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Above everything else, Nashi was astounded that the fight was going Erik's way. He was always, as expected, one step ahead of Kronos, always dodging every attack the master threw out, no matter what it was. Nashi knew it was because of the sound magic he'd taught his son, but it was still impressive to watch. Both flew away from each other, and Kronos laughed.
"I expected no less from you." he said, wiping the blood from his lip. "A Dragon Slayer from the first three generations cannot disappoint." Erik crossed his arms.
"I expected no less either." Erik replied. "So I suppose I should commend those kids for lasting as long as they did, but..." Erik went silent, his arms falling to his sides.
"What?" Kronos asked. "What's the matter with you?"
"I heard a lot of shit coming over here." Erik replied, hair obscuring his viper-like eyes. "Fear, death, pain, all from those kids..." Erik's fists clenched as he continued, "And that... I'll never forgive...Ever!" Attacking Kronos again, Erik threw out attack after attack, but Kronos was smart enough to dispel the poisonous hits beforehand, making it a fistfight if anything. Erik still had the upper hand however. Nashi could tell, even if Kronos himself denied it, their initial assault had tired him slightly, making the fight easier on Erik. The Master's moves were move sluggish than before. The two flew apart again, and Erik launched scales at Kronos, who made a point to dodge most, if not all, of the hits. Erik took the chance to run and jump at Kronos from above, who jumped backwards out of the way as the attack broke the tiled floor.
"You're attacking is incredibly sporadic." Kronos said as he sailed through the air. Erik chuckled from inside the dirt he threw up.
"Oh yeah?" he asked. "Then why is it your perfectly vulnerable right now?" Kronos realized too late his jump backwards left him open for attack, and Erik took his chance. "Poison Dragon Roar!" the red spiral connected with Kronos, who flew back into the wall and collapsed under the debris. It took a moment before the man reappeared from the smoke, bags under his eyes.
"What is this feeling?" Kronos asked as he almost fell trying to stand." I feel sick."
"That would be my poison." Erik replied, smirking at the other man. "It'll slowly kill you from the inside out, so good luck."
"Ah, I see." Kronos raised a hand to his chest, and a white light animated from it. Soon enough, it was apparent that the poison was retreating. "Good thing The poison is magic, as I've now dispelled it."
"Of course you did, but now you'll try an avoid getting hit by me even more." Nashi saw the logic in the argument as the two men met in the center of the room once more, trading hits like lightning striking. She could barely see their fists flying before they made contact with each others face or stomach, but neither man showed any sign of faltering whatsoever.
"This is insane..." Nashi heard from her side, where Katsuchi seemed to be awake again. "How is he on par with Kronos?"
"Because he's my dad." There was a sense of pride in Drake's voice, and Nashi could see the wide smile on her best friends face. "That's why."
"Of course." Katsuchi replied sarcastically. "Why didn't I see it sooner?"
"It's still no use." Tetsu said from somewhere behind Nashi. "Kronos hasn't even begun to try."
"I hate to agree with such negativity." Azzie spoke up from the right, "But Tetsu-sama is right. Kronos-sama hasn't tried his hardest yet."
"I don't think Erik has either." Ultear said quietly, as both men had their fists connect with each others faces, sending them stumbling back. Both were panting and bruised in various areas, but neither showed any inkling of defeat. Kronos had the courage to laugh.
"It's been many years since someone was able to stand up to me like this" he told Erik, who didn't reply right away. "Although I dislike that you aren't going all out."
"If I did I'd kill the kids I'm trying to protect." He replied, rubbing his arm. "Then again, if it'll make this a little more interesting..." Nashi watched as Erik shrugged off the blue cloak of his guild, revealing his bare upper body. It was only a moment before Nashi saw what was happening, his arms where slowly turning a dark red. Scales protruded from his arms, and his hands turned into claws, similar to that of what he was taught to slay.
"Hm, and what do we call this?" Kronos asked, clearing uninterested.
"Call it whatever you want." Erik said in a monotone. "It won't matter once I kill you."
"My my, do I detect a bit of anger?"
"Fuck off." Erik roared at Kronos, who shot a beam of black fire back, causing a huge explosion. When Nashi could see the fight again clearly, both men were once again locked in combat, any sort of distraction would cause death at this point. Getting kneed in the stomach, Kronos stumbled back and raised his hand, a white seal forming there.
"Arc of Time: Acceleration!" Erik stopped as the air around him began to light up, and he gasped.
"The ether-nano is..."
BOOM!
Nashi shielded her eyes as debris shot past her, the area around Erik had exploded like Erza did when her cake as ruined. Kronos crossed his arms and chuckled.
"I accelerated the ether-nano's life cycle to a point where it was used in an attack, and it exploded." Kronos explained, and everyone watched the smokescreen for any sign of life from within. "The explosion was one of a toned down Etherion strike. There's no way you survived." Kronos then turned his attention back to the nine teenagers sprawled around the room, which made Nashi's blood run cold. "Now then, how should I deal with these kids?" Kronos began to approach them, not paying the least bit attention to the area he'd exploded.
"Don't you dare..." Kronos stopped dead as the voice resounded from the smokescreen. "Don't you dare turn your back on me!" Erik sprinted out of the smoke and delivered a poison coated fist to the back of Kronos' head, sending the master of Devil Advocate through the wall. He was bloody, bruised, panting, and his pants where ripped, but he still stood.
"Dad.." Drake said weakly as Erik straightened out.
"The fuck are you guys still doing here?" He asked, his voice calmer then a moment ago. "You should've left him to me."
"How did you get here?" Simon asked, propping himself up against the wall. "My Dad said you were going to another target."
"I was." Erik said, rubbing his scaled arms. "But Jellal contacted me and said we had a new target. One called Devil Advocate." Nashi could see where the story was headed. "Next thing I know I get here, and all I hear is fighting and Damien taking over into Xisplate." Damien choked.
"You heard that?" he asked weakly, which caused Erik to laugh.
"Damn right." he replied. "I hear a whole lot more than Drake, so I heard everything about that fight. What was it you told him? Something about his soul being forfeit or something?" Damien didn't reply, so Erik shrugged before turning his attention to Drake, who was still staring at him. "The fuck are you looking at kid?" He demanded, irritation apparent in his voice.
"I haven't seen you in eight years!" Drake shouted, standing up way quicker than Nashi thought possible to get in his father's face. "And the first thing you say when you see my is to shut my fucking trap?!"
"You're a lot more temperamental than I thought you'd be." Erik said casually. "Are hormones effecting you this bad boy?"
"Hormones?" Drake asked weakly. "That's what you jump to?"
"Well, I'm not an idiot." Erik replied, smirking at his son. "I was your age once, remember?" Drake paled at his fathers words, ones that Nashi had already heard from her own. "You know as well as I do how many times you're almost caught staring."
"Dad!" Drake shouted defensively. "You're the worst!"
"Yeah, your mom says I'm a shitty dad too." he replied, as if it was nothing to him. "I wasn't built to be a parent."
"Clearly." Drake growled, crossing his arms. Erik watched his son for a moment before his eyes trailed down to Nashi, making her smile weakly at him.
"Hey Nashi." he greeted, getting his son's attention. "How are you?"
"I've been better." Nashi said.
"Hm." Erik cast a glance at Drake, and smiled at Nashi. "Say, is Drake this bad normally? Just curious." Drake gave his father a furious look, making Nashi giggle.
"Yeah, usually." She answered, making Drake stare at her accusingly. "He's got a temper."
"Heh heh, I can see that." Erik closed his eye and crossed his arms. "Especially in front of you."
"Are you still on that?" Drake asked. "I told you already, I don't like her like that."
"You told me that eight years ago." Erik replied matter of factly to his son, who faltered. "And even I can tell she's a totally different person from then, and I don't just mean in terms of her proportions." Nashi felt like the father and son had forgotten the girl they were talking about, aka her, was right in front of them.
"I don't have to listen to you." Drake hissed, turning away from his father. "Natsu is more my father than you are."
"Oh, so old flame ass came back?" Erik asked. "That's good, I'm glad you found a way to insult me. Really, because that was weak. Like, really weak. it was so weak I'm more than certain I could pull a better insult out of my ass."
"Go ahead." Erik seemed about to reply when a blast of black magic aught him off guard, throwing him away from Nashi and the others, rolling to a stop. The blast had knocked Drake off balance, and he fell backwards. Nashi looked to the source to find Kronos standing in the hole he'd made when he sailed through it, growling.
"Did you really think such a pathetic attack finished me off?!" He roared angrily, dropping from the hole and approaching Erik, who was on all fours coughing up blood. "You talk of underestimation, yet you clearly did so to me! Get up Poison Dragon, we're not finished!" Erik couldn't reply, it was clearly taking everything he had to remain on all fours, possibly even conscious.
"Come on, get up..." Elise hissed, but Erik didn't obey." Kronos rolled his eyes.
"So, that's it then?" he asked. "You've reached your psychical limit, Poison Dragon. Anymore abuse and you'll die. Exactly what I want." Kronos drew a familiar magic circle, and the nine way Unison Raid from before gathered in the center, preparing to fire. "Any last words, Erik the Poison Dragon?"
"Yeah, a few." Erik said, looking up with a defiant smirk on his face. "Firstly, fuck you. Secondly, fuck your family. Thirdly, fuck yourself." Kronos sighed as Erik chuckled, then coughed more.
"Anything else?" Kronos asked as the attack finished charging.
"Hm, yeah." Erik looked over at Drake." I got an insult for you boy. Your a shitty son, rather disappointing, truthfully." The attack fired, and Drake panicked.
"Stand up, you asshole!" he shouted. "You can't say all that shit and die!" Erik laughed and struggled to be on one knee as the attack soared towards him.
"Even though..." Poison enveloped Erik's entire body, an at least ten feet around him. "Even though I've never been more irritated by someone, ever..." Erik looked up, a venomous smile on his face. "You're all we got left."
BOOM!
Once the area had cleared a bit, Erik was gone, nothing but a scorch mark where the man had been standing. Nashi felt fear coming over. Erik was gone, their last hope down the tubes. Kronos kicked a bit of debris in front of him, sending it over to the scorch mark.
"Well, that was troublesome." he mumbled, turning to face them. "Now for...what the...?" Nashi followed Kronos' gaze, where Drake was standing up despite his injuries. Nashi's best friend growled.
"Even though your a shitty father..." Nashi watched as Drake's coat sleeves ripped, revealing bulging muscles and dark purple scales lining them. said scales had begun to line his face as well. "And you showed up just to sacrifice yourself..." Drake's eyes snapped open, and Nashi had never seen such rage. "I won't let your stupid fucking sacrifice be in vain!" Kronos rolled his eyes.
"Whatever." The man said. "You've become troublesome, far more than I like." Drake charged at unforeseen speed to attack Kronos, and they began to fight.
"Nashi." Nashi turned her head to find Katsuchi looking at her. "He's going to need backup, He himself in Dragon Force still isn't enough." Nashi's stomach turned at the idea she knew he was suggesting.
"Are you sure?" She asked, and he nodded. Nashi looked at Elise, who nodded in understanding. Elise looked at Damien, who gulped and nodded. Damien looked at Simon, who nodded and looked at Ultear, who was the last one to agree. Tetsu laughed.
"Let's get the fucking show on the road, then." he said, struggling to stand along with Katsuchi. "Iron God..."
"Fire God..."
"Takeover: Demon..."
"Requip..."
*Riiiip*
Drake felt Kronos overpower him and send him flying backwards into a wall, but recovered quickly and punched the man in the face.
"You're just as bad as your father!" Kronos roared, blasting Drake with black fire all of which was dodged. "And I'll kill you like I did him!"
"Shut up!" Drake roared back, locking in a grapple with the older man. "I'll rip that disrespectful tongue from your mouth!" Kronos rolled his eyes and acted quickly, slamming a dispelling spell against Drake's stomach, similar to Azzie's but twice as strong. Drake felt himself fly backwards, and he struggled to stand. He did so quickly, however, as a hand forced him to his feet. He looked over and gulped. "Nashi...?"
The pinkette was engulfed by black fire, her eyes completely murderous. Drake turned to find Elise covered in shiny black armor, Damien in Xisplate's form, Simon in his red flame striped pants and bandages carrying two katanas, and Ultear's shirt had been discarded somewhere.
"You attacked us together..." Nashi hissed, the fire flickering in response to her anger.
"Tried to kill us together..." Elise growled, her arms extending into sharp blades.
"And now..." Simon said courageously, brandishing his sword at Kronos. "We'll kill you! Together!"
"Together!" Everyone else shouted, rushing at the master of Devil Advocate. Drake smiled and poison formed in his hands.
"...Together."
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