Mama Mirajane-4
"Grey, have you come for another beating?" Lyon asked in a cold emotionless tone.
"Give it up Lyon, I didn't want to admit, that I was responsible for Ur's death, I accept it now, whole heartedly." Grey stated. "But you're no better, you've attacked my friends, endangered the village, and threatened to kill Scythe. It's time we faced out punishment together."
Lyon's eyes widened when he recognized the stance Grey was taking.
"That stance, not the Iced-Shell." Lyon gasped.
"Change the villagers back, or we both die."
"You wouldn't dare use the Iced-Shell, you're too much of a coward." Lyon stated regaining his confidence.
"I'm not bluffing Lyon, return the villagers to normal, or I will use the same spell our master gave her life using." Grey exclaimed, the magic energy encircling him.
"You aren't brave enough to use the Iced-Shell. You're too much of a coward." Lyon stated.
"Change the villagers back to their human forms, or we will perish together." Grey stated as cracks began to form on his skin, like in melting ice. "What's it going to be Lyon?"
"I'm not scared by your bluff. Go ahead, if you're really going to do it, than go for it." Lyon glared.
'Natsu, Erza, Lucy, Scythe, all of Fairy Tail, I'm sorry, I don't wanna leave you, but my time has come.' Grey apologized internally. "Iced-Shell…"
"No…" Scythe shouted knocking Grey over before he could finish the spell.
"Scythe, what are you doing here?" Grey asked as black lightning was still crackling around him.
"I know what you were going to do Uncle Grey. But you can't, I don't want to lose any more family, I've lost too much already. I don't want to add you to the list." Scythe cried, hugging Grey tightly. "You can't do that bad spell, it will take you away from me."
Grey stared down at Scythe in shock, not understanding what he had meant, but understanding what he felt.
"I promise you, I won't use the Iced-Shell ever again." Grey stated putting his hand on Scythe's head.
"How touching. Too bad you're both going to die before long." Lyon smiled sickly before the temple began to erect itself.
"What's going on?" Grey asked.
"Zalty must have fixed the pillars, returning the temple to its normal form." Lyon smiled. "I'll deal with you two later, I have a demon to kill and a master to surpass."
Before Lyon could even leave, Scythe zipped past him in a blur of black lightning, running faster than the human eye could see.
Lyon began to reach for the entrance once more, hoping to best his former classmate. Only to be stopped in his tracks once again as Grey put up a magic barrier of ice, blocking his former classmate's path.
"Not happening Lyon, you and I still need to finish our business." Grey stated.
…
"Where is it again?" Scythe questioned as he raced through the temple, he could feel the effect of the monster energy drink wearing off.
Scythe found his way down to the chamber where Deliora was, just as the energy drink wore off. Unfortunately because of the sudden energy crash, Scythe's stop was less than elegant. His feet skid across the ground before he tripped and tumbled forward, gaining several bruises, and cuts along the exposed parts of his skin, adding to the collection of scars all over his torso and limbs.
After skidding to a halt, Scythe looked up, his nose bleeding, with multiple scratches on his face. He found he was looking at Natsu's back, and Zalty's face, as they were both in front of Deliora.
(Que Music… I Will Not Bow: Breaking Benjamin)
Scythe forced himself up, feeling the pain of such a hard crash running through his body. He stood tall, and went running at Zalty, with a raging battle cry, and tears in his eyes.
"Scythe?" Natsu asked turning to him.
"Heh-heh… boy knows where he truly belongs." Zalty smirked spreading his arms wide.
A large crystal ball came flying through the air, hitting Natsu in the head, dazing him as he fell over and hit his head against a boulder.
"Come to me child, and we will help Master Hades bring this world into a new age together." Zalty smiled as Scythe neared.
Zalty's smirk faded when Scythe jumped at him, his arm obsidian black from the elbow down and covered in fire at the wrist with electricity surging through the fire like a needle and thread through fabric.
"Lightning-Iron-Flame God… THUNDERING MJOLNIR." Scythe shouted throwing a punch at Zalty. "I will never help Hades, Ultear."
The fist made contact with Zalty, and sent him flying into the Iced-Shell Deliora. The force of the impact caused the weakened restraint spell, to crack, as the moon drip came flooding down on the imprisoned monster, freeing its head.
"Uh, what the hell happened?" Natsu questioned as he regained himself, while the monster gave a deafening roar. "Whoa Scythe, you got him; that perfume wearing creep is out cold."
Scythe smiled but flinched as he felt pain surging through his right arm. The combination of three elements was more than his body could handle. He began to fall off the rock Zalty had been standing on not too long ago, as the pain was starting to cause him to black out.
"Hey, hold on little buddy, everything's going to be alright." Natsu stated catching him. The Fire Dragonslayer gasped when he saw Scythe's arm.
From the elbow down, it was bruised and he could tell from the lacerations that it was broken in quite a few places, having had several injuries similar to it.
"Scythe, your own magic did this to you?" Natsu questioned. "Oh man, we need to find Grey and get some… ice…"
As Natsu was looking around, he saw a chunk of the Iced-Shell that had fallen, and saw it was small enough for what he needed.
(End Song…)
Taking his scarf, shredding his vest, and a stick, Natsu began making a sling. He broke the stick in two, so they were the right sizes for the splint, and tied them on his arm to keep it still, as he used his scarf for a sling, and put the chunk of Iced-Shell against Scythe's broken arm.
"Sorry Ur, but he needs some ice." Natsu apologized, knowing who the Iced-Shell was.
The hard part about all of this first aid treatment was trying to keep him calm and still, which was hard, as he was scared of the demon that was slowly breaking free from its prison.
"Natsu, Scythe." Grey shouted.
Natsu looked up to see Grey, Lucy, Erza, Mira, Happy, and Velvet all making their way through the tunnel.
"Oh dear, what happened to him?" Mira asked in worry, noticing the splint.
"He used an attack his body wasn't able to keep up with. His arm is broken in several places, and his fingers seem like their either broken, dislocated, or both. I'm not too sure." Natsu explained before looking up at Grey. "What happened with Lyon?"
"He's beaten. But we have to stop Deliora."
"Hey, where'd that Zalty guy run off to?" Velvet asked.
"Crap, he was just there a second ago, I was sure Scythe had knocked him out pretty good." Natsu exclaimed looking at where Zalty used to be, but was gone.
"Scythe took him out?" Erza gasped.
"Yeah, but the attack caused this injury of his. Now as for Deliora…"
"It's no use. Only I can defeat the demon."
Everyone turned around to see Lyon crawling his way through the tunnels, with a sick smile on his face.
"I'm the only one strong enough to beat it. I can surpass Ur's legacy and defeat the one opponent she never could." Lyon smirked.
"Are you insane?" Natsu questioned. "So what if Ur isn't around for you to fight, that just means you're powerful in your own rights. Stop living in the past and start living in the future."
"Natsu look out." Lucy shouted.
Deliora had gotten free from its prison and swung its fist at its first prey in a decade.
"Fire Dragon IRON FIST." Natsu shouted spinning around and clashing fists with the demon.
Deliora let out a large roar of pain, before it fell silent, and began to fall to pieces.
"That… that's it?" Lucy asked. "I thought it would have been more powerful than that."
"No it can't be… what we just saw of Deliora…" Lyon exclaimed.
"Were its final breaths." Mira exclaimed. "Being trapped in the ice for over a decade, it had to have died years ago."
"No, how am I to surpass my teacher now?" Lyon shouted clenching his fists.
"Keep moving forward." Scythe stated.
Lyon looked up, to see Mira helping him to stand, as he turned to look at him.
"Keep moving forward, stand up, and walk. Just because you can't pass her… you can still make her proud." Scythe exclaimed.
Scythe's eyes began to close, as he fell over, before Mira caught him in her arms, and carried him as she and the others began to walk through the tunnel.
…
Back at the village, which had somehow been repaired, Team Natsu was discussing what needed to be done next.
"So you're saying that this curse had been inflicted upon you several years ago, around the same time the moon turned purple?"
"Yes, that's correct." Moka explained.
"But Lyon said he's been exposed to it just as long, and he hasn't suffered any sort of curse like that." Grey exclaimed.
"So then… Eeep…" Erza exclaimed falling into Lucy's pitfall trap, which had been restored to.
"Erza screamed." Natsu stated.
"Yeah, and it was kind of cute to." Grey added.
"I know what we need to do." Erza stated as she pulled herself out of the pit like nothing had happened. "Natsu, I'm going to need your help."
Natsu and Erza went to the top of a lookout tower as Erza reequipped into her Giant Princess Armor, with a spear to equal the size.
"Now Natsu, when I tell you, punch the back of the spear with an Iron Fist attack. We're going to shatter the moon." Erza exclaimed.
Erza took a charging stance as she prepared to throw the spear with all she had, she had to aim precisely at the moon, and throw the spear at the same time Natsu's attack made impact.
"Now Natsu." Erza shouted.
"Fire Dragon IRON FIST." Shouted Natsu as they sent up a double attack.
The spear flew off with Erza's throw and Natsu's punch, sending it flying into the sky. Several seconds passed before cracks started to appear on the moon's surface.
"She really did it." Lucy shouted.
"She's stronger than I thought." Grey shouted.
The cracks spread throughout the entire moon, and beyond, into the sky.
"She broke the sky to." Happy shouted.
The cracks in the sky widened before the sound of glass shattering was heard, and the moon went back to how it looked several years ago.
"What? But I don't understand." Lucy exclaimed.
"The moon wasn't actually purple." Mira explained. "The moon drip had created a crystalline cover over the entire island that made the moon look cursed at night, and the sun look normal during the day."
"Purple candy." Scythe smiled reaching out to try and grab the shards, but they were too far up in the sky.
"No sweetie, those are shards of a sharp crystal, no touching." Mira smiled at his childish behavior.
"No touchy." Scythe repeated.
"But wait, why aren't the villagers changing back?" Lucy asked.
"Well, that's obvious." Mira smiled. "They were never cursed. They just suffered from partial amnesia, thinking they were originally humans who were cursed."
"W-wait then that means…" Lucy stated.
"We're in a village of Demons." Lucy, Happy, Grey, and Velvet shouted.
"Heh-heh. Took the island long enough to be lifted of that."
Everyone turned to look at the person who had spoken, and saw it was Bobo.
"Bobo?" Moka asked in shock.
"Hiya pops. It's me."
"We thought you were dead." Another villager stated.
"A knife to the heart hurt like hell, but it's gonna take a lot more than that to kill a demon like me."
"But we saw you vanish on the boat, leaving us to be marooned on the island." Grey exclaimed.
In a flash, Bobo was no longer visible, but his shadow fell upon them all.
"I'm sorry I had to maroon you all on the island. I just wasn't sure if you'd change your minds or not." Bobo explained.
"I wanna fly… I wanna fly…" Scythe smiled before wincing in pain at his right arm.
"Oh dear. Scythe sweetie, please don't move until we can get it properly looked at." Mira exclaimed sitting down on a crate.
"Oh my, where's Borga?" Moka asked.
"Right here chief." A large red skinned demon with a Mohawk horn stated coming to them.
"Please, help this young man, he seems to have gotten injured." Moka exclaimed.
"Here, let's take him to my hut, I have all my medical supplies there." Borga exclaimed.
"I gotta say Natsu, I was not expecting you to use your scarf as a sling. It's the last thing Igneel ever left you right?" Grey asked as Mira took Scythe to Borga's hut.
"It is, but I had to do something. He was hurt. Oh and sorry, I had to use a chunk of the shattered Iced-Shell to help with the swelling." Natsu exclaimed.
"It's fine. I'm, sure Ur wouldn't mind helping like that even when turned into ice." Grey smiled.
In the medical hut, Borga removed the sling and began his medical treatment. His eyes glowing a bright gold as he examined his arm.
"Well, his arm is broken in two places, and his knuckles are dislocated. But it seems there's something inside his body that is healing his injuries at a tremendous rate. Faster than any healing magic, or curse can provide. I've only seen this kind of magic once in a young woman many, many years ago. She had Sky Godslayer Magic."
"Sky Godslayer Magic?" Mira asked.
"This particular type of magic allows the wielder to use it on him or herself, healing their injuries at rapid paces. Some heal faster than others, depending on how bad the injury is." Borga explained as his eyes stopped glowing. "Does Scythe happen to use any type of Godslayer Magic?"
"Well I…"
"He's an Etherion Godslayer." Natsu stated walking in. "Zalty, the man he knocked out, which gave him that injury, told me himself. Scythe was supposed to be a recreation of Acnologia using Godslayer Magic instead of Dragonslayer Magic."
"He what?" Mira asked. "But if he's a success, then why is he here?"
"Hades thought he died in the process of gaining Etherion Slayer Magic. He didn't stop to think that his body had simply shut down to integrate the new magic and elements into his system."
"Hades. As in the Grimoire Heart Dark Guild Master?" Borga questioned.
"The very same."
"My dear boy, you are truly a living apocalypse." Borga said looking at Scythe.
"Apoca-what?" Scythe questioned.
"Borga, he's only five." Natsu stated.
"Right, right sorry. You are… a living tank."
"A tank. Those big rolling machines that are unstoppable?" Scythe asked stars in his eyes.
"Yes, exactly. You are one of those." Borga smiled, glad to find something Scythe understood. "But the choice of using this power is yours. Do you want to use it to protect people, or harm people?"
Scythe looked at Mira wanting an explanation.
"Do you want to use your magic to be a hero, or a villain?" Mira simplified.
"Like in my cartoons?" Scythe asked.
"Yes, just like in your cartoons." Mira smiled.
"I wanna use it to be a hero, just like Inuyasha." Scythe smiled.
"Isn't he a little young to be watching such a violent show like that?" Borga asked wrapping Scythe's arm in a splint made of metal and bandages, with a bamboo skin sling.
"It's the only thing that will keep him occupied until my shift at the guild ends, if he's ever board. I had to buy the complete series just to keep him from misbehaving." Mira sighed handing Natsu his scarf.
"But Inuyasha is an anti-hero isn't he?" Natsu asked.
"Depends on how you look at it." Mira smiled.
"There we go my boy, now keep that on for three days. From how fast your magic is acting, I'd say your arm will be restored within that time." Borga smiled. "Now run along and play with the other kids, while I have a chat with your mother."
"Oh… I'm not…"
"Okay." Scythe smiled running out of the hut.
"I know what you're going to say ma'am. You're not his mother, but you seem to act like one, and have a motherly aura around you. May I talk to you in private?" Borga asked.
"I'll leave you to it then. What kinds of things do we need to watch out for with Scythe's cast?" Natsu asked.
"Here's a list of the things to be careful of." Borga explained writing them down.
"Alright, I'll be sure to give this to Lucy and Grey." Natsu smiled before heading out of the hut.
"Now then, about this motherly aura around you." Borga exclaimed. "I have only seen this type of aura around women who have given birth themselves. So if you don't mind, I would like to know why you have it, and why Scythe isn't your son, because it seems to me he sees you as his mother."
"Well, about five, nearly six years ago. I had finished my first S-Class mission…" Mira began.
…
The next morning, after a night of partying, and enjoying themselves, the Fairy Tail members were on their way from the village to the docs.
"Please, I must insist, you helped us with our curse, at least take the money as promised in the reward flyer." Moka exclaimed.
"No, we couldn't possibly take it. The job wasn't even fully registered, it was done by a few idiots trying to prove their strength." Erza explained.
"Please I insist that you take it. If not as a reward, as an apology for our lack of responsibility, and allowing the little one to get hurt." Moka exclaimed.
"Psst, Erza." Mira exclaimed. "It would kind of help me out financially, Scythe's appetite can rival Natsu's and then some. Not to mention I should start saving for him to go to college."
"Alright, we'll take the money as a reward for finishing the job. We'll also take the key to, for Lucy to add to her arsenal." Erza smiled.
"Mama…" Scythe stated as he leaned against Mira, feeling sleepy still. "Let's give some to Lucy, she needs rent money and this job was to help her with that to."
"Alright sweetie, alright." Mira smiled.
"Mira before I forget." Borga exclaimed. "There's a little something that you might need to do in the near future. I took another look at Scythe this morning and found his blood cell count was pretty low. You might want to give him a transfusion on the way home."
"Alright, I will Borga, and thanks for the talk last night, it feels good to have gotten that secret off my shoulders." Mira smiled, whispering her gratitude to him.
"I'm glad to be of some help." Borga smiled.
"Alright we're off." Erza smiled.
"Wait, at least let me give you a ride on my boat." Bobo exclaimed.
"It won't be necessary." Erza stated.
As they reached the docs, they were greeted by a pirate ship.
"Arg, ye be ready to depart my queens?" The pirate captain asked as they boarded.
"We are. Set sail for Hargeon Port." Erza exclaimed.
"Alright Scythe, come with me. I need to do a transfusion with you." Mira smiled leading him to a couple crates.
"A what?" Scythe asked.
"She's going to be giving you some blood. Okay?" Lucy smiled.
"C-can I do it some other way?" Scythe asked.
"Aw, scared of needles?" Lucy cooed.
Scythe nodded his head before Lucy picked him up and sat him on her lap, while she sat on the crate.
"Here give me your arm. It's only going to be a slight pinch, but you'll hardly feel it." Lucy smiled taking his left arm, and removing the arm band, in the spare clothes Mira brought in case he needed them.
"Hold still sweetie." Mira smiled. "Close your eyes if you have to."
Scythe closed his eyes, as Lucy brought him in for a little hug, as Mira put the needle in his vein.
"There, now just to let the blood flow." Mira smiled raising her arm to allow her blood to transfer into Scythe's bloodstream.
"There, see that wasn't so bad now was it?" Lucy asked petting Scythe's head.
"No." Scythe exclaimed leaning into Lucy with a calming sigh.
"Hey Mira, can we talk after this?" Lucy asked.
"Sure, from the looks of it, Scythe might need a nap pretty early today." Mira sighed looking at how tired Scythe was.
After finishing up the transfusion, Mira had Erza watch over Scythe as he slept, and followed Lucy to the bow of the ship.
"So what's up Lucy?" Mira questioned.
"Well, Natsu knows about what happened to Scythe's home and family." Lucy stated. "He told me about it to."
"Oh my. What happened?" Mira asked.
"Scythe's whole family and village was wiped out by Grimoire Heart. That's all Natsu knew, because that's all he was able to get from the look of pain Scythe had when he and Natsu confronted Lyon, Zalty, and Toby. Apparently Zalty was one of Hades test subjects for the lost magic known as Arc of Time." Lucy explained.
"Oh dear." Mira stated covering her mouth in shock. "Well, I had a feeling something like that had happened, so I already put into motion the adoption paperwork."
"Always thinking ahead huh Mira. That's so like you." Lucy smiled. "So how are we going to tell the guild about Scythe's magic?"
"We'll just tell them how it is, plain and simple. No lies, nothing. We're going to tell them the truth. I'm sure Lauxus will not be pleased that a child has more magic in his pinkie than that blonde brute has in his entire body." Mira giggled.
"Speaking of Lauxus. Grey mentioned something about you keeping a promise to kick his ass if Scythe got hurt on this job." Lucy stated.
"That's right, I do owe him a beating." Mira smiled, cracking her knuckles.
"We'll be arriving at Hargeon Port pretty soon." The captain shouted, alerting the crew.
"Well, at least we'll be home in a few hours." Lucy smiled. "I can't wait to see the beating you give that big blonde jerk."
…
"Oh good, you're all home." Macao said greeting them at the door, he stopped when he saw Scythe. "Oh no what happened to you little man?"
"He attacked one of the people causing the island trouble, but his body wasn't strong enough to handle the attack he used, so his arm broke. Should be fine in a couple of days." Mira explained. "As for the mission, it just turned out to be a pretty simple C-Class mission, not an S-Class."
"Oh I see… Lauxus is upstairs as usual." Macao exclaimed.
"Thank you." Mira smiled before walking with Scythe to a familiar brunet. "Excuse me Cana, but do you think you could watch over Scythe for a bit?"
"Of course, oh dear what happened to you sweetie?" Cana asked as Mira sat him down at the table she was at.
"I punched someone, and now my arm is like this." Scythe exclaimed.
"Oh my, you're talking." Cana smiled. "Your voice is so cute."
"Oh Lauxus…" Mira called as she left for upstairs.
"Jeez, Mira's keeping to her word." Cana chuckled.
"Hey Scythe. Wanna play?" A young boy, around a year older than him asked coming up to him.
"Mama wants me to stay here with Aunt Cana." Scythe exclaimed.
"Plus his arm is cast up Romeo, you don't wanna make it worse do you?" Cana asked.
"Oh no, I don't sorry." Romeo stated, sounding dejected.
"It's okay, why don't you two play a bit of a card game with me?" Cana smiled bringing out a deck of cards.
"Okay." Scythe smiled taking several cards in one hand. "I wanna try reading the cards like you."
"Go for it." Cana chuckled taking a sip from her wine glass, as Romeo took some cards as well. 'It'll be cute to see him try.'
Scythe put the cards on the table face down, before flipping them over one at a time.
"I can't read what does this say?" Scythe asked.
Cana chuckled, looking down at the cards before she did a spit take at what she read.
"MASTER." Cana called.
"What is it?" Makarov asked sitting at the bar counter.
"You gotta come and see this."
"Fine, I'm coming, I'm coming." Makarov exclaimed grabbing his staff, and walking over to the table, his eyes widening when he saw the cards. "My goodness Cana, you predicted this?"
"Not me Master." Cana exclaimed, as Makarov's eyes traveled from the cards, to the boy sitting before them with a confused look on his face.
"What does it say?" Scythe asked.
"Cana, he has a natural ability to predict the future." Makarov exclaimed.
"I know that, but to predict something on such a massive scale is impossible for someone his age." Cana exclaimed.
"What do the cards say?" Scythe asked puffing his cheeks in annoyance.
"My boy, you predicted a war, will breakout between Fairy Tail, and Phantom Lord." Makarov exclaimed.
"A war?" Scythe asked.
"The cards say the main war will happen in five days." Cana exclaimed.
"So we have time to prepare." Makarov exclaimed.
"What's going on?" Mira asked coming to the table.
"It would appear Scythe's mental prowess, is on par with that of Cana's." Makarov exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Mira questioned picking him up, being careful of his arm.
"I let him play with my fortune telling cards, and he predicted the future." Cana exclaimed. "Scythe has more to him than we know."
"Oh dear. Then I guess I gotta try extra hard not to let the council know of his magic." Mira exclaimed.
"Indeed, but what do you mean by that Mira?" Makarov asked.
"It's a long story." Mira sighed.
…
"He looks so peaceful sleeping." Elfman stated as he and Mira watched through the cracked open door, of Scythe's room.
"He does." Mira smiled softly.
"It's hard to imagine that little bundle of energy could be the key to the apocalypse." Elfman sighed.
"I know, but I know it's true." Mira sighed. "I've seen him using his magic and we can't deny it."
"Hey, c'mon sis, he's gonna grow up to be a real man, he's strong for his age, but he does need to learn how to control the output of his magic, so he doesn't destroy himself again." Elfman sighed.
"Hey guys." Velvet called from the kitchen area of the apartment.
Elfman and Mira looked in to see Velvet still in her humanoid form, with a face of concentration.
"I can't return to my chibi form."