The Tenrou Group Lives On - Chapter 22 – Death
What happens if Natsu, Mirajane, and Erza gets left behind? The guild is gone. There's only three people left to protect Fairy Tail for 7 years. Theres only three members of Fairy Tail to take control and run Fairy Tail till they return. Natsu must become the guild master until they return.
Natsu x Mirajane x Erza
"Requip!" Erza screamed as her armour quickly glowed and began to change. Her chest was squeezed as white cloth began to wrap around her chest, her legs were covered in a red pair of yoga pants with a fire pattern, and two swords with blank handles and silver sharpened blades appeared.
Without a second thought, Kyouka grinned demonically showing her sharpened teeth. She pushed off towards the red haired women with blood lust, wanting to gut the woman. With monster-like strength, she blasted herself over to Erza with extended claws aiming for her stomach.
Erza quickly blocked the attack by crossing her swords as they scraped against Kyouka's claws. She stood there holding her ground as she ground her teeth together and used her strength to hold the demon back; she wasn't going to let her gain any leeway in this fight. Erza grunted again as Kyouka pushed harder and quickly took a step to the left and used motion to push Kyouka past her, careful to keep her eyes fixed on Kyouka. She wouldn't let her get the high ground or use any tricks on her.
Slash! Erza quickly slashed at Kyouka's blind spot while she still was recovering. The slash was so powerful that it lifted off of her sword and flew towards Kyouka. Kyouka, being the admirable opponent that she is, recovered without delay and dodged backwards and blocked the oncoming attack.
Silently Kyouka didn't care. As more attacks came with the other woman dodging them, the higher her excitement and pleasure rose. It rose high like a tree towering over a field of short grass and made her want to smile with glee. This human could defend herself and still fight back; this wasn't just a rare find, it was the find of a century. After so many years, she was incredibly bored with nothing to do aside from reviving her Master, but now.. finally something fun was happening.
"Hehe!" Kyouka laughed aloud as her massive bird like feet pushed off the ground leaving behind a dust cloud. Instantly she arrived at Erza and swiped at her with her large sharp claws and tried to cut her. As the claws neared Erza, she dropped her body down so she was below the attack and dodged it with a mere inch gap.
But as Erza's brown eyes connected with Kyouka, she realized her first mistake.
Boom! As if an entire mountain was put on top of her, she was engraved into the ground. Once she had dodged Kyouka's claws, the demon quickly made her left hand into a ball and slammed it into her, but Erza expected it. She had been left wide open and she was now paying the price. Saliva flew from her mouth and she gasped with mounds of pain. Tremors of pain rolled through her as she winced and began to move.
Erza pushed to the side just in time as a massive foot slammed down where she had been. Quickly she pushed her lower body above her upper and kicked flipped herself back onto her feet since her clothing was light enough. As she faced Kyouka, she quickly returned her two swords that had been thrown on the ground and then requiped them back into her hand. Her swords had a red shine to them.
'She has experience fighting tough enemy's..' Erza thought to herself while she noticed her surroundings. Slowly during the fight she and Kyouka moved closer to the main Tartarus building and now they were practically on top of it. She looked around and waited for the next move as it seemed her opponent was irritable.
'Well she's knows how to prolong her death, but this is getting annoying,' Kyouka sighed as she waited. 'and Face should have been activated by now!' She was now beginning to become pissed, every minute it felt their plan was changing. Ever since the bombing didn't work on Fairy Tail, it seemed that their annoyance continued to grow.
Kyouka gave a quick smirk to Erza and once again began to fight. Quickly her sharp claws extended and went racing towards Erza. As they retracted, she watched as Erza's arm stiffened and gripped her swords even tighter.
Ting. Erza quickly noticed Kyouka's claws coming and used her swords to parry the claws back. But she didn't stop there, she dodged to the right, and zoomed towards Kyouka with one sword in front and the other ready to swing at Kyouka. As soon as she was upon the demon, she went to jab at her, but Kyouka dodged the attack by moving her body out of the way. Kyouka then raised her claw up as she saw Erza swinging her other sword with great power.
Erza's sword swished back as Kyouka easily used her strength to block her attack and push her arm back. She then leaped back to get some distance from Kyouka and some time to find a new plan to use against her foe. The demon was powerful, she was experienced, and her claws were deadly, this was already a tough foe but she kept bringing new tricks to the table.
"Hmm.." Erza sighed as she evaluated Kyouka. From her previous attacks, she had been so far able to block every attack and instead give out damage. Sweat rolled down and it stung small little nicks and cuts in her skin. Erza was stumped, her foe was strong, and she needed to figure out a way to take an advantage. The only thing she knew was that she had to defeat this Tartarus member like the rest of them to stop their plan.
'The human thinks she can stop me.. how cunning.' Kyouka giggled as she gave off another smile of happiness. She was enjoying this, the female in front of her was pushing her to her limit. She saw how she stared at every angle of herself, she knew she was being evaluated, but she couldn't care less. She was stronger, but the human could still defend herself well.
'Let's see if this works..' Erza suddenly thought to herself as she created a plan. The first thing she did was push off towards the wooden rafter that was right next to them. The wooden rafter was next to Tartarus' base, it appeared as if they had been trying to build something. Erza glanced back and smirked as she saw the demon hot on her tail. Erza continued to ascend higher and higher. Her goal was to get the advantage by moving to a field that she could fight on easily but would maybe make the demon struggle.
As Erza arrived at the top, suddenly a claw attempted to grab her from the right. She quickly turned her body and pushed her swords sharp edge against the claw to hold it back from grabbing ahold of her. Sparks of her sword holding against the claw began to spill around them. Erza kept one sword holding it back and attempted to use her now free sword to swing at the claw.
"Impressive for a human.." Kyouka laughed as she understood Erza's plan and sighed. 'If she thinks that would work she is dearly wrong.' Kyouka then thought to herself as she continued her battle against the women who was trying to defend every attack and fight back. She brought back her claw and took off towards the next rafter as she tried to keep on the move.
Kyouka now stood high up on one of the light brown rafters and began to look around. The knight that she was fighting had disappeared, her eyes scanned the battlefield and she was nowhere to be seen. Her heartless body shivered in anticipation of what that women would do, the cold shiver made goosebumps on the few free parts of exposed skin.
"Die!" Erza screamed as she appeared behind Kyouka, swinging both her swords together straight at Kyouka's neck. A second before her swords hit, the demon suddenly moved by letting herself fall.
With her claw stuck and locked into the tower, she fell to avoid Erza's attack which she acknowledged was a good strike. If she hadn't moved then she would have taken a major hit and maybe perished. However, she survived and slowly descended with her claw still extended and rebounded rapidly straight for the women that now stood where she had just been.
Erza was a tad miffed that her planned attack had failed, but she knew she couldn't stop there. She looked over and saw Kyouka already aiming for her as her claw shot back. Erza quickly slashed at the unprotected back side of Kyouka's claw and watched as she let go. However, it was already too late since Kyouka had the momentum to reach her. She braced herself and crossed her swords in front to block the attack with a grunt.
Pain ran through her claw as the sharp end of the women's sword slashed against it. She could feel blood begin to ooze as she had to let go of the wooden post, but was still heading straight for Erza. As she approached, Kyouka began to extend her claw and slash at her even though her swords were in front to defend herself. Sparks began to rain down as each slash was equally blocked and returned. Kyouka's claw struck Erza's sword and they began to go back and forth trying to find an opening to pierce one another. A fierce battle was taking place between them.
Suddenly Kyouka's ears perked as she heard footsteps coming closer. She quickly jumped away from Erza and her breath was slightly ragged. Both of them were heaving as the fight has been quite even so far. Then as she stared at Erza with the footsteps growing closer, she felt as if someone was now behind her.
"Allow me to take care of her. She and I have history.." The figure suddenly spoke as the low quiet voice of a women was heard.
"Hmm.. I was unaware that you had awakened." Kyouka replied as her lips parted and showed s gruesome demonic smile. "Very well, this battle is now yours. Spare no fairy!" Kyouka finished as she laughed and turned around to leave.
"I had no intention of doing so.." The women replied back to Kyouka with a smile as her new demonic magic began to surge and pulse wildly like a tornado; crazy and uncontrollable.
"Are you running away?!" Erza suddenly screamed as she saw Kyouka turning around to leave as the new arrival remained. She wasn't going to let the demon go, not this far into the fight. As she begun to run towards Kyouka, she finally saw the new arrival and her legs stopped moving. Her heart began to beat faster and her mind became confused. The woman in front of her that now looked to be her opponent was someone she had known and fought before.
Erza didn't even know that she was in a dark guild or had been captured by the demons. So many new things were happening and she could only remain quiet until she uttered one name.
"Minerva?"
Her aching body was lively. Her heart was beating faster than it had ever been in her life and her lust to kill someone was beyond controllable. One hand was balled in a fist and the other was tightly wrapped around part of a clear circle orb that had a light in the middle of it. Ultear had her eyes set on what she wanted.. Jellal. He now stood there in front of both herself and Meredy as they prepared to fight. They knew Jellal was strong, but they had to defeat their old comrade for everyone's sake.
She had mixed feelings. She had helped break this despicable man out of jail and thought together with Ultear that they could make up for what they had done. Her time around him was happy and enjoyable, but it was disheartening to now know what the man had become. It tore her heart apart and gnawed at her body. She only wanted to help people and show that she wasn't a bad person. From when they first started their own guild called Crime Sorciere, then quickly meeting with a handsome pink haired man that led them into Fairy Tail.. the last few years meant everything to her. Everyone made her feel like she was finally letting go of her past and walking towards a bright future.
However, her old friend changed that. Meredy was beyond pissed when that had happened. She wanted to scream and punch the man who had done that: Jellal. A man she now wanted to put down for his own good. 'I should of never helped him.' Meredy kept thinking when she was after him.. now.. he was in front of her.
'So.. the rumors were true, two women were searching for me. Of all the people though.. this isn't so surprising.' Jellal thought to himself as he stood there in the room that the two women had just busted into. The room was dimly lit, with low hanging white candles hung around on rusty iron holders. The floor had green moss growing on the dark gray bricks and the room was bare besides an old rusty bed.
"Why.." Ultear muttered aloud. Her anger was through the roof, with steam practically coming out of her ears. Drips of sweat rolled down the side of her face as she continued to mutter. "Why would you do this?!" Ultear screamed as her magic flared up.
"We all have things we want.." Jellal sighed and began to say. He then slowly pulled off the dark charcoal black cloak to reveal his familiar outfit. He wore a pair of blue sneakers, blue pants, and a sleeveless blue top, with red outlines that matched the mark on his face. "So I'm doing whatever I can to achieve that, at whatever the cost." Jellal finished explaining as his hands went into a ball and he brought his right leg back to get himself in a fighting stance.
"Ice-Make: Rosen Krone!" Ultear screamed right after she gritted her teeth. It was time to act, time to take out this evil doer. Jellal had gone corrupt and now he had to be stopped. Right off the bat she started using her deceased mother's magic. Roots made of ice broke right through the ground as they launched at Jellal before he could react. Two roots each wrapped around Jellal's legs and grew sky blue ice roses and held him down from using his own magic.
"Sensory Link!" Meredy called out as her hands glowed and a heart began to glow on Jellal's hands. Jellal let out a sigh. Meredy's own wrist glowed as a heart appeared on her as well, for now she would use it if he came after her. It would also make him go after Ultear first which was the plan due to her being far stronger in close combat. Though, if he did attack her, she could decide which sense to combine. The most common was pain but she kept that one off when she herself was attacking.
"Ice-Make: Bloom!" Ultear yelled as soon as she saw her best friend connect her magic with Jellal. Two ice blocks appeared to the left and right of Jellal. Suddenly the two light blue ice blocks blew up to reveal thorny roses heading straight for Jellal.
He had to admit, Ultear and Meredy had grown stronger. Their magic worked perfectly together as he watched them at first. Once he saw the ice roses coming towards him he knew he had to move if he didn't want to receive damage. Luckily, with Ultear casting a second ice-make spell, it made her vines keeping him down weaker. "Meteor!" Jellal yelled as his body went yellow while he bent down. He turned into a golden arrow and rushed forward, dodging the incoming attack easily. He then landed behind Ultear and brought his fist towards her undefended back in an effort to paralyze her.
Jellal quickly rocketed his hand forward. As his hand came closer and inched towards her, he realized his own mistake. Ultear was always much smarter then she looked. She never let anything that was important undefended including her own body. So for her to suddenly leave her back undefended was odd of her to do..
As his fist hit her back, all he heard was a sound of ice being cracked in half. There, in front of him, Ultear began to fall apart and his mind understood what had happened. Somehow when he was in his Meteor, the real Ultear had been replaced by a copy of herself that was made of ice. She truly was one tricky woman to fight.
"Maguilty Sodom!"
His eyes instantly were wide open and shocked. His face went pale and looked towards the hell and braced himself for the attack to hit. Meredy might be much younger than them, but her strength was incredible. As he looked over, he was confused at what he saw.
Teal colored swords appeared all around Meredy and were all sent flying. However, they weren't sent at Jellal, they flew towards Ultear where she opened her arms to let every sword hit her body. The swords weren't meant to pierce her. What Maguilty Sodom did was attack and inflict a massive amount of pain to make someone kneel and collapse.
"Gah!" Ultear screamed as pain lurched through her body and made it feel as if each sword was being thrust into her body. Why was she doing this? The answer was simple. She could use her own magic to reverse time and dodge the attack.. but on her right wrist there was a heart that was able to send every single point of pain to Jellal. He would receive all the pain and she would receive none. It was a cheap shot, but both of them knew that they were at a disadvantage compared to the former wizard saint that they were fighting.
"Restore!" Ultear grunted through the pain as she stood there. Her sphere ball glowed white at first, and then suddenly the white magic pulsed outside of it. Time directly around her reversed as Meredy's attack reappeared in front of her. But as time began to play again, Ultear dodged. Now it was as if the attack never hit her, but the pain for someone still occurred.
"Gah!" Jellal screamed as his entire body suddenly started aching and he began to scream like a crying baby. The pain shocked his entire body and he was forced down to a kneeling position while taking heavy breaths to not let himself fall and go unconscious.
Meredy watched him as her pink hair that was tied up was flowing back from running to stay away from Jellal. Now after her attack was executed.. she was admiring her work and make sure it hurt him dearly. Ultear, on the other hand, was breathless with her chest heaving and her messy purple hair going every which way.
Slowly Jellal pushed up as anger consumed him. He was back on his two feet with his body visibly shaking from pain and anger. Now.. he was annoyed. The two women who were once his comrades were using cheap tactics. Also, with him being confined fighting in the room.. a few of his main spells wouldn't work since they required the sky.
Suddenly, Jellal began to cross his hands and slowly bring his body towards the floor. Both Ultear and Meredy reacted as they knew the spell he was about to cast.
"Altairis!" Jellal screamed as the shadows began to be pulled from the rooms shadows that were cast due to the low flaming candles. As the shadows came towards him, purple waves of magic surrounded him and he shot a small fiery red ball at where Ultear and Meredy were standing. Both girls ran in different direction but they were far too close to each other when the spell initiated.
Suddenly, waves of magic burst from the ball of fire and it began to consume everything. The cracked floor and walls.. candles, bones, and anything nearby. A massive explosion occurred as both Ultear and Meredy were blasted to each end of the room and impacted hard into the wall. Jellal might have been hurt.. but he was not going down easily.. and he was going to keep fighting back.
"Gah!" Jellal screamed in pain as suddenly his bones began to bow and crack. Suddenly the feeling of being impacted in a wall hit him and he was barely able to keep standing. His bones were feeling as if he was attempting to hold up a boulder above his head that was far too heavy. Blood slowly dripped from his mouth and his breathing slowed.
Slowly, Ultear and Meredy began to get themselves out of the new hole they made when they impacted the wall. Pain was rolling around them from the blast, but luckily it had hit Jellal as well. Meredy smirked as she looked over to him when she was back on her feet and saw blood dripping from Jellal mouth. Even though they were taking hits.. the fight was going well.
"Flash Forward!" Ultear yelled as soon as she had recovered. Her orb in her hand began to pulse and suddenly copies appeared all around her. Each new copy of the orb represented future possibilities of the orb. Once all the orbs were out they began to glow brighter and rocket towards Jellal.
As soon as he heard the spell being cast, he looked up and to the left to see 10 clear sphere orbs zooming towards him at a high speed. He reacted the best he could as he dodged the first two orbs by jumping to the left and then ducking. He broke another one with his knuckle as he kept trying to defend himself. One orb suckered punched him straight in his stomach and he gasped for breath while the rest followed suit as they each impacted him.
Quickly, his magic was being drained.. every attack he threw at them he ended up hurting himself. Whether he liked it or not.. it seemed that these two women were going to be his end. His old comrades.. were going to be the ones to put him down.
His eyes flashed closed and then reopened to see a massive amount of magic surging. Ultear and Meredy were preparing to use their best spells to finish him. 'So.. maybe it's good..' Jellal thought to himself as he looked at the pink haired women and then the purple haired one. He really messed up this time..
From the Tower of Heaven, to the Oracion Seis, and to the Grand Magic Games, his past began to appear around him. 'So.. this is what some people mean when your entire life flashes before you as you're about to die.' Jellal thought again as he chuckled. Killing Simon and hurting Erza at the Tower of Heaven; helping Natsu defeat the Orcein Seis; then at the Grand Magic Games, attacking, and attempting to murder the present Master of Fairy Tail.. some of the memories were his mistakes. Other memories were happy. Seeing Erza was nice, and having friends with him be happy again. Life had been doing great in recent times.
What had changed...? His heart, he was in love, and wanted the woman of his dreams badly. Of course, fate stepped on him, and spit in his face as he found that woman marrying the man he had once helped. Fate was almost cruel to him.. though his goal was to work with Tartarus and kill off the world.. but Erza. Then he could be with her for the rest of his life. It would have been perfect.. but, of course, Ultear and Meredy had to show up.
'Face.. well because my key was never moved.. I guess that will become unlocked with my death..' Jellal laughed as the magic from the two females changed.. this was it.. it was time for him to leave the world.. how cruel.
"Ice-Make: Rosen Krone!" Ultear screamed as ice roots pierced from the ground straight into Jellal calves and hands. "Ice-Make: Bloom!" Ultear yelled right after as suddenly roses bloomed from the blue ice roots and began to bloom on Jellal's skin and started to tear him apart.
"Maguilty Rays!" Meredy screamed and poured in all of her magic. Yellow swords appeared all around her and suddenly sped forward straight at Jellal. The swords pierced right through his chest and red blood began to spill all over the sun yellow swords.
"Good bye.. Jellal." Ultear whispered as she watched her roots lessen and slowly Jellal looked down and began to fall. Once he hit the floor, both women watched as a pool of crimson liquid began to come from under him.
He was gone.. revenge was never the right thing, but this time it had gotten to her. Revenge made her kill the man.. but for some reason, she didn't regret it. This time, for some reason, she was happy. Her lust of wanting to kill was gone.. now she was tired. Slowly, she leaned her back against the wall, and slid down while looking over at Meredy. She was a tad worried for her.. but right now.. she was too tired.
The fight against Jellal was over.
Approximately 50% of the way through Tartarus.. with that being said.. we're almost there guys.. where things get crazy and will change, where this story will overall show its colors, and finish. Almost there! :D
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