Clock Pieces Gathering Team Come Together
"No… way…!" Coco was stunned by what she just witnessed with her very own eyes.
"They actually did it… That little guild actually beat Lord Byro!" Dan was shocked by this new reality as well, never in a million years that he would ever see Lord Byro being defeated in battle and done by the hands of a small group of wizards from a guild.
"Natsu! You did it! You and Ikaros won!" Lucy ran over to Natsu and gave him a hug, his face onto her breasts.
"You really had me worry for a second there, but I'm glad that you two are okay." Lucy smiled.
"Come on, we totally had this in the bag, and we showed it too!" Natsu smiled as he hugs him Lucy back.
"Oh my, how close you two are becoming right now." Happy teased, flying close with a smirk.
Lucy and Natsu quickly realize what they are doing right now and separate themselves from each other while their faces are turning red, but they each had a small smile.
"I can't believe you were able to defeat Lord Byro. No wizards before you have been able to do that since his magic can nullify all magic around him, and his combat skills are second to none. And yet…" Coco walked over to get a closer look at the unconscious Lord Byro.
"Your Lord Byro was indeed strong, but this "Zentopia" way he was taught has too many flaws and no heart." Ikaros stated.
"She's right, that guy would be no better than the jerks we fought in the past. Like Edolas." Happy recalled that tough adventure in that other world.
"Oh yeah, that world was shit crazy with the magic dying and people were getting desperate." Natsu remembered that world.
"Right, and there former king was crazier that he gone from stealing magic from Earthland for the people from just wanting to end anyone who challenged his rule and just keep the magic to himself." Happy nodded.
"I heard rumors about this other world from some books, but I thought they were just fiction." Dan said.
"It's real, we were there, but that world has been sealed off for good since it no longer has magic." Lucy said, now wondering how the Coco of Edolas is doing right now.
"Dimensional traveling, weird… I feel like something like happened to me before." Nymph said to herself, getting a weird yet familiar feeling about that subject.
"The way I see how Zentopia operates, they give a damn about how the people they come across feel if it's not in their mission to concern their well-being. Us on the other hand, we go on jobs to help people who need help. Yes, we do get paid at the end, but we do it to make people happy as much as we can and we're proud to help them." Happy stated strongly.
"And that is exactly why Byro lost to us. Because we have our own fate that his fake one doesn't Zentopia is all nonsense that doesn't know the difference between right in front anymore!" Happy believed strongly.
"Wow, Happy, you're really saying some strong words right now." Lucy was impressed with how brave Happy sounds just now.
"Yeah, you tell that old fart, buddy!" Natsu smiled.
"(Wow, this guild sound so brave and strong with their hearts and the bond they share together.)" Coco thought amazed at how great Fairy Tail is.
"(Maybe… Maybe I should join a guild.)" Coco thought considered leaving Zentopia for a new path.
However, the only one who wasn't mood by Happy's speech was Dan the Knight and he looks really terrified as he took a step back with sweats coming down his face.
"Such… Blasphemy…" Byro said.
Everyone was shocked to hear Byro's voice just now and look toward the leader of the Legion Platoon slowly getting himself back up though struggling due to the damage to his body from Natsu's attack.
"As if I… I would ever allow you to… continue mocking Zentopia any longer." Byro gritted his teeth.
"Oh great, the old man is back up again." Natsu was annoyed of this guy being stubborn.
"Give it up already, you're beaten, and you can't fight anymore because we have better hearts than you." Romeo stated.
"I had enough to hear with your NONSENSE!" Byro shouted in rage and hold up his hand as it glows fiercely pink.
"Time for your divine punishment!" Byro declared.
"That's what you think!" Romeo charged forward, believing that with Byro being so beaten up that he can take him down.
"Take him down!" Happy went in to attack as well.
"You two, stop! That guy is NOT bluffing with the power he's unleashing right now!" Nymph warned, using her scans to detect that Byro is using a lot of magic power for this attack.
"Lord Byro… Are you mad? You can't use Divine Arrow on people! You'll kill them!" Dan couldn't believe that his leader is willing to go this far to protect the teachings of Zentopia like this.
"I shall turn you to dust. Now, burn and be purified in the fire… of your own sin!" Byro glared at the foolish wizards.
"Ikaros! Shield them!" Natsu shouted.
"Roger!" Ikaros nodded and blitzes to get in front of Happy and Romeo to protect them from the powerful spell.
"Divine Arrow!" Byro threw the mighty arrow at the haters of Zentopia.
However, much to everyone's surprise, the Divine Arrow somehow misses them as it flew right above their heads and destroys a random spot of the area.
"He missed?" Lucy was surprised.
"No, it was redirect by her." Ikaros pointed at Coco who kicked Byro's hand to make him misfire.
"Coco… What are you doing?!" Byro asked shocked and confused that one of his Legion Platoon members just did that.
"Zero points, Lord Byro! Please, you have to stop!" Coco said, finally deciding to stand up to Byro.
"All the suffering… All the chaos we've caused on our mission… That isn't what the Legion Platoon or Zentopia stands for! We should be using our strength to protect the weak. Instead of just breaking them down, we should be building them up and showing them the way." Coco stated.
"What's righteous about slaughtering our flock? Don't you see… It is hypocrisy… and I simply can't abide it any longer." Coco said with tears forming in her eyes.
"Blasphemy… How dare you turn your back on our doctrine!" Byro was angered by this sudden betrayal.
"I'm fully aware of the penalty for betraying the Legion Platoon. But I can no longer see the righteousness at the end of this path, sir!" Coco stated.
"Righteousness is like an arrow. It pierces through all in an unwavering line to arrive one thing: truth! Are you telling me that teaching has been lost on you?" Byro asked, using the very words of Zentopia teachings that were taught to them years ago.
"If the arrow must pierce through the hearts of lost lambs in order to find what is right, then it's wrong! And it should be snapped in pieces!" Coco believed.
"What?" Byro was shocked, couldn't believe what this girl just said.
"Lord Byro, I still believe we can do good, but I've realized there's more to me than just doctrine." Coco said, smiling.
"After seeing the way these people act—how they see the world—I can't help but be filled with warmth and happiness. And I'm sure if you opened your heart to them, you might start to feel the same way that I do." Coco hoped these words could get through to Lord Byro.
But the exact opposite happens, the words from Coco's mouth snapped Byro into rage.
"Coco…" Byro knew this girl has become a lost cause.
"You've been corrupted! You wretched traitor!" Byro shouted in rage as he readies another Divine Arrow to strike down at Coco.
"Don't do it!" Dan begged. He wants to go and save Coco, but seeing how close she is to Byro, it would be pointless.
"You will not be allowed to tribunal! The only thing that awaits you… is justice!" Byro declared.
"Coco!" Lucy tried to run to save Coco.
"Goodbye, Princess Lucy… Thanks… I really wish… you and I could've become friends." Coco smiled at Lucy one last time.
"NO ONE IS DYING ON MY WATCH!" Nymph flew in and slide her back on the ground right under the Divine Arrow.
"Paradise Song!" Nymph blasted a powerful energy beam from her mouth to fire at the Divien Arrow to make it go shot upward towards a ceiling.
"Damn you!" Byro cursed.
"Don't think I'm going to let you hurt my friend!" Nymph glared at the old man.
"Well done, Nymph. You have done what any Fairy Tail wizard would do." Erza smiled, appearing behind Coco.
"Erza?" Nymph was surprised to see her here.
"You!" Byro recognized that young woman.
"The chance to cross swords didn't present itself before, but at last we meet. Prepare for battle!" Erza glared at Byro.
"Titania." Byro said the name of Erza's title in Fairy Tail.
"Do not speak my name! It disgusts me to hear it said by someone who would turn on their allies. You're despicable!" Erza disgusted of how this man behaves right now.
"Erza!" Natsu and Lucy smiled, happy to see their red hair friend here.
"We're not in the habit of putting up with bullies like you, old man!" Gray said, showing him and his team here as well.
"Gray and Juvia have arrived, but I do not recognize that third person." Ikaros noticed one man she doesn't know.
"That's Lyon from Lamina Scale! Why is he here?" Happy was surprised to see Lyon here.
"Hey, Charcoal-breath, I can this old man has been through the ringer. I take it that was your doing?" Gray asked, noticing some bruises and little burn marks on Byro's body.
"Yeah, but the stupid old man wouldn't stay down. That won't be a problem for long!" Natsu responded.
"Everyone made it, and they found the other clock pieces!" Lucy smiled to see the other groups have managed to get the other clock pieces.
"Even Gajeel is here!" Natsu was surprised to see the metal Dragon Slayer guy.
"Carla's group hit the pay dirt too!" Happy smiled.
"And with our piece, we've almost got the whole set!" Romeo smiled as he points at the last clock piece.
"Hey, wait a minute. There are three extra faces I'm seeing, and do they have wings?!" Lucy was shocked to see three more people with Angel wings like Ikaros and Nymph.
"Looks like my group wasn't the only one to have found an Angeloid." Erza smiled.
"Hi everyone, my name is Chaos and I wanna be your friend!" Chaos greeted as Mira giggles.
"Hello everyone, my name is Hiyori Kazane, and I'm happy to meet you all." Hiyori smiled.
"Astraea is my own! And I'll be happy to eat food with you!" Astraea greeted smiling.
"Sheesh, it's always food with this girl." Cana commented.
"As you can see, Byro. We've obtained all six clock pieces. Surrender now and we will all leave in peace. I'll only ask once." Erza demanded softly.
"You will have to force me to leave, Titania." Byro refused.
"You're outnumbered, Byro. And you only have enough strength to stand and probably walk, you should be smart about this. It's over, we'll seal up the clock." Erza pointed out, and point her sword at Byro.
"Now, I cannot surrender." Byro clutched his fists.
"The Infinity Clock was originally Zentopia property. Destiny demands that we watch over it." Byro revealed.
"What?" Coco was shocked, hearing this for the first time.
"Is that true?" Lucy asked Dan if Zentopia really did own the Infinity Clock.
"Well… to be honest, I'm not so sure." Dan admitted.
"It's because you never did any studying with the group during training, is that right?" Nymph asked with a deadpan expression.
"Huh, I don't know! Maybe…" Dan said nervously.
"You guild rats have become too involved in this. You've glimpsed into a darkness that the world should never know. Because of that, I cannot allow you to leave here alive." Byro is determined to see his mission through to the end.
"Enough! Prepare yourself!" Erza equipped herself in her Heaven's Wheel Armor.
Almost every part of this armor is seemingly made of silver metal. The upper part of this armor only consists of a small, revealing breastplate that extends along her hips, composed of feather-shaped plates pointing upwards with a large metal flower on the front, leaving the tops of her breasts exposed, as well as her stomach. Her biceps are covered by metal straps and her very large plated gauntlets sport feather-shaped plates at the edges. Her waist is circled by large, decorated plates reminiscent of feathers that lie on a long skirt. She wears a pair of plated boots which is partially hidden under her skirt, each sporting metal ornaments shaped like wings. Erza also wears a neck guard made of feather-like plates and a tiara with prominent metal wings. The armor also sports two pairs of large metal wings which adorn Erza's back, composed of metal feathers which get longer and larger at the edges.
"Wow, she's so pretty!" Chaos admired Erza's armor.
"If you think that's cool, wait until you see my second form." Mira smiled.
"Wait, Mira! Master Makarov forbade you from using that other Satan Soul form!" Elfman reminded in a panicking tone.
"Hold on, Mira has another demon form?!" Lisanna was shocked as this is the first time she's even heard about this while Mira transforms.
"That form is different from a Satan Soul. The reason you've never seen it before is because our master Makarov forbade her from using it." Elfman gulped upon the explanation.
"It's known as… the Demon God Halphas!" Elfman revealed the name of this new form Mira has taken.
Mira has now changed with her ears covered by sky long blue scales, extending backwards, and gain pointed edges, bearing resemblance to those of elves. She also gains similar scale-like armor in her forearms and hands as well as in her legs. Each forearm also receives a fin-like protrusion on its outer side. She also grows a large, sky blue, stocky tail seemingly made of metal plates or scales, getting smaller and smaller near its end. The clothes also change, the bikini she was wearing has been replaced by a light blue and dark blue, one-piece suit revealing her arms and legs, which is open on the front and the back, exposing most of the belly, wide cleavage and upper back too. This Satan Soul form also dons two angel-like wings that are always pointing upwards.
"WOW! You look cool too!" Chaos smiled.
"Attack!" Mira fired her Evil Wave attack.
Then everyone who can perform long-range magic attacks all unleash their spells right at Byro. Lucy was going to warn them that magic wouldn't work on him, but she thinks that with Byro being damaged right now, they might actually land a hit on him.
However, Byro proven to be stronger than they thought despite being seriously hurt from Natsu's attack.
"Such fools." Byro said before using his Nullification Magic to nullify all the magic attacks into nothing.
"NO WAY?!" Lucy and Michelle screamed in shock.
"What happened? Did he just block all of them?!" Gray gasped.
"Even with our numbers?" Erza was shocked as well.
"Magic attacks don't work on him! But even when I used my Dragon Slayer Secret Technique on him, he's still a pain in the ass to deal with." Natsu warned.
"This will be interesting." Erza commented, seeing this as a big challenge.
"I think you mean annoying." Gray stated.
"Right? Now I'm just a lame ol' average talking cat!" Happy complained.
"Hold on, is that blue cat talking? That is so cool!" Astraea amazed.
"Didn't you say the same thing about me before?" Carla asked with a sweat drop.
"One spell or a thousand; it makes no difference. In my presence, wizards cease to be wizards entirely." Byro stated.
"What about cats?" Happy asked, but his question was ignored.
"There's still one option left." Erza believed.
"If we can't use magic, we'll use our fists." Gray suggested.
"How arrogant. I've been trained to fight barehanded against fifty opponents at once, you won't take me down that easily." Byro proclaimed and ignoring the pain in his body.
"Nice try, old man, but you're not fooling anyone here. You're seriously hurt and barely have any energy left to throw a punch, and you've been using your magic energy on your magic. This fight will be one sided and you know it." Natsu smirked.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
It looks like Byro is being too stubborn to stay down after a serious beating from Natsu and Ikaros, but he proved that he still got some fight left in him and he will fight until the bitter end! But what nobody knows is that something else is about to happen right in front of them.
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