Hey guys, here is the next chapter in this story.
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Chapter Thirty-Two
Unison Raid
Rave approached the fallen GrayHood as Natsu turned his attention toward her. The boy`s body was covered in bruises as the scale that was upon his body disappeared along with his flames. Then Natsu fell down upon his knee.
"W…Wow," he said, "I…I feel so weak…"
"You just used up all of your magical power," Rave told him, "I won't be surprised if you pass out right now."
The young woman kneeled beside the unconscious GrayHood has she put a hand upon his body. Then a magic circle appeared.
"Capture Crystal Magic: Retraction," she whispered.
Magical energy started to appear around GrayHood`s form causing Natsu beside her to gasp slightly at the display before it solidified unto a small blue orb in her hand.
"W…What is that?" he asked.
"Keys," Rave answered him pocketing the orb, "Keys I need to achieve my goal."
She then turned toward the young man who was staring at her before turning his attention back toward the end of the road.
"Lucy," he whispered.
"She will be fine," Rave told him, "I send her to the Guild Hall to find Wendy so that she can be healed. If I had arrived any seconds later…she might have died."
Natsu looked down at the ground, tightening his fists, staring at GrayHood.
"Did the Dragon Slayers cause so much destruction back then?" he asked.
Rave stared at him, her eyes unblinking.
"Sometimes after the War," she said, "Rogue Dragon Slayers attacked many towns in the south regions of Fiore. I never knew the reason of those attacks, but I was pretty sure that they wanted to get back at the King for disbanding the troops and with their Dragon mentors abandoning them with my brother`s rampage…you can say that it was a dark time for the world."
Natsu turned his attention toward Rave as the young woman glanced toward the sky.
"But you lived during those times," he said, "Why don`t you hate us?"
Rave glanced at him.
"I just don`t see the point in hating Dragon Slayers anymore," she said, "Sure they have caused some heavy losses but that`s what all those men and woman knew. That was the reason they were trained, to fight to kill. Can we hardly blame them for doing this after taking those away from them?"
Rave sighed.
"You are still a young man Natsu," she said, "I am glad that your generation hadn`t faced what I faced…that everyone at Fairy Tail still have their innocence with them. Maybe your generation is the key to shape this world`s future."
Natsu smiled at her.
"Yeah," he said, "and when we`re done with those guys…All of us will have new adventures together."
Rave glanced at him in surprise but she gave him a smile and raising her fist causing Natsu to blink.
"What?"
"Well this is a sign of respect," she said, "Bump your fist with mine."
Natsu raised his own fist and the duo bumped fist.
"Now, you have my respect Natsu Dragneel, Son of Igneel."
Meanwhile
Juvia was huffing slightly as she was on one knee, as block of ices which some of them looked to be sliced clean all lying around them. She glanced up at the woman across her Siren who looked quite the same as before thought she was slightly out of breath.
The Water Mage turned her eyes toward Gray who was shirtless and lying upon the ground a little farther away. The young man was breathing heavily and looked a little worse for wear as he lied there.
"I think fighting me was a mismatch for you Ice Wizard," Siren said smirking, "Your magic have no effect upon my body what-so-ever."
Gray stood back up, grunting in pain with one of his eyes open as he stared at her.
"Even so," the young man said, "I am not about to give up this fight."
Siren shook her head.
"Really," she said, "You didn`t even touch me once during the entire time and only the water mage know how to hit my body. Everytime you freeze me, you just turn my body into a buffet that I could enjoy and strengthen my own magic power."
Gray looked up at her.
"I was the one to defeat Juvia and she had the same body as you do," he said, "Then I will find a way to defeat you."
Gray-sama, Juvia thought, you are so…handsome…
The young ice mage charged forward and Siren simply let out a soft sigh before raising her hand at him.
"Water Tower," she said.
The frozen ice they were standing on suddenly broke from beneath their feet as large towers made out of water grew out of the ground beneath Gray`s feet throwing the young man in the air as he yelled out and then he glance down toward it turning the entire water into a tower of ice.
"Ice Make, Saucer," Gray yelled.
The attack aimed straight at Siren as it went straight through her form causing her water body to splash around.
"Really, is that the best you can do," Siren said.
"Water Slicers," Juvia yelled sending slices of water toward Siren who avoided them by turning into water and jumping out of the way.
Juvia herself charged forward turning into water also and the two clashed into each other with great force causing the two women to turn back to their normal form. Juvia landed on the ground in a crouch along with Siren who smirked.
"Impressive," she said, "You were able to cancel my Water Body spell but it seems that the effect passed on unto you."
Gray who was standing on top of the ice Tower placed his hands together and drew them apart as a large cannon took shape in his arms.
"Ice Make Cannon," he yelled.
The ball of ice aimed straight toward Siren and Juvia took this to quickly attack while Siren`s attention had been drawn by the oncoming Ice Cannon.
"Water Wave," Juvia said.
A large wave of water aimed straight for Siren who raised both of her hands joining them together.
"It will take more than that to defeat me," she said, "Water Vent."
The wave was blow backward by a burst of air along with the Ice Cannon causing Juvia`s eyes to widen slightly.
"You know Sky magic also?" she asked.
"No this is just a minor branch of Water Magic," Siren said, "You know that water have oxygen inside of it…that oxygen is what I just used...almost had me there for at least a few seconds."
Gray landed on the ground beside Juvia as the duo stood across Siren.
"But I must say, you are quite a Mage," Siren continued her eyes upon Juvia, "As much as I hate to say it, you probably could match me if we had met back then. But even so, you still have so much untapped potential…"
"Alright enough talk," Gray said stepping forward, "Juvia we are going to end this."
A large blush grew on Juvia`s face as she nodded at him. Siren took notice of the change in the girl`s ace as a smirk grew upon her lips.
"Oh, so that`s how it is," she said, "You love this man."
Gray`s eyes widened in surprise and a blush grew upon his face along with Juvia.
"W…W…Wait, it`s not what it looks like," he said.
"I…I…That`s…," Juvia said her blush growing.
Siren`s smirk turned feral.
"I guess it's time to unveil my trump card," she said.
The duo suddenly got tense across her.
"The forbidden Arts of Magic," Siren said, "One of the Three Darkest magic ever created…Blood Magic."
Gray narrowed his eyes.
"So you`ve got more tricks up your sleeves eh," he said, "Then well I got a few of my own."
Gray charged forward at her and a red circle appeared upon Siren`s hand.
"Then maybe you will like to be my first…victim," she said.
The young man launched his magic forward and Siren slammed her palm unto his stomach causing him to gasp in pain as he was thrown backward into the ground. Juvia quickly ran toward her fallen prince finding a magic seal upon his skin.
"What...?" she said before turning toward Siren, "What have you done to Gray-sama?"
Siren smirk widened even more.
"Watch," she said, "Now come to me, Gray"
To Juvia`s utmost surprise, Gray stood up from where he was lying on the ground and walked toward Siren leaving Juvia staring at his back.
"G…Gray-sama," she yelled.
But Gray didn`t even turned around at her yell and came to a stop beside Siren, a carefree smile upon his face.
"Quite a handsome one he is," she said, "But he holds nothing over Zeref…"
Siren turned her attention toward Juvia who was standing up.
"It`s quite fascinating how you turn into a complete idiot when you are around him," she said, "Without him, you could have been stronger than you are now."
"Let Gray-sama go," Juvia said an angry look crossing her face.
Siren chuckled darkly.
"Such a fragile thing love is," she said, "You never know when something…will snap it in half. Gray, kiss me on the lips like a lover."
Juvia`s entire face whitened as she watched Gray obeying the command and kissed her fully on the lips.
Gray…Sama, the blue haired Water Mage thought, her mouth dropping open.
Siren stepped away from the kiss, licking her lips.
"Mm," she smiled, "He tasted…"
PUNCH!
A punch slammed on the side of her face actually surprising the heck out of her before she was send flying backward landing on the ground. She massed her check glancing toward the girl finding Juvia standing there, her eyes white with rage and steam was coming out of her body in large amounts.
"DON'T YOU DARE USE GRAY-SAMA AS AN PLAYTHING," Juvia yelled at her, "ONLY JUVIA IS ALLOWED TO BECOME AN PLAYTHING FOR GRAY-SAMA."
A large sweat drop appeared on Siren`s head.
"What kind of twisted relationship do you two have?"
Then Juvia actually glared at her.
"and don`t you ever question Juvia`s love for Gray-sama," the Water Mage said, "or I will kill you."
Siren smirked.
"Bring it," she said.
"Water Typhoon," Juvia yelled.
"Poseidon Rage," Siren said.
The two spell slammed into each other causing a large burst of water to take place all around them and Juvia charged forward, her body turning into water as she reached enveloped Gray into her water body.
"What the heck are you doing?"
Then Juvia reformed herself holding Gray into her arms.
"I know Gray-sama`s feeling," she said, "And what his feelings are telling me is that…you should have never made light of Fairy Tail."
Both of their bodies started to glow causing Siren to widen her eyes.
What the…He is still under the control of my Blood Seal, she thought, How can he be using Magic to attack me?
Juvia had a focused look upon her face as she felt Gray`s magic working with hers. It was like she can hear his voice talking to her…telling her that he was with her a hundred and ten percent.
"I hear your feelings Gray-sama," she said, "Let our feelings speak for ourselves in the name of our guild."
Two large magical circles materialized above the duo that stood together.
"UNISON RAID,"
The large powerful magic brightened the area as it completely overwhelmed Siren throwing the girl back…
This is impossible, she thought as she flew back into the air, How can I lose to such weak Wizards? I am the Sea God Slayer…I had slain the Great Poseidon himself…so how…How could I lose…
The blood seal that was upon Gray`s body disappeared as the young man fell forward and Juvia turned toward him, instantly taking hold of him.
"Gray-sama," she said alarmed.
"Sorry," Gray said, "I am feeling a little bit weak."
Then he turned toward her.
"But…you were great out there Juvia," he said, "I am impressed that you managed to bring her down."
Juvia looked down blushing.
"I had Gray-sama`s help," she said.
Gray chuckled.
"Hey, Juvia" he said, "From now on…just call me Gray. I think we have been friends long enough don't you think?"
Victory over Siren...
Next time: A will to move Forward
Jacques0 out.
R&R.