Nashi was more than certain she was screwed. Without her fire, she really didn't have much, and this Katsuchi guy sure as hell negated her. She did pride herself in pretty good martial arts skills, but without fire she was nothing. Katsuchi sighed.
"Truthfully I rather not being doing this." He told her flatly. "If we'd met under different circumstances, maybe we could have been friends." Nashi couldn't hold back the laugh that escaped her lips.
"Friends?" She managed to choke out. "I'm sorry, but somehow I doubt that."
"How so?"
"You're in a dark guild, for one." Nashi hugged herself at the memories that flooded her brain. "I have bad experiences with them." Katsuchi nodded and made an apologetic face.
"I heard about Phantom Dove." he said, smiling weakly. "My sincerest apologies, it must have been hard on all of you."
"Your sincerest can't mean much" Nashi pointed out. "I bet you use any excuse you can to do what you want." Katsuchi rolled his eyes.
"I love how you assume I'm an egotistical asshole just because I'm in a dark guild." he said quietly. "I can assure you Devil Advocate is one of the strangest dark guilds you'll ever see." Nashi made a face as she continued to massage her wounded leg.
"Really?" She asked, which earned a nod. "How so?"
"Well," Katsuchi said, raising his hand to count off his allies. "There's Azzie, who's all over the place all the time, but she's a nice girl. Tetsu's not right in the head, I swear. Maya has this weird crush on me even though I've told her she's too young for me a million times. Icas thinks he's the reincarnation of Satan, always preaching his horseshit. There's me, who always seems to fuck everything up. Taisho's fucked, I'm serious. The man is not normal. And finally, there's Master Kronos..." Nashi watched the God Slayer shiver. "The man is ruthless. Even if by some miracle you make it through me, he's unstoppable." Katsuchi watched Nashi rub her leg and frowned. "Your leg still hurt?" he asked, and Nashi glared at him.
"No," She replied sarcastically. "I just got shot out of the air by your dumbass, fell several hundred feet at terminal velocity in a metal deathtrap, and now my leg is killing me. No big deal." Katsuchi glowered at Nashi.
"You got an attitude in you, eh girly?" he asked. "Maybe you didn't get the bit were I could have offed you if I wanted too while you were unconscious."
"But you didn't." Nashi pointed out, and watched as Katsuchi deflated.
"Exactly." he said, quick to recover. "Meaning I'm a nicer guy than you're giving me credit for." Nashi almost fell over from his words, but he did have a point. "So, what's your name?" Nashi stared at him curiously. Although she just wanted to beat him and be done with it, he was a rather interesting foe. he didn't seem very interested in fighting her, which seemed strange.
"Nashi." She replied, "Nashi Dragneel."
"Dragneel, huh?" he asked, and Nashi nodded. "I know the name, you should be a little powerhouse, huh?"
"So people tell me." She replied, finally feeling the pain in her leg soothe. "I like to think of myself as an up and comer, though."
"Right." he said. "So, are we going to do this or not?"
"What?" Nashi stared at Katsuchi as he stared back with a raised eyebrow.
"You know, the fight." he replied absentmindedly. "That we have to do and I have to win, or I've fucked up again?" Nashi face palmed, and she heard Katsuchi laugh awkwardly. "What?"
"I don't even know what to say to you anymore." She replied, igniting her body. Katsuchi did the same and Nashi almost cowered at the heat. "So I'm just going to kick your ass and be done with it." Katsuchi laughed and the fire around him intensified.
"A mere dragon cannot best a god." he replied. "Show me what the Dragneel name grants you!" Nashi responded by throwing herself forward and attacking Katsuchi quickly, who blocked all but a kick to his stomach, which sent him flying back. Nashi jumped up to a tree branch and used it to propel herself at Katsuchi even faster, but he stopped her punch with his own, sending out a shock wave of red and black fire that obliterated the surrounding trees. Nashi backed up and threw a fireball, which was engulfed by the black one Katsuchi threw at her and she flew back and broke a tree.
"Fuck..." She said, feeling her skin burn from the black fire. "That burns, and it feels weird..." Katsuchi laughed as she stood.
"The fire of the Gods destroys everything." he told her, and Nashi rolled her eyes.
"I've fought dragon mechs that looked tougher than you." She flew towards him again, sliding underneath the gap between his legs and kicking him in the back. Katsuchi twirled in mid air and a tendril of black fire flew towards her, knocking the air out of her.
"You sure got some fight in you, girly." Katsuchi said with a dark smile. "But as I said, your fire is insignificant to mine." Nashi growled.
"Fire Dragon Roar!"
"Fire God's Bellow!" The two columns of fire met halfway to their target and exploded, throwing both mage backwards. Nashi recovered first and grabbed Katsuchi by his black coat, throwing him through a tree and following him, grappling as they went. they separated and flew across the now scorched clearing, and Nashi raised her hands above her head.
"Fire Dragon Brilliant Fame!" She shouted, throwing the fireball at Katsuchi, who raised his one hands.
"Fire God's Kagutsuchi!" the fireballs met again, this time exploding upward into the sky. Once the attacks died away, Nashi was panting. Katsuchi was not, however. "getting tired, girly?" he asked with a smug grin. Nashi glared at him.
"What was..." She began, her panting cutting her off. "The point... of asking my name...if you're just going to call me girly?" Katsuchi shrugged.
"Icas likes to call it pre-destruction formalities." he replied. "I just asked so I'd know. Maybe I'll send that scarf back to your dad in a box!" he laughed, and Nashi growled. Katsuchi wasn't ready for her to rush him again and tackle him to the ground, feeding him punches. He kicked her off of him, but Nashi was ready, her feet connecting with his chest, causing him to fly back and through several burned trees. "Damn." he hissed as he stood. "I wasn't wrong about that attitude, was I?" Nashi replied by tackling him again, this time with her body on fire, sending them into the air.
"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Nashi drove her head into Katsuchi's stomach, driving him back down into the earth and creating a crater. He shoved Nashi away from him and raised his left hand.
"Fire God's Death Scythe!" A scythe appeared in his hand and he swiped it at Nashi, and she acrobatically jumped away from the sharp fiery blade. Jumping in and out of the trees, Nashi flew at Katsuchi again and he grabbed her by the neck, glaring at her. "Enough of your acrobatic bullshit." He hissed as his grip intensified. Nashi watched him raise his left hand, enveloping it in fire. "Fire God's Steel fist!" The attack drove Nashi into the brush, and she climbed to her feet, ready to block the oncoming second punch with both her hands. Headbutting Katsuchi, she blew flames at him, and his deflecting the attack caused the tree behind him to collapse on top of him.
"You poor guy." Nashi joked as Katsuchi struggled to free himself from under the tree. "Looks like this girly inferior Dragon Slayer is about to win." her taunting caused Katsuchi to avoid her gaze, his blonde hair obscuring his eyes. Before Nashi could finish him off, he erupted in a column of black fire, and the tree melted away into nothingness.
"I refuse..." Katsuchi growled in a dark tone, "To lose to a fucking Dragon Slayer!" He tackled Nashi with the black fire, which seared the little bit of hair she had on her arms off. Katsuchi threw her into the sky and followed her, preparing to punch her. Nashi ducked and got him in the gut with a kick, and she grabbed the collar of his black coat as they fell to earth. As they connected, Nashi got right in his face as he tried to recover from the fall.
"And I refuse to get taken out of the fight and let my guild do all the fighting for me...again."
"Poison Dragon Roar!" Drake watched hopefully as his attack sailed towards Azzie, who repeated the process of waving her hand and having it dissipate into thin air. "Fucking hell woman!" Drake shouted in frustration. "Just how the hell are you beatable?!" he watched Azzie giggle and shrug.
"Master Kronos-sama says I'm very good." he replied earnestly. "So do the others, although I don't see it." Drake was about to reply when a column of red and black erupted in the distance, and Azzie clapped her hands together happily. "And it would appear Katsuchi-sama was started to fight as well." Drake didn't really care who Katsuchi was, but whoever must have been fighting Nashi, he'd recognize that fire anywhere.
"This is insane..." Drake hissed. "Nashi's in trouble, and I can't do a damn thing..."
"Nashi?" Drake looked up as Azzie made a face. "Who's that?"
"A girl I know." Drake replied, seeing no need to lie to her. She wouldn't remember after Drake knocked her upside the head a few times. "She's probably fighting Katsuchi, and she may need help." Azzie pouted.
"Why do you care so much?" She asked coldly, and Drake raised an eyebrow at her.
"Because we're close?" Drake asked it more than told her, and watched her cheeks puff up in irritation. "And if she's in trouble, I worry about her."
"Drake-sama is close to this Nashi girl." Drake's sound magic picked up. "I must be rid of that girl, for Drake-sama..."
"Hey." Drake interrupted, and she looked up. "Don't even think about running off after Nashi to distract me." Azzie reddened and began to slap herself silly again, and Drake groaned. Why did he always get the weirdo's? "Plus, you aren't going anywhere until you've dealt with me, so get the hell over here and attack me!" Azzie watched him with weird eyes that Drake didn't appreciate, before she sighed.
"I don't want to do this, you know." She called out, and Drake watched her curiously as she held her hands over her heart. "I do what I'm told, or Master Kronos-sama gets angry with me..."
"Master Kronos sounds like a grade A dick." Drake informed her, and her eyes widened with shock. "What?"
"Y-you just insulted Master Kronos-sama..." She said darkly, white magic glowing from her body, and she growled. "Nobody insults Kronos-sama in front of me!" Drake was not prepared for Azzie to run at him and punch him in the face. His injuries from the crash didn't allow him to do anything but get knocked on his ass, and Azzie could sure hit hard.
"Mavis, alright!" Drake hissed as she backed up a bit. "I'm sorry for insulting your Master who ordered a hit on my family and gets mad f you screw up once." Azzie sighed, turned a bit to the left to look at the trees, and hugged herself.
"Thank you."
"...No problem." Silence befell the pair, and Drake wasn't sure if he was supposed to attack her or talk to her. At this rate he wasn't sure it mattered. Azzie turned back to face him.
"I, uh..." her face reddened a bit as they made eye contact, and Drake hear her heart rate speed up a bit. What in Mavis' name was up with this girl? "I don't exactly care for inner guild violence, so just walk away and I'll pretend I never you." Drake crossed his arms and glared at her.
"So you can go to Katsuchi and gang up on Nashi?" he asked, which made her pale. "Nice try gorgeous, but I can hear everything you're thinking." She reddened at gorgeous, but paled again at the end of his sentence.
"Everything?" She asked quietly.
"Everything." Drake confirmed. She panicked and grabbed her temples in desperation.
"Don't listen!" She hissed. "Not now!" She shouted angrily, and Drake stared at her in confusion. All he could hear was her rapid heart beat, anyway. "I don't want you to hear this!"
"Alright, whatever..." Drake watched her for a moment as she attempted to look serious, before her face began to redden again the longer she stared at him. "Are you sick or something?" Drake asked, the curiosity killing him. "Cause your face keeps getting really red."
"Gah!" Azzie threw her cloaks hood over her head, hiding her face. Or so she thought, the red was literally glowing from under it. "No I'm not!" Drake was slowly but surely reaching the end of his patience.
"Why?" Drake asked, staring up at the open sky as Azzie had another episode. "What did I ever do to you, Mavis? To deserve this? Huh?"
You're just to sexy for Azzie to handle, Drake. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!