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The first thing Nashi did when they were in the safety of the guild walls was wrap Simon in a constricting hug. He gasped for air.
"Nashi," He managed, "Can't breath" Nashi laughed.
"Sorry" She laughed. "I'm just so glad to see you, and you saved us to boot!"
"Did you have to wait until I almost got my head cut off?" Ultear asked. "I mean, surely it was dramatic and all, but shit Simon, I thought I was done for" Elise laughed.
"Drama, nah we were just low on time. Our airship got damaged on the way and we only got to the city 10 or so minutes before we save your sorry asses" Drake chuckled at Elise's response.
"We could've escaped" He told Elise. "We had the King around our little finger."
"I could see that" Simon retorted, smiling. "I had a great view while he tried to kill you"
"Well," Drake said. "How many times each have the girls tried to kill me? We're still great friends"
"I wouldn't call us friends" Ultear said. "More like I deal with your presence because you're Nashi's BFF"
"I wouldn't say BFF" Nashi broke in, silencing the others. "More like he's the only one I could hag out with when I couldn't use magic and I haven't gotten the chance to dump him" Drake had a false hurt look on his face.
"I hate you all" he grumbled, making everyone laugh. Nashi was glad she and her friends could make jokes while they were fugitives. It mad de her realize they had hope. She was tapped on the shoulder, and Nashi turned to find Edo-Nashi standing there. "What's up?"
"Um..." She began, jabbing her thumb at Simon. "I am supposed to be kneeling to him or what?" Nashi laughed at her Edolas counterpart's question, which caused the others to stop bickering and look over.
"Sorry." Nashi said. "I guess I haven't properly introduced Edolas to them yet." Nashi had the entire Edolas Fairy Tail following her as she walked up to her friends. "This is Simon. Don't worry, he isn't royalty or anything."
"Well, hey"Simon interrupted, "I am son of Titania, so maybe, right?" Nashi chuckled.
"What ever gets you going, bud" She replied, patting his shoulder. "This is Ul, she's alright, I guess"
"Ow" Ultear complained. Nashi watched as Edo-Ultear walked up to them.
"You're Earthland me, huh?" She asked, which earned a stern nod. "Don't look like much to me." Ultear sighed as she lifted her hand and froze Edo-Ultear solid, causing everyone to jump back.
"Sorry" Ul said. "I've been told I'm a bitch over here"
"Thanks, actually" Edo-Nashi mumbled. Nashi walked up to Elise.
"Elise say hi" Nashi instructed, watching as her friend made a big show of waving to everyone.
"Hey guys!" She shouted. "What am I like here? Wait, let me guess!" Elise thought for a moment. "Shy and reserved?" Edo-Elise poked her head out of the crowd.
"Y-yeah" She mumbled, and Elise laughed.
"Yes! Got it!" Nashi sighed as she walked to Drake, and noticed everybody glower at him, which made him chuckle nervously. No doubt he could hear them hating him. She nudged him, and he smiled.
"And Drake" Nashi said. Drake waved sheepishly, and only got glares in return. "From what I've heard, Edo-Drake is a total douche, but our Drake isn't that bad, trust me!"
"Bit of an understatement" Elise said, which earned a quite literal venomous glare from Drake. "He is quite hard to deal with, honestly."
"Yeah" Ultear agreed. "Total dick"
"Asshole" Simon threw out there.
"Retard" Damien tried,
"Again, hate you all" Drake replied, ad Ul put him in a headlock.
"Oh were just teasing you!" She said as she rubbed her fist into his head. "Stop being to thin skinned!"
"So, uh..." Drake began. "I take it I'm not liked around here?"
"Not really" Edo-Nashi said. "You're kind of a dick" Drake looked astonished.
"Even to you?" Edo-Nashi managed a small nod. "Man, me and me are going to have to have a talk about that" Nashi laughed. Drake's definition of talk usually consisted of punching the offender in the face and demanding apologies. She knew that from the years he spent protecting her. "Speaking of me, where am I?"
"You disappeared earlier" Steph replied, and Nashi face palmed as the remaining four who had yet to know about Steph watched her in shock. "You said you had to...Why are you all staring at me?" Simon managed his words first.
"Mavis above..." He whispered.
"Steph...?" Drake asked weakly.
"You... no ,surely it can't be..." Elise said quietly.
"I...what...?" Ultear whispered. Nashi sighed.
"Right, forgot to say" Nashi said. "Steph's alive in Edolas." That hadn't gotten the reaction she intended, as all of Edolas Fairy Tail reacted poorly.
"I'm dead in Earthland?!" Steph demanded.
"What happened?!" Edo-Lucy asked.
"Was she killed?!" Edo-Gray asked. These were only some of the many question thrown at Nashi by the guild, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw Damien fuming.
"ALL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He shouted uncrossing his arms to glower at the guild, who cowered. "That's enough about Steph...alright?" Nashi saw his angry demeanor falter, and Ultear patted him on the back. "That's... that's enough" Damien rubbed at his eyes.
"Are you crying, Oniichan?" Steph asked quietly, and Damien just rubbed harder.
"No" He snapped. "I just have something in my eyes, that's all"
"Sure, big guy" Elise said, rubbing his back. "You know what's in your eyes? Tears" Damien didn't reply, and Nashi saw a glint of water trickling down his cheek. Nashi hated seeing Damien cry. He was supposed to be the biggest bad ass on the team, and seeing him so broken over something so simple tore her up.
"What happened to me?" Steph asked, sounding genuinely curious. Simon sighed.
"I remember it like it happened yesterday" The scarlet haired mage whispered, grabbing everyone's attention. "It was a bright shiny day, and Damien was telling us all about this new powerful form he had..." Ultear immediately began talking as Simon stopped.
"He told us he was going to try it out later, and that we had to come watch, Steph included. We were so excited..." Drake crossed his arms and turned around, what Nashi noticed was usually what he did in a situation where people would see him get emotional.
"We went out later that day, and Damien began to use the takeover...Takeover: Demon Xisplate" Nashi shivered at the name, she remembered it all now. "At first it was actually pretty cool..."
"Until we realized that you had no control over what the demon did" Elise said, still comforting Damien, who hadn't improved during the story telling. "You...began to trash the whole city..."
"It only lasted ten or so minutes" Nashi began. "But it was the most terrifying ten minutes of my life. Then, Steph tried to tell him to stop..." Damien stood up straight, staring at the guild with wide, tearful eyes.
"And the demon replied by attacking her." he finished, his voice full of anger and regret. "He completely obliterated her, there was nothing left..." Damien clenched his fists and stared at the ground. "He attacked a six year old girl without a second thought... Bastard..." Nashi waited for someone to say anything, but she knew they had all been shock into silence. Nashi wanted to find her voice and speak up, but the reeling memories of that day kept her from doing so.
"W-wow" Steph finally managed to say. "I.. wow"
"Yeah" Simon said, and Nashi was rather impressed the man was able to keep his cool in such an emotional environment. "We don't really talk about it, so..."
"And you're still friends with the bastard?" A voice sneered. Everyone turned to find Edo-Drake standing in the doorway, a smirk on his face.
"Me..." Drake hissed. Edo-Drake sauntered into the guild, and his eyes landed on Nashi and the others. "gah! You idiots are harboring the fugitives here?! And one of them is Nashi of all people?! Nashi smiled as Drake strode forward towards his Edolas counterpart. "Wait, this guy is..." Drake interrupted him by slamming his poison coated fist into his face, sending him flying.
"Say one more thing about Nashi" Drake hissed. "And I'll make another Drake shaped hole." Nashi grinned as Edo-Drake crawled out of the wall and sputtered.
"Why are you protecting her?" He demanded at Earth-Drake. "You're supposed to be me!"
"Apposite of you" Drake hissed, raising his fist threateningly. "One more thing, try me" There was silence before Drake punched him again.
"What the fuck I didn't say anything!"
"I heard you" Drake replied, turning around and walking away to stand next to Nashi, and she blew a raspberry at Edo-Drake, who growled.
"Anyway" Edo-Lucy interrupted. "What are we going to do with you six? I mean, surely the army will check here eventually."
"You guys should run" Edo-Levy advised. "it isn't safe here, they'll no doubt check here."
"Wow, Levy agreed with me" Edo-Lucy asked.
"First and only time, sister" Nashi sighed.
"We can't." She told them. "King Simon is planning an invasion of Earthland, and we need to stop him."
"Speaking of which," Ultear spoke up. "Who is he going to do that? I mean, the Anima only sucks up magic" Edo-Gray shook his head.
"It's been sucking up random objects too" He replied. "If the King gets his army positioned, surely they'd be taken to Earthland."
"Alright, simple enough" Elise said with a dark grin. "Take out an army, huh? Sounds like fun" Nashi smiled and nodded.
"Sure does." She told Elise. "Let;s go and do that right now" Elise nodded and they turned to leave. before they could, however, small canister were thrown through the window, releasing a toxic looking gas into the room. "Shit! Don't breath it in!" Nashi shouted, but it was clearly too late. People started collapsing left and right, and Nashi felt her own muscles begin to seize up. She dropped to her knees as she coughed, her bodies desperate attempt at clearing her body of the toxins.
"Damn Royal Army..." She heard Elise hiss somewhere near her. Nashi was about to try and reply when a pair of strong hands wrapped around her midsection and hoisted her up and over their shoulder. She managed to turn her head a little, and saw a mane of darkreddish brown hair.
"Drake..." Her scratchy voice came, and the poison dragon slayer chuckled.
"Don't breath this shit in, Nashi." He warned. "It ain't good for you"
"Coming from you..."
"I'm immune, there's a difference." Nashi didn't reply in order to conserve her air, and Drake sprung from the back door and down a few alleyways and jumped up the side of a building, dropping her next to a pile of rope. "I'll be back, I have to get the others."
"Hurry up, alright?" Drake nodded and walked towards the window. "Drake?"
"Yeah?" He asked, looking over his shoulder. Nashi smiled weakly.
"Don't get yourself caught again, alright?" Drake chuckled.
"Yeah yea. You stay out, Princess"
"Where else would I go?"
Edo-Nashi hated being useless, but she did currently feel that way. She was currently lying on the ground inside the guild as the guards questioned people left and right. She saw them shooting some for not cooperating, and it scared her. Where was Earth-Nashi when you needed her? Nashi had seen her and the other Earthlanders get carried away by Drake, and she could understand his want to save his own first. Nashi had been more concerned on how he was okay. The gas had stopped everyone in their tracks, and somehow he was okay. She'd wonder about it later. The captain of the guards stood up straight.
"Alright." He shouted. 'Take everyone but these five!" Nashi noticed that was her, Elise, Ultear., Damien, and Drake. She knew immediately why, they were the counterparts of the people they were looking for. "Find the impostor of the King, he must be around here somewhere!"
"Please," Nashi managed. "We're not who you're looking for..."
"Let go of me you fucking bastards!" Drake roared. "my dad is a commander of the army, you will pay for this!"
"Shut up!" A guard shouted, driving the butt of his rifle into Drake's back. Nashi didn't feel bad for him, really.
"Alright men, release the gas!" Nashi didn't like the sound of that. She stared, terrified, as the guards released even more of the nerve toxin. Nashi was smart enough to know this one was aimed to kill them. She struggled to get away, but the gas kept advancing.
"No, please!" Nashi shouted. "It isn't us!"
"Yeah yeah, shut up!" The guards yelled angrily. Nashi watched as the gas came closer, and she closed her eyes as she felt it tickling her skin.
The weirdest thing happened after that.
Nashi heard a strange vacuum sound, and she opened her eyes to see the gas lifting up into the air, towards the front door. She looked as best she could, and a figure wearing a white coat stood there.
"You know" He said, and Nashi's eyes widened when she realized who it was. "That poison tasted likes hit, what do you guys out in it? Way too sour"
"What the..."
"I mean, shit, this is a bit cruel, even for Edolas me, y'know?"
"We tied up the wrong kid! get him!" The guards ran towards him, and he grinned.
"You guys don't ever learn. How about a taste of your own poison?" He inhaled. "Poison Dragon Roar!" Green energy burst from his mouth and hit the guards, paralyzing them all and they hit the ground. "Wow, that's never happened before" He grinned as he turned to them, and Nashi had never been happier to see that face.
"Drake..."
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