Chapter 53 – Primordial Prowess
Well guys, consider this the end of the Tenrou Island Arc, as well as the bridge to the X791 Arc. In terms of said upcoming Arc, I have plans to give it more impact. As usual, like I have been doing, some canon will have to be omitted so the story doesn't get too boring.
DeoxysSpeedtst: I honestly don't know how to answer that. Dialga and Palkia can do some painful damage with their signature moves, but Acnologia is to never be underestimated; though I guess you can say they weren't using their full power either.
I have been waiting to write this battle for months, and I can't believe that I've finally made it! Finally, on to the grand fight to finish the Tenrou Island Arc!
To Recap:
With the mayhem dialing down, Makarov had decided to cancel the trials. Everyone lounged about as preparations for leaving the island were under way, and Cana confessed to Gildarts that she's his daughter, to which he accepted with open arms. After Erza and Sophie chatted a bit, Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse, attacked out of the blue, and Fairy Tail was of no match for him. As he was about to finish them off, Dialga and Palkia suddenly appeared and brought forth Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza to fight Acnologia. After some time, the fight severely escalated, and Dialga was forced to make an escape with Tenrou Island, leaving the Weather Trio to unleash their full power against Acnologia.
Chapter 53 – Primordial Prowess
Everyone felt as though they were going through some sort of vortex, and they all held on tightly to something, primarily anything touching the ground. Dialga and Palkia remained still as the former was making Team Tenrou travel through an array of indigo.
"What's happening?!" Gray exclaimed as they just kept on advancing. The entire island was moving forward, and no one knew how, but it was only possible that Dialga was doing it.
Natsu found himself with puffed cheeks as he fell face first, apparently motion sickness taking its toll.
"Seriously?! You get sick from this?!" Lucy almost stammered.
Nic couldn't find any way of speaking. He was still too weak, yet surprised at the same time. If what he remembered was true, then just like Palkia's spatial powers, Dialga was using his temporal powers.
The group saw a bright light at the end of the indigo tunnel and they all covered up as they approached the light.
The year X791. 7 years after the Acnologia incident.
The seas were calm as puffy clouds filled the skies upon the horizon, the blue sky and the sun's rays being friendly today, just like it was before the Black Dragon had arrived a long time ago.
On a lone ship, far out from shore, there were several people on board. The green-haired girl in a cowgirl attire looked out through her binoculars to only find open air. She looked back with slight annoyance.
"I still don't see anything guys." Bisca announced. "Are you sure this is the right place?"
Alzack, his hair shorter and standing up now, turned his head. "It does seem odd. Not a single thing popped up."
Warren leaned against the ship's edge. "I know what you mean, but Blue Pegasus said that the Ethernano levels were starting to rise as of lately, and it all originates around here."
Bisca turned towards Alzack. "You know, hun, I feel kind of bad leaving Romeo behind."
"I know. Me too." Alzack agreed morosely. "Maybe we should have brought him along."
"Naw, it's for the best." Max pointed out. "There's no guarantee we'll find them."
"Sad as it is, we better not get our hopes up." Warren sighed.
Unlike all of them, Jet, no longer sporting a hat, and Droy, who became…obese, looked chipper than all of them. "We're gonna see Levy!" They cheered, breaking into a dance, kicking their feet up.
Bisca sighed and turned away. "Well. So much for not getting our hopes up."
"Well you can't blame them." Alzack stated.
Warren turned sharply towards them. "SHUT UP!" He yelled, making Jet and Droy stop their dance abruptly. "It's been 7 years, guys. I'm just as excited, but we have to consider the worst case."
Jet and Droy looked down, sullen by this realization.
"Sorry man." Jet muttered.
The breeze suddenly stopped. The seagulls all around began to fly away.
"Huh?"
"What is it, Bisca?"
"It's like…the wind stopped."
Alzack looked about, his nerves growing. "Yeah, now that you mention it…"
The still waters grew concern and anticipation, and Jet caught something on port bow. "Huh?" He pointed ahead. "Guys, look!"
Everyone looked ahead, only to see little blue sparkles in the distance. There were only a couple, but then they began to escalate in numbers and intensity.
"What are those?" Warren asked.
"I think it's some sort of particle distortion or something!" Max guessed.
The waves suddenly began to pick up as the sparkles escalated in a greater area, and they began to shine even greater in intensity. The waves escalated so much that the ship was bouncing like crazy and everyone had to hang onto something.
The greatest shock was that the sparkles all shined at once. And an enormous Magic flow was before them. The shining dome of light before them began to take shape. Their eyes widened and they all gawked at the shape.
"No way…" Max trailed off.
"Is that…?" Jet was speechless as the light and the waves settled, and before them was the one thing they were looking for, for 7 long years: Tenrou Island.
"It's…Tenrou Island."
Nobody had the words. They all watched as the remaining sparkle dispersed and went away. They looked ahead, seeing the marvel before them.
"It really is Tenrou Island." Alzack said.
"Huh?" Bisca looked ahead, seeing a multitude of figures and two beast floating in the air. "Wait, hold on…"
Everyone's eyes opened, and Vanessa gasped upon seeing that the skies were still blue. She and Braixen looked about in confusion. The Aura Mage looked about, seeing her guild mates slowly uncovering and getting back to their feet. "Guys, are you alright?"
"Come on! Speak to us!" Braixen insisted.
Gajeel rubbed his head. "Man, what just hit us?"
"It appears Acnologia is no longer in sight. Nor those three that were defending us." Carla informed.
Makarov looked around in confusion. "My word, the energy from before has disappeared." He looked back up at Dialga and Palkia, their radiant blue and pink auras making look almost like deities. "What have they done?"
Everyone, including a now recovering Natsu, stood up. Although in Nic's case, he was supported by Erza. They all looked up at Dialga and Palkia, confusion written on their faces. What they experienced was not Magic by any means.
"What the heck happened?" Happy asked. "It's like we went through one of those portals or something."
Levy looked up at the two before her, and she was just as startled. "Was that some kind of spell?"
"I never sensed Magic, so it had to be an alternative." Freed said.
Dialga's sudden roar made everyone silence. The air crackled with Dialga's roar and they all kept their solemn focus on their savior.
"There is but little worry now. Acnologia is not here." Dialga confirmed. "We have successfully been able to transport you through time."
"Time?" Makarov repeated in disbelief.
"That is right, human. I am the Temporal Pokémon. I control time as to how I see it fit. In this case, by traveling through time, we were able to get you to safety."
Nic wasn't exactly certain as to what Dialga meant by that, but from the sound of it, they all went through time as a means of escape. Though more questions were to arise, the docking of a nearby ship caught their attention.
What startled them was that the ship had the Fairy Tail emblem on it.
"Hold on, who's that on the ship?" Lucy wondered. And as if on que, Bisca and everyone else came from the loading dock and they all stood with gawking expressions and misty eyes, followed by quite a few gasps.
Their appearances were what startled everyone. Bisca and Alzack's appearances changed, and Max and Warren both were shocking everyone, yet the most startling was Droy, evidence of the time passed.
Levy gasped, hands over her mouth. "No way."
Natsu stood in front with all of the current Fairy Tail members getting misty eyes. It was a major shock to say the least. As they stood before him, trembling, the Fire Dragon Slayer gave a startled expression.
"Hold on! The heck are you guys doing-"
"NATSU!" They all dogpiled onto him, and he quickly forgot how to breathe with them on. Soon enough, though with tears still surging, they all allowed for Natsu to get some space so he could finish.
"Wait, hold on! What in the world is going on? And why do you guys look so much older?!" He stammered. He then looked at Droy. "Whoa! What the heck happened to you?! You got…fat!"
"You haven't changed a bit!" Max cried, wiping his tears.
"We're so glad you're okay!" Droy shouted.
Everyone else were happy given looks and the remaining members all broke into greater tears of joy as they all began to do a little celebration, despite the confusion Team Tenrou had at the time.
As they all felt relief and joy, Nic looked up at Dialga and Palkia, both staring down at him. 'Bisca. Alzack. Jet. Droy. If they really look this different, then just how far in time did we travel?'
Palkia's subtle roar caught the group's attention, and the ones who arrived didn't realize them until now.
"AAAAHHHH!" Jet screamed.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" Droy screamed. He got in front of Levy. "Hang on Levy, I'll save you!"
"As if, butter ball! I'm saving her!" Jet retorted.
They both butt heads and glared at the other.
"Nu-uh! I am!"
"She doesn't need some giant pudding bag to shield her!"
"Well she doesn't need something so fragile like you!"
"Uh, guys?" Levy tried to intervene.
Nic looked at all of them. "Stand down guys, they're with us…or to be more precise, me."
"Nic?" Bisca asked. "It is you! But…what happened to you?" She saw the red bandages on his torso.
Nic looked down at the ground, the mod darkening a little. "It's a long story. Just know that I lost my left eye, and ripped my right abdomen."
The situation settling down, Cana crossed her arms. "So just how far exactly did we travel?"
"I don't know, but it's clear that it wasn't a few months." Gildarts said.
Jet and the others looked surprised. "Wait, hold on. You mean you guys weren't killed?"
"It was close, but Dialga and Palkia came to our rescue." Vanessa stated. "We were able to escape the wrath of Acnologia because of them."
They all looked up with shock at the two. "But…we got news that Tenrou Island disappeared long ago!" Max stammered. "Wait, you're saying you weren't obliterated, but traveled through time?!"
It was hard to believe. Time traveling was a hard concept to grasp. If you were gone for so long, time travel wouldn't be your first guess. Sure, sometimes people go missing, or they get annihilated, but to turn up 7 years later because you literally did a time skip was gonna take some time to get used to.
Bisca looked at Alzack. "Hey, do you remember that day?"
Alzack looked at her. "Yeah, you mean the day the Council's Etherion satellite was destroyed and Acnologia went back to hiding, right?"
"What?" Makarov asked, startled by this news. "You mean that the Magic Council's Etherion satellite was dismembered?"
Serious faces grew on everyone.
"Yeah." Max informed. "7 years ago, with the Acnologia incident, Council navy ships were far away, yet they saw a huge calamity far away, so the Council figured Etherion was to stop Acnologia and those three monsters.
"The footage was sent to our guild. We honestly thought you guys were destroyed when you were taken by the two above us." Warren said.
Nic narrowed his eyes. "…7 years."
Erza looked at him. "If I recall correctly, then if 7 years were skipped, then we should be in the year X791."
Nic looked back at her with his one eye. "I see." A small silence breezed on by before a sudden gasp came from Nic. He looked back up at Dialga and Palkia. "Wait! If 7 years went by, what happened to Arceus?!"
Small gasps came about, and everyone looked as though they were having a sullen epiphany. Lily looked with crossed arms.
"Now that you mention it, if that's the case, then Arceus should've…"
Braixen turned her head upwards. "But wait. If so, then how come everything isn't dead, let alone retaining a form?"
Dialga continued to tower over everyone as he and Palkia both floated in the skies. "About that, Nic Pularis, that's a more complicated matter."
"What are you saying?" Nic asked.
"Remember full well that Arceus is aligned with the Plates, whether it'd be in another body or how far the distance really is." Dialga mentioned.
Palkia then added on. "And with that connection, Arceus is tied to it in many ways, of which includes the concept of time." He then paused, allowing for Nic to get the picture. "We wouldn't say Arceus went into a hibernated sleep, but rather he skipped forward into the further such as you did."
"Even if the date were a million years ago, Arceus would travel back in time to that date." Dialga informed. "At this point, Arceus should've time traveled to accommodate the time span, so as if nothing had happened."
"So you're saying that Arceus is still in the same condition as he was beforehand, am I right?" Nic clarified.
Dialga nodded. "Yes."
Laxus rolled his eyes. "I don't mean to change the subject by any means, but does this have anything to do with the Council or Acnologia?"
"You bring up a good point. If the Council watched the battle from afar long ago, and their actions failed, then those three Legendaries must have something to do with it." Freed announced.
Dialga and Palkia both looked at each other and back at Team Tenrou and the newcomers.
"Perhaps, we should show you just what happened between Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza." Palkia said. The pearls on his sides lit up and his arms reached out in both directions. His pink aura expanded, and a huge vision was seen before everybody. The field of pink in the air began to materialize into a huge screen that everyone saw.
Palkia's eyes flashed orange, and the vision became clear. "This is what happened, 7 years ago."
X784
After Dialga had proceeded and enabled the time skip. The Weather Trio all looked at Acnologia, the four undertaking a heavy stare down.
The suspense all about was so thick that one could say that not even an axe could slice through the grand power and pressure given off by the four. Three Legendary Pokémon were quarreling with one of Earthland's most evil creatures – Acnologia.
Wizard Saints are extremely powerful, demons from the Book of Zeref had their own place in power, but of them all, no one had the audacity to challenge Acnologia, whom is capable of annihilating an entire nation without damaging himself.
However, Legendary Pokémon's power was never one to underestimate either.
Creatures who have been on the earth for hundreds of millions of years; Rayquaza had the undefined mastery of quelling the being of land and sea. Creatures who could raise the land, and those who could raise the sea level. God knows how this'll all play out.
Rayquaza and the two below him roared at Acnologia, who roared back in reply. Their roars made the waves shift about as some of them splashed onto the boiling land Groudon stood upon, making steam rise.
The area all around was an intense warzone, in which the Council navy ships stayed far away from. They originally evacuated because of Acnologia's assault, but when they saw the Weather Trio they got a lacrima and recorded it for the Magic Council to witness, hence the Etherion being established rapidly.
"Now, the time has finally come." Rayquaza informed. "No more holding back, now that the wielder of the Plates has been evacuated."
Kyogre continued to bob in the waves beneath. "Time to destroy him."
"I couldn't agree more!" Groudon bellowed, ripples of air waves expanding. "For once, we agree on something!"
Acnologia's eyes were still beady and lifeless as he snarled with a steaming hot breath. He then looked up and saw the clouds all around beginning to expand and darken. The entire swirling sky above gave a foreboding feeling in which the Black Dragon had no trouble challenging. He looked back at the Weather Trio and let a violent roar escape.
Groudon and Kyogre glared at Acnologia one more time before the entire area was beginning to quake, the waves actually breaking apart as the two began to glow red and blue respectfully. They drew in a vast amount of energy; so much, that there was a field of red and blue around themselves.
Groudon curled up a bit as the energy around him was condensing, the same with Kyogre. The red and blue energy began to materialize while still shining brightly. The outside was still a deep blue glass as the inside was a trench water-like energy swirling inside; in Groudon's case, the color was red and lava was seen swirling inside.
Their individual attributes began to condense to an even greater level, and the outside and the inside layers of both Pokémon veils merged and compressed into floating gems. One was a deep red, so red that it was almost like a blend of purple. With Kyogre, it was a dark blue, almost like black.
Acnologia could feel an immense power biding within, and it was extremely massive. He still showed absolute zero fear as the energy continued to escalate.
A glowing blue symbol appeared in front of Kyogre's veil. It was a light blue circle with two arcs on the top and bottom of the far right side of the circle. In Groudon's case, a glowing orange, upside down 'U' with arrows on the end shined.
It was then that Rayquaza roared and he swerved up above. He reached a fairly high point and looked down to see the energy cores cracking, and a huge energy shockwave completely leveled the area.
Groudon emerged, his shockwaves actually expanding the land he was on. He erupted in fire and massive steam quickly dispersed. He let out a massive roar as his appearance has also transformed. He was larger in size, his skin changed to a light crimson, and his teeth, underside and spikes all over his body became a charred black. The upside down 'U' were shown on the arms. The tail blades were much more separated; the openings and inside of the mouth glowed like that of lava. His pupils were also red.
For Kyogre, his shockwaves were on par, sending grand, cool waves of water as he roared. He was actually twice the size he was before. His skin was now a darker shade of deep blue. The four trailing segments behind were longer, flat, and had half-translucent webbing down the middle. His forehead had the circle symbol, which was connected to two oval spots and the tail. The white on Kyogre's body became half-translucent, and the inside of his body glowed gold.
"I am – Primal Groudon!" The energy around him erupted drastically.
"I am – Primal Kyogre!" The energy around him sent shockwaves that erupted with as much intensity.
Acnologia remained still as he glared with fierce intensity that could rival this unholy energy he was feeling all around. It was something that he had never felt before. It was far more ancient than he had realized, yet his reputation meant that no matter what, they shall fall.
Rayquaza let out his own roar, and Acnologia, Primal Groudon, and Primal Kyogre felt a very primitive flow of power. The Black Dragon felt a very strong energy surging from Rayquaza as the Sky High Pokémon was starting to react.
The yellow segments atop of his head, including the yellow circle, glowed a bright light, and the Dragon and Flying-Type had let loose an array of light waves that burned with great force. The light began to encase Rayquaza and the Weather Trio Master began to undergo his own change as the light waves began to expand and become a shining veil around his body.
Acnologia and the two others looked up at the bright sphere in the sky, seeing a faint image of Rayquaza's body undergoing a change. Tendrils were growing, the body was elongating to a great degree, the two jet-like protrusions close to the jaw jutted forwards, and more tendrils emerged.
The light soon exploded, and with it, a flashing shockwave that made Acnologia and the Primordial duo below cover up. Bits of land from Primal Groudon's Primal Reversion cracked from the energy shockwave.
Rayquaza, rather than Primal Reversion, underwent Mega Evolution. Mega Rayquaza's body not only grew, but the head had a triangle symbol on the forehead. The eyes became yellow pupils, red irises, and black markings behind the eyes. His mouth and teeth became gold, and the gold lines connected to the lower horns, which became broad, triangular shapes; the horns had long, golden, and glowing tendrils that ended at a green, fin-like structure; these tendrils had ring patterns that resembled the yellow markings along Rayquaza's actual form. The upper horns became longer with a gold line with a 'V' shape, and the horns had another glowing tendril that ended in a circular shape. Along his body were golden, glowing orbs were where the rings once were. The chin, neck, and parts of the body altered to black. The fins had gold lines, yet the fins on his tail became entirely yellow and substantially longer.
Mega Rayquaza let out a mind-blowing roar as ripples and shockwaves spread about violently, making the land beneath Primal Groudon crack even more. Mega Rayquaza's body tangled loosely in the air as he glowered at Acnologia.
The three transformed creatures looked at Acnologia, who in turn looked back at them.
"A transformation that I've never felt before. You surprised me there, I admit." The Black Dragon spoke. Mega Rayquaza wasn't so moved by Acnologia speaking.
"And what of it?"
"I speak to you now for I see you as my enemy, whom earns my acknowledgment. I am Acnologia, the Dragon King; and it shall be I who shall end you here."
Primal Groudon was challenged by Acnologia's claim. He let out another rippling roar. "If you want to win! You must crush us all first!"
"Gladly." Acnologia's wings spread. "Now, who shall be my first victim?"
Mega Rayquaza let loose a violent roar and then zoomed at such an alarming speed, far faster than before. Using Extreme Speed again, not only was he moving faster than what Acnologia could see, but waves on the sides shattered. Mega Rayquaza made full impact, making a rippling explosion that Acnologia was caught up in.
The Black Dragon roared and flapped, so as to make Mega Rayquaza ascertain distance. The Mega Evolved Dragon and Flying-Type swerved away up into the darkened skies.
Upon that assault, Primal Groudon let out a massive roar and opened his mouth. "Solar Beam!" His body emanated a green-yellow, along with said colored orbs, and the one in his mouth let loose Solar Beam.
Acnologia ascended and dodged the attack, the Solar Beam following through and exploded in the skies, emanating a light green light from afar.
Primal Kyogre followed it up by unleashing a very forceful Hydro Pump. The humungous water stream jetted and struck Acnologia's abdomen, though the Dragon thought that he could handle it like before. He was wrong.
Acnologia found himself soaring up from the Hydro Pump, unable to maintain his stability in the air. He reached a critical point and started to fall downwards. Mega Rayquaza screeched into the skies as he conjured multicolored energy and fired it. "Dragon Pulse!" The massive dragon-shaped energy went through and struck a now stable Acnologia, which was unfortunate for the Dragon King as he was caught in another rippling and earth-shaking explosion.
The explosion quickly went away, and Acnologia was seen with quite a few scratches on his front. He showed his rage by firing a Dragon's Roar at Mega Rayquaza. The Weather Trio Master descended greatly and he flew away at a super-fast speed that even Jet's High Speed Magic could never reach. The roar trailed along the water after Mega Rayquaza and he broke into a powerful climb upwards. Mega Rayquaza looked down as he was ascending up and away, seeing Acnologia's roar follow upwards in accordance to the Dragon's mouth angle. Mega Rayquaza maneuvered about and swerved through the skies as the roar raged, successfully dodging it with hardly anywhere close to a scratch.
The roar died off, and Mega Rayquaza swerved and looked back down at Acnologia, growling. The Dragon King, in return, snarled back. He flapped and raced after the evolved Weather Trio.
"Dragon Pulse!"
"Solar Beam!"
"Ice Beam!"
They all let loose their attacks; the three powerful beams jetted through the air and met the Dragon's Roar in the middle. At that moment, it was like an atomic bomb took place. Everything in the vicinity was obliterated in an instant, the water in the sea making rippling waves and reaching out and away as the three attacks began to pulsate greater, in which Acnologia grew very shocked that his roar was being overpowered. The Dragon's Roar was losing momentum and the three attacks began to push harder.
Acnologia let loose even more power, the roar expanding just a little, but it was only enough to keep the combined attacks from advancing. After another ten seconds, all four attacks collapsed on the other, and the middle was nothing but a dome-like explosion, echoing loudly in the distance beyond them.
Acnologia roared angrily as he was closer to the shockwave than the Weather Trio, and he began to fly back and lose altitude a little. He looked back with shock once the explosion settled.
"Impossible. I am the Dragon King. I cannot be overpowered so easily." Acnologia stated with slight irritation.
"Then you'll have a long and hard time against us." Mega Rayquaza announced. "Hyper Beam!" He let loose a dark purple and black beam of energy, one that was very heavy in density. The beam traveled through and about, but Acnologia ascended and dodged, making an explosion that beam upwards far out to sea.
The Dragon King sailed after the Weather Trio once more. "Foolish creatures! No matter where you come from, you shall not beat me!" He roared violently, the fight beginning to escalate more as his white, beady eyes became a bright red.
High above, a massive golden seal was spinning slowly, charging up. Below it was a golden square-like frame that had four different colored Magic seals, and the lower sector of it all was another golden seal that was a third of the size the larger seal was.
"Eruption!" Primal Groudon roared into the air and opened his mouth, letting loose a fiery rock barrage. Eruption made way through the air and Acnologia used his right forearm to intercept, the molten rocks exploding upon impact.
Through the short explosion, Acnologia swiped his arm, the same one he used to block. He looked fine, except for the scorch marks from where the attack hit. He resumed his advance and shot a claw out at Primal Groudon. The Ground and Fire-Type grabbed the huge hand as he skidded back, more land actually rising behind him as he skidded away a hundred feet.
Still exerting pressure, Acnologia planted his feet onto the fresh rock, though he had to admit it was very hot, but nothing he couldn't handle. Primal Groudon was really half the size Acnologia, yet he was actually keeping his right claw in place.
"You'll have to try again!" He muttered as he tried to hold his ground against Acnologia's heavy claw.
The Dragon King roared and snarled down at Primal Groudon. "I have had it up to here with you creatures. I cannot lose, for I am invincible, as I live for the aim of destruction of all Dragons, even the one in the sky."
"Then try and stop all three of us!"
The sudden voice caught Acnologia by surprise. A sudden splash aroused from behind and Primal Kyogre made orbs of light blue energy.
"Origin Pulse!" Primal Kyogre let loose a huge amount of beams and the attack went zooming as Acnologia began to turn around. The Dragon King was only halfway when his left side was blasted by Origin Pulse. Acnologia found himself falling down onto Primal Groudon.
Primal Groudon's body glowed a lava aura. "Precipice Blades!" Using his signature move, a sharp, incandescent stone covered in lava jutted upwards as Acnologia was falling down on him. The lava-covered assault stabbed Acnologia on the right side of his face, making a lava-like explosion of sheer-heated pressure. The Dragon King fell backwards and off the molten rock, falling and crashing into the sea, making huge amounts of water shoot up and about, immediately evaporating when getting close to the fresh land and Primal Groudon.
Primal Kyogre growled. "I still sense him. He's a stubborn one."
Mega Rayquaza. "Focus! This is a force to be reckoned with! We're giving him our full power, yet he's still unwavering in this fight!"
A sudden geyser shot upwards, and through it, Acnologia roared. He was back in the air, looking at the three with his glowing eyes filled with rage.
The difference this time was that Precipice Blades actually left a devastation that gave Acnologia even more rage to fume off.
The right side of his perfect scaled face was burned from that attack, and that left a noticeable fresh, scorched scar behind his right eye.
The Weather Trio felt any and all wind suddenly stop, and Acnologia's vicious growling was like a growing pressure, which made them all feel something they haven't felt in a very long time…unnerving.
"Can you feel that?" Mega Rayquaza asked.
"Yes, this pressure, it's intensifying with his rage." Primal Groudon said.
"He's exerting a greater amount of force than before." Primal Kyogre warned, looking up as Acnologia was emitting a light blue aura around his body.
"You…" The Dragon King growled. "You three…you dare challenge the Dragon King, and caused this. Your audacity shall cost you your lives!"
Mega Rayquaza roared at Acnologia, defying his ominous tone. "You have no idea who you're facing! We are those who can control the weather! Raise the land and seas! We are here to show you no mercy-!"
"SILENCE!" Acnologia let out a long, air-rippling shockwave upon his angered roar. His roar echoed to extraordinary levels that stretched so far that the Council Navy ships far away felt their spines twitch. The Weather Trio stopped moving upon the Dragon King's shout to the raging winds.
"I fall to no one! I destroy everything! I level all mountains! I shall destroy what you can do! Destruction!" He bellowed haphazardly. He then flapped ahead after them, with extreme force.
Mega Rayquaza opened his mouth and gushed out a Dragon Pulse that struck the incoming Acnologia, swallowing him in an explosion in the air; however, to everyone's sheer surprise, Acnologia flew through the smoke, having accumulated more scratches and scrapes than before.
A startled Mega Rayquaza screeched as Acnologia's head rammed him, sending him flying back. "Destruction!" Acnologia was seeing red as Mega Rayquaza used the momentum and serpentine backwards and looked back at Acnologia.
An Ice Beam shot from below, originating from Primal Kyogre. Acnologia saw the attack and he used his tail to take the attack. The cold Ice Beam actually made him jerk back up in the air. The Dragon King roared in anger as he felt the attack sting just as much as Dragon Pulse, but he persisted and lashed out, slamming his icy tail onto Primal Kyogre's head, shattering the ice completely. A huge shockwave swallowed up a large radius and Primal Kyogre sunk deep into the water.
Primal Kyogre opened his mouth and charged up with green-yellow orbs. "Solar Beam!" He fired his attack, which headed after Acnologia. The Dragon King roared and turned towards the incoming attack. He sped in, dodging the Solar Beam once more. His evil eyes got a good look of Primal Groudon before he drove his left claw at him. Primal Groudon held on like he did previously, meeting a stalemate once more.
"You cannot win!" Primal Groudon persisted. "You are of no match for our primal powers!"
Acnologia's huge mouth let a harshly wind bellow outwards. "I said silence!"
As Primal Groudon fended against Acnologia, his body glowed a lava color. "Precipice Blades!"
Acnologia flapped his wings and he took flight, drawing himself away from the stalemate as lava-covered stones shot up from below. He snarled angrily and heard a vast screech. When he looked back ahead, he was suddenly met with an Extreme Speed in the face, making a powerful ripple upon impact.
Acnologia roared as he shot backwards, unable to regain his balance until he was of a far distance. His hot breath heaved as he eyed the resurfacing of Primal Kyogre, having seen no visible injuries, as were the other two.
The Weather Trio snarled at Acnologia as the injured Dragon King was doing the same thing.
Viewing the fight from a long-range video lacrima from one of the Council Navy ships, the Magic Council saw everything; the entrance of Dialga and Palkia, the island disappearing, the transformations, the fight, everything.
Gran Doma, the chairman and sporting a cliché wizard hat, looked distressingly into the screen. "To think, something from beyond Fiore could be on par with the force of Acnologia."
"Not only that, but it appears that the three are actually fending off Acnologia. He appears to be on the defensive." A fellow councilmen stated.
Another one nodded. "Whoever they are, some connection is made with that Nic Pularis fellow. Whatever it may be, we can't worry about it. For now, let's work on the Etherion."
Org grumbled. "It's not in my place to say, but what I will say is that the Etherion is just about ready."
Gran Doma's eyes stayed fixated on the screen. "Excellent. Time to eliminate all of them at once!"
Mega Rayquaza looked up, feeling a charging force in the skies above. Beyond the dark clouds, he could feel something that was pretty massive, and it annoyed him. He roared up into the sky and looked down at Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre.
"You two…"
Both of them roared back up at Mega Rayquaza in response, and with that, Mega Rayquaza looked back up to the sky and swerved upwards, high into the atmosphere.
Acnologia began to chase after him. "You can't run from me!"
A sudden Solar Beam and Hydro Pump intercepted him, making the Dragon King jerk back and look down at Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre.
"You forgot about us." Primal Groudon warned.
Primal Kyogre snarled upwards as his retort to the black-scaled dragon.
Acnologia roared once more, bellowing violently at them. "Perish!" The Dragon King closed his mouth and opened it, firing a Dragon's Roar at the two. His attack went beaming ahead, and Primal Kyogre jumped out of the water.
Around him, orbs were made. He then let out another vile screech. "Origin Pulse!" He let loose a multitude of light blue beams at the incoming roar, making a catastrophic explosion that swallowed up everything within a vast field, and the shockwaves also got caught in the explosion, making it expand even more.
Through it, all three roared at each other, unwavering their determination to brawl until either side fell.
Mega Rayquaza serpentine into the stratosphere's outer layer, nothing but blue and darkness ahead. His speed was just incredible, as if he were a meteor. He came to a slight stop when he finally got close to a projectile high in the ozone layer.
What he saw was the satellite for the Etherion. It was just as large as Acnologia, if not larger. The energy given off was also violent, to which he had no intention on seeing.
"So this is where it's coming from." Mega Rayquaza said aloud. "How annoying!"
Gran Doma smirked and narrowed his eyes as he saw the image of Mega Rayquaza observing the Etherion cannon. To him, it made no difference. The satellite was extremely powerful, and it would take a meteor to obliterate it, let alone another Etherion blast.
"Hmhm. Those evil creatures. They have no rights in this world." He announced. He then held up his staff. "Let this be the day that Acnologia and his adversaries are removed from the Magic world!"
Mega Rayquaza saw the Etherion satellite storing even more power, and he screeched once more before he decided to take action. He was outlined in light green, which spread all over his body.
"How aggravating! BEGONE!"
Mega Rayquaza suddenly lunged at the satellite with unmatched speed, leaving a shockwave upon speeding ahead. In a green streaming flash, Mega Rayquaza was seen high above the satellite, the energy around him disappearing. He remained still as his tendrils still waves about; a brief period of silence took over.
The satellite glinted once, long and in the same spots Mega Rayquaza sped right through. The glints shined even more before the entire structure flashed. The Etherion satellite then let out a vast ripple as the light of its demise shined high in the atmosphere above.
All of the Magic Council, workers and all, didn't have the words. What they saw was something they could not believe. Mega Rayquaza's ultimate attack destroyed the Etherion satellite as if it was nothing.
"I…It can't be! That's impossible!" A councilmember testified.
"That dragon destroyed the Etherion satellite cannon!" Another one shouted.
Org watched with his one eye open in amazement. "What extraordinary power. To destroy one of our most valuable weaponry…"
Gran Doma's eyes shook with sheer fury and horror. "I…Is this some kind of trick?! How can this be?! Our Etherion has been neutralized!" A very long silence blew about, and no one was taking this situation too well. A foreign creature, whose potential is still unknown at this point in time, had just annihilated an apocalyptic weapon. Gran Doma clenched his staff even tighter.
"…what is going on here?"
Acnologia screeched as he was trying to crush Primal Groudon, his claws continuously thrusting down onto him, but the Primal Legendary's heated body was like touching lava, and Acnologia's claws were tipped with scorch marks.
Primal Kyogre jumped out of the water, facing Acnologia's back turned as Primal Groudon was defending with his rough body, still not ascertaining any scratches. Primal Kyogre sought this opportunity and his tail spiraled a huge aquatic cyclone.
"Aqua Tail!"
Primal Kyogre twisted his body in the air, the spiraling cyclone went down like a crushing hammer onto Acnologia's back. The sudden attack made the Dragon King screech and falter in his offense, giving Primal Groudon the momentum he was looking for.
"You're so annoying! Solar Beam!" He let loose a green beam that struck Acnologia's chest. The forceful beam made the Dragon screech even more as he was shot back into the air.
Acnologia growled at Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre as both were apparently dealing even more damage to him. The Dragon King roared once more at them, charging up for his own roar once again.
"You infuriate me-!"
A downwards beam suddenly rushed from the dark skies above, swallowing Acnologia in a violent assault which he was unable to fend against. Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre watched as Acnologia roared violently as the air shook greatly.
The Hyper Beam engulfed Acnologia in a large, dome-like explosion of dark purple and black, sending shockwaves in which the other two Legendary creatures braced for. The explosive field flashed before dispersing, and Acnologia found himself in the sea once more.
He shot back up, a brief yet massive geyser erupting. He was back in the air and roaring with sheer anger. His eyes looked up, seeing a figure dive down from the spiraling dark cloud center.
Mega Rayquaza's roar bellowed as he dove through and serpentine about to a halt, screeching to the skies once more upon his descent back into the fray.
"So, dragon, you have returned to be killed by my hand. How expecting." Acnologia said.
"Try and fail, Acnologia." Mega Rayquaza challenged.
Primal Kyogre took a major leap and was in midair, time seemingly slowing down as his mouth made a shining, light blue orb. "Ice Beam!" He let loose an icy ray that went beaming towards Acnologia. The scraped and damaged Dragon felt how effective it was before, so he dodged by ascending.
The Ice Beam hit the water, and there was a sudden, icy flash. Acnologia looked down to find that the entire area between him and the Weather Trio was ice. He was caught surprised as his eyes looked and saw that a grand area of the ice took over, at least five-hundred feet in radius, though not a single bit of it got near Primal Groudon as he was like lava, as was the land. As for Primal Kyogre, he was nowhere to be seen.
Mega Rayquaza saw Acnologia's shock and he growled. "It's time to decide this; once and for all!" The Mega Evolved dragon went slithering and swerving after Acnologia. The Dragon King took notice and he opened his mouth, firing off a devastative Dragon's Roar.
As the beam traveled, Mega Rayquaza began to spiral around Acnologia's roar, coiling around and continuing his course without being grazed by the attack, not even a little. He spiraled around until he was right in front of Acnologia. He opened his mouth and a massive swell of draconic energy formed.
"Dragon Pulse!"
Mega Rayquaza fired the attack in front of Acnologia, almost point blank. The Dragon King let out a severe roar as his entire upper body was swallowed in the explosion.
Through his tiresome roar, the Dragon King lashed his stinger-like tail through the dispersing smoke. Mega Rayquaza was struck in the face and he flew back, screeching from the jolt of pain. He sailed back and fell onto the ice. He bounced just once and then skidded back head first, and the ice shattered as he continued to skid back.
Acnologia brought his head back and he stored energy quickly. He reeled his head forward and let loose a Dragon's Roar once more. The entire roar blasted off at Mega Rayquaza, but he caught a glimpse of his incoming attack and he picked himself up from the continuing skid and swerved upwards, slithering away from the roar as the attack swallowed up the area it would've taken up. Another explosive field rumbled, sending shockwaves and shattered ice everywhere. All of the ice went flying and ultimately broke apart, reducing to nothing.
Mega Rayquaza turned back around towards Acnologia and opened his mouth. "Dragon Pulse!" The Dragon and Flying-Type let out a massive multicolored beam and the dragon-shaped move went zooming ahead after the foe, but to Acnologia's surprise, the attack zoomed and struck the water underneath, making a massive wall of water shoot up.
"You missed. Fool." Acnologia announced.
Much to his dismay, he could've sworn Mega Rayquaza smirked.
As the wall of water began to subside, appearing in front was none other than Primal Kyogre in midair. Acnologia was caught off guard by the sudden appearance of Primal Kyogre. It soon came to him as time seemingly slowed down, with Primal Kyogre making blue spheres all around.
Primal Kyogre disappeared underwater after using Ice Beam, and when Acnologia's roar subsided, and allowed Mega Rayquaza to 'misfire', that's when Primal Kyogre used the opportunity to strike.
"It's time we finish this!" An image of Primal Kyogre and Acnologia shifted in between the other a couple of times, and the former let loose.
"Origin Pulse!"
Almost point-blank, Primal Kyogre let loose an endless barrage of blue beams that bombarded Acnologia in rapid succession, each shot feeing like a bullet. The entire area around shook from the impact of Origin Pulse. Waves around shattered as Acnologia screamed from the attack.
Acnologia continued to scream as Origin Pulse relentlessly bombarded him, finally making the Dragon shoot backwards in a helpless manner.
Primal Groudon was covered in a lava-like aura. "Time to leave him something to remember us by! Precipice Blades!" He shot his arms forward, and a series of sharp, incandescent stones shot at Acnologia as he continued being shot back, even after Origin Pulse finally stopped.
The Precipice Blades went in a straight line, jutting up and closing the distance from Acnologia. Finally, when reaching underneath, four blades tipped with lava shot up, striking Acnologia's lower back and upper body, making him shoot up just a few feet and keeping him suspended as a larger stone tipped in lava shot in the middle of the four, piercing Acnologia's back and jerking him up several feet.
The Dragon King violently screamed in searing pain from his back getting pierced severely, and he screamed even more as he was engulfed in a shattering lava-like explosion that send a violent ripple. Acnologia's screaming and roaring was drowned out by the searing explosion.
Mega Rayquaza was then seen straightening out and zooming at such a speed that was so fast that he was but a mere blur. He sped away and made a long curve, emanating green in the process. He was flying above the water, and so close to it as well.
"Acnologia!" Mega Rayquaza yelled. "Don't ever mess with the wielder of the Plates again!" He turned and shot at Acnologia, roaring loudly as he zoomed even faster. On either side, giant waves three times as huge as Acnologia surged, showing just how severe this blow was gonna be. "Dragon Ascent!"
He screeched, zooming with sheer ferocity. Acnologia, in a small stupor state, saw Mega Rayquaza closing the distance. "No! I cannot lose! No! NOOOOO!"
Mega Rayquaza violently struck Acnologia's chest, zooming on pass him and streaming forward with green behind him. Acnologia was in suspension for a couple seconds before swallowed in a humungous explosion once more; a violent field of explosive energy erupted all around, and the explosion beamed upwards and exploded even more, erupting all around.
Mega Rayquaza swerved about back into the skies with a screech upon his monstrous attack, and through the explosion, Acnologia roared as he was engulfed completely.
A sudden flash and the explosion was gone, leaving a geyser of water that Acnologia fell through. The Weather Trio looked at the space Acnologia fell through and remained silently staring until breaking out into a unison roar, ripples of air surging upon their gruesome combo.
They all growled silently as they anticipated Acnologia's rising once again. The three did not show any signs of early victory as the water shook a little, but very weakly. Acnologia slowly rose; rather than a geyser, he just arose from the water moderately. His roar was weak, and many visible wounds were seen.
The right side of his face had that scar, and his abdomen had ascertained numerous bruises. On his back was a large, burning, cindering mark, where the huge Precipice Blade struck earlier. The most noticeable wound, larger than the huge mark on his back, was his chest and left wing. While his left wing had lost a few of its large scales from that passing Dragon Ascent, his chest had a massive gash, almost diagonally up to his left.
The Dragon King, unable to see this predicament through, looked up at the three before him. He stared long and hard at the taunting power the Weather Trio. The three let out a snarl as Acnologia had ascertained too many lethal injuries.
After a long, grueling stare down, the Dragon King began to turn away.
"I'll remember this." He warned. Whipping his head back, he roared at them and he turned away and flapped his wings, yet his left one was damaged still, so he faltered quite a few times. His hands stung greatly from the previous assaults from Primal Groudon, unable to grip his severe gash as he made way into the wild yonder in the sky.
The Weather Trio let out a roar in unison upon their victory. Once Acnologia was out of sight, they all shined a bright rainbow color and reverted back to themselves. The skies above showed breakthroughs of sunlight, and continued to expand until the sky was once again the way it was before they all underwent Primal Reversion and Mega Evolution.
"Well, that gave it everything we had." Groudon muttered, shaken up a little.
"Agreed. This was truly a tough adversary." Kyogre agreed. "It took all three of us to force him to retreat."
Rayquaza let a weak screech echo through the air. Having completed the task, Rayquaza looked away, still just as shaken up from that battle like the other two.
"Palkia had left behind enough to transport ourselves home. Our work is done here."
Groudon and Kyogre let a small screech emit and Kyogre began to turn and he plunged back into the sea. Groudon turned around towards the land that was present and still molten hot, a small fracture in the space in front beginning to crack until it completely shattered. On the other side was the magma chamber, where he was originally. He walked back inside, a low roar emitting once more. "…next time, Kyogre, I won't be so acquiescent to work with you." He then stepped inside the magma, where the portal behind him closed.
Kyogre, silently thinking the same thing, swam deeper and deeper as a crack in the space below gave way, shattering and revealing a deep trench that he swam to. The portal closed behind him.
Rayquaza swerved into the skies, screeching once more as the altitude escalated and a spatial crack shattered as well, showing the ozone layer of his world and he swerved through, all disappearing back into their world and the portals no more.
All that remained of them in Fiore was the little bit of molten land Groudon had made.
X791
The image faded away, and Palkia's pearls stopped shinning. All around were faces of sheer shock. No words could possibly describe their reactions. They saw the Magic Council getting extremely pissed, Primal Reversion and Mega Evolution, but the biggest shock of all, was Acnologia losing.
Gildarts didn't have the words. All that came out was unfinished gawking. "No-I-t-this can't…"
Makarov's eyes were shaking. "My word. To think Acnologia, now known as the Dragon King, lost."
"Not only that, but those three left some serious scars." Sophie added.
"And that Etherion was stopped by Mega Rayquaza." Vanessa added.
"To think that there is an even greater force than Acnologia, only originating from Nic's home world." Freed stated.
"I've never seen such a battle before." Levy remarked. "Those three, even though it was a flashback, I could still feel that power."
Gajeel crossed his arms. "Yeah. We've fought quite a few back in Luminous' place, but what we saw pretty much surpasses what we fought there."
Finally composed, Gildarts looked up at Dialga and Palkia. "I lost an arm and leg to that vile creature, and to be watching that Dragon retreat by any other hand than my own…how degrading."
A sudden thud got everyone's attention. They all looked to find Natsu on his knees and fists clenched harder as they laid on the ground. His frustration was rising.
"Damnit! Why? Why?!" He yelled. "I am a Dragon Slayer! I should've been the one to stop Acnologia! How did those guys send him packing, yet we couldn't do squat?!"
His frustration was getting the better of him, his Dragon Slayer pride hurting from watching his enemy fall. He was hurting as much as Gildarts, but the Crash Mage was taking it better than Natsu.
"Natsu." Happy muttered.
Natsu growled and got back to his feet, angrily pointing at Dialga and Palkia. "Hey! Answer me!"
Dialga and Palkia stared down at Natsu.
"There's no way that anything's stronger than a Dragon! How did they stop him while I couldn't?!"
Dialga raised his head. "Human, do not take this matter so personally."
"Dialga is right." Palkia said. "There are some matters that are best lead to others; if one can't do it alone, they must get help."
Natsu looked down at the ground, his fists balling. "This is so unfair…"
"Remember that it took the three of them at full power to mortally wound the threat. If it were another Legendary, the outcome would've been decided earlier." Palkia said. "There are so many mysteries that Pokémon wield, and from our world, it would be hard for you to understand what powers we have."
Natsu angrily looked back up at them. "There's no way-!"
"That's enough Natsu!"
Natsu looked back at Master Makarov. "But Gramps…"
With crossed arms, his glare kept Natsu quiet. "No buts, Natsu. Now listen, if not for Dialga and Palkia, we would indeed be obliterated by Acnologia; furthermore, if we did stay, we would've been destroyed by that cataclysmic battle. Show some gratitude."
Natsu was shaking as he looked back down at the ground. It was painful to know that he couldn't stop Acnologia, but it was even more unbearable to know that he couldn't save his family, and had to leave it to…stronger individuals.
A sudden epiphany momentarily erased all of that frustration and his eyes shot wide. "Hey, you there!"
Referring to Dialga, the Steel and Dragon-Type looked down at Natsu.
"You can control time, right?" He stepped forward with a clenched fist. "Tell me! Can you send us back in time to when Igneel, Grandeeney, and Metalicana left!"
The sudden request was of major shock, especially to Wendy and Gajeel.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" Lucy asked harshly.
Natsu turned towards her, a fire in his eyes. "Trust me, this might be the only chance I get of seeing Igneel again. I have to know." He looked back up at the duo. "Well? Can you?!"
Dialga's roar down at Natsu forced him to cover up, and he fell backwards onto his behind.
"Natsu!" Lucy and Happy rushed over as the Dragon Slayer sat up.
"Do not demand such a foolhardy request!" Dialga scolded. "Sending you back in time to do such a thing is as risky enough as it is sending you through time at all!"
"You clearly do not understand the consequences." Palkia stated. "Though Dialga can control time, by altering the past, the future can possibly change; besides, it wouldn't be possible anyway."
Natsu looked confused. "Huh?"
"Time and space are already warped to such grand levels. It's not like it's possible to do such a thing anymore; besides, I only did this just so as a means of escape and to protect Nic Pularis and the Plates." Dialga stated in irritation. "Your personal ambitions do not apply here."
In defeat, but not taking it very well, Natsu got to a knee and punched the ground beneath. "Damnit!"
Gray, Elfman, and few others looked on with slight pity and disappointment for Natsu. They all knew that in some cases, it's better to consider the whole rather than one's self. For Natsu, his desires and opportunities just never seemed to mix. He would have to continue waiting until that day came.
Nic, though still wincing a bit, looked up at the three. "Hold on, I seem to have picked up something."
"What is it?" Alzack asked.
"It's what Dialga and Palkia said a few moments ago. They said that they couldn't do it anymore, because time and space are warped."
Erza looked up at them. "If so, then how could Dialga send us into the future?"
A few seconds flew by before Dialga answered. "The matter is more complicated than you can imagine. With Palkia's Spatial powers, we could've sent you to Kalos, but after the incident beforehand, we couldn't risk such a thing to happen again."
He looked at all of Fairy Tail before him. "Look around you. 7 years we have skipped, but this part wasn't my doing."
"What?" Braixen said in shock.
"This was by chance. The scenario was just like my spatial portals back in Kalos; this was the closest chance we had before the window closed." Palkia informed.
"Time is a very hard concept to grasp. With everything collapsing, and with Arceus traveling through time as well, everything in the universe was left in a suspended state. Everything is warped, and only one opportunity could come that had no return."
Palkia lowered his head. "To put it in simple terms…this was a one-way trip."
The news was of great shock, and everyone's eyes showed slight surprise and gasps were heard.
Jet crossed his arms. "Hold up, so you're saying that even if you could send them back, it wouldn't work because time windows are continuously closing?"
"Correct." Palkia informed. "It would appear that this is your stop." He and Dialga then turned towards Nic. "Young Nic, there is no need to thank us for what we have done."
"Though we must sincerely apologize for what was done to begin with." Dialga added. "We had no intentions on sending you through time until the fight arose to a critical point."
Nic wasn't so annoyed with the 7 year thing, now that he knew Arceus was alive and still hanging in there; what really concerned him was the Plates. He would have to consider that they too were in suspense.
Regardless, he looked up at them and nodded, his only eye looking at them.
Two portals opened, and Dialga and Palkia both turned to face them individually.
"We shall continue watching over you, Nic Pularis." Palkia informed, and with that, he and Dialga both went into the portals.
There was a long silence, and it took a while for the scenario to fully process.
With a sigh, Makarov turned towards Fairy Tail. "Well kids, nothing more we can do here…" A smile crept onto his face. "Let's all go home!"
With everyone yelling a unison cheer, behind Tenrou Island, there was a rather small island, where there was sheer rock, but a lot of moss, the same place it has been for 7 years. On it, a young female person looked on with a smile.
In a small tavern on the edge of town, on a small hill, the remaining members of Fairy Tail, which were not even 10% of the guild it was before the time skip, lounged bout.
Macao, the Guild Master for now since Makarov was 'gone', turned towards his 13-year-old son, Romeo.
"Hey Romeo, you okay?"
Romeo sat in a chair and read a book, a frown on his face plastered since everyone's disappearance. "…yeah, I'm okay."
Macao knew his son. He hasn't smiled in 7 years, all due to sadness that his idols were gone. It was saddening to know they were gone, but as Guild Master, Macao had to keep brightening matters up.
"Hey, could you at least try and have a little faith?" He asked. His son didn't respond, and that's when the doors slid open, revealing shady punks that weren't so pleasant.
"Dang." The leader said, having a huge mace and cocky smirk. "This place is even more sad then before."
Immediately, Macao got defensive. "Thibault? Again?"
Wakaba, no longer having his poofy hair, clenched a fist. "Macao said he'd pay you guys next month! So lay off!"
"Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine with that." Thibault still had his cocky smile. "But when I told our Master, the deal just didn't make the cut. What are Master says goes, otherwise there's gonna be problems."
"You're not getting anything today!" Romeo exclaimed, slamming his book shut.
"Watch it, Romeo." Macao warned.
Romeo persisted. "Everyone else may be afraid of you, but I'm not." He held up a fist, where a purple flame emerged. "I won't have Fairy Tail be disgraced anymore!"
"Damn kid!" Macao raced for Romeo to hold him back. Thibault inhaled and he blew towards the flame, putting it out much to everyone's shock.
Thibault grabbed for his mace. "Hate to tell you this kid, I really do, but the name's already disgraced! You can try and try again, but there's no way that Fairy Tail will be better than Twilight Ogre!"
"No! Leave my boy alone!" Macao reached out, but knew he wouldn't make it in time.
Thibault was suddenly kicked in the back, and time slowed down as everyone turned in shock to see the attacker hitting the wall and hitting the ground. The sudden confusion made everyone look back ahead, their bodies shuddering upon the images of a sword slashing, an iron club, ice, and a Water Shuriken making the remaining members of Thibault's group sail into wll, falling unconscious like the one before them.
"N-No…it can't be." Romeo muttered.
Natsu's signature grin took place, and his head tilt as he, Team Tenrou, and the group that found them, all were present. "Hey guys! What's up!"
"Sorry for the wait!" Happy cheerfully said.
Macao and everyone else stood in sheer shock as 7 years went by and they were reunited just like that.
"Y-you guys!" Macao shouted in surprise.
"There's no way…" Wakaba muttered. His smoking pipe dropping.
Greninja stood in front, with Nic being supported by Vanessa. The two looked on as the ones left behind were driven to pools of tears.
"It's you guys! You haven't aged at all!" Laki exclaimed.
"You haven't aged a single day!" Nab exclaimed.
"What happened?!" Vijeeter added in with tears.
"Uh, well…" Lucy wasn't sure how to explain. "It's kind of a long story…"
Makarov decided that he would tell the details while on a table, while detailing the circumstances and finishing, everyone was baffled to say the least.
Romeo stood in shock as Natsu was before him, and the Dragon Slayer turned to look down at him. All of these years, and they were finally back, but he couldn't find the right way to express it.
"Man, you've grown Romeo." Natsu commented with his smile.
With everyone smiling around him, Romeo finally smiled as tears streamed down his face. "Everyone…you're home."
Greninja's blank eyes looked about and back at Nic, smiling underneath his tongue. Vanessa and Braixen both smiled, and pretty soon the four were in a smiling fest. Erza looked back at Nic, and though he had the one eye, he looked at her and smiled softly. Observing his one eye and still red right side, she still pulled off her best smile, glad to know he was still alive.
Well, that's it for this Arc. Next chapter will be the X791 Arc, and it'll be all original. Please tell me what your opinion was of the fight. I didn't wanna make it too lengthy since it extended from last chapter, so I had to keep it as brief as I could. The whole X784 was 6K exactly (I checked, and it was precisely 6,000 words), and I figured that would be enough. Please let me know if the fight was too much, or if you guys went into breakdowns out of sheer awe. POKÉMON RULE!
The next chapter may take some time, because I have to thoroughly think and plan out the remaining plot of the Arc, and with the new Arc comes new attires. So expect some different character designs for Sophie, Vanessa, and Nic.
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