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(Twenty minutes later)
"This can't be-" Siegrain scowled, breathing shallowly, on one knee, glaring up at her, wide eyed. "Half my power…Should be enough-"
"To defeat me?" Erza switched her armor, standing tall above him, breathing heavily, bleeding from her chest and leg. A bead of sweat trailed its way down her forehead. "Your calculations were off. That isn't like you."
"Silence, Erza-" Siegrain hissed, holding his temple in one hand, rising to his feet, eye twitching. "You're only compounding my sins-"
Erza flourished her sword, and stepped towards him; he took an unwilling step back, warily.
"Why not leverage your full power-?" She prodded him, approaching, curiously poking him with her sword. He took another step back, terrified, back hitting a wall, hands rising up beside him. "Why don't you wake yourself? Capture me, take my left eye, trap me in Midnight's illusion…"
Siegrain watched her sword close in on him, slowly, saying nothing, half-grinning, half-grimacing.
She sniffed, fidgeting, sheathing her sword. "I'll make you do it, then-"
Siegrain changed the subject, eyes narrowing. "Are you sure you don't need that blade?"
Erza cast her eyes back at him, glaring, huffing. "Make me need it."
Siegrain twitched, eyes wide, and launched himself at her, In Meteor, but it was compromised, and slow.
Much slower than usual…
He slammed his fist into her chest, hurling her backwards, with a brutal haymaker, and drilled his foot into the back of her head, from behind, but she caught herself, grinding her teeth, and saw his next attack coming, sweeping his knee out. Siegrain blinked, exhaling, skidding across the floor to a stop, catching himself on one knee.
He rose, unsteadily, shakily, staring up at her, grinning, with one eye open.
She just watched him, sniffing, turning her nose up. "You're slow today."
Siegrain stared at his hand, shaking his head. "I admit, I didn't anticipate how weak I would become..."
Erza turned away, raising her sword, preparing to stab it down into the runes on the floor.
Siegrain twitched, and blasted her away with one hand, using a surging bolt of magic force. She rolled over, back onto her feet, glaring at him, rustled.
"I won't let you free me, Erza-" He promised, approaching her, glowing with crackling celestial body magic.
"What's your plan, huh-?!" She shrieked, frustrated, slamming him backwards with a massive spiked mace; Erza swung it again, requipping into a huge ax. Siegrain grabbed it, just under the blade, stopping it, and blasted her with a concussive bolt of magic.
She hissed, staggering backwards, as he drilled his knee into her, using meteor, hurling her into a wall. She requipped into a spear, hastily, as he walked towards her, grinning, and landed an uppercut on him that stopped his forward momentum, jabbing the weapon into his shoulder, elbowing him in the chest. He skidded backwards, managing to remain standing, crouched low over the ground, wiping his mouth with his forearm, coughing up blood.
"I don't really have a plan, exactly-" He admitted, looking up at her, grinning.
"Some genius-!" She squeaked, outraged, squirming. "What the hell, Jellal-!"
"I'll outlast you, then-" He shook his head, smirking faintly, standing straight up, Holding his hand out, and waves of rippling black magic surged through the room, breaking over Erza, washing over her. She yelped, dropping to one knee, steadying herself with the spear, as he clenched his fist, approaching her, concentrating more and more dark magic onto her. "Half my magic is more than enough-"
"I-Is it-?" She managed to choke out, raising her eyes, shaking, meeting his gaze. He twitched, tilting his head at her.
The redhead screamed, unbelievable power bursting through her, as she re-quipped to the Armadura Fairy, rising to her feet, despite the weight of his dark power.
"Y-You're…" She breathed, exhaling, heavily, slightly dizzy, bright red. "You…"
He trembled, eyes wide, holding his hand out, desperately, gritting his teeth.
"You're so fucking selfish-!" She cried, furiously, squeezing her eyes shut, slamming into him, driving him backwards, and he gasped, eyes narrowing, muscles straining in his arms and back, as he struggled to hold her in place.
Erza stomped on his foot, then planted her knee in his stomach, staggering him. "How long are you planning to hurt me-?!"
Her words seemed to hit him like a bus, and his eyes widened, veins throbbing in his forehead.
"Shut up-!" He screamed, grabbing her face in one hand, raising her off the floor. "I don't want to hear it-"
An arcing blast of electricity surged between them, crackling, casting gold and shadows across the throne, and Erza yelped, convulsing, as he concentrated his powers into her, heatedly. "You don't know what's good for you-"
Erza could hear the hollow doubt and denial, the pain, in his voice, despite the searing lightning. It gave her strength, and she clenched her jaw, silencing herself, materializing a huge blade, ripping through his arm, severing it at the shoulder.
The light died down, and she dropped to her knees, shaking, collapsing down onto her ass, legs splayed beside her. She hung her head for a moment, panting.
"Get a clue, moron…" She managed to whisper, at last, looking up at him, weakly, tearing up, meeting his eyes, and he took a half-step back, holding his shoulder, disbelieving, exhaling. "I love you more than you hate yourself."
He glared down at her, eyes wide, head cocked, shaking, for a moment, speechless, horrified, before clenching his fist, desperately, furious power coursing through him, rippling through the room.
"No!" He hissed, magic exploding violently around him. "I won't be your future-!"
Siegrain vanished, burying his fist in her stomach; she gasped…
Explosive, volcanic pain erupted in her center; his knee found her chin, hurling her backwards, and her vision flashed, white, blurring. Erza felt his foot drill into her stomach, like a meteor falling from low-earth orbit.
He seized her neck, and held her back against a wall, with the one hand he had left, glaring at her, icily, as she coughed, blood dripping from her lips onto his hand.
"T-Too bad…" She stammered, blinking, weakly, staring back at him through half-lidded eyes, as fresh power surged through her veins, renewing her. Erza grabbed his wrist, yanking him off her, driving her head into his. "You don't get a choice-"
She wiped the blood from her chin, eyes flashing, as he staggered, mute, breathless. Magic swirled around them both, boiling over, as he regrew his arm, hand on his shoulder, stretching the new appendage, eyes locked on her, furious.
He opened his mouth, as if to speak, but said nothing, twitching, speechless, and she smiled, faintly, sighing, as the purgatory armor appeared around her, in a flash of brilliant light.
"This is the end, Erza-" He said, at last, dryly, raising a hand, radiant like a mid-day star. "I'll cast you back down to Earth."
She shook her head, approaching him, raising the massive sword, smile wobbling on her face. "I'm the kind of girl that keeps crawling back."
He grinned, eyes wide, twitching. She shut her eyes, at ease, humming quietly to herself.
They collided with the force of ballistic weapon, as lightning split the sky above them, thunder booming through the silence.
Erza drove her blade through his chest, grinding her teeth. He exhaled, sharply, one hand on her neck. "Tch…"
A moment of silence, and a frigid breeze blew through the throne room. She shivered, letting her sword go, as Siegrain collapsed, shaking, to one knee, struggling to hold himself up.
He raised his head, cracking one eye open, trembling, smirking faintly, meeting her eyes. "…You…Damn battered woman…"
She sniffed, chuckling, turning half away.
The ultramarine toppled over, onto his side, eyes drifting shut, and Erza made her way to the seal on the floor, requipping into her Heart Kreuz armor, face set, kneeling.
She drove a sword into the circle on the floor.
Blinding white light overwhelmed her, for a moment, flashing, and she felt herself leaving her body, leaving the throne room.
Ex-V: Did you have fun? Did you like it?
I hope so! I've been so pumped to post this lemon, for real!
I've really enjoyed writing this, and I'll start editing the next chapter first thing in the morning :D If you're into it, I'll post it tomorrow~ Let me know what you think!