Shiroyasha Forever: they are making progress! Yeah, I really like that too.
AnimeFan13579: I can do it in Edolas.
Yogaratw607: I still don't get how changing places turns into healing. Dot learning from Mash's "gender equality". That would be a little too insane. Lemon and Lisanna sound like a good group. Nope, never heard of it
Stand Up Be Strong: Mira is really good at reading people.
Jss2141: thank you! I don't think Finn is phisically strong enough to fight like that, it be more like that if he just held onto Elfman's back. Fairy Tail is catching up!
Yorozuya Forever: Its very annoying how little they actually do. Yep, I will.
Boron: I'm still planning on doing that, but later, they doing that in the middle of a fight against each other doesn't sound like the best idea.
Getwo: ayee! Dot showed he is the protagonist! I find the idea of Dot pulling out a fucking Nuclear Warhead very funny. I'd say Lemon's was his first friend but she kinda skipped that and went right into being his wife. Finn becoming actually a God, that be awesome. Finn deserves a lot of recognition, I saw a lot of Finn disrespect from the fans while season 2 was coming out. Finn becoming popular, he most likely won't even know how to deal with this. At least Mira would explain his situation to the others so he isn't hated. That's some cool headcannon for Tyrone, he is from the church and they are the people who hate people without magic the most. Gajeel sure is glad he didn't end up like him.
Nameless5537: Who knows?
Guest: most likely the golems can.
freakingname13: he made them like the powerpuff girls, but instead of sugar, spice, and everything nice, he used dark magic and his own blood.
Fairy Tail had finally managed to get a win, it was such a great occasion that even Dot came running from the medical bed to celebrate! Rayne, meanwhile, just gave the Fairy Tail stand a small glance and nodded, before walking away back to the side of the Divine Visionaries. But they still had another fight to take care of
"Okay, so the next fight will be against the quiet one with the small dragon on his shoulder." Abel said
"Oh yeah, there were just so many things happening at the moment that we didn't really have time to question it, but why does that guy have a dragon?" Lucy asked
"Because he uses dragon magic? I mean, we have dragons too, they fly around and take care of their territory and stuff. You guys have dragon slayers, I thought you knew about the things they slay." Dot said
"In your world the dragons are still around!?" Natsu yelled in a mixture of happiness and shock
"Yes? Why?" Lance questioned
"In our world almost all the dragons disappeared years ago, we don't know what happened." Levy explained, there was still one dragon around from what she heard but he was most surely a legend
"Really!? That's weird. An entire species disappearing like that should have a massive impact on the ecosystem… And also, how do you even become a Dragon Slayer if there isn't a dragon to slay or have them teach the magic to you!?" Finn questioned
"There are different ways to be a dragon slayer." Levy said
"And you just have to learn before they disappear. Simple as that." Natsu explained as if it was obvious
"Okay, differences in living animals aside. Who are we sending to fight?" Lance asked
Juvia looked to the side and smirked
"Juvia has an idea." The water woman said
The rest of the group looked at where she was looking and saw Gajeel, their other dragon slayer. It sure was convenient he entered the guild right before they got into this tournament. The entire team smirked, as they now finally had the advantage against one of the divine visionaries
With the Divine Visionaries, the group finally had Renatus and Tsurara walk back, Tsurara having half of her face completely frozen to a point where you couldn't even see it, and Renatus' being finally fully recovered
"Alright, we're back. What happened?" Renatus' asked while stretching
"D-did R-R-Rayne win h-h-his m-match?" Tsurara asked, having gone back to her shivering
"Don't you think that's a little excessive?" Sophina asked
"Sadly no. Rayne ended up being defeated by his little brother." Kaldo explained
"Hah! Rayne got beaten by the little twerp? That's hilarious!" Renatus laughed
"Didn't you almost lose to a "twerp"?" Sophina asked but was ignored
"He threw his fight. He failed his duty because he couldn't put logical thinking over his own feelings." Orter said, fixing his glasses "Tyrone. It's your turn now. Win this match."
Tyrone nodded and walked away, passing through the door and Rayne, who had just gotten there
"Well, look who it is." Renatus smirked
"Are you okay, Rayne?" Sophina asked
"I'm fine. I was just caught by surprise." Rayne said while walking forward
"Do not lie, Ames." Orter glared at him, making the rest of the divine visionaries look at the two
"Oh shit, he pulled out the last name." Renatus snickered
"Take this serious." Sophina hit him over the head with her book
"What is that supposed to mean?" Rayne looked at the sand cane
"You know very well. You lost on purpose because you couldn't put logical thinking over your emotions." Orter said, pushing his glasses up slightly "It's pathetic."
Rayne kept quiet, simply glaring at the sand cane, his eyebrow twitching slightly
"You're lucky mister Wahlberg has faith in you and recommended you himself. If it wasn't for that, you'd be expelled from the divine visionaries and executed for treason." Orter said
"H-h-hey! T-that's a little much… D-d-don't you think?" Tsurara tried to intervene
"You fell in love with one of the heretics and possess the eye of an ice demon, you should be treated even worse than him just for that. You're lucky you won your match. If it wasn't for that, you would be on the ground dead." Orter glared at her, making the ice cane take a few steps back "You two are a thread away from being considered traitors, don't think your actions will remain unpunished. When we come out victorious, you two shall lose your post as Divine Visionaries and be thrown in jail for the rest of your lives. Consider that a mercy for me being nice enough to allow you to keep your lives."
Rayne remained silent and turned back to the arena, Tsurara lowered her head and hid behind Sophina in shame. Sophina was giving Orter a disapproving glare, even Renatus was thinking he went too far with this one. Kaldo simply turned away to look at the fight, Orter wasn't exactly wrong in his eyes, but he for sure should not say those types of things in a situation like this.
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An looked around to be sure there weren't anymore butterflies around, the Secondth had been undone after the end of the fight but she still was being cautious. When she saw that the coast was clear, she cleared her throat
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the fifth round of the tournament! Now, for the team of the Divine Visionaries, we have the quiet but deadly mage! He is tall! He is weird! He had a pet dragon named Hippopotamus! The leader of the administration of magical creatures of the Magic Bureau! Say hello to the Dragon Cane!" An yelled into her wand mic "AGITO TYRONE!"
The gate opened and in entered Tyrone, wearing long brown pants, a white button up shirt, a purplish tie, a dark red jacket, and a spiked choker on his neck. On his face there were various scars and two lines on his face that created some kind of weird symbol, his black hair was short and slicked back. His expression was vacant while a small derpy orange dragon was on his shoulder
"And on the side of Fairy Tail! We have someone who just like us tried to kill the members of Fairy Tail! He likes eating metal! He is the second dragon slayer in that guild! And he is a very good singer, trust me!" An read her script "Enter GAJEEL REDFOX!"
The gate opened and in entered Gajeel, surprisingly the crowd was more quiet this time. They learned that they shouldn't underestimate these people from the last fight, and hearing he was a dragon slayer going up against the dragon cane didn't put much calmness into their hearts
"Are you both ready? Remember, the rules are that the first one to pass out or surrender loses, and killing is not allowed!" An yelled into her mic, the two draconic mages nodded their heads "Alright! So in 3!"
Agito began to mumble something while joining his hands in a praying position, confusing Gajeel
"Huh?" Gajeel looked at him, trying to listed to what he was mumbling
"...Grant us forgiveness for our sins… oh, merciful gods…"
"2!"
"For we cannot live without taking the life of other creatures… Life is, after all, a selfish act…"
"What?" Gajeel was getting incredibly weirded out by this guy
"1!"
"Let us continue on our selfish path… and spare us these unclean lives we must live…"
"Fight!" An yelled and ran away
As soon as that was said, Hippopotamus flew out of Tyrone's shoulder and charged at Gajeel, transforming into a massive terrifying dragon that hit Gajeel with a slash, forcing him to block and be blasted away
"Holy crap!" Love yelled in shock
"Gajeel!" Levy yelled
"His magic really is turning the small dragon into a bigger one." Makarov noted
"I have sinned again this day. This makes 9,975 times… Tomorrow I pray… I pray tomorrow is better…" Tyrone said as his expressionless eyes had tears running down them
But for Tyrone's surprise, Gajeel got off the wall without much damage done to him, simply dusting off his shoulders and then smirking
"Did you really think that would be enough to take me down? Don't underestimate me!" Gajeel said as he hit his fist together
Tyrone looked at him for a moment before he stopped his praying and smiled, pulling out his wand, that had the form of a winged ornament, as Hippopotamus landed right besides him
"I suppose this is fate. Peace demands we fight against each other." Tyrone spoke in a normal tone of voice, pointing at Gajeel "A true contradiction. And we are nothing but the victims of this vicious karmic-"
"Iron Dragon's Lance!" Gajeel yelled, transforming both of his arms into iron poles and jumping at Tyrone and his dragon, swinging them in a circle, hitting both the dragon cane and Hippopotamus
Both ended up being sent flying to the side, hitting the wall of the arena with a loud "Bang!", Gajeel smirked as he landed on the ground
"For a quiet guy, you sure talk way too much!" Gajeel said as his arms went back to normal
Tyrone got back up but he noticed that the hit hurt his precious dragon a lot more than it should, he began to shake before glaring at Gajeel, a demented smile on his face
"Ah, suffering. To experience it, is truly the essence of life." Tyrone said as he hugged himself "We must welcome suffering… and turn it into pleasure. To live is to be a masochist. And I'm truly grateful for our encounter."
Tyrone then sent Hippopotamus to the fight, its claws sharpening as it tried to slash at Gajeel, who managed to jump back and dodge the attack
"This guys is fucking weird…" Gajeel thought while turning his arm into an iron pole and trying to slam the dragon with it
Only for the dragon to block the attack with one hand, it still seemed to do some damage since it flinched, but it powered through it and punched Gajeel, sending him skidding back
"Dragons Trident." Tyrone smiled while pointing his wand forward
Hippopotamus then charged at the iron dragon slayer, a tornado forming around it thanks to the pressure of its movements. The dragon headbutted Gajeel, sending him flying up while gritting his teeth
"Dragons Lightning." Tyrone then pointed his wand up
Hippopotamus then opened his mouth, purple electricity charging up inside of the dragon's mouth before he looked up and blasted Gajeel with a lightning blast, making him scream in pain
"The dragon can breathe lightning!?" Natsu yelled impressed
"A lightning dragon!?" Happy yelled
"Dragons Hammer." Tyrone then pointed his wand down
Hippopotamus flew up, doing a spin in the air and slamming Gajeel down into the ground with a hit from his tail, raising a massive smokescreen, but as the dragon flew down the smoke was blown away and Gajeel could be seen getting up
"Damm…" Gajeel grunted as he shook his head, those hits hurt a lot
"Shouldn't Gajeel be completely destroying him!? I mean, he's a dragon slayer fighting a dragon!" Lemon asked
"We got too cocky. Gajeel might have an advantage thanks to his Dragon Slayer magic, but that guy is still a Divine Visionary. His overwhelming power is still a challenge to deal with." Lance said while crossing his arms
"It's really like fighting a Wizard Saint. Even with some advantages against them, they are just so strong that even those don't guarantee a victory." Levy said, worried
Tyrone smiled as he watched Gajeel feel the pain of those hits, ordering his dragon to fly back to him for a moment
"You know, we aren't so different, you and I." Tyrone said
"What is that supposed to mean?" Gajeel growled
"It's simple, we both deliver pain to those we think deserve it. Didn't you try to kill the people on which you are trying to protect now?" Tyrone said making Gajeel glare at him "Even the blue haired girl over there, I heard she took quite a beating from you."
"So what?" Gajeel scowled
"So, that it's nice to see someone with the same appreciation of this stuff as me. After all, I find killing filthy monkeys who can't even use magic quite enjoyable." Tyrone said making the people of Mash's world in the Fairy Tail team gasp "Like that nonmagic over there."
"What is it?" Mash asked, confused since he himself didn't quite understand why they reacted like that
"Mash… Oh, you poor thing." Lemon hugged him to try and make him feel better
"Eh?"
"Mash… That last word is a derogatory term for people without magic." Finn explained
"He just called Mash a slur then?" Erza said
"Pretty much, yeah." Finn shrunk a little
"These guys truly are scum." Gray growled while glaring at Tyrone
"First the sand guy and now this dude… He is a disgrace to all dragons…" Natsu shook with anger
"Get to the point already." Gajeel was almost charging at that guy but decided to hear him out just this one time
"Well, we do execute them, but you seem to paint us as some kind of barbaric society. I can see that from the look your colleagues are giving me. But that is just wrong." Tyrone said, making Gajeel raise an eyebrow "We don't just kill them, we smash their bodies and organs to use as fertilizers for our farms, or even use magic to turn them into pinatas to entertain the children. Both of them from the brand Redemption, made by the church itself as a way for these monkeys to redeem themselves in the eyes of the gods."
Gajeel was completely disgusted by what he just heard but managed to hide it by keeping his scowl, the others weren't doing much better, Love picked Milo's hat and threw up inside of it
"Oi." Milo glared at his friend
Levy and Lucy covered their mouths to try not to puke, the others had similar expressions of disgust and anger at what was said
"I'm never eating vegetables and fruits ever again…" Dot shivered
"Lemon… Do your…" Cana began
"Of course not! My parents only use normal fertilizer for their farm. They say the Redemption brand would completely ruin their crops." Lemon said, happy that her parents weren't horrible people
Even the people watching from Earthland are disgusted with that revelation, covering their mouths and their children's ears
"So what? You wanted to say you are going to turn Mash into some protein powder or something?" Gajeel glared at the dragon cane
"Oh, of course not. He is quite a special case. Most nonmagics only live at most for around their toddler stage of life, their parents delivering the creatures to the Magic Bureau, but since Mash managed to survive so much more time, as a prize for that, I was going to turn him into a diamond and give it as a gift to his precious wife." Tyrone laughed a little while saying that
Lemon felt disgusted and angry at what he said, if he as much as tried to get near Mash or her she would kick him away no questions asked!
"You people are insane." Gajeel frowned
"But aren't we the same? Didn't you also hurt those who don't fight back and entertained yourself with their bodies?" Tyrone smiled at him "I can't even imagine what you did to the blue haired one's body, after all, you seem to be quite fond of her."
Levy widened her eyes and put her arms around her body instinctively, Gajeel balled his fists and charged at Tyrone, he had crossed the line now.
"Dragons Sword." Tyrone pointed his wand forward
Hippopotamus roared and flew at Gajeel, his claws sharpening as he went for a slash
"Iron Dragon's Sword!" Gajeel yelled and transformed his arm into a massive spiked sword, the spikes starting to spin around like a chainsaw
Gajeel clashed with the dragon, his sword arm trying to overpower his claws, Gajeel then pointed his other arm at the dragon's face, making Hippopotamus widen his eyes for a moment
"Iron Dragon's Giant Club!" Gajeel yelled as his arm turned into an iron club, extending it towards the dragon as it increased in size
The club hit the dragon and pushed it back, the dragon roaring in pain as various smaller clubs came out of the end of the bigger club and began to pummel the dragon, making Tyrone widen his eyes
"I may not be the best person around, but I'm sure as hell not a monster like you bastards!" Gajeel yelled as he jumped and turned his arms back to normal and pulled a lot of air into his lungs "I'm nothing like y'all! Iron Dragon's Roar!"
"Dragons Flame." Tyrone widened his eyes and pointed his wand forward
Hippopotamus managed to recover himself and look up, seeing a gray magic circle appearing in front of Gajeel, the dragon then charged up flames inside his mouth as it got ready to clash against the dragon slayer. Gajeel put his hands in front of his mouth and then blew out a massive tornado of small sharp shards of metal, while Hippopotamus breathed out a massive torrent of flames towards Gajeel. The two breath attacks clashing against each other and creating a massive shockwave that blew strong winds against everyone
"KYAAAAAH!" An screamed as she held onto her small protective base
All of the other people at the arena that were watching the fight covered their faces to try and protect themselves from the winds. Gajeel and Hippopotamus kept on trying to overpower one another until Gajeel started to win the exchange, putting more magic power into his attack and completely overpowering the dragon's blast and hitting it head on, making the dragon fall to the ground, spitting out blood and roaring in pain
"Hippopotamus!" Tyrone showed his first instance of worry in the fight
Gajeel fell on the ground and cracked his knuckles, smirking as it now it looked like he was going to come out victorious
"Not so tough without your friend to fight for ya, huh?" Gajeel laughed
Tyrone didn't answer, turning towards Gajeel slowly before he raised up his wand
"Dragons Secondth: Dragon Fusion." Tyrone smiled as he and Hippopotamus began to glow and combine into one being
"What the!?" Gajeel put one arm up to cover his face from the glow
"Let me tell you something, among the Divine Visionaries, I'm the weakest among them. If I had to make a list, on the bottom it would be me, then Tsurara thanks to her elemental advantage against my magic, then Sophina, then Renatus, then Rayne, then Kaldo, then Orter, and on top, Ryoh." Tyrone said as his transformation was finishing "But even so, to be a Divine Visionary, you need to cover a power requirement. And that requirement is…"
The transformation finished, Tyrone looked at Gajeel now with scaled covering his body, on his back were a pair of draconic winds, his hands and feet having been turned into claws, and his mouth possessing sharp dragon teeth, his eyes being more like the ones from reptiles
"He fused with his dragon!?" Finn yelled in shock
"It's like Take Over magic! Just like that freaky fish guy from Phantom!" Elfman said
Tyrone smiled and breathed out some steam while Gajeel was too shocked to even move, before Tyrone disappeared from his vision and hit a punch squared onto the dragon slayer's face, sending him flying away
"The power to turn an entire country to ash." Tyrone smiled
Gajeel grunted in pain before spinning in the air to fall on his feet, but before he could react, he saw Tyrone flying towards him, making the dragon slayer raise his arms to block the attack
"Dragons Crushing Hammer." Tyrone charged his fist with draconic magic and punched Gajeel, who even blocking was still blown back
"So strong!" Gajeel widened his eyes
"Dragons Thunderous Rage." Tyrone had purple lightning charging inside of his mouth and blasted it at Gajeel, making his widen his eyes and react fast
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel yelled and blew out his tornado of iron, only for it to be completely overpowered by the blast of lightning and hit Gajeel, causing a massive explosion
Gajeel screamed in pain as he flew back, bouncing on the ground while smoke came out of him, various burns around his body
"Gajeel!" Levy yelled
Tyrone looked down at the dragon slayer and smiled, he found it amusing how all of his bravado just went flying out the window the moment he got challenged like this
"Get up. I still want to have more fun beating you down." Tyrone smiled
Gajeel growled while looking up at him, getting up and panting before shaking his head
"Alright… then let's take this to the next level then." Gajeel said as he raised his fists and clashed his hands together, his entire body being covered in iron "Iron Dragon's Scales!"
Tyrone widened his eyes for a small moment before smirking again, getting ready to fly at him one more time, but Gajeel got in a fighting stance and prepared himself for the next attack
"Dragons Eviscerating Trident." Tyrone then charged at Gajeel, trying to headbut him while covering himself with draconic energy, a tornado coming along with him
"Iron Dragon's Foot Blades!" Gajeel then sprouted two harpoon like blades from the soles of his feet, sticking them in the ground
Tyrone then hit Gajeel, his iron scales managing to minimize the damage from the headbut, surprising the dragon cane, but the dragon slayer smirked and grabbed him, thanks to his foot blades keeping him in place, and then breathed in a lot of air
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel blasted a tornado of iron shards at point blank on Tyrone, blasting him down and making him scream in pain
The dragon slayer retracting his foot blades and being blown up thanks to the strength of the attack, but Tyrone was not kept on the ground for long, moving his wings up and flying at Gajeel, who moved his fist forward and created a gust of wind just with the movement of his fist, forcing Tyrone to retreat slightly
"Dragons Unbreakable Shield." Tyrone used his wings as a shield and reinforced it with draconic magic, protecting him from the gust of wind
"Iron Dragon's Hard Foot!" Gajeel then hit the shield with a drop kick, pushing the dragon cane back
But Tyrone then opened his wings and showed the massive amount of purple winds on his mouth
"Dragons Tornado." Tyrone then blasted Gajeel point blank with a wind blast from his mouth, blowing him back and forcing him to protect himself. Flying up at him, the dragon cane put his hands together and raised them up "Dragons Crushing Hammer."
Tyrone then hit Gajeel with a hammer punch, sending him crashing into the ground, Gajeel groaned in pain as some of his scales cracked, he looked up and saw the dragon cane charging blue flames inside of his mouth
"Blue flames!" Natsu yelled
"Dragons Blue Inferno." Tyrone then blasted a torrent of blue flames towards the dragon slayer
"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel yelled and blasted his tornado of iron shards once again
The two attacks clashed and exploded, being perfectly matched against one another, the two warriors panted as they were starting to get tired
"He didn't land that many hits on me, but thanks to his dragon slayer magic the hits he did land are too devastating…" Tyrone thought as he flew down
"Is anyone else wondering how exactly Tyrone is so proficient with draconic magic? Even if he used his Secondth constantly, he should not be this good with that magic." Sophina asked
"It's because he has been training with it since he was little." Renatus was the one to explain "He was actually raised by dragons because his mother abandoned him for some reason, the church not approving how he was conceived or something. So a group of dragons took him as their own children and raised him, teaching him how to harness draconic magic and all of that."
"T-t-that actually explains a lot…" Tsurara said
"How do you know that?" Rayne asked
"He told me. We're actually good friends." Renatus said
"You should reevaluate your friendships." Sophina said, angering the immortal cane
While the two fighters were panting, Gajeel got an idea on what to do, creating a kunai in his hand and throwing it at Tyrone's direction, making him sidestep to dodge, while the dragon slayer charged at him from the smoke, tackling him and making him grunt in pain
"Gotcha!" Gajeel said
Tyrone grit his teeth and covered his hand with draconic magic, while Gajeel raised his fist
"Iron Dragon's Hard Fist!"
"Dragons Crushing Hammer."
The two then began to punch each other non stop, hitting each other in the face with the impacts causing shockwaves throughout the entire arena, cracking it completely as they kept on punching and punching. Gajeel's scales breaking while Tyrone had blood starting to come out of his face. They both charged one last hit, charging all the power they had left into their fists and hitting each other in the face one last time, making each other skid back while spitting out blood
"Come on…" Dot prayed that Gajeel had managed to at least knock Tyrone out with that punch
Gajeel then had his scales disappear, struggling to stay up, making the entire Fairy Tail team nervous, only for Tyrone to transform back into his base form and fall on the ground, completely unconscious
"T-the winner is Gajeel Redfox! One more point to team Fairy Tail!" An yelled while getting out of her hiding spot
Gajeel smirked while looking at his fallen opponent, Fairy Tail cheered for his victory over such a bastard, the dragon slayer looked up and saw the guild celebrating, letting out a miniscule smile and then shaking his head, walking back to them
"Maybe those guys aren't that bad after all. At least with them around I won't end up like that piece of shit." Gajeel thought as he walked off
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The Divine Visionaries had just received another lost, but they weren't really focusing on that, because they just realized something incredibly problematic
"Where is Ryoh?" Sophina asked
"We haven't seen him the whole day today." Kaldo said
"Where the fuck is that guy!? Did he get stuck in a mirror store again!?" Renatus yelled
"G-guys, T-Tyrone lost…" Tsurara warned them
"Tsk, well, it's only a tied game now. Not that big of an issue." Orter said while fixing his glasses
"So when he loses it's fine." Rayne mumbled
"Unlike you, he didn't throw the match when he had every advantage to win, he was even at a disadvantage." Orter shot back
"We need to focus." Sophina slammed her book shut, getting their attention "Ryoh isn't here and we don't know why. That's the main issue we need to focus on right now."
Kaldo then hears a sound on his pocket, he raises one fingers and grabs his bunnyphone
"I'm sorry, give me a second." Kaldo said as he put the phone to his ear
They all just stared at him while he did that, Kaldo nodded and hummed at what he heard on the call, finally stopping it and turning to look at his fellow visionaries
"So, he will be late due to a family emergency." Kaldo told them
The visionaries looked at Kaldo for a moment before looking at each other. Orter's glasses falling out of his face, with him using sand to get them and put them back in his face before they hit the ground
"That complicates things." Orter said while fixing his glasses, Ryoh was their guaranteed win, without him and with what had been shown until now, they actually had a visible chance at losing "Tsurara, inform Wahlberg of this and change the tournament setting. The next one to fight is going to be Kaldo."
The ice cane nodded and ran out to warn the strongest mage in their world, meanwhile, Kaldo smiled seeing how it was going to be his turn now. This was actually going to be quite fun now.
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At the Fairy Tail stand as Gajeel was walking in with various bandages around his body they saw a change in the magic portal showing the order in which the Visionaries would fight changed, taking Ryoh and putting him last
"Oh? Did the light guy not appear?" Jet asked
"It seems he's just late and had his fight moved up to later." Macao said while crossing his arms
They saw now who was next, and they saw that it was Kaldo, the man who helped Natsu at Tower of Heaven. They all turned to the fire dragon slayer to question him
"Natsu, what do you know about him?" Lance asked
"Well, he has black fire and he uses a sword. That's pretty much all I know." Natsu said
"And when Natsu eats his fire he gets super strong!" Happy said
"Not a lot to work with…" Finn pondered
"Well, if he's a swordsman then I think the person who should fight him is more than obvious." Abyss said
"That's true, I think it's time we send one of our trump cards." Levy smiled and looked at Erza, who was thinking the same thing
"Leave it to me. I'll be sure to give it my all." Erza said while nodding
"Be careful, Erza. If what the dragon guy said is true, then this guy is even stronger than Rayne." Lucy told her friend
"I'm well aware, but I already have a strategy formed." Erza said as she walked away
"Can Erza pull it off? I mean, our only wins are against the weakest Divine Visionary and one where we one purely due to strategy and luck. And they even managed to beat Natsu and Gray with their other two weakest members!" Lemon said worried
"Of course she can pull it off. It's Erza we are talking about." Mash was confident in his friend's victory
"Yeah, let's have some faith in her!" Natsu said
"Aye!" Happy agreed with him
An prepared herself to do her announcement, receiving her script from a magical pocket dimension and then cleaning her throat
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the sixth round of the tournament! Unfortunately due to some issues we are having a small change in the order of the fights!" An yelled out, confusing some of the watchers "But don't let that distract you, let us start with our introductions!"
As An said that the gates got ready to open
"On the side of the Divine Visionaries, we have the honey lover himself! The world champion of the "You Look You Lose" for two consecutive years! He is the strongest Swordsman in our world! The Flame Cane and head of the magic talent administration of the Magic Bureau!" An yelled as the gates began to open "Enter, KALDO GAHENNA!"
The gates opened and in entered Kaldo, smiling and waving at the portals while the people cheered for him
"And on the side of Fairy Tail, we have the strawberry shortcake lover herself! The strongest woman in Fairy Tail! Also known as Titania! She has an armor for every situation you can imagine! The Knight of Fairy Tail!" An read her script "Enter, ERZA SCARLET!"
And after the announcement Erza entered, her scarlet hair swinging against the air as the people of Earthland cheered for her in confidence, she was The Erza, they were sure if someone was going to be able to fight against a Wizard Saint, she'd be the one, although the thought of Natsu and Gray losing were still on their mind
"Alright, are you two ready? Remember, the rules are that if you get knocked out or resting you lose, and no killing is allowed." An yelled into her mic "And in 3!"
"You're the one who helped Natsu at Tower of Heaven. I'd like to give you my thanks." Erza said while doing a slight bow
"Oh don't thank me, I wasn't even sure what I did was going to work. He could've actually ended up dying." Kaldo said with his smile
"2!"
"I see." Erza frowned slightly "The fact that he could've died doesn't seem to bother you."
"Well, even if he survived being burned by my flames, he would've ended up dying to Cell War anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered." Kaldo explained, making Erza sigh, she was starting to think none of them had any care for human life
"1!"
"But, let's talk about something else. How about a fun game of, You Look You Lose?" Kaldo smiled
"Right now?" Erza blinked
"Don't worry." Kaldo smiled darkly "It will only take a second."
"Fight!" An yelled and suddenly Erza had her sword out and various cuts were around her, while Kaldo was pointing towards her "Eh?"
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It indeed only took a second, as soon as An said fight Kaldo made a circle on the ground and pointed a finger to the right, Erza had already managed to peace up the rules to this game, if she looked in the direction he was pointing at she'd lose.
Erza then looked to the left and then saw a red slash coming right to her eyes, making her quickly dodge by moving down, she widened her eyes and looked at Kaldo, who simply smiled at her, she narrowed her eyes at him
Kaldo then pointed left, and Erza looked up, a slash going right to her neck but the knight moved her hand up and blocked the attack with hit, feeling her hand be burned up by heat making her raise an eyebrow
Kaldo smiled, pointing a finger left and one down, and Erza looked right, and so the slashed came, aiming at her legs that she managed to jump over, not looking anywhere else, the flame cane was actually impressed
Kaldo then pointed one finger to the right and lifted his thumb up, pointing his other finger to the left, leaving Erza only down to look at, only for four slashes to come at her from there, forcing her to use her hands to block the slashes, the heat slashes managing to cut through her armor and hit the skin of her hand, making her hiss in pain
Kaldo raised his eyebrows at what she did, getting interested in her a lot more now, she raised her head and Kaldo pointed at her, making Erza widen her eyes and summon her sword to her hand and block the heat slashes that came her way without much issue
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"Impressive, it seems like I was right when I saw how much talent you had. That means I can use this without much issue." Kaldo said as he pulled out his enchanted sword, black flames emanating from it
Erza frowned before she saw him charging at her, he was too fast for her to be able to dodge in time, so she decided to try and block his strike, jumping back and raising her sword, only for it to be slashed through like it was nothing making Erza widen her eyes in shock, but she herself didn't get any damage
"Come one, Titania. You should know that a normal sword was not going to do the trick here." Kaldo said as he noticed An had already ran away, they could let loose now
Erza frowned and threw the broken sword away, summoning a pair of fire resistant swords and charging at the flame cane, making him smile and ready himself. Erza spun around and tried to slash him, but Kaldo blocked the attack, trying to slash her back but Erza used one of her swords to parry the blade up, the knight then moved her second sword for a stab, o but the visionary used the momentum from her parry for a sidestep, dodging the attack
"Good." Kaldo smiled
The flame cane spun around and tried to slash Erza's back, but the knight moved her arm quickly towards that attack and blocked it using one of her swords, spinning around completely and kicking Kaldo in the stomach, making him skid back. But only that was not defeated with only that, charging back towards her and trying to hit her with a slash from above, forcing her to block the attack by putting her blades in an x formation
"Strong!" Erza widened her eyes
Kaldo noticed her struggling to block and kneed her in the stomach, making her yelp in pain as he moved his sword down completely, breaking Erza's defense while he jumped and spun in a circle, making use of the momentum of the attack to slash land a slash on her shoulder, but then Erza changed her swords for a metal staff, spinning it around and managing to parry the slash away from her at the last second, saving herself by a hair
"Oh my my my!" Kaldo smirked as he was forced to jump back "Good thinking, if you get hit by these black flames they will burn you until you turn into ashes. So be careful."
"Thanks for the heads up. I see that in terms of swordsmanship you are able to match me quite easily, you don't even seem to be taking me seriously yet, so I need to try even harder." Erza said as she began to glow, re-quipping to her Flame Empress armor
"Flame Empress. Smart." Lance said
"Haha! Now you're fucked, fire pretty boy!" Dot cackled
Kaldo seemed curious about this armor and decided to test it out by experiencing it first hand, charging at Erza who did the same. Their two blades clash against each other as their flames try to overpower each other. Kaldo kicked Erza in the stomach while they were clashing making her gasp for air before he slashed at her with his sword, moving his blade from left to right, then right to left, and lastly from down to up, before pointing at her and sending various heat slashes at her and blasting her back, but even his black flames seemed to not have much effect against her armor
"I see, that armor is resistant to fire and heat, so even my black flames have little effect against it." Kaldo smiled "Smart choice."
"You catch on quick." Erza said, her sword being covered in normal flames
"I'm the head of the magic talent division after all, catching on quick is a special trait of mine." Kaldo prepared himself for another attack, the black flames in his swords getting bigger
And so the two charged at each other again, clashing blades together, a loud "clang" sound echoing through the arena as they continued to fight, thee two managing to knock their swords out of their hands, before they rolled on the ground and grabbed their opponent's sword, going back to fighting using them, each strike being parried before their swords were knocked up, the swordsmen getting their respective blades back before they clashed another time
"From the reduced damage I assume the resistance is about fifty percent. Quite good, I'm impressed." Kaldo said before he tried to kick her again but this time Erza blocked using her leg "And you're learning."
Erza smirked before she quickly moved her leg up, hitting Kaldo in the chin, managing to make him lose his stance for long enough for Erza to spin around and cover her body with flames
"Soaring Flame Blade!" Erza yelled as she hit Kaldo with and flaming uppercut slash, sending the flame cane up, before she spun in the air and hit Kaldo with another flaming slash, sending Kaldo away and causing an explosion of fire when he hit the ground
Erza landed on the ground and frowned, seeing Kaldo already getting up from the flames, re-quipping into her Heavens Wheel armor, making the members of Mash's world watching gasp, blush, and cover their children's eyes at the skimpy outfit. Erza summoned various swords and blasted them at Kaldo, who narrowed his eyes and slashed them away, charging at her once again
"Dance, my blades! Circle Sword!" Erza yelled as she summoned various swords and made them spin around like a massive saw, sending it at Kaldo
The flame cane smirked and spun around, sending a slash of black flames towards the attack, clashing with it and causing a tornado of black flames to devour the swords, and destroy them. Kaldo would look at that with a smile, before something made him finally open his eyes, and it was Erza slashing his tornado into pieces while flying up at him while being followed by various swords
"Blumenblatt!" Erza yelled while trying to slash the flame cane with all of her swords
Only for Kaldo to appear behind her with his sword right beside him, walking calmly while smiling
"Dark Cross Slash." Kaldo said before a massive cross of black flames covered Erza, making her scream in pain and melting all of the swords she was using, a massive black explosion happening while he walked
Erza fell on the ground with her body badly burned, Kaldo turned around slightly to look at her and smiled
"Incredible, you changed your armor at the last second to your fire resistant one." Kaldo said, seeing Erza back in her Flame Empress armor once more, before it completely shattered thanks to that attack "Too bad that even with a fifty percent decrease in damage, it was still too strong for it."
Erza panted as she fell to her knees, the only reason she was even able to stand right now was because of the Flame Empress armor, but now she just lost it, but even so, she still had a way to win, he was way too strong for her, but for now she can still keep up with him and he seems to like to test out the capabilities of her armors whenever she changes, so she could very well take advantage of that
"Re-Quip!" Erza said as she began to glow getting up and now getting a new armor, the armor being a purple breastplate with a broken heart symbol on the middle, showing some of her cleavage, not covering her midriff, purple armor covering her legs and arms, her hair being tied up in a thing ponytail that was similar to a scorpion's tail, on her hands she had two fencing swords that had incredibly pointy tips "Spider Queen armor!"
Kaldo rose his eyebrows slightly before smiling, getting ready to get back to the fight
"Spider Queen?" Lucy said confused "She's showing off a new armor."
"What do you guys think this one does?" Dot asked
"Hmm…" Lance simply hummed at the discussion they were having, actually shivering slightly at the idea of spiders
Erza got ready to fight and charged at Kaldo, who opened his eyes slightly
"She's faster." the flame cane thought before parrying a hit from her sword
Erza began to move her sword incredibly fast, moving so fast she seemed like she had eight separate arms, moving faster and faster while Kaldo kept on parrying her strikes, managing to move just as fast but before he knew it, he got a small slash on his cheek, making him widen his eyes slightly
"Eight Arms Jab!" Erza said, continuing to stab onto Kaldo who was getting overwhelmed slightly more and more
Kaldo was getting small slashes throughout his entire body, making him frown a little as he saw how he needed to get serious for this one, starting to increase in speed and matching her attacks blow for blow, the sound of metal clashing against each other getting louder and louder, before Erza did a front stab with her swords
"Poison Tackle!" Erza yelled as her blades glowed purple, Kaldo widened his eyes and blocked the attack but was still sent flying, not expecting the attack to be that strong
"Faster than her previous armors but not as strong as the one with the wings." Kaldo mentally noted before he flipped in the air and blocked another charge from Erza, swinging his sword and creating a small wall of black flames to make the knight back off from him so he could catch his breath "I see, you can use poison magic with that armor. And as a sign of that, the blades glow with a purplish color."
Erza, however, smirked at that explanation, confusing Kaldo a little before he felt himself losing balance slightly, he widened his eyes as he noticed what had happened there
"You got it almost right." Erza said
"I see… Well, that's one of the problems of wanting to discover new things." Kaldo sighed, before he opened his eyes completely, a shadow covering his face
Erza widened her eyes, feeling an overwhelming pressure directed at her, and before she knew, the barrier of black flames as sent against her with a movement of his sword like a wave of fire
"Taking into consideration her position, her feet being exactly 2 centimeters more to the right than to the left, the more expected directions for her to dodge would be right. But she might try to be daring and go left." Kaldo analyzed the situation before smiling "But, from what I analyzed from her, the choice she'll make is…"
Erza then jumped over the wave of flames, but she then gasped when she saw Kaldo right in front of her
"Jumping over it." Kaldo smiled at her, putting his hand on her chest and blasting her with a countless amount of heat slashes
Erza screamed in pain before she got blasted back, hitting a wall and cracking it completely when hitting it, her body being filled with cuts that weren't bleeding thanks to the heat used on them, the knight panted before her armor was completely shattered
"And another one goes down." Kaldo said as he landed, wobbling slightly thanks to the effects of the poison
"It's working. This is now a battle of endurance, as long as I can continue fighting he will continue to get weaker, I can actually win this." Erza narrowed her eyes while looking at him, getting up slowly before coughing up some blood
"Erza!" Lemon yelled
The knight looked at the stand and saw her friends all of them cheering for her to win, she smiled at them and then getting completely back up, glaring at Kaldo with more determination than before
"Oh my, someone got their motivation reminded to them." Kaldo smiled at her
"You can say that. I will fight until the end here, and I will defeat you. Because you are threatening to kill one of my friends for things he has no control over, something that I simply cannot forgive. Your entire society has barbaric beliefs, being this fanatic about religion only causes suffering and nothing more. I'm surprised this type of society managed to prosper for so long." Erza stated, changing into her flight armor
"As if an outsider has a say in how our society is run." Orter fixed his glasses while looking at the fight "It is simply how things are, it's the same with the dwarves."
The sand cane then grabbed the head of the small servant at his side and raised him up, showing him to Erza who had turned around to look at him
"They were born to be slaves and serve us, so that is exactly what they do." Orter then threw his servant away, making him yelp in pain when he hit the ground "It's the same for people without magic, they don't have a reason to live, so they must die. It's how the law is written and is just how the world is. If you don't like it, you can whine and cry about it, I couldn't care less."
Erza gritted her teeth and gave Orter a death glare, she never thought she could possibly find someone who could be more despicable than how Jellal was at Tower of Heaven. But here she was, staring at someone who was completely on the side of slavery and ethnical genocide, just because "that's the way it is"!? Her anger was at its limit, and everyone could see that
"Erza…" Lucy whispered, remembering what she told them in Tower of Heaven
"And I though Laxus was a jerk…" Mash frowned after hearing what Orter said. Messing with him he was fine with, he can take it, but messing with his friends like that? He would not let that slide, no matter what
"Orter, I appreciate the input, but this is my fight. Let me talk with her." Kaldo told the sand cane, making him simply huff and stay quiet, the flame cane had managed to stop him from saying anymore stupid things
"Do you just let him talk like that? Does he not get any consequences for what he says?" Erza questioned
"Well, he's not exactly wrong." Kaldo said making Erza widen her eyes "It's the way our world works, there's nothing you can do about it. Let me take an example… Like, if you had your time as a slave at Tower of Heaven in our world, let's say."
"How do you know that…?" Erza gritted her teeth
"It's not important, but I have my sources. So let's say, that happened in our world, if someone had found you after that fact, they had grabbed you and forced you back into the slave life. Because that's how it works. Because that is what you will always be." As soon as Kaldo finished speaking, Erza tried to slash him with her short swords, her eye showing nothing but pure hatred and anger, but Kaldo moved fast and blocked the attack "Oh, I touched a nerve? It's only an example, don't let it get under your skin. And besides, it's not like I'm on your side as you probably thought when I helped your friend, he was strong and that's the only thing I recognized, you are all still criminals for housing Mash Burnedead."
Erza growled and disappeared from in front of him, moving around him at incredible speeds
"She's even faster!" Kaldo thought while widening his eyes
"Sonic Claw!" Erza yelled, slashing Kaldo from all directions, managing to draw blood from him
"Too fast! And the poison is acting quick thanks to how many slashes I took before. This poison seems to react to the mana usage since it spiked in speed when I used my heat slashes. If I use my Summon I'm eighty percent sure the poison will knock me out in about ten seconds, which is barely not enough time for me to beat her. You're a smart one, Titania." Kaldo thought before he moved his sword in a circle and caused a black flame tornado to erupt, causing Erza to back away
Erza narrowed her eyes and she saw Kaldo appearing in front of her, but in one instant she changed into her Adamantine armor, blocking the attack with her shield arms before charging into her Black Wing armor, slashing at Kaldo and making a deep cut in his stomach, making him groan in pain. However, Kaldo reacted quick and kicked Erza in the face, making her skid back and then charged at her, stabbing her in the abdomen with his sword
"GRYAAAAAAH!" Erza screamed in pure agony as she felt the black flames burning her insides
"It's over." Kaldo smiled
"ERZA!" The entire team of Fairy Tail screamed
But Erza didn't accept that, she used her sword and ripped off the part of her abdomen that had been stabbed and jumped away, summoning a flaming sword almost immediately and using it's flame magic to cauterize her wound so she wouldn't pass out from blood loss, making Kaldo widen his eyes as the piece of her flesh burned to ashes
"You're insane…" Kaldo said in shock
"Yes, I am. If I need to be insane to beat people who say my friends deserve to be killed and enslaved, then I'll be as insane as I need to be!" Erza screamed, the wings of the black wing armor opening as she flew at Kaldo
The knight tried to slash him with her black sword, making the flame sword disappear, but the flame cane blocked the attack, being pushed back by her immense strength
"So strong!" Kaldo widened his eyes at that, his vision getting slightly blurry "Dammit, the poison has already taken me to below fifty percent of my usual strength…"
The two then began to clash blades again and again trying to slash one another with the one seeming to be struggling this time being Kaldo. Everyone watching was in complete silence, being in shock at what was going on at that moment, that fight had everyone completely focused on it, being incredibly nervous about who might win
"Black Cross Slash!" Kaldo used his slash from before again but…
"Moon Flash!" Erza screamed, cutting though the black flames and slashing Kaldo from his shoulder to his hip in a diagonal direction, sending him flying away, tumbling through the ground
"Below thirty percent now… If only I had some honey I could make up to around eighty percent with my Worker-Bee Mode… But if I concentrate all of my magic in one last attack, I could probably make up to around sixty percent…" Kaldo panted as he got up
Erza landed on the ground and got ready to attack, only for her to see Kaldo throwing his sword at her, making her widen her eyes and block the attack, making it fly up, but she then saw Kaldo pulling out his wand, that looked like a miniature version of his sword, from his sleeve, pointing it at her
"Heats Arrow." Kaldo smiled and managed to increase the heat around his arm enough to be able to create an arrow of fire, using one arm to aim at Erza and the other to pull the arrow back
Erza frowned and re-quipped a bow, also re-quipping various arrows with water magic, the two then began to have a fight with projectiles, shooting each other while running through the arena, Kaldo's fire arrows colliding with Erza's water arrows, causing various explosions of steam to happen. Some of the arrows manages to piece them, Erza grunting in pain as she felt the arrows burning through her as they went through her, while Kaldo grunted as he felt the liquid passing through him like a knife through butter
"Twenty percent…" Kaldo thought before he jumped away, grabbing his sword in the air "I can only do this for only one move, but with the amount of damage she has now, I'll be able to at least make this a draw."
Erza saw Kaldo grabbing the sword in the air and prepared himself, seeing him landing and changing to her Clear Heart armor, her other strongest armors were still being fixed, so she had to bet everything in the offense right now
"I Summon!" Kaldo yelled, his wand transforming into a katana with a fire-like pummel, a third line appearing on his face and passing through the middle of his two lines "Amaterasu, the God of the Sun!"
The katana had white flames surrounding it, Kaldo held onto his two swords and put his arms together, moving them to the side and joining both of their flames, while Erza prepared herself, re-quipping a katana into her hand while she focused all of her remaining magic into said katana, the blade glowing red
"The Blade that Cuts through the Sun and Moon! Blade of Assured Victory: Excalibur!" Kaldo used his strongest spell outside of his Thirds, combining the flames of his sword and his summon
"Demon Blade Benizakura!" Erza screamed, charging all of her magic into this one attack
Kaldo swung his swords from one side to the other, while Erza charged at him without a second's notice, the two slashes clashing against each other and the pressure of the hit splitting the skies in two, blowing everyone aback, even sending people like Tsurara and Love flying back into a wall, everyone screamed while feeling the pressure of the attack, even the people watching from the portals could feel the winds affecting them, Wahlberg even had to use his hands to cover his face
"WRAAAAAAAAA!"
"GRAAAAAAAAA!"
The two swordsman screamed as they poured out everything they had onto that last attack, Kaldo seemed like he was going to win until his vision got completely blurry, the poison having fully gotten him now, giving Erza the opportunity to cut through his flame slash and cut through Kaldo, giving another cut from shoulder to hip, leaving him with an X slash on his tirse followed by a cut in the middle of the X. Kaldo coughed out blood as his summon was undone and he dropped his wand and sword
"Well played… Titania…" Kaldo smiled before falling on the ground unconscious
Erza fell to one knee but used her sword to help her stand, raising her arm while pointing up, the guild mark on her arm being shown clear as day
"Let that be a warning! No matter how hard it may be! No matter how many times you knock us down! If you threaten our friends and family, we will keep getting up and we will knock you down! Because we are Fairy Tail!" Erza screamed as a final action while panting, being exhausted after such a fight, forcing her body to remain conscious
"S-so cool…" An had fallen in love "THE WINNER IS ERZA SCARLET! POINT TO FAIRY TAIL! THEY ARE NOW IN THE LEAD!"
Orter widened his eyes in shock, all of the visionaries did… except Tsurara who was still getting up. They were now losing… There's no way they were actually being defeated
Everyone was shocked at that, before the team of Fairy Tail began to celebrate, in fact, even the people from Earthland began to celebrate Erza's victory, it was truly a fact, if someone in Fairy Tail can beat impossible odds, that's Erza Scarlet!
Erza looked at Mash, and saw him giving her a thumbs up, she smiled and gave him one back, before she passed out on the ground, having the magic medics take her to be healed. It was now 3 to 2, in Fairy Tail's favor, can they actually do this?
And Fairy Tail not only ties the game, but gets the lead!
I think Erza vs Kaldo has to be one of the coolest fights I've ever written in my opinion, it's like, up there with Mash vs Jellal.
Did I make these guys too hateble? I mean, I didn't really deviate from cannon, what Orter said is something he did say in the manga, so I'm not sure.
I headcannon that Tyrone was raised by dragons, and that's why he's such an expert in magical creatures. While, I kid you not, Kaldo's worker-bee mode is an actual thing, when he eats a copious amount of honey he gets a powerboost due to the sugar rush, that's an actual cannonical thing!