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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail, the honor belongs solely to Hiro Mashima-sama.
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Author's Rants: On 2012 the books that I am looking for will finally be published. I won't allow the world to end before the mangas, animes and books I'm addicted to will end. Honestly, think about it with Hiro Mashima's amazing cliffhanger chapters I don't exactly want to wake up with the whole earthquake and tsunami thing before I get to find out what happens on the next chapter.
For those who agree with me on the ranting above, raise a paw!
Chapter Nineteen
FAMIGLIA
"STOP!"
Solana gripped the blade of the knife and broke it. Ever since the teen had gripped her wrist she had turned her skin into granite. She looked on at Areca's shocked face. Standing a few steps away from the three women was Areca's little sister, a flying cat and a white haired girl.
"Onegai, nee-san. Please stop this." Anise called out as she ran towards her sister.
Shocked, Areca dropped the broken knife to the ground and hugged Anise. Areca looked down at her sobbing sister. "Why are you here Anise? Shouldn't you be with Master Ajowan?"
The younger girl stiffened and looked up at her sister her eyes blazing with anger. Areca blinked in surprise at the anger on the normally smiling girl. "Nee-chan, all this time Ajowan has been lying to us." The girl quietly stated to her sister with serious lavender eyes.
Areca let go of her sister and frowned at Happy and Lisanna. "Anise, you should know better than to listen to what anyone says about Master Ajowan. Have you forgotten all the kind things his done for us?"
Anise glared at her older sister. "Oh I haven't forgotten all the things we thought he did from the kindness of his heart." Areca blinked at the bitterness in Anise's voice.
Eyes cold and face carefully blank; Areca answered her sister in a matter of fact tone. "Anise you should know better than believing what anyone says without proof."
"Nee-san, believe me. I saw it with my own eyes. Ajowan has been lying. Nana has been long dead, all this time the soul in Nana's body isn't her own. Ajowan tried to kill me."
Areca shook her head at Anise's declaration. Anise sighed and wrapped her sister with her iron strong hair. Areca looked on in shock; this was the very first time Anise had used her powers against her older sister.
Anise gripped the older girl's shoulder and said boldly, "Listen to me for once and believe!"
~0~X~0~X~0~
Freed Justine stared worriedly at Bixlow who was lying on the forest floor. After Ajowan's defeat, Freed had quickly made a rune wall around the seith mage with the condition only the proper authorities could take him out of the wall. After they had reached the forest and made their way towards the inn to report to Master Makarov, Bixlow had suddenly collapsed.
"Relax, Freed. I'm alright, just tired that's all." The masked man said while leaning on the tree behind him. He was seated on the ground and appeared to be exhausted.
"Bixlow, you nearly drained all your magic." Freed stated to the man as he took a seat beside him.
The seith mage laughed and raised his hands saying "I'm here babies."
Freed noted the tired croak of the seith mage. He looked up and saw two of Bixlow's dolls were upon them and carrying a box between them. Bixlow took the package and passed it to Freed saying "Open it."
The rune user opened the box and stared down at three plush dolls. They were an owl, a bear and a cat. The bear had a brown cloak with silver fastenings, black boots and a cowboy hat. The owl had on a red vest over a miniature white shirt and two intricately decorated rings were on its leg. Even more surprising was the cat doll. It appeared to be female; it wore a light pink dress with carefully sewn on roses on the cloth, it had silver chains with tiny pink and white stones cinching the dress and it had on real ruby earrings.
"Pass them one by one to me would you? Let's start with Mr. Bear!" Bixlow said happily.
Freed blinked at the renewed energy in Bixlow's voice. He passed on the bear and noted that the silver fastenings were real and appeared to be made from a broken bracelet. Bixlow cradled the bear and patted its head. The dolls rose to the air and twirled around the two totem dolls.
"Right, next is Mr. Owl." Bixlow said while cracking his hands and tipping his head side to side, Freed raised an eyebrow at this. He grabbed the owl; saw that the rings were real and that they had engravings on them. He passed the doll to Bixlow.
Bixlow lifted the owl up and tilted his head saying, "He looks really smart, huh?" He grinned at Freed who shook his head at the question. Shrugging, Bixlow patted the dolls head and it flew to the three dolls up in the air. Unlike the bear doll, it preferred to fly around the three dolls only once and then lined up to the others.
"Right. You'll want Miss Cat then?" Freed asked to Bixlow who just laughed at the question. Freed carefully took out the well-dressed doll. As he took hold of it he smelled the faint fragrance around the doll.
Bixlow laughed at the surprise look in Freed's face. "It's cabbage rose." He answered to the inquiring look he got from the rune mage.
Freed shook his head and sniffed lightly at the fragrant soft scent. As he passed the doll on to Bixlow, he realized that the silver chains cinching the dress were actually two necklaces carefully wrapped around. Bixlow patted the cat's head cheerfully. They both looked up and watch as the cat doll flew along the line. The cat stopped in front of the bear, pushed it out of the line and took its place. Bixlow laughed aloud at this and stood up.
"Right! Let's go down the beach!" The strangely re-energized seith mage exclaimed.
Freed took hold of Bixlow's shoulder and said, "We're supposed to report first to Master Makarov first remember?"
Bixlow laughed and said "The place to be is the beach near the ruined house."
Freed stared confused at the seith mage. "But there's no ruined house."
Bixlow started walking and said "Natsu is picking a fight with someone there!"
The rune user grimaced at this and followed the seith mage. Clearly, with Natsu around there would obviously be a broken structure not far behind.
~0~X~0~X~0~
Areca looked up in shock at the story her younger sister had revealed. She was kneeling on the sand and gripping the end of her skirt tightly. Erza, Lisanna and Solana looked on at the two sisters not knowing who to comfort. The shadow mage who was shell-shocked or the hair mage who was kneeling in front of her older sister crying steadily and giving out heartbroken gulps of breath.
As Anise covered her face with her hands, two twin girls appeared on either side of her from out of nowhere. The twins cradled the crying girl carefully while murmuring soft reassurances. They glared at Solana as if saying 'do something'. The older mage glanced at Erza who raised her brow and smiled at her. Sighing, Solana kneeled down beside Areca and patted the girl's shoulder.
"Well I tried telling you the man was an asshole." The earth mage said bluntly.
At this the twins gave out gasps of outrage and said in sync "Nee-san!" Anise broke off crying and stared at the shrugging earth mage. Erza was trying to get to Solana to hit her over the head most likely; Happy and Lisanna grabbed the requip mage trying to stop her. Areca looked up at Solana and grinned.
"You were right. Except he isn't an asshole, he's a pathetic balding neurotic egomaniac with denial issues on his neurosis." Areca states sweetly and with a dangerous edge.
Everyone sweat drop at the controlled anger. Solana laughed at this and slung an arm around the shadow mage's shoulder saying, "How about I help you beat out the living crap out of the guy? I've been meaning to look for someone to use my new spell on."
The twins slapped their faces at this while the rest sweat drop at the bloodthirsty statement. Erza coughed pointedly at Solana. Solana blinked in confusion and said "What?"
Areca and Anise laughed at this as the twins cringed in embarrassment at their sister's denseness. Areca smiled up at the earth mage and glanced at Erza who was glaring at Solana fiercely. "Miss Erza, does this Bixlow and Freed have the power to defeat Ajowan?"
Erza blinked in surprise at the polite question and smiled. "Yes, they do. I'm sure Bixlow must have defeated the man by now, right Lisanna?"
Lisanna stared at Erza in suspicion and answered, "Yes, I think so too."
The twins looked on speculatively at the two women and then squealed. Solana rolled her eyes and covered her ears while smiling at the two girls. The two floated up and said in sync "We got beaten by Levy and Bisca!" The two said this happily.
Solana raised an eyebrow at this and muttered "Since when is that something to be happy about?"
The twins glared at their sister in mock outrage and laughed. "We went with them to the inn and Oh! A miracle has happened!"
The two couldn't contain it any longer and danced up in the air. Everyone smiled up at the happiness in the two all the while exchanging confused looks.
Solana stood up and grabbed the twins' legs. "Will the two of you just spit it out?"
As the two opened their mouths, a huge explosion occurred that rocked the whole beach. Everyone stared out to the end of the beach where two huge lightning bolts had just landed. Solana's and Erza's eyes widen in realization.
As the two women ran they shouted at the same time. "Raul is there!" "Natsu is there!"
The two froze and looked at each other, aghast. The twins floated up to their sister and asked the Fairy Tail mages "Natsu Dragneel? Isn't he the dragon-slayer that destroyed half the port of Hargeon?"
At the query Happy and Lisanna nodded in silence. Erza shook her head and said "Raul Wolfia your S-class lightning mage?"
Happy gasped out "Oh, no! I bet Natsu asked him for a fight!"
Anise patted Happy's back saying, "Oh, come on Happy. I'm sure your friend isn't that reckless!"
The Fairy Tail mages grimaced and stared at the distance in dawning horror that Natsu might have already challenged the S-class mage.
~0~X~0~X~0~
Lucy and Juvia stared at what appeared to be the darkened charred bodies of Gray and Natsu. The two had finally managed to work along together when Raul had struck them down with two huge lightning bolts. They stared on impressed at as the two were twitching and groaning on the ground at least it meant that they were alive.
Raul shook his head at the two also impressed that they were alive after getting blasted by the lightning. He walked past the bodies on the ground when the two grabbed hold of his legs. Natsu Dragneel opened his mouth to throw another insult only to end up sneezing at the man's pants. Juvia, Gray and Lucy gasped in horror.
Raul smiled down at the pink-haired teen with sparks flying off his body and electrocuted the dragon-slayer who was still holding on. Gray who had let go of Raul's leg earlier in horror at what Natsu did. Quickly the ice mage created a cage and trapped the two in it.
Natsu got up with hair sticking up, grabbed the bars and growled "You minty fresh bastard! Let me out!"
Gray smirked and said, "Good job in being the bait, Natsu!"
Natsu enraged hurled out insults to the ice mage who quickly answered back with his own insults. Raul and the girls sweat drop at the two. Sighing, Raul walk close to Natsu and patted his shoulder. "Clearly, Gray wanted to trap you in the first place with me. I mean even back then when you tried to use your dragon's roar and he made the ice wall which ended up protecting me. I bet he wants to defeat me himself and brag it to your guild."
Gray smirked and said "Even Natsu isn't stupid enough to believe you. I mean he is an idiot but no one could be stupid enough to listen to this."
Lucy sweat drop and cautioned Gray, "Gray maybe you should ahm stop."
Natsu glared out at Gray in anger while the ice he was holding started to melt. Gray looked on in shock, "Crap! Stop that Natsu are you an idiot or something?"
Natsu gritted his teeth and said "I. AM. NOT. AN. IDIOT."
Raul smirked and sat down as the two quarreled about pissing off the dragon-slayer more. Juvia and Lucy stared on in horror. Raul had managed to figure out Natsu's personality fast. The lightning mage knew that the dragon-slayer wouldn't really destroy the ice cage but if he got angry enough he might just melt the whole thing.
Lucy shook her head at the obvious outcome as Juvia tried to stop Gray and Natsu from fighting. The stellar mage tightened her hold on the pouch and her eyes widen in surprise. She opened her hand and stared at the pouch in bewilderment. She opened the pouch and peek in. Eyes wide she closed the pouch and gripped it tighter. She look on at the two quarrelling mages as her other hand went instantly to her keys.
Raul looked on in interest at the blonde's actions. Just then a group of mages entered the area. Everyone stared at the new comers in surprise. Raul stood up beside Natsu and stared at the surprised group.
A man stepped out from the group and said "Raul is trapped! Let's get the trinket from this other mages and get rid of him for Master Ajowan!" The six other men raised their arms in agreement. They ran towards the Fairy Tail mages outside the cage when Raul growled out "Don't you dare call out that name in front of me!"
The man who had spoken approached the caged Raul and said jeeringly "What are you going to do about it, Raul-sama?" The group then laughed in triumph.
"Let go of the bars, dragon-slayer." Raul said. Blinking Natsu let go of the bars.
Raul smiled, grabbed the laughing man and electrocuted him. He then took hold of the cage bars and called forth bolts of lightning to hit the cage. The cage exploded into tiny ice crystals. The Fairy Tail mages looked on in shock as Raul emerged from the dust holding onto a fried man. He raised his hands up to the sky and called "Lightning arrows!"
From the point of his hand arrows of lightning quickly struck the remaining group. They tried to defend themselves with their magic and some even ran but it proved to be even more powerful for them.
Natsu stood up and screamed "You bastard! How dare you hurt your own guildmates!"
Raul faced Natsu and stared at him unimpressed with the teen's anger. Natsu ran towards Raul his hands flaming up, "Fire Dragon's Fist!" Raul dodged to the left took hold of the dragon-slayer's outstretched fist and punched the teen's stomach. The lightning mage quickly flipped Natsu towards the standing Gray who had been in the midst on making a new attack. The two Fairy Tail mages lay on the ground in disarray.
Raul walked to them held up a hand and said "Light Trap!" Immediately a huge white transparent gleaming dome covered the two.
Natsu slammed his hand against the dome. "You're a light mage!"
Raul smiled at the shock look on the teen's face. He approached the dome and said "You have a righteous streak in you. But not everything is what it seems. Those men were all traitors who had been conspiring on killing our guild master and granting the title to Ajowan Umbelliferae."
The Fairy Tail mages stared at Raul in shock. The lightning and light mage walked on towards the women. Juvia quickly locked the man up in her Water Lock.
"Nice one, Juvia!" Gray and Lucy called out.
"Wait. Look." Natsu said.
Raul who was smiling inside Juvia's Water Lock. Suddenly, his body shone in a sharp white light. As they squinted against the glare they saw balls of white light coming out of the water lock. The balls of light quickly combined themselves and Raul Wolfia was once more in front of the girls.
"How-" Juvia started to say when Raul made another Light Trap around the water mage.
Raul smiled at Juvia. "Water can't contain light." He said this simply and strode to Lucy.
Lucy took out a key and posed it before her when Raul kneeled before her.
"Eh?" Lucy exclaimed.
Raul looked to the stellar mage and said "The trinket inside the pouch you hold has the power to heal those who have been broken. Our guild master has long lost his ability to use magic ever since the murder of his three children."
Juvia gasped out and covered her mouth at the light mage's revelation. Gray and Natsu stared at the S-class mage with new eyes. Lucy stared down sadly at the man.
"I doubt that. You see inside this pouch is a zodiac key. Even if I give you this, you won't be able to use it." Lucy said sadly.
Raul stood up and said "Then won't you come with me and use that key to heal our guild master?"
"Eh?" Lucy asked out in surprise.
Raul smiled down at the girl and offered her a hand. Lucy looked down at the man's hand and stared at Natsu. She shook her head, "I want to help you. I really do but this key doesn't belong to us."
"Do it Lucy!" Natsu hollered.
At this Raul smiled and waved the light traps away. Natsu strode to where they were and said "I forgot to tell you guys that fortune teller also told me that when I find that thing, I would have to give it to someone who was worthy of it."
The pink-haired teen crossed his arms behind his head and said "I don't know any other stellar mage who is worthy in getting a zodiac key other than Lucy."
"Arigatou, Natsu!" Lucy said. "Raul, we'll definitely help you out. I'll make the contract with this zodiac right now!"
Lucy took out the key, with her right hand on her chest she said "I who is linked to the world of spirits, call forth the gate of the scales. Libra!"
As Lucy slashed a cross through the air they heard familiar voices shouting towards them Surprised they look on as Bisca, Levy, Gajeel, Alzack and Pantherlily burst out from the forest. Erza, Happy, Lisanna, and five other women arrived from the beach. While Freed and Bixlow fall off from the sky. Master Makarov, Mirajane, Wendy, Charle and an unknown man come out from the forest as well.
Before anyone could say anything else Levy's, Erza's and Lucy's backpack glowed a bright blue light. Suddenly three items float up to the sky. A set of keys, a folded up photo album and the diary. As they stared in surprised at the objects, out of nowhere a woman steps out of the magic seal that had been conjured by Lucy.
The woman had long ebony hair, blue eyes and a slim lithe figure. Levy shouted "But your Lia! You're a spirit?"
The woman laughed and opened her arms wide. The objects shined brighter than ever and floated down to the woman. Then there was a flash of bright red light as the woman and the objects become one.
I did not mean to make this a cliffhanger but im in a race against time.