Nashi landed in the middle of the street, the intense heat surrounding her immediately startling the remainder of the civilians who hadn't already fled from the metal monstrosity that had gotten there before they did. Drake landed next to her with a splash of poison, and Elise made a huge crater on her left. They watched as the Dorma Anim recovered from the building it had been thrown through. King Simon growled.
"You three are really causing me problems" he hissed. "And what the hell has happened to you?" Drake snickered as he himself looked at his scaly arms and claws.
"It would appear we've activated some sort of power" he replied. "Got to admit, it's pretty cool." Elise rolled her eyes.
"Can we talk about this later?" She demanded. "We have a king to beat up" King Simon laughed.
"Even if you amplified your magic, it still doesn't damage me" Elise laughed.
"You sure?" She asked. "because it seems to me your precious Dragon Knight is a little damaged."
"Couldn't possibly be from falling over 150 feet to the ground and into a building." The King replied. "Nevertheless, I will not lose!"Nashi snickered.
"Alright then" She replied. "Come and get us!"
Ultear had nothing left. She was currently at Simon's side as he tried to help her up.
"I...I can't..." Ultear managed. "I have nothing left Simon."
"Stand up!" Simon shouted at her. "Seriously, don't give up!"
"What am I going to do?!" Ultear demanded. "I can't even stand Simon. Leave me here, I'll be fine" Simon stared at her before he sighed at laid her down.
"Are you sure?" he asked worriedly. Ultear managed to nod. "Alright. If you need my help, don't hesitate to call for me. I won't be far" Ultear nodded as he disappeared in a flash of light, and she sighed as she sprawled out to stare at the sky. How did he have that much strength left? Ultear had none, yet Simon and Damien were still kicking ass. Ultear heard the door to the courtyard open, and she lifted her head to look. She paled when she realized several hundred soldiers were there, with guns and ready to reinforce the army currently there.
"Simon" Ultear managed to call out, although her voice was raspy. "Simon, we have a problem" Her redheaded friedn appeared at her side, and Ultear noticed he was considerable sweaty.
"Yeah?" he asked. Ultear raised her hand to point, and Simon followed her finger, growling as he found the reinforcements. "Shit"
"Can you break their guns?" Ultear asked. Simon shook his head, panting.
"I don't have a lot of magic left." he replied. "These guys have a habit of getting back up after I knock them down."
"How much left?"
"Pretty much fuck all"
"Well, where's Damien?" As if on cue, the takeover mage landed next to them, his wings curling up on his back.
"If you guys are just going to sit around and confess how you fell about each other" he threatened. "At least tell me so I can take your guys, I got energy to spare over here" Ultear felt thoroughly embarrassed from Damien's insult, partially because Simon was practically cradling her, but Simon seemed unfazed.
"Sorry" Simon replied. "But in case you hadn't noticed, they just got a few hundred reinforcements" Damien nodded and chuckled.
"Yeah, I noticed. Pretty cute they think they can win, huh?"
"I don't know if you've noticed or not here, Dreyar" Ultear hissed. "But I, as with Edolas Fairy Tail, is fucking exhausted." Damien laughed.
"More for me, then" Simon shook his head.
"Ever the optimist, eh Damien?" He asked as a couple hundred rifles shot up into the air at once. Ultear looked to find the reinforcements holding several of the Edolas Fairy Tail members, including her Edo-Mother and Father, watching the silent courtyard.
"Gather the captives and put them with those traitors" The one speaking noticed Damien's stance and form, and chuckled. "And any moves from the invaders and we kill the captives."
"Damien" Simon warned. "Stand down." Damien glared at Simon incredulously.
"Seriously?!" He demanded. "I can kick all of their..."
"Damien" Ultear spoke with a commanding tone despite her position. "Stop" Damien watched her angrily before he sighed and the demon features faded from his body. He sat down and began to pout as Edolas Fairy tail was rounded up one by one and thrown around them, all awaiting the firing squad.
"Well," Simon said flatly. "All that to die by firing squad?"
"What a way to go, huh?" Ultear asked,, sitting up on her own. "I mean, all of this shit just to die right before we won."
"We could still be winning..." Damien muttered, and Ultear smacked him on the head, which made him whine. "What?"
"Quit being such a child!" Ultear shouted. "This is serious!"
"I know, but if you trusted me..."
"You are impossible, Damien" Simon hissed. The soldiers raised their rifles and aimed at them, and Ultear flinched and closed her eyes, knowing it was the end. That was until she heard the strangest sound she'd ever heard, and reopened her eyes. All of the soldiers were staring up at the sky, and Ultear did so as well, paling slightly.
"Isn't that..." Ultear whispered. Simon nodded weakly.
"Yeah." he told her, confirming her worst fear. "The Anima is open, we were too late."
"Iron Dragon Roar!" Nashi watched as Elise's attack pushed the Dorma Anim back into a building, and Drake ran up as it dispersed.
"Poison Dragon's Spiral Jaw!" His kick left residual poison that did a little bit of damage, and Nashi threw herself into the air.
"Fire Dragon's iron Fist!" her fist sent the Dorma Anim into the building, and King Simon roared in anger.
"Fairy tail mages..." He hissed. "No, Dragon Slayers...are a real problem." Nashi laughed.
"There's more where we came from" Nashi replied. "Our parents are a bigger problem then we are." Drake chuckled.
"Not to mention Sting, Rogue, Wendy and Laxus" He added. "All seven of them? You'd stand no chance" King Simon laughed.
"Not a chance, huh?" he asked. "Then how about I stop holding back?" Elise actually laughed.
"You've been holding back?" She asked, brushing debris off of her iron body. "Then how about you stop humoring us?" Nashi was about to speak up when a strange sound echoed around the city, and she looked up to find the sky opening up into a black and blue hole, and yellow tendrils began to leak into Edolas. King Simon laughed darkly.
"Oh good" He said. "You three idiots managed to last until this happened." Nashi turned back too look at him, confused.
"What do you mean?" She asked, which earned another chuckle.
"Of course, the original Dorma Anim was reparable" he told them. "But, there is a second mode. One that, no matter how technologically advanced we got, could not be accessed without magic." he laughed manically as the Dorma Anim began to glow. "Behold! the Dorma Anim's true power! Dorma Anim: Black Sky!" Nashi watched as the tendrils of magic flowing from the Anim began to connect with the Dorma Anim, and it straightened as the metal is was made from was repaired and turned a dark dark black. It's eyes glowed red as the Dorma Anim stood tall, at least 10 feet taller than before.
"Shit..." Drake said, whistling. "That is one big ugly motherfucker." Nashi grinned.
"How about we beat it up again?" She asked, rushing forward. "Fire Dragon's Claws!" Nashi kicked the machine, and gasped when her fire fizzled out upon contact and King Simon laughed as she jumped back, jumping on one foot as she rubbed the other to soothe the pain.
"You alright?" Elise asked. Nashi nodded before she set her injured foot down.
"My attack did shit" She replied. "I have a bad feeling about this" Drake nodded, running forward.
"Poison Dragon's Fang Strike!" Drake's poison curved and he drove it into the Dorma Anim, and Nashi watched as Drake's attack, like her's, did nothing. Drake jumped back and growled. "okay, what the fuck" he said angrily, and Elise chuckled.
"You guys are pussies" She said flatly, approaching the mech herself. "Iron Dragon's Hard Fist!" She slammed her fist into the Dorma Anim's leg, and Nashi watched as the iron coating her skin cracked and broke, and she screeched in pain.
"I think I broke my wrist!" She called as she ran back to them. "The fuck is with this thing?! We can't break it half as easily now!" King Simon laughed.
"The previous model may have been resistant to magic, but the Black Sky variation is completely impervious! Paired with the increased durability and abilities, it's nearly untouchable!" He roared with maniacal laughter as Nashi winced. This was bad. It was good the Anim had stopped leaking magic, but it was too late to matter at this point.
"Well, we have no choice, guys" She said as she steeled herself. "We have to fight him off." Drake sighed as he enveloped his fists with poison, his dark red scales covered with bruises.
"We're so screwed" he said.
Ultear watched as tendrils of magic leaking from the Anima went towards the middle of the city, and she had a bad feeling about that. Nashi, Drake, and Elise may have been in trouble, but there wasn't much she could do. She was still completely out of magic, and the army had surrounded them.
"Well this sucks" Edo-Drake growled.
"Agreed" Edo-Lucy said, sighing. The captain sighed.
"Don't get deterred, men!" He shouted. "Take aim and fire on the invaders and their cohorts!" No one shot, and Ultear was confused. The men began to bow, and Ultear cocked her head to see what was happening, and immediately saw what the problem was. "What are you waiting for, men?!" The captain shouted. "I said, open fir..."
"That's enough, Captain" A stern, commanding voice said. The Captain squeaked, and bowed to the blue haired individual flanked by Commander Erik and Meredy.
"K-K-King J-Jellal!" He said. "i w-wasn't aware you w-were..."
"Enough" King Jellal spoke. "Gather your men and put them back to their posts."
"But sir, the invaders..."
"I'm sorry Captain, was that resistance?" The Captain squeaked again, and Ultear chuckled. "Now if you have anymore objections, you can tell Commander Erik all about it from behind the bars in the prisons" The Captain and the whole Edolas Army practically ran for their lives, leaving Ultear and her friends, Edolas Fairy Tail, and King Jellal and the two commanders. King Jellal sighed.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble my idiotic son has caused." he said weakly, smiling at them. "From what Commander Erik and Meredy have told me, he's been quite the nuisance."
"That's a nice way of putting it, King Jelly" Damien said with a goofy grin. "How did you even get over the poison fed too you?"
"Did Drake not tell you?" Erik asked. "he made a dosage of anti-venom, and gave it too me" Simon sighed.
"That must've been where they went before the fight broke out" he said. Erik nodded.
"Speaking of which" Edo-Natsu said. "Where'd they go?" Ultear was about to respond when an explosion from the middle of the city lit up the sky.
"There they are" Ultear said. King Jellal sighed.
"I only rebuilt that thing for emergencies" He growled . "not so my idiotic son could use it to try and invade Earthland."
"Can they even beat it?" Simon asked.
"If two of them are descended from Natsu and Gajeel, I'm sure they're fine" he replied. "I don't know much about Earth-Erik, but I'm sure Drake's more than capable." Damien hummed in agreement.
"Yeah, they sure are King Jelly" He said, causing King Jellal to flinch.
"Do you have to call me that?" he asked. Damien laughed.
"That's what I call Earth-Jellal." he replied. "I figured I'd call you the same."
"Does he tell you to stop?"
"Nah, Jellal's kind of like our uncle." Ultear noted the wince Simon had on his face, and smiled weakly. Ever so sensitive about his dad, that one. "I've always called him Jelly."
"Yeah" Ultear agreed. "Good old Uncle Jelly" She and Damien laughed, but Simon just sighed. Everyone else had a small laugh until another explosion sounded in the distance. "Shit," Ultear hissed. "Let's hope they're okay."
Nashi and the others were not okay. the Black Sky Dorma Anim was kicking there asses. That and she was really starting to feel sick. Ever since the Anima had opened, she'd been feeling really sick. She didn't know what it was, but it was seriously effecting her ability to fight. She and the others had long since lost their power; Nashi's body flame had gone out, Elise's scales had broken, and Drake's dragon-like arms had faded back to the normal tan ones. Nashi panted as she managed to stand.
"This sucks" She said. "We must not be hitting it hard enough."
"Yeah, totally." Drake hissed, standing as well. "I've hit it as hard as I can, and it barely made a dent."
"Well," Elise said. "There is one thing we could try" Nashi stared at Elise, bewildered.
"We can't do that, we've never even tried. It's too difficult." She told her
"Best to try now, right?" Elise replied weakly. "Do we have any other option?" Drake managed a weak chuckle.
"We really don't." he said. "Get ready, this'll take everything we have." Nashi nodded and began taking a deep breath, absorbing as much air as she could into her dragon slayer lungs.
"What the hell are you three idiots doing?" King Simon demanded. "You really don't learn, do you?!" Nashi couldn't breath in anymore, and she prepared herself.
"Fire Dragon..."
"Iron Dragon..."
"Poison Dragon..."
"ROAR!" Nashi exhaled the column of flames, and watched as the three beams of elements combined and shot towards the Dorma Anim as fast as a bullet. The three way roar exploded, and Nashi shielded her eyes as debris shot past her. She laughed.
"I think we..." She began as the smoke cleared, and choked on her spit at the scene in front of her. "Missed?!" She demanded. The three way attack had completely missed it's mark, and the sick feeling Nashi was experiencing was probably the cause. Drake doubled over, clutching his stomach.
"Why do I feel so sick?!" He asked angrily. "I feel like my blood is on fire!"
"I..." Elise began, covering her mouth. "I'm not the only one who feels like they're riding a train?"
"You guys too?" Nashi asked weakly as her sense of vertigo increased tremendously. The roar had made it even worse. Nashi collapsed to her knees as she clenched her fists. Her whole body felt as if it was exploding. Her arms, face, body, all of it felt on the verge on combusting, and not in the good way.
"GGGGAAAHHHH!"
Ultear winced the closer she got to the edge of the courtyard near the city, and she got a killer headache.
"Mavis above" She hissed as she rubbed her temples. "What is up with the ether-nano in the city right now?" Simon nodded, rubbing his own head.
"If we hurt this much here" he said, "Nashi and the others are probably dying. The ether-nano level is off the charts right now." Ultear was about to continue complaining as her headache dissipated, and she gasped.
"What just happened?" Damien asked. "it was like it was just...absorbed" King Jellal made a face.
"I have an idea...but it's pretty far fetched" he said, rubbing his chin.
"Explain." Simon said.
"Dragon Slayer's posses amazing sets of lungs" he explained. "They use these to exhume their breath attacks. However, due to the immense amount of ether-nano in the city right now thanks to the Anima leaking it from Earthland, the magical energy is literally clinging to the air." Ultear gasped, covering her mouth.
"You mean..." She began, and King Jellal nodded.
"It's possible that they tried to roar, and absorbed so much magic into their system to the point where it's on a unlivable level." he replied.
"Are you trying to say they died?" Damien demanded, and King Jellal shook his head.
"No." He replied. "It's possible they..." King Jellal was cut off by three roars echoing across the city, and Ultear shivered. They reminded her all too much of the stories her father often told her about the Eclipse incident. King Jellal chuckled. "As I was saying," He continued, "it's possible their bodies used this pure magical energy to their advantage, and accessed the most hidden of the Dragon Slaying Arts"
"Which is?" Ultear asked, feeling a little bit excited, partially because she felt she knew the answer.
Nashi stood, panting. She'd never felt so powerful. Neither had Elise or Drake. Nashi saw the bright red scales lining her arms, and the felt the pure energy coursing through her.
"Holy fuck do I feel good right now" Drake hissed, feeling the rough, dark purple scales lining his own arms. Elise had undergone a similar transformation, and her own body was covered in shiny black scales. They all had patches of scales under their eyes and on their legs, and Nashi grinned.
"Guys, I think we just did something incredible" She said, standing tall, her previous injuries no longer hurt at all. Elise chuckled.
"We'll figure it out later." She said. "Right now, we have a King's ass to kick and a mech to wreck. Two for one" Drake laughed as he stood, poison actually leaking from him.
"Whoever takes him out gets 200,000 jewel when we get back" he said. Nashi chuckled.
"You are so on" She replied as they rushed the Dorma Anim for what was, quite possibly the last time.
Ultear waited for King Jellal to answer her, and another explosion resounded from the city, and he chuckled.
"The forms Dragon Slayers of ancient times used to slay their foes" he said, as if giving them a history lesson. "It takes your enemy to know your enemy, one could say."
"Get to the point" Simon hissed.
"The most potent form of their magic..."
"Dragon Force"
I know I'm evil for that cliffhanger, but I hope you enjoyed! Let's get five reviews!