Zirconis eyed Mikoto for a second, his eyes wide with surprise. Then he began to laugh. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!! You're Thundaarix's kid!? You!? HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Look at the puny widdle girl, I could just eat you up in one bite!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
Mikoto stared at Zirconis..then. "I...am...going...to kill you SO BAD!!!"
"Give me your best shot little girl!" Said Zirconis. "Dragon Slayers are nothing against the might of a true dragon's power. You're just going to get burned you little.."
"WHHAAAAAMMM!!" Mikoto had just launched into the air and punched a lightning engulfed fist into the side of Zirconis's jaw, cutting his sentence short.
Zirconis gave a surprised roar as he flew through the air and exploded into the concrete of the large road leading to the Palace Museum.
"The next time you call me little girl.." said Mikoto walking forward, her wings sparking with incredible rage. "I'll beat you down harder...little iguana."
"You're seeming a little overconfident." said Argentumias as he watched Mikoto pull Natsu out of his entrapment of silver and shadows. "I think it's time you were taught a lesson in ettiquete."
"No!" Zirconis got up from he had been beaten down. "This puny human is mine!! It's time those little whelps learned their place!!"
"Very well." said Argentumias. "Then I shall leave the girl to you Zirconis."
Zirconis grinned a toothy smile, his jade collored scales gleamed in the bright sunlight as the magical aura around him began to flare with extensive power." Fear me girl, you are about to face the power of a true dragon!!"
"You're powerful." Mikoto admitted as Zirconis began to lumber towards her with Earth shaking steps. "But I've seen Dravis enough times..and you don't intimidate me.."
"I will soon enough!!" Zirconis shouted as he swiped a massive set of claws at Mikoto.
There was a tremendous shockwave, and Zirconis's eyes widened with shock as he saw Mikoto stop his clawed talon with one hand and held it tightly.
"Shocked..?" Growled Mikoto. "Well not as much as you're gonna be.."
A powerful electric energy coarsed from Mikoto's hand into Zirconis's claw. The dragon roared in pain and wrenched his claw out of Mikoto's grip. "DANG YOU GIRL!! DIE!!"
Zirconis opened his mouth and a tremendous light greenish energy blasted out of Zirconis's mouth. Mikoto closed her wings over herself and blocked the roar attack..
"Impossible." said Argentumias, his dark eyes stared in amazement. "Not even the most powerful dragon can stand so easily against a true dragon! Enough Zirconis..her power has grown beyond you alone...I shall lend you my strength.."
Argentumias jumped onto Zirconis's back, and the Jade Dragon growled in approval as a silverish shadowy aura began to eminate from his body. "Now this is more like it! I don't typically like fighting with humans...but I've always supported Dravis's policy...when he rules, this world will belong eternally to dragons....tremble with fear Thundaarix's daughter!!"
Zirconis charged at Mikoto who blocked with her wings. The force of the blow exploded through her wings however and caused her to fly into the air. Zirconis flew into the sky and began smashing and Mikoto around in mid air with his claws and newfound increased speed all the while laughing. "HAHAHAHAHA!! You'll make a fine appetizer for me!!"
"Darn it!!" Mikoto yelled as she barely managed to block the powered up Zirconis's blows with her wings as she bounced around in the sky. "I need an edge.."
Suddenly a familiar voice spoke in her head...it was the voice of Thundaarix.
Fear not daughter...I have already sent help...
Their was a flash of powerful lightning, and Zirconis and Argentumias collided with the ground in an explosion of amazing power.
Mikoto fell through air and fell onto a large back with an amazing amount of electric blue scales. The spikes on the side of the dragon's body were jagged in the shape of lightning bolts. The beautiful dragon's head was crowned in similar spikes.
"Wh--who are you!?" Mikoto stammered as she clung to the dragon's back.
"I am Voltress Lightning." said the dragon. "Thundaarix is my sister..you can say that I'm your aunt. Your mother summoned me to lend assistance to you in any way I can."
Mikoto grinned. "Whoah..my family is huge. Well for starters Aunt Voltress, why don't we take down those two a few notches? They're way too full of themselves!"1
"Well said!" shouted Voltress as she flew downwards at Zirconis in a tremendous divebomb, her body surrounded in incredible electric energy.
"Voltress!?" Zirconis had time to say before the two dragons collided with each other in an explosion of sheer power.
There was a huge dust cloud and Zirconis flew out of the cloud with Argentumias on his back while Voltress followed with Mikoto on her back.
"Zirconis, who is that?" asked Argentumias. "You know her?"
"Voltress Lightning, I haven't seen her in a year." said Zirconis. "Of course since I came here from 400 years in the past, you could say it was technically 400 years since I've last seen her. She was Thundaarix's baby sister, a mere small hatchling when we last encountered one another..she's grown.."
"Yes 400 years tend to do that." said Argentumias.
Voltress Lightning gave a tremendous roar, and a massive beam of white lightning exploded out of her mouth and very nearly missed Zirconis who only flew to the side just in time.
"Voltress!" Mikoto shouted. "We need to get close!!"
"I'll do my best!" said Voltress determindely. "As a fellow descendent of Elanis!!"
A sonic boom erupted from behind Voltress as she sped into the sky.1
Zirconis gritted his teeth. "Damn! She's quick!!"
Voltress flew right alongside Zirconis. "Much has changed over the years Jade Dragon..I am known as the fastest flier of the Thunder Dragons in Thundaarix's domain.."
Voltress collided with Zirconis in mid air and bit her large jaws into Zirconis's neck. As the two dragons grappled and clawed each other in the sky, Mikoto leapt off of Voltress's back and onto Zirconis. There, Argentumias stood waiting for Mikoto.
"So..you wish to fight me again..even after you were defeated so easily at first." said Argentumias.
"Heck yeah!" said Mikoto with a grin as her wings gave a massive flap and lightining burst from her body.
Mikoto dashed at Argentumias while the latter did the same, Mikoto was engulfed in powerful electric energy while Argentumias was surrounded by silverish light and black shadowy tendrils.
The two of them dashed at and attacked then leapt back and repeated, the two of them continuously getting a feel for each other's fighting style.
"You've improved!" said Argentumias as he moved his arms and blocked Mikoto's electric punches with his own silver and shadow energy engulfed arms. "And in such a short time..not bad."
"What can I say!" said Mikoto with a fierce light in her eyes. "I'm a fast learner!!" Mikoto ducked Argentumias's kick and then charged, her body became a winged electric meteor as she headbutted Argentumias straight in the gut. "Sword Horn of the Thunder Dragon!!"
Argentumias tumbled along Zirconis's surface before grabbing a scale with his hand and instantly stabilizing himself as Mikoto dashed at him and continued punching and kicking at him. This time however, the battle started to go differently.
Mikoto ducked all of Argentumias's blows easily, dodging and weaving in betweent them to deal several punches of her own into the Argentumias's face.
Argentumias growled in rage. He surrounded his fists in silver orbs with black shadowy energy cloaking it. "Flashing Fang of the Silver Shadow Dragon!!"
Argentumias mashed both his fists forward, both of them aimed at Mikoto's head in order to deal a powerful shot. But before the move could connect, Mikoto closed her wings around herself in a flash, and the fists collided with pure lightning. Electricity blasted out of Mikoto's wings and coursed through Argentumias's body who yelled out in pain.
Argentumias withdrew his fist as Mikoto opened her wings and kicked Argentumias in the chest, causing him to fall at Mikoto's feet.
"Alrighty then.." said Mikoto. "Care to dance a little more?"
"Oh.." said Argentumias. "Impossible...I have trained for years...you've only had your powers for a year!"
"And I'm sure somebody is out there crying out there eyes for your shame." growled Mikoto. "Thing is..I've had my esper powers for years.."
Mikoto took Argentumias by the face and threw him into the air, she jumped off of Zirconis's back as her wings grew even brighter and brighter. "Aerial Feeding Frenzy of The Thunder Dragon!!"
Mikoto moved her fists and feet with the speed of gattling guns as she relentlessly hit Argentumias all over his body unopposed. Lightning began to erupt and explode with greater and greater force as she continued to pound Argentumias higher and higher into the air.3
Suddenly Mikoto's wings gave a massive burst like explosive rockets and she exploded into an electric charge of enormous proportions.
"You said silver that was the fluid and reflective.." Mikoto growled as she and Argentumias flew further and further into the sky. "Well I'll tell you this...Lightning is the most ANGRY!!!"
Mikoto held her fist back charging more and more electric energy as they rocketted through the clouds. "Now..you're about to see why Hydra Head, and all you freaks can never hold a candle to Fairy Tail!!!
Mikoto's fist gave a final burst as she rammed it against Argentumias's face. "SECRET ART: STARWARD GOD BLOW OF THE THUNDER DRAGON!!!!!"
There was an explosion of more tremendous lightning. and Argentumias's body shot into the sky like a meteor before completely burning up in the atmosphere of the Earth.
"That was the power of Fairy Tail you dolt." Mikoto growled. "Remember it.."1
And with her magic energy nearly completely spent, Mikoto fell back through the clouds, her body completely fatigued. In a flash Voltress flew out and caught Mikoto in her talons. "Are you alright dear Neice..?"
"Fine.." Mikoto groaned as she generated a spark from her fingers and swallowed it, regaining her magic power in the process. Fly me down quick."
Voltress lowered herself to the wrecked outer grounds of the Palace Museum. And Nicole, Natsu, Happy, Lucy, and Elli came out to meet them.
"Mikoto!!" Nicole shouted. "Are you alright!"
"Great." said Mikoto. "No time for questions just jump on!!"
Without a second's hesitation everyone jumped onto Voltress's back and with a massive flap of her wings, the dragon took to the air. Below Mikoto could see crowds and crowds of awed and stunned citizens staring up at the tremendous dragon with amazement.
Mikoto laughed. She couldn't help it...riding a live dragon through the sky was exhilerating beyond belief.
Voltress seemed to give off a nostalgic feeling. "You remind me of your mother...she never could get enough of soaring through the skies. Where do you need to go?"
Mikoto grinned. "Take us to the top of Taipei 101, and make it quick!"
"But Mikoto!" Lucy shouted. "Couldn't we get far enough up in the sky already like this?"
"I can't explain it.." said Mikoto. "But right now there's something telling me to go to Taipei 101...I think the Gate knew we would try to go there first. So now it's waiting there for us..."
"Alright!!" Natsu shouted. "Then lets GO!!!"
Mikoto looked at Natsu oddly. "Aren't you motion sick?"
"Wha!? Dragons aren't transportation! They're our friends!"1
Mikoto laughed again. "Fair enough! Let's do this!!!"
There was another tremendous sonic boom as Voltress shot through the sky towards the great tower in the distance. However as they flew, A dragon suddenly rose out of the air in front to meet them, it was Zirconis, and he looked furious.
"YA AIN'T GETTING BY ME VOLTRESS!! YOU'RE STILL A LITTLE HATCHLING BY MY STANDARDS!!"
"And you're still an old geezer in my eyes!!" said Voltress. "Keep up with me if you can!!!"
The two dragons flew alongside each other ramming shoulder to shoulder as they rapidly approached Taipei 101, the magic power exuding from their bodies would have caused an earthquake if they were on the ground.
"Natsu!" Mikoto yelled. "Nicole! How about we do what our magic says we do!!?"
"Slay a dragon!?" said Natsu.
"HECK YES!!" Mikoto yelled as she launched herself off of Voltress's back and her wings burst to life. Mikoto's wings turned into massive clawed hands as she landed on Zirconis's back and they smashed into either side of Zirconis's face, cluthing his jaws with an extreme electric fury.
"RAAARRGGGHH!! You little twit!!" Zirconis shouted furiously.
"YEAH!!!" Natsu yelled as he and Nicole also jumped onto different parts of Zirconis. Nicole activated her talons which turned into massive ghastly scythes that ripped through portions of Zirconis's wings, shredding them. Natsu activated his flaming gauntlett sword and slashed along Zirconis's back in an explosive flaming blast.
Zirconis let out a final cry as he fell out of the sky and Mikoto, Natsu and Nicole grabbed each other's hands. Natsu's feet shot upwards like booster rockets, and togther the Dragon Slayers soared right back up onto Voltress's back.
Mikoto saw a huge explosion of dust in the distance as Zirconis crashed into the ground.
"Umm..Mikoto?" said Lucy. "Is it just me are we closing in on Taipei 101 a little too fast?"
Mikoto grinned. "Well it's not like they have a door we can just walk through on the top floor..and anyways..that glass is supposed to be mega durable..HOLD ON!!"
Voltress roared and gave her body a massive swing, causing the Fairy Tail mages to fly at the top floor of the building like bullets, Mikoto at the head of the group. Mikoto engulfed both her fists in lightning and crashed through the bullet proof glass, she then stood up and lashed her hands out, catching, Lucy and Elli as Nicole used her talons to catch Happy and Natsu on the way in.
Mikoto looked at the stunned men in suits who were there seemingyly in the middle of admiring a stunning bit of coral sculptures.
"Hi." said Mikoto. "How did you like our entrance?"
R.I.F.T. Trivia
1. Nearly every girl in Academy City has a crush on Gray. Nearly all of them have been caught with cameras in an attempt to catch Gray shirtless (Not that difficult really.)
2. Laxus once babysitted Last Order for Accelerator. This resulted in Last Order sneaking out, and Laxus going on a massive comical chase through Magnolia Town and Academy City in an attempt to catch the little MISAKA sister. Eventually the aftermath of this chase resulted in 20 escaped zoo animals, Natsu getting an afro, and Mikoto playing basketball with Shaquille O'niel....yeah, it's a long story.
(The songs I have in the Media over there are all songs I tended to listen to during intense battle scenes. I will start posting songs suitable to the battle scenes of this book starting on the next update )