Midnight was leaning against one of the building with his arms crossed over his chest. "You betrayed us. I didn't think you had the guts." He said looking at HotEye. His father had sent him to take care of the wizard's after they had taken out all of their members.
"I haven't betrayed anyone." HotEye denied a bit nervously. He was aware of how strong Midnight really was. "I've come to realize the error of Brains ways." He turned his head to look at him.
He appeared behind them as he moved once more."What was that? Why don't you come over and say that, big guy."
Asami couldn't predict which way he was going to keep moving. Lucy jumped in surprise when she saw him. "How does he keep doing that?"
"Hold on! What's with all this father stuff?" Gray asked interrupting their conversation.
"I say he is misguided because he truly believes a heart can be changed by magic. But, only the love has the power to make even the weakest of hearts to become stronger. Oh Yeah!" HotEye stated as he stared at Midnight with a hard look. Midnight didn't like what he said and used his magic on the four unsuspecting wizard's.
Lucy was on ground beside with Haru on top of her, Asami who landed on top of Gray and Jura was on the other side of the blonde. "Woah! Anyone know what just happened." Gray groaned.
"HotEye liquified the ground beneath us so we wouldn't get hit. It happened so fast I barely saw it." Jura explained.
Lucy whimpered. "It still hurt."
Asami glanced at her. "No it didn't."
"That's because Gray caught you." Lucy muttered as she pointed to the ice mage beneath the ravenette. "And Haru landed on top of me."
Haru rolled his eyes at the blondes statement. It's not like I'm heavy.
She laughed nervously. "I guess you got me there." She glanced at Gray. "Are you okay?"
He gave her a smile. "Yeah."
"There no time to waste. Now get to the royal throne as quickly as possible. " HotEye said interrupting their conversation. "I'll take care of Midnight. You needn't worry about me. All Oracion Seis members are equal in power." He said trying to keep his voice strong. He wasn't necessarily sure he could beat Midnight but if he could buy them some time then so be it.
The group leaves him reluctantly. HotEye tells them to call him Richard before they leave.
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Asami leads them to where she caught Natsu's scent. "Come on."
Gray is the first to see Natsu being dragged by Brain. "There he is."
"What the heck happened to you?!" Lucy asked shocked by his appearance.
Haru sighed. "He's obviously suffering from motion sickness, blondie." Her eye twitched in annoyance at that comment.
"He's right." Natsu choked out trying to keep himself from throwing up.
"Hey guy! Please help." Happy pleaded from the spot he was laying on the ground on. He was in so much pain but he was more worried about Natsu.
"Are you okay?" Asami asked the injured cat. Before she could take a step forward to him Gray stopped her shaking his head. She glared at the ground and nodded reluctantly. As much as she wanted to run to help the small cat, Gray was right. They needed to free Natsu first.
"Sir Cat is still alive." Jura commented.
"Are you talking about Happy?" The three wizard's sweat dropped while Haru raised an eyebrow at the name.
"You guys got to save Natsu. Brains taking him away." Happy said tears in his eyes.
"The six demons have been cut down to a meager three. We've been chomped in half. So in order to stop the bleeding in our once healthy ranks, I will fortify them with this one." Brain stated, keeping his hold on the sick Natsu.
"I always knew this was going to happen someday. One of these dark guilds was going to pull Natsu to their side." Gray said glaring at the leader of the Oracion Seis.
"You must be out of your mind if you think you'll ever get that hard head to cooperate with you!" Lucy snapped.
"Once Nirvana darkens his heart he'll gladly do my bidding. His goals and my own will be intertwined." Brain said darkly.
Natsu suddenly sunk his teeth into Brains arm. "In your dreams."
Lucy gasped, Gray's eyes widened, Asami sweat dropped, Jura blinked, and Haru snickered. "You still have the strength to fight?!" Brain slammed Natsu onto the ground.
"I am so sick." The pink haired slayer groaned.
"The spirit is strong but the stomach weak." Jura said.
"Yeah. You can say that again." Gray muttered.
Haru snickered. "He's so pathetic."
Asami hit him on the head. "Be nice, Haru." He let out a small ow and grabbed his head. He crossed his arms over his chest pouting he looked away like a disobedient child.
"Help me. Please help me. Beat this guy." Natsu groaned and pleaded. "And stop this thing."
"Oh. We're going to stop it but not just for your sake." Gray stated.
"Yeah." Asami nodded as did both Lucy and Haru.
"Oh. Is that so. You'll stop Nirvana?" Brain said in a condescending tone. "Try your best. But you better hurry because we're quickly approaching our first target." He informed them. "The Cait Shelter guild hall."
All of their eyes widened at the information. It was the guild were Wendy and Carla were from. "What is your objective? What could you possibly gain from their loss?" Jura asked him.
"The world on it's head. In the blink of an eye this guild of life will be consumed in darkness. Oh the things we shall see." Brain said. He grinned evilly. "What splendid horrors await us."
"You honestly think we'll let you get away with that!" Asami clenched her fist angrily. If Wendy really is who I think she is then there is no way I'll let her suffer, not if I can help it.
"We won't." Lucy yelled.
"You're not going to get away with it scumbag." Gray snapped.
"You still haven't told me. What you hope to gain." Jura asked releasing a strong amount of magic power that caused Gray to tense up severely.
Brain chuckled darkly. "I don't have to answer to you! I hold the reins of light and darkness! Kneel before me and ask for one thing only! For mercy!" He continued to cackle.
"What a bothersome fool." Jura muttered as he took a step forward in front of them.
"Pop? What are you doing?" Gray asked.
"He's far too delusional to hold a conversation with."
"You heard me? I asked you to kneel!" He pointed his skull staff at the wizard saint.
Jura points two fingers at him and sends a powerful attack. Debris falls everywhere causing a small shock wave. Lucy, Natsu, and Gray gaped. Asami sweat dropped. You know he fits in perfectly with our guild with the way he destroy things. Haru whistled impressed by the amount of debris flying everywhere.
Once the smoke cleared, Brain was shocked by the amount of power Jura had. "Guess baldy ain't messing around." Gray said.
"No it looks like he's pretty serious." Lucy said.
"You shouldn't be surprised. He is one of the wizard saints like gramps." Asami said as she kept herself close to Haru in case something happened. They watch as the fight between Jura and Brain continues. Every attack that the leader of the dark guild sends Jura is able to counter it easily.
Once Jura takes Brain down the four walk over to the dark guild leader on the ground. "It over! We won!" Lucy cheered.
"Now. I still need an answer as to why you're attacking Cait Shelter." Jura demanded.
"Um, Jura. Do you think we could stop this thing." Lucy asked nervously as she glanced at Natsu who was on the ground.
"That's a great idea." Natsu groaned out.
"No. I never imagined I would fall like this." Brain croaked out. "Losing a battle to a light guild." He said bitterly. "Please hear my word Midnight. You're our last remaining hope. You must not let the six prayer disappear. They are our only hope of keeping him at bay." His eyes closed.
"Keeping who at bay?" Jura muttered quietly.
"Hold on. Is it my imagination or did one of those black lines on his face disappear?" Gray asked them.
"Gray. I think it more you trying to scare me. And it's actually starting to work." Lucy shuddered.
Asami and Haru shared a look and sighed. "Hey! Guys!" A familiar voice called up to them. Asami sighed in relief when she saw Wendy running towards them with Carla by her side.
"Just as I thought. Only those hooligans could cause such a ruckus." Carla stated.
"Carla!" Happy exclaimed in relief.
"We're in trouble. I think this city is headed for my guild for some reason." Wendy said.
Asami sent her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry everything's going to be okay." Wendy tilted her head in confusion. "His snake friend is over there." The ravenette nodded over at Cobra who was unconscious.
"Wow." The blunette said in awe.
"My guess is that Brain is also the guy who's been controlling Nirvana. And now that he's out cold the city should stop moving any minute now." Lucy explained to the younger girl.
"I still have some lingering concerns but the worst is over now." Jura stated.
"I don't think so." Natsu muttered sickly. "Guys please stop this thing." He pleaded.
Wendy looked like a lost puppy. "Oh you poor guy. Have you been poisoned too?"
Asami sweat dropped. "That's not it."
Both Haru and Carla walked over to the blue cat on the ground. "So what's your problem Tomcat. Don't tell me you're too weak to stand." Carla said with her arms crossed over his chest.
"Yes, ma'am." Happy muttered defeatedly.
Haru raised an eyebrow. "Got your butt handed to you, huh."
"Uh huh." Happy pouted and Haru snorted.
Asami and Gray both shook their heads at the brown cat.
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The group stands at the top of the throne where Richard had told them to head to. But, there wasn't anything they could find that showed how to stop Nirvana from moving any further.
"What do we do? I used a spell to counteract the venom but he's still sick." Wendy said from her spot beside Natsu who was the ground. All three cats were standing by her as they watched.
"Natsu and vehicles don't tend to mix well." Happy muttered a bit embarrassed for his friend.
"That is so pathetic." Carla said.
Haru nodded. "Tell me about it."
"I don't really think my stomach wants to be inside me anymore." Natsu choked out.
"It's motion sickness?" Wendy asked.
"Yep." Asami answered.
"In that case. I'll cast a spell that'll restore his sense of balance." She put her hands on his head as they glowed. "Troia."
Natsu blinked awake no longer feeling sick. He jumped. "Yah!" He cheered happily. He thanked Wendy before running over to Lucy and shook her by the shoulders. "Hey, Lucy. Summon of your train or boat spirits for me."
Her eye twitched. "I don't have those!" She snapped at him. "Look, buddy! Now is not the time to play! We're still in big trouble."
"We gotta figure out how to stop this thing. And it's obviously not up here." Gray said dragging everyone's attention from Lucy and Natsu. Everyone made an input how they needed to figure out to stop it before it could destroy Cait shelter.
They believed it was on autopilot. So, Natsu decided that they should just destroy it to keep from moving any further. His guildmates turned that idea down since the place was too big to take down. Wendy gasps grabbing everyone's attention. "Did you think of something?" Asami asked her.
Wendy shifts nervously. "I'm not quite sure but it might the best option. So i'll try my best to find it."
She took off with Carla flying after her and Asami glanced at Haru. "Go."
He sighed. "Fine, but you owe me some fish after this." She nodded and he followed after the blue haired girl.
Soon after Wendy leaves they hear Richard's voice. He informed that in order to stop Nirvana for good they would need to stop Midnight first. And lucky for them he was just outside the throne below them. They agreed to go and take down Midnight unaware that it was Brain who was impersonating Richard instead.
Natsu was the first to reach the door and began to open it when a bright light shined through it. Everyone gasped in shock. "Everyone get back!" Jura yelled. Asami saw what he was about to do but couldn't stop him because Gray had pulled her down with him unaware of the sacrifice Jura had just made. All they could see was a bright light surround them before they felt a loud explosion.