Possession Magic: Slicer!
Chapter 6: A New Mission
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters involved except Slicer
After the events of the Tower Of Heaven, Team Natsu returned to find Fairy Tail residing in a new building.
"This place is huge!" Natsu cried as they walked in.
"Ah, you're back!" Elfman called to them from upstairs. "We're allowed to go upstairs now."
"This is amazing!" Lucy said happily.
"It's not the same though." Natsu replied a little glum.
Slicer put a hand on his shoulder. "It's home Natsu, and that will never change."
Natsu grinned at him.
"So you're back." Makarov asked as he approached them.
"Yes Master, we've returned." Erza replied.
"Good, then I'd like you to meet our newest member." Makarov indicated a woman on his right.
The group turned and gasped as they recognized Juvia.
"Juvia took Gray's advice and joined Fairy Tail." She smiled at them.
"You seem, different, from when we last met." Slicer told her.
She nodded "Fairy Tail is so much fun. Juvia loves it here."
They nodded.
"We also had one more newcomer since you've been gone." Makarov told them.
They looked to his left and immediately recognized Gajeel.
"Gajeel!" They shouted at once.
He was in a corner by himself, eating a piece of iron scrap. He glared at them before returning to his meal.
"Why did you let him in?" Natsu asked.
"Seriously, he destroyed the guild!" Gray added.
"Enough!" Erza shouted making them cower in fear. "If that's the Master's decision, we must abide by it."
Slicer walked over to Gajeel and stood there for a moment.
"You got a problem with me?" he asked.
Slicer held out his hand. "I was curious if you'd learned anything else about the Dragons."
Gajeel looked at his hand then up at Slicer's face. He sighed before shaking it.
"Sit down, I've got a few more details I forgot to mention the last time you asked me."
The lights suddenly turned off and everyone began to cheer. They all looked up to see a stage in the middle of the wall. Mirajane was on it wearing a yellow dress with a guitar strapped around her shoulders.
"Oi! Mira! We're back." Natsu called.
Mirajane nodded "This song is to commemorate the new guild hall and to welcome back Natsu's team."
She began to sing, it was a sad sounding song that talked about friendship and how friends will always wait on each other.
Slicer stood up after Gajeel took off behind stage. He looked at the request board before selecting a flier and walking out of the building.
The guild meanwhile began to listen to Gajeel sing his own song, after a while though a fight broke out and the whole guild was involved.
Natsu grinned to himself "Now this is more like Fairy Tail" immediately before being struck by Gajeel's iron arm.
A few hours later, in Magnolia park.
Gajeel was standing under the great tree, before him Droy and Jet were standing before him with Levy hiding behind the tree.
"What's the idea calling me out here? I was about to go on a job," Gajeel asked.
"You think we're just gonna let you walk out to do a job after you destroyed Fairy Tail?" Droy shouted.
"Especially after what you did to Levy?" Jet added.
"It's alright guys, I've forgotten all about it." Levy tried to calm them.
"Jeese, you guys are so petty." Gajeel told them.
"We should teach you a lesson." Jet said before taking off.
He used his magic, taking off in a burst of speed, ramming into Gajeel and sending him flying. "Secret Seed" Droy threw a few magic seeds that planted themselves into the ground and made magic circle, vines grew out in a second "Knuckle Vine!" The vines grew into fists and began to beat Gajeel. "Eagle's Swift Soar" Jet rammed into Gajeel sending him dragging along the ground.
"My turn." A voice behind them said.
They turned to see a man with spiky yellow hair and a fur coat over a purple shirt and black pants, with gray shoes on his feet. He had two spiked earphones on his head.
"Laxus!" Jet and Droy shouted seeing him. Levy cowered behind the tree a little more.
Slicer was walking past when he saw the situation. He turned to walk toward Gajeel who at the moment was slammed into by one of Laxus' lightning attacks. He rushed down to help out Gajeel.
"Laxus!" Droy shouted at him.
"This is going too far!" Jet added.
"Shut up!" Laxus barked at them. "This is why they say Fairy Tail is weak, that we give up to easily!"
He fired a blast of lightning at Levy who was cowering behind a tree. A blur darted past Jet and Droy, and a minute later Gajeel was standing in front of Levy, his arm in its iron form and glowing purple, a bright yellow spot was lingering on his arm. Slicer appeared a second later and approached Laxus.
"Who are you?" Laxus asked.
"I'm Slicer Celes. The Ghost Dragon Slayer." He told him.
"A Dragon Slayer, like Natsu?" Laxus asked him, seeming to talk to himself.
Slicer crouched into a fighting stance, but Laxus turned and left.
Gajeel walked past Slicer and away from the park.
"Gajeel!" Slicer shouted at him.
He turned and Slicer said something to him that Droy and the others could hear. Gajeel nodded and he left. Slicer turned and made his way back to the Guild Hall.
A few days later, the Magnolia Harvest Festival began, a huge festival to celebrate Magnolia's success, that ended with the Fairy Tail parade, but first, the event that grabbed the most attention was the Miss Fairy Tail contest. It was already half-way over and most of the girls were on stage. Slicer was watching from the back of the room, a few people had noticed him but had steered clear. As Lucy stepped on stage to begin her act a woman's voice rang out. "Stone Eyes!" Lucy looked on in horror as her body was turned to stone, everyone else began to murmur to themselves when the curtains were drawn back to reveal all of the other contestants had been turned to stone, and four figures stood among them, one being Laxus. The other three were a woman in a short green dress, a man wearing a red suit, and another wearing a full body suit with a half-robe that had small dolls floating near his head.
Laxus explained that he wanted to take over Fairy Tail, because he was tired of it being laughed at, and he wanted the weak to be kicked out. He explained the rules of the following tournament that every member of Fairy Tail was to participate that could, and that the objective was to find him and his bodyguards in the city within three hours or those who were turned to stone would be destroyed.
They all disappeared into the city and every member rushed out to find them. Natsu shouted with a grin before charging out himself, only to slam face first into the threshold of the doorway. Freed, the man in the red suit, had cast a series of runes around the guild hall that forbade any stone statues, or people over 80 to pass through the barrier. Slicer pushed up against the runes in an attempt to break them when a thought occurred to him. He stepped back "Scales of the Ghost Dragon!" his body became transparent and he phased through the runes easily. He turned back to Natsu and the rest of them.
"Try to get out as soon as you can Natsu. I'll find Laxus and bring you to him." Slicer told him before running off, his body still transparent in case he needed to phase through more runes or buildings.
"Damn it!" Natsu shouted as he tried to force his way through the runes. Gajeel appeared, ready to assist as well, he went to walk through the runes, but was caught up like Natsu. Natsu turned to the girls on stage and had an idea that he could free the girls. He attacked Erza with his flaming fist and freed her, but she attacked him for burning her, then rushing out to join the fray. She quickly encountered and defeated Evergreen, freeing the rest of the girls. Levy set to work to open the runes while the other girls joined the fight.
Mystogan also joined the battle, intruding to fight Laxus, but his mask came off to reveal him as Jellal. He disappeared as Erza arrived on scene. Slicer ran in and saw Erza fighting Laxus. Slicer disappeared into his purple mist form, driving into Erza's body and supplying her with a large amount of magic. He came out and shifted forms, having depleted his magic power. He fell back, allowing Erza to attack Laxus with renewed vigor. Eventually Slicer joined back with Natsu and Gajeel as reinforcements.
"So, you think you can stop me? The Three Dragon Slayers of Fairy Tail?" Laxus asked.
"Stop this Laxus, you're hurting the other members of Fairy Tail." Natsu told him.
"You think I care about those weaklings? Anyone who can't fight me doesn't deserve to be in Fairy Tail. When I take over I'll make sure Fairy is the strongest Guild, and no one will be able to laugh at it again!"
Laxus' body was covered in sparks of lightning as he began to increase his power level.
"Natsu, Gajeel." Slicer said. "I know of one way, and one way only to defeat Laxus…"
"No, you can't eat his soul. No matter how much he seems to hate Fairy Tail, he's still a member of our guild. We'll just have to stop him." Natsu told him.
Slicer crouched low and readied himself to fight. "I'll follow your lead Natsu Dragneel."
"Iron fist of the Fire Dragon" Natsu's hand caught on fire and burned Laxus as he punched him in the face, sending him staggering a few feet. "Fist of the Iron Dragon" Gajeel's arm turned into a metal pole and he slammed it into Laxus' chest. "Claw of the Ghost Dragon" Slicer's magic extended in the form of purple claws from his fingers. He rushed forward and slashed Laxus across the chest with each hand.
"Enough!" Laxus shouted, sending out a surge of electricity which made the Dragon Slayers leap back. "This is exactly what I'm talking about, it takes three Fairy Tail wizards to try and keep up with me. This is why Fairy Tail is so weak!"
Laxus shot a beam of lightning at the trio of Dragon Slayers, each of them leapt in a different direction to dodge.
"Karyūnohōkō" Natsu's cheeks swelled before he released a jet of fire at Laxus.
"Hollow Wail of the Ghost Dragon" Slicer released a super-sonic screech that tore through the air toward Laxus.
"Aiandoragon no hoko" Gajeel let loose a shredding blast of iron breath.
The three attacks converged on Laxus and sent him spinning into the back wall of the church.
Laxus stood up and began to fire blasts of lightning at the Dragon Slayers. Gajeel and Natsu went left while Slicer went right, they spread out to the opposite sides of the church before coming back on top of Laxus.
They each punched him in the jaw sending him flying up on top of the roof. Laxus flew up a few extra feet before crashing onto the shingles.
"Natsu." Slicer held out his hand which contained a small purple ball of fire. "This is spiritual fire. It's the combination of our two elements."
Natsu took the ball and put it in his mouth. He suddenly felt a huge surge of power. Flames poured off his body as he skyrocketed up through the hole and landed on the roof.
"Natsu, what do you think you're doing? Taking me on alone." Laxus said standing up, "You haven't been able to defeat me in the past, what makes you think you can do it now?"
"I've got my friends behind me this time. You tried to hurt Fairy Tail, even if you're a member of our Guild I won't forgive you for that."
Natsu turned into a blur as he charged at Laxus, crashing into him with tremendous force. The two of them charged at each other in turn, trading blow for blow.
"It's time for me to finish this." Laxus said as he slid away from Natsu.
He knelt down and lightning began to stream from his body. His eyes turned completely white and the skin on his face took on a scaly appearance. His muscle tone expanded making his shirt rip off.
"Roar of the Lightning Dragon!" Laxus opened his mouth and lightning blasted out at Natsu.
Natsu took the attack head on and when the light faded he was still standing, his face covered in scales, similar to Laxus.
"What is this?" Laxus demanded, "How are you still standing?"
Natsu took a step toward him and fire began to stream from beneath his feet, the shingles on the roof cracked under the pressure of his power. He took another step, and another. Slowly making his way toward Laxus.
Laxus fired off a few more blasts of lightning which only glances Natsu before blasting off in another direction.
Natsu finally closed the distance, he grabbed Laxus' collar and lifted him into the air.
"You're gonna regret the day you hurt Fairy Tail." Natsu told him before throwing Laxus into the air.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Technique: Crimson Lotus Blade!" Natsu's arms caught on fire and he spun in place releasing a huge tornado of Fire that Laxus fell into.
When he stopped Laxus was laying on the roof, unable to move. Natsu was gasping for air before he too collapsed.
Two days later;
Laxus was sitting in a small bedroom, his chest had been bandaged and his headphones were missing. A knock on the door sounded in the room.
"Come in." he said.
Makarov opened the door and entered. He too was wrapped in bandages, but this was covered by his Fairy Tail coat.
"Laxus… I've come to talk to you."
"I figured…" Laxus replied lazily.
"After your attempt to take over Fairy Tail by force I have only one choice left."
"Go ahead old man."
"You are hereby excommunicated from the Guild. You are no longer a member of Fairy Tail, you also lose all the rights and privileges of being a member of this guild. You have twenty-four hours to gather your things and leave to never come back."
Laxus remained silent, staring at Makarov. The Master turned around and tears began to stream down his cheeks, he kept up a strong voice so Laxus wouldn't know what was happening.
"I have to do this, as the master of Fairy Tail."
That night, the Fairy Parade was rolling down the main street of Magnolia. On the main float Makarov stood on top in a yellow jacket, green pants with purple striped sleeves and a red cat-like hat. He was dancing on top of the float while Levy, Lucy, and Bisca were wearing Cheerleader outfits and cheering him on.
Juvia and Gray were on the float behind that where they were creating beautiful Ice sculptures in the sky above. Erza was walking in the street switching armors as she saw fit, while in the back Natsu walked through the main street with four mobile torches breathing large blasts of fire. His entire body was covered in bandages.
Slicer hadn't taken part in the parade and was now watching from the buildings above. He spotted Laxus in the crowd and smiled to himself as he watched Makarov the rest of the Guild put their arms up and make their hands into an L. Slicer lifted his arm, his cloak folding back as he made his hand into an L as well.
Laxus' had tears streaming down his cheeks before he turned and disappeared into an alley.
The next day;
Fairy Tail was lounging around inside their Guild Hall, recovering from their wounds that Laxus and his Thunder God Tribe had inflicted on them during the battle. Slicer walked up to the bar where Makarov was sitting with a keg of beer in his hand.
"Ah, Slicer, what is it?" he asked, noticing his approach.
"I have a favor to ask Master." Slicer said, his voice sounded reluctant.
"What would that be?" Makarov asked.
"I want to quit Fairy Tail, but I'd like your blessing to leave."
"Why?" Makarov asked.
The whole Guild has become silent as they'd heard Slicer's statement. They were now watching in silence.
"I feel that my heart is telling me that I need to be somewhere other than Fairy Tail."
Makarov stared at him in silence before sighing and closing his eyes. "You're welcome to leave."
"Thank you Master... I mean, Makarov Dreyar." Slicer nodded once, his hat bobbing on his head.
He turned to leave and found Natsu glaring at him from behind with Erza, Gray, and Lucy. Happy was floating above them.
"Don't make this harder than it has to be." Slicer told them.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Natsu asked him.
"I don't belong here Natsu. You showed me that when I first arrived."
"Things are different now, you've shown yourself to be a powerful wizard, as well as an excellent member of Fairy Tail." Erza said.
A few agreements echoed from the rest of the Guild.
Slicer shook his head. "I'm sorry-"
"This is Slicer's choice, and I don't want any of you to interfere." Makarov told them.
"Thank you…" Slicer said after a short pause.
He walked toward the door, the whole guild staring at him as he walked out into the sunlight and disappeared like a spirit from another world.