Mama Mirajane-25
"Oh man, that is the last time I ever drink that much." Wendy groaned as she and Scythe met up with Rarity and Lucifer at the train station.
"You only had three glasses." Scythe exclaimed. "The alcohol level wasn't even that high in that Champaign."
"Well it's about time you two got here." Rarity stated.
"Sorry we're late, we had a bit of a scene after we got to the room, with Ms. Lightweight here." Scythe sighed.
"What was the scene, you two go at it?" Lucifer asked with a smile.
"Darling." Rarity said in a scolding tone.
"Nearly." Scythe exclaimed causing Rarity to look at them with a shocked expression. "I had to restrain Wendy in blankets before she fell asleep. By then she had already gotten me stripped down to my socks and underwear. I put some pants on before I went to bed though."
"Oh, a lustful drunk." Lucifer laughed. "That is surprising. It's always the shy ones who are the kinkiest."
"Enough dear. They're just children." Rarity stated. "Now the train's leaving in ten minutes. Let's get loaded on."
"Alright. I think I'm just gonna sleep through the train ride." Wendy groaned as she left her bag to be loaded into the caboose by the train attendant.
"Good idea, you should probably sleep off that hangover." Scythe exclaimed before he caught a whiff of someone's scent.
He looked over to his right, and saw a man dressed in a black leather jacket, blue jeans, a black shirt, a cowboy hat, and a set of dog tags around his neck, entering the train with his cowboy boots echoing with each step against the wood.
"Scythe, is everything all right?" Rarity asked, noticing Scythe's gaze.
"Yeah, as far as I can tell." Scythe stated, sounding a bit skeptical.
"Good, because I've got a few things planned that might be good for your date with Wendy." Rarity smiled as she was hanging back with Scythe. "First, you should take her to the best restaurant in Magnolia, then you should take her for a moonlit walk around Magnolia Southgate Park. That'll certainly set the mood for a passionate night of love."
"We're only in our early teens, I think it's a little too soon for something like that to happen." Scythe exclaimed blushing a bit.
"I tease Darling, what kind of granny would I be if I were to encourage you to actually go at it at your age?" Rarity questioned.
"You know you're not old enough to be a granny." Scythe exclaimed sitting beside Wendy in the same booth.
"Oh contraire monoamine. I might not look it, but I am older than what my beauty suggests." Rarity smiled. "One of the benefits to being a Bearer of Harmony."
"Indeed, she really is a beauty." Lucifer smiled as Wendy fell asleep, leaning on Scythe's shoulder.
"Aw, now isn't that sweet?" Rarity questioned as the train began to move. "So, since I doubt either of you have managed to have breakfast, you can order anything off the trolley compliments of me."
"Oh Rarity, I couldn't accept that." Scythe exclaimed.
"You might wanna."
Scythe turned to the voice that spoke and saw the man he spotted boarding the train earlier, standing in the doorway with an unpleasant look on his face, glaring at him.
"It might be the last meal you ever have." The man stated, as three metal claws came out from between his knuckles on each hand.
"Scythe…" Lucifer stated standing up defensively towards the man. "I'd like you to meet your grandfather. Logan."
"Grandfather?" Logan questioned before looking to Scythe. "You're Acnologia's kid?"
"Yeah, and I'd like to meet someone from my dad's side of the family without them threatening to trying to murder me." Scythe sighed as he stood up, gently laying Wendy down on the bench of the train room. "Why don't we go take this somewhere a little more private?"
~Sometime Later in another train room~
"I see, so you weren't a planned conception, you were basically created as nothing more than an experiment, meant to be a recreation of my son." Logan stated after Scythe told him everything. "So you're Shirou and Rin's grandkid too huh?"
"Yeah, add to the fact I'm technically five years old, chronologically, I'm one badass kid." Scythe exclaimed as he and Logan were sitting in a different train room.
"So why didn't you want your little friend around for us to talk." Logan asked.
"She doesn't know Acnologia was originally human, a Dragonslayer to be specific, and something like that can be crazy scary to face, especially when the news is given to another Dragonslayer." Scythe exclaimed, remembering what Miia told him about Eska.
"So, you're wanting to keep her from going crazy for as long as possible?" Logan inquired.
"I don't think she'd go crazy, I think she'd just freak out before mentally shutting down to process the information." Scythe stated.
"I can see that." Logan stated. "So, do you have any siblings?"
"I have a twin sister." Scythe exclaimed.
"I see. So, what slayer magic do you use?"
"I'm an Etherion Godslayer, my sister Miia uses Etherion Demonslayer magic, and we both use Satan Soul Takeover Magic, along with both of us being Celestial Knights." Scythe explained.
"You're a Godslayer huh? Well, funny you should mention that." Logan stated springing his claws forward. "A Godslayer who controls metal lined my bones with his metal, replacing my entire skeleton with Godslayer Steel, strongest metal ever, indestructible, can cut through anything."
"What about your claws, did he add those to your skeleton?" Scythe questioned.
"No, quite honestly, my claws were always a part of me, they were bone before they became metal." Logan explained. "Now your father, didn't inherit my claws, but maybe you did. I know your aunt inherited them, but formed to fit her gender. You see our family is like a pride of lions, your aunt's claws identify her as a female lion, because she has claws in both her hands and feet."
"Oh, I know all about her claws." Scythe stated, tapping the cut that went over his left eye. "She demonstrated them last night."
"Damn it, that's why she called me from the royal prisons." Logan groaned. "I'm sorry, Laura can be a… bit temperamental at times."
"Yeah, she did not seem all too keen on hearing me out, before she tried to skewer me. Speaking of which, from what Lucifer and Amenadiel told me, I'm surprised you're not trying to kill me." Scythe exclaimed.
"Well, if they told you I was like a wild rabid animal, then they were right, at one point." Logan stated. "I was only like that for the first couple years after Acnologia had killed his son. Your older half/brother."
"I heard about that from Lucifer before my, altercation with Aunt Laura." Scythe stated.
"So, tell me about the adventures you've been on, I want to hear all about what my grandson has been up to since he became such a star in Sorcerer Weekly." Logan exclaimed.
"I will, but first we need to come up with a reason why you're my grandfather." Scythe stated. "Wendy will get suspicious if you say you're biologically related to me."
"True." Logan stated. "Well, we could say I was like a grandfather to you in Metalica, that I helped to take care of you. I actually was a resident there before I moved a week before it was destroyed."
"I see. You wouldn't happen to have owned a Bar.B.Q stand on the edge of town would you?" Scythe asked.
"Nah, I worked in the blacksmith forge, before I found better work as a Bounty Hunter like your aunt." Logan stated.
"Hmm, I see. Well that excuse could work. I just feel bad about having to hide the truth from Wendy like this." Scythe exclaimed.
"Trust me kid, if you think it's right to keep Acnologia's true identity as a human from her, then do it, just try not to let the lie escalate, and tell her the truth when you think it's the right time." Logan stated. "But a word from the wise, make that time to tell her sooner rather than later, she has the right to know since she is a Dragonslayer."
"I guess you're right." Scythe sighed before the door to the train room opened, revealing Wendy with a frown on her face. "Wendy, what's wrong?" Scythe inquired before she sat down next to him, laying her head on his chest, causing him to blush.
"I'm still a little hungover, could you use your healing magic on me please?" Wendy questioned.
"Won't it have zero effect on her?" Logan questioned.
"Godslayer magic can effect Dragonslayers, even if they're of the same element." Scythe exclaimed using his healing magic on Wendy's head.
"So, why don't you start telling me about your first adventure with Fairy Tail?" Logan inquired, changing the subject.
"Where do I begin? I guess my first adventure was when I stowed away on one of the council's carriages, as it took Erza to the courthouse…"
~Three Days Later~
"Ladies and gentlemen." An announcer said, speaking into the microphone floating in front of him. "Are you ready for the 75th Annual Battle Royale?"
The crowd that gathered in the stadium near the edge of Magnolia, cheered on for the Battle Royale, encouraging it to begin.
"Alright, I'm glad to hear you're all excited. But first, this year is a little different than the last several battles. First rule, there will be bloodshed, but no killing, fighters may fight until they either collapse, or their opponent taps out. This rule has been put in place do to the excessive amount of killing that happened for the past seven years. I'm baffled it wasn't put in place after the first year. If there is a death, the one responsible will be held accountable, and will be arrested on sight. Second Rule, if you are out of bounds, or are pushed off the octagon, then you have automatically lost that round, and will have to wait until next year for your chance to be the top fighter. Third and final rule, anything except for killing goes." The announcer explained. "Now, there are more fighters than expected for the fight this year, but you don't mind right?"
The crowd cheered, wanting the fight to go on for as long as possible. Something Scythe could head from the men's locker room, surrounded by the other fighters, as he wrapped his hand in bandages, wearing the hooded robe he saw other fighters wear.
"Out of my way losers, the real champion is coming through." Scythe heard an aggressive voice exclaim. He looked to see the three year undefeated champion of the Magnolia Tournaments.
'So that's Adam Taurus huh? Seems kinda like he's a bit entitled.' Scythe analyzed.
"Honestly, adding a no killing rule? A Battle Royale, is all about the killing, otherwise it's just a bunch of idiots beating each other up." Adam grumbled throwing his things in his locker.
'He's mad about the tournament saving lives? There's something wrong with this guy, and I don't think it's just the horns on his head.'
"Tag-Team fighters, if your partner is of the opposite gender, please follow me." A man wearing a referee shirt exclaimed.
Scythe got up and followed the man, along with a good chunk of other fighters, surprisingly Adam Taurus being one of them.
"Scythe, there you are." Wendy smiled hugging him, wearing the training clothes she would wear during their sparring matches.
Beside her was a tan skinned woman, a couple feet taller than her, with cat ears on her head, it was obvious that she had taken piercings out, as there were piercing holes in them. She had tiger stripes on her arms, legs, and torso, all to midway up her neck.
"You must be Scythe. I've heard a lot of good things about you." She smiled reaching out to shake his hand. "I'm Sienna, Adam's partner for the fights."
"Nice to meet you." Scythe said shaking her hand. "I hope Wendy didn't tell you anything about my fighting strategy."
"No, she didn't. She just told me all the things she admires about you. Very noble of you to turn down her offer for a hot and steamy night, while she was intoxicated." Sienna smiled. "Most men would have jumped at the chance if they were in your shoes."
"Well, most men aren't me." Scythe exclaimed. "So, let me ask you something, why does Adam need a partner?"
"Well, he's kinda pissed about to rule of no killing, which quite honestly, I'm thankful for, after what he did to that blonde woman last year, I'm surprised he hasn't been sentenced to jail." Sienna exclaimed.
"You mean Yang, right?" Wendy asked. "Scythe owns the MMA gym that she works at. She's actually his trainer and coach for the fight, while her sister Ruby is mine."
"Oh, well that's good she didn't let the loss of her arm crush her." Sienna stated. "But the reason as to why I'm his partner, is because I'm not going to be fighting, I'm just registered as his partner so I can enter the ring at any time if he tries to break the no killing rule."
"So you're just here to keep him in line." Scythe stated, understanding why she was his partner.
"Sienna, stop talking with the enemy and get over here." Adam shouted from where he stood at the entrance to the octagon.
"I gotta go, it was nice talking with you, and I'll probably see you around some time." Sienna sighed before heading to where Adam was.
"Well, she seems nice." Scythe exclaimed. "C'mon, the first match is about to start."
Scythe and Wendy left for their places and found the first battle was about to begin, one that they wouldn't forget.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the arena, Adam Taurus and his opponents, the identical twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee." The announcer shouted into the mike.
"The Tweedle-Twins. They're good, but Adam is no push over." Scythe exclaimed as two musclebound men stepped into the octagon, one of them wore a pair of red shorts, the other a pair of green, with vice-versa gloves.
The twins waited in their corner, before the bell went off to start the fight. The Tweedle-Twins chose to double up and strike him at once, both of them throwing a punch that had no effect as Adam ducked down and hit them with a double uppercut, knocking them back and out as they fell to the ground. The referee came and checked their pulses, and gave a thumbs up to the announcer.
"The Tweedle-Twins are still alive folks; the winner is Adam Taurus, by a double knock out." The announcer called raising Adam's right hand.
"That's brutal." Wendy stated as Adam stepped down from the octagon.
"He's not known as a Ruthless Man for nothing." Scythe exclaimed before he spotted several people in the stands, holding up a banner, cheering for him and Wendy. "Hey look, my mom, sister, uncle, Lucifer, Rarity, Aunt Laura and Grandfather are here."
Scythe and Wendy waved to them, though it was still clear Laura wasn't fully trusting of him just yet, as well as Logan having to always hold her back when she tried attacking him.
"Alright, you two are up next. You ready?" Yang asked, standing next to them with her sister beside her.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Wendy stated as she walked beside Scythe nervously, stepping up to the octagon's platform.
"Our next fight, you know him, you love him, you all wish to see him in action, Scythe Strauss the God of War, and his partner Wendy Marvell the Maiden of the Skies." The announcer proclaimed as the crowd cheered louder for him and Wendy, than they had for Adam.
"Is it just me, or do they seem louder than when they were cheering for Adam?" Wendy questioned.
"It's not just you." Scythe stated tossing his robe to the side.
"Against him, we all know them, love their fighting styles, and their loyalty to others; please welcome, Fox and Yatsuhashi." The announcer stated.
Across from Scythe and Wendy, stood a tall musclebound man, with thin, almost closed eyes, wearing a pair of gold trimmed green fighter's shorts, with matching MMA gloves.
Beside him was a dark tan skinned man, with a ruffled mop of red hair and white eyes that looked lifeless. He wore black with red trimmed fighter's shorts with vice-versa matching gloves.
"Wasn't expecting to be facing them in the first round." Wendy exclaimed taking a battle ready stance.
"You think Coco will hold it against us if we beat them?" Scythe asked taking a similar stance.
"Probably." Wendy exclaimed as the fight began.
Yatsuhashi went running for Scythe, throwing a punch at the Etherion Godslayer, only for him to jump to the side, with a twist, slamming his elbow into the giant of a man's side, with an electric shock.
"Thunder-Smash." Scythe called out as Yatsuhashi jerked back in pain. "How you holding up Wendy?"
"Good." Wendy stated, jumping in the air, evading Fox's punch, performing a one handed handstand on his back between his shoulder blades, before using her magic to jump higher into the air, evading a backhand swing from Fox.
"Amazing, they've thrown the normal MMA Fighting Style out the window, and have put their own spin on it." The announcer narrated into the mic.
"Wendy, you wanna do a double attack?" Scythe asked, bending backwards, to evade a kick from Yatsuhashi, before fully flipping backwards, and jumping forward, kicking him in the chest, knocking him back.
"Sounds good to me. What attack?" Wendy asked, kicking Fox in the leg, then chest, and kicking him back.
"The only attack we known works with your element." Scythe smiled before they both jumped into the air, their arms covered in lightning and wind.
Yatsuhashi and Fox bumped back to back, looking around before looking up, seeing both their opponents crossing each other in the air, before throwing their fists down.
"THUNDER DRAGON." They both shouted as a funnel of wind and lightning came crashing down on their opponents, with the tip of it shaped like a dragon's head, roaring at them.
As the smoke from the attack cleared, the audience were on the edge of their seats in anticipation, to see the results, finding both Wendy and Scythe standing victorious over an unconscious Fox and Yatsuhashi.
"Amazing, the God of War, and the Maiden of the Skies, have won with a K.O attack." The announcer stated before he was handed a piece of paper. "Sorry folks, but this just in, most of the fighters who signed up, have forfeited the Battle Royale because of the show of power they just witnessed, and do not wish to be hospitalized. The only fighters left are a total of eight, four solo fighters, and two tag teams. Now let's get this battle started."
~Two hours later~
"Man I'm beat." Wendy sighed waving herself with a fan. "Those last fighters, were tougher than Fox and Yatsuhashi."
"Yeah, I gotta admit, I didn't expect the limiter mom put on me to limit so much of my magic, or stamina." Scythe sighed drinking from his water bottle, tossing Wendy one. "But still, we kicked their asses."
"You sure did." Yang smiled tossing them both a towel. "Good job, next up is you two versos Adam. Sienna isn't going to be fighting like usual, Adam is having her stand on the sidelines."
"Guy seems like he's got some issues upstairs, I think he might be a psychopath." Scythe stated. "Earlier before the Battle Royale started, I heard him grumbling about how he didn't like the no killing rule."
"We can't make any assumptions about him being mentally unstable, but it's fair to say, he's probably had a rough childhood." Wendy sighed.
"Okay, we can discuss this later, but you two should stretch before your fight." Ruby stated handing them both an energy bar.
~With Adam and Sienna~
"Adam you can't be serious, you'd be breaking the 'no killing' rule they have set in place." Sienna stated as Adam put on a fresh pair of fighting wraps.
"The best way to take down the strongest of enemies, is to aim for their weakness Sienna, in this case, it's the girl he has by his side." Adam stated grabbing his mask and putting it on.
"Wendy is an innocent girl, you can't seriously kill her Adam." Sienna exclaimed.
"Don't matter, if she's down, the boy will fall, easy for me to win." Adam argued.
"Do you even know who he is? He's the God of War from Fairy Tail, he's not just some punk trying to make a name for himself." Sienna stated.
"Everyone has a weakness Sienna, he's no exception."
"I won't let you go through with this Adam." Sienna stated. "I don't care how much money that Snow-Witch paid you with to break the rules, she can't be trusted, her father is a good example as to why that is."
"Fine."
Turning around quickly, Sienna didn't have time to react before her head was twisted, and torn off, her headless body falling into an empty open locker. Adam put her head in her arms before closing the locker with the corpse in it.
"Burn in hell, traitor." Adam stated before heading off for the arena.
~In the stands~
Laura was sitting in her seat, eating a hotdog. Admittedly she didn't want to come to this event, seeing as her Nephew would be the star of the show, but she had to admit to herself, that she wound up having a lot of fun, even ended up cheering for him alongside her dad.
"Maybe he's not so bad after all." Laura smiled before the smell of copper caught her nose.
"You smell it to?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, I'm gonna go investigate it." Laura exclaimed following the scent of blood.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, for the moment you've all been waiting for." The announcer began, before the mic was grabbed from him.
"Scythe, Wendy show your faces, and accept your defeat with honor." Adam shouted into the mic.
"No need to shout dumb brute." Scythe exclaimed as he and Wendy stepped up into the ring.
"We're ready to take you on, and we're going to get payback for Yang, for what you did to her last year." Wendy stated.
"This match is as good as won if you were trained by that weakling and her sister." Adam chuckled tossing the mic back to the announcer, before he left the ring, leaving the three to fight.
The fight began, and Adam was out for blood.
(Que Music… Fighter: Monsta-X)
Adam threw the first punch, only for Scythe and Wendy to jump to either side of him, and kick him in the back, only to find Adam had moved his hands faster than they saw, and blocked the double kick with his gloves.
Scythe and Wendy jumped back, ready for when Adam would strike. Scythe's gaze drifted to the audience, seeing Weiss sitting in her seat with a smug look on her face.
'What the hell did she do?' Scythe questioned before he bent backwards to evade a kick from Adam's boot. 'He's wearing boots? What is this, a wrestling match?'
"Scythe…" Wendy called, showing she was on the other side of Adam.
"Got it." Scythe replied, before they jumped into the air, performing their signature tag team attack
"THUNDER DRAGON." They shouted, sending the attack down to Adam.
Scythe and Wendy landed on opposite sides of where they started, and were panting heavily, as their team attack took a lot of magic energy, and could only use it three times, before they had to stop and recharge their magic for a little while.
"Cute attack, but it's gonna take a lot more than that to take me out." Adam smiled as the smoke cleared, revealing his gloves were glowing red with energy.
'Damn, he absorbed the impact of the attack through his gloves, and now he's got enough energy to unleash, and Wendy and I can only perform the Thunder Dragon, one more time before we're done for.'
"What's the matter kid, out of energy?" Adam questioned.
"I'm not done yet." Scythe exclaimed running past Adam in a flash of blue lightning, knocking him in the face, sending his mask to the ground, and for him to spit up some blood.
"Oh, you're dead now." Adam stated turning back to Scythe, revealing the branding scar underneath, on his left eye, leaving him half blind.
"A slavery mark?" Scythe questioned.
"Scythe move." Wendy shouted using her wind magic to send her to the wall of the cage, before pouncing at him, pushing him out of the way, taking the strike Adam had aimed for him.
Scythe was shaken out of his confusion when he hit the fence, and saw Adam unleashing a barrage of maxed out punches on Wendy's back, building up a cloud of dust.
"WENDY." Scythe shouted.
~With Laura~
"The smell of blood is coming out of this locker room." Laura exclaimed using one of her claws to cut through the lock, and enter. "This isn't the one Scythe was using, his scent isn't anywhere in here. So this is clearly the one Adam was using."
Laura followed the scent of blood, narrowing it down to a locker, which was leaking the red bodily fluid.
"Adam, what have you done?" Laura asked before opening the locker, her eyes widening in shock at the gruesome sight she saw.
~In the Octagon~
The dust settled, everyone in the stands fell silent waiting to see what had happened; finding Adam standing over a bloodied, bruised, and motionless Wendy, with a smile on his face.
"WENDY." Scythe shouted, running towards them.
Scythe slammed his elbow into Adam's torso, and sent him flying to the fence, standing over Wendy, gently taking her into his arms, and turning her over.
"Wendy, please wake up." Scythe exclaimed her head in the crook of his arm. "Please, you can't be dead."
Scythe moved her bangs from her face, before lowering his ear to her chest, hearing a very weak heartbeat.
Ba-bump…ba-bump…ba-bump…ba-
Her heart stopped.
"No." Scythe whispered, his eyes going wide with horror before the wind around him began to swirl and enveloped him and Wendy in a dome of black air. "NO." Scythe shouted, his voice echoing from the dome, around the battle arena.
"This fight is mine." Adam smirked.
"What are you doing you idiot?" Weiss shouted, standing right outside the cage. "I hired you to win this Battle Royale, not to kill someone."
"This is how you win, you exploit your enemy's weakness, and use it to your advantage." Adam stated. "I expect my pay in full after this fight."
"If you think I'm going to pay you after this stunt, then you're dead wrong." Weiss exclaimed marching off to the security desk.
The dome of air magic began to shrink, before it, enveloped Wendy, and only Wendy, as Scythe laid her on the ground, his scars from his past still there. Up in the stands, Logan was standing in his seat, his eyes wide with shock, and his fists clenched in anger.
'He's not using the healing magic on himself at all. He's focusing it all on Wendy.' Logan realized before he noticed something moving under the flesh of Scythe's arms as he stood up. 'No, he couldn't have.'
Scythe stood up, his eyes overshadowed by his bangs, as he looked down at the cocoon of the black air, surrounding his friend. Adam running over to throw a punch at him.
"Die." Adam shouted throwing his punch.
Moments later, Adam was standing there, his eyes glaring at Scythe, and vice versa, as Scythe had a murderess look in his gaze, holding up his hand, that had three metal claws protruding from between his knuckles, covered in blood, that wasn't his.
"AAAHHHH." Adam shouted holding the stump of what was his right arm as blood poured out of it, stepping back before he was slammed in the gut by Scythe's head, and his other arm sliced off. Twisting around, Scythe sliced the back of his legs, forcing him to his knees.
"Any last words before I finish you off Adam?" Scythe asked, pointing the claws from both hands at Adam's throat.
(End Song…)
"You're a monster." Adam stated.
"No, you're the monster. You murdered countless people, all in the name of the Battle Royale, without feeling even a hint of remorse." Scythe glared lowering his claws. "But you were a slave at one point weren't you?"
"I was a slave, not like you would know anything about what that's like." Adam spat.
"I do know what it's like to be a slave." Scythe exclaimed, to Adam's surprise. "I was a slave to Grimoire Heart's Master Hades, I got free because they thought I had died. So I know your pain."
"I was a slave to a cultist of Zeref Worshipers, we were forced to build a tower, and I managed to escape, swimming all the way back to the mainland." Adam explained.
"The R-System?"
"You know it?" Adam asked.
"I was the one who destroyed it. A friend of mine was also a slave there, her name's Erza Scarlet, Queen of the Fairies." Scythe smiled.
"Guess I wasn't the only one to escape." Adam smiled, before he mustered as much strength as he could, and flipping backwards, cutting Scythe upwards with the hidden boot blade. "But I'm not gonna lose, never again. Say hi to your little girlfriend in the next life when you see her in hell."
Scythe brought his head down, showing the cut on his face, as his skin was peeling off, before he held it closed and it healed instantly.
"You know, now you've just pissed me off for the last time." Scythe exclaimed before Miia jumped over the octagon fence, revealing she had the same claws as Laura. Scythe let his claws loose once more, and stabbed Adam from the front, while Miia stabbed him from behind.
"What the hell are you?" Adam asked, blood pooling in his mouth.
"I, am the God of War." Scythe exclaimed before removing his claws as did Miia, who was fuming as Adam fell to the ground.
"I-is he…" Miia began to question as the reality of the situation began to dawn on her.
"No, he's still alive. He's just unconscious from the pain, most likely he has a punctured lung and a lot of internal bleeding. Try keeping him alive with your healing magic." Scythe instructed.
"Right."
As Miia began to do that, Scythe went over to Wendy, and dispersed the cocoon of black air, revealing her body to not even have a scratch on it.
"Please wake up Wendy." Scythe pleaded taking her into his arms.
After several moments of hopeful wishing, and silence filling the arena as the spectators saw everything, Wendy slowly stirred and opened her eyes, finding Scythe holding her in his arms, before he hugged her, tears of joy and relief in his eyes.
"Oh thank goodness, I was so worried." Scythe cried as she hugged him back.
"What happened, and why am I so sore?" Wendy asked.
"Adam… went a little too far, and…" Scythe began before he trailed off, looking to Adam, who was being kept alive by Miia and the paramedics. "It doesn't matter now, the point is you're safe."
"I'll hear the story later. For now, I feel like I could use a lot of sleep." Wendy sighed leaning in closer to Scythe, as the crowd cheered, at not only his victory, but also, him saving Wendy's life.
In the stands, everyone who came to cheer on Scythe, and personally knew him, were shocked to see he had that kind of power, not to mention Miia as well.
"What the hell is happening to my babies?" Mira questioned.
~At the MMA Academy hours later~
"Alright you two, start talking, what was that power, and how do you have it?" Elfman asked as the celebration party at the gym was currently on hold.
"Gramps." Scythe sighed.
"You sure kids?" Logan asked.
"Yep." Miia stated, knowing who he actually was.
"Alright." Logan sighed before raising his right fist, unleashing his claws, showing he had the same power, as Laura did the same.
"So, what you got this power from a blood transfusion from the blacksmith of Metalica?" Elfman asked.
"Not exactly. We were hoping to explain this further on down the road, but. Acnologia, wasn't always the mad dragon people know him as." Scythe explained.
"What do you mean?" Wendy asked.
"He was a Dragonslayer before he was a dragon. He was one of the fiercest slayers to ever live." Logan began. "Zeref is the one who made him turn into a Dragon, cursing him, and making him go insane, turning him into the Etherion Dragon, while also killing his wife and son in a blind rampage."
"The side effect of the curse he was put under, put him on a blind rampage, which is why he killed his son without realizing it." Laura explained.
"So, what does this have to do with Logan's abilities being in the both of you?" Yang asked.
"Acnologia is my son." Logan sighed. "Scythe is my grandson, who seems to have inherited my abilities, and unlocked them when Adam killed Wendy."
"Which also makes Scythe my nephew, since Acnologia was my big brother." Laura explained.
"Wait, I was actually dead?" Wendy asked.
"Yes, you were actually dead, I could hear your heart stop all the way from the spectator's seats." Logan exclaimed.
"From what I could gather studying the body I found in one of the lockers in the locker room Adam came out of, Sienna tried to stop Adam, but things turned south the moment she threatened to alert the referees." Laura stated. "Which led Adam to killing her via decapitation of physical force."
"That would explain why she didn't come out with him before the fight began." A familiar white-haired woman stated.
Scythe froze in anger, and turned to glare at the Ice-Queen, his heart filled with rage, even more when he saw the look of guilt she had on her face.
"You have some nerve, showing your face around here Schnee."
The phrase came out of the mouth of someone the group had the least expectation of saying it, as Ruby was seething with just as much anger as Scythe, her blood red lightning crackling around her, while her sclera turned black, and her pupil's glowed silver.
"I know I'm the last person any of you want to see right now, especially after what had happened today at the Battle Royale." Weiss exclaimed clutching the handle of her purse tightly. "But you've got to understand, it was never my intention for Adam to kill anyone… I just wanted him to…"
"To what? Win the battle at any costs?" Lucifer asked glaring at her. "Newsflash girly, what did you think was gonna happen? He's a psychopath, a madman with ideals about how the strong live, while the weak die as steppingstones as a path for the strong to walk on. You should have known what you were getting into when you hired that man to try and win the fight."
"I'm sorry I just…"
"NO." Scythe shouted. "You don't get a say in any of this, you might not have wanted him to kill anyone, but he killed someone, and the only reason why she's alive right now, is because I had focused my magic on healing her, instead of myself. But the fact she had died, the mere fact that she had lost her life, was because of your selfishness to try and get me to sign ownership over to you, so you could try and franchise the gym and get even richer than you already are. I heard what Adam told you, how much did you offer him Weiss?"
"I…" Weiss began, but paused.
"How. Much?" Scythe punctuated, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fist.
"10k." Weiss stated. "I offered him 10,000 Jewels to win the fight. But I didn't pay him a single Jewel, I was gonna pay him at the end of the fight if he won, but after seeing how he had killed your partner, I refused to pay him. I didn't want anyone to die. I just wanted to prove you weren't as invincible as people think you are."
Scythe glared at her for a moment before he reached up to his face and pulled his right eye out, not even flinching in pain, much to Weiss's shock and horror.
"I know I'm not invincible, I have suffered through harm, just to touch my dream, of being able to protect my loved ones. The scar you saw on my torso when I was in the octagon, was from my own blade piercing my side during my final S-Class trial. Let people think what they want about me, I know I'm only human, and I'm not all that powerful, honestly if I were to go up against one of the Four Emperors of Ishgar, I'd most likely lose, because they have power that far surpasses my own." Scythe explained holding up his lacrima eye. "My right eye is made of an Ethernano lacrima, I can see through it, thanks to some help from a friend, but it's a reminder for me, that even though I'm powerful, I still have my weaknesses and flaws."
Scythe put his eye back in its socket, and looked up at Weiss, a solemn, stern look in his eyes.
"You wanna know what drives me Weiss Schnee? My family, my friends, everyone I care for. They drive me, I fight not for fame, or glory, none of that matters to me. I fight to protect those I hold dear to me in my heart. Family is important, family is everything to someone who has something worth fighting for." Scythe explained. "Now I want you to get out of my gym, and don't come back until you understand what it truly means, to fight for family."
Weiss took in a deep breath as she pulled out a small stack of papers from her purse and set it on the sign in counter.
"These papers are fifteen percent of the Schnee Company Shares. There's a shareholder's meeting every six months, in the Capital of Clover. Just sign on the dotted line of the contract on top, and you are officially a shareholder of my company. The medical equipment I promised will be in by this time Monday, and if you need any help in setting it up, just give the support team a call." Weiss explained.
"I thought I was to receive only ten percent shares?" Scythe asked.
"I added an extra five percent for what had happened. I know it wouldn't have made up for it, but I did want to give at least some semblance of compensation." Weiss explained as Scythe read over the contract, before signing the dotted line.
Once that exchange was done, Scythe had Ruby and Yang sign as witnesses, and made a copy of the contract, before giving Weiss the original, afterwards she left the building, with a lot on her mind to think about.
"Scythe, are you sure you had to remove your eye just to tell her that?" Mira asked.
"I had to get the point across somehow." Scythe exclaimed.
"Well, if you ask me, I think we've done enough moping around, Scythe won the Battle Royale, got not only the prize money, but also a fifteen percent share of that Schnee girl's company, and put a dangerous man behind bars, or in the mental ward, maybe both, plus all the hot food is getting cold, so let's celebrate." Lucifer smiled.
Over the next few hours, the time seemed to go by as if nothing wrong was going on, Scythe made sure to keep the alcohol away from Wendy, not wanting a repeat of the night of the Royal Gala.
Ren and Nora arrived a bit after the party had started, leaving Chelia with Jaune and Pyrrha, and their week-old triplets, so they could enjoy the party with everyone. Nora nearly blew a gasket when she was told what had happened during the Battle Royale but was calmed down when Mira explained how Scythe had handled it.
"Hey Wendy, do you have all your things packed?" Scythe asked.
"Yep, packed and ready to go." Wendy smiled as she rolled a couple bags out from the women's locker room.
"Good." Scythe stated sending them to the Celestial Armory. "The bike is waiting outside."
"Hold up, where are you going?" Mira asked.
"Nowhere special, just giving Wendy a lift home." Scythe explained. "Yang, maintain the gym for me while I'm gone, okay?"
"Yes sir." Yang smiled waving him off.
"Be careful when driving." Mira called out.
"I will. I'll even bring you back something from her home town." Scythe exclaimed.
"Just be careful, you were in a pretty nasty fight today, maybe I should give her a ride home." Lucifer stated.
"Unfortunately I don't think your customers would like having your shop closed for a full three days." Scythe explained. "The trains are under maintenance so the only way for her to get home, is if someone is willing to drive for nearly 72hours."
"Mmm, good point. Then at least let me give you some gas money." Lucifer said pulling out his money-clip. "I know you're a millionaire and all, but friends help each other out, besides, I kinda owe you for putting a drop of steroids in Wendy's energy drink the other day for training."
"You're lucky I caught Wendy before she drank it." Scythe exclaimed.
"Well I'm sorry, but like I said, it was meant for you, not my fault I didn't know which bottle was yours." Lucifer exclaimed handing him a wad of cash. "That should be more than enough."
"Thanks, I'll be back as soon as possible." Scythe exclaimed walking out the door with Wendy behind him.
"Steroids Darling, seriously?" Rarity asked.
"Well, I was hoping to beef him up a bit before the fight today." Lucifer stated. "His godly metabolism would have been able to make sure he didn't get any kind of sickness from it."
"Lucifer I had to put a restriction seal on his power before the fight so he wouldn't end up killing anyone by mistake." Mira told him as Scythe drove off out of sight with Wendy holding tight to his waist, on his motorcycle.
"A seal in which he broke at seeing Wendy's lifeless body I might add." Lucifer stated.
"No, the seal ain't broken." Logan stated butting into the conversation. "It's still there, he just surpassed his normal limits during that situation, and unlocked something deep inside of himself."
"I think it'd be best to keep the seal there until his full power is needed." Mira sighed. "Who knows what kind of havoc he could unleash at full strength?"