Shello everybody! today is July 20. It is also the day my BIRTHDAY FALLS ON! yep, that's right... I'm officially 16 years old as of 7:20 a.m. I wanted to post the longest chapter I have ever typed on this special day. So I hope you all enjoy it.
A sound soul
Dwells within a sound mind
And a sound body
EGYPT
"Let's go Jellal. Transform!" Erza yelled. Jellal nodded his head and suddenly, he was a pure black double-edged warrior's sword with a thin line of silver outlining the blade and spikes on the butt of the sword.
Erza ran away from the little girl and towards the church. She was determined to avenge the children Ramadan brutally murdered. When she finally came to the front doors of the church, she kicked them open, one of them flying off its hinges.
"Ramadan! Where are you, you bastard? Release the child, NOW!" Erza yelled. She looked around and found no traces of their target or the girls brother, the only think that would even suggest there was something here was the entire room was vacant. No chairs, carpets, books...nothing.
"Where is it, Erza?" Jellal asked.
Erza looked at his reflection and responded, "I have no idea. A back room maybe? Do you think it's even here?"
"From the looks of it, no." Jellel said. Erza started to walk towards the back of the church but when she reached the center of the room, she heard a noise above her.
"The hell?" Erza said as the looked up, only to find a crazed Ramadan. Ramadan jumped down from his hiding spot and Erza just barely dodged.
"Where is the boy, Ramadan?" Erza demanded.
"Wouldn't you like to know" the creature hissed, then made a laugh that sounded sadistic. Erza looked at him with disgust.
"I will make you pay for the raping and murders of all those innocent children!" Erza yelled and charged at him. She jabbed the point side at him and he dodged, as she predicted, and swung the spiked end at his direction, landing a direct hit on him.
"You bitch" he hissed.
"Erza" Jellal warned and Erza side-stepped to the left, dodging another attack that Ramadan tried make. Erza then jumped in the air and landed a good five feet away from him so she could plan a successful attack.
"Jellal. Soul resonance" Erza said.
"Let's go, SOUL RESONANCE!" Erza and Jellal shouted at the same time. When their souls were done resonating, Erza made Jellal's blade five feet longer, successfully making a deep gash on its left side.
He's distracted, Erza thought as she saw Ramadan looking at his new wound. Erza turned it into her advantage and retracted the size of her swords and charged at him. When she got in front of Ramadan, she pointed the blade towards his chest and extended the blade two feet.
"Damn it!" he shouted as he started evaporating, a soul now in his place. Jellal changed back into his human form and smiled at his meister. He then saw the ghost of the little girl at the doors of the church. Jellal started walking towards her and Erza followed him.
"Your free. Find your brother and go." Jellal said. The little girl smiled a sad but bright smile at them and called out to her brother.
"Joseph! Come out! We're safe now!" she yelled. Finally, Joseph came through the back wall .
"Suzuki!" Joseph exclaimed, tears of happiness flowing out of his eyes. Suzuki ran passed Erza and Jellal to her brother, instantly engulfing him into a hug.
"Thank you" they both said as they started to slowly disappear...
LONDON
Gray was outnumbered the moment he stepped into room 613. He knew that, yet he still went into a defensive stance, thinking he could actually take out these ghosts.
"Damn" he muttered. Gray looked around the room, hoping to find Beverly in the room, which he did. She was in a far corner to the right, all the way on the other side of the room.
"Damn iiit" Gray whined, still muttering. So far, he didn't like the odds. But when has he ever let it scare him? Never. There were about nine children blocking the path, but Gray hoped they liked him better than their killer, for he charged right through the crowd.
Thankfully, however, he was right. The children did like him better. They didn't even touch Gray as he flew past them. He pointed Juvia towards the direction of Beverly and shot. Compressed water bullets shot out and were heading in the direction of Beverly.
She dodged just at the right moment and flash-stepped in front of Gray, kicking him and sending him into the wall. He was shocked, the bullets may be made of water, but they go towards the target at 80 miles per hour, no matter the distance. How could she have dodged that? Gray thought.
He got up from the floor and shot again, this time shooting multiple times and following Beverly's movements. A pained shout was heard in the room.
"Did we finally hit her, Gray-sama?" Juvia asked. Instead of answering, Gray just tilted the pistol towards the scene. Beverly finally got hit! Her right shoulder had a hole where the bullet shot in it.
"Let's do it before she pays attention to us again" Gray said.
"Lets go, SOUL RESONANCE!" they shouted and Juvia went from a machine pistol, to a mini cannon with an enlarged rifle sight attached to the top.
"We're shooting ice this time, got it?" Gray said.
"Got it" Juvia responded. Juvia's weapon form can fire both water and ice bullets, both at the same speed. Gray aimed in the center of Beverly's stomach and shot several cannon sized ball of ice.
"Ghaaaaa!" Beverly shouted in pain before disintegrating and leaving a soul in her place.
"We got her, Juvia" Gray breathed heavily. His back hurt from when Beverly kicked him into the wall and he was out of breath from all the running, but it was worth it.
Juvia turned back into her machine pistol form and then back into her human form. "Juvia is happy that we are successful."
Gray nodded his head, "Yea. Me too," Gray turned to the children, "You can all go now, you know that right?" he asked.
The oldest, a boy that looked eleven, stepped forward and said, "But what about mamma? I wanna see mamma again" he started crying. Then, all the children started crying. Juvia felt so bad for them, for them to die without being allowed to see their mother's again.
Finally, Juvia walked to the eldest and knelled in front of him, "Don't cry. Juvia doesn't like seeing children cry. Come here, all of you" she said, widening her arms in a hugging gesture, tears softly coming out of her eyes.
"Juvia..." Gray softly said. He wanted to say more, but decided to let his partner handle it. After all, he couldn't act like a mother.
"Come into Juvia's arms, children. Juvia will comfort you" she said. Suddenly, all the children were going to her. The eldest running and the youngest crawling fast. They turned their bodies hard, so when they reached Juvia, she could hug them. One-by-one, the children starting fading. The only kid left that looked only a few weeks old, was the last. Juvia realized the child couldn't crawl well and walked to him. When she reached him, she picked him up and held him close, the baby finally started fading.
When he finished fading, Juvia landed on the floor and started crying. Gray walked up to her, pulled her into his arms, and hugged her.
CROATIA
"I feel Vinko's soul near the east side of the building" Levy said. Gajeel nodded and started leading the way, Levy following close behind him. When they got close enough to where Levy said Vinko was, Levy told Gajeel to transform.
In seconds he turned into a pure iron double-edged battle ax. Levy easily picked said ax up, because to her, it weighed no less than a feather even though it was more than half her height, and weighed over 100 lb.
Levy walked down the only east wing the mental institution had and started walking towards the last room in the wing. If Levy didn't have her soul perception, she might have been in here longer than she would've liked, so she was grateful to have it. Levy finally made it to the last room in the east wing and walked inside. When she was fully in, she started looking around. He was nowhere to be seen, but Levy knew where he was.
"Gotcha" she whispered and jumped into the air and swung her ax. Vinko was right on the ceiling and Levy could see the shocked look his face when he barely dodged the ax's blade.
"What the fuck!? How did you know I was there?" Vinko demanded.
"I don't see the need to answer to the likes of you" Levy rudely responded and charged again. She used her right leg and used it to give her a boost so she could jump in the air and brought the ax down. Vinko side-stepped and the ax created a creator sized hole into the floor. Vinko brought his elbow up and brought down on her head.
"Kyaa!" Levy screamed.
"Levy!" Gajeel shouted, worried for his meister. If Vinko hurt her badly, he would kill Vinko and not have any mercy...
"I-I'm fine Gajeel" Levy stuttered and slowly stood up. She was mad now. Not from getting hit, but from Vinko thinking she was weak enough to turn his back on her. Well, I'll show him, Levy thought. She ran towards him and swung Gajeel to the side and landed a direct hit on his leg, for he jumped before she could get his side.
Vinko's entire right leg was completely gone, from the top of his upper thigh down.
"You bitch!" Vinko yelled and jumped into the air.
"Gajeel" Levy said.
"I already know" he responded.
"Let's go, SOUL RESONANCE!"
Levy could already feel it working. The iron in the ax was getting heavier, but not for her, and she could tell immediately that she could change the size of Gajeel's blade.
"Gajeel, grow!" Levy yelled and the ax part was getting 10x bigger than it originally was and also got longer. Levy jumped high into the air and swung. Effectively cutting Vinko in half. When Levy landed, Vinko's soul landed right in front of her.
Gajeel transformed back into his human form and went to Levy. "You sure your all right bookworm?" Gajeel asked, checking her head.
"Positive, Gajeel. Don't worry, I've survived worse, you know that!" Levy tried making Gajeel feel better and not worry about her. In all truth, it hurt like hell, but she hated making Gajeel worry about her.
Gajeel called her bullshit and picked her up and swung her over his shoulder, leaving the asylum and heading to a bookstore.
HUNGARY
Romeo ran towards the girl hanging in the tree. When he got there- even though it was futile- he tried using the blade on his spear to cut the rope. When that didn't work, he cut the branch off. When he finally made the branch fall off, the girl landed on the grass and looked up at them.
"Thank you, though it is useless. She can make me suffer anywhere" the ghost said.
"I won't let that happen anymore. I'm going to end it for all of you that are trapped here. What's your name?" Romeo asked.
"My name is Katalin. And I thank you. I don't know where the others are, though. I was one of the first to die by her hand" Katalin said.
Romeo smiled sadly at Katalin. "Don't worry. Can you tell us where Elizabeth is?" he asked.
"Somewhere inside the castle I think" Katalin responded. Romeo nodded his thanks and ran back towards the front of the building. When he reached the heavy oak doors, he kicked them open and rushed inside.
"Elizabeth! Where are you!?" he shouted.
"R-Romeo! Don't just shout like that!" Wendy warned him.
He looked at her and muttered, "Sorry."
Out of the two of them, Wendy had to be the more gentle and was the smarter one. Romeo on the other hand...he acted more like Wendy's brother. Romeo started looking in all the rooms down stairs. When he got to the third room, he heard a woman's voice coming from above him.
"If you want to find me, I'll save you the trouble and tell you. I'm right above you" he heard Elizabeth say. Romeo ran out of the room, up the grand staircase, and into the room he thought was right above the room downstairs.
"Found you, you bitch!" Romeo shouted and Wendy sweat-dropped.
Romeo jumped into the air and brought the spear, point-side, down in a clean thrust. Elizabeth got hit on the left shoulder, but it was only just a graze. When Romeo landed, Elizabeth jumped into the ait and landed on his back, sending him through the floor and downstairs.
"Maybe you should think before you act little boy" she hissed and jumped down, trying to land on Romeo. Before she got the chance to, though, he rolled to the side and jumped up to his feet again.
He ran about three feet away from her and turned around, "Wendy."
"Right."
"Let's go, SOUL RESONANCE!"
Romeo held Wendy and started spinning her around in a circle, creating a mini tornado. You see, Wendy is an elemental weapon- which are extremely rare, so when soul resonating, she can manipulate the wind.
When Romeo made a decent sized tornado, he jumped to the second floor and watched as Elizabeth got sucked in and got spit out the top. When she came flying out, Romeo jumped into the air and stabbed her in the chest.
Romeo landed back on the ground and Wendy turned back into her human form, the tornado going with it, and Elizabeth's soul landing gently in front of them.
"I'm glad we saved all the souls here. These women have suffered enough, it's about time fro them to finally be set free" Wendy softly said. Romeo looked at her and smiled. They went to the yard and found Katalin. She was smiling at them and before she finally vanished, she mouthed the words-
"Thank you."
AULSTRALIA
Lisanna transformed into a pure white-gold katana. When she fully changed, Laxus caught her and swung at Eric, who dodged. Dammit, he got a better start than us, Laxus thought as he dodged an attack from Eric.
Eric and Laxus landed a good five feet away from each other, the two were sizing the other up, trying to find weaknesses and strengths.
From what Laxus could tell, Eric was hunched over and seemed to be favoring his left leg more.
And that's where I'll hit him, Laxus thought. He flash-stepped to the right pf Eric, making him move and exposing his left side, after Eric moved, Laxus brought the blade down on his leg, cutting it off.
"Bastard!" Eric yelled.
"Laxus! Be careful ok? He looks mad" Lisanna said.
"I will, Lis, don't worry" Laxus promised. He walked backwards away from Eric, who was having a spaz-attack because he lost his left leg.
"Should we do soul resonance?" Lisanna asked.
"No need." Laxus answered. He dashed towards Eric and jabbed the katana's blade through where his heart should be, and he twisted it. Laxus yanked the blade out with blood landing on his clothes in the process.
Eric disintegrated, leaving a soul in his place. Lisanna then changed back into her human form. Laxus and Lisanna heard whispers behind them, and slowly turned around. Sure enough, Officer Rodney and two others were standing there, wide-eyed and mouths open.
"W-Wow. Lila...Raiden...what was that?" Rodney asked.
Who? Lisanna thought, then remembered their aliases. She looked at Laxus, who could clearly see she wanted him to say something.
"What you saw was classified. We work for a secret organization that deals with phenomena like what you just witnessed. Can I trust you three to keep this to yourselves? 'Cause, if not, we're going to have a problem" Laxus said, with an evil glint in his eyes. Rodney and the other two officers nodded their heads out of fear and walked away, dust behind them.
"Wow. Good cover up" Lisanna said, amazed. Laxus shrugged his shoulders and started walking towards the exit of the prison, Lisanna following close behind.
ITALY
"Scream Resonance!" Imitatia and Midnight yelled out. Suddenly, in a matter of seconds, screams were heard throughout the whole building.
"Kyaa! My ears!" Lucy shouted out, her hands clutching her head.
"What the hell is this!?" Natsu asked, him doing the same thing Lucy was. Suddenly, the screaming stopped and the two teens uncovered their ears.
"Why the hell are you here!? We have no need for you. Get out and tell us where Leonarda is!" Lucy yelled. Imitatia shook her head.
"I already killed her. Your to late. Now I have to kill you" she said and then the screaming started up again.
"Gyaa! Lucy! Transform!" Natsu yelled. Luckily, she could read Natsu's lips. Lucy transformed and Natsu caught her. As soon as Lucy was in his hands, he swung her around and got into a defensive stance. The screaming stopped once again and Imitatia started freaking out.
"Why do you have to be my opponent!? I wanted Nee-san to be my opponent! I don't like men.. they're so scary.." she started crying and shaking.
"Nee-san?" Lucy asked. Lucy didn't even know her. So why was she calling her Nee-san? Natsu, of course, didn't notice and went on, asking questions.
"What do you mean 'kill us'? And what are you? I've never seen a weapon like yours."
"I am my own weapon. Did you know I have black blood? It can harden and take the form of Midnight, here. It's very helpful" Imitatia said.
"Is Imitatia your real name?" Lucy didn't know why she asked that. It feels as if she knows this person.
"No. But it's the name my adoptive mother gave me. My real name is Michelle. Please, Nee-san, call me by that name" she begged.
"Michelle..." Lucy muttered. How did she know her?
Natsu, who was still oblivious to the situation, charged at Michelle and grazed her shoulder, but no blood came out. Correction: blood came out, but it was black and it hardened, making it look like glass was coming out of the wound.
"W-What?" Natsu stuttered and stepped back.
"I told you, didn't I? My blood can harden" Michelle explained. She then used Midnight and counter-attacked. Natsu brought Lucy up and and deflected it, successfully making Michelle step back a few inches so that Natsu could regain his footing.
"Should we try Soul Resonance?" Natsu asked.
"We just became partners! We haven't even tried attempting it yet!" Lucy answered.
"I'll take that as a yes" Natsu said. Lucy sighed and went along with it.
"Let's go, SOUL RESONANCE!" when they finished, Natsu examined the blade in his hands. It was slightly bigger and longer, but other than that it looked the same. Natsu brought the sword up above his head and brought it down. What he didn't expect, was, a sharp gust of air going towards Michelle, which she dodged.
"This thing can attack from farther away!?" Natsu shouted out, surprised.
"I am not a thing, you asshole!" Lucy yelled and Natsu looked at her sheepishly.
"Wow, Nee-san! You can do that!?" Michell exclaimed, surprised, "That's amazing! My Nee-san is amazing!" Michelle looked at Lucy in awe.
Now, while she's distracted, Natsu thought and ran up to her. He jumped into the air and swung the blade down in several positions, gusts of wind coming from each one. Michelle managed to dodge all of them except for the last one, which cut her in the chest.
"That hurt" Michelle said and started the scream resonance with midnight again.
"Use me to block!" Lucy told him. Suddenly, an image from the first day they became partners popped into his mind. All the blood...
"I can't." Natsu said. He could see the tick marks coming from the sword.
"Dammit, Natsu, do it! I'm prepared to get hurt for you! It's a weapons position to protect their meister at all costs! I'll die for your sorry ass if I have to!" Lucy shouted. Even thought she says that, Natsu still can't do it.
Finally, screaming could be heard throughout the room. Natsu was distracted and Michelle jumped in the air, and prepared to strike. But Lucy changed back into her human form and acted as a shield.
When Michelle brought down the sword, it cut Lucy from her left shoulder blade to her right hip, reopening the first wound. Lucy's eyes widened and she fell, Natsu catching her. He couldn't believe it, she actually used herself as a shield. Natsu looked up and saw that Michelle had the same facial expression he had: wide eyes and mouth hanging open.
Midnight changed back from his sword form and started congratulating her, "Good job. Didn't know you had it in you, you snot-nosed brat."
Natsu couldn't speak. Was too shocked to. Finally, after what seemed like a millennium, he shouted,
"LUCY!"
Hope Y'all liked this chapter! this is my longest one! nine pages of action-packed awesomness! at lease, that's how I feel... I hope you feel the same also.
I tried adding some character romances in this chapter. Like some faint Gruvia and GaLe. I hope I did a good job at it...
Until Next Time!