Mama Mirajane-27
Deep in the heart of the forest, there lay an abandoned ancient village, with a secret cave, hidden beneath the Cliffside and waterfall. There, in the dimly lit cavern, Brain held out his staff, expelling its contents, onto the cavern floor.
Scythe groaned in a bit of pain before Racer placed a magic canceling cuff on his right wrist, then his left, preventing him from using any magic.
"Damn it, what am I doing here?" Scythe questioned as he found the cuffs were linked to two lines of chain connected to the wall behind him.
"We need your special medical expertise my boy. You and Wendy Marvell are the only ones who can help." Brain explained. "But since you've taken her place, the plan is even better."
"Piss off." Scythe hissed, spitting on Brain's boots.
"Such insolence." Brain stated, smacking Scythe with the skull of his cane before walking off. "Angel, Cobra, watch him."
"Sir." Cobra stated.
"Of course." The white haired beauty exclaimed as the other four began to leave the cave.
"Racer, bring 'him' to me at once." Brain ordered.
"Will do boss. But it's for far it'll take me about an hour, to get there and back." Racer exclaimed before running off.
"No matter." Brain smiled.
"I see." Cobra exclaimed understanding the situation. "Once he's revived we'll be able to find Niruvāna in no time. You're doing your name proud sir."
When the other four were gone, Scythe slumped against the wall, and huffed in annoyance, rubbing the cheek Brain had smacked with his cane.
"Well you two. Guess we get to talk some." Scythe chuckled. "Last time we spoke was about an hour before you left the ship, and Hades turned me into a lab rat."
"What happened to you Scythe?" Eric asked.
"You ask what happened to me, Eric? I found my biological mom, that's what happened. She's a member of Fairy Tail, even strong enough to beat the Queen of the Fairies." Scythe smiled. "I even have a sister, and I just might possibly have a girlfriend, if I survive all this. Question is, how do you know my name now?"
"Hades told us what name you go by these days. Honestly, it's rather fitting of the Etherion God of War." Angel explained as Cubellios came and curled up around Scythe in a loving embrace.
"Congrats on the girlfriend thing as well." Eric exclaimed.
"You know I told the team alliance about how nice Angel has been to me, but I didn't tell anyone about how you'd sneak me candy strawberries, and treat me like a little brother Eric. You even let me play with Cubellios whenever you 'ordered' me to watch her while you had your meetings with Hades." Scythe smiled softly. "I doubt anyone would have believed me."
"You're right nobody would have believed you." Eric smiled, tossing him a bag of said candies.
"Oh sweet." Scythe smiled digging into the bag. "So both of you answer me this." Scythe exclaimed. "When exactly did the five of you leave the Tower of Heaven?"
"How'd you know we were enslaved there?" Angel asked in shock.
"Erza Scarlet, Queen of the Fairies, she was a slave there to, and not to mention the one who finished the revolt Jellal began." Scythe explained. "Plus I kinda blew the thing up about a month and a half ago. Kinda fun to be honest, blowing up an entire tower made of Ethernano, but seeing my own funeral, that was the deal breaker that made me not, want to do it again."
"So you were the one who beat Jellal?" Cobra asked.
"Me? No, that was all Natsu's doing. I was stuck in a block of Ethernano as a sacrifice for most of the time, and the rest was spent unconscious being saved by the Goddess of Fire." Scythe explained.
"Alright, all that aside. How were you able to force Gemini's gate closed?" Angel questioned.
"Simple, I ordered them to return to the Celestial Spirit World, and to never answer your summons again, unless I tell them otherwise." Scythe explained.
"Okay but how?" Eric questioned.
"Guess I'll have to explain it." Scythe sighed. "It's happened only three other times in all of history, but I was knighted, by the Celestial Spirit King himself. Which means, I can control Celestial Spirits, even if I'm not contracted with them, and they respect my words, far greater than they do the ones they're contracted to. My grandparent's and a friend of theirs, who turned evil, were the first three to ever be knighted by the Celestial Spirit King."
"Damn, you come from a line of Celestial Knights, I'm jealous." Angel exclaimed. "But why did they address you as Royalty?"
"You don't have to think about it too hard Angel." Scythe exclaimed. "I am the son of the Dragon King Acnologia. Now answer my question, when were you freed from the tower?"
"About six months after Jellal broke our bonds. Brain took us in, all five of us. You should have seen Midnight, he couldn't have been happier to be reunited with his father." Eric chuckled.
"He gave me my first Celestial Spirit Key, and taught us all our own magic." Angel explained.
"Well, I still wish you could choose a different life style. Though neither of you seem all too surprised as to who my lineage is." Scythe exclaimed.
"Well, I mean it is surprising, but not surprising enough. We figured there was some explanation as to how you survived Hades Etherion experiments. Now we know." Cobra stated. "In fact, it was one of my theories as to how you survived."
"Well, I hate to cut our reunion short." Scythe sighed standing up. "But I've got a job to do, and it pisses me off capturing you is that job."
"How exactly are you gonna do that? Your magic is blocked remember?" Angel asked.
'Strange, the only thing that I can hear in his head is the lyrics to that Queen song, Another one bites the dust.' Cobra mentally stated. 'In fact, the entire time he's been sitting there, he's been reciting song lyrics in his head. What the hell is he up to?'
"True, but I don't need magic for this." Scythe exclaimed holding out his right hand. "Amaterasu."
Cobra and Angel jumped as a pillar of fire lit up the cave, before they turned around and were instantly knocked out by a backhand and a kick to the face.
"Serves you right." Amaterasu exclaimed marching up to Scythe and breaking the seal stones. "There you go sweetie."
"Thanks big-sis Amaterasu." Scythe smiled rubbing his wrists.
As Amaterasu disappeared, Scythe made a mad dash for the cave entrance before the ground beneath him liquefied.
"What the hell?" Scythe questioned before he felt something pierce the back of his neck, and his eyes went blank.
"So that's another extent of your power my boy? Summoning the Goddess of Fire. My, my you sure are full of surprises." Brain said as he pulled Scythe out of Hot-Eye's trap, and set him against the wall. "Now be a good boy, stay right there, and do exactly as I tell you."
~With Wendy's Group~
"So Scythe was kidnapped by the Oracion Seis because he pushed you out of the way?" Rin asked as she was walking alongside Wendy and Shirou, the other heroic spirits having split up with the others.
"Yeah. I'd understand if you didn't approve of him seeing me." Wendy stated.
"Is that what you're afraid of? Wendy, we all know Scythe would do it again in a heartbeat no matter what the circumstances." Shirou explained. "He's not the type of boy to just sit around and do nothing while his friends are in danger, it's not in his blood."
"So don't you worry, we approve of you dating our grandson." Rin smiled putting a gentle hand on her head to reassure her.
"Hey, um, not to question you or anything, but are you sure we're going the right way?" Wendy asked.
"Scythe's unique magic energy signature is radiating off from this location." Shirou explained.
"Wait hold up." Rin said stopping them in their tracks.
Shirou looked around and saw a shadow move through the foliage of the forest. He pulled out his bow and quiver of arrows from the Celestial Armory, before firing one off at the running target.
"Geez, is that how you greet an old friend after fifty years?" A woman's voice questioned as she popped her head out from the bushes.
"Yan?" Rin questioned.
"Nice to see you to. Man your grandson sure likes to get in trouble, I've been trying to track him down for the past couple hours." Yan exclaimed stepping out of the foliage, causing Wendy to stare in shock.
"Whoa, your body, is that a special type of armor?" Wendy questioned.
"No, it's her actual body." Shirou explained. "Rin and I had rebuilt her body from a special type of metal that is near indestructible, and imbued with Demonslayer magic. You, are staring at one of the last remaining kitsune's in Earthland."
"Whoa." Wendy said wide eyed while Carla poked her head out from behind Wendy's leg.
"A fox. What is she even doing here? I thought kitsune's were mischievous creatures with selfish intentions." Carla stated.
"That's some way of showing gratitude to the one who's been attacking the perverts passing through your town." Yan exclaimed.
"Wait, you're the one doing that?" Wendy asked.
"Mhmm." Yan smiled, nodding her head.
"Yan, how do you know about Scythe?" Rin questioned.
"Saw him dropping the girl off at her guild, kid seemed to know I was following him, so I confronted him as he lit a cigar." Yan explained.
"Did I just hear you right, he was smoking?" Shirou questioned, his left eye twitching.
"Yeah, he was smoking the last bit of one cigar when I confronted him, before lighting a fresh one." Yan stated. "You didn't know he smokes?"
"I guess it won't really affect him, since he's an Etherion Godslayer and all." Rin sighed, though it was obvious she was annoyed by this fact.
"I am so gonna punish his ass when we rescue him." Shirou growled.
"So, back to rescuing him. We've been able to follow his magic energy signature, due to its uniqueness, we're nearing an ancient village, and we think it might be the base of the Oracion Seis." Wendy explained.
"Well your tracking skills are leading you in the right direction. Scythe is down in a cave, I had found him already, but when I sensed your presence I knew I had to tell you what was going on." Yan explained.
"What's going on with our grandson?" Shirou and Rin questioned at the same time.
"He's been put under a mind control spell. The potion used to ignite that mind control was injected into him, via the neck, when he attempted to escape after summoning some fire lady."
"Amaterasu. Alright, thank you Yan." Shirou exclaimed as the three of them began to run towards the direction of the base, with Yan following close behind, taking on her kitsune form.
~In the base~
"Sorry it took so long." Racer exclaimed putting a large, chained up, T shaped coffin down. "Thing's so heavy it was hard for me to build up any speed. I've always thought I was fast, but after that trip I'm starting to doubt myself."
"Let me assure you Racer, there is no one who can come even close to matching your speed." Brain exclaimed.
"Where are Cobra and Angel?" Racer asked before noticing Scythe standing behind Brain. "Boss the kid's out of his chains."
"Calm down, he's under my complete control." Brain explained. "Cobra and Angel have been sent out to help Hot-Eye search for Niruvāna. They had fallen for the boy's, old friend talk, routine and were rendered unconscious until about ten minutes ago when I sent them off to find Niruvāna." Brain turned to Scythe and walked up to him, giving him an insanely dark look. "It's time now boy, are you ready to use your magic to resurrect the man inside?" Brain questioned.
"Yes, Brain." Scythe exclaimed, sounding like a mindless drone.
"Good." Brain smiled as the chains sealing the coffin were removed, thus allowing the cover to dissolve as if covered in acid.
Though Scythe was a mindless drone at the moment, a spark of life returned to them, as he saw who was inside of the coffin.
"Allow me to introduce you to Jellal. A brilliant Sorcerer who once infiltrated the Magic Council." Brain exclaimed before he sensed something was off. He turned to Scythe and his eyes widened, when he saw the young boy, trying to fight the effects of the mind control potion.
"Jellal…" Scythe growled, tails made of fire sprouting from his back. "I'll… end you… for good…"
"He's fighting your hold on him?" Racer asked.
"Impossible, the potion is a flawless control serum, no one, NO ONE, has ever been able to fight it." Brain exclaimed.
"Never… underestimate an… Etherion Godslayer…" Scythe exclaimed looking up at Brain, with hate in his eyes, before he felt a second pinch on his neck, calming down as a second dose of the serum was administered.
"That was a close one." Racer exclaimed.
"Indeed. Truly, a Godslayer with power that can rival the Dragon King's is something to behold, and fear." Brain exclaimed. "Now Scythe, bring Jellal back from his catatonic state."
"SCYTHE." A voice echoed from outside the cave.
"Racer, intercept them." Brain ordered.
"Gladly boss." Racer said running outside.
Once out in the open, Racer ran around the area before he felt an arrow go through his leg. Falling to the ground, Racer looked in the direction the arrow came from, and saw someone he thought only existed as a myth, or legend.
"No. The Dragon of Fiore?" Racer questioned as Shirou stood on the cliff, a Noble Phantasm arrow ready to fire.
"Make a move, I dare you." Shirou stated aiming for Racer's head. "Your sight deception magic won't work on me."
"Brain. I might need some help out here." Racer shouted.
"Can't you take care of some miscreants from a common guild on your own?" Brain questioned making his appearance.
"This is no ordinary guild member boss. Look." Racer said. Brain looked at Shirou and his eyes widened when they met with the crimson archers.
"It can't be." Brain gasped. "Shirou my old friend, I thought you to be dead, I even dropped flowers onto your grave."
"Long time no see Brain. Last time I saw you, I was under the impression you were mentoring Geld in the Magic Bureau's Department of Development." Shirou exclaimed.
"It has been far too long old friend, what's say we bond over a couple of drinks, in celebration of Niruvāna's revival?" Brain asked.
"Sorry Brain, it was a major pain in the ass to seal that monstrosity away alongside the Nirvits. Not to mention it's too dangerous for even you to use." Shirou exclaimed.
"To seal it away? You sound as if you were there when it was created, and then sealed up." Brain exclaimed.
"I was. I'm over four-hundred years old comrade. I was there when Niruvāna was built, and I was there to help seal it away as well." Shirou explained.
"So, are you here to stop me from reviving that legendary weapon?" Brain questioned as Racer tore the arrow from his leg, with a grunt of pain.
"That, and I'm here to get my grandson back." Shirou explained as Rin, Wendy, and Yan came up behind him, with Carla flying overhead.
"Your grandson? You mean the Godslayer? The bastard son of the Apocalypse Dragon?" Brain questioned as said person came walking out, followed closely behind by the now non-catatonic Jellal. But as Scythe stopped beside Brain, Jellal did not, and kept on marching, as if following some unheard voice.
"Jellal?" Wendy asked in shock.
"Your grandson was very helpful in reviving Jellal from his catatonic state. He had been poisoned by his own tower of Ethernano, and had remained like that ever since." Brain smiled.
"You might wanna get his head looked at, he doesn't seem to have all his marbles just yet." Rin stated.
Brain turned around, only to find Jellal was long gone, without a trace of where he went to lead them.
"Now, release your hold on my grandson, or this arrow goes through your head." Shirou exclaimed.
"I wouldn't try and call him out on bluffing, he's an ex-mercenary, if you recall." Rin stated. "He will let go of that string."
"Sorry, but I can't do that, even if I wanted to. The potion in his system was given as a double dose. Nothing short of a miracle will clear it out of him." Brain explained.
"So you perfected your Dark Magic Control potion huh?" Shirou questioned. "What was it you said? The potion was designed to be broken by a kiss from the woman he loves? Which means anyone put under that potions spell, can only be awoken from a kiss of true passion from their significant other. You designed it that way, thinking no such passion exists. You're despicable."
"Oh come now you know me so well, you know you're flattery won't get you anywhere." Brain stated as he telepathically sent a message to Cobra to find Jellal and follow him.
"It's not flattery. I'm disgusted by it. Using it on a child, that's a new low even for you Brain." Shirou exclaimed.
"As long as you don't shoot me, I'll return him to you." Brain sighed turning to Scythe. "Boy, return to your grandparents, and fight to defend your team." Brain instructed, whispering the last part.
Scythe, nodded in understanding, before walking up to the Cliffside, climbing it all the way to the top, and got to his feet as he stood beside his grandparents.
With Scythe back in their possession, Rin, Wendy, and Yan directed him away from the Cliffside, before Shirou disappeared, and rematerialized behind Racer, who was holding his leg in pain, before he was knocked out by a hit to the back of the head from Shirou's bow.
Brain grabbed the left side of his head, feeling the disconnection from Racer, as he had been, bested by Shirou Emiya, the Dragon of Fiore.
"I see… that's how you're able to keep your other half in check. Six links using body link magic, one of them being yourself. When all six vanish, he is released, and you can't regain control until he's bested, and the links are reestablished." Shirou exclaimed in realization.
"You will pay for this Shirou, don't forget, I know who you truly are. I could let word slip to the council about it." Brain stated, glaring at him.
"Do what you will. I'd risk it a thousand times over, just to protect my family." Shirou exclaimed disappearing within particles of light.
"Curse you Dragon of Fiore. Curse you." Brain growled.
~With Hibiki, Lucy, and Saber~
"Alright, looks like the others got Scythe and are returning to us." Hibiki said using his archive magic to track down Wendy's group. "Looks like The Dragon of Fiore took down one of the six as well."
"I hope Scythe is okay." Lucy sighed sitting against a tree.
"Have heart, I'm sure the young master will be just fine." Saber smiled.
"Still, I find it kind of odd." Hibiki began. "Scythe's aura signature seems different, and there's another member of their party than there was before."
"Well, hopefully they are on our side. But what do you mean like his aura has changed?" Saber questioned.
"I can't really explain it, but his aura seems darker than before, like the light inside of him, that once burned brightly, has vanished, or dwindled to nothing but smoldering embers." Hibiki explained. "I fear he may have been corrupted somehow."
"That's not good. The seal Mirajane put on Scythe's power for the battle royale a few days ago is still in place, but he's still as strong as before the seal was placed on him. If he somehow breaks that seal, then he could be the biggest threat we've ever faced in our lives." Lucy explained. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm not wanting to face off against a fully powered Godslayer."
"Especially if his element if Etherion." Saber exclaimed.
"They're almost back. I'll contact them through telepathy and…"
Before Hibiki could say anymore, a pillar of light erupted from the ground, a fair distance into a part of the forest that had been dead.
"What the hell is that?" Lucy questioned.
"Niruvāna." Saber stated recognizing that magical energy.
"They found it?" Hibiki questioned.
"Not just that, it's in the first stage of its revival." Saber stated. "Long ago, when Shirou, Rin, I, and the rest of the Heroic Spirits first came to Earthland, one of the first things that ever happened, was Niruvāna's construction. Shirou and Rin were given a home by the Nirvits, and saw potential in the work they were doing, and thought Niruvāna would be the key to world peace, absorbing the darkness in everyone, creating a utopia of friendship, love, and harmony. However the Nirvits were foolish, and Shirou and Rin saw the flaw within Niruvāna's design. All the negative emotions had nowhere to go, so, they went to the people living upon the weapon's back."
"Living on its back?" Lucy questioned.
"Niruvāna is a walking city of destruction, the lacrima's within each of its six legs were supposed to be used to help heal the world, but instead, were used to destroy entire cities, and bring kingdoms to its knees. By sundown, Niruvāna will have entered its final stage of resurrection, and will be upon this world once more." Saber exclaimed.
"Not to mention the fact, the light from the pillar right now, is one that can change one's person's personality, if they are on the edge of light and darkness, to the opposite of who they truly are." Hibiki added. "Niruvāna is so dangerous. They wielder of it could do anything they wanted. They could make a guild attack itself, killing all of their members in a battle they did not want, or go to war against another guild for no reason."
"Seriously?" Lucy questioned.
"Robin Hood is with Natsu and Grey, looks like they ran into a bit of trouble and got separated." Hibiki stated. "Currently, Grey has met up with Jura and Hercules, and is facing against Hoteye. While Natsu and Robin Hood, seem to be up against Angel and her Celestial Spirits. C'mon, we can help him if we head there right now. Saber, Erza has changed course and is heading for the pillar of light, can you go and aid her if she runs into trouble?"
"I shall." Saber exclaimed heading in the direction of the Niruvāna's light.
~With Shirou and Rin's group~
"So is there any hope of reversing the potion Brain used on Scythe?" Wendy asked, as they were all sitting around said boy, Wendy atop a boulder, with a concerned look on her face, matching those equal to Scythe's grandmother and grandfather.
"Unfortunately, no, and now with Niruvāna resurrecting, we're running out of time, faster than anticipated." Shirou sighed. "Brain's smart. First let's get to the others and help take down the rest of the Oracion Seis. After that, we can try and figure out a way to destroy Niruvāna, once and for all."
Scythe seemed to respond to his words, specifically taking down the Oracion Seis.
"Must protect my team." Scythe stated, getting up.
"Whoa, calm down kid you can't just…" Shirou was cut off by Scythe elbowing him in the face, before rolling forward, performing a reverse Kakato-Geri, and spinning on the ground clockwise with his right leg out, sweeping Shirou's legs out from under him, finishing it off with an elbow to the gut, knocking Shirou to the ground, and the wind out of him.
"Scythe, what are you doing?" Rin questioned as Yan used her tails to restrain him.
"Protecting my team. The Oracion Seis." Scythe declared, before rolling forward, using the momentum to throw Yan into the boulder Wendy was sitting on, missing the bluenet as she had been carried away by Carla the instant Scythe elbowed Shirou in the face.
"Crap, Shirou Brain must have commanded him to protect the Oracion Seis at the first sign of danger." Rin exclaimed.
"You think?" Shirou asked sarcastically, picking himself up.
Rin went to restrain Scythe by leaping at him, only to miss as Scythe jumped away. She found where he had went when he kicked her in the lower back, sending her tumbling towards Shirou, knocking them both over, before he landed on Wendy's sitting rock, and jumped high into the air.
"The flames of my right hands, and the lightning of my left. Put them together, and you get, Crimson Deity SMASH." Scythe shouted, building a large ball of fire and electricity in his clenched hands, throwing the boulder sized attack down to Shirou and Rin, causing a large explosion as it made contact.
Once the light died down, Scythe landed on the boulder once again, and saw only shreds remaining of Shirou and Rin's clothing.
"It is done. Now onto the rest of the Magic Guild Alliance." Scythe exclaimed, as tears began flowing down his cheeks like a waterfall.
Yan was hiding in the bushes and couldn't believe what she had seen, but could understand what she currently saw.
'Scythe is still in there, he's trying to fight back against the potion Brain is using to control him, but he can't. Now he feels sorrow for what he had done to both Rin and Shirou. The tears flowing down his face are the only sadness he's showing right now, but he's still fighting.'
With that, Yan ran off, to go and find everyone else, and alert them of what had happened, and what needed to be done.
~With Lucy, Hibiki, and Angel~
"Are you crazy?" Lucy shouted.
Lucy and Hibiki had found Natsu, trying to keep himself from vomiting as he was laying, motion sick on a raft, with an imposter of Grey, having laid the trap, who turned into Lucy, flashing both Sagittarius and Hibiki her breasts, before the fake Lucy ordered Sagittarius to eliminate the both of them.
"Lucy, Hibiki…" Wendy called out as Carla landed her next to them.
"Wendy stay back, somehow this imposter is controlling my celestial spirit." Lucy exclaimed.
"Wait, it's most likely Gemini." Wendy stated, remembering how there was also an imposter Lucy when they first made contact with the Oracion Seis.
"You mean the constellation of the twins?" Hibiki asked. "If that's the case, then Angel is nearby."
"But I thought they couldn't defy an order from a Celestial Knight, how is Angel able to summon them?" Lucy asked.
"Brain put Scythe under some sort of mind control potion. He probably had Scythe tell Gemini that they could answer her calls again." Wendy explained. "We got him back, but when Shirou mentioned stopping the Oracion Seis, that's when Scythe began fighting him."
"Which is a battle he won."
Lucy, Wendy, Carla, and Hibiki all turned to see Angel coming out of the forest, walking through the water, with Scythe standing by her side.
"How did he get here so fast?" Carla asked.
"The speed of Satan's Soul, is quite impressive, it gives Racer's speed a run for his money." Angel smiled. "He told me everything involving the fight, sad that he incinerated his own grandparents, but at least he's free from their chains."
"You're a monster." Lucy exclaimed, her face paling.
"Oh my dear sweet newbie, I'm no monster, I'm an angel." She smiled as Scythe went charging at them, only to be grabbed at the waist and arms by Hercules and Iskandar, holding him back.
"Where did they come from?" Hibiki questioned.
"Wendy, we need you to come with us, now." Hercules stated sparing a hand to hold out for her to take. "Hurry, you're the key to reversing what's happened to the young prince."
"Got it." Wendy said as Carla grabbed her arm while she grabbed Hercules's hand, before the five of them vanished in a flash of light.
"What the hell, where did they go?" Angel questioned.
"They went to the Celestial Armory." Shirou said, standing behind Angel, pointing a strung arrow to her head. "Or more accurately, one of the training levels below the armory."
"I thought Scythe incinerated you and your wife." Angel said, not even bothering to turn around.
"He almost did, it was a close call. The kick he delivered to the underside of my chin, and the small of Rin's back, managed to block most of our magic power from flowing through our bodies, but we still had enough to combine and get back to the armory before his attack hit, mostly. Rin and I will need to replace the outfits Scythe shredded the backs of, but other than that, we got out with only a couple scrapes and bruises." Shirou explained. "Once we returned, we requested the help of Iskandar, and called Hercules back to the armory to discuss a plan of attack to try and subdue my Grandson."
"So what's your plan? Keep him in that training facility for all eternity? The potion won't wear off, and he's immortal, thanks to his father's curse." Angel exclaimed.
"Oh we know, which is why we did some research. You see time flows differently in some sections of the Celestial Armory, and our library happens to be one of those spots. A month in there, is an hour here in the real world." Rin explained sitting on a rock sticking out of the water. "You see we were able to glimpse a small bit into the future during our studying, and guess what we saw?" Rin smiled.
~Celestial Armory Second Level Training Arena~
With a flash of bright golden light, the five fighters appeared in what looked like the ruins of an ancient civilization that was at the peak of its reign, right before its downfall.
"GAAAHHHH." Scythe screamed sending out a wave of raw magic energy, to throw Hercules and Iskandar off of him.
"I got you Wendy." Iskandar said, catching Wendy as she flew through the air.
Picking themselves up, Hercules and Iskandar were prepared to fight as the former King/General, put the young bluenet down.
"Listen Wendy, Hercules and I have no hope in hell of defeating Scythe, but you do, might not be in an actual battle, but what you can do to win is just the finishing move we need. We just need to distract him a bit while you prepare yourself to fight in this battle." Iskandar said unsheathing his sword.
~The Real World~
"What are you talking about?" Angel asked.
"Do you know the kind of relationship Wendy and Scythe have?" Shirou questioned, moving around to face the Oracion Seis member. "They're dating."
"So what?" Angel barked. "Another thing, what's to stop Scythe from just popping himself free of the Celestial Armory?"
"Iskandar placed a mark on his arm, one that will only disappear when he's free of the curse. That mark prevents him from leaving the Celestial Armory. He's trapped there until Wendy fights him and wins."
~Celestial Armory~
"What do you mean I have to prepare for this battle?" Wendy questioned.
"Just as I said. There is only one way to break the curse Scythe is under." Iskandar said as Hercules went Berserker.
"Of course that's…"
~The Real World~
"A kiss of true love. That's all it takes to remove the curse he's under." Angel smirked. "But there's no such thing."
"Really?" Rin asked. "Because we know that primordial magic, the source of all magic here in Earthland, derives from a source known as love."
"See what you don't understand is, love can conquer hate, and it can conquer fear, but more importantly, it can bring people together." Shirou stated.
"Wendy's love for Scythe is pure, and true. But there's a lot of gray area in 'a kiss of true love'. Most people think that it means a kiss from the one you're meant to be with for all eternity." Rin smiled. "When in reality, 'a kiss of true love' means all it can take is a kiss of someone who's pure of heart, and whose love is true to their nature."
"So what you're saying is…"
~Celestial Armory~
"I'm the one who has to break the curse?" Wendy asked, her face blushing quite a bit.
"Yes, that is correct." Iskandar said as he was on guard, with Scythe just standing there, a dark aura flowing from him.
"But only a kiss of true love can break it." Carla stated.
"That is the case yes, but true love doesn't mean a kiss from the one you're meant to spend the rest of your life with, not always. It can also mean, love from someone who's heart is made of gold, and whose soul is incorruptible, and who cares for you." Iskandar stated. "That person is you Wendy."
"I am the bone of my sword." Scythe chanted as he reequipped his weapon into his hand. "Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death, nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons, yet, those hands will never hold anything, and so as I pray. UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS. Reveal yourself Grimm Reaper."
The air around Scythe's body grew heavy as he entered Satan Soul, gripping the hilts of his blades, ready to fight.
"Prepare yourself Wendy. Hercules and I won't last long." Iskandar stated as he and Hercules went for a double strike.
Swinging his blades over his head, Scythe jammed them into the ground, before swinging up in the air like a gymnast on a horse, and spun around clockwise, kicking both Hercules and Iskandar in the head, knocking them both back until, disorienting them.
(Cue Music… Get off of my back: Bryan Adams)
Iskandar was the first to recover from the attack and went for an attack, swinging his blade at Scythe, only for the young Etherion Godslayer to push himself off the hilts of his blades, into the air, landing on Iskandar's shoulders.
Wrapping his legs around the conqueror's neck, Scythe swung his body back, forcing Iskandar off balance, placing his hands firmly on the ground, and arching Iskandar through the air, and slamming him down hard on the ground, creating cracks within the stone ground.
Upon landing on his feet, Scythe was met with a club to the back of the head, sending him flying into a stone column. Hercules roared and charged at Scythe, ready to strike him again, as the ruins were his home turf.
"Alright, bring it on." Scythe declared.
Swinging his club down, Hercules was unprepared for the Kakato-Geri, Scythe used to block the weapon, before using the momentum to send Hercules to the ground, and slam an iron fist into his stomach.
Hercules fell to the ground, as Scythe turned his attention to Wendy, a pained look on his face, as he was obviously trying to fight Brain's control.
"Oh dear." Carla said in a hushed, worried tone.
Scythe went charging at them, with a fist ready to strike. Seeing the pattern in his fighting technique, Wendy turned to the left and delivered a right hook to his face, knocking him back.
"Wendy, to your left!" Carla warned the girl. Taking her advice, she quickly ducked to avoid a roundhouse kick from the Etherion Godslayer. Scythe grunted as he continued to resist the spell, but his body was uncooperative as it jumped back.
By now, Wendy was starting to feel something. It was a strange, but somewhat good feeling. She never felt like this before in her life, and only now that she was starting to. Of all times to start, it was when she was fighting someone that she had affectionate feelings for. It was the heat of battle that kept that developing feeling from interfering, but she couldn't find out what made her feel like this. She knew it was related to Scythe, but what?
"Crap…watch out, Wen…dy!" He croaked as he readied his attack. Wendy's eyes widened at the sight, before glancing back at Carla. The two nod at each other, with Carla quickly flying back to grab Wendy.
"Get ready Wendy. We don't know what he'll attack with next." The cat warned as Scythe slammed his fist into the ground, causing it to crack before Wendy and Carla flew away from the crevasse that had formed where they stood only a moment ago.
Wendy took a moment to decide her next move, before clenching her right fist. Carla knew what she was going to do, so she flew a bit faster.
"Sky Dragon's Hurricane!" Thrusting her arm out, it became engulfed in magic as a blue circle flickered. Morphing into a pointy spear-like object, she proceeded to dash towards Scythe. Unfortunately for them, they didn't realize he was using all his senses at once in battle, thus knowing she was coming.
"I get the feeling a part of him is messing with us despite his brainwashing." Carla clicked her tongue as she turned Wendy around to face Scythe. The girl chuckled weakly at her remark, but not before Scythe jumped in the air, evading her attack. "What now?!" Carla barked. To answer her question, heaps of flames blasted towards the two, causing the two to yelp as they barely dodged. "Hey, watch it!"
"Come…on!" Scythe groaned as he released a barrage of electrical fireballs from his palms. "End… this nightmare now!"
As Carla and Wendy continued to dodge, Wendy inhaled, taking a few seconds to charge up.
"Sky Dragon's Roar!" Blasting a gush of wind towards the brainwashed Godslayer, Scythe slammed a fist into the ground, literally pulling a chunk of earth out, but not before using it like a shield against the Maiden of the Sky's attack.
"Start taking this battle seriously child, he must have a limit for his magic reserves." Narrowing her eyes, Scythe tried to throw his makeshift barrier into the two while lighting it on fire. "We just need to see when…"
"Carla he's the son of an unstoppable Harbinger of the Apocalypse. There's nothing we can do to completely slow him down." Wendy exclaimed, knowing how powerful Acnologia was from what Miia told her.
"That may be so, but that doesn't mean we can just give up. Prepare yourself child, we're going to fight until he snaps out of his current mental state." Carla stated.
Nodding, they let Scythe continue his attacks, waiting for his magic energy to time out, or at least, provide some sort of signal for it. Much to their chagrin however, it didn't look like he was going to be drained any time soon. Angry by that fact, Carla decided to have Wendy force Scythe to perform a big attack, thus draining his magic energy faster.
"Wendy, attack!" She ordered. Much to her hesitation, Wendy sighed, complying with her order as she wrapped her arms in magic energy.
"Sky Dragon's Black Hole!" She shouted, sending a funnel of wind on Scythe, the Etherion Slayer dodged and started to punch back on his own when he could. It was to Wendy's advantage that her small body provided more dexterity in her attacks, allowing her to dodge one of Scythe's clawed attacks.
"Is this what they call sci-fi?" Carla thought out loud. Wendy took a moment to dead pan, but not before Scythe's arms morphed into an iron blade and spread his wings.
After taking in a deep breath, Scythe started to release a torrent of mini roars at the duo. Carla grunted as she lifted Wendy up to avoid the first wave, constantly eyeing the hovering Devil-boy in the sky. Quickly rearing back behind one of the old buildings, she let down Wendy as she quickly ran to peek from a corner.
"We can't beat him like this. We need to find a way to make him remain out of his Satan Soul form." Carla panted a little.
"But how?" Wendy walked over to the cat, crouching. "Do you even think there's a limit to his Take-Overs in the first place?"
"Of course! Everything has a limit. It has to have some kind of limit; otherwise there would be consequences or side effects of some sort devastating to his health." Carla quickly said in response. "He can't stay in Satan's Soul for longer than he can safely handle."
As they hid, Scythe started to hover around the area, darting his vision over to random spots in the vicinity. Grunting a little, his arms became covered in obsidian black metal, blood red fire, and dark lavender lightning, in which he started to fire aimlessly towards the ground. Much to the girls' trouble, the explosions pretty much decimated whatever area Scythe aimed at.
"I get that he's under the control of a spell, but for catnip's sake!" Carla retorted. That rackety quirk that she just sounded unfortunately allowed Scythe to track them, making him blast off several balls of lightning and fire in their direction.
"Carla!" Wendy grabbed the cat and quickly skidded a fair distance away, surprising Scythe. Rolling to underneath him, she quickly inhaled and released another Roar, tumbling the Take-Over boy in the sky for a moment, before sending him crashing down into one of the stone buildings.
"Did we get him?" Carla dared to ask. Wendy sniffed the air, allowing her to locate him. "No, I think he's still…" Staring at the crumbling aftermath of the ruins, Scythe thrusted an arm out from the rubble, scaring the two for a second. It was…like a zombie's arm coming from the grave, or at least that's how it was for them.
Shouting, Scythe freed himself from the pile of stone by blasting it away with his electricity. As he flew back into the air, he locked onto the duo.
"Crap!" Both of the girls yelped as Scythe started his next assault, before they were confused as he landed on the ground, returning to his human form.
"He must have gained at least a bit more control, allowing us an opportunity to strike him." Wendy stated.
"Now child, while he's no longer in Satan Soul form!" The cat shouted.
Wendy tried to comply with the cat, but it was then that…something inside her started to stir around again, and this time it was uncontrollable. The moment she gazed at him, her pupils dilated.
Her breathing started to get a little fast as her lips went into a smile. Her mind was starting to get a bit foggy; not due to fatigue, but whenever she gazed upon Scythe in his human form, when she sniffed, there was a…pleasant smell, it was intoxicating to her. She wasn't like this before when she first met him, but her increased encounters with him seemed to have some kind of effect now.
Whatever it was, she had to, no, she wanted to relish the feeling, and her target was in front of her. It was only a matter of getting him to stand still for just a moment, so she could do what she wanted, and who knows what it was.
Waving an arm up, Carla glanced back as Wendy's body glowed blue for a second, before a circle appeared underneath her.
"Armor!" She yelled. A flash of blue wrapped around her body as she prepared another motion.
"Vernier!" A sky blue aura then surrounded the previous one, presenting two glows of blue around Wendy's body as she licked her lips.
"It's time to go hunting…" She smiled deviously, making Carla gulp nervously. She had never seen the girl act or behave like this.
"W-Wendy?" She stuttered, noticing the girl's strange expression, but only to get ignored as Wendy rushed off towards Scythe. As Scythe stood up, he grunted as he got into a stance.
As she got closer, Wendy spun clockwise, doing a 180 and using the momentum to ignite a kick full of wind energy.
"Sky Dragon's Claw!" Kicking him with full force, Scythe quickly held his right arm up, using his left arm to support it as her shin pressed itself onto his forearm.
"Tch…!" Quickly lowering his body as he grunted in discomfort, Scythe went down onto the floor, but then using his body to spring himself up in an attempt to kick her face. Wendy's draconic reflexes however allowed her to skid right, dodging the blow.
Now standing face to face, Wendy's mood started to get wilder the longer she stared at Scythe. The latter wasn't able to express any visual emotion, but if examined closely, a bit of worry was written on his face. Charging forward, the two continued to attack one another, with Carla watching in awe of the sight.
"I guess it's not every day that you see a young boy and girl fighting with full emotion, or at least one of them is." She corrected herself.
With Wendy's enchantments, she was able to hold a slight advantage over Scythe, who actually seemed to be experienced in hand to hand combat. Now where could he gotten that from, even if it was for a short time? Anyhow.
Kick after kick with punch after punch, the sides seemed to be fairly equal, with Scythe's power in his male body matched by Wendy's slimmer body, which provided more agility. As the fight continued on.
(End Song…)
Carla's ears perked, as if they were warning her for something.
"Eh, what's going o—" She attempted to say.
Before her thoughts could be spoken out loud, a horrendous roar screeched across the land, making everyone in the vicinity crumble down in agony. As Scythe and Wendy clutched their ears in pain, but Scythe seemed too have been suffering from a stronger effect, most likely due to him trying resist the spell controlling him plus the loud noise.
Now, it was time. Despite the pain that lingered after the loud roar ended, Wendy's eyes feasted on Scythe, her pupils dilating even more as she approached him with a strange but affectionate smile. It was only then that Carla noticed her advancing on the boy.
'Wendy? What are doing?' She thought as Wendy went closer.
As the pain in Scythe started to alleviate, it was then that his eyes widened, gazing upon Wendy's face, who was staring at him with a look that didn't seem exactly normal on her. A look of a woman, or an animal, who prepared themselves for a night that one would never forget. But wasn't the case in this moment.
"Scythe…" She lifted her head for a moment, only to crash her face towards Scythe's, while pulling him down to her level, meeting her lips with his.
*Chuuu!*
If someone was watching, cute would've been the word they were looking for to describe this situation, with Wendy pressing her lips against Scythe's displaying an expression of love.
Both Scythe's and Carla's eyes widened at the act, with Scythe's in particular as his pupils started to flicker between blue, purple, and red. A muffled cry was heard from his mouth as Wendy continued the kiss, ending it only after a full minute. A brief aura of blue was wrapped around Scythe, dispelling the controlling aura of Brain's potion from his body.
With the two of them breathing heavily, Scythe could feel some kind of relief from his body, with his eye color slowly turning back to normal. His memories started to return. His actions of attacking his grandparents, and destroying them, but those emotions were blocked by the current predicament he found himself in right now.
"W-W-Wen—" The boy flushed red, but not before she pushed him down, tearing the part of his shirt around his shoulder. "Kyaaaaa!" He squealed as Wendy continued her assault. He had no idea what was happening, but once again, his eyes bug eyed as Wendy clomped down onto his neck, over the mark she left on him, biting into his neck.
*Chuuu!*
"Erk…!" Wincing a little as he closed an eye, Wendy remained in her position for a few seconds, sucking on it a little before lifting her head up. A thin line of saliva connected between her mouth and the newly bleeding mark. Scythe gulped as he looked at the Dragonslayer.
"W-Wendy… Are you alright?" He stuttered again, this time grasping her shoulders hesitantly. His face was fully red this time, as well as Wendy's.
"Ah, Scythe… Ale…?" Wendy's strange expression slowly returned to normal, with a look of confusion soon being replaced with major embarrassment as the two realize that their lips were right next to each other's.
"S-Scythe…?" She mumbled. The two blushed red, with a bit of steam burning off from the two of them.
"Wendy…what did you do just now?" Scythe asked hesitantly asked as he felt at the left side of his neck, which was bleeding a little bit. Wendy lowered her face, her eyes shadowed, but her cherry red expression fully shown as she moved her lips to his ears.
Whispering into his ears, Scythe's eyes widened for the umpteenth time as more steam furrowed off from his head. Wendy smiled cutely as she fidgeted her fingers, with Scythe also smiling a bit as he rubbed the back of his head. The two avoided their gazes at each other as Wendy got off him.
As she got off his legs, Scythe noticed that most of his clothes had been torn to shreds do to the multiple attacks he had received, not to mention a few scrapes and cuts from the flying debris that had been built up during the attack.
"Looks like I got a lot to catch up on." Scythe exclaimed.