BP was a large-castle like building, but even this building couldn't stand up to the power of Hyde, Knightwalker, Apollo Flame, Hollow, and Yeti Blizzard. Half of the build was burning while the other half was burning down. Ola ran out of her room (with Cygnus who refused to leave due to laziness) with an enraged look on her face, her shadows conveying her current mode. "WHAT IS GOING ON!?"
"Master Ola!" Ran towards the silent mage, panting somewhat. "There's fire everywhere! Some orange, some purple! I don't know what to do about the purple fire!"
"Wait, so you have an idea on the regular fire?" Cygnus asked while raising a brow.
"Well, duh," Lucina replied as a few stray embers from behind her morphed into a raging flame. "Watch!" The female ran forward, extending her hands; this prompted several purple crystals to shoot from her hands and cover the walls, seeping into them, thus changing the material of the wall, making it flame resistant. The flames roared for a few more minutes before calming down into a harmless blaze. "Ether Crystals are really handy when dealing with fire…I'd been meaning to change the material of the guild for a while now…guess it's kinda my fault this is happening…"
"Lucina, keep doing that!" Ola wrote, giving a few quick nods before continuing. "Where are these purple fires?"
"Around the infirmary! I tried to get the door open but those fires wouldn't budge, and I'm sure the wounded are still in there!"
"I'll take care of it," Cygnus gave a nod. "Which way is the infirmary?"
"Uh…It's down a few floors…" Lucina replied. "I don't know if you'll make it in time…!"
"Psh! Don't' underestimate a Gravity God!" Cygnus replied with a cocky grin. He walked a few steps forward before raising his hand, allowing heavy gravity to form around it, weighing his fist down somewhat. "Gravity God's Heavy Smash!" Cygnus then threw his fist down, shattering the floor below him, thus heading down the floor below him.
"HE'S GONNA PAY FOR DAMAGING THOSE FLOORS!" Ola angrily wrote before huffing (at least attempting to). She then turned to Lucina with a worried look. "Are the wounded going to be okay?"
"I think so…that fire didn't seem to have any physically harming properties, but that's what worries me…" Lucina sighed before leading Ola to the source of the largest fire. "There are members of the other guilds currently trying to quell the fire! Let's meet them there and see what we can do!"
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"Magic Thunder!" Hollow exclaimed while raising hand into the air. Multiple bolts of thunder rained down from the ceiling and made their way towards Lucy.
In one swift motion, Lucy already had two of her golden keys in her hand, preparing to summon the first one. "Gate of the Ram, I open thee! Aries!" In a puff of smoke, followed by the chime of an otherworldly bell, the shy ram appeared, tugging at the bottom of her outfit.
"W-What can I-" Aries started, but before she could finish, she noticed the incoming Magic Thunder coming her way, so she immediately threw up a large wall of pink, fluffy wool for defense to cushion the incoming magic thunder. The wool held, though it dispersed after the attack.
"Nice job, Aries!" Lucy said with nod before jumping forward, pulling out what she thought to be a key. "Gate of the Golden-" Lucy's eyes widened in shock as she remembered something with in the heat of battle. "That's right…! I don't have Taurus with me…!"
Hollow took the chance while Lucy was distraught to attack, the bazooka appearing on his chest once again, purple lightning now beginning to charge on it. "Thunder Bazooka!" Once again, Hollow fired off the large blast of lightning towards Lucy, the floor in the lightning's path simply uprooting and dissolving into nothing.
Lucy closed her eyes and awaited the impact, mentally kicking herself for leaving herself open like this. She was surprised when she felt nothing hit her. "Huh…?" She opened her eyes, only to see that Aries shielded her from the attack. "A-Aries?!"
"S-Sorry…" Aries coughed as she purple sparks danced around her heavily damaged body. "I-I had to make up…for what I did to you during the T-Tataros crisis…" With that, Aries dissipated into a golden fuzz, returning to the Spirit World.
"A-Aries…" Lucy's expression went from shocked to angered as she stood up once again, glaring towards Hollow. "You…!"
"A celestial spirit mage…" Hollow said with an emotionless tone. "Interesting…You're not the only one who can conjure up spirits…"
"What…?" Lucy raised a brow, gripping her key ring once more as she used the current situation to decide which key she should use next.
"Observe…" Hollow extended his hands causing the immediate five foot radius around him to go pitch black. "Summon Spirit…Phantom." From the darkness, a hunched over ghost appeared, blue wisp swirling around it as it let out a creepy moan, now trudging towards Lucy.
"E-Ehhh!? What is that…!?" Lucy took a step back before regaining her composure. "Gate of the Scorpion, I open thee! Scorpio!" Another golden light appeared, this time releasing the sand spirit Scorpio, who was clearly tired.
"We are…!" The spirit shook his head to wake up.
Lucy pointed towards Hollow and his ghostly spirit. "Scorpio, take them out!"
"We are!" Scorpio grinned and pointed his stinger forward, unleashing a high powered tornado of sand to rush Hollow and his phantom. "Sand Buster!"
"Ghost Flame!" Hollow ordered, and the phantom immediately went in front of Hollow, the blue wisp surrounding the being to create a shield against the Sand Buster. The Sand Buster connected with the Ghost Flame, though the phantom was slightly weaker than Scorpio overall so it slid back a feet few, though it was unharmed once the attack was finished.
"We are!? Our sand didn't work…!?" Scorpio sneered somewhat at the AOK ghost.
"No, it did work!" Lucy pointed at the skid marks on the floor. "It pushed it back!"
"Do not get so excited…" Hollow replied while throwing his forward, generating purple bolts of lightning. "It doesn't matter if the attack pushed the phantom back, it was unable to do damage…you must see the big picture and stop getting ahead of yourself over small victories…"
Lucy merely smirked at Hollow's words. "A small victory is where you start! You see, since we both now know that your phantom's defenses aren't entirely effective against Scorpio's Sand Buster, it's a wonder what would happen if it took a direct hit…"
"…" Hollow remained silent, though he showed no emotion to Lucy's words.
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Luke threw his head forward, unleashing a Fire Dragon's Roar upon the incoming Yukidama Rush (avalanche); his roar slammed against the incoming snow, but it was quickly extinguished due to the momentum the snow had, and consumed Luke, Gray, and Yukino throwing them into the nearest wall. "D-Damn…" Luke allowed his body to erupt in flames, melting most of the snow which enabled him to stand up.
"Ugh…" Gray couldn't move, more or less because of his injuries from his battle with Kuro. "Shit…"
"What is this thing…?" Yukino asked as she stood up, gripping one of her golden keys.
"I dunno but I really wanna kick its ass…" Luke said as he ran forward once again, fire and lightning covering his fist. "Iron Fist of the Lightning Flame Dragon!"
"Annoying pests!" Blizzard exclaimed with a groan, throwing his own fist forward to clash with Luke's; his raw power took Luke for a surprise when he flew back seconds after impact.
"Damn…!" Luke flipped and caught himself in a crouched position. "Aira, how are the wounded coming along?"
"Almost done!" Aira replied. "Hold it off for another minute or two!"
"Yukidama Fall!" Yeti Blizzard held his hand up, creating four large snowballs aimed towards Aira. These snowballs then launched themselves towards Aira and the wounded Rufus and Juvia she was treating.
In the next second, Yukino pulled out a singular golden key, swiping it across the air. "Gate of the Heavenly Scales, I open thee! Libra!" In a flash of light, the spirit of gravity appeared before Yukino. "Increase the gravity of those snowballs!"
"Hai!" Libra nodded, and suddenly the force of gravity around the four snowballs intensified, causing them to drop to the ground with a loud thud.
"W-What the-?" Blizzard turned to see what caused the interference, but as soon as he turned his cheek was met by Luke's flaming leg for a roundhouse, the impact sending the large creating stumbling in a circle before regaining himself. "I'm getting tired of you!" Blizzard jumped into the air, now aiming his large foot down on Luke, Yukino, and Libra.
"Watch out!" Luke tackled Yukino out of the way while Libra jumped off to the other side. Blizzard's Big Stamp created a crater several feet deep, leaving a little shockwave after. "Whew…Are you okay—?" Luke looked down only to see that he was accidently groping the celestial mage, leaving her with a dark blush. "GAH!" Luke hopped up, turning his attention to the battle quickly. "S-Sorry…!"
"LUKE!" Aira stared in disbelief at the copy mage.
"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT." Luke replied while flailing his arms. "I didn't mean to…!"
Yukino was flustered. She was doing her best to try and move on from it... "A-Anyway…" Yukino stood up, her blush still evident.
"You humans are really weird creatures…" Blizzard said as he stood tall, even in the several foot crater he created.
"You're one to talk…" Luke scoffed. "You're a talking Yeti…I don't really see what's normal about this in the slightest…"
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Erza stood with her Adamantine armor on, protecting her and Natsu from Apollo Flame's attack unscathed, though the armor did take a heavy hit, but Erza didn't let it show. "You'll have to do better than that!"
"Hm…Interesting…" Apollo stroked the white hair over his shoulder. "You blocked my attack with minimal damage…That's some impressive armor you've got."
"Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu exclaimed as he jumped from behind Erza with his fist wrapped in flames, lunging towards the Sun God while throwing his fist forward.
"Impudent..!" Apollo brought his arm up just in time to block Natsu's attack. Natsu followed up with a spinning roundhouse which was also blocked.
While Natsu was in the middle of his roundhouse, his cheeks puffed out; once he completed the turn, he unleashed a funnel of flames towards Apollo. "Roar!"
"Sun Barrier!" Apollo exclaimed as the sun appeared around his person, protecting him front the Fire Dragon's Roar. "Fool! Do you not know who you're dealing with!? I am the Sun God himself! You cannot defeat me, Fire Dragon, Requip Mage!"
"I don't give a damn who you are!" Natsu roared as he went on the offensive once again, throwing a skillful flurry of punches and kicks towards Apollo, though they all just missed as Apollo dodged them with ease. "You decided to pick a fight with Fairy Tail and now you've got one!" Natsu jumped back, allowing Erza (who was now in her Purgatory Armor).
"And it's going to say you picked a fight with Fairy Tail on your GRAVESTONE," Erza said while raising her voice, swinging her weapon towards Apollo, who just barely jumped back, his eyes wide from how aggressive Erza was with such a dangerous weapon.
"Oh oh oh…" Apollo played off his surprise and grinned. "You fools don't know the power of which you're facing…allow me to show you…!" Apollo raised his hand, creating a sun magic seal above him. "Meteor Rain!" Apollo threw his hands down, unleashing a plethora of small meteors upon Natsu and Erza.
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Cygnus peered down the hole in the floor, watching Natsu and Erza take on Apollo Flame. "Eh, they got it." He then turned his attention to the raging purple fire. "Jack…" Cygnus clapped his hands together, creating a black hole in front of him. "This should work..." The black hole began to suck in the purple flames from the outside of the infirmary, though the black hole began to shrink as it absorbed the flames, leaving Cygnus with a befuddled expression. "What the…" Eventually, his black hole dispersed, but it did take out a nice chunk of the flames. "OI!
"Is that Cygnus…?" Taya asked while turning her attention to the door.
"Back up, I wanna try something…!" Cynthia stepped forward, puffing her cheeks out. "Omega Fire Dragon's Roar!" Cynthia threw her head forward, unleashing a funnel of flames towards the purple ones. Oddly enough, her flames managed to extinguish the opposing ones. "Eh…?"
"That worked…?" Takeru blinked a few times before shaking his head. "Let's get out of here!"
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Leon managed to sniff Tristan, immediately running over to him with a look of worry. "Tristan…are you okay?!"
"Leon-san…" Tristan grunted as the paralysis around him started to wear off. "What's going on…? Have you seen the others…?"
"I ran into some weird phantom guy with Trinity and someone from White Eclipse, but I lost track of him after…" Leon replied as Tristant stood up slowly.
"Did you really now…?" Hyde said as he appeared before Leon and Tristan.
"That's him!" Leon shouted before unleashing a quick Acid Dragon's Roar towards Hyde, but the acid phased right through him, not even bothering him in the slightest. "Again…!?"
"Steel Make!" Tristan began as he slid his fist into his palm. "Lance!" A silver magic seal appeared before Tristan, unleashing a plethora of steel lances that flew towards Hyde, but they too phased right through him while he yawned. "What…?!"
"Come now, you should know those attacks won't work!" Hyde laughed.
"Steel Make: Sword!" Tristan's handmade sword appeared in his hand, and he lunged towards Hyde with it.
"Acid Dragon's Blade!" Leon exclaimed, creating a blade of acid in his hands, rushing towards Hyde alongside Tristan.
"Oh, I suppose I can humor you both for a few moments…Stick Sword!" Hyde's cane became a blade in an instant, and he allowed the duo of Leon and Tristan to approach him, both swinging their swords at him. Hyde blocked both blades with his cane, the acid from Leon's blade not affecting the material in Hyde's cane in the slightest. Hyde then swung his cane, causing the duo to jump back. Now, they came at Hyde one at a time, first Tristan, then Leon, but neither of them were able to bypass Hyde's skillful defenses, and if they did, their blades would just phase through his person.
"Why can't we hit him…?" Tristan grunted as he slid back.
"You cannot hit what isn't there…" Hyde replied. His senses then kicked in as he sensed an attack from behind him; he turned, causing the icicles to phase through him like everything else so far. "A sneak attack…? Nice try…"
"Just as I thought…" A female said as she jumped from the ceiling to the floor. This female had long black hair what was highlighted a light blue in some areas. She was in sleep wear, and didn't seem too happy about the entire ordeal.
"Hikaru-san…" Tristan blinked a few times at the female's sudden appearance, but he was glad she was around.
"Hm…now it's just gotten too crowded for my liking…" Hyde sighed before he just…vanished into thin air.
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Knightwalker stood across from Jellal, a dark smirk curling onto her lips. "My, my…What do we have here…?"
"I should be asking you the same question…" Jellal replied as he took one of the staves from behind his back. "I can sense that darkness I'm hunting down from you…but you're not who I'm after…"
"Oh? What an interesting little tale…" Knightwalker replied as her spear changed shape. "Mel-Force!" After that, a powerful gust of wind emitted from the tip of her spear, blowing Jellal back a distance. He flipped and caught himself, sliding across the floor. "Tell me more?"
"Tch…Just like Erza…but the complete opposite at the same time…" Jellal grunted before a light engulfed his body. "Meteor!"
"Knightwalker." Hyde said as he appeared from nowhere.
"Tch? What do you want, I'm busy…" Knightwalker said with a hint of aggravation in her voice.
"We're leaving. We've stirred up enough for the time being…" Hyde replied.
"You…" Jellal could sense what he was looking for from Hyde.
"Hm…Interesting…" Hyde took a glance at Jellal before shrugging him off. "I'm letting the others know." With that, Hyde vanished once again.
"…Hmph…" Knightwalker hoisted her spear over her shoulder and began to walk off. "Seems you were lucky tonight "Jellal"…"
"Edolas Erza…" Jellal mumbled under his breath. "Hyde…"
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"Sand Buster!" Scorpio exclaimed as he aimed his stinger…towards the ceiling, unleashing a quick burst of sand towards the ceiling, causing it to shatter and fall towards Hollow and his phantom.
"Tch…" Was Hollow's only reply as the phantom acted on instinct, creating its Ghost Flame around its body to protect itself from the falling debris.
"Now!" Lucy exclaimed, and Scorpio followed suit, aiming a Sand Buster at the already distracted phantom. A direct hit, the phantom vanished into nothing due to being unable to handle the Sand Buster and the falling debris. "We got it!" Hollow gave no expression; he just stared at Lucy and turned around, beginning to walk off. "H-Hey?! Get back here!?"
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Natsu hopped from left to right, avoiding the incoming meteors along with Erza. He found an opening, and took it, swinging his fist right for the face of Apollo Flame. A direct hit. Apollo staggered backwards with a burn mark on his cheek. "Y-You…!? How DARE you place a blemish upon the face of your god!?"
"There's a lot more where that came from too you bastard!" Natsu said with a smirk after finally landing a hit.
"Y-You!" Apollo shook his fist in anger before realizing what time it was. "Oh…you get lucky this time Fire Dragon and Requip mage…but next time, I won't be so merciful…" With that, a bright flash of light appeared around Apollo and he vanished.
"What just…" Erza blinked a few times.
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"Gah…Fuck this guy…" Luke groaned as he sat up in the snow created by Yeti Blizzard.
"He's very powerful…" Aira commented while placing her hands forward, preparing yet another attack.
"Gahaha! What's the problem?!" Blizzard asked in a taunting tone. "Too strong for ya!"
"Not even!" Luke immediately replied.
"Well!..." Blizzard started, but realized it was time to go based on the amount of magical energy he felt leaving. "You're lucky for tonight…" With that, the large yeti jumped through the nearest wall and out the building.
"…What was that all about…?" Rufus asked with a befuddled expression.
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The fire around BP slowly came to a halt with the help of the other guild members, though there were some serious injuries due to the fire. "Is everyone alive…?" Jura asked while looking around.
"I've…seen better days…" Lyon replied while wincing from his burns. "That fire was intense…"
"Everyone is here and accounted for, though the injuries are on just about everyone…" Levy said while looking at everyone, feeling a little disheartened that she was unable to help then.
"What a night this has been…" Rouge sighed heavily while leaving against the charred wall. "I didn't expect a sudden attack…"
"Nobody did…" Ola wrote as she walked forward with Lucina, a frown on her face. "We can't continue the tournament like this…"
"Hold on a second…!" Cynthia interrupted. "We totally can! The infirmary's fine! It was a weird attack though…but don't cancel the tournament…!"
"The infirmary is fine?" Lucina tapped her foot on the ground a few times but nodded. "If that's the case, we can continue, right?"
"I may be able to fix the sections everyone was sleeping in…" Zalen said while pushing up his glasses. "Construction magic IS my forte, after all…I just ask that you all clean up after yourselves because this floor was so dirty while I was running it almost took my mind off the situation."
"Fine, fine…Though people are still wounded from tonight and I doubt they'll be able to fight for the other rounds…" Ola nodded before coming up with an idea. "I'll just take a select few people from each guild and put them in matches, is that okay?"
"Fine with me," Jura said while nodded.
"Very well…I'll post the results tomorrow…"
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Meanwhile, elsewhere, Gildarts, Sidney, and Evanee sat in a room with Lahar and Doranbolt. "I'd like to thank you three for coming on such short notice…" Lahar said while adjusting his glasses.
"What do you want?" Evanee asked, blowing a tuff of hair from her face while crossing her arms.
"There's something we're going to need your strength on…all three of you, actually." Doranbolt began.
"Is that so?" Sidney inquired while giving an indifferent expression.
"What'cha got for us?" Gildarts asked with a curious look.
"You see…"