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Chapter 93

The Victory within a Trap

A few moments before...

The team of Natsu, Erza, Lucy, and Happy were making their way towards the Crimson Devils guild making sure that they weren't seen. It was a bit of a treck, but it wasn't anything they couldn't handle. Soon enough, they could see the building in sight.

"There it is. The Crimson Devil's main base," said Lucy lowly. "Just as Willy said it would be."

"But I don't see any sign of those lackeys anywhere," said Natsu. "Are they all at that kyokaku thing?"

"As far as their main forces go, yes," said Erza. "But the other members of the Crimson Devils are right inside of that building. Once we take them out, we'll meet up with Willy at the mountain and help free the slaves."

"Oh yeah. I'm all fired up now," Natsu grinned. "Let's go kick their buts!'

"Aye!" agreed Happy.

They ventured a bit closer to the villa and peered in through the window. Inside there were dozens of Crimson Devil guild members hanging out eating, drinking, and laughing without a care in the world.

Little did they know what was in store for them this day.

Back with the team of Wendy, Mira, Gray, and Carla, the four had just made it to the abandoned saloon. Inside, the lights were on and inside, the members of Harpy Orb were partying it up having a good time.

"Looks like this is the place," said Gray. "And it looks like there's a lot of butts to kick in there."

"Wow... there sure are a lot of them," said Wendy. "You think that we'll be able to beat them?"

"There's nothing to worry about, child," said Carla. "We can beat those ruffians. Besides, Gray has been able to take on half of an entire guild all by himself and we also have Mira on our side."

"Carla's right," agreed Gray. "Just leave everything to me and Mira. If you need some help, we'll be there to back you up. Right, Mira?"

Gray was expecting Mira to agree with him, but he didn't get any response. He looked towards Mira to notice that she was looking back towards the town.

"Hey Mira, is something wrong?" asked Gray.

Mira jumped. "Oh! N-nothing!" she said. "I was just... daydreaming."

"What could you of all people be daydreaming about?" wondered Carla. "That doesn't seem like you."

"I-It's nothing," Mira spoke shaking her head. "Don't worry about me. In the meantime, let's take care of these guys. I wanna try and get back to Willy as soon as possible."

Then as they were about to enter the saloon to start their attack, they happened to overhear the members of Harpy Orb talking.

"Hey. You guys think that one wizard Mami hired is gonna win?"

"Of course he will. That guy's pretty tough. I mean you saw how he demolished our top guys yesterday, right?"

"I'll say. He was outnumbered five to one and he was able to beat them all without taking a single hit."

"With a guy like that, that wizard of Bradley's doesn't stand a chance!"

"Yeah! We might actually win this time and that kid'll be sent to the mountain!"

Mira and the others ventured a bit closer to the doors about to go inside. But then they the Harpy Orb members talking again.

"By the way speaking of Mami, didn't she look pretty smitten with the guy back there?"

This made Mira flinch for she knew that they were talking about Willy.

"Oh yeah. She did. Well, I would too if I saw what that kid did."

"Screw that. She's head over heels for that guy. She was hugging his arm and everything."

Mira then felt herself get a bit irritated her nails grinding the wall a bit.

"Wow. You don't normally see Mami be that affectionate towards a guy. Well, a guy that she fancies anyway."

"I know, right? The way she was gushing over was cute. I'm actually kinda jealous."

"Yeah. You think that she'll end up being that guy's "special plaything" or something?"

"Who knows? She might. I'd love to get a girl like Mami, but then again I don't wanna be used the way she uses other wizards. Rumor has it that she likes to keep the guys she takes a fancy use them till they can't be used anymore if you know what I mean."

"Whoa, dude. Get your mind out of the gutter."

"Well, it's true."

As the Harpy Orb members laughed it up, Gray, Wendy, and Carla then suddenly sensed something. Something that was filled with a sense of evil and sent chills down their spines. At first, they thought that it was an enemy which made them on guard, but then they noticed someone walking past them seeming to be radiating a dark aura filled with anger. That someone was Mira.

Before anyone could stop her, Mira had already walked through the doors of the saloon. Everyone in the Harpy Orb guild immediately stopped and looked towards her.

"How the hell is that?!" wondered one.

"I don't know, but she sure looks cute," said another as he walked up to Mira. "Hey there, honey. What's a sweet thing like you doing in a place like-?"

The guy then froze as Mira suddenly started to grow taller undergoing a transformation. Her hair stood up on end growing wilder and spikier her front ponytail lengthening. Her forearms slowly became covered in scales as a pair of gold gauntlets also appeared covering the backs of her hands. Her attire also changed as well becoming a dark, skimpy, gold trimmed, maroon-colored, one-piece suit, which revealed a lot mostly her arms, her back and her front, most especially her belly and wide cleavage, had thin straps tied around her shoulders, and also had a spikey collar which was tied by a cravat tie, and on her feet were matching and decorated high-heeled thigh-high boots. From her behind, a large, stocky tail appearing to be made of metal plates or scales, getting smaller and smaller near its end sprouted forth. Her ears became long and pointed like an elf's, her canine teeth sharpened and became longer as her lips were covered in dark red lipstick, and on her right eye and strange black crack-like style line vertically crossed her right eye as both her blue eyes glowed in a darker color.

Everyone who witnessed this sudden transformation had their eyes wide with shock and terror. Even Gray, Wendy, and Carla were surprised.

"Wh-what's happened to her?!" exclaimed Carla.

"Why does Ms. Mira look so scary now?!" squeaked Wendy.

"That's her Satan Soul," explained Gray gulping. "It's a kind of Takeover Magic that only Mira can use. Although, I didn't expect her to bust it out right at the drop of a hat."

"Listen up Harpy Orb," Mira spoke now speaking in a deeper and demonic voice. "I've heard that you've been causing quite a bit of trouble for the people of Naoko and I've also heard that you've been talking quite a bit. I'm here to put an end to it, right here and now."

And with that, Mira shot forward beginning her assault on the Harpy Orb members.

WILLY'S POV

I took my stance preparing to square off against Sasuke. Truth be told, I didn't really have a particular plan as far as a strategy of beating him, but I also knew that I shouldn't underestimate him either.

"I'll just have to do what I can based on what I've seen yesterday," I thought. "Until then, I better make sure that I put on a show for Mami and Bradley."

The sun slowly lowered closer and closer to the horizon as a couple minutes seemed to pass like an eternity and the tension was so high that you could cut it with a knife with only the sound of the people chanting being heard.

"Kyōsaku, Kyōsaku, Kyōsaku!"

I tensed my legs as I took my stance preparing to dash toward Sasuke. The sun sank lower and lower until finally, it kissed the horizon. At that moment, I jumped forward and shot towards Sasuke and Sasuke did the same. I attacked with a combo of a right punch aiming straight for his face, but Sasuke tilted his head dodging the blow. Then I attacked with a combo of a left uppercut, right kick, and left roundhouse kick just to test him a little bit. Sasuke dipped and dodged and sidestepped the blows just like he did the other day when he fought. I then jumped back gaining some distance away from him.

"Looks like he's sticking to the same strategy like he did the other day," I thought to myself. "He's planning on wearing me out and then as soon as I am weary, he'll take advantage and try to take me out. Alright then. Since I can't get a hit on him, I'll have to try and get him to try and get a hit on me."

"Come on. Is that all you got?" called Sasuke. "Don't tell me all that talk back there was just talk."

"I'll leave that up to you to decide," I spoke.

I then slowly stepped to my right as I began to circle around Sasuke. Sasuke followed suit circling to his left. The two of us walked around in circles like two predators testing the waters of their prey. A few tense moments passed and some of the people were getting a little bit restless. Most especially, Bradley, Mami, and their respective guilds.

"What are they doing?" I heard Mami say. "They're just circling around each other."

"Come on, Sasuke!" I heard someone else say. "Crush that punk already!"

The two of us kept on circling around ignoring what everyone was saying about us. Then Bradley spoke.

"Hey, Sasuke! What are you waiting for?!" he demanded. "Hurry and take that guy down already!"

I saw Sasuke give Bradley a sideways glance filled with slight anger and he came straight for me his hands balled into fists. He then punched at me in a quick and sharp pace. I defended by blocking the numerous blows with my arms and my own fists. As I blocked I countered throwing my own punches in, but Sasuke dodged and then countered with a punch of his own. The two of us threw punch after punch as well as defended and blocked.

Then with a yell, I swung my fist with a bit more force and Sasuke did the same. Our two fists collided with a mighty thud creating a small concussive burst of wind blow from beneath our feet. Our fists were pressed against as we pushed them against each other trying to overpower each other. Then we jumped back gaining some distance away from each other. I then attacked once again with a flurry of punches trying to land at least one hit, but Sasuke kept on dodging by sidestepping or ducking his head.

"Come on, mister! Hit him! Hit him! Hit him!" I heard Mami yell. "Quit dragging your butt and get at least one hit!"

"That's the way, Sasuke!" Bradley yelled. "Make that guy drop his guard and finish him with that move of yours!"

I kept on attacking ignoring the two trying to stay focused on Sasuke. I threw a combo of a right straight punch, spinning kick of my left foot, left uppercut, and a right side kick.

Once again, Sasuke dodged my blows and even caught my leg when I kicked. He then pulled my leg towards him and before I could react, he punched me right in the cheek.

The blow caused me to stagger, but I managed to get my footing. However, Sasuke didn't let up as he came at me with a flurry of punches. I was able to block some of them, but some others were a bit closer than usual barely scraping me.

I then saw him coming with a punch forcing me to immediately bring my forearm up to defend. However, it was nothing more but a feint for right then, Sasuke kneed me right in the gut knocking the wind out of me a bit. He then followed up with a series of punches across my cheeks in a fast and quick fashion and finished with a roundhouse kick to my abdomen causing me to stagger back.

I gritted my teeth in anger a bit as I glared at Sasuke charging at him with my fist raised and swinging.

Sasuke once again sidestepped and before I had a chance to react, he face was inches away from mine as he placed his hand right on my chest. As he did, I felt heat beginning to generate from his hand.

"Now it's over," he spoke quietly as his hand began to glow. "FORCE PALM."

"Crap!"

I immediately bent backward just in time for a powerful blast of force erupt from Sasuke's hand shooting right past me and traveled straight towards Mami her gang. She along with the others immediately scrambled out of the way as the blast hit one of the magic cycles sending it flying into the air and crashing into a building.

I saw Sasuke's eyes widen a little in shock probably not expecting me to dodge. Seeing this as an opportunity, I shot back up while making sure to avoid his palm and punched him directly on the cheek.

Sasuke was sent tumbling to the ground until he came to a stop on his back.

As I wiped off the blood or spit that was on my lips, there was a stunned silence.

"No way! He not only was able to dodge his attack, but he was able to land a hit on him?!" I heard someone from Bradley's side exclaim with shock.

"Ha! Take that, Bradley!" Mami called triumphantly. "Your fighter can't hold a candle to mine! He's gonna mop the floor with you!"

I then looked over at Bradley who appeared to be not only angry but also a little afraid.

"Screw you, Mami! That was just a lucky shot!" he barked back. Then he looked towards Sasuke. "Sasuke! You gotta get up!" he yelled. "You can't lose to this punk! Need I remind you what's at stake here?! And I'm not talking about you getting sent off to the mountain! So quit dragging your ass and get up!"

Sasuke then stirred from where he lied and he got back up to his feet. He wiped the blood from his lips and looked at his hand inspecting the blood. He then looked up at me and for the first time since I've seen him, a smile worked his way to his lips as he let out a throaty chuckle.

"Well done. You've managed to land a hit on me and even dodged my signature attack," he said. "I'm impressed. You're completely different than the other wizards I've fought."

"The same thing goes for you too," I spoke. "I've never seen anyone with your fighting style before. It's pretty unique, to say the least. It's a shame that you're wasting your talent by working with these guys."

Sasuke's smile then vanished as his face turned into a scowl. "It's not like I have a choice working with these guys. I'm only fighting to get something that was taken from me. And I won't stop fighting until I get it back. So, as Bradley clearly stated, I don't have time for dragging around in this fight and that goes for you as well."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"Don't play dumb," Sasuke spoke. "You're holding back. I know because you haven't even used your magic at all since we've started this fight."

"Oh really? And how do you know that?" I asked.

"Because I've been holding back some too," he spoke. "In fact, I haven't even begun to using my full strength yet."

"Is that so?" I spoke cracking my fists. "Fine then. Why don't we skip the playing around and get to the real fight? After all, it's what these people came to see, right?"

"You won't hear any complaints from me," Sasuke spoke as took his stance. "Besides, I owe you a couple punches from butting into my business the other day."

"N-no way. Those two were just playing around?!" A man from one the Crimson Devil's side exclaimed.

"They were just measuring each other up?!" another one squawked. "If that's the case then how strong are they?!"

At that moment, my whole body began to radiate in a blue glow as I exerted my magic power. Sasuke also began to glow with magic power as well only his was colored yellow. The two of us stood across from each other waiting for one of us to make a move or a signal to attack our magic powers also making the ground slightly tremble.

A few tense seconds passed. Then a single leaf from a tree came slowly drifting down as the wind blew. It slowly kept drifting down until it finally landed in a barrel filled with causing it to ripple.

I then jumped forward cloaking my hands with water as I prepared to punch.

Sasuke did the same as he came towards me, his hands glowing with magic power.

We rapidly closed the distance with each other and while the two of us let out loud yells, we swung our fists with all of our strength.

Our magic-enhanced fists collided creating a more powerful blast that could be felt throughout the area. I then attacked him with a series of Iron Fist and Talon attacks while Sasuke attacked with the same blows on his own.

We punched and we kicked, we dodged and blocked, and we zipped and zagged as we kept at it with each other. Each time our fists or punches collided, the air seemed to tremble and shake from our power.

I then jumped back to try and get some distance away from him, but Sasuke followed in hot pursuit not letting me escape.

"You won't get away!" he yelled as he attacked with another palm thrust.

I immediately crossed my arms barely managing to block the blow as I pushed him back.

"I wasn't planning to!" I yelled back.

Jets of water shot from my feet launching me up in the air. I also cloaked my hands in water bringing them back and swung them forward unleashing a shockwave of water. The shockwave of water crashed into the ground where Sasuke stood making it spray and shower everywhere.

Everyone immediately tried to take cover trying not to get wet.

As I landed back to the ground, I looked up at the area in front of me hoping that I landed a good hit. But Sasuke still remained standing as he held up his hand which was glowing in power. At first, I was a bit surprised having no idea how he was able to take my Water Dragon Wing attack, but then I understood.

"So you countered my attack by using that Force Palm thing of yours, eh? Pretty smart," I spoke. "And here I thought that it could only be used for attacking."

"It was just something I made up on the fly," Sasuke spoke. "Although, my clothes are now all wet."

"Sorry about that, but that is what happens when you fight a water mage," I spoke. "Unless you have a problem of getting wet."

Sasuke charged forward and threw a palm strike in response. I immediately ducked dodging the blow and countered with Talon forcing Sasuke to dodge by tilting his head.

Sasuke then went for a series of palm thrusts aiming for anywhere he could land a hit on my body. I dodged and blocked the attacks trying not to get hit by the powerful strike. Then I felt my back touch something causing me to turn around. I found myself backed against the wall. Literally and against one of the buildings no less.

"Now you're mine!" Sasuke yelled as he came dashing with his palm glowing and raised.

Everything seemed to be in slow motion as he rapidly closed in. I once again shot water from my legs launching me into the air and dodging the blow just in the nick of time. When Sasuke's hand hit the wall of the building, the wall immediately exploded. Dust and pebbles blew everywhere as I landed back on the ground looking back at the cloud of dust.

"Man... he's stronger than I thought," I thought. "In fact, I don't know how much longer I can keep stalling." I then looked to my right at Haruka and Satoshi who looked back at me seeming to be worried.

"Come on, you guys. Hurry."

NO POV

Back in the Crimson Devil's guild, everything was in total chaos. All of the members of the Crimson Devil guild were desperately fighting for their lives against three certain people and a cat. And unfortunately for them, they weren't winning.

"FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!"

Natsu let loose a powerful punch on a man launching him straight into a group of other members like a bowling ball and some pins.

"OPEN GATE OF THE LION, LOKE!"

At her command and a wave of her golden key, Lucy summoned forth one of her Celestial Spirits which was a being that a young man. He had orange spiky hair, wore glasses, and wore a black tuxedo.

"You called for me, Lucy?" he asked with a smile.

"Take out those guys for me!" Lucy spoke pointing. "Show them what you're made of!"

"Whatever you say, Lucy," Loke spoke as his hands glowed brightly. "I'll take care of this in a second."

A mob of Crimson Devil members came at Loke ready to beat him to a pulp. However, Loke wasn't worried. In an instant and with a mighty blow of his fists, Loke blew all of them away knocking them out completely.

"Alright! Way to go, Loke!" cheered Lucy.

"Any time, Beautiful," smiled Loke. "You know, you can repay me by going out on a date with me. How about a date to the beach or to a fancy restaurant?"

"Maybe another time," Lucy spoke flatly.

With a mighty yell, Erza swung her mighty blade taking out another mob of members. Soon enough, they're the only ones that remained standing. Even Happy was getting in on the action as he held a fish in each of his hands swinging them around and smacking whoever was nearby. Soon enough, they were the only ones that remained standing.

"You gotta be kidding me!" a member yelled. "There's only three of them and they were able to take out an entire guild like it was nothing! Who are these guys?!"

"Hey! What about me?!" complained Happy. "I was able to take out some guys too!"

Then another wizard gasped. "Wait... those emblems... those guys are from Fairy Tail!" he cried. "They're Titania Erza, Natsu the Salamander, and Lucy the Beast Heartphilia!"

"Hey! Who are you calling a beast?!" snapped Lucy as she immediately gave the man a hard stomp on his stomach.

"Beast definitely suits, Lucy," Natsu muttered. "She certainly acts like one when she gets mad."

"Aye," agreed Happy.

"Alright then. That should take care of all the Crimson Devil members," said Erza. "Now we have to hurry and send the signal to Willy. Let's just hope things are going smoothly."

At the Harpy Orb guild, Mira had become a one-woman wrecking crew as she took out member after member with her overwhelming power of Satan Soul. Gray and Wendy who were at first a bit overwhelmed by Mira's sudden change had now joined the fray.

"ICE MAKE BATTLE AXE!"

With a wave of his hand, Gray unleashed and molded a wave of ice knocking out a wave of wizards.

"SKY DRAGON ROAR!"

Wendy took a deep breath and released a powerful tornado-like stream from her mouth taking about another wave of wizards. Then another wizard came charging straight at her.

"You're gonna pay for that, you little brat!" he yelled.

Wendy turned around in time for Carla to fly right past her and using her claws, she scratched the man like there was no tomorrow making him yell in agony as he fell to the ground holding his face.

"Thank you, Carla!" Wendy said gratefully.

"Don't drop your guard, child!" Carla spoke. "It's not over yet!"

Mira in her Satan Soul form and using her hands cloaked with dark magic punched at every single member of Harpy Orb that came at her. Then a couple of wizards jumped towards her every one of them summoning a magic circle.

"Take this, you broad!" one yelled. "This'll teach you to attack the Harpy Orb guild!"

All of them then unleashed powerful blasts of magic at her creating a huge explosion that shook the saloon upon impact.

"Ha! Take that, Girlie!" laughed another. "That'll teach you to mess-"

But then the smoke cleared and there stood Mira who was completely unscathed by the attack. The wizards all gawked their mouths agape with horror and shock.

"Was that your best shot?" Mira asked coldly with a small evil smile. "If it is, then I'm very disappointed. Allow me to show you how it's done."

She put her hands together and in the space between her hands, a large amount of dark energy formed creating a globe. Gray, Wendy, and Carla immediately looked towards her sensing the power emanating from her.

"Whoa. Mira, wait a minute!" Gray yelled. "You might blow up the place with that move!"

But it was too late nor did Mira care.

"SOUL EXTINCTOR!"

Mira then unleashed a powerful stream of dark magic that shook and lit the saloon itself. The attack blasted straight through the wall taking out every single member of Harpy Orb that remained standing. When the smoke cleared, unconscious bodies laid sprawled everywhere leaving Mira's group the only ones standing. Gray, Wendy, and Carla all stared at Mira in amazement as the Shedevil reverted back to her normal form.

"I don't believe it..." murmured Carla. "What overwhelming magic power."

"And I thought Natsu was super strong," squeaked Wendy. "I have heard stories about how strong Ms. Mira is, but I never imagined she'd be this strong. Or that scary."

"Yeah... Normally, she's all sweet and stuff, but this is the first time in a while I've seen her like this," said Gray. "Kinda glad that she's on our side."

Mira then looked towards them. "Alright. We took out Harpy Orb," she said. "Let's hurry and signal Willy now. Who knows how long he's been holding off Sasuke."

"R-right," the three of them said nodding not daring to say anything more.

WILLY'S POV

When the smoke cleared, Sasuke stood there in front of a giant hole in the wall of the building. It was a miracle that the building itself didn't collapse, but still...

Sasuke then turned around. "You got lucky," he spoke. "If you were there a few seconds more, you'd've gone flying through the building and I would have won this little fight of ours."

"Yeah. That was a bit close," I agreed. "But thankfully, I managed to dodge. You did manage to destroy a wall though."

Suddenly, I caught notice of something in the corner of my eye from above. I looked and there in the sky several miles away, a bright yellow ball of light shone which then faded away after a few seconds. I immediately knew that was one of the signals from one of the teams. I then looked around trying to see any sign of the other signal and sure enough, to my left, another ball of light flashed forth.

"Alright. Looks like they've taken care of things on their end," I thought. "Now it's time to wrap things up over here."

"What are you looking at?" I heard Sasuke ask. "Saying a little prayer before you lose?"

I looked back at Sasuke and smiled. "Nope. Just thinking how much fun it's been fighting you," I said. "You're pretty tough and you'll certainly give some friends of mine a run for their money, however... I think it's time I wrap this up."

Sasuke's eyes then narrowed. "You speak as if you won this fight," he said. "Aren't you jumping to the gun a bit?"

"Who knows?" I spoke. "But enough with the talking, I'd say it's about time to end this fight. Just don't take it too hard when I beat you."

"Sorry Sasuke, but I need to end this now," I thought. "I know that you have your reasons for fighting so hard, so you might hate me, but don't worry. I'll help you save your Mom."

I then clasped my hands together and eight clones of me appeared, four standing on each side of me. I saw Sasuke's eyes widen and crowd around us gasp in surprise.

"No way! There's nine of him?!" I heard Bradley exclaim. "Just what kind of magic is that?! That's cheating!"

"Yeah! Atta boy!" Mami cheered. "I knew you were strong and amazing, but you exceeded my expectations!"

"Alright then, Sasuke," I spoke. "Hope you're ready because it all ends right now!"

"You're hoping to win with numbers," Sasuke spoke. "If that's your strategy that you really are dumb."

"We'll see about that," I said with a smirk.

NO POV

Me and my clones circled around him and charged. One clone came swinging in, his hands cloaked with water, but was immediately blocked and parried. Another clone came in with a series of rapid kicks, but Sasuke dodged the blows with ease and then placed a hand in the middle of the clone's stomach.

He then released a powerful force from his hand sending the clone flying and crashing into the magic cycles on the Harpy Orb's side.

The other two clones jumped up and dive bombed straight towards him wanting to avenge the one that was sent flying.

Sasuke simply stood there as he waited till they were close enough. When they were, he jumped up and while he dodged both of them at the same time, he placed both hands on their backs and unleashed the same attack on their backs making them slam into the ground. As he landed back on his feet, he dashed forward through the many clones to a particular one which was standing in the back.

"It doesn't matter how many clones he conjures," he thought. "I can already tell who the real one is."

Willy's eyes widened as Sasuke rapidly closed in on him. Before he could react, Sasuke had placed his hand right on his chest.

"Now it ends," he spoke. "FORCE PALM!"

A powerful blast of force erupted from his hand almost tearing a hole in Willy's body. Willy hacked up a fit of blood and let out a scream of pain as he was sent flying straight towards another building. His body slammed into the side of the building with a mighty boom that made the building shake. He stayed stuck there for a few seconds, then he fell down to the ground seeming to be unconscious.

The Crimson Devil's side all cheered and applauded.

"Yeah! He got him! That bastard's history!" Bradley cheered. "

Everyone on the Harpy Orb's side remained silent. Mami especially could not believe what she was seeing nor could she speak.

At that moment, a couple of the clones began to disappear into puddles of water as Sasuke walked over to Willy's body.

"I'm sorry... but this is where it ends for you," he panted. "You put up a good fight and you almost got me, but your biggest mistake was making those clones. You let your clones do all the fighting while you stayed back from afar to avoid me. The more they attacked, the more you stood out. I guess this makes this my forty-first win."

Willy coughed as he pressed his hands to the ground trying to push himself up.

"Don't bother. You're too weak to stand up much less putting up a fight now," Sasuke spoke. "This match is over."

Then Willy looked up and to Sasuke's surprise, he was smiling and chuckling.

"Yeah. This match is over alright," he spoke. "Over for you, that is."

Sasuke was puzzled. Then in an instant, Willy disappeared in a blast of water causing the boy's eyes to widen in surprise.

"What?! What is this?!" he exclaimed.

He then felt his heart freeze with horror as he realized that he had been tricked. He snapped his head around in time to see the real Willy just a few feet away from his face his cheeks puffed up and ready to unleash an unknown attack.

WILLY'S POV

"WATER DRAGON ROAR!"

As soon I was within range of Sasuke, I unleashed my breath attack with everything that I had making a huge blast of water erupt from my mouth. The blast carried Sasuke as he was sent flying all the way to the Crimson Devil's side.

Everyone scrambled to get out of the way as the blast carrying Sasuke sent him crashing into them in a powerful explosion that shook throughout the area.

As the ground shook from my attack, I looked over where I just blasted Sasuke. He laid on top of a magic cycle, his body limp and his clothes in tatters.

The Crimson Devil's all stared at Sasuke's unconscious body not believing what they were seeing.

"N-no way..." murmured Bradley. "Sasuke... was defeated?!"

As soon as he said those words, I knew that I had won the fight and now was the time to put the next part of my plan into action.

"Haruka! Satoshi! Now!" I yelled as I snapped my head towards them.

I was expecting Haruka and Satoshi to come and help me get Sasuke, but then I looked and saw that the two of them were just standing there completely motionless.

"What's the matter you two?!" I demanded. "Come on! Help me get-"

Then suddenly, I heard a loud bang. Next thing I knew, I felt something hit my back and I immediately felt a powerful shock go through my body causing me to let out a scream of pain and surprise as I fell to the ground flat on my face.

NO POV

Back with Team Fairy Tail A, Erza had just finished firing the signal flare.

"You think that Willy saw the flare?" wondered Lucy.

"I'm pretty sure that he did," said Erza. "In the meantime, let's get going. We'll head for the mountain and meet Willy and the others there."

They then headed towards the door along with everyone else.

"Alright! It's time we go mountain climbing!" cheered Natsu. "You psyched Ha-"

Then Natsu was rudely interrupted as he slammed into an invisible wall.

Everyone went over to him as Natsu slumped to the ground dazed and stunned.

"What... what the heck was that?!" he asked dizzily.

"It's an invisible wall!" Lucy gasped. "That means..."

At that moment, a purple square of strange letters appeared encircling them inside of it. Everyone knew what this was.

"It's an enchantment!" Erza cried.

Around the very same time, another purple square of strange letters began to encircle around the Harpy Orb base with Mira and her team trapped inside.

"Oh no!" Gray exclaimed. "Please tell me this isn't what I think it is!"

He then ran on over trying to get outside, but he was met with an invisible wall preventing him from going out.

"It's an enchantment!" Mira cried.

"It's just like before when the magic council showed up!" said Wendy. "But... who could have done this enchantment?"

"I'm not sure, child," spoke Carla. "I doubt it was anyone from our guild and I don't think the Magic Council is responsible either. Which means..."

"It must have been someone who was expecting us," said Mira. "We've been set up."

WILLY'S POV

My entire body felt numb and static sparked on my body everywhere. As I lied there unable to comprehend what just happened, I looked up and I saw Mami now standing above me holding a magic shotgun, the barrel of which was smoking.

"Mami... what... are you doing?!" I choked. "Why... why did you..."

Mami looked towards me and smiled darkly at me. "Sorry there, Hun, but you won't be able to move for a little while thanks to the specialized magic bullet I fired with this gun." She then took off her hat letting her pink hair down. "Finally. I can take off this hat," she spoke with relief. "I was wondering how much longer I was going to keep putting on the act."

"You did well, Decei. It took quite a bit of work, but I we finally did it," said a voice belonging to a man.

Then my eyes widened in shock as a certain someone walked up to Mami giving her a pat on the shoulder. That, someone, was Satoshi.

"S-satoshi... what... what is the meaning of this?" I demanded weakly.

Satoshi then looked down at me and gave me a cold stare. A stare of which I've never seen before.

"Forgive me, boy, but you're gonna have to sleep for a bit," he spoke. "Here let me help you.

And before I had a chance to react, Satoshi gave me a swift kick to the side of my chin. The last thing I saw was a big flash of white before my vision became dark as I fell unconscious.

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