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Azzie's head hurt, that much was certain. What had happened again? Oh right, her maniac enemy had grabbed her and fallen off the cliff, nearly killing her. Drake, where was he? Azzie tried to sit up and look around, bu something prevented her from doing so. Looking down gave her the cause, as Drake still had his arms draped over her protectively, his face scrunched up in pain.
"Drake-sama?" Azzie asked quietly, and Drake's left eye opened to look at her.
"Good," he whispered, his face relaxing slightly, "You're okay."
"W-what about you?" Azzie asked weakly, observing the dried blood on his face and dirt. He groaned and flinched.
"I'm good." he lied through his teeth, and Azzie frowned.
"Don't lie to me." She hissed. "You nearly killed yourself, didn't you?"
"Maybe." he replied, giving her that signature cocky smirk that he somehow managed to plaster on despite his position. "Other than that, I need you to do something for me."
"What?" Azzie asked, just no realizing her head was still resting on his chest.
"Sit up." Azzie did so, sitting up in a straddling position, and immediately noticed the problem. Drake had been stabbed through the side by a branch as they fell, one that was two inches in diameter. "Pull that out, would you? It's killing me, literally." Azzie stared at him weakly, not trusting herself to such a dangerous job.
"I...I can't." Azzie replied. "What if I hurt you? I..." Azzie stopped talking when Drake grabbed her hand, staring defiantly at her.
"You don't believe in yourself, huh?" he demanded, which earned a nod. "Fine, I'll believe in you enough for the both of us. Now, pull it out before it kills me." Azzie got off of him and watched the branch carefully, planting her hands on it. He nodded at her, and she pulled as hard as she could, causing Drake to growl in pain. "Oh, that burns..." he hissed, slamming his head back down onto the ground. "How bad is it?" Azzie observed the wound, trying not to be sick while looking at it.
"It's pretty bad." She replied quietly. "But it looks like it avoided everything vital, so that's good, right?" Drake snickered, but coughed up blood while he did.
"Yeah, I guess..." Azzie panicked as his voice got quieter. "Just got to look on the bright side...huh...?" His eyes began to droop, and Azzie felt her stomach churn violently.
"Don't!" Azzie shouted, cupping Drake's face in her hands. "Don't close your eyes, Drake-sama! Look at me!" Drake's eyes lazily drifted over to her, and she smiled weakly and tears fell again. "There you go, keep them on me, got that? Don't you dare close them." Drake chuckled.
"Is that caring if I die I detect, Azzie?" he asked, his eyes drifting back to the sky. "And you tried to convince me you didn't care..." before she could say anything, his head lolled and his eyes closed.
"Shit..." Azzie whispered, sitting back and observing his unmoving form. "Shit shit shit shit... What now?" Azzie looked around for something to do. "I...I could just go..." Azzie watched his unmoving form as thunder sounded overhead, tears once again beginning to fall. "How heartless am I that I just suggested that? Drake-sama risked his own life and possibly gave it to keep me alive, and I was just going to leave him here? Not a fucking chance." Azzie picked Drake up in a piggy back and did her best to get her balance, as she was wounded and carrying someone heavier than her on her back. "My turn to save you, Drake-sama..." Azzie began to unsteadily walk away, not making it very far before she collapsed to one knee, the leg that had been hurt in the fall giving out on her.
Azzie couldn't take much more abuse today, she wasn't built for it. She was about to fall over when a ragged breath was exhaled over her shoulder from Drake, and she frowned, standing angrily.
"Like hell I'm going to fall now." She hissed. "You nearly died falling down a cliff for me, and I can't carry you a certain distance? I can do this, easy." Azzie trudged on, ignoring the stabs of pain from her leg and spine. She was about to take another break when she spotted black smoke rising to the east of her, and bit's of metal strewn around her.
The airship.
It was a long shot to say she could find help there, but maybe someone survived the crash and was there. She just hoped that if anyone was there, they'd help Drake before asking any questions.
"I don't care if they kill me for being the reason you're like this." Azzie hissed as she followed the bits of wreckage. "I just hope you make it..."
"Fire God's Death Scythe!"
"Iron God's Bellow!" Elise hit Nashi in the stomach and they sprawled out on the ground uselessly, one on top of the other. Both had nothing left at this point and where just getting tossed around by the God Slayers opposite them, which wasn't fun. Katsuchi frowned.
"Man, it's no fun if they don't fight back." he said, disdain obvious in his tone.
"Maybe we tried to hard." Tetsu offered, "We do go overboard sometimes."
"Yeah, but I thought they had more in them than this." As the two of them talked about Nashi and Elise, Elise rolled off of Nashi and exhaled.
"We're so dead." She hissed. "I can't even stand."
"I know." She replied weakly. "But we can't just give up, can we?"
"Got any better ideas?" Elise's question brought Nashi into silence. "Didn't think so. We're dead."
"Oi," Katsuchi sad, obviously in their direction. "You two need a breather or something?"
"That'd be nice." Nashi coughed back, sitting up. "But I somehow doubt we'll get one." her response earned her a chuckle from both men, who were still in near perfect condition. Nashi wasn't sure what was worse; the fact that they were fine after such a long fight or that Nashi and Elise were losing. A combination of both, Nashi finally decided. At this rate they were going to die, which wasn't a very good option either.
"Well, I suppose neither of you have anything left, so..." Katsuchi prepared a black fireball in his hand and turned to Tetsu. "Which one do you want?"
"We'll take our respective elements, I guess." he replied calmly, his arm turning into a club. "Sound fair?"
"Definitely." As both turned to come and deliver the final blow, Nashi suddenly remembered something vital, the Grimoire Heart story.
Grimoire.
It was like a bonfire of perfect idea's in Nashi's head, and she grinned at the shifted over to Elise's side and leaned over her shoulder.
"I have an idea." She whispered, "But it's pretty far fetched and insane."
"Can't be much worse than what we've already tried, what is it?" Nashi whispered her idea to Elise, who paled. "Your fucking kidding me, right? How are you going to do that, force yourself?"
"That's the idea." Nashi replied calmly, standing up. "If my dad can do it, so can we."
"You think you inherited it, or something?" Elise asked wearily, and Nashi nodded. "I'm friends with a psychopath, I swear." She chuckled and stood next to Nashi, "But then again, not being sane just makes it more fun, doesn't it?" Both God Slayers raised an eyebrow at the girls, who had stood to fight again.
"You guys got some major lady balls, I have to say." Tetsu said, "Because to stand up to us with no magic power left takes a lot of balls. Iron God Club!"
"Fire God's Kagutsuchi!"
Damien was way to bored, and he didn't like the feeling at all. He had heard multiple explosions, which was most likely his friends fighting the dark guild which had attacked. Not only that, but from the sounds coming from the sky that it was going to rain soon, which was just perfect. All of his friends were out there fighting, about to be in the rain, and he was sitting here under a bent metal piece of the airship to avoid said rain when it showed up. Jellal had since fallen asleep, leaving Damien the sole awake person again, save Sawyer and Macbeth who were still patrolling. Damien sighed and picked at the edge of the metal trying to entertain himself.
"I hate sitting around and doing nothing." he hissed. "Why the hell can't I fight someone?" Nobody was awake or near enough to answer him, so he really only asked himself. "And now I'm talking to myself, isn't that just perfect..."
"Hello?" Damien looked up at the voice he didn't recognize, feminine in tone. He watched the opening in front of the wreckage as a girl with purple hair walked into the clearing. She seemed rather beaten up, with someone draped over their shoulder. "Anyone alive?"
"Who wants to know?" Damien demanded, watching her jump at the sound of his voice. "Who the hell are you and why are you here?"
"Are..." Damien saw her falter as she walked closer to him under his little hut, it appeared her leg hurt. "Are you a friend of Drake-sama's?"
"Drake-sama?" Damien asked, his defenses raising slightly. "I am, how do you know him?" The girl shifted so that the head of the person she was carrying appeared over her head, and Damien paled. "What the...Drake!" Damien got up and rushed towards the girl, scooping up the wounded Dragon Slayer from the girls arms and observing his friend carefully. "What the hell happened to him?!"
"I..." Damien looked over at the girl, his eyes drifting towards her revealed midsection, which made him growl.
"That mark." he hissed. "You're in that guild, huh? What the hell are you doing here?" Damien watched the girl, and felt incredibly confused when she started to cry.
"I'll tell you everything." She whispered, "Just...please, save his life. Please!"
"Why do you care?" Damien asked as he carried Drake over to the medical supplies. "I'm willing to bet you're why he's like this!" The girl just cried even more, but Damien didn't have time to ask her anymore questions, he had to save his friend's life. Laying him down gently, Drake observed the damage. it occurred to him that Drake may have ended up like this due to the crash and this girl had just happened to find him, but that didn't explain why she was so worried. "Hey, what's your name?" Damien asked. He needed her help, and a first name basis would help.
"A-Azzie." She whispered. "My name's Azzie."
"Alright Azzie, if you really want him to survive, you need to listen to everything I tell you to a fault, got it?" She nodded quickly, and he looked back down at Drake. "Take off his coat and shirt so w can help him, alright?" She did as she was told, and Damien dug around the bag of supplies for gauze. As he found it, he returned to find Drake without a shirt on, and handed her the gauze. "I'll lift him up, you wrap, alright?" She nodded and they completed their task easily enough, and Damien sighed.
"Is he going to be okay?" Azzie asked quietly, and Damien shrugged.
"If I could get him back to the guild, yes." He replied. "Wendy'd have him up and moving in no time, but I'm no healer." Damien stared down at Drake's unconscious form, before returning his gaze to Azzie. "Now, care to explain why the hell he's like this?" Azzie flinched at his brutal tone and looked down at Drake.
"It's all because he's such an idiot..."
Katsuchi was surprised the girls had the strength to stand, but it really didn't matter anymore anyway. Standing, lying down, they still wouldn't survive the final attacks he and Tetsu used. His fireball met Nashi head on and Tetsu's club slammed into Elise stomach, both of them flying backwards. Katsuchi began to laugh and turned to high five Tetsu, but paused when he saw his partner staring ahead in awe.
"What?" he asked, turning back around to stare at Nashi and Elise, and his eyes widened. "What in God's holy name...?" His fire had yet to fade from Nashi's body, and she was standing back up. Elise had grabbed the club as it made contact. "Wow, I'm surprised they're still standing. No matter, we'll just...what the fuck?!"Katsuchi watched in astonishment as Nashi began to shove his flames in her mouth and eat them, as if nothing was wrong with that. Elise placed the club in her mouth and bit as hard as she could, actually managing to break and chew it. "H-how..."
"Remember what Kronos said?" Tetsu asked weakly, "The only time another lower class slayer can eat our element?" Katsuchi's eyes widened as he watched the scene in front of him in shock.
"Yeah," he whispered. "they can only do it if they replace their magic with ours, and the girls are on empty right now..." Nashi giggled as the remainder of Katsuchi's flames disappeared in her mouth.
"Mavis above." She said, opening her eyes, a steely look of determination Katsuchi had never seen before. "That fire is hot, I've never felt so crispy on the inside." Elise chuckled as she stood up as well.
"You think that was bad?" Elise asked her friend. "I almost cut up my insides eating that, but did it ever taste amazing." Katsuchi watched as Nashi erupted in a combination of red and black fire, and Elise's body became coated in gray and black iron.
"The combination of the God's and Dragon's..." Katsuchi whispered, the raw magical energy from the girls making him shiver.
"This pure magical power..." Tetsu said weakly, sweat dropping at the sight. "I've never felt it before.
"The Iron Dragon and Fire Dragon God's."
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