AN: So here is the next chapter, I am really liking writing this story so yeah. Hope you all like the chapter and I hope you all leave a comment or a review. Also I am thinking of final pairings, so any suggestions are welcome.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Fairy Tail.
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(Last Time)
Before Erza could even contemplate trying to follow Brain, she was distracted by the arrival of Christina. The gleaming Magical Bomber hovered over the area, a proud Pegasus figurehead displayed on the front.
Looking up at the Magical Bomber, Erza's eyes widened as she saw someone she recognised standing on the prow. It was Angel from Oración Seis; it appeared the woman had hijacked Christina.
Percy to it appeared had also seen who was on Christina as he ran over to the group, a terrifying look on his face as he glared at where Brain had just been standing before he fled with Wendy. Why he would go out of his way to kidnap the young girl was unknown, but all that mattered was they get her back and punish Brain.
"Everyone get down!" Erza shouted as she re-equipped, changing from her 'Flight Armour' into her most defensible armour, her 'Adamantine Armour'. Set of heavy plate armour made out of adamantine, which had two half shield attacked to the arms. This armour was so strong it had once withstood the blast of a Jupiter Cannon, Erza was confident enough that it would protect her from Christina's payload, hopefully the others could protect themselves to.
She did not have any more time to think as the Magical Bomber, started to drop its bombs. Christina literally carpet bombed the entire area, releasing hundreds of lacrima infused bombs, which tore apart the ground and anything it hit.
This included both Racer and Hoteye, who Brain and Cobra had left behind when they fled; neither of them was able to defend themselves from the death that was falling from above.
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Chapter 4
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(With Percy in the Woodsea Forest)
"Is everyone ok?!" Erza called out as she pushed herself to her feet from where she had been previously crouched, her adamantine shield raised above her head.
Looking up Erza scowled as she saw that the Christina had begun to move off, already it was almost a kilometer away and flying even deeper into the Woodsea Forest. Taking her eyes off of the distant Magical Bomber, Erza instead looked around the area, trying to find everyone through the large clouds of smoke and dust that remained form Christina's aerial bombardment.
"I think everyone is fine!" Ren from Blue Pegasus said as he drew on his magic and created a short gust of wind, blowing away the clouds of lingering dust and revealing the shattered remains of the clearing.
The ground was pockmarked with dozens of large craters, from where the magic infused bombs had fallen. All the still standing trees within a fifty metre radius had been shredded by the bombs, with most of the woodland having been turned to kindling.
Looking around, Erza quickly found the others, all of them were huddled together fifteen or so metres from her, the tell tale shimmer in the air revealed that Percy had created a shield by once again condensing the water in the air, to the point at which it created a physical, yet fluid protection. Seeing that the members from Blue Pegasus, Fairy Tail and Lamia Scale were all accounted for, Erza let out a sigh of relief, her hazel eyes moving off to inspect the rest of the battle scarred clearing.
Those same eyes widened as she saw the shattered and twisted remains of two bodies a dozen or so metres away from where the rest of them were. These were the remains of both Hoteye and Racer, it was the only conclusion Erza could come to. Truly Dark Guilds were ruthless, the magical bomber had unloaded its payload without any regard for collateral damage, and both Brain and Cobra had fled the area leaving their two comrades to die. Truly it disgusted Erza.
"Gray!" Lucy suddenly shouted, getting Erza's attention as she turned back to the huddle of other mages. Her eyes widening as she remembered Gray had been injured before the bombardment, the snake Cubelios had bitten him, and judging by the fact the snake's master used some kind of 'Poison Magic', then it was very likely that his snake familiar was venomous.
Rushing over Erza swept the Trimens and Sherry away as she rushed to Gray's side. Joining both Lyon and Natsu, both of whom were crouched next to him, looks of worry on their faces.
"Come on frostbite, don't die. Not like this!" Natsu said as he tried to shake the very pale and unresponsive Gray. It appeared like Erza suspected that Natsu and Gray truly were friends, despite their rivalry and their constant fighting and arguing.
"Natsu…" Lucy said tearfully as she clung onto the pink haired dragon slayer's arm. "I don't think he is going to make it, he has lost a lot of blood…"
"Come on Gray wake up!" Lyon said fiercely as he kept his hand on Gray's neck, maintaining the patch of ice he was using to stem his fellow ice wizard's bleeding. Already the ice had turned a crimson colour as Gray's blood soaked into it.
"Percy, can you help him." Erza said as she looked up at the older man. She knew he had some ability to use healing magic, she had seen him use it before after all. When their training sessions got too fierce and she hurt herself he would heal her, he would light his hand up with silver fire and her injuries would steam and vanish. Already today she had seen him do the same thing to Sherry, healing her body with his magic.
Hearing her question Percy took his eyes off the horizon, where he had previously been following Christina's progress as it continued on deeper into the Woodsea Forest. Instead he looked down at Erza, his eyes falling onto Gray's cold still body, taking note of the bloody wound on his neck and darkened veins that were now visible just below the skin. It only took a glance for him to recognise his injury; it was a venomous bite of some sort. Percy had seen plenty of those over his time as a demigod. In fact he had been bitten by a number of venomous creatures himself.
Looking away from Gray's wound and seeing the looks he was receiving from the rest of the wizards, Percy nodded his head as he approached the group. Taking a knee beside Gray, Percy extended his hand, drawing on what he had come to refer to as his 'Blessing of Bob', having recognized the ability of one, Bob, formerly known as Iapetus had used before when they had been trapped in Tartarus.
Silvery fire covered Percy's hand, even as he felt a sudden pulling feeling in his gut. How he had gained this ability he did not know, in fact all he did know was when he had awoken in Tartarus, somehow alive and feeling better than he ever had before. This was despite him having been on his dead bed when he had fallen. When he had awoken, he had somehow gained Iapetus's ability to heal pretty much anything. Percy had at first theorized that the Titan had somehow given Percy his blessing whilst they were in Tartarus, and that Percy's abilities derived from that.
Now standing here in a foreign world four hundred and thirty seven years later he knew better. Percy had not just received a blessing from the Titan of Mortality, no; he had gained much more than that.
Pushing aside those thoughts for now, Percy instead focused on what he was doing. Ignoring the curious looks he was receiving from the others, he knelt at Gray's side, dissolving Lyon's ice with but a thought. Percy instead held his flaming hand just over Gray's wound, the silvery fire flicking over the ice wizards skin as he did so.
"What are you doing?!" Natsu sad loudly, his eyes fixed on the strange silver flames in Percy's hands. Usually the pink haired dragon slayer would be hungry when he saw fire; after all due to his constitution as a fire dragon slayer he could eat fire, gaining both energy and sustenance from the flames. But for once the dragon slayer wasn't hungry when he saw the fire in Percy's hands; instead he was worried, as a user of fire he knew how dangerous it could be, just as he knew that it could melt the flesh off a person if it was too close or too uncontrolled.
With that in mind Natsu lunged forward, trying to stop Percy form putting his silver fire on Gray's bloody wound. He was stopped mid movement though, by Erza's armoured arm, which wrapped around his neck and slammed him into her armoured chest, easily holding him back.
"Be calm Natsu." Erza said as she held Natsu back, a frown of concentration on her face a she fixed her eyes on what Perseus was doing. "You know Percy, you've known him for years; you know he would never hurt a member of his Guild."
Natsu did know that, which was why he calmed down slightly, his eyes fixed on Percy's fiery hand as he did so.
Rolling his eyes at Natsu's theatrics Percy placed his left hand on Gray's chest. Focusing on drawing out the poison in his bloodstream, using his 'Toxikinesis', a handy little ability he had picked up in Tartarus, to draw the venom from Gray's body.
Percy's left hand began to glow a faint purple as he pulled it away from Gray's chest, his hand now covered in the snake's sticky, liquid venom as he purged it from Gray's body. Flicking his hand, Percy dispersed the poison, dissolving it into nothingness as he did so.
With that done he placed his still burn right hand on Gray's wound. Causing the bloody snake bite to start to steam as the wound quickly closed, Gray's pale skin tone returning to a healthy pink as Percy's used the power Iapetus gifted him to heal the ice mage's wound.
Releasing his hold on the power and dispersing the silver flames, Percy once again stood up with a sigh. He was not at all surprised when the previously unresponsive Gray sat bolt upright with a gasp a moment later, his hand clutching feebly at his neck, his eyes full of confusion as he realised he was no longer dying and that his grievous wound was now just a patch of healed skin.
"Incredible…" Hibiki whispered as he looked at Percy in awe, it was a reaction his fellow Trimens, Lucy and both Sherry and Lyon mirrored as they looked at Percy in shock.
It wasn't surprising really, especially if you considered that normal healing magic was considered a lost magic, and what Percy had just done was a few levels above normal healing magic.
"Right, so I think it is time to re-strategize." Percy said as he clapped his hands together, once again scowling into the distance as he saw Christina had slowed down, it appeared they had begun to use Christina to search the for something, no doubt they were looking for wherever this Nirvana magic was, after all why else would they be in an isolated area like this.
"You think?" Lyon said sarcastically, putting aside his awe at Percy's healing magic for now as he instead focused on the bigger problem. I.e. the fact that Jura and Ichiya were missing, that Wendy had been kidnapped and that the magical bomber had been hijacked.
Percy gave Lyon a bland look at that, before he instead turned to the others. "First things first, we have three objectives now. The first objective is to rescue Wendy, the next is to locate Ichiya and Jura if they are still alive, and the last is to either take back control or destroy Christina."
"You want to destroy Christina!" Hibiki said his eyes widening as he heard that.
"Yes." Percy said bluntly as he glanced at Hibiki. "Christina is a powerful aerial weapon, it is better it be destroyed than it be left in the hands of a Dark Guild."
None of the Blue Pegasus members could object to that.
"With that said, Hibiki, Sherry and Lucy" Percy said getting the attention of the three mages as he did so. "I want you three to find Ichiya and Jura, if they are incapacitated then I want you to free them and bring them back here, if they are injured then bring them back here, if they are dead… leave them for now and just you three return here."
Both the Lamia Scale members and the Trimens opened their mouths to protest, but they were cut off as Percy fixed his sea green eyes on them. "This is not a time for sentimentality, this is serious; we need to destroy Oración Seis as soon as we can, hopefully before they gain access to Nirvana. The dead will only slow us down; we can recover their bodies at a later date."
Before any of them could do so much as grudgingly nod, Percy had turned away from them, and instead he now fixed his attention on the others.
"Natsu, Gray, Eve, Lyon and Ren" Percy said, getting the named members full attention as he did so. "Each of you are highly combat based and are capable of both short and long distance fighting, your job is to catch up to the Christina and then either recover it or if that is not possible you are to destroy it."
Natsu grinned at that, even as he slammed his flaming fists together, already excited to destroy the airship, the thoughts of recovery not even crossing his mind. Gray and Lyon nodded resolutely, understanding what had to be done. Ren and Eve looked somewhat more conflicted, but both of them eventually nodded, signaling their agreement to Percy's plan.
"Good." Percy said as he looked away from them and instead met Erza's eyes, "Erza and myself as the most powerful ones here will pursue Brain, Midnight and Cobra and will rescue Wendy."
Erza nodded at that, re-equipping from her 'Adamantine Armour' to her 'Black Wing Armour' as she did so. Her long black blade resting gently on her shoulder as she met Percy's gaze with a steely one of her own, fully aware of the danger and also aware of what might have to be done if they did fight the Oración Seis members. As Percy said this was not a casual, fun, run of the mill request, this was a very dangerous and deadly mission they were on.
"When everyone has completed their objectives meet back here." Percy said giving a nod to the destroyed clearing as he did so. "From there we will figure out our next move, depending on how each of our objectives went."
All nine of the assembled wizards nodded at that, all of them looking grim and determined.
"Before you go, I want you all to be on alert for subsidiary Dark Guilds loyal to Oración Seis; we don't know how many might be lurking around the area." Percy tacked on as he turned on his heel Erza following after him as he decided to go find Wendy, there was an old abandoned settlement he remembered noting the last time he had seen a map of the area. Such a place might be the Dark Guilds base, whether it was or not, Percy didn't know, but he did know it would be a good place to start searching.
"Wait, where's Happy… Carla too!?" Natsu suddenly questioned from behind Percy.
Looking over his shoulder Percy made an educated guess. "Well if they are not here, and the last place they were, was with Wendy, then I am assuming it would be safe to assume they are wherever Brain took her."
Turing back around Percy continued his run into the surrounding forests.
"Don't worry Natsu, we will find them." Erza added on as she gave Natsu a reassuring look before she chased after Percy.
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(In Oración Seis's Base)
Brain scowled to himself as he entered his base, both Cobra and Midnight following behind him as he did so. Things had not gone to plan; sure Angel had come through for him, taking out Jura and Ichiya before hijacking the Blue Pegasus Guild's magical bomber, unfortunately though things hadn't gone all his way. Both Racer and Hoteye were dead, he knew that much already as the two black seals that symbolized the link magic that had previously been connecting the two of them to him, were now gone. He still had four other black seals crossing his face and arms though, these four black linear seals symbolized his links to the other four remaining members of his Guild.
This had angered Brain; he had those links with his Guild members for a reason, but more than that it meant that a third of his Guild was already dead. There was only Angel, Cobra, Midnight and himself left.
Things were not all bad though, the fact he had managed to grab the 'Sky Maiden' Wendy Marvel meant that he was now one step closer to getting Nirvana. Angel had also come through for him by using the Light Guilds own weapon, the magical bomber Christina, to carpet bomb the Light Wizards, hopefully a number of them had been killed by the aerial bombardment.
Dropping the scared Wendy to the ground, Brain didn't even blink as he heard her let out a moan of pain, nor did he look surprised when two Exceeds, magical catlike creatures, also fell to the ground, both of them had tried to protect the girl and had ended up being brought along for the ride. Not that it really mattered. Turning away from the three hostages, Brain instead looked at the remaining members of his Guild.
Midnight had once again fallen asleep on his carpet; it seemed nothing bothered the boy, not even the loss of two of his comrades. Not that this bothered Brain to unduly, the boy was a weapon plain and simple, and the fact he didn't get shaken up was good.
Looking away from Midnight, Brain instead looked at Cobra; the maroon haired man was crouched tiredly against the wall of the cave they were hiding out in. His massive purple serpent, Cubelios, was coiled around his waist. Cobra had a dark look on his face as he idly stroked the head of his familiar. No doubt the artificial dragon slayer was less than happy that he had had to retreat. Brain also wasn't happy, unfortunately though he had underestimated the strength and impact of both Perseus and Erza.
Feeling Brain's eyes on him, Cobra's slanted eyes shifted towards him, before moving to Brain's hostage, Wendy, who immediately flinched as she felt the dragon slayer's gaze on her.
Wendy was currently sat on the cold floor, just in front of Brain who was now staring down at her. Wendy looked back up at Brain, attempting to look strong as she internally cursed herself for not being able to stop shaking as she saw the dark look in his eyes and felt the ominous power radiating from him.
"Brain, who is that girl? Does she have something to do with Nirvana?" Cobra asked curiously as he tenderly stroked Cubelios's head, taking comfort in his snake's presence, she was his oldest and dearest companion, as long as he had her he would be fine.
Hearing that, Wendy mustered as much courage as she could and glared defiantly towards the now amused looking Brain. The large, white haired wizard's eyes did not leave Wendy, as he continued to look down at her in amusement, before he finally turned away to meet Cobra's gaze. The poison dragon slayer immediately noticed his usually stoic leader's face, noting as he did the satisfaction he could see on it.
"She can use 'Sky Magic', otherwise known as 'Healing Magic' and with it we can resurrect him." Brain replied, pushing away his irritation at the loss of Racer and Hoteye, instead focusing on the more important things.
Cobra raised his eyebrows at that. If they revived him they'd be able to find Nirvana much faster and reach their dreams.
"I will take the girl to him and force her to heal him. Whilst I am doing that, Angel will use the airship to search the forest, I will keep her updated on what we find out from him. I want you and Midnight to keep our pursuers at bay, I have no doubt their primary objective will be to rescue the Sky Maiden and find Nirvana. Kill any that you come across, understood?" Brain said as he glanced towards the end of the cave, where a large T-shaped coffin was lying against the wall.
Midnight awoke as he heard his name called; raising his head he revealed his pale skin and the heavy gothic makeup on his face. Turning his bored eyes to his father, Brain, Midnight paused for a second, before he nodded his head slowly, acknowledging the orders he had been given.
Cobra also nodded in understanding before he turned to leave the cave, the now fully awake Midnight following leisurely behind him. This left Brain alone to deal with Wendy.
Taking a seat on a nearby crate, Brain waited for Wendy to finally speak up. When she did her words were soft and barely audible, but Wendy began to feel hope and courage swell within her chest as she started talking.
"I don't really know what you want from me…" Wendy began as she bravely glared at Brain. "But I refuse to help someone like you!"
An amused expression once again spread across Brain's face as he heard that. "Oh, you will. Once you see him, you'll have no choice."
Wendy looked confused at that, not sure what the man meant.
She was soon answered however, when Brain gestured at something behind her. Turning Wendy's eyes widened as she saw a massive coffin set against the back wall of the cave. The T-shaped coffin was made entirely out of metal, and had enchanted chains wrapped around it.
"What…. What is that?" Wendy said nervously.
Beside her both Happy and Carla began to stir, the two of the being slowly awakened by the sounds of Brain and Wendy's voices.
Brain turned away from the coffin and looked back at Wendy as he heard that. Standing up and taking a few steps forward he approached the coffin and tapped the cover of the casket with his staff. The chains began to glow faintly, before they lifelessly fell to the cold ground, no longer binding the coffin closed.
"Wendy, you're going to heal this man for me." Brain said as the coffin lid began to glow as well, before it began to slowly fade away.
"I won't do it!"Wendy said loudly, startling the confused Happy and Carla awake as she did so.
"What's going on?" Carla asked in confusion as she looked around at her surroundings. Her question however was completely ignored by the two humans in the room.
"Oh, yes you will after all…"Brain said as he gestured at the coffin, drawing the attention of Wendy, Carla and Happy to the now open casket,
The metallic lid had finished melting away, now revealing its contents to the sky dragon slayer. Multiple chains were wrapped around the human inside stringing him up as if he was being crucified. His eyes were closed and unconscious yet the light rise and fall of his chest indicated he was very much alive. The man had spiky blue hair, pale skin and a distinctive red tattoo that surrounded his right eye.
'W-Wait… it can't be…' Wendy thought. Her eyes shot wide open and she started to shake. Of all the people she expected to see in the coffin, this man was not one of them. Seeing him here and now, she almost didn't know what to say or do.
"This, Wendy, is Jellal… a truly ingenious wizard who masterfully infiltrated the Magic Council and used them as pawns in his own game. Overexposure to high-intensity magical energy has left him in a catatonic state, as you can clearly see. He is a powerful wizard… and I would have you revive him. You know why you must, don't you?" Brain said, a bit of sadistic pleasure making its way onto his features as he saw the expression on Wendy's face.
"N-No… I mean… I can't… but… how is he here…?" Wendy uttered confusedly.
"As I said, overexposure to Ethernano has left Jellal in a comatose state. As a result of this, he is in a state of hibernation that no ordinary magic can bring him out of… however, if it is you, then I'm sure you'll be able to revive him."
"But I… I shouldn't…" Wendy said weakly, trying to find her conviction but failing to do so.
Seeing the face of a man she was told was evil made her deny wanting to revive him, but the fact of the matter was that she couldn't currently bring herself to see him in such a way. This was the same person that had helped her all those years ago, it had to be, and so she owed him.
"You're aware of just how much you owe him, aren't you, Wendy? Do you not owe your life to this very person?" Brain said his expression darkening as the girl didn't fold to his wishes immediately like he wanted her to.
"But I… y-yes, I do, bu…" Wendy stuttered back, not at all sure what she should do as she looked at the peaceful face of Jellal, the boy had barely changed since the last time she saw him.
"Then you must bring him back. It is the only way to repay your debt. Come now, child, do you truly believe him to be such a cruel and cold hearted man? Surely the one who saved you and took you into his care couldn't become such an abomination?" Brain pressed, not allowing the girl time to think as he became more and more insistent.
Wendy fell to her knees and clenched her head. Tears streamed down her face and fell to the ground, the internal conflict seemingly destroying her ability to think clearly for the time being.
When she nodded in acceptance and began to walk up to the coffin, Brain could only smirk, with Jellal healed; Nirvana was all but in his grasp. Soon he would have coordinates that he could send to Angel, and the others.
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(With Hibiki, Lucy and Sherry in the Woodsea Forest)
Rushing back through the Woodsea Forest, Hibiki, Lucy and Sherry retraced their earlier steps, heading for the Blue Pegasus Mansion, the last place they had seen Ichiya and Jura. All three mages travelled in silence, none of them knowing what to say to each other, this was not surprising considering they all belonged to different Guilds.
Deciding to break the silence as they continued on through the woodland, Lucy turned to Sherry. "So Sherry… how do you like being part of Lamia Scale…?"
Sherry looked amused as she heard Lucy's awkward question, still though a part of her appreciated the Celestial Wizard's attempt at breaking the ice. "I like it, both Yuka, Toby, Lyon and myself all joined quite soon after what happened on Galuna Island. It was Lyon's idea really; he saw how powerful that Gray guy had gotten being a member of Fairy Tail, so he decided to give it a go, the rest of us went along for the ride."
"Oh well that's good. Why Lamia Scale though?"Lucy asked.
Sherry shrugged in response before replying. "It was a large Guild and the first one we found, I can't say I have any regrets though. The people at Lamia Scale were really kind and treated us like family. Actually being part of a Guild has made me happier than I think I have ever been, I think the others also like it too."
Lucy nodded at that, she completely understood where Sherry was coming from. She had only been in Fairy Tail for a couple of month and it already felt more like home to her than where she had been living previously, with her arrogant, two-faced father.
"So where are Yuka and Toby?" Lucy asked as she remembered Sherry's two odd companions. Yuka had been a short blue haired mage, with prominent eyebrows and a skill with 'Wave Magic', which was a type of 'Nullification Magic'. Toby meanwhile had been a stupid and overenthusiastic wizard who looked and acted like a dog… he was an odd man; his magic was even odder as it relied on extending his nails and coating them with a type of 'Paralytic Magic'.
Sherry's lips quirked as she looked over at Lucy, it was like she could see what Lucy was thinking. "They are both out on a request in Clover Town, and yes before you ask they are both still as eccentric and odd as you remember."
Lucy chuckled at that. "I can't exactly judge, considering I am on a team with a hyperactive dragon slayer who eats fire, a stupid flying cat, an ice mage with a penchant for stripping and Erza… well enough said…"
"Oh so Gray is a bit of a stripper too? I thought that was just a habit, my beloved Lyon had. Maybe it is an ice wizard thing." Sherry replied in amusement, as she heard how Gray had a similar quirk to Lyon.
Lucy laughed at that.
Before anything else could be said Hibiki spoke up, a frown on his face as he looked ahead at the Blue Pegasus mansion. "We are here. I think it is best if we keep our guards up, we don't know whether there are any Dark Wizards lurking about."
Lucy nodded at that, her hands going to the Celestial Keys attached to her belt. Pulling out Leo's golden key, Lucy prepared herself to summon one of her strongest spirits.
Sherry meanwhile, slowed her pace, her eyes darting around the area as she accessed the material she had to hand, already thinking about which doll construct she should make in case they were attacked.
Continuing along at a slower pace, Hibiki was the first one of the three to spot the large body of Jura Neekis lying on the leafy ground just ahead of them.
Rushing over to him, wary of any traps, the three of them soon discovered the reason why the wizard was not moving. Lying beside Jura's head was a smoking vial of red liquid, this Hibiki recognised was one of Ichiya's parfums, in fact it was one that had the effect of paralyzing a person's magic and muscles.
Kicking the smoking bottle away, Hibiki knelt down at Jura's head concentrating as he checked how dilated Jura's eyes were. As a member of Blue Pegasus and having worked regularly with Ichiya, Hibiki had come to learn how to deal with accidently exposure to Ichiya's parfums.
"How is he?" Sherry asked worriedly as she looked over Hibiki's shoulder.
"He has a minor concussion, probably from having his head stamped on" Hibiki said as he looked back at Sherry, gesturing at the bloody, boot shaped mark on Jura's bald head. "But the main problem is that he has had some major exposure to one of Ichiya's 'paralyzing parfums'. I think the only one who could help him is Ichiya himself."
"And where are we supposed to find him?" Lucy asked anxiously.
"I would suggest we check the mansion and the surrounding area. The last time we saw him he was with Jura, so he should also be nearby." Hibiki said as he looked around at the heavily wooded area. "You two check the mansion; see if you can find him, I will stay here with Jura and also have a look round the nearby area just in case he is under a bush or something."
Sherry and Lucy nodded as they both set off for the mansion.
"Do you have any Celestial Spirits that could help" Sherry asked Lucy as the two of them entered the darkened Blue Pegasus mansion.
"No" Lucy replied as she looked around the eerie mansion, not liking how quiet and empty it seemed. "None of my spirits have any abilities that will help with tracking."
Sherry nodded at that, her eyes scanning the area as the two of them reached the base of the grand staircase. "Ok, I will check upstairs, you check downstairs. If you find him, give me a shout, I will do the same."
Lucy nodded at that before she began to search the ground floor of the Blue Pegasus mansion. Sherry meanwhile quickly ascended the stair case so she could check the dozen or so upstairs rooms.
As this was going on, a tied up and gagged Ichiya slow began to come around. Blinking his eyes blearily, the short orange haired mage looked at his surroundings only to see he was hogtied and gagged in a locked toilet cubicle in the Blue Pegasus mansion. Of all the unmanly ways to wake up.
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(With Eve, Gray, Lyon, Natsu and Ren in the Woodsea Forest)
Running quickly through the North Woodsea Forest, the five Light Wizards made quick progress as they pursued Christina. The magical bomber had slowed down a lot, as it now appeared to be sweeping over the forest, seemingly searching for something. This had meant that the five of them had been able to quickly make up the distance, between them and the airship.
Coming to a stop, Lyon called for the others to stop to as they remained hidden beneath forest's foliage, barely a hundred metres form where Christina was currently hovering.
"Why did we stop?" Gray asked with a scowl. "Christina is just there."
"Yes it is, but unlike last time we will not be rushing in without a plan. Do try and remember Gray that we don't know how many people are on the Christina, nor do we know whether there are any other Dark Guilds around this area. I think it is best that we pause for a few minutes and come up with a plan, Christina is after all a powerful weapon, so attacking it head on would be completely foolish."
Natsu gnashed his teeth at having to wait, but he grudgingly agreed. As to did Gray, who understood where Lyon was coming from, they had after all fucked up by rushing the members of Oración Seis last time. He didn't want to fuck up again; Percy wasn't around to save him this time.
Ren and Eve also agreed, but for them it was because they knew how powerful Christina was. Not only did it have a lot of magical bombs that it could drop, it also had a functioning Jupiter Cannon, a high powered weapon that used a beam of destructive magic. It was a formidable weapon and one that could destroy anything that got in its way.
"So how do you want to do this?" Ren said as he looked to Lyon, the calmest and most sensible one present for answers.
Lyon looked thoughtful for a minute as he looked up at Christina. "Ren do you think you would be able to use your magic to quietly fly four people up to the Christina?"
Ren looked thoughtful at that, judging the distance and noting that the airship was hovering at least one hundred feet above the ground. Frowning to himself, Ren slowly answered. "I should be able to lift four people into the air long enough to get onto the airship. But I won't be able to keep four people in sustained flight for long."
"Ok good." Lyon said with a nod of his head. "So I think the plan should be for Ren to lift Eve, Gray, himself and me up to Christina. Allowing us to board Christina at the back, from there we should overwhelm the crew. Whilst we are doing that I think Natsu should draw the crew's attention by attacking Christina from the ground with his fire magic and causing a loud ruckus."
"I can do that." Natsu said with a grin at the thought of fighting an airship.
"That should draw the crew's attention for long enough for Ren to bring us on board and for us to attack them. Hopefully we will be able to overwhelm them quickly, we should still be cautious though, Angel is on the ship, and the other members of Oración Seis could also be up there."
"It's risky" Ren said with a frown. "But I think it could work, Natsu you should be careful attacking the Christina though. The ship is equipped with not just magical bombs but also a Jupiter Cannon, if you see it charging up you should retreat."
"Ha! I can take a Jupiter Cannon!" Natsu replied cockily, after all if Erza could tank a Jupiter Cannon blast then he could. He did after all want to someday defeat Erza and what better way to measure his chances.
"Don't be stupid barbeque breath!" Gray said as he turned his ire on Natsu. "Erza barely survived a Jupiter Cannon blast and that was only because she was wearing her 'Adamantine Amour', which shattered in case you forgot. If you try to take a Jupiter Blast it will kill you."
"Screw you stripper!" Natsu snapped, though he did concede that maybe purposefully taking a full strength blast form a Jupiter Cannon might not be the most sensible thing to do.
"When you two have stopped squabbling can we get on with it?" Lyon said in irritation as he looked between both Natsu and Gray, fervently hoping that he and Gray's fights didn't come across as childish as these two's near constant arguments.
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(With Percy and Ezra in the Woodsea Forest)
"Come on it's this way follow me!" Percy said as he jogged through the forest, his coat flapping behind him as he kept his left hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Are you sure they will have gone to this abandoned settlement?" Erza questioned as she easily kept pace with him, her eyes constantly moving as she looked for any sign of danger.
"I am not one hundred percent sure, but I have a good hunch. Besides the three members of Oración Seis who took Wendy were all powerful, I can faintly sense their power and it is telling me they are in this direction." Percy replied as he continued to run, using his control of water to control the moisture in the air, this cast his sensory range much farther than an average person, nearly a kilometer in all directions.
It was because of this extended sensory range that he was able to sense a large group of wizards hiding out quite close to where they were now; no doubt they were Dark Guilds loyal to Oración Seis. It was also because of his extended senses that he was able to sense the presence of two adults, a child and two Exceed sized beings, who were all grouped together, quite close to where he knew the old abandoned settlements was. So yes Percy was not one hundred percent positive, but he was pretty damn sure.
"Be careful now Erza," Percy said as he glanced over to his scarlet haired companion. "There is a large group of wizards up ahead; most likely they are Dark Wizards who have been sent to stop us from reaching Wendy."
"If that is the case then we will crush them." Erza replied resolutely.
"It's also possible Brain sent one of his subordinates to lead them, so be careful." Percy added in, there were only two adults with Wendy, which meant that there were likely two Oración Seis members with her, which left one unaccounted for.
"It does not matter, against our combined might they will not stand a chance." Erza replied, knowing as she did that what she had just said was not arrogance, it was the truth. She was a powerful S-Class mage and Percy, well Percy was many times more powerful than Mira, Laxus and Erza combined. So the chances of them not defeating the wizards sent to stop them were laughable.
"I don't think these wizards were sent with the intention to completely stop us, I think they were sent to delay us. Brain must have taken Wendy for a reason, what that reason is I am not sure, but what I do know is that it has something to do with Nirvana and he must need some time to get Wendy to help him." Percy said as he felt them closing in on Wendy's location, he could also feel through the air that the large group of wizards were converging on the two of them.
"That or he needed a human sacrifice and Wendy as the youngest and most inexperienced of us provided the perfect target." Erza added, her expression darkening even further at that thought.
"I doubt it." Percy replied with a shrug as he began to slow down, Erza matching his speed as she too slowed down, her long black sword in her hands as she cautiously surveyed the heavily wooded landscape for any sign of movement. "If Brain wanted a human sacrifice he would have just used one of his own men, I have no doubt Brain would sacrifice every member of his Guild if it meant reaching his goal. So no, he took Wendy for a specific reason."
Neither of the two had any more time for talking as the Dark Guild that had been sent to stop them made their presence known.
There were nearly thirty of them, all of them dressed in dark hooded cloaks, and all of them in the midst of preparing magical circles. Looking around at the cloaked wizards, Percy could tell with a glance that they were all grunts, cannon fodder really, none of them stood out as particularly impressive. He was however surprised to see that Cobra and the now awakened Midnight were standing with the group of Dark Wizards, both of them looking cockily back at Percy and Erza as they blocked their way. This meant that he had been wrong about who had been with Wendy; one was obviously Brain, but the other…?
"I am afraid you will not be going any further." Cobra said as he calmly blocked Percy and Erza's path. "The boss has got some business with the brat and sent us to make sure he isn't interrupted."
"One chance." Percy said with forced calm. "I will give you one chance to get out of our way."
"Or what?" Cobra sneered. "I can hear every move you will make; you have no chance of defeating me. As for Midnight, well that guy is in a class of his own." Cobra continued giving Midnight a speculative look as he did so.
"Erza, can you deal with the grunts while I deal with these two clowns." Percy said, his hand tightening on the handle of Backbiter, even as the ground at his feet began to crack beneath his feet and the clouds above quickly began to darken. Percy often likened himself to the sea, often he was calm and tranquil, but when riled up he was unpredictable and without mercy, and if there was one thing that got him pissed off it was arrogant shits standing in his way when he was trying to help one of his comrades.
Erza glanced over at Percy, her eyes widening as she saw that his eyes had begun to glow. Nodding her head Erza re-equipped her armour. Switching out her 'Black Wing Armour' for her 'Heaven's Wheel Armour'. Erza's body once again glowed as her black plate armour was replaced by a set of silver armour, this one like the other accentuated her breasts and revealed her lower stomach, the silver armour also had a chainmail skirt and large bladed silver wings, made out of very sharp silver blades. As her armour changed so too did her weapon, instead of the long black blade, she now carried a pair of four foot long swords.
Glancing at her out of the corner of his eyes, Percy cracked a slight smile. "You really are not one for modesty, are you Erza."
Erza looked over at Percy as she heard, enjoying having his appreciative eyes on her, she favoured him with a slight smile. "If you've got it, why not flaunt it?"
"Truer words have never been spoken." Percy said with a slight grin, before he looked back at his two opponents. His eyes once again darkening as he prepared to crush the two people standing in between him and Wendy.
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AN: So things are moving along and people are trying to adapt to the changing circumstances. There will be some serious conflict next chapter as the three groups go through with their objectives.
Also I have had a few people ask about Percy's magic etc. so I have decided to write up a brief summary of his general abilities. I won't go into detail on how he can use them though or of the extent of those powers. Also some will be omitted as they are a surprise, most though are from canon. These powers are already decided and won't be changed as they are part of my stories plan.
Percy Jackson's abilities:
God Level – Hydrokinesis/ Cryokinesis
Master Level – Geokinesis
Master Level – Atmokinesis
Master Level – Vitakinesis (Ability gained from Iapetus) Can heal any wound with a touch, as long as he has enough power
Expert Level – Electrokinesis
Expert Level – Aerokinesis
Expert Level - Toxikinesis
Immune to heat and fire etc
Can speak to horses and sea creatures.
Can use magical items that have their own magic.
Curse of Achilles – His body is completely invulnerable except for a single point on the small of his back. The curse also increases his demigod power and abilities ten times over.
Current Equipment:
Backbiter – Powerful blade that allows Percy minor control over time. He can only use these ability when wielding the sword. (The sword has another ability that I won't say yet.)
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This is a brief overview of Percy's abilities as I said before it doesn't go into detail on just what he can do as I have a lot of cool ideas and I don't want to spoil them.
So other than that I would love it if everyone would leave a comment, Also I am thinking of final pairings so I am more than happy to here suggestions etc. and with that done I will see you all next time.
NOTE: I have updated my profile about my progress on my current story updates. I have also made a poll to help me plan my update timetable.
Seagate.