The Fairy Contender

by Insane Dominator

One day, Nic Pularis is drawn into a sub-dimension, where he encounters Legendary Pokemon. He is entrusted with Plates by Arceus, and send to the land of Fiore, where he encounters Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Erza. He must go through multiple perilous journeys with his Pokemon and Fairy Tail, and triumph and endure hardships to master all eighteen Plates and save the universe. OCxErza.

51. Sea of Nostalgia

Chapter 51 – Sea of Nostalgia

Well guys, this chapter is one to be remembered, because not only is it a mind-scarring one, but it marks the 1-Year anniversary of The Fairy Contender. It's been one year since I've made this story, and I've already established 51 chapters. Happy anniversary to this story!

FOREWARNING: This chapter will contain graphical scenarios that involve blood, so reader discretion is advised.

To Recap:

As the battle with Hades escalated, Natsu dealt powerful blows with his Lightning Flame Dragon Mode, but used up all of his Magic Power. Once Hades used Demon's Eye, everyone but Nic and Charizard were scared, and the two fought by themselves against Hades. Meanwhile, Lily acquired a special size-changing sword known as the Musica Sword, and he and Kecleon took out the rest of the goons and stopped the Devil's Heart, which is the source of Hades' Magic. Team Tenrou made it in time to witness Nic having Charizard Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard, ultimately defeating Hades. As everyone rejoiced, the Tenrou Tree grew back thanks to Ultear. As everyone walked away from the ship, Nic felt an ominous feeling, and the assailant arrived, killing Hades. The assailant easily defeated Makarov's Fairy Law and Gildarts without trying, and his sudden conversation with Zeref sparked an epiphany within Nic. Seeing no choice, Nic takes on the assailant, who he found out was Lysandre.

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Chapter 51 – Sea of Nostalgia

Everyone around were given astonished expressions, if not scared. Many blinked with shrunken pupils at the fact Nic realized just who the assailant was.

The demonic figure floating above gave a straight face, glaring down at Nic, whom returned the expression. The silence in between them was long, suspenseful, and filled with questions that never arose.

Finally, the assailant smirked. "Well, you're as sharp as ever. I gotta give credit where credit is due." He answered.

Nic's eyes narrowed. "Lysandre, what happened to you? How did you mutate into something so vile and inhumane?"

"Wait, Nic knew him before he was that thing?" Gray asked.

Vanessa looked confused. "Lysandre? I think I've heard of him. He made the Holo Caster back in Kalos a few years back, but the announcement and action of trying to destroy the world was thwarted. Apparently anyone who wasn't Team Flare would've been eliminated if not for an unknown person who fled in the aftermath. That was you?!"

Nic looked over his shoulder towards his sister. "Yeah, it was me." He looked back at Lysandre. "The whole place came down so I had to get out. I wondered what happened you him. Looks like this is the result."

"They never found his body; they presumed Lysandre dead." Vanessa informed.

Lysandre scoffed faintly. "…more or less."

Everyone turned towards him in surprise.

He pointed towards Nic. "Do you really want to know how I became this?" He asked. "You know what happened? How about I debrief you from the beginning!" His monotone and demonic voice escalated a little at the last two lines. He swiftly moved his right arm in a vertical oval and another dark aura frame emerged.

Slowly, an image became clear, and all of Team Tenrou saw the aftermath of Nic's final battle with Lysandre.

"It began after your Mega Charizard defeated my Mega Gyarados…"

The entire room was a disaster; flames were all around from the heated battling, any and all equipment round was tarnished and dismembered, the walls were severely cracked, craters embedded the ground in between Nic and Lysandre.

Lysandre's flying equipment lost power and fell to the ground, and he threw his orange gasses in an angered fit. He looked down at the ground with clenched fists, his defeat before him. "I…lost."

Nic panted as Charizard was covered in scratches and scrapes, his quarrel with Mega Gyarados leaving him drained and exhausted. Through it all, the two gave hardened glares at the defeated Team Flare Boss. On any normal victory, they'd both smile back and fist bump, but they were still on guard.

Lysandre screamed. "WRAGH!" This caused Nic and Charizard to stay defensive. He looked at the ground once more. "This world has no hope. The useless will overpopulate, and we shall all squabble over the remains of hope."

Nic walked right up to his Charizard's side, looking up at him and back at Lysandre. "You still don't get it."

Lysandre looked back up towards Nic.

"No matter what you try to achieve, you can't take it in all by yourself. The only reason Mega Evolution was possible for you was because Gyarados shared his power with you."

"(As to where I share my power, Nic shares his with me. This world would be fine as long as we unite to give way to a healthy lifestyle through cooperation.)" Charizard reasoned.

The contraptions on his back got airborne once more, and Lysandre still had bitterness on his face. "If so, then wars would've ended long ago. There's only one future left for us all!"

"Lysandre…"

"Little did the two of us realize, at the time, Giratina felt the negative flow, and watched over us the entire time." Lysandre commented. "The negativity generated was what compelled Giratina and the others to take quite an interest…"

Lysandre raised a fist. "The weapon before us, you tarnished it! The two Legendary Pokémon took most of their power back, but I shall at least show the world of what can and what should've happened! LAUNCH THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!"

Nic grunted. "Damnit! We gotta get out of here! Now!" He hopped onto Charizard's back as the entire placed shook violently. Lysandre screamed as the quaking escalated.

The enormous crystal flower in the center of Geosenge Town had majestic petals like any flower, and the red center began to glow with great power, one that may very well rival an Etherion blast.

The clouds in the sky swirled and darkened to a great extent. The whole sky was swirling darkness as the petals rose up, converging onto the red tip. Once charged, the petals dropped down, making a powerful earthquake and a demonic-red beam was unleashed, highly potent in energy. As the beam was fired, a heinous shockwave.

An image of the world was seen, and the dark shockwave spread over a small area. The beam shot into space, reaching a certain point before sending a few sparks of red around before the kinetic energy was at its peak. It then descended straight down, shooting through the atmosphere like a meteor.

The beam shot right down onto the crystal flower in the middle of Geosenge Town. There was not only a shockwave of extreme dust that spread about all over Geosenge Town, but there was almost another shockwave of rainbow colors and dark red, spreading about rapidly.

Lysandre twisted his face evilly. "That shockwave was the result of the positive and negative energies colliding, in which the shockwave was so potent of negative energy discharging, that there was a small break in the seal placed on the four. It was but for a few seconds, and the window was extremely small…"

The land shook violently above, and the Ultimate Weapon began to sunder downwards, rocks and debris falling down where Lysandre was. Nic and Charizard escaped out from where they came, flying through the halls and having little time before the whole lab would be destroyed.

Lysandre was still in the room and he looked up with horror at the demise that was falling rock and the Ultimate Weapon crashing down onto him. He screamed one last time before the rocks and the weapon all fell, and there was an explosion that rattled the entire ground and all of Coastal Kalos.

Everything was black for Lysandre, and he felt nothing as his body was under the debris, barely swallowed up by the explosion before a small, dark portal emerged, suddenly pulling him in. The portal closed, and the entire area was engulfed in an explosion. The last thing seen of the image was Nic and Charizard bursting out of the HQ entry way, screaming for their lives as the explosion widened, barely escaping.

"That small window was all Giratina needed. He saw the darkness through my actions, and had Hoopa pull me into the void they were in."

They all saw an image of pitch black, hollow and deprived of life. They all then caught sight of Darkrai, Mewtwo, Hoopa, and the image of Giratina rattled their spines so much they almost lose balance. Though it was just an image, they felt the rotting bloodlust the four possessed.

Giratina's serpentine form looked down at what Hoopa dragged in. Lysandre's entire body was unrecognizable, and his clothing that tattered, blood everywhere, his body almost reduced to a lifeless corpse.

Darkrai turned towards Giratina. "Giratina, this human is dead."

Mewtwo looked savagely at Lysandre's corpse, seeing the blood and making his nerves twitch. "The savage force he created…the blood that would've been vaporized…"

Hoopa steamed. "GAH! If only that window of life-death energy was longer-"

"No." Giratina's cold, malevolent voice silenced Hoopa almost immediately. The three looked up towards Giratina, his Hell-like eyes seeking ambition as he stared down at the corpse. "This is the only opportunity we needed."

Hoopa tilted his head. "Heh?"

"Debrief me, if you would." Darkrai requested.

Giratina's face drew closer to Lysandre's body, looking down at him. Any human would've died if they looked into Giratina's eyes, full of turmoil and ferocity. A cold stare was given.

"…Yes…yes." Giratina muttered, slowly retracting his head after examination. "This human, he loathed humanity, as we all loathe it to the bitter core. I see it, the twisted darkness that his heart bears."

Mewtwo clenched his fists, shaking. "This potent force he activated. We felt it, and he generated that."

"If he could use such a weapon to destroy Kalos, and the world…" Darkrai trailed off, an ominous vibe given off.

"AHA! Then that means he can make any power into a weapon!" Hoopa concluded.

"Including ours."

The three turned once again towards Giratina, epiphanies emerging.

The Legendary of Antimatter continued. "We may not be able to exact revenge on Arceus directly anymore, but this human is our ticket to indirectly kill that god. Once we embed our power into him, his soul will be corrupted into the most horrid being that even gods will never have a chance."

"Yes, I see it." Darkrai clenched a fist. "With him as the vessel of our powers, not only shall he be given new life as an incarnated Armageddon, but with Arceus dead, the void shall spread, and we shall create our universe from the wretched darkness it came from."

"We were so close last time. Our power almost bringing Arceus down." Hoopa reminded them. "But with all of our powers in this man known as Lysandre, not only will they intensify with the unstable combination, but it'll rot and change his soul into something glorious."

Mewtwo looked on with savage eyes. "Yes, a purely savage heart, whose soul is but of blood and darkness; a void that must be filled with satisfaction of death and retribution."

"Then it's decided. We'll engrave Lysandre with the gift of darkness." Giratina announced. "This shall be a win for all. We get a new universe, and he exterminates humanity. Only the strong shall survive, and violence and squabbling is the key, as it has been since the dawn of humanity…"

Giratina and the three others closed their eyes, and their individual corrosive energies coated them all in a dark aura, one that could've sucked the life of anything close. The four energy clouds narrowed and seeped into Lysandre's corpse. His entire being swallowed in a cloud of enclosed, pure evil.

Their gazes were sheer destruction to the soul, fixated and filled with ambition. Their dark aura turned darker, and they saw blood red seeping from the cloud Lysandre was in. They soon stopped once they've used all of their power they've accumulated, and looked exhausted as the cloud diminished.

They got the image they wanted, and this gave Hoopa a smirk.

Lysandre's entire body was back to being in one piece, but was completely pale, and his appearance and all was just as it was in present time.

"Can you feel that? This potent and rotting energy…" Mewtwo's quieted voice sounded anxious. "…it's even more deadly than we thought."

"Hell itself woul be given an eternal nightmare. This is the coming of a new dawn." Darkrai said. "Given our powers, he can easily escape this seal and finish off Arceus."

"Oh boy! I can't wait!" Hoopa cheered.

"SILENCE!" Giratina shouted, his dark, demon-like voice silencing the darkness around. He glared down at Lysandre's new form and power. "Yes, all of the mentioned is true. With Hoopa's powers, and not under Arceus' seal, he shall indeed slowly finish him in an agonizing pain. His heart…I feel the monstrosity that he really is. We just keep him here so he'll be potent and ready for the right time…"

The image faded, and Lysandre looked down at the shocked individuals. Nic was personally gazing with a horrified expression that had remorse written all over it.

Gildarts was staggering, almost tripping from the feel of those four individual energies from the image. "That power…even Acnologia wouldn't stand a chance." He muttered under his breath.

Lysandre gave a scowl towards Nic. "So now you see why I am, what I've become?" He asked demonically. "You see, humanity disgusts me. You have no idea how alive I felt, to be given a chance at redeeming what I lost my chance at." He looked at his own hand, clenching it. "I sought to change the world, to make it beautiful. I may have been noble, such chivalry got me nowhere. If you remember, I was the chosen one that was to change the future…and you desecrated that idea. You took the chosen one ideal into your own hands, keeping the world as a wretched place. I was humiliated. It was me against humanity, and you swept the rug and left me to fall on the floor that is wretched defeat."

Nic swallowed at Lysandre's claim, his eyes still narrow with nervous suspicion. "So, are you actually dead?"

Lysandre kept a straight face. "Yes and no. My soul was still trapped in my corpse at the time, and the Legendaries merely gave me a new being. You can say I'm un-dead, or reincarnated."

"More like a corrupted soul in a corpse." Nic said bluntly.

"Corrupted? Oh no, this is who I really am. I embody what humanity has left hindered. I am humanity's darkness that shall be its end."

Erza looked uneasy the entire time. "So, that's how he became so vile."

"Those four. Their energy was the darkest I've ever felt." Wendy shivered and tears scrolled down her face.

"How appalling are they?" Evergreen wondered. "This vile hatred is not even hatred, it's pure evil and beyond demon."

Lucy looked astonished. "How can something like them be so cruel?"

"And so." Lysandre said, getting their attention. "Now you see. With this power, not only will I erase humanity, but everything else. My Masters and I shall have what we all desire; a beautiful void in which darkness shall shape eternity."

Nic looked down at the ground, his fists clenching. He was silent as he thought back to when he and Charizard escaped, leaving Lysandre to 'die', only to find out that his soul was morphed and barely saved by the Dark Legendaries.

"Damnit." He said faintly. "This is all my fault. If I had gotten Lysandre, this wouldn't have happened."

"Master Hoopa would've pulled me out in the first place." Lysandre argued. "What you believe is far from the truth. My Masters made me the chosen one once more, and we would have our way, no matter what."

Nic looked up, discouraged. In a way, Lysandre was right. No point in arguing. What's done is done, and now it was all up to Nic to fix this.

Nic huffed to relax and compose, though it was barely possible with the horrid air all about, sending shivers down everyone's petrified spines. The past wasn't the issue, so he had to stay focus on the present.

Seeing that there was nothing more to say, Nic twitched his fingers and furrowed his brow. The dark clouds above had set the darkened mood as the two were anticipating the other. Everyone looked with worried and nervous expressions as the pressure intensified.

Erza held onto Nic's sunglasses like her life depended on it. "Nic…" She muttered.

"It appears we're at a difference of opinion once more." Nic announced. "You say that I'm a chosen one, but you are as well."

"Yes, and only one can shape the entity of all life." Lysandre concluded. "…Now, you ready to experience a more suitable demise than last time?"

"You'll try." Nic glowed, shifting into his Stone Plate Form. His hardened glare went head-to-head with Lysandre's Satan-like gaze. "But you'll fail."

Lysandre's expression grew amused. "Did you forget? You lost twice, and there is no luck in this third try, because I already killed every luck possible."

"Your soul became pure evil. You're a hollow and deadly void. And so…" Nic reeled back a fist, tightening it. "I'll have to deal with that void, like I did with you two years ago!"

Nic's fist reached the edge of the shore grounds, the punch indicating the fight's begun.

"Stone Edge!" Giant rock pillars jutted out of the ship flooring, heading towards Lysandre. The entire ship shook with every pillar shooting out.

Lysandre narrowed his eyes. "Barrier." A wall was made in front of him as he reached out, which increased his Defense. The Stone Edge made impact with the Barrier, making a ripple upon impact, but the Barrier remained unmoved. "I know you're just warming up."

"The opposing ideal is mutual." Nic stood back up and put a foot onto the pillar in front. He jumped up on top and began frontflipping from hands to feet on the pillars, leading up to Lysandre. When he jumped with his hands when close enough, he was at elevation with Lysandre. "Smack Down!" Above his head, his hands generated a golden orb in an orange aura in between. He threw it while still in midair. Smack Down traveled through the air, but Lysandre changed into dark shadows, having the Smack Down pass by.

Lysandre reemerged several feet away, putting his hands together and making a black and purple sphere in between his hands. "You're pathetically sloppy, Nic! Shadow Ball!" He threw the sphere towards Nic, the overwhelming dread increasing.

Nic made a brief landing on a stone pillar only to jump off and had the Shadow Ball bore and smash through all of the Stone Edge pillars, making a violent rumble and fragmented stones flew in all directions. Everyone covered up as dust and small rocks blew in their direction.

Nic landed on the wrecked ground and swiped his arm. "Rock Slide!" Ripples appeared above Lysandre and large, gray rocks began to fall out from the ripples down onto him.

Lysandre didn't even seem fazed. He glanced up and saw the incoming attack. With one swift motion of his arm, he let loose an Ominous Wind. The Ghost-Type move hollered and shrieked as it went through the area, sounding like an attack that came from the dead. The incoming rocks all shattered into dust, and as the Ominous Wind spread, Nic stomped, making a thick rock jut out from in front. The purple wind hollered and went through like a tidal wave, shattering the rock and sent Nic flying back. Nic grunted loudly as the remaining Ominous Wind went past him, making everyone sail back several feet and any grass or insect life in the proximity withered and reduced to nothing.

Nic got his hands underneath and backflipped back to his feet. Seeing as how he needed a different approach, he glowed and shifted into the Sky Plate. Lysandre let loose a Psybeam attack, which streaked its way after Nic. Nic flapped his wings and ascended quickly, avoiding the blue explosion below.

At equal elevation, Nic kept a nervous yet determined glare. He knew all too well Lysandre was toying with him. It'd be only a matter of time before he would use his full power.

"Aerial Ace!" Nic darted for Lysandre with blinding speeds.

"Quick Attack!" Lysandre was outlined in blue, and in a sudden blink of an eye, his dark purple aura-covered self beamed towards Nic, a fist meeting his chest and he faltered downwards. Lysandre smirked evilly. "Don't tell me that you're done already! Rot!" He made an array of black and purple in his hands. He shot Dark Pulse downwards, tailing Nic as he fell.

Nic's eyes opened and twisted his body so as to fall on his belly. He flapped just mere feet from the ground and soared at a low altitude as Dark Pulse shot and trailed from above, rumbling the entire area and having a black and purple explosion tail Nic.

"What heinous power!" Makarov commented as he covered up from the shockwaves of the Dark Pulse.

Nic made a 90 degree turn straight up to avoid the Dark Pulse and twisted his body once more so as to face Lysandre. "Lysandre, you were once a noble man, now look at yourself! You're a great shame to anyone! Air Slash!"

His wings glowed and he flapped them, releasing light blue sawblades of compressed air. They went after Lysandre, but Nic flapped and darted right for him while the Air Slash went slicing through the air.

"Drill Peck!" A glowing peak-like protrusion took place of Nic's mouth as he rotated like a drill at the Air Slash's speed. The nearby sawblades began to circle Nic as he spun, making him a drill with sharp blades around him.

Lysandre whisked himself to the side as Nic ploughed through, but missed. Though Lysandre wasn't safe as the circling Air Slash assaults continued to rotate around, grazing Lysandre as Nic passed by. Lysandre kept a straight face as he hardly felt much of anything.

Nic stopped spinning and turned around, only to find Lysandre morphing into corrosive shadows. He suddenly appeared in front of Nic, looking into his eyes. The air around was cold for Nic and Lysandre was too fast and grabbed his throat with one arm. Nic gagged as Lysandre's dark purple and life-destroying proximity as making him suffocate, making the foul air around him pant. Lysandre smirked evilly and plummeted down below, pushing Nic down in front of him. Nic gagged loudly when he smashed into the ground, making boarding fly in all directions.

Wendy and Lucy gasped, while Gildarts and many more clenched their fists as they shook and their hearts raced.

From the flying dust, Lysandre ascended quickly and looked down. He swiped his arm, the small motion making any and all dust below reduce to nothing. Nic was seen grunting as his throat was more than a little bruised and he coughed a little as he sat back up, quickly getting to a knee. "The fun hasn't even begun to start." Lysandre grinned, showing his canines and swiped an arm, foul black aura with purple outlining, via Shadow Claw.

'Damnit. I gotta stop fooling around and get serious.' Nic thought. 'Defensive tactics and aerial tactics were futile, so I have no option but to go for Type advantage!' He glowed once more, shifting into his Draco Plate.

Lysandre shot downwards with a heinous smile. "Try and stop me! You know I'll catch up in any way possible!"

Nic grunted and crouched. He spread his arms out and used Dragon Claw, the attack on both arms. "Try and stop this! Dragon Pulse!" Nic gathered multicolored energy and he pivoted as he spun with Dragon Claw in a full circle. The multicolored draconic energy spiraled, and with Dragon Claw's momentum added into the spin, a spiraling multicolored slash twisted into the air above Nic, shaking the earth beneath.

The attack ravaged through the foul space above, striking Lysandre and refraining him from advancing downwards. He grunted as he felt the great force of both attacks working like before. "Another combination attack!"

Nic balled his fists and looked up as the attack began to dial down. He struck hard and fast. "Dragon Rush!" He surrounded himself in draconic energy and shot straight up through the spiral, hitting an immobile Lysandre and making him yelp as an explosion and smoke erupted upwards.

"Alright!" Lucy shouted. Everyone cheered for Nic with that successful attempt.

"That's the way!" Natsu shouted.

Lysandre escaped the smoke cloud by turning into his corrosive shadow, whisking himself a far distance towards the left. He reemerged and looked slightly irritated. "You'll have to do better than that! Swift!" Lysandre swiped his arm, and yellow stars in golden sparkles materialized in front, shooting at the smoke cloud.

Nic emerged from the bottom of the rising smoke and shot straight downwards. When close to reaching the ground, he broke into another 90 degree turn and flew at an alarming rate after Lysandre as Swift rained down after him. Nic let out as draconic roar as he initiated Dragon Claw as he flapped and gained greater speed. He shifted about and slash once and twice as he dove in through the Swift, maintaining a course for Lysandre. After slashing the last star, having sustained minimal scratches, Nic gave one last flap and shot up in a slant and slashed.

Lysandre morphed into shadows, evading the Dragon Claw. Nic fell forward and lost balance briefly from no target. Lysandre reappeared in front of Nic, his dark energy making Nic's spine and bones quiver.

"Feint Attack!" Lysandre pivoted at blinding speeds, swinging his tail and the tip with spikes on the side struck Nic's face, making a loud crash sound and he soared backwards in the putrid air. He grunted as his breathing was getting heavy as he sailed back, unbalanced.

Lysandre extended both arms out. "Ancient Power!" An afterimage of himself was made in front and curled into a silver sphere. He shot the attack that rippled through the air towards Nic.

Everyone gasped as Ancient Power head after Nic as he slowly soared backwards. "Watch out!" Sophie shouted.

Nic saw the incoming Ancient Power and wasn't able to straighten out, but he was able to launch an interception. "Dragon Pulse!" He gushed out the draconic beam, the head chomping into the sphere making a silver and multicolored explosion. The force quaked the area greatly, and Lysandre remained unmoved as to where Nic shot back, barely maintaining footing when reaching the ground.

He skidded back from the attack and changed his form yet again. He glowed while skidding and turned into his Icicle Plate Form.

'He's weak against Ice too.' Nic got a foot back and managed to stop his skid. He used the little momentum left and pivoted around and opened his mouth. "Icicle Crash!" He fired a cold air at Lysandre, which gave way to forming several thick icicles that went shooting at him.

Lysandre didn't budge a remote inch as his vermilion eyes glowed light blue, employing Psychic. The Icicle Crash stopped cold (pun intended) in front and turned around. Lysandre shot his arm forward, shooting the icicles back at Nic.

Nic had little time, but his reflexes kicked in just mere feet from being impaled. His legs gave him a great boost and he jumped. The middle icicle went shooting for him, but he put his hands on the top and did an aerial cartwheel and landed behind the ongoing Icicle Crash that struck the ground with shrilling force, sending a chill that even made Nic feel cold.

Realizing he had to act fast, his goosebumps screamed for him to turn around and face the Hell-like man before him. "Blizzard!" He swiped his arms and his coat flapped, releasing a cold and finger-numbing Blizzard after Lysandre.

"Ominous Wind!" Lysandre released a purple and foul wind; the two winds met at the middle, where the entire area was swamped in a chilling fear.

Happy began to shiver. "T-This f-feeling…it's so cold that I can't move!" His teeth chattered.

Lily quivered as well. "Their powers can even reach out here. Fear and cold clashing, unconditionally making our bones freeze with dread."

"The old man wasn't kidding." Gildarts muttered, shaking from the mixture of both attacks. "Those two are monsters."

The violent maelstrom of snow and purple began to calm, leaving the two unfazed. The malevolent energy around Lysandre never faltered as he narrowed his eyes.

Nic's shadow darkened and he leaned back, but Shadow Sneak struck his abdomen at an angle, making him gag a little blood before shooting back into a skid, only to fall on his back with a loud thud on the end.

Erza gritted her teeth in frustration as Nic was getting pounded left and right. As the battle progressed, she got nervous, and her grip tightened unconsciously. She had faith in Nic, but from the last time he fought Lysandre, she was shattered beyond recognition. If Nic lost here…

'C'mon Nic. You have to stay strong. Please.' She mentally pleaded.

"Nic! Don't go down again!" Vanessa shouted. "Please, you have to keep fighting!"

"Vanessa, stop!" Sophie insisted harshly, to which Vanessa's sudden outburst was halted. "We can't interfere, or we'll get killed."

Vanessa just clenched her fists in bitter frustration as Nic proceeded back to his feet.

Seeing he needed to recover, Nic glowed, shifting into his normal self. Once up, he kept a defensive stance. "Recover!" His body began to glow, and his injuries began to fade away, giving way to Nic's body looking healthier after Recover faded.

Lysandre paid no heed. "Even if you use Recover, it won't change anything. I'll rip right through you like last time, and see you fall to your knees until I decide to slice your lungs and heart. Dragon Breath!" A round of loops surrounded his body and he opened his mouth, gushing out a monstrous blue beam.

Nic had little to act. He saw the beam make haste and with rejuvenated strength, he jumped out of the way, but the blue explosion followed by Dragon Breath made a shockwave that beamed up, making Nic yelp as the shockwave shot him back several feet.

Within the dust cloud that followed, Lysandre could feel the electrical energy about. His face turned into an amused yet serious expression as the dust cleared, revealing Nic to show a hostile expression in his Zap Plate Form.

The entire area around Nic sparked as static crackled within a five-foot radius around him. The area began to shake once more as Nic raised his left arm, lightning surging and enveloping him. "Thunder!"

He shot his arm down, and Lysandre looked above to find the dark clouds crackling and surging lightning bolts. A thunderous sound crackled, which startled Lily and he covered his ears as a massive bolt of heavy lightning shot downwards onto Lysandre.

"Nice try! But no chance!" Lysandre shot his right arm up, making a spacial hole above. The thunderous Thunder bolted right through the hole, leaving Lysandre unhindered.

Nic mentally cursed as he forgot the little trick from before. It left him with a bitter taste as a strong feeling crawled up his back and a spacial hole appeared over his head. His eyes widened and he immediately jerked back from Thunder. The massive bolt hit the ground and made the ship quake.

"You should realize your place, yet you fight it, like you fight authority. How utterly pitiful." Lysandre responded, closing both holes once Thunder stopped. "You can't fight this power forever! Shadow Ball!" He made his attack and shot it, making a dark ripple upon being launched.

"I'll fight until my last breath!" Nic spread his legs and made a yellow sphere of great electricity. The red core had a great amount of electrical energy that discharged in between Nic's hands. "Zap Cannon!" He threw it with great force, the Zap Cannon and Shadow Ball both collided into the other, and there was but another stalemate, but barely on Nic's part.

A discharge of darkness and electricity flooded the area in between, creating a very massive explosion of yellow, black, and purple; all of which swirled and released in an expansive explosion. Erza and everyone else covered up as the shockwave passed by them, making them all skid and barely hold their ground, though Happy flew back and yelped.

The smoke blew to both Nic and Lysandre, both getting flooded by smoke, yet they knew that the other was waiting. The middle was clear and the remaining smoke blew away. Lysandre and Nic burst through what was left through both smoke clouds, heading at the other with harsh battlecries.

Lysandre's forehead had a shining ball of light blue energy, his feet nearly touched the ground as he raced in a blur with Zen Headbutt towards Nic.

Nic raced ahead, engulfed in shining yellow energy. His Wild Charge ran across the ravaged terrain and they met at the middle once again.

There was a grand ripple in between the two that spread, and that was when Makarov foresaw something. "Everyone get down!"

A violent explosion rattled, quaking not just the ship, but the island as well. Yellow and light blue was light a violent tempest as it spread and flattened everything. Everyone covered up as they got to the ground and yelled as the explosion passed over them, followed by a variety of debris.

Through the explosion, Nic stepped back and sparked red electricity, catching his breath from the recoil damage. He panted as the battle damage was catching up. To his shock, he saw a blue sphere blast through the dispersing explosion, dispelling it entirely and leading way for Lysandre's Aura Sphere to hit him right in his abdomen, making him feel a great force smash into him before a blue burst of energy erupted, making more smoke erupt.

Nic screamed as he shot back from the force of Aura Sphere, so much that he didn't skid, but he sailed through the air and over the ship's edge. Nic sailed off the ship and began falling into the water below. A harsh splash sound vibrated intensely as Nic's body plunged below.

Erza's eyes widened. "NIC!"

Mira covered her mouth and gasped, as did Lisanna.

"NIC!" Vanessa screamed. Her attention then drew towards Lysandre, who looked on as the little smoke disappeared.

He seemed rather content, the heinous smirk across his face expanding. His foul energy continued to give off a suffocating feeling, and he stared into the direction where Nic had hit the water.

"I pity you, Nic." He mocked. "To be given such a fate. An unfair past, followed by a fate you chose, and now a burden that'll be your end. To be given a short life must mean you were meant to die youn-" A sudden column of water shot up like a geyser below Lysandre, drowning his sentence and shooting him upwards.

Everyone looked in disbelief as the column of water arose from the ship flooring, gushing up and hitting Lysandre. Through the water, they all saw a faint image swim through the current. Erza and Vanessa both felt the most relieved, knowing what was traveling through.

Lysandre was at the top of the geyser when something erupted below, sending a powerful uppercut that sent him skyward. "Waterfall!" Time slowed down as Nic was shown in his Splash Plate Form, dealing a powerful blow to Lysandre's chin and he started falling backwards slowly.

Lysandre was caught off guard from the sudden blow, but as he tried to regain composure and balance, Nic's right forearm was coated in spiraling water in the shape of a crab claw.

"Crabhammer!"

Nic brought his forearm down and struck Lysandre in the middle, the force sending small shockwaves through the air around them. Lysandre shot down from above and smashed into the flooring, dust and debris flying all around. Nic fell down and landed in a crouched position, looking at the pile of dust and rubble Lysandre ended up being buried under.

"The good may die young, but I have no desire to die, not until I finish you and save the entity of all life." Nic proclaimed, standing firmly back up. "You may think life needs to start from ground zero, but it's best to leave it as it is."

The debris covering Lysandre began seeping the dark energy, streaming slowly out from underneath. Nic tensed up and mentally readied himself as the debris actually began to disintegrate and reduce to nothing from Lysandre's energy. When it was gone, Lysandre hovered over the ground, only accumulating a couple scratches compared to Nic.

"You're wrong." Lysandre warned menacingly. "You still don't get it. There is no good if everything is left the way it is. Mankind and wars will continue to ravage, and I must spill all of that blood so that no one else will devour sins." His aura began to escalate a little. "You may have stopped me in the past from realizing what must be done, but now you must try and stop what has to be done. All life must return to the darkness, and remain there and be kept in its beautiful void."

Nic's eyes narrowed. "I said it already, I won't allow it to happen, not while you're still in that purgatory state."

"Hmph. Then I guess you left me to finally get serious…" The dark clouds above began to slowly spiral over Lysandre as another, more heavily corrosive, wind blew. This made Nic pale, as he realized that Lysandre was going to unleash his might.

The ominous and eerie dread escalated so much that everyone else on shore shook in terror. Their hearts raced so fast that they could've jumped out of their chests and rot. Wendy, Levy, and Lisanna could've been seen streaming tears in fear, and they all sank to their knees, fright overcoming them.

"This…this power it's…" Makarov couldn't find the words. No Wizard Saint has ever sensed this much power. This was the power of something that wasn't even power, but pure fear.

Nic swallowed hard as he got paler. Lysandre smirked, showing his canines. The canines became sharper, and more blood red, as if he tore into someone's throat. His eyes were the most destructive feature. The sclera became pitch black, so black that it was like looking into pure darkness. The vermilion eyes became slits, like that of a wild animal.

His dark purple aura intensified, becoming so dense that the flooring made a crater, slowly cracking. Nic took a step back as Lysandre's calm expression was no more, and the bloodthirsty beast from before has been unleashed.

"Nic…he's done for." Gildarts muttered. "We're all gonna-" Lysandre's eyes widened as he unleashed an Ominous Wind, one that was like a hurricane that pulsated in that solemn area. As it passed, the ship flooring was completely leveled, Nic sailed back into a tumble, and everyone else was sent flying and screaming as they were feeling the destructive wind pass by them.

They all fell on their backs, only to sit up a minute later. They all groaned as they felt as though they fought Hades all over again. What they saw made them pale and gasp in terror.

The area was of complete desolation; nearby grass and trees, small animals in the trees – all obliterated. The ground was all cracked and dried up, and everyone shook in fear as the power spike was so dense that they felt the air they breathe make it feel as though they were gonna pass out any minute.

"Oh god…this guy's no monster, but something far worse." Gajeel muttered.

"I've never felt so much pressure before." Laxus said, his breathing getting as heavy as everyone else. "His power is so dense that I can't move."

Erza looked down, unable to even look at Lysandre. "No…Nic, you have to be careful."

Sophie shook like crazy. "This power spike, I remember it from Kalos. It's terrifying." She muttered, her glance looking back to see dead and dried up trees beyond them.

Nic clutched his fists as he brought himself up to his knees, panting as the air was exhausting enough to be in. It was like poison, yet it wasn't killing him. The foul air was like an infestation to the insides that made it hard for anyone to move or breathe. Willpower alone would have to apply from here on out.

"You…" Nic hesitated at first, but his knees cooperated and he sprung back to his feet. "You're not getting away with this."

Lysandre's feral expression never left his face. "…I already have…" His body emanated a glow, and the realization made Nic widen his eyes in horror.

His eyes shook like crazy. "No…"

Vanessa gulped, unable to comprehend what was happening. "H-He's…"

"…using Recover." Nic muttered.

The glow faded, revealing Lysandre deprived of the very few scratches he gained through the fight. His bloody teeth showed as he sensed the grim in everyone, fueling him with even greater power. "I'll see you squirm after this…" A purple hole appeared underneath him and he went into it, closing soon after.

Nic grunted. 'Phantom Force. I gotta move…now!' He covered himself in water and he shot like a rocket straight ahead, via Aqua Jet. His eyes widened once more as he felt the malevolent feeling above. He curved towards his left, barely missing Lysandre as he jumped out of the hole and down onto the flooring, sending vile purple bursting shockwaves all around. Nic was caught in the shockwaves and his Aqua Jet was stopped, making him tumble.

"So, using Aqua Jet as an escape. Clever, but not productive." Lysandre mocked.

Nic got up and grunted. Lysandre changed into shadows once again, disappearing and reappearing in front of Nic with his toothed smirk.

"Slash!"

As Lysandre went to strike with glowing claws, Nic straightened his fingers. "Razor Shell!" His forearms onwards morphed into two blue, glowing blades that elongated. He crossed them in the shape of an X and used them to intercept Slash. A great ripple erupted upon collision, and everything shook a little. To Nic's surprise, Slash overpowered Razor Shell with no effort, and he yelled as he skidded back. His arms returned to normal as he panted.

"Psycho Cut!" Lysandre swiped his arm in an arc, unleashing a pink crescent-shaped energy towards Nic.

"Aqua Jet!" Nic escaped the attack by shooting upwards, the Psycho Cut continuing below him. It exploded, continuously expanding and flying over everyone's heads. The shockwave made them all shake in the eyes as the attack continued onwards, making a harsh quake as a multitude of trees in the dead forest were all reduced to nothing, leaving only bear stumps as far as the eye could see.

Gildarts looked back with sheer horror. "He…he wiped out that many trees, with just one blow.

"The forest…everything…gone." Wendy teared up.

High above, Nic was at full kinetic energy and he emerged from Aqua Jet, making his next move almost immediately. "Hydro Pump!" He formed a mirror of water and he let loose a grand volume of water down towards Lysandre below.

Lysandre remained still as the attack headed towards him. "Heh. Mirror Coat." He was then swamped by the huge volume of water, taking the entire attack that sent water everywhere with great force.

"YEAH!" Natsu shouted. "That jerk had it coming!"

"Wait, hold on." Mira warned. Suspicion arose as Nic fell out of the sky in prep for landing, but to their horror, an even greater volume of water shot at Nic.

Nic eyes shot wide as the Mirror Coat activated and sent the attack back at Nic, with twice the force that was applied. "OH NO!" He felt as though he was smashed into a titanium wall, as Hydro Pump swallowed him, leaving a harsh burst of water erupting in the air above. Nic shot down to the ground some ways away, smashing into it with a blood-hurling grunt.

Sophie gasped in horror, unable to comprehend how Nic was at a disadvantage yet again. "He's nullifying Nic's attacks like they were nothing!"

From the dust, Nic weaved and struggled to his feet, but did manage in the end. He looked exhausted as to where Lysandre looked amused and feral at the same time. "Having trouble? I'll rip the misery right out of you!" His lower body morphed into shadows and he whisked himself at an alarming speed. Both of his arms were coated in his Shadow Claw. His mouth opened as he charged after Nic.

Nic quickly made a counter. "Razor Shell!" He coated his forearms onwards in his blue blades and he saw Lysandre slash as he whisked past him. Nic parried the shot, but the Razor Shell cracked and shattered as it took the hit, making Nic wince in pain.

He had no time to recover as Lysandre came back around with Shadow Claw. Nic pivoted and used Crabhammer to intercept, making a spiraling water in the shape of a crab's claw. Nic thrust forward, but Lysandre turned into shadows at the last second.

"What?!" Nic was panicking. He felt a strong force from above. Lysandre's ominous and deadly vibe was unwavering.

"Too bad! Ominous Wind!" With a single swipe of his arm, Lysandre let loose a devastating whirlwind of purple, escalating all around. People flew off and screamed as they landed harshly. The Ominous Wind from afar would be like a small hurricane that covered a quarter of all of Tenrou Island.

Nic could be seen at the end of a trail embedded into the flooring, unable to act efficiently. He was on his abdomen, facing away from Lysandre as he panted.

"Nic! Get up! Please!" Cana shouted.

"You gotta defeat this monster!" Gildarts shouted. "Come on!"

Nic heard them, but they only made him annoyed. This was his fight, and the distractions were aggravating. He tried to stand regardless, and had mild yet slow success.

Lysandre turned into shadows and reemerged down on the flooring. He scoffed and then morphed his lower body into shadows once again, rushing after Nic.

"Nic, he's coming from behind!" Juvia shouted.

Lysandre's left forearm was coated in Shadow Claw, closing the distance in between him and his prey.

"You gotta move! Get up!" Gray shouted.

"Nic! Dodge! Now!" Erza pleaded loudly.

His body felt like jelly from this overwhelming dread. He was so tired and he was so drained. He heard everyone though and felt Lysandre coming from behind with a battlecry.

"You won't make it very far! Not after I strike you down!" Lysandre shouted and continued his demonic, and partly draconic, battlecry.

Nic grunted and mustered up what strength to shift left, as Lysandre let loose a violent screech as he slashed…

Nic was too late.

Everything around them was moving in slow motion. Their eyes widened in pure, undefined terror as they paled. They all saw Lysandre slashing, his Shadow Claw getting Nic's right side. At that moment, everything shook and Nic's mouth was wide open and he looked like he was silently screaming as Lysandre followed through with a vicious predatory expression.

Everyone saw a wave of blood spill as Shadow Claw follow through, and it felt as though their hopes had been ripped away, just like the right side of Nic's torso,

Erza and Vanessa, including Sophie and Cana, were the most affected. They all saw time return to normal and Lysandre posed with his left arm out, covered in fresh blood. A splattered trail of blood was between him and Nic, the latter left unmoved as he was unable to process the unimaginable pain. His gaze was left forward, and his whole right side was covered in dark red, especially on the lower abdomen where Lysandre struck.

"LUMINOUS!" Gajeel shouted.

"NIC! OH NO!" Levy cried.

"This can't be happening…" Freed was unable to comprehend what was going on.

Everyone saw Nic closing his mouth and opening it, coughing up more blood that sprinkled in front. His entire world was hazy as he dropped to a knee. His head hung down as his breathing was heavy, and his right hand pressed against the fatal wound.

Lysandre smirked maliciously at the blood on his arm. "Yes…yes…this is what I wanted to see. Ever since our final battle at my HQ, I wanted your blood spilled. I want more…"

Nic could barely swallow. His head felt light as his eyes showed instinctive frustration. "Damn…you…"

Lysandre looked back, finding Nic all wobbly, but slowly rising his both feet. "Oh? You want more blood spilled?"

Nic's right hand was drenched in dark red from trying to cover up the wound. The sides of his mouth were dripping with blood. Even so, he refused to back down and remain down like from before.

"You…" Clenching his left fist, Nic coated it in Crabhammer, intriguing Lysandre. "I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!" Nic let out a battlecry as he ran ahead, still having his hand pressed against his wound. The right side of his coat had purple flames on a small fraction due to the blue fames and the blood mixing.

"Hmph. HOW PATHETIC!" Lysandre rushed in with his lower body in shadows and initiated Dragon Claw. The two attacks collided, quaking the ground greatly. They were even for only three seconds before Nic was shoved back and thudded on his back.

Erza looked like she was gonna burst into a mixture of emotions. "NIC!"

His eyes shot wide open and he got to a knee, but gagged some blood in the process. He looked with wincing eyes as Lysandre morphed into shadows, moving about at undefined speeds. He moved all about and Nic felt his breathing getting super heavy. He could barely stand.

Lysandre reemerged behind several feet away. He had his hands together and let loose a catastrophic Dark Pulse, one that was so dense that the flooring left a shattered trail and shook like an earthquake. The attack's range was like that of a dragon's roar.

Nic dropped to his back and rolled out of the way. He barely escaped as he was on his left side, yelping as the wound still pressed on. The Dark Pulse continued its course, exploding out beyond the dark horizon.

Lysandre morphed into shadows and appeared twenty feet in front of Nic. The latter grunted and panted so much as he was all wobbly. He got to his feet and his glare was fixated onto Lysandre.

Lysandre saw into his glare, Nic's blue eyes giving way to a mixture of everything. Lysandre clearly didn't like what he saw, and his left arm was held up. "You know, those eyes of yours always irritated me. The warmth and potential sought through them made me want to rip them out." He admitted coldly.

"They say the eyes are windows to the soul…" Nic panted. "*huff**huff* But all I see is a hollow death before me *huff**huff*."

Lysandre scoffed once more. "Then I'll be the last thing you'll see!" He lunged ahead with his left arm coated in Dragon Claw. "NOW FALL!"

"NEVER!" Nic's left arm turned into Razor Shell, and he let loose a scream as he and Lysandre both slashed.

It was only the time span of a blink of an eye. Both posed on opposite sides, facing away. Everyone's pale faces grew paler if possible. Their hearts were beating like crazy. Nic had a shadow over his right eye from everyone's point of view, and Lysandre's Dragon Claw faded, giving way to a bloody arm.

They all saw Lysandre then stood affirm, his left hand clenched as he smirked, tightening it and some red spilled out.

He squished something he caught in the process.

"W-w-w-what…" Evergreen was unable to find anything to say.

"Nic…oh no." Lisanna muttered.

Lysandre turned and smirked some more, his blood red teeth showing as Nic coughed up blood and hunched forward. Everyone saw Nic's face dripping with blood, as it was a terrible sign.

Vanessa was streaming tears as she not only saw her big brother thrashed left and right, but she saw his lower right abdomen get torn and now…

Nic growled angrily as he turned back towards Lysandre, the site making the girls look away and silently tear up. The left side of his face was covered in blood, and his left eyelids were shut, looking devoid.

Gray felt as though he was gonna throw up. "His left eye…"

"Lysandre clawed it right out of his socket." Makarov muttered, horrified beyond recognition.

Erza had tears on the sides of her eyes. Her body was breaking down as she witnessed Nic losing his left eye. She couldn't swallow.

Levy and Lucy both covered their faces, unable to witness the terror before them. Gajeel and Lily both looked like they were trembling. Everyone looked like they were gonna pass out.

"That's better." Lysandre said. "That's a better look for you."

He only panted as no words could ever hope to describe the pain he was feeling. All of Freed's painful Enchantments combined didn't compare to the pain Nic was feeling. He gritted his teeth and tensed up, still having his hand over his wound, and now his left hand over his left eye. "D-Damnit…"

"I had fun, but I'm through tormenting you. It's time we put you out of your misery!" Lysandre began to emit a strong force, his power actually shaking the ground and ship violently. The ocean water below began to shift like crazy from the excessive force Lysandre was giving.

"This level…NO!" Makarov shouted.

Lysandre ascended several feet into the sky, emanating strength still. His feral, bloody teeth showed as the flooring underneath Nic and all across the entire ravaged battlefield cracked. "Earth Power!" He spread his arms out, and the cracks glinted golden before the entire battlefield erupted, sending everything flying. The entire ship that belonged to Grimoire Heart blew up, shaking up all of Tenrou Island and Team Tenrou as the latter screamed as they all flew and thudded on their backs, far away as the entire area shook and explosions rattled the shores.

Through it all, Erza uncovered herself and her eyes shot wide with horror as Nic was seen high above, airborne and bruised over every single area on his body. A closer look saw his body scraped and looked like he was heaving out his last breaths.

Her world came crashing down as it was too much. Erza's eyes began to show tears as she cried up to him. "NIC! NO!"

Everyone else unveiled from the smoke and dust as they all saw Nic airborne high above from Earth Power. Vanessa was still streaming tears as Nic looked as though he really was gonna…

Every ounce of hope shattered into complete nothingness when Lysandre's voice was heard. "Say goodnight…FOREVER!"

The air behind Nic began to crack, as if space was shattering before them. The cracks enlarged until they finally shattered, revealing a large hole of distorted darkness. Lysandre emerged, engulfed in a heinous shadow in conjunction with his aura. His jacket collar also glowed light blue.

"Begone! Legendary Arts – Shadow Force!"

He drove his entire being into Nic's back, sending a devastating shockwave all around. It was just shockwaves high in the sky, but then exploded into a sea and earth-shattering explosion of darkness that continued to expand, filling the skies with pitch black and dark purple.

Erza felt hollow, as if she was a log. Everyone saw the entire sky get swallowed in pure evil, and through it, Nic was seen shooting down below.

Vanessa herself couldn't find the strength. Her eyes reflected Nic's figure as he shot from the sky some ways away.

"…"

No words, but the tears and horror stricken on her face said it all. All of Team Tenrou witnessed Nic crashing into the sea, splashing before completely submerging. His body sunk head first as blood seeped from his face and wound.

Makarov was on his hands and knees. "How could I let this happen?"

Everyone couldn't find the words. They all knew encouragement helps, but against Lysandre, it was all based on skill and power, because luck and friendship rots in front of him.

Sophie was crying silently, looking down. Her tears touched the cracked and barely stable ground. "No…no…no, this-this can't…"

Natsu was on his knees, looking ahead with a frozen gaze. Everyone was unable to stand, and he himself was unable to comprehend what just happened. "Nic…"

Gildarts pounded the ground once, small tears in his eyes. "This guy's a bloodthirsty monster. We're too weak…" He hated himself for saying such things, but it was the truth. Only Nic had the power, and he was sinking into the depths below. They all might be next.

The smoke cleared, revealing Lysandre floating high above the cliff shore. Nothing of the ship was left. "Well, that left me satisfied. If he doesn't come back up, then I guess that I did my part thoroughly."

"YOU MONSTER!" Vanessa cried out, tears sparkling and falling all around.

Lysandre looked down at the sullen faces of Fairy Tail, the site making him smirk. "Glad you got to witness this? Your hopes of survival dropped to zero."

Erza was shaking as she held onto Nic's sunglasses. The only thing that was left of him, now in her clutches. Her gaze turned angry and hateful as she glared at Lysandre. "You…"

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Nic felt the cool water pass him as his one eye was barely open. Everything around him was dark blue, the sound of bubbles rising up, as well as bits of red. 'He's too strong. I can't…I can't beat him like this.'

His right eye was getting hazy and it began to close. 'I suffered too much. His hatred was too overwhelming. Damnit. Why am I so weak?' Everything around him was starting to go black, and his conscience began to slip away. 'Fairy Tail. Vanessa. Erza. I'm sorry. I need to fight on, but…'

Everything faded to black, succumbing to silence.

A single drop of water was heard. Then another. Nic's eye opened slowly, and he took in a deep breath through his nose as though breathing fresh air after a long while. His eye saw a sun beaming through the dark skies, making him cover up.

"What is this?" He groaned softly. He sat up as he heard the sound of waves crashing against a shore. "Where am I?" He noticed that aside from his left eye and his lower abdominal wound, he was in his normal state, and no pain flared.

"What happened?" He looked down at his hands. "Where'd the pain go? And why isn't my power flowing?" He slowly looked back up, seeing his surroundings.

Using the only eye he had, he took in the dark, cloudy sky with an open center, where the sun beamed through. He noticed that the dark sky stretched as far as the eye could see. He saw that there was a sea before him, the waves swaying in all directions, rather calmly in contrast to the dark skies. He put his hands on the ground, where it felt like rock. He looked down to find that he was sitting atop of some black rock, and some cracks from various spots gave way to some red glow, feeling rather hot. He looked over his shoulder, seeing a large opening some ways away. Steam arose from it as the inside was of molten lava.

Despite the soft winds and the shores being washed by the seawater, everything felt desolate. He stood back up and turned towards his left and stepped back some feet. Taking in the island, the sea, and the sky above.

"This feeling." He muttered. "I know it, but it was from so long ago." He couldn't quite figure it out, but this energy not only felt familiar, yet different. "What happened to begin with?"

"You were brought into your sub-conscience." A voice announced, yet no form was visible. Nic gasped upon hearing the sudden voice and the island he was on began shaking and the red cracks glowed like the color of lava. He looked to his left and saw a giant creature slowly rising up from the lava in the crater. "You seek power to burn away the evil that torments you."

Nic swallowed and remained uneasy as ground-shaking footsteps were heard. He saw what seemed to be a giant lizard-like figure walking up the crater and out of the steam. He was revealed to be a red dinosaur-like lizard. The red plates were all segmented and separated by various black lines. The giant hands were clawed, and the underside up to the lower jaw was gray. Large white spikes protruded down the sides of his head, back, and his large curved tail. His pupils were yellow and the sclera was black.

The large beast opened his mouth and let loose a low growl.

Nic swallowed once more. "Who are you?" He asked as calmly as possible.

"I am Groudon. I raise the land." He announced. Groudon then looked out to sea, where Nic followed and turned, seeing the calm waves become slightly more violent.

"And I am the one who raises the sea." The waves washed about, and a great force was swelling. A figure was seen rising up, and once it surfaced, water gushed out, the waves almost touching Nic's feet.

Surfacing before him was a massive whale-like creature. He had a deep blue color, with eyes like Groudon. The eyes and white chin were outlined in red, and more red was around the pectoral fins and torso. The fins in the back of the tipped tail were long and wavy, two on each side. The large fins on the sides looked like giant blue hands, the back having a red pattern.

Nic kept a calm expression as he was astonished to say the least.

The beast opened his mouth. "I am Kyogre. I raise the seas, keeping all from droughts."

Groudon stepped forward. "Well I am the one to dry out floods."

Kyogre snarled, making waves comber on both sides. "I'm the one to keep the light and heat from dehydrating the world. We both even out."

Groudon let a low growl escape. "Not for long…" Him and Kyogre growled at each other while Nic was in between, confused to say the least.

"Both of you, why are you here?" He questioned.

A sudden draconic roar from the skies got everyone's attention. "Silence!" A deep voice shouted from above. "You know what must be done." From the opening in the dark skies, where the sun beamed down, they all saw a large, serpentine dragon descend, slithering downwards. He had a green body, with red-outlined rudder-like wings; two on his back, and four more on another segment lower downwards, and followed by another, and another closer to the tail. In between those segments was the rest of the serpentine body with open yellow ovals connecting them. The head had four fins jutting out from the corners. The head's top had an open yellow oval. The eyes were black sclera and yellow pupils. The arms were connected to the middle, the same segment where the two wings were. Black lines segmented that part, and the joints to the arms and claws were all segmented.

The dragon descended so he was thirty feet above Nic. As of now, the green dragon was atop, Groudon was on his left, and Kyogre was on his right.

"I am Rayquaza." The dragon answered. "We dragged you into your sub-conscience so as to grant you what you desire."

"What I desire?" Nic parroted.

"Yes." Groudon got his attention. "Nic Pularis, we understand that you need the power to destroy your nemesis. As you need to destroy yours, we can relate."

Kyogre snarled, making more waves comber. "You fool! You being the best is not possible! We keep a balance, and disrupting it will lead to a cataclysm!"

Groudon looked back down at Nic. "The concept I'm bringing up is that you must know what drives you to fight this particular man."

Nic looked away as he was left to think.

"What does he have that you don't? What can he do that drives you mad? Why must you defeat him?"

Nic narrowed his one eye. "…I don't…"

Kyogre bobbed a little, getting Nic's glance. "Perhaps, Nic Pularis, that what you are experiencing for the first time is someone whom you acknowledge as your mortal enemy."

"Now that you have finally found your enemy, tell us what traits that makes you aggravated." Rayquaza called out.

Nic looked down at the black, rocky ground and crossed his arms. 'A mortal enemy, huh?...I don't like it. Is this what it feels like to have a rivalry? Like Natsu and Gray?' Realizing he was digressing, he blinked his one eye and got back on track. "What his qualities are that I dislike…"

Kyogre made his high-pitched sound. "Your answer must and shall be the importance of this judgement."

"Like the ones from before, we shall only help if your answer is most suiting." Groudon warned.

"Now!" Rayquaza sudden shouted. "Tell us, what is it that you seek in order to vanquish this demon that is your worst enemy?"

Nic was left unable to think properly. He was at a loss for words as he recalled that he had to go through the same thing with Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem in the Tower of Heaven.

He looked down as the Legendary Trio looked at him from the three angles. "To be honest…I just don't know. It's true that Lysandre and I have a history, but…I never had this feeling until of recently." Waves continued to wash while the crater bubbled. "Ever since he and I quarreled in Fiore…a lot has changed, and I don't find it comforting. He brings harm to everything around him, and I must risk everything I have to bring him down."

Rayquaza, Groudon, and Kyogre all looked down at Nic as he continued.

"I never felt this way about anyone, and personally, I want it gone, but it can't be…only when Lysandre is defeated once and for all can this burning feeling be lifted from my chest. He has the power to destroy what I treasure, and I must use my power and will to drive him back into the darkness he came."

They all stared down at Nic, seeing the serious face he was giving off. Despite the loss of his left eye, his one eye was all they needed to see; the burning ambition, one that could rival a supernova. He truly wanted to fight Lysandre so as to rid of him once and for all.

A long pause passed before Rayquaza let loose a draconic roar, sending ripples of air all about. Groudon and Kyogre joined in, and all of the sub-conscience shook greatly. When the roaring stopped, they all looked down at him.

"…so." Rayquaza said. "To calm the storm inside you, you must fend against it to preserve what you hold important. To defeat him means to bring out your greatest weaknesses and lay them bare, so you have nothing to hide when facing your enemy." Another brief pause passed as the large dragon looked down at Nic, briefly nodding. "Alright."

"Hm?"

"You shall be granted this power to defeat Lysandre. Use it wisely." Rayquaza then roared as his body glowed green.

Groudon's body gave a lava glow as he roared. "For the sake of defeating the true enemy, we shall give you the power to do so!"

Kyogre glowed an ocean blue as he roared again. "With this power, you shall achieve greater power, but know this: Further extension on our powers will not be easy."

Nic's eye widened as the lights expanded, brightening everything until everything turned white.

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Nic's eye shot wide open as he sunk deeper and deeper. His eye flashed a deep blue and he began to glow. His entire body was coated in an oceanic deep sea blue, which shined through the dark depths of the water.

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"Erza! Get a grip!" Gray implored, trying to hold Erza back as she tried desperately to lung at Lysandre for seemingly killing Nic. The other person stopping her was Lucy.

"Erza, don't! He'll rip you apart!" Lucy shouted, trying to hold her back.

Erza kicked and thrashed, though still had Nic's sunglasses in her clutches. All she saw was red as Lysandre's smirk drove her mad. "No! I have to kill him! He took Nic away! He has to die!"

"You don't stand a chance!" Gray argued.

"You wouldn't last a minute! Please, stop!" Lucy shouted.

Seeing the struggle and anger, Lysandre looked with a raised brow. "Oh? A little upset now, are we? Bet Nic must have been important to you."

"SHUT UP! YOU'RE GONNA PAY!" Erza shouted, tears flying all around.

Sophie was the only one restraining Vanessa as the younger Pularis sibling was going crazy. "Vanessa! Stop!"

"NIC! NIC!" She wanted to dive in, to help her brother. She tried to desperately break free, but Sophie didn't let go, leaving her to thrash and struggle much like Erza.

Lysandre's eyes narrowed as he reached an arm out. "Then you both can join him. You'll rejoice in eternal agony that is the afterlife."

Everyone was paralyzed in fear as Lysandre was about to attack, his demonic vibe still going on strong.

A single drop of water hit Erza's nose, making her blink and stop her thrashing. "What?"

Another drop plopped on Vanessa's head, making her stop. "Huh?"

Lysandre's smirk faded into a serious frown as he saw many more raindrops falling from the sky, a light drizzle washing over everything. He retracted his arm and kept a straight face.

Laxus looked up. "Rain?"

"Why's it raining?" Lisanna asked.

Makarov grumbled softly before his eyes widened. "Guh!" His posture was firm as he felt something. "Gildarts…"

Gildarts could feel this great swell as well. "Yeah, this power I'm feeling. It's very primordial."

The drizzle broke into a slightly heavier rainfall. Everyone looked on in confusion. The waves along the sea began to bounce up and down, like those of a storm. They swayed greatly as a reaction to the unknown force.

Lysandre slowly turned his head towards his right, looking out to where Nic had hit the water. The energy being unleash resonated beneath the surface. The waves continued to go crazy all around, but in the vicinity was a slowly escalating whirlpool that was beginning to pick up speed. The whirlpool spun faster and faster, violently splashing everywhere as the rain poured down.

Lysandre looked piqued. "So, Nic Pularis has finally decided to get serious." He smirked. "Good."

Geysers sprung up as the whirlpool became unstable, and blue glints where in the swirling center. The glints shined brightly and a giant geyser of water arose, breaking apart the whirlpool back into savage waves that crashed maliciously against the shore cliffs.

The geyser continued to rise until at a high enough point, where the water began to fall back down. Something emerged from within, and the figure left the entire Team Tenrou gasping.

In midair was a figure with the face being a deep blue. The deep blue ran all over the upper facial region, separated by a thin red line at the nose that traveled down around the mouth, where on both ends they trailed down, down the area inside the red lines was white, said color starting from the chest up the neckline and up to the lower jaw. The open mouth showed pointed teeth. The one eye that was open was outlined in red, with the sclera being black and the pupil yellow. Two white ovals were located on the forehead above each eye. The forehead above had a headpiece that was like a deep sea crown that went over the top of the head, where the hair was still black. Said headpiece covered the whole front, and the top had two pectoral fins that were outlined in red.

The arms had red lined separating the top and bottom of the arms. The underarms were white, while the top side was deep blue. The white underside continued on to the hands, the palm being white, and the other side being deep blue that had a red pattern that resembled Kyogre's that segmented red lines into the fingers. The abdomen was bare, being a deep blue color with a red line horizontally under the chest, a small pointed section of it rising in between, meeting the red line that had white inside. The very toned physique had two white lines over the abs. The wound from before was not present, as the coat was different. The coat was edged in red, and the rest was deep blue. The coat had two large, deep blue pectoral fins that were outlined in red. The bottom of the coat was four large streamers, two on each end, as though they were back fins.

The pants were a deep blue with red lines cutting down the middle, meeting at the knee caps, where an open red circle with deep blue filling was located. The red lines continued downwards to where the bare feet were. The deep blue feet with white underneath had the red line continuing to where another open red circle was, diverging more red lines to the toes.

The creature snarled while still in midair, slow motion descent back into the water. Everyone looked with startled gazes as they felt so much unbelievable power resonating from the creature.

"Is that…?" Bickslow started but couldn't finish.

"I think it is." Juvia said.

"This insane power, it's so manly." Elfman shuddered.

The creature landed back into the violent water, large waves being casted upon contact with the water. The creature's head, starting from the nose, protruded out of the sea. The fins on the back of the coat protruded out of the water as well. It kept raining on as the beast glared down Lysandre.

"That's…Nic?" Levy muttered.

Sophie gasped. "I remember this feeling. It was like those other two forms from before, only this one is new."

Everyone looked on, and Erza and Vanessa both had surprise all over their faces when they felt this swell of power. Nic let loose a rippling, high-pitched screech that spread out, making mall waves fly on the sides.

"Legendary Force – Kyogre!" Nic announced.

Despite sudden surprise, Lysandre didn't treat it as such. "So, you managed to initiate Legendary Force. It was about time." He sounded so casual it was almost rude. "My Masters informed me that you can only undergo that state when under an influence of sorts. Guess not wanting to die in front of your sibling did the trick."

Nic stayed quiet as the waves all around swayed.

Lysandre's bloody fangs showed. "Then show me what you can do! Shadow Ball!" He reached out and let loose a maniacal Shadow Ball that went rippling through the air towards Nic. Nic opened his mouth, letting a rumbling growl escape as he formed a blue sphere. He let loose a high-pitched roar as he unleashed a rippling Water Pulse. Both attacks met in the middle, making a vast ripple before exploding and letting loose a brutal shockwave that made Team Tenrou cover up as the pressure emanated forced them to their knees.

Lysandre wasn't safe when Nic was seen jumping out of the water ferociously. He let loose a primal roar into the dark skies and his lower body let loose a huge cyclone of water. "Aqua Tail!" He roared once more as he vertically flipped his body and the giant water cyclone followed, coming down like a hammer onto Lysandre.

The attack struck, and Lysandre grunted as he was slowly being sundered downwards into the raging sea. 'So much power!' Before he could recover, the Aqua Tail stopped momentarily, revealing Nic letting out another primal roar high in midair as he gushed forth Water Pulse. The blue sphere shattered the sound barrier as it traveled, colliding with Lysandre and making a violent blue explosion.

Lysandre emerged in the form of shadows from the explosion, grunting. Nic fell back into the water and sent small waves flying. He resurfaced and to everyone's surprise, he sped through the water, his head and coat pectoral fins jutting out.

"You won't stop me that easily! Psychic!" Lysandre's eyes glowed light blue, and he swung both of his arms up. Two massive geysers arose, and he molded the water in each geyser into an array of many large pressurized arrows. He swatted his arms forward, shooting the arrows diagonally downwards after Nic.

Nic nimbly zipped through the water like a jet. He leaped out and back into, evading several arrows. He steered right and left, all directions possible as none of the arrows made contact, Nic's course still closing in on Lysandre.

"Damn you!" Lysandre shouted in frustration. "I have the power of four almighty Pokémon! You can't possibly surpass me!"

"Then you forgot…" Nic lunged out of the water, now at equal elevation with Lysandre. "The sea is my territory!" He out another high-pitched roar as his mouth opened. The shockwaves emanated made the waves all around rage. "Ice Beam!" While still in midair, he made a light blue orb in front and fired several mind-chilling beams that shot at Lysandre. Lysandre screamed as he was shot down into the water. The massive splash actually freezing, along with a vast amount of the water in the area.

Happy looked extremely startled. "Whoa! That's crazy!"

"I know. He's actually on even grounds with Lysandre. Given that the sea is where Nic has the advantage at in his current form, he may have a chance at driving Lysandre away." Carla noted.

Lucy noticed something as the rain down poured some more. "Is it me, or is the sea level rising slightly?

Natsu looked over the cliffs, seeing the water far below actually much greater than it was last time. "Now that you mention it, it did grow."

"That must be the power of Nic's Legendary Force." Freed interjected. "To raise the seas, such power is unimaginable. Nothing like that has ever been accomplished."

Nic dropped back down into the water, shattering the nearby ice he fell through. He reemerged and remained still as Lysandre was still underwater.

The area some ways away cracked, and the ice cracked all about. A massive force beamed up from under the ice field, shattering the residual ice from the Ice Beam. The beam dispersed, revealing Lysandre back in the air. "You infuriating nuisance." He sounded extremely irritated by Nic. "Your interference has reached its end!"

He let loose a Psycho Cut that went vertically atop of the water, sending waves on both sides. The Psycho Cut went after Nic, who growled lowly.

Nic generated a light blue energy field around him. Waves and the rain escalated heavily as he was using more force. The energy field expanded rapidly as Nic screeched. The energy expanded outwards like a massive dome.

Gray felt a cold feeling from the incoming energy field. "This chill…"

Makarov turned towards everyone else. "Hurry! Everyone find cover, fast!" Everyone rushed as fast as they could to any nearby rocks and hid behind them as they all felt the force of Nic's attack expanding.

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It was raining like crazy as the skies were dark. Lahar and his crew were moving as fast as they possibly could, but the rocky waves kept them off their course for land.

"Everyone, hold on!" Lahar shouted. The giant waves rocked their boat off the water, bouncing them up and down. Nobody was safe as they thought the sea level actually sprouted just like that.

Doranbolt looked and his eyes dilated in shock. "What the-?!" In the far distance, there was a humungous blue light. The rain poured heavily as there was a cold air wave that passed by them. 'What the heck is going on?'

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Master Makarov and everyone arose and uncovered as the air was unexplainably cold. They all looked out before them, facing the island. Their eyes shook with horror as the entire front of everything on the island was covered in thick ice.

"What…what is going on?" Natsu muttered.

"The whole island…it's…" Lucy's voice broke due to shock.

Vanessa slowly turned. 'Did Nic cause all of this?' She and everyone else turned back towards the battle, where she gasped and all of Team Tenrou had gaping mouths.

As far as the eye could see, enormous waves of ice were rippled and scattered about. A massive ocean of ice was all around, and the center was a limited expansion of water.

"My word." Makarov muttered. "Our boy Nic did this?"

Nic was seen calmly watching with his head and pectoral coat fins sticking out of the cold water. Fifty feet away was Lysandre, coated in ice. Nic's one eye narrowed and he emanated a low growl as the ice coating Lysandre in midair cracked, and the man freed himself. Despite what happened, he had a few scratches. The rain kept pouring on and making the ice slippery.

"Using Sheer Cold, are we? Well played." Lysandre admitted. He glowed as his body reacted to the light, the scratches and scrapes he took recovering. Nic growled once more as Lysandre used Recover. Once the light faded, Lysandre looked more than a little ticked off, his feral expression unwavering. "Try and handle this!"

Lysandre let loose a sudden Shadow Sneak from under Nic, shooting him up and out of the water. "GAH!" Nic felt his abdomen get struck and waves rippled as he was sent skyward.

"Aura Sphere!" Lysandre made a blue sphere and threw it with great force, striking Nic while he was still in midair, creating a powerful explosion. From the smoke, Nic was seen falling on his back into the water below, massive waves splashing upon impact.

Lysandre gave a confident grin. Though the rain kept falling, it didn't faze him once bit. "Come out wherever you are…" He said. He looked at the large pool below, examining any trace of power.

Below the surface, Nic looked up as he was fifty feet below. His eye narrowed.

Lysandre saw some flashing beneath the water, curiosity piqued. He figured that Nic was using a status move to gain the upper hand. "Nice try!" He swiped his arm, and he deployed Psychic. The pool of water began swirling below, and gained speed. "You can't hide from me!"

The whirlpool swirled, and Lysandre had Nic at its center. Nic was left momentarily open and Lysandre fired Dark Pulse downwards through the whirlpool towards Nic. Nic let loose a loud growl as he opened his mouth, letting loose a very violent and large Hydro Pump. The humungous pressurized torrent went blasting through the rain and towards the Dark Pulse. They both met in the middle, where there was a great explosion that sent violent shockwaves in all directions.

A large geyser erupted from within the whirlpool, and the whole Psychic was dispelled. The water had violently swayed all about, quickly filling the hole.

Lysandre grunted as he was caught surprised. 'Did he use Calm Mind-" He felt a strong energy beneath. A sudden vortex sprung up beneath, heading towards him. "An Aqua Tail from below?!" He quickly morphed into shadows and evaded the attack. The cyclone lasted a few more seconds before it stopped.

Nic resurfaced slowly, his whole head sticking out. "I'm not one to go down without a fight. Even if it means having only one eye." He growled.

Lysandre appeared several feet away, a frown on his face with crossed arms. "You had me surprised there. This rain is sure troublesome. Your Water-Type moves sure are devastating in this condition. Didn't think you'd be a match this way."

"I'm full of surprises." Nic opened his mouth, where a sphere of super pressurized water formed. "Water Pulse!" He let loose his attack, making a shockwave upon being unleashed.

Lysandre smirked. "How predictable!" He reached an arm out and made a spacial portal. The Water Pulse went into the hole. Another hole appeared above Nic, where he felt the energy without looking up. His reflexes kicking in, he dived back underwater as the Water Pulse hit the water, making blue explosion that expanded and made the waves violently shake.

Lysandre grunted when Nic resurfaced, making a loud splash sound and waves sprouted. Nic leaped out of the water and fired a vicious Ancient Power in midair. Lysandre intercepted the attack by unleashing a Psybeam. The two met in the middle, where a mind-blowing explosion erupted, sending silver and blue all about.

Through the smoke, Lysandre smirked as his lower half turned into shadows. His right arm made Dragon Claw and he whisked himself through the smoke and forward. "DIE!" He thrust his arm forward as he emerged from the smoke at high speed, but when he reached the other side, he was met with a vicious Hydro Pump. "WHAT?!" He screamed as he was caught off guard and hit by the vicious blast of water. He shouted as Hydro Pump continued its course and trailed water from the raging waves. The attack smashed Lysandre through the ice fields created from Sheer Cold, crashing him through thick ice.

He grunted when it finally came to a stop. He was at the end of a very long, shattered trail of slippery ice. The attack left lots of large chunks of ice scattered, and Lysandre felt a harsh pain. "Damnit. I have to use Recover and-"

"Ice Beam!" Nic cut him off as waves bounced and froze upon him unleashing his destructive Ice Beam. The attack trailed across the sea. Making a trail of ice underneath as it raced towards Lysandre.

Seeing as using Recover will have to wait, he had to think. "Dark Pulse!" He arose and floated in the air. He unleashed his attack, of which cracked and broke the thick ice. Ice Beam and Dark Pulse met head on. The two attacks made a shockwave that shattered the large amounts of ice all around.

Team Tenou covered up as the shockwaves and little bits of ice scattered, but they were left more or less alright.

The attacks flashed and left ice destroyed in a small area, but waves of water violently took up space beneath. Lysandre snickered.

"Not bad. Your Legendary Force is most definitely formidable." He then got no answer. "Nic Pularis! Answer me!"

His answer came in the form of the ice under him shattering. He was hit by a sudden Ice Beam from below, making him gawk at the super effective attack. He was sent soaring into the air with a frozen abdomen.

Down below, where the small area where Ice Beam broke through, Nic's head popped out, snarling above.

Lysandre smirked. "I see your actions speak louder than words." Despite his calm yet demonic tone, he was hurt by those attacks, and Nic wasn't giving him room to use Recover again. The ice on his abdomen broke, and he was left floating in the air, his dark purple aura still present. "You're quite resilient. The only way to match my powers is with the use of those Plates. Your experience has gotten you far, but I got some guts that'll be ripped right out of you!" He shot down with his bottom half being shadows, and both arms being Shadow Claw.

Nic remained silent as Lysandre was coming straight down towards him. He remained still as power swelled once more. The waves violently bounced all around, their blue waters turning all muddy, and Makarov and everyone saw the huge area it took up.

The ice began to crack all across the fields, and the force was making Lysandre feel anticipated. Feeling something coming, he stopped his attack and turned into shadows.

"No hiding from me when the sea is here!" Nic yelled. "Muddy Water!"

It felt as though the entire earth violently shook as the Sheer Cold's ice fields shattered and brown water sprouted upwards, like an enormous splash. Team Tenrou all gawked at the giant power surge before them. Erza's eyes were filled with shock at this power. 'This power, it's unbelievable. I can't imagine the concentration Nic has to put into that one attack.'

Through the Muddy Water, Lysandre reappeared and grunted, his shadow form unable to escape. "Damnit!" He felt the Muddy Water smash him from below, forcing him upwards. The attack began to reach a peak, and Lysandre was seen at the top as the water began to fall down, returning to blue.

He opened his vermilion eyes and saw Nic high in the air, apparently jumping when he used Muddy Water. His yellow eyes stared into Lysandre's. Nic let out a primal, high-pitched screech, sending vast ripples that made the rain and water momentarily get blow away.

"Lysandre!" Nic shouted. "You underestimated the will I carry on! You have faults, and I know it's that you don't surprises!" His yellow eyes widened. "Well here's one more!"

Gildarts and everyone felt a grand power surge as Nic made blue orbs all around himself. Each one had catastrophic energy.

Lysandre had to act. "No! The void shall spread!"

Nic brought his body and arms back. "Maxus Legendary Arts…"

"No!" Lysandre angrily began to make energy of his own. "Legendary-"

"Origin Pulse!" Nic finished. He screamed loudly as he let loose all of the energy within the blue orbs before him. Each individual orb fired a blue beam at Lysandre as he was storing energy. Lysandre was struck by theOrigin Pulse, being swallowed in a blue light.

Lysandre screamed violently as Origin Pulse continued on, his screams echoing as the beams shot onwards as far as they could see. A few moments later, theer was a brief glint in the distance before a violent explosion beamed upwards (like in Mega Evolution Special III), reaching the skies and the explosion shockwaves echoed.

Everyone was wide-eyed when the attack made such a huge explosion in the distance. It was enough to blow up all of Tenrou Island itself. The earth-shaking shockwave traveled across the water, despite the long distance. Nic submerged as the shockwaves passed by. Everyone screamed as the shockwaves were so powerful that the ice covering Tenrou Island began to crack, in which they ultimately shattered.

Everyone was unable to hold their ground as they all fell to the solid ground that was dirt again. They all composed quickly and looked out, seeing the explosion fade away into nothing.

"Did…did that just…?" Gray trailed off.

"That power…it would've obliterated us." Sophie warned.

Nic resurfaced, lowly growling as the rain kept coming down. The rain didn't stop as the waves slowly began to calm. Nic stared off into the area far away, where Lysandre was. All of their eyes caught a thick purple shadow wisp through the air, making Nic remain on guard, yet for some reason, the power emanating wasn't as strong.

The thick shadow slowly turned into Lysandre, but only his top half. He was severely injured, and clenching his left arm as he was very badly wounded.

He and Nic shared a stare. A long stare. The suspense in between the two was so thick you could slice through it. Everyone swallowed and gazed with nervous gazes to await for what will happen.

To their surprise, Lysandre began to surge shadows around him. "Curse you." He spited. "Curse you, Nic Pularis. I don't understand, just how you were able to stop me all on your own this one time! Your powers weakened me! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"

He relented as the shadows slowly began to encase him. "It would appear…I am in no condition. I must withdraw to recover…hm, you always have such dumb luck." The dark clouds above began to slowly turn back to gray, and the rain began to stop. The sea has also calmed. "You didn't rid of me for good, but I do commemorate you for doing this battle on your own." The shadows fully encased him in his cocoon and the shadows making up the cocoon dispersed into thin air.

"One day, our final confrontation shall happen…and only one of us will survive…but who knows…with your power…this has gotten pretty challenging…" His words spread through the air as the gray skies vanished, giving way to the sun again.

The sunrise back on the horizon beamed on everyone's faces, making them cover up. The eerie presence was no more, and Nic remained in the water, slowly turning towards his friends above.

There was a long silence before Erza broke it.

"Nic…"

Nic looked up at her and everyone else. His body turned and he mustered up the power and leaped from the sea, making waves crash onto the shore, making water sparkle in slow motion.

As he descended and fell back down onto the cliffs, his body glowed a rainbow color. When he landed, his form was gone, and he landed on a knee in his usual self. His body was still destroyed, and his right hand was still pressed over his bleeding wound. His one eye slowly opened.

He examined the shocked faces, and he very slowly took his right arm off of his wound, very weakly holding it up and giving the Fairy Tail Salute with a smirk of victory.

For once, after so many tries, he managed to drive away Lysandre on his own.

Everyone broke out into cheers at the awe-inspiring, and deadly, battle. They all screamed in joy and tears flowed at the will Nic gave.

"You did it man!" Natsu shouted.

"That was totally freakin awesome!" Gray shouted.

"You had us worried there." Wendy said with a smile.

Nic continued to smirk as everyone was so happy. "Thanks, you guys…I did it." With those words, Nic finally fell over, everything going black for him.

"Nic!" Vanessa yelled. She rushed over as fast as she could as her brother had hit the ground on his right side, his bloodied side making the dirt ground turn red. Vanessa got to her knees when close and tried turning Nic onto his back. "Nic! Nic!"

Though she didn't get a response, she was still fortunate to know that her brother was still with them. And that was enough to put a smile on her face and make tears fall.

Right next to her, Erza approached, apparently on her knees as well. Despite Nic's condition, she was proud, and her eyes were misty and she smiled warmly.

She examined him; his wound was bad, and the most uncomfortable thing was the fact that he lost his left eye, but she could relate, as she lost her right eye years ago. A great future must involve sacrifices.

"You fool." She muttered, though was very glad he was still alive, though one piece wouldn't define him. She hurriedly got the unconscious hero up and Vanessa helped. The two had Nic's arms over their shoulders as the others raced towards him to get him treatment as soon as possible.

Makarov looked on as Fairy Tail rushed to Nic's side and everyone helped in getting Nic to where the remains of their base camp was.

"Old man." Gildarts said.

"Mmm." Makarov lowered his head. "I know. He went above and beyond. He sacrificed a lot for this victory."

Gildarts sighed. "Yeah, I know." He stared out some more. "That guy's got enough power to make the sea level rise, and now look. It's back to normal. Even I can't do that."

Makarov looked back, seeing the worried expressions on Erza's face as Nic was rushed away.

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