Hello everyone, here is the next chapter! Sorry for the wait. I am hoping this will do it.
Hiro Mashima is the one and only owner of Fairy Tail. I don't own a thing.
Beta read by Omni Creator Kami of Anime.
Key Words.
"Talking"
"YELLING!"
"Thinking"
Magic
Chapter 18: Casino, Reunions and Sacrifice.
Akame Resort, a well-known tourist resort in Fiore, as many people have memoires of their good times from here.
Among these people was the guild members of Fairy Tail, Natsu, Lucy, Yukino, Ur, Gray, Erza, and Happy were taking part in the fun. After a day of swimming, eating and participating in different activities, they were preparing for their next visit, to the casino.
Erza was currently lying on a lawn chair as she was wearing a bikini while relaxing in the sun set.
"Well, this went well. It was just what we needed. After the Phantom Lord affair, we truly needed somewhere to relax." Erza thought as she then drifted into sleep.
As she fell asleep, images came in her dreams, images of her childhood, as a slave in a construction site.
The suffering, the pain, the sorrow, everything she had endured, came into her mind like a broken record player as the images shattered, once they came to the image of a certain blue haired man with a red tattoo on his face.
Erza woke up as if she had a spear impaled into her chest, which thankfully there wasn't, which the redhead wished there was, since she would rather have endured that feeling than the same pain that happened before.
"Another dream..." Erza said as then stood up, walked to her room, while feeling the Dragon Mate Mark on her back. As it made her feel safe, it didn't make her forget the moments from her childhood as a slave in the place she would never wish to return to.
She then transformed into her Heart Kruz Armor to calm herself down.
"Ah, much better." Erza thought as she then stopped and looked at herself in the mirror. Every time she put on an armor, she felt safer, even more in situations when she recalled her traumatizing childhood memories.
"Erza, are in there?" Lucy said as she knocked on the door, snapping Erza of her thoughts. "It´s alright, you can come in." Erza said, which then Lucy, who was in a red dress and Yukino, who wore a white dress, came in, as well as Ur who was wearing a black dress that revealed her cleavage, legs and some of her stomach, while she had black heels and a golden armband with a small blue diamond each.
"We are going to the casino. Ready to go?" Yukino asked. "Yeah, let me change first." Erza said as she then transformed her attire into a blue dress with red roses and white gloves.
Erza looked at herself in the mirror once again, this time wearing a dress, not an armor.
"Some days, I can simply take it easy, because once in a while can´t hurt..." Erza thought while looking at herself in the mirror, before she then turned to face the others.
"Let's go everyone. We sure don't wanna miss it." Erza said.
Later, at the casino...
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS FUCKING MACHINE?! I truly saw it land on 17!" Natsu yelled, as he played roulette with no effort. "It even landed on 17, but then clicked and flipped over the damn fucking edge! What the fuck is this thing?!" Natsu yelled. "Well, that is why it is called roulette..." The roulette said while sweat-dropping.
"Natsu-sama..." A voice from behind said, causing Natsu to turn around, which then made Natsu widen his eyes to what he saw.
It was Juvia, but this time, she wore a blue dress that showed much of her cleavage, had her blue hair in the same style back at the Phantom Lord War and a golden necklace with a Fairy Tail emblem in gold.
"You´re Juvia from Phantom Lord!" Natsu said. "Please don't have the wrong idea! I am not here for a fight, so please let me explain." Juvia said as she then started to explain her reason to come.
Unknown to the both of them, a figure in an eyepatch was approaching them.
At the same time, with Erza, Lucy and Yukino...
"Wow, you are amazing, Erza!" Lucy said as she was impressed by the readhead´s card skills. "Incredible, as expected from you, Erza-sama." Yukino cheered. "Some chicks truly have what it takes nowadays." Ur said, which Erza made smirk in pride.
"Well, it was a piece of cake. I thought they would be harder than this." Erza said proudly. "It was a good idea coming here, it was exactly what we needed." Erza thought.
"Ah, it seems someone needs a real challenge." A voice said, which then suddenly cards came on the table, which the trio of Erza, Lucy and Yukino looked down to see five cards, each with a letter, which were the letters "D," "E," "A," "T" and "H", spelling altogether the word the word "DEATH".
Erza then looked at the man who had put the cards down, and saw a man with black pants, a black vest, black shoes, white shirt, blonde hair, was dark skinned, and had a tattoo on the left side of his chin.
"Shou...?" Erza said with shock, surprising Yukino and Lucy. "Long time no see, Nee-san." Shou said.
At the same time, with Gray...
"C´mon, c´mon, please let it be..." Gray said as he was playing with a slot machine, which he didn't win. "God dammit!" Gray yelled with frustration as he was about to kick the slot machine in rage, but stopped when he heard a voice. "Boy. What the hell do you think you are doing? That is not how you play."
Gray turned around to see a man in a blue suit, shirt, tie, fedora hat, scarf, and glasses, but the most noticeable thing was his square structure.
"S-square?!" Gray yelled in shock. "Let me make one thing clear. There are two ways a man can only travel, which are to live in a dandy fashion..." The Square man said and then took a gun and put it in Gray´s mouth! "...Or roll over and die." The Square man said.
Back with Natsu, Happy and Juvia...
"So you wanna join Fairy Tail huh?" Natsu said as he, Juvia and Happy sat at a bar. "Yes. After the events from the Guild War, Juvia has decided to join Fairy Tail due to being told that it is such a great place to be in." Juvia said. "And to come closer to Natsu-sama." Juvia thought as images of her and Natsu came into her mind.
In a landscape with the sky, innocent and white as snow, as on a hill with flowers, many as the stars on the sky, Juvia and Natsu was holding hands.
"Juvia, have I ever told you the level of beauty you possess?" Natsu said to the blushing bluenette. "Why would you say so, I was your enemy." Juvia shyly said. "But it was when I was such a fool to think you were the enemy, since you are too beautiful, as well as brave, as you were willing to join Fairy Tail." Natsu said with a smile of snow white teeth, and then.
"Actually, I was hoping that you would join Fairy Tail one day, since you are so beautiful as I..." Natsu said in his imagination.
But Juvia in reality was too red in her thoughts, as steam came out of her head and ears as she couldn't stop herself from the thoughts, making the duo of the Pink Haired Man and the Blue Furred Cat confused.
"Yo, something the matter, Juvia?" Natsu said. "I think she needs some fish, since she is a Water Mage." Happy said while showing a fish, but before they would speak more, a big man with black hair, wore a eyepatch, metal jaw and green robes came from behind and said:
"Are you the nakama´s of Erza?" The man bluntly asked, as the trio got thoughts of why he wanted to know that. "Why do you wanna know that?" Natsu asked, as before they could react, the man in eyepatch raised his left hand before then smacking it at Juvia, which Natsu stopped in the last second with his right hand.
"Oi, what the hell do you think you´re doing, Eyepatch bastard?" Natsu said with rage hidden in his voice, as the man in the eyepatch jumped back and then spoke. "Hm, resistant, I see." Simon said and then prepared his attack. "Dark Moment." The Eyepatch man said as everything turned pitch black, as they were unable to see.
"What is going on?!" Happy said as he couldn't see anything. "What happened?!" Yelled Juvia, as then suddenly the darkness turned into waves and sucked into a Natsu´s mouth, as if they were going down a whirlpool.
"Impossible..." The large man said, as Natsu replied. "So you use Darkness Magic, huh? Too bad, I happen to be able to eat Darkness." Natsu said as then the darkness from the room suddenly disappeared, as it was light again.
"You ate the darkness?!" The massive man said, as Natsu simply grinned. "Yep, I'm an Abyss Dragon Slayer, who fights with and eat Darkness." Natsu said as he coated his right hand in darkness.
At the same time, with Erza, Lucy, Yukino and Ur...
"You knew him?" Yukino asked. "And have a brother as well?" Lucy said. Erza bit her lip as she would actually meet her blonde childhood friend again. "Not in blood, i was usually called that out of respect." Erza said, as then suddenly, Lucy, Yukino and Ur got tied up in an orange rope.
"What the..." Lucy said before she felt that she and the others couldn't use their Magic.
"Erza-san! How I have missed you!" A voice said, which were a woman with brown eyes, short brown hair in pigtails and in cat ears, a yellow jacket, pink dress and whisker tattoos on her cheeks.
"Millianna?!" Erza said as the cat girl had tied Lucy, Yukino and Ur up.
"What the hell is with this thing?! I can´t use Magic." Yukino said as she struggled against the rope. "The Magic I use, Binding Magic, allows me to manipulate and conjure tubes which allow me to attack and restrain opponents." Millianna said as she then saw the struggling trio of Fairy Tail women.
"And also allows me to prevent others from using their Magic." Millianna smirked. "Oh yeah?" Ur said and then used her Ice Magic to freeze the tubes, both on her and on Lucy and Yukino, as it then shattered into pieces.
"What?!" Millianna shouted as she couldn't believe her Magic being broken on them.
"It seems that if the user´s Magic Power is lower, the target can break loose." Ur said as she grinned, making Milliana grit her teeth in rage.
"Don't make any sudden movements Millianna, because all we need is Erza." The square man from before came. "Wally! Is that you?!" Erza said as she noticed the square man coming in the scene. "Don't worry, I handled one of your "friends," the Ice Boy, who is in other side of the gates currently." Wally said, as Erza then got pale of hearing one of her friends, Gray Fullbusterm dead.
"It can´t be, Gray wouldn't die from this." Erza said, but before she could do anything, Wally transformed his hand into a gun and pointed it at Erza.
"No sudden movements, or Ice Boy will soon be accompanied by you before you actually need to be." Wally said while pointing his gun at Erza.
With Natsu, Juvia and Happy...
"Hm, it seems like the others have taken our target." The massive man said. "Target? What the hell are you talking about!" Natsu said. "No concern to you, we are only here for one, and you and your friends will not interfere." The massive man said, then looked at Natsu, Juvia and Happy, which then a Magic Circle came on his eye and then prepared his attack. "Dark Burst!" The massive man said, as an explosion occurred, blowing the bar to pieces.
Back with Erza and the others...
As the explosion could be heard, before Erza could say anything, the eyepatch man appeared. "Don't spend worthless words on the explosion, because it won´t matter." The eyepatched man said. "Simon?! Even you?" Erza siad.
"Also, I have a present for you, Millianna." Simon said as he then handed the unconscious Happy to the brown-haired cat girl, much to Millianna´s happiness.
"And now the gang´s all here, it is so awesome, right Erza? Oh sorry, I forgot, that Jellal isn't here, but you will soon meet him too." Sho said as he joined Wally, Simon and Millianna.
"Jellal?!" Erza said as if time had frozen, stopping everything from moving as if the world had been painted black.
"And he´s currently at the Tower of Heaven, the Pillar of Dreams." Sho said, as horror struck Erza like a lightning bolt, as a thunderclap of memories from Erza´s time as a slave came into her head like a swam of crickets, eating her happiness and leaving trails of sorrow.
"Don't worry Erza, we shall make sure to let no one from them take you." Lucy said as she and Yukino prepared their Celestial Spirit Magic, while Ur prepared to use her Ice Magic.
"Don't worry, I will handle them, Dark Moment." Simon said as he then turned the area pitch black, making it impossible for them for them to see anything.
As the darkness disappeared, the trio of Lucy, Yukino and Ur didn't see Erza or the group of enemies left.
"Where the hell did they go?!" Lucy said. "We need to find them, quickly!" Ur said as the two other girls agreed as they then ran off to find Erza.
As they ran into the halls, Gray eventually met up with them.
"Gray? You are alright!" Ur said to her former student. "Yeah, I made an Ice Clone when the lights turned off, making me able to switch and use my Ice Make in the last second before it then got clear again."
"That Simon guy must have used Darkness Element Magic, which Natsu must have eaten." Lucy said, as she then remembered what Natsu could do. "Oh no, Natsu!" Lucy yelled as she then ran to look for Natsu, as the others followed the blonde Celestial Spirit Mage.
As they ran, they finally came across the bar, where they saw in horror Natsu down with bruises and blood everywhere.
"NATSU!" Screamed Lucy in horror, as she ran to Natsu, grabbing his arms. "Natsu stay with us!" Lucy yelled, as then "Natsu" disappeared into black smoke. "Huh, what the hell happened?!" The confused Lucy said, as the others didn't believe what they saw.
"Don't worry everyone." Natsu said as everyone looked to see Natsu coming from the ground with Juvia using her Water Magic.
"You´re that chick from Phantom Lord!" Gray said. "Don't you worry everyone, she is an ally." Natsu said. "And by hiding Natsu-sama inside Juvia´s body, I have shown my support with all of you." Juvia said.
As the words Natsu inside Juvia´s body echoed inside their heads, Lucy got green with disgust, Yukino red by embarrassment and Ur green with envy.
"So you mean...?" Yukino said as she blushed like crazy, with steam coming off her head, but Juvia interrupted her. "Yes, Natsu was inside Juvia´s body, not you." Juvia said to the trio of women.
"We don't have time for this, the group of weirdos took Erza and Happy." Gray said as Natsu then got out of Juvia's body. "WHAT?! THEY TOOK ERZA AND HAPPY?! THEY WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Natsu roared in rage as the news of his lover and best friend were kidnapped.
"GOD DAMN IT!" Natsu screamed in rage as he shot darkness from his mouth. "I WILL MAKE YOU ALL PAY!" Natsu said, as he then came to face the others, as he then sniffed the air. "I can smell them, they have gotten a bit of distance, but I will make sure not to let them escape." Natsu said, as he then ran with the others to where Erza was.
"Where do you think they are going, Lucy-sama?" Yukino said while she ran with the others. "I don't know, but is probably something Erza would never want go back to." Lucy said as she remembered the face of horror on Erza face when the name "Tower of Heaven" was mentioned. "Erza, stay safe, cause we are coming for you!" Lucy thought while she, Gray, Yukino, Ur and Natsu ran to rescue their friend in need, Erza.
At the same time, in the Tower of Heaven...
"Jellal-sama, the team have been successful in capturing Scarlet." Vidaldus Taka, a man with white clothing, long black hair and gloves said.
A man sitting on a throne, wearing a blue hooded coat, white blue t-shirt, white jacket, blue pants, black boots and gloves, as well as blue hair and a tattoo on his face, was smirking evilly.
"Well, truly good news Vidaldus, the world we all have been waiting for has finally come." Jellal said as he grinned evilly. "But Jellal-sama, if you want her dead, why don't you kill her instead?" Asked Vidaldus.
"Don't ask such silly questions, I need her for one thing, and that is to make her a Sacrifice, a Sacrifice for the Perfect World that is to come." Jellal said evilly.
At the same time, on a ship...
As Erza was tied on a ship, as she looked around as she slowly woke up to see her surrounding, which were boxes, barrels and bags.
"Where am i?" Erza said while looking around. "A ship on its way to the place which will make us the Rulers of the World." Sho said as she entered the scene from the stairs.
"Sho?" The scarlet haired knight said as she saw her childhood friend enter the room. "I am so glad to see you again, Erza-nee. It has been so long. So long since we actually saw each other." Sho said as he went closer to Erza. "I can't in fact think we can finally reunite, and on the perfect timing, as all of us shall finally become what we are born to be. The Rulers of the World!" Sho said.
"Why?" Erza said as her eyes were shadowed. "What?" Said the blonde confused. "Why are you doing this, Sho?" Erza said, which then Sho responded by kicked her in the stomach. "Don't ask such stupid questions, Erza-nee, as it was you that betrayed us years ago, don't you remember? That fateful day that changed our lives forever?" Sho said to Erza, as images of their lives as slaves in the Tower came back to Erza, from when she came there, to the day her Blue Haired friend changed.
"Could you at least let me wear one of my Armors?" Erza asked while her eyes are shadowed. "Huh?" Sho said. "Every time I come to that place, I always feel like I need to wear an armor, it makes me feel much safer" Erza said, as she got more lower on the last parts.
Sho simply smiled darkly as he went closer and closer to her, as he put his hand on her chin.
"Don't worry, Erza-nee..." Sho said as then Wally shot a Sleeping Bullet on Erza, after he entered the scene, putting her to sleep.
"...because we will make sure that you don't need any armor, since you are going to die anyway." Sho said as he darkly smiled even more.
At the same time, at the city of Era...
"It seems that the R-System has returned." Council member Siegrain announced. "What?! Impossible, the R-System was erased from the ground of Earthland." Belno, a woman with blonde hair, and purple clothing said. "According to our sources, there was Seven Towers build by a Dark Cult, all of them taken down 8 years ago." Leiji said, a man with a white cloak and glasses said.
"But it seemed like we missed one, an 8th, known as the Tower of Heaven, which is almost complete." Siegrain, silencing the Council Members with the news, until someone spoke out. "Then what are we supposed to then?!" Michelle, an old man with a cat themed decoration said. "If there´s one thing we can do to stop it from being completed, it is that we use Etherion." Jellal said, as the last word silenced the other Council member with cold horror, all except Ultear, who was agreeing with Jellal on using it.
"As Jellal thinks it's Etherion that will make his dream possible, it will actually make Hades´, but mostly, mine." Ultear thought, as she smirked evilly.
Meanwhile, with Natsu and the others...
As they team which consisted of Natsu, Yukino, Lucy, Gray, Ur and Juvia were currently on a rowboat in their way where their friends, Erza, was taken.
"God dammit, why can´t we just walk for once...?" Natsu groaned as his motion sickness took him over. "Trained and got stronger, my ass, you still have your motion sickness, Empty Brain." Gray said as he watched his rival's motion sickness.
"Don't listen to him, Natsu, here, lay on my lap." Ur said as she offered her lap to lay on since Natsu was feeling bad. "Ugh, you are an angel, thanks Ur." Natsu said as he then laid his head on Ur´s lap, much to the annoyance of Lucy, Yukino and mostly Juvia.
"Damn that bitch! How dare she have my Natsu-sama in her lap! Juvia won't allow it!" Juvia thought as she was filled with rage.
Gray simply tsched and looked at the horizon. "Just make sure you don't throw up on Ur, because if you do, I´ll kill you." Gray said. "Don't worry Gray, because there is no way Natsu is gonna threw up on me, right?" Ur said with a sweet tone and happy smile, as her face got dark, making Natsu sweat with fear. "No, not at all!" Natsu said terrified.
"Sorry to interrupt, but does Natsu know where we are going?" Yukino asked as she reminded them were they were going.
Natsu sniffed with his nose to sense where Erza was taken to, until he then finally spoke."I think I see something." Natsu said, as the others saw what he looked at.
It was a massive tower, which reached into the Heavens, as it was filling its name, (I am not gonna describe it, you all know what it looks like in the manga and anime), as the others stare at in awe.
"It must be there where Erza is being taken." Natsu said as he sniffed with his enchanted senses, as Natsu then spoke again to the others. "Then let's go in there, because Erza´s our Nakama, as well one of my Mates, as I have promised to save, protect, and be there for her at any moment, at any time." Natsu said, as he was then taken over by the motion sickness. "Some people never change." Gray thought while he sweat dropped.
At the same time, inside the Tower of Heaven...
Erza, who was chained to the wall, slowly opened her eyes as she looked around to see she was in a cell. "Finally awake, I see." Sho said as he entered the scene. "Sho?" Erza said as she saw the blonde entering the cell.
"Well, Nee-san, uncomfortable aren't you, as in good times? Remember the times back then, when not only you, but all of us were in the cells, as the only times we would leave them, was only of pain, suffering, misery and sorrow?" Sho said, as he recalled their past.
"But what's in the past is the past, as unlike before, it does any of that, but instead, a key, a key to our future." Sho said as he then noticed the confused, but serious look on Erza´s face.
"Oh sorry, it seems like you are confused, Erza-nee. Allow me to explain, Jellal´s plan, which is quite simple to be honest: it is to sacrifice you, by using the Tower of Heaven, to resurrect the Darkest and Most Powerful Wizard of all Time, Zeref!" Sho said as he smirked darkly, which horrified Erza as her childhood revealed the goal of Jellal, to revive Zeref.
"Why?" Erza said as her voice was cold as ice and her eyes shadowed. Sho simply responded with looking in her eyes, as tears came from his eyes.
"Here is something I want ask you: why did you betray us? After all those years ago, when we were finally free from that Infernal Tower, you betrayed us, as if it wasn't for Jellal, who knows what could have happened? Erza, do you have any idea what you did to us that day?!" Sho said as he got closer to Erza, who then kicked Sho in the face, making him unconscious, as she bit off the rope which held her prison, until she finally managed to bite it off, as she then Re-Quipped into her Heart Kruez Armor.
"Jellal, I don't why you are doing this, but whatever you did to my friends in the past, I shall not forgive you, even if you beg for it!" Erza said as she then stormed off to face Jellal.
At the same time, in Jellal´s throne room...
"A new age is coming, an age where I shall rule the world as its absolute ruler, and no one shall stand against me." Jellal said while grinning evilly.
The battle was soon beginning!
And that´s it for chapter 18, sorry for being it so short, but since it we had two large battles, some plot twists and introductions and so many other things going on, I was thinking it was time to begin with a short chapter. But now I have begun on the Tower of Heaven Arc, and I promise to make next chapter longer and more epic, as we will see the Natsu and the gang into more action. If this chapter was too short, I am sorry. See you all later, and please review, follow and favorite. See you later!