Only nine members of Fairy Tail are left and none of the guys working with Muramasa or Muramasa himself have fallen. Luckily, the members that are remaining are Fairy Tail's strongest or whose hearts are the strongest among those in the guild. At the moment, Gray thought something was wrong and headed up to the mountains.
"I can't shake this feeling something happened." Gray said. He looked around and saw what caused that strange feeling. "Rukia!"
"Ice and Celestial Vengeance"
"Rukia, wake up!" Gray said as he tried to shake her awake. "What happened?" He heard explosions going off in the distance. Something told Gray that he would find the reason there.
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Renji
Renji was furious at Takameer. He tried his best to fight off Takameer, but he couldn't get pass all the sound. Takameer kept using his guitar to generate sound for him to manipulate.
"That's right. Let's keep rocking." Takameer said.
"Do you ever shut up?" Renji said. "Orochi Whip!" Renji unleashed the snake looking whips to attack, but Takameer screamed as he used his guitar and created a wall of sound to block it. "Damn it. Fighting this guy is giving me a headache."
"I'm just getting started." Takameer said.
"I've had enough of your bad music." Renji said as he shot out a whip and grabbed the guitar with it. "Give me that thing."
"Sorry, but no one holds this, but me. If you think this will also stop my magic, you're wrong." Takameer said. "I only use it to help generate a strong sound. Musical Screech!" He held out his hand and shot out musical notes. Renji got blasted and the notes made a horrible noise upon impact. Renji was brought down to his knees with his ears ringing. "That's what I like to call rock n roll."
"Renji!" Both of them saw Gray rushing to help.
"Gray, you made it." Renji said.
"Renji, what happened to Rukia?" Gray asked.
"She and I were caught in another one of those enchantments when we were chasing this guy, but she took herself out." Renji explained.
"So you're really responsible." Gray said as he looked at Takameer and was giving him a death glare.
"Yeesh. That's one rocking look." Takameer said.
'Of course. Gray sees Rukia like his own daughter considering he's the one that taught her Maker Magic.' Renji thought. 'It's only natural he would be like this.'
"You guys made a mistake on coming here in the first place." Gray said as he tossed his shirt off.
"What's the deal? Why you taking your clothes off? Are we rocking that much?" Takameer said.
"How about I have you see stars since you want to be one?" Gray said. "Ice-Make: Battle Axe!" Gray made an axe of ice and swung it, but Takameer jumped over it.
"Maker Magic? That is some rocking magic." Takameer complimented.
"You're not getting away. Ice-Make: Ice Impact!" Gray said. Gray made a drill-head hammer and it slammed it down on Takameer.
"Ow, ow, ow! That hurt." Takameer said as he tried to get back up.
"I'm not done yet. No one messes with my student." Gray said. "Ice-Make: Ice Cannon!" Now, Gray had a cannon made from ice. He held it up and took aim.
"Hey! Let's not do something crazy." Takameer begged, but Gray wasn't going to have any of it. Gray fired a cannonball made of ice. The impact sent Takameer flying through the air and caused him to crash into a roof and knocked him out.
"Nice shot!" Renji said.
"That's what happens to anyone who hurts my student." Gray said.
"Wow. You really care a lot about Rukia." Renji said.
"Of course. Ur taught me and she cared deeply about me and Lyon like we were her own children." Gray said. "I feel the same about Rukia and I'll do anything to protect my family."
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The Guild
"Gray vs. Takameer. Winner: Gray." Erza read and was proud one of them was beaten. "Excellent. I knew he wouldn't let us down."
"Yeah. That's one down and only four to go." Ichigo cheered.
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Kardia Cathedral
Muramasa saw the results himself and he wasn't happy as he pounded his fist against one of the pillars.
"No. Takameer, you failed me. The others better not." Muramasa said. It was clear he wasn't going to give up this fight after just one setback. There are still three more out there.
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Natsu and Lucy
So far, Natsu and Lucy were still going strong. Both of them headed down to the water to find anything, but there wasn't any sing of them.
"Where are these guys?" Natsu said.
"I just hope the kids are safe." Lucy said. "Natsu, I just thought of something. You might not be able to pick up on Muramasa's sent since there were so many people around, but what about Igneel? Cant' you find his scent."
"Oh yeah. Why didn't I think of that earlier?" Natsu said, but something stopped him. When he took a step, he trigger a trap. A rope tied around his ankle and pulled him out into the water.
"Natsu!" Lucy shouted. Natsu was pulled out onto a small raft and landed on it. All the moving on it caused him to become motion sick easily. "Are you kidding? You're not even moving."
"How pathetic." Lucy looked behind her and was met with Dontoro. "How could someone so powerful like the Dragon Slayer fall sick so easily?"
"I get it. You set up a trap knowing Natsu has a severe case of motion sickness to get him out of the way." Lucy said.
"Correct and I know you….Lucy Dragneel." Dontoro said. "I know you're a celestial wizard and I'm one myself. How about you handover all your keys and I won't hurt you."
"Never." Lucy denied.
"Have it your way." Dontoro said. He held out his hand and shot out a cosmic blast from his hand, but Lucy moved out of the way. "I'm telling you right now, your keys are useless."
"Why's that?" Lucy said.
"Muramasa helped me learn a darker form of Celestial Magic." Dontoro said.
"Darker?" Lucy questioned.
"Yes. A form of Celstial Magic, but there were cowards that were afraid of it." Dontoro said. "It's called Stella Tenebris. It allows me to use cosmic forces and I can even keep your spirits in check."
"What does that mean?" Lucy said.
"I'll gladly show you." Dontoro said. This might not go so well for Lucy.
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Lilly
Lilly was out on her own. Since she never got the emblem placed on her, she wasn't considered an official member of the guild so Muramasa had no idea she was even here.
"Oh man. I can't find Nagato, Mom, Dad, or anyone." Lilly said. "I'm starting to get a little scared." She heard explosions going off coming by the lake. "I know I shouldn't, but I need to." She went over to see what was causing the explosions.
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Lucy
Lucy used her Fleuve d'étoiles to fight against Dontoro. However, Dontoro had magic power used in his hands to deflect her lashes. With Natsu stuck on that raft and it keep swaying, he didn't even have the strength to get off.
"I thought you were a celestial wizard. Why don't you summon a spirit to help you?" Dontoro said. "Why are you doing all the hard work yourself?"
"A real celestial wizard doesn't use their spirits like shields." Lucy said. "If you want to get pummeled, so be it." Lucy reached for one of her keys and pulled it out. "Open, Gate of Archer! Sagittarius!" She summoned an archer dressed up like a horse.
"I am ready for battle milady." Sagittarius said.
"Take that guy down." Lucy said.
"As you wish." Sagittarius said as he took aim with arrows.
"I don't think so." Dontoro said as he moved quickly and appeared right in front of Sagittarius.
"He's so fast!" Lucy said.
"Get out of here." Dontoro said and blasted Sagittarius right through the chest and he was force to return home.
"Sagittarius! How could you do that? If you're a celestial wizard, you should show respect to spirits." Lucy said.
"Respect is for the strong, not servants." Dontoro said.
"But they aren't servants. They're living beings like you and me and deserve to be treated as equals." Lucy argued.
"If you ask me, you've got a lot to learn and I'll teach you." Dontoro said. He put his hands up in a praying form. "Open, Path of the Sealing Cross!" He held out his hands and a form electricity shot out and zapped Lucy. Lilly was able to arrive, but stayed hidden.
'Oh no. Mom is in trouble and because of Dad's ridiculous motion sickness he can't help.' Lilly thought. Lucy felt like she was being placed on a cross. Then, her keys flew out onto their own cross.
"What did you just do?" Lucy said as she dropped to her knees.
"That spell keeps any new gates from opening even when the spirit opens the gate on their own." Dontoro said. "Any key pinned to a cross won't work. You've got a strong collection of keys and I see about nine zodiac keys. Of course, they still hold a contract to you so drop them and hand them over to me or else."
"I told you no. I'll never hand over my keys to someone who cares so little for them." Lucy said.
"Shut up!" Dontoro said as he kicked Lucy in the gut. This was getting hard for Lilly to watch, but there wasn't anyone around to help.
I've got to do something, but what?' Lilly said. Dontoro shoved Lucy to the ground. Natsu tried to get moving, but every time he did, the raft moved and made him sick again.
"Hang on, Lucy." Natsu said as he tried to keep himself from vomiting.
"I'm not going to keep asking. Hand over all your keys or else." Dontoro said.
"You can do whatever you want to me, but I will never hand them over." Lucy said.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." Dontoro said as he was about to strike her again.
"Get away from her!" Both of them looked behind Dontoro and saw Lilly holding up a key with both her hands, but you can see that she's scared and wouldn't stop shaking.
"Lilly, what are you doing here?!" Lucy said and got Natsu's attention.
"A kid? She looks a lot like you? Is she your daughter?" Dontoro said.
"Don't you dare hurt her." Lucy warned. "Lilly, get out of here. Run! You've never been in a fight before."
"You heard her. Look at you. You can't even hold your key right. You look like you're too scared to even open the gate. Go play with your dollies or…" Dontoro stopped when she saw the key she was holding. "The legendary blue key of the Pegasus?! How did you get your hands on it?" Lilly refused to answer. Dontoro got anxious, but calmed down. "I guess it doesn't matter. If you have it, that means Luca is gone."
"Hold on. You know Luca?" Lilly said.
"Of course. I was the one that put the curse on Pegasus." Dontoro said. That was a surprise. She remembered when she found out Pegasus was a spirit and had a curse on him.
"That was you?" Lilly said.
"Of course." Dontoro said. "Now that you have it, I can take it for myself."
"Leave her alone." Lucy said.
"Come on, get up. Your daughter needs you." Natsu told himself, but he couldn't move.
"I'll be taking that key." Dontoro said as he powered up his magic and fired a blast.
"Lilly!" Lucy shouted for her to run, but Lilly was too scared to even move. So a mysterious figure came and got her out of the way before the blast hit with a princess carry.
"You're one brave girl. You stood up against the guy and didn't back down. You should be proud." The man said as he put her down.
"I know you! Pegasus!" Lilly's own spirit came and saved her.
"Thanks." Lilly said.
"My pleasure." Pegasus said, but became serious as he turned to face Dontoro. "I never thought I see you again."
"Talk about the mighty have fallen. The Legendary Pegasus has been reduced to babysitting." Dontoro said. "It will be easier to take your key for myself."
"Listen here, I'm not going to let what happened to Luca happened to Lilly. I won't let you lay one hand on her." Pegasus said.
"You weren't a match for me before and you aren't now." Dontoro said.
"Lilly, stay back." Pegasus said.
"I can't let you fight alone." Lilly said.
"That's nice of you, but you don't have much combat experience and you don't have other spirits to help." Pegasus said. "I also have my own personal score to settle." An icy vengeance has been made and now the time has come for celestial vengeance.
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Orihime: Ichigo, what do you think is the most beautiful form of magic?
Ichigo: Hard to say.
Orihime: I feel the same. There are so many that are graceful and beautiful.
Ichigo: Yet, they can also be hard to do. It must take a powerful wizard to make it happen.
Ichigo: Next time: Petal Blades
Orihime: Magic is so amazing. Is there anything it can't do?
