N/N: ….so, umm…hey guys. SkyFlame here for an update. I uhh…I kind-of figured I would miss some updates because of college, work, and just life in general, but I really did not expect to miss a month and a half just as my Fall semester began. Soooooo yeah…this is…uhh…awkward…ju-just play the opening theme song and enjoy this chapter…
*Disclaimer: neither duodragoon nor I own/have any affiliation with Fairy Tail; all rights go to Hiro Mashima. Seriously, we just do this for fun. *
The New Fairy Tail
Chapter 5: Silvia's Heart
We see the rest of our heroes, consisting of Duo, Hikari, Silvia and Jarvan, running down an extremely dark hallway. "Look there's a light coming up," Silvia says as they approach a doorway. "Finally," Duo grumbles. They burst into the room, and for the first few seconds no one can see anything. Once their eyes adjust, the group can see the room clearly; it is made of solid gold and has an ocean of gold spread throughout the room. On the other side of the room from our group stands an exquisitely dressed man.
He is wearing a fancy black suit with a red tie. He has a black mustache, and a golden pocket watch with a turtle engraved on the top is resting in his palm. He is staring at said watch as he paces back and forth. Hikari whispers, "Do you think we should bother him?" Jarvan starts walking towards the man and yells, "Hey! You gonna keep pacing, or do you wanna get this started!?" The man stops, looks up, and says "Oh goody; you've finally made it, Gerourth is what they call me. I'm the fourth richest man in the world; soon to be number one when our plan is complete."
"I don't care if you're number one or number four; I'm still gonna crush you," Jarvan retorts. "Jarvan!" Silvia calls out as she starts to walk towards Jarvan, but is stopped by Hikari who tells her, "Let him go. He knows what he's doing." Silvia looks at Hikari puzzled. Hikari then adds, "Look at all the remaining Gates: wrath, violence, heresy, and fraud. Besides fraud this is his best match up, one on one. That's why he didn't waste time arguing with us." Now understanding Silvia looks back at Jarvan. "You guys go on ahead; J-Dog got some bidness to handle with this guy," Jarvan says in a stern voice. They all nod and rush off to the next room. Gerourth puts away his pocket watch, then flashes a devilish grin and says, "Well shall we get started? We're wasting time, and time is money…and I HATE wasting money."
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Our remaining three heroes rush into the next room. The room is dimly lit with torches on the walls and spikes around the edge of the room. Out of the shadows a man with a huge, all black great-sword emerges. The blade has demonic, blood-red writing down the center; however, our heroes cannot understand what it says. He is a rugged, older gentleman with no shirt on, a black head band that covers his eyes, and is wearing green cargo pants and military boots. He has a huge scar across his chest. He walks to the center of the room then slams the tip of his sword into the ground.
"Which one of you will challenge the wrath?"
Both Silvia and Duo look to Hikari who sternly says, "Silvia, it's your turn." Duo's gaze turns to Silvia who looks flustered. "Okay, I'll do my best," she says as Duo put his hand on her shoulder. Duo comments, "You'll be fine. I have faith in you." Silvia's face turns a bright red and scurries forward. The other two rush ahead, but, in the blink of an eye, Wrath picks up his sword and slashes diagonally, sending a red energy wave towards Hikari and Duo. Right before the wave hits them, it is cut off by a wave of water.
"Excuse me!" Silvia exclaims, which makes Wrath turn towards her. "I'm really sorry, but your fight is with me, so can you please leave them out of this?" Silvia asks as Duo and Hikari escape through the door. Wrath, who is now completely focused on Silvia, says, "So you're a woman of the water…well that seems appropriate." He points to his chest where the big scar is and says, "The woman who gave me this was also a woman of the water. She left me with this, so I took her leg." Silvia's eyes widen and her mind takes her to another time.
*Flashback*
Silvia is a little girl sitting at her family's kitchen table. She is knitting while a dark haired boy in only shorts is coloring across from her. He appears to be one, maybe two years older. In the background, a baby lets out its last cries as it is drifting off to sleep. Once the baby is silent, a woman walks into the kitchen in a long blue dress. There is a slit running up the side of her dress that is just big enough to see a prosthetic leg. A few minutes later Silvia finishes with her knitting. She holds it up and reveals that it is a ghost. "Look mommy!" Silvia exclaims while she holds up the ghost, "It's just like yours!" She smiles, then walks over to Silvia and says, "Good job sweetie, I'm proud of you."
*Stop Flashback*
Wrath picks up his sword and slices the air, "One swipe with this thing was all I needed; went through like butter." Silvia has a grim expression on her face and says, "Tell me…do you remember her name?" Intrigued by the question, Wrath quickly replies, "Sorry young lady, I don't remember much of her. All I can remember is that on the other leg she had a blue guild mark and kept mumbling something about her kids. Come to think of it she had blue hair…kinda like yours. Could you be...?"
"I am..." Silvia responds putting her head down, "That woman you fought was my mother..." She raises her head back up revealing an expression of uncontrollable anger. Actual steam is coming from her body, burning and eroding the ground that surrounds her. Through clenched teeth, Silvia says, "Silvia will now take revenge for what you have done." Wrath snickers, "Well this should be fun. I can finish what I started." Silvia lunges at Wrath as he lunges at her. Their initial clash in the center of the room creates a shockwave.
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*A few minutes ago when the group left Jarvan*
Jarvan takes a look at his surroundings first seeing if he could spot any traps, then takes notice of his opponent. "Well well, you're quite the big fellow. I bet you could take me out with one punch if you wanted to," Gerouth says in a mocking tone. Annoyed, Jarvan responds, "Yeah I know that, but I know if I recklessly charge in you'll have some trap, or something, that'll make me regret it." Gerouth flashes his devilish smile again, "My my, I guess you're not all brawn and no brain. Good for you."
Gerouth reaches down into the closest pile of gold and pulls out a cane with a leopard on the top. He starts to inspect the cane then says, "Do you wanna know what one of the best things about being rich is? The travels; the treasures. Like this neat little trinket. It has amazing powers." Jarvan, now having a target, lunges towards Gerouth. With a grin still on his face Gerouth points the cane at Jarvan. Suddenly, Jarvan feels something ram into his side, sending him crashing into the wall. He climbs out of a pile of rubble and gold, half dazed and panicked. Looking around, he sees the figure of a larger than average sized leopard walking towards Gerouth.
"If you would have let me finish, you would have learned that this cane allows me to make this magnificent beast here out of gold. In the hands of an average man it wouldn't be too dangerous," he kneels down and pets the leopard, which purrs. He then stands up and puts both hands on the cane, "But in the hands of a wealthy man like me it is a powerful tool." Jarvan bushes off his shoulder, "So that's your trick. You use your toys and money to fight your battles for you, is that right? I guess I'm gonna have to break your toys."
Jarvan puts his hand on the ground; a brown aura begins forming around him. The room trembles a little, but stops as Jarvan rises. An intrigued Gerouth comments, "Well well, that was a nice little power boost you got there. I'm guessing you're some sorta Earth Mage, well you sure do fit the bill; large and not too bright [N/N: #RIPJura]." Jarvan just looks at him not saying anything. Gerouth continues, "Well if you're not gonna chat with me, then I guess it's time for the fighting." He raises his cane and five more leopards are formed from piles of gold, making a grand total of six.
Gerouth then points the cane back at Jarvan and all of the leopards lunge at Jarvan. Jarvan quickly moves into action diving under two, upper cutting another two (turning them back into piles of gold coins), then jumping over the last two. He races towards Gerouth, who seems defenseless, and yells, "Those leopards may be good for attacks, but not too good for defense!" Jarvan then cocks back his arm getting ready to punch Gerouth's lights out. As he gets closer, Gerouth reaches into his pocket and pulls out his pocket watch, flipping it open and looking at it. Gerouth then mumbles, "Would you look at that..." A huge wave of coins surrounds Gerouth and makes a shield in the form of the turtle shell.
Jarvan hits the shell with all his might, the impact creates a loud boom and sends Jarvan flying across the room. Jarvan sits up and looks on as the shell starts to trickle away. "You are right; my babies aren't the best for defense ..." Gerouth says before pointing to his pocket watch, "That's why I have this. It uses gold to make the ultimate shield, no one can break it. With these two treasures I am unstoppable. There's no hope for you or this world, so just give up." Jarvan looks around seeing nothing but gold. Even though he realizes he is trapped, he rushes forward and screams,
"Never! A Fairy Tail wizard never gives up!"
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*Back to Silvia and Wrath*
They both land on opposite sides of the room. Silvia has minor cuts, scrapes and bruises, but nothing too serious; Wrath on the other hand has serious third degree burns all over his body, but they don't seem to be hurting him at all. Wrath speaks first, "You know I should be in a lot more pain than I am, but thanks to your anger I can barely feel it at all." He picks up his sword and inspects it (which Silvia finds weird since he is blindfolded). "You ready buddy?" Wrath says to his sword. Silvia sees the letters on the sword glow in response.
"Alright buddy, time for you to feast!"
Wrath raises his sword toward the sky, "Open the gate to the Inferno; rise from the pit!" A huge vortex of black and red lava comes out of the ground and surrounds Wrath. Silvia can feel the vortex somehow making here angrier and angrier. The vortex stops and Wrath has changed completely. He now has flowing red hair, pale almost grey skin, his pants are tattered, and his great-sword is glowing red as if it were on fire. Silvia knew that she should be scared by his presence, but all she could feel was her uncontrollable anger. The new Wrath speaks in a godly voice, "Now you face the true power of Wrath."
The sword still has the demonic writing on the blade, but now one side has glowing red spikes and the rest is a darker black steel. Near the hilt is what one can only describe as eyes. However, when Silvia looks at the sword, all she sees is a dragon. Wrath speaks again, "This blade is rumored to have been made by the devil himself." He dashes at Silvia with incredible speed; she is almost unable to dodge it. Almost. She dodges most of the strike, then she turns herself into water to dodge the end of the sword, thinking it would just pass through. To her surprise, she still feels it as if she didn't turn to water at all.
She tumbles back and lands in a crouching position. She looks down at her lower right thigh, finding a gash right where he slashed, even though she turned into water. Through the new rip in her pants, the bottom of her guild mark is visible. She looks back up at Wrath both confused and angry. "Made in the fires of hell, a blade able to cut down anything in its path, it harnesses the opponent's anger and unleashes all of it. In the Demonic language it is called The Dragon's Rage," Wrath explains.
Wrath sees that Silvia realizes what is happening now, but he can still see the anger in her face. "It makes little difference now. You will meet your end soon enough, but for now let's have some fun," Wrath says as he slices the air and launches multiple blood-red waves at Silvia. Silvia did the best she could dodging some, but many still hit hard, littering her body with cuts.
Silvia's landing is much less smooth this time. She pants, still shaking from anger, 'Why am I so angry and how come I can't calm down? Is it his power? Or is it something else?' Seeing that Silvia is losing herself Wrath sighs, "I see you're struggling, so I guess it's time to end this." Wrath charges his blade and it becomes a brighter red. He then lunges at Silvia. Seeing no other option, she feels that all hope is lost…
*Continue Flashback*
As she begins to move, Silvia's mom winces in pain and grabs her prosthetic leg. Both kids jump up and ask, "Are you okay mom!?" To which she replies, "I'm fine, I'm fine kids; no need to worry." The boy responds, "Don't worry mom, one day I'ma find that guy and get revenge!" Their mother shows a soft smile and says, "That won't solve anything; hatred and acting out in revenge only makes situations worse." She turns to a frightened Silvia who is on the verge of crying. "Make sure you keep your heart kind; do not let it be tainted. Your kind heart will be the key."
*End Flashback*
Silvia stands up shakily, but with confidence and closes her eyes. 'I have no reason to be angry,' Silvia thinks to herself. Just then images of Hikari, Jarvan, Lucio, Akiko, and last but most prominently Duo flash across her mind. Wrath is dangerously close to Silvia now. He raises his sword, ready to strike her down, but right before he does Silvia calmly says, "I forgive you." In an instant, Wrath and his sword revert to their original forms and a crack forms in his sword.
Wrath is amazed and taken back by the sudden loss in his power. He can see and feel Silvia's power rise. Wrath jumps back to an assumed safe distance, "How did you do that? What type of trickery is this?" Silvia opens her eyes, which are now crystal blue, then a blue magic circle appears under her. Out of the circle two swirling pillars of water come out and surround Silvia.
Seeing the end is near Wrath smiles, "Well water woman, you have bested me. I know when I have been bested." He picks up his sword, "But that doesn't mean I'll give in that easily!" He lunges towards her. Silvia, feeling satisfied with the power of her move, charges towards Wrath. Silvia transforms into pure water, increasing her speed and screams,
"Mizu no Seirei no Sōdai Toraidento!"
Wrath puts his sword up in a feeble attempt to block the attack. It works for about two seconds before the blade cracks further. After being pushed back a few inches, the blade shatters leaving Wrath unprotected. Now with an opening, Silvia gives one final push. The impact knocks him out and sends him flying into the wall, leaving a Wrath-sized body imprint on the wall. He falls down on the ground right below. Silvia hobbles over to the unconscious body of Wrath.
Kneeling over his body, 'This is the perfect opportunity to finish this once and for all,' she thinks to herself. She begins to raise her hand, "It's okay; finish me I deserve it…for all the pain I've caused." She sees that Wrath has come to and is just lying there. Silvia brings her hand down and slaps him. Wrath looks shocked. "No you don't you bastard. You don't get to cause all this pain and get out of it with death. You will live with the memory of all the pain you've caused people. This face is what will be stuck in your mind; the feeling of knowing this…that is your ultimate punishment," Silvia says through her tears. Wrath looks up at her crying face, amazed at the passion and emotions besides anger seen. In all of his travels, he had never seen the aftermath that his destruction caused; seeing it now, something inside of him changed. He puts his hand on his face trying to hide his tears as he sobs out, "I'M SORRY!"
*Back in the room with Jarvan and Gerouth*
Fist-sized dents are scattered across every wall, the floor, and even the ceiling. Out of a pile of gold rises Jarvan. He has cuts and scrapes all over. His shirt (what little he had) has been ripped off of him. On the other side of the room stands Gerouth, untouched. He snickers, "How does it feel to know that your efforts are futile and that there is no hope?" Jarvan stands on the other side of the room hunched over and gasping, but doesn't respond. The demonic smile on Gerouth turns into a demonic frown before he says, "Still not gonna respond? Well, I guess I'll be ending this then."
He lifts his cane to summon his leopards once again, but this time he uses all the gold around him to also make a turtle. Gerouth laughs, "Any last words?" Jarvan just stares at him. "Well then let's finish this!" Gerouth points the cane at Jarvan. As the leopards move, Jarvan's whole demeanor changes. He stops gasping and stands straight up. Grinning, he says, "Just what I was hoping for." He puts his hands on the ground and suddenly all the holes scattered throughout the room start to glow brown, then the ones on the floor make a circle that separates Jarvan and Gerouth from all the gold in the room.
"Zazemliteli Glubokuyu Yamu!"
Suddenly, every bit of gold drains down the nearest hole and out of the room. This process takes just a few seconds and the only things left in the room are Jarvan and Gerouth. Gerouth is panicking, looking around for any bit of gold left but can't find any. He angrily looks back at Jarvan and screams, "YOU!" Jarvan starts to walk confidently over to Gerouth, "Since I couldn't get close enough to take your toys that were controlling your money, I figured why not take your money away so your toys are useless? So, while I was getting smacked around, I placed all of those traps around the room, so when it was time I could drain the room and leave you defenseless. And you said I have no brains. Ha!"
Gerouth growls, "My money…you'll pay!" Jarvan stops walking, sensing something wrong; Gerouth starts to transform. His hands start to turn into claws, his suit rips as his body grows, his back sprouts wings, and his face morphs as his teeth turn into full blown fangs. Jarvan now looks up to Gerouth instead of down. He observes Gerouth's transformation and sees that he is a full-fledged Gargoyle. Gerouth roars and lunges at Jarvan.
Mizu no Seirei no Sōdai Toraidento = Water Spirit's Grand Trident
Zazemliteli Glubokuyu Yamu = Earth's Great Pit
N/N: Even after editing this chapter, it still feels awkward... well, hope you guys enjoyed this laaaate upload! This week we are introducing a slightly different information card. Of course, we'll start with our (unnamed) strongest team in Fairy Tail!
Fairy Tail Guild Mark Information:
Silvia: Ocean Blue; Right Thigh
Duo: Light Gray; Left Shoulder Blade
Akiko: Neon Yellow; Right Shoulder
Lucio: Mint Green; Left Hand
Jarvan: White; Chest, Left Side
Hikari: Dark Green; Neck, Left Side
…and it's still awkward...until next time FanFiction,
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duodragoon & SkyFlameDragon
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Signing off
