Chapter 8-What's The Deal
During the search for the Phoenix, Selena and Leanna continued following his associates Cyrus and Famke. They continued following them until they reached an underground hideout that was hidden underneath an abandoned building. They kept a considerable distance following them until they stopped once Cyrus and Famke visited The Phoenix.
"Do you have the goods?" The Phoenix asked.
"We've got them right here." Cyrus answered as he took a small bag out of his mouth.
"Damn it, Cyrus." The Phoenix commented "Do you always have to place things in your mouth? It's disgusting."
The Phoenix then took the bag and washed it before opening it to find the small diamond pieces that were inside.
"Nothing satisfies me more than obtaining these diamonds." The Phoenix commented.
"May we ask what you need these for?" Famke requested.
"I told you before." The Phoenix answered "They are for our master. He will be so pleased."
As Selena and Leanna heard their conversation hidden from a far distance, they began to converse with each other.
"Now that we've finally found them, it's time for an attack." Leanna confirmed.
"But we need to get the others here, and the only way to do that is to call them with our horns." Selena replied.
"But if we call them, our culprits will escape them once they hear the sound." Leanna replied back.
"Then I guess we have to find a way to make sure there are no escape routes from here." Selena suggested.
Selena and Leanna then walked around the hideout to look for all of the exits. Selena used her ice magic and Leanna used her iron dragon slayer magic to close off all of the doors, windows, and passageways. Once they had reached the last window, Selena blew on the horn to call Zane, Leonardo, and Rila.
The Phoenix, Cyrus, and Famke heard the horn and began to wonder where the sound was coming from.
"What is that really loud sound?" The Phoenix shouted as he covered his ears.
All of a sudden, Zane, Leonardo, Selena, Rila, and Leanna showed up in order to combat them.
"You're not going anywhere, Phoenix." Zane shouted.
"Who are you?" The Phoenix asked.
"We're from Fairy Tail." Rila answered.
"The best they could send are a couple of little kids?" The Phoenix asked sounding cocky.
"Who are you calling 'little'?" Zane angrily asked.
"We're teenagers to be exact." Selena corrected "Except for Leonardo who is only 10 years old."
"Hey, you don't need to tell them that." Leonardo replied.
"Cyrus, Famke, you two deal with them." The Phoenix ordered "I…am…out of here."
The Phoenix then took the diamond pieces and ran away looking for an escape route.
"I'm going after The Phoenix!" Zane declared.
"Selena, you should go help Zane!" Rila ordered.
As soon as Zane and Selena ran out to capture The Phoenix, Leonardo, Rila, and Leanna were left to battle against Cyrus and Famke. Cyrus and Famke showed off their magic abilities in order to intimidate them.
Cyrus revealed that he was a bug-like man by sticking out his tongue revealing it was bug-like. Cyrus then started to attack Leonardo by attempt to swallow him starting with his left hand. At that moment, Leonardo fell down and dropped his celestial keys. Leonardo then struggled to crawl with right hand to grab his keys. Famke revealed that she had the ability to use darkness magic, and she tried to use it to make the room pitch black. Rila then attacked Famke with her sword. As soon as Leonardo grabbed his keys, Cyrus had already put Leonardo's left arm inside his mouth. Leonardo struggled to summon a celestial spirit in time.
"My mother gave me this one." Leonardo said as he glanced over his keys "Let's see if this works."
Leonardo then held the key out with his right hand.
"Open the gate of the giant crab…Cancer!" Leonardo shouted.
Cancer then came through the gate with his weapons.
"Well, if it isn't Lucy's little son." Cancer pointed out.
"My name is Leonardo." Leonardo corrected "I need you to get this bug-man off my arm."
Cancer then used his powerful scissors to attack Cyrus causing him to release Leonardo from his mouth. As Leonardo's arm was out of Cyrus' mouth, he got grossed out by the saliva covering him.
"Damn, this stuff is not going to get out, is it?" Leonardo commented "Cancer, I need you to attack him."
Cancer then proceeded to fight Cyrus. Cyrus managed to evade most of the attacks by using his bug abilities.
Meanwhile, Rila and Leanna were fighting against Famke. Since Famke was skilled in darkness magic, she ended up making the area dark around them.
"You're not afraid of the dark, are you?" Famke teased.
Rila then tried to attack Famke with her sword by following her voice, but kept missing. However, Famke was able to see in the dark giving her the advantage of attacking Rila. Leanna turned her metal right arm into a metal club and also tried to figure out where Famke was. Leanna kept missing, but then ended up hitting something. However, it sounded like Rila.
"Damn it, Leanna." Rila complained "You hit me."
"I was trying to hit Famke, but I can't see a damn thing." Leanna replied.
"Listen, you go help Leonardo defeat the other one." Rila suggested "I can handle this woman on my own."
All of a sudden as Leanna walked away, Famke got rid of the darkness surrounding herself and Rila and stood right behind her.
"Look! I'm over here." Famke teased.
Rila then turned around and attacked Famke, but she ended up slipping back into the darkness. Rila then made attacks throughout the darkness trying to find Famke, but she was able to manoeuver throughout the darkness. Rila kept getting hit by Famke. Famke attacked Rila in the chest, legs, and arms. As Rila fell to the ground, she strategized what to do next.
"You won't be able to see me while we're in the dark." Famke teased.
"Then I guess I'll have to work under these conditions." Rila replied "Reequip!"
Rila reequipped into a new set of armour that was in a blue colour and then closed her eyes. While Rila closed her eyes, she held her hands out and paid attention to the sounds around her. Once Rila heard something, she attacked with her sword and ended up successfully hitting Famke. Rila then fought against Famke hand in hand with her sword. As Famke tried to hit Rila, she successfully dodged it. Rila then laid a bunch of successful attacks on Famke. Rila then made a charging attack towards Famke. As soon as Rila hit Famke with a massive amount of magic energy, Famke then fainted. Rila had successfully beaten Famke.
While Leonardo was summoning Cancer to fight against Cyrus, Leanna came by to help out. Leanna had transformed her right arm into a metal mace and used it to attack Cyrus. Cyrus used his bug abilities to shoot bug saliva onto Leanna causing her to fall down.
"Cancer, get Leanna out of that." Leonardo commanded.
"Alright-ebi!" Cancer answered.
"I'd like to get this saliva out of my shirt." Leonardo commented.
Leonardo tried to figure out a strategy to attack Cyrus. During that time, Cyrus had viciously attacked Leonardo. Leonardo managed to dodge the bug saliva that was being thrown at him. However, as soon as Cyrus shot saliva at Leonardo's feet, he fell to the ground. As Leonardo tried to get back up, he noticed that he was stuck to the ground.
"Sweet dreams, little guy." Cyrus said in a raspy voice.
But as Cyrus was about to attack Leonardo, Leanna made a massive attack on Cyrus.
"Dodge this!" Leanna shouted.
Leanna then used her iron dragon magic to transform her arms into sharp metal blades. Leanna then successfully made cuts onto Cyrus and eventually disarmed him.
"Do you know what people do to bugs?" Leanna asked "They squash them."
Leanna then made a massive attack on Cyrus. The following attack contained a large amount of magic energy that caused Cyrus to faint. Leanna used her metal arms to cut Leonardo out of the saliva.
"Thanks for helping me out back there." Leonardo said.
"Don't mention it." Leanna replied.