Chapter 396: The Dragon of Revelation vs The Dragon of the Apocalypse Part 4
"Please be okay Dante" begged Mira, knowing that she couldn't go on with her big brother, husband and father of her child. Mira wasn't alone, everyone in the guild that was present watched and prayed that Dante would be okay.
The mushroom cloud continued to dominate the sky. There was silence expect for the strong gust of wind resulting from Dante's massive magical attack. No dragon roars were heard, nothing to indicate that Dante or Acnologia were still alive. As Mira and the others continued to watch and pray for Dante, the mushroom cloud was suddenly broken apart when Dante and Acnologia crashed into the earth.
Crashing into the earth, Dante and Acnologia were obviously heavily damaged. Injuries covered the two dragons, blood dripping from their many wounds. Despite the many injuries covering his draconic body, Dante pushed himself to continue fighting. Using his five heads, Dante bit down hard on the black dragon. Acnologia let out a painful roar as Dante's teeth sank into his flesh. Not out of the fight yet, Acnologia released a powerful breath attack.
With the close distance, Dante didn't have a chance to dodge the breath attack, nor did he even try to dodge the attack. Choosing to ignore the breath attack, Dante continued to bite down on Acnologia. Dante felt pain shoot across his body as the powerful breath attack washed over him while he continued to tear into the black dragon. Watching as the two dragons continued to struggle against each other, Mira started to speak.
"We have to do something to help" stated Mira in a worried tone, watching as Acnologia continued to release a powerful breath attack onto Dante.
"I don't think we can help" responded Lucy in a worried tone, whishing that she could do something to help her master. Nodding her head in agreement, Erza started to speak.
"Lucy is right. It's obvious the only things that can hurt a dragon is dragon slayer magic or another dragon" responded Erza, hating that the only thing that she could do to help was lend Dante her prayers. Seeing that Mira was still shaking with fear as she watched Dante struggle against Acnologia, Elfman started to speak to her.
"Don't worry sis. Dante is a real man, he won't lose to anyone" stated Elfman with a smile, fully believing that his big brother would win. Nodding her head in agreement, Lisanna started to speak.
"That's right. Dante promised us that he would live through the war. Dante has never broken a promise to us, and he won't start now" responded Lisanna, hoping that her big brother would keep his promise to her. Not looking away from Dante as he continued to struggle against the black dragon, Mira started to speak.
"Please Dante, you can't lose" responded Mira, tears in her eyes as she prayed for Dante to have the strength to win.
Finally able to wrestle himself away from Dante's grip, Acnologia stumbled backwards. The black dragon was seething with rage, it had been a long time since he had been this challenged by another dragon. Blood was seeping from the many deep puncture wounds covering his body as Acnologia let out an angry and mighty roar. Responding with his own roar, Dante charged towards the black dragon.
As Dante charged towards the black dragon, he continued to battle within himself. It felt like Dante was drowning as he tried to hold onto his sanity long enough to kill the black dragon. Dante knew that he needed to win soon, he couldn't maintain his sense of self for much longer. Once Dante lost his sense of self and lost control completely, the explosive spell on his heart would detonate and kill him. Crashing into the black dragon, Dante started to breathe hell fire onto Acnologia.
The intense heat from the hell fire started to burn Dante as well, who coiled his heads around the black dragon to prevent escape. Acnologia roared painfully as hell fire burned his body, trying and failing to wrestle out of Dante's strong grip. This was it Dante thought, he could feel Acnologia's strength begin to fail him. Knowing that he would get another chance like this, a chance to attack Acnologia while he was weak and open to a lethal strike, Dante used his main head and lunged forward. Lunging forward with his main head, Dante opened his mouth and bit down onto Acnologia's skull.
Biting down with all of his remaining strength onto Acnologia's skull, Dante felt a satisfying crunch. The black dragon let out a painful roar as Dante caved in his skull. Trying to wrestle out of Dante's grip as he continued to be burned with hell fire while his head was caved in, Acnologia refused to accept that he had lost. Not letting up for a second, Dante continued to crush Acnologia's skull in. After serval more moments of struggle, Dante completely crush Acnologia's head in before he ripped it off.
"He did it" stated Lucy in a happy tone as Acnologia's severed head crashed into the ground. Watching as the lifeless body of the black dragon collapsed, Elfman started to speak.
"Oh yah way to show that lizard what a real man is" stated Elfman with a smile, relieved that his big brother had just defeated the black dragon.
"Hold on, something isn't right" stated Mira in a worried tone as she watched Dante let out an angry roar. Now that Dante had killed the black dragon and ensured everyone's safety, he no longer had a goal helping him maintain his sanity. Feeling himself being torn apart, Dante knew that he would soon completely lose himself before the explosive spell claimed his life.
"Everyone take cover" shouted Erza as she watched as Dante started to breathe hell fire onto the nearby buildings. As everyone took cover while Dante continued to rampage, Juvia started to speak.
"Juvia doesn't understand. Why is Juvia's beloved attacking the city" asked Juvia in a worried and confused tone, thinking that something must be seriously wrong. As Dante continued to rampage through the city while barely holding onto his sense of self, Jellal started to speak.
"Dante no longer has a goal tethering him to his sanity. Now that Acnologia is dead, Dante will lose control to his dragon form" responded Jellal in a serious tone. Turning her attention towards Jellal, Erza started to speak.
"Does this mean your spell is going to go off and kill Dante" asked Erza in a worried tone. Feeling all eyes on him, Jellal started to speak.
"Yes, I'm sorry everyone but Dante will soon" responded Jellal before he was cut off when Natsu started to yell.
"SCREW THAT! DANTE ISN'T GOING TO DIE" yelled Natsu in an angry tone, having just been transported back to Earthland along with the rest of the dragon slayers. Nodding his head in agreement, Laxus started to speak.
"That's right, there is no way that Dante will go crazy" responded Laxus in a confidant tone as Dante continued to rampage through the city.
"We need to help him calm down" responded Wendy, wanting to help save the man she loved. With a look of determination and confidence on her face, Mira started to speak.
"You're right Wendy" responded Mira before she turned her attention towards everyone and continued to speak.
"Everyone follow me! We are going to save Dante" shouted Mira, every member of Fairy Tail nodding their heads in agreement. As Mira started to run after Dante with everyone following her, Jellal started to speak.
"This is reckless! Dante is gone, the spell his used is a one way trip into madness" stated Jellal, thinking that this was reckless since Dante was moments away from dying. Turning her attention towards Jellal, Erza started to speak.
"We don't give up on each other, that's just how Fairy Tail is" responded Erza with a slight smile before she continued to run after Mira and the others.
As Dante continued to rampage through the city, he could feel the last shreds of his humanity and sanity fade away. Feeling that these were his last moments before he lost his sanity, Dante apologized to everyone that he was going to leave behind. Dante wished he could live and spend a long life with his loved ones but that wasn't in the cards for him. Casting his draconic form spell was a one way trip and Dante knew this. While Dante regretted leaving everyone behind, he took comfort in the fact that everyone was safe and would live. Just as Dante was about to surrender to the will of the dragon of revelation, he heard a familiar voice scream out to him.
"DON'T GIVE UP DANTE" yelled Mira, standing in front of Dante along with everyone else in the guild. Standing in front of Dante while he was still barely together, Levy started to speak.
"Is this really a good idea? Dante would feel awful if he hurt us" asked Levy in a worried tone since they were all taking huge risk standing in front of Dante while he was barely sane. Smiling at Levy's words, Natsu started to speak.
"There's no way Dante would hurt us. He just needs to snap out of it, and I have the perfect idea" responded Natsu with a smile as he began to channel his magical power. Turning her attention towards Natsu, Erza started to speak.
"Natsu what are you planning" asked Erza, worried as she looked at Natsu's stupid grin. Instead of responding to Erza, Natsu continued to channel his magical power. Channeling his magical power, Natsu inhaled before he fired his attack towards Dante.
"SNAP OUT OF IT! FIRE DRAGON ROAR" yelled Natsu as he fired a powerful breath attack towards Dante. Since the magic crashing into him was dragon slayer magic, Dante felt the impact of the blow and the pain helped him maintaining his sanity for a bit longer. Turning his attention towards Natsu, Dante heard the hot head continue to shout at him.
"SNAP OUT OF IT DANTE! THE FIGHT IS OVER" yelled Natsu.
Looking at all of his friends and family standing in front of him, Dante felt conflicting emotions. Dante didn't want to harm his friends but the dark influence corrupting his mind was screaming at him to attack. The overwhelming urge to kill everything extended towards his friends and family and Dante didn't know how long he could hold himself back. As Dante thought he was about to lose control completely, he heard Mira scream out.
"DANTE! I CAN'T LOSE YOU! PLEASE COME BACK TO ME" yelled Mira, tears running down her face as she begged Dante to come back to her.
Seeing Mira's tearful expression reminded Dante of the wonderful life he had thanks to her and everyone else. Being reminded of his wonderful life, Dante was filled with renewed strength to wrestle back control. Dante refused to lose control, he refused to leave Mira, Ellie and the others. Using all of his strength, Dante battled to regain control of himself. Thinking about all of his loved ones, Dante pushed to stitch his sense of self back together. With one final push, Dante regained control of himself and quickly used the last of his magical power to revert back to his normal form. Reverting back to his normal form, Dante collapsed to the ground.
"Dante" yelled Mira in a tearful expression as she rushed over to Dante. Rushing over to Dante, Mira was relieved that her big brother and husband was alive and well. Kneeling in front of Dante, Mira lifted him into her lap as Dante started to speak to her.
"Sorry for making you worry about me sis" stated Dante with a weak smile. With tears in her eyes, Mira smiled down at her husband as she started to speak.
"Don't worry about that Dante. I'm just so happy that you came back to me" responded Mira, crying tears of joy. Smiling lovingly at his little sister and wife, Dante started to speak.
"I was able to regain control because of you sis, you saved my life" responded Dante in a grateful and loving tone. After Dante said these words Mira surged down and captured her big brother's lips with her own. As tears of joy ran down her face, Mira happily kissed Dante glad that she still had him in her life. Continuing to kiss Mira's sweet lips, Dante was relieved that the fighting was finally over. His friends and family were safe, and Dante was looking forward to living the rest of his life with Mira and the others.
End of Chapter 396
