Wendy and Chelia stood a few feet away from each other, both in their respective dual modes: Omega Flame Sky for Wendy and Black Sky for Chelia. Wendy took a step forward to even the gap…only to trip over nothing and land face first on the ground. "Oof!"
"Gah! Wendy, are you-" Chelia began as she took a step forward, only to trip over nothing like Wendy and hit the ground face first. "Oof…!"
"…Well this is a great start isn't it?" Luke sighed and shook his head as the two girls hit the ground.
"I hope the battle doesn't consist of constant tripping…" Cynthia gave a slight nervous laugh as the two slayers began to get up.
(That was mildly amusing…) Ola thought to herself while chucking, but because she had no voice box her chuckling noise only turned out to be some kind of awkward wheeze.
"Alright!" Wendy held her hands at her sides as blue wind and red fire surrounded her body. "Don't hold back on me, Chelia!"
"I wouldn't dream of it!" Chelia replied as pitch black wind surrounded her person. "Let's go!"
And thus, the battle between the two friends began. Wendy leapt into the air, her arms spread out by her sides. "Omega Flame Sky Dragon's Wing Slash!" Wendy threw her hands down, unleashing a cyclone of blue wind and red fire down towards Chelia.
Chelia held her palm out as Wendy jumped up, forming a sphere of pitch black wind. "Black Sky God's Boreas!" After she exclaimed this, she threw her hand upward, unleashing a spiraling tornado of black wind towards the Wing Slash. The two attacks collided and entered a brief stalemate before ending in a devastating explosion, blowing both the girls back.
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"Man…" Jack watched as the battle between Chelia and Wendy went on, somewhat impressed on how two little girls could have so much power. "Those two are pretty strong…"
"Mhm…." Tia said with a nod, half listening to Jack while continuing her archive research. "This is interesting…"
"…You're not even paying attention, are you!?" Jack shouted towards his older sibling.
"Of course I am…" Tia replied with half her attention span. "You're commenting on the battle between those two guys…"
"…I knew it. Two girls, Sis." Jack pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a mildly annoyed groaned. "Two powerful ones at that."
With a sigh, Tia closed her archive and turned her full attention to Jack and the ongoing battle, only to see a large explosion take up most of the western section of Clover Town. "Oh my…those are Omega Flames, aren't they..?"
"Looks like it." Jack replied. "Looks like everyone and their mother are getting some sort of dual modes…"
"That only makes our mission easier…" Tia responded before opening he archive once again, but she pulled up the files on the last Grand Magic Games to begin with, finding much interest with what she was looking up. "I have a small idea brewing…"
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Hyde and Knightwalker returned to their position on the top of Black Phoenix, now watching the fight between the sky dragon and sky god. Hyde's interest in the battle was far greater than the interest he showed in the others. "Heheh…"
"What's so funny?" Knightwalker asked while crossing her arms.
"The Omega Flame Sky Dragon…Witnessing her power second hand is quite incredible…" Hyde replied. "Aiden said that attaining a dual mode with Omega Flames would have been near impossible, yet this girl is walking proof of the contrary…"
"What's so intriguing about that…?" Knightwalker inquired with a brow raised.
"…Now there's something I want to see and try out…I want to see the full extent of Omega Flame Sky…" Hyde replied as a wicked grin slowly etched its way onto his features.
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By this point in the battle, both Wendy and Chelia were already moderately damaged by only just a few successful attacks. "Omega Flame Sky Dragon's Claw!" Wendy exclaimed while swinging her hand towards Chelia, a trail of blue wind and red fire following after. Chelia attempted to dodge the attack but ultimately failed, skidding back across the ground with ripping clothing. Wendy continued her assault by jumping into the air, performing an upside down kick that sent another rush of red fire and blue winds towards Chelia. "Omega Flame Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!"
"Not so fast!" Chelia replied while leaping high into the air, allowing the Crushing Fang to obliterate the ground she was standing at. Now in the air, she brought her hands above her head, creating a sphere of somewhat feathery pitch black wind. "Black Sky God's Tornado!" After throwing her hands down, Chelia unleashed a swirling pitch black tornado towards Wendy. Chelia then stuck the landing and awaited the results of her attack.
With no time, Wendy only had the time to cover up, letting out a cry as the tornado slammed into her, creating a black and windy explosion. When it all cleared, she was seen panting heavily, her damage rather high at this point. "I'm not…finished yet!" Wendy pointed her index finger up slowly, creating a cyclone of wind and red fire around Chelia which began to contract inwards. "Secret Art: Shattering Light, Flaming Sky Drill!"
Chelia's eyes widened as she fought herself trapped once again by one of Wendy's strongest attacks. There was nowhere to go, so she only had the option to cross her arms to possibly alleviate some of the damage done. It was no use; once the attack made contact with her, a powerful explosion took place, shaking Clover Town to an extent. When the smoke cleared, Chelia was hunched over, breathing heavily just as Wendy was. There was a smile on her face however; Wendy was certainly a lot stronger than their first battle. "We've both gotten stronger…But I think it's time to end this now…" Chelia said in a soft tone before puffing her cheeks out, darkness and wind surrounding her mouth in a vortex, now making a charge towards Wendy. "Black Sky God's…"
Wendy gave a nod, silently agreeing with Chelia's words. Her cheeks began to puff out as well, red fire and blue wind surrounding her mouth as she ran forward. "Omega Flame Sky Dragon's…" Once close enough the two girls unleashed their attacks simultaneously, "Roar!"
"Bellow!" The two girls opened their mouths and released their attacks. Since they were just mere feet away from each other the powerful attacks met for only a second before they exploded on each other, blowing the two sky slayer's back into the ground, both in KO, but they had a smile on their face despite that.
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(It's a tie!) Ola exclaimed throughout the minds of the others.
"Whoa…." Cynthia was awestruck by the battle displayed by her two closest friends, staring at the screen in amazement.
"Another tie…can't say I saw that one going…" Jack blinked at the result before shrugging. "Whatever…"
"Only eight matches are left…" Tia mumbled while continuing her playback of the Grand Magic Games.
"That was pretty good…" The hooded male said while chewing a little quieter (compared to previous times) on his generic brand snacks, giving a nod of approval. "Impressive power, and there's always room for improvement. The potential is certainly there."
"I agree…" The female nodded while crossing her legs. "These battles are getting really good…I'm glad we managed to witness these…"
"It was a draw…I don't see what's so interesting about that dual mode…" Knightwalker said with a clearly bored expression.
"Potential, my dear…" Hyde merely replied as the next match was about to begin.
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Luke vs. Lucina started now, the fight starting off pretty intense. Luke ran forward with fire and lightning covering his fist while Lucina morphed her arms into a crystal blade and met Luke halfway. Luke swayed his body to the left and right to avoid the slashes Lucina sent towards him; once he found an opening, he swung his left fist towards Lucina's abdomen, landing a direct hit, causing the female to stagger back. He continued the assault, now aiming a heavy haymaker towards her skull, but she dodged. "Tch…!"
As if on silent commanded, a green crystal shot forth from the ground and grazed Luke's side, catching him off guard. He turned to see what was happening, only for Lucina's next roundhouse kick to send him staggering back. "You should always be aware of your surroundings!" Lucina said in an almost ridiculing tone towards the copy mage.
"Oh yeah?!" Luke replied with a smirk, fire and lightning swirling around his mouth. With no warning, he pointed his face towards Lucina, unleashing a large funnel of fire and lightning towards the female.
"Ah…!" Lucina let out a quiet yelp before jumping off to the side to avoid the large funnel; problem was her arm was caught in the blast and it sent her flying back into the remains of a fallen building.
"Ha!" Luke smirked and rubbed his mouth after his attack hit. When Lucina got up, his eyes widened as he saw Lucina with only one arm now. "AHH!"
"Huh…?" Lucina looked at her arm with a nonchalant expression. "Oh." Crystals formed around her arm before reconstructing it, bringing it back to normal. "Nothing to worry about! Well, for me, anyway. You won't be the Crystal Phoenix so easily…" Lucina stepped on the ground, sending a trail of green crystal spikes towards Luke, but before they reached him it split off into two trails, now circling around him.
"What…?" Luke realized he was circled by the green crystals. "What is she planning…?" His question was answered rather quickly by the rising Crystal sphere that suddenly appeared around him, lifting him off into the sky. "EH?!" Not only this, but two crystal clones of Lucina appeared in the sphere to distract Luke in close combat as the sphere now descended to the ground.
"Get out of that, Luke!" Selene shouted.
"He'll be fine…" Saeko said with a nod of confidence.
"Senpai can make it out of that!" Asami said with a tone full of confidence.
"This is the end!" Lucina exclaimed as the crystal sphere hit the ground, causing a large explosion upon impact, green crystal shards raining from the sky. "Heh…I knew I'd win. It was only logical…."
A few moments passed before an injured Luke dashed from the smoke, his arm pulled back as a black sphere began to form on it. "Black God's Bomb!"
"Wh-?!" Lucina's eyes widened as she spotted Luke incoming, but he was too fast for her to keep up with. Luke slammed the bomb into Lucina's abdomen, causing a large black explosion to send Lucina flying away, her skin now cracking (because golem) as she hit the ground. She brought herself up slowly, almost unable to see anything through the black smoke caused from the bomb.
"Checkmate…" Luke thought to himself as he crouched down. He had Lucina's location pinpointed. Ice blades appeared on his arm and his other arm's elbow, black energy surging through them seconds after. "Darkness Blade: Seven Sided Dance!" Luke yelled as he lunged forward, spinning around while doing so. He reached Lucina within seconds, slashing a total of seven times, landing behind her in a crouched position after the seventh hit. Lucina hit the ground; unconscious after Luke was finished, leaving the copycat with a victorious smirk. "I win."
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The third to last match of the quarter finals was up next; Leon Shi vs. Melody Sliver. Kagura gave Melody some advice before taking on Leon, so it was a wonder how this match could turn out. The two decided it didn't matter where they began because the town was bound for utter destruction by the time the tournament was over. "Are you ready?" Leon asked while jogging in place, giving his usual smile towards the Silver Make mage.
"Ready when you are, Leon." With a nod, Melody placed her fist into her palm, deciding to take the first move. "Sliver Make: Arrows!" A sliver circle appeared before the female, unleashing a barrage of sliver arrows in Leon's direction, covering a wide radius which limited the acid dragon's ability to dodge ground wise.
Leon hoped this would be a promising battle. At the sight of the arrows, he saw a quick way out of most of them. He puffed his cheeks out, pointing his face towards one end of the incoming arrows. "Acid Dragon's Roar!" After exclaiming this Leon opened his mouth and sent a vortex of green acid towards the arrows, moving his head over while doing so to melt the sliver that came his way. He got most of the arrows, but two of them managed to graze his arms.
Melody remained calm as Leon countered her first attack; she figured this would be the result. She placed her fist into her palm once again, creating a silver magic seal underneath Leon. "Silver Make: Pillar!"
"Huh…?" Leon looked down, just noticing the magic seal. With the quickness, Leon jumped to the side, but his legs were caught as the sliver pillar rose, causing him to tumble across the broken stone road before hopping up, noticing another attack coming.
"Silver Make: Axe!" Melody yelled as she jumped into the air, now holding a large, sliver axe in her hand, aiming this axe towards Leon once swinging down.
Leon clapped his hands on the sides of the axe just before it hit him, the ground under him cratering from the sheer force Melody was putting into her attacks. "Wow, you're fast and strong!" Leon said, clearing showing Melody how impressed he was with her skill in battle. "I guess I should've warned you I wasn't going to hold back, huh? Acid Drive!" With this, a green aura exploded around Leon, immediately covering his body with acid which quickly began to eat away at the sliver axe.
"Tch…!" Melody grunted before opting to abandon her axe, jumping back a few feet to gain distance from Leon.
"Melody seems to be having a hard time…" Trinity said while giving a nod. "Good, Leon is no easy opponent."
"Don't be so sure she's out of this yet…" Kagura replied to Trinity without even facing him. "She's focused on her opponent, watching his every move and deciding when to move and when to not."
Leon held two spheres of energy in his hands, throwing them both forward one after another towards Melody, turning into spiraling beams of acid midway. "Acid Dragon's Corroding Beam!"
"Sliver Make: Wall!" Melody threw her hands up, creating a large wall of sliver before her. She also jumped back because she knew the sliver wall would fail, and it did just that. The first beam of acid blew through the wall, creating a large hole in it. "Shit…" Melody braced for impact; the second beam landing a direct hit on her, burning her clothing and skin as she tumbled across the ground, writhing in pain. "D-Dammit…!"
Leon continued, jumping on the top of the sliver wall and leaping off after, now high in the air above Melody. A green sphere of energy appeared in Leon's mouth as he aimed his face towards Melody. "Acid Dragon's Wave!" And just like in his fight with Sting, Leon sent pure destruction in the form of an acid wave towards the downed Melody. Melody was defenseless against the wave, though she tried to roll out of the way, the effort was in vain. A green explosion occurred just a foot or so away from her, knocking her out almost instantly.
"You were saying?" Trinity asked with a slight smirk towards the Mermaid Heel ace.
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"Taya's up next again?" Nami asked while looking towards Reve. "Why aren't you going Reve?"
"The incident last night…" Reve replied with a slight "tch". "I wanted to go, but Taya seemed intent on bringing this one home, so I let her."
"Isn't she still injured?" Selene asked while crossing her arms.
"I don't think so…They both might be, I'm not even sure." Reve replied. "Doesn't matter, either way we've got this."
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"Shall we begin?" Taya asked while clicking her heels on the ground. "Actually, are you sure you're even well enough to fight?"
"I'm fine," Kagura replied rather shortly, as always. She pulled out her sheathed blade, internally thanking Tristan for fixing it for her before the match.
"A sword hm…?" Taya merely shrugged before pulling her hands in front of her, creating a sword of pitch black darkness, wielding it with one hand now. "Ruinous Blade."
"She has a sword too…?" Cynthia blinked repeatedly. "She has a lot to offer…"
"Hmph…" Kagura closed her eyes before bending her knees, first activating her Gravity Change magic on herself to lighten her weight and boost her speed. She had somewhat of a slow start because she wasn't fully healed, but she dashed forward anyway, preparing to strike Taya within mere seconds.
Taya was quick to notice the speed Kagura took off at, but she also noticed the slow start as well. Something that played to her advantage. She could make this a quick battle and move on, and she planned to do just that. As Kagura swung her blade, Taya did the same, the two blades clashing in a stalemate. "Heh…" Taya smirked before a vector protruded from her abdomen, striking Kagura in her injured chest area, causing her to wince and step back. "Remember I did ask you~" She cooed before moving forward, aiming a skillful flurry of slashes towards the Mermaid Ace.
Kagura had no reply, she knew what she was doing and she was okay with the choice she made. She swiftly avoided each and every slash thrown by Taya before activating her Gravity Change once more, causing the gravity around Taya to increase tenfold, bringing her to a standstill. Now, Kagura jumped up with her hands on the hilt of the sword, swinging it down towards Taya, aiming to crush her with her form change.
"Tch…" Taya realized her movement options were limited with the increased gravity, so she thought quickly before protruding a vector from her abdomen once again, using it to push herself out of the way by a foot or so. It helped, but it didn't help against the impact caused by Kagura's sheathed blade, which cratered the ground a few feet, causing her to tumble away for a few yards before coming to a stop. Taya pointed her hands forward now, creating a Shadow Sphere within them. "Shadow Sphere!" She sent the moderately sized sphere of shadows forward towards Kagua, who had little time to dodge.
Gravity Change came in handy for the most part, but with her current position, there wasn't much for Kagura to do. She brought her sword up defensively, allowing the Shadow Sphere to slam into it. The impact sent her sliding across Clover Town a good distance, stopping once her back hit a building. She grunted softly upon impact, feeling a stinging sensation in her chest from her injury from Selene. "I'll just have to wrap this up…" She then looked up, noticing a magic seal above her person, which was already dropping a "twilight rain" onto her. With agile movements, she dashed to the side, just avoiding the Twilight Rain; however she was caught by a vector, landing a direct hit onto her side, causing her to stumble back once again. Kagura recovered quickly, her Gravity Change shifting the gravity to be lighter around her. Thanks to this, she was able to speed past Taya, landing a powerful slash on her side.
"Tch…I'm sorry, but I'll have to make this quick…" Taya said while turning and creating about three vectors total, sending them all towards Kagura in a quick attempt to grab and immobilize her. Only one of her vectors managed to grab her arm, but that was all she needed to activate their secondary effect, cutting off the brain signals to Kagura's arm. Next, she used her vector to flip Kagura onto her back, creating a shadow sphere in her free hand (though it was half size and half power) and threw it towards the Mermaid Ace. With no time to respond, the Shadow Sphere exploded on contact, creating a small explosion (due to the cut power) that engulfed Kagura. When the smoke cleared, Kagura was still standing, though she was leaning on her blade for support. Her battered and bloodied body refused to quit. She pulled out blade out of the sheath and dashed forward once again, landing another slash on Taya (who was surprised by the Mermaid's tenacity) and remained in a finished slashing position after. Moments passed before Taya fell to her knees, but Kagura was the one who lost consciousness first.
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"Demons are something else…" Jack let out an exasperated sigh once the battle was finished. "I wonder how' she'd fair against Heartless…"
"Statistics say that after this analysis she'd fall…" Tia replied, referring to her archive as a source of information.
"Sounds about right…" Jack replied with a shrug, leaning on the roof after. "One match left before things get down to the wire.
"Watch this one carefully, Jack," Tia said in a stern tone while keeping her eyes glued to her informational source. "Black Phoenix's Ace vs. Fairy Tail's Erza Scarlet…Though the battle seems in Tristan's favor, those Fairies have a knack for pulling out a win, especially her. Her loss record is almost spotless."
"The only time they couldn't pull off a win was against Joker…and if she can't do so here then they have no chance of defeating Dealer…" Jack said while a small grin made its way onto his face. "I'm looking forward to seeing how this match plays out…"
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Erza and Tristan took the stage, both standing a few yards away from each other. The tension was thick enough to be sliced with a sword which would soon happen. "Are you ready, Erza-san?" Tristan asked while placing his fist into his palm.
"I'm ready." Erza gave a nod as a heavenly light bathed her body, her Flight Armor now equipped.
"Steel Make: Knight's Armor!" Upon calling this out, Tristan's body covered head to toe in his signature custom armor. "Steel Make: Sword and Shield!" And after that, Tristan created a signature sword and shield appeared in his hands. "Let us begin!"
"Very well!" Erza exclaimed before dashing forward, appearing as nothing but a blur to the untrained eye. "Sonic Slash!" With her speed, Erza was easily able to land the first hit, though it wasn't effective as she wanted as her slashes' power were cut from the armor on Tristan's body. She turned, sliding across the dirt road now as she awaited Tristan's response. It was just as she thought, Tristan was pretty much unaffected by it. "That armor…"
Tristan placed his fist into his palm, creating a sliver magic seal in front of him. "Steel Make: Lance!" Steel lances rocketed out of the magic seal and raced towards Erza.
Erza prepared herself, bringing her sword up to parry the incoming lances away while making an advance towards Tristan. Once close enough, she swung her sword down at the knight, but he brought his shield up just in time to block the attack. (He reacts fast too…) Erza then noticed that her opponent's sword was coming her way, so she jumped back into the air, a bright light wrapping around her body once more; her Heaven's Wheel armor. A ring of blades appeared around Erza as she continued to ascend into the air. "Dance my blades!" And dance they did; on command the blades flew towards Tristan.
"She is a powerful opponent alright…" Tristan said with a slight grin forming on his lips. He brought his shield up, allowing most of the swords to impale the shield. For the other swords, he used his own to parry them away, but one slipped through and pierced his side, breaking that part of his armor. "…!"
Erza now flew forward with two blades held in an "X" position. When she was close, she slashed in the pattern of a Pentagram, the shape showing as she landed a direct hit on Tristan, causing him to let out a grunt of pain. "Pentagram Sword!"
"Yeah, kick his ass, Erza!" Natsu roared as he jumped from his seat. "Your ace is going down!"
'Tristan-senpai is pretty strong, you know!" Leon replied while giving his smile. "Your friend is going to have a hard time."
"What he said," Trinity said with a nod.
"Just watch!" Lucy said with a confident nod, her body now wrapped in bandages after her bout with Yukino. "Erza will pull out a win!"
"Heaven's Wheel!" Ezra exclaimed, creating a multitude of about 120 swords above her head, all pointed at Tristan down below. She threw her arms forward, sending the sword raining down on Tristan.
"Steel Make: Wall!" A large steel wall appeared before Tristan, blocking about 80 swords. The wall was unable to withstand the 81st, so it shattered and he put up his own shield to defend against the attack, blocking about 20 other swords. The rest of the swords were too much and they clashed against his armor, sparks flying from the collision of metal and created a smoke cloud around him.
"What happened to him…" Erza kept a careful eye out in the smoke cloud around Tristan. In the next second, Tristan appeared behind Erza with a new weapon: Morning Star. He slammed the weapon into Erza's back, causing an agonizing yell to escape her lips before she hit the ground. Tristan landed, his armor cracked somewhat from the swords.
"Erza…!" Gray shouted once Erza hit the ground.
Not even seconds passed before Erza lunged from the smoke in her Morning Star armor, pointing her two swords forward as energy was nearly finished charging on them. "Venus Photon Slicer!" Erza pointed her swords forward, consuming Tristan in a powerful blast that send him hurtling backwards. As Tristan flew back, his armor shattered, revealing his bruised body. He flipped and caught himself, obviously impressed with Erza.
"Nto bad, Erza-san…" Tristan said while giving a nod of approval, his fist meeting his palm once more. "But, I wonder how you will fare against this…Steel Make: Ballista, Archery Battalion!" Before Tristan appeared multiple ballistae, all holding a large amount of steel arrows on them. On command, the ballistae unleashed the arrows into the air, raining down a large amount towards Erza.
"Kanso!" Erza exclaimed as the light once again bathed her body. She now appeared in her Adamantine armor, and used the highly defensive to shield herself from the arrows successfully. She separated her arms after the attack was finished and looked towards Tristan with a smirk. "Well, Tristan? Do you think you have anything that can break this armor?"
"The infamous Adamantine armor…" Tristan said to himself as he gazed at the armor around the vermillion knight. "I didn't want to have to use this…but congratulations, Erza-san…you are the first person who has brought me to this…" Tristan clapped his hands together, teleporting a sword from his secret armory into the sky. It was a finely crafted blade at that. "This is Excalibur. Do you think you can withstand its power?"
"Don't hold back on me…" Was Erza's reply.
"Very well…" Tristan clapped his hands together once again, sending the black rocketing down towards the defending Erza. When the blade struck the armor, an explosion of raw magical energy erupted, covering about half of Clover Town in the process.
"ERZA!" Lucy's eyes widened from the deafening explosion.
When the smoke from the explosion cleared, Erza was on her back, her armor shattered and her body heavily injured almost critical condition. Her breathing was light, and it didn't look like she would be getting up any time soon. "…"
"…I warned her…" Tristan said while shaking his head with a sigh, wincing from his injuries. He then began to walk over towards her, but stopped when he noticed her body moving slightly…she was twitching. "What…?"
"No way…" Trinity's eyes narrowed as his eyes locked on Erza. "She shouldn't be able to move after something like that…"
Erza's body wrapped itself in another yellow light. When it faded, her hair was back in a ponytail, cloth over her chest, and only pants as her clothing. She also held a singular sword in her hand as she brought herself up. "I'm not…Finished yet…"
"She's up…!" Gray exclaimed, somewhat surprised but not at the same time.
"She's on her last leg…" Reve stated aloud to set nervousness into Fairy Tail. They already knew it, but Reve's statement added a sort of tension that wasn't quite necessary but was at the same time.
"This is when Erza is at her best…" Cynthia said with a nod. "She won't lose…"
"Oh…looks like things are about to get interesting…" Knightwalker's attention on the battle skyrocketed immediately.
"Yo, sis! This is about to get intense…!" Jack shouted, desperately grabbing at Tia's attention.
"I've been watching…" Tia replied, her tone making it sound like she wasn't interested, but she damn sure was. "Is the scarlet flower of Fairy Tail going to bloom…or will it wilt…?"
"You still have some fight left in you…?" Tristan raised a brow, but he was quite impressed nonetheless. "Very well…I'm afraid I have to end it here, Titania…I hope we can have a rematch in the future…" Tristan's fist met with his palm once again. "Steel Make: Ballista!" Once again, a steel ballista appeared before Tristan, carrying with it 4 enlarged steel arrows, all he figured he needed. "Fire!" The four arrows were fired off about 10 seconds after each other, now racing towards Titania.
"Here we go…!" Natsu said while clutching the railing rather tightly.
"Be careful Tristan…" Hikaru mumbled under her breath. She knew Erza was a powerful opponent, but even she wasn't sure what Erza could pull off at this moment.
Erza pushed herself forward, her grip on the sword tight. At the first arrow, she swung her sword diagonally cleaving through the first arrow. She had little time for the second one, so she shifted her body to the right, wincing as the large arrow grazed her side, drawing a large amount of blood. The third arrow she sliced right through, but the fourth was what got it, impacting her shoulder, drawing forth a large gash. She let out a yelp of pain and lost momentum as she began to stumble forward, Tristan just waited for her to fall. "Not yet…" Erza thought to herself as she straightened her body now, keeping a firm grip on her blade despite her condition.
"No way…" Tristan just stood in shock as Erza made it through his assault despite her condition, she truly was amazing.
"The battle ends now…!" Erza shouted at the top of her lungs, raising her blade and slashing Tristan across the chest in a diagonal manner, sliding behind him after in a crouched position after. Both remained still for what seemed like minutes, no one dared to make a move, not even the wind. Silence filled the air until….Erza fell face first on the ground, unconscious.
"Erza…!" Fairy Tail shouted in unison.
(My, my…that was incredible close…) Ola said while letting out a heavy sigh.
"I enjoyed being your opponent…" Tristan said while looking over his shoulder. He smiled because he had an excellent fight, and wouldn't have been upset at the outcome. He took a step forward, but his eyes widened as soon as it happened. Erza's slash was a delayed one, and a critical one. Tristan collapsed on the ground unconscious himself.
"W-Whoa!? What happened?!" Leon frantically looked towards Ola and Trinity after Tristan collapsed.
"A delayed attack…" Trinity replied while nodding. "Her timing was off…but that was a brilliant idea…"
"She still lost…" Reve pointed out.
"That's more like a draw." Jaxon said smartly. Reve just grumbled at this.
"But judging by that wound, it looks like Tristan won't be able to continue either…" Hikaru replied to Reve.
(Retrieve them…tomorrow we will start what I hope will end the tournament…we need to treat the wounded tonight.) With a nod, Ola stood up.
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"I haven't seen Scarlet fight so hard in such a long time…I honestly thought she was going to win that…" Knightwalker said while sighing somewhat.
"It was most impressive, even I have to admit…With willpower like that, I'm worried she'll tarnish my beautifully crafted script…" Hyde said while tapping his cane to his head in deep thought.
"Don't worry about her…just let me take care of it when the time comes…" Knightwalker replied in a reassuring, yet dark tone of voice, a smirk appearing on her lips as always, the thought of rematching Scarlet excited her.
"WOW…" The hooded male was clearly amazed at Erza's performance. "She is powerful!"
"I told you the battle was going to be good…and I told you she was impressive…" The female replied with a slight grin. "She never fails to disappoint when it comes to fighting."
"You were right," The male replied with a shrug.
"Man, oh man…" Jack blinked at the end result of the battle. "Didn't think she was that tenacious…"
"I'm surprised as well…" Tia shook her head slowly to get over her shock. "No matter…we have a strong amount of data on everyone by this point…let's see who ends up winning, ne?"
"Sounds good to me…" Jack kicked back and looked into the sky. "I can tell tomorrow's gonna be good…."