"Do you think we should get involved?" Daryan asked his fellow guildmates, a group of five including him, while scratching the back of his head. "Grimoire Heart isn't exactly the best guild to let roam around free…"
Next to Daryan was a tan, curvaceous, female with long curly fiery red hair that reached down to her waist and red eyes. This female also wore three inch heels, a black mini skirt, and a frilly red shirt with a floral pattern. The female shook her head a few times, disagreeing with the idea immensely. "No! No no no!" The female said repeatedly.
"And why not, Alex?" Daryan asked while raising a brow.
"Because it's Grimoire Heart do you even knOW HOW DANGROUS THEY ARE?!" Alex flailed her arms around. This girl was Alex Hikari, one of Cosmic Star's S-class mages, though her attitude usually caused the other guildmembers to question her rank. "It's not safe!"
"To be fair…" Magnus started. "Fiore's not exactly safe either…And the only thing we'll be doing once we get involved is just sticking ourselves in danger faster than if we stayed here."
"Don't forget the Council…" Another male said. This male was the shortest out of the group of five wizards discussing. This male had gothic attire; black boots, black hair, black jacket, though he didn't have the makeup on, but he was certainly quiet.
"The Council has all fallen to nearly every member of Grimoire Heart, Yakuza," Magnus said. "Doranbolt to Bluenote Stinger, Correll and Lahar to Kain Hikaru, and Odin to Zancrow."
"This is exactly why I say we shouldn't get involved…!" Alex said once again, placing her hands on her hips as she shifted her weight onto one foot. "I don't want any of you getting hurt! Grimoire Heart is too powerful!"
"I heard the other guilds are taking part in battle…" Daryan said to Alex, crossing his arms.
"Other guilds?" Alex raised a brow, unfamiliar with most of the other guilds in Fiore.
"Fairy Tail, White Eclipse, and if I'm not mistaken, that guild named Twilight Zone…" Magnus said with a nod.
"…Isn't White Eclipse the strongest guild in Fiore or something?" Alex said in an innocent, yet clueless tone.
"Technically, that has yet to be decided," Magnus said with a slight shrug. "The mages are quite powerful, but the strongest guild in Fiore at the moment is in fact Fairy Tail. As for Twilight Zone, I know nothing of their members, but they are fairly new too…"
"I think we've gotten a little off topic…" Yakuza said with a slight sigh.
The tallest mage out of all the group spoke; this mage was female, curvaceous just like Alex, and her hair was short brown, and her eyes were a dark shade of brown. Though, she wore a robe which concealed most of her body. This was Gaia; the SS class earth mage of Cosmic Star. "We will wait."
"G-Gaia!" Alex was surprised by Gaia's decision. "S-See! Gaia agrees with me! You can't say anything now!"
"She said to wait…" Daryan sighed slightly. "I'm going out there once things start to get outta hand though, understand, Gaia?"
"Do as you wish, Daryan; just remember the consequences if you are defeated…" Gaia said in her normal tone; though her normal tone sounded threatening enough.
"Y-Yes Gaia…" Daryan said somewhat nervously now.
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Waiston sprinted up the side of a partially collapsed building, back flipping off it just before the structure collapsed under his feet, puffing his cheeks out as he was now angled 45 degrees above Kawazu. "Ice Dragon's Roar!" Waiston opened his mouth, unleashing the hurricane of ice towards the chicken.
"Egg Wall!" Kawazu opened his mouth, firing a multitude of eggs in front of him. The eggs shattered, and a yolk wall appeared, taking the brunt of Waiston's attack, leaving the ice dragon slayer dumbfounded.
"W-What the!?" Waisotn landed on the ground, gritting his teeth slightly at Kawazu's defense. Waiston then raised his foot, and then stepped on the ground, creating a blue magic seal with the image of a dragon in the middle on the charred earth, sending ice spikes traveling towards the chicken to pierce his egg defense.
"You law abiders are weak-peron!" With a grin, Kawazu leapt high into the air, almost as if he took flight. He was well above Waiston now, and he closed his mouth, gathering eggs within his throat and opened his mouth, unleashing a rain of eggs down on Waiston. "Heavy Egg Rain!"
"Gah!" Waiston stomped on the ground once again, creating a glacier that popped up in front of him for defense; though the glacier only took so much before it shattered, and the eggs rained down on Waiston, forcing the ice dragon mage to slide across the ground, moderately damaged by the attack. "These guys are pretty good…" Waiston said quietly to himself before he smirked. "But nothing to White Eclipse!" Waiston formed a glacier under his feet, propelling him into the air at Kawazu's height, catching the chicken off guard. "I got you now!" Waiston reared his leg back as ridged, hard ice started to form around hit, and he then swung it at the off guard Kawazu.
"I won't let you!" Yomazu said as a kanji sign appeared in front of Waiston, successfully blocking the attack. Feeling good about the successful cover for his partner, Yomazu turned just in time to evade Takeru's Shadow Dragon's Slash, but Takeru quickly followed up with a roundhouse to Yomazu's side, catching the goat man off guard and he stumbled back.
"Too much talk," Takeru said as he formed a single Shadow Katana in his hand, smirking slightly. "I'll make this quick…"
"You are not the only one with such a blade…" Yomazu said as he pulled out the sword Gajeel broke seven years ago, looking as good as new, if not better. Yomazu and Takeru charged each other, locked in sword combat.
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Selene and Aira tumbled across the rocky ground for a few seconds before hopping back up, both scratched and bruised from Kain's attacks, but they weren't going down just yet. "What is up with this guy…?" Selene asked while rolling her shoulder in attempt to get the stiffness out. "He's so big…but he's so fast too…"
"That's the power of Mr. Cursey, and my self-strengthen!" Kain said proudly.
"So that doll is the problem…" Aira said as she formed a magic circle under her body, increasing her stats.
"I'm not going to lose to this guy just because of some doll!" Selene sprinted towards Kain once again as she pulled her diamond encrusted arms back, swinging them at Kain's body. Kain, however, swiftly avoided each and every punch Selene threw towards him, catching the diamond dragon slayer off guard. Kain then slammed an open palm with enough power to easily break a tree at Selene's stomach, stopping her from moving for a second, then he slammed another palm at her face, sending her tumbling away.
"Selene!" Aira jumped forward, her increased speech catching Kain off guard for a few seconds as Aira landed a series of punches and kicks on Kain's face.
"Dammit, that hurts! Cut it out!" Kain slammed his palm at Kain's face, sending the blonde rolling across the ground.
"I'm getting real sick of this guy…" Selene groaned slightly as she held her arm. "Roar…" Selene reared her head back, her cheeks puffing out. "Of the Diamond Dragon!" Selene threw her head forward as a gray magic circle appeared in front of her, and she released a vortex of small diamonds that engulfed Kain's body. "I got him!" Selene smirked to herself however, Selene's smirk quickly turned into a look of horror as she saw the result of her attack. Kain wasn't the one who took the full force of the Diamond Dragon's Roar; it was Aira. "A-AIRA!" Aira's body was now covered in multiple cuts from the diamonds, blood trailing for every open wound; without a word, Aira's body fell limp onto the ground. "H-How!?"
"I switched places with her!" Kain said as he held up his prized doll once again, but this time a strand of Aira's hair was on the doll's head along with a strand of Kain's. Kain put Aira's hair into his pocket and grinned.
"Dammit…" Selene looked over to Aira, but before she could look back at Kain, Kain slammed a steel palm into her ribs. Selene's eyes widened as she felt the crack of her rips on impact, rolling on the ground next to Aira, wincing. "G-Gah…!"
Kain stood above the two girls as the wind started to blow, his cape flowing slight in the wind as he stared the two girls down, his hair shading over his eyes so only a red glow was seen from them. "If you two only agreed to by my girlfriend this wouldn't have had to happen…"
Selene wrapped an arm around Aira, seeing the bleakness of the situation. Diamond scales started to cover her arms, her eyes turned a blazing white, and shadows started to flow from her body. "I have to do this…" A black shadow appeared under Selene and Aira's body, engulfing them in an instant. Selene made use of Shadow Travel, leaving Kain standing there; dumbfounded.
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In the northern mountains, just where Cana told the Rajinshu to go, those three mages laid on the ground, in defeat. Rustyrose managed to defeat the Rajinshu, with moderate damage to his person, as well. "Foolish wizards…" Rustyrose said as he walked off, leaving Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen lying unconscious in the snow. But he wasn't walking off unscatched either. The Raijinshu did lay into him a little, but he managed to walk it off with only a slight limp. "You've been asleep for seven years…though your power is impressive together; it amounts to nothing when put to the test. You may have gotten the better of me seven years ago, but my imagination has only improved since then..."
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Gray, who was now shirtless, and Juvia, found that Azuma was a stronger opponent than they originally thought. Both Gray and Juvia were towards the end of their ropes, while Azuma had a decent amount of damage dealt to him. Azuma crossed his arms, letting out a sigh of disappointment as he looked at the two wizards. "You two aren't nearly as strong as Titania…this disappoints me…"
"We're not done yet…!" Gray shouted, slamming his fist into his palm once more, placing all of his magical energy into once last attack. "Juvia, let's go!"
"Yes!" Juvia nodded, gathering an intense amount of water for her final attack. "Water Nebula!" A large cyclone of water then raced towards Azuma.
"Ice Make: Freeze Lancer!" A light blue and blue magic circle formed and unleashed a barrage of large ice lances towards Azuma alongside the nebula Juvia created.
"If only you were stronger…" Azuma said quietly as he waved his hand to the side, causing large tree roots to appear from all angles and shield him from the attack; though the combine forces off the attack surprised him as it nearly broke through his defenses, but in the end, it failed, and Gray and Juvia fell over from damage and magic consumption; unconscious. Azuma shook his head slightly, and left the two where they were, progressing deeper into the Wass forest.
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"Won't you be joining the fray, Ultear?" Jikan asked as he looked over at the time ark mage, who was relaxing leisurely on the couch in the main hall of Silent Sanctum.
"I see no need to," Ultear replied. "Those who are apart of the 7 kin can handle themselves, though if a few of them do go down, I might join, just to humor a few wizards…"
"Lazy ass…" Byron said under his breath while shaking his head.
"What was that?" Ultear asked, her time ark sphere appearing in her hand as she cut her eyes towards Byron.
"Nothing!" Byron replied with a quick nod.
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"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Natsu and Gajeel simultaneously sent off their respective roars, the two roars merging in mid travel, increasing in speed and power as it raced towards Bluenote.
"Hm…" Bluenote wanted to test this incoming unison roar, to see if the group of three standing before him could fly. So the roar engulfed his body, and when it faded, the gravity mage was unscathed, and highly disappointed. "Seems you still can't fly…"
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Gajeel's eyes narrowed slightly as he attempted to hide his disbelief at the failed attack. "Salamander, have you been slacking!?"
"What!? Me!?" Natsu cut his eyes to Gajeel, and the two immediately slammed their foreheads together. "You're the one who's been slacking! My roar carried most of that power!"
"You're joking! Your attack brought mine down!" Gajeel replied.
"Will you two knock it off for a second…!" Happy flailed his arms around.
Lucy shook her head, deciding to take action in hopes the arguing pair of dragon slayers would follow. "Gate of the Archer, I open thee! Sagittarius!" From the key, the horse cosplayer appeared, giving a salute to Lucy.
"How can I be of assistance, moshi-moshi?" Sagittarius asked.
"Attack him!" Lucy pointed, getting Natsu and Gajeel's attention.
"As you wish, moshi-moshi!" Sagittarius turned to Bluenote, grabbing three arrows from his quiver as he did so, and placed them all on the string of the bow, all within split second. He then released the arrows, all three hurtling towards Bluenote.
"Horses can't fly…" Bluenote said quietly before a large purple magic circle covered the area just above the mages. "Fall…" A blazing white aura appeared out Bluenote as the gravity increased tremendously, forcing the arrows, Lucy, Natsu, Happy, Gajeel, Lily, an Sagittarius into the ground, causing the ground to cave in under them.
"G-Gah…this again!" Natsu groaned, attempting to move within the harsh gravity field, but he was unable to do so.
"I-I can't move…!" Gajeel shouted in frustration.
"Don't worry, I'll make this quick, then I'll move onto Clive…" Bluenote said as he increased the gravity on the mages. Before he could go anymore, a kick caught him off guard, and sent him stumbling back a few steps. "Who….?" Before Bluenote was yet another gravity mage. Kagura.
"H-Hey…isn't that…!" Lucy started as the gravity effect worn off.
"You…" Bluenote looked at Kagura with a look of interest, a slight smirk appearing over his face. "…Can you fly…?"
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Zancrow's combat skills surprised Flynn; the fact Zancrow was keeping up with Flynn is what surprised the speed mage the most. Flynn continued to throw multiple high speed kicks at Zancrow's body, but Zancrow was able to block most of the kicks with one of his arms, though a few kicks slipped through his defense, causing him to let out the tiniest grunts of pain. Zancrow then decided to use both of his hands, now blocking each and every kick Flynn threw. "You're fast, but you're also pretty weak…" Zancrow said as he jumped into the air, forming his black flaming scythe in his arms, and he swung it at Flynn.
"Gah!" Flynn rolled out of the way, seeing the trail of destruction left from Zancrow's scythe. "What's with this guy!? I've hit him so many times and he's still standing…!?"
"Is that all you got!?" Zancrow laughed, beckoning Flynn once again.
Flynn entered a runner's stance. "I didn't want to have to do this...but...MACH...2!" A magic seal appeared under Flynn, and for just a brief second, even Zancrow was surprised at what happened next. In the next instant, Zancrow just found himself on the ground with widened eyes, gasping softly as he suffered a blow even he didn't understand.
"Wh...!?" Zancrow was taken off guard. A hit like that was a strong one and left him disoriented for a moment. His head was spinning, his ears were pounding, he truthfully had no idea how Flynn hit him. He just knew that he got hit. Hard.
"Hah..." Flynn even winced after using Mach 2. He placed a hand on his chest, feeling his heart beat erratically from that burst in speed. Clearly, the increase in speed wasn't something his body could fully handle, but he was glad to see it had some kind of effect on his foe. "How was that!?"
"So you do have some fight in you..." Zancrow said with a pained chuckle. That hurt, a lot. And now he was going to make Flynn pay for it. "Flame God's…" Zancrow's cheeks began to puff out. "Bellow!" Zancrow opened his mouth, unleashing torrent of black flames down towards Flynn.
"W-Whoa!" Using his speed, Flynn was able to avoid the incoming bellow. He let out a sigh of relief after, surprised at Zancrow's power. But the speed mage wasn't going to lose. Seeing Zancrow still in the air, Flynn jumped into the air using his speed, and axe kicked Zancrow down into the ground, creating a dust cloud from impact, and Flynn smirked as he landed. "Got'cha!" Before Flynn could respond with another overconfident comment, Zancrow unleashed a cloud of black flames towards Flynn, covering the speed mage. "N-No!"
"Weak and cocky, what a pathetic combination…I have no use for someone like you…" Zancrow sighed, merely dusting himself off. Flynn sped out of the flame cloud; his body heavily charred from the attack, but he refused to give up. Flynn took one step forward…but it was over because Zancrow met Flynn 99% of the way with a black flaming fist, slamming it into Flynn's jaw, the force strong enough to send him rolling across the ground for a while before stopping at the base of a mountain range. Zancrow merely walked over to Flynn and picked him up by his collar, pulling back his free hand as the black flames flared. "I'll make this quick, since you seem to be a fan of speed." Before Zancrow could finish Flynn off, a sneaker slammed into his cheek, forcing him to release Flynn and slide back across the gravel. "W-Who the…!?" Zancrow growled audibly.
"This is the one we get?" Cynthia landed after her surprise attack, looking over to Wendy for confirmation.
"Looks like it…" Wendy replied, a serious expression painted onto her features as she stared at Zancrow. She remembered this one...but she wasn't the same person she was back on Tenoru. And she had Cynthia by her side as well.
"Children…I've always hated children…" Zancrow shook off the impact as he adopted the same psychotic smile he's always had. "But, they are fun to play with…"