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The New Fairy Tail
Fairy Fight Festival Arc
Chapter 32: Spirits, Demons, and Darkness
It is midday and the sun is directly above the arena. Despite this beautiful sunny day, the temperature in the arena was almost zero. The ring looks as if it has been cut in half with one side being perfectly normal and the other side being covered in purple ice. On the frozen side Brazz stares down his opponent with murderous intent in his eyes. On the other side of the ring is Junshi who is unfazed by both the cold and Brazz's sinister aurora. Brazz dashes forward at blinding speed leaving an ice trail behind him. Brazz swings a punch, and the impact causes a massive wave that sends dust and ice flying everywhere.
The crowd is silently waiting for the dust to settle, as Chrissy and Rose begin their commentary, "And Brazz opens up with a huge attack that rocks the arena!" "Now the question on everyone's mind is: what has happened to Junshi?" As the dust settles, Brazz can be seen struggling to not be pushed back from Junshi, who is holding back his titanic punch with her palm. The crowd stares in amazement. Brazz voices his frustration, "WHAT… THE… HELL… ARE… YOU?!" Brazz, sensing danger, jumps back right before Junshi lets out a wave of energy. "Me? I am just a little girl that loves to fight. The better question is ``what does that make you?" Brazz looks down at his clenched fists which are shaking. Junshi takes stock of Brazz, a look of excitement glinting in her eyes, "Are you finally ready to admit you're scared?" Brazz punches his fist into the ground, "NOT EVEN CLOSE!"
Several huge ice spikes start to rise out of the ground heading towards Junshi. Just before the spikes rise from below her, Junshi jumps and lands perfectly on the point of a spike. Brazz starts breathing out an icy haze that eventually covers the arena, making it impossible for anyone to see anything below where Junshi is standing. "It seems that Brazz has decided to switch up his strategy," Chrissy points out, to which Rose explains, "That's right! Instead of charging headfirst like last time, Brazz has altered the battlefield, limiting Junshi's sight and movement." "How WILL she handle these new developments?" Junshi stands peacefully and waits, suddenly a barrage of icicles come flying at her through the haze. She dodges right before they hit her, landing on a nearby spike, the spike that she was previously on is shattered by the icicles.
"From the haze, Brazz unleashes a flurry of icicles that Junshi was barely able to dodge!" Rose joins in, "It's as if Brazz is a shark, hiding and waiting to strike. Here he goes again!" Another barrage of icicles come flying through the haze. Junshi dodges again, landing on a different spike. This trend continues until there is only one spike left. In a calculating voice, Rose examines, "And just like that, Junshi is out of places to run. What does she have planned to get out of this situation?" A barrage of icicles comes flying through the haze, but this time Junshi begins to spin and deflect the icicles. Her spinning creates a whirlwind that clears out the haze. Once the haze is gone, Junshi steps down and elbows the spike behind her. Brazz's tattoo has now extended up to his shoulder. Junshi stares at Brazz again, some of the excitement gone from her eyes, "Are you done stalling?" Brazz cracks his neck and flexes his fingers, "Wish I had a bit more time, but this should work."
Brazz rushes forward and swings at Junshi, this time Junshi puts up a cross block and as Brazz connects, the impact shakes the arena. Junshi winces and tries to take a step back but is stopped. She looks down and sees her foot encased in ice. Brazz winds up for another punch, Junshi claps and sends a green energy wave out that pushes Brazz back. Once he regains his footing, Brazz lunges at her again. Junshi quickly swipes down, releasing her foot in just enough time to dodge. Brazz continues unleashing a flurry of blows which Junshi dodges most of, but some connect. Brazz takes a step back letting Junshi get some distance, "So are you gonna fight back or just let me win? I'm fine with either, but it would be really embarrassing for you to lose without doing any damage."
Junshi stands up straight and begins to stretch, "I've just been waiting for you to stop holding back, I hear Demon Slayers have out of this world power. I have fought monsters from another world, and he was way stronger than you are right now. So, either those legends are false, or you are still not at full power." Brazz's eyes are filled with rage, veins popping across his forehead, "You want me at full power! Be careful what you wish for!" Brazz encases himself in ice. A clear look at the encasing shows it is in the shape of a demon head. The ice begins to glow and give off a sinister aura. In the stands, Mirajane sighs and presses a button; a barrier covers the crowd. Seconds later, the ice casing explodes sending ice everywhere. Junshi does not flinch as ice shards go flying past her. There is a light fog that begins to clear.
From the shattered remains steps Brazz, who looks completely different. His skin is now completely covered by his tattoo, his irises are glowing purple with the rest being a dark gray. His hair is about halfway down his back, and he has small horns poking out of his forehead. Junshi looks at him and smiles, excitement flooding her voice, "Finally someone I can punch without holding back!" Junshi slowly opens her eyes, and we can see that her irises are made up of twelve circles, each with their own zodiac animal inside. The rest of her eye is black with white dots as if you are looking out into the night sky. She unties her hair, and it falls down to her shoulders. She takes a deep breath then whispers, "Open, Gate of the Zodiac."
Clouds begin to darken as a green beam of light comes down and surrounds Junshi. Once the light fades, we can see Junshi has had a transformation of her own. Her hair is now glowing a dark jade color and has extended to the middle of her back. Her dress is glowing green, and the pattern is flowing as if it is made out of energy. Junshi gets in her fighting stance, "Now show me your full strength, Demon Slayer." For a second they stand in complete silence, then they dash towards each other. Brazz sends ice shards towards Junshi, who dodges them. As they get close Brazz does a baseball slide which sends a wave of ice at Junshi, who in turn puts her palm up and sends a way of her own made out of green energy. The impact causes an explosion leaving a green fog around the arena. Every so often, through the mist, flashes of green and purple clash against each other.
Brazz comes flying out of the fog as if dodging something. Seconds later, a large green dragon made of energy flies out of the fog chasing after him. Brazz puts his hand up and begins releasing a purple wind which slowly begins to freeze the dragon. Once it is completely frozen, Brazz punches it sending shards flying everywhere. Brazz stumbles a bit as he lands. You can see bruises all over his body and his breathing is labored. "The end draws near," Junshi mutters. The fog dissipates from around Junshi, and we can now see she is in just as bad of shape as Brazz. Junshi has several cuts all over her body with some of them leaking blood. The aura around her is noticeably dimmer than earlier. "What are you talking about? I still got plenty left." Junshi points to his right hand, "Are you sure?" Brazz looks down and sees his tattoo starting to regress up his arm. "If I had to guess, I would say that at your current output you would only be able to maintain that form for another five minutes."
Brazz starts to get really angry before calming himself down. His tattoo retracts so it is only covering his left arm. With the tattoo not covering his body, his severely damaged body is easy to see. Brazz lifts his left arm as it glows purple, "I think this has dragged on long enough... I'm gonna put the rest of my power into this one final attack; how about you do the same and let's see who comes out on top?" Junshi pauses for a moment then puts out her hand. All the energy flowing around her begins to move towards her hand, as it leaves the rest of her body reverts to normal. "I agree to your challenge, let us finish this." They both rush at each other with their fists leading them. "FROZEN FIST OF THE DEMON KING!""WRATH OF THE ZODIAC!" As they clash, a blinding white light fills the arena, blinding everyone.
Once the light fades, Brazz barely stands over Junshi, who is out cold. Rose and Chrissy gasp dramatically, providing the definitive call for the match, "After one final gutsy, all-out attack, the match has been decided!" "Your winner, and the person who will face our very own Duo in the next round!" ""BRAZZ FULLBUSTER!"" The crowd cheers. Brazz looks up at Duo in the stands who stares back. Brazz takes one step, then falls over. Duo walks away into the shadows. "We will have a short intermission before continuing with our first-round fights," Rose says, signing off.
*A little later in the woods near magnolia*
There is a loud thud followed by birds flying away. Gin is seen laying on the forest floor, visibly shaking in anger. "God dammit why…"
*Flashback to Silvia beating Gin in the guild battle*
"First it was Silvia beating me."
*Flashback to Kaizer fighting the Cerberus in his awakened state*
"Then there was Kaizer."
*Flashback to earlier when Brazz was battling Junshi*
"Even my own brother."
*We return to Gin in the forest. He is leaning against a tree*
"I don't get it. I'm supposed to be the strongest, so why? Why am I falling so far behind?" "Maybe it is something simple, like a lack of guidance," a mysterious voice calls out. Gin turns around and sees a short figure in a purple cloak, the face is concealed in magic darkness. Gin gets in a fighting stance, "Who the hell are you?!" The hooded figure puts their hands up, "Relax child, I come in peace." Gin warily gets out of his stance, "What do you want?" The figure puts out their hand, "I would like to offer you some help in reaching your destiny." Gin hesitates, then grabs the figure's hand. Suddenly Gin's eyes go pure black and the veins on his body begin glowing with black energy. The grass around them freezes over with black ice.
The hooded figure pulls his hand away and everything stops. Gin comes out of his trance and turns to the cloaked being, "What was that? No more importantly, why did you stop?" The hooded figure begins to walk away, "Patience child. If I unlocked all of your hidden power, you would surely die. We will continue our little meetings every so often and bit by bit until you are ready." Gin grimaces slightly, hints of distrust in his voice, "Why do I get the feeling you're not doing this out of the kindness of your heart?" … "There will be a time when I ask for a favor, and when I do: I expect no hesitation." The figure fades off into the darkness.
N/N: Wow, two uploads in the same calendar year? Will there be a near historic, and long awaited, third? Find out next time!
Until next time FanFiction, this is
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duodragoon & SkyFlameDragon
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Signing off
