Iron Rock Jura
Brain just stared in shock. This guy had just defeated Cobra, with nothing but his literal roar.
"Who in Earthland is this man?" he muttered.
Unfortunately, Natsu couldn't really savor his victory, as Happy began to fall to the ground.
"Happy!" he called.
"I'm sorry, Natsu," Happy said weakly, "My body…"
"Its the poison," Natsu groaned, "I can feel it too!" With a thud, Natsu landed on the ground.
"Crap! Now I'm on a vehicle!" Natsu grunted. His attention was then drawn to before him, as Cobra weakly rose to his feet.
"I won't let you win," he hissed, "I will defeat you. Only then, can I hear… her voice."
"Damn it!" Natsu said, as he tried to get up, but found that he couldn't.
"Now die you old fashioned Dragon Slayer!" Cobra yelled. However, there was a blast of magic energy, that pierced right through Cobra's body. Cubelios let out a surprised hiss.
"That's enough, Cobra," Brain said, as he held his smoking staff.
"B…Brain," Cobra stuttered.
"No need to keep fighting, you fought well," Brain said calmly. But Cobra could hear his thoughts. You've served your purpose trash. I was planning on killing you and the others when I had full control over Nirvana anyway.
"You… bastard," Cobra growled, as he fell to the ground. Cubelios slithered over to him, and coiled around him protectively.
"Don't worry, I'll give you a proper burial," Brain said, as he pointed his staff at a nearby building. Dark tendrils then coiled around the building, and yanked the rubble down upon him. Cubelios tightened her wrap around Cobra.
"Go away, Cubelios!" he yelled, "You'll get caught in this!" But Cubelios wouldn't let go, as she nuzzled him. My prayer… what I want, more than anything else in the world, to hear the voice of my one and only friend, Cubelios.
"I… won't… leave…" Suddenly everything around Cobra stopped, as he looked at Cubelios. The voice… it was so beautiful.
"Cubelios," he whispered, as he reached up to her, as the rocks fell to him and the snake.
However, just before the Cobra and Cubelios were both crushed, they were suddenly pulled just out of the way. Cobra looked up, and saw Natsu, barely standing, holding his collar, and Cubelios' tail.
"What?" Cobra asked.
"This guy was your comrade," Natsu growled.
"I can find more in due time, using Nirvana," Brain responded, as another tattoo faded away from his face.
"Then that's not a comrade, that's a puppet!"
"No need for such hostility, I'm actually quite impressed by your level of strength," Brain said, "But 'puppet' may indeed be a more appropriate term. So I'll make you my first puppet!"
(somewhere else in the city)
Richard took a breath, as he looked down at the defeated Midnight.
"I… lost?" Midnight suttered.
"Those with the greater conviction will always triumph," Richard responded, "That is the wisdom Jura taught me."
"But, my conviction…," Midnight, as he rose up to his feet, "I… refuse to lose for my father!" He then dashed away behind a building.
"You know very well that you can't hide from me, not with my Heaven's Eye," Richard said. He briefly looked around, before catching the sight.
"There! Liquid Ground!" The ground then swirled up, catching Midnight in its massive torrent, and sending him flying.
"Let the Oracion Seis end this day."
(with the rest of the group)
The main group was wandering the city, until Lucy finally saw it.
"Natsu!" she cried. The Fire Dragon Slayer, barely conscious, was being dragged away by the collar by Brain.
"Ah, the rest of the insects," Brain noted.
"No!" Lucy cried in horror.
"Its the vehicle," Happy said weakly.
"Happy!" Wendy cried.
"Good, Mr. Cat is alright," Jura noted.
"I don't know if Happy deserves 'Mr'," Gray said.
"Please, save Natsu," Happy said.
"Three out of six are defeated, "Brain said, "And another one has betrayed me. I"ll be taking this boy now. He'll make a fine addition to my demons." Everyone was about to protest that statement, but Lucy was the quickest.
"The hell he will!" she yelled, "Natsu would never follow your orders in a million years!"
"Nirvana will darken his heart, and he will become my most recent tool," Brain explained.
"Yeah right"! Natsu hissed, as he bit Brain's hand.
"You little brat!" Brain said, as he kicked Natsu in the gut.
"You bastard!" Lucy yelled, as Gray held her back.
"You… gotta.. stop this guy," Natsu forced out.
"You know we will!" Lucy said.
"Stop me?" Brain asked, "That's not even remotely possible. This city will soon arrive at its first destination, that being Cait Shelter." That was much to the surprise of the group.
"It really is going to Cait Shelter?" Wendy asked in shock, as she began to shake.
"Why would you do that?" Carla demand.
"This reverse magic will turn the entire guild to darkness," Brain said, "I'm certainly looking forward to that."
"This guy's pure evil," Gray growled.
"You didn't fully answer Ms. Carla's question," Jura said ominously, "Why are you aiming for her and Ms. Wendy's guild?"
"There's no reason for me to explain myself to whips like you!" Brain answered darkly, "I am the god of light and dark! Now fall to your knees and bow to me!"
"You don't seem to be fully comprehensible," Jura commented.
"Why don't you all just…" Brain was silenced, when Jura blasted several rocks at Brain, who formed a shield to repel the worst of the spell, but the force still blue him away.
"Holy crap!" Gray said.
"That was… amazing!" Lucy said.
"Now stand up! And explain yourself," Jura instructed, "I won't let you fall until you do." He then looked back at the others.
"You all take Mr. Natsu!" Jura instructed, "Find someway to stop this! I'll take care of this fiend!"
"I must admit I always assumed the title 'Wizard Saint', was just some decoration," Brain said as he got back up.
"There are many guilds closer than Cait Shelter, as well as ones that you can say are more powerful," Jura said.
"I'd be offended if the situation weren't so poor for it," Carla said.
"Well, its not as if he's entirely wrong," Wendy responded.
"It doesn't matter why, seeing as you're about to die," Jura said, as he held up his stuff, as dark magic swirled up, "Dark Rondo!" The dark tendrils crashed down at Jura.
"Iron Rock Wall!" Rock pillars rose into the air, blocking the attack. The force of the attack create a shockwave, that blew the younger mages off their feet.
"We need to get out here!" Gray said, "If we don't, we're going to get caught in the crossfire!"
"I'll get Natsu!" Lucy said, as she ran and picked up her boyfriend. Happy managed to weakly flutter up onto Lucy's shoulder.
"Wait!" Natsu said, "Take them too!" He was looking at the unconscious Cobra who Cubelios was constricted around protectively.
"Why?" Gray said, "They're the enemies!"
"Just trust me here!" Natsu said, "I don't think they're really bad guys!"
"Do it!" Lucy said, "If there sone thing I've learned since I've known him, its that Natsu's a good judge of character." Gray grunted.
"If he tries to kill us, then I'm definitely kill Natsu first," he said, as he walked over to Cobra, only for Cubelios to bare her fangs at him.
"I don't think this snake's going to let me get close," Gray said. Cubelios looked at Natsu, who looked back at her. After a brief pause, Cubelios moved out of the way, allowing for Gray to hoist Cobra onto his back. With that, the group moved away as fast as possible.
(back with Jura)
Brain thrust his staff forward, launching a new blast of dark energy at Jura. Jura held up his crossed arms, creating a barricade of stone. He then pointed at Brain, as the rock twisted forward, to form a fist.
"Its useless!" Brain said, as his dark energy broke apart the rock, "Dark Effetto!" (Italian for "impact) Five large streams of dark energy blasted at Jura, who blocked the attack with a stone wall.
"No more useless than your own magic!" Jura responded, as he slammed his hand into the ground. Several hands made out of stone emerged around Brain, who had to jump out of the way in order to avoid them.
"Dark Matrice!" (Italian for "talon") The dark energy came together to form a large claw which reached for Jura. Jura responded by created a hand of stone, which clasped against the hand of darkness. For a time, the two mages clashed, forcing their techniques against each other, until the power forced both of them back.
"I will confess I'm quite impressed," Jura said, "You are quite skilled."
"Praising your enemies?" Brain asked, "That's the shine of a poor mage."
"All your comments make me wonder what you consider a 'strong' mage to be," Jura said, as he took his casting stance.
"A mage who is strong, is one that is willing to destroy everything for their individual goals!" Brain answered. He then blasted a massive stream of dark energy at Jura who rose up onto a pillar to avoid the attack.
"So you would sacrifice innocent people for your own selfish desires!" Jura yelled, as the pillar he was on sprouted several massive rock tendrils, which swooped down upon Brain. However, Brain consumed his body in the dark energy, and vanished. He reappeared over Jura, swinging his staff down. The Wizard Saint had just enough time to leap out of the way. The two mages landed opposite of each other.
"The people who put others before themselves get nowhere in this world!" Brain said, "The only way to win is to destroy all that stands in your way!" Jura clasped his hands together, as two rocks came up around Brain, and clasped together.
"Those who live by that philosophy are doomed to a life of misery and darkness!" Jura said, "Darkness is the easiest form of power to harness. It takes true strength to harness the power of light! That is why darkness will never triumph!"
"Save your speeches for those who give a damn!" Brain said, "Dark Rondo!" The darkness once again, peeled up to attack. Jura created his wall again.
"Too slow!" Brain said as he zipped around to flank Jura.
"Dark Capriccio!" Another blast of dark magic was shot at Jura, but the rock bent, to block the attack.
"You think it would be that easy!" Brain said, "Dark Capriccio is a piercing technique!" Sure, the darkness pierced through the rock, still heading towards Jura. The Wizard Saint countered by bending the rock again, redirecting the technique into the air, much to Brain's shock.
"Now!" Jura said, as he thrust his palm forward, as the rock column broke apart, slamming several individual stones into Brain, and quickly covering him. Jura took a breath, but didn't miss a beat, as he brought his hands together.
"Now fall! Supreme King Rock Crush!" The rocks then exploded sending Brain flying. He collapsed to the ground, defeated. Jura panted slightly.
"That left me with less energy than I need," he said, "But the others can defeat your lies." He then knelt down.
"Now, tell me why you're going after Ms. Wendy's guild!" he demanded.
"I'm… defeated?" Brain muttered, before cringing, "Midnight, you can't fall! If you do, he'll…." He then passed out. Jura narrowed his eyes as he noticed another marking fade away.
"Who is the 'he'?" he muttered. This raised some new questions about the situation. It almost sounded as if something very bad would happen if the last Oracion Seis member were to fall. I have a feeling that just because I defeated him, this battle is far from over.
(with the main group)
Cobra let out a gasp, as he suddenly sat up.
"What?" he said, "I'm alive?"
"Under heavy, heavy, HEAVY protest." Cobra turned, and saw the Fairy Tail members, plus Wendy and Carla. Wendy was currently healing Natsu, who was unconscious.
"What the hell's going on here?" Cobra demanded. That was when Cubelios slithered over, wrapped around him, and nuzzled.
"Cubelios?" Cobra said.
"You have Natsu to thank for this," Lucy said, glaring at him, "If not for him, we would've left you in the dirt to die." Cobra listened to all their thoughts. All of them wanted nothing more than to rip his head off. And considering how drained Cobra currently was, they would probably be able to do it.
"Why'd you save me?" Cobra demanded, "I'm your enemy."
"Well, according to Natsu," Wendy said, "You're not really that bad a guy. He said that you really loved that snake, and anyone who love someone that much, isn't all bad."
"Tch! You're all a bunch of idiots!"
"Well, Natsu may be an idiot," Lucy said, "But he's my idiot. And I trust him." Cobra looked at her stomach. He could still hear the other heart within her.
"Alright, now you owe us!" Carla said, pointing, "And you're going to help us!"
"Piss off!" Cobra answered. However he was swatted in the back of the head by Cubelios tail.
"What was that for?" Cobra demanded. Cubelios just stared him.
"I… won't…. leave…." Cobra remembered those words.
"Was that… you're voice?" he asked, reaching for his snake.
"Look, do you still want Brain to succeed, after what he did?" Gray asked. Cobra looked at him, before averting his eyes. He remembered hearing Brain's desire to kill him after the plan was complete.
"No," Cobra answered, "I'd rather be dead than see that bastard win."
"Then help us out here!" Lucy said, "We know where to go to stop Nirvana, but we don't know how to do it."
"And you think I do?" Cobra asked, "Brain didn't tell me anything about this place, save for what it could do."
"Let's just head to the top, and go from there!" Gray said, "Cause for every second we wait, this thing's getting closer to Wendy's guild!"
(with Richard)
Richard stood over the defeated Midnight, as he took a breath. This will take off another one of the Prayers he thought But as long as I remain standing, he won't come back out.
"Dreams." Richard recoiled back at the sound of that, as Midnight rose to his feet.
"Everyone dreams," he spoke, "At midnight!" Right then, several wounds were immediately dealt to Richard, who was knocked back.
"Magic doesn't affect me," Midnight explained, "I'm the most powerful one of the Oracion Seis. Even my father doesn't hold a candle to me." Richard fell to his knees. My prayer… to see my brother… once again.
(with Jura)
Jura noticed another marking beginning to fade. What could that be? he thought Its probably some kind of body link magic, but what for? It resembled magic seals to an extent, but would could they be sealing? Jura then looked up at the tower. He had to get there, and put a stop to this.
(atop Nirvana)
"There aren't any controls here!" Lucy cried.
"Of course not," Cobra said, "You thought it would be that easy?"
"I guess not, but I was hoping there would be some hint to stopping Nirvana up here," Lucy answered.
"Natsu's still out of commission," Happy said, looking at the sprawled over Natsu, who Gray had to carry.
"I might have a solution," Wendy said, "My healing magic may be able to help lesson the motion sickness. Unfortunately I didn't really get a chance to do it until now." She then held up her hands over Natsu.
"Trio!" Her hands glowed, as the color began to return to Natsu's face. He opened his eyes, and got up. He looked around briefly, jumping up and down.
"I'm alright!" he said happily.
"Great, as if everything wasn't loud enough already," Cobra muttered. Natsu then looked at Lucy.
"Lucy!" he cried as he pounced oner, wrapping his arms around her tightly.
"Yeah, I'm here!" Lucy said, "I never really left." Natsu then got on his knees, and pressed his forehead against Lucy's stomach.
"Uh, is there something about my stomach?" she asked.
"You don't know?" Natsu asked.
"What?" Natsu then smiled incredibly wide.
"We're going to be parents!" he said happily. Silence fell over the group in surprise, save for Cobra.
"She really didn't know?" he asked.
"You mean I'm pregnant?" Lucy asked, grabbing her stomach, "But we…" She paused.
"Wait, we did," she said, as Lucy flushed a beautiful crimson, remembering the time when the two of the confessed to each other.
"That's awesome!" Happy said excitedly.
"Congratulations!" Wendy said, "This is great news!"
"Wow, you really don't have your priorities straight," Cobra said, "Have you already forgotten about Nirvana?"
"Hate to admit snake boy's right, but he is," Gray said, "Nirvana is still heading in the direction of Cait Shelter, and if we don't move quick, we can kiss that guild goodbye." Wendy teared up slightly.
"Our guild is going to be…"
"Not on my watch," Natsu answered, as he stood up straight, "I owe you. So I'm going to make sure that Nirvana is stopped!"
"That's really easy to say," Happy said, "But how are we actually going to do it?"
"We could crash it," Natsu suggested.
"You're kidding, right?" Cobra asked.
"No, I don't think he is," Gray answered. Wendy thought about Jellal, and how he might know, but figured that nobody would be willing to listen to him.
"I'm going to go look for clues!" she said, as she ran off.
"Wait!" Carla called, as she fluttered after her. Natsu tried to follow, but Lucy grabbed his shoulder.
"We need you here," she said, "Wendy will be okay." Natsu just made face.
Can anybody hear me? Its me Richard!
"Telepathy?" Gray asked.
"Richard!" Jura said, "Are you alright?"
Unfortunately, no.
"Hoteye?" Cobra said, looking up.
Cobra! What're you doing here?
"Better question, what're you calling everybody about?" Cobra asked.
My eyes have been opened. My whole life is about love!
"O-kay," Cobra said with a sweat drop.
With that, you need to defeat Midnight! I couldn't do it. After he's defeated, Nirvana's source of magic will stop, and it will stop.
"So its some kind of Organic-Link Magic?" Gray asked.
He's not far away. But be careful, he's really strong.
(in the city)
Please! He's the last prayer left! If you defeat him…
"Nirvana will be stopped!" Brain said darkly through telepathy. As he severed the telepathic link, and lost his conscious again, he thought I won't be defeated that easily.
(up top)
"Great!" Natsu said firmly, clenching his fist, "I'm all fired up now!"
"Let's go!" Lucy said. However, Natsu picked her up by the collar.
"You're not going anywhere, Luce!" he said, "Now, you're two people in one!"
"That's not how pregnancy works!" Lucy protested.
"I don't care," Natsu said firmly, "I'm not going to risk both you, and our baby." Lucy touched her stomach. Somehow, she could feel another presence within her. Should I stay behind? she thought Will it put my baby at risk?
"It will," Cobra answered, "Midnight's just as, if not stronger, than Brain. If you really care about your kid, don't go down there."
"What do you care?" Gray asked.
"I don't," Cobra answered, "But if you get killed by Midnight, then your pet dragon will go completely insane, and will probably burn everything within a two mile radius. You gotta stay here for everyone's stake."
"Even the bad guy says its too dangerous," Happy said, "How tough is this guy?" Lucy took a breath.
"Alright," she said, "I'll stay here!"
"Well I can't leave you here, either," Natsu said, "Not with the poison guy."
"I can't do anything," Cobra said.
"So what? I ain't leaving my girlfriend with a creep like you!" Natsu said, before looking at Lucy, "Happy's going to take you back to the ground!"
"Aye!" Happy said, as he went to pick up Lucy. Said blonde embraced Natsu tightly.
"Promise to come back to me," she said, before shaking her head, "No, come back to us."
"You know I promise," Natsu said, as he kissed her forehead. He then bent down, and kissed her stomach.
"My dad left me, but your dad's not going to leave you!" he said firmly. With that, Happy floated away with Lucy. Natsu and Gray then ran down the stairs.
"Come on out you bastard!" Natsu said as he pulled open the doors.
(with Lucy)
"Will your baby be a boy or a girl?" Happy asked.
"I don't know," Lucy answered, rubbing her stomach, smiling lightly, "But…." There was then a massive explosion, right at the foot of the tower.
"NATSU!"
(with Erza and Jellal)
"What was that from?" Erza asked.
"It came from the tower," Jellal answered, "We should head over there."
"I wouldn't." The two turned, to see Midnight approached them.
"Father is pretty aggressive," he said, "But I don't want the fun to be gone." He then cracked his neck.
"Its time I have some fun."
Note: Don't worry, Lucy's not out of the picture. Far from it.
Again, I want to do more with Cobra, and for that matter, Kinana. One thing I try not to do, is complain about how Fairy Tail, or any story for that matter, isn't what I wish it was. My philosophy with any work of fiction is reading/watching it for what it is, not what I want it to be. I resent it when people do that though, with them complaining about the character not being or doing what they want, and thus rewriting it for that. But I will confess, I will be doing that with these two characters. Cobra not as much, but Kinana, for me, was very underused in manga, and is done more justice in the anime. So I'm hoping to maybe follow the anime more on Kinana's character. I'd love to hear some suggestions on how to do more with Kinana and Cobra.
Be sure to review.
Brief side note, I recently saw a big post on some site, I don't remember where (may have been Tumblr) accusing Fairy Tail as being a rip off of One Piece. Now I like One Piece, quite a bit actually; its #4 on my Top 10 list (Naruto is #3, Rave Master is #2, and Fairy Tail is #1), but the fact that people accuse Fairy Tail of being a complete rip off pisses me the HELL off. I could list the reasons Fairy Tail isn't a rip off, but I try not to rant about that because I know that I'll be opening up a can of worms in doing that. Look at a Youtube comment bar, and you'll understand my reservations. Nonetheless, I'd seriously argue that not only is Fairy Tail not a ripoff, but it does some things better than One Piece, of course there are things One Piece does better than Fairy Tail, but that's natural. Again, I won't rant, unless people really want me to.