"Ice Make: Ice Cannon!" Exclaimed the static ice make mage as he now held a large ice cannon in his arms. Without hesitation, he fired the cannon, sending a large, condensed ice blast hurtling through the air towards Ur.
"Ice Make: Shield!" Ur exclaimed as well, holding her hand forward as a solid shield of ice appeared before her. Ur expected the ice to tank the cannon blast rather well, but that was her mistake, as the ice shield was just barely unable to hold out, shattering as a result. This caused Ur to stumble back a few steps, which left her open for Juvia's incoming attack.
Juvia jumped forward, water swirling around her fist. "Water Punch!" The water mage yelled, throwing her fist towards Ur. Since Ur was still regaining her balance, the Water Punch struck her square in the chest, causing her to stumble back another step. Using this window of opportunity, Juvia swung her leg at Ur's side, which also connected, but Ur grabbed onto Juvia's leg after it hit, smirking slightly. Ur drew her fist back, throwing it at Juvia's chest, but since Juvia's body was made of water, Ur's fist just kinda stopped after it went into her chest, leaving Juvia with a cocky expression. "Juvia's body is made of water. Those kinds of attacks won't work."
"Who said I was trying to attack?" Ur asked with her own cocky expression. Before Juvia could react, Ur opened her hand, and after that, froze Juvia from the inside out, making her an ice sculpture.
"Juvia!" Gray shouted with widened eyes.
"Oh…my hand is stuck…" Ur blinked a few times as she tried to pull her hand out from the ice. "I didn't think this one through very well, did I?" After that, Ur shrugged, pulling her free hand back, creating a spiked ice hammer in her hand. "I wonder…if I break this ice, and it melts…will Juvia still be around~?"
"You're not going to get the chance to find out!" Gray bellowed, running forward with his fist in his palm. "Ice Make: Knuckles!" Rigid ice formed around Gray's knuckles, and he immediately swung at Ur, but she was able to block all of Gray's incoming strikes with her forearm. She didn't move from her spot, mainly because she was stuck inside Juvia. After a few seconds, Juvia's anger began to boil up, allowing her to thaw the ice with her increased body temperature. Juvia jumped back, allowing Gray to assault Ur freely now, but even so, he had a hard time. "Dammit…"
"She's strong…" Juvia mumbled while bringing a hand to her chest, wincing. Juvia couldn't go on in this battle for much longer, but she wanted to stay by Gray's side for as long as she could.
"Juvia…go…" Gray said while standing up straight.
"B-But…" Juvia protested.
"GO!" Gray shouted. "I can handle her by myself."
"Ice Make: Rose Garden!" Ur slammed her palms on the ground, sending a garden of beautiful roses with sharp thorns at Juvia and Gray. The attack struck true, sending both Gray and Juvia rolling across the ground, heavily damaged by the attack. "Sigh…" Ur shook her head slowly. "If that's all you've learned over the years…I suppose I wasn't really a good teacher after all. Or maybe you just weren't a good student…"
"D-dammit it all…" Gray struggled to say as he stood up slowly, swaying from side to side.
"Did you forget I was in the running for Wizard Saint?" Ur asked while approaching Gray.
"I don't care…" Gray replied.
Ur formed yet another rose blade as she approached Gray, just shaking her head. "Well, if that's how you feel, then I guess I "don't care" about the death of my star pupil." Ur gripped her blade preparing to finish off Gray, but just before she could, a snow tiger lunged at her, nearly clawing her side, but she noticed it at the last second, jumping back to avoid it. Though she dodged, her mini jacket was ripped, so she just threw it off. "…That was…"
"I think you should stop lying to Gray…" A shirtless Lyon said as he walked into the area, an arrogant smirk on his face. "We all know I'M the star pupil, anyway."
"Lyon…!" Gray couldn't help but smile slightly as he saw his fellow ice make brother. Though he chose to ignore the comment about the star pupil.
"Lyon-sama…" Juvia stood up slowly, a slight smile on her face.
"…Lyon, I thought you and your guild were blown sky high due to Jackal?" Inquired Ur as she crossed her arms, glancing at the dynamic ice make mage with confusion.
"If you think a lost little puppy is enough to get rid of Lamia Scale and myself, you must not know us well enough," Lyon replied as he stood next to his ice tiger.
"Juvia, Lyon and I can handle this now," Gray smirked slightly, standing back to back Lyon.
"Juvia understands!" Juvia gave a nod before running inside Tartaros Castle.
"Hm…My two students banding together against me?" Ur chuckled slightly. "I never thought I'd see the day…Well…shall we get started?"
"Gladly…" Lyon replied with a grin.
"Ice Make….!"
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Wendy swiped her hand at a ghost, creating a harsh trail of blue wind to follow. The ghost flew back from the attack, vanishing into nothing after. "Sky Dragon's Claw!" Wendy then turned, her cheeks puffed out as she aimed at a small cluster of cliché ghost. "Sky Dragon's Roar!" Exclaimed the young dragon slayer, throwing her head forward as she released a hurricane of sky blue wind to the ghostly creatures, an explosion occurring on impact.
A ghost made its way behind Wendy, preparing to strike, but Selene slid in quickly, slamming her diamond coated fist into the ghost, causing it to vanish on impact. The diamond slayer then turned to her right, only to be blown away by a ghost's blue fire. Thanks to her diamonds the blue fire didn't do much damage, hardly any. "What are these things…?" Selene asked as she shook off the impact from the fire.
"I don't know…" Wendy replied as she looked around. "But we have to beat them!"
"Hm…Those two are stronger than I thought…no matter…!" Hyde grinned, snapping his fingers. This caused the magic circle to unleash a large flurry of ghost that filled the room, surrounding both females.
"G-Gah!" Wendy yelped from surprise.
"They're everywhere…" Selene narrowed her eyes as she looked around the room. The ghost held their hands out, blue wisps of fire forming in their palms.
"They're about to fire…!" Wendy nearly shouted. And right after she did, a large rain of blue fire showered down on the girls.
"Not so fast…!" Selene spread her arms out, creating a diamond dome over her and Wendy, protecting them from the rain of blue fire. This blue fire was different from before. After impact, it left small embers on the diamond dome; these embers then exploded violently, causing a large crack to appear in the diamond shield, resulting in Selene's eyes widening. "No…!" The assault continued, and eventually a single ember slipped through the cracks in the diamond shield.
"Armor!" Wendy immediately shouted, causing a light to appear around her and Selene, just in the nick of time as the ember exploded violently from the inside, shattering the diamond shield, and sent Selene and Wendy flying back, now under the relentless assault of the ghosts and their blue fire with exploding embers. "AHH!"
"Excellent…" Hyde grinned.
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Cynthia swung her leg at Bluenote, who blocked the hit with little trouble. After this, Cynthia jumped back, allowing Cygnus to come with a gravity infused fist, but Bluenote managed to dodge that by jumping back. Cynthia then leapt frogged over Cygnus, her cheeks puffed out. "ROAR!" Cynthia bellowed, unleashing a funnel of dark red fire towards Blutenote.
"Push…" Bluenote spoke, holding his palm forward as a purple magic circle appeared, unleashing a gravity force so powerful it forced Cynthia's roar, Cynthia, and Cygnus back into the nearest wall.
"Gah!" Cynthia pried herself from the wall, growling in aggravation. "This guy is REALLY getting on my nerves…!"
"They don't call him the strongest mage of Grimoire Heart for nothin' I guess…" Cygnus said as he stood up, shaking off the impact.
"Well, I've had ENOUGH!" Cynthia screamed as she allowed dark red flames to cover her body. She then focused her flames around her hand, which turned into the shape of a dragon head. "Omega Fire Dragon's Drill!" Cynthia ran forward, allowing her flames to focus around her legs, which turned into the shape of a drill.
"….She can fly…" Bluentoe said as a sudden grin appeared on his face. He held his hand out as a purple magic seal appeared above Cynthia. "Fall!"
"RAH!" Cynthia yelled, the increase in gravity having no effect on her now. She jumped forward, feet first, and slammed her "drill" into Bluenote's chest, causing his eyes to widen. Cynthia then swung her leg up, slamming it into Bluenote's chin as she jumped back. "Secret Art: Omega Fire Dragon's Radiant Fang!" Cynthia spun around, slamming the flaming dragon head around her fist into Bluenote; the impact was that of an actual dragon slamming into something at full force. A dragon roar was even heard during the explosive impact, though it was unclear if it was from Cynthia or her attack.
"Holy…"! Cygnus' eyes widened at Cynthia's sudden combo.
When the smoke from the explosive impact cleared, Cynthia was panting, but she was still standing. It was Bluenote who was in KO, passed out underneath some rubble. "HA!" Cynthia threw her hands up in victory. "Score one for the good guys!" Her flames immediately died down, and Cygnus just stared in awe. In the next instant, a large demonic claw shot out from the shadows, striking Cygnus directly, leaving the gravity god near lifeless on the ground. "Cygnus!?"
"Oh, yes, perfect!" Hyde clapped to himself as he walked out of the shadows.
"W-Who are you!?" Cynthia asked as her flames lit up once again.
"You can call me the Dark Phantom," Hyde replied to Cynthia, chuckling darkly. "The script calls for the mortal injury of someone, so I choose this fine actor!"
"What…!?" Cynthia growled lowly, preparing to lung at Hyde.
"Oh, but wait!" Hyde halted Cynthia. "Shouldn't you be finding someone to heal this poor gravity god? You won't make it if you waste time on me, and he'll just slow you down if you try to carry him."
"TCH!" Cynthia kept her glare on Hyde. "You seem to know everything…"
"As the script writer, I need to. Now, you have plenty of time to find a healer," Hyde chuckled before pointing down the corridor he arrived from. "In fact, go down this way, and you may find someone! Ta-ta…" Hyde then vanished, leaving Cynthia alone.
"I'll be right back…!" Cynthia nodded to Cygnus and ran off. "Wendy or Aira…that must be whose down here…"
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Takeru and Laxus stood across from Arcturus. Laxus gazed at the darkness demon slayer with a confused look. "Wasn't he one of yours?"
"He was…" Takeru replied. "I guess Tartaros brought him back…in more ways than one…"
Arc chuckled at the two dragon slayers. "You two were foolish to come here…" Arc said in a low, menacing tone.
"You've got something that belongs to us," Laxus replied as he rolled his neck, a popping sound occurring as he did so. "A family member, to be exact. By doing this, you've become an enemy to Fairy Tail, and it's my job to crush my family's enemies."
"I'm skipping the warm up…" Takeru said as he immediately entered his Darkness Shadow Dragon mode, hos body turning pitch black in color, and jet black wings sprouted form his back.
"Is that so…?" Laxus smirked slightly, allowing sparks to dance uncontrollably around his body, which slowly began to bulk up. Scales appeared on his arms, and his pupils vanished, leaving his eyes pure white.
"Is that how it is?" Arc smirked as he felt the magic power rise from Laxus and Takeru. "I can give you a little present then…" As Arc spoke, he slowly began to unwrap the bandages from around his eyes.
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"I got the doll!" Luke shouted as he waved the steel covered Mr. Cursey around, causing Kain to fly in all sorts of directions.
"GIVE IT BACK!" Kain shouted, though tears were comically falling from his eyes as he spoke.
"Toss it here!" Gajeel shouted.
"Go long!" Luke reared his arm back, then threw Mr. Cursey towards Gajeel.
"Giehe!" Gajeel grinned, snagging the doll out of the air, noticing that Kain followed the doll's movements. "Ohh…steel…" Gajeel's grin widened and he opened his mouth, chowing down on the steel Mr. Cursey. Of course, Kain felt the sensation of being eaten since his hair was still in the doll, which caused him tremendous amounts of pain. Gajeel swallowed the door, pulling off Kain's hair from his tongue after. "Gross…"
Luke quickly formed a large ball of fire and lightning above his head, wasting no time in throwing it forward after creation. "Dazzling Blaze of the Lightning Flame Dragon!" Once the sphere connected with Kain, it exploded, sending Kain flying through the wall, obviously in KO. The runes around the room went down after. "Finally…"
"Not bad, kid," Gajeel said while giving Luke a slight thumbs up. "You're annoying, but not as annoying as Salamander."
"I try," Luke smirked before giving Gajeel a slight wave. "Now, if you excuse me, there's someone I need to save ASAP!" Luke nodded, and then sprinted off.
"Weird kid…" Gajeel turned around, looking at all of the many paths to choose. "Hm…I choose…number one." Gajeel nodded and sprinted down that path.
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From the back side of the castle, a White Dragon and Shadow Dragon's roar blew the walls open. Sting, Rogue, Rufus, and Orga stepped inside the dark guild, looking around. "Alright, split up!" Sting shouted. "Rogue and I will take one path, and you guy will take the other. We have to rescue Yukino ASAP!"
"Right!" Orga nodded, immediately heading down one path.
"I wish you two the best of luck…" Rufus nodded, heading into the pathway next to Orga's.
"Alright, you ready, Rogue?"
"Ready…" Rogue replied, giving Sting a slight nod. The two dragon slayers went down one hallways together. "I wonder what they want with Yukino…" Rogue said aloud.
"I heard they have a celestial mage around here…" Sting replied. "I bet she wants Yukino's keys…That's why they took her. But, they're going to see why that was a mistake in the first place…nobody messes with Sabertooth!"
"Agreed…" Rogue gave a nod, and the two entered yet another open room, though there were no Tartaros, Grimoire Heart, or Silent Sanctum members to be spotted. "No one's here…"
"I wanted to teach someone a lesson Twin Dragon's style…but that can wait until we rescue Yukino…" Sting nodded, immediately gunning for the exit of the room…..only to slam into a wall of runes. "Gah!"
"Runes…" Rogue shook his head slowly, approaching the runes. He placed a hand on them so he could read them. "When one falls, the runes will open."
"When one falls…?" Sting blinked a few times. "But…there's only two of us he-…."
"They want us to fight each other…" Rogue replied.
"That's how it is, huh…?" Sting smirked slightly before taking a few steps back away from Rogue. "They really got all the details of their plan down…"
"Why are you smiling…?" Rogue asked as he took a few steps away from Sting.
"Because, you're finally gonna give me that fight you owe me!" Sting replied. "No holding back, right?" After Sting spoke, a white aura appeared around his body as he entered his White Drive.
"I suppose so…" Rogue responded with a nod, entering his Shadow Drive state, causing his hair to spoke up somewhat, and his eyes to turn blazing red. "No holding back…we wouldn't make if very far if we did, anyway…" Rogue nodded once again as he spoke, preparing to take on his partner in a fight to the finish. However, Rogue wasn't aware of the red glow in the eye of his Shadow. The glow of evil.
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At a different side of the castle, Kagura, the ace of Mermaid Heel, made her way through. None of Mermaid Heel had been captured, but she decided that she would personally deal with Tartaros for all the trouble they've been causing lately. "I can assist Erza at the very least..." Kagura nodded to herself and took a path she believed Erza would be at.
After Kagura left, Hyde appeared in the spot she had entered from, tapping his chin. "I don't recall her being a part of this script...But...that may not be a bad thing..." Hyde then chuckled, getting an excellent idea. "Oh...yes...that would work perfectly...I'll see to it that she doesn't get lost..."
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"Bah, here we are…" Zancrow rudely tossed Tsami and Melanie into a cell, dusting his hands off after. "Okay, you can leave now, Jikan."
"It's not wise to tell your superiors what to do, Zancrow," Jikan said as he turned around.
"Whatever…I just want to kill someone already, is that so bad!?" Zancrow replied.
"I suppose not," Jikan shrugged before walking off. "It's about time I found Aloy…"
"Now's our chance..." Rylo whispered to Taranis and Alexander, who were hiding in a portal Alexander created.
"Three on one? Perfect odds..." Alexander chuckled.
Zancrow sighed, shaking his head a few times. "Idiots..." Zancrow then formed a ball of black fire around his hand, and hurled it forward towards Rylo, causing a black explosion which blew Rylo back, and brought Alexander and Taranis out of hiding. "You thought I didn't notice you?"
"G-Gah?" Rylo shook his head, shaking off the impact.
"How the hell did you get passed those runes?" Zancrow asked. "Only one from each guild was supposed to be able to pass through."
"Runes are like a security system, right?" Rylo started as a smug grin formed on his face. "Well, when you're an ex thief like myself, runes are nothing!"
"So you broke through the runes, eh?" Zancrow chuckled for a few seconds before his black flames formed around his body. "Well, good for you.. As a reward, I'll burn you all to ash!" And with that, Zancrow's chuckle turned into his staple psychotic laughter.
"This guy's crazy...I can already tell..." Alexander scoffed.
"This won't be like back at the guild..." Taranis stated as he formed a blade of electricity in his hands.
"Flame God's Bellow!" Zancrow roared, unleashing a roaring vortex of black flames upon the three Twilight Zone mages.