Oh why hello there. Here is something I decided to do from time to time. I'll recommend some manga/anime every few chapters or so if I can find any good ones. Anyways, I decided to ask you guys a question.
Do any of you know how to create a single picture out of say, perhaps 6? Not like a mosaic, but like a picture of Team Natsu although each of the members have their own picture. I'm being way too vague, but if you know what I am talking about, a tip on how to do that would be awesome. (Currently putting together a series of picture for Detective Conan)
Anyways, here is the next chapter! My recommendation will be at the end of the chapter!
Natsu, Azure, Azami, and Raymond had reached the chamber where the Blood Diamond Key was held. Unfortunately, Lucy could not join them as she was helping Jellal. When Natsu and the others reached the chamber, they were surprised to see a man already holding the key. Dressed in a black military uniform and having two keys in his hand.
One was the precious artifact they were after, and the other was a black key. Imagine the group's surprise when the man used the black key like it was a celestial key! Was this man a celestial mage? If so, what kind of creature would come from the "The Gates of Terror"?
"Open! The Gate of the Terror Mother!"
A blinding flash of black engulfed the group of Fairy Tail mages and everything went dark for a second. Raymond let out a scream, but it was engulfed by the darkness. He heard Natsu let out a shout before the blackness crashed into him.
However, the darkness left as soon as it had come. Raymond gasped out loud, grabbing his throat as his teammates recovered from the darkness that had invaded their bodies. Raymond felt air return to his throat and he looked around at Azami and Azura who were slowly standing up, having been knocked down. Natsu was looking at Ferdinand, a glare on his face. Everyone looked at Ferdinand, expecting him to be wielding some sort of weapon, but everyone froze in their tracks when they saw Ferdinand.
He was not alone. The guild master of Tartaros was grinning triumphantly, holding the black key in his hand. He had summoned, a young woman with dark brown hair and an uninterested look on her face. She was wearing a black robe that made her look like a crow. Natsu looked shocked. Celestial spirits?
"You use Celestial Spirits!" Natsu shouted at Ferdinand.
Ferdinand took a step back. His face twisted in disgust. Celestial Spirits? The worthless creatures that dared call themselves worthy of a mage? Never! He sneered at Natsu, making fun of his misconception.
"You idiotic child! These are not Celestial Spirits! These are the goddesses that have abandoned you for so long! They are the strongest to the strong! Igneel is puny compared to the strength of the goddesses! Terror! Terror Lance!" Ferdinand screamed as the young woman held up on hand, the uninterested look still on her face.
Everyone moved quickly, knowing that whatever Ferdinand was planning, it was going to strike hard. Natsu ran forward, trying to strike quickly before Ferdinand had a chance to attack, rushing forward with his fists on fire. Asura, Raymond, and Azami quickly moved to strategic positions in which Ferdinand could not arc attacks together. They cheered Natsu on, hoping he would strike a ferocious blow that would end Ferdinand's plans with the first hit.
"Fire Dragon's Flaming Fist!" Natsu shouted as his fist smashed towards the goddess, flames rolling off of his fist.
Ferdinand smiled as the goddess blocked the attack, smashed her foot into Natsu's stomach, and slammed the pole of the lance she was carrying into the side of his head, sending the fire dragon slayer slamming against the wall of the volcano. Everyone gasped as they saw Natsu get up, terribly bruised, but with the fighting spirit still burning in his eyes. Ferdinand shrugged his shoulders mockingly as he watched Natsu stand up.
"I admire your attempt to attack me, but you failed to do any real damage. Do you really think that a fist of flame would do anything against Sarinfer, the goddess of Terror? Such stupidity should be punished with defeat! Terror Lance: Terrifying Strike!" Ferdinand shouted as the goddess took off, becoming a blur.
Natsu growled as he smashed his fists together, lightning crackling from his fists as well as flames. She was fast, but speed didn't matter if he destroyed the entire area!
"Fire Dragon's Lightning Roar!" Natsu screamed as fire shot from his mouth.
The column of flame travelled for a short while when suddenly electricity crackled through it, creating a combination of fire and lightning. Suddenly there was an explosion, sending smoke blasting towards Ferdinand. The Tartaros guild master covered his face as the smoke billowed from the explosion and he grit his teeth at the sight. Had Natsu managed to stop the attack?
Asura and the others were also watching intently, having watched the whole fight with eyes wide open. Had Natsu always been this powerful? The smoke finally cleared, revealing Natsu in fierce combat with the Terror. Natsu smashed his fist into Terror's face, sending the goddess skidding across the floor. Terror quickly reacted, sending the lance piercing through Natsu's cloak as Natsu dodged the blow. There was a crack as Natsu's foot connected with Terror's arm. The goddess swung the lance towards Natsu's head, completely unaffected by the fact that Natsu had just broken her arm. Natsu grabbed the lance and struggled against it, surprised by her ridiculous strength.
"Damn it! Just how strong are you!" he grunted as he slowly moved the lance away from his head.
Ferdinand laughed as he watched the struggle, ignoring the incredible heat of the volcano. This was a marvelous sight! Natsu the legendary Salamander was being beaten! Natsu let out a roar as he smashed the lance away from him, smashing his fist into Terror's face and then kicking her away. The fire dragon slayer quickly moved forward with another attack. He sucked in the air, taking advantage of the incredibly hot area.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
The flame shot from Natsu's mouth and hit straight into Terror. The flames get going, heading towards Ferdinand. The black mage quickly dodged but his cloak was burned by the attack. He stood up, his smile slowly disappearing. That damn Natsu! Had he truly defeated a goddess? However, his smile returned once again when the flames disappeared to show Natsu lying on the ground, unconscious. Terror was standing over him, her lance shattered into pieces and her cloak ripped to pieces. Ferdinand smiled as Terror quickly disappeared and Ferdinand switched his keys, laughing as he did so.
"Do you see how futile it is to attack me? Now that I have defeated the strongest of your little group, I should be able to defeat you all easily! That is how I attack! Eliminate the strongest and pick off the weak members! Prepare to face death! Open! The Gate of Disease!" Ferdinand shouted joyfully as he held up another black key in the air.
Everyone besides Ferdinand quickly covered their ears as a loud buzzing sound filled their ears. It was the sound of hundreds of flies buzzing as they swirled around a young woman with long black hair and holding a cleaver with strange runes written in the shiny steel. She wore the same black cloak as Terror and Ferdinand smiled confidently. There was no way these weaklings would survive this attack!
"I really didn't want it to end this way. You could have had a better life! Our goal was to create a better world! I was saved by Julius and I intend to repay him in full! Disease! Bubonic Plague!" Ferdinand said darkly as Azami and Azura quickly moved to defend themselves.
"Spirit Make! Spirit Swords!" Azami shouted as hundreds of swords made of wispy white smoke appeared around him, sending themselves hurling against the steel cleaver of Disease.
To Azami's dismay, the goddess easily cut through the swords, swinging her cleaver, barely missing Azami. The goddess of Disease held out her palm in front of Azami as she tried to escape, but it was too late. From the pale palm of Disease, came hundreds of flies. They swarmed around Azami, causing the female mage to scream. Raymond screamed as he charged towards Disease, fist shining with light. The goddess easily kicked Raymond away and hundreds of rats burrowed up from the ground, gnawing at Raymond's legs as the young child tried to kill the rats. Asura had not been targeted yet by Disease so he roared as he sent flame flying towards the flies swarming around Azami. He was careful to stop the flames from harming Azami, but all the flies were incinerated on the spot.
"Take this! The final attack! Inferno!"
Asura tackled Disease, trapping the goddess in a bear hug. He began to use his deadliest move, Inferno. He converted every bit of his magic energy into flame energy, creating a massive firestorm that engulfed Disease and Asura in a whirling mass of fire. Azami could only watch in horror as the flames engulfed them all. She was about to run in to get Asura out when she heard Asura shout something from inside the tornado of fire.
"Use your Spirit Buster! We can do this! Ferdinand should be low on magical power by now! For Fairy Tail!" his voice shouted from the tornado of fire.
Azami hesitated but overcame her nervousness as she held out her hand at the tornado. The fight would end here! For Fairy Tail!
"Spirit Buster!" she shouted as she felt a sudden pang of pain go through her.
The huge axe had indeed formed in her hand, but at a cost. It seemed that she couldn't use her magic as efficiently anymore! Nevertheless, she let out a roar of anger as she smashed the huge axe into the ground, sending a wave of white light cutting through the tornado of fire, straight into Disease.
"For Fairy Tail! For Natsu!" Azami shouted as the flames around Disease died down.
Asura felt his arms suddenly grow weak and his grip around Disease loosened. The flame mage suddenly fell back, feeling much too tired to move. All the while, Asura was surprised. He should have had more magical power than this! Disease slowly grinned as Asura fell to the ground, unable to move.
"Anyone who is attacked by power, loses their ability to attack efficiently!" Disease shouted as she ran forward, cleaver glinting viciously.
Azami dodged the first strike and was about to attack with a spirit sword when she froze. Her magic would not work! She turned to face Disease, but it was too late. The fist connected with Azami and she skid across the rocky floor of the volcano, unable to move. Ferdinand had watched the entire fight and nodded his head, satisfied with the outcome. His handle of the goddesses was a bit shaky, but he would soon gain complete control. He recalled Disease and picked out his best key. Ferdinand turned his cold gaze to Raymond who had managed to kill off all the rats. Ferdinand gave a half smile.
"You're the only one left kid. Pretty sad actually. You managed to kill a few rats and your friends managed to do enough damage to Disease and Terror to the point that I had to recall them to be safe. Like I said, I kill off the strong first, and then I take care of the weak. And you, my friend, are the weakest of the weak!" Ferdinand jeered.
Raymond had hung his head, his eyes looking down at the remains of the rats. Anger was building up inside of him. Ferdinand was right. Raymond had barely managed to fight off the rats and his friends had fought a goddess! Every single mission he had gone on, he had been useless. Raymond clenched his fist. Just one more time…
"Are you ready to serve me…" he growled menacingly to himself.
"Ohhoho? Raymond is finally calling upon me! It will be my pleasure!"
"Then do it!" Raymond roared as he brought his head up.
Ferdinand squinted to see Raymond. He noticed that Raymond had blue eyes before, but now one of his eyes had become red. What was going on? He shrugged, not caring about what Raymond was doing. He held up the key and he grinned as he thought of his victory.
"Open! The Gate of the Queen of all things dark! Open the Gate of Evil!" he roared as Raymond started to walk towards him, grinning darkly.
An awkward moment of silence passed as Ferdinand looked at the key in surprise. Had something gone wrong? Why was the goddess of Evil not appearing? He looked at the key and cocked his head to the side.
"Huh, something is strange. Where the hell is the goddess of Evil?" he shouted angrily as he waved the key in the air.
Raymond grinned as he looked at Ferdinand, feeling power move through his body.
"That's because you're looking right at him."
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I hope that was pretty good. As for the flies, try to imagine the scene in the movie 'The Hunger Games' where the tracker jacker nest explodes. We finally fully revealed the twist in the story and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Next chapter we go deeper into Vincent and we see Zeref, causing the destruction he so dearly wanted to cause during the canon story. I hope you liked the chapter and I will see you all later! FF