Hello everyone! I'm so very sorry for not uploading sooner! My excuse is the normal one, school essays and presentations and whatnot. As a treat, I wrote this EXTREMELY LONG chapter for you all! I hope this makes up for it (although you're probably saying "No, it doesn't.")! Have fun, and as always, please review. Any tips or criticism (even hate) is appreciated!
Chapter Four: The Interruption
A fucking Etherion Dragon Slayer?! Alyssa pondered while sitting inside the guild hall once again. A day had passed since Aidan's attempt to escape. When he was brought back into the guild, he was quickly taken by Wendy, who angrily scolded them all for harming him even more when he was already injured.
At least, that's what Alyssa heard, since she was busy being unconscious because of that guy's stupid attack. She was currently the only one up, Emma and Darius were still recovering from it. How can that weirdo even control that much fucking power?! she questioned herself.
She sat there, fuming as she remembered how quickly he ended their battle, and she could tell he wasn't even being serious about it at all. While that may have been to 'protect' them to Aidan, to Alyssa it was the same as flipping someone off. She hated anyone who didn't fight her seriously, and Aidan had all but secured his place as king on that list.
"Damn, that guy's strong." she heard someone say, and quickly whipped her head around to see who it was. Her eyes rested upon Grey Fullbuster, who appeared to be deep in conversation with other S-class mages, including her father, Natsu Dragneel and even the current master of Fairy Tail: Laxus Dreyar.
Alyssa paid close attention to the conversation, her enhanced senses picking up even their smallest whispers. "Yeah, he's incredibly powerful. I can sense so much potential within that boy, but I also sensed darkness." Laxus stated, and the other men nodded in agreement.
Natsu leaned in close, and whispered "I think I saw him crying as I sped past him to confront him. Mira said the same thing, too. She had asked him to join our guild, and that's when he tried to run off." Gajeel, her father, made a tsking noise, as if he was disappointed at something.
"Doesn't that kid know that bearing despair by himself is only going to bring him more pain?" he seemed to mutter to himself, but Alyssa and the other men had heard him as well. The adult mages lowered their heads, probably knowing the pain of whatever Gajeel was talking about.
Alyssa remained silent as she processed what her father had said. He's suffering? she thought. Then she remembered seeing his sad smile, the tears welling up in his eyes as she and her fellow teenage Dragon Slayers had confronted him that day. How his voice was tinged with deep tones of pain.
She found herself walking towards the infirmary, as if she was in a trance. As she opened the door, she saw Aidan lying upon a bed, his eyes closed. Her eyes narrowed as she approached him. Wendy was sitting to his side, and jumped up when she saw Alyssa enter.
"Oh no, you don't! Can't you all just let him heal in peace?" Wendy lectured her, but Alyssa only waved her hand towards her, and approached Aidan's slumbering body. Ignoring Wendy's cries of protest, she shakily placed her hand onto his forehead. She breathed deeply, and emptied her mind of all distractions.
"Solid Script: Emotional Spectrum." she whispered, and was immersed within the feelings Aidan held in himself. She reeled from a sudden, intense wave of grief and self-hate that swept across her. In fact, there were no other emotions that she could sense in this endless field of raw feelings. What happened to him? she thought, feeling disturbed by all of the negativity that swirled around her.
He suffered from traumatic events that no one should witness. Alyssa felt an inhuman presence speak to her from Aidan's consciousness, and drew back in surprise. She re-entered her body, and opened her eyes to find herself resting her head upon Aidan's well-chiseled chest. She felt her face heat up as she quickly pushed away from the slumbering boy, not wanting anyone to see her and get the wrong idea.
"Um, Alyssa..."
Alyssa's body automatically tensed, and she slowly turned to stare at the sleeping male. Fortunately, his eyes were still closed, and he showed no signs of being conscious. Then, she felt something tap her on the shoulder.
She whipped herself around, seemingly at the speed of light, and found Wendy standing beside her with a small, awkward grin on her face.
"Um, you were out for quite a while, Alyssa. Your friends were waiting here for you." Wendy ushered to the two particular individuals behind her. Alyssa squinted, and made out the shape of...oh hell no...
Emma stood before her with a video-taking lacrima, and she was recording the entire event, giggling hysterically. Darius, who stood next to Emma, said "You were cuddling up to Aidan's sleeping body for the entire five minutes we've been here, Alyssa. Any particular reason?"
Alyssa's face felt as though it was about to melt, with all the heat it was emitting. "You-you're wrong!" she shrieked. I was using Emotional Spectrum to find out why he was so fucking weird, you know?!"
Emma smirked. "Huh?" she spoke in a sly tone, and Alyssa felt a sense of dread. She watched in horror as Emma activated the lacrima to show everyone in the room pictures of Alyssa resting her head on Aidan's chest. She was even drooling a little.
Alyssa let loose a bloodcurdling scream as she charged towards Emma, determined to destroy her or the lacrima, whichever came first. Darius stood back, arms akimbo, surveying the scene in mild amusement. Then, he heard groaning from his side, and turned to see Aidan slowly raising himself from the bed.
Oh, this is gonna be good... was all Darius could think. Good luck dude...
Finally, back to Aidan's P.O.V.
Aidan awoke to a sound that strongly resembled that of a banshee combined with a pissed-off dragon. The last one, he knew from personal experience... He stopped those thoughts from continuing, not wanting to remember them. He opened his eyes, and beheld a sight that instantly gave him the impression that he had landed into the innermost circle of hell.
Two girls were running around, one seemingly trying to gouge out the eyes of the other, who seemed to be laughing in pure delight. However, Aidan could detect undertones that the girl being chased was "slightly" terrified.
"So, the dead awakens, huh?" Aidan turned to see a tall, well-built guy standing near him. Then, recognition kicked in as he stared at the teen's blond hair, and the lightning tattoos on his right forearm.
"Darius?" Aidan asked, completely bewildered at the sight of him. He then gazed back at the two teenagers running around. He identified Emma by her pinkish hair, and Alyssa by her shadow-black hair. He quickly realized where he was, and groaned once more.
"I'm back in Fairy Tail, aren't I?" Darius simply nodded, a faint smile plastered to his lips. "You defeated all of our strongest members there at that time, and you almost were successful in escaping from Magnolia." Aidan narrowed his eyes in suspicion. He remembered all of this, but there was one question that burned deep within him.
"How was I brought back here, then?" Darius smile morphed into an uneasy one, an apologetic look on his face. "About that... Mira brought you back, and "brought" is a mild way to put it." Aidan's eyes widened, as though he had a sudden epiphany.
"She's the guild master, isn't she?" Aidan inquired. Darius snickered, then began to laugh uncontrollably. The women paid him no heed, and continued their game of cat-and-mouse from hell. Wendy was nowhere to be seen, so Aidan assumed she had probably snuck out earlier, and left them all in here.
Meanwhile, Darius was still laughing, to the point of tearing up and struggling to breath. Aidan had to slap him in the face for him to stop before he suffocated himself. "Thanks." Darius spoke softly, too busy gasping for breath to talk much. Aidan gave him a few seconds, and soon Darius was back to his stoic self.
"Well, she's not officially our guild master. That honor is reserved for my father, Laxus Dreyar. He inherited it from my great-grandfather, although my father had tried to take the title by force a long time ago, and even hurt others like Uncle Natsu to obtain it."
Aidan's eyebrows raised in curiosity. "So no one listens to him? Everyone hates him?" Darius smiled a little. "No. In fact, it's the complete opposite. Everyone loves my dad, even though he can be scary sometimes." Aidan scowled, feeling really confused.
"No one holds a grudge towards him? No hate threats? Nothing?" Darius turned to look at him square in the eye.
"No one in this guild feels anything but love and respect towards my father. The same goes for all other members of Fairy Tail. Nakama should always be cherished, no matter what they've done. That's the basic principle everyone in Fairy Tail believes in. In fact, Uncle Gajeel was once-"
Darius was cut short by an iron pillar that slammed into the wall to his side, almost brushing the tip of his nose. Aidan followed the pole to Alyssa, who seemed to have finally noticed their conversation. She marched up to Darius and glared at him, which was humorous since she was more than one foot smaller than him.
"Don't ever talk bad about my father, you got that lamp post?" Darius' eye slightly twitched. "I'm sorry, did you say 'lamp post', Alyssa?" She only pushed him. "I said, do you got that?!" Darius began to emit incredible magic power as he just stared at Alyssa.
"Man, is that girl stupid or what?" Aidan turned to see Emma sitting on the other side of his bed. "She has no chance against Darius." Aidan looked back towards the two once he heard an explosion in their direction. He turned in time to see Darius smack Alyssa through the wall, and sent her flying into the guild's main hall.
Darius paused to look back at Aidan, who had a horrified facial expression. "Hope you get better soon, Aidan!" he spoke with a smile, then leaped out of the hole Alyssa had made, into the guild hall. Soon, there were yelling, and suddenly multiple explosions and commotion could be heard from there.
Aidan sighed, completely dumbfounded with the way Fairy Guild functioned. He turned to face Emma, who looked as though she wanted to join the free-for-all Darius and Alyssa had began. "Hey Emma, can you do me a huge favor?" She looked at him, her eyes suspicious. "Does it involve you leaving?"
He shook his head, and Emma sighed. "Okay, what is it?" He leaned towards the hole, and pointed. "Drop me off down there." She stared at him as though he was crazy. "Aidan, you wouldn't last a full minute in the shape you're in. Those guys fight seriously." Aidan licked his lips.
"I know. So do I, if you can remember." He made sure to prolong 'remember', so she could catch on. For a moment, it looked as though it was lost on her, as she sat there with a confused look on her face. Right when he was about to give up and directly state his plan, she snapped her fingers and smiled. "Oh, you mean what you did earlier, right?" He nodded slowly, hoping she really understood what he was asking of her.
"Alright, leave it to me!" Emma pumped her fist, and Aidan partially wondered if he would live through this incredibly troubling experience known as 'life'. He was then interrupted from his brooding by a sharp gust of fire, and he was all but thrown out of the health wing via the brand-new hole through the roof that his body had created.
"Argh!" Aidan cried out in pain as he soared through the air, then plummeted towards the roof of the guild hall, where the Fairy Tail mages still fought. I am so going to die if I stay here. Aidan cleverly demised from the recent events that sparked when he arrived here. To be honest, though, it's not that ba-"
Fairy Tail really loved to mess with Aidan, because he was once again jarred from his current thoughts as he crashed into the ceiling of Fairy Tail's main hall. As he tumbled through the roof and slammed into the guild hall's wooden floor, he gasped like a fish out of water, completely overcome with pain.
"Aidan!" a voice grabbed his attention, and he looked up to see Wendy, who looked extremely worried, and a little angry too. "For the last time mister, your body isn't healed yet, so don't just frolic around and join fights!" Aidan, too tired to explain, beckoned her to come closer to hear him.
As soon as Wendy was close enough to hear him, he whispered "Sorry in advance." With that, he drained all of Wendy's magic from her body, and ate it to replenish his own magic, as well as his health. Wendy let out a little yelp of surprise, but showed no signs of pain as Aidan devoured her magic power.
He took a deep breath, then slowly picked himself up from the ground to catch a staggering Wendy, and set her gently upon the ground at his feet. Then, he stood to his full height in the midst of the ongoing battle that was erupting in Fairy Tail.
He puffed out his chest in an effort to look as manly as possible, and shouted "Alright, that's enough! If you all don't stop in the next ten seconds, I'm going to oomph!" That last part was caused by a rather large man with white hair who all but trampled him into the wooden floor.
"Natsu! Gray! Come back here and fight me like men!" the burly man bellowed, and jumped into a group of other Fairy Tail members. Unfortunately for him, a sudden blast of flames and purplish ice impacted itself into his face, and the man soared through the air and through the roof, creating a second hole.
Aidan picked himself back up to his feet, and bowed shallowly in an attempt to give that suicidal individual a respectful moment of silence. "May you rest in peace." he solemnly stated.
He turned back towards the fray, and slightly exhaled. "Don't say I didn't try to warn any of you." he whispered. He thrusted his hands forward, and took a deep breath.
"Etherion Dragon," He chanted, and a blue ball of pure ether-nano formed in his right hand. He lowered his hand towards his waist and the energy grew even more, illuminating the room in blue light. Everyone faltered as they sensed the insane amount of energy emitting from the boy, and stared in horror as he reached the critical surge of energy.
"Piercing Fist!" Aidan extended his right hand, and was shoved backwards by the force of the beam that was expelled from it. It tore through the furniture, and blasted a hole through the other wall. Then, it continued forward until it collided with the distant Mt. Hakobe, and all but sheared the peak off the mountain.
Huh. I bet that disturbed a few Vulcans. Whoops. was all that Aidan had to offer about the subject. Indeed, quite a few Vulcans that were living in Mt. Hakobe had suddenly and inexplicably lost their residential areas.
Meanwhile, practically everyone in the room stared at Aidan, then at Mt. Hakobe, then back at him. Aidan stood tall, and stared at everyone.
"Alrighty then! Are we all done?" he spoke to the bewildered crowd. They, in turn, continued to merely gape at him, until a certain pink-haired man shoved his way to him.
"Oi! I challenge you to a rematch, punk!" Natsu Dragneel yelled. In the distance, Aidan could see a blonde haired lady face palm in absolute disappointment, but Aidan quickly thought nothing else of it.
"Ready or not, here I come!" the Fire Dragon Slayer shouted, and charged towards Aidan. Before Aidan could react, though, he abruptly stopped his attack, and looked down.
Blue light was beginning to encase Natsu, and he began to feel a tremendous pain all over his body. "What the hell?" Natsu growled, and began to try and mover, but his body appeared to be stuck in place.
Suddenly, cries of surprise echoed throughout the guild hall. One by one, every adult member of Fairy Tail began to emit strange blue light, and became paralyzed.
Aidan looked around in confusement. What the hell is happening to them? Before he could move closer to inspect one of them, he was punched in the back.
Hissing, he used the momentum and tucked into a somersault, flipping himself up to face his attacker when he was a good distance away. He turned to see a livid Alyssa bearing down on him. Her glare, to be honest, uneased Aidan a little.
"What'd you do to them, you piece of (Really, Alyssa? Levy and Mira can still hear you, you know.)?!" Aidan just looked at her. "You think I'd do something like this?"
Alyssa continued to glare at him. "I don't know you pal, so I don't know. Frankly, I don't care either, since you're the only one who's still moving that could be a threat. It has to be you!" She gestured to the hall, where the only others who were moving besides them was Emma and Darius as they tried to free some members from their paralysis.
Aidan, upon hearing this, felt a twinge of anger for being accused of using something as cowardly as this, but also a pang of...guilt. Guilt that he had hurt a couple of people in this guild when they had wanted nothing but the best for him.
Suddenly, every Fairy Tail member that was coated with the blue energy disappeared in a flash of light, leaving Aidan, Alyssa, Darius and Emma in the guild.
A menacing voice suddenly boomed from above "Behold, Fairy gnats! I am here to destroy you all! At long last, I will have my revenge!" Aidan gazed towards the ceiling, then shot a beam of energy towards it, creating a hole to see the threat.
A magic bomber, much like Blue Pegasus's Christina, hovered above the guild. Aidan watched as the bottom of the bomber opened up, and a huge cannon slid down.
"That's an... Ultimate Magic Cannon Zeus!" Alyssa shouted, her eyes full of terror. "That thing is even worse than a Jupiter Cannon! It can destroy all of Magnolia if it fires! We need to destroy it before it-"
The same mysterious voice began to laugh evilly. "You're right, my dear. This Ultimate Cannon can destroy your entire wretched town in one blast. However, we're not like that stupid Phantom Lord guild from long ago! Our cannon's ready to fire in less than 10 seconds!"
"No!" Darius shouted, and Emma covered her mouth as tears began to form in her eyes. Alyssa's eyes were beginning to water as well, but she refused to let them streak down her face. Instead, she stubbornly unleashed continuous attacks on the bomber.
"It's fully charged?!" the voice shouted. "Then fire!" The cannon began to emit dangerous purple energy. Alyssa attempted one last Iron Dragon roar against the cannon, but it didn't affect the cannon in any way. "No…" she sank to her knees, completely drained of energy.
"DON'T DO IT!" she screamed into the air, but could do nothing but watch as the Zeus Cannon became fully charged, and unleashed a torrent of devastating magical power towards the guild hall, and all of Magnolia.
Aidan watched as a single tear dropped from Alyssa's face onto the wooden floor. Once it splattered onto the floor, he felt something he had never felt for many years. The one emotion that not only boosted his strength, but was what made him lose control so long ago. He felt rage.
Let's See What Alyssa's Seeing Now, Yes? (Also, Epilogue For This Chapter)
The events that followed seemed to happen in slow motion for Alyssa, even though she knew that it couldn't have been more than a few seconds.
Aidan stepped forward from the side, and his aura seemed to expel murderous intent. Alyssa stared as he put himself right below where the cannon was aiming. His eyes were covered in shadows, but Alyssa knew that something bad was about to happen.
"It isn't easy to piss me off." he whispered, but everyone around him could hear due to their Dragon Slayer senses. "However," he continued. "Nothing could possibly enrage me more than cowards who try and destroy their enemies from the shadows, and boast about it!"
His magic surrounded him and raged wildly. Alyssa, even with Iron Dragon scales covering her, had to raise her arms to protect her face. She looked on in astonishment from between her arms as Aidan, now covered in white energy, roared towards the bomber.
"YOU HEAR ME?! YOU'RE THROUGH!' he shouted, then leaned backwards, arching his back. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art!" he yelled, his eyes now emitting blue light so intense that it shot beams of light into the air
The magic circle for his roar appeared on top of his mouth. Alyssa stared at him in confusion. No matter how strong his roar is, it can't stand up to the power of-agh! She was jerked from her thoughts as she felt a small ounce of pain in her stomach.
She looked up to see a magic circle for Iron Dragon Roar appeared above his roar's magic circle. What? was all she could think before she heard Emma and Darius exclaim in surprise. Two more magic circles appeared above the previous two.
Fire and Lightning Dragon Roar magic circles?! Alyssa gasped in amazement as Aidan channeled the powers of Fairy Tail's young Dragon Slayers into him. One more magic circle shimmered into existence, and Alyssa identified it as a Sky Dragon Roar magic circle.
"Unison Raid! United Dragons' Roar!" A tornado of all five elemental powers burst forth from the tunnel of magic circles, and clashed with the blast from the Zeus Cannon.
It was a brief battle, but the Roar managed to slam the Cannon's magic beam back into the barrel, causing a massive explosion that damaged the propulsion generators.
As the bomber began to smoke and descend, Aidan walked towards Alyssa, and helped her up. She looked at him in awe, and he just smiled in a sincere way.
"Come on, Alyssa. Stop crying and sitting there with no hope. This is your family, isn't it? So don't give up on them. Fight for them, no matter how hopeless it seems."
She stood looking at him, shocked, until one last tear dripped to the floor. Then, she hardened her eyes and brushed the tears away.
"Right." she said, her voice still trembling from the emotional despair she was in. Aidan gazed towards Emma and Darius, who were walking towards them with determination and anger in their eyes.
"We're going to rescue everyone. They have to be on the bomber." Emma spoke, and Alyssa nodded and fell in with them. Darius looked at Aidan. "Aidan, you've done a huge favor for us. If you want to go back to the forest and leave this all behind, we won't stop you."
Alyssa jerked her face up to stare at Aidan when she heard that. She didn't want to admit it to herself, but her eyes were probably begging Aidan to stay.
He faced them all, and he cracked his knuckles. "What do you think I am, a liar? I said that I'll take care of them, didn't I?" Emma grinned and jumped excitedly, and Darius nodded as he clapped Aidan on the shoulder.
Alyssa smiled at him, and whispered "Thank you." Aidan turned his back to them. "Consider this my payment for nursing me back to health and treating me with kindness. It's not something I usually get, so I know to pay it back when I'm given it."
They all dashed forward, running towards the now flaming magical bomber, their faces set and determined. "Let's go!" they all shouted as one. "For Fairy Tail!"