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Simon was pretty sure that blast should have killed him, but he could still hear his own ragged breathing. Slowly opening his eyes, he could see why he'd survived the attack. A wall of mud had risen up in front of him, taking the attack head on.
"What the...?" Icas began, staring at the wall. "Since when can you use earth magic, Scarlet?"
"I can't..." Simon replied warily, watching the mud wall collapse back into the ground. Before either man could attempt to do something, the earth beneath Icas collapsed into quicksand, disabling his lower half.
"Where in the hell..." Icas hissed, flying out of the trap and floating a few feet off of the ground. "Who's there?!" He shouted angrily, observing the tree line behind Simon, "I know someone's there, Scarlet can't do that!" Simon was about to attack when he felt a hand rest on his shoulder.
"Rest for a moment, Simon." The voice said. "I shall be his opponent."
"Who the..." Simon began, before the person in question stood in front of Simon to face Icas.
"You, dark wizard!" Richard shouted. "I shall be your opponent!" Simon watched as Icas raised an eyebrow.
"My opponent, huh?" he asked, smirking. "You...I recognize you now. Hoteye of the Oracion Seis?" Richard growled, raising his fingers to his eyes.
"Do not address me by that filthy name!" he shouted. "My name is Richard, of Crime Sociere!" Icas rolled his eyes as he dodged the mud that launched up at him.
"Of course, how could I have forgotten." he said, smiling at Richard. "The Oracion Seis lost to Jellal Fernandez and joined his guild...pathetic, if you ask me." Richard didn't reply, instead he launched more mud at Icas, this time managing to grab his foot and drag him down to earth, swallowing him in the mud. As Simon listened to Icas screaming profanities, Richard turned to him.
"You must flee while you have the time, Simon." he warned. "This is an enemy you cannot best."
"Don't talk down to me like I'm a child." Simon hissed in reply. "I can take this guy, just get out the way!"
"Don't be childish if you wish to be treated like an adult." Richard replied calmly, piling more mud on top if Icas with a wave of his hand. "This is the one enemy you cannot best with pure will, Simon. His magic surpasses yours."
"How does everyone know that but me?" Simon demanded, struggling to stand. "I can take him..."
"No, you can't." Richard replied, watching Icas struggle. "His magic feeds off of his evil intent, which I'm sure you've realized he has a ton of. This, in turn, means your feeds off of the opposite."
"Richard, I'm good for it!" Richard rolled his eyes a Icas managed to free himself, growling.
"You two have become quite a problem." he hissed, looking at Richard. "If you really wish it to be so, I can kill you before I off Scarlet!" Icas tackled Richard away, leaving Simon by himself in the clearing. He sighed and rested on his arms.
"This sucks."
"Gah, this sucks!" Ultear shouted angrily. She struggled to stand on her feet as Maya watched with a small smile on her face.
"Having trouble?" She asked innocently, and Ultear glared at her.
"This isn't even fair." She hissed. "I can't fight you like this!"
"I do believe that's the point." Maya replied, checking er nails calmly. While she could check her nails, Ultear couldn't walk straight. Some fight, huh? She watched Maya stand some distance away from her, casually going about her business as if Ultear wasn't even there. Technically speaking, she wasn't. At least not the Ultear that could do anything, anyway. Being so young meant she couldn't do anything. Ultear sighed and tried to cross her arms, and growled as even such a simple motion required the utmost of attention to do. "Ugh, how the hell is this magic beatable?!" She hissed angrily. She'd been told the stories, but she couldn't remember how Doriarte's magic had worn off. Explosions sounded in the distance, and Maya sighed happily.
"It sounds as if my beloved has begun to attack." She said, almost turning into love struck goo.
"Your beloved, huh?" Ultear asked, looking for any sort of weakness. "Who's that?" Maya sighed happily again, hugging herself.
"Katsuchi-sama." She said, blushing at saying the name. The mere thought of this Katsuchi seemed to be enough to make her swoon. "he and I are destined to be, even if he himself doesn't realize it." Ultear was about to come up with a witty remark when her body began to feel weird. Ultear didn't know what the opening had been, but she had to keep Maya on the subject of Katsuchi.
"You love him that much huh?" Ultear asked curiously, smiling darkly. Maya nodded.
"Oh God yes." She said quietly. "He's so hot in everything he does...pushing me away, telling me I creep him out, catching me in his closet..." That was all she needed, and Ultear's body sprung back to normal size. Quickly using it to her advantage, Ultear ran forward and slammed an icy blade into Maya, sending her into a tree. She crawled out and growled. "Damn, I let you get my emotions out of control, so the magic wore off..." Ultear smiled with the knowledge, knowing that was all she had to do. Moving quickly, Ultear dodged a punch and slammed her fist into Maya, but was surprised to feel her foot connect with her midsection. Both girls landed upright, and Ultear paled when Maya raised her hands.
"Man." Ultear commented before the magic started. "I wonder how how Katsuchi's clothes are ripped right now..." She watched with a smile as Maya went to Lala land. "Water Nebula!" The torrent of water threw Maya away, and Ultear followed the trail of water and found her in a heap with hearts in her eyes. "Mavis, what is up with this girl?" Ultear asked as Maya shook her head quickly and stood up.
"I can't lose.." She hissed, shaking her head to clear the images of Katsuchi from it. "Master will be furious if I lose to a Fairy..." Maya opted for a close quarters engagement, putting Ultear on the defensive as the younger girl assaulted her.
"Ice Make: Shield!" The ice appeared in her hands, but Maya raised a hand at it, and it melted in Ultear's hand. "What the..."
"My magic isn't limited to living things" Maya reported. "I simply turned your shield's abilities back to mere water." Maya laughed, but Ultear smiled as the melted shield whipped around her.
"I don't know if you were too busy fantasizing to see it," She began, "but my magic isn't limited to water."
"Huh?" Maya asked, but another torrent slapped her in the face. "Ow! That hurt!" Ultear rolled her eyes.
"That's kind of the point." She replied quietly. She blocked an oncoming attack and grabbed Maya by the wrist of her right arm, slamming her into the ground. Ultear's feet were swept out from under here and she rolled around on the ground with Maya, attacking and insulting each other.
"Bitch!"
"Slut!"
"Skank!"
"Stalker!" Maya gasped as she and Ultear separated.
"Mine and Katsuchi's love is pure!" She shouted angrily.
"It sounds like he wants nothing to do with you!" Ultear roared in response. Maya smiled and crossed her arms.
"You're just mad that you don't have man of your own." Ultear went red at the insult and stared at Maya with wide eyes.
"I...I..." Maya giggled at her inability to say anything.
"I bet you can't even get up the courage to tell him so, you're so hopeless." Ultear clenched her fists and growled.
"I would rather live my life without a man..." Ultear began. "Than scare them all away by being a creepy, prepubescent bitch!" Maya gasped again and threw herself at Ultear, and they rolled around some more. Ultear had never been so angry, and her rage made the hair pulling and the slapping feel all the better to do.
"I have a man!" Maya shouted as Ultear pulled her hair.
"Your far to young to even give a shit!" Ultear screamed in reply. "I bet you aren't even old enough to say the carpet matches the drapes!"
"You slut!"
"Speak for yourself!"
Damien had been more than distracted by the demons abrupt disappearance, and even more so when he reappeared frowning.
"What's the matter?" he asked curiously, and Xisplate didn't even acknowledge his presence. "Hey, Xisplate. Earthland to Xisplate, hello?" Xisplate jumped a bit as Damien waved a hand in front of him curiously, and stared back at Damien.
"What?" He demanded. "I was thinking"
"About whatever you were mumbling about before you left, correct?" it took Xisplate a moment before he nodded to confirm so. "What about, exactly?"
"Irrelevant" Xisplate replied quietly, uncrossing his arms to stride closer to the wounded, and Damien followed. "All you need to know is that you may need to defend these people." Damien tensed involuntarily, the way Xisplate said it worried him.
"From what, exactly?" Damien demanded, earning another silence. "Mavis damn it Xisplate, if you aren't going to tell me what I need to know to properly defend myself..."
"A mage from Devil Advocate." Xisplate replied, glaring at him. "I know not when or where he'll come, but be ready." Damien nodded and Xisplate disappeared, which allowed Damien to calm down a bit.
"Sawyer, Macbeth" Damien called out, which caused both men to look up at him. "Set up around the perimeter in case someone comes looking for us."
"Anything to look for in specific?" Sawyer asked, and Damien shrugged.
"Anyone you don't recognize and appears to be looking for trouble." Damien replied, and both men headed off in different directions. Damien sighed as they disappeared. "I don't know what I'm supposed to expect, but I hope it's something I can handle..."
Kronos took a long sip of his wine as he waited for him to come. It was only a matter of time at this point, mainly because he must've realized his guildmates were gone. Counting down from three in his head, Kronos smiled as Taisho busted the door down and stormed into his office.
"You mind telling me, Master Kronos." Taisho demanded, slamming a fist down on the table. "Why the fuck everyone but e was ordered to deal with our enemy?! I'd fucking destroy them!"
"Patience, Taisho." Kronos hissed, causing the other man to stiffen. "Your mission will be given in due time, your power would be too much for our wounded enemy to attempt to handle. I prefer a game of sorts as oppose to complete destruction." Taisho growled as he sat down in the chair opposite the desk, and rested his head on his hand.
"I don't understand you." Taisho finally said. "We're talking about Crime Sociere and Fairy Tail, two of the most dangerous guilds in Fiore." Kronos nodded, and Taisho continued. "So why, pray tell, are you so lax about this?"
"Our enemy was in an airship." Kronos replied. "One I saw Katsuchi successfully knock out of the sky and somewhere into the valley. As we speak, your guildmates are carrying out their orders to eliminate them all as quickly as possible and return together or not at all."
"What in the fuck are you going on about Master?" Taisho growled, the temperature dropping a bit. "Just let me go and clean this up, for fucks sake!" Kronos sighed and walked next to the chair, placing a hand on Taisho's shoulder.
"All in due time." he replied. "Now, in the mean time, fetch me more wine, will you?" Taisho growled incoherent insults before he got up and left the office, and Kronos sighed. He knew that Taisho was impatient, but allowing him out would just make the game far less enjoyable. "The game must be enjoyable, or all I may as well do it myself..."
"Fucking hell!" Taisho shouted somewhere down the hall.
"My apologies if we leaves on his own will, Fairy Tail..." Kronos murmured as he sat down slowly, stroking his beard. "That demon within him makes him so angry all the time...although, if my intel serves correct, you may have one of your own...two demon lord takeover mages fighting each other..."
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