The Battle Of Crocus.....The Terrible Demon VS The Great Dragon
Natsu blinked....his eyes trying to refocus after the strange light that had just blazed throughout the entire area. The last thing he remembered was throwing Touma at Mikoto, then watching as Touma was swallowed up by Mikoto's energy body.......the thing he knew, there was a tremendous explosion and a burst of light, and everything went white.
Now, Natsu stood up in the rubble, trying to clear his head of the churchbell sized ringing that was going off in his skull.
Lucy stumbled over the rubble and managed to get to Natsu. She was followed by Elli, Happy, and Loke.
"What happened!?" said Lucy. "Where are Touma and Mikoto!?"
"I-I don't know.." said Natsu rubbing his head sorely. "Wait...what's that?"
The group looked into the massive dust cloud ahead of them, as they could see a figure walking out of the ruins. A figure that seemed to be holding someone in his arms....
In a burst of wind, the dust cloud was sweapt away to reaveal Touma Kamijou walking through the smoking rubble, carrying a barely conscious Mikoto Misaka in his arms. Mikoto had burns all over her arms and legs.....it seemed that being a Level 6 for as long as she did put a physical toll on her body.
"Guys!!" shouted Touma. "Hurry! I think she needs some medical attention!!"
Natsu and the others hurried over as Touma set Mikoto gently on the ground and leaned her against a rocky outcropping of rubble. Lucy immediately began pulling out some bandages as Elli cried and flew straight into Mikoto's arms.
"Hey Elli....." Mikoto said softly. "You've got burns.......should probably get Wendy....to look at that..."
"This is nothing!" said Elli shaking her head. "You're the one who needs Wendy to have a look..."
Elli couldn't go on. She started crying again and hugged Mikoto even harder as Mikoto hugged her back.
Natsu sighed with relief. "Man....that was a close one....though that ringing is still going in my ears...."
"Natsu." said Lucy. "That's your phone."
"Phone?" said Natsu. "You mean the ones Mikoto gave us? But there aren't any bars in this world!"
Natsu reached into his pocket and was astounded to find that Gajeel was calling him......how the heck was he doing that, when service didn't extend into alternate dimensions?
Natsu answered the phone. "Hey Gajeel! How the heck are you getting service out here!?"
"Salamander!" shouted Gajeel on the other end. "You won't believe the stuff we've been finding....turns out there's a hidden Academy City lab right here in Crocus that's managed to connect signals to back to Academy City.....Levy just figured out how to use it.....after we wrecked the place fighting AIM Burst...."
"AIM Burst?" said Natsu. "Eh?! What is that? Some sort of new vending machine drink?"
"Long story." said Gajeel. "But all you need to know right now, is that this lab has eyes on everything in Crocus......and you need to get out of there now!!"
"Eh?!" said Natsu. "Why!?"
"He's coming your way!!"
"Whose coming my way!!?"
Before Natsu could get an answer, the phone flew out of his hand and straight into the outstretched clawed metal gloves of Diablo Etwatia, who clenched his fist and crushed the phone into dust.
"I'm coming....." said Diablo as the ground beneath him turned molten from his intense rage.
Touma looked at Diablo, his eyes wide. "You!!"
The ground started to tremble with power as the enraged Diablo walked closer to the group. "How dare you....months of planning......years of preparation......and you have ruined my master's new army........HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!"
"Wha-what!?" said Lucy as Natsu and Touma stepped in front of her and Mikoto protectively. "Wh-what are you talking about!?"
"Look around you!!!" said Diablo. "What do you see!!?"
Natsu looked around and saw what Diablo was refering to. Dragon bones littered the ground everywhere...all that was left of what used to be the undead dragons that were razing Crocus.
"The psychic energy of a Level 6 esper was what helped stabilize the magic that brought them back to this world!!" said Diablo. "However.....your puny Fairy Tail managed to somehow reverse the effects!!! Though I would imagine the level 6 power might once again be activated should Railgun become stressed....that would be nowhere near enough psychic energy to revive the army needed!!!!"
Diablo sighed as he seemed to regain his composure. "But nevertheless....though this may have been a setback.....it was not a complete failure....for the ceremony I have performed is now complete..."
Diablo swept aside his cloak to reveal the most horrid looking baby dragon curled at his feet. It's black scales were the color of Diablo's armor and it's eyes were glowing molten.1
"Behold...though he has lost much of his strength........he shall regain it in time!! And when he does...ALL MORTALS SHALL KNOW TRUE FEAR!!!!"
Mikoto suddenly gave a horrified scream. "N-NO!! That can't be.....get it away!!"
Natsu and Touma looked back at Mikoto.
"Mikoto!! What's wrong!?" said Touma. "You know this thing!!?"
"It's only natural that she would know it...." said Diablo. "Whether he is weak or at full strength....all Dragons and Dragon Borns alike fear his very presence....their instincts cannot stand even the sight of him...in whatever form he might be."
"Dravis...." Natsu growled. "That's Dravis...."
"Greetings.....once again.....Fairy Tail...." the small dragon weezed weakly. "As you can see.....I have weakened greatly.....being trapped in the Bridge Between Worlds........however.....now that I am back in a physical dimension......I am free to fear on the negativity and strife that surrounds both your worlds.....and regain my true strength...........I must remember to thank Black Whisper.....and Hades...their help...has benefited me greatly...."1
"I intended to take over Fiore for Dravis...." said Diablo. "And then with the help of Gensei's AIM Burst, Black Whisper would have been able to control the Level 6 Railgun to do his bidding as Dravis's ultimate weapon.....at leat until Dravis returned to full strength......but you have ruined that plan.......And now...I will crush you.....starting with the RAILGUN!!!!"
Diablo launched himself forward in a blur of speed. Touma and Natsu both stepped in front of Diablo, but he knocked them aside as easily as feathers in a cold breeze. He raised his fist over Mikoto, the spiked glove glowed with enough molten, dark power to crush Achnologia's head to nothingness.....
"ROAR OF THE GHOST DRAGON!!!!!" A massive blast of wailing purple energy crashed into Diablo, knocking him into the rubble. Nicole Mavros landed in front of Mikoto, her ghostly talons erupting with rage.
"Mikoto!!!" Nicole ran over to Mikoto who stared back at her with her eyes wide.
"Y-you saved me......." Mikoto murmured. "Why.....?"
"You told me.....that instead of living for revenge...I should start living for my friends...." Nicole smiled as tears glistened in her eyes. "So I decided to take your advice....and now I'm living for you....."13
There was a sudden massive crash, as Diablo burst from the rubble, absolutely unharmed. "FOOLS!!! YOUR FOOLISH ATTEMPTS AT SURVIVAL ARE NOTHING TO ME!!!!!"
Nicole looked at Diablo with a furious light in her eyes. "Stand up Mikoto!! I can't beat him.......not without you!! Show this spawn of evil the same will you displayed when we fought.......show him the true Daughter of the Ruler of The Sparking Skies!!!!"
Mikoto set down the amazed looking Elli and stood up gingerly, her bangs crackling with energy. "I may only be a level 5 with a bit of dragon power behind her.......BUT NO WAY AM I GONNA LOSE TO SOME MONSTER IN A HALLOWEEN COSTUME!!!!"
Mikoto's wings burst outwards with magnificence, shooting out sparks in determination.
Nicole grinned. "Now.....all we need is one more....."
As if on cue, Gray and Nelliel limped onto the scene, Nelliel supporting Gray who still had his broken leg.....
"I brought her...." said Gray. "Now what's the plan?"
"G-Gray!?" said Mikoto. "What are you doing with that Nelly Blue from Lamia Scale?!"
"Listen quick and listen closely..." said Nicole. "We don't have much time......what I'm about to do is a forbidden Dragon Slayer art that can only be performed by Dragon Borns...and only when there are three of them present....." Nicole turned to look at Mikoto. "Are you ready?"
Mikoto paused for a moment...all of this was a bit confusing....especially since she was being told out of the blue that the blue haired girl with Gray was also a Dragon Born.....but she nodded anyways. "I'm ready...."
Nicole nodded back. She closed her eyes and placed a hand on Mikoto's forehead as he beckoned for Nelliel to do the same. When Nelliel had placed her hand on Mikoto's head as well, Nicole began to chant.
"Power to power.....dissapate all darkness....let the true dragon manifest itself.......let Ghost become Thunder...Thunder become Water...and Water become power.....let our three elements form for just a fleeting moment within the Daughter of Lightning.........and though this power will only be fleeting....LET IT RAZE ITS ENEMY TO THE GROUND!!!!"
Nicole opened her eyes as a massive magic energy began to surround Mikoto. "SECRET ART: VESSEL OF THE THREE DRAGONS!!!!!!!!!!"
A blast of white energy suddenly surrounded Mikoto. An energy so intense, that Diablo stepped back, his molten eyes wide with shock and Dravis retreated further within Diablo's cloak, hissing.
Mikoto's Thunder Dragon Wings suddenly became the six sparking feathered Thundering Arc Angel Wings that only happened when she entered Dragon Force.....then, her shoulders gave a ghostly howl, and the ginormous Deathly Corpse Jaws burst out cackling and chomping with malice. Saphire colored liquid gathered on Mikoto's forearms and legs and shaped themselves into samurai armor, watery blades sprouted from the edges of the armor like spikes.
Mikoto stared at her new form with absolute amazement. "This is....True Dragon Force....."
"Impossible....." said Diablo. "The energy......this energy...it is not that of a mortal!!!"
Mikoto glared at Diablo. "Ready for a beating freak?....cause I'm pissed...and I need a punching bag."
Diablo roared with fury. "I will not allow a whelp to defeat me!!!!!"
Diablo raised his fists into the air. "DEVIL'S ART: ADVOCATE OF THE DAMNED!!!!!!!"
A giant blast of blue energy combined with a black smoke shot down from the sky and blasted into Diablo. When the smoke cleared.....Diablo had changed. He was now extremely tall, with dark black shredded robes. His hands were black with needle sharp 3-foot long bladed claws. His face was a swirling smoking vortex, while his black scabby skin formed into a large horned crown at the top of his head. Imbedded in the center of his chest, was a hideous blue skull.
"Feel the power of MERCILESSNESS!!!" Diablo screeched in his now terrifying sadistic voice, a voice that was filled with no remorse, and unending pain to all living things.
Diablo and Mikoto both launched themselves at each other, leaving earth shattering booms in their wake as they approached each other at godly speeds.
Diablo attacked first, his claws glowed a bluish light and he sliced and shredded relentlessly at Mikoto, leaving energy trails in the air in the wake of his deadly claws.
Mikoto closed her Thundering Arc Angel wings over herself though, and the claws glanced harmlessly off the feathered electrified plasma. Mikoto engulfed her water armored hand in ghostly electric energy and bashed Diablo in his swirling face, causing him to fly thousands of feet into the clouds.
Mikoto shot into the sky as well, going after Diablo with a righteous malice.
Once above the clouds Mikoto stopped and hovered in the air, looking around for any sign of Diablo. Suddenly, Like a black and blue flash, Diablo tore through a nearby swirling cloud vapor and his swirling face blasted out a shadowy dark energy beam.
Mikoto crossed her forearms, and the Sameyoroi armor morphed itself into a humungous shield that blazed with electric energy, and had wailing ghosts swimming within it's liquid surface. The black energy blasted against the shield.....separating against it's incredible defense.....
The moment the black blast dissapeared though. Diablo moved with unrivaled speed and reappeared behind Mikoto, shredding his claws upwards along Mikoto's back. Mikoto cried in pain as she nearly fell out of the sky from the soul wrenching blow.
Mikoto gritted her teeth as her shield dissapated and she righted herself in mid air. As Diablo began to speed towards Mikoto, she concentrated energy into the cackling Deathly Corpse Jaws on her shoulders.
"DRAGON'S ART: RAGING DEVOURER!!!!!"
The Deathly Corpse Jaws cackled louder as their mouths were suddenly filled with rows of long electrical fangs that were each surrounde by rings of high pressured swirling water disks. The Deathly Corpse Jaws shot at Diablo like vipers and chomped straight into his shoulders ferociously.
Diablo roared out with pain and anger, as he wrenched himself from the Deathly Corpse Jaws. But Mikoto wasn't done yet.
Mikoto clasped her hands together as though in prayer. "RAGING DRAGON STORM!!!!!!"
Immediately, a multitude of purple ghosts lightning bolts and swirling clouds swirled around Diablo faster and faster until it became a twister the size of Domus Flau around Diablo. The twister then eminated a powerful exploding light, and the entire sky lit up as dragon's roar could be heard calling into the world below.
Diablo tore out of the exposion, screaming with utter fury. "GREAT DEATH BARRAGE OF THE DAMNED!!!!!!"
Diablo glowed with a furious light as he shoulder tackled straight into Mikoto's body and begand shredding his claws all over her.
Sonic booms eminated from his hands everytime he moved them, the bloody gashes on Mikoto's body began to spurt out with pain as Mikoto tried to endure.
Diablo then thrust out his palm into Mikoto's chest. "UNENDING TORMENT!!!!!"
A gigantic blast of blue fire barreled down into Mikoto. Causing her to crash with a tremendous boom in the city below. Diablo followed and landed with a slam right on top of Mikoto's chest.
"I'm not....going....to let you.....win....." Mikoto puffed up her cheeks. "ROAR OF THE DRAGON BORN!!!!!!!"
A massive blast of electricity, water, and ghost energy blasted into Diablo, tearing the sky apart with it's brilliant power.
Diablo stumbled back, his black robes smoking. Mikoto jumped to her feet, and wasted no time attacking, she engulfed her hands once more in rippling energy and began punching Diablo faster and with more power then any Wizard Saint could have. With every punch, a shockwave could be heard all over the city as she continued her relentless assault. Every hit, every, bash in Diablo's face, it was as if her friends were empowering her blows.....silently yelling that she must not lose....and that she must not die...not yet.....not now.....not when everyone needed her.
"YOU HURT MY FRIENDS!!!!" Shouted Mikoto as she continued to to pummel Diablo into submission. "YOU HURT THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY!!!!!! AND TO TOP IT OFF!!!!! YOU MADE IT SO THAT I WAS THE ONE HURTING EVERYONE!!!!!!! I........OFFICIALLY.......HATE........YOU!!!!!!!!!!"1
Mikoto screamed and brought down her fist in one final blow against Diablo. A crater erupted out of the ground that covered nearly half of all the already ruined part of the city.
Mikoto panted as she watched Diablo pick himself up from the ground gingerly. Cursing Mikoto with a hissing growl. "You.....it's time you knew what it was like........to recieve no mercy whatsoever..........Immitis.....Are you ready!?"
The blue skull in Diablo's chest chuckled. "I am ready....unleash me upon this girl!!!!!"
Diablo tore the blue skull out of his chest, just like he had with Diabolus, and threw it into the air. And like with Diabolus, the skull grew massive as proportionately large muscles covered a newly created skeleton.
Immitis was large and humanoid, with a powerfully muscular body. His blue skin shined with utter desire to bring death upon the universe. Unlike Diabolus, he had absolutely no eyes, ears, or nose...all there was, was a massive, wide jawed mouth, with rows upon rows of teeth, each tooth around the height of a house. One massive bladed horn jutted out of Immitis's forhead like a rhino.
Immitis roared as he towered over Crocus. "YES!!!!! NONE SHALL BE GIVEN FORGIVENESS!!! NONE SHALL RECIEVE MERCY!!!!! ALL SHALL SUBMIT!!!!!!!!!!"
Immitis raised his hands and an energy sphere began to grow large in between his palms. "Devour........Diablo's Relentlessness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
As the energy sphere began to grow even larger, Mikoto stood strong, with an unbreakable look on her face. "Not today ya freaking monster...."
Mikoto held up her hand, and a massive lightning sword blasted into being, surrounded by ghastly ghostly energy. It's edge was llined with super hot water vapor.
Mikoto jumped into the air and shot at Immitis. She then swung her blade downwards. "SECRET ART: RECKONING BLADE OF THE DRAGON BORN!!!!!!"
The energy sphere was immediately sliced in half, and dissapated......but that wasn't the only thing the blade cleaved...
Immitis stood there for a moment........his mouth open in surprise, then his body seperated, sliced cleanly in half, right down the middle, both his halves smashed into the Earth below and dissapated into smoke.
Mikoto landed on the ground next to Diablo, who was crawling along the rubble....sputtering weakly.
"Impossible...I haven't run out of magic energy....since I fought Zeref himself..." sputtered Diablo. "How........how?"
Dravis wriggled out of Diablo's robes. "Now is not the time to be lamenting your defeat old friend.........we must go...and quickly....or the magic council will detain us and all could be ruined......"
Diablo coughed a little and sizzling lava fell out of his vortex face. "Know this....Railgun.....I will have my revenge.........your days will soon be numbered..."
Diablo smacked his fist to the ground, and a red glowing fissure opened up. Skeletal arms reached out of the fissure and pulled Diablo and Dravis in. The fissure then closed with final crash...and the world was silent....
Mikoto fell to her knees, the Deathly Corpse Jawas and Sameyoroi dissapated into complete nothingness (Not like with Spatial Thunder Dragon mode.....this mode was purely temporary as she did not actually devour the elements.) Mikoto's Thundering Arc Angel wings returned into their ordinary Thunder Dragon wings and then dissapated as Mikoot fell onto her stomach.....her vision swimming in and out of focus. Blood began to pool out of her body.
Mikoto thought she knew why she was bleeding so much. She had temporarily borrowed another wizard's powers....meaning her esper nature was reacting badly to this kind of magic use....
"So I'm going to die after all..." murmured Mikoto. "Well that stinks......"
Suddenly, Mikoto felt her pain die down. The bleeding stopped, and a pleasent blue light surrounded her.
Wendy and Chelia were both kneeling at Mikoto's side, using their Sky Dragon and Sky God magic to heal her wounds at an abnormally fast rate.5
"You guys.....?" Mikoto murmured.
Natsu, Touma, Lucy, Happy, and Elli were also standing over her, along with Nelliel, Gray, and Nicole.
"We're all here...." said Natsu with a grin. "See?"
Mikoto looked up, and was shocked to see she was surrounded by a massive crowd of cheering people. Everyone was there, Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, Quatro Cerberus, Mermaid Heel, Sabertooth, the spectators, the townsfolk who hadn't been at the games, the announcer, the king himself.....even the princess and all the palace gaurd were there cheering and applauding. In fact, the only ones not present were the rest of Fright Face, which had apparently fled during the attack.
Mikoto stuttered. "Wh-what?......how many.............how?"
Elli smiled cheerfully and hugged Mikoto as she sat up wearily. "Looks like you've got quite a big amount of fans now......but remember.....I'm still your biggest fan!!"
Mikoto laughed, as she hugged Elli back. "Yeah...I'm your biggest fan too!!"