Welcome back another chapter of Fairytail's Ruin... I mean Emperor of The Ruin. Yes, I changed the name of the story.
Why, because I felt like it and I feel like it's better than Fairytail's Ruin, and I think it's a slight step up since I'm really bad at making names.
And since before every chapter starts I have to start a mini rant. I know that in the beginning I said that Kazuki would progress slowly in the story.
And right now he's as strong if not stronger than Erza. It amazes me that you guys think I don't notice my own stories plot.
And if that was the case I'd rather not have a weak protagonist that gets power boosters all the time. Than a strong character who gets occasional power boost.
Frankly I believe that's a lot better than the basic anime protagonist. But I think this is a good enough of a rant for one day.
On to this weeks chapter.
Chapter 20: Tower of Heaven; Battle of Conquest
(I'd recommend listening to Cynthia no Hikari (Sao Lost song) during this whole chapter, only because that's what I was listening to through the majority of the chapter)
Kazuki and Shino engage in eye contact before disappearing from plain sight. "How fast are they?!" Jellal says impressed.
'I'm so glad he's on my side' Jellal says mentally as he's forced to dodge an attack Natsu's Fire Dragon Iron Fist.
Suddenly shockwaves form from Kazuki's and Shino's clashes. Mirajane looks at the shockwaves charging a demonic blast.
After tracking their shockwaves Mirajane throws her ball of demon energy at where she hopes they'll go to next. Luckily for her it came true as Shino is forced to block the blast.
Kazuki takes the upper hand while he's distracted. "Hametsu Akuma: Suīpu" Kazuki says kicking him to the ground.
Mirajane looks at Kazuki for a split second before dashing towards Shino. Shino who gets up see's Mirajane coming at looks at her.
"Your not my priority" Shino says before dodging her attack and appearing above her with his hands covered in a black mist. "Shadō Kamigami: Hametsu!" Shino says as he puts his hands on her back quickly as he disappears into the shadows.
Kazuki who's confused and trying to look for Shino is surprised when an explosion goes off towards Mirajane. "Mira!" Kazuki shouts.
The Ruin Devil dashes towards her only to be stopped by Shino phasing into existence and punching him hard to the ground.
"Metor" Jellal says dodging the attacks from Natsu and Erza. Erza stops her attacks once she notices that Mirajane is hurt.
Erza runs over to her before sliding to her side,"Hey Mira you ok?" Mirajane is knocked out by Shino's attack.
Kazuki takes note of this as he tries to buy Erza time. "Grand Chariot" Jellal says as multiple magic circles appear before exploding around Natsu.
Natsu slides next to him injured,"Are you Fairies willing to give up?" Jellal says smirking at both men who look tired.
"Over my dead body" Natsu says standing up. "I'd rather die than have you guys lay a hand on Erza and the others."
Jellal bits his teeth as Shino lands next to him. "I'm tired of playing these games with you Fairies." Jellal says as he starts forming a black and white ball of nothing as the light faces Kazuki and Natsu.
Kazuki looks at the blast before stepping infront of Natsu and the others. "I made a promise to someone I held very dear to me..." Kazuki says to Jellal holding his hand out infront of him.
"I promised that I would grow stronger because they couldn't." Kazuki says with a black ball forming in his left hand.
"Sounds like a sap story of a weakling that could fend for themselves, let alone others" Jellal says as the spell is complete.
"That might be true, but I promised to get stronger so she can life on through me and fulfill her dream" Kazuki says a Green and purple ball appears in his right hand.
"Whatever it's pointless now! Altairis!" Jellal says throwing the ball towards him. Shino, Natsu, and Erza look on curious.
"And you or anybody can dare beat me when it comes to protecting my friends! Hametsu Akuma: Eguzairu (Ruin Devils Exile)" Kazuki shouts as he combines both balls that goes straight towards Jellal's.
The two balls of complete mass destruction compete for power as their users try their hardest to overpower the other. From the looks of it Altairis is beating Eguzairu as Kazuki tries to put more power into the ball.
"Fire Dragons Brilliant Flame!" Natsu says throwing his giant fire ball towards the dual balls of destruction. Jellal glares at them both as now with Natsu's added help they're taking over his Altairis.
He grunts before stopping the magic controlling Altairis before casting metor dodging both of Natsu's and Kazuki's combined attacks.
Erza sighs in relief as she focuses on Mirajane again who's still out cold. Kazuki breaths heavily as the anti magic barrier particles disappear returning him to his original form.
Natsu falls down also very tiredly. Jellal notices this as Shino does to and flys down next Jellal sighing. "It seems as if your both out of energy" Shino says plainly walking towards them.
Natsu glares at him as Kazuki just looks at him. "Yes it appears so" Kazuki says before thinking about his surroundings and Natsu's power before smiling.
He punches the ground as shards of Ethernano break off, he catches a few small shards before tossing it right for Natsu who out of instinct eats it.
Kazuki smiles as he gets a big power boost Jellal looks on in shock,"He ate the Ethernano?!" Erza watches on surprised by his power.
'So this is the power he kept inside until now?' Erza thinks to herself. Natsu starts to choke blue ooze before is body gets covered in fire. The Fire Dragon Slayer looks at Jellal in pure aggression and rage.
Kazuki smiles as he opens his mouth towards Natsu as it looks as if Black and Purple energy comes of Natsu as Kazuki eats it.
The Clever Devil smirks as most of his power he had before using Eguzairu comes back as he transforms back into his Etherious War God: Haurus mode.
"You've both regained your strength? How?" Shino says calmly to Kazuki as Natsu and Jellal begin their final clash. "I remembered my mentor saying that Ruin Devils feed of the Negative side of things."
"And Dragon Slayers have Dragon senses and emotions, so if I used the Ethernano to enhance that hopefully his emotions would too, therefore creating a primal rage state for him" Kazuki says revealing his quick thinking.
Shino nods before using his full power completely combining his White and Shadow magic. His eyes turn a glowing grey and black and white marks appear around his face. (Basically like Sting and Rouge's Dragon Drives combined)
"Holy overdrive" Shino says before dashing towards Kazuki,"Howaitoshadō Kamigami: Reiji"(White Shadow Gods Rage) Shino says shooting a beam of white and black energy towards Kazuki who jumps over it.
'I better start tapping into this new Etherous mode if I want to even make it out here without having to see Hades again' Kazuki says.
He begins to concentrate very hard as he dodges a second blast from Shino this time flying up into the air thanks to his wings. Once the beam is gone he flys down quickly as his right shin changes from his normal aura to a pure black and green aura.
"War Devil Haurus Crashing Dagger!" Kazuki says kicking where Shino was as he evades by disappearing into the shadows as the ground shatters by the impact.
Shino forms behind Kazuki who turns around with a small leak of his magic from his mouth. "War Devil Haurus Cry!" Kazuki says turning around as he shoots a beam similar to his bellow straight at Shino.
The God Slayer slides back before charging back at Kazuki the same straight on attacking him. Kazuki blocks most of his hits. "Howaitoshadō Kamigami: Shirubānaito" (White Shadow Gods: Silver Knights) Shino says as 3 Silver Knights help attack Kazuki.
The Ruin Devil quickly gets overwhelmed as he's slammed into the ground repeatedly by each knight before they disappear as Shino picks him up from his neck choking him.
"Howaitoshadō: Hamā!" Shino says as he punches Kazuki through the wall as he falls before summoning his wings. Once stable he flys back up at goes at Shino at very quick speeds before kneeing him in the face.
"War Devil Haurus Twin Nebula" Kazuki says as he throws two beams at Shino's face after kicking him back. Shino dispells the dust as black orbs appears around him,"Shadō Kamigami: Hametsu!"
The orbs goes towards Kazuki who evades them by flying away from the attacks. Kazuki once there are no more orbs spins towards Shino direction. "War Devil Haurus Cry!"
Shino does 3 back flips to avoid getting hit,"Howaitoshadō Kamigami: Sei Ame" (Holy Rain) Shino was as silver needles appear and head straight for Kazuki's body.
Kazuki quickly dispells his wings making him drop quick and avoid the attack... Or so he thought as the needles change direction as they fall right on top of his as all he can do his block it.
Black blood starts to drip off of his arms as he has trouble feeling his arms. "Is that it?" Shino says disappointed as he dashed towards him.
"War Devil Haurus Crashing Hammer!" Kazuki says extending his arm to punch Shino who counters this by jumping on his arm and backflip kicking him in the head as Kazuki falls backwards.
But before he can fall to the ground a Silver light appears around Shino's hand,"Howaitoshadō: Piasusupia!" (Piercing Spear) Shino says dashing at insane speeds as he aims for Kazuki's heart aiming to kill.
To his dislike a blue Glyph appears infront of Kazuki's chest blocking his attack. Shino is confused by the Glyph since it's his first time seeing it in action. "I think it's my turn."
Kazuki kicks him hard as Shino slides back blocking the attack. Kazuki whose deciding to go all out summons a golden Glyph under himself as he powers up a lot.
After increasing his power for the 2nd time today Kazuki dashes towards Shino who punches him only for it to be an after image. "Behind you" Kazuki says as Shino quickly turns around to no one.
"For an Mercenary you sure aren't the brightest" Kazuki says as he falls above him,"War Devil Haurus Crashing Dagger" Kazuki says this time landing his attack.
Before Shino can react Kazuki throws him up into the air as multiple White Glyphs appear Shino who is unable to do anything.
A verticle white glyph appears infront of Kazuki as he runs into it as 2 Black and Green swords appear from his anti magic particles. The handles being green the sword being black and black blood drips down.
Kazuki appears from Glyph to slashing Shino repeatedly who tries to turn into a shadow only for the swords to start glowing as it still slashes him stopping his idea as he screams in pain.
The Ruin Devil appears infront of Shino as the swords green handle changes to purple and the black metal starts to glow,"War Devil Haurus 4 Deadly Strike."
Kazuki swipes his swords up before lightly tossing them in the opposite direction slightly. During his swords mid he catches both of them with his right hand catching the on the left and vice versa.
Once both in his hand he swipes across Shino's chest creating a H in his chest as Kazuki falls to the ground but a Blue glyph appears containing Shino in a bubble.
The moment Kazuki gets rid of his swords an explosion goes of inside the bubble as a smokey Shino falls to the ground. Kazuki laughs evily almost as he flys into the air as he uses the rest of his magic for a final attack.
85 balls of Purple appear in the sky. Erza, Natsu, and Jellal take note of this,"Hey are you trying to kill us all?!" Erza shouts to him.
Kazuki eyes glow red as looks straight at Shino,"Gods are my natural enemy therefore me must die! War Devil Secret Art: Haurus's Forbidden Spells: Rain of The 85 Legions!" Kazuki says as he's about the cast the spell before an outside force makes him turn back into his normal form falling hard into the ground.
'Not only were you about a forbidden spell but you've gone mad with power' A dark voice says as if he's not surprised. 'Huh? Who is this?'
'I am one of the War Devils Haurus and you dare abuse my power that Hades lends you?!' Haurus says angrily as massive pain comes across Kazuki's body.
"AHHHHH! I'm Sorry My Lord!" Kazuki says outloud on the pain his body is in. 'You better be cause if it wasn't for Hades I would kill you right now!' Haurus says as the pain disappears along with their temporary link.
During that short window off opportunity Shino has gotten up limping towards Kazuki. He has a white spear in his hands over Kazuki who can't move,"Any last words?"
Kazuki is about to speak but doesn't have too as Natsu is flying in the sky towards Jellal who is sending off a lot of power. "Fire Dragons Secret Art: Hidden Fire Forge: Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!" Natsu shouts crashing into Jellal as an explosion surrounds them.
Once the light does out Jellal is nowhere to be found as Natsu falls to the ground landing on his feet before passing out. "Jellal..." Shino says sighing as he retracts his spear.
"No Jellal... No money... Which means you live... For now anyway. Trust me we'll meet very soon" Shino says to Kazuki sighing before disappearing in a black vortext.
"Hmm... That's a relief" Kazuki says as his eyes change from red to purple as he falls asleep out of pure exhaustion.
A/N: Can't say much but hoped you enjoyed and until next time Rate and Review and I'll respond to your feedback. Peace.