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The raw explosion of magic power exuded from Blake's attack had thrown up a huge smokescreen. The blast had also knocked Nashi flat on her ass, and she coughed viciously as buildings collapsed around her. The blast had been incredible.
Michael.
Nashi looked up ad tired to see the White Dragon through the smoke, but couldn't see him anywhere.
"Michael?" She ask tentatively, praying she got an answer. But she did not. The smoke continued to clear away, and Nashi stood up, holding her left arm. "Michael?" She called again.
She could see a figure through the smoke. Nashi's breath hitched in her throat.
Michael was still standing. He'd taken the blast head on, and was still standing between herself and Blake. But how? Was he really that powerful?
"I'm sorry..." It was Blake who spoke. "They didn't give me a choice..." Michael's body was battered beyond belief. His clothes were torn and blood seeped from various wounds that had both reopened from before and newly formed ones. But yet he stood.
"Michael... Nashi whispered. "Are you...?" The White Dragon didn't offer a response.
And then he started to fall backwards.
Nashi reacted quickly and caught him as he did so, softening the blow of landing a bit. His hair was obscuring his eyes, his breathing was ragged and slow, and his chest did not rise and fall in a normal pattern.
"Michael? Michael! Hey! Can you hear me?!" Nashi shook the body lightly, but he didn't offer her any words, or even sounds, of consolation. She gritted her teeth at this. Even though she'd grown so strong...People still got hurt because of her.
"The boy breaths still. Kill him."
"Please...Enough..."
"You think you can negotiate? Shall I fire up the satellite?" Blake lowered his head slightly at these words, his head spinning from the recent development. He had to attack them again. "You're not finished. End it."
He didn't want to.
But he had too.
He slowly raised his hands, preparing another round of Plasma magic in his hands.
"I'm sorry." He whispered. "I don't have a choice...I have to do it..." As he charged up his attack, Blake heard a strange sound.
He looked up just in time to catch a glimpse of Nashi using her momentum from sprinting forward to fly into the air, body glowing with heat.
"What the...?!"
"FUCK OFF!"
Her strike was too quick to counter. The explosive force of the Fire Dragon bore into him, throwing him backwards in a wave of flames and rubble. He tore through a building some ways away, ears ringing from the blow. When he looked up through it all, he laid eyes on the battlefield.
Both of them had disappeared.
Nashi had taken Michael away from the battlefield. Looking around slowly, Blake could see no obvious way she could've ran off, but she'd escaped him.
He'd done it.
He'd fired a Plasma Salvo on Michael. Blake gritted his teeth and punched the marble floor beneath him. He'd held back a tiny bit, but he wasn't sure that even mattered. The attack had wiped the man off his feet in a single fire.
"What are you doing? Both your true target and that boy have escaped you. Go after them."
"...Give me a minute, could you please?" Blake asked weakly. "I don't feel so hot."
"An odd saying to use after being struck by a fire wizard but fine, take your break. The Salvo must've taken a lot out of you regardless, and then to get struck by her? You've earned yourself a short break. Use it wisely." The connection cut out, and Blake remained sitting in the remnants of the building he'd been fired into.
He didn't want to get up. He wanted to roll over and give up. He didn't want this, he'd never wanted this. But he found himself in the position where neither of those things could be his reality. And that was just the way it was.
He had his mission. Find Nashi, And force her to the brink of death for the Olympians.
"Now I just need...To find her."
Ultear's shield negated another one of Kyoko's blasts, and she felt faint. She'd been chased all over the city by Kyoko, who relentlessly launched attack after attack, trying her absolute hardest to off her. And it wasn't working out very well.
But Ultear's plan was nearly perfect. Now she just needed the perfect place to execute it.
Keeping herself on two feet, Kyoko descended from the rooftops she had been on to the ground, and also seemed a little bit winded.
"What is your deal?" The blonde demanded in between breaths. "You're not attacking me at all! You're just running away." Ultear laughed and wiped her mouth with her hand.
"That's what it seems like to you, sadly." She replied. "I'm just waiting for the right moment at this rate." Kyoko made a face at this.
"The right moment? What are you planning?" Ultear chuckled and turned tail on Kyoko.
"Guess you'll have to come and find out!: She replied. Ultear managed her breathing very efficiently as she ran, doing her best to prevent getting winded while executing the plan. It was going to take a lot, probably all of the magic left in her, but she had to do it. It was a surefire way to win, at this point. Kyoko couldn't get out of it. All she needed was the location.
Ultear sensed the attack coming for her, so she jumped forward and rolled out of the way, causing it the create a crater in the ground instead. She got to her feet and kept running, still looking for the perfect spot to execute her plan.
There was an alley up ahead. Presumably a one-way alley, hopefully. That would work flawlessly. Ultear got to the area she needed and made a hard right turn, winding up in the alley as intended. A dead end at that. Ultear grinned to herself.
"Perfect." She said. She kept her back turned to the entrance until she heard Kyoko appear there, and she turned on cue.
"Now you've trapped yourself." Kyoko stated. "What do you plan to do?" Ultear slowly backed up, giving the appearance of being in trouble. "So tell me Ultear, what is it you plan to do?" Ultear smiled.
"Simple." She answered. "I'm intending to use the flow of time against you."
The words had clearly shaken Kyoko up for a moment, because the girl did not reply right away.
"What" She finally asked. "The flow of time?" Ultear nodded.
"Indeed. Just like you and I, magic flows infinitely through time. And with such a flow, there comes ways to harness it." Ultear formed an icicle in her hands, and lightly tossed it up and down. "And with that harness, comes incredible power." She tossed the icicle up in the air, and raised both her arms out.
"W-What are you...?"
"Arc of Time: Parallel Worlds!"
The Lost Magic responded to her will, white and black magic circles appearing on her open palms. The icicle glowed brightly in response to it as well.
And then another icicle appeared. And another. And another. Soon enough, a few hundred icicles were floating above Ultear's head.
"What is this?!" Kyoko shouted. "Lost Magic?!" Ultear smiled.
"Arc of Time. As used by my namesake before me."
The entire Fairy Tail guild had gone completely quiet.
Ultear was using Arc of Time.
And Natsu knew for certain he had no idea how.
As the icicles formed by the Lost Magic surged forth and struck Kyoko, the crowd started cheering.
"Would you look at that!" Ross shouted excitedly. "Ultear reveals the use of another magic type! Was she hiding it all this time?!"
"I'd think so Ross, she'd not once showed proficiency with any other types of magic in this tournament."
"Arc of Time..." Lucy said weakly.
"Where'd did she find a way to learn that?" Laxus asked. "I can't remember a time where she'd have found a way..." Natsu slowly looked over at Gray, who was still looking up at the lacrima vision displaying his daughter, who was now going on the heavy offensive. Although he liked to think that Gray and he were polar opposites, Natsu could tell he was shocked to his very core. Finally, after it seemed like an age or two had passed, Gray chuckled weakly.
"Figures." he said lowly. "I should've known she'd find a way. No wonder she was so exhausted during training, even with a good nights sleep."
"Juvia thinks Ultear was getting up in the middle of the night to practice." Juvia said slowly, also looking pretty stunned. "No wonder she seemed so winded some mornings." Natsu returned his eyes to the lacrima vision, watching the fights progress once more.
...We have a good chance at coming back. Unless Nashi...If that happens, we all lose.
"Lightning God...!"
"Nice try!" Drake ducked underneath Rina's strike and delivered a blow to her stomach sending the girl into the air. He shot out another Fang Thrust, and whipped her into the earth once more. Rina got up quickly and ran at him again, but Drake listened. The way her muscles contracted, her breathing...Child's play.
He moved to the left and avoided her right hook, and ducked as she shot out a miniature Bellow. he drove a knee into her stomach and then a poison elbow to her face, which sent her careening backwards. He brought his hands together and shot out Scales, which exploded against her, which sent her into the dirt. She struggled to get up at this, and Drake pocketed his hands.
"Are you done yet?" he asked as she got to her hands and knees. "I can keep going, but I'm really starting to get sore."
"...How..." Rina hissed, slamming her fist into the ground. "How am I losing...Why won't you fall?"
"Why? Because I can't. I'm not going to lose to you, Rina. You're good, incredibly good, but I'm not going to lose." Rina was shaking a little, but Drake didn't spare a thought to wonder why. Had he gotten too many good hits in and the poison was effecting her badly now? He really couldn't tell.
"This...Is bullshit..." Rina hissed. Drake shrugged.
"Don't take it too personally. I'm just stronger. And here you thought you could take Damien on and stand a chance at..."
"FUCK!" Rina jumped to her feet, sparking with black lightning. "I'm not going to lose! Not to you! Not to a Dragon Slayer!"
"Stop it already." Drake advised. "You're not going to..."
"Shut your mouth!" Rina screamed, black lightning lashing out and striking him in the stomach. More lightning lashed out, but listening did nothing Rina's magic was responding to her anger. It was sporadic and unpredictable. "I am not going to lose to you, a second rate Dragon Slayer who decided to take me on! I'm going to annihilate you, do you understand?!"
Rina launched another burst of lightning, striking Drake again. He tried to dodge it.
And his leg flared in pain.
Gasping in surprise at the pain, Drake fell to one knee. The lightning struck him, but it didn't hurt as much as others.
It did, however, restrict his ability to move. He tried, but it didn't work. He was immobilized. Rina started laughing.
"You think you're do tough, don't you?! That you're all that! You aren't! And I'm going to prove it!" Rina took a stance. One arm was raised to the sky, and the other was aiming at Drake. Black lightning crackled around her, and she smirked.
"God Slayer Secret Art!"
Sting felt his eyes widen at these words, and he watched the screen in shock.
"No way..." he muttered.
"What are you doing Rina?!" Orga shouted. "Are you trying to kill him?!"
Drake watched as the clouds above them darkened. Whatever Rina was doing, it did not look good.
But he couldn't move, his body wouldn't respond thanks to the lightning.
The storms gathered in a storm formation, lightning surging between them. Rina was laughing.
"Not as many storm clouds as there was when I was practicing...I must not have a lot of power left."
"What the hell are you doing?!" Drake shouted. Rina smirked.
"Making sure you stay down! Then I can go fight Damien!"
"Your obsession with him is starting to get weird!"
"Shut up! You'll be out in just a moment anyway!" The lightning surged downwards, and right into Rina's arm, like a lightning rod. She looked up at it, and just as the lightning cut off, she looked back over at Drake and aimed her other fist forward.
"JUPITER'S FURY!"
Black lightning exploded forth from Rina's arms, and flew right for Drake.
"Come on, come on!" he shouted, but he was still paralyzed. The attack got closer, and the hair all over Drake's body began to stand up on end. This was bad.
His ears twitched, and he looked over in the direction of the sound. After a moment, he smiled.
"Well, maybe this'll end up being better than I thought..."
BOOM!
The attack exploded against Drake's figure, causing smoke to explode outwards. Everyone watched with baited breath for the result of the attack, and soon enough, the result was made clear.
Drake was lying face down in the dirt, his clothes tattered and body crackling with electricity.
"Oh my!" Ross shouted. "Is Drake seriously injured?! Is it over for him?!"
Rina watched, but Drake's body didn't move. She was exhausted. Expelling so magic explosive power all at once had taken most of what remained of her magic power.
But it had done the job. Drake wasn't moving.
She doubted he was dead. She didn't have near enough power remaining to off him.
"Is Drake going to stand?!"
He didn't. Rina could see any movement he may have made. She watched, but nothing happened. She smiled and laughed a little. It was over. She'd proven him wrong.
"IS IT OVER?!"
It sure seemed that way from where she stood. Rina turned and began to walk away. She was sure Drake would wake up soon enough and be just fine within a week. Now she just needed to go and find Damien. He was probably wrapped up in something else, but he was her goal at the...
"WAIT!" Rina froze at the word. Why was Ross saying that? No, surely he couldn't be talking about...
Rina slowly turned and looked back towards Drake.
The man was writhing on the ground. After a few moments of that, his body started to arc upwards. He was trying to get up.
All Rina could do was watch.
...How...
Drake started coughing as he got to his knees, entering a fit of coughing.
He took Jupiter's Fury head on...and is brushing himself off?! How?!
Drake got to his feet and panted, hunched over.
And Rina fell to her knees.
She didn't understand.
Why does he keep getting up?!
"..Because it's something I'll always do." Rina looked up in shock at this, Drake shrugged the coat off of him, revealing his upper body. It looked fine. "No matter who knocks me down. I'll stand back up."
His arms started to glow, and scales grew there. He started to walk forward as his arms grew scaly and dark red.
"You seem to be under the impression that I'm some kind of weakling." Drake laughed. "Is it my appearance? My magic? or perhaps my bloodline? is it not impressive enough for you Rina?"
"..."
"I'm more than enough for you. How about I take my turn?!" Drake darted forward, glowing with magic as he did. "I happen to agree with you on one thing Rina!
...This fucking guy...
"I'm not going to lose! Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Toxic Viper Strike!" Drake's speed exponentially increased as he darted forth, all magic gathered in one open hand.
The sound of flesh on flesh rang in his ears as Drake stood behind Rina now, his arm that had struck her still outstretched behind him, glowing with poison.
Rina collapsed on her side. Drake stood up and looked back to find the girl lying there, unmoving.
"...Oh my God! It seems this may be it for Rina!" A few more seconds passed, and Ross laughed. "That's it, she isn't moving! Drake has earned Fairy Tail another point! They're still in this!"
Drake sighed and jumped up and down to regain feeling in his body.
"Looks like that's the end of it." he stated. He looked over to a pile of rubble to his right, and watched it closely. He smiled. "Thanks." he said to it. Looking back up at the lacrima vision, Drake saw how many people were left.
His whole team, most of Sabertooth, Nami, Terra, and Bella.
A bad feeling settled in Drake's stomach. Nashi was still in the fight.
The being from Silverridge crater flashed before Drake's eyes, and he sighed. He needed to find her, he could't shake this feeling.
"She's probably at the source of the biggest explosions, so I'll go towards those I guess..."
Winter smiled as Drake ran off away from the defeated Rina, whom Winter intended to help in a moment.
"Dumb ass." She said to herself, leaning back against the pile of debris she was hiding behind. "Leave it to him to get himself in such a bad bind I have to go and bail him out of it..."
Winter had played risky by healing Drake's wounds after he had been struck by Jupiter's Fury, but it had worked out in the end. She laughed and looked up at the sky.
"You know..." She said, her cheeks flushing. "I figured I was through with that idiot...But it's like the world keeps putting us with each other...God, he's an asshole, making me feel this way after we broke up..."
He'd be fine.
He was in Fairy Tail, after all.
Yep, that's the extent of that fight. It may seem a tad rushed, but let me let you guys in one something.
During the last arc, The End of the World, the whole arc consisted of drawn out fights and a few chapters of important plot. I don't like doing that, drawing out fights. So I don't want to do that right now, partially due to the wounded nature of everyone involved.
Regardless, I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!