Chapter 33
"*huff* *huff* S-SKY DRAGON'S ROAR!" Wendy might have absorbed the Wind Magic in the Abyss Break but there were still elements there that poisoned her system and the blunt force of the Spell took almost all of her strength.
"Sumimasen but you missed." Despite the evil grasp of Sael, Aries still retained some of her gentle personality so she chose Wendy as an opponent because her wool can't physically harm her. "Sumimasen but I have to do this so as not to harm you further. Please, please save Lucy-sama!" The White Lamb cried. "WOOL PRISON: CONSTRICT" It was the best thing Aries could do so as not to cause any more harm. If she managed to cut Wendy from the air; she will faint, ending their fight in an instant.
The sound of clanking metals was heard when Gajeel's metal arm hit Scorpio's tail. Though weak, the Iron Dragon Slayer still managed to get the upper hand in fighting Scorpio but Magic Power was quickly being drained from him and his body can't move as fast.
"SAND BUSTER!" Scorpio gets on his four limbs and shot a powerful sand tornado towards his opponent. Gajeel took notice of this and mustered all of his strength to counter it.
"IRON DRAGON'S ROAR!" He released his own tornado and overwhelmed the sand the Spirit omitted. "IRON DRAGON'S SWORD!" A rapidly rotating large sword with jagged steel blades like a chainsaw swung at The Scorpion. This can't be good. He's loosing consciousness and his body revolted in pain. The Spirit was quick to counter it using his tail. Caught off-guard, Gajeel was thrown into a pile of concrete, his head slamming into a rock and making it bleed and taking his whole consciousness away.
"Aquarius-san, stop it!" Juvia cried. She and Gray have been taking blows by blows of massive waves and they don't know if they could last, considering their situation.
"WATER PILLAR!" Water gathered at both mages feet and rapidly went up, carrying them in mid-air and drowning them.
"ICE MAKE: SLIDE!" Gray froze the water to allow them to descend safely.
"DOUBLE WAVE!" Juvia swiped both of her hands towards each other, creating two waves that slammed Aquarius from both sides.
"ICE MAKE: SUPER FREEZE ARROW!" Gray released an arrow, aiming for Aquarius to be frozen and restrict her movements but just before it could reach The Water Bearer, a dozen arrows shot at the ice, breaking it into shards.
"It seems as if I was on time. Moshi Moshi!" Sagittarius saluted. By that time, the mermaid was able to escape Juvia's Spell and prepared a counterattack. The couple saw this and tried to run away but arrows shoot past them and punctured their clothing into the ground, trapping them.
"GIANT WAVE ATTACK!" Aquarius gathered water in her urn and hurled it towards their opponent with tremendous force.
"SPICA LOCK!" Rocks trapped both Sting and Rogue inside.
"WHITE DRAGON'S HOLY BLAST!" Pieces of rocks flew as both emerged tired from using their Magic Power in trying to release Yukino.
"Virgo, are we going to do that?" Capricorn asked, sharing an unsaid conversation with his fellow Spirit.
"Punishment Time." The Maiden elongated her chains and wrapped it around both Slayers' necks. She swung them in air, taking advantage of their weakness, motion sickness.
"Aaarghhhh!"
"DENEB ALGEDI HOOF BARRAGE!" The Goat rapidly released a torrent of kicks towards the two. Already weak from their injuries and lack of Magic Power, they succumbed and lost consciousness.
"Sting-sama! Rogue-sama!" Yukino broke down in tears in seeing two of her beloved team mates down and unmoving.
"There's only one left." Virgo said out of nowhere.
"Well, it seems to me that you're the only one left." Sael pointed out, a laugh threatening to escape his lips. Lucy was beside him, still unresponsive yet tears are streaming down her cheeks.
"Tch." Lightning burst from where Laxus stood and shot directly towards Sael in an unimaginable speed. Laxus was inches away when Lucy stood in front of his opponent. With the intangibility of his Lightning Body Spell, he passed through Lucy, electrocuting her.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A cry of pure pain deafened his ears. 'No, no, no!' His eyes widened as he watched the woman he love electrocuted in front of him. By him.
"LUCY!" He ran towards her and caught her just before her head slammed on the ground. Soot covered her face and skin, her clothing was in tatters and her hair was in a mess but thankfully, she wasn't burned.
"You fool! Did you really think I was just standing here defenseless this all time?" A maniacal laugh erupted from the older man. "Come to think of it, this just brings back memories. It was just like on her birthday, wasn't it, but in reverse?"
"Bas…" Laxus can't complete his words because something sharp struck him on his abdomen. He looked down and found Lucy, holding Fleuve d'étoiles with the water-like substance hardened in a form of a sword. "…tard!" Blood gushed out of his mouth when he spoke. He jumped a good distance from the blonde girl when the water from her celestial whip dissipated.
"Lucy will fight for me to the death." Smirk made its way towards Laxus' opponent's face "Kill him."
"Gemini, transform into wings." Lucy said in a dead voice. The Twins flew behind their mistress and in a puff of smoke, there, embedded like a part of her flesh was a pair of large, pure, white wings. She activated Fleuve d'étoiles again and formed it into a whip.
"LIGHTNING BODY." Laxus propelled himself towards the man in a different direction but Lucy was quick enough as to block his way. "Ain't done yet! LIGHTNING FLASH!" A flash engulfed the whole room and blinding everyone. Once everyone can't see, he raised his hands and formed lightning between it in a shape of a large spear. He then hurled it towards Sael. "LIGHTNING DRAGON'S HEAVENWARD HALBERD!" The spell connected to the ground, further destroying the surrounding area. The dust cleared and there, emerged his opponent. He was still alive but he was left with a serious burn in his face.
"YOU!" Who would've ever thought that Sael Soneillon, certified bully, will lose his cool?
"Hmmm, seems to me that you've finally lost you're cool, Scarface." Laxus shot him an arrogant smile.
"Arrogance will only lead you to your defeat." Sael matched the young man's smirk with one of his own. The Dragon Slayer's smile quickly faded.
"What the fu…?" He was caught surprised. 'Not again, he still has that Magic drainer!' He thought.
"DARK ENVELOPING CLAW!" A claw made of darkness erupted from the ground, ensnaring Laxus and restraining his movements. It tightened on the wound, making it bleed profusely. He flinched at the pain. "Now, Lucy…"
"Hehehe. You're using Lucy to do all of your dirty work even now that I'm all defenseless. Are you a wimp?" Laxus shot him a challenging smirk.
"Hmmm. Nope, it's just that when dear old Lucy here wakes up from my spell, she will be overwhelmed with grief at the thought that she used her own two hands to kill the man she so dearly loves." Sael burst out laughing in seeing as Laxus' face changed its emotion in a split second.
"FUCK YOU!" The Dragon Slayer bellowed while his opponent continued in his fits of laughter.
"Lucy, take that woman's keys." Soneillon pointed at Yukino who was still crying in the sphere.
'Yukino!' It was what Lucy shouted in her mind. 'Hmph, I can't move. Help! Someone, please stop me!' She looked at her surroundings. Everyone was lying and unconscious on the ground. They were all defeated. No, some are still moving. Natsu stood as did a drenched Gray who supported a coughing Juvia. Gajeel's head was bleeding but there was Wendy who let him lean on her and healed the head injury even in her minuscule Magic Power. Erza walked with Jellal. The man's coat was covering Titania's naked body.
"Lucy!" They all seemed to be calling out to her but she can't hear them. She can only see the way their lips moved.
Lucy's body continued to walk towards the sobbing girl. She finally reached her and in an instant, the sphere evaporated.
"Stand up, Celestial Spirit Mage." Lucy's mouth seemed to have spoken on its own. Yukino still didn't budge. "I said stand up, bitch!" she kicked the white-haired girl in the stomach. Aguria whimpered but she still didn't even give her a reply. "Give me the two remaining keys."
"N-No…" Yukino held her keys tightly.
"Tch." Lucy put her hands in front of her as if choking the girl and using her, Telekinesis, she lifted her in 'mid-air. 'Please, no! Stop! Enough!'
"Stop it! You're killing the girl I love!" Sting, awake and lying on the ground, shouted, surprising everyone present.'How could Lucy-san do this to me? To Yukino?!' The White Dragon Slayer thought, feeling betrayed. After all of their talk, how could she do this? He thought she was sincere…He thought they were family.
'No, Sting!' Lucy shouted in her mind, her heart reaching out for the man she considered as a brother.
"Fine then. If you love her then be with her." There again, her traitorous mouth. She took the three keys from the girl's hands and dropped her like a ragdoll. "Well, this Ophiuchus Key doesn't even have value to me." The blonde then threw the thirteenth key back to its owner.
"Good job, my dear." Sael praised as Lucy reached him. "Now, close all of your Spirit's Gates and give those keys to me."
"Forced Closure." All Spirits then disappeared in a golden light. The blonde then handed all of the twelve keys to the demon.
"For the final part of this show, your last job is to kill that man." Time seemed to have stopped at that moment. Her heart pumped harder and beat louder. Blood raced in her veins.
'Kill Laxus? Why? No!' Memories of their experiences together flooded her mind. 'He took care of me when I was in a coma and has amnesia! He trained me to be an S-Class, the one thing I vowed to prove to my teammates! He gave me those three flowers when I was so stupid to trip on my own foot. I still remember it. It was red, pink and yellow. I know because I have it preserved in a Lacrima. Though the colors are so different and he has no sense of color combination, I still am grateful to receive such a gift from a Laxus Dreyar, The Laxus Dreyar. He even worked hard to give this necklace to me as a birthday present. He proposed to me even though we just confessed to each other. Those five months that I told him to prove his love to me…not one day he missed a thing. He even bought me back the mansion Mama and Papa worked so hard to build. He wants to surprise me in our wedding day. He's egotistic, full of pride, he's a bear of a man who eats more than his fair share, he's a pervert, he doesn't know how to cook but…but…'
'I love him.'
'I love him to the point that I can't bear to see him get hurt. I want to build a family with him. And just like him, I want to make thirty babies and that is why…and that is why…I can't kill the man I want to share my eternity with.'
"G-G-Go... R-Run-n… Laxu-us-s…" Lucy stuttered, she was sobbing. Tears dominated her cheeks. She extended her whip and dispelled the Magical claws binding him. "K-Kill m-me-e…"
"No. I'm not running anymore because I vowed to myself that I will be the one who will protect you." Laxus gave her one of his rare sincere smiles. "And we still have to make thirty babies." He chuckled, blood dripping from his mouth.
"How dramatic. Strike him right through the heart."
Her body seemed to have moved on its own. The water in the Fleuve d'étoiles became a sword. She took on a battle stance and rushed towards Laxus.
'NOOOOOO!' Second ticked slowly. It was like watching a movie in slow motion. Everything focused on the man before her while the background drowned in a sea of blurry images. Move, body! Move! Please! Stop me, please! Anybody! She was almost there. Her eyes were brimming with undaunted flow of tears.
"NO, LAXUS!" She let out a loud shriek and just like that, everything snapped back into place and her body stopped. The curse broke and Lucy collapsed in Laxus' bare chest.
A/N: Here's the third of the last eight chapters. I sure do hope that the writing style's not too messed up. -_-
supercrazyperson: Hahaha. You are right that no one has the right to torture Laxus...I'm gonna make sure of that! :D
twilightamanda: You are right. LaLu fans will definitely kill me if they our beloved blond couple doesn't get a happy ending (in heaven. hahaha XD) I really hope I won't get too cliched -_-
