Chapter 28: Demon's Revenge Part 1
From on top of the rocky structure where the Fairy Tail guild was, Neinhart couldn't help but sigh. "How disappointing."
Jacob glanced over in Neinhart's direction. "Something happened to those extra Historia you summoned?"
Neinhart nodded at Jacob's question. "It appears they were all defeated and even after Lady Irene enchanted them."
Dimaria just scoffed at that. "For being used as a means to an end, looks like they ended up being useless anyway. Still.." She gave an annoyed expression. "That lady in the lavender pissed me off.
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Merraid approached Dimaria and Brandish with a loving and sweet smile. "My, aren't you two lovely? To think such beauties like yourselves serve an emperor, perhaps if we win this war, we can get to know each other later in bed?"
"So creepy," Brandish shook comically while hugging herself feeling her skin crawl.
Dimaria grinded her teeth as she glared at the woman. "Dream on, you witch!"
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Invel pushed his glasses tightly. "It seems it's time to utilize our next force." He turned his attention to Esdeath. "Are you ready?"
Esdeath kept watching the battle below before glancing back at Invel. "If I may request something, I'd like to wait for five more minutes. I'm waiting for someone very dear to me to appear."
Invel didn't have a problem granting Esdeath's request. "That'll be allowed."
Esdeath smiled at Invel. "Thank you." She went back to watching the battle. In truth, she could hardly contain herself and wanted to jump into the fight right away but she knew the moment would be all the sweeter if Gray were present. "Gray..." Even now, just thinking about the young ice wizard/demon slayer was making her heart flutter. She put a hand on where her heart was and felt it beating a little quicker. "Gray Fullbuster...I know we'll be seeing each other soon and when we do..." She grinned maliciously. "I'll make sure to use all of my power to eradicate you." An image of Juvia flashed into her mind. "That water tramp will not get in my way, if she does, then I'll kill her before your eyes."
Jacob noticed that a few people were missing. "Where are those pirates, did you make them disappear?" His question was towards Neinhart, who responded with a shrug.
"Who knows, but, I do know they went to talk with our majesty,"
Invel narrowed his eyes. "Do you think that's extreme, I might not know of their power, but, I can tell those monsters are not to be taken lightly."
"Oh sure, you say that," Jacob muttered. "Though, it's been a half hour since Zeref went to-"
Zeref was approaching his loyal subjects. "Sorry for the wait, how are things going?"
Neinhart decided to answer that. "Well, it seems the extra Historia I summoned was a waste."
Zeref just smiled. "I see, no matter, Fairy Tail will still fall."
Invel had a question. "Excuse me, where are those pirates?"
Zeref didn't reply but just smiled. "Sire...?" The ice general questioned in confusion noticing the smile on the emperor's face. "That's my secret, though, I can say this..." He looked at Neinhart's direction, who looked back at the black-haired wizard.
"Neinhart, no matter, what, don't let Roger and the other pirates disappear," The other Spriggan Twelve including the other Historia were puzzled at what the immortal mage meant by those words.
Neinhart was puzzled at this sudden request and as much he wanted to question, he knew he couldn't disobey or question. "Very well, sire."
Run was observing the battlefield and he looked quite unhappy at the chaos despite his eyes begin covered by his bangs. "Battles...war...such destruction..."
Away from the guild, Akame began to stir as her whole body felt warm. She slowly opened her eyes. "What...happened?"
"Don't move, I'm not as good as Wendy when it comes to healing."
Akame shifted her eyes to Chelsesa kneeling next to her with her hands glowing. She was both surprised and confused at what she was doing. "Chelsea...you're..." She also noticed Luffy wasn't around. "Where is Luffy...?"
"Never mind that, just keep quiet, I'm almost done." Akame did what Chelsea told her and remained silent. The silence was awkward between them for several minutes until she was done. "Alright, there we go. It's a bit of a rough patch, but you should be able to move now." She stood up and turned away from Akame as if she wanted to avoid eye contact with the other girl.
Akame had to address what Chelsea had done. "You healed me, that's surprising since not too long ago, you wanted to kill me, what made you want to save me?"
Chelsea refused to look at Akame and sighed. "Well, to answer your other question, Luffy stopped me, I know you were barely conscious and probably didn't hear much or remember what he said to me."
Akame remembered what Luffy said to Chelsea. "She was apologizing. It's probably not the best time to kill her."
"To answer your second question, well, Luffy's words somehow got to me and I just backed off." Akame saw Chelsea slightly lower her head. "Even if he didn't show up on time and I did kill you, what would I get out of it? It's not going to bring Granny and Taeko back...and when we were still members of Night Raid, we had good times with each other. Besides, I'm pretty sure that there's a rule where it's illegal to kill fellow guild members." She laughed sheepishly at that last part before stopping. Then she grabbed both sides of her head and yelled frustratedly. "I'M JUST SO DAMN CONFLICTED!" Taeko was my friend and you killed her, but you're also my friend and...!" She let out another frustrated shout.
Akame understood Chelsea's frustration, she could at least help her with her internal dilemma. "Well, I have two things; first, back then I did consider Taeko a dear friend before I discovered she was with the enemy and the one responsible for killing Cora. In the end, we were just soldiers following orders. Personal feelings have no place on the battlefield but that doesn't mean we can feel regret when it does happen."
She stopped for a moment as she clenched her hands. "Secondly, I think I have something that might help. Do you remember that Bols burnt down a lot of villages?"
This got Chelsea's attention though she didn't look at the other girl. "Yes, I do, why do you ask?"
"Back when I was still a member of the Elite Seven, I became friends with two children who shared with me some good food." Hearing this suddenly got Chelsea's attention. "They were such nice and innocent children, whenever I had free time, I would meet up with them to spend time with them."
"What were the two kids' names?" Chelsea asked curiously.
Akame whimpered a bit like she remembered their faces. "A boy named Tetus and his sister Kana. I also sparred with Tetus for fun. It was a good time." Her voice was getting choked up slightly. "Do you remember what the name of the village was?"
Chelsea heard of the countless villages that were burnt to the ground. "I think I remember one was Mount Hakuba."
Akame's clenched her hands even tighter. "That's right, I was told by a comrade that the village was burnt to the ground due to suspicion of aiding the rebel army."
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Akame arrived at Mount Hakuba, only to find a horrible and hellish sight. "When I saw this devastating, I questioned what I did...the enemies I fought and killed...I wanted to put smiles on the people's faces...despite that, I killed those to make people happy...instead, they ended up burned to ashes..." She saw countless burnt corpses which were implanted into her mind forever but what was the scene worse was the burnt corpses of the two children Tetus and Kana. "AAAAAAAAAAA!" Past Akame screamed in agony.
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Chelsea was speechless at this. "Wait, did Bols and his squad do that?"
Akame's body trembled. "At first, I didn't know that until I confronted him after the Empire fell."
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Akame was in the Empire's conference room with Bols, explaining of the village Mount Hakabu. "Bols, I must know, the mission of burning Hakuba, were you part of it?"
Bols let out a small gasp. "I see that you heard about that mission, but, yes, I was part of it. Why ask me this now?"
Akame gritted her teeth. "There were two kids I was friends with when I was still a member of the Elite Seven. Their names were Tetus and Kana, both were siblings." She lowered her head as her body trembled. "Those people...the children...including Tetus...Kana...burnt alive...their corpses..."
Bols could sense the anguish and rage building inside Akame. "I see...you want revenge, do you not?"
Akame lifted her head as tears were dripping down her cheeks. "Honestly, I did when I found out that you were alive even before I suspected you were part of it." She clenched her hands. "I didn't have the time to ask you about Hakuba at that time when my team and I fought you in the east canyon."
Akame's rage and anguish were beginning to fade. "But...even if I did kill you now, it wouldn't bring them back and I can see that you regretted the things you had done." She had a small smile on her face. "So, I will not hold any grudges against you and I'll let you live with your family."
Bols bowed his head in gratitude. "Thank you, Akame."
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"After seeing how much Bols regretted the things he had done, made me realize that he truly had his humanity and showed signs of remorse as I did," Akame concluded. "I know he's atoning for his sins and that he's continuing to live his life with his family."
"I see," Chelsea said understanding Akame's advice.
Akame could see her story did help a little, though, she knew it would take more than that. "Chelsea, I'm not asking for your forgiveness. It's up to you to decide that. If you don't have to do it now I'll wait for your answer. If you need a distraction, try focusing on the battles we have up ahead. Maybe that'll help clear your mind."
Chelsea took Akame's suggestion to heart. "Yeah, sure thing. I think our problem pales in comparison to what our guild master is going through now." She turned around to finally face Akame. "So, until we win this thing, we'll put what we have between us on hold."
Akame smiled at the other girl and nodded. "Hey, you all made it!" Leone wrapped her arms around the two girl's necks.
"Leone!?" Akame and Chelsea spoke at the same time.
Leone smiled at the two girls as she let them go. She looked at Akame with a serious look. "Akame, listen as your best friend and big sister, I realized that we don't know much about each other I mean I know your past is your business but at the same time, we're not moving forward like we're not trusting each other. Hell, I found out some less-than-stellar things about you from your friends even one of the Oarburgh Clan mentioned your time with them." Akame could have guessed what Leone found out about her. "So, next time we have free time, we'll hang out and make our bond stronger by getting to know each other better that way we can be true best friends."
Akame couldn't help but smile at Leone. "It's fine, I'd like to know more about you too. In fact..." She looked over in Chelsea's direction. "Perhaps it's best we all learn about each other's past. When we have time, of course." Chelsea slightly looked away from Akame to avoid eye contact again.
"I have to mention that Sanji and his group know of your situation," Leone added.
"Same here, Zoro, Usopp, and Chopper found out," Chelsea commented. "Luffy knows, though, he left with the others to join the others at the battlefield."
Akame had a troubled look on her face. "I see, but, I'm sure they won't tell, the situation between Chelsea and I got out, it would cause a riff within Fairy Tail." Then her expression changed to a more serious one. "Speaking of my past, have either of noticed something strange when fighting them, like was anything different about them?"
Bringing that up, Chelsea knew what Akame was talking about. "Yeah, when I was fighting Taeko. I knew she was strong but it was weird she could keep up with me even with me using Wendy's enchantment spells."
Leone had similar thoughts. "Yeah, also, Akame, your friend Guy was strong and when I hit him he was still in one piece."
Hearing both of those confirmed a suspicion that Akame had since fought Merraid and Gozuki. "When you think about it, we've become stronger in this world, and yet the people from our world could keep up with us even though we should've had the advantage in terms of strength. Such a thing shouldn't be possible unless..."
Now Leone realized where Akame was going with this. "Unless they were enchanted like the ones Wendy uses."
Akame nodded at Leone. "Yes, also, Usagi overheard August mentioning someone called the Scarlett Despair."
Chelsea was puzzled by that detail. "Hold on, what do you mean by Usagi overheard August mentioning someone called the Scarlett Despair?"
Akame explained about the negotiation that happened the previous day.
Leone was the first to speak in surprise. "Hold on, that island-changing chick helped save Natsu?"
"She also offered to negotiate with one of the Spriggan Twelve August?" Chelsea added.
Akame nodded. "Yes, unfortunately, something happened..." She knew telling about Mest's drastic action was unnecessary to share. "Anyway, Brandish also mentioned that the Scarlett Despair was just as powerful as August."
Chelsea was having a hard time believing it, but, after recalling her fight against two girls. "There were two girls Lisanna, Aquapad, and I fought against in Zonia." This got the two girls to look at her. "They were strong but we defeated them, though, when we looked to where they were unconscious...the two of them reversed into swords...which Lisanna concluded that they had personality enchanted to them and that's something anyone can't do easily."
Leone was quite baffled hearing that for the first time. "What the hell? Enchanting a personality on swords, that's unbelievable!"
"And that's not all counting the insanely huge aura I felt while I was there on the mountain. Weirdly enough, one of them vanished but..."She looked over at the guild's direction. "As soon as we arrived in this area, Leone and I sensed it among the others."
Leone still shuttered at the feeling. "Yeah, I've never sensed this many powerful auras and they all dwarf Esdeath's and include Hordy Jones. They belong to the Twelve, but something's weird. Right now, there were only nine which means three of them are dead. I guess that's good news for us. Then again, we fought against your dead friends which means the guy who can bring back the dead is gotta be the one of the Nine left. There's also a chance the enemy brought back the three dead that were killed and we can't sense their aura."
Akame made note of that. "Speaking of the Twelve, we know most of them. Brandish, Ajeel, Wall, Dimaria, Invel, August, Bloodman, Jacob, God Serena, and finally, Irene Belserion. As I mentioned she is just as powerful as August and holds the title 'The Scarlett Despair'. That only leaves one announted and I'm sure who it is. You're probably wondering about yourself as soon as you feel it."
At first, Leone had no idea what Akame was talking about until she finally understood. "Right, out of all the auras we're sensing, why does one of them feel like Natsu's?"
Chelsea just accepted that fact. "In a world where people can change the shape and size of anything, summon giants, deadly sandstorms, immortal beings, and where people can turn swords into people, two people having the same aura is the least weird thing we've encountered so far." She sighed tiredly, though, she had more detail. "I also forgot to mention that Zoro and Jimbei fought against two demons of Tartaros."
Leone let out a small gasp. "No way, did they win against them?"
Chelsea chuckled sheepishly. "Yes...but..." She had a concerned look on her face. "There's no doubt that they're going to come back, after all, we know they have Hell's Core which can bring back the demons."
Akame remembered that and was just as concerned as her friend. "If that's the case, then, it's possible they'll appear on the battlefield. Getting to the guild is going to be tough and if those demons get in the way, it'll get even tougher."
Leone began to ponder for a minute until an idea clicked in her head. "Wait, Chelsea, could you use your Transport Magic to get all of us to the guild?"
Chelsea instantly formed an X with her arms and a buzzer sound could be heard. "No way." She set her arms down. "I only recently got Mest's magic so I'm not as good as him with it yet. As if now, I can only teleport one person per trip."
Leone whined as she pouted. Akame patted her on the back since she thought it was a good idea.
Suddenly she sensed a strong aura, though, it wasn't sinister. "Wait, I sense a strong aura and it's coming further ahead."
Akame looked in the direction where the blonde was sensing the aura. "Looks like we'll have to go on foot."
Over to where Natsu and the others were, they were still fighting the Alverez Army, and little by little, they were pushing through but they still had a long way to go. Natsu gathered the fire in both of his hands and combined them over his head. "Fire Dragon's Brillant Flame!" He threw his attack at multiple soldiers and it exploded on contact.
Gray took up his usual stance. "Ice-Make: Ice Impact!" His attack struck more soldiers.
"Water Nebula!" Juvia sent two large water columns twisting around each other at another large group of soldiers.
"Taurus!" Lucy's spirit roared as they attacked together. "Earth-Wave!" She cracked her hip on the ground and sent a powerful rolling earth attack at the group of soldiers in front of her.
Usagi had one of his swords out. "Sword Magic-" He gathered lightning magic that surrounded his sword. "One Sword Style Combination: Lighting Zig-Zag Strike!" In a flashing speed, he sped through a large group of soldiers in a zig-zag formation and struck them all down.
"What kind of creature is that!?" A soldier questioned in disbelief.
Despite how many of the soldiers they've defeated, they were always greeted with more. Gray couldn't help but chuckle at the situation. "Man, there's no end to them."
Juvia strongly agreed with Gray about their situation. "It feels like we're getting nowhere, no matter how many we defeat."
Natsu didn't care about any of that. "Keep going! It doesn't matter how many there are! If we stop now, the first master is a goner!" His words did boost the group's morale a little.
Usagi nodded. "He's right, we can keep fighting until help arrives."
Lucy, however, was slightly distracted by something else and she glanced back in the direction behind her. "I hope Akame is okay." She was worried about how Akame had been since they had last seen her going up against her former friends. She knew the other girl was strong, but the odds were stacked against her. She also remembered Sanji and Brook went to find their friends. "Sanji...Brook...where are you guys?"
Natsu's team was about to resume their frontal assault when a figure nearby snapped his fingers a two mass spheres and captured Lucy and Juvia.
"What is going on?" Juvia shouted in confusion.
"Juvia!" Gray yelled.
Lucy punched her fists against the strange sphere. "Man, these won't break..." Suddenly she remembered this move. "Wait...this sphere...it...can't..."
A maniacal laugh was heard as the figure that was nearby approached the two captured wizards. "Take a look at my newest bombs!" It was Jackal with a devious smirk on his face.
"It's you!" Natsu declared with a glare.
"Oh no, it's Jackal!" Happy cried in worry.
"You creep, you can at least face us fair and square!" Lucy shouted.
Jackal's smirk didn't leave his face ignoring the blonde's words. "Fireball...you have a choose which one lives and which one dies."
Natsu charged towards the demon. "Do you think that trick will work on me again!?"
Aquaius appeared out of nowhere. "Finger Pistol!" She motioned her finger into the pinkette boy's chest leaving a small finger-like hole that bled.
"Natsu!" Happy cried in shock.
Natsu knelt in pain though he wasn't down.
Usagi knew he had to assist. "Let me help you!" Before he could make a move another enemy quickly appeared in front of him thus catching his sword.
"What?" The rabbit saw who the enemy was.
"Glad I could make it!" It was Slither one of the Demons.
"Who's that?!" Natsu questioned.
Gray recognized the demon. "It's him, we met him after we rescued Makarov!"
Lucy narrowed her eyes. "Great, does that mean there are demons nearby?" Unfortunately, she was right,
"Looks like a fly has been caught." " Rachena was approaching the blonde with a creepy sinister smile. "This one looks good to eat."
"It's another demon!"
"Hold on spider, I ain't finished with these two humans," Jackal yelled. "Go find your prey!"
Juvia wasn't going to give up. "Juvia ain't going down!" She struggled to get free, but the mass sphere wouldn't even crack.
"Fufufufu..." A female chuckle was heard. There was Lamy with a mockery expression on her face. "Looks like the skanky human is trapped including the blonde tramp.
Natsu surpassed the injury he got. "I will not go down by you bastards!" Flames emitted from his body with intense heat. "I'll be sure to make you guys stay away from my friends!" He flew towards Jackal with speed. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" He slammed his body against Jackal which deactivated his bomb spheres.
Lucy and Juvia were free. "Natsu!"
"Forget about me for now, you take care of the others!" Natsu ordered. "Happy, help me out here!"
"Aye, sir!"
Lucy nodded her head. "Open Gate of the Maiden: Virgo!"
The maid appeared from the ground. "You call me princess?"
"Star Dress: Virgo Form!" Lucy was granted the maid dress and looked at the spider demon. "You spider lady, you want to get me, then bring it!"
Rachena just giggled amusingly. "You should be careful what you ask for." Despite that, she accepted the challenge.
"Fufufufu...I'll join in this fight, I have a score to settle with that skanky maid and she's copying me again!" Lamy snapped.
"How so?" Virgo asked with a blank yet confused expression.
"Looks like I'll handle-." Gray suddenly felt a sense of danger coming from the left. "Shave!" He quickly vanished as an enemy appeared with a trident. "Almost had you."
Gray appeared about a few feet away. "Looks like you decided to show yourselves."
He was looking at the demon Shino. "It's about time we found you Fairy Tail scum, we'll be able to get our revenge on what you guys did to our plan."
Gray glared at her. "I don't care what you want from me, I won't let you get in our way of stopping Alvarez!"
Juvia was already fighting against Syka. "I won't let you hurt my friends!"
"Enough of your human gushy talk, let's fight!" The demon scorpion declared.
Usagi pointed his sword at Slither. "I should've known you demons would show up, but, it saves us the trouble of finding you." Though, he knew he and his friends would be wasting their magic power. "Guys, we should finish them as quickly as we can, we're going to need our magic to take now Alvarez!"
Lucy had to agree. "Understood, let's finish these jerks right now!"
"Yay!" Juvia and Gray roared with determination.
Suddenly the demon Goliath came gliding through the air. "Take this!" He summoned out several stones. "Stone Curse: Falling Rock!" He sent down towards where Gray was. "Shave!" He vanished to avoid the attack.
Shino and Slither jumped out of the way too. "Damn it, you rock dumbass, we're here too!"
"Yeah, watch where you're dropping those stones!"
Usagi gathered lightning around his sword. "Sword Magic: Lightning Flash!" He quickly dashed with lightning speed.
Slither shielded himself by crossing his arms just as his opponent's attack made contact with his body sending him crashing into the ground and creating large multiple cracks with dirt cloud emmiting from the crash.
Usagi was kneeling while keeping his other knee out forward. "Is that all you got?"
"Oh no, I'm just getting started," Slither was walking out of the dirt cloud looking unscathed and had a sinister smile on his face. "To think that you have such strong magic power for a mere rabbit."
Usagi noticed an orb of bright red light surrounding Slither's hand. "I see you noticed this...well, you're about to get a taste of my Curse power: Pain!" He closed his hand that had the orb. "Painful Impact!" His attack struck the rabbit in the stomach which blew away the dirt surrounding them.
Usagi coughed out saliva from the sending him flying away. He then flipped over. "Sword Magic..." Slither pulled back his arm as his hand closed tightly and another bright red orb of light surrounded it then he leaped upward toward Usagi.
"Painful..."
Their attacks collided with one another. "Lightning Flash/Impact!" The result of the two attacks colliding against each other blew away dirt from the ground while neither attack overcame the other.
Both attacks were equal for a short time until Slither's attack grew larger and started to overcome Usagi's sword magic. "Time to go down little rabbit."
The demon's attack sent the rabbit mink swordsman flying away.
Suddenly a shadowy figure bounced out of nowhere and Usagi was stopped. "What...?" Slither was puzzled at why his opponent stopped in midair.
It was Pango, who just used his Bounce Magic. "Looks like we arrived in time." He bounced back on the ground as Usagi landed on his feet.
Tigress was landed in front of the rabbit mink. "Sorry we were late, getting here was quite a hassle, especially with the landscape screwed up."
Regardless, Usagi was grateful and relieved to see two more minks. "Yes, where is Temukai?"
"Not sure, we can assume he's with Laxus." Tigress guessed. "Either way, I'm sure he'll show up."
"Hey, if you furry freaks are done chit-chatting, let's brawl!" Slither barked impatiently.
Tigress sighed. "Gee another whiner,"
Pango pumped his arms. "Usagi, you should assist the others, we'll handle this jerk."
Usagi was unsure as he saw the injuries on their bodies. "Are you sure that you both can handle him with those injuries?"
A small smile formed on Tigress' face. "We're capable of handling this bastard."
"Yeah, we're getting stronger still," Pango added with a grin.
Usagi nodded in approval and left.
The Alvarez soldiers weren't expecting this to happen. "It's Zeref's demons!"
"What are they doing here?"
"Who cares, they're distracting the enemies, we should let them finish them off."
Other soldiers agreed with that. "Good point, it would save us the trouble."
"But, just in case, report this to his majesty, those demons aren't comrades, so, they could turn on us."
That was another strong point. "I'll contact General Invel right away."
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Invel got the message and gasped. "So, Zeref's demons have shown up."
This of course got Saki and the other undead demons' attention.
"Hold on, more of Zeref's discarded toys are still alive and about?" Wall asked.
Ajeel growled in annoyance. "Damn, more of those monsters arrived, if they kill Fairy Tail, I won't be able to get my revenge!"
Jacob had to agree for once. "Yes, this is quite a major pain, isn't it?"
Neinhart was quite amazed. "To think those creatures are still alive, this is quite the turnaround."
Irene giggled amusingly.
August had some concerns. "Though this is quite troublesome, Zeref's creations are known to kill humans which leaves our men at risk."
Invel was thinking the same thing. "Yes, even if they do eliminate the enemies that are down there, we can't risk them unleashing their wrath on our soldiers."
Bloodman was intrigued. "So, more of the demons of the underworld show up, the battlefield shall be littered with corpses."
Run was a little curious. "Excuse me, what demons are down there, can your men describe one of them?"
Invel looked at the blonde man for a second before he put his fingers on his head. "Attention, can you describe what demons are there, give me their appearance."
A few soldiers gave the details of the demons.
"I see, that is all, on stand-by," Invel removed his fingers. "One is Jackal, second is a demon gargoyle, there are two wearing scientist outfits, another resembles a mermaid, another that looks like a rabbit, a reptilian creature, and lastly a demon that resembles a spider."
Run lets out a small gasp as his eyes widen. "Spider...that..." He remembered he tried to kill the demon Rachena only to be killed instead.
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Natsu got Jackal away from his friends. Despite the exploding damage he took due to making physical contact, he toughed up and stood up. "I get to fight you again, this will be fun."
Jackal agreed for once. "Yes, I get to take on you fireball, and your blue cat friend." A look of insanity formed on Jackal's face. "Take this!" Jackal swiped both arms in an X formation and an invisible wave of air in the form of an X was moving towards him.
"Oh yeah!" Natsu pulled back his arm. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He punched the X formation which was stopped by his fist.
Natsu's fist was pushing the X back. Jackal growled in annoyance. "How is this fireball so strong?"
"You seemed to have forgotten that it was a year since we fought against you jerks!" Natsu declared with a confident smirk. "Even though we fought against you guys in the World of Pirates, we're still getting stronger!"
Jackal's annoyed expression was replaced by anger. "Like hell you and your friends did, we'll win this fight and destroy Fiore!"
Happy begged to differ. "Then, we'll be sure to kick your butts before you and your friends can do so, right Natsu!?"
"Right, bro!"
Jackal flicked his arm down vertically. Detonating a series of explosions towards Natsu. After thrusting his right arm down. Natsu charged through despite the shockwaves doing minor damage.
"Looks like you still fight, good, means I get to deal some more damage before you die Salamander!" Jackal then had a darkened smirk on his face. "Or, perhaps, I should say-." A strong breeze of wind blew over Jackal as his last word was barely heard, though Natsu seemed to have heard what Jackal's last word was.
The pinkette boy suddenly glared at the demon. "Where the hell did you hear that from?"
Happy was speechless that someone else knew about Natu's true identity.
Jackal just gave an evil chuckle. "It doesn't matter, honestly, I find it out to believe that some human like you is-."
"Shut up, I'm a human being, I ain't a demon!" Natsu roared in anger. "And I ain't going to hear any more of this crap!"
Jackal just smirked evilly. "I don't give a crap what you believe, what matters is that I'll be the one to eliminate you and the blue cat!"
Gray put his hand in his other hand's palm. "Ice-Make: Lance!" Ice lancers were summoned and sent toward the scientist diva demon.
Shino just giggled. "Predictable..." She put her hands apart. "Creation Curse: Wall of Slime!"
The ice lancers were stopped and trapped within the slime-like wall. "A wall slime...?" Gray questioned in surprise.
Shino giggled as the slime wall disappeared. "As I mentioned when we met, I can create all kinds of moves for attacks or defense even weapons." She created a duplicate of Bols' Imperial Arms. "Look familiar?"
Gray's eyes widened. "That's Bols' weapon!" She pointed the tip of the Imperial Arms directly at Gray unleashing a powerful flame.
"Shave!" Gray quickly vanished in time and reappeared on the opposite side of Shino.
"I'll make sure to finish you off here!" Before Gray could use another ice magic, something was overshadowing him.
"Stone Curse: Stone Edge!" Countless stone edges were sent directly at Gray. "Shave!" He used the technique once more.
"Damn it, this is not good," Gray cursed as he felt a slight scratch on his arm. "That barely got me...but..."
"Heaven's Wheel!" Countless swords flew towards Goliath.
The demon gargoyle saw this coming attack and brought his hands together then he slammed them into the ground. "Stone Wall!" A large stone wall appeared from the ground stopping the swords from proceeding.
"About time you showed up," Gray said.
Erza chuckled lightly. "Sorry, I was occupied." She then glared at the demons. "Though, it looks like we'll have to hold them off." That wasn't the only thing troubling her. "The Alvarez soldiers stopped their attack, perhaps they're waiting for us to be weak."
Lucy pumped her arms while staring at Rachena. "I don't know why you and the rest of Tartaros are here, but, we have no time to deal with you."
"Fufufufu...dummy, we don't care if you and your Fairy Tail losers don't have time to fight us, we'll force you to fight whether you want to or not." Lamy giggled in a mockery voice.
Virgo threw a punch at the rabbit demon. "I will punish you, bunny girl."
"Skanky maid, I won't be beaten by you and you're copying me!" Lamy snapped.
Virgo tilts her head in confusion. "This again?"
Soon Lamy and Virgo were in a combat fist fight throwing fists at each other.
Rachena opened her mouth showing rows of sharp teeth. "I think it's time we fight." She hurled a silk out of her mouth. "Web Silk!"
Lucy dove into the ground like it was water. "Diver!" She was gone before the silk got near her.
Rachena gritted her teeth in frustration. "Damn it, so the blonde can use tricks like that." Her frustrated expression was soon replaced with a sneaky smile. "But, so I have tricks of my own."
Lucy continued to dig through the earth. "Rachena's Curse is Web, I heard of the damage she can do with her curse and use it in different various ways." She remembered that the bugs she was able to call forth. "I better finish her off, if she decides to summon her bug minions, then Virgo and I will be at a disadvantage."
Just then she suddenly crossed paths with a big fire ant. "Oh crap!" The fire ant moved forward to bite the Celestial wizard with its piecer-like jaw.
Lucy ducked down as much as she could. She pulled back her arm and delivered a punch underneath the jaw causing the fire ant to take a few steps back. "Now's my chance!" Using the little time she had, she began to dig once more and upward just as the fire ant managed to recover and chase through the tunnel.
B
Wendy was soaring through the air with Carla carrying her. "Carla, over there!" Her exceed partner looked ahead seeing the battlefield, only, that the enemy wasn't Alvarez. "Tartaros is here!"
Just when Carla thought things couldn't get any worse. "Dang it, this just got complicated."
"Never mind, let's go help our friends, surely the others will be arriving," Wendy declared as her partner nodded.
Lucy emerged from the ground with a fire ant on her tail. "This bug is starting to bug me!" She put Virgo's Golden key out again. "Time for a change of clothing! Virgo, retreat!"
"Good luck, princess," Virgo bowed as she disappeared.
Lucy quickly put away Virgo's key and took out another golden key. "Star Dress: Aquarius Form!"
Her clothing took on the appearance of Aquarius just as the fire ant was charging toward her. "Aqua Metria!" The land below her feet began to flow like the sea and used it against the fire ant which drowned it. "Got ya!"
Rachena didn't look too worried as she smiled wickedly. "Think again human!"
The explosion ant came out of nowhere and was about inches away from Lucy. "Explosion Ant will explode into pieces and the venom within it shall splash your body which will poison you slowly!"
Lucy gritted her teeth. "You would sacrifice one of your comrades just to kill me!"
Rachena's wicked smile didn't budge. "Who gives a crap, these insect minions are expendable." Her explosion and began to enlarge until its body was unable to stay together.
KABOOM
A large amount of venom-like liquid exploded around the area.
Natsu heard that. "What was that?"
Jackal smirked evilly. "Looks like your blonde friend just got a taste of Rachena's explosion ant." Natsu's lips hissed in anger as Jackal continued. "Looks like that stupid blonde is about to meet her doom!"
"Shut up!" Natsu yelled. "Lucy won't die, Fairy Tail wizards never die easily!"
Jackal just gave a maniacal smirk. "Let's just see, E.N.D!"
"Shut your mouth!" Natsu charged with his fist pulled back with flames covering it.
Happy was pondering over something. "How does Jackal know about Natsu being a demon..." Despite having a hard time believing what Zeref told his friend, he still had to convince the dragon slayer to pull back. "Wait...could it be that he was spying on Natsu's fight against Zeref...?"
Lamy was disappointed that the maid was gone. "Aw boo...I was hoping to make that skanky maid cry." Her face darkened with a creepy smile. "Well, at least, the stupid blonde human is blown to kingdom come."
The smoke from the explosion began to slowly clear revealing a blue barrier of water surrounding Lucy. "Water Barrier!"
Rachena and Lamy were stunned. "What!?"
"No way!"
Rachena was getting irritated. "Enough of these games!" She spit her wet silk on her hands until her hands were fully covered in it. "Web Fists!" She glared at the female human. "I will show you how a spider can throw a punch." She began to thrust her fists forward like a boxer.
Lucy was able to avoid the punches, however, one punch managed to scrape her cheek. "Crap, that kind of hurt." Using the distraction, Rachena used one of her spider legs to kick the blonde in the stomach sending her flying.
Despite the powerful kick, Lucy was able to land on her feet, though, her side was in pain.
Lamy cupped her hands together. "Make that bimbo suffer!" She began to spin around rapidly. "Here I come!" She neared Lucy, until a figure with lightning speed.
"Huh?" Before Lamy could defend herself the silhouette was already past her and left two sword-like marks was shown on her chest causing her to fall on her back motionless.
Jackal, Goliath, Slither, Shino, and the undead demons felt the sensation of their falling comrade. "Lamy..."
"She's no more..."
"That twit of a bunny..."
"She was always gloating too much and look where it got her."
"No matter, she was always a noisy twerp."
"Mard and Kay just approaching the battlefield. "Seems our little scientist has lost..." Kay spoke with a raspy voice.
"Pity, but, it's no big deal, we'll just have to continue," Mard commented with no sympathy on his face.
Usagi appeared wielding two of his swords. "Sorry, I didn't arrive sooner." He said glancing at the blonde.
Lucy just smiled. "No worries, I'm just glad that you made it."
"I must inform you that Tigress and Pango have arrived, they're taking care of a demon that I was previously fighting," Usagi added.
Lucy was relieved and happy to hear that. "That's good, that must mean the others are close by too."
Rachena gritted her teeth. "Treacherous minks, siding with humans and killing Lamy."
Usagi narrowed his eyes at the spider demon. "I would watch your tongue of yours, these humans are my family." His face darkened with seriousness. "Lucy, you go and assist the others, once we're finished with them, we can resume our attack on Alvarez."
Lucy nodded. "Right, good luck." With that, she fled.
Usagi smiled before turning his attention to Rachena. "You sure you want to fight me alone?" The spider demon asked.
"I ain't going to put up with meaningless questions," Usagi pointed his swords at the enemy. "Let's do this."
Rachena put her fists that were still covered in her web silk. "Have it your way rabbit mink!"
Usagi collided his swords with Rachena's silk-like hands. Both collided their attacks not budging an inch. "The silk around her hands is like steel." He thought.
Rachena noticed the pondering expression on the rabbit's face. "I see you noticed the strength of my silk." She spoke with a sinister smile. "This web isn't like an ordinary spider web. Normal web would be easily cut, but, my power is a curse power and twice as strong as ordinary web."
Usagi knew this fight had gotten difficult. "Hmm...I must end this fight fast." He glanced where the Alvarez soldiers were. "They haven't moved, they're probably waiting for us to become weak so they finish us off." He couldn't worry about that, he knew he had to finish off Rachena and fast.
Rachena saw the distraction and hurled out a dark purple-like liquid. Usagi caught this and quickly jumped away only that his clothes got wet, but that wasn't the only thing, his clothes began to melt as a little of the liquid began to drip on his fur. "Oww...what is this...?"
A creepy giggle was heard from the spider demon. "Then my widow venom, you must know my web curse isn't what I use to fight. My body contains venom that I can use to weaken my opponent's body. Back then before I was killed, other wizards that had me on the ropes, I was able to weaken their bodies with my widow venom which not only melts through my enemy's clothes but once drips on their flesh, their skin becomes infected which will enter their bloodstream and makes their body numb. In a few minutes, your body will become so numb that you won't be able to move and venom will also slowly weaken your body until you succumb to it."
If the situation couldn't be any worse, Usagi gritted his teeth. "Well, it looks like I'll have to finish you off quickly than I thought." He gathered his magic which covered his swords. "Lightning Twin Blade!" He sped toward the spider demon and passed her in a split second landing a few feet away.
He glanced at her for a minute. "Did that work?" Rachena was seemingly in pain as the web silk that covered her hands was sliced into pieces.
The spider's hands shook in pain as she was hissing in a low tone. "Hiss...hiss...not bad...you were able to cut the web silk around my hands." Suddenly a strong evil pressure was starting to emit from her. "I think it's time I take this seriously!"
A large dark energy was coming from Rachena's body as she let out a screech. "Rrrrrrrahhhh!" Her upper body began to form the skin of that insect. Her feminine-like face was replaced with that of an ugly insect with sharp fangs and her eyes were as black as the night and her body began to enlarge. "Etherious Form: Spider Demon!"
Her height was massive. "Damn, she's almost as big as the Straw Hat's ship." Usagi thought in disbelief. That wasn't the only thing that had him troubled. His Haki was detecting her strength and it was beyond strong.
"Her power level is high, probably equal to Hordy Jones...no...the pressure is stronger than Hordy's." He thought as drops of sweat were falling down his forehead.
He shook off his unknown fear. "I can't get distracted by her demonic form." He pointed his swords at the spider demon. "I will win this fight..." He gathered electricity around his swords. "Sword Magic Two Sword Style Combination-" He pushed his feet into the ground creating big cracks. "Lightning Double Slash Strike!"
In lightning speed, he leaped forward to the demon spider and slashed her chest then landed on the opposite. "Did that work..." Once he glanced back his eyes widened with disbelief. His attack only left a minor scratch but Rachena wasn't even flinching.
"That kinda tickled..." Rachena giggled in a mockery tone. "Or, should I say I barely felt that attack?"
Usagi gritted his teeth and looked at the sky. "If only the night was out with a full moon, I could end this fight now." He looked at his blades. "Even with Sword Magic and despite how much my magic has increased, it still wasn't strong enough."
He gripped his swords tightly looking frustrated. "Come at me with all you got!" A voice of Rayleigh echoed in his mind.
F
Usagi was training with Rayleigh in a deserted area in Sabaody. The two were clashing their swords rapidly. Their blades made a metallic sound as their blades collided with one another.
Usagi was exhausted, though, Rayleigh barely broke a sweat, unlike his fight against Kizaru. "Pant...pant...he's barely made a sweat and I'm so tired." He had a determined expression on his face. "But, I refuse to stop training."
Rayleigh chuckled lightly noticing the expression on the rabbit's face. "You have quite the skills as a swordsman and your electro ability is strong." He then had a serious look on his face. "Though, you must focus hard to improve your Haki." He sheathed his sword. "I admit your Haki is strong, but, remember, predicting your opponent's moves is by detecting their power, emotions, and spirit. So, I'll demonstrate that by vanishing...and then, try to find where I'm attacking."
With that, the former pirate vanished.
Usagi did what the former vice-captain told him. "Detect my enemy's power, emotion, and spirit..." The area was almost silent.
A faint vision of Rayleigh was appearing in his head and coming towards him swinging his foot.
Usagi turned around as quickly as he could and blocked Rayleigh's attack using the center of his sword.
The two stayed in their position.
Rayleigh smirked. "Not bad...opponents will try to use a sneak attack or intercept you as well." He removed his foot away. "On top of that, you can try to detect stronger enemies by using Observation Haki even if they are invisible, hiding behind buildings, or strategically hidden."
Rayleigh placed his hand on a large broken brick wall. "Watch this." In a second, a strong energy channeled from Rayleigh's hand and broke the wall into pieces. "As you know, Armament Haki can be used as a weapon and users can channel the power into a weapon they use." He looked back at the rabbit mink. "Master this, you can break through an enemy's defenses."
Usagi was impressed at this demonstration and he looked at his sword. "If I could master that Haki I could cut down enemies with strong armor or ones that have tough bodies that are hard as steel." He had a determined look on his face and looked at the old pirate. "Rayleigh, train me more so I can learn to channel Haki into my swords, I must learn to do that so I can protect those close to me."
Rayleigh smirked again. "I can't promise that you'll master it quickly, but, as long as you watch and observe my teachings, then I'm sure you can figure out how to channel your haki into your swords."
F
Usagi turned around and looked at his swords. "Channel my Haki into my weapons." He thought as he gazed at his swords.
Rachena was getting impatient. "You're trying my patience rabbit..." She spits out silk in the air which begins to form around her hands taking the shape of sharp-like blades. She clangs her web-like blades together making a metallic-like sound as if they were swords. "Web Arm Blades..." She wasn't done as she hurled venom-like liquid on their web-like swords. "This is spider venom which is so toxic that'll kill any enemy slowly and painfully which I hope it will so I can feed your flesh to my children."
Usagi didn't pay attention to his enemy. "Channel my Haki..." He felt his spirit energy course sword his hands and then to his swords. "Armament Hardening..."
His swords' blades were soon black metal which caught Rachena's attention. "What the hell?"
Usagi smiled. "I ain't done..." He started to gather electricity around his dark metal swords which began to make the metallic glow intensely.
Rachena groaned impatiently. "Time is up..." She had her arms in a cross pose. "Time to die!"
Usagi stood still without losing his focus as Rachena neared him. "Web Arm Double Sword Slash!" She swung her arms sideways.
Natsu sensed something. "What was that?" He felt a strange power. "What kind of power am I sensing." What got him baffled was the kind of power he was feeling. "This...power isn't just magic...it's..."
Rachena smirked. "Looks like I win..." Just then a light chuckle was heard and she looked to where the rabbit was standing to her shock, he wasn't pushed, and no signs of skidding across the ground.
The blades of Usagi's swords were hardened in metallic form, however, the metal was yellow and had electricity energy within the blades. "Lightning Metal Blades," Usagi spoke.
Rachena was somewhat baffled by what she was seeing. "What is going on...what are you doing?" Instead of answering, Usagi pushed his swords against Rachena's web-like blades with incredible force.
Rachena struggled to push back but no matter how she tried she couldn't even budge her opponent. "Damn it...how is he this strong?" She cursed.
Usagi successfully pushed even harder which threw Rachena off balance. "Sword Magic Two Sword Style Combination-" Electricity power was building up in his feet gathering power. "Thunder Spiral Strike!" With lightning speed, he vanished in a split second and began to spiral his body around with his swords pointing straight
Rachena wasn't able to react in time as the rabbit mink went straight through the chest leaving a large hole as blood spurt out. This caused Rachena to cough out blood and drips of blood began to drip from her lips. "No...I...can't...die...here..." She began to reverse to her original form and then dropped on the ground as her blood spilled on the ground.
Usagi landed in the opposite direction and turned around then approached his enemy. "Looks like I win."
Rachena began to laugh weakly with a creepy smile. "Heheheh...you think this is over...the rest of Tartaros shall avenge my death...that is if you survive this war..." She coughed roughly one last time until she closed her eyes and died on the spot.
The undead demons felt the sensation of Rachen's curse power.
Snapjaw let a out small grunt. "Rachena...is no more..."
Poison Ivy giggled. "That little spider diva..."
Saki scoffed. "Rachena let her guard down and now she's gone, such a twit."
Fang smirked. "Guess that wench had it coming."
The surviving demons felt the sensation.
Jackal chuckled. "Well, looks like the itsy bitsy spider has finally lost."
Kay looked in the direction he felt the sensation. "Looks like she lost to the enemy."
Shino just let out a small chuckle. "She was always full of herself and it has finally caught up with her."
Goliath growled. "Those humans...shall pay..."
Slither didn't seem to care about his comrade's fate. "Geez, that little wench had to get herself killed."
Mard Geer lowered his head. "Pity that Rachena has lost...no matter we still have others on our side."
Two demons have fallen, but, will the Fairy Tail and their manage to defeat the other demons, find out next time.
P.S. Those that remember Bols' history in the anime and manga series of Akame Ga Kill. He was part of The Incineration Squad and that he burnt down villagers. Also, for those that didn't read the manga series of Akame Ga Kill Zero, Akame was friends with two kids back from a village that burnt to the ground by The Incineration Squad(it's possible that Bols was part of that mission, but, I'm not sure if he was or not). So, Akame's flashback about her conversation with Bols was something I came up with that it would help with Chelsea's conflicted mind.
Anyway, I hope you like the story.
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