So yeah, did I mention this is an old story? xD (might explain why it's kinda... meh)
Still, I think it's okay-ish (seen worse things here :P )
And yeah, still don't own much... OCs and grammar mistakes... blew =p
Ch.5 Bonus Round
"Is it over?" Laxus asked, taking a few deep breathes.
"Yeah, I think so… Man, that wasn't all bad," Gildarts shifted, trying to get rid of the pain.
Suddenly clapping was heard as the two wizards looked to the left, seeing the cloaked figure on the screen yet again.
"Truly marvels… Congratulations, you are the winners!" the figure called, as the two men smirked, sharing a look and giving each other a nod as cheers erupted in the crowd.
The town started crumbling with magic until it vanished and they stood in the middle of the gladiator stage again.
"Now, for the final stage…" it spoke, as the cheering died down and the wizards looked in confusion.
"Final? Wasn't this the last one? You already said we won?" Clive frowned.
"Ah, yes, but well… you could consider this a bonus stage," the figure then vanished from the screen as another door opened to the stage.
Through it walked the cloaked figure itself, all the way until it stood before the S-Class Mages. Then it raised its arms and took off the hood, revealing the face of a young man, about 17, with short white hair and purple eyes. As he only removed the hood, his body was still cloaked.
"Ha, so you are a boy? Old man, you owe me two thousand Jewels!" Dreyar laughed his partner grumbled something.
"You got lucky is all…" Clive made a face.
"Aha… Glad to see you both still have energy to spare," the white-haired boy smiled sweetly as the two looked at him. But his smile sent chills up their spines.
"Now we can commence with the final round," he added, the smile still on his face.
"Sure whatever you say… e…" the ginger scratched the back of his head.
"Just call me Mix," he smiled again, as the two mages shared a look.
"So… what's the final round?" the blonde raised an eyebrow.
"You have to defeat me."
"That's all?"
"That is all."
"And we don't?"
"Then you die," and with the smile, it was all the more horrifying.
"Well… I would have gone easy on ya since you're a kid but…" Laxus could feel sweat on his face.
"Good thing… I hate going easy on anyone…" Gildarts smiled nervously.
"Happy to hear you will be going all out. Then I do not need to hold back either," another smile as they both gulped.
There was so much magic coming off the kid and it was full of death. The Dragon Slayer, with his keen sense, felt like he was suffocating.
"I got a bad feeling…" he thought and glanced at the ginger, who was clearly thinking the same.
"Now then, let us begin!" the moment he spoke, the S-Class Mages charged forward, as much power as they could muster.
But finishing it in that one move was hoping for far too much. As their attacks hit something, it sent a shockwave that picked up the sand/dust they stood upon. They could feel something hard on the end of their fists, but knew it wasn't the kid. It couldn't be. And they were right.
When the smoke cleared, they gritted their teeth as the saw the boy had created a force field around himself that nullified their attack.
"Close," Mix smiled as they jumped back, the bad feeling getting worse.
"The hell kind of magic is that?" Dreyar bit his lip.
"I don't know… I've never seen anything this strong…" Clive swiped the sweat off his brow.
"Try again?"
"Yeah, harder."
And again, they charged forward, delivering blow after blow, be it with hands, feet or heads. After a good minute of brute force, the field around the boy cracked in one spot, as three pairs of eyes looked directly at it.
The blonde didn't even need a moment to send an electrified fist towards the crack, before he shattered the whole field.
Following up, the ginger threw his arm towards the white-haired boy, who was at this moment, shocked that his defense was broken. As the fist connected with the jaw, it knocked the boy back a few meters, but not down.
"Incredible…" Mix was shaking with joy as his sweet smile changed into a crazy one, that of a maniac. Licking his lips, the white-head's eyes shone with excitement as he threw off the cloak, revealing a back, formfitting armor with metal chains from the wrist to the shoulders.
"Now it really gets fun!" he yelled as his body started changing.
"Take-Over Magic?!" the two yelled, looking in shock as they boy was transformed into a Demon.
"What happened to the force field he used?" they added, when a dark aura surrounded the boy.
"What do you think?" Mix's body was shaking with excitement as he looked directly into the stunned Mages before him.
"I can copy any Magic I've ever seen before and make it my own," a moment later, Mix sent a ball of darkness directly towards the ginger.
"Damn," the Ace cursed when attack followed him as he moved away.
"Old man!" the Dragon Slayer called, planning to help, when the Demon suddenly appeared next to him. Having to block the punch to his gut, Laxus was sent sliding to the ground.
"You're the only one… Who I can't copy," the boy now seemed more angry or interested, the S-Class wizards didn't know.
"Tch, pain in the neck," the blonde stood up and glanced over to his partner, who was still evading as every time he crashed the ball, he only created more that followed him.
"Don't look away, unknown!" another block to the punch, but he held his ground.
"Come on! Fight back! I want to see more of your magic!"
"Shut it!" lighting blasted from his mouth as he used Lighting Dragon Roar and sent Mix into the sky before turning to Darkness Balls chasing his Guild mate and used Thunder Bullets to destroy them.
"Ah, thanks kid," the ginger gave a nod as the blonde let out a breath.
"Sure… But I won't be able to keep savin' your ass."
"You won't have to, don't worry."
"I see… I understand now…" Mix slowly descended from the sky, wings from his back.
"Dragon Slayer… I've never actually fought against that kind of magic, but…" his smirk grew even wider and threatened to crack his face in two.
"I guess I'll just have to rip you apart to see how it all works," from the sky, Mix flew with such speed that neither of the two could even see him. Mid fall, his Take-Over vanished, but Mix was aiming straight at the blonde's chest. Within a moment, it connected and the arm looked out on the other side of the Lightning Mage's chest.
Gildarts only managed to open his eyes and mouth in shock and surprise, before it was replaced with horror when he saw the sight before him.
Neither of the Fairy Tail wizards could even utter a single word, as Mix licked his lips before he started cracking with laughter.
"Do not look with such horror," he mocked, arm still though the chest. "I did not really stab him. He is far too precious to kill now. I used another Magic, one that allows you to pass though anything. But, I can," he moved the arm back inside the body, and Dreyar thought he was going to throw up right there and then. "Tell me, do you feel this?"
Laxus' body suddenly felt so cold, he could say he was numb. He didn't want to believe it. This wasn't happening.
"O-Oi…" Gildarts managed to speak, but only that.
"I could rip out your heart if I so desired… You can feel it can't you? My hand around your own beating heart. I can feel you are scared. Then again, who wouldn't be? It's a nice rhythm… Ah it gets me excited just thinking of how I'm going to finally dissect a Dragon Slayer."
Laxus swallowed hard before he could look down, realized that what was happening was absolutely real. He couldn't speak, and dared not to move.
"Oh, don't worry now," the sweet smile was back, and the blonde could feel the arm move around again. The feeling was so terrible; he couldn't even begin to describe it.
"I won't force you to surrender or anything of sorts. I just wanted to see how you would react if I told I had this kind of power," the smile remained, and a moment later, a snapping sound was heard followed by three more times.
The blonde let out a scream of pain as the arm was removed and fell to his keens, holding his side and trying to breathe normally again.
Clive moved, only when he heard his friend scream, and forced Mix to jump back, while still having that smile.
"I just broke four of his ribs. He won't die or anything, but it might get a bit difficult for him to fight now."
"O-Oi…" the ginger put his hand on the Lighting Mage's back, trying but failing to comfort him.
"I-I'm f-fine…" the Dragon Slayer answered the unspoken question thought gritted teeth and tried to stand up, but only managed when the Crash Mage helped him.
"God, this hurt," Laxus closed one eye, still holding his side.
"He's in no condition to fight this kind of enemy," Gildarts bit his lip, looking at the mage wincing in pain.
"Oh? Still going to fight? Wonderful! I get to enjoy this even more!"
"Old… man… I think… I got his w-weakness…"
"What are you talking about? He doesn't have one!"
"Seems… so doesn't… it… But I-I got it…"
"What are you talking about?"
"His o-own magic… it's gonna… be h-his down fall…"
Sooo... yeah. That's that for now... xD It's all kinds of crazy, yeah, I know, but it's the fun kind. Can't have the two win so easily can we :P
Anyway, I do hope you enjoyed, and if you did, feel free to review ^^ See ya next time~