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The New Fairy Tail

Guild Alliance Arc

Chapter 29: Let's Go Demon Hunting


Natsu, Kaizer, Raiu, Roxina, and Junshi stand in between their injured compatriots and the army of monsters ready to murder them. Natsu takes one step forward, "Alright, you guys take care of the guards and I'll take care of scary toilet paper man." Natsu slams his fist against the ground and a wave of fire rises, taking out a large number of enemies and clearing a path. Natsu looks back at the four standing closest to him,"You guys ready?" They nod and he turns around, slamming his fist into his palm as fire surrounds his hands,"I'm all fired up!"

*Elsewhere in The Underworld, Luke and Duo are in a heated exchange of punches and kicks. Duo is wearing Luke down, and every time Luke does damage to Duo his scales grow back a brighter red than before*

Duo lands a strong punch that launches Luke. She tumbles several times before regaining her balance, 'I don't get it! In this world, I'm supposed to be stronger.' Duo's scales are pulsing with red energy. Luke's face contorts in anger, 'Yet it feels like he's getting stronger. Like he's not only absorbing my magical energy, but this whole world's making him stronger!' As Duo walks closer, he taunts Luke, "Get up. You're not done already, are you? You threatened my world and more importantly my guild, for that you must pay."

Duo flexes and sends out an aura wave that makes the ground shake under them. Luke's body shakes in fear against her will, knowing her chances at victory are fading, "What… what the hell are you!?" "Didn't your leader tell you?" Duo turns and shows his guild mark on his left shoulder blade, "I'm a member of Fairy Tail, the strongest guild in any universe." He turns back around, fists up, "So come on, we ain't finished yet." Luke growls and rushes at him.

*Back with the main group*

The group of five lead by Natsu have split, each heading towards a platform with a boss waiting for them. The first one to arrive is Roxina. She lands on the platform and is face to face with the Cerberus. Roxina's eyes glow light blue, "I was hoping I would get a chance to get my revenge, it must be my lucky day.

The next one to reach a platform is Kaizer. In front of him is the Giant, radiating power. Kaizer twitches and releases a huge wave of fire, "I refuse to let that asinine old man upstage me anymore!" The Giant roars and charges forward as Kaizer follows suit.

Raiu arrives at the platform with the Chimera. It roars at her, shaking the platform. Raiu shields her face from the flying rocks, "What are you supposed to be? A mutated dog?" The Chimera begins charging at her. Raiu summons her lightning around her, "Whatever, it beats fighting the big one. I hope he can handle him."

The owner of the maid hotel looks out at the rest of the battles and fans herself. "My, my. What exciting opponents. I hope I get a strapping young man to seduce," the Siren says, licking her lips suggestively. "Um, excuse me." Siren turns to see Junshi bowing to her, "My name is Junshi, and I will be fighting you." Siren walks up to Junshi and bends over to get a better look at her, "Really? You want to fight me? Little girl, I think I'm a little above your class." Junshi straightens herself and slightly opens her eyes. A huge wave of energy flows out, pushing Siren back. Siren looks back up and Junshi is surrounded by several spirit animals."Someone of your nature should know not to judge a book by its cover," Junshi reminds her and gets in her fighting stance. Siren scoffs as she snaps her fingers and turns into her monster form.

….

Natsu slowly walks up to the Mummy, who is towering over him. Natsu comments,"Wow, you're pretty big." Several of the Mummy's bandages shoot off at Natsu but as soon as they get close, they disintegrate. Natsu exhales and a heat wave flies off of him. "Unfortunately for you I've fought bigger, killed a lot bigger too," Natsu says, slight amusement in his voice. The Mummy roars, then swings at Natsu who responds with a fist of his own. The two fists clash and the shock wave echoes through the world, all the way to where Duo and Luke are fighting.

*Luke is beaten down, she can barely land a punch, and every time she does, no damage is dealt. Duo dodges a wild swing and hits her with a savage uppercut to the stomach*

Duo exhales and reverts to his regular form,"Stay down, your wounds aren't bad. Once we get out of here, the council will heal you up." Luke tries to get up but collapses,"How… how dare you… take pity on me." Duo turns and looks towards where the others are,"Well, unlike some people, I don't enjoy killing… and you're way too injured to still be considered a threat." Luke lets out a pained chuckle,"You couldn't kill me even if you tried-"

A torrent of water surrounds the Cerberus as Roxina focuses on keeping it controlled. Her glowing blue eyes fade as the water weakens each time the Cerberus slams into it. "-We're demons, we have lived for centuries-"

Kaizer launches a huge fireball, engulfing the giant who stands still for a moment before pressing forward. Kaizer seems to be losing steam. "-We might die in your world, but here we are… immortal-"

Raiu launches several lightning bolts at the Chimera, who slips and tumbles towards her. She jumps over, barely dodging the massive body. "-No matter how much you damage or bruise us-"

Junshi jumps up and swings a powerful kick that twists Siren's neck backwards. Junshi lands and watches as Siren reaches over and snaps her head back. Junshi shivers, then braces for Siren's next attack. "-This world will continue to put us back together."

Duo turns and sees Luke standing, her wounds steaming as they heal. Luke grins, regaining her confidence, "That is our curse. To always feel pain, but never find peace. It's over. You guys should just give up-"

Erza and the twins are flying around the council building taking out gargoyles left and right, but it does nothing to thin their numbers. The ground troops are firing at them, but that is not doing much either."-Even now, our minions in your world are attacking your council building. Soon, it will be nothing but rubble-"

Hikari, Levy, and Angel are all furiously looking over the book, ignoring the falling rubble and shaking."-And once you're all gone, we'll take over your world!"

Luke snaps her wrist back in place and begins to chuckle, but her eyes catch a bright light in the distance,"What in the fu-"

*Natsu is covered in a massive orange flame that makes the mummy step back*

"It's been fun, I guess. You're the first opponent I've had in a while that didn't melt when I looked at 'em!" The flames condense around Natsu to the point it almost looks like armor. "But now it's time to finish this," Natsu jumps and yells, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Crimson Lotus, Exploding Flame Blade!" He spins his arms and the flames expand out, devouring the mummy as if they were the monster. The mummy howls as it melts into nothingness.

Kaizer looks over at what his father has just done and twitches, "I get it now. I gotta erase him from existence completely." Kaizer closes his eyes, pushing his hand out as he takes a deep breath. A flame begins to grow and as it does his God Force fades. The Giant roars and charges at him. Once the Giant is mere feet away, Kaizer opens his eyes and aims the flame at the Giant, "SMITE."The flame shoots out like a rocket's, and the Giant slowly begins to fade away.

Raiu jumps into the air and lands on the Chimera's head. It tries to get up, but she is holding it in place. She stretches her bleeding right arm to the sky, "I hope this works dad." Her arm becomes covered in yellow lightning that turns black with blood red outlining,"Megaton: Red Lightning!"She shouts as she slams her fist into its face. The Chimera shakes before it explodes into pieces. Raiu stands in place, disgusted as bits fall all over the place, "Gross."

Roxina is barely holding on to the water prison when Silvia, Tia, Brazz and Gin walk up to her. "If you're gonna use water, you should probably bring in the experts," Gin says before Roxina grabs him by the collar, "Unfortunately, you were all injured so someone had to take charge." They hear the Cerberus roar as the pillar of water falls and he charges towards the group. Tia and Silvia step in front and both launch huge torrents of water that stops the Cerberus in its tracks. Gin smirks, "You definitely did help." The remaining fighters who did not fight a boss are fighting off minions and look way healthier than when they first entered,"Silvia and Tia were able to heal a lot of our wounds."

Gin and Brazz step in front of Roxina."Now relax. I owe your brother for keeping my sister safe, I'm not gonna let anything happen to his sister on my watch," Brazz says with a chill to his voice. Roxina plops down where she stands, "Fine, be my guest. Have at it!" The girls step aside as the boys send two waves of ice, one black and one purple. When they reach the beast, they begin to cover the Cerberus in dual-colored ice until it is completely frozen. Gin sighs, "That should hold him for a while, now that only leaves two. The little girl and the weird looking chick, and Duo and the other weird looking chick." Roxina replies, "I'm not too worried about my brother. Junshi though… I don't know if she'll have the heart to go all out."

Junshi does a 32-hit combo on Siren, which Siren shrugs off. Junshi is breathing heavily, something Siren notices. "You look tired sweetie. If you want to take a nap, that's fine with me," Siren gives her a toothy smile. Junshi refocuses, going into a new stance, "I was hoping I wouldn't have to use this, but I see no other option." Junshi sweeps her leg in a full circle then does a few hand signs. White flames encircle her as the faint image of a phoenix appears behind her. Siren looks at her confused, "You think some cheap trick will be enough to stop me? Fool." Siren lunges forward. Junshi opens her eyes, inundated by white flames, "Be Reborn in Ashes."Junshi punches forward and the phoenix engulfs her hand. As the fist connects with Siren, there is a blinding flash. Once the light fades, Junshi is standing alone.

Luke looks dumbfounded. "Kinda hard to live forever without a body, isn't it?" Luke snaps around to look at Duo who is stretching,"What are you doing?" Duo stops to look at her,"Stretching. I'm assuming gravity works differently here. I should be able to make it if I put enough power behind my jump." "So that's it? Just gonna leave me here? To waste away?" Luke clenches her fist in sighs, "Look, to be honest I don't have enough left to erase you. That little trick I did with my scales? I was able to absorb your magic and harden my scales. Thanks to that, I have just enough to make it back."

Luke looks at him confused, "You can do that?" Duo shrugs, "Apparently. I've only done it once before and I can only do it when I'm out of magic. Considering it took all my magic to kill you in our world, the amount I have left now isn't enough. Why not use your time to come up with a better plan? By the time your friends come back, we'll all be dead." Duo jumps extremely high as Luke panics, 'That's it then, we lose? No! I refuse!' Luke opens her mouth wide and a howl comes out similar to a dragon's roar. Several wolf spirits unleash from the howl and chase after Duo. Duo's eyes widen, 'Crap! I don't have enough to counter that.' A voice echoes in Duo's head,"Allow me." Duo's eyes glow blue, "IRON DRAGON'S ROAR!"Duo unleashes his largest roar ever and it consumes Luke's howl. Luke looks on in horror as the roar smashes into her and obliterates the platform.

*At the original platform, the rest have gathered and are fighting off shadow demons*

"Not that I'm getting tired or anything, but shouldn't we be finding a way out," Jarvan comments before slapping away another demon. Lucio jumps over another demon and cuts it in half, "We need to find Duo first, he still isn't back yet." Not two seconds later Duo crashes down, taking out several demons. Akiko waves her hand frantically, "Found him!" Lucio sweat drops, "Well that takes care of one problem, on to the next." A purple beam of light tears through the sky, engulfing them. The group lands in a pile in the council library, with Junshi landing on top.

"I trust this settles our debt?" The group looks up to see Hikari shaking hands with a man in a dark purple suit, "Yes, more than enough! I feel like we owe you." Death chuckles, "I am partly responsible for this mess; I am the one that watches the bridge between life and death. Tell your council all gates have been closed, and the gargoyles' numbers have greatly reduced. They won't be a problem anymore." She nods and in a purple flash, he disappears. Lucio crawls out from the bottom of the pile, "What did I miss?" Hikari giggles, "Just an old debt being paid; a story for a different day. Today though, let's get you guys some medical attention."


N/N: Helllooooooo! Sorry about missing May's upload; time got away from me. Anyway, the arc is coming to a close. Woooo, new adventures coming!

Until next time FanFiction, this is

duodragoon & SkyFlameDragon

Signing off