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Chapter Thirty Three

A will to move forward

Juvia stared at the man in front of her, her eyes going wide in shock. She had a blush growing upon her cheeks at the small smirk that Gray had upon his lips as he stared at her.

"G…Gray-sama," she whispered.

The young man stood up and extended a hand toward her. Juvia stared at it for a few seconds before she took hold of the hand. He pulled her up.

"Well, you went a long way from being a Phantom Lord Elemental Four," he said, "and from what you have done for us during the exam at Tenrou Island. I can consider you a great friend now, and friends don't address each other so formally."

Juvia looked down at their joined hands, and for once, she didn`t feel as if she was going to act all weird again. Then she smiled.

"I will, Gray," she said with a smile.

"Y…You, stupid…," a voice said.

The duo turned their attention toward Siren who was slowly getting back up on her feet. Her hair was in disarray as her clothes sported a few rips in places. Her eyes were glaring at them in anger, and breathing heavily.

"You are still conscious after being hit with the Unison Raid," Juvia said.

"I am a God Slayer," Siren growled, "Something as pathetic as that magic will not keep me down…"

She stumbled as she stepped forward and falls back unto her knees.

"Damn it," she swore.

"It seems that last one took more out of you than you think," Gray said staring at the enemy.

Siren stared at the ground.

"How can we have fallen so low?" she said, "We are the soldiers picked by Lord Zeref himself…we are the best of the best…how can I lose to such pathetic Wizards like you?"

Gray stared at her, frowning to himself but it was Juvia who spoke.

"You don't know anything about having friends."

Siren looked up at her.

"I was always alone back when I was in Phantom Lord," Juvia continued, "I used to think that the world was against me. I was so alone that even my magical element drew everyone away from me…"

Juvia looked down at the ground for a few second, before looking up toward Siren.

"But Fairy Tail was able to give something that Juvia longed for so long," she said, "I was able to become strong and have friends within the guild. At first, Juvia didn't understand why she was able to become so strong…thought Juvia believed that it was because she found love."

She shook her head.

"But it was on Tenrou Island that Juvia realized it," Juvia said, "When we were all standing together hands in hands facing Acnologia. Juvia realize that she had people that she could count on…that she didn`t have to be alone anymore. That no matter what disaster come in her way, Juvia will be able to face it with her friends."

The Water Mage found Siren`s eyes.

"The feelings that Juvia shares with everyone in Fairy Tail is the strength that she had found to go forward. With those feelings, no matter how strong you are, Fairy Tail will always be stronger."

Gray`s eyes widened as he watched the young woman beside him.

Juvia…, she thought.

Siren stood up.

"The strengths of your feelings eh," she said slowly.

"Unlike me," Juvia said, "You never found your strength to go forward in life…you are trapped in the past."

The woman eyes suddenly snapped forward, her eyes showing her anger.

"Don`t you dare patronize me," she roared, "I am the Sea God Slayer, and I have brought fear to those who hears my name…I have the power to slay Gods. Feelings don`t matter in war."

Suddenly a large magical circle appeared upon her form.

"And I will take all of you into oblivion," Siren yelled.

But before she could even cast the spell, Juvia was upon her slamming a fist straight into the young woman`s chest causing her to widen her eyes in shock.

H…How did she…, Siren thought.

The attack threw her back and into the ground again. Juvia stood before her, her blue eyes showing nothing but determination.

"Juvia…," Gray said running forward.

The young woman didn`t answer him as she stared at Siren on the ground. The God Slayer didn`t even bother to stand up as she lied there staring at the sky. She notices the few birds that were flying above as her eyes stared up.

W…What is the matter with me? She thought, Where did all my strength go?

The young woman tightened her hands into fist before pulling herself up. She stared up at Juvia and pulled her hand into her robes, causing Juvia to tense.

"I can`t believe I am losing to the likes of you," she said, pulling out a short sword from within her robes.

"So you are going to fight me with a sword now," Juvia said getting ready.

Siren stared at the blade in her hand.

"You said that I was only remaining in the past," she said, "That I never tried to move on…What happened to me, was always in the past. My friends, my family and my fiancée…they are all in the past. I joined Zeref so I can fight for them…"

She raised the blade in the air.

"If I can`t do this, then I don`t have the right to live anymore," she said.

Then she plunged to blade down…toward her own body. Juvia`s eyes widened at what she was doing and raised a hand at her, running.

"No, don't…," she yelled.

Siren stabbed the blade straight through her chest. Suddenly a light grew from her body as she threw herself backward screaming in pain and then, the light disappeared leaving Siren on the ground and in front of both Juvia`s and Gray eyes, her skin was slowly dying away turning to dust.

The Water Mage quickly ran forward and kneeled beside her.

"W…Why did you do this?" she asked, shocked, "There was no need for you to die."

"Without Zeref…there is nothing else for me," Siren said, "That is the path I have chosen…and no one else…"

Siren`s eyes turns toward her.

"And for your information…I died…a long time ago. This is only a relic of who I was…"

Then she completely turned to dust right in front Juvia who widened her eyes in shock. Gray who was standing down at the event, looked down toward the dust that was still on the ground.

"She…she turned to dust," he said, "W…What the hell kind of magic was that?"

Juvia stood up and glanced toward him.

"A relic of who she was," she murmured.

Gray glanced at her.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Just something that`s bugging Juvia," she said, "We best go back to the Guild and share what we did with the Master."

Gray nodded.

"Let`s hope the rest of the guys have better time than us," he said.

With that the duo ran back toward where the guild was located.

Meanwhile

Gajeel approached the battle in front of him, a smirk upon his face. He stared at the number of enemy that was in front of him.

"Well, this shall be fun," he said.

"Don`t underestimate them Gajeel," Erza said, "They are stronger than they look."

Gajeel chuckled darkly.

"Well the stronger they are," he said as he watched an oncoming creature dash for him.

One of his hand transformed into an iron rod with he threw forward, slamming it into the creature`s face throwing it backward and into the ground.

"The more fun it is to beat them down."

Sanath actually chuckled at that.

"You`re quite a feisty one," he said, "You remind me quite of the other Dragon Slayers from back then. Those who only wanted to destroy and kill."

Erza looked up at him as she transformed into another of her armor with the long red pants and the two blades she holds. Gajeel looked up toward Sanath, narrowing his red eyes at him.

"So what?" he said, "I didn`t come here to relive history with you. I only came to beat you up for what you`re doing to the city."

Sanath smirked.

"Oh, really," he said holding three rings in his hands, "Let`s see how well you do against my most powerful Spirits."

"Avaluian," he yelled out.

The large bird like creature appeared and it let out a large kweh sound. Gajeel looked up at it and smirked.

"What the bird is going to do?" he smirked, "Poop on me?"

A large magical circle appeared around the bird`s beak as it let out a large sonic sound toward Gajeel and Erza destroying the area around them and throwing the two wizards back into the ground.

Gajeel put his hand into his head, at the pounding headache he had.

"Damn it…," he said.

Erza had both of her hands upon her head as she stared at the creature in front of her. She turned her gaze toward Gajeel noticing that he was also holding his head. The young man probably had it worse with his sense of hearing even stronger than normal people because he was a Dragon Slayer.

If those are his strongest...that will mean, the rest where…

"Now, face the beast of Thunder…Zakura."

A large humanoid creature appeared beside Sanath, the entire body covered in black plates with the two eyes shining like pool of fire as it stared at them.

"Now Zakura, finish them while they are vulnerable," Sanath yelled.

Zakura`s eyes flashed as a large magic circle appeared in front of him and then it launched large blast of lightning aiming straight toward the duo.

"Thunder Devastation,"

But before the thunder could actually reach the trio, Erza transformed back into her Adamantine Armor, blocking the attack thought she was grunting at how powerful it was…

This thing is as strong as Laxus`s full power, she thought.

"Titania," Gajeel said.

"Look, we have to take out the Caster," Erza said, as the lightning dispersed around them, "Or we will only waste our time and magic when we are facing him."

Gajeel smirked.

"So why didn`t you do it then?"

Erza retransformed into her Cheetah Armor.

"Well they were about a good ninety monsters earlier," she said.

Gajeel stared at her back, his eyes going wide.

They were even more of those things out there? He thought, and she took them on all by herself…I guess I shouldn`t be surprised. She is Titania Erza after all.

The Dragon Slayer stood up.

"Well, if`s that`s how you want to do it," he said, "But it will be a drag thought…I wanted to let loose a little."

Erza suddenly had an idea.

"Actually, that might not be a bad plan," she said.

Gajeel gave her a glance, confused.

"What do you mean?"

Erza gave him a side way glance.

"Since I was by myself, I couldn`t actually get close to him with all the monsters he had summoned out," she said, "But with you here we might actually have a chance at defeating him. You could fight the monsters to distract them toward you."

"Be the bait you said, "Gajeel smirked, "and fight those two guys…Now you`re speaking my language Titania."

His entire body was covered in an iron shield as he grinned.

"Time to get wild," he said.

Then the two of them charged forward, and Erza let Gajeel step in front of her as the Dragon Slayer aimed straight for the two monster.

"Alright time to go all out," he said, jumping toward the large birdlike creature.

Avaluian turned toward him and opened his beak again as the sonar like attack charged straight toward him. Gajeel covered his face as the blast pushed him back down toward the ground causing him to crash into a crater.

Well it`s not as bad as last time, he thought standing back up.

The large creature aimed straight at him and Gajeel aimed his hands toward the bird as he let his nails fly into it, piercing the skin causing it to yell out in pain. Seeing this, Gajeel smirked to himself as his arms transformed into a blade and the spiky side started to rotate forming a chainsaw.

"Well you like that birdy?" he asked, running toward the creature "For there is more where than come from."

Avaluian turned it`s attention at him but Gajeel was already upon its form.

"Take this," he yelled, "Iron Dragon Chainsaw Sword."

He sliced the head clean off with the attack causing the spirit to disappear into lights. As he landed on the ground he turned toward Zakura who had both of his arms aimed straight at him.

"Thunder Force,"

The blast aimed straight for Gajeel who took a deep breath.

"Iron Dragon Roar," he yelled out as a large blast of iron aimed straight at the lightning attack.

The two attacks slammed straight into each other causing an explosion too take place.

Sanath narrowed his eyes.

This one is stronger than I anticipated, he thought staring at the Dragon Slayer, To be able to take down Avaluian and matching Zakura`s power…I didn't think that the Dragon Slayer of this day could be as strong as the one from before…

Then he was suddenly aware of a missing piece in the fight. The redhead girl that was there earlier…where had she gone? Then he felt it a strong magical power…

From above, he thought looking up.

Sure enough, there was the woman from before, holding a staff in her hands as it sparked with thunder magic before aiming straight toward him, causing him to dodge the attack.

Aiming for me, he thought, With the Dragon Slayer there, she used him to draw the attention of my summons while she attacks at me directly…not a bad strategy.

"DarkClaw," he said and the familiar black bird appeared around him and he jumped upon it.

I best get some altitude, he thought, Otherwise, she might box me in and take me by surprise.

The large summon bird flew into the sky and he noticed that the woman was changing armor once again and this time, she was in a red armor which had wings which she was flying after him.

A curious branch of magic she possesses, Sanath thought, To be able to requip into so many different armors, each of them with a special ability. She was able to defeat most of my monster by herself that way. She is probably an hard opponent for any enemy…a shame she is an enemy, she might have been a fine addition to our posse.

"DarkClaw now," he said, "Energon Flame."

The bird let out a large blast of fire aiming it straight toward the woman engulfing her form entirely but to Sanath`s surprise, the fire dispersed from the woman who was now holding a red blade which was controlling the fire.

So this one control fire eh, Sanath thought.

The woman launched the attack back at him forcing him to dodge it and a smirk grew on his lips.

"Quite an interesting one you are," he said.

Sanath vs Erza next time in: Arrival

Jacques0 out.

R&R.