Varvula: WE HAVE FINALLY ACHIVES 50 CHAPTERS~! [She used one of the poppers from the previous chapter.]
Shiho: Damn it Varvula~! Why did you use the cockroach poppers~?!
Varvula: They were the only ones there. Besides this is actually the longest story Izumi has ever written~!
Freddy: Much better than his last story Soul Orb.
Raven: Eh, it wasn't that bad. Just a bit overloading.
Peace: Anyway, Izumi wanted to thank you for all the support and reviews of this story but…
Gwen: Izumi was caught and thrown into prison in Fiore. So, we're planning to bust him out.
Freddy:That's…true but before that. He's going to be taking a bit of a break from this story to work on other projects.
Yang: Yeah, like our adventures~!
Freddy: R-Right…He's not dumping the series, he just needs a break from the series to work on others. That way he'll be motivating again.
Peace: I can understand that. Mostly I need a break from drawing sometimes.
Yang: Yup, doing too much of a good thing is bad for you…So don't eat too much carrots~!
Gwen:...What is wrong with you?
Yang: What, I hate carrots…which is quite ironic.
Varvula: On that note, let's get to the chapter~!
Chapter 50: Regret and Rage.
Simon and Zoro haven't slowed down their onslaught. Both the leader's ax clang when they hit the swordsman's swords.
"...!" While clashing weapons with Santoryu swordsman, Simon's mantra just sensed Dimanu's voice vanishing followed by Cure Honey's. 'W-What? Dimanu was beaten?'
Being stunned by the sudden voice loss, Simon was caught off guard by Zoro's sudden horizontal slash. Simon stopped the strike with his ax, but was swiftly overpowered by Zoro's strength, disarming him. With Simon's weapon in the air, Zoro prepared to slash his stomach, only for Simon to leap back while quickly burying his arm into his stomach.
KLANG~!
Zoro clicked his teeth in annoyance when he heard his swords being blocked by a freshly made silver shield. He stepped back a bit. "This is going to be annoying to deal with."
"My apologies if you don't like the way I fight," Simon taunted while creating another Ax with his left hand and wielding his shield in his right. "I'm a living furnace after all. So no matter how many weapons I lose, I'll make more."
"Well that doesn't matter, I'll cut them all down!" Zoro declared. He held his swords in front of him, with the posture of a bull readying himself to charge. He then rushed towards Simon in that stance. "Ushi Tari~!"
Simon lifted his shield in front of him, intercepting the strike. Despite this, Simon was driven back by Zoro's two swords continually striking the mere seconds, the swordsman was behind Simon. His freshly made shield was instantly destroyed by his strike.
'He's already destroyed my shield with one technique,' Simon, taken aback by Zoro's might, instantly composed himself and tossed his ax while digging his palm into his stomach to construct a new weapon. Zoro lunges towards Simon, ducking beneath the flying ax and swinging his mouth sword at Simon's midsection.
CLING~!
Simon deflects Zoro's slash with his newly fashioned gauntlet. He then leaps back, keeping a safe gap between himself and the swordsman. "I must admit, you are an extremely skilled swordsman." Simon complimented as he created another silver gauntlet for his right hand.
"Flattery won't help you," Zoro retorted back. While fighting Simon, the moss haired swordsman could tell that he wasn't the one who carved Chopper and Sango. Still, he wanted to face off against the leader of Luminous Tail. "Like I said, I'm not going easy on you just because you know Erza."
"I understand, I'm still on the Shandian side, after all." Simon said as he got into a boxing stance. With a blink of an eye, Simon closed the distance between him and Zoro swinging his fist at his head.
'So fast!' Zoro swiftly formed an X with his sword, preventing the jab from striking to his face. But felt the wind knock out of his lunges when Simon's second jab hit him in the stomach. Zoro tumbled across the ground a bit before landing on his stomach.
"Heads up~!" Zoro glances up and notices Simon in midair with his hand clenched. He moved out of the path as Simon's silver armored fist smacked into the ground where Zoro's was. The blow was strong enough to leave an imprint on the stone floor.
"One Sword Style," Zoro was on his feet with his signature sword from his mouth in his hand. He then lash it out, releasing a flying blade attack. "36 Caliber Phoenix~!"
"Gah~!" Simon had no time to get out of the path since it arrived so quickly. He was lifted off his feet by his flying air blades, causing a cut on his chest. With a loud thud, he crashed into the ruins.
"..." Zoro looked at the place where Simon crashed into, cautiously. He noticed some movement as the large man climbed himself out of the way. Instead of looking surprised, he smirked. "Well you look at that…You're the first to survive my flying blade attack."
"I'm honored," Simon chuckled. He was able to get up despite the gash on his chest. "I guess you knew that I wasn't responsible for cutting those two, right?"
"The way your fighting gave it away," He responded, glancing at the two children in the cage. "Plus considering that you came before us was another reason."
"I see, well then, I guess I have to use my trump card," Simon declared as his entire body suddenly changed into silver. Zoro's eyes widen a bit, staring at the rebel leader's new transformation. "Now then Roronora Zoro," He declared with a smirk. "Let's see if you can through my armor."
The Home Team had made it to the rendezvous point, which was down the beanstalk and a little off the shore of the Upper Yard. Connis, Pagaya, Juvia, Gray, Gajeel, Tsubasa, Lucy, Tsuchimikado, Yozura and the now conscious Accelerator with Last Order were above deck while the others were either below deck or still resting.
"Looks like we made it," Gray said as he dropped down the anchor. "Now all we have to do is wait for the others."
"So this is the sea shore where you Blue sea friends were planning on meeting?" Pagaya asked them.
"Pretty much," Lucy replied, looking off into the distance. "Let's just hope that our enemies don't target us. Not all of us are hundred percent ready for another battle."
"If they do then we'll be ready to kick their asses," Gajeel huffed.
"You need to rest," Levy scolded him. "You still haven't recovered from fighting that guy."
"In that case, why don't I sound the horn off, to scare off any threats," Pagaya offered kindly.
"That…won't be necessary, please," Lucy declined, waving her hands.
"Yeah, I'd bet Gajeel's songs can scare any intruder away," Gray joked.
"You mentioned that before," Tsubasa reminded, looking a bit curiously. "How bad can his singing be?"
"Did someone call…for a performer?" Everyone glanced at Gajeel who was somehow in a new outfit. He wore a white tuxedo with hat and black glasses, he somehow had a guitar in his hands and a harmonica near his mouth.
"...What the f am I looking at?" Accelerator broke the silence. His anger from being beaten by Moses still lingered, but was bewildered by the man's new outfit.
"Oh, crap~!" Gray, Lucy and Juvia cursed with a pale face. Levy just facepalmed with a sigh.
"A fan wants to hear my song, and I can't disappoint them," Gajeel vocalizes while strumming his guitar. "You can't stop my passion. Shoobedoo-da~!"
While Iron Dragon Slayer was singing, almost everyone who hadn't heard him, cringed or looked annoyed. Tsubasa was used to singers going out of tune, so she wasn't as bothered compared to them but she had to admit that Gajeel was tone deaf.
'He's horrible,' Accelerator, Tsubasa, Tsuchimikado, and Yozura thought in their heads.
"Yay~!" Last Order cheered as she was sitting in front of Gajeel, along with Lily and Suu. "Again! Again!"
"Suu~!" The white fox chanted.
"He has a fan?!" Lucy and Gray exclaimed comically.
"Gehehe~!" Gajeel grinned. "You have a nice taste, kid. For you, I'll do an enc-GAH~!"
The iron dragon slayer felt something small hit his cheeks, but it was enough to knock him off the rails of the ship.
"...Oops my hand slipped," Accelerator mocked with a grin.
"I'M KICKING YOUR ASS YOU ALINBO FREAK~!" Gajeel comically roared with shark teeth, recovering from his attack.
Connis and Pagaya observed the high energy of the group. Despite the situation, they weren't too worried about their comrades still in the forest. Connis recalled Nami's words before she and Aisa were chased by the snake, promising that they'll meet up with the others in the North-West shore.
"…Hang in there!" Connis encouraged while glancing down at the charred Usopp, Sanji and Kuroko. She owes the three and the others for saving them from God's Judgment. "I'll nurse you three back to help in no time!"
While Lucy and Gray were trying to stop Gajeel from fighting Accelerator, Pagaya was staring at the forest, with a hint of worry. 'Please, everyone be safe. I'm sorry that Skypiea is like this.'
Shura's burnt body. Satori's skeleton one. Braham was sprawled on his back unconscious. Genbo's prone body with multiple cuts. Kamakiri, and a ton of warriors from both sides burnt due to Eneru's lightning, and Genbo unconscious body near the stone ruins.
The bodies of Eneru's Priests, warriors, and Shandians were littered across the Upper Yard due to Eneru's Survival Games. A few surviving Shandians and Kami soldiers were heading towards Giant Jack.
"Don't stop until we take Eneru's head!"
"The heads that will roll are you'rs Shandians!"
"Climb up Giant Jack! We'll destroy Eneru once and for all!"
"Don't let them get to God's Shrine! Protect it at all costs!"
Laki sped across the Milky Road, passing by Yami's body lying head first on the ground in the distance. She was heading towards Giant Jack with Kamakiri's warning still lingering in her mind. 'Please Wyper. Don't you the Reject anymore.' She desperately thought, hoping that her leader wouldn't try anything reckless. 'He can't be defeated no matt-.'
CLASH~!
Time had slowed down, when Maki and Shervan appeared in between Laki. The Shandian women felt an utter hint of fear for a split second until they sped past her. The green and red blurs clashed with each other as they went deeper into the forest. Laki stopped herself staring at the forest.
"Wh…What was that?" Laki spluttered.
Moses and Terra were still going at each other strong. Multiple pieces of the ruins crumbled by their magic.
"Sky God Knuckles~!" Terra leaned back avoiding Moses's wind coated fist. She then swung her leg, kicking Moses in the stomach, forcing him to groan and stagger back.
'Earth-Make: Bat,' Not giving Moses a chance to breathe, Terra summoned a large brown bat made of soil and rock, as it flew towards the God Slayer.
"Sky God: Arrow!" Moses stretched his left arm, releasing a swift, large arrow composed of black wind. The earth bat and wind arrow projectiles canceled each other out, culminating in a massive explosion.
Moses braced himself as Terra flew out of the dust cloud constructing an earth-like sword. The God slayer fired another Sky God Arrow at close range. While sprinting, she quickly turns her upper body, allowing an arrow to pass by her before charging towards Moses with her sword swinging, executing a horizontal slash into his chest.
"Ggh!" Gritting his teeth in pain, Moses swung his fist towards Terra's head, forcing the molding mage to duck below his fist. Terra then lash her sword upward but Moses steps back to avoid it, with his arms wrapped with black wind. "Sky God: Air Cutter~!" Moses fired off waves of black wind blades in crescent shape.
'Earth-Make Wall,' Terra slammed her fist into the ground, summoned a wall made of soil in front of her, absorbing the wind blades. 'Listen Moses, you need to calm down!'
"Why should I?!" Moses yelled out, hearing Terra's voice in his head. "In all my years in this hell hole, my vengeance was aimed at the wrong person!" As his anger rises, the black air around his arms intensifies as he dashed forward. "You expect me to forsake the one person I ever loved?!"
Moses plowed both of his arms into the wall and with Sky God wind spinning wildly, he tore through the wall. Yet Terra wasn't on the other side of the wall, as she appeared behind him. Moses quickly turned his head only to be met with Terra's fist into his right cheek forcing himself to stumble.
'No, I don't…' Terra declared sadly. 'But you need to know at least why I did what I had to do.'
"I don't listen to traitors!" Moses roared as he changed elements from wind to lighting. His fists coated with black electricity as he rushed towards Terra. The woman coated her own fist with soil and dirt and copied Moses, both engaging in hand-to-hand combat. Terra punch landed a blow into Moses's chest, but he shrugged it off and retaliated with a knee jab to her stomach. Winded, she aimed a roundhouse at his side, while he recovered and delivered a haymack on face.
While two exchanges punches and kicks at each other, they didn't notice Todd peeking from behind the ruins. He was watching them fighting looking conflicted and confused. 'What's going on? Why is Moses acting this way?'
After parrying her earth fist, Moses slams his wind coated fist into Terra's chest, causing her to tumble across the ground. She groaned a bit as she slowly stood up, looking up at Moses.
"Tell me why...Why did you kill Margaret?!" Moses demanded. His voice sounding more sad than anger. "Why!?"
Todd gasped in shock, but quickly covered his mouth. 'T-Terra killed our leader?'
Terra looked down at him before beginning to explain her story telepathically between her and Moses's head. 'Margaret wasn't who you thought she was, Moses... She was a traitor..'
"LIES~!" Moses' sudden snap caused Todd to flinch. "How dare you call her a traitor~! Margs the reason why we escaped from Crimson Blood in the first place! She even took Aoi and Kouta as hostages~!"
'It was just all a ploy,' Terra bluntly confessed. 'I hadn't realized it until Aoi and Kouta escaped that very day we ended up in the Upper Yard…Every time she told us she was out on patrol every night was fabrication to leak information to Aoi…That's the reason why Eneru's Priests were always one step ahead of us…'
"N-No…" Todd was surprised to hear Moses stuttering as he stepped back. "Y-You're lying…Margs would never…"
'I didn't want to believe it either…' Terra's expression solemnly. 'She was always a responsible and considerate friend…In the back of my mind, I thought that Margaret was trying to negotiate our freedom…but it was wishful thinking.'
"So that's the reason why you didn't tell anyone about this?" Moses retorted a bit calmer but still angry. "Even your brother doesn't know about it?"
'Correct,' Terra nods her head, causing her brother to gasp quietly. 'Exploiting her actions would only make things worse for the group. Marg would've turned my words around to make me a traitor. Also my brother isn't the best at keeping secrets. So I had to go off on my own.'
"That…" Moses hesitated a bit, but questioned her. "That still doesn't explain why you had to kill her! If she was a traitor…you could've captured her for interrogation!"
'...I know,' Terra guilt was rising more, but continued explaining.
Flashback: three months after Luminous Tail was born.
Terra and Margaret, a tall white-haired woman, were walking through the Upper Yard's woodland. The two stopped for a moment when they noticed a gigantic man leaning against the trees, drained. He was encircled by a couple of unconscious Kami warriors, which stunned the two females.
'The day when I was about to exploit Margaret was the same day we found Simon, looking exhausted and injured. Margaret didn't hesitate to bring him back to headquarters.'
The recovered Simon was helping Margaret and the rest of Luminous Tail with various tasks around the base. He was improving the base with his Smelt Smelt Devil fruit with Eguchi, and Jayden's help. It then showed Simon sparring with Dimanu, and Yozura, dominating them. Next, it then shows him rescuing Akita and Todd from Satori and Shura. Finally, it shows Simon, Moses and Margaret discussing and experimenting with Dials.
'Simon's presence helped us a lot against the Eneru forces. He even suggested that they should aid some of the Shandians to form a relationship with them for an alliance. His leadership and helpful nature did something to Margaret to change her. Unfortunately, I only learned about it too late.'
Timeskip: Two weeks after Simon was found.
At night, Margaret was running across the forest alone in panic. She stops when she notices an unconscious Todd on the ground with Aoi planting her foot on his head.
"You're pathetic as usual!" Aoi roasted with a grin. She continued to violently stomp on the boy's head. "You think you can win against me with just one a-."
"Sonic Slash~!" Aoi quickly jumped away from Todd, to avoid Margaret's horizontal wind blade. The wind blade cleaved right into the tree behind Aoi, causing it to topple over. Margaret runs behind the unconscious boy, glaring at Aoi.
"Whoa there, that was a bit close don't you think?" Aoi casually commented and landed a few feet away from her. "You almost cut my head off."
"That was my intention," Margaret declared seriously. "I'm done with all of this spying and secrets!"
"W-What?" Aoi blinked a bit surprised. "What about your plan on retrieving the Octadict Slayer? You say you wanted to kill them all except for him and return back to Crimson Blood right? Don't tell me you're turning back the deal you offered!"
"I am," Margaret declared, aiming her sword at her. "My traitorous actions and lies against my comrades can't be erased, but I'll atone for them by killing you, the Priests and Eneru."
Aoi gritted her teeth in anger, knowing that she was no match for Magaret. "You…Fine then, consider us enemies!" She spat out before retreating from the area.
Margaret watches as Aoi jumps from branch to branch disappearing. She sighs and looks down at the unconscious Todd. He had a few cuts and bruises on his body, making her concerned and worried. "Please be alrea-!"
SHANK~!
The woman froze midsection, as she looked down to find a brown earth sword pierce her stomach. Margaret didn't even turn her head as she let out a weak chuckle as she dropped her sword. "I guess…I deserve that."
Behind Margaret was a very livid and pissed Terra leering down at her. The second she found Margaret and the unconscious bleeding Todd, the woman didn't hesitate to sink her earth-like sword into her back.
"I guess…you knew all this time right…?" Margaret breathed faintly as she coughed up some blood. "That…I was the mole…?"
'Yes,' Terra answered as words appeared on the ground in front of Margaret. Her dirt sword disappeared, causing Margaret to collapse on her knees. 'Why did you betray us?'
"Personal reason…" Margaret responded. "My plan…was to bring…back Dimanu after I let Eneru kill you all…and then make Dimanu finish off Eneru and his Priests," She chucked weakly but was cut short when she was grabbed by the back of her neck and was slammed hard into the ground.
'So you started by killing my brother?!' Terra fumed. She grabbed Maraget's own sword and aimed it at the back of her neck.
"...Yes," Margaret fibbed. She shows no signs of struggling or fear in her voice. "He was the weakest link in the group!" She ranted with a mocking laugh. "So I cut him up a bit to show him how he can never beat Aoi or save Kouta~! ALL HE WAS IS A BURDEN TO OUR NUMBER SO HE BETTER OFF DEA-!"
Terra instantly silences Margaret by angrily plunging her sword into her neck.
Simon raced across the field in a panic. He was holding a Tone Dial in his hands, desperately tried to get there to stop them.
The second Simon got there, he was too late.
Terra's body was covered in blood as she walked away from Maraget's body, while carrying Todd piggyback style. The second she spots Simon, the pink haired woman stops, her hair covering her eyes.
'I'm sorry…' Simon flinched when he heard Terra's voice in his head for the first time. He noticed the woman tearing up. 'I didn't mean to kill her…I-I just let my anger control me ag-."
Without warning, Simon hugged Terra, who was caught off guard by his action. "No, it's my fault…" Simon replied with tears in his eyes. He didn't care that his body was stained with blood from her. "I should've realized it sooner…I would've stopped Margaret from killing herself!"
'...?' Terra was confused by Simon's words. 'What do you mean?'
Simon took out the Tone Dial and clicked it, hearing Margaret's voice; "Hello Simon, if you hear this then it means that I'm already fighting Eneru. Flat out…" There was a big sigh before she spoke. "I was the one who was leaking information out to the enemies. That's the reason why Luminous Tail's been struggling. At first, I saw everyone as a nuisance and was keen on getting rid of them so I could return to Crimson Blood, but then you came along and made things better for them. I feel that you fit a better leader than I do…which is why I'm going to end it tonight."
Another pause of silence, hearing a bit sobs in the Dial. "I'll be fighting Aoi, the priests and Eneru himself, alone. I know you think it's stupid and suicidal, but…I have to do it, it's the only way I can atone for my actions…I resign you as the new leader, Simon."
Margaret's voice then let out a soft chuckle. You'll do great to get everyone out of Eneru's reign...You better not screw it up, or I'll haunt your ass~!"
After her message ended, Terra's eyes widened with her teeth clenched tightly. She realized why Margaret was purposely taunting her in her final moments. Soon tears began pouring down her cheeks from her eyes and nose. 'What…have I done?'
'We bought Maragret's body back for a memorial. Simon covered for me by lying to you all that Eneru was responsible for her death, sacrificing herself to save me and Simon. Despite her actions and goal, Simon didn't want them to think Maragret's last moments as a traitor. He still thinks of her as a good leader.'
Moses's eyes widened with dilated and expressionless. He opened his mouth but no words came out. Terra felt saddened by his reaction. 'Both Simon and I feel bad for not telling you all the truth, and I'm sorry for killing Margaret.'
"TERRA~!" Todd called out suddenly, pretending that he just ran to the scene. Terra turned her head in panic while Moses didn't even react to the boy's voice. "Are you guys done?!"
'Todd stay back!' Hearing her sister's voice in his head, Todd stops noticing Moses's pale expression. 'Moses…?'
"...Heh,"
"Moses?" Todd blinked.
"Heh…Hahahaha~!"
The man began to quietly giggle and placed his hand on his head. His giggles soon develop into full-fledged laughter. The two siblings braced themselves as they watched him laugh for the first time. Moses shifted his weight back, still laughing out loud.
"...All this time, I wanted to kill Eneru for stealing the life of the one I loved.," Moses pauses his laughter to speak, his voice exhausted and cold. "I squandered all of my time and energy defending a bunch of scheming liars."
"What are you talking about?!" Todd asked, still confused.
"I had enough," Moses coldly affirmed as his eyes changed to blue. Terra had little time to react as she stepped off of a magic circle underneath her feet causing a stalagmite of ice to shoot up. "Margaret was the only person in whom I had trust and cared. I was angry with myself for not being able to defend her from Eneru." He ranted as he kept summing black ice stalagmites towards Terra as she kept barely dodging them. "And the very same enemy told me that my own colleague murdered her and kept it a secret until now!?"
'Damn it, he's not letting up,' Terra winced when the stalagmites grazed her abdomen. 'I have no choice.' She planted her fist into her palm, creating a big brown magic circle underneath Moses's feet.
"She's using that move?" Todd asked in shock.
"...!" Moses paled a bit, recognizing Terra's powerful spell. Before he could move his feet sank into the ground. He tried to move but couldn't. Soon the ground began to shake as the ground rose around him like he was inside a crater. Soon the earth around Moses formed into a miniature volcano.
'Earth-Make: Volcanic Geyser~!' The second Terra sank her fist into the ground, the miniature volcano erupted blasting raw magic into the air. It was so powerful that the snake and a few fighters noticed the beam.
"GAH~!" Moses screamed in agony. He would've been blasted up but his feet were stuck to the ground.
Once the beam died down, the volcano collapsed revealing a visible injured Moses. His eyes were pure white as he looked unconscious but remained standing due to his feet still stuck to the ground. Terra breathed heavily due to magic consumption and collapsed onto her knees.
"Terra~!" Todd raced towards his sister and hugged her. "I'm so happy you're alright."
'Yeah,' Terra said telepathically, but was still tired. 'I was able to beat Moses though…There's something I need to tell you though.'
"That you were the one who killed Margaret?" Terra's eyes widened in shock that Todd found out. "I sort of overheard Moses's reactions a bit when you two were talking so I kind of connected the dots."
'I didn't mean to, I swear,' Terra confessed sadly. 'The second I heard you were kidnapped, I was so worried for you that my mind was clouded. T-Then I saw you on the ground bleeding with Margaret standing over you…I just snapped.'
"I'm not angry at you Terra," Todd beamed and hugged his sister. "I'm sure Margaret doesn't hate you as well. Aoi must've blackmailed her into leaking out information or something, and she felt really guilty about it…!"
The second Todd looked down, his expression turned into panic.
Before Terra could react, she was suddenly shoved out of the way. The older sibling turned her head in confusion until she noticed why.
Both of them were underneath a magic circle and Todd pushed her away from it.
Once he knew that Terra was safe, Todd gave Terra a smile of relief. 'I love you big sis. And tell Kouta…
"Lighting God: Thor's Tower."
…I'm sorry that I won't be able to see him.'
BOOM~!
Todd's body was obliterated in front of Terra's eyes by a gigantic pillar of black lightning fired into the sky.
Dealing with Simon's silver body armor proved to be difficult for the swordsman. He had struggled to avoid most of Simon's swift jabs, moving surprisingly fast in his silver armor.
Zoro quickly blocks on his fist with his sword mouth, knocking it downward. He then dragged his two others swords up his arm and slash his chest, not leaving a mark on him but enough to send him flying back into the air.
Simon flipped and sprang off the ground, onto his feet. He noticed Zoro already closing the distance, swiping both swords at his chest again. Simon catches both swords in mid swing with each hand. He then slammed his head onto Zoro's causing some blood to rush down the swordsman's head.
Simon followed it up with two punches into his face and gut and finished it off with an uppercut into Zoro's chin sending him flying into the air and landed hard on his back.
"What's the matter? Can't cut through silver yet?" Simon taunted a bit.
Zoro gently lifts himself up, wincing a bit from his assault. "Don't be stupid," Zoro mocked as he was fully standing. "I've already managed to cut through steel. So your silver armor won't last long."
"I'll like to see you try," Simon challenged while in his boxing stance.
Zoro crouched down and crossed his two swords across his chest. He then placed his sword in his mouth in a horizontal stance. "Oni:"
Both men rushed at each other, however Simon proved to be much faster than Zoro with his silver covered fist swinging downwards towards the swordsman's head. Just as Simon was about to finish Zoro off, his eyes widened in sudden shock. His fist stopped mere inch towards Zoro's head. 'T-Todd? N-No…"
"Giri~!" In the blink of an eye, Zoro was right behind Simon with his hand swords extended outward. Simon's eyes went pure white as silver armor instantly shattered into pieces, with three slash cuts across his chest.
Simon fell backwards onto his back motionless while Zoro stood there, breathing heavily as he placed both his hand swords into his sheath and took out his third sword out of his mouth.
"Looks like you won…" Simon said tiredly, from the ground.
"No," Zoro muttered as collapsed onto a sitting position, to catch his breath. "If you didn't hesitate at the last second then I would've lost."
"You noticed…My apologies," Simon covered his face with his right arm, letting out soft sobs as tears began to form. "I instantly had a dreadful feeling..."
Terra's eyes were wide with terror and despair. Her cheerful, one-armed younger brother had vanished from her sight. Her initial thought was to look around to see whether he had escaped, but as she looked down, she placed her palm across her lips.
Her brother's only arm was on the ground in front of her, with no shoulder attached to it. The rest of his body that was within the magic circle was gone into black ashes. His lifeless hand still grapes the broken sword.
Terra began to hyperventilate as tears streamed down her cheeks. She instinctively grabs his shattered blade, gently prying it off of his black charred fingers and stares at it.
'...T-Todd?...Todd….Todd!'
She kept repeating his name in her head, while staring at his sword.
"...TOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDD!"
Terra's voice rang out throughout the Upper Ruins as she yelled her brother's name into the sky. Tears streaming down her face and snot falling from her nostrils.
"..." The one responsible for the death of Terra's brother, managed to free himself from the ground and walked over to Terra. His eyes show no sympathy or pity for the young woman. "How does it feel to lose someone you love?"
"T-T..." Terra's voice suddenly stopped, but didn't respond back and just stuttered. Her jaw was still wide open with her eyes rolled back into her head, tearings still coming out. She passed out in agony of Todd's death, still on her knees.
"I'm one not to leave my victims to torture in their demise," Moses insinuated. He raised his lightning soaked fist up, preparing to swing it down on Terra's head. "You'll be joining your brother so-."
[Cue Fairy Tail - Dragon Force theme song.]
"RAAAHHHHH!"
Moses was met by a trail of fire slugging his left cheek, forcing his body to lean to the side. 'W-What?' Gritting his teeth, Moses prepared to hurl his black lightning towards his opponent but the blur dodged his punch and slugged his fire coated fist into Moses's guts. "G-Gah~!"
Whoever was attacking Moses didn't show no mercy. The God Slayer was bombarded with barrels of punches to his body, before being launched into the ruins by a burst of flames.
"Ghk," Moses managed to pull himself out of the rubbles. He glared at the pink haired boy he came across earlier. "H-How…did you escape my ice?"
"...Happy, is she okay?" The boy asked, ignoring Moses.
The blue cat glanced at the brain dead Terra in concern. "It looks like it…But she's still in shock." Happy sprouted his wings and grabbed her back collar, lifting her up. "I'll fly her off to safety…You give him hell, Natsu~!"
"That's what I'm planning to do," Natsu Dragneel declared with no hint of humor in his voice. While Happy flew off with the older sibling, the Dragon Slayer glanced solemnly at what remains of the younger sibling's arm and sword. "Todd…"
"A dragon slayer who is supposed to be weaker than the Omega Flame," Moses analyzed, as he stood up. He shrugged all the punches with ease but still felt the pain from his previous fight with Terra . "I need to be careful with this one…He poses a threat."
Natsu glared at Moses with flames erupted around his body. He only met Todd for a brief moment, and his life was cut short by his own comrade in front of him. "I'm going to roast you till your ashes!"
Peace:...Whoa…That was unexpected.
Varvula: Tell me about it. This was the first time the author used the music to reference a scene! [She noticed them glaring at her.] Oh, and the death of Todd.
Freddy: That honestly surprised me….wasn't Terra supposed to be one to die?
Shiho: According to Izumi's notes. It was, but he changed it due to the relationship between her and Kouta.
Yang: Oh, I get it. Since Kouta lost his only link to his old world and Terra lost her young brother. They have each other. [Raven then kicks Yang in the butt.] Ow~! What was that for?!
Raven: I think we need to break this robot more. The real Yang would never say something that smart.
Gwen: On it…[Gwen grabs a chainsaw.]
Sanya: Where did you hide the real Yang? [Sanya aimed her Fliegerhammer at Yang.]
Yang: What are you talking about? I'm the real Yang~! Oh crud~! [Yang gets chased by Sanya, Gwen and Raven.]
Peace: Should we stop them?
Shiho: Nah, let them have their fun.
Yang: Next Chapter: Iron Cloud Cage Match!
Varvula: Yang?! Weren't you being chased by Gwen, Sanya and Raven?
Yang: What are you talking about? I went out to get some popcorn but Ibuki broke the popcorn popper again.
Freddy: Wait you here then…! [They all noticed the fake Yang being chased in the background.]