Chapter 15
Lucy stood there in front of the enemy, a demonic take over form she recognised all too well. The demon glowed and it's form changed to reveal the person Lucy feared it was, someone she considered one of her closest friends if not her sister, a woman in a long red sun dress with long white hair, Fairy Tail's very own she-Devil Mirajane Straus. "Of all people" Lucy started with disappointment in her voice, "I never expected you to go along with this madness Mira, let alone hurt a member of my guild," "oh it's not madness Lucy" replied Mira sweetly "The new master has simply opened our eyes to the truth. As for her well, she tried to stop me completing my mission and I can't have that," her eyes began to glow red faintly and an evil grin crept across her face, "but now that your here it's different. The master wants you dead Lucy and I'm afraid I'd be happy to oblige." A large black magic circle appeared above her and she began to glow, her form changing, once the light had diminished Lucy saw Mira's most powerful form stood before her, the she-Devil herself, her Satan soul form. "It's only fair I tell you" Mira said, her voice lower and much less sweet than before, "the master has made me far more powerful than I was before hehehe." As she chuckled evilly her normally dark eyes began to glow red and a black aura/energy surrounded her, remembering Natsu's and Jennifer's report the same thing happened to Alzack before he appeared to act possessed. "That's very kind of you Mira" she said sarcastically raising her right hand and summoning Excalibur, "but so am I! And for hurting one of my guild mates, my friends, my FAMILY! I WILL defeat you!" Smirking to herself Mira kicked off from the ground flying backwards into the sky while still facing Lucy, as she rose she raised both hands.
Evil Blast!
A blood red ball of energy formed and fired from her hands and raced towards Lucy who, without using any magic, easily deflected it with Excalibur. "Something doesn't seem right" pondered Cal from within his sword form "I know what you mean," agreed Lucy "Mira was S-Class before and she says she's even stronger now but...these blasts are far weaker than they should be." "Indeed" said Cal as Lucy blocked two more Evil Blasts in rapid succession from somewhere behind a tree, "I sense that these attacks are half hearted, as if she's holding back but not intentionally." Hearing their conversation Mira appeared from behind the trees hovering in mid air, "holding back am I? Try this!" She raised both hands again, her eyes glowed solid red and a black magic circle formed before her.
Evil Blast Bullets
Numerous bullet sized Evil Blasts fried from the circle and raced towards Lucy, who raised her Star Force Shield just before the first struck. After the first few of the continuously firing shots impacted her shield Lucy was glad she used it, the strain and drain on her magic energy telling her that each blast was at least twice as powerful, if not more, than their larger counter part. "Yeah this is definitely S-Class level strength magic" said Lucy as the barrage continued, "It seams the more her eyes glow the stronger her attacks become" replied Cal. Lucy pondered for a moment before saying "I think Natsu and Jennifer were right, from the reports about Alzack and what we're seeing now it definitely sounds like some sort of possession, hmm...I think I know how to test it too." She readied herself to attack knowing full well if she timed it wrong she'd take a lot of damage. Picking the perfect moment she dropped her shield, rolled to the left and cast.
Regal Slicer
The yellow magic raced towards Mira cutting through the remaining blast bullets, with a simple mid air roll Mira dodged the slicer but as she turned to face Lucy once again she heard;
Starlight Cannon
By the time Mira had turned enough to see there was no more time to dodge the silvery starlight. The spell impacted around Mira's stomach but instead of exploding it appeared to be struggling to reach her as if something was blocking it, looking closely Lucy noticed Mira's eyes were no longer glowing as bright as they were but were much dimmer and the black energy was pooling together acting like a shield of sorts. "Hmm no movement from Mira at all" Lucy said so only Cal could hear her, "that clinches it, it's that black stuff that's controlling her, while it's influencing her actions it makes her stronger but if it needs to act independently and asserts less control her eyes glow less and she has less freedom of movement." "An excellent deduction my lady" replied Cal "but I too have made a discovery, while that energy was acting independently I was able to sense it more clearly. It is indeed a form of corruption as we feared but it's artificial, someone put it within her and appears to be controlling her through it, if we could find a way to remove it she should return to normal." As they spoke the black energy had deflected the Starlight Cannon and had retreated back into Mira.
Evil Spark
Mira sent bolts of black lightning at Lucy who had to jump to the side in order to dodge, she dodged bolt after bolt until one hit her in the leg, sending the black lightning coursing through her painfully and momentarily stopping her from moving. But a moment was all Mira needed, she raised one hand towards the sky, her eyes glowed even more and the black energy became so abundant that it made her look darker, like she was standing in the shadow of a huge object. Then she spoke and like Alzack her normal voice was combined with a much darker, much more evil voice, "and now oh thorn in my side, it is time to end this" a large pitch black magic circle appeared in the sky above Mira.
Demon Hellfire Immolation
Black flames that gave off a dangerously powerful and evil feeling formed beneath the magic circle into a large ball, Mira dropped her arm to point at Lucy and the flaming inferno launched towards her. Lucy could tell from the feeling she was getting that if that spell hit it was all over for her so she did something she had never done before and combined Cal's magic with her own.
King's Starforce Shield
The shield that formed had swirls of yellow and silver running through it and was far stronger than either could be on their own, which was good because when Mira's spell hit the sheer power it held nearly broke straight through but then the fireball exploded. Lucy was completely blocked from view by the powerful blast, which nearly smashed though Gray's strongest barrier even though it was nowhere near the flames. The being controlling Mira chuckled to itself thinking that there was no possibility that Lucy could've survived such a spell, a spell that was so dark it was said to have been created in hell itself, the flames subsided leaving only a cloud of dust and smoke left over from the explosion. Then from the centre of the could Mira heard something that should have been completely impossible,
Celestial Radiance
The solar blast hit Mira dead on causing the entity to scream like it's very soul was on fire, Lucy panted having used over half her total magic energy to maintain that shield "wow...its...really...screaming...huh" she managed to get out while trying to catch her breath, "wait" said Cal with a hint of realization in his voice "that's the answer, whatever it is it must be completely dark if not demonic, meaning it is highly susceptible to light and holy magics. My lady many of your spells, especially your more powerful ones fall under that category, we have a chance but it would require you to use...that spell," "you can't be serious!" reacted Lucy with astonishment "that spell is a last resort! I mean just casting it renders one of my zodiac keys completely inert for a full 96 hours! Plus the fact that the spell itself is so dam powerful it won't just kill her it'll vaporise her!" "Only if you let the spell control you not the other way around" said Cal "you must concentrate, use your feelings of friendship and kinship with her to focus the magic so that only the other entity is destroyed," I'm..." Lucy whispered with fear in her voice "I'm not sure I can..." "yes you can!" Cal exclaimed causing Lucy to jump "I believe in you my lady, as does Gray, Natsu, Wendy AND the entire guild!" Before anymore could be said Mira flew back into view but was no longer smirking, her face now held fury and pain and her hand was holding the side of her head like she had a headache. "For that I will...I...ugh...I will..." the entity said as the pain on her face rapidly increased to the point where her other hand was now also on her head when suddenly Lucy heard something she wasn't expecting "Lucy listen to me!" it was the real Mira's voice, "I can't hold it back for long, however your planning on killing me do it now before I lose control! And know that I bear you no ill will, I will always think of you as my precious sister." Tears began to well up behind Lucy's eyes and a new sense of confidence made itself known within her, she took Torus' key from her key ring, whispered sorry to both Mira and Torus, but the other being had other ideas "No! This body is mine! I don't know how your still there Mira but I shall not die!" It made to fly away but a spell came from behind Lucy that she wasn't expecting.
Storm Dragon's Storm Chains
Turning to see Jennifer leaning against Natsu Lucy couldn't have been happier "Now Lucy!" Jennifer shouted "save your friend!" Lucy turned again to face Mira who was now immobilized by Jennifer's chains "No! This cannot be!" the entity shouted "Yes...it can" Lucy replied in a low voice, she pointed Torus' key at Mira, gathered as much magic energy as she could, let every last feeling she had for Mira focus and direct the magic and unleashed a spell that was so powerful it scared even her.
Celestial Secret art: Divine Radiance of the Zodiac