Chapter 9-Battling the Phoenix
Zane and Selena were chasing after The Phoenix as he managed to escape from the building and run down the street. During the chase, Zane and Selena were able to trap him once they reached a bridge that was over railway tracks. Selena used her ice magic to make a tall wall at the end of the bridge so that The Phoenix could not escape.
"You're not going anywhere, Phoenix!" Selena shouted.
"What are you here?" Zane asked "I can handle this guy on my own."
"Hey, I'm here to help you out." Selena answered "Don't fight me, fight him!"
"You silly little kids have got it coming." The Phoenix commented "You obviously don't know my skills in telepathy magic."
The Phoenix then slowly unbuttoned his shirt. As soon as The Phoenix took off his shirt, Selena and Zane saw that he was a reasonably muscular man with racing stripe tattoos running all over his upper body. The Phoenix's eyes suddenly turned yellow as he began to use his telepathy magic to lift a bunch of inanimate objects up in the air. Selena and Zane struggled as they had to dodge a lot of heavy objects appearing in their midst. However, they succeeded in dodging them.
Zane then used his fire magic to make fire fists with his hands to attack The Phoenix. Zane tried to punch The Phoenix, but he kept dodging his attacks. The Phoenix kept controlling inanimate objects to attack Zane, but he kept dodging those. Selena also tried to attack The Phoenix by using her ice magic. Selena kept missing, but once she launched an ice blast at The Phoenix's face, it caused him to flinch making Zane successfully land a fire punch on him. Selena and Zane continued use their magic to attack The Phoenix.
At that moment, The Phoenix used his telepathy magic to hit Zane and Selena together with a lamppost. As soon as Zane and Selena got back up on their feet, The Phoenix noticed a train coming by and was about to go underneath the bridge.
"See you later, suckers!" The Phoenix smirked.
The Phoenix then ran and jumped off the bridge, successfully landing on the train that was down below.
"Come on, we've got to follow him." Selena informed.
"Hold on a minute." Zane replied.
However, Selena didn't pay attention to Zane's comment and grabbed his hand. Selena then led herself and Zane to jump off the bridge and land down on the train below. Selena and Zane made a rough landing on the bridge, but had successfully managed to stay on The Phoenix's trail.
"Are you alright, Zane?" Selena asked.
Selena turned her back and found Zane right behind her lying down on the train roof groaning and feeling sick. Selena found out that Zane suffered from motion sickness, just like his father Natsu.
"Are you seriously getting sick from this?" Selena asked "Is this why Rila said I should follow him? Come on Zane, we need to keep up."
Selena tried to get Zane to stand up, but she couldn't. Luckily, Happy managed to fly down and help Zane up.
"Don't worry, I've got him." Happy said.
Selena then continued running across the roof of the train and managed to catch up to The Phoenix.
"Hold it right there!" Selena shouted "Ice make lance!"
Selena then made an ice lance attack right on The Phoenix.
"You dare to attack me!" The Phoenix angrily replied.
The Phoenix then caused a large amount of inanimate objects to float in the air with his telepathy magic and used them to attack Selena.
"Ice make shield!" Selena shouted.
Selena was able to create a shield be protected from all of the objects from hitting her. Selena launched ice attacks to hit The Phoenix which he was able to dodge, until one of them had hit his neck. In anger, The Phoenix used his telepathy to summon a rope which ended up tying itself around Selena's arms. Selena was unable to make any attacks with her hands tied, and in the process, The Phoenix had grabbed her.
"You're mine now, little girl." The Phoenix taunted.
Selena tried to figure out a way to get out of The Phoenix's grasp. The Phoenix tried to stop Selena's struggle. At that moment, Selena's attempt to escape caused herself and The Phoenix to fall off the train which at that time was on a bridge. Selena and The Phoenix were then falling down a high distance to a large lake that was below. However, as Selena was still falling, Zane who was being carried by Happy had grabbed onto her hand.
Selena looked back up and smiled as she saw Zane grab onto her hand.
"I've got you." Zane said.
Happy then flew Selena and Zane back down to the ground which happened to be in the middle of a desert-like area.
"Are you alright?" Zane asked.
"Thanks for catching me back there." Selena answered.
"Don't mention it." Zane replied.
However, their job wasn't over yet as The Phoenix came out of the water near them using his telepathy magic to lift up a large amount of desert rocks.
"I'm still alive." The Phoenix smirked as he began to launch a massive amount of attacks at Selena and Zane.
Selena and Zane were successfully able to defend themselves from the attacks. However, as soon as The Phoenix used his telepathy to attack them with a large boulder, they both fell to the ground.
"You're going down, Phoenix!" Zane shouted.
Zane then took off his vest as he began to become filled with rage. Zane was suddenly shirtless as he prepared a massive attack on The Phoenix.
"Oh my, Zane just took off his shirt." Selena commented to herself "This is so sudden, but for some reason, I feel really aroused."
The Phoenix continued using his telepathy to launch a large amount of heavy objects at Zane at rapid speed. However, Zane was able to use his fire magic to hit every single one of them. The Phoenix used a massive amount of magic at once, but Zane had successfully stopped the attack from hurting himself. The Phoenix then stood shocked as Zane continued walking straight in front of him.
"Who are you?" The Phoenix asked.
"I'm the son of Natsu Dragneel." Zane answered as he prepared his hands for an attack.
Zane then got into a stance for a powerful attack.
"Fire Dragon Roar!" Zane shouted.
All of a sudden, Zane summoned an insanely large amount of fire which attacked The Phoenix. The Phoenix was then blasted far enough to be hit towards a large boulder causing him to faint. As soon as Zane had finally beaten The Phoenix in battle, Selena walked towards him.
"Wow, Zane, you are seriously strong." Selena commented.
"Thank you." Zane greeted "Thanks for having my back up there."
Zane then gave Selena a hug. Selena suddenly felt cheerful and put her arms around Zane tightly. While they were still hugging, Zane and Selena suddenly looked at each other in the eyes and remained silent. Zane and Selena unexpectedly began to kiss each other. Their kiss lasted for a few seconds and soon as they stopped, they continued to look into each other's eyes. Zane suddenly felt nervous as he let go of Selena and turned around.
"I'm sorry." Zane awkwardly said "I probably shouldn't have done that."
"No, you don't have to apologize." Selena replied "I wanted you to."
"Are you serious?" Zane asked.
"I'm serious." Selena confirmed.
"There's something I would like to ask you." Zane mentioned.
"What is it, Zane?" Selena asked.
"Once we head home, I would like to take you somewhere tonight alone." Zane answered.
"Where do you plan on taking me?" Selena continued asking.
"I'll tell you when we get there." Zane continued answering "Come on, we should get going."
As soon as Zane walked off, Selena suddenly began to jump up and down in excitement.
"This is amazing." Selena said to herself "I can't believe I'm going out with Zane tonight!"
Selena then caught up with Zane so they could finish their wizard job and head back home.