Chapter 20

The Guy

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Magic"

Flashback

Location / Date / Time Change

With Lucy and Juvia

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted as she and Juvia entered a room filled with tunnels.

"Salamander!" Juvia cried out.

"I don't get it, he's got ears like a dog." Lucy mumbled. "He should be able to hear us."

"Intresting, and Laki said he has keen nose. Just like Gajee." Juvia said back.

"So, you're on a nickname level with him, huh?" The blonde asked.

"I don't know why I'm stuck with this blonde bimbo." Juvia said.

"Hey, I don't wanna work with you either." Lucy said back.

"Oh, my darling prince. Please don't be seduced by that glasses wearing hussy." Juvia mumbled.

"You don't have to worry about that." Lucy said. "Laki likes someone else."

"Who?" Juvia asked.

"Well, this is just a hunch, but she seems to have a crush on-" Lucy was cut off by a loud revving noise. "So loud!"

"What is that?" Juvia asked. A light shined down from the tunnel in front of them before a motorcycle drove down it, making them jump out of the way as it skidded along the ground.

"Hello, ladies!" The faceless rider shouted as he shut off his bike and got off. "Live from the Tower of Heaven, it's Lucy Heartfilia and Juvia Lockser versus the one, the only, The Guy!"

"That's your name?" Juvia asked.

"So what?" The hooded man asked.

"Water Lock." Juvia cast her spell and trapped the man in an orb of water. "His bark is probably worse than his bite."

"Uh, Juvia..." Lucy pointed ahead as the man lit himself on fire, boiling the water into steam.

"He must be one of the knigths Jellal talked about." Juvia mumbled as the last of the water faded.

"Geez, that was rude." The Guy said as he landed. "We haven't even gotten to the opening act yet." He drew two pistols from his belt and pointed them at their feet. "The dancing bitches!" He fired his pistols and the girls stated hopping around.

"Are you mad!?" Lucy asked, only to have the fabric on her sides blasted apart. "I'll take that as a yes!"

"I don't understand." Juvia mumbled. "The bullets before couldn't hurt me, so why are these?"

"Those were mere slingshots compared to these baby's." The Guy laughed as he kept firing.

"Water Jigsaw!" Juvia launched forward as a bullet of water slicers, cutting any shots that got in her way.

"You like the rough stuff, huh?" The Guy holstered his guns and waited as Juvia drew closer. "Immortalized!" His body changed and turned into a stone image of his face that took the brunt force of attack. Both spells ended as the casters slid back from each other.

"I'm impressed, not many can withstand that spell." Juvia said.

"I'm just getting started." The stone returned to normal as the man raised his foot. "Torn!" He slammed it down and the whole tower started to shake, causing the girls to lose their balance.

Throne Room

"Maybe I should have screened all these assassins better." Jellal mumbled, sitting in his chair as the tower shook. "I specifically told them not to destroy the tower in their fights."

With The Guy

"Are you insane!?" Lucy shouted.

"Probably." He said as the tower stopped shaking. "Jury's still out on that." He grabbed the chains and held them taunt in his hands. "But you'll have plenty of time to decide that for yourselves!" He swung the chains above his head in a circle and they started to glow before he sent towards the girls.

"Water Dome!" Juvia created a half circle of water that blocked the chains. "This should buy us some time to think."

The Guy just smirked as his cloak started blowing and the chains dropped to the ground. "Eye of the Storm, Reverse!" He held his hands out and tornados shot of his palm, blasting the water. The winds then started to blow in reverse, sucking up the water until the whole dome was gone.

"How did he do that?" Juvia asked.

"Magic, and wait till I get going!" He said back. "Serpentine!" The chains hanging off him started moving and wrapped around the girls heels and lifted them up, before slamming them on the ground again and again before dropping them.

"Uh... Open, Gate of the Golden Bull - Taurus!" Lucy mumbled as she summoned her spirit.

"How dare you hurt miss Lucy's sexy body!" Taurus shouted as he charged forward.

"Wow. And people call me a freak?" The Guy asked. "The Light!" His body erupted into a bright that blinded the spirit. "Ten Thousand Fists!" He pulled his fists back and unleashed a barrage of punches at blinding speed before pulling back his fist an delivering a final punch, sending the bull crashing into the wall.

"Taurus!" Lucy cried out as the spirit faded away.

"That wasn't even a challenge!" The Guy laughed.

"Sierra!" Juvia turned her body into water and flew toward the opponent.

"Inside the Fire!" He lit his body on fire and charged forward. The two elements clashed until he pushed forward and sent Juvia into two puddles on either side of him.

"Juvia!" Lucy shouted concerned as the puddles combined back into the girl.

"That was my most powerful attack, and it did nothing." Juvia stood flabbergasted.

"The Night!" The room was cloaked in a darkness, save for The Guys glowing red eyes. "I love these midnight strolls!" He shouted as he kicked Lucy into Juvia.

"Open, Gate of the Maiden - Virgo!" Lucy summoned the maid spirit.

"Well, hello beautiful!" The Guy said, looking up and down the spirit. "Looks like I'm gonna have to get that key as a souvenir."

"Get him!" Lucy shouted.

"Yes, Princess." The spirit sank into the ground as the man pulled out his guns.

"So, it's a game of catch, is it?" He chuckled. "Fine with me!" He pointed his guns at the ground and fired, forcing the spirit to move out of the way. "I can see everything, I'm the one who cast the spell."

"Very well then." Virgo jumped out of the ground and swung her chains at the criminal.

"Serpentine!" His own chains started moving and matched her movements. "The Light!" He blinded the girls again and rushed behind the spirit. "Why did you make me do this to you?" He joked, pointing his guns at her back.

"Princess, I wish to leave." Virgo said before fading away.

"That might have been our best shot." Lucy said in fear as the light died down.

"If that was your best, your seriously screwed." The Guy chuckled before pulling his glove off. "The Vengeful One!" The hand was pure shadows that launched forward and took the form of a shadowy Taurus, complete with a black axe. "Get them!" He shouted putting his glove back on. The shadow clone nodded and charged, slamming its axe into the ground.

"This is ridiculous!" Lucy shouted as she dodged as swing.

"Water Slicer!" Juvia summoned a dozen water blades that bounced off the axe. "Maybe we should focus on him! Water Cane!" Her hands turned into whips of water that she swung towards The Guy.

"Oh, target practice." He chucked as he shot the whips that came at him. He holstered one and unleashed the entire clip of the other at Juvia's body, making her cry out in pain. "Haven't you two bimbos realized it yet? There's nothing you can do to beat me! That hundred thousand jewel per head is as good as mine!"

"There has to be a way to beat him." Juvia said, clutching her arm. "Do you have any ideas?"

"I have a crazy idea." Lucy said, landing after avoiding a shadow Taurus swing. "But it's risky."

"At this point, I'm willing to try anything." Juvia replied. She suddenly felt something pierce her back. She to see Lucy shoving a key into her water body. "Just what do you think you're-"

"Open, Gate of the Water Bearer - Aquarius!" The blonde chanted as she turned the key, making the mermaid burst out of the bluenette with an angry scowl.

"Hubba, Hubba!" The Guy whistled. "Another babe! Looks like that's two keys I'm gonna have to keep as souvenirs from this job!"

"Did he just talk about me like I was a piece of meat!?" The mermaid growled out.

"Oh, boy, that was a mistake..." Lucy mumbled as Juvia reformed next to her.

"Maybe this will cool you off!" The mermaid swung her urn and summoned a massive tidal wave that easily took out the shadow spirit.

"Aw, screw this!" He ran and jumped on his bike and kicked the start, only to look up as the wave was above him. The bike started and he peeled in a circle just as the wave crashed. He launched the bike up and began driving it up the wall and going around the room, climbing up as the water level rose after him. "Alright, eat this!" He pulled out one of his pistols and shot the water, which proved to be ineffective.

"I need to get higher. Eye of the Storm!" A tornado shot out the back of his bike and increased his speed sending him higher up.

"Oh, no you don't!" Lucy pulled out her whip and it wrapped around The Guys neck. She pulled and yanked him off the bike, sending him into the water and his bike out of the room.

"Hey, water girl!" The spirit shouted before holding out her hand. On instinct, the rain woman held out hers and Aquarius picked Juvia out of the water and shoved her into the urn.

"What the heck is this?" He asked as the spirit pointed her urn at him

"Take this!" Both shouted as a Juvia was sent screaming out of urn like a watery bullet. She crashed into the assassin and sent him flying into the wall, knocking him out. The water soon drained out of the room through the holes, leaving the Lucy tired and panting and Juvia rubbing her head.

"Hey, BLONDE!" Aquarius shouted, scaring the girls. "That was a pretty stupid move, summoning me out another person. You try anything like that again, I'll kill you myself. Got it?"

"Yes ma'am." Lucy nodded.

"She's really scary." Juvia whispered.

The spirit hovered over to the assassin and just glared at him. "Filthy pig person." She spat on his chest before turning to Lucy. "After his disgusting comments, I need a two week vacation with my boyfriend. So if you even think about summoning me, your dead!"

"Understood." Lucy nodded.

"You'll understand when you get a boyfriend." Aquarius said as she started to fade away. "Then again, that four eyes has a better chance than you."

"Her name is Laki!" Lucy shouted as the spirit completely faded.

"I'm sure you'll find a prince for yourself." Juvia comforted the blonde.

Lucy sighed as she looked at the hidden face of The Guy. "Still, we just took out an assassin." She fell over and landed back first into a puddle of water. "I think we've earned some rest..."

"Maybe you're right..." Juvia nodded before coping the blonde.

Throne Room

Jellal flicked the motorcycle over as he glared at it in disappointment. "A Unison Raid... I never thought I'd see one myself. Some priests spend their whole lives training to achieve it but they never do. Even if it was dumb luck, it was still impressive. Well, that's a lesson learned. I won't underestimate Erza's allies again."

Era

"Regarding whether or not to attack the Tower of Heaven, the final vote stands at four in favor and five against." Org spoke. "Therefore, we've decided against the use of the Etherion cannon at this time."

"Do none of you understand the situation we're in right now!?" Siegrain shouted. "This kind of threat must be meet with equal force!"

"Enough, Siegrain." Org said. "The decision has been made we believe it is possible to reach a peaceful solution."

"You're wrong!" The tattooed man shouted. "While we're here talking amongst ourselves, Jellal is coming closer and closer to resurrecting the dead! Are you telling me none of you have felt it? The dark energy gathering around the country. It's all because of who he wants to resurrect!"

"Stop beating around the bush and get to the point!" Michello said.

"He wants to resurrect Zeref!" Siegrain said, scaring all but Ultear.

"And you're absolutely sure about this?" Org asked.

"Unfortunately, yes." Siegrain nodded. "That is the bond we share as twins. I motion for another vote."

Hopefully you all liked the personality I gave to The Guy. If not, I'm sorry, it was the best I could do. Hopefully you still liked the fight. See you next chapter.

Digemsmack is m.i.a., so this chapter was beta read by Natsu is awesome.