Chapter 2: Phantom's End
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(Phantom Lord Guild Hall)
"Elemental Soul: Earth!"
Neo was engulfed in a bright light once more, and this time he was replaced with a large figure made out of stone. His eyes and mouth were filled with a white light and he prepared himself for battle.
Jose launched blasts of darkness at the stone figure, and Neo raised his arms in defense as a response. The dark bullets only chipped away small pebbles at Neo's arms though. Once Jose stopped to see if that did the trick, Neo slammed his arm on the ground.
"Stalagmite Wave!"
Multiple stalagmites shot up from the floor and continued to do so while getting closer to Jose. The Guild Master vanished from sight once again and reappeared a distance away.
"HA!" Jose released a large blast of dark magic at Neo.
"Element Shift: Ice!"
Neo was engulfed in a bright light once more, and this time he emerged as a creature made completely out of ice. He then morphed his arm into a giant mirror and reflected Jose's attack back at him. Of course, the Wizard Saint wasn't affected by it that much due to it being his own spell.
"That is some very unique magic," Jose said as he observed Neo's new form. "Care to explain what it is?"
"It's called Elemental Soul," Neo began, "and it allows me to become any element I desire. You could say that I'm all of the Element Four rolled up into one, along with some extras."
"I'd try to convince you to join my Guild, but I can see that you are devoted to that wretched Guild of yours," Jose commented. Neo said nothing before he dashed forward and morphed his hands into blades. He began to perform a dangerous dance against Jose, and the Guild Master simply moved side to side as he avoided Neo's attacks. Neo then made a quick upward slash, and Jose simply moved backwards to avoid it, but felt a sharp sting on his cheek.
He briefly touched it to see that it was blood and looked at Neo to see that his arms were coated with sharp wind magic. His anger boiled over and he closed his eyes before they shot open, becoming dark with small pupils.
"You dare to touch me with your filthy Fairy Tail hands?!" Jose roared before he sent out a wave of dark magic, this time stronger than the last.
"Element Shift: Iron!"
Neo once again changed forms, this time into a bulky figure made out of shining metal.
"Heavy Metal Shield!"
Neo created a shield with his arms and took cover behind it. The blast hit wall and createda shockwave that blasted apart most of the area. Neo then slammed his hands against the wall and sent out a pulse of magic.
"Iron Pillars!"
Multiple metallic pillars shot out of the shield, aimed towards Jose. The Guild Master gathered darkness in his hand and shot it forward.
"Dead Wave!"
The blast destroyed the pillars and the shield. Most of the room was in shambles and the outside could be seen in the sky. Jose noted how there were clouds in the sky and that they seemed to be circling his mobile Guild Hall.
Jose then grunted in pain as he felt a shocking pain in his back. He was shot forward and landed on his feet. He turned around and saw that Neo was behind him, with his body made of lightning.
Neo then dashed forward at blinding speeds and smashed his electric fist into Jose, sending the Guild Master back even more. He kept up the assault until Jose released a blast of dark magic, sending Neo flying backwards into the rubble.
'What the Hell was I thinking? Goiing up against a Guild Master, and one of the Ten Wizard Saints no less,' Neo berated himself. 'Just gonna have to step it up a notch!'
"Element Shift: Earth!"
Neo burst through the rubble as he was once again a stone being. He glared at jose, who just sneered in response.
"You already tried this boy," he said.
"Maybe, but I haven't tried THIS!" Neo cried as a small cannon appeared on his wrist. He reared his arm back before throwing it forward and releasing a stone that was glowing with red energy. Jose quickly created a Shade to block his attack, only to be thrown back by the resulting explosion. The Wizard Saint looked and saw that the cracks that ran along Neo's body were glowing with a red color.
"Two elements?" Jose wondered out loud. Neo said nothing as four holes appeared on his back. Flames erupted from them, and propelled the Mage forward. Jose quickly moved out of the way as Neo crashed into where he was, and released a large explosion as a result. Neo blasted forward once more and slammed his fist into Jose, the Guild Master grunted in pain as he was blasted back by the explosion.
Neo landed on the ground and panted lightly. "Where the Hell are you Gramps? I know that you're around here somewhere."
"Haven't you heard? Makarov's been drained of his magic," Jose gloated. "Aria used his Metsu spell against him and turned him into a frail weakling."
"Then you must be confused, because the Master's here," Neo said as he reverted back to normal.
True to his words, a bright light entered the room and both Wizards looked up to see a small figure descending into the room. Neo smiled faintly as he felt the light healing him of the minor bruises that he received.
"Much blood has been spilled," Makarov began, "the children's blood. The mistakes of the parent has brought tears and pain upon the children. This is enough, we will reciprocate! Let's end this Jose!"
Jose grinned maniacally as his magic power erupted around him. "So you desire a catastrophe?" he questioned.
Makarov created a sphere of light at the tip of his finger and began to match the pressure that Jose was creating. "If it is for the sake of my Guild, I would gladly cause one!"
Phantom Lord's Guild Master fired several streams of darkness at the duo. Makarov created several magic seals to act as shields for both him and Neo.
"Go! I shall take care of this!" Makarov ordered. "Find Natsu and Lucy, they're somewhere in this place!"
Neo nodded and raced towards the exit. Before he left, he turned back to the old master and muttered, "You better not fail old man."
Neo raced through the crumbling Guild as Makarov and Jose's battle began to escalate. He quickly moved out of the way as a piece of rubble fell where he was standing. The young man cursed as he saw that the doorway was blocked, and then he was suddenly struck with an idea.
"Elemental Soul: Earth!"
Neo transformed once again and raised his foot up before stomping on the ground hard, creating cracks on the floor. He closed his eyes and began to feel the vibrations as they traveled through the crumbling mech, and grinned when he discovered where Natsu was.
"Element Shift: Lightning!"
Becoming a figure made of lightning, Neo turned into a lightning bold and quickly travelled to the Fire Dragon Slayer. He reappeared in an area that was overlooking the sea, and saw that there were two people there, one of which was being carried by a blue cat. Neo returned to normal and jumped down to the group.
"Who the Hell are you?" the one with pink hair asked.
"Names Neo, one of Fairy Tail's S-Class Wizards," he answered as he looked around.
"Don't lie to me! I've never seen your face in the Guild!" he yelled.
"That's because I've asked Master to keep my existence a secret from most of its members," Neo answered. "At least until I get stronger."
"Just then, a large explosion came from deeper inside the Guild Hall, throwing both the boy and Neo to a lower level.
"Natsu!" the cat yelled.
"Are you okay?" the girl asked. Natsu just laughed and Neo smirked.
"What the heck was that?" the cat asked.
"That would be Gramps giving Jose his punishment," Neo answered. "Am I to presume that you're Natsu?"
"Yup, and that's my partner Happy!" Natsu said.
"Aye!" Happy called.
"Why are you just now trusting him?!" the girl screamed.
"I can smell Gramps and Erza on him, that means that he's on our side," Natsu told her. "Besides, he can't be a liar with that kind of hair."
Neo gained a tick mark on his head. "You know, I was gonna give you some fire, but now I'm reconsidering," Neo told him.
"Fire!? Where?!" Natsu yelled. Neo sighed and held out his hand and released a stream of fire, which was promptly gobbled up by the Dragon Slayer. Natsu grinned and jumped to his feet as he was rejuvinated.
Neo then turned to the girl who Happy was carrying and asked, "Are you the Heartfilia girl that Jose's been going on about?"
"Y-yeah, I'm Lucy," she introduced herself. Neo nodded, and then felt some kind of slimy feeling on his hand, he turned around to see that Natsu had stuck his hand in his mouth.
"What the Hell are you doing!?" Neo yelled as he kicked Natsu into a wall.
"Well you shot fire out from your hand, so you must be made of fire!" Natsu pointed out with his unique logic. "Plus, I'm really hungry!"
"I'm flesh and bone moron!" Neo shouted. He then transformed his arm into an ice blade and held it threateningly. "Try that again and I'll cut you!"
The clouds above them began to darken as a great magical power was being built up. The four of them stopped and turned back to the main part of the mechanized Guild Hall to see a bright light coming from the center of the structure. Neo then looked up to see a large magic seal appear in the sky for a moment before it erupted in a brilliant light.
"Fairy Law..." Neo whispered as he felt the warm light wash over him. He looked out and saw that all of the Shades were disappearing as Fairy Law eliminated them, marking Fairy tail as the victor. Neo smiled as the light faded and everything returned to normal.
"You guys gonna be alright here?" Neo asked.
"Yeah, don't worry about us," Natsu told him. "We're fine."
Neo nodded and created a red seal under his feet. The seal exploded in fire and made Neo rocket off towards the remains of the Fairy Tail Guild. He saw everyone cheering as Makarov began to speak.
"I had very little to do with this," he called down to them. "This victory, is yours my children!"
The cheers became louder and Neo landed next to Makarov, who smiled at his appearance, though most of Fairy Tail's members were confused as to who Neo was.
"Master Makarov, it's good to see you again after all these years," Neo said as he reached out for a handshake.
Makarov returned the greeting and said, "It's very good to see you as well Neo. I'm just sorry you had to come during a time like this."
Neo shook his head and said to him, "Don't worry about it, I'm just glad I was able to help out."
"Hey Master," Alzack shouted, "who's that guy? Is he a friend of yours?"
Makarov turned back to his Guild members and began, "Ah yes, everyone, allow me to introduce you to one of Fairy Tail's S-Class Wizards, Neo Banshin!"
"Eh?! He's S-Class!?" Bisca shouted. "But how come we haven't heard of him?"
"I asked Master to keep my existence a secret, as I wanted to improve my powers before I fully revealed myself to all of you," Neo explained. "I've been on a 4-Year training journey, and have just finished today."
"That's a good reason to party!" Macao cheered.
"You just want another reason to get drunk," Wakaba accused him.
Makarov jumped down to the ground and slowly approached the remains of the Guild. "It's been destroyed," he began. "But I would rather have a trashed Guild Hall than having any of you hurt."
"Yeah, but you do know that it's going to cost a lot of Jewels to fix this place, right?" Gray asked as he came over with Elfman, Erza, and Mira. He froze for a moment before erupting into tears as he realized that the cost would put him in debt.
"Well we won't have to pay for wood you know, we do have Laki to help us in that department," Neo pointed out.
"Yes, and you can supply the metal!" Mira added.
"My money is saved!" Makarov cheered.
"Master...I'm sorry," Lucy sniffed as she stepped forward she was close to crying. "I caused all of this."
"Lucy," Makarov began as he stepped towards her and place a hand on her shoulder. "We may not be able to share all of our emotions, but we can do so to some extent. That is what a Guild is for, to share our happiness and our tears, that way we may share the burden."
Lucy began to cry at his words, as she released her pent up sadness, Makarov looked to be deep in thought for a moment.
"Uh oh," Gray muttered.
"What is it?" Neo asked, having never seen that face on the aged master.
"I know that look, it's the look he gets when he's thinking about what the Magic Council is going to do," Gray told him. As soon as he finished, Makarov burst into tears and began babbling something about being arrested.
"What the Hell?!" Neo shouted.
(One Week Later)
Neo was sitting under a tree and writing a book in his journal.
It's been a week since I arrived to see Phantom Lord attack Fairy Tail. Though I am sure that we would have won if I didn't arrive, I'm still glad that I was able to help out. So after all was said and done, the Rune Knights arrived the next day to round everyone up. It took a week to explain everything, of course, it didn't help that the stupid frog that was questioning me had a bad attitude. He came so close to attacking me, of course, it didn't help that he had to deal with Natsu before coming to me.
So anyway, I've been able to catch up on what's been happening during my training. Mira's changed ever since Lisanna's death, she's become nicer and caring. Not that she wasn't before, but that side of her wasn't out 24/7. Though I like this new side of her, I miss the old Mira, the one who would beat the shit out of anyone who pissed her off. I wonder if that side will ever come back...
Anyway, there's a new girl in the Guild, Lucy Heartfilia. She's the runaway daughter that was on the wanted posters I saw two months ago. She's a nice girl, wishes the best for everyone, though she has a bit of a temper. From what I can tell, she's a Celestial Wizard, and she's got four of the Zodiac Keys, really impressive. I'll have to remember to ask her if she could ask Aquarius if I could Take Over some of her water, rumors say that it's the purest water in the world.
Neo closed his book and let out a sigh, he looked out to the town and saw the construction sight that was to be the new Guild. He heard a twig snap and looked over to see Makarov, Cana, and Mirajane approaching him.
"Hey guys," Neo greeted as he sat up.
"Neo, now that all of the craziness is said and done, we can talk about how your journey was," Makarov began.
"But first, you can drop the illusion, it's only the four of us here," Mira said to him.
Neo nodded and closed his eyes. His form began to waver before it disappeared and a shorter, younger, version of him remained. Neo appeared to be around 12-13 years old.
"I was wondering when I'd be able to drop that transformation," Neo said to them, his voice lighter than before. "It's been three months since I've dropped it."
"My, look at how much you've grown," Mira gushed.
Neo rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment and told her, "Come on Mira, I haven't grown that much."
"Yes you have," Makarov told him as he stepped towards the young S-Class Wizard, who was now a head taller than him. "Before you left you were as tall as me. Now I'm back to officially being Fairy Tail's second shortest resident."
They all shared a laugh for a moment before Neo said, "I missed this, being with Gramps and my Big Sisters. Whenever I camped out for the night, I would look at the stars and think about how much I would miss you guys."
He then turned to Mira and said to her, "I'm sorry I wasn't able to prevent Lisanna's death, I was in the town you all went to a week before The Beast showed up. Maybe if I stayed, I could have taken care of it and saved you from your grief."
Despite the small tears that were in her eyes, Mira smiled. "Don't worry, it's really my fault. If I had let Natsu come with us, he might have been able to handle Elfman when he lost control."
"Alright, enough with the sad talk," Cana interrupted, we're here to celebrate the return of our little brother! It's just too bad Erza couldn't come."
"I had to leave someone in charge, or else who knows what Natsu and Gray will do," Makarov explained. They all shared a laugh at that, knowing how destructive the those two were.
"So Neo," Cana began with a sly grin, "meet someone special out there? Maybe a nice woman?"
Neo blushed at the implication and said to her, "No, I haven't. Besides, it's hard to find someone with the right personality anyway."
"Well, what kind of person do you prefer?" Cana asked.
"I'd like to be with someone who's kind to everyone, someone who's nice to them even if they're a jackass," Neo explained. "I'd also like it if she could hold herself in a fight, I don't want to have to rush in and be the knight in shining armor all the time you know. And I'd like them to be around my age as well."
Makarov burst into tears and shouted, "THEY GROW UP SO FAST!" The other three just sweat dropped at the Wizard Saint's antics.
Here you go, another chapter. I think that this one turned out well, considering that this is my first Fairy Tail story.
I may know a lot about Fairy Tail, but I don't remember everything. So please forgive me if I screwed something up, either now or in the future. I'll try to keep things the same, but I'll have to change things in order to make this story unique.
So what do you guys think of Neo? His magic is something that's really unique, I don't remember seeing anything like it before And the reason why he's hiding his real age and appearance will be addressed in the future, so you're free to guess!
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