Tails here with Chapter 3 of Black Flame Ruby, I have made the decision to solely focus on this story for the time being. The next chapter will be a while, since I stopped watching the series at the Edolas Arc, and a decision is giving me trouble, being Should Ruby have an Edolas Counterpart, and if so, what should her personality be like.
I do not own RWBY, Fairy Tail or Monster Hunter, they belong to Rooster Teeth, Hiro Mashima and Capcom.
Please enjoy.
As the group of Ruby, Wendy, Erza, and Natsu are running towards the beam of light, they are talking. "So Ruby, what was your Dragon Parent, this Fatalis like?" Natsu asks.
"Well, my dad was a loner, though in this case, loner means he hates all life, but not in the same way as Acnologia, whose entire existence is now dedicated to the eradication of all life on Earthland. My father, sequestered himself to the Island of Abrus, an Island whose weakest monsters are high A-Class at the weakest, and well beyond S-Class at the strongest." Ruby says.
"What do you mean by, well beyond S-Class?" Erza asks.
"As I said, even the weakest creatures on Abrus are bordering S-Class, the strongest ones, are known as Elder Beings, some of the oldest beings in our World, My father was one of them, being the oldest being in our world, their Magical Ability is on an entirely different level of any other being to exist on our planet, they're considered living and breathing forces of nature." Ruby explains, shocking Erza and Natsu.
"How many of them are there?" Erza asks.
"I'm not sure, I only know of the existence of a few of them, given, all of Earthland knows of one of them, being the Celestial Spirit King, though my dad said he's considered the weakest of the Elder Beings." Ruby says.
"Have you met any others?" Natsu asks.
"Yeah, four, three of which are some more of the oldest Dragons in existence, but the one that isn't a dragon is the Thunder Emperor Kirin, he looks like a unicorn, and he controls lightning, dad said no human or lightning dragon can, could or will ever come close to the power of even, Kirin's weakest attacks. Then there are three of the Elder Dragon's, first is the Death Dragon, Nergigante the Ruiner." Ruby says.
"The Death Dragon?" Erza asks.
"Yeah, a Dragon that uses Death magic. Then there's the Elemental Dragon, Alatreon, Dad says he's the only dragon to ever naturally wield multiple elements. And the last is Safi'Jiiva, the Bioenergy Dragon." Ruby says.
"Bioenergy?" Erza and Natsu ask.
"I'm not completely sure what it is, but Dad explained to me that it's pretty much something beyond pure Magic." Ruby explains.
"So, is it like an energy version of Lacrima?" Natsu asks.
"I don't really know, both Mom and Dad told me, anything that found itself in the way of Safi'Jiiva's Roar would be incinerated in milliseconds, even Lacrima. Mom conjectured it might be something along the lines of extremely potent and refined Life Energy, that all Elder beings have access to,." She explains.
"Is that the reason, they've lived so long?" Erza asks.
"I honestly think it is." Ruby says.
"Wait, as Fatalis's Dragon Slayer, doesn't that mean you now have some Bioenergy as well?" Natsu asks.
"Yeah, Mom and Dad both say that my life expectancy is now, likely a few hundred years, and that I'll probably stop aging when I hit 45." She says, and after a few minutes speaks up again. "Natsu, can I ask you something?" She asks.
"Sure." He replies.
"What's it like being Igneel's Dragon Slayer?" She asks.
"What do you mean?" He asks, confused.
"I mean, what's it like being Dragon royalty?" She asks, shocking Erza and confusing Natsu even more, and she notices it. "Wait, you're the Dragon Slayer for Igneel, but you don't even know who your father is. Igneel is the Fire Dragon King, making you essentially the Fire Dragon Prince." Ruby says, shocking Natsu and Erza even more.
"What does that mean?" Erza asks.
"Igneel was the strongest of all the Fire Dragons, that wasn't my Dad or a number of other Fire Elder Dragons, aside from one Dragon that could rival him, Atlas Flame, the Hell Flame Dragon, which actually shows how hot Igneel's flames really were, since a regular Fire Dragon normally wouldn't even come close to the heat of Dragons like a Purgatory or Hell Flame Dragon. It also means Igneel was the leader of all Fire based Draconics, before the Dragon Wars started 400 hundred years ago, when all Draconics were split into three camps, those who wanted to live peacefully alongside Humans, those who only saw Humans as food, and those who didn't care either way." Ruby explains.
"So, why didn't Carla come with us?" Natsu asks.
"Like how Ruby and I see Yang and Carla as little sisters, Yang and Carla see each other as sisters, when one of them is out of commission; they won't leave the other alone." Wendy says which both Erza and Natsu smile at that.
[With the rest of the Alliance]
We see the two suited men, Gray, Lyon and Sherry heading into the forest. "Where are you guys going?" Lucy asks.
"Ren and Eve are going out to find Master Ichiya." Hibiki says.
"And we're going to find Jura." Lyon says.
"Gray?" She asks.
"I'm going after Flame-Brain." Gray says
"Then you're going with us and the cats, going after the group, going towards Nirvana and Jellal." Hibiki says, and everyone nods, Lucy picks up Yang, while Happy and Carla bring out their wings, flying after the group heading towards Nirvana. After 15 minutes they stop, seeing Angel.
"Well aren't I lucky." Hibiki says, sweating a bit.
[With the Dragon Slayers and Erza]
As they are running, they take notice of how all the trees are going from full of life, to dark and gnarled. "So I was right, Nirvana was sealed into this area of the Worth Woodsea. This area always felt wrong to me, though I always noticed something here also thrummed with power." Ruby says, then Wendy stops.
"He's up ahead, I also smell Cobra and Brain." Wendy says.
"Hey Ruby." Natsu says.
"Yeah?" Ruby asks
"You know you need to be careful, your Magic is still turbulent and you could faint from Magic Exhaustion." He says.
"Yeah, I know." She says.
"No offense, Natsu, but you're acting a lot smarter than usual." Erza says.
"I know, and I know between you, Lucy, Gray and I, I'm the least intelligent, but this is a Dragon Slayer thing, you have to know this is stuff I'm knowledgeable about." He says.
"Fair point." "She says, and they walk into a clearing to see Jellal with an intricate magic seal on his chest, and on the beam of light, coming out of the ground.
"Really, boy, I'm the one who created and taught you this spell, and you try to use it against me." Brain sneers, swiping his hand, and both spell circles glow and shatter.
"No!" Jellal says, shocked, Brain raises his staff, gathering magic for a Dark Rondo.
"No you don't, Dragon's Slash!" Ruby yells, unsheathing the Wakizashi, which is engulfed in black Flames, she swipes creating a condensed Arc of Black Flames, forcing Brain and Jellal to jump out of the way, and Cobra jumps on his flying snake.
"Awaken Nirvana, and reveal your true form!" Brain yells, and in an eruption of dirt the second stage of Nirvana activates, and when the dirt cloud disappears we see a giant city that has 6 spider-like legs.
[Lucy's Group]
Hibiki is unconscious, Lucy, Gray, and Happy, are shocked seeing Nirvana, while Carla is staring at Angel in anger whose holding the unconscious Yang, she has a malicious smirk on her face seeing Nirvana. "Let her go!" Carla seethes, as a surprising amount of Magic surges through her, shocking all of them. "Wind Form." She mutters, appearing several feet behind Angel, holding Yang with one arm and the other pointed at Angel, as a magic circle appears above Angel. "Wind Knight's Shredding Spiral!" She seethes, as a large tornado rips down from the Magic Circle, as Angel screams in pain, after a few minutes the spell ends, showing Angel on the ground covered in hundreds of gashes and caked in blood.
"Holy crap!" Lucy says, shocked.
"The five of us have something that makes us similar to you Fairy Tail Mages, you don't mess with our family." Carla says, looking back at them.
"Five of you?" Gray asks.
"Yes, the four of us, and Siora, the Mother figure for the four of us, though Ruby and Yang do see her as their mom." She says, and he nods encasing Angel, up to her neck, in Ice.
[Ruby's Group]
The five of them are in the middle of a street, with Erza getting up, while Ruby, Wendy and Natsu are sprawled out on the ground looking sick. Ruby sticks a wobbling hand out, and a first aid kit appears in a flash. "Are you trying to get something, Ruby?" Erza asks." Erza asks.
"Mo-mo-motion si-si-sickness pi-pills, kit, in th-the go-gold po-pouch." Ruby says, falling on the ground.
"Motion sickness pills?!" Erza says shocked, opening the first aid kit and opening the gold pouch, and grabbing three green, marble sized spheres, and gives each Dragon Slayer one, and after a few minutes the three of them get up, looking much better, though Natsu is still retching a bit.
"What did I just swallow?" Natsu asks.
"That was a motion sickness pill; Mom made them for Wendy and I. They taste horrible, but at least transportation won't affect us for the next few hours." Ruby explains, then sniffs the air and looks towards the center of the city, at a small but towering building. "Brain and Cobra are there." She says point at the building, and they nod and start moving, but Ruby notices Jellal is still sitting and looking at the ground. "What are you doing still sitting, didn't you want to stop them." She says, and the other three look.
"What's the use, I failed, and what use am I without any memories, I wouldn't even know what I know, that he taught me." Jellal says, Erza walks over to him, and picks him up by the front of his shirt, glaring.
"You have crimes you have to pay for, I don't care how weak you think you are, true Mages overcome that." Erza says.
"I failed to stop Nirvana, it's all over!" Jellal yells, he's then punched and thrown through a building.
"You failed, it's all over, I didn't think you'd be such a crybaby! You're alive aren't you, and we're still after them, aren't we? We'll only fail if we give up, and it's only over if all 16 of us are taken down, which won't happen!" Ruby yells, and he sits up to find her Wakizashi pointed at his face. "Get up, you may not remember it, but you were a member of the Ten Wizard Saints, you have skills in there somewhere that these guys fear, find a way to bring them out or leave. I don't know a damn thing about you, but Wendy says the real you, is someone who wouldn't let these guys get away with their plan, even Scarlett, says the real you wouldn't allow this, prove them right or prove them wrong, it's something only you can do." She says, sheathing her Wakizashi, when they hear clapping, they look over and see Cobra, sitting on his flying snake, and smirking.
"Amazing speech, but that fool is worthless, no matter what side he's on." Cobra says, not seeing the flash of anger or the glimmer of, what can only be described as, remembrance in Jellal's eyes, and in a gold glow appears beside Cobra, landing a kick to his face, launching Cobra down the street.
"You Dragon Slayers can be really annoying sometimes, y'know." Jellal says, then the snake goes to bite him but it's kicked away by Wendy.
"Ruby, Erza and Natsu, you three go on ahead; Jellal and I will deal with Cobra and the Snake." Wendy says, with look of determination in her eyes, that Ruby notices, Erza goes to ask if she's sure, but Ruby cut's her off.
"Fine, but you better win." Ruby says, shocking Natsu and Erza, and Wendy nods, the three run of towards the center of the city.
"Are you sure about that, Ruby?" Natsu asks.
"Yes, I've only seen that much determination in Wendy's eyes a couple times, there was no talking her out of it, and it's a fight she feels she needs to do herself." Ruby explains.
"But she's fighting alongside Jellal." Erza says.
"I know, I think he has something to do with her decision to fight, you can't imagine how angry Wendy was when we learned of what Jellal had done, and what the Council was saying about him." Ruby says.
[Wendy and Jellal Vs Cobra and Cubellios]
"Are you sure about this Wendy, while not a lot has come back, I remember Cobra is a dangerous opponent even for me, because of his poison." Jellal says, and she nods, as a magic circle appears under her.
"Ile Vernier, Ile Arms, Ile Armor!" Wendy chants, and she glows, Cobra and his snake come out of the rubble.
"You two, really, Poison Dragon's Scales!" Cobra chant's, swinging his arm, and a red magic circle appears, as dozens of scale-shaped masses of poison are shot at the two of them, but they both disappear, and Jellal appears beside him.
"Meteor!" Jellal says, hitting Cobra with an assaulting flurry of blows, throwing him back again. "It doesn't matter if you know what we're going to do, if you can't keep up with us." He says, and Wendy appears ahead of him, with a large buildup of Magic.
"Verdant Tempest: Sky Dragon's Fist!" Wendy yells, hitting Cobra with a flurry of punches, each causing a concussive blast of air pressure behind Cobra, launching him back, spitting up blood, and Cubellios catches him, and he growls in anger, and a red Magic Circle appears, and a lot of poison mist flows out.
"Red Hell: Hydra's Miasma!" He seethes.
"Sky Dragon's Mail!" She yells, activating her wind armor, and the mist is pushed away from her, and the snake breathes out a massive cloud of poison that Cobra sucks up. "Ah crap, I should've expected that." She mutters, Cobra appears in front of her, upside down.
"Poison Dragon's Spiral Jaw!" Cobra yells, as his feet erupt in a flare of poison mist, and spins trying to hit her, but her wind armor knocks him back.
"Pleiades!" Jellal yells, throwing an arm up, and six rays of light fall from the sky impacting into Cobra and crushing him into the ground, but then Cubellios coils around him, and a growling Cobra appears and grabs his face.
"Poison Dragon's Grip Strike!" Cobra screams, releasing a blast of poison fumes, he then kicks Jellal away. Jellal gets up, but he's wobbly, and Cobra is rushing towards him.
"Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy screams, spitting out a hurricane, and hits Cobra, launching him back, she then appears beside him. "Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang, Grip Strike!" She yells, slamming him into the ground with her fingertips, she then grabs the back of his head, and a small tornado erupts around the two of them, and after a few seconds she jumps back, both dodging Cubellios and getting between them and Jellal. Cobra is getting up within the coiled visage of Cubellios.
(Tch, I really underestimated that little brat, and my damn poison ain't even affecting her because of that wind Armor!) Cobra thinks annoyed.
"What's wrong Jellal?" Wendy asks, seeing him panting heavily.
"The poison, it's faster acting than I thought it'd be, though this Miasma isn't helping." Jellal says.
"Oh, I guess I forgot about the poison altogether, since my Sky Dragon's Mail is keeping the Miasma away from me and he can't touch me, with it active either." She says, closing her eyes to think. (I have an idea, but it's stupid, but if it does succeed, Ruby, Carla, Yang, Siora, Roubaul and probably Natsu will be mad at me.) She thinks, sighing and deactivating her Mail, shocking both Cobra and Jellal, and after a few deep breaths, starts inhaling all of the Miasma, after a minute all the Miasma is gone, but now Wendy has red streaks under her eyes, she then points a wobbling hand towards Jellal. "Raise." She says, and Jellal glows for a few seconds, and he no longer feels the effect of the Poison.
"Why would you do this, you could die?!" Jellal yells.
"Honestly, you're still stronger than me and him, and it may be naive but I don't believe you're anything like what the Council said, but you should know to never put a Dragon Slayer down." Wendy says, falling down, and Cobra busts out laughing.
"Oh my god, that is the stupidest thing I've ever seen and heard, this girl is really stupid trading her maggot life for yours." Cobra says laughing, not seeing Jellal glare at him, he appears in front of him with his hand held out to Cubellios, releasing a blast of gold, blasting the snake through several buildings. "Cubellios!" He yells, when he's punched in the face, Jellal then appears beside him, bashing him into a wall, creating a small crater, then goes into a continuous assault, that is making the crater bigger, he then jumps back, with his left hand open, palm up and fingers spread, and his right hand on the left palm with just the index and middle finger spread, the others are balled.
"Grand Chariot!" Jellal rages, and 7 Magic Circles appear in the sky, and seemingly connect creating a constellation, as 7 blasts of light erupt from the Magic Circles, each hitting Cobra, creating a dust cloud, he turns back and walks towards Wendy, when he hears rubble shift, he looks back to see a very battered Cobra standing there, his coat is little more than shreds, and his eyes are bloodshot.
"YOU'RE DEAD, POISON DRAGON'S ROAR!" Cobra rages, spitting the mist beam, Jellal is shocked when Wendy jumps in front of him, he yells at her to get out of the way, but he and Cobra are shocked to hear slurping.
"I'll be honest, that tasted much better than I was expecting." Wendy says, almost joyously. "Now, Poisoned Sky Dragon's Iron Fist, Claw, Crushing Fang, Grip Strike!" She yells, slamming a fist surrounded by a crimson tornado in his stomach, then kicking him with a foot surrounded by that same tornado, then slamming him into the ground with tips of her crimson glowing fingers, then grabs his face and a crimson tornado erupts around them, she then jumps back by Jellal, and to there shock Cobra wobbles up. "You should've stayed down, Poisoned Sky Dragon's Roar!" She screams, with a hand in front of her swollen mouth, as a green and Crimson Magic circle appears, and a Crimson hurricane erupts from the circle, hitting Cobra, throwing him through several buildings.
"Are you alright Wendy, and how'd you do that? I thought Dragon Slayers could only consume their own element?" Jellal asks, she looks back at him, and he sees her new changes, there are crimson streaks across her body, her sclera are crimson while her normally brown eyes are pale green, and he notices her hair is slightly shaggy, and she sighs.
"What I did was a very risky gamble, my Aunt once told me that if a Dragon Slayer consumes the element of another type of Dragon Slayer, they could gain the ability to use a Dual Element. In this case I'm no longer a Sky Dragon Slayer, but a Poisoned Sky Dragon Slayer, though it'll be a long while before I can use Poison Dragon Slayer Magic on its own." Wendy explains, returning to normal and falling on her butt in exhaustion.
"How much of a Gamble are you talking about?" He asks.
"Well, Aunty told me, that in the history of Dragon Slayers, there's only been four Dragon Slayers who succeeded, most others have died. And if my Gamble failed, I would've died in absolute agony, or I would've been in absolute agony for months, had I survived." She explains.
"And Ruby would've killed me, but I have to say it myself, what you did was very stupid, you could've killed yourself!" He yells, she nods, and he sighs. "Are you alright?" He asks.
"Not really, Dual Element Mode is especially taxing on both Magic Core and Body, on first use." She explains.
"Ah, you guys are alive, if not a little worse for wear." They hear, and look over to see Hoteye, and Jellal gets between him and Wendy, ready to fight, while Wendy forces herself back up, but she's wobbling.
"Hold on, he's on our side." Wendy hears Jura yell, who runs up with Lyon and Sherry in tow.
"So he was changed by Nirvana?" Jellal asks, calming down.
"Yes, are you alright Lady Wendy?" Jura asks, and Wendy falls on her butt again.
"Yes… just… did… something stupid." Wendy says, requipping what looks like a Lacrima, she crushes it in her hand, and they feel a large burst of magic, as a large tornado appears in front of her, then the tornado disappears, she sighs and stands up. "That's better, let's go, the others are going after Brain, if you're on our side Hoteye, then that means Brain is all that stands in the way of us being done with this mission." She says.
"Just call me Richard, that's my real name, and yes, that is the truth, Brain is all that's left." Richard says, and they nod, after a few minutes, they notice Wendy stop with a distressed look in her eyes.
"What's wrong Wendy?" Sherry asks.
"This direction that Nirvana is heading, it's the direction of Cait Shelter." Wendy says, shocking them.
"That makes sense, your Guild is the descendants of the Nirvit's, the people who made Nirvana, Brain is likely planning to get rid of the people that probably know how to reseal Nirvana." Richard says, and Wendy runs towards the center building.
"I won't let that happen!" She screams, and they run after her, after a few minutes, they get to the foot of the building and see Brain fighting Natsu and Erza, with Ruby off to the side, a hand in the air, and concentrating her Magic. (If she uses that spell, with her Magic in the turbulent state it's in, she'll be out for the rest of the Mission!) She thinks shocked, then Ruby's eyes snap open.
"Bane Of Life… Herald Of Ruin… With Sight Of These Flames… Black Flame Dragon's Ruinous Flame!" Ruby Chant's, as a giant ball of fire appears over her hand, she then throws it at Brain when Erza and Natsu, jump back, he puts his hand out and they see a bunch of screens, like Hibiki's Archive, appear in front of him, they stop the ball for a minute but it breaks through, though smaller, and they hear a scream of pain. When the fire is gone, they see all the stone in the area of impact is practically boiling liquid, Brain is face down in a puddle of it, heavily burned, and his coat is completely burned away..
"Damn, even my fire can't do that." Natsu says, impressed.
"Natsu, do you think that was her magic's variant of your Brilliant Flame?" Erza asks, and it's at this point that Lucy's group appears, and Ichiya and the last two suited guys appear as well.
"Hey guys, so everyone's here?" Lucy asks, but those who just got her are shocked seeing Richard.
"It's fine, he's on our side now." Jura says
"Carla, Yang." Ruby say's, wobbling over to them, when they hear it.
"DARK CAPRICCIO!" Brain yells, and a green beam is racing towards Ruby, but those who just got here are still shocked, when Richard pushes Ruby out of the way, taking the hit himself, and being thrown through several buildings. They look over to Brain, and see the last of the lines on his face fading away, and he smirks, triumphantly. "I leave everything… to you… Zero." Brain mutters, falling forward.
"Looks like he used whatever he had left in that attack." Gray says.
"I don't think this is over." Wendy says, as she and Carla run to the unconscious Ruby.
"Why?" Sherry asks.
"When Brain fell, he said something. 'I leave everything to you Zero'." Wendy says, checking Ruby over.
"Well, that's… ominous." Lucy says, scared, and they all hear cackling, they look and see Brains staff floating in the air.
"You should be scared, you've all let loose a true evil, those markings that were on Brains face, they were Body Link Magic, used to seal away Brain's other Personality, Zero, a being of total destruction." The staff says, cackling, and then they all feel a massive spike of Magic, and the ground is shaking. They all look over to see 'Brain' standing up outlined in a green glow, in a way his upper body is shadowed, his eyes are just glowing red orbs.
[Cait Shelter]
"Guy's Nirvana is on the way!" A guild member yells, and everyone looks and freaks out.
"Master!" Another guild member yells.
"I know, I can sense it, but we have nothing to worry about, both Ruby and Wendy are there, and Siora is close." Roubaul says.
"Lady Siora is back!?" Another guild member says.
[Alliance]
We see all the members of the Alliance, except Jura, Natsu, Erza and Wendy, are on the ground battered and beaten, across from them is the staff and 'Brain', except now he has light skin, his eyes are blood red and his hair is wavy. "So you're Zero." Erza says, and he chuckles.
"Dark Capriccio!" He yells, holding his hand out, blasting Jura away, and Erza Requips her Purgatory Armor and large mace, Natsu and Wendy rush him, with Wendy shocking Natsu by going into her new Poisoned Sky Dragon Mode.
"Fire Dragon's/Poisoned Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!" The two of them yell, with Wendy reaching him first slamming and knocking him back, then Natsu reaches him knocking him back further, making him laugh, then Erza swings the mace launching him through multiple buildings, Jura then sticks his hand out.
"Rock Avalanche!" Jura yells, sending all of the rubble at him, and slamming into him and slamming him into the ground. "Supreme King Rock Crush!" He yells, as even more rubble crushes down on him, he then slams his palms together, and all of the rubble compresses down crushing Zero even more, then exploding into pebbles.
"There's no way he can get back up from that, right?" Wendy asks.
"Not sure, but Wendy, that form, you didn't do what I think you did, did you?" Natsu asks, pretty seriously, when they hear cackling, they look over and see Zero getting up, cackling madly.
"Klodoa, deal with the trash, while I'm taking out the trash." Zero says.
"Yes, Master Zero, FIRE NIRVANA!" The staff yells, as a massive ball of Magic appears in front of Nirvana, and after a few seconds, fire's a giant beam at Cait Shelter.
"NO!" Wendy screams, but everyone is shocked when the beam appears to hit a barrier, but Zero notices something that shocks even him.
"That barrier isn't blocking Nirvana's blast, it's absorbing it!" Zero yells.
"But, but how!?" Klodoa screams, then Zero feels a Magic signature behind him.
"Who's there!?" Zero screams, turning around to see Siora glaring at him.
"You know, I don't appreciate you and your Guild attacking my Daughters, their friends, and my home." She says, snapping her fingers, and the legs of Nirvana explode into chunks of rubble and what looks like giant chunks of shattered Lacrima.
"What!?" Zero yells.
"Aunty!" Wendy yells, happy.
"Hello Darling, give me a minute to deal with this cretin." Siora says.
"Is she crazy, fighting this guy by herself!" Erza says, but her and Natsu's eyes widen when Siora's Magic Manifests.
"It's like… there's no end!" Natsu says, shocked.
"I didn't expect this, but it changes nothing, you have form, so I'll destroy you!" Zero yells, cackling, when Siora snaps her fingers and a white magic circle appears above Zero.
"Expel." Siora says, and a white Beam bursts out of the Magic Circle, hitting Zero, after 5 minutes the beam peters out, showing Zero laying on the ground, unconscious, with another snap of her fingers, Klodoa is ripped asunder. "There we go." She says, walking over to Wendy, Who she slaps when she gets there. "You're lucky I'm more worried about you, right now, than I am angry, or I'd ground you for a whole year, for this stunt you've pulled." Siora says, and Wendy looks down, when Siora motions to Wendy still being in her Dual Element Mode.
"So you know how dangerous becoming a Dual Element Dragon Slayer is?" Natsu asks.
"Of course, Salamander, I'm the one who told Wendy about it and its dangers in the first place." Siora says.
"How dangerous could it be, Natsu, since even you're being completely serious about it?" Erza asks.
"Erza, attaining a Dual Element, has more often than not, ended in the Death of any and all Dragon Slayers, who've attempted it." Natsu explains.
"Yes, Titania, Consuming another Dragon Slayer's Element, is like poison to Dragon Slayers, quite literal in this case, since Wendy consumed a Poison Dragon Slayer's Poison." Siora says.
"What about you Natsu, when you ate that crystal of Ethernano?" Erza asks.
"While stupid, any sufficiently powerful Dragon Slayer could easily overpower the other elements in crystalized Ethernano, by mixing their magic with the fragment of their Element already in the crystal, I'm sure Wendy and Ruby could both do it with ease." Siora explains. "Now, Wendy, let go of that form before you faint from Magic exhaustion, we need to tend to our allies." She says, and Wendy nods, going back to normal, and they tend to each member of the alliance, Jellal and Richard. We see an unconscious Ruby being piggybacked by Siora, as they are walking away from Nirvana. "I see that Ruby went berserk." She says.
"Yeah, Yang and I, uh, got kidnapped, they needed me to Heal Jellal, but he ended up against them, since he has no memory." Wendy explains.
"Yes, Ethernano overload and no longer being brainwashed will do that to a person." Siora says, shocking everyone. "Yeah, Jellal, you may not remember it, but you and I've met a few times, I immediately knew you were a brainwashed Pawn, likely by that girl Ultear." She reveals.
"Then why didn't you ever do anything about it?" Erza asks.
"Tch, the Magic Councils Incompetency isn't my problem." SIora says, when they step into a clearing, and are trapped in a barrier. "Really?" She says, snapping her fingers, and the barrier shatters, as they are surrounded by Rune Knights.
"I apologize, if you took offense, Lady Siora, but we simply wished to grab the Oracion Seis member known as Hoteye and the Fugitive Jellal Fernandez." Says a slim man, with tied back, black hair, lavender eyes, the attire of a high ranking Magic-Council associate and glasses.
"No offense Lahar, but when it comes to Jellal there are a few things you need to be aware of, before the council can properly judge him." She says.
"And that would be?" Lahar asks.
"It is highly likely that former Councilwoman Ultear had been Brainwashing Jellal, the entire time." She says, shocking all the knights.
"Right, well I'll make sure that is taken into consideration." He says, as both Jellal and Richard are cuffed and taken to a carriage.
"Ah, wait Sir Richard!" Jura says, catching Richard's attention.
"Yes Jura?" Richard asks.
"You said the only reason you were a part of the Oracion Seis was so you could find your brother. I shall take it upon myself to find him in your stead, can you tell me his name?" Jura asks, shocking Richard .
"His name is Wally, Wally Buchanan." Richard says, shocking Erza and Natsu.
"Wally, I'm friends with him, he's currently traveling the continent." Erza says, making Richard cry in happiness. "Jellal, are you sure about this?" She asks, looking at Jellal.
"Yes, Brainwashed or not, I feel I need to do some time." Jellal says, as he and Richard get on the carriage.
{Next Morning}
We see Ruby on a bed, and her eyes open, she sits up and looks around, confused. "I'm home?" She mutters.
"You're finally awake Dear." Siora says.
"Mama, uhm, what happened, with the mission and the others?" Ruby asks.
"Everyone is fine, and the mission was a success. Now get dressed, Roubaul has something he needs to say to the Alliance, and he won't until you're up and about." Siora says, but Ruby doesn't see her look to the side.
"K Mom." Ruby says, getting out of bed and requipping into an undamaged copy of her outfit. The two of them leave their house to see the Alliance members.
"You're fine, Lady Ruby?" Jura asks.
"Yes, Mister Jura, I'm fine, just exhausted my turbulent and uncontrollable Magic with my Black Flame Dragon's Ruinous Flame." She says, then looks at Roubaul. "You were waiting for me to wake up, to say something, Master." She says.
"Yes, Nabura, Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Ruby, Yang, Wendy, Carla and eventually Siora. I thank you, for defeating the Oracion Seis, and the destruction of Nirvana. Thank you, a Nabura, thank you!" Roubaul says.
"Thanks for the appreciation, Master Roubaul, but it was Ruby and Wendy that did most of the work." Erza says, and he nods.
"I must tell you now, we are not the descendants of the Nirvit Tribe, but those very Nirvits ourselves, the one who built Nirvana 400 years ago was me." Roubaul says, shocking them.
"What are you talking about Master?!" Wendy says, and Roubaul sighs, closing his eyes.
"400 years ago, the world was engulfed in endless war, so I built Nirvana, a Magic to turn evil to good. Nirvana became our home, a Symbol of Peace, but any great power will eventually give rise to its opposite. All the Darkness that Nirvana turned to light, became wrapped around Nirvana itself. It was simply restoring the balance, it couldn't change an unlimited number of people from darkness to light. And just as Darkness gives birth to Light… …Light gives birth to Darkness." He explains.
"That is what happened to Sir Richard." Jura says.
"The Darkness that was made to vanish from people, came to reside in the hearts of the Nirvit." Roubaul says.
"You mean…" Ruby says.
"It was a living hell, we started murdering each other, it wiped us out. I was the only one left alive, though that term is no longer correct. My body rotted away long ago, what you all see is nothing more than my spirit. I've been here alone for 400 years watching over Nirvana, until the day someone with the power to destroy Nirvana came, and now that duty has come to an end." He says, looking at Siora.
"But that would mean…" Wendy says, with wide eyes, as members of the Cait Shelter Guild start disappearing, around the 5 of them.
"Why are people starting to disappear?" Hibiki asks.
"Wendy and Ruby, I'm sorry for tricking you, the rest of the Guild is just illusions." Roubaul says.
"All these illusionary people, each with their own personalities, and at all times, this must take an enormous amount of Magic." Jura says, shocked.
"But, but…" Wendy says, starting to tear up, even Ruby's tearing up a bit, making Roubaul sigh sadly.
"I was one man, alone in a deserted village, but seven years ago, a young man came to me with a request, 'Please take in Wendy', he asked. He had such straightforward and determined eyes, I found myself agreeing before I even knew it. That's when I created the mirages." Roubaul says, shocking Wendy.
"An entire Guild, originally just for Wendy!" Lucy says, and Ruby pulls Wendy into a hug, who hugs back.
"Wendy. You no longer need these false friends, you've had Ruby and Siora for years now, and now you have these members of the Alliance we made. I want to thank you all, and please take care of the four of them." He says, smiling as he disappears, as Ruby holds onto a bawling Wendy, as the Cait Shelter Guild Mark disappears from the five of them.
"GRAMPS!" Wendy screams.
"Gramps." Ruby mutters, crying as well, she then looks at Siora. "Why didn't you say anything?" She asks, and Siora sighs, pulling the both of them into a hug.
"You're correct thinking I knew Ruby, but it wasn't my place, to tell you two." Siora says, and after a few minutes of thinking and calming down, in Wendy's case, they both nod, Natsu then walks up and sits by them staring at the spot Roubaul was.
"It sucks losing those we care about, but you know what, they'll always be with you, right here." Natsu says, pointing at his heart. "And you're not alone, you have each other, and you're welcome at Fairy Tail." Natsu says.
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