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The night was calm over the skies of the base of a certain dark guild.
Ivan, the master of the dark guild Raven Tail, looked over 4 figures kneeling before him, "You have served me without fail, you have followed me without hesitation, and you hold firm belief in the greater goal of our guild."
The four nodded in unision "We have."
"You belong to me just as always, do you not?"
"We do."
"Will you obey my every command?"
"We will."
"Will you fight by my side for as long as the four of you live?"
"We will."
"Will you carry out this task, and retrieve what I had once given away?"
"We will without hesitation."
"Now go forth, and remember the price of failure." black electricity surged in Ivan's hand as he fired a blast at a nearby mountain, blowing it apart.
"We will not fail you master." and so they all disappeared in a flash.
"So what do you think my boy, impressive no?"
Gajeel shot a look at Ivan of clear distaste "Am I supposed to be impressed? From what I can tell all they have going for them is the basic elements, I had that with the Element 4."
"Perhaps, but what they had is nothing in comparison to the sheer potency and raw magic power of my Elementors. Tempest for Air, Wave for Water, Quake for Earth, and Blaze for Fire. These four elites have been implanted with lacrima not dissimilar to that of a Dragon Slayer lacrima, with power capable of subduing him and ripping the Dragon Slayer lacrima from his body."
"For the sake of clarity, why did you give that jackass a lacrima like that in the first place?"
"Sheer pity, nothing more than that, seeing how he was so weak and frail as a boy."
"Are you serious? Those things are rare as fuck."
"Indeed my boy. Now that he's been expelled from that pathetic excuse for a guild, he may very well come here, and such a thing is fine by me. That lacrima happens to be worth quite the amount these days."
"So… you're gonna take it from him? But won't that kill him?"
"Such a thing matters very little in the grand scheme of things. It was such a foolish decision looking back, as far as I'm concerned he's little more than an expense to me. Money and power are the only things that matter in this world, and they're what I need to spark a war against that wretched guild. As for you, well I'll need you to continue your infiltration a bit longer. You don't have any problems with that do you?" Ivan's body began surging with red electricity, the look on his face making him all the more intimidating.
"...No problems whatsoever." and with that, Gajeel took his leave, though he had different thoughts on his mind 'Just you wait you psychotic fucker, you'll get yours soon enough.'
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Meanwhile, miles away from Fiore…
God Serena glanced up from where he was meditating and found Luke standing before him, his expression one of determination "It's only been a few months since you returned to your guild, I figured it was going to be longer before you came back to me."
"Fighting against the Oracion Seis was a real eye opener to me." Luke told him flatly "Some enemies have more than just a lot of magic power going for them, I need to be able to keep up with any gimmicks they have going for them."
"This is because of that fight you had with their Poison Dragon Slayer, you know you would've been fine if you just went all out."
"Maybe but you know how much magic power Dragon Force uses and how much it's able to drain me. I need to hone it until it's second nature to me, and the best way to do that is to train with you."
"This is something I've been anticipating for awhile, I guess the only thing to do for the time being is whip you into even better shape than before. You better be ready to come at me with everything you've got."
"That's exactly what I'm counting on."
"Good, now get ready." God Serena stood up, and with a sudden burst of power he activated his Dragon Slayer magic "This is going to be fun."
"...I may have made a terrible mistake."
"And remember, you can't use your Dragon Force for this one."
"Yep, definitely a terrible mistake."
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Meanwhile, with the Elementors…
The four elementors set foot in a certain field far away from the HQ of Raven Tail "And now you know what to do, so let the hunt begin. Split up and search for the one that is able to use Lightning Dragon Slayer magic, and bring him to the master alive." and so on that note, they promptly scattered, leaving their so called hunt to begin.
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Meanwhile…
Luke glanced around at the landscape surrounding him, his mind racing 'I can't just rely on my eyes or my nose, I need to use all of my senses, let my body take in my surroundings.'
"Purgatory Dragon Scatter Shot!" a barrage of crimson flames shot towards him.
'He's there!' Luke quickly leapt out of the way.
"Sea King Dragon Roar!" a powerful stream of water forced Luke to dodge again, though it did leave a noteworthy gash in his shoulder.
'Dammit!'
"Cavern Dragon Tectonic Uprising!" a barrage of earth pillars burst up from the ground, one of them slamming Luke into a nearby wall, causing him to spit out some blood.
'Fire, water, earth, if he's going where I think he's going with this-'
"Purgtory Dragon Blazing Inferno!" a massive ball of fire shot towards him, leaving a scorched pattern in the ground in its wake.
"Thunder Drive!" thinking quick, Luke activated his Thunder Drive and shattered the rock pillar binding him to the wall, and with a few quick slashes of his sword he cut through the streams of water that were coming towards him 'If he's going where I think he is, then air should be next.'
"Tempest Dragon Cyclone Cannon!" a massive tornado of air shot towards Luke from his blind spot and promptly engulfed him, trapping him in its rotation.
"Lightning Dragon ROAR!" unable to escape on his own, Luke used a lightning enhanced roar to elevate himself out of and above the tornado, then he promptly set his gaze on God Serena, the user of the elemental barrage "Oh that is it, now I'm ending this! Lightning Dragon Demolition Fist!" he promptly charged down towards God Serena and prepared to unleash a massive fist made of lightning magic.
"Nope." God Serena simply stepped to the side to avoid the attack, and then he promptly consumed the lightning properties within the spell, leaving Luke to crash to the ground with a loud thud "Not bad, you could do better but definitely a lot better than the first time."
"Yeah no kidding." Luke pulled himself to his feet and sheathed his sword "You know it's times like this you should be glad I'm a number of different elements rolled up into one, I mean imagine how bad it would've been if I had to deal with four different opponents at once. Truth be told I've never really made it a habit of fighting multiple opponents at once if I don't actually have to. That's something I'll have to change, if I want any chance of standing against some of these stronger enemies, then I'll have to be able to adapt to the situation."
"Either that or adapt your situation to fit yourself."
"...I have no idea whether or not that makes sense."
"Me neither, I got that from some Avengers cartoon. Moving on from that, I figured you would come to me sooner or later, so I called in a training partner for you while I leave and take care of some Wizard Saint business. Let me know how it goes, and I'll see ya later." and so he took off in a flash.
"And there he goes."
"Is he always like that?"
"Pretty much yeah." Luke glanced up to see a cloaked figure appear before him, and the expression on his face dulled slightly "Yeah that figures, why am I not surprised that you're the mystery training partner Laxus?"
Sure enough, the figure removed his cloak, revealing the face of Laxus Dreyar "Probably because you know you can't get rid of me."
"You didn't try to get rid of me before."
"You kind of grew on me, I liked your snark."
"I grew out of that. So you've been out of Fairy Tail for about a year now, you've been training hard I take it?"
"You could say that, you wanna come and find out?"
"Might as well, feel free to make the first move."
"As if you had to ask." Laxus blitzed out of view.
'Looks like he's as fast as ever.' Luke blocked the fist with his own, blowing away the ground beneath them and resulting in the two of them trading even blows that sent out some powerful shockwaves across the landscape 'He's got that smug look on his face, that means either he got laid or he's holding back.'
'This is the jackass who took down a Wizard Saint, I'm gonna push him as far as I can in this fight.' a burst of electricity resulted in the two of them breaking away from the clash "That's some pretty impressive power, though considering you took down the master of Phantom Lord single handed, I guess I shouldn't be surprised."
"I didn't expect you to disappoint you either, whatever training you've been doing was definitely not a waste of time. But at the same time, it feels to me like you're holding back."
"I just wanted to see if you were gonna take this fight seriously, I guess I'll hae to push you for the time being." Laxus bulked up considerably as his body crackled with electricity.
"If that's what you want." Luke's body promptly started pulsing with electricity and he bulked up only slightly "Come at me bro."
"As if you had to ask." they both charged at each other and began trading even blows too fast for the untrained eye to see.
Luke dealt Laxus a palm strike to the chest, sending him skidding backwards "Lightning Dragon… ROAR!" he let out a lightning enhanced roar.
"Lightning Dragon… ROAR!" Laxus let out a lighting enhanced roar of his own, the roars colliding and sending a series of explosions across the shore.
Luke flared his magic power slightly to clear away the flames and smoke, his fist crackling with electricity "Alright I think I've seen enough, I wanted to keep this brief anyway so one more attack from each of us."
"Fine by me, but let it be a big one." Laxus started casting a spell as his hand was covered in lightning magic "Come at me bro, if you've got the kahones to."
"You asked for it. Lightning Dragon… HEAENWARD HALBERD!"
"Lightning Dragon… DEMOLITION FIST!" the two attacks collided, resulting in a powerful explosion, and when the smoke cleared both of them had burn marks on their arms "Not gonna lie, that's pretty impressive considering who I'm dealing with."
"An actual Dragon Slayer compared to an artificial one, but all things considered you've gottan a lot better too." that was when an explosion from the nearby town got their attention "What the hell was that?"
"Sounds like an explosion."
"I know that genius, I mean what caused it?"
"How the hell should I know? Sounds like it came from Freesia."
"It is in that direction. You wait here, I'm gonna go see what's going on." and so Luke blitzed away in a flash.
Now alone, Laxus glanced over in another direction 'I'm sensing something coming from over there, whatever it is it's powerful. I'd better check it out.'
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Meanwhile, in Freesia…
Blaze was hard at wort burning down a newly restored church, but then his head snapped up when he sensed Luke making his way on the scene "Like a moth to a flame, you light wizard types are far too predictable for your own good, and that's exactly why you're about to get burned to a crisp."
That was when Luke appeared in front of him "Hey come on man, they just finished rebuilding this place after Natsu burnt it down. Just because he can blow stuff up in a matter of seconds doesn't mean they can rebuild it just as fast."
"Something so trivial matters little, now that you're here I have no need for this wretched building." Blaze blitzed behind Luke, revealing a stream of fire in his wake "You are the one I came for, and you will be delivered to the master! Blazing Inferno!" he struck Luke with a ball of fire faster than he could react.
Luke rebounded and stopped himself in the middle of the street, glancing around quickly at his surroundings 'Okay good, all of the civilians are already gone. Start talking, who are you and what do you want?"
"It's as I stated before, I came to deliver you to our master."
"Well you have me now, but can you really handle me? Lightning Dragon Talon!" Luke blitzed in front of Blaze and dealt him a lightning enhanced kick that caused him to scatter into several smaller balls of fire and disappear "I guess that answers that."
"Far from it you wretch, if I go down then I'll be sure that I take you with me in the name of the great Master Ivan! Scorching Smash!" Blaze blitzed above Luke.
'Master Ivan? So these guys are in league with Makarov's son?' unfortunately, Luke had been distracted by this thought and promptly smashed into the ground, leaving him with some light burns across his left side 'Dammit, he made me let my guard down again!'
"It's over Fairy Tail filth, and now you're mine!" Blaze prepared to deal Luke a finishing blow, when…
"Hydro Bow!" a bow made of water magic struck Blaze in the shoulder and promptly sent him tumbling backwards down the street, courtesy of Wave as he appeared before them "Get your hands off of him Fire Trash, the boy belongs to me."
"Forget it Pond Scum, Master Ivan promised that whoever brought the Dragon Lacrima to him would be his new second in command, and that someone will be me!" they started attacking each other, punching each other and rolling across the ground, only to stop when they noticed something crucial: that Luke was getting away.
"Dammit you fool, he's getting away because of your incompetence!"
"Hey, you're the one who attacked me!"
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Sure enough, Luke was bolting away from the city at full speed, his mind racing 'I can't go all out in a city like that, I have to lure them out of the city in case there are any other civilians who haven't gotten away. Plus they said something about Ivan, so that means that they're working for the son of Master Makarov, Laxus' dad. Whatever he wants with me, doubt it's gonna be for anything good. I'm dealing with fire and water, so maybe if I can lure them and have them attack each other somehow.'
"Blazing Inferno/ Hydro Bow!" unfortunately, Blaze and Wave were both hot on his trail, chasing after him and unleashing elemental attacks at the same time.
'Dammit, too many people are at risk here!' Luke kept on running out of the city as fast as he could, dodging and weaving his way around various blasts of water and fire, though it did come close.
That was when Laxus suddenly blitzed onto the scene "Grab on!" he grabbed Luke's arm and the two of them vanished.
Blaze and Wave screeched to a halt when they saw that Luke was gone "Dammit!"
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Meanwhile, a fair distance away from the city…
Laxus set Luke down a fair distance away from the city "So you wanna try and explain what the actual fuck is going on?"
"I would if I could." Luke let out a sigh "To make a long story short, I met a fire monster, fought it, ran into a water monster and fought both of them at the same time, they tried chasing me so I tried to lead them out of the city, then you yanked me away from them. From what I can tell though, I think they're working for your father."
"Well that just fucking figures, so now he's going for elemental monsters. What's next, trying to find some limitless source of magic power."
"Well he is psychotic enough from what I know, and speaking of which we'd better get the hell out of the way!" Luke pulled Laxus out of the way of a powerful blast of wind that shredded a good chunk of the nearby forest, courtesy of Tempest from a short distance away "Yeah that figures, right when God Serena uses his elemental approach I end up getting attacked by what I assume is going to be a quartet of elemental monsters. Fire, Water and Air so far, so if I had to guess then I say Earth is next."
"Looks that way. You hang back, now I'm taking my turn." Laxus shoved Luke to the ground and blitzed towards Tempest himself "You've got some major balls coming after me you gigantic blowhard."
"Laxus Dreyar, grandson of Makarov and the son of our master." Tempest let out a snarl "First my incompetent companions lead me to you, even if they foolishly attacked that other Dragon Slayer by mistake, and now you decide to come to me personally. I should show some gratitude to you for making this so easy for me. Cyclone cannon!" he unleashed a quick tornado from his hand.
Laxus blitzed out of the way of the attack "There's only one thing that's gonna be easier for you, and it's gonna be an ass kicking. Lightning Dragon Iron Fist!" he charged at Tempest with a lightning enhanced fist armed and ready, only to pass right through him 'What the hell, some kind of transparency magic? It's like I passed right through him, like… air. Well that fucking figures.'
"Tempest Lasso!" Tempest used his air magic to grab Laxus with a small tornado and slam him into the ground, only to notice that the cliffsides surrounding them were beginning to close in on them "What in the-"
'Now's my chance! Lightning Dragon Heavenward Halberd!" Laxus quickly unleashed a lightning enhanced halberd and hurled it at Tempest, causing his form to dissipate long enough for him to get out before the cliffsides completely closed in on Tempest, crusing him in them as a result "On one hand, that's one down. On the other hand, if I were to guess…"
"Seismic Grappel!" that was when Quake burst onto the scene and unleashed a long grappel made of rock, grabbing Laxus by the waist and yanking him to the ground "That's what you get for refusing to join the master, and that means I win, which means Master Ivan will make me his new second in command."
"Not on your life you wretched pebbel!" Blaze appeared on the scene "If anyone will be the new second in command, it's going to be me!"
"Forget it, that right belongs to me!" Wave materialized next to them.
"You're wrong, all of you!" Tempest materialized out of the cliffsides "If anyone deserves to serve at Master Ivan's side, it's me!"
"I've got a solution to your problem guys. It's pretty simple actually, how about none of you get to take me to my dead beat of an old man." with a quick surge of lightning magic, Laxus freed himself from Quake's bindings and sent all of them flying "So who wants to get their elemental ass kicked first?"
"Die you cocky little shit!" Quake promptly summoned a massive boulder over his head and hurled it at Laxus, sending him flying, followed by Blaze hitting him with a Blazing Inferno blast, sending him tumbling backwards.
'Okay, I'm gonna call that punishment for the crappy pun.'
"I call that punishment for the crappy pun." Luke blitzed onto the scene next to him "I decided to wait until you actually needed my help or until you get knocked on your ass, whichever one came first."
"Maybe you took after me too much, so what's our plan?"
"You see those gold lacrima in their chests? My guess is those are some kind of weak spots for them, so we hit those hard enough then we take them down for good."
"Wouldn't it be fine for us to just overpower them?"
"Maybe but knowing how you are there's a pretty good chance you'd kill them, and we'll need them to find out any info we can about your dad. Let's just do it."
"...Fine, whatever. Also, DODGE!" they both blitzed out of the way of a barrage of boulders hurled at them by Quake "Two for each, sounds fair right?"
"Works for me. Lightning Dragon TALON!" Luke dealt Quake a lightning enhanced kick to the lacrima in his chest, causing it to cough up what looked like white blood and sending it tumbling backwards into a nearby cliffside "Not too bad."
"Hold that thought!" Laxus had been engulfed in a cyclone by Tempest and was promptly sent slamming into Luke, and then a powerful stream of water by Wave sent both of them crashing to the ground, and both of them were force to dodge a barrage of fireballs from Blaze "Okay that's one down, fall back and get some open space?"
"Might as well, I do better in a fight when I can spread out." and so the two of them blitzed away, with the remaining three Elementors in hot pursuit.
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Meanwhile, back at Fairy Tail…
Makarov stood alone on the roof of the Fairy Tail guild hall, his thoughts drifting as he stared out at the horizong 'I'm sorry Ivan… but flesh and blood or not, I cannot allow you to harm the guild under any circumstances.'
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Meanwhile, back at the fight…
Luke and Laxus set down on the ground on the scene of a large rocky wasteland, with wide open spaces, far away from any cities or large populated areas "You think we lost them?"
"I think you know the answer to that." Laxus pointed out dryly "Why the hell do you even bother asking?"
"I'm an optimist."
"You're an idiot."
"You're both wrong. You're dead." TFS references aside, that was when Quake appeared in front of them and tried to hurl a massive boulder at them to crush them.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Indra's Wrath: Roaring Thunder!" Laxus charged foward and unleashed a power blast of lightning from his hand, carving through the boulder and piercing the lacrima in Quake's chest "That's one down."
"For now." Luke whipped out his sword Raiden as he gestured to where they were being surrounded by Blaze, Wave and Tempest.
"Shit."
"Yep."
"Now both of you will die by my hand!" Tempest summoned a massive tornado and used it to rip apart a nearby plateau and hurl it at them piece by piece.
"Dragon Sword Style: Lightning Hammer!" Luke thrusted his sword into the ground and unleashed a powerful surge of lightning that blew apart most of the boulders being sent towards them, though the last one sent them flying backwards into a nearby cliffside "Okay, I think it's safe to say this isn't working."
"You got a new idea?"
"I have two actually, but I think I know which one to start with. Just hang back while I go up there and take care of business."
"Suit yourself." Laxus leapt back a fair distance.
"You guys are in for a real treat, I don't use this one too often, so be sure to take notes. Change mode: Lightning Sea King Dragon!" with a flash, Luke's magic aura surged back into life, now a mix of golden and blue energy "Not as powerful as Dragon Force, but it still backs one hell of a shock to the system!" this was met with a groan from Laxus "Hey, if Static Shock can make it work then why can't I?"
"Enough of your prattling, just kill him!" Tempest and the other Elementors all fired a combined elemental assault at him.
"Lightning Sea King Dragon ROAR!" Luke let out a roar, and with came a powerful blast of lightning infused with water, powerful enough to blow the four Elementors clean off their feet and knocking Quake and Wave out cold as a result "Yeah, using this mode does defintely have its advantages but it uses a lot of magic power, which means I can't waste any time. Lightning Sea King Dragon Heavenward Trident!" he hurled forward a large trident made of lightning and water properties mixed together, shattering the lacrima that Blaze had in his chest, leaving him in what appeared to be a comatose state, leaving only Tempest remaining, to which Luke spread out his arms in front of him, pulsating with blue and gold energy "And then there was one, but one too many. My dual element mode won't last for too much longer, I'm gonna have to make this one count. Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Indra's Wrath: STORM CANNON!" using every ounce of magic power he could, he unleashed a massive blast of lightning and water infused magc energy, blowing clear through Tempest and sending him flying across the horizong as a result. With the battle supposedly over, Luke reverted back to his normal form and promptly fell to one knee "Yay…"
"Double element mode huh?" Laxus blitzed back onto the scene and promptly yanked Luke back onto his feet "Didn't expect that one, but not too bad all things considered."
"Yeah, the trouble is it definitely uses a lot more magic power than Dragon Force does, and it lasts about as long, which depends on my reserves at the time."
"Good to know But enough small talk, from the looks of things I doubt this little scrap is over just yet." Laxus jerked a thumb over towards the enemy.
"...Yeah I was afraid of that."
Sure enough, Tempest pulled himself back to his feet, spat out a white substance that seemed similar to blood, and used his wind powers to pull Quake, Blaze and Wave over towards him "I have to admit, the two of you proved to be more formidable than the rest of us had originally anticipated. To think we would have to resort to this."
"What are you talking about?"
"Now you will witness the true power of the four elements!" Tempest's body glowing, and in response, so did that of Wave, Quake and Blaze "Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Since the beginning of time, the four elements exist together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the people of this world discovered ways to harness their limitless potential."
"Oh my god, is paraphrasing Avatar the Last Airbender?"
"I've never seen that show." Laxus commented.
"You've gotta be kidding me, how in the fuck have you not seen it? It's probably the greatest cartoon of all time, and it's a goddamn masterpiece of a series. Ask anyone who's ever watched it before, they'll agree with me 100%. They'll also agree that the movie adaptation they made was atrocious."
"All I've heard about it is that Legend of Korra sucks."
"I wouldn't necessarily say that, the Last Airbender is a really hard act to follow, if not pretty much impossible."
"Now you both shall see the power that comes from complete mastery over the four almighty elements!" Tempest and the other elements were engulfed in a golden light as a storm of chaos rained across the skies above.
"Oh crap, I forgot about them."
"Relax, how bad could it be?" Laxus gave a shrug.
"You ever see that Max Steel cartoon that aired on Disney XD a few years back?"
When the light dissipated, it revealed that the four Elementors were gone, and in their place was one figure with traits of all four of them "From here on out, the four of us shall be fighting as one being. Water, Earth, Fire and Air. Behold, for we are Elementor!"
"Huh. Not gonna lie, didn't see that coming."
"Nor will you see this coming! Supreme Cyclone Cannon!" Elementor unleashed a powerful tornado that sent both Luke and Laxus flying backwards a great distance "Yes, this level of power is absolute! Nothing can stop the elements!"
"You wanna bet?" Luke blitzed back onto the scene with his magic power surging "Alright start talking, what sort of connection do you have with Ivan Dreyar?"
"What use would a rotting corpse have for that kind of information? Now you're going to pay for that little beating you gave us! Scorching Earth!" Elementor promptly attacked Luke by firing a barrage of flaming balls of rock at him.
Luke blitzed out of the way of the flaming rocks, only to be hit with a rising rock plateau that hit him in the jaw and sent him flying into a waiting cyclone, and then he was promptly engulfed by a powerful blast of water and sent tumbling backwards.
"As you can see, and as all can see, four elements are certainly better than one."
"On that we can agree, that means I don't have to waste the magic power and I can just hit all of you at once! Lightning Dragon Demolition Fist!" Luke leapt into the air and hit them with a massive fist made of pure lightning magic, sending Elementor tumbling backwards 'Looks like in terms of a power increase he could've done a lot better, I've just gotta by enough time for my magic power to recharge so I can enter Dragon Force. I guess Thunder Drive is going to have to do until then. Thunder Drive!" on that note, he prompty activated his Thunder Drive 'So until then, I'm just gonna have to stand tall.' on that note, he promptly dodged a barrage of boulders being hurled at him, only to be swept away by a large wave of water, and then trapped in another cyclone, and then hit in the face with a large boulder, but as a second one started closing in on him…
"Lightning Dragon Jaw!" that was when Laxus suddenly burst onto the scene and dealt the boulder a lightning enhanced smash attack, shattering it on contact "You let your guard down again didn't you?"
"Bite me, anyway I can handle this one on my own so just hang back on this one okay?"
"Suit yourself, but you owe me." and so Laxus blitzed off of the scene.
"And then there were two."
"Soon to be one after I'm done with you, and then we'll be returning your comrade back to our master!" Elementor promptly hurled a massive boulder at Luke,
"Dragon Sword Style: Thunderclap Strike!" Luke pulled Raiden from its sheath and unleashed a blast of lightning from the blade, carving through the boulder within a matter of seconds.
Elementor rolled out of the way of the blast, his body radiating crimson flames as he charged forward and unleashed a barrage of flaming boulders.
Luke carved through each boulder and then dealt Elementor a quick slash through the chest, causing the white substance to spew out from the wound and force Elementor to fall to one knee from the pain.
Elementor gritted his teeth and unleashed another elemental barrage in the form of a few blasts of fire and wind, some quick streams of water and a few boulders.
Luke blitzed foward and carved through the barrage before once again swiftly carving clear through Elementor, the force of the blow sending him tumbling backwards, though by this point in the fight, Luke was left panting considerably 'Looks like using Lightning Sea King Dragon mode drained me more than I thought.'
"I would refrain from being so arrogant about this fight, seeing how the tide of battle can change as quick as the whether itself!" Elementor promptly summoned a series of storm clouds above the battlefield "Don't you see boy? I even have the forces of nature itself at my command! Just watch and see!" he promptly summoned a massive cyclone, and then to spice things up, he added in a barrage of fireballs, turning it into a fire cyclone, and he sent it towards Luke at maximum speed.
'Let's see here, storm clouds and a fire cyclone… if I don't have enough magic power on hand and I need some lightning to rejuvinate myself, then… Yeah that's it!' alright you Avatar reject, if you want me then come and get me!" he started retreating up a nearby cliffside 'That's right, take the bait.'
Elementor let out a primal roar and started climbing up after him, willing the fire cyclone to do the same as he hurled it forward.
'A little bit higher… a little more… there we go!' once he was at the right height, Luke blitzed out of the way of the fire cyclone, leaving it to fly into the upper atmosphere "Yes!"
"Don't get cocky, dodging it won't be enough to save you from me."
"Simple physics, you send enough heat into the atmosphere, in this case a literal cyclone made out of fire, and you can generate basic man made lightning." Luke raised up a fist and a lightning bolt guided down towards him, allowing him to absorb it and rejuvinate himself "And now it's time for me to display my trump card: Dragon Force!" Luke's body started pulsating with energy, and with a furious roar he engulfed himself in a golden light. When the light dissipated, his body was covered in golden colored dragon scales "Oh yeah, I always forget how good it feels to use this."
"Die!" Elementor sent a barrage of flaming boulders as well as a flaming cyclone in his direction simultaneously.
"Lightning Dragon Demolition Fist!" Luke unleashed a massive fist made of lightning magic that easily tore through the combined assault and engulfed Elementor in the explosion that followed.
Elementor quickly charged through the smoke, having sustained noticeable burns, and quickly started shooting another barrage of elemental attacks at him.
Luke wasted no time in blitzing through the barrage with ease 'Part of using lightning based Dragon Slayer magic means being faster than lightning.'
"If you have no intention of standing still, then I'll simply have to make you!" Elementor then combined his water and air powers to create multiple blasts of ice.
'Well that figures, if he can go to one end of the elemental spectrum then why shouldn't he be able to go to the other?' Luke quickly blitzed his way around the blasts of ice 'All the same I can't waste so much time in Dragon Force, it uses a ton of magic power as it is. I'd better finish this one fast.'
"This time I'm going to deliver the final blow, you're on a one way trip to hell! Elemental Burst!" Elementor held up a sphere of wind, then added a ring of water to it, followed by a ring of earth and rock, and lastly a ring of fire, making it bigger than Elementor itself, and he promptly hurled it forward.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Indra's Wrath: ROARING THUNDER!" and so as his Dragon Force started flickering, Luke struck the Elemental Burst with a full power blast of thunder from one hand, blowing apart the attack and striking Elementor squre in the chest, blowing it back a great distance as a result of the impact. With the battle supposedly over, Luke's Dragon Force faded as he fell to one knee 'Yep, definitely have to work on that for when I take on one of the heavy hitters.'
That was when Elementor suddenly pulled himself back to his feet, white blood pouring from his wounds, and he shot a glare at Luke "Don't think… that this is over… even if you've… defeated us… you still have no hope… of standing up to the master…" and then he suddenly fell back and passed out, defusing back into the four Elementors.
"And if he does show up, then I'll be ready."
"Looks like somebody in town already contacted the council." that was when Laxus appeared next to him "They're sending a group to bring these guys in for questioning. Not too bad of a job on your own, but still kind of sloppy by your standards."
"Cut me some slack, I'm not used to fighting a bunch of opponents at once." but then his expression turned deadly serious "These guys might not be much individually, but together they definitely put up one hell of a fight. I can't help but wonder how many more your father has just lying in wait to use against Fairy Tail, and that thought scares me. It's part of why I want to start training again, and it's why I need to know for certain. What exactly are your intentions in regard to what Ivan is planning?"
Laxus let out a scoff "Give me a break, I might not be a member of Fairy Tail anymore but that doesn't mean I'm gonna let my old man use me as some pawn in some pathetic scheme to get revenge for whatever the hell happened." he was met with a small sigh of relief.
"Well that's somewhat comforting at least. By the way, what exactly did Ivan do to get kicked out of Fairy Tail in the first place?"
"Don't know, and frankly don't care. So what's your plan for training then?"
"God Serena may be a disappointment of a man but he's one hell of a sparring partner, at least when he's here. But I can't just work on physical strength and spells, I need to work on regulating my more powerful magic properly."
"Makes sense. So I was gonna get going, but you wanna finish our match before I do?"
"Might as well, it would help a lot to see how I stack up against you."
"You got enough power to do this seriously?"
"I think I have enough to get by for the time being, besides it's not like either of us are at full strength so I doubt this fight is gonna be one sided."
"Makes sense." Laxus's body began surging with lightning magic "Alright then what the hell are you waiting for, if we're gonna do this then just power up already."
"I'm not so cocky as when we used to spar back before I left on my little training excursion for a year and a half, if you want to see first hand what I'm like when I get serious then you're gonna have to earn it."
'He's a lot more calm and focused than he used to be that's for sure, he might actually force me to bulk up all the way against him. Not that I would bother holding back against him anyway. So this is it then, this is what you're like in a real fight now?"
"More or less yeah, I learned a lot when I was gone all that time. You might not know what path you're going down right now, but I know all to well what mine is. It's more than just a path though, it's my goal, and at the risk of sounding cheesy as hell, my destiny."
"You spent a year and a half training to protect the guild, and since I was expelled I've been travelling the continent training myself to become as strong as possible, and looking for any good challenges. And yet when I finally get bored out of my skull here you are, the one lying in wait for the day we'd settle that score of ours!" and so he charged forward, meeting Luke in an explosive collision and elbowing him in the face.
Luke dodged the next attack and began firing off a furious barrage of punches and kicks at full speed, resulting in the two of them trading even blows until their fists collided with a blinding flash "Lightning Dragon ROAR!" and once they broke off Luke let out a roar that came with a powerful blast of lightning.
"Lightning Dragon Heavenward Halber!" Laxus quickly dodged the roar and fired off halberd made of pure lightning.
Luke weaved his way around the halberd, albeit he took a gash to the shoulder as a result "Not too bad, but I know damn well that's not all you've got."
"Why don't you come at me and see for yourself." Laxus blitzed behind Luke and dealt him a sharp kick to the face, sending him crashing into a nearby plateau on the ground "Lightning Dragon… DEMOLITION FIST!" and then he quickly followed up with a Lightning Dragon Demolition Fist.
"Lightning Dragon DEMOLITION FIST!" Luke rebounded just in time to fire off his own Lightning Dragon Demolition Fist, the force of his spell overpowering Laxus's attack as a result.
Laxus blitzed out of the path of the spell, blitzed down towards Luke and dealt him a kick to the chest while he was still preoccupied with the spell, and then he began forcing Luke on the defensive with a furious barrage of punches and kicks.
Growing tired of taking the onslaught, Luke dealt Laxus a heavy fist to the chest and followed up with a Lightning Dragon Iron Fist, sending him tumbling backwards a great distance.
Laxus rebounded almost instantly as the two of them took to higher ground, their different magic auras blending together almost in the form of a double helix.
Luke took the chance to deal Laxus a furious barrage of attacks, repeatedly striking him square in the spine "I may be working my way up, but what the hell happened to you not holding back on me?" they started repeatedly punching each other in the face and torso, ending with the two of them grapping in a power struggle "Don't you dare hold out on me, I thought you were going to take this seriously!" he gripped Laxus by the arm and threw him high into the air, and then he charged in, subconsiciously activating his Thunder Drive "I know that you're still holding out on me Laxus, I told you to come at me with everything you've got!"
"You wanna see everything?! Well fine, but I'm not gonna be taking the blame for this at your funeral!" with a mighty roar, Laxus activated his berserker form, his features becoming more primal as his muscle mass increased considerably (Basically what happened when he hulked out against Natsu and Gajeel in episode 47).
"I said for you to give me everything you've got, because right now I'm giving you everything I have left!"
"And everything I've got is exactly what you're gonna get!" Laxus charged at Luke at full speed, far too fast for the untrained eye, resulting in a blinding clash as he buried his fist in Luke's gut full force.
Luke slugged Laxus in the gut and dealt him a fist to the face "Come on Laxus, give me all of your strength right here and right now!"
"FINE!" Laxus bulked up even further, his body surging with electricity as a result "Alright then, bring it on, let's end this… Luke."
'That's the first time he's actually used my name to my face.' with a strained roar, Luke forced himself into Dragon Force "Like you said."
"We're ending this."
"Right here and right now." pushing themselves to the absolute limit, Luke and Laxus charged at each other as fast as they could, resuling in a blinding golden light that lit up the skies across the entire battlefield, as well as shaking the surface for what seemed like miles.
When everything subsided, both Luke and Laxus had powered down, not a single surge of electricity to be found from either of them. They both whipped around and aimed one last fist at each other, but they stopped just before they made contact, and instead they both finally gave out and lost consciousness, leaving them to fall to the ground with two simultaneous thuds.
What neither of them had noticed before passing out was that God Serena was watching them from a fair distance away, and then he glanced over at the Elementors 'They put up a better fight than I expected, so I should probably do something about them. Looks like whoever these fools represent is more dangerous than given credit for, so I suppose I'll need to keep an eye on this Raven Tail, at least for the time being.' he looked down at Luke and Laxus lying on the ground while deep in thought 'When two wizards do battle using the same type of magic, a number of different factors have to be taken into consideration in regards to who claims the victory. Their levels of magic power, their technique, their experience, and their conviction. From the looks of things, I'd say that while they're even in most of those, Luke is slightly ahead in conviction.' he turned to Luke and gave him a small smile 'He's gonna keep getting stronger though, I know this for a fact. He's going to need it though, because the day will come when we'll have to face him, and if I can't end his reign of destruction, then you're going to have to do it in my place. Keep growing stronger Luke, because you'll need to be ready when that day comes… the day when you meet the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.'
A/N:
With the chaos of the battle with the Oracion Seis having at last come to an end, I decided that it was time for things to wind down a little bit, at least as much as it can for the likes of Fairy Tail. This chapter shows Luke once again training until his bones crack, and facing a new enemy in the form of the Elementors, who happen to be in league with a certain other dark guild. Plus we even get a surprise appearance by both Laxus and God Serena too, and we get to see both of them in action again, if only a little bit.
Like I said before, I'm trying to give some more screen time to Ivan and Raven Tail, at least before the time-skip. In this case, I'm creating for new OC's of my own design, the Elementors of Raven Tail with control over the elements: Air, Water, Earth and Fire. In general, I'm trying to Raven Tail, well in short, less of an underwhelming disappointment.
Oh, and in regards to what I said about Avatar the Last Airbender being a masterpiece of a series: Come on, anyone who watched it will agree with that statement. Anyone who says they don't agree, clearly they haven't seen it.