Chapter 34- Gonru
"We have to save the others!" announced Wendy,
"Less than ten minutes is a huge risk, and I can't guarantee it will be easy. Nirvana has already called in the Garou knights for backup." Explained Rena,
"It doesn't matter, we have all of our forces here, they'll get the job done." Said Laki,
"Easier said than done. There are a lot of dark mages out there prepared for an attack with ridiculously powerful magic awaiting you. If we go in, I can't assure you will all get out safely…" said Rena,
"I don't care, we're going. If you're not coming, I'm going either way." announced Romeo,
"I'm all fired up…" said Natsu as he wearily stood up,
"You are in no condition to go. Stay with Mahalia." commanded Rena with a dark aura…
She reminds me of Mirajane….
"I'm going, I have to help, it's my family out ther-" he began,
Rena grabbed him by the ear and pulled his ear toward her lips,
"Stay here, and take care of Mahalia, she's like my baby sister…. Please." she begged as a whisper in his ear.
By the time Rena had turned back around, Romeo was heading out the door.
"Romeo wait! I have a plan…. We all go in there, not to fight anyone if we don't have to. Just save who we can and evacuate to the woods, the safe house we are standing in may not even be safe. I will take care of Gonru, I'm not sure I can do much to stop him put I can try and hold if off for as long as I can. We have less than ten minutes." said Rena,
"Wait! If you find Laxus or Gildarts, remind them of Fairy Law." said Natsu calling after them.
"He's right!" exclaimed Lisanna,
"Fairy Law mightn't be affective when with all of this Nirvana business we can't even tell who is and isn't on our side." said Cana,
"If we find Warren, he can get communications up and running again so we can notify the others of our plan." said Yukino running alongside everyone toward the guild.
"Understood!" replied Wendy speeding ahead of them,
The determination of the young sky dragon slayer was remarkable. Maybe that was why Romeo had hidden feelings for her.
The mages from the safe house fled to different parts of the castle guild. This war was finally drawing to an end. Whatever happens, this is the last fight, the last round, and the last determination of who lives and who dies. Yukino ran to the front of the guild to warn Coco, Mary and Sugarboy. They heeded her warning but were unsure whether to save their prisoners. Yukino cast a glance at the prisoners remembering what Rena said '… 8…. Jester …. Sorano… she's too far in the darkness…'
"Save the Kid and the creep over there." she said pointing to 8 and Jester.
"What about your sister?" asked Coco,
"She's not my sister anymore." replied Yukino sadly,
Coco and Mary reluctantly began freeing 8 and Jester, whilst Yukino strolled over and knelt beside Sorano. She slept beautifully, like an Angel.
"Gomen, Sorano." whispered Yukino as tears fell from her eyes, "Everyone gets a second chance… but, you already blew yours…. and I know that you did it for me… but I'm afraid it has to be this way. I can't let you tarnish the lives of innocent people anymore."
Yukino pulled Angel's head nearer her own and touched foreheads, the tears continuing down to cascade her cheeks. Yukino brushed her lips over Sorano's forehead briefly,
"Goodbye, Nii-chan, I love you." whispered Yukino as she stood up and rejoined the former Legion Corps.
Sugarboy had Jester in his arms, and Mary had 8 riding on her back. They were both still passed out which they couldn't decide whether it was a good or a bad thing. Coco and Yukino ran into the guild through corridors and passage ways checking everywhere for alliance members. Other members scouted around the guild to but nobody had really found anybody until they spotted a passed out Lector, Sting, Frosch, Rogue and Minerva in one of the basements. Cana had Frosch who she was hugging like a teddy bear, Lisanna had Lector, Laki had Rogue and Max had Sting. They started to haul people out as fast as they could via secret tunnel to safe house and then exiting from there. It was hard to run whilst holding other people, especially under such a time stress. Romeo, Wendy, Coco and Yukino had spotted Freed, Ultear, the Spirit Witch and Warren up the next flight of stairs. Ultear was just conscious and Coco threw her arm around her as support, Yukino attempted to carry Freed, and Romeo and Wendy made a joint effort to awaken and help Warren. After several attempts of shaking his shoulders and using healing spells Romeo and Wendy were forced to give up on waking him and they escorted him out of the guild.
o0o
There was a tremendous thud in the courtyard. People miles around in every direction would have felt it. The retreating members of Fairy Tail and Crime Sorciere certainly felt it. It felt like an earthquake! Gonru rose from his position he had landed on the ground. His fist and knee had smashed a crater in the ground successfully and when he stood up properly, even in the wake of his landing which set him a foot below actual ground level, he was massive in both kind of ways. He had coarse black hair, was extremely tall and wide, wore a plain white full face mask and a black cape. His gaze firstly landed on the girl standing in front of him.
"HIKARU KAIN!?" she shrieked in shock,
"SNOWFLAKE!" he wept crash tackling her to the ground in a death defying hug.
"Why are you here Hikaru?" she demanded,
"I'm NOT Hikaru Kain anymore…." he drum-rolled on his belly,
"I am….. GONRUUUUU! THE ONE AND ONLY, STRONGEST GONRUUUU!" he roared.
"And yet he still hasn't changed," she muttered to herself in dismay.
"So do you agree to be one and only? My honey? Or do we have to end this the hard way? After all, I have a job to do with my new magic and all…. I was requested by the mighty Nirvana of all people!" he boasted,
"No thanks, Hikaru. I was just hoping to have a casual catch up?" she suggested nervously,
She never in her eternal lifetime had she imagined holding off 'Gonru' would be like this.
"If it's a no, then I don't have the time for cozy catch up, I have work to do!" he snobbed,
Rena twitched with boiled anger and irritation… he's gonna make me do this. she scowled,
"Please Hikaru?" she requested seductively, "I'll even do a strip tease for you afterwards?" she continued twirling her icy blue locks around her finger,
"I could do that for you!" said Kain excitedly pulling out Mister Cursey and making a reach for a strand of her hair,
Rena smacked away his hand quickly with her pro reflexes.
"I prefer it to be voluntary." she snarled back at him.
"Well then how about you strip for me now, and then we'll talk shall we? Unless you wanted to do something other than talking?" he asked in a sad attempt to flirt,
I really hate this creep sick pervert. she sighed.
"Very well," she replied seductively,
She stood back from Kain and in less than a second her clothes were gone. She must be related to Gray. Both cloak and dress. She was now left in her lacey white bra and underwear. Hikaru's eyes grew hearts and Rena struck a pose like Mira in a pin up model challenge.
"The rest of it comes off after we talk." she sniggered with a wink,
I hope Fairy Tail is appreciating my efforts, I'm not sure I can stand this guy much longer. Although it came as no surprise that all Rena had to do to distract and stall Kain was to wear her underwear whilst posing sexually. Rena was drop dead beautiful, eyes like crystals and hair like a silky blue tinged unicorn's mane, creamy porcelain skill and perfect physique, a generous bust and healthy curves. The two maintained several minutes' worth of small talk, until he asked her to completely strip. Rena managed to drag out the conversation in a longer stall. She could only hope the fairies were making good progress.
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Juvia peered out of the window she was near. She was weak to move, but she had forgotten about almost everything in the world when she saw the person she cared about most.
"Gray-sama…"
Juvia gasped. Gray was lying on the ground knocked out cold. Elfman had just collapsed to the ground and Gildarts was struggling to breathe being affected by the deadly spores. Juvia couldn't just sit there and do nothing, Gray, Meredy, Mirajane, Laxus, Elfman, Evergreen and Bickslow were all down there helpless and unconscious.
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On the highest floor, Nirvana, Erza, Jellal and Gajeel were engaged in relentless battle. Levy's eyes were heavy and closed, but she was in fact, awake. She heard the crumble of surroundings and the smash of attacks into walls. She willed her body to move, but every tiny muscle ached. Damn Erza! growled Levy. She cracked open an eye and observed the fight briefly, they were so wrapped up their battle they hadn't noticed her awakening. An iron pillar swung past her head as she ducked just in time, and Gajeel STILL hadn't noticed. He's going to get a mouthful when we get out of this mess! she swore. But how would she get out of this mess. Nirvana was just toying with Gajeel, and Jellal was blinded by love to fight Erza. Levy had to do something, but what? There was just one thing…. THAT spell. She was forbidden to use it though, and it could prove very dangerous. She'd have to make sure the others got out of the way. Levy shakily stood up and tried to sustain some strength in her jelly-like frail legs. Nirvana caught a glimpse at the moving Levy, and in that tiny window of distraction, Gajeel smashed her into the wall with an iron pillar. Nirvana groaned as she recovered herself.
"I've had enough of this." she growled,
Nirvana placed too hands near the middle of her chest where magic energy began to well. Erza, Jellal, Levy and Gajeel all had their gazes fixed on her. The spell had a powerful presence, Levy was the first to figure out what it was. That's the same way that Makarov, Hades and Jose would cast a Fairy/Grimiore/Phantom Law spell. It must be a Silence Law? or even…. a Nirvana Law! A Nirvana Law would be most likely considering she is the type who'd rather enslave others in darkness like she has in the past rather than kill them. I have to stop this now! Beams of the Nirvana magic began to erupt from the magic orb forming between her palms. They spat out in random directions, Nirvana's face was twisted and warped as she smiled in satisfaction. Levy saw it coming; the beam headed straight for Gajeel. Operating on instinct, Levy lunged at Gajeel pushing them both to the ground. She was actually surprised she was able to push him so easily considering he was normally like an iron wall (pun intended). Levy didn't have time to blush, she told him them all to run with a loud yell. Gajeel tried to pull her away, but in a complete out of character moment she yanked her arm away and kicked him in the gut. Gajeel wouldn't leave, but Levy assured him.
"I know what I'm doing." she said with a smile and then she pushed him away and slammed the door behind him.
She turned back to Nirvana, beams flew at Levy's head but she ducked just in time and niftily dodged.
"Gomen, Papa…" she whispered as a single tear rolled down her cheek,
She had a sudden flashback of the withered bonsai before she made her move.
"Solid script: Death." she cast.
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Rena was trying her best to stall, but things were taking a turn for the worst. Hikaru was beginning to suspect her objectives and began to speed up the process. Rena simply refused to strip, partially because she has some dignity and partially because it wasn't going to get her anywhere anyway. Soon their conversation turned from casual, to declarations of war. Kain quickly caught on to the betrayal and the rebellion, this only made things worse….
o0o
A wave of dark magic…. of death, hit Nirvana straight on. Her face froze for a moment, her twisted expression faded. No blood leaked from any part of her body. She simply just faded away….
On the other side of the door,
"Jellal?" whispered Erza,
"Erza…" he answered back,
"Get out now, smooch later." growled Gajeel,
He burst through the door. Could Erza changing back mean Nirvana was dead?
"Levy!" Gajeel ran over to Levy's side.
The girl was on her knees crying into her hands. Gajeel grabbed her by the shoulders,
"Let's go." he said gruffly,
Levy didn't move.
"Look I can't carry ya, but we gotta go." he said tugging her by the wrist,
Levy pulled him back and buried her face in his chest in sobs.
"I'm sorry it's not that I don't care, but I won't be satisfied you're safe until we get out of here. Now let's go." he said firmly.
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Rena and Kain kicked into battle mode, the fight was one that could easily be won by Rena, but that was if Kain didn't plain dirty, which he was. He stole hairs from the sleeping subjects around them and manipulated them through Mister Cursey. Rena couldn't hurt them, not now that she was helping them and it wasn't even a fair fight. It wasn't even THEIR fight! A manipulated Gray swung a punch at her. Rena was used to experiencing pain in her long lifetime, but a small "Eep." escaped her lips. She dodged just in time and grabbed a hold of his fist, she used her free hand to slap the daylights out of him across the cheek.
"Wake up Gray!" she screamed at him,
Surprisingly Gray woke instantly and realized he was being controlled,
"Shit." was all he had to say,
"You gotta work with me here Gray." she said to him as he continued to attack her,
Rena continuously dodged.
"You attacked Juvia, why would I work with you?" argued Gray,
"Good point. But I was part of the rebellion to save her as well." she said between deep breaths and more dodges.
"Why would I trust you?" demanded Gray,
"Because you're talking to Ul's great great great something or another." she said simply,
Gray's face froze when she mentioned Ul's name.
"That's not possible, you look about seventeen!" he answered,
Rena punched her right fist into her left palm as a mist whirled around her,
"Ice-make: Rose garden."
She punched a fist into the ground and an ice rose garden erupted from the ground the same as both Ul and Ultear. Gray was in shock, he took the blow from the rose garden and tumbling back smashing into Kain and knocked Mister Cursey out of his hand.
"Grab the doll!" shouted Rena,
Gray didn't entirely believe her but he had to trust her for now. He ran over to the doll and pulled out his raven hair.
"Okay, play time's over. I have a job to do." announced Kain,
How many times has he said that already? Rena rolled her eyes. But this time, Gonru was serious. She was already beginning to feel an incredible amount of power starting to grow around her, at this rate the best she could do was stall or use iced shell. However, moon drip was a new remedy and it would be evidently pointless. Rena commanded Gray to try and wake up who he could and get everyone out of there. Meanwhile she began attacking Hikaru Gonru Kain all out. Her attacks were powerful, but Kain's explosion made her bite the dust, she was lucky she was immortal and could heal herself. When Rena talks about herself being 'immortal' she isn't actually 'immortal' as such. She doesn't age, and she can heal herself incredibly quick restoring her to as good as new. But she can still die by using tabooed spells and from impact of certain spells. If Gonru really did blow up the place on such a mass, powerful scale, she too wouldn't survive. Gray managed to wake Meredy, Laxus, Mirajane and Gildarts, but no one else would wake. Gray ordered Meredy to take Evergreen, Laxus take Bickslow, Mirajane take Elfman and get out of there. Rena practically begged Gildarts to get the Ice master out of there and the Garou knights if he could. Gildarts agreed, normally he would have fought to, but he understood that Gray and Rena had this under control. Besides, he was one of the few mages who could carry four people at once (Ice master, Kamika, Cosmos and Uosuke).
"We've got this under control." assured Gray,
"Well if you die your ghost isn't welcome at Fairy Tail!" grunted Gildarts with a smile,
"Aye sir!" and what a horrible habit he had picked up from Happy.
Hikaru Kain's power increased significantly, they all sensed the end was nearing. His power had already reached the point of the spell where it was ready to be released.
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Juvia didn't know what controlled her, she felt possessed by her own emotions. She stood up with shaky legs and stepped out onto the ledge of the window. Gray-sama was about to slip away from her.
"JUVIA!" yelled out Levy and Gajeel from behind her.
Juvia stepped of the ledge, the feeling of falling was amazing, the wind wisped through her hair and she felt free. Somehow she miraculously landed on two feet on the courtyard far below her. Gonru began unleashing her explosive magic. The magic that was about to wipe out the entire guild. Juvia ran closer to the insane dark mage. She knew she had to do this, she had to protect her Gray-sama, Levy, Gajeel and whoever else's lives were in jeopardy. Light or dark mage, it doesn't matter, what matters is that everyone has a beating heart. Justice will be served to those who betray theirs, but everyone lives to serve a purpose. If bad people didn't exist, good people wouldn't understand the power of friendship and the value of a life.
Hikaru Kain commenced the final phase of the spell. Rena and Gray gasped. He slowly began to fade away.
"The spell was a taboo spell like iced shell." said Gray,
"He is the magic energy of the bomb himself." added Rena,
"So we're going to die for sure if this is a great taboo spell then." said Gray,
"Yes." nodded Rena,
"NO!" cried out Juvia lunging herself at Kain,
"JUVIA!" screamed Gray,
Kain was at the stage where he was nothing but an orb of explosive magic energy about to explode. Juvia took the orb inside of her water body.
"Juvia stop! What the hell are you doing!?" yelled Gray,
"She's trying to fuse the magic energy of the bomb with her body, ultimately trying to absorb the energy and store it in the place of her depleted magic supply and second origin. But even so, that is way too much energy for her to handle. If she stops we die along with anyone who couldn't escape in time, but if she is successful or even semi successful, she has made the ultimate sacrifice." explained Rena,
Juvia screamed as the energy fizzled within her body. She was in excruciating pain, it felt like electric shocks were pulsing through every millimetre of her body. She writhed on the ground and her veins popped out black. She had been absorbed of almost all of her magic and she had been stabbed twice, compared to this, all that was nothing. All of a sudden she stopped and she slowly got to her feet in groans of pain.
"Thank…. you…. Gray…. for …. stopping…. the….. rain…." she croaked,
She called him Gray…. just Gray….There was no typically clichéd, 'I love you forever and always' s before her death. Just a beautiful smile he'd always remember for the rest of his life. She side of her face cracked. It was Ultear and particularly Ul all over again. She mouthed something to him, he wasn't great a lip reading but he could understand what she said.
"Wherever you are, I'll always be watching over you."
One hand was raised a little above her head her thumb and fore finger standing out. The other hand clenched as a fist next to her heart.
The tears spilled down Gray's face as the next scene played out before his eyes.
Juvia's body had turned completely to water.
And then it exploded.
Her remains sprinkled down upon them like the rain.
The ultimate sacrifice was made.
Juvia had saved many lives that day.
Including that of the man she loves.
Every droplet that fell, Gray cried.
He never got to tell her how he truly felt.
She would never get to hear the words coming from his mouth.
The words he had denied her the chance to hear.
The words,
"I love you,
Juvia."
I think I could cry. Fear not, this is certainly not the end. What will happen now?
Don't yell at me for killing off Juvia! I love her I truly do, and her death had a very important significance, so plz keep reading so you can understand why I did it!
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Well happy fanficing! Until next chapter.
~HERMIT!