Already an update! Yes! Because like I said I'm working on multiple chapters. Doesn't mean that I take my time to get all the errors out of it. Apologies for that. This chapter is less long. I have erased a large piece from it. I wasn't happy with it… if I'm not happy…then I will have a bad feeling…bad feeling means mostly…it's not good enough to be mentioned. It isn't working etc. It's a feeling. Hard to explain.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. I only own the OCs and this story.
Have fun reading! (^_^)/ Apologies for all the grammar mistakes. I'm not English…and dyslectic. I keep practicing.
'Gray just run, we handle Laxus,' said Freed.
Gray looked at him and saw how Freed's body had started to change.
'Dark Écriture: Absolute Shadow,' said Freed.
Runes that were written on his body were slowly absorbed. His upper body was now completely covered in a dark armor with large shoulder pads and a helmet with a menacing appearance. His hair had become longer and was sticking out of an opening from his helmet.
Gray saw how Evergreen was almost out of his sight. He speeded up and could hear lightning crashing behind him. The sound was getting lower and he knew the plan had worked. The only problem is…where is Evergreen and Lucy?
'Dammit.'
Chapter 27 – Because you aren't Lucy!
Gray ran through the bushes, keeping a straight line. He covered his eyes, when a strange light was shot in the air. A magical pressure that felt like Lucy was vibrating in the sky. Unsure what just had happened, he made his way towards the light. The light slowly faded. He pushed some branches away and he jumped over some rocks, when suddenly he noticed a pink color. It was the sticky wool of Aries…and Evergreen…unconscious with some bruises on her arms. Gray knelt by her and softly shook her body.
'Evergreen, what happened?'
Evergreen moaned by the sudden pain and slowly opened her eyes.
'Gray?...Lucy…she…'
Evergreen wanted to move but flinched back.
'Easy there, unsure what have hit you, but it hit you good.'
She looked at him.
'Lucy…she…should have been completely drained from that last spell, but…but while I was carrying her I could feel her magic coming back. Like her second origin was unleashed. Her chamber was suddenly filled with magic. It felt the same as her energy spikes, but more rough.'
'More rough?'
Evergreen breathed in slowly. 'The energy that was radiating from her….it was painful for me to hold her…' Gray looked at Evergreen's arms. Burn marks…There was clearly a trail where Evergreen had been in contact with Lucy's skin. '…but I noticed something...'
Gray attention was drawn back, when Evergreen suddenly grabbed his wrist.
'There was something in her chest. They have done something to her.' Tears were filling Evergreen's eyes.
Gray placed Evergreen softly in a more comfortable position and nodded.
'Don't worry I will get her.'
He stopped a couple meters away from her and turned his head around. Evergreen had already fallen back into a slumber.
The Ice Mage walked further into the forest and came down a small stream. He had no clue where Lucy could be. He didn't wanted to admit, but in these kind of situation did he miss Flame Brain. Not because of his personality, but only for his nose. He would be able to sniff her out, now was Gray standing here, without any good plan. He heard some movement of branches on his right. He followed the sound and walked his way next to the stream. His eyes widened when he was able to see the figure standing near the tree.
'Juvia?' asked Gray confused.
Juvia was hobbling from tree towards tree to keep her balance. She smiled by the sight of him. 'Gray-sama, Juvia was able to find you,' said Juvia happily.
Gray ran towards her when he noticed her knees was going to give in. He caught her and knelt down.
'What are you doing here? You should be resting.'
Juvia shook her head. 'Juvia…Juvia wanted to be next to Gray-sama.'
He looked at her and noticed no wounds on her face or arms. Her magic felt also weird.
Her arms flew around his shoulder.
'Juvia is so happy…Piri Piri.'
His eyes widened and he tried to push her arms away, to make himself free.
'Water Lock!'
Gray was surrounded by water and he looked down, glancing how easily Juvia could step out of her water cocoon. He kept his calm and looked around him and saw Lucy walking towards him in her Gemini Star Dress.
'Huh, you should know that, water lock has no effect on me…,' said Gray seriously, knowing what kind of fight was coming. The water lock froze and broke into million pieces. '…, but that's even more proof that you aren't Lucy.'
Lucy glared at him as response. Juvia who was standing next to her started to lighten up and changed back in his spirit form. Two blue creatures were flying in the air before him.
'Gemini.'
Was Gemini able to copy Juvia while they were fighting, how? He hadn't seen him at all. Gray looked down at Lucy's hip. Two keys were slightly shining…Two?! He had no time to look for the other spirit. Lucy and Gemini started to glow and changed into in another version of him. It was weird to see himself. His Edolas version was already enough for him, but two… He threw his shirt in the air and took his stance. He noticed how the other Grays were copying him. Two more shirts fell on the ground and the air around them started to drop in temperature.
'Ice make…' said the three of them at the same time.
'…Hamer,' said Gray.
'…Excalibur,' said Gemini.
'…Cannon,' said Lucy.
The hamer overtook Gemini's Excalibur and pounced him back, while breaking the sword. Lucy jumped into the air and shot her ice cannon. Gray took the hit, but knew to keep his stance. He slid a couple meters back. He looked suddenly at his left, when he felt something.
Arrows made of light was shot at his ankles. Gray gasped by the sudden pain and looked in the direction were the arrows had come from.
"Two keys were shining, so two spirits are active. He tried to remember all the spirits Lucy, had ever used before him. Loke? No…his attacks doesn't have that kind of a form. Most of Lucy's spirit are for close combat…except…Sagittarius. The horse face was shooting at him!" Thought Gray to himself.
Gemini was standing again and had already placed his fist in his palm. Gray recognized the attack and copied him.
'Ice Make Unlimited: One Sided Chaotic Dance,' said Gray and Gemini at the same time.
A large number of big ice swords were formed and surrounding the two Grays. Gemini moved his hands, who were still in the same position, towards Gray. Gray did the same and moved his hands towards Gemini. The ice swords crashed into each other and a big cloud made out of ice was forming from the impact.
'Ice Make Geyser,' said Lucy while her hands were on the ground. Ice spikes were forming on the ground and Gray gasped. One of the ice spikes had pierced his right leg and cuts were visible on his other leg and arms. He cursed when he heard the same sound again like last time. Sagittarius is going to shoot. He jumped with as much force as he could with his left leg, but he got hit in mid-air. His right shoulder was feeling numb for a moment. He looked at the two Grays before him. One of the Gray looked just as much hurt as him. Cuts were visible on his skin and the last attack wasn't an easy one to control. The other Gray was still healthy and unhurt…something that was pissing him off.
'Two reasons, I'm going to defeat you!' said Gray annoyed and angry. 'Number one! You can copy my spells, my voice, my looks, but you will never copy the true me!' yelled Gray. A black mark started to grow on the right side of his arm. His arm and part of his head and chest got covered in a black color. Gemini who was trying to copy the power, felt a strange pain through his body and yelled suddenly by the pain, while he grabbed towards his head. The mark grew smaller again and sweat was covering his body.
Gray looked at him seriously. 'It took me a full year to control this curse, don't mock with me, you fake!' An dark aura was merging from his body and the temperature was dropping even more.
'Ice Devil's Rage!'
Ice was shot out of Gray his mouth and raged towards Gemini. Gemini spread his arms and made an Ice Shield in front of him, hoping that that would safe him. Gemini's eyes widened, when his shield broke and he jumped out of the way. Part of his leg got frozen and he gnashed his teeth from the pain.
Gray caught himself with one knee on the ground, when pain could be felt in his back. Again…Sagittarius had been shooting at him from a distance. This time it felt like electricity and fire. It was nothing in comparison with Laxus's and Natsu's attack, but it was still hurting.
Gray looked at the Gray that had kept the most distance. 'Reason number two, you are not Lucy,' said Gray pushing the pain away.
'Lucy doesn't hide behind her spirits…she fights right next to them and that is why you are going to lose!'
-0o0-
Wendy took her stance, while she tried to push her fear down. In no way would she let this evil woman take control over her. Air was forming around her hands and she charged towards Flemeth. The wind from her little claws had sliced the Mind Mage into two. Wendy flinched back by the sight she had caused. She knew it couldn't be that easy, but still was it shocking to see. Flemeth's body changed into the color: purple and the body scattered into millions of butterflies. The butterflies flew towards a different place and merged together again. Wendy saw Flemeth standing before her, unharmed. Wind was forming around Wendy's foot and she kicked the woman. Again the same situation was playing like a recorder. Wendy tried a roar, tried to punch her again…but the woman kept coming back unharmed.
'It's useless little mind. You are stuck in my world, in my illusion. I can make everything here.'
Wendy's eyes widened when the surrounding was started to fade. Her friends were nowhere to be seen and darkness had emerged her.
'Where is Charle? Where is Gajeel and Natsu?' asked Wendy trying to keep herself calm.
'Charle? Ah the little white exceed that wanted to interfere. She is sleeping right now and the others are fighting my husband at the moment, while you are stuck here….'
Wendy kept looking around her. Flemeth's laugh was echoing in the darkness.
'…No one can safe you…' said Flemeth while her head became visible to see '…and you can't safe them.' The woman's face multiplied into four and had surrounded Wendy. Another laugh was echoing in the darkness and Flemeth's heads disappeared. Wendy started to run into a random direction. She couldn't see anything, hear anything, smell anything or feel anything.
'Where are you trying to run to?' asked Flemeth while floating next to her.
Wendy flinched back by her sudden appearance and fell on the ground. She laid there and looked terrified towards the woman.
'Are you scared? Good, you should be,' said Flemeth with an evil smile. 'I'm curious thought…why don't you have a dragon inside you?'
Wendy blinked in confusion and looked sad at her hands by the memory. Their dragons had protected them for turning into Acnologia. One moment she had found her mother and the next moment she had lost her again.
Flemeth looked at the little girl and saw the memories of the fight with Acnologia in front of her. The woman started to laugh. Wendy looked at her. Fear had changed into rage and she started to absorb the air around her…if there was air…She was maybe terrified of this woman, but no one would laugh at her mother! Grandeeney had raised her, had protected her and was a better mother then Flemeth ever could be in a million years. Natsu would have beaten the crap out of this woman ages ago, but she wasn't Natsu. People sometimes forget that she was only 14 years old, but the live of the mage wasn't for kid. Live was cruel and hard and she had found that out between her loss.
'Stop running…' whispered Wendy towards herself.
'Huh?' said Flemeth confused.
'…It's alright to be afraid…' Wendy started to glow and determination became visible in her eyes. '…no more excuses…if I'm out of magic, then I will use my magic from tomorrow!'
Wendy breathed in some air and opened her mouth wide.
'Howl of the Sky Dragon!'
The roar crashed into Flemeth, who splat all over the floor in a purple liquid. Small minions were started to form from the liquid with huge claws and pointy tails. The little Sky Dragon Slayer focused on the enemies around her.
'Vernier, Enchantment!'
Wendy started to float above the ground and with an immensely speed she charged at the little minions. While standing in the middle of the group she took her stance and swung her arms towards the other side. Wind followed her arms and made a cyclone around her. The smaller minions were easily pulled by the force into the air, while the bigger minions were making her way towards her. Wendy kept firing her wind attacks, keeping the monsters at bay. Flemeth cursed, there was no doubt in that little girls mind. No logical fear that she could use in this battle. Why were all Fairies so annoying? A couple minions merged together and Flemeth stood on the side line waiting for the cyclone to clear her view.
'I have no time, to play with you little girl.'
She placed both her dumbs and her index finger on the opposite finger, like you were taking a picture. She was holding that stance in front of her until the storm would pass.
'Mind Lock!' yelled Flemeth when she was able to see Wendy clearly between her fingers.
A purple magic circle was forming under Wendy's feet and chains became visible, chaining Wendy down. The little Sky Maiden tried to break herself loose. Wind was merging around her trying to cut or pull the chains off of her, but the chains kept Wendy in one place. All the minions turned into purple sand and a single butterfly was now roaming in the air. It flew right before the Maiden of the Sky.
'Why were you so bothered to try?' asked Flemeth annoyed.
Wendy didn't answer and looked at the butterfly like she was disgusted by her.
'Little Mind, normally I wouldn't mind but you see. Your guild are interfering with my life work.'
Wendy looked at the ground and part of her blue hair was covering her eyes.
'Good,' whispered Wendy slightly surprised by her own answer.
Flemeth didn't liked this girl and how ridiculous that girl's fear was, the little girl had it coming. Purple sand on the floor changed into multiple pots with pickled plums and another part of the sand took the shape of Loke. He grabbed one pot of plums and stood still a meter away from her. Finally fear became visible in the little girl's eyes. Loke took a bite of the pickled plum and his whole face broke by the sourness. Wendy unconsciously pushed her lips as hard as she could on each other. Flemeth shook softly her head. She had no energy to laugh. No energy to care. This whole fight had become a problem. She flew above the chains and took her place. A screen had become visible. On the screen was it still visible how the Fairy Tail members were trying to break the barrier around this little girl's body. Flemeth breathed in and out slowly and the barrier around Wendy broke into pieces. One more mind in her control.
-0o0-
Gajeel let out some air he hadn't noticed he had been holding, when he spotted that Wendy was alive and well. Wendy sat on the ground with Charle in her arms. She stood up and dropped Charle like a sack potatoes on the ground. Wendy just walked over Charle's lifeless body. Happy saw everything and couldn't think. He just moved towards Charle, looking if she was ok.
'Oi,' said Gajeel confused.
The red glow that had surrounded Natsu and the green glow that had surrounded Gajeel had started to disappear. Wendy's enchantments were gone. The timing was bad, Natsu was in the middle of a punch. Zero smiled wickedly and caught his flaming punch with his bare hand. He pulled Natsu towards him and hit him hard into the stomach. Natsu gasped by the force. Zero hold into the Salamander's fist and pulled again. But this time was Natsu pulled into the air. Zero let his hand go and kicked Natsu some good hundred meters away. A trail of destruction and a cloud of dust had formed by the impact.
Gajeel saw how Wendy was walking away from the fight and he ran after her.
'Vernier, Enchantment!' yelled Wendy suddenly
The Maiden of the Sky was surrounded in a blue color and before Gajeel or anyone else could response was she gone…
Gajeel didn't understand what just had happened and he cursed when he felt the pressure of Dark Gravity on his body. Ground under him was starting to crumble. He felt on his knees and hands and looked at the other exceeds, that had the same problem as him. He looked at the shadows on the ground that had been formed by the trees and merged with it, escaping the gravity field.
-0o0-
Gray was breathing heavy. He prepared himself to attack them and waited patiently. He knew their attack pattern now. Gemini would take all his blows, he was always the first one to attack him. When Gray is occupied with Gemini, was it Lucy's turn. Mostly ended that in a hit, while Gray was recovering was last but not least Sagittarius turn. Arrows were shot from a distance, his aim was to slow Gray's recovery down. Gray knew that Gemini could only handle a couple more hits before he will be send back towards the Celestial World…Sagittarius was a different story. Gray has no idea where the man horse….horse man…dammit…where that horse face was. But if he can force Gemini back, that would give him more breathing area.
Gray stopped in his track, when he observed a strange phenomen. Both the Grays before him had stopped their movements completely. He didn't care what just had happened, but he need to take advantage of this. He looked at the Gray he was sure was Lucy and inhaled in.
'Ice Devil's Rage.'
Ice was again shot out of his mouth. At that moment he saw how both Grays had blinked and was surprised by the sudden attack. Gemini ran towards Lucy and pushed her out of the way. Gemini was caught in the roar and was frozen instantly. His body started to glow and he returned to the Celestial World.
Lucy who was pushed out of the way had changed back to her own body. Only one of her keys was now glowing and that gave Gray all the information he needed. He didn't know what had happened, but he knew that the others were fighting their hearts out and that was all that matters. Someone had helped him at that moment. Someone had stopped the control of Flemeth for a couple seconds and just those couple seconds could change this fight.
Lucy's body glowed again and she wore now her Star Dress Taurus. Gray stood on guard knowing that one hit could be fatal for him. The ice pike in his leg had been absorbed into his body and his own layer of ice had been formed on the wound to stop the bleeding. These cuts were nothing and the pain could he simple ignore. He ran slow by his injuries towards Lucy while ice was forming on the ground behind him. Lucy grabbed one of her keys and brought new life into one of them. Aries came out of the light and formed a Wool Wall before her.
'Ice Devil's Scythe.'
A scythe was resting in Gray's hands and he swung with it. The wool got cut by the scythe and froze completely by the first touch. The force of the scythe had hit Aries and she screamed by the burning pain. Lucy ran towards, used Aries as a step up, jumped into the air, before Aries was pulled back into the Celestial World. Gray was barely able to dodge Lucy's attack and protected his eyes by the sudden sand and dust by the impact.
He looked at how Aries had disappeared and noticed the smile on Lucy's face. Anger was rushing through his body.
'Don't hide behind Lucy's spirits!' yelled Gray in anger. Lucy had become a person, she hated the most herself. He heard the familiar sound and knew that Sagittarius was going to fire at him. The accuracy of that horse was just too high for Gray to dodge, so the only thing he could do was…
'Ice Devil's Cocoon.'
His body got surrounded by ice and the arrows got deflected towards the ground. No scratch could be found on the ice. Lucy had already climbed into a tree above him and jumped down making her fist ready. Gray could feel the piercing pain of the impact, but his cocoon was able to hold on with a major crack and crater in his cocoon where Lucy had hit him. Lucy followed the routine and did the same thing over. Gray knew that the next blow would be fatal for him if he would stay there. He released his cocoon and jumped out of the way. A crater was formed on the ground. Force from the impact pushed him into the air. Gray coordinated himself and he looked in the distance where he was able to notice Sagittarius for the first time. Gray made a spear in his hand and threw it towards the horseman. The whole tree he had been standing on was now stuck into a pillar of ice, but Sagittarius had escaped. He heard the sound of movement and again was his shoulder pierced by some arrows. His right arm felt numb again for a second and his eyes widened when he saw Lucy right before him ready to attack him in mid-air. He had no time to react or to dodge. He embraced himself for the impact. He molded all the ice he could in that amount of time around his left arm and protected his face. Lucy's fists went right through the ice and Gray could hear his bone breaking. The force pushed him into a couple trees until he was finally stopped. Gray gasped for air, as blood came out of his mouth. He looked around him, noticing the cloud of sand and dust that had been formed by the impact. It was hard to see any movements or were the next tree could be. Lucy stepped through it and grabbed Gray by his neck. He was surprised to hear her voice.
'Why would you defeat me again, sweetie?' asked Lucy with a large grin.
Gray was trying to breath and had trouble getting noise out of his throat.
'B-e..ca-use….yo-u-u…a-ren't…L-L-L-u-u-c-y…' was Gray able to say after a lot of trouble.
Lucy prepared her fist and punched with all her force into his head. Her eyes widened, the body in front of her had been crumbled into ice pieces and she turned around, looking at Gray who was standing next to a pillar of ice with a frozen Sagittarius in it.
'Because you aren't Lucy,' said Gray.
His left arm was hinging next to his body, bruised and twisted in the wrong way.
'You purposely had yourself hit to caught me off guard?'
'And used the cloud as a cover to take out your combined vision.' Followed Gray her up. 'Lucy has better communication with her spirit then you have with your minions. She would have noticed my body was fake, because she would have known that her spirit was in danger. You…you have a delay…' said Gray while pointing towards the horse that was slowly disappearing towards the Celestial World.
Lucy saw some ice pieces of the Gray's clone rolling towards her feet and a magical circle was forming under her. The temperature was dropping immensely.
'CURSE YOU!' yelled Lucy while her body was completely covered in a pillar of ice. Gray couldn't smile or enjoy his victory. He was glad this part was over, but it tasted very sour and it made him more angry then happy. Blood was leaking from his wound on his leg that had reopened himself and blood was leaking from his mouth. On top of that was blood leaking from his mouth and other small cuts on his body. His vision had become blurry and he shook his head. He needed to stay awake…he needed to stay awake. He hobbled while slacking with his right leg behind him towards Lucy. He made his place next to her and he sat down. He raised his hand in the air and ice shot out of his palm. The ice exploded in the air and the Fairy Tail symbol became visible.
'Lucy…is captured'
Evergreen saw the sign in the air and smiled slightly. She flinched by the pain, but was able to stand and she dragged herself towards the signal in the air.
I have focused on one fight, with a slight peek on some other people, so that the reader can follow it much easier. Next chapter will be the fight between Zero and Natsu and Gajeel. Start with Bickslow, Mirajane, Doranbolt fight… SO many fights. So much adrenaline. WHOOP!
And a little hint in the fight between Gray and Lucy. What have caused the Lucy and Gemini to stop in their tracks? Why haven't Lucy used her Heaven's Gate? Do you know already the answers let me know what you think in the review or personal message :)
Thanks for all the support! Maybe you have noticed no music O.O was with the piece that I deleted… Maybe I can use it in another part of the story. This week I will be going to Castlefest, so hopefully my next update will be on Tuesday.
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