Chapter 30: Demon's Revenge Part 3
Natsu was panting after the amount of magic power he used. "Pant...pant...pant...that attack was strong, but, I must've used pretty much of magic."
Happy was worried upon hearing that. "C'mon, you said you'd need to hold back like you did when fighting those airships, right?"
Natsu didn't forget about that. "I did, sorry, I just want to finish this fight considering we're racing against time."
Happy could understand his partner's reasons. "Yeah, Mavis is in the hands of Zeref and who knows what that jerk is doing." He saw the fire dragon slayer turn to face him. "Natsu...?"
Fujika approached the two. "Here you two." She tossed two small bottles at them which they caught.
"What are these?" Natsu asked curiously.
"These potions contain Etherano, which replenishes your magic in no time," Fujika replied. "However, I suggest you use it wisely, after taking two sips of it, it'll be all gone, so, use it when you need to."
Natsu and Happy nodded. "We'll use it now." Fujika could almost facepalm at their sudden action. "Besides, as long as there's Etherano in the air, our magic will get a recharge, sort of speak."
Fujika was almost in a dull state until Natsu spoke. "Still, thanks a bunch for giving us these, our guild won't be running out of magic any time with your skills." Hearing that comment was almost enough to make the former Amazon's face red as a tomato. "Oh...I'm flattered." She quickly shook her head hiding her flattery reaction. "Anyway, let's go."
Gray, Erza, and Juvia continued their fight against Goliath and Shino, who both were their Etherious Forms.
"Looks like they're going all out," Erza spoke.
"No joke, but, we can handle them."
Juvia nodded in agreement. "Yes, nothing we can't handle."
Erza glanced at the two and nodded before looking back at the demons. "Agreed, though, we must finish this quickly. Mavis is in danger and we're wasting time fighting." She also had one concern as she looked in Shino's direction. "We don't know what kind else that demon Shino has let alone know what other tricks she has up her sleeve."
Shino smirked evilly. "You got that human!" A large mass of slime soon surrounded Shino and gathered underneath her feet starting to take shape. "Creation Curse: Slime Gila Monster!" The mass of slime took the shape of a massive Slime-like Gila Monster.
"That's huge!" Juvia exclaimed.
Gray smirked. "If Natsu saw this, he would just want to fight it."
Erza couldn't help but chuckle in agreement. "That's for sure." She required her armor once more. "Clear Heart Clothing!" She pointed her two swords at the demon. "We shall finish you once and for all!"
Gray nodded. "That's right, you two are nothing but obstacles that are standing in our way!"
"Anyone that gets in Fairy Tail's way will be taken down!" Juvia declared gathering a large amount of water.
Shino gritted her teeth. "Then, you three shall meet your end right now!" The slime Gila monster let out a roar. "Let's finish these pathetic humans, Venom Beam!"
The massive Gila monster hurled out a purple-like beam of venom at the three human wizards.
Goliath summoned out stone edges. "Stone Curse: Stone Edge!" He sent the stone edges at the three human wizards.
Erza quickly had an idea. "Juvia, Gray, use your unison Raid, the same one you used on the flaming dragon we fought! Once you do, they'll be frozen and I'll use my strength to cut them down!"
Gray and Juvia nodded as they held hands. "Let's do this, Juvia!"
"Right, my love!"
Ice and water gathered around Gray and Juvia's hands. "Unison Raid!"
Using Water Nebula and Ice-Make: Ice Geyser to create a massive energy-like beam shot through the Demon's attacks freezing them in the process.
Erza pointed her sword. "It's time...try out my new strength."
Gray and Juvia turned looking puzzled. "What do you mean?"
Erza closed her eyes as if she was concentrating on something.
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At Neptune's palace after the incident with Big Mom's threat.
Erza was walking around and she bumped into Zoro, they decided to chat. "Zoro, I was told that you want to defeat the warlord and swordsman Hawkeye Mihawk."
Zoro smirked. "That's right, I admit he was stronger than I thought when I first fought him." He turned to look away at the outside the palace. "I lost...I was completely outclassed, but, I gained his respect and knowledged me as a worthy opponent." He turned with a smirk on his face. "I've gotten a lot stronger than before, but, I still have a lot to learn to be on the same level as he is and once the time comes, I will challenge him again and defeat him thus claiming the title as the greatest swordsman in the world."
Erza chuckled a bit and was impressed by the green-haired man's ambition. "I see." She looked at his swords for a minute and looked back at the other swordsman. "I take it you know of the power Haki, the navy officers I fought back at Water 7 had that power."
Zoro was a little surprised. "I see...it seems the navy is getting recruits to train since Whitebeard died." He then had a sudden thought on where this was going. "I take it that you want to ask me about Haki, right?"
Erza smiled and nodded. "Yes, I have somehow gotten that power even though I wasn't in your world for so long."
Zoro chuckled lightly. "Well, there are two ways of getting it, however, to get the straight to the point, you must learn how to control it." He placed his hand on one of his swords. "I can give you some tips on Haki including how to combine it with a weapon."
Erza bowed her head. "I would be honored if you did, also, it would help me become strong to protect those I care about."
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Erza continued her concentrating. "To combine Haki...rather Armament Haki with a weapon." She felt sheer determination flow into her body. "After the past years, facing every opponent, dealing with the pain I endured as a child..." Her memories of the wicked cult men killing the parents in her village and saving Kagura. Then taken to the island as a child with other prisoners and rebelling against the wicked men despite losing Grandpa Rob, her magic was awoken, and was able to fight back thus saving Jellal only to find he was controlled by darkness and forced to leave the island leaving the rest of her friends behind.
"When I joined Fairy Tail...I made new friends...but...my heart was still surrounded by pain and sadness...a wall that I built..." She recalled that she was captured by her childhood friends and taken by the island. She then later finds out that Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray, and Juvia follow her to the island to rescue her. An image of Simon flashed into her mind. "Even after everything that happened, my heart became warm and happy...my experiences with Fairy Tail helped me get through the past that haunted me."
The memories of her friends getting through the past battles against other dark wizard guilds that had strong enemies. "Despite how strong the enemies were, we still managed to push through..."
Then images of Night Raid flashed into her mind. "The world of corruption was a dark place...but, there were people that had humanity and were willing to risk their lives to make a corrupted empire a peaceful one."
Finally, her times in the world of pirates flashed before her eyes. "The world where pirates rule and where the law uses justice for inexcusable murders and meaningless deaths. However, my friends met people who were willing to make the world a better place and to create a new era."
She opened her eyes as dark metallic material began to cover her sword. "We will still fight to protect those we care about and those that can't protect themselves!" Her two swords were covered completely in the dark metallic material.
"No way!" Gray exclaimed seeing a new power that his friend was using.
"Is that...?" Juvia began to question sharing her crush's reaction.
"Armament Hardening..." Erza declared. "That's not all!" Another katana sword appeared in her mouth and was covered in the same metallic material.
Gray and Juvia recognized the sword style. "Is that..."
"Zoro's three sword style?"
"Yes, I will use this new technique to take these enemies down!" Suddenly two extra pairs of heads and four arms grew, all wielding duplicates of her swords.
"Erza's got three heads and nine arms!" Gray exclaimed with his eyes popping out comically.
Juvia was in awe speechless at what she was seeing.
"Demon Aura Nine Sword Style: Asura!" Erza leaps toward the demons with great speed and slashes them both with all nine of her swords at once. "Asura: Demon Silver Mist!"
Goliath and Shino had severe slash gashes all over their bodies and the enhanced Armament Haki that powered her attack dealt twice the damage.
Erza's duplicated swords and heads soon disappeared as she looked back at the demons, who fell as they reverted to their original forms with their eyes rolled back. "Sigh..." She smiled proudly.
Gray grinned proudly at his guildmate's victory and he looked at his hand. "Looks like I need to improve mine as well."
"Erza is cool as always!" Juvia cheered.
At the cliffside
Saki, Snapjaw, Poison Ivy, and Leon felt the painful sensation.
"Goliath and Shino's curse power is gone."
"Damn..."
"Looks like the homo gargoyle is dead forever."
"Shino the mad diva scientist departs from us, such a shame."
Mard Geer and Kay felt their comrades' curse powers fade from the earth.
"Pity...looks like Goliath and Shino had fallen to our enemies."
"It seems so, dreadful as it, we shall avenge their deaths."
Slither and Syka felt this and felt the blood in their veins boil with rage.
"Damn, those two had to get themselves killed."
"No matter, we shall avenge them by killing these two and showing their corpses to Fairy Tail."
Tigress glared at the two demons. "I'd like to see you try!" She quickly vanished in a flash.
"Where'd that feline chick go?" Syka asked.
Tigress reappeared in the air. "Electro Tail Slam!" She rolled her body around as her tail was covered in electric energy and slammed it on the demon's chest.
Syka seemingly flinched for a brief moment until she recovered. "Think that'll stop me, think again kitty cat!" She slammed her fist onto Tigress sending her crashing into the ground as she coughed out in pain.
Pango began to roll over toward Syka. "Electro Panda Ball!" As he rolled like a ball electricity gathered around his bod transforming him to a electric rolling-like ball.
"You forget about me?" Slither appeared in Pango's path taking the attack, though, it barely did much damage. "Not bad, though, I'll show you a real attack." A red energy glow was from his body which got brighter and brighter.
"Revenge Shocker!" A powerful energy shockwave was released from his body sending Pango flying and the panda bear reverted to his normal form.
He landed on the ground on his stomach with a 'thud' in pain. "That was very strong." He struggled to get up.
"It's time we finish them quickly, this is boring." Syka gathered venom-like energy in her hand. "Venom Beam!"
"Not going to let you hog the glory!" Slither pulled back his arms then red light enveloped both his arms.. "Vengeance Barrage!" Slither unleashed a series of red orbs of light at the two minks.
Tigress quickly got up and slammed her hand into the ground. "Earth Magic: Wall of Earth!" A massive wall of earth emerged from the ground protecting her and Pango from the demon's attacks.
Pango grinned. "Nice job!" Tigress begged to differ. "That wall won't last long, we need to come up with a new attack that'll finish them off."
Just then something appeared behind them startling them. "Who's that?"
"Crap, is it another demon?!" Pango panicked.
"Geez, that's exactly the kind of reaction I get," To his relief including Tigress', Leone stood in her original beast form.
"Leone..." Pango began to say as the blonde assassin put her finger to her lips in a hushing motion. "Never mind that what's the situation here?"
"Well, there are two demons left, we know there's more on the way, but, these guys are the only ones," Tigress explained. "In our current state, we're still not strong enough to beat them."
Pango had an ashamed expression on his face. "To think we're members of Fairy Tail and we can't defeat these jerks, this sucks!" He then looked at the sky. "If only the full moon was out, it would be a different story."
Leone tilts her head in confusion. "The moon, what do you mean by that?"
Tigress decided to explain that. "The mink tribe can gain a form from the moon, once we do we go in a form known as Sulong, it increases our strength and speed, we also get a new look, it's only temporary."
"Yeah, it would be helpful if the full moon was out," Pango whined.
Leone began to ponder this detail. "The moon...perhaps...hmm..." She looked at her hand and an idea popped into her head. "Hold on, I think I have a solution that might help."
The wall was seemingly breaking apart. "If you have time to explain, then make it quick, the wall I created is starting to fall apart!"
Leone saw that and knew she would just have to show them. "I can't explain much, but, just be ready." She began to transform. "Take Over: Lionel Beast Soul Combination...Primal Lunar Beast!"
She put her hands above her head as white energy was shining on her entire body which was gathering in her hands creating white magic energy that began to take the shape of a sphere. "Lunar Moon!" She removed her left hand and swung her right hand tossing the white sphere in the air which enlarged.
"What is that?" Pango asked.
"Looks like the full moon, but, it's more like artificial," Tigress replied, however, she felt a strange power flowing through her body. "What is this...?"
At the cliff top, the Spriggan Twelve saw the moon.
Ajeel was the first to speak out. "What is that in the sky?"
Invel had one guess. "If my eyes aren't deceiving me, then that looks like the moon and in full too."
Dimaria wasn't understanding how this was possible."How can that be the moon, it's not night yet."
August looked at it closely. "It's not the moon, not an actual one, but, artificial."
Brandish had similar thoughts. "Even so, why would someone create an artificial moon?"
Zeref was intrigued. "Someone created an artificial moon...interesting..." He knew there had to be a reason and he had a pretty good idea what it was.
In another location on the battlefield.
Oden, Roger, and Whitebeard saw the artificial moon.
"Where'd that moon come from?" Whitebeard asked looking puzzled.
Roger was more impressed than confused. "Incredible, someone must have the power to create an artificial moon."
Oden began to ponder about something. "It's a full moon too...but...why would someone..." He had one theory that could've been the reason. "Is it possible...that..."
Laxus and Temukai were almost on the battlefield.
"Is that moon?" Laxus questioned a bit baffled. "No...it's artificial...but, how did that get in the sky...scratch that, who created it and why?" He glanced at Temukai, who was gazing at the artificial moon.
"Hey, are you okay?"
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Leone sighed. "Wow, I must've used more magic to create that moon." She smiled proudly. "So, do you two feel different, you-" She paused as she saw Pango and Tigress beginning to transform.
Pango grew twice his normal size, equal to Temukai. His entire fur was white with glowing blood-red eyes and his overweight body became slightly muscular.
Tigress grew almost as tall as Elfman, her orange fur and black stripes were replaced with pure-white fur, and her tail became more furry. Her feline face became wild-like an angry tiger.
"Sulong...Form..."
Leone was baffled by what she was seeing. "Holy crap, they look like a badass..." She suddenly felt their aura. "Wow...their aura has increased and feels so wild..." She had to admit, it was a good thing that they were on their side.
Syka and Slither couldn't understand what they were seeing. "What's with the weird transformations?"
"Who gives a crap, let's kill them!" Slither declared ignoring the sudden change and put his hands above his head. "I shall use my ultimate curse attack, with this, my enemies' remains will be nothing but ashes!"
A dark orange energy was gathered between Slither's hands which began to take shape.
Leone, seeing this was having a bad feeling. "This can't be good."
Syka spread her arms apart and both of her hands began to glow a purple light. "This venom attack is sure to kill you and even if it doesn't you'll suffer until you die!" The purple glow began to glow brighter and brighter.
Pango glanced at Tigress. "Tigress, you ready?"
The female tiger mink nodded. "Yes, let's finish this fight."
The dark orange energy was released into the sky and countless dark orange orbs. "Vengenace Castrophe!" The orbs flew down like countless meteors toward the minks.
Pango rolled up like a ball which was Tigress' cue and kicked him like a ball, only, the panda didn't hit Slither, instead, he hit one of the orbs and bounced off to another, then another, and another.
"What is this a circus act?" Slither questioned completely baffled.
However, Pango's began to speed up the more he bounced off the dark orbs and he was bounced once more off an orb that was above Slither. "Bounce Electro Magic Combination: Sulong Moon Crash!" He crashed down with lightning speed crashing right onto Slither's head with incredible power and his metal-like armor began to crack.
"Slither!" Syka exclaimed as she glared. "I'll finish you first, panda-" She abruptly stopped as she saw Tigress right in front of her and at close range.
"Electro Lightning Palm Thrust!" She palmed the demon scorpion in the chest, once she did, the attack created a lightning bolt that zapped through the demon's body. "AAAHHHHHH!" The demon screamed in agony and coughed up some blood.
"I ain't done!" Tigress began to step on the air. "Moon Walk." She snarled at the demon while bearing her teeth. Her tail began to spin around rapidly as electricity began to surge around intensely. "Lightning Pillar Earth Tremor Magic Combination! She released several lighting bolts on the ground creating a strong tremor that caused the several cracks to form and shake underneath the ground and lightning-like pillars began to glow from the cracks in the ground.
The strong electrical energy covered the entire spot where Syka was as she screamed in agony feeling her life slipping away. "No...I...lost...I wanted...Fairy Tail...to pay...Mard...Geer...Kay...avenge me..." Soon she was gone.
Poison Ivy, Snapjaw, Saki, and Leon felt Syka's curse power vanish.
"Syka...is...gone..." Leon snarled in a low growl.
"Syka..." Poison Ivy spoke quietly as her eyes were hidden.
Saki had her eyes closed placing her hand over her chest. "Dear Syka, we'll avenge your death."
Mard Geer looked in the direction of where he saw the destruction and the curse power that just vanished. "Quite a pity, so long, Syka."
"Such a sad tale for Syka, her tale comes to an end," Kay commented in a spooky tone.
Zeref didn't react to his creations's reactions. "Such a pity, a waste of life." He thought.
Tigress and Pango panted heavily as they reverted to their original forms.
"Pango...Tigress...are you two okay?" Leone asked getting them to glance at her.
Tigress chuckled lightly. "Yes, we're fine, this power is strong, I suppose we need to train it so we don't feel so exhausted."
Pango sat on the ground looking tired. "Oh my, I heard of Minks using this power for the first time, they get tired, I suppose we need to learn how to use what power we need to use."
"Even so, you both were great, I've never seen powers like yours before," Leone praised with a grin. "I feel sorry for the next enemy that falls to powers like that."
Pango chuckled with a goofy look on his face. "Thanks..."
Tigress took a deep breath. "Anyway, let's go meet up with the others."
Invel watching from the cliff's edge got the message. "Looks like the demons that confronted Fairy Tail have been defeated."
Ajeel laughed. "Figures Zeref's toys couldn't get the job done."
Jacob had to admit he was right. "Yeah, it was a waste of time, ain't it?"
Esdeath was done waiting this long. "I suppose it's our time now."
Seryu, Koro, Run, and Dr. Stylish stood behind their former general.
Then three new figures appeared.
"I can't wait to skin my opponent's faces off, especially young girls."
Nyau, former elite bodyguard and member of the Three Beasts
"Can't wait to fight, I get the feeling this battle is going to be good."
Daidara, former bodyguard and member of the Three Beasts
"Indeed, it's been too long since I was on the battlefield."
Liver, former Imperial Military General and member of the Three Beasts
Esdeath smiled wickedly yet excited as she looked at the battlefield. "Yes, I can hardly wait to spill the blood of our enemies."
The other demons Syka, Shino, Goliath, and Slither have been defeated, only Mard Geer and Kay remain.
The undead Historia are ready to get in the battle, what will happen next, find out next time.
End of chapter.
