Duel of the dragons: day four: part 1

Chapter 17 part 1

I woke up early that day. I looked to the couch when my eyes had adjusted to the sunlight coming through the window. There was no one there. I frowned. Where was she? I was not like her. I stood up and straightened my clothes. I took some milk out of the fridge, walked out the door, locked the door and then I was on my way to the arena. I drank the milk on my way to the fighting arena. Man! I couldn't believe that I made it to the semifinals. The downside was that I was going to be totally annihilated by any of the rest of the contestants. That unknown martial artist person was had definitely proven that he was powerful. That Drake fellow was also a powerhouse. He took out Laxus without any trouble. Then there's Natsu. Damn! I was screwed. I noticed that I was drinking out of an empty jug. I threw it in the nearest trashcan. I was lost in thought. Sapphire. Sapphire. Even though I knew she was strong enough to fend off anyone who might be stupid enough to try to hurt her, I couldn't help but worry. She hadn't come home this evening. I thought she would have been happy to see me and meet me after my fight with Joe. I guess I was not really that important to her. Oh well. Not much, I could do about that. As I walked down the path, I didn't look where I was going and bumped into someone. I fell on my butt. I rubbed my back and looked up. It was a tall man with cape. He had long orange hair slicked behind his ears. He gave off quite the terrifying magical aura. I stood up and apologized.

"You alright kid."

"Yeah. Thanks for asking," I saw that he noticed my guildmark on my throat.

"Are you a Fairy Tail wizard?"

"Sure am. However, I'm quite new. Why do you ask?"

"Because I was wondering where they all were. I can't them at the guildhall."

"Well. A tournament's being held in the mountains. If they're anywhere that's where they'll be. I could walk you there. I'm going myself."

"Sure that'd be nice," as we walked along the path I got a better look at him.

"Is that a prosthetic arm of a piece of armor?" I asked looking at his arm.

"Oh this? It's both," He really wasn't much of a conservationist. He also stuck out as a lone wolf type. The rest of the walk was basically me asking a question and him making a short answer. When we got to the arena he started walking to the guild part of the stands.

"Um excuse me sir, but that's for guild members only," he looked at me and then something struck him.

"Oh yeah I never told you my name. I'm Gildarts Clive," my jaw almost hit the floor. Did I seriously just meet the famous Gildarts of the west by complete accident? Are you freaking kidding me?

"Aren't you coming to see the fights… uh sorry what's your name again?"

"I never told you either I'm Jack Greyhound. And no I'm not going to watch at least one of the matches," I said proudly thinking he'd get the hint. But his face told a different story.

"Whatever kid suit yourself," Oh well he'd find out soon anyways.

"LADIES and GENTLEMEN! I know you've been excited for this moment for a long time. It's time for the first match of the semifinals," as the announcer said these words, he directed everyone's attention to the board. I gulped when I saw that match-up. Well at least it wasn't Natsu. I walked to the dining hall for what I knew was going to be my final supper. As I walked towards the room where the food was it felt like I was walking towards my own death. I looked at the man walking beside me. It didn't look like he knew that I was right there beside him. When my top quality glass had been gulped down. My opponent was waiting for me. We walked down the long hallway.

"Before we get to the arena I would like to tell you a few things," he said. I looked at him confused.

"First off my name is Shen and I am the leader of Dragons Wrath. From the beginning, I've been in complete control of all the fights. I predetermined all the matches to end with this result."

"Hold on a minute! Why are you telling me this and if you could determine the fights from the start and you wanted to fight me why wait till the semifinals?"

"Because I have something to show you and you weren't strong enough in the first round."

"What is it you want to show me?" Shen pulled out a lachrima and handed it to me. I looked inside of it. It was a vision lachrima and what I saw was enough to send me into a frenzy of wrath. It was a picture of Sapphire sitting in a room tied to a chair with that creep Zane standing beside her with a knife. I was about to attack him right then and there. "GLASS DRAGON…"

"Before you do that you should know that if you do your friend dies," I stopped my attack and looked back into the lachrima.

"What do you want?" I cringed as I saw Zane lick the tip of Sapphire's ear.

"Well Jack there's an easy answer to that. If you lose this fight so does your friend. Beat me and she lives."

"Why? I don't get it," I felt my muscles tighten when Zane let the knife go over her throat without touching her, Shen could see my anger.

"You shouldn't be too worried he won't harm her… yet," Shen walked out onto the field.

"And don't even think about warning anyone or something bad might happen to your friend," I ran out after him. I heard my guild mates shouting their good lucks but I was focused on the task at hand.

"Combatants get set. FIGHT!" "GLASS DRAGON PISTON!" I had a lot of pent up aggression. I flung my arm at full strength at Shen and he merely moved his body slightly to right and dodged the attack with ease. "GLASS DRAGON PISTON!" my other arm came flying and he put his arm on my other piston and did a front handspring dodging my attack. He landed on my arms and started running towards me with perfect balance. I threw my arms upward sending Shen into the air. "GLASS DRAGON ROAR!" I knew there was no way he could dodge an attack in midair. He closed his eyes and concentrated. His eyes shot open. "JADE DRAGON ROAR!" His roar had some extreme power; mine didn't stand a chance and was easily overpowered. "GLASS DRAGON STAMP!" my foot turned to glass and extended sending me into the air. I was only a few meters above Shen "GLASS DRAGON TURBO PISTONS!" I shot my arm at him once again and he put his arms up to block when the piston hit I shot my other hand and retracted the other. When my other arm hit him, I repeated the attack. I started speeding up my attacks and at last, Shen couldn't keep up with my strikes and I hit him in the shoulder making him turn around and I pummeled his backside instead. He hit the ground face first and I continued my attacks until I was too exhausted to hit him anymore. I landed on the ground and breathed heavily. I looked at Shen as he stood back up and dusted his dobok. (Martial arts suit for taekwondo) He turned to me and he got ready to strike. "JADE DRAGON CHOP!" he sliced at the air with his hand and a blade of the Chinese porcelain flew towards me. I sidestepped avoiding the attack with ease. When I looked, Shen had disappeared. I heard a voice coming from behind me. "DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: JADE ACUPUNCTURE: 64 POINT NEEDLES!" Shen spawned a lot of needles in his hands and he rushed to fast for me to see. I felt the needles being stuck into my body and the needles disappeared. I didn't feel any pain from his attack. I turned around to see where Shen was but I couldn't see him. He then appeared in front of me and hit me in the stomach sending me flying back. I landed on my feet and got into position for another attack. "GLASS DRAGON ROAR!" when I roared nothing came out. I looked at my hands confused. "My needle attack wasn't meant to physically hurt you. It just disabled your magic power." Shen explained. I didn't have time to think so I just rushed at him getting ready for hand to hand combat instead. "JADE DRAGON ROAR!" the roar hit me and I was engulfed in it and the flung back by the immense force. I landed on the ground and I had bruises all over my body. "JADE DRAGON JIREUGI!" (Korean for punch, used in Taekwondo to describe punching moves) his hand turned to a pillar of jade and was sent towards me at incredible speed. I couldn't dodge with my bruises so I was hit straight in the chest. When I hit the ground, I stumbled back onto my feet. Shen had no mercy. I was either going to give up or be knocked out. "JADE DRAGON ROAR!" it was now or never. "Hope this works," I clenched my fists and as his roar was about to collide with me I opened my mouth and started sucking up the jade particles from the roar. Shen stopped his attack in surprise of my bold move. When I had eaten all of the jade, I fell to the ground grabbing my throat. I let out a scream of pain. I could feel my body trying to process this new element. I twisted and turned on the ground and the crowd looked at me confused. I stopped screaming after what seamed, for me, like an eternity. I got up and shot a glare at Shen. "Let's try this again! GLASS JADE DRAGON MODE. GLASS JADE DRAGON ROAR!" this time a large spiral of a clear and light crystal green shot at Shen. Shen jumped out of the way barely making it to safety. The mountains behind him were gone. I burped and started coughing. "I guess this will take some time to get used to," but that wasn't important right now. What was important was saving Sapphire from these creeps. "GLASS JADE DRAGON KARATE PISTON!" I fired a mix of the green stone and clear glass out of my arm and I hit him straight on. He managed to get his hands up to block. Nevertheless, he was launched back. He landed on his feet. "JADE DRAGON CHAGI!"(Korean for kick, also used in Taekwondo but it is used to describe kicks) he swooped his leg along the ground and it extended. I jumped over his leg and he retracted it. When his foot was firmly planted in the ground again, he kicked straight with his other foot, it stretched out and hit me in the chest, and I was sent high into the air. "JADE DRAGON JIREUGI!" He shot his hand at me. "GLASS JADE DRAGON…!" I grabbed me stomach, his hand hit me in the shoulder, and I started spiraling. I pressed on even with the pain in my stomach. "GLASS JADE DRAGON TWIN SPIRAL ROAR!" I spat out two spirals on made of glass and one of jade. I hit Shen and he fell to the ground. I was falling right above him. "GLASS JADE DRAGON SUPREME TURBO PISTONS!" I continued to hit him with all of my attacks. He was knocked out within seconds but I just kept hitting him. His body took on all of my attacks. I only stopped when the sky turned dark and something stopped my attack. When I looked, I saw Kai standing beneath me with his gauntlet on. I looked around and Mira was in her Satan soul getting ready in case Kai couldn't stop me alone. Erza had requipped to her heavenly wheels armor. Zeke was already behind me with his angel feathers and he was holding me in place.

"Jack! You won. You can stop now," Kai said. I was panting like crazy. My hand returned to normal and I landed on the ground and fell to my knees.

"I-I don't…I couldn't… I just…I-I" I tried to formulate a sentence as I hit the ground

"Well folks there you have it the first match of the semifinals," the entire crowd was completely silent. Then they all went totally nuts and started cheering my name. I smiled. Sapphire was going to be okay. I collapsed on the ground and fainted.