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When your hearts beats with the heat of the sun for each other, that is love. This Fairy Tail redo is a story of two people connected by a fire unquenched by any power in the world. Their bond will take change the fate of Fiore and all of Ishgar.
Chapter 26: Cynthia's Toy
Natsu, Siri, Gray, Carla, and Erza were racing through the forest on the trail to the Nirvit's holy sight. At some point they encountered one of the Oracion Seis' servant guilds, but were quickly dealt with. It takes a lot when the group has an enraged Dragon Slayer on a crusade to save his daughter figure.
Along the way they also meet Erigor. He announced that he was here working with the Oracion Seis just so he had the chance to kill Natsu. Unfortunately, Siri decided to go a bit excited in hopes he was a challenge and beat him with a sledgehammer blow.
"Aww, he's broken." Siri pouted.
'Good lord, she's crazier than Erza and Natsu combined.' Gray thought.
Eventually, the wizards arrived at the shrine situated hy a reservoir. Gray made a slide for Siri, Erza, and Natsu to go down while he battled Racer. Natsu went after a cave where he could hear Happy crying out to them. The trio only made it to the mouth before their path was blocked by a wall of dark blue magic. Gravity felt it increased as they felt their knees buckle.
"What the heck?!" Natsu forced out.
"This magic - it feels so evil." Erza gsaped.
"Crap, not even Demon Slayer Magic feels so violent." Siri added.
"CHAOS DRAGON'S ROAR!"
The next they knew, their vision was blinded by intense blue light and their feet was swept from the ground as the mages went flying from a tremendous shockwave. Dust and ash threatened to bury Natsu and co if it wasn't for the lake that submerged them from the debris.
A few seconds later, Natsu snapped his eyes open. His eyes scanned the murky depths to find Siri and Erza floating about. While Siri was still unconscious from the shock, Erza was struggling to resurface due to her armor. Natsu rolled his eyes at the redhead. Even he knew it was stupid to swim in water with armor on. A golden glow surrounded her as Erza requipped into a swimsuit and approached the surface and Natsu carried Siri.
The mages broke the surface onto the shore taking much needed air. Once sufficient feeling came back to his body, Natsu widened his eyes at the sight before him. In the sky was a giant cloud of ash still dropping debris. No longer was there a cave replaced by a scorched canyon 25 meters wide and extending down the whole forest. The earth itself was still molten in some spots. The Woodsea would never be the same. This was destruction befitting of a true dragon.
At the very front of the scorched trench lay an unconscious Wendy, devoid of that air of power from earlier, and a bloody Adrian clinging onto consciousness. Natsu scrambled into action checking over Wendy then to Adrian. The rusty-haired boy was clinging onto life considering his wounds. Natsu felt his b respect for Adrian rise for his willpower.
He still had questions on what so much destruction. He knew this was a dragon's roar from the shout but he had no idea what sort of element was used. Natsu oushed those thoughts aside when a blue blur collided with his head.
"NATSU!" Cried the Exceed Happy, hugging Natsu's face, "Thank goodness you got here. There was a mean man who hurt Adrian and forced Wendy to revive Jellal. Then that Brain guy tried to kill Wendy but Adrian got really hurt instead."
Natsu's blood went cold at that name. The name of the bastard that caused so much suffering. If he was out there, this whole operation became so much worse.
"Motherfucker." Natsu snarled.
"What just happened here?" Carla screeched once she recovered from the fallout. Her eyes went wide at the scorch chasm made before her. The Exceed eyed Adrian with distaste in thought this was his doing, but even she realized the condition he was in was impossible to cast magic unlike Wendy who was unharmed.
'Wendy, what power are you hiding?' Carla thought as she was having doubts of having to treat Wendy like a child any longer.
"Right now, that doesn't matter." Natsu said, picking up Wendy. His first priority was always Lucy. Before he tore off to the distance where he knew his mate's sense was, Natsu locked his eyes on Adrian. His mortal wounds would kill any man a decade in his age. Natsu felt respect for the rusty-haired kid grow at the sheer guts to live. The boy was even keeping a tight grip on the Ten Commandments. However, even he knew that Adrian wouldn't make it back to camp as he was. "Shit, I can't leave Adrian here like this."
Carla eyed Adrian for a moment before coming to a decision. "Open his coat and expose his chest to the sun."
Carla may not like Adrian, but she knew that Wendy would never be the same if he were to die. The Exceed sighed noticing the confused look on Natsu's face.
"Just do as I say if you want to save his life." Carla exclaimed.
Natsu reluctantly did as he was told and unbuttoned Adrian's trench coat and revealed his torso to the sunlight. The Dragon Slayer cringed at the hole in his right kidney and the deep wound that punctured his left lung. Natsu was as reckless as they came but even he had a sense of self-preservation. The fact that Adrian was still breathing spoke volumes of the Inquisitor's endurance.
A few seconds passed as Natsu allowed the sunlight to beam onto Adrian's skin. Just when he felt like it was useless, Adrian's body suddenly glowed a magnificent white light. Natsu's eyes almost bugged out seeing his mortal wounds stitch together till the wasn't even a scar left.
"How?" Natsu gasped as Adrian's breathing became steady.
Carla explained. "It is a magic ability he has called Sunshine. His body absorbs the light of the sun to strengthen his body and heal any fatal wounds. Despite its usefulness, Adrian prefers to use the sword because his magic is so overpowering that he wants to hold back from using his true power. I have no idea why but he claims using this power it's enough to scar the landscape."
Natsu could only imagine Adrian's strength. Just by using his sword he knew the 12-year-old was a top notch fighter. But if this was just a way to hold back, Adrian could give Erza a run for her money.
He made a note in the back of his head to challenge Adrian to a spar.
Adrian was out of it so Natsu handed Adrian to Happy and Wendy to Carla while should trail just ahead to lead them via scent.
Unfortunately, he did not count for Erza overhearing the bit about Jellal. She didn't say a word as Erza ran into a random direction intent on finding him.
"Erza, where are you going!?" Roared Natsu.
"Forget about her." Natsu turned in the direction of the voice to see an awake Siri popping her joints. "We got what we came here for so let's go and save your girlfriend."
Natsu snarled but complied anyway. The wizards ran in the direction to Lucy with rescued in tow.
His ears picked up high speed movement. Natsu allowed his instincts to takeover. It was a well chosen choice as he was just fast enough to take a kick that was aimed for Carla and Happy. Natsu crashed into a tree and blinked the daze out of his eyes to see Racer standing in front of him.
"I don't know what you flies did back there," Rather spoke, "but I am not letting you pass here alive."
"Ice Make: Lance."
Racer dodged away from a barrage of ice. Natsu used that moment to scoop up the Exceeds, Wendy, and Adrian not willing to give the chance to have them separated with the speedster here. Before Racer could go after them, he was stopped by a giant wall of ice. The Dragon Slayer looked back to see it was Gray who erected the massive ice barrier.
"You sure you got this?" Natsu asked.
"I do!" Gray exclaimed through pants, "Just go to Lucy."
"Mind if I join?" Said Siri who chose to stick on the other side with Gray, "I didn't finish my fight with him."
Gray couldn't stop shivering himself seeing the Demon Slayer lick her lips in excitement.
"Sure." Gray replied sheepishly.
"Just stay safe." Natsu cried as he dashed off.
"This is the second time you've stopped me." Racer said as he reappeared to put a hand on the ice wall.
"And it won't be the first time either." Gray said, "By the end of this, you're going to be really slow."
"And after that, I'm gonna eat your soul." Siri added with a squeak, but causing both males to flinch in terror.
Gray had a gut feeling he wasn't going to survive this fight. And it isn't because of Racer.
(With Cynthia)
Cynthia tapped her foot waiting for her phone to stop blaring its annoying sound. She spared worrying glances to Lucy, who was wincing in her sleep as the glowing dragon poison spread up her thigh. Hibiki seemed too focused on his Archive Magic, but even she could tell he was distracting himself.
'C'mon lazy bastards, pick up already!' Cynthia thought.
Finally, the ringing stopped with an audible click. Cynthia practically shook in joy like a kid in a candy store.
"Hello~." Cynthia said in a sing-song voice, "It's me, Cynthia Carnstein-Vermillion-"
She had to pull the phone away when the other end of the line decided to rant in a very familiar accent that was almost too thick to be English (imagine Irish). Cynthia could swear that she could even smell booze even if the phone could transmit smell.
"WHEN THA FUCK WERE YE E'ER GONNA CALL BACK, YA CUNT!?" A very angry, masculine voice spoke from the phone, "YA DON BOTH'R TA CALL FA - WHA? - EIGHT SHITTY, FUCKING MONTHS TA GO UNDER THA RADAR WHILE YA PLAY GUILD MAGE! I HAVE HAF THA MINED TO GA TO ATTEMPT TO RIP ME HAND-"
While Hibiki was flabbergasted by the sheer volume coming that shook the phone, Cynthia only had a deadpanned look despite the flood of rants and curses that made a sailor blush. The ranting went on for a few minutes without even faltering. Cynthia sighed in exasperation putting the phone back to her ear. She didn't bat an eye as her ear bled from the volume.
"Jack-"
"DON'T 'JACK' ME, CYNTHIA!" Jack interrupted, making Cynthia's brow twitch, "I AIN'T PISSED OFF CAUSE YA LEFT. I'MA FUCKED-OFF LIVID YA PUT US DOWN ON THE HUNT AND NOW I'M FUCKING BORED. I HAVEN'T SHOT ANYTHING, AND I'M CONSIDERING PUTTIN' IT IN ME HEAD AFTER YOU."
"Jack, what the hell are you spouting about?" Spoke a second masculine voice, somewhat thick, but deeper and mannered. (Imagine Scottish.)
"Our all-so-grateful bitch of tha boss is calling back." Jack replied.
Cynthia could hear the second man sigh. "Jack, your drunk. Give me the phone. I actually was meaning to-"
"Fuck off, bloody sod." Jack hissed, and Cynthia felt like rolling her eyes at her friend's attitude, "I ain't done puttin me fucking mind to her yet."
"Jack, just give me the phone." The second man said.
Cynthia only raised an eyebrow as the voices turned into sounds of a little brawl. Some curses were exchanged until they only became softer when the phone on the other end was suddenly thrown.
"Why are ya being a dick, Kaif?"
"Jack, we've told ya this a thousand times. Ya can literally shoot anything else besides ghouls, vampires, or Hunters. So stop biting at me nuts and go do a regular job, as regular as a wizard does."
"Fine, fuck you too then. I'm going for a walk."
Cynthia didn't believe he made it out the door by a thud followed by snoring. Jack must've really been drunk this time. There was a sigh and an echo of Kaif's voice probably calling Mitty to drag Jack to a room. There were footsteps and Cynthia could hear Kaif's voice clearer.
"It's good to hear ya back." Kaif greeted.
"You too, Kaif." Cynthia replied with a smile, "Listen, I know it's been a while but I don't have time for idle chat."
"Don't worry. I know you prefer business first. What do you need?"
"I want my jet." Cynthia answered plainly.
"Eh?" Was the intelligent response.
"Yes, Kaif, my jet." Cynthia repeated, "You know my baby the Devastator SR-369 Black Plight, an advanced long-rang, heavy assault hell-bringer capable of Mach 9 and capable of eighty-five thousand feet. You read my Christmas list, dammit!"
"Worse part of my life. That thing is an army destroyer, but at least I know it's you. No one else is that kind of crazy."
"Great!" Cynthia perked up, "I want my baby destroyer launched and here by 10 minutes. That should be able enough time with the modifications I wanted."
"I can do better."
A purple light filled the area they were standing in. Some of the trees were completely blown away to make space for whatever was manifesting itself. There was a soft boom making the ground shake a little. When the light died down, Hibiki widened his eyes and almost tripped himself in shock while Cynthia had stars in her eyes.
Hovering over the ground what could only be described as a death machine. It was a standard sleek design for a jet but took on a wider build than usual. It was blacker than night with only the cockpit colored a red tint. The wings spread in a triangular shape and had two short fins up top. The back boasted still burning engines burning an otherworldly black flame that made Hibiki sweat even when he was far away, and the underside sported a few exhausts of blue flame to provide the hover.
"KAIF, I FUCKING I LOVE YOU."Cynthia cried out.
Kaif replied. "My finest work, the teleportation. No matter where you are as long as you have that phone, I can bring your toy in the blink of an eye. I've also added some a new shield module and a 'Hellrain' mode to power the mini-guns with your own magic, and a new missile payload that I designed myself to lower the size while condensing the energy for a bigger boom than any missile can provide. Did I mention that your mini-guns are also HE?"
"Thank you." Cynthia whimpered as she cried tears of joy.
"Give them hell." Kaif said before dropping the call.
Hibiki had no words. Even when he used Archive Magic to scan the jet, he nearly fried his brain from trying to comprehend the surface of what makes the jet, and he could feel this powerful sense of death like it promised to kill you in either a bloody fashion or a burning embrace. It was more accurate to call this thing the reaper itself.
"With this, we have our air superiority back." Cynthia said, already jumping into the cockpit to check on the new upgrades.
"Has anyone told you about overkill?!" Exclaimed Hibiki. He knew the situation was bad, but really?
Cynthia gave a sweet, but maniacal grin that froze Hibiki's spine. "Oh, pretty boy, that doesn't matter as long as the kill is there."
Hibiki could only stare as Cynthia giggled looking over whatever she was finding in the cockpit. He absently minded feeling bad for the Oracion Seis when that jet comes to rain hell upon them.
As Cynthia was tapping over a console, a light caught her eye.
"Ooh~, auto-elimination system." Cynthia giggled with an insane look in her eyes, "Let's try it out."
Before Hibiki could voice his opinion, Cynthia pressed a button. The jet hummed to life and a small pit opened to release a hail of hand-sized missilesmissiles that flew faster than the eye could see in a random direction over the distance. Hibiki had a cold sweat and he really did pity where those missiles would land. And the whole time he was shivering from the too sweet grin plastered on Cynthia's face.
(Gray and Siri vs. Racer)
"Ice Make: Geyser."
"Sky Demon's Rage."
Ice and wind ripped through earth and wood but never made their mark on Racer. The dark mage disappeared from view and kicked Gray's back and sending him tumbling across the ground. Siri smashed down creating a large crater where Racer one stood. He blinked into sight right in front of her to deliver a kick to her chin. No amount of physical pain could drop that insane grin on her face. In fact, the blush on Siri's cheeks turned brighter from the pain.
"C'mon, just let me hit you so I can rip you apart." Mewled Siri.
"Why can't you just stay on the ground?" Rand growled, momentarily pausing a Demon's Rage.
"Over my dead body." Gray bit back.
Racer smirked. "That can certainly be arranged. Let's kick it into overdrive. Dead Grand Prix."
Reader summoned a group of racing motorcycles that came towards the two Demon Slayers st high speeds to mow them down. Black skin spread across Gray's right arm as he prepared to enhance his Maker Magic with Demon Slayer Magic...
Until a swarm of something trailed smoke through the air shudd pop promptly destroyed all of the motorcycles. Gray at a huge sweatdrop at the drop in mood while Racer's mouth was wide open in shock.
"But... my cycles... wha..." Racer whimpered almost at the point of tears.
Siri chose that point to smash a fist down on Racer's head, sending him to the ground and breaking his shades. She followed up by gripping one of his ankles and proceeded to slam him down on the ground over and over till he was a pile of purple bruises groaning in pain. Throughout the entire time Siri was laughing.
'Natsu, why did you leave me with this maniac?' Gray thought, sweating nervously on the spot.
(Brain)
At the scorched trench, part of earth was blown apart, revealing Brain who used a last-minute escape attempt taking Midnight with him to avoid being destroyed by... that magic. Brain never felt such raw power in his life, so destructive he could feel his alternate personality screaming to be free and find the girl again to bring out that sheer destructive power. When he surveyed the land, his eyes widened in shock at the still burning ground and the seemingly endless scar the roar of magic left.
His shock didn't stop there as his tattoo for Racer disappeared. Brain could already hear Zero cackling in joy waiting to be free. Then there was the fact that Jellal was no longer in the area, but he could still feel his magic lingering. That could only mean...
"That bastard!" Brain outraged, "He plans to take Nirvanna for himself."
Brain activated his telepathy and contacted Cobra to track down Jellal and secure the weapon. When that was done, he turned to his "son" who was still sleeping on that rug.
"I have no choice." Brain said, "Wake up, Midnight. I need you to deal with some pests."
Midnight's eyes shifted slightly before slowly opening. The dreaded dark mage has awakened.
"Show our foes their nightmare." Brain commanded.
"Yes, father." Midnight answered.
Sorry it's been a while. With more stories that I'm thinking up, I split my time between them. I honestly feel sorry for the Oracion Seis since Cynthia is going to go ape shit with her jet.
Up next is Chapter 27.
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