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"...uchi...Kat...i...Katsuchi...Katsuchi...Katsuchi!" Katsuchi's eyes snapped open to find Tetsu staring down at him, a smirk on his face. "About time sleepy beauty, I was almost worried."
"Fuck off." Katsuchi hissed, placing his arm over his eyes to shield them from the sun. "I'm not in the mood."
"Why? Cause two girls beat us?"
"No, cause two lower class slayers beat us." Katsuchi replied. "Not every girl is like Maya and Azzie, remember."
"Yeah yeah yeah. Well, now what?" Katsuchi sat up, albeit painfully, and looked around. The scorched crater in which they were was quite an eyesore. That, and the black pillar of magic was still moving, seemingly in their direction.
"We have to move out of here, that's what." Katsuchi told his partner. "Taisho is coming this way. If he finds us here, we're dead meat."
"True. Alright, let's go." They got up and limped towards the edge of the crater, climbing up and out. Katsuchi stared down at the unconscious Dragon Slayers and frowned. he didn't have the strength to lift either of them, nor was he risking his own ass for them. he turned to find Tetsu doing the same as him, but he looked deeper in thought.
"Let's go." Katsuchi said, limping towards the tree line. He paused when he didn't hear a second set of stepped behind him. he turned to find Tetsu still staring. "Tetsu?" Katsuchi called, watching the God Slayer clench his fists.
"Are we any better than Taisho?" he asked angrily, turning to face his friend. "Are we really so heartless that, after all of that, we're going to leave them here?"
"We don't have a choice." Katsuchi replied, the guilt weighing him down as well. "We have to make sure we can get back to the guild hall. That way, Taisho won't kill us." Tetsu glared at him for a moment longer than was necessary, which made him fidgety. "Come on, man! We'll die if..."
"We don't have to do this." Tetsu said, looking back at the girls. "Listen to Kronos anymore, I mean."
"What the actual fuck did you just say?" Katsuchi demanded, turning to limp back to Tetsu. "Not listen? Are you out of your fucking mind? What'll we do? Where's our way out?" Tetsu imply pointed at Nashi and Elise, so Katsuchi stared back.
"Their our way out." Tetsu replied. "We've been waiting for a way out since we were little Kat, and now we have one." Katsuchi knew this to be true, he and Tetsu weren't corrupted like the others. Azzie was exempted from that, Katsuchi knew she was a good person.
"There'll be no turning back."
"I know."
"If we save them and take them with us, we'll be hunted by Devil Advocate for as long as we live."
"I know."
"...We're putting their lives on the line by doing this."Katsuchi was grasping at straws for Tetsu to rethink this, but he watched his friend pick up the Iron Dragon Slayer and look over at him, steely eyes full of determination. Sighing in defeat, Katsuchi bent down and picked up Nashi, and found she weighed less than he had previously given her credit for. "Well oh wise one, what now?" Katsuchi slung Nashi over his shoulder and Tetsu began walking off in the direction of black smoke.
"The airship you smoked." he said, turning to wait for Katsuchi to catch up. "I'm more than willing to bet survivors are headed there."
"Makes sense." Katsuchi reasoned as they disappeared into the brush. "One problem though."
"Yeah, what?"
"What makes you think that they'll see two of their friends getting carried in by guys branded with the devils mark and think 'Oh, this isn't a trap or anything'."
"...We'll make shit up as we go along." Katsuchi sweat dropped at Tetsu's response, sighing in defeat once more.
"This is going to go so south so fast..."
Simon rolled out of the way of another burst and brought his sword up to block another, Icas bearing down on him without any haste. Simon was not only low on magic, but strength in general. Icas kept drawing it from somewhere, though. Kicking him in the stomach, Simon managed to stand and throw himself at the hell wizard, who did his best to get him off of him.
"Fuck sake, Scarlet. Just die!"
"You first!" Simon shouted in reply, losing a fight of who was in control of the fight. Icas raising a hand to bring a fist down gave Simon the time he needed to slither out of his grasp, bringing the hilt of his blade down on Icas' back. Blasting into the air in order to create some breathing room, Simon watched the black blur rush to meet him, and slashed his sword in it's direction. Icas did exactly as Simon predicted, which was slow down to dodge to the right. This gave Simon the opening he needed to blast Icas directly in the face with light, which sent the dark blue haired wizard in a spiral to the ground. Simon watched the impact and charged down to see the damage, landing on top of Icas to prevent the man from escaping.
"Get off of me..." Icas hissed, air obviously knocked out of him.
"Tell me what your goal was by attacking us." Simon replied angrily.
"Ha!" Icas laughed, "You think that even if I had an inkling of a clue as to whatever the hell Master Kronos' real plan was, I'd tell you?!" Icas entered another hysterical laughing fit, one that tested Simon's patience. "You're such a joker, Scarlet. I'm really unsure as to how stupid you think I am but..." Simon felt Icas' knee connect with his thigh, and Icas reversed their roles, pinning Simon to the ground. "I'm not keen on you having control of the situation at hand, you know?"
"Fuck..." Simon mustered whatever strength he had left in order to free himself from the grasp of his enemy, but Icas had a firm hold on him. Said opponent laughed evilly.
"I've thoroughly enjoyed our time together, Scarlet. Maybe if you weren't such a disappointment, this would've gone differently." Hell magic leaked from Icas hands and wrapped around Simon's arms, trailing down his arms towards the rest of his body. "But it is as I said, Heaven cannot beat Hell." Icas let go of Simon, but he black magic did not. It continued to trail down Simon's form, making him freezing cold wherever it touched.
"What the..." Simon hissed, staring down at the markings. "What the hell is this?"
"A little spell I cooked up, called the Doors of Death." Icas smirked. "The magic will envelope your entire body, leaving you immobile for a few seconds. Than, it'll kill you. Slowly, painfully, and before long, hell will envelope your soul." Icas turned and began to walk away, stretching.
"Icas..."
"Hmmm, maybe I'll go and assist Taisho, that'd be best..."
"Icas..."
"Yeah, I'll go do that."
"Icas...!" Simon managed to fight through the numbness that the magic gave him, throwing himself at Icas. He never made it, as the magic finally closed over his eyes, and everything went black.
When Simon managed to open his eyes, he was in a dark place. Where am I? He turned his head slowly to look around, but saw nothing but emptiness. Is this what hell looks like? Don't know why Icas likes it so much.
"Hello?" Simon called, his own voice sounding distorted and weak. "Anyone? Please, I need help..."
So you're giving up, is that it?" Simon felt his eyes go wide and his head jerked up, meeting the eyes of them man who now stood in front of him. He was a tall man, with some weird metal apparatus on his face. An eye patch covered his left eye. "I would've thought Erza taught you better than that."
"W-who...?" Simon croaked. The other man smiled.
"You don't recognize me?" He asked, spreading his arms. "I am your namesake, you'd think you'd remember." Namesake? Wait, didn't that mean that...
"S-Simon?" Simon asked, and the other man smiled.
"So you do know. Good, because we don't have long. Before long, hell will take hold of your soul, which will make this irreversible."
"...?"
" I can't go into detail about how or why we are speaking, but all I know is that you have to stand up, Simon."
"I-I can't, Icas beat me..."
"A Scarlet would never say that. stand the hell up."
"I can't..." Simon could sense the other mans irritation, but there was nothing he could do.
"Simon, just who the hell do you think you are?" he hissed, glaring at Simon. "You are the son of Erza Scarlet and Jellal Fernandez. Giving up is not a term that should be in your vocabulary."
"But I'm going to die...I can't..."
"What about your friends? Your family? They need your help Simon, you need to break free of here."
"Friends...?" That's right, his friends. Nashi, Elise, Drake, Ultear, Damien. They needed him, what would they do if he died here?
"They need you, Simon. Icas hasn't one, you just need to stand I fought until my last breath, are you going o dishonor that?"
"No..."
"What did you say?!"
"No...!"
"I can't hear you!"
"NO!" A bright, holy light enveloped the area, and Simon's whole body warmed up. "Just wait guys, I still have to finish up here..."
Damien wasn't sure how worried to be at the multiple explosions that sounded in the distance, but he worried all the same.
"See anything?" Azzie called from where the wounded sat, and Damien frowned.
"No, nothing..." he replied, stalking back to her side and surveying the wounded. he hated sitting around and doing nothing while his friends were out there doing everything, it just didn't sit well with him.
"I'm sure your friends will be alright." Azzie tried, gripping her hands together tightly.
"Yeah, whatever." Damien grumbled. He was about to say more when the bushes made a strange noise. Damien was about to attack it when two people stumbled out of the brush, one blonde, the other with raven hair. Azzie choked.
"K-Katsuchi-sama?" She asked weakly, "T-Tetsu-sama?"
"Azzie?" They both asked, and all eyes fell on Damien, who felt rather out of place. "What are you doing here?" The blonde asked.
"I-I-I, uh..." Azzie stuttered, unsure of what to say. "What are you guys doing here?" it was when they both shuffled to reveal more unconscious people Damien knew.
"Ah, for the love of..." Damien ordered them to place Nashi and Elise down next to Drake, and he watched them both warily before looking at Azzie. "Can I trust these two?"
"If you trust me." She replied, which made Damien grumble incoherently.
"Alright, well, now only Simon is missing..." Damien sentence was left unfinished as another pillar of magic exploded in the distance, this time of bright heavenly light. Damien chuckled. "And he's no longer missing, apparently."
"That's your friend?" The black haired one asked, and chuckled when Damien nodded." Icas is so fucked."
Icas had a terrible feeling he'd fucked up, and he wasn't entirely sure why. Simon was behind him, dying in his spell, yet he felt uneasy.
"Ah, cause he ain't dead yet..." Icas excused, growling at the feeling. "Scarlet will die soon enough, I just need to wait..."
There was no waiting.
In fact, it was quite the opposite.
Icas had begun to walk away, when a ray of light shot out in font of him. Icas was about to turn and commend Simon for the shot when he realized that it was no lucky shot. Simon was freeing himself.
"Shit!" Icas shouted as his hell magic exploded, blinding him as heavenly light flooded the area. He couldn't even open his eyes, the light burned holes in his very soul. He felt a pair of hands grasp his shirt, and he opened them to find Scarlet. or, at least Icas though it was. Surely it was the wounded body of the fairy, but the eyes were not the ones Icas remembered. Heavenly light literally leaked from Simon's form, who growled.
"You want death, Icas?" he hissed, a voice not totally his own. "I'll give you a spectacular one." Icas was about to retort when Simon shot upwards at the speed of sound, right into the sky. Icas couldn't do anything, the light had paralyzed him with fear. Once they reached what Icas assumed was their destination, they stopped.
"W-what..." Icas managed, staring out around the entire valley.
"Heaven cannot beat Hell, huh?" Simon asked, pulling Icas in. "Let's see how you feel about that as you plummet to the ground, and the right trough to hell!" Simon raised Icas above his head and threw him downwards, heavenly light turning him into a literal meteor. Icas looked up to find Simon drawing seven circles in the air.
"Shit..."
"Be judged by the seven stars Above! Grand Chariot!" The rays of light raced down to connect with Icas, only pushing him down faster. He was going at least mach speed, and showed no signs of slowing. Icas smirked, before he laughed hysterically.
"Heaven..." he whispered, the ground coming to meet him. "Has beaten Hell..."
Kronos growled and threw Icas' figure into the wall, shattering it instantly. he chuckled.
"What's a game without a few twists and turns, am I right?" he asked no one, watching Taisho move towards the airship. "The other fuckheads did their job, now Taisho can clean up the rest. Even if they do manage to get through him, they'll never defeat...what?!" Kronos stared at a dark red dot that had entered the map from the east, one that should have been accounted for at the airship.
"W-what's the matter, sir?" An underling asked.
"Why...why?...Why?!" Kronos slammed his fist into the wall angrily, destroying it. "Why the fuck wasn't he on the airship?!"
"What do you-you mean sir?" Kronos stared down at the dot as it moved in slowly, and he chuckled weakly, sitting back down in his chair.
"Twists and turns in the game alright." he laughed, moving the figure from the airship to it's dot. "And this is certainly a twist...hahahaha..."
"S-sir...?"
"So, you've finally made your move..."
"Cobra the Poison Dragon."
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