"Rebellion? That's the stupidest name for a sword if I've ever heard one…according to my mental calculations, of course…" Marta waved a dismissive hand at Cygnus. "You don't have what it takes to handle me, demi-god."
"Oh, don't back out now!" Cygnus replied, a smirk on his face as he gripped the large blade in his hands. "White Eclipse tradition says the weaker opponent goes first, so will that make things easier for you to handle?"
"If that's so, I'm awaiting your first move…" Marta responded with a clearly uninterested yawn.
"Of course…they always say that…" Cygnus stated before placing his foot on the ground, sprinting forward. He manipulated the gravity around himself to make himself lighter, his incoming movements swifter. He then slashed at Marta multiple times, rather skillfully at that.
"As my calculations predicted, he would use his gravity to make himself faster…Now, how to act…" Marta thought to herself before finding herself right on the spot. Cygnus slashed, and she avoided with graceful movements, beautifully avoiding each and every slash by Cygnus. The gravity god failed to even graze her clothing. "Dancing Swallow!" Marta exclaimed, suddenly turning her defensive graceful maneuvers into powerful offensives attacks, using her legs to attack Cygnus.
"Tch…!" Cygnus grunted as each and every one of his slashes failed to connect, but he soon found himself going on the defensive using his blunt end of his blade to block the incoming kicks coming from Marta. "Agile…flexible…" Cygnus muttered to himself, noting the kind of opponent he was facing. It was then that Marta managed to kick Rebellion away from Cygnus, the blade flying all the way towards the wall.
"Eep…!" Marlene shrieked, ducking as the sword nearly decapitated her on the spot. The hit the wall, harmlessly falling to the floor afterwards. "Be careful…!"
"I got this!" Cygnus replied as the gravity suddenly shifted on Cygnus, now becoming much heavier. This allowed him to hold his ground against Marta's onslaught of kicks. Though he wasn't budging, the hits that he failed to block still hurt like hell. Eventually, Cygnus got tired of this and his cheeks began to inflate.
"Gravity to make yourself heavier? Interesting idea, but it only makes it worse!" Marta exclaimed, too busy attempting to pummel Cygnus on the spot to noticing his inflated cheeks until it was too late. "Wh…"
"Shout of the Gravity God!" Cygnus bellowed, unleashing a pure bellow of gravity magic that struck Marta right on point.
"Gah!" Marta cried out, flying back from the attack. She flipped, quickly regaining herself in the air. Her feet hit the floor and she only skidded back just slightly. She took a look down at her black dress, huffing when she saw the damage done to it, and the bruise now on her visible stomach. "You ruined my dress!"
"If you knew you were going to fight you shouldn't have worn it!" Cygnus replied, unable to help but smirk.
"Oooooooooh…" Marta's head began to let out steam in a comical fashion. She then reached into one of her dress pockets, pulling out a cube. "Magical Net, fire!" After shouting this, she threw the cube forward, which turned into a magic sealing fishnet to trap Cygnus.
"Not so fast!" Cygnus yelled, pointing his hand up. The gravity around the net became lighter, and stuck to the ceiling instead. "Now it's my turn again!" Cygnus focused the heavy gravy around his body into his dominate arm, rushing towards Marta with the quickness. "Gravity God's Heavy Smash!"
"Raging Swallow!" Marta counted with her own kick that contained no magic, and yet she was able to clash with Cygnus without problems. She eventually managed to even overpower the demi god, sending him flying back. "ha!"
"Gah…!" Cygnus recovered quickly, placing his feet on the ground to hold balance. "No magic…?"
"I don't need to rely on magic like the others do!" Marta replied while dusting her legs off. "Just a nice kick or two is usually all I need to subdue someone. But there is no harm in Item Magic, right?" Marta then snapped her fingers, causing a magic seal to appear on the ceiling. The seal shot forth a rope that wrapped around Cygnus' ankle, holding him upside down. "Ha!"
"Well this is interesting…" Cygnus said while dangling upside down. He tried to move, but found that his movement was restricted. "What the…?"
"This is magical rope that completely stops movement! When any part of your body is caught in it your entire body as a whole won't move!" Marta replied before pulling out a lacrima computer, beginning to type on is. "Oh, I like this option…calculations say this will yield maximum damage output."
"I'm starting to not like the sound of any of this…" Cygnus blinked.
"There we go!" After pressing a button, a large magical cannon formed on Marta's shoulders. She took position, and then took aim towards Cygnus. A sinister grin painted her face along with a twinkle in her eyes. "Beep." Marta clicked the trigger, and out from the cannon came a giant rocket, hurtling towards Cygnus.
"IS THAT A ROCKET?!" Cygnus' eyes widened and he crossed his arms, entering his God Trigger state one to cushion some of the oncoming damage. The rocket was a direct hit, and the large explosion shook the entire room, creating a large cloud of smoke.
"Oh, I love a good explosion at night. Always heightens the senses…" Marta let out a dreamy sigh, letting her guard down with the belief that Cygnus was down for the count. Her mistake. Suddenly, poisonous clones of the gravity god rushed from the smoke, all surrounding the hunter. Before she could take notice of what was happening, the clones began to pound on her, each blow sending her right into another one. Since they were poison, she could feel her body slowly growing numb as a result. "Guh…!"
"And the finisher!" Cygnus exclaimed, throwing a gravity enhanced roundhouse kick at Marta's head. A direct hit. Marta yelped and rolled across the floor, not moving after. "Heh…"
"You did it…!" Marlene exclaimed.
"Of course I did…" Cygnus replied while dusting himself off. "But now…huh?"
"Ugh…" Marta got up faster than one would've expected, now dusting off her ruined dress. "Now my clothes are all dirty…How dare you!?"
"She got up that fast…?" Cygnus' eyes narrowed. "Who the hell…"
"Now I'm DONE playing around…" Marta shouted, snapping her fingers once again. This time, a rope appearing around Cygnus, not only restraining movement, but magic as well.
"W-What the…!?" Cygnus attempted to wiggle his way out of the rope, but there was no use. "What is this one now!?"
"Magic and movement sealing…" Marta replied, blowing away a tuff of hair in her face. "This time, I'm really going to end it…"
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"Now!" Tristan exclaimed. "Steel Make: Lance!"
"Roar of the Acid Dragon!"
"Roar of the Frozen Dragon!"
The three Black Phoenix mages unleashed their attacks in unison, all racing towards Marx. But, the now devil child gave a mocking laugh in response. "UWHEHE!" And just before the attacks hit, Marx vanished within an instant.
"Where'd he go…?" Diamond asked, literally blinking and missing all of that.
"Behind us. The back is always the most predictable place to attack…" Hikaru said in a serious tone, and with that, the three BP mages turned. Hikaru's words spoke true, as Marx was floating right there, wings pointed forward.
"Needle Storm!" From Marx's wings, a seemingly endless barrage of incredibly sharp needles raced towards the three guild mages.
"Steel Make: Wall!" Tristan threw his hands forward, creating a large steel wall a few feet thick just in front of him, Leon, and Hikaru. The needles impaled the wall, making it about halfway through before stopping. After the assault was over, Leon and Hikaru jumped on the top of the wall. Acid covered Leon's fist while thick, hard ice covered Hikaru's. The two dragon slayer's then lunged forward with their arms pulled back.
"Acid Dragon's Steel Fist!"
"Solid Fist of the Ice Dragon." The two dragon slayers aimed their magic infused fists towards Marx, but he teleported just before their attacks landed, only to reappear in the same spot now that both Leon and Hikaru were open. Marx quickly extended his wings and spun around, aiming to smack the two dragon slayers away. Hikaru was fast enough to react (which is impressive given there was only a 1-2 second window) and jumped back; Leon however, was not so responsive, and was thus smacked into the wall. "Leon, are you alright?"
"I'm fine…" Leon said with a slight groan, but he hopped right back up after, the green aura around his body intensifying slowly.
"Where'd he go now…?" Tristan asked, looking around while keeping his guard up. Of course, two could play the game of teleportation, but Tristan needed to know where Marx was in order to even think about doing that.
"Behind you!" Hikaru warned.
"Huh…?" Tristan turned, and there Marx was, mouth open and ready to fire a mouth beam. "…!" Marx fired, and all Tristan could do was cross his arms, expecting a painful impact…There was an impact, but not on him. "What…?" Tristan looked, only to see a diamond structure in front of him.
"…Don't just look! Attack!" Diamond urged.
"Right!" Tristan nodded and used his teleportation magic to appear behind Marx, all while using his Steel Make. "Steel Make: Hammer!"
"What?" Marx blinked at the diamond structure that blocked his attack. He then heard shouting from behind him, causing him to turn around instantly, and the VERY second he did so, his face met with a steel hammer, which sent him clear across the hallway.
"Homerun…" Tristan couldn't help but smirk slightly at the scenario.
"He's coming back any second now…" Hikaru stated.
Leon remained silent, keeping his senses on high. It was then that Marx appeared in front of Hikaru in an attempt to frighten her, but Hikaru merely jumped back. This allowed Leon to land an acid infused kick to Marx's back, causing him to fly towards Hikaru, who knocked him back with a kick of her own, right in Marx's face. "Now!" Leon and Hikaru ran forward, meeting halfway. They brought their fist up, uppercutting Marx simultaneously, sending the child into the air.
While Leon and Hikaru were double teaming Marx, Tristan placed his hand in his palm, waiting for just the right moment to strike. He then saw it as soon as Marx was forced into the air. "Steel Make: Lance!" The SS class mage threw his hands forward, unleashing a plethora of steel lances towards Marx once again.
"No fair!" Marx exclaimed, showing off his aerial acrobatics by evading the steel lances. As he did so, he began dropping green seeds onto the ground, which planted themselves into the floor.
"He dodged them…" Tristan "tched" at his attack missing.
"Anyone else notice the seeds…?" Diamond asked while pointing at the floor. Shortly after, her question was answered. The seeds erupted into vines, which wrapped around all four mages, constricting any and all movement. "Gah!?"
"Plant magic…" Hikaru muttered just loud enough for the others to hear. She began to use her magic to freeze the vines over to escape, but they were freezing much slower than she would've liked. Eventually, the ice just stopped and shattered, leaving the vines completely unharmed. "Mixed with dispelling magic…"
"There, nice and cozy, right?" Marx said while floating just a few yards away from them.
"Let us go!" Diamond demanded.
"Ah, ah ah…!" Marx replied. "You hurt my comrade, so I'm going to give you a peaceful sleep in the abyss!"
"The abyss…?" Tristan raised a brow, attempting to use his teleportation magic to free himself, but it wasn't working.
Marx let out a spine chilling laugh in response. "Allow me to show you…" Marx's body then began to split in half right down the middle.
"EW EW EW…!" Diamond squealed.
Marx's body split no more than a foot, and in the middle was a black hole, which began to suck in everything with unparalleled force. The trapped mages were slowly being pulled in only because they were trapped. "HAHAHA!"
"What the hell is this kid….?!" Diamond flailed, attempting to free herself from the vines before getting sucked into the black hole what was Marx.
"Gah…" Leon grunted as his green aura flashed in and out. The acidic nature of the aura was enough to slowly melt the vines, which eventually gave way. "Free…!" Bad timing on Leon's part. With nothing to hold him down, he was instantly pulled in by the black hole, unable to do anything about it. "Gahhh….!"
"LEON!"
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In the foyer of the hunter warehouse, Erza was toe to toe with Cain in her Black Wing armor. Erza flew towards Cain, aiming multiple slashes towards the second in command of the hunters. Cain was able to block Erza's slash by conjuring up chunks of earth in the nick of time. This caused him to remain unharmed while Erza took to the sky. "My, my!" Cain exclaimed in mockery. "You don't seem as sharp as they stories say, Titania!" Cain then threw his hands up, creating dark brown colored seals in the airspace. "Rock Tomb!"
"Hn…" Erza growled somewhat, keeping a sharp eye out on the magic seals all around the air. It was then that the magic seals began to unleash large boulders, all with the intention of knocking Erza out of the air. She slashed away at those in the air, changing into her Purgatory armor. Once above Cain, she dropped down and swung her dangerously sharp mace towards the hunter.
"Hm!" Cain grinned, bringing up a wall of ice to block the hit for him, however he underestimated the power of the Purgatory Armor, and it shattered the ice, causing Cain to slide back. "Ah, interesting power! Let's see how you handle this one!" Cain grinned, gathering a vortex of wind magic around his hands; he then threw his hands forward, sending two spiraling tornadoes that snaked around each other.
"You won't catch me with that!" Erza replied, changing into her Flight Armor to gain the speed advantage. She zipped through the tornadoes, pulling her blade back in preparation to strike. "Sonic Claw!"
"Not so fast!" Cain interrupted, pointing up.
"Huh?" Erza looked up, hoping she wasn't falling for a ruse. She wasn't, but her eyes widened for a very different reason. The two tornadoes she thought she dodged actually honed in on her, and struck her before she could get close to Cain, blowing her away with a pained shout. "GYAH!"
"Oh, I thought you were as sharp as your blades, or was that a rumor, too?" Cain asked with complete mockery.
Erza recovered, flipping in the air as the heavenly light bathed her body once more. She was now in her Lightning Empress Armor, pointing her already electrically charged spear towards Cain. "Arc Thunder!" Another attack she had yet to showcase. She swung her spear in an arc formation, creating three magic seals in the shape. These seals then unleashed powerful bolts of lightning in an arc formation, all aimed to strike Cain in unison.
"Is my elemental mastery too much for you?" Cain asked while placing his hand calmly on the ground, creating a dome of earth magic to shield himself from the lightning. The now not very effective lightning magic merely struck the dome of earth, not even causing a dent to it. After the attack was over, Cain threw his hand forward, causing the dome to break apart into sharp spears by the hundreds, aiming them all towards Erza.
"Kanso!" Erza exclaimed, changing into her Heaven's Wheel armor, hundreds of swords at the ready as soon as she entered. "Heaven's Wheel!" The swords flew forward on command, clashing with the spears of earth. This resulted in a chain of explosion all across the foyer of the warehouse, shaking the entire establishment even. Using the smoke from the explosion to her advantage, Erza flew forward with swords at the ready, slashing at Cain the moment she came out in the shape of a pentagram, landing a direct hit. "Pentagram Sword!"
"Guah…" Cain grunted, sliding back somewhat from the direct hit. "Impressive…" Cain said, actually giving praise to Erza. He then stepped on the ground, causing a red magic seal to briefly appear under Titania. "But not impressive enough!" Just split seconds after the seal appeared, a flaming tornado engulfed Erza, who let out a shriek from the heat. "Haha!"
Erza dispersed the tornado not even after two seconds, now standing in her Flame Empress Armor. "It'll take more than that to defeat me!" Erza exclaimed.
"I'll gladly take the challenge…" Cain said, beckoning Erza to come at him.
Erza charged forward, lighting her sword aflame. She slashed towards Cain, but he counted by using Water Magic on his hands, catching the blade with no repercussions, the flames on the sword now turning into harmless steam. He then swung his leg around for a quick roundhouse, landing the blow on Erza side, causing her to slide away. She was more than annoyed at this point, but she had to keep her cool and stay focused. "He'll use magic to counter my current requip…but he'll force me into that requip as well…"
"Are you going to make a move, or what?" Cain asked.
"That's why he won't make the first move…" Erza figured it out, nodding to herself. "He wants to keep the advantage over me by making me come first!"
"You look like you're having a grand time over there…" Cain nearly shouted while rolling his eyes. "Come on now, we don't have all night."
"Then perhaps you'll make a move this time and not wait for me?" Erza inquired.
"Oh?" Cain raised a brow, a slight smirk tugging at his lips. "Very well…" Cain swiped his hand across his chest, creating multiple magic seals; each one representing an element. Fire, water, earth, wind, lightning etc. "Elemental Ray." Each circle shot forth a powerful beam of its respective element, right towards Erza.
"Kanso!" Erza exclaimed once again, now going for all out defense. With her Adamantine armor requipped, she brought the shield before her face to take the full force of the Elemental Ray. As soon as the ray clashed with her shield, she had to struggle to keep her ground, bits and pieces of her armor slowly deteriorating from the raw strength of the attack. Eventually, this was a battle Erza lost as the Elemental Ray pushed her off the ground and back, shattering most of her armor. Erza laid on her side, wincing as most of her body was covered in injuries. "Ngh…"
"Oh, I'm not finished with you quite yet…" Cain said with a sadistic grin, snapping his fingers to creating a multicolored magic seal below Erza. "Elemental Cyclone!" And once that attack was called out, an elemental cyclone appeared around Erza, heavily damaging her within its vicious winds among other elements. The S class mage of Fariy Tail let out an agonizing scream while trapped in the tornado that would never end…
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Yumia and Yukia were closing in on Yukino. They were going to knock her out and get back to the others, hwoever, before they could get close, a blast of whit emagic exploded in front of them, causing the twins to slide backwards. "Hey, who was that...!?" Yukia shouted.
"Sorry we're late…" Sting said while standing in front of Yukino, giving a sheepish smile. "Traffic was awful…"
"It took a while!" Lector added.
"Sting-sama…Rogue-sama…" Yukino let out a sigh of relief at the Twin Dragons and their exceed partners.
"We'll take care of this…" Rogue stated. arms crossed as he stared at the two twins.
"Rogue can handle it!" Frosh said while lifting a hand into the air. Within the darkness, unknown to the others. Future Rogue was peering in at the conflict.
"..." Future Rogue had the brief thought of intervening while Yumia and Yukia were attacking Yukino, but he also knew he didn't need to. That being said, his gaze was curiously on Frosch for the longest time.
"So long!" Lector said to the twins, Yumia and Yukia, referring to their imminent defeat to Sting and Rogue.
"Sigh…" Yumia crossed her arms, tapping her foot impatiently. "These two now?"
"Guess we weren't discreet enough…" Yukia replied with a shrug. "Doesn't matter, we'll take you all down!"
"I'd like to see you try!" Sting said while jumping forward, white light covering his fist. Rogue was right by his side, shadows covering his fist. "White Dragon's Punch!"
"Shadow Dragon's Slash!" Rogue exclaimed himself. The Twin Dragons aimed their attacks at both Yumia and Yukia, who took the hits. Both twins let out a yelp and slid back, huffing afterwards.
"How dare you attack us without starting the battle properly!" Yukia huffed, rubbing her face after. "Sister, they hurt our beautiful faces!"
"Get over yourselves…" Sting sighed before cupping his hands to his waist, a glowing white sphere appearing in the negative space between his hands. "White Dragon's…"
"Not so fast!" Yumia shouted, twirling her finger around to creating a sphere of water in front of her. "Hydro Spear!"
"Holy Ray!" The two unleashed their attacks at the same time; Sting unleashed multiple rays of holy white light while Yumia unleashed spears of water to match Sting's attack. The ensuring collision ended with an explosion, blowing both parties back.
"Heh…" Yukia smirked, jumping on a few crates to gain the high ground. She spotted Sting, who seemed to be glaring into the smoke. "You're finished…" Yukia winked before swan diving off her high ground, fist pulled back with fire blazing around it.
"Sting, look out!" Rogue shouted, leaping to intercept Yukia, but he was intercepted by Yumia, who axe kicked Rogue in the shoulder, causing him to hit the ground.
"Wha?" Sting looked at Rogue, then looked at Yukia, who slammed her flaming fist into Sting's face. Oddly Sting had a quick déjà vu moment before skidding back across the floor. "Tch…Rogue, are you okay?"
"I'm fine…" Rogue replied, dusting himself off and rolling his shoulders. "These two are in unison…"
"They must've used me as a warm up…" Yukino sighed. She was the first one captured, and now she was being used as bait... "I'm sorry…"
"Don't be!" Sting said with a grin, using the back of his hand to wipe his mouth. "We're just warming up…we'll be fine."
"Fro thinks so too!"
"A tag team…" Yukia said to her sister, raising a brow curiously.
"This is a battle of biorhythm…but everyone knows but we have the strongest rhythm out of everyone…no tag team can beat us…!" Yumia said while giving her sister a wink.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that…" Sting said while cracking his knuckles, an obvious unpleased look on his face. "You'd be surprised what two "weaker" people can do when you hurt their comrades…"
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Aeon and Natsu were locked in intense close combat. Natsu swung his fiery fist towards Aeon's face, but Aeon ducked, now preforming a sweep kick on the Salamander. The hit landed, and Natsu's feet fell out from under him. This was no problem, as Natsu caught himself on his hands and began to spin around, fire on his feet intensifying somewhat. "Talons!" Natsu pushed himself off his hands, aiming a double flaming axe kick to Aeon's head, but the hunter blocked by bringing up his arms. Natsu back flipped after his failed attack, glaring towards Aeon.
"Hot…" Aeon growled while shaking his arms, his sleeves and skin now burnt slightly from Natsu's flames.
"It's about to get hotter…" Natsu replied, lunging forward once again. He leapt forward, head first with flames flaring around his body. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!"
"Pitiful…" Aeon said while holding his hand out, palm open. Natsu slammed right into Aeon's palm, and the hunter only slid back a few inches. But he stopped Natsu's charge.
"He stopped him…!" Lucy gasped. "Natsu!"
"Light Beam." Aeon said with a slight smirk, and a beam of light unleashed from his palm, striking Natsu at point blank range.
"Guwah!" Natsu yelped out, but he caught himself, sliding across the floor. Before he could move again, Aeon was already behind him with teleportation magic, and he knew it. "…!"
"Hmph…" Aeon grinned, gently placing his hand on Natsu's back. "Disappear!" Another beam of light released itself from Aeon's palm, sending Natsu flying away once again.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried out.
"Won't fight me face to face…!?" Natsu shouted, ignoring the pain in his back and instead flipped upside down, his cheeks puffing out. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu opened his mouth, unleashing a funnel of flames towards Aeon while propelling himself backwards. After his roar, his feet hit the wall, which he would use as momentum to leap forward again, fire trailing on the sides of his arms. "Fire Dragon's Wing Slash!"
"A hunter does what a hunter must do…" Aeon replied, stepping to the side of Natsu's roar, only to skid back from the second unexpected attack. "Ngh!"
"I got you now!" Natsu exclaimed with a smirk, throwing a quick roundhouse kick to Aeon's side. A direct hit that caused Aeon to stagger back, but Natsu didn't let him go too far. Instead, he gripped Aeon tightly by the color, his smirk growing. "Fire Dragon's Grip!" A surge of fire from Natsu's gripping hand exploded, sending Aeon flying backwards.
"He's got this!" Aira exclaimed cheerfully.
"You're starting to aggravate me…" Aeon growled while dusting off his clothing.
"I'm just getting started!" Natsu replied with a grin.
"Let's see how you handle this one then..." Aeon said while teleporting in front of Natsu this time. He swung a kick to Natsu's chest, forcing the salamander to fly back, he then teleported behind Natsu, kicking him into the air. Aeon then raised his hands high, gathering a mass of light magic around him. "Purge!"
"Natsu look out…!" Saeko exclaimed, but it was too late. Even though Natsu recovered, he was unable to dodge or block the incoming attack. A dome of light magic expanded from Aeon, pushing Natsu back with incredible force, causing him to roll across the floor for a few moments.
"Natsu…!" Lucy winced, attempting to pull herself up.
"I understand your concern but you shouldn't be moving…!" Aira said while waving her hands no to Lucy.
"Now…it's time for me to end this little farce…" Aeon stated while pointing his hand towards Natsu, preparing the infamous A-Cannon. "A cannon…"
"Tch…" Natsu slowly brought himself up, not allowing any signs of fatigue to show.
"Fire!" Aeon unleashed the beam towards Natsu, who didn't seem to budge.
"Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu reared his fist back, waiting for just the precise moment. ….There it was! Natsu swung, knocking the beam into the ceiling yet again.
"AGAIN!?" Aeon's eyes widened upon the sight of his attack being deflected yet again.
"You're finished!" Natsu roared, charging forward with fire flaring intensely around his fist. "Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Punch!" Natsu rushed Aeon with a plethora of devastating punches, each and every single one connecting, dealing heavy damage. Natsu then finished off the assault with a heavy haymaker towards Aeon's jaw, causing Aeon to roll helplessly along the ground before lying on his back. "Now to end this…!" Natsu jumped into the air, rearing his fist back; just as he was closing in on Aeon to end the bout, Bass jumped in at the last possible second with a Dark Pulse at the ready, unleashing it just before Natsu could strike Aeon. "GWAH!" Natsu flew back, hitting the ground on his stomach.
"He's back…!" Lucy gasped.
"Did you really think that weak attack back there finished me off!?" Bass exclaimed.
"Uhn…" Aeon rubbed his head while standing up, almost as if the powerful assault didn't even happen. "Thank you for the assist…That could've gotten ugly. I think he was aiming for my face…"
"Gah…" Natsu was on a knee now, panting heavily as the damage he ignored before began to come back to him.
"Shall we finish this?" Bass asked.
"Of course. Unison raid?" Aeon said with a sphere of darkness appearing on his left hand.
"Unison raid." Bass replied with a grin, a white sphere appearing on his hand.
"What are they…" Aira began to ask, but she didn't get the chance to finish.
Aeon appeared in front of Natsu, while Bass appeared in front of Natsu, both exclaiming in unison. "BLACK HOLE INVERSION!" Aeon and Bass threw their hands forward, Aeon's connecting with Natsu's back while Bass' connected with the salamander's front. Before Natsu could realize what was happening, he was trapped in an inverted black hole (which was actually white)
"NATSU!" Lucy nearly screamed.
"It's only a matter of time now! This Black Hole will explode from the inside, and the Salamander will be no more!" Bass grinned. "And there's no way he can escape!"
Bass' words rang true, it seemed. In the darkness of the white hole, Natsu laid unconscious with only seconds remaining before the explosion…