Chapter 56: The Scar is the Place Where the Light Enters You

A/N: Hello! Wow, yesterday's day off was simply amazing! I actually got to take a long nap, three hours! YES! …Why am I talking about this? My inner monologue is a bit loopy when I'm tired and I have been very tired lately. But, I do have the energy for this! So the usual shout out time goes to SIX different people today, first for reviewing we have sashaXmafuyuFOREVER and brucie86 (As usual, thanks a lot for your support!), DazzTugz who also favorited the story ,so double shout out to you, and EliXY, thanks guys! And to Bruised Kunckles for the favorite, and a double shout out to .awesome who favorited and followed the story! Welcome to the family of followers! Now, ENJOY THE CHAPTER!

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Start of Battles (Rai POV)

I land on the roof and look at Gōsuto and say, "First one to finish their fight gets the loser as a servant for a whole day!"

"OH, you are so on!" Gōsuto yelled back and we both looked at the lacrima, seeing that our opponents were in the rooms adjacent of each other.

We get into a sprinting position and count out, "THREE, TWO, ONE…GO!" We both take off sprinting and I yell, "Light Speed!" I go at an extremely fast speed and jump down the hole into the room Lyon is in. I get close to the bottom of the hole and I yell, "Light Wing!" and wings sprout from my back and I use them to stop my descent and fly above Lyon.

Lyon hears the fluttering of my wings and looks at me, asking, "What in the world?"

"Raitonekusasu, light mage. Nice to meet you Lyon Vastia." I said, surprised by how bad his scars on his face were, and he just looked at me, the scars adding an eeriness to him.

"You weren't on the list of possible targets. Did you just join recently?" He said and I deadpanned, but then quickly realized something.

"How many did you think there would be?" I asked and he looked at me, surprised by my question.

"Um, I think we expected six to seven. Not nine." He said and I was surprised by this admission, 'Wow. They really weren't ready for us. They only had the basic information on Rogue who was a high profile mage before he joined us. Guess even surprise was on our side, sucks to be them.' He looked at me and tilted his head, as if trying to get a better look at me, "Were you ever a dark mage, a bounty hunter for dark guilds? Part of some light and shadow mage duo?"

"Yes. The light and dark duo of Naito, or the demons of Naito as they called us." I said and he suddenly realized just who he was fighting.

"Oh shit…" He said and I couldn't help but smirk at him. 'Well, even though that was a while back people still recognize the title and the fear it created in people throughout all of Fiore, from Magnolia to Naito we were truly feared.'

"Oh? You know of me know?" I asked and got ready for his attack, ready to counter it and finish this quickly.

"Yeah, you guys tried to kidnap my master Ur, but failed due to her being killed by Deliora, right?" He asked and I was surprised, 'He was a pupil of Ur? Him and that Fullbuster kid? No wonder they are strong, she was a truly powerful mage that gave us fits for years, one of the few contracts we were never able to complete.' He then gripped his fist tightly and then looked up at me with determination, yelling, "Ice Make: Eagle!"

A pack of eagles, all made of ice appeared and flew at me, I moved and flew around them but they kept on me. They kept on me until I was forced to turn around and yell, annoyed by the eagles, "Light Beam!" A beam of light came forth from my hand and went towards the eagles, destroying them in a glorious show of light. I looked down and decided to make this a ground battle for now, so I yelled, "Light Meteor!" I charged at him, picking up speed like a meteor did when it came closer and closer to making impact.

I made impact and did so with my fist hitting him right where his scars were. I sent him flying back and let my wings dissolve, and I landed with a small sound, 'landing from about three feet in the air, doesn't even hurt. I wonder if he's out yet?'

I soon got my answer as Lyon got up from he landed and looked around for a minute, until he saw me and yelled, "Ice Make: Snow Dragon! Ice Make: Sword!" and a dragon, a very small one nowhere near the size of Igneel appeared, as did a sword of ice for Lyon to use. I looked at the dragon and sighed, and then proceeded to catch the dragon by its throat, side stepping it as it charge at me. I snapped its throat and looked at Lyon. He was already charging, the dragon a useful distraction for him to get close.

He brought up the sword to try and cut me, but I simply dodged it and actually caught his arms as they swung up and past me. I break his grip on the sword and kick the sword away as it falls to the ground, the sword lodging into the wall behind Lyon. Then I bring my knee up to his gut and knee him extremely hard, causing him to gasp in a soundless cry of pain. I let go his arms and punch him hard in the gut, causing him to finally make a sound and howl in pain as his eyes bulged from the pain.

I spun and was about to land a roundhouse kick that probably would have ended things, but Lyon yelled, "Ice Make: Shield!" and a shield stopped me mid kick. I jumped back a bit to get him to bring down his shield and I could attack him again. He did but was waiting for me, as he had prepared a spell and yelled, "Ice Make: Water Serpent!"

A snaked appeared, made entirely of ice, and it came at me. I put my hand out and yelled, "Light Beam!" Another beam of light appeared and destroyed the snake, and looked at Lyon, my glare icier than his magic and he felt it. 'This guy is annoying, but is he really Ur's pupil? He's so much weaker than I had hoped, but then again she probably never got a chance to finish training him as she died so early.'

He hesitated for a second and that's when I struck again, yelling, "Light Speed!" and I was upon him in a second. I punched him, using the momentum from the last spell to add even more power to my attack. I put my hand out as he flew away from me and yelled, "Light Pulse!" and seven balls of light came flying at him, hitting him. They kept hitting him one by one, not letting him land and he was pushed into the wall, where he was buried into for a moment before the spell ended and he fell forward. He landed on his hands and knees and looked up at me, panting heavily as that last spell did a lot of damage to him. I scoffed at him, surprised he was still up and then I was even more surprised as he charged at me.

He yelled, "Ice Make: Wolves!" and, surprisingly, no wolves actually appeared, instead ice coated his arm. He swung his arm, trying to hit me but the swing was wild, obviously more focused on power instead of his training. I dodged his swing and kept dodging, as he kept coming and coming, throwing haymakers left and right, uppercuts mixed in to try and surprise me but he just kept hitting the air. Eventually I grew bored of dodging and instead just caught his fist in my hand, easily stopping his assault but painfully so. 'Damn, his punches are heavy and the ice cut up my hand with it's sharp edges. Oh well, time to end this now. Goodbye Lyon, it was a blast.'

I pulled him towards me and elbowed him in the head, sending him straight into the ground. I jumped up and yelled, "Light Wings!" and my wings reappeared, allowing my to climb higher than before and giving me room for my finishing spell. After I felt I was high enough, I stopped flying upwards and put both my hand out in front of me, and gathered more magical power than usual. After I knew I had enough I yelled, "Secret Light Technique: LIGHT PILLAR!" and a circle formed beneath Lyon. Then a massive pillar of light came from where I was, above of Lyon and crashed down on him, crushing him in the face as he had turned around to look at me. 'So I guess the old saying is true, the scar is the place where the light enters you, especially when that light is me! Poor Lyon though, never even stood a chance did he? And he's always getting hit right in the face.'

After a moment more, the attack ended and I flew down to where he was and saw he was indeed unconscious. I sighed and went to walk out of the room when I heard, "Pow! Right in the kisser! Hahaha, a little slow there, my servant." I looked and saw Gōsuto standing at the exit and my jaw dropped at least twenty feet.

"WHAT?! HOW ARE YOU DONE ALREADY?" I asked, yelling at him as he just kept on laughing at me.

"Well, even though I had two I didn't waste any time. I went demon mode on them from the start and they never stood a chance. You probably could have won though, if you didn't let him try and hit you for the past five minutes, I mean honestly you just let him try and hit you." He said as we walked out of the rooks we were in and went outside, making our way topside like we were supposed to.

"What? I just wanted him to feel better since he got one-shotted last time he fought with Nena. I mean, did you see those scars, that was nasty! Man she really did a number on him. Did you know he was Ur's pupil though? She was one of our first contracts back in the day, and one of the few we never collected on." I said and he nodded his head at the memory, one of the few times we failed as a team.

"Yeah, but thinking about it, we were fifteen when we took that job, and not nearly as strong as we are now, I doubt we could have taken her." He said and I had to nod in agreement, 'She was an extremely powerful mage back then, I doubt any simple bounty hunter could have taken her down.' Then Gōsuto looked at me and said, "But as for Lyon, he was ugly as you man. Geez, and I thought Tsume was crazy blind. He is one ugly mother fucker. How can girls still swoon over him?"

"Because he's a guild mage who is famous, fame always precedes beauty for some reason." I said and Gōsuto nodded, then started laughing.

"I guess that's why it took so long to get married huh?" He said and I had to agree, and was laughing with him until we reached the roof.

Then we saw Lucy run up towards us and say very quickly, almost a mumble, "Rai and Gōsuto! I need your help!"

We stop laughing after hearing the panic in her voice, and Gōsuto asks, "What's wrong?"

So she then tells us, "Rogue was a traitor! A double agent! He was never really on our side and now he's going to Naito with Sting in tow. He's going after my little Hoshi! I need you two to follow them and stop them! I have to stay here and help Juvia, please I need your..."

We never let her finish her plea for help as we both looked at each other and I said, "Say no more. Our families are there too you know. We will leave immediately, you still have that connected shadow dimension?"

Gōsuto nodded and said, "Yeah, we can be there in an instant, let's go!" We looked at me and nodded as she fought back the tears of gratitude that threatened to leak out of her eyes, and Gōsuto reassured her, "Don't worry! We won't let them touch Hoshi! Rai grab on!"

I grabbed onto Gōsuto's shoulder and a second later we were gone, into Gōsuto's shadow dimensions. 'I just hope we can get there soon, before them. Or else it's all too late, for everyone. Hold on Tsume!'

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A/N: (Yawn) Well that was fun. Sorry I was so late in uploading this, I got a bit side tracked today but I hope you guys like it! As always, Remember! READ AND REVIEW, OR FAVORITE OR FOLLOW EVEN IF YOU SO PLEASE! ADIOS!