Hello everyone. I was bored so I decided to go ahead and make another chapter for this story. Cause why not?
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Chapter Forty Seven: Revelation of loss
It didn't take long for Erza to regain conscious after her sudden fainting. Both Natsu and Sans asked her if there was something wrong, but she assured them that it was nothing. The red head didn't want them to know what she just realized, mainly to not tell Sans in case he didn't know about the relationship between her and Irene. So the three, seven if you count the unconscious Wendy, Romeo, Chelia, and Irene, simply waited for the others to show up. They hoped that they managed to clear out the rest of the Legion forces in the city and building, so they decided for the others to arrive before leaving the cavern and back to the city above.
It didn't take long however, as the three still awake heroes heard someone calling out to them.
"Dad!" A familiar echo-like voice was heard, as Natsu, Sans, and Erza turned to see Daron, Mira, Rogue, Tiron, and Hara coming from the entrance and running toward them.
"You all alright?" Sans questioned as the group managed to arrive at where they are at. Daron, Tiron, and Hara looked to see their brother also present along with their dad and one of their mothers.
"We're fine Sans. How are you holding up?" Tiron asked the red haired male, who simply smiled at his siblings.
"I'm good. It takes a long more to bring this guy down." Sans responded as he referred to himself. However he then noticed Hara giving him a rather annoyed look. This confused the future son of Natsu and Irene, "Hara, what's up with that look?"
His answer was a punch to the face by the future daughter of Natsu and Mira.
"Why did you run off like that when we were facing against the Pit Lord?!" Hara shouted in anger at her brother, getting everyone else around them to sweat drop at the sight, "You could have waited for us to finish the demon off before you ran on your own into the headquarters!"
"Calm down Hara or you'll break a gasket." Sans simply replied with a smile, not at all afraid of his sister. This only got the white haired woman to hit him again in the head. Daron and Tiron could only look at their brother and sister with a deadpanned stare at their behavior.
"Hey, where's Lisanna?" Natsu asked Mira, as the pink haired male noticed the lack of the younger Strauss sibling. Mira made sure to cease his worry.
"She should be with the others back above. She was taking some injured soldiers to safety." The eldest Strauss sibling informed him. This got Natsu to be relieved. For a moment there he was worried something bad happened to her.
"Hey guys!" Another voice called out as everyone turned to see Millianna, Kagura, Juvia, Yuge, Nagura, and Tom arriving in the large open up area of the cavern.
"Hey! You've made it through alive!" Tiron exclaimed with a smile, glad to see more of his parents and siblings alright. The new arrivals stopped as they got to the others.
"Well of course! Some measly demons won't stop us." Tom replied with a smirk. Nagura simply nodded in agreement as Yuge also grinned.
Eventually, after a couple more minutes, Garad, Lucy, Cana, Rose, Marcel, and Kamika also arrived. And a few minutes after their arrival, Meredy, Sting, Ruby, and Yukino also arrived where everyone was at. Right behind them was the rest of Natsu's, Erza's, and Irene's group of Brandish, Maria, and Rebecca as they too arrived. From the looks of things, the only ones who weren't here yet were Jellal, Layla, and Angelica. However while they know of the future daughters of Natsu, Lucy, and Yukino's absence with dealing with the corrupted Aquarius, they all got confused by the lack of the blue haired man's absence.
"Hey Ruby," Daron begun to ask, getting the future daughter of Natsu and Meredy to look at the future son of Natsu and Lisanna, "Where's Uncle Jellal? Wasn't he with your group? The death knight questioned. His question got Meredy to feel uneasy, but Ruby didn't see any problem.
"He stayed behind to fend off a demon we ran into. I'm sure he took care of it and is on his way here." Ruby answered with confidence, unaware of the blue haired male's fate.
As some of our heroes chattered about the whole incident, Rose went ahead to heal Wendy, Romeo, and Chelia, as they were still knocked out. Her healing ability got those who didn't know that the nature loving woman could do that to widen their eyes a little. After she finished up, the three younger mages begun to awoken with groans.
"Ugh, what happened?" Chelia questioned as she, along with Wendy and Romeo managed to get back on their feet.
"Welcome back to the waking world you three," Marcel spoke, getting the three to see everyone else around, "You looked like you been through a lot like we have." The future son of Natsu and Kamika stated. Romeo looked around to see the battered area, due to their battle with Thar'dul, Gavaror, and Zeraful.
"Did we win?" Romeo questioned which only got everyone to smile widely. This was enough to answer his question as he too begun to smile, glad that it was finally over.
Rose went over to Irene, who Natsu laid back down on the ground so she could hear the older red haired woman. It took only a moment for Irene to being to regain her senses.
"Ugh…," She stated as he rubbed her head, "Why do I have such a headache?" Irene questioned as she got back on her feet, before she noticed everyone had arrived and saw no Legion demon in sight, "Did I miss something?" She questioned once again.
This only got Natsu and Sans to smile at her, getting her even more confused. Since the red haired woman didn't see Zeraful or any other Legion force, she assumed that they managed to triumph.
Everyone was happy as they all then talked about their battles with the stronger demons that they ran into. Some of them were surprised to hear that Mira managed to use her Take Over magic on a Dreadlord. All in all, they were about to get ready to head out and just meet up with Jellal, Layla, and Angelica on the way out of the cavern and back to where the others above were.
However Marcel then widened his eyes as he sensed something heading toward them. The future son of Natsu and Kamika acted on instinct.
"Watch out!" He shouted out, getting everyone confused by his yell. Right after he shouted that however he fired off a Lighting-Fire Dragon's Roar at what looked liked a Shadow Bolt that everything then noticed.
The two attacks collided, which caused a small explosion to occur. This got the others to cover their eyes from the small shockwave that was admitted.
"What was that?!" Juvia questioned as they all looked at the entrance of the room where the Shadow Bolt came from.
To their surprised, mostly to Meredy, Sting, Ruby, and Yukino, a gravely injured Cuzla was seen slowing emerging from the opened doorway. A grin was plastered on her face despite the Eredar's current state.
"You got to be kidding me! One survived?!" Rogue shouted in surprised as she and everyone else got into defense positions. While the demon was injured, who knows what tricks or abilities she may have. However Erza then noticed the horrified looks of Meredy and Ruby as the Eredar female stopped walking to speak.
"Heh, heh, heh, you thought that would be enough to stop me?" She managed to chuckle a little as she spat out blood from her mouth.
"No…," Meredy begun to say, as tears began to form from the pink haired woman's eyes as the realization of what happened settled in, "Jellal…" This got everyone, more specifically Erza and Natsu, to widen their eyes in horror. Before they could question to confirm their thinking, the Eredar spoke up again.
"That mortal fool thought that his little trick would wipe me out. What foolishness you mortals tend to have. You throw your lives away and for what? Expecting that to stop us?" Cuzla then laughed even more, "How pathetic. You only delayed the inedible. The full force of the Burning Legion will soon be upon you! We will come down upon this pathetic world!" Cuzla then had a sadistic smile on her face as she went on, "You will all die in the end. For we! Are! Le-!"
Before the female Eredar could finish speaking, a flame covered fist went right through her stomach. This got her and everyone else to widen their eyes in surprised as the demon slowly looked down to see the fist through her body.
The body part was then retracted from her, causing the Eredar demon to fall to the ground lifeless. Behind her were Angelica, who finished off the demon, Layla, and their two Celestial Spirits Judgment and Reinhardt.
"Stupid demon." Angelica spoke with disgust as he looked at the corpse of the Eredar before the future daughter of Natsu and Yukino spit on the demon's body.
"Mom! Dad!" Layla shouted with worry as she, along with her sister and the two Spirits ran right to where everyone was at. The pink haired woman headed to where Lucy was at, "Are you all alright?" She asked them, hoping that none of her parents, siblings, uncles, and aunts were hurt.
"Don't worry, we're alright." Lucy spoke before she looked at the tearful Meredy, who realized that the blue haired man was gone, "Well, at least mostly."
Meredy had tears threatening to spill. She already lost Ultear not that long ago, and now she lost Jellal too. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned around to see Natsu with a concern look. The pink haired women couldn't hold it in as she ran into his arms, weeping loudly at the lost of her guild-mate and friend. Natsu didn't say anything as he simply wrapped his arms around her in comfort, allowing Meredy to cry into his shoulder. Erza was also in distress, but she tried to hold it in despite tear threatening to spill. Despite what Jellal done to her in the past, it didn't chance the fact that he was now a friend. His death stung her. Millianna went to comfort the red head woman as Kagura could only look at her with pity. The swordswoman of Mermaid Heel may not have liked Jellal, but it was still clear that he was still someone close to Erza
However as the others could only look at the broken hearted mages, Brandish then realized something as she turned to look at Layla and Angelica.
"Wait a minute, where's Aquarius?" The green haired woman questioned, getting the silver haired and pink haired daughters of Natsu, Lucy, and Yukino to froze for a moment, before they along with Judgement and Reinhardt gained a sad look on their faces. This alone got both her and Lucy to be alarmed.
"You… you did saved her right? Just like you said you would right? So where is she?" Lucy asked the two daughters, as the rest of the future children could only looked sorrowful, knowing what happened between their sisters and the corrupted spirit.
"…I'm sorry," Judgment spoke in a soft tone, getting both the blonde and green haired women to look at the Celestial Spirit, "There was only one way to save her from her fate."
"No…," Lucy started to speak as tears also form from her eyes, "No… that can't be… Aquarius…" The blonde couldn't stop herself from shaking a little, figuring out what the Spirit implied. Layla only walked to her mother offering her a hug, to which she accepted as she too began to weep from the lost of one of her friends.
Brandish simply stood in shock as tears also formed in her eyes. When she saw Aquarius appear, she was shocked to see the spirit with the blonde. But before she could even speak to her, the Inquisitor used his twisted magic to take control of her. The green haired woman thought that she would get to see the water Spirit again, that they would be able to talk to one another again.
But it was too late now. She was gone.
Rebecca saw how her mother looked like she was going to break down like her other mothers, so she tapped on her shoulder, getting the tearful Brandish to see her future daughter. The future daughter of Natsu and Brandish then pulled her mother into a hug, catching her by surprised. But Brandish couldn't hold back her tears, not caring if she looked or sounded awful for doing so as she then too cried out with heart break.
Everyone else who wasn't crying or comforting had looks of sadness and/or anger on their faces. They managed to come out victorious, but the Burning Legion still managed to take their loved ones from them.
Well, that was a bit depressing. But hey, what can you do?
See you all next time, whenever that will be.