A/N: hello! I have come back with a new chapter that I hope will make a lot of people very happy. I know that I loved writing this. Plus it will clear up what happened last time! Thank you to Ebon fire Red waters, RandomObserver42, Guardian of Heaven, and TheCrimsonShinigami for reviewing my last chapter. It made me really happy! I hope you enjoy this chapter, and please leave a review when you are finished!
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Chapter Twelve: She Says:
When the attack hit, it kicked up a big cloud of dust. It was clear that something had happened, but no one could see what it was. There was no noise that was heard from the Celestial Spirit mage, so they weren't sure if she was hurt or not. The crowd and the guilds sat at the edge of their seats to see what had become of the Celestial Spirit Mage after that powerful attack from Laxus.
When the dust finally started to clear there was a strange shape standing in it. And finally they heard a soft voice say "'That was cutting it close' she says."
That was when the dust completely cleared and everyone could see the strange clock with Lucy housed safely inside. This caused most of the guild to sigh in relief because they had heard of this spirit saving not only Lucy was also Wendy in the nick of time before this fight.
Getting out she said "Thank you, Horologium!" as the spirit went back into the spirit world.
"You were able to guard against that attack. That is impressive." Laxus commented with a nod of appreciation. He didn't know that the clock had forced open his own gate in order to do that. But she wasn't going to tell her secret.
Taking out four golden keys she dismissed the two zodiacs she had out and began her next plan. The appearance that the snake charmer had given to her disappeared in sparkles, leaving her looking like her normal self.
Four was pushing it, and she could see the looks of interest and curiosity from the other mages in the stands. Many wondered if she was able to summon the four out at one time; it was a feat they none had ever heard of before. Lucy wasn't even completely sure if it would work, but she had to try. She did know that she had grown in power with all of the training that she had been doing.
"Open, gate of the Heavenly Scales, gate of the Twins, gate of the Goat, Libra, Gemini, Capricorn!" She called out. The magic drain was substantial, and she could feel it to her very core, but she needed to do one more thing if she wanted to last in this fight. She didn't want to take out her secret weapon in case she needed it some other time in the games so she chanted "Gate of the maiden, lend me thy power, Virgo!"
Laxus was curious to see what she was planning this time, so he waited; might as well give her at least a little bit of a chance to fight. He thought it would be no problem seeing as he would just knock her out right before time was going to end. He thought it would be good for the fans to see. And he wanted to see what else that Blondie had up her sleeve.
This time when her transformation was complete she had blue stoic eyes and chains dangling from her wrists and ankles. Her skirt had also shifted into a longer one that resembled the bottom of Virgo's maid outfit.
"Gemini, Libra, Capricorn, you know what to do!" She called out in an emotionless voice. They nodded and Gemini took that time to turn into what Lucy looked like normally, only, unlike last year, this time it was a fully clothed Lucy.
Lucy drilled into the ground using the power that Virgo lent to her. The three spirits spread themselves so that they were on all sides of the dragon slayer so that he could not simply wipe them out in a single attack.
Laxus was caught off guard when Lucy drilled into the ground. He knew that the spirits all had different powers, but he hadn't been close enough to Lucy in order to actually know what each spirit did. He was also stunned with how useful the spirits appeared to be.
As Gemini started to chant something that Laxus could not hear, Capricorn rushed forward and engaged Laxus in hand to hand combat. Libra started to weigh the dragon slayer down so that he was not as fast as he usually was and could not do as much damage as he usually did at close range. It was a strategy that Lucy had formed during one of her training sessions with Loke and Capricorn on the beach. She was very proud of it too!
Capricorn used his subjugation magic in order to also render most of the slayer's magic ineffective, as they fought hand to hand. Laxus was impressed with the goat spirit. He always found it hard to find someone who could match his speed in a fight like this. Though, he was frustrated that his confidence was lower than it usually was. It was simply because of his overwhelming power that he was landing any blows at all.
He did notice the gravity change, but he couldn't deal with the other spirit as this one was demanding his full attention. Also, he was still worried about what Lucy and the Lucy-look-alike were doing. He knew that she was not stupid, and she was not one to let her spirits fight for her. He could see the glowing around the spirit and felt the magic gathering. He could also feel and hear the vibrations in the ground from where he was assuming that she was drilling.
As soon as he was about to rid himself of the goat spirit, he heard Lucy break the surface and yell out to her spirits "Now!"
Capricorn jumped back as Libra applied more gravity to Laxus and Gemini finished the chant by saying "Urano Metria!"
Laxus was thrown through the ground and into the hole that Lucy had dug while the spell that Gemini casted barreled down into it. He was trapped and had to take the full brunt of the spell in a confined space that would serve to intensify the effects of the eighty-eight stars. It was the strongest move that Lucy felt she could do without summoning her trump card to play.
"Look at that! Lucy Heartfilia has proven that she can be both powerful and smart. Can Laxus recover from that attack?" Chapati asked dramatically to the short man that was sitting next to him.
"It is most likely that he has. This is the same Laxus Dreyer that defeated the entirety of Raven Tail and Jura of the Ten Wizard Saints last year. It was a good hit, but I don't believe it was enough for Lucy to win." Yajima mused as he watched in interest.
Sure enough, a flash of lightning made it out of the hole and almost immediately took out the closest Lucy. It happened to be Gemini, and so the twin spirits simply shimmered back into the spirit world with an apology to Lucy.
"Nice move, Blondie," Laxus commented as he started to stalk towards the other Lucy. He was a little wounded from the attack, but otherwise it really didn't look as if it had done much. That caused Lucy to become even more worried. This was taking a lot of her energy.
Dismissing Virgo, Lucy pulled out her whip and poured magic into it as Capricorn once again started to fight Laxus with Libra weighing him down. She kept up with the Stella Accessurum, remembering that Loke had said it would help with being struck by lightning.
Lucy flicked the whip at Laxus, not realizing at the time that it was the wrong thing to do. She hadn't considered that her whip was made of water and that water was a great conductor of electricity. But Laxus knew this when he felt it wrap around his arm and bite into him. So he let lose a stream of lightning that traveled up the whip and into Lucy.
The girl yelled and attempted to let go of the whip, but the electricity that was running through her had locked all of her nerves in place, making it impossible to do anything at all. She was only saved when her spirit launched himself at the lightning mage, causing him to lose his balance as Libra once again brought a large amount of gravity on him.
Once the electricity had stopped running through her, she dropped the whip. She was thankful that she had listened to the lion spirit. If not, she would have most likely been rendered unconscious by that attack. Even Laxus looked surprised that she was able to endure that. The last time he had done that to Natsu, the guy was out cold for over an hour.
He broke out of the gravity as he blasted the spirit with a strong roar of lightning before he was hit with another of Lucy's beams. He could tell that it wouldn't take too much now that she was almost out of energy after taking that hit from him. He just needed to land one more attack on her. Or so he thought.
Taking care of the goat spirit, he then turned to face her just as she went to punch him. He caught the blow and threw her back into the wall. She hit with a crack, but she got back up on her feet a moment later. It was once again a surprise that she wasn't unconscious or seriously wounded.
Flashing up in front of her, he lit up his fist again and punched her in the gut, slamming her again into the wall. She cried out, but once again she pulled herself up from her knees and stood. Her persistence was causing whispers in the audience; none thought that she would be able to take that last attack.
"Why won't you just stay down?" Laxus asked as he readied another attack. Everyone could see the emotion inside of his eyes. After the fantasia incident, he had sworn not to hurt his guild mates. But in this fight Lucy just wasn't staying down. He was conflicted with annoyance and guilt that he had to cause her further pain.
"As long as I can stand, I will fight," Lucy managed to choke out in between pants. The glow around her was starting to dim by then, and she was swaying slightly on her feet.
"Is that why you are always beaten within an inch of your life whenever you are up against someone much more powerful than you? I will admit, even this is frustrating." Laxus asked as he started to breathe in another roar. He was hoping that this would end it, but he was starting to wonder just how much it would take to get her to stay down.
Lucy gave a sheepish nod "Why beat them when you can just out last them? Besides, it had worked in the past." Her answer was followed by a laugh as she straightened a bit more in anticipation of the next attack. Just a few more minutes, that was all she needed.
Laxus scowled at her and said "Then you can't blame me when you get hurt," before releasing his high powered roar at her.
Gasps were hard around the arena as the lightning barreled towards Lucy and the Celestial Spirit mage made no move to even try and dodge the attack. Even Laxus widened his eyes at that. He didn't know why or how she was going to take this attack. Just before it hit her, a shadow scooped her small frame into its arms and ran to get her out of the way.
When the smoke cleared, everyone saw that Loke was setting Lucy down on her feet, much to her pouting. "Loke, I wanted to see if I could handle the attack!" She whined.
The spirit looked at her before saying "Lucy, you barely have enough magic left to summon Plue, do you really think that we, as your spirits, would allow you to take a hit like that in this state?" He asked her pointedly.
She sheepishly shrugged. Then they face Laxus again and she said "I wasn't going to blame you. You heard what Master said," Then she and Loke lunged forward, Loke with his Regulus fists and Lucy with her slightly glowing leg.
Laxus Dodged both attacks and then made to punch Lucy in the face when she suddenly dropped, causing her to yelp and Laxus to stumble slightly. It was enough for Leo to hit him with his 'Lion's Brilliance' and send him a few more feet away. Lucy then was carried out of the hole she had fallen into by her maid spirit.
"Thank you, Virgo!" She said as she again turned to her slightly surprised that another spirit was out. Frankly, the entire audience was surprised that another one was out. They had not seen her draw her keys or hear her say an incantation.
"Now, if you don't have enough energy to call out your little dog key, how are the two zodiacs out?" Laxus asked as he landed a solid kick on Loke and avoided Vigo as she came up from the ground.
Lucy smirked as she dodged the traces of lightning that were making their way towards her and said "They can open their own gates. I guess they wanted to fight you." Then she turned to Virgo and called out "Virgo, turn into your other form, the one you had before you were working with me!"
Almost immediately, Virgo tuned into the gorilla made that she had seen so long ago as her deeper voice called out "Yes, hime," and from the stands one could hear Natsu yelling "No! Not that, anything but that!"
But it didn't make much of a difference. Lucy knew that this form was not stronger, but she was hoping it would startle Laxus enough to give her an opening. It didn't, and in two more attacks both spirits were forced back into the spirit world.
"Enough games," Laxus said as he saw there were only a few minutes left. He had dragged out the fight long enough in his opinion.
Flashing into lightning, he once again connected his lighting fist to her stomach and sent her sprawling into the opposite wall. Again, to the shock of everyone, she stood back up. Albeit, she took her sweet time getting back up, and she was slumped and shaking but she wasn't down yet. So he again went at the speed of his lightning and sent her flying across the arena.
This time she rolled for a little before coming to a stop. Ever muscle hurt as she struggled to find some sort of strength in her legs to pick herself back up. The glowing finally come to an end, symbolizing that she was now completely out of magical energy. Her panting was shallow and labored.
"Just stay down," Laxus muttered as he hit her again with his lightning in stead of his fists. It wasn't like he had a choice. The rules were to fight until someone was down and out. It didn't matter that he was feeling guilty about how she was basically defenseless. And her answering scream of pain proved it.
As she got up this time, she could barely get off of her knees. Her legs were shaking for everyone to see, but there was something in her eyes. Gajeel recognized it as the defiance that she had given him when he was beating her during the Phantom Lord incident. Team Natsu knew it as her determination. The crowed saw it and held their breath as she smirked.
Laxus was about to hit her again when the buzzer sounded.
"And it's a draw! Both teams get five points!" Mato exclaimed as Laxus stopped mid attack and walked up the girl he had just beaten before offering her his hand.
She was about to take it, but she just couldn't lift her arm any more. Not that she had to. Within seconds she was surrounded by Team Natsu right before she passed out. Even if it was a win for Laxus, because she managed to stay conscious for the thirty minutes, it was a draw in the games. She had made Fairy Tail proud.
"Amazing! Lucy Heartfilia managed to last through some of the most powerful attacks of the day! Her spirit has spoken for itself and this was one impressive match. I still cannot believe that she could last that long!" Chapati announced with amazement.
Yajima added "Yes, it was very surprising, but I would expect nothing else from a Fairy Tail mage. I think that she still has more surprises in store for us all! I am interested to see how the rest of these games play out."
Chapati nodded before saying "And this battle concludes the second day of the Grand Magic Games!"
A/N: I really hoped you all liked that. I did. But then again, I am totally biased on it. Oh, for those of you who were interested, I posted my crossover for Ghost Hunt and Fairy Tail. It is called Fairies and Tigers and Ghosts, Oh Mai. Thank you all for reading, and I really would appreciate it if you could leave a review.