Possession Magic
Chapter 4: Final Confrontation
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters involved except Slicer
The attack on Fairy Tail was still going strong. Jose's specters were still wreaking havoc amongst the members of Fairy Tail as they tried to defend the Guild Hall. Slicer slashed a specter in half with his talons while Natsu destroyed a group with his fire breath.
"There's too many!" Cana shouted as she fried one with lightning
"Keep fighting! We can't let them destroy the guild!" Natsu shouted
One of the specters almost went through Natsu, but Slicer dropped down and slashed it in half.
"Natsu, allow me to possess you, I can improve your magic, and maybe we can reach the castle where they're at." He said to Natsu as they closed back to back
"Alright, let me know when." Natsu replied
Slicer darted forward and hacked through a trio of specters before spinning on the spot and shredding a large circle around him. Natsu darted past him and punched one with a flaming fist. Slicer came up behind him and Natsu leapt out of the way.
"Hollow Wail of the Ghost Dragon!"
"Karyunohoko!" Natsu formed a funnel with his hands and released a blast of fire that accompanied an ear-piercing shriek that came from Slicer that only seemed to effect the Specters.
"Now Natsu!" Slicer shouted as he disappeared into Natsu's chest.
"Alright Slicer, I give you permission or whatever, just help me beat these bastards." Natsu thought
"There, it's done. I've given you some of my magic power to amplify yours." Slicer replied
Natsu put his fists at his sides as Specters began to crowd around him. He suddenly blasted off with fire spewing from his fists and feet, flying toward the castle in the water.
"Natsu! Make these guys pay dearly for what they did to the master!" Cana called
"Alright!" Natsu shouted back as he landed on the castle leg. Slicer warped out and appeared next to him
"Come on." He said, Natsu nodded and Slicer led the way to one of the core chambers for Jupiter.
"What's the plan?"
"If we can destroy the lacrima that power Jupiter then Jose has no ground on us and we don't have to worry about anything other than him and the specters." Slicer answered
"Sounds good, but where's the lacrima?"
"I sense one through here, but there's someone else in the room. He's a fire-magic user, that's all I can tell."
"Then this'll be easy." Natsu said, eagerness in his voice
"Stand back. I'll make a door." Slicer said before leaping into the air
"Hollow Wail of the Ghost Dragon!" His shriek shook the bricks of the castle to its core and they shattered into millions of tiny pieces making a large hole for him and Natsu.
Natsu was the first through the hole while Slicer followed. When they were inside they stopped. Before them was a large black lacrima in an even larger machine that looked like it funneled the magic power into the orb.
"Well well, looks like you Fairy brats made it farther than we expected." A voice said to them.
They looked down to see a young man in a red ninja gi. His hair was held back in a wolf's-tail and he had a netting suit under his clothes, at his belt hung a katana, and on his faced was a streak of red.
"Who the hell are you?" Natsu asked
"My name is Totomaru. I'm one of Phantom Lords Element-4." He replied
"The element-4, aren't those the guys who kidnapped Lucy before?" Slicer asked looking at Natsu
Natsu didn't answer him, his fists were at his sides, trembling from the force of his grip. "You're one of the people who hurt Lucy?"
"Well, not me specifically, my colleagues were the ones who attacked your friend." Totomaru replied
"Damn you!" Natsu shouted rushing forward, his fist lit aflame. Totomaru grinned as Natsu reached over and punched himself in the head.
"Natsu! What are you doing?" Slicer called to him
"What happened just now? I couldn't control my fire?" Natsu asked looking at his hand
"You see, I'm not your run of the mill fire wizard." Totomaru said "I can control all types of fire."
"Shut up!" Natsu shouted rushing forward and trying to punch him again.
Totomaru released a large blast of fire at Natsu. He stopped in the middle of the inferno and began to eat the flames.
"So, you're a dragon slayer?" Totomaru asked as Natsu finished
"Damn right I am." He said wiping his mouth with the back of his fist "Thanks for the meal, now I'm all fired up!" He said slamming his fists together and releasing a large fire-dragon slayer magic circle.
Totomaru grunted "So what? You still won't be able to defeat me."
"Natsu!" Slicer called running up to him
"What?" Natsu asked turning to see what he wanted
Slicer leapt into Natsu's body and contributed more of his magic power
"Now kick his ass." Slicer thought
Natsu crouched with a wicked grin on his face "Alright." "Karyunohoko!" Natsu funneled his hands and bent backwards. He shot forward and released a ball of spit at Totomaru who dodged.
"So, you want to play like that eh? Here, try some of this then!" He threw some orange flames at Natsu who attempted to eat them.
"Ah! Damn! These flames stink!" He shouted covering his nose.
"Natsu! Now isn't the time to be goofing off. Finish this guy so we can destroy the Lacrima!" Slicer shouted
"Alright alright." Natsu said as he turned to Totomaru. "I'm done playing games with you." He said summoning fire in his hand
"You fool, I already told you I can control all types of fire." Totomaru said as he took control of the flame in Natsu's hand
"Here we go." Slicer said as he poured his magic power into the flames. They turned a sickening purple color and Totomaru backed up in surprise
"What did you do? Those are regular flames!" Totomaru shouted
"No, they're not." Natsu said as they covered his fist. He charged forward and slammed it into Totomaru.
The ninja-clad wizard flew into the opposite wall, crashing on top a tower of boxes. He pushed himself up and drew his katana, disappearing in a blur of movement, only to appear in front of Natsu. He kicked him sending Natsu into the wall.
"Now I'll use my ultimate technique!" "Rainbow Fire!" he summoned a multitude of different colored flames into his hands and aimed them at Natsu, suddenly Totomaru's features turned a light shade of blue and he stopped, dead still.
"What the?" Natsu asked, then Totomaru's body flew through the ceiling as a tremendous force pushed it up.
"What's going on?" Slicer asked
Gray and Elfman dropped down in front of Natsu
"You alright slanted-eyes?" Gray asked with a grin
"Where's Slicer?" Elfman asked
"Right here." Slicer said as he appeared from within Natsu, standing next to the fire Dragon Slayer.
"What are you guys doing here?" Natsu asked
"Cana figured you couldn't handle this all by yourselves. So she sent me and Elfman to help you out." Gray explained
"I think Erza's on her way too." Slicer said looking back over the water toward the Fairy Tail Guild Hall.
"Well, let's get these destroyed before she gets here." Gray said looking up at the large Lacrima
"I've got this." Slicer said stepping to the front of the group "Hollow Wail of the Ghost Dragon!" Slicer's screech echoed throughout the room and bounced into the Lacrima, causing cracks to appear in the surface, then it shattered.
"One down, three more to go. You guys better-" Slicer was cut off as the whole castle began to shift.
In the command center of the castle, one of his subordinates told Jose that Fairy Tail had infiltrated and defeated Totomaru. He commanded the castle change form.
Natsu fell over, feeling motion sick. Slicer dropped to one knee.
"Damn you Dragon Slayers and your motion sickness!" Gray shouted as he grabbed Natsu and Elfman grabbed Slicer. They managed to get them out of the rubble of the lacrima room as it was crushed to form a ligament. The group looked on in awe as the castle turned into a giant robot. It stopped once fully formed and began to draw a huge magic circle.
"Which one is that?" Slicer asked as he recovered
"Abyss Break." Mirajane said back at the guild hall. She nodded to herself and cast a spell to make her look like Lucy, then marched outside.
"You want me Jose? Then you can have me!" She screamed as she stepped to the front of the fighting and threw her arms out to her sides.
"Do you really think I'd fall for a trick like that?" Jose's voice echoed across the water. He had the robot reach over and grab Mirajane, crushing her between its fingers and canceling her spell.
"Onii-chan!" Elfman called
"Go! I'll take care of the lacrima." Slicer said as Elfman set him down.
He nodded his thanks and rushed off to save his sister.
Slicer looked up toward the chest of the robot then down at the ground "Hollow Wail of the Ghost Dragon!" He fired the attack and launched himself into the air, landing on the outside of the chest.
"Hollow Wail of the Ghost Dragon!" He fired again, tearing a hole for himself. He disappeared inside.
"Natsu, you ok?" Gray asked as he set the dragon slayer down
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Come on, we've got to destroy the rest of the lacrima." Natsu said pushing himself up and running toward the giant's leg. Gray followed.
Meanwhile, in the chest. Slicer saw one of the lacrima before him "I knew it." He said as he reared his head back
"Oh, Salut strange Fairy Tail Member." A voice said
Slicer stopped and looked around "Where are you?" he called
"Right here." The voice said as a figure emerged from the ground
"What? Who are you?" Slicer asked stepping back slightly
"I am Sol, a member of the Element-4." He replied
"You, you're one of the guys who took Lucy." Slicer said angrily
"I admit, I took the young mademoiselle." Sol said calmly
"I'll make you pay for that."
"Ah, but I doubt you can-non."
"What are you talking about?"
"You couldn't make the man who burned your village pay."
Slicer's eyes widened and he stepped back "How do you know about that?"
"I know that you fled instead of fought and you watched as everyone you cared about died in front of you." Sol stated
"Shut up!" Slicer shouted as he charged forward, his claws appearing around his hands.
Sol dodged the attack by sinking back into the ground.
"Ah, yes. You left your friends and family to die. I mean, you even let your best friend fight in your place without saying a word. You're the reason he's dead."
"No! That's not what happened! He wanted to fight. He wanted to protect me." Slicer said gripping his head as the memories came back. He collapsed to his knees holding his head and trembling.
Sol grinned as he appeared from the ground with a large earthen spiked pole. He suddenly flew into the wall. Elfman appeared carrying Mirajane.
"Slicer! Are you alright?" He asked setting his sister down
"Elfman?!" Slicer asked looking up
"Get up. Don't let this guy fool you." Elfman said
"Oh, you're one to talk about fooling people." Sol said as he reappeared "The man who killed his own sister and wouldn't tell anyone."
"What's he talking about?" Slicer asked looking at Elfman whose eyes had gone wide.
"Oh, he didn't tell you? See, I was right."
"Elfman?"
"That's why he won't use a fully body shift."
"Shut up!" Slicer shouted at Sol who looked taken aback.
"Elfman, is this true?"
"It is, but I swear to you, it was an accident."
"Alright then." Slicer turned to Sol "It takes a real man to admit his mistakes Elfman. I hope you know that you are more of a man than I." Slicer said before he darted toward Sol
"Claws of the Ghost Dragon!" The claws appeared again and he swung at Sol who dodged the attack
Elfman stood there, frozen.
"Elfman…" Mirajane's voice said
"Onii-chan?" He asked looking at her
"It wasn't your fault. Slicer's right, it took a lot of guts to admit you made a mistake, but you can still make up for it by not letting it happen again, right?"
Elfman nodded, his face locking into a firm look. He turned to Sol and Slicer who was currently dodging another flurry of blows.
"Slicer! Step back!" Elfman called
Slicer leapt back and Sol turned to Elfman. Elfman began to yell as a magic circle appeared at his feet and his body began to glow.
"But, that's impossible! You can't do a full-body transformation!" Sol said in amazement and fear
Slicer snuck off and managed to take the lacrima while Elfman finished transforming into a large beast. He thoroughly smashed Sol and the trio left to go to the upper part of the robot. Everyone outside noticed that the hands were turning slower than before.
Meanwhile, Gray had been fighting Juvia Lockser, the third member of the Element-4. She used her water magic to try and kill him, but when she nearly fell off he caught her and helped her back up to safety. She left the battlefield and let Gray advance.
Natsu met up with the others and found Aria, the last member of the element-4 waiting for them.
"Natsu." Slicer said stepping forward. He threw off his cloak and his body glew as he transformed again. He quickly changed his clothes and got into a fighting stance.
Natsu was right next to him and the two dragon slayers stared Aria down.
"On my signal." Slicer said, Natsu nodded
"Now!" Slicer charged forward with Natsu and the two quickly beat Aria down. As they finished Erza arrived. She looked around at the rag-tag group and summoned her armor as Aria got back up, she finished him and the whole group jumped as Jose arrived.
"Natsu, Slicer, you go get Lucy. I'll stall Jose with Gray and Elfman." Erza said
"Right." They said before running off.
Gajeel was waiting for them when they rushed into the room.
"Lucy!" Slicer shouted seeing her bruised and beaten on the floor under Gajeel's boot.
"Slicer, get Lucy. I'll deal with this guy." Natsu commanded as he stepped forward.
The two dragon slayers broke out in a huge fight. About halfway though they both grew tired. Gajeel grabbed some of the iron from the nearby machines while Natsu looked around feebly for a source of fire. Lucy summoned her spirit Sagittarius and he fired an arrow into the machines causing an explosion that Natsu consumed and defeated Gajeel. As they fell, Makarov had arrived and used Fairy Law to defeat Jose.
The whole Guild was sitting in the beer hall. The Guild building had been destroyed, but everyone was still ok, tired and beaten, but ok. Natsu looked at Slicer who was sitting in a corner.
"Hey, Slicer, come over here and take a seat would ya?" Natsu asked
Slicer looked up and stood, walking over and sitting down at Natsu's table. The whole guild smiled, now that their two dragon slayers were getting along things seemed to be getting better, hopefully they'd continue to get better.
A/N, Alright, I know I rushed a bit there at the end, but having to add Sol (Yes I had to) screw with Slicer's memory like he did with Elfman, and then STILL have him do that with Elfman, I just didn't feel like writing out the rest of the battles, but, I REALLY wanted to get this chapter done and end this ark because there's another particular dragon slayer who I'm looking forward to introducing.