So here's the second chapter of this story! Now you get to learn the rest of the names of my OC demons! And make sure to review! The more reviews I get the more motivated I become to work on future chapters!
(Tartarus, Demon Lord's Meeting Chambers)
The Demon Lords were seating in different forms of chairs to suit their physics, inside a large round room. Along with Jackal and Tempesta's seats, two more were vacant, with one standing slightly higher then others, with the fourth empty seat on the left while Abaddon sat on the right. Behind each chair was a large book with different words on them. Currently the Demon Lords were conversing amongst one another as they waited for their Master.
"Gehehe, that's just liked you Jackal-san, always so flashy with it." Franmalth of the Armored Shell commented. "I wonder how much the lives of the nine council members are worth? Gehehe!" Then he turned towards Broma of the Empty Mist and leaning back in his chair. "And what about you Broma-san? I bet you collected quite a lot during your time there, gehehe."
A wide smile appeared on Broma's face at the comment. "I did indeed though I have to say they were quite fragile as they didn't last so long." He said followed by more laughter from Franmalth.
"Franmalth cease that foul laughter this instant." Torafusa of the Darkness said. "Our dignity will be in questioned."
Torafusa was a muscular demon of great height and resembled a Lizardman, with spiked scales covering parts of his dark pinkish body. On his head he had a dark red plate that covered the entire part of his skull and a horn was protruding from the front part of it. Covering his chin was a long jagged metal plate that looked like a beard. His arms were quite long that they touched the ground and with blades on the side. Torafusa's attire consisted of an opened brown shirt with two bands running across his bare chest. Over that he was wearing an open coat trimmed with light-colored fur along with loose light brown pants that had black stripes at the ankle and brown shoes.
"As if demons have things like dignity or even shit for that matter!" Ezel of the Dojigiri exclaimed loudly. "Let me go next Abaddon-san! Let's hurry up and massacre the humans already!"
Ezel was a demon of imposing height with pale blue skin. He was tall and muscular and possessed the most demonic features out of everyone. Some parts included four arms, spiky shoulders, spikes were coming out of his head and, most noticeable was that he had seven tentacles in the bottom of half of his body, replacing his legs. Ezel had two vertical tattoos running down across his chest and four more tattoos circling his biceps. He also wore a chain across his chest diagonally going up his left shoulder and is linked on both sides by a large dark medallion on his uppermost left abdominal. Finally Ezel has a black piece of clothing that covered some of his bottom half. On his upper right forearm was the guild symbol.
"You need to relax Ezel. Your time has not yet come." Fehler of the Crimson Snow said to the four-armed demon.
Fehler was a thin but muscular dark skin demon with white hair that was tied back into dreadlocks with a small ponytail at the end. His yellow eyes seem to glow in annoyance towards his fellow Demon Lord. Now and then a snake tongue would pop out of his mouth, followed by a hissing sound. He wore a dark red sleeveless shirt that revealed his arms and shoulders. Around his forearms were long, light purple wrist warmers that went up to his elbows. Also he had dark blue pants that had black lines around the knee parts and long grayish-purple boots that went passed his ankles. On the palm of his left hand was his guild symbol.
"Fehler-san is right Ezel-san. All stories have a proper sequence." Clear Moon Sky Sayla added. "This is still the prologue, no, the preface rather."
Said woman had a voluptuous body, including fair skin, large breast, perfectly shaped thighs and hourglass figure. She had long black hair that went down to the center of her back and two large gold-looking horns protruding from the sides of her head and pointing upwards. She also had a white band upon her head that separated her hair, framing her bangs from her hair below the band. Marked upon the center of her forehead is a small circular symbol with a small dot on the inside and surrounded by several dots around the top. Tied around her neck was a small white-colored strap. A very revealing beige-colored leopard-printed kimono, which showed off the top part of her breasts, covered the rest of her body, along with her shoulders and also split down the middle showing more of her cleavage. There were also decorative marks on her shoulders. The kimono was wrapped around her torso with a thick, decorative yellow ribbon that was tied around her back. Finally thigh-high black socks that revealed her heels and toes complimented the outfit.
"Exactly" Slave Star Angel Kyouka said from her seat on Abaddon's right. "Do not be in such a rush, Ezel. You have your assignment given to you by Abaddon-sama."
"My body's throbbing!" Ezel exclaimed angrily. "It's not fair for Jackal and Tempesta to get all the juicy bits!"
"Enough Ezel" Soul of Wrath Abaddon said to the four-armed demon. "You shall follow your orders unless directed so by the Master. Now cease your whining."
Ezel grumbled a bit but did not dare speak out against the leader of the Demon Lords.
"I truly don't care what our assignments are. So long as we get closer to our goal I'm fine." Petram of the Ruination commented.
Petram was a demon of average height, being around the same size of a full-grown human adult. He had pale blue skin and complete black eyes with no pupils. His ears were pointy and stuck out from his short bluish black hair that was slicked back. He had a flat nose, with a line going over it and between his eyes. Petram's attire consisted of a black calf-length trench coat with white trims. Underneath his coat he wore a long-sleeve, white dress shirt, a black tie, and black trousers with black shoes covering his lower body. Over his left eye was a blue variant of the Tartarus symbol.
"Why rush? We can still have some fun along the way." Tyrant Beast Tragen said as he let out a snort.
Tragen was a tall muscular light brown skinned demon, around the same height as Ezel. He had a pair of curved horns sticking out of the sides of his head over his bull-like ears. He had light grey eyes, a golden nose ring, two scars running down his right eye, and he had black hair that was shaved at the side but went down to his shoulders along with a goatee on his chin. On his chest were two more, but larger scars. He wore spiky grey pauldrons with dark golden trims strapped to his shoulders. For his bottom half, Tragen wore grey armored plates hanging from his waist that covered his thighs, groin and rear. His legs were black bull legs with a tail sticking out from his rear. Bandages were wrapped around his hands along with gauntlets, revealing the tips of his fingers. He had the guild symbol on the right shoulder. Beside his chair was a large broadaxe.
"Pray, whisper." Black Priest Keith muttered while tapping the ground with his staff. "And then the blessings of the Underworld."
Befitting his title, Keith wore form-fitting robes with a high collar. The robe itself had a checkered pattern and covers a collared shirt and tie that Keith wore beneath. Around his face and on his head was an ornate headpiece, revealing the guild mark on it, and covered his jaw and fanning out over his head almost like a crown. What was most noticeable was that Keith was the only demon that did not have any nose, eye or skin but was instead just a skeleton with stitching on his mouth. In his right hand he carried a Khakkhara.
Rosa of the Morning Sun and the other remaining Demon Lords sat silently as Kyouka spoke again. "Hell has just begun." The Demon Lord's second-in-command stated, "Everything is for the sake of our Master's ambition. The hammers of the demons will descend upon mankind."
"Well said Kyouka." A voice from the entrance said.
Everyone looked towards the source and saw the Master of Tartarus walking towards them, Mard Geer right behind him. The Demon Lords ceased their conversations as the greatest Etherious walked past them, all eyes on him. "I am please to see so many old faces amongst us. As well as new faces too." E.N.D said as he sat down on his chair with Mard sitting to his left, a relaxed look on the Underworld King's face. "As I'm sure you all know Silver has gone and betrayed us. While this may seem upsetting I assure you that it changes nothing. However when he reappears I shall leave responsibility to you…Keith." The Master said as red eyes under the hood stared at the skeleton demon.
"Yes Master" Keith bowed in response.
The Master nodded before continuing. "As such I have promptly added a new member in the Demon Lords to fill in Silver's vacant spot. Everyone, say hello to Maradek of the Iron Cloud." E.N.D said as he motioned to the being in the far corner. Said person's entire body was covered in grayish blue armor. He also wore a helmet that had six eyeholes, three on each side. Over the armor he had a dark blue sleeveless robe, reaching his ankles with a hood attached that was currently over his helmet and a white fur neck collar attached. The robe was completely unzipped, revealing his chest plate. Around the waist was a grey loincloth underneath the robe. On his forehead and knee pads were green colored guild symbol.
"Maradek? Never heard of him." Torafusa said.
"He did go by another name but due to events a few years ago he lost his original body permanently. Upon receiving his new body he decided to change his name too." Mard Geer explained. "I assure you though that he will prove a most effective member."
"But let us move back to the topic at hand." The Master said as all eyes move towards him. "It has come to my attention that over these past centuries the world has forgotten about us, the Etherious." E.N.D commented before a sinister smile formed on his face. "That is something that I cannot tolerate. So having said that, Abaddon, Kyouka, what is the current number of our forces?"
"We have over at least 100,000 Legionaries ready for battle." Abaddon replied.
"And a total of 5,000 readied hybrids active and 20,000 of Etherious Hell Knights released from their books, Master." Kyouka responded.
The Master nodded before looking at the other Demon Lords. "I believe that we should remind the humans about us. So those who do not have an assignment shall be given the task of giving the humans a wake up calls."
The Demon Lords seem to get the hidden meaning behind those words and there were various reactions. Some remained indifferent to it; others merely smirked while the rest had bloodthirsty smiles forming on their faces. The Master merely smirked under his hood. "As Kyouka said, let us bring down the hammer of the demons onto humankind and reign in a new darkness to cover the world."
(Hargeon Town, 8-Island Restaurant)
At the restaurant called 8-Island, run by former Council Member Yajima, a discussion was going on between said man and two members of Fairy Tail's Raijinshuu. "This is terrible business." Yajima said as he read the newspaper in the kitchen.
"The council was bombed!?" Freed said in shock as he read over Yajima's shoulder.
"It seems like all nine council members died." Bickslow stated nearby.
"It get's worse. It seems that along with the council members, 119 were confirmed dead and wounded in all. Also all guards posted outside the building were reported to have mysteriously vanished during the attack. It's a huge catastrophe." Yajima commented.
"Good think you quit the council, huh?" Bickslow asked with a smile.
"You idiot! Have some tact!" Yajima growled.
"But it was, indeed, a stroke of luck, was it not?" Freed asked.
"You guys…" Evergreen said as she walked over to them while wearing a waitress uniform. "No matter how few customers we get you guys shouldn't laze about. Take your jobs more seriously."
"That getup doesn't suit you at all." Bickslow said in response with Freed nodding in agreement.
"I don't want to hear that from you guys!" Evergreen shouted at them. "It's because you were complaining about all the tough jobs flooding in after the Grand Magic Games. That's why we took an easy job, isn't it?"
"Working at a restaurant is hardly an easy job!" Yajima shouted in response.
Freed smirked as he chopped up some sausages. "Well, cooking is a specialty of mine so…"
"And when it comes to arrangement I'm quite skilled, baby!" Bickslow exclaimed as he added some flavor to completed dishes.
"Arrangement, arrangement!" His dolls repeated while flying around.
"Well, when push comes to shove, I can make sex appeal a specialty of mine." Evergreen said while posing on a counter.
By the way, Laxus-kun hasn't returned yet huh?" Yajima asked as he put down the newspaper.
"Did he get lost?" Bickslow wondered.
"He can't even run an errand, that guy's hopeless." Freed muttered.
Suddenly the front doorbell ringing caught Evergreen's attention. "Ah, speak of the devil!" She exclaimed, thinking it was Laxus.
However it was someone else. The person was a muscular male of imposing height. What could be seen under a hood he wore was what looked like a dark snout along with thin lips and a full, chin curtain beard circling his jaw line. His revealing attire showed his chest and stomach. The first part was a small black cape with an intricate lighter design on the edges covering his shoulders along with a hood that covered his face, with the tip of the hood curving upwards. Two, small strings located in front of his neck connected the open-upper cape. Underneath was an identical coat that covered his shoulders and hips, which was also opened. The coat also had long sleeves that ended at his wrists. For the bottom half he wore thick pants with a belt at the waist. It possessed two sets of knee guards protecting his knees along with knee-length heavy boots that had several strings tied around the sides.
Before anyone could speak the stranger murmured one word. "Cyclone" and suddenly a large tornado appeared out of nowhere, destroying the restaurant in an instant. It also sent the surprised Fairy Tail mages and Yajima flying. When it finally died down nothing of the restaurant was left standing.
"What is this guy!?" Yajima exclaimed before he noticed the stranger flying towards him, everything but his head coated in a tornado that tore apart all in its path.
"Yajima-san!" Evergreen shouted in alarm. Freed and Bickslow jumped in front of Yajima to intercept the assailant's attack. But it did little good as the attacker merely placed his hands on both mage's chest and mumbled, "Impact" and pushed the two back before slamming his fist onto the ground, causing a mini-earthquake. The attack sent Bickslow and Freed flying as well as seriously wound them.
The attacker made a grab for Yajima but said man merely used his Flattening Magic to avoid it and swirl around the attacker's arm. "Impudent. Inferno." The stranger said, with flames shooting out from his arm and struck Yajima, injuring him with several burns.
"Yajima-san!" Freed shouted from the ground. He tried to get up but the attack seemed to have left him paralyzed.
It was Evergreen who took on the attacker. "Fairy Machine Gun! Leprechaun!" Evergreen said while she waved her fan forward and fired a torrent of energy needles.
But the assailant did not seem faze by this. "Rumble" He said and released another tornado, albeit smaller this time. The tornado dispersed the attack and struck Evergreen dead on. She screamed in pain before crashing into rubble.
"Ever!" Freed exclaimed.
"This asshole…" Bickslow grunted.
The stranger approached Yajima. The former council member was too injured to move and could only stare at his assailant whom stood above him. "Who are you?" He demanded.
"I have no name. I am one of the Demon Lords, humans call me a Calamity." Tempesta the Immortal stated as he reached for Yajima.
"Shit, what is this magic?" Freed grunted. "My body won't move."
"The gates of hell have opened." Tempesta said as he lifted Yajima and began to choke him as wind swirled around his arm. "Judgment is upon humanity."
"Yajima-san!" Evergreen cried.
"Gates of hell, Tartarus!?" Bickslow said.
Freed's eyes widened in realization, "It can't be. These guys are after not just the current council members, but even the former ones as well!? Just what kind of objective do they have?" Freed said.
"Fall." Tempesta muttered as Yajima began to gasp.
"Stop it!" Bickslow cried.
"To hell." The demon finished as Yajima cried out in pain.
"Yajima-san!" Evergreen shouted.
Just as they feared the worse a bolt of lightning struck Tempesta's arm, stopping his wind and he lost his grip on Yajima. Then the demon was again struck by another bolt of lightning right in the chest. Tempesta glared at the newcomer while the Fairy Tail Mages and Yajima let out relieved smiles. "I may have gone astray on my way back here." Laxus said as he dropped the bag of grocery. "But when it comes to wiping the floor with you, the path is as clear as day." He finished as lightning sparked around his fists.
(Elsewhere in Hargeon Town)
In another location in the city, a cloaked man could be seen walking from the town's port. He moved through the streets at a fast pace, a destination in mind. He paused for a moment as he felt a surge of magic nearby.
"Damn looks like one already came. I better pick up the pace and hurry." The cloaked man said before he kept walking towards where a certain restaurant use to be.
(Back with Laxus)
Laxus was standing in the middle of the destroyed restaurant, staring down at Tempesta who was doing the same.
"Laxus-kun" Yajima grunted.
"Thank goodness." Freed breathed
"Hell yeah…" Bickslow said.
"Whose the chump?" Laxus asked, not taking his eyes off Tempesta.
"He's from Tartarus! He's after Yajima-san's head!" Evergreen yelled.
"Is that right?" Laxus asked before looking on in surprise as Tempesta tore off his coat. With it gone it revealed the rest of his face, including his loose hair going down his back with some strands going below his neck and covering parts of his cheekbone. He had a set of oval eyes and several strands of hair covering his forehead. He had a set of black pats on his shoulders and he let out a snort from his snout.
"You're…not human!?" Laxus exclaimed when he saw Tempesta's appearance.
"Cyclone." Was all Tempesta said as his body and arms were covered in cyclones and he shot towards Laxus at great speed. He launched a punch but the Lightning Dragon Slayer easily dodged it by turning into lightning. Laxus reappeared behind Tempesta and sent a strong kick into the demons' back before turning into lightning again.
As Tempesta got back up from the rubble he looked around for Laxus. "This guy…" He muttered before he saw Laxus appeared behind him again.
Glaring down at the demon, Laxus covered his fists with lightning. "Looks like you drew the short straw." He said before bringing both fists down on Tempesta's skull. "Lightning Dragon's Jaw!" Laxus cried as the attack created a large crater in the ground and ended the fight.
"Well done Laxus!" Freed said, now able to move again.
"Hell yeah!" Bickslow shouted in agreement.
"You're such a man's man!" Evergreen declared.
(Elsewhere Elfman let out a sneeze)
"Yajima-ossan, what should I do with the trash?" Laxus asked as he stood over the down Tempesta.
"Well the council is out of the question that's for sure." Yajima said while muttering, "My poor, poor restaurant."
"Not the main HQ sure but there must be other branches we can go too." Bickslow pointed out.
"Cut off the head and the body will follow." Yajima explained. "That's just how dependable they are to the council." Yajima stated while Bickslow let out a sigh of annoyance.
"In that case maybe we should take him to Fairy Tail for interrogation?" Freed suggested.
"Oh I love to do that." Evergreen chuckled as she tugs on a sausage link.
"They're clearly trying to kill ex-council members for some reason. I want to know their motives." Freed said.
"Indeed" Yajima said nodding in agreement.
"The queen is getting excited." Bickslow commented as he looked over at Evergreen who was playing with the food.
"Fairy…Tail…was it?" Tempesta said weakly as he came too, catching Laxu's attention. "To think that I would face off against the ones whom have brought pain to our Master so soon."
Laxus raised an eyebrow at that as Tempesta continued. "We didn't factor in humans being capable of this type of destructive force...so this type of damage output wasn't a variable in our equation." After several seconds of silence he continued. "There's no helping it, I'll have to sacrifice one of my lives…"
"What the hell are you blabbering about?" Laxus finally asked.
Glaring up at the Lightning Mage, Tempesta replied, "You're the one who drew the short straw. Remember that…human…"
"Get down!" A new voice suddenly yelled. Coming from behind Laxus a wave of ice encircled Tempesta just as his body exploded into black mist. The ice died down revealing that it had sealed in the black mist before it could spread.
"The hell!?" Bickslow cried in shock at the turn of events.
Laxus spun around and found himself staring at a cloaked man, his hand outstretched. "Whoa no need to get agitated boy." The cloaked man said as he raised his hands in defense upon seeing lightning circulating around Laxus. "Especially since I saved your life just now."
"What the hell do you mean? Who are you?" Laxus asked, not letting his guard down.
"One question at a time okay?" The cloak man said with a grin under his hood. "The black stuff there is magical barrier particles. If I didn't freeze it in time then you and everyone else in this town would've been infected."
"Magical barrier particles!" Yajima exclaimed.
"Yeah it destroys the Eterano in the atmosphere and pollutes it. Basically it's an Anti-Eterano Zone, causing magic deficiency and an illness that damages magic. Very lethal to wizards and sometimes normal people too." The cloak man explained. "Unfortunately this means that he's returned back to base to recreate his body so we'll be seeing him again, if he has the same form."
"And how do you know all this?" Freed asked. While they were grateful for the stranger in saving their lives, the fact he knows all this was disturbing.
"And thus we get to who I am." The man said as he removed his hood, revealing his face. He appeared to be in his thirties or forties, with marked facial features and a slight hint of wrinkles below his eyes. Said eyes were black along with his hair, the latter kept short and styled into a number of spiky strands pointing backwards, with some prominent ones topping his forehead. His thin sideburns reached down to the stubble covering the majority of his chin. A noticeable feature was a long and massive scar that extended from his hair line to his lower left ear along with his ears adorned by silver colored earrings that consisted of a ring with a little chain ending in a cross pendant. "My name is Silver and I was wondering if I could accompany you back to your guild? There's someone there I would like to meet and I can explain everything there." Silver said.
(At Another Town)
Kagura Mikazuchi of the Mermaid Heel Guild was making her way towards the train station. She had just completed a job request and was now on her way back to the guild to report her success with the jewels in hand and a bag of food she had picked up for the trip. Her sword, Archenemy, laid strapped to her left side.
She ignored the looks she got from passerby as well as the whispers from them as they recognized her from the Grand Magic Games. But she did take note of talk from the elder people, about the death of the Magic Council. Kagura recalled of how troubled her Guild Master was about this piece of news and how Tartarus, one of the three Dark Guilds of the Balam Alliance, supposedly did it. However Kagura's thoughts were cut off when she felt something tug on her grocery bag. Looking down the Gravity Mage was surprised to see that it was none other then Frosch, one of the Exceeds of the Sabertooth Guild.
"Hello there" She said, sounding polite to the toad-wearing Exceed. She handed him a cookie, which is what he was after. "Are you lost?"
Frosch had just taken the cookie when he responded. "Frosch not lost, Frosch is with Rogue."
Sure enough said Shadow Dragon Slayer appeared before the two, panting in exhaustion after looking for his Exceed friend. "There you are Frosch! I told you not to wander off like that!" Rogue said as he lightly scolded Frosch before taking him in his arms. It was then that Rogue took notice of the Mermaid Heel Mage. "Oh, Kagura-san…" Rogue said.
"Rogue" Kagura replied with an even voice. "Good to see you." She said.
"You too Kagura-san." Rogue replied. "Sorry about Frosch, sometimes he wanders off when he sees something of interest." He said while the Exceed chewed on the cookie.
"It's okay I was on my way to the train to head back to my Guild." Kagura explained before walking off.
"Mind if I join you?" Rogue said as he caught up. "I'm taking the same train too."
Kagura raised an eyebrow. "I thought that Dragon Slayers got motion sickness?"
Rogue's head dropped in depression. "Don't remind me. I'm just glad that I have Frosch here or else I would miss half the places I had to go." Rogue said.
The act caused a hidden smirk to form on Kagura's lips but she hid it well. The two humans plus cat were walking back in a comfortable silence though somehow people around them were talking amongst each other about how two powerful mages were walking alongside each other. Kagura caught the brief words of "date" that caused her to blush a little in embarrassment at the misassumption. Rogue however appeared that he didn't hear anything, though due to his enhanced hearing he most likely did but didn't react to it.
"So…have you heard about the Magic Council being bombed?" Rogue asked finally, breaking the silence.
Kagura nodded. "Yes I have. Quite surprising really." She said in response.
"Yeah it seems like it's got everyone worked up, especially since it was started by Tartarus." Rogue commented. "Sting is especially acting anxious since he just became Guild Master just a few weeks ago. Fortunately Yukino is there to keep him relaxed." Rogue said the last part with a smirk.
"Yukino likes Master Sting!" Frosch exclaimed from Rogue's arms, agreeing with his friend.
Kagura raised an eyebrow and was about to comment when suddenly an explosion appeared at the train station, not to far from them. Smoke rose to the sky as screams and shouts of people could be heard.
"What was that?" Rogue exclaimed as he looked at the smoke. He then noticed that Kagura had dropped her bags and ran towards the station, her sword in hand. "H-hey Kagura-san!" Rogue shouted as he chased after her, Frosch in arms.
At the train station, which was on fire, a maniac laughter could be heard from deep within. It showed Ezel laughing as he looked at the carnage. Around him were hundreds of Tartarus soldiers, or legionaries as they were called, along with dozens of human-demon hybrids and other Etherious of different shapes and sizes. The hybrids wore attires that they were given upon their transformation and the Tartarus soldiers had normal human-like forms, wearing the Tartarus uniform. However the rest were Hell Knights, real Etherious that didn't become Demon Lords, and used either Curses or Magic. They were all different shapes and sizes and some wore clothing and/or armor to suit their unique physics, and a few even had weapons too. The Tartarus legionaries were armed with different weapons ranging from the basic staves to spears, swords, shields, axes, maces, hammers and flails.
"Ha, ha! Now this is good! The Master rocks for giving me this assignment! Be even better if I could find someone who can give me a fight but oh well!" Ezel cheered hysterically. Then the four-armed demon turned towards the others. "Alright you bastards! Our Master's orders are to remind the fucking humans about what we Etherious can do! So get out there and raise as much hell as you can! Anyone not doing a damn thing is dead, got it?!" He ordered.
The response was cheers of agreement from the others as they spread out, causing mayhem in their path. Several Tartarus legionaries raised their staves and opened fire on a group of humans that were too slow to escape. However that was thwarted when out of nowhere Kagura appeared and deflected all of the attacks with her sheath sword. Then with great speed she dispatched the soldiers with ease, allowing the civilians to escape.
"Huh?" Ezel said when he saw Kagura in action. "Who the fuck is that?!"
"Ezel-sama! That's Kagura of Mermaid Heel!" A hybrid exclaimed.
Suddenly several more soldiers were blown back by a blast of shadows. Appearing from a hole in the wall was Rogue, several defeated grunts lying on the ground behind him. An Etherious Hell Knight tried to gain a jump on him but the Shadow Dragon Slayer was faster. "Shadow Dragon Slash!" Rogue yelled as he struck the hybrid with a fist of shadows and sent him flying back.
"And that's Rogue, one of the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth!" Another hybrid shouted.
"A Dragon Slayer huh?" Ezel muttered in interest as Rogue regrouped with Kagura.
"Kagura-san the remaining civilians have been evacuated. Frosch is keeping an eye on the exits." Rogue said.
Kagura nodded in confirmation before shifting her gaze towards Ezel, who was slowly approaching them. "It seems like this person is the one leading this force." Kagura commented.
Rogue's eyes widened as he took a sniff. "Something is off about these guys. They aren't humans! Are they demons?" Rogue exclaimed.
"What the hell was your first guess fucking brat!?" Ezel asked as he crossed his arms, making Rogue and Kagura take up stances. "Tenga Goken! Feel the power of my blades! Onimaru!" He yelled as he swung his arms outwards releasing a large shockwave in the shape of an X, launching it towards the two mages.
The two mages were taken aback by the sudden attack and barely had time to dodge it. Rogue had more luck but gained a few bruises from the attack while Kagura took the full brunt of it, trying to deflect it with her own sword. But eventually she was overwhelmed as the attack went through her and sliced the wall behind her, leaving a large X in its place. Kagura however managed to survive albeit with some injuries and her clothing torn up a bit.
"Hoh" Ezel said with a raised eyebrow. "You're pretty tough to survive that but can you keep it up?" Ezel asked as he released another shockwave blade from one of his arms at Kagura. Kagura managed to dodge it as she charged towards Ezel with incredible speed. She dodged other attacks launched by the Tartarus soldiers and hybrids before jumping above Ezel.
"Archenemy: Strong Form!" Kagura said as she slashed downwards towards Ezel. The demon raised his arms and blocked the strike, a crater forming underneath him from the attack's impact. But Ezel did not seem the least bit hindered by this as he effortlessly threw Kagura off. Swordswoman did a flip in mid air before landing a fair distance away from Ezel, the two glaring at one another.
"Shadow Dragon's Roar!" Ezel heard from his left. Turning his head the Demon Lord saw Rogue unleash a blast of shadows right at him. "Hahaha! Do you think that is enough to stop me?!" Ezel shouted as he waved all four of his arms just as the roar struck him. After a few seconds the shadows dispersed much to the surprise of Rogue, and revealed an unharmed Ezel with his arms out and a wicked grin on his face.
"Ezel-sama!" Legionaries of Tartarus shouted as they rushed towards him.
"You shitheads stay out of this! This is my fight!" Ezel roared at them, causing the soldiers to stop in their tracks. "You guys just destroy the town as ordered!" Ezel ordered.
Rogue and Kagura's eyes widened at that. "Kagura-san, go and help the civilians! I'll deal with this one." Rogue said to the Mermaid Heel Mage, determination in his face.
Kagura looked at the Dragon Slayer in shock but seeing the look in Rogue's eyes she bit back her retort. "Very well but come back unharmed. I wouldn't want that cat of yours to be upset if you fall." Kagura said as she ran off to intercept the soldiers and hybrids.
Rogue merely watched her go with a smirk before looking back at Ezel. "Don't tell me you shits think you can actually stop us?" Ezel asked mockingly. "More or less don't think that you alone can stop one of the Demon Lords of Tartarus?!" He exclaimed.
'Tartarus!' Rogue thought before Ezel continued. "Furthermore do you really think that this is the only town that we're attacking?" The demon asked as he charged at Rogue.
And Ezel was speaking the truth, as the dark guild was moving even now. In several other locations, where cities, towns and other large populated places, many of them with guilds, the forces of Tartarus could be seen moving towards them. They moved swiftly and stuck to the shadows, making sure to take these places by surprise.
(At Fairy Tail)
"Yajima! Laxus! What on earth happened to you guys!?" Makarov exclaimed when he saw his old teammate, grandson and his team appear at the guild, battered and bruised.
"We had a run in during the job." Laxus said while Yajima got into a depress mood at the reminder of his destroyed restaurant.
"A member of Tartarus attacked us." Freed explained causing others to gasp. "Apparently he was after Yajima's head. Seems like they're hunting down former council members too."
"What? Why would they be after former council members?" Gray asked before taking note of the hooded man. "And who is that guy?" Gray asked.
"The attacker managed to defeat the three of us" Freed said. "But in return he was defeated by Laxus. However near the end the dark mage was about to do something when this person," Pointing to the hooded man who walked forward. "Saved us by freezing the black mist in ice."
"Hey…" Gajeel said getting everyone's attention. He was looking at the hooded man. "This guy's stench is like ice stripper here." The Iron Dragon Slayer commented.
"The same scent as Gray-sama's perfume!?" Juvia exclaimed with wide eyes and blush on her cheeks, staring between Gray and the cloak man.
"Huh he does?" Laxus asked.
"WHAT KIND OF DRAGON SLAYER ARE YOU IF YOU CAN'T EVEN SMELL SOMETHING SO OBVIOUS!?" Gajeel roared at the Second Generation Dragon Slayer.
However everything was silenced by the cloak man's laugh. "What a lively guild you've join, I can see why you've gotten this far." The man said as he removed his hood, revealing his face to the rest of the Fairy Tail mages. When one person saw his face his eyes widened as if he was seeing a ghost. "You've grown into a fine young man…Gray." Silver said.
Everyone turned their eyes towards the Ice Mage to see that he had frozen stiff and almost seem to be on the brink of tears. One word escaped his lips that despite being soft the entire guild heard it. "…Dad?"
And there we go! I thought that the scene with Silver saving Laxus and the others was a good choice for a turning point. Plus you got to know some of the OC Demon Lords! Review! More reviews get's me to be more incline to keep going!
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