Chapter5: Nirvana

A slightly exhausted Akira panted after the light from the explosion dissipated. "Ahh... geez... that was way too close..." She looked back over at the unconscious Racer, poking him a bit, "You're a jerk." she said, then leaning over him and kissed him. After doing so she smiled, "Now I've got some energy~." she lifted him onto her shoulder and started to walk, towards the pillar of light, she figured she'd find an ally in that direction at some point.

Despite it being three against one, Yuki was separating the three perfectly and focusing on one at a time until eventually they all fell. Yuki stood there, angry and still empty because despite him having gotten revenge it wasn't going to bring Akira back. It was then he figured that he'd take down everyone who forced Aki to be in this fight.

Akira came across Natsu and Lucy being carried by a pink haired maid. She dropped Racer on the ground and ran over, "Hey who the hell are you?"

"Virgo." she said simply.

"Huh...? Wait you mean like the celestial spirit?" The redhead blinked then smiled, "Oh I've always wanted to meet you! But since I'm not a celestial wizard I couldn't, but here you are anyway!"

"But milady we have met before. I'm happy to see you're still alive, it's nice to see you again." she bowed, then finishing changing the unconscious wizards' clothes as Akira tended to their wounds. The two staying with them until they woke up.

Once they did they were informed that the beam of light had changed from black to white. They decided to go towards the light just as Virgo closed her own gate. Just then they heard a rustle in the bushes.

From out of the bushes comes a familiar ice roar attack the freezes all the trees it passes by. A sudden slash clear those frozen trees and shows Yuki, clearly given in to darkness due to Nirvana's activation. He takes in another deep breath for another roar and unleashes it at Lucy's group without hesitation.

Akira jumps in front of them, putting her hands out and immediately absorbing the magical energy in the attack. "He's been affected by Nirvana..." She states, waiting for him to make another move, not wanting to hurt one of her best friends.

Clearly blinded by anger he doesn't recognize Akira at the moment and donned his claws once more before charging at her with intent to kill. His fangs bared, so to speak, and his claws sharpened he swings wildly at the redhead just before getting tackled and frozen to the ground by Lyon and Gray. An angered yell was all that came from him before yelling out Akira's name as tears started to form in his angered glare. Even behind all that darkness he still had a heart.

She was slightly surprised by the two tackling him but that was when she sensed the darkness within him, but before she had a chance to react, the other four yelled, "She's right in front of you!"

Yuki glared at those that spoke to him and looked up from the ground to see a familiar red head, his vision no longer clouded by anger. The darkness around him started to fade and he stopped thrashing under the ice. "A-Akira...how?"

She absorbed the magic made ice, "Oh c'mon! You're really gonna write me off with a simple explosion, that's rude." she crossed her arms, smirking.

Yuki looked at her but his look turned into a glare. He walked up to her and smacked her. "That's not funny! I really thought you died! I went on a rampage because of it. Look at Lyon and Gray, they can barely stand after what I put them through!" he yelled then sighed. Having a stronger will than most he retained what he did in his memory not that it was a good thing.

She got a dark look on her face, completely ignoring what he said and only focusing on the smack. She her hand on his shoulder then pile drove him head first into the ground, then turning around with a sweet expression on her face asking if the Gray, Lyon, or Sherri needed to be taken to Wendy to be healed.

Needless to say Yuki's body went limp and fell to the ground, clearly showing he was unconscious which in turn had Lyon and Gray back up a bit from her and shaking their heads. As for Sherry, she simply figured that was Akira's form of love towards Yuki.

The light intensified, getting 10 times brighter. "No way!" Natsu yelled.

"I hope that's not as bad as that looks!"

"Yeah I'm pretty sure it is!"

The earth began to rumble as a chunk of it lifted off the ground, stretching out to be one of Nirvana's six legs. Akira grabbed Yuki to make sure he didn't fall. "Ok wakey, wakey!"

Yuki was still unconscious from being pile driven into the ground. He was randomly mumbling about some red and black lace he had seen before he stood up and did the unthinkable to the red head's face.

She sighed realizing she'd have to carry him up the whole way and as it started to move they could barely climb up any further. Then Natsu got sick, losing his balance and falling of the giant leg. She groaned, "Gray catch!" she threw Yuki to him, diving down and as a magic circle appeared on her back, sprouting dark bat like wings and a spaded tail once again. The red head sighed, "That's just like Yuki too, succumbing to motion sickness..."

"What the-?! Akira you can fly?!" Lucy yelled.

"That's just like Mira Jane." Gray commented.

Happy suddenly came out of nowhere and Akira handed Natsu off to the cat and told them to find Wendy and Carla. "I'm gonna go on ahead guys!"

Though Natsu ignored her orders, going straight for the top to destroy what looked like a control panel for the ancient moving city. Akira groaned again and went off to find Wendy herself. She inhaled deeply, following her scent and landing near her and Carla, glad that they were also on Nirvana, but she wondered why the blue haired angel was the only slayer she encountered in her life that wasn't affected by motion sickness. The thought escaped her as she looked on ahead, realizing where this city was going. "Wait..."

"Akira! It's headed right for Cait Shelter, we have to do something!" Wendy begged her.

"W-we have to regroup with everyone else..." She picked her up and t looked at Carla. "You want a ride too or you good?" For once the cat complied, the girl holding her as Akira ran with the two in her arms back to Lucy and Gray.

After a while Yuki woke up and looked around as if nothing had happened. He noticed Nirvana moving and immediate gave his serious face. Once he got an explanation of what was going on from Gray, Yuki called Kuro who picked him up and carried him into the air just over the moving city where Natsu's fight with Cobra began.

Elsewhere Akira was still running with the girls, trying to catch up with Yuki, Lucy and Gray.

Yuki could intervene the fight between Natsu and Cobra but he was spectating in case he was needed. Luckily Kuro was physically stronger than Happy so he could lift two Lucy's if ever necessary.

Seeing as how seemed to need his help he told Kuro to take him to Akira before Natsu chimed in saying he wanted his help. Naturally he being a dragon slayer usually meant that teaming up with another was a rare thing and with his usual spats with Gray one would think he could work well with an ice mage.

This was different and Cobra wasn't just some pushover either. He too was a dragon slayer albeit an artificial one. Yuki smiled and agreed to fight alongside Natsu then both used their flying cats to charge at Cobra.

It was clear the Cobra was strong, being able to take them both on at the same time but up to this point they've been fighting separately rather than together. It was then that they decided to combine their attacks, both of them shooting flames and ice together managed to hit Cobra and win them the fight. However Cobra was hardly done, standing back up after being knocked down. As he was about to attack again something stopped him in his tracks.

After the long grueling fight and taking a hit from his Poison Dragon Roar, Kuro and Happy started losing altitude, crashing onto Nirvana. Then finding out Brain was the one who put the brakes on Cobra. "You've done well Cobra, but now I have no use for a fake dragon slayer when I have two real ones right here!" the man laughed maniacally.

Being both weakened and having succumbed to motion sickness, both Natsu and Yuki were in no way able to defend themselves against Brain as long as Nirvana continued to move towards its goal of Cait Shelter.

Brain chuckled as he started to drag the two away but he got distracted as Lucy, Gray, Jura, and finally Akira arrived. They were yelling at him that it was basically pointless even with Nirvana's help to get either of them to cooperate with him. Then they asked why his first target was Cait Shelter when there were many closer guilds than that. He simply ignored the question and laughed.

Yuki and Natsu tried to grab at Brain but could barely muster up the strength to lift their arms. They made discomforted groans the more they were stuck with their motion sickness.

"You two are so pathetic!" Akira lectured them. Then she glared at the supposed leader of the Oracíon Seís. "I asked you a question, now answer it!" she demanded.

The man laughed again, "The only thing you need ask for is mercy, on your knees."

Akira glared at him, giving a very pissed off aura, enough so that even the densest to that sixth sense could feel her rage.

All Yuki and Natsu did was groan in response. It wasn't their fault they couldn't handle moving vehicles and apparently moving cities too.

He pointed his skull staff at the group, and was about to fire a green magic at them until, "Ether Dragon Palm!" Akira rammed a pure spiral sphere of swirling energy into the deranged man's chest, sending him flying and crashing into a building.

"I don't think Red's playing around anymore." Grey commented.

"Yeah... she looks pretty serious to me." Lucy agreed nervously.