersed and smashed Bickslow in a crater, creating powerful winds and some dust flying. He then jumped off of him and leaped back towards Sophie.
Bickslow screamed yet again, he felt pain everywhere. He even had yellow sparks that indicated paralysis. "Gah!" He trembled as he struggled to get up. "This can't be happening!"
"Oh, it's happening." Greninja said. Staraptor flapped right next to Sophie and Greninja's side.
"Everybody ready?"
"Yeah!" Sophie and Staraptor both shouted.
"Dark Pulse!"
"Steel Wing!"
Sophie made a chain of memories. "Baryon Lightning Impact!" From the memories, she unleashed a huge beam that was green and was enveloped in lightning, made from the memories of Laxus's lightning and Bickslow's Baryon Formation. The Dark Pulse and Baryon Lightning Impact then both made contact with Staraptor's Steel Wing, making it look as though one wing was being thrust by darkness and one by the green and lightning beam. Then Staraptor began to spin, combining her Steel Wing and now all three attacks combined and fused into a spiraling missile of gray, black, purple, green, and lightning. The combined spiraling assault was far more immense, shattering and creating a deep trail going through the roofing.
"You're going down!" Staraptor shouted, being the center of the whole attack and going at Bickslow. Bickslow's scream howled through Magnolia as the attack engulfed him and Staraptor bashed into him, making a rather large and thundering explosion at the edge of the roof and sending a huge impact through a straight row through Magnolia, said being Bickslow hurling and smashing through the streets and finally ending one mile away with a major dust cloud.
The three stood atop the roof with grins on their faces, satisfied that Bickslow was finally defeated. Sophie even marveled at the strength Greninja and Staraptor had together.
'Wow…talk about meturaph.' Sophie remarked, with the word 'crazy' in Hebrew. Staraptor and Greninja both turned back towards Sophie and grinned at her.
"That wasn't so bad." Staraptor said.
"Thunder God Tribe, more like Thunder Peasant Tribe." Greninja joked.
Sophie laughed. "Yeah, and we just stole their thunder!" She joked. The three just shared a laughed for awhile and then they saw Garchomp coming close by, using his Dual Chop and shattering a whole bunch in less than a few seconds. They even saw him use Slash and tear up even more, all the while taking no damage from electrocution.
Greninja blinked. "Looks like he's having a blast." He commented.
"He might be done in the next minute or so." Staraptor noted, only seeing roughly one hundred left and Garchomp was heading for them.
Sophie raised a brow. "Don't tell me, he's Nic's last one?"
The two nodded, and Sophie sweat dropped. "For peat's sake, that guy's a maniac. He must have a violent way of the word 'fun'. I guess he's a mifletzat too."
With Mira and Elfman
Mira was having Elfman over her shoulder and was helping him. She found him earlier and was helping as they were trying to find Laxus. They were getting close to a bridge.
"Mira, really, you don't have to help me. I'm a man you know." Elfman muttered.
Mira smiled. "You might be a man, but you're still my baby brother." She teased. Elfman grunted, but was very grateful his sister was there for him.
They then saw an explosion on the bridge, making them stop and look in surprise.
"What's that?" Elfman asked.
"It must be Cana." Mira said in concern. They then saw Cana on the bridge, and they saw her use her Card Magic once again. She had a green Magic Seal emerge and she unleashed the cards in streams of green at Freed, who was the opponent.
Freed's right eyes turned black with a purple and light purple iris. "Dark Ecriture: Reflect!" He inscribed runes in the air by his sword and the cards bounced off of the inscription. The attack then launched back at Cana and she screamed upon impact. She was caught in a powerful explosion and the bridge collapsed under her.
"Cana!" Mira shouted in worry. In the rubble, Cana was struggling to find her feet. Cana was on her knees and Freed looked down from the fraction of the bridge that wasn't destroyed.
"I'm pressed, you're strong." Freed said. "A reflection to your many years of service in the guild. You're tougher than that Phantom girl that I defeated earlier. Dark Ecriture: Suffering!" An inscription was written on Cana's head and Cana had felt immense amount of agonizing pain coursing through her system. She screamed up to the sky and could take no more as she finally fell back into the rubble in defeat.
"No, Cana!" Mira shouted, seeing her defeated friend down. She turned towards Freed. "This has gone too far!"
"Yeah! How dare you!" Elfman agreed, now standing up.
Freed turned towards them, but was more directed at Elfman. "I'm sorry Elfman, but those who were defeated cannot enter again. You already lost to Evergreen."
"You can't stop me!" Elfman retorted.
Mira stepped forward. "We're in the same guild! We shouldn't be fighting!"
Freed looked away. "That means nothing." He then looked back at them. "But the purpose of this game is to overhaul all that Fairy Tail stands for. To break these pointless bonds. Laxus's enemy is mine as well."
Elfman jumped onto the bridge, ready for battle. "I'm ready to take you on any day of the week buddy!" He then ran forward with a punch. Freed held up his sword and then he zoomed past Elfman, leaving him confused as he didn't feel anything. He then saw that he had an inscription on his chest.
"What the hell is this?!" Elfman said, startled.
Freed looked back with his Dark Ecriture eye. "Those who have re-entered shall receive a punishment far beyond death. Those runes on you will give you unimaginable pain. Dark Ecriture: Pain!" The runes then vanished, and then Elfman was glowing pink all over. Elfman then grabbed his head and started wailing and screaming at the pain he's being inflicted with.
Mira was shocked Elfman was getting beaten up, and he's already endured enough. "Elfman!" She shouted in concern. "You have to stop Freed!"
Freed did not listen, as he was doing as instructed by Laxus and eliminating them all. He held up his sword and slashed at Elfman again. "Dark Ecriture: Fear! Suffering!" He did both attacks consecutively, making Elfman stumbled and he screamed with bulging eyes and glowing pink again. He was panicking and wasn't stopping as Freed made him experience pain and fear, not to mention suffering.
Mira wasn't taking this too well. She was sobbing and crying in her hands, see couldn't bear to see Cana down or Elfman experiencing such dread. She wasn't able to do anything but cry and plead. "I'm begging you. I'll do anything you want. Just stop." She desperately asked.
Fred did not listen as he continued to punish Elfman by repeatedly using Dark Ecriture: Pain on him, making the latter scream and fall onto his knees, feeling as though he was bleeding and having his inners exploding over and over.
"NO!" Mira shouted, covering her ears, not wanting her any of this anymore.
Elfman was given a moment and he heaved. He dropped to his hands and gasped repeatedly.
Freed was readying his last assault on him. The final strike. Dark Ecriture:…Death."
Everyone stopped just then. Nothing moved, not even the water was motioning about. A wind breezed by as Mira slowly lifted her head with shocked eyes, finally snapped. Everything looked do dark around her as the wind was the only thing that blew after that last word.
"…death." Mira squealed. All she could hear just then was a heartbeat. The clouds above began to part.
Elfman roared as it was night and he was out of control. Lisanna spread her arms out and smiled at her monstrous brother.
"It's okay big brother. We still love you." She sweetly said before Elfman swatted at her harshly.
Mira reached out helplessly with tears. "LISANNNA!"
Mira was feeling the whole world around her shake and quiver, though she was standing perfectly still with a dark shadow casted over her face in frozen shock. Her iris and pupil both sharpen, giving her a feeling as though she was scarred for life by fear and eternal dread.
"M-Mira…" Lisanna muttered, lying on the ground with hazy eyes. "I feel...so cold. Where'd you go…Mira?"
Mira was tearing up and holding Lisanna's hand as Lisanna was looking up. "I'm right here." She managed to squeal.
Lisanna struggled to move her head, having her hazy gaze on her teary sister. "M-Mira…I just…I just…w-wanted…you to know…" Hardly any words were coming out after that.
Mira was tearing up harshly now. "Lisanna…Lisanna…LISANNA!"
There were heartbeats heard as the ground under Mira was beginning to glow under her hair in the wind. Freed to notice from above on the bridge and he stepped back in shock.
He could sense an enormous amount of power. "Such power…what is she?"
Mira was crying insanely hard, and she was having small screams escape. She was building up so much distress that she finally had it and let out an insanely loud scream up into the sky with the light below signaling her Magic power release, which was enormous. The rocks nearby shook and some floated in the air at the power given off. There was a huge dark purple seal that appeared over her as she screamed. Freed blocked himself as the light was getting brighter.
The light shining below was turning dark purple as Mira underwent her Take Over. Her hair went up and she got pointed ears, much like a troll. She had crack-like zigzag running down on the right eye with dark lips. She had a pink ribbon tied around her neck and her forearms and hands gain scales and fin-like protrusions and gauntlets. She gained a stocky tail made of metal-like scales. She had a skimpy suit that revealed her arms and legs, exposing her belly and wide cleavage, and upper back. She had high heeled boots that had high-thighs. They were decorated with light motifs on the upper parts, taking the shape of black blades with yellow outlining.
The transformed Mira was howling as she was sounding much more deep in the screams, they started a slow grunts at first, and then she let out a demonic roar at the sky.
Freed was beyond shocked to be witnessing Mira rising back up to her glory days. The light faded all around and she finally went in with her ferocious offense. She leaped up to where Freed was and struck with her gauntlet, barely missing and making a crash echo as there was dust rising from the harsh blow.
Freed was fine, but due to this change, he had to switch to defense. "Dark Ecriture: Wings!" Freed then had rune composed wings created and he was given the capability of flight and flew high speed away and up. Mira was no fool as she then looked up and she sprouted her own wings, but they were black membranes rather than runes. She soared upwards at him and attempted a slashing motion, but Freed looked back just in time and he jerked out of the way and she turned back and gave him a swift kick to the waist. Freed felt the attack and was forced downwards and then he looked again and was delivered a direct punch to the face. Freed soared back down on the bridge with a large crash.
Freed got up again and he flew in the opposite direction this time. Mira chased after him and was catching up fast. Freed looked back to see if she was following, but he gasped when he turned back to see the demonic waitress glaring at him with death-like intentions.
"Die." She coldly stated.
Freed was getting in a defensive stance. 'This is her Take Over: Satan Soul!' He didn't see this power first hand until now. He was rather scared that he was seeing a disaster in from of him.
Mira held out a hand. "Darkness Stream!" Dark tendrils of energy was released from a Magic seal and shot at Freed. Freed managed to evade and deflect them off with his sword and he had little room to counter.
When he had an opportunity when the tendrils stopped, he turned and was about to strike with a Dark Ecriture of sorts, but Mira showed up in his face and gave him a knee to the sword, shattering it and he fell back from the force. He grunted and was left with no choice but to flee again, turning and go.
Mira wasted no time in hunting him down as she was catching up to him quickly. Freed looked back at his opponent that was tailing him. "I have a few forbidden spells of my own you know!" He then flew up and wrote an inscription in front of himself. "Dark Ecriture: Darkness!" Freed was then engulfed in darkness and he transformed into a bulky demon. It had excess dark hair on the shoulders and had horns jerking up from the head. The belt and lower half of the suit was spared and he was given big monstrous-like feet and hands. It had a half-scale face with a pitch black eye and had elf ears.
Mira and Freed met and finally clashed with a fist each, rippling a shock wave that shattered the ground below. They backed away and Free enveloped a fist in black energy with red outlining, while Mira outlined her black energy in purple. The two then proceed in trading and colliding horrific and mach-speed blows with demon qualities. Not surprising, Mira was delivering much harder blows and was having Freed receive a couple of punches with energy.
Eventually, Mira clenches Freed and drives him into the ground, sending the two crashing into an underground cavern. As she held onto him while pushing, she used her left hand that was ignited with electricity. "Evil Spark!" Electricity drove all throughout Freed and he screamed as Mira let go and had Freed smash through various stalagmites and stalactites with electricity coursing through, sparking his body with every hit until he was found on his knees in a heap of rubble.
"I-It's true. Her power's uncanny." Freed muttered as Mira lapped her wings in front of him, looking at him with disgust. "I've heard tales of her powers, but I never imagined them being this strong."
"Hmph." Mira scolded.
Freed got up and channeled Darkness magic through him. "I cannot afford to lose, no matter what!" The ground began to quake as he then unleashed a destructive dark magic in the form of a tornado. "Darkness Breath!" Mira covered up as she was hit with the tornado and blasted out of the caverns. With swiftness, Freed was above Mira and had a sphere-like bomb between his hands. As soon as the tornado stopped, Mira looked and saw him. "Darkness Flare Bomb!" He threw it down onto Mira and it had high pressure boom that made Mira soar into the river down below, making water fly.
Freed looked down to see if he had won. "Is it over?" He then gasped when seeing a whirlpool and then the water actually rotating. In the center, he saw Mira controlling the water through her hands and twirling it around her.
"Evil Explosion!" She then send the enormous volume water in the form of a whirlpool. The attack smashed into Freed and he shot back. In the blink of an eye, Mira appeared and gave a headbutt that made him yelp and reel back a distance.
Mira then gathered energy between her hands, which took the form of a black globe with spiraling purple around it. "Soul Extinction!" She then held the globe forward and unleashed a severely devastating black-purple beam at Freed. The range was greatly high, as it engulfed Freed and the surrounding area. Freed screamed as he was swallowed up and then the entire attack exploded, covering a range far greater than anyone could've imagine. All of the magnolia people saw the attack from their point of view.
Down below, Elfman and Cana, now standing and with Elfman holding an unconscious Juvia, saw the horrific assault. They both rushed to where the attack took place.
Freed was on his hands and knees, now deprived of his wings and demon-like qualities. His suit was all trashed up and he was wounds everywhere. He was struggling to get up from a sizzling crater when Mira landed in front of him and had demonic red eyes that shot at him.
"Freed!" Her demon voice howled and she rushed at him. Freed freaked out. "S-Stay back!" He shouted, but Mira shoved him to the ground and was on top so he couldn't escape. 'I don't stand a chance against such a force!'
As Mira screamed and was punching downwards to finish him off, an image of Lisanna appeared.
Lisanna smiled ever so sweetly and she closed her eyes, saying she loved them both.
Mira came to a halt not even a centimeter away from his face, and the force to stop it made air and dust ripple around. Freed looked with scared and shocked eyes full of fear at the site of being spared.
Mira huffed and heaved as her fist was shaking. She stayed still and then eased herself. She had enough and relaxed. She slumped back on Freed and she reverted back to herself. She looked down at Freed with a frown.
Composing himself, Freed relaxed. "I don't understand, why didn't you finish me off?" He asked.
She let loose a small grin and looked down. "Because this battle was pointless."
Freed didn't buy it. "Don't give me any false pity. Just finish me."
Mira got off Freed and sat by his side, looking down at him. "I won't do that because we're allies. We're both apart of Fairy Tail." It was at that time Cana and Elfman arrived.
Mira continued. "Being apart of Fairy Tail means we work together. We celebrate together. We all grow together."
"No you're wrong! Laxus is my one and only ally!" Freed denied.
Mira kept her sweet smile. "It doesn't have to be. Listen, we've all been your friends since the very beginning, even when you think we weren't. It's perfectly fine to have that one person you trust more than anybody else; but no matter what happens, we'll always be there for you. We're all part of something bigger than you know. We're a family."
Freed gasped in realization and Mira gently held his hand with both of hers. "I promise you, if you just reach out, even a little, there will always be someone by your side." She then had a tear shed from her eyes. "Once you are able to see that connection, it stays in your heart for as long as you treasure it."
The sunlight was beaming through the clouds onto them, and Freed was taking in every word and Mira smiled even more sweetly than ever. "You're surrounded by people who care for you, people who respect you for who you are."
The sunlight dimmed and Freed began to cry on the ground, looking up. He let loose a few shed of tears in his mistake. He was heavily ashamed for even hurting his comrades. Guilt rise up and he continued on crying.
He grabbed his face so he could ease his tear shedding. "I never wanted…to hurt you guys…" He sniffled. "…I'm so ashamed…forgive me…"
Mira shed a few tears, but she smiled in joy. "You already have been forgiven." She said. "And next year, we'll enjoy the Harvest Festival together."
Freed continue to cry and felt joyful that he was forgiven for his actions. Elfman and Cana both had tears in their eyes hearing Mira talk. They couldn't help but feel happy for the situation.
"That's my sis." Elfman said. "She's a man with the biggest heart."
Cana wiped away a tear that was being shed. "She's amazing."
With Freed defeated and not wanting to turn his back on Fairy Tail again, and with Mira unable to go on, the status on the board was 'Freed vs Mirajane: Both Mages forfeit'.
With Nic
Nic was witnessing Garchomp a mile away and had just annihilated to last remaining lacrima, with himself unaffected by the shock. Nic heard his roar and the next thing he saw was Garchomp going mach speed and landing with a rippling quake in front of him. Garchomp let loose a triumphant roar as he was breathing rather heavily.
"That felt great." He commented, stretching his claws and arms. "I've never felt so much energy."
Nic nodded and Garchomp looked back at Nic. Garchomp simmered down and he lowered his head and smiled, letting Nic pet him.
"Thanks so much buddy, now all of Magnolia is no longer under hostage because of you." Garchomp retracted slightly and stared at Nic. "Now there's only one obstacle left, and that's Laxus."
The mention of him mad Garchomp snarl with a demonic grin. "I'm ready to tear things up again!" He said, leaning back up and holding his claws.
Nic narrowed his eyes. "I know, but I need you as a last resort, and I think he'll expect me to unleash you guys on the spot." He then looked ahead. "I have to have do something for me." He turned back to Garchomp. "I know you have little patience, but please, stand by until I give you the signal for you to strike."
Though it sounded like waiting, Garchomp knew full well that this was a no-lose situation, so this had to be an important role Garchomp has to play. Garchomp nodded. "Okay." He then roared demonically and hid away in the ground using Dig. He dug deep into the earth and awaited until Nic will called out for him.
Nic looked down the large hole with a nod. "Okay, now that that's settled, let's try and find him."
Only one small flaw…he had absolutely no idea where to start looking.
"Okay, this may be an issue." Nic said, walking down Magnolia. "I guess if I want find him, I'll have to be smart about this. Gee, I haven't felt this stress facing someone since…" He then gasped and went wide eyed. "Since…wait a minute…" He then began to dart off in a sprint towards a particular place. 'Laxus thinks he's a champion, and I know the champion in Kalos battles in that huge place, so…he must be at one of the biggest and emptied places I know!'
He was heading off towards Kardia Cathedral.
Along the way, Nic was beyond shocked when he saw a figure slowly walking up ahead. He had recognized him all too well, and the irony was that he couldn't be recognized.
Nic slowed down and he matched his speed. He looked over and the figure stopped. Nic then stopped as well, and the two looked at the other.
It was a five second silence, and Nic finally finished with a grin. "It's been awhile."
Mystogan remained silent and nodded.
"Are you ready to fight Laxus?" Nic calmly stated.
"Indeed. Laxus shall understand not to harm his fellow comrades." Mystogan stated.
With an understanding nod, the two turned and went Mystogan's pace, which was walking, towards Kardia Cathedral. Nic didn't mind the speed; besides, it's best to save his energy.
'I know Mystogan's S-Class, and I know Laxus is too, let's see how Mystogan and I fair against him.'
With Laxus
Laxus was sitting on a stair with lightning surging around his body. He was beyond infuriated knowing that his Thunder Palace was destroyed completely and that Bickslow and Freed were down.
"What pathetic rats." He muttered. His lightning was coursing with his anger. "I've had enough of this. It's time to finish them off. Nic, I may have underestimated you, but you have no idea what I can do."
Once again, three days to make. I got two updates in just about a week's time. I'm making up my time pretty fast.
I hope you guys didn't mind Nic's last pokémon being Garchomp. I wanted something violent in battle, but mild and sweet outside of battle. I hope you didn't mind the Thunder Palace being taken down by him, but I didn't want the Thunder Palace to be a bother later on.
When I was writing Mira and Freed's talk at the end of their battle, I literally cried. I'm that sensitive, okay!
I think The Battle of Fairy Tail Arc will go on for another two chapters, then another reprieve chapter, and then we get to the Oracion Seis Arc, at least to my plans.
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