I know I said that DAKA: GWB? would be my next update but my computer decided to screw me over and restore itself so I only have an original draft...
TECHNOLOGY! (insert history channel dude here)
As for this story, well it's getting much harder to update since Laxus and Wahl have been the main focus for the past few chapters of the manga!
Anyway:
Enjoy!
Chapter Five
Diary Entry: Four Hundred Forty Nine
The Spriggan have departed, as had Zeref…
The invasion of Ishgar has commenced.
I sit on the balcony of the castle, overlooking the city below me.
I'm plan B in case his majesty is unable to defeat our true opponent, the king of dragons: Acnalogia.
Even writing this now I'm seething with rage from just thinking of the vile creature's name, I would love nothing more than to unleash every bit of dragon slaying magic I have in my tomes at him but Zeref has ordered me not to engage if he should show up.
God Serena will be the first challenger for the dragon.
With his eight dragon Lacrima, I'm sure he will put a dent in the bastard.
Ajeel is almost to Magnolia, they don't seem to have noticed the long range concealment charm August and I placed on the ships before they departed but they'll have to drop them in order to pick up speed and use their cannons.
Brandish and Wahl's doll are in position.
It was child's play to teleport Brandish into the town, however one person was the max I could transport since the magic would have picked up by their sensors otherwise.
I've requested that no one kill anyone from Fairy Tail, Zeref accepted my request but in exchange he asked that they be allowed to kill anyone else.
I wasn't happy with it so I compromised, if they fight against you then they die, if they surrender then you must take them prisoner.
He seemed happy with this and left with a smile.
Dimaria came to see me before she, Wahl and Neinhart departed.
We had a quick chat about things… and I promised we would talk more when this was all over.
Alvarez Empire
The city itself was almost completely deserted, the only exception being mothers and their children who sheltered in their homes, awaiting their husbands and fathers return from battle.
Ryan wandered down the main stretch, content to move in silence until he was needed.
"Excuse me Mister. Spriggan"
Ryan turned to see a small blonde girl standing behind him; she was holding something behind her back.
"Salutations young one, what are you doing out here?" asked the teen as he crouched down to her level.
The blonde seemed to blush before putting her hands forward quickly.
In her small pale fingers was a swirling rainbow Lacrima, its colors ever changing, swirling in the depths was the mark of the empire.
Ryan was stunned that such a beautiful piece of jewelry existed.
"Tha… Thank you, for stopping those nasty ogres" said the girl quietly.
"Oh… that's alright, something this fantastic would be wasted on me" said Ryan as he pushed the girl's hands back.
"But… you did something nice… so this is a thanks from my family to you" said the girl in confusion.
Ryan thought for a moment.
"I'll cut you a deal then, I'll take the Lacrima and you have to promise to get strong alright… so that you can protect your family and the Alvarez Empire yourself" offered Ryan as he stuck out his right hand.
The blonde nodded furiously and shock his hand with just as much vigor.
"I will!" she said seriously.
Ryan took the Lacrima and smiled at her.
"What's your name young one?" asked the wizard as he put the Lacrima in his cloak.
"Anna, Anna West" she said with a small bow.
"Pleasure to meet you Anna, my name is Ryan Blackworth… would you like me to teach you magic someday?" asked Ryan curiously.
Anna's eyes lit up and she nodded her small head.
"Very well, if you're willing please accept a small gift from me, it will give you the power to save lives" said Ryan as he materialized a tome in his hands.
"Oh… it's shining" said the girl as his hands glowed.
"What's your favorite element Anna?" asked Ryan with a raised eyebrow.
The girl thought for a moment before clicking her fingers.
"Well I like the wind and spring and stuff like that" she said with a smile.
"Hmm…" Ryan thought for a moment, "Here, swallow these"
He gave the girl a small white orb and a small green orb no bigger than a marble.
"What are they?" she asked curiously.
"Miniature demon slaying Lacrima, they might not look big now, but by the time they develop, you'll be very strong" explained Ryan.
Anna seemed pleased and swallowed the two orbs instantly.
"Oh… they taste nice" she said with a smile.
"Very well, when this is all over I'll come and find you and we can begin some of your training… make sure you tell your parents that a Spriggan has agreed to train you, if they want money or anything please don't hesitate to ask" said Ryan as he ruffled her hair and stood up straight again.
"Where are you going now?" asked the girl sadly.
"I've got to help my friends win a war" said Ryan with a wink before he vanished in a spiral of black light.
Armed with a huge grin, Anna ran all the way home and told her parents the news.
They were very happy…
Castle Balcony
"We're about to engage the enemy"
Ajeel's voice echoed through the minds of the Spriggan and Zeref as Ryan connected all thirteen of them together.
"I think you should have sent a bigger force Ajeel" noted Ryan as he watched from afar.
"Pfft… I could take these bitches by myself, I only bought this many cause his majesty wanted me too" laughed Ajeel.
"Well Wahl's doll is just about in position so you can uncloak and hit them with everything you've got" ordered Ryan as he saw the large robot move cloaked towards the edge of the town.
Ryan snapped his fingers and the airships speed up.
"How are their reactions? I wish I was there!" exclaimed Wahl excitedly.
"Oh there pretty good, lots of panic but not a lot of fear" said Ryan with a smirk as he watched the airships bullets reflect off of the shield he had predicted would be there.
Something flashed in Ryan's mind, a huge surge of power.
"Ajeel, you're about to be fired upon by the Jupiter cannon, be ready" informed Ryan as he enhanced his vision and saw Bisca taking aim.
"Thanks man… these twerps won't know what hit em" laughed Ajeel.
The titanic blast tore through the air, yet Ajeel stopped it with one hand.
Admittedly it tore about a dozen other ships apart from the dispersion spray.
"Opps…" muttered Ajeel.
Ryan simply face palmed.
"He blew up his own ships didn't he?" asked Dimaria as she sharpened her sword.
"About a dozen by my count" noted Ryan.
"It was ten at max!" yelled Ajeel, "Oh… hold up, there's something coming"
"How interesting…" muttered Ryan as he watched three dragon slayers tear apart airships.
"Umm… any advice oh great and knowledgeable fairy tail master?" asked Ajeel as two more ships fell from the sky.
"Focus your fire and force them to land on your ship…" suggested Ryan with a blank face.
With a glint in his eyes, he saw Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel land on the airship and he couldn't help but chuckle lightly as he watched the three slayers get taken out by their motion sickness.
The battle raged on in much the way Ryan expected; Erza challenged Ajeel, Lucy managed to get the upper hand on Brandish and the thunder legion succeeded in destroying Wahl's doll.
"Oh dear…" muttered Ryan as he saw Ajeel get cut down by Erza.
"What's happened?" asked Zeref.
"Ajeel… he's dead your majesty" stuttered Ryan as he closed his eyes in pain.
"Now you see the true extent that Fairy Tail is willing to go to in order to win" muttered Zeref.
"I do…" whispered Ryan.
"There are a lot of annoying buildings here" groaned Serena as he, August and Jacob made their way through another town on Bosco.
"Tome of Refined Destruction: White Noise Wave Impact!" yelled Ryan as he aimed for the center of the continent.
A single ball of pure white light erupted from his hands, forcing him back a few feet and rocketing towards the country of Bosco.
"Woah! Incoming!" stated Jacob as the orb flew over them.
It collided with a mountain and there was a flash of light so brilliant that it could be seen from back In Alvarez.
"Anti-material magic…" noted August as the magic phased harmlessly through organic tissue yet annihilated any man made structure in the country.
"Thanks Ryan!" yelled Serena as thousands of people now looked around in confusion before seeing the three Spriggan.
Ryan closed his eyes and breathed deeply.
"Super long range anti-matter magic cannon!"
Ryan's eyes suddenly shot open as Wahl's words echoed through his mind.
He could only watch as the Spriggan formed the cannon and aimed at Fairy Tail, there was no way Ryan could stop the firing process.
Looking towards the guild itself he noticed the Christina air ship and its piolet.
Using a bit of subtle magic, Ryan overcharged the ships shields and thrusters in order for the ship to block the incoming magic blast.
"Darn… I missed" muttered Wahl.
Dimaria was giggling softly and Ryan felt his anger drain away.
"No killing of Fairy Tail guys and what's the first thing you do? Fire a big ass gun at the fucking guild hall!" shouted Ryan.
"Woah! Ryan swore? The world must be ending, later everyone! I'm out!" exclaimed Serena sarcastically.
"Shove a cork in Serena" grumbled Ryan as he sat down on the ledge of the castle balcony and continued to observe the situation.
"It seems that the four of your previous companions from the wizard saints are coming to counter you Serena, be on your guard, you might have been the most powerful but they should be underestimated" warned Ryan as he watched, Warrod, Hyberion, Wolfheim and Jura walk across the landscape.
"Don't worry, I'll take them all on by myself, no sweat!" laughed the exuberant man confidently.
You could almost hear the collective eye roll from the other eleven Spriggan…
"Oh… we're here, just a second" said Dimaria as she and Wahl got off the boat and promptly ripped through the port side town.
"Lame…" groaned Wahl as he perched himself on top of a nearby building.
"I like it here, I'm glad you didn't blow it off the map Wahl" said Dimaria as she walked past dozens of unconscious people.
"Well my target was fairy tail but…" Wahl trailed off.
"Send the troops towards the forest, you'll face opposition from Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel, both are fearsome guilds… the top users have sky god slaying magic, ice make magic and incredible swordsman ship" explained Ryan as he saw the two familiar guilds approaching.
"Got it!" said Wahl as they watched the troops begin their march through the wide open plains.
Ryan turned his attention to Bradman's section, the death god's troops seemed to be making slow progress but that was simply due to the rough terrain before them.
"Tome of World Magic: Gravity Wave" whispered Ryan, "Stop moving Bradman"
The Spriggan instantly obeyed and watched as the land before them was flattened, allowing for much smoother travel.
Said Spriggan raised his thumb in thanks.
"No problem" said Ryan as his tome faded and he turned his attention back to Zerefs army.
Bringing up a giant map of the continent of Ishgar, Ryan plotted the exact locations of his fellow Spriggan marking them with small cartoon faces and then marking the general locations of the other guilds that were going to engage the Alvarez Empire.
"Bradman, Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus are moving to intercept you, be ready; they have two third gen dragon slayers who can enter dragon force on command" explained Ryan as the two guilds flashed up.
The hooded man nodded slightly as an indication that he had heard.
A sudden pulse of magic echoed through Ryan's mind, turning his direction towards Zerefs army, he noticed that Natsu was rapidly approaching the army of one million.
"Zeref, Invel, Natsu is coming and his power level is far more potent that before, he has something strong and I'm not sure exactly what it is" explained Ryan as he relayed the information to the emperor and Winter General.
"Understood, I'll go and meet him myself" decided Zeref with a smile.
Diary Entry: Four Hundred Fifty
Igneel seems to have bequeathed his last embers of power onto Natsu; admittedly these Embers are the equivalent of a volcano.
He had Zeref on the ropes for a moment there, yet for some reason Happy held him back from landing what might have been a fatal blow.
Before he left, I sensed a small impurity in Natsu's brain, it's difficult to deduce from this distance but it might be a small magic tumor.
I hope he'll be okay…
Despite what they've done, I still harbor no true cruel intent towards Fairy Tail.
I'm aware of the fact the Zeref wants the Lumen Histoire, he was so curious when I told him about it so it's only logical.
I'm part of the Alvarez Empire now, I want to win for them but I won't kill any of my friends, even if they attacked first.
I will not be so kind against that king dragon who killed Igneel…
The four wizard saints have met up with Serena, August and Jacob.
I'm interested to see how this battle goes, I don't expect much from the WS but they're called that for a reason, so I'm reserving my judgement until the battle has been decided.
I use the word battle loosely because I know that they don't have a snowballs chance in hell of beating all three of them, I doubt they could even beat Serena himself but like I said…
I'll leave it up to the actual results.
Alvarez Castle Balcony
Ryan watched with immense amusement as Serena single handedly took out Hyberion, Wolfheim, Warrod and Jura without even breaking a sweat.
He winced as Serena went in for the kill, it hurt to see one of his former friends about to die but he was too far away to interfere and his words would do very little against the dragon slayer.
However, Warrod wasn't going down without a fight…
The four saints banded together and got some solid shots in, Ryan's heart was racing as he watched Wolfheim smash him in the face, Jura summoned massive rock fists and as Hyberion used his formidable vampire magic against the Spriggan.
"He's taking quite the beating" noted August to Ryan.
"He'll be fine, dragon slayers are quite resilient" explained Ryan.
August chuckled and held back Jacob from interfering.
Serena finally got serious and began to attack the wizard saints with earth, water and fire type dragon slaying magic…
"Stop him August" ordered Ryan as he saw the damage caused to the saints.
"Enough Serena!" yelled August as the Spriggan was winding up for a wind based attack.
"Oh… did I overdo it?" asked Serena confidently as he let his magic fade.
"The man with eight dragon Lacrima within him" noted Jacob, "Impressive as always"
"Hybrid Theory, the man beloved by the dragon god" stated August with a small smile.
"I still think assassination magic is better" said Ryan as he breathed a sigh of relief; they were leaving the saints alone… battered but not dead.
"Let's head for Fairy Tail" said August as the three Spriggan walked off.
"Everyone else should be wrapping up their battles shortly, make sure you don't attack until Zeref has arrived" said Ryan as he watched the Valkyrie strip the mermaid heel guild master down to her underwear and as Bradman tore through his enemies in the blink of an eye.
"Got it… we'll…" August trailed off as a pulse of magic swept across the landscape.
Ryan's eyes widened in fear before promptly narrowing in molten rage.
"It's him…" he whispered, anger infused into his words.
"Acnalogia" said August as the dragon king appeared in his human form.
"Smells like a dragon" muttered the dragon slayer as he looked at God Serena.
"So you came to me, I've been wandering the entire continent looking for…" began the ex-wizard saint.
However Acnalogia had other plans and burst forward faster than even Ryan could track and tore a chunk out of the side of Serena.
"NO! GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!" yelled Ryan; he shot a bolt of pure energy into the sky, the blast lighting up the entire kingdom.
"Only seven more left, until I am the true dragon slayer king" muttered Acnalogia.
Ryan's eyes lit up, bright purple lightning sparking off his body.
"Let it begin…" he whispered insanely…
A/N: The madness is back!
The idea of Anna is just some preparation for the future, she will not play a role (or even be seen) for quite some time after this chapter.
That being said, I don't want Ryan's character to be completely devoted to either Fairy Tail or the Spriggan, so I feel he will need some... teacher moments to round him off eventually.
But for now... incredibly powerful spells that I totally made up on the spot but could still pass for a spells canonically!
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Oh... I was kinda in Spain so that's why I didn't update yesterday... soz!
And as always:
My name is Parradox and thanks so much for reading.
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