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If Simon could see him and Icas fighting from a distance, he was sure it would just have been a bunch of golden and dark blasts in the distance. Up close, however, needed some epic music.
"SCARLET!"
"ICAS! The two of them slammed into each other again, sending out a shock wave of magical energy that flattened the tree line. Simon had a bubble of heavenly light surrounding him, and Icas was doing the same. They attacked each other mercilessly, fists swinging for whatever they could make contact with, using whatever means around them as an advantage. They flew apart and Icas laughed.
"I must say," he commented. "I'm impressed you've managed to last this long without any outside interference. Not counting the fatty, obviously, because he was a total pushover." Simon growled, deciding not responding what the better response. Icas was trying to provoke him, but Simon needed a level head to stay alive, let alone land a few hits. "What, got no more shit talking to do? That's fine, I can do more than enough for the both of us! Now, are you done taking a break?!" Icas gave his own response by charging at Sion, giving him no option but to attack back. Simon knew he was fighting a losing battle at his rate, but he had to keep trying. Richard's words, telling him that his magic was inferior and that he had no chance of winning rang true. he really didn't. Simon was really only hoping that he could tire him out so that someone else could do it in his place.
"Gah!" Simon shouted in pain, Icas' blast of hell magic striking him in the leg. "This is bad, I'm fighting a losing battle..."
"Damn right." Icas said confidently. "I already told you and the fatty, chances of winning are zero. And that's without factoring in Taisho, you know that?"
"Who is Taisho?" Simon asked, hoping for a break in the action.
"The man who'll put an end to your guild." Simon's eyes widened as fear flashes in Icas' eyes, actual, genuine fear. Icas was afraid of Taisho, whoever he was. "Master Kronos calls him, 'The Demon of Ice.' Man is cold, pun not intended."
"Demon?" Simon asked, "What does that mean, he's a demon?"
"Yes." Icas replied. "Both literally and metaphorically. He's a demon takeover mage, and he uses one of the Twelve Demon Lords." That made Simon worried. One of the Lords? that could only go so many different types of terribly.
"You know," Simon said, crossing his arms. "We have one of those too." Simon was satisfied as hell to see fear cross Icas' face, before he burst out in laughter.
"Nice bluff, Scarlet!" Icas laughed. "Fairy Tail, of all guilds, has one of the twelve destined Demon Lord takeover mages?! Fucking laughable!"
"Laugh all you want." Simon replied calmly, grinning at Icas. "It's still the truth, Damien can beat Taisho easily."
"Saying something like that is laughable." Icas growled. "Taisho is a fucking madman and is Kronos decides to let him out, not even any of our own who get in his way will survive."
"Well, I can't wait until Damien finds him." Simon replied with a grin. "Because that'll be a fight to remember." Of course, Simon left out on crucial fact: Damien couldn't, or wouldn't, use his Demon Lord takeover. if it came right down to it he wasn't sure what would happen, but he hoped Damien had enough sense to look past his petty hatred of the demon and save his family.
"Oi, Scarlet." Simon looked up at Icas, who looked rather angry. "Quick question before I finish up here."
"Alright, what?"
"What do you and your guildies plan to do if you manage to beat all of us?"
"Go after your master, obviously." Simon replied immediately, earning a hearty chuckle from Icas.
"Just as I thought." He said wistfully. "Even if you beat me, you're still going to die. Well, that's helpful." Simon didn't get a chance to respond before Icas flew at mach speed to tackle him, throwing him up into the air rather high up. Deciding he didn't have much of a choice, Simon requipped into his flight armor and sped behind Icas, slamming his rapier into his back. Following up with another attack with the sword, Icas turned and shot a miraculous burst of hell magic, snapping the blade in two. Simon didn't have time to react, as Icas grabbed him by the collar of the leopard print coat and rocketing them at the ground, dropping Simon at the last second. He recovered in time just to throw Icas off course and into a tree, and followed up with blasts of heavenly light into the brush where Icas had disappeared into. "Too slow, Scarlet!" Icas was now behind Simon, obviously taking the long way around to do so. Simon collapsed to his knees to avoid the oncoming punch, driving his own into Icas' gut. Following up by taking out his Lightning Emperor staff and electrocuting him, Simon, threw him up into the air and blasted him again, causing him to drop unceremoniously back down in front of Simon.
"Shit..." Simon whispered, the fatigue of finally requipping again catching up to him in bulk. "I shouldn't have started requipping, now I'm really exhausted..." Icas laughed and struggled to stand, blood dripping from his nose and forehead.
"I still have some left in the tank, Scarlet." he said matter of factly, watching Simon breath heavily. "Want to go another round?" Simon felt rage circulate though his system as Icas smirked at him, and stood as tall as he could.
"I told you..." Simon hissed, requipping into his flame designed pants, with bandages wrapped around his arms, brandishing a katana. "I will defeat you, just a matter of when. Even if I have to put my own body through hell to do it, I will beat you!" Icas laughed manically as Simon glowed with holy light, his own body glowing with hellish magic.
"I'll never get enough of that attitude you fairies have." he said, pretending to cry about it. "Maybe when I'm done with you, I'll find your friends and..." Icas was cut off as Simon sped forward and brought the katana to his neck, glaring angrily at him.
"Lay a fucking finger on my friends." Simon threatened. "And I will kill you so slowly you'd wish Taisho was the one killing you." Simon pushed the katana forward a little, satisfied to see a little blood coming forth. Icas chuckled and glowered all in the span of a second and a half.
"Get that fucking blade away from me before I kill you."
"Come baaaaccckkkk, Ully! I wanna play!" Ultear knew there was no way in hell she was turning back, she was too young as it was. She'd been hit twice since Maya started shooting her retrogression magic where ever she wanted, which put her down to five years. Five more hits from that magic and she was a goner.
"Man, my legs hurt..." She hissed, rubbing her legs to soothe the pain. "It doesn't help that I couldn't use a lot f magic when I was five..." Ultear thought rapidly, there had to be something she hadn't tried yet. "I...! I could, but her magic effects ice...but what if she doesn't aim specifically for me..." Ultear brain raced to formulate a plan as she hid in a bush. One advantage of being so small was that she hid very easily in things like bushes, so Maya didn't have a clue when she was and walked right in front of her, sighing audibly.
"Where'd she go?" Maya asked aloud, Ultear holding her breath as she did her best to silently craft her salvation. "I know she's small and all but shit, how did I lose her?"
"Come on, come on, come on..." Ultear whispered as she faltered slightly in her craftsmanship. "So close, I just need a little more..."
"Found ya!" Ultear dodged another blast and rolled out into the open, hiding her savior behind her back in hopes Maya hadn't seen it. "Why are you hiding in random bushes, Ully? I just want to play!"
"You've got a fucked up idea of playing." Ultear replied weakly, doing her best to finish making her last hope behind her back. It had been difficult to do when she could see it, now it was damn near impossible. "Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Well, I guess Katsuchi may need me." Maya replied, getting starry eyed. "But I have to...Hey, I caught that! You tried to make me lose focus of what I was doing! You'll be a newborn for that!" Maya raised both of her hands above her head, preparing one big blast just as Ultear finished her project.
"Wait!" Ultear shouted with false fear.
"Too late, Ully! Don't worry, I'll get you some diapers!" Maya shot the beam at Ultear who finally revealed her project.
A roughly crafted mirror of ice.
It was her only chance at this point, so she aimed it as best she could and waited with baited breath. Ultear felt the blast impact the mirror and deflect back the way it came, right at Maya.
"Wait!" Maya shouted as the magic came back at her. "This wasn't supposed to..." The magic engulfed her, and she disappeared. Just as she did, Ultear's body sprung back to normal size, chest and all.
"Ow." Ultear muttered, checking herself to make sure she was all there. "That was sudden..." she stood upright and nearly fell back over, not used to the wait her teenage chest gave her front after the whole fight, "Thank Mavis Simon didn't see that..." She whispered, blushing at the thought of what her friend had said about her size when he'd shown up. "Maya?" Ultear lifted the clothes that lay strewn on the ground, revealing a small child with white hair, crying and giving Ultear an absolutely lethal glare. "Aw, aren't you a cutie!" Ultear scooped up her baby enemy in her arms and smiled devilishly at her, and she glared back.
"Waaaahhh!" Maya shouted, pounding Ultear with her tiny fists.
"Yeah, fuck you too." Ultear place her back down on the ground and observed her location, noticing the black smoke from the crash rising in the distance. "I guess I better try and make it there, before all of this retrogressing makes me fall over..." Ultear struggled on her way to the airship wreckage, doing her best to block out the sounds of baby Maya crying behind her.
Kronos sighed and tossed the Maya figurine in a pile with Azzie's, the rest of them still up on the board. Truthfully, he should've seen it coming that the girls would fall first. Azzie always harbored evil intent towards him, and Maya was as flaky as they come.
"It would appear the stakes of the game are weighed in the Fairies favor." he murmured, "Oh well, that just makes it more fun. I suppose if I had to guess, Icas or Simon will fall next. Than again, maybe Kat or Tetsu will fall first..." Before he could do anything, an explosion sounded in the building, shaking it's foundation. "And, there's Taisho..."
"Master Kronos!" Kronos looked up as one of his subordinates appeared in the doorway. "Taisho, he...he..."
"I'm aware, I heard it." Kronos replied, leaning back in is chair and grabbing Taisho's figurine, placing it on the board. "This just makes the game all the more fun to play."
"S-sir, should we try and stop..."
"Do you want to die?" Kronos asked, causing the man to flinch. "Taisho was pissed before Azzie and Maya fell, he must be straight up murderous now. So, no, leave it. Oh, one more thing."
"Yes sir?"
"Prepare all of my belongings, just in case."
"Right, sir. Just in case." Kronos watched the man go quietly, sighing and watching the board quietly. He chuckled as Nashi and Elise's figure's grew darker features, as they had absorbed God attributes. "Now that Taisho is free, the real game shall begin..."
"The game of run and die, Fairies."
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