Thunder Palace

In the Guild hall, after all the girls were freed from their stone statues, Makarov and the others were telling them what had happened.
"Battle of Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked.
"Laxus really did all that?" Katara said.
"Yeah, but Zuko and Erza took care of Evergreen." Sokka said.
"So, it's over. With all of you returned to normal, there's no way I'm going to play Laxus' silly game anymore." Makarov said.
"That's too bad." Toph said while lying down looking at the ceiling. "A 'Battle of Fairy Tail' sounds like an awesome idea."
Mira had a concerned thought. "But, what about everyone that was injured from Freed's traps?"
"Yeah, we can't leave things as they are. Laxus need to learn that his actions have consequences." Suki said.
"And you think I don't know that!" Makarov said. "I'll make sure to give him a punishment he'll never forget. Damn you Laxus… You're not going to get away with it this time."
"Wait a second!" Natsu said throwing 'the hand' to Makarov from behind. "I have to agree with Laxus about the whole 'deciding who is the strongest in Fairy Tail' thing."
All the girls who were freed from their stone statues gasped except for one. "Yeah! That's what I'm talking about Natsu!" Toph cheered.
"Don't be so hard on the guy, gramps."
"Natsu's right." Aang said. "I agree, he needs to learn his lesson, but he's still a member of Fairy Tail right. We can't just give up on him."
"Natsu… Aang…" Makarov thought"…both of you are…"
"So anyway… The second battle of Fairy Tail starts right now!" Natsu declared. "Bring it on everyone!"
"AYE!" Toph yelled.
"WHAT!?" Lucy, Katara, Levy, Bisca and Suki screamed.
"STOP!" Makarov yelled.
"This pink haired lunatic is going to get himself killed." Mai dryly said.
"Well I think he's brave." Ty Lee swooned with hearts floating above her.
"And I think you've finally lost it Ty Lee."
" 'Cause we haven't done anything, lets give it a go!" Natsu excitedly said while punching the air while standing close to Lucy
"Calm down, will you." Lucy said folding her arms. "You're saying it like you're serious or something."
"If you insist, I'll fight you." Cana said.
"Cana, don't encourage him."
"Natsu…" Happy began lifting up his paw. "I don't think fighting women really counts as a battle."
"Man. Woman… I don't care…" Natsu said shrugging his shoulders and making an annoying face.
"Hey! That face is pissing me off!" Happy yelled.
"Here I come, Lucy!" Natsu yelled as he was chasing Lucy.
"Get away from me!" The blonde mage yelled.
"I'll fight you Natsu!" Ty Lee yelled but Mai held her back.
Mai grabbed Ty Lee's arm. "Not gonna let that happen."
"C'mon Mai!" Ty Lee said while comically flailing her arms. 
"He's totally cute!" She cried.
"He's a child in a teenager's body."
Toph punched right fist into her left palm. "I'm up for this tournament. First I want to teach that angry Lighting Rod a lesson." She looked to Gajeel. "Then you're all mine, Metalhead!"
"Tch!" Gajeel responded.
Juvia saw Gajeel looked off for some reason. 
"What's the matter, Gajeel?" she asked.
"It's nothin'."
"This guild sure is fun."
"It's got a screw loose."
The purple runes on the entrance read a new result. 
"Look you guys, something else happened." Aang said.
"What, don't tell me someone beat Laxus before I did!?" Natsu said.
"So what does it say?" Sokka asked, unable to read Freed's runes.
Happy began to read the runes "'Laxus vs Hen, Kobu and Chun. Winner: Laxus. Hen and Kobu: Out of Action. Chun forfeits.'" The cat read.
"I recognize that name." Toph started. "Hen is that Earthbending wannabe I fought against when Phantom Lord attacked."
"Kobu is the waterbender, I fought him during Phantom too." Katara said. "That leaves Chun, the Firebender. So they were in this battle all along, most likely trying to take us out in all the confusion."
"Chun?" Lucy said to herself. "But why is she here?"
"Uh… maybe you didn't get the memo." Sokka started. 
"She's a Firebender. And Firebender equals: up to no good." Sokka said.
"No! She's different." Lucy argued. "I could feel it; she's doing this to save someone. She's not a bad kid. In fact, if she was still with us after we beat that guitar guy; I would have invited her to join us." The blonde mage revealed.
"You would have: WHAT!?" Sokka yelled in disbelief. "She's the enemy, Lucy. That's like inviting Jellal for tea or something! If you invited her here, we would be dead right now!"
"You don't even know her! You're only judging her because she's Fire Nation!"
"Can you blame me!? Look at all the Fire Nation has done! They started the war in our world!"
Mai loudly cleared her throat. "Ehem! Uh… you remember Ty Lee and I are Fire Nation, right?"
"Yeah, but Suki trusts you."
"You trusted Zuko!" Lucy pointed out.
"Yeah, but that's different?"
"How?"
Sokka wasn't able to give an answer. "I'll get back to you on that..."
"I'd like to believe you Lucy." Katara started. "But we can't trust what she says right now, and it doesn't change the fact that they are here for one reason, to kill Aang and destroy Fairy Tail. Like it or not, she is our enemy right now. Don't get me wrong. I hope that you are right, but we can't afford to take that chance right now."
Soon red runes appeared all over the entrance to the Fairy Tail guild. Once they filled the archway they began to move inside the guild.
"What?" Levy gasped.
"Hey, can someone tell me what's going on?" Toph loudly said.
"I don't know." Sokka replied. "But I don't like the looks of it."
"Is something happening?" Aang asked.
"It doesn't matter!" Cana yelled. "We'll be your opponents!"
The red runes formed a huge third dimensional skull in the guild hall. 
"Can you hear me old man?" The skull asked in Laxus's voice. "Same goes for the rest of you."
"KYAAAA! Talking skull!" Ty Lee screamed as she hid behind Natsu and held his arm. "That's worse than Azula scary."
"Laxus!" Aang growled.
"Seems one of the rules is gone. So I'll make a new rule." Laxus said as his voice was being projected through the skull.
Sokka pointed at the skull. 
"It's over Laxus! The girls are free; you have no leverage on us!" He yelled.
"Is that so? In order for the Battle of Fairy Tail to continue, I have activated the Thunder Palace."
"The Thunder Palace!?" Makarov said in shock.
"Uh… is that bad?" Toph asked.
"You have one hour and ten minutes left. So will you defeat me, or will you retire, Master?" A laugh was heard before the skull disintegrated.
"What are you, thinking Laxus!?" Makarov yelled. "You plan on getting innocent people involved in this!?" however the old man held his chest and looked to be in extreme pain. He then collapsed to the floor.
"Master!" Cana yelled.
"Gramps!" Natsu worriedly yelled.
"Quickly get his usual medicine!" Bisca yelled. Mira ran over to retrieve his medicine.
"Master, hang in there." Levy pleaded.
"Great at a time like this!" Mai frustratingly said.
Katara ran over to him. "Is there anything I can do?"
"No, he's having a stroke; I doubt your healing water can fix this." Cana replied.
"Gramps, what is this Thunder Palace thing!?" Natsu asked.
While Mira was going back to the hall with Makarov's medicine she got everyone's attention. "Everyone, look outside!"
Natsu, Aang, Lucy, Cana, Levy, Sokka, Toph, Gajeel and Bisca were outside when they were looking at huge orbs with yellow thunder bolts inside them. They were in a curvy line.
"What are those?" Natsu asked.
"I can hear them, but what are they actually?" Toph asked.
"Thunderbolt Lacrima." Levy answered.
"What are they doing up there?" Aang asked.
"I don't like this… not one bit…" Sokka said. It was revealed that the Thunderbolt Lacrima created a circumference around the entire city. The citizens were confused when they saw the Lacrima in the sky, and while they knew it was Fairy Tail related, it was assumed it was for the Harvest Festival.
"They are floating around the city." Lucy said.
"Each of those lacrima stores great deal of magical thunder energy." Cana explained. "That is probably what the Thunder Palace is."
"So that is the Thunder Palace then." Juvia said.
"Now Magnolia is the target."
Lucy pointed towards them. "So what happens if those things discharge?"
Toph cracked her knuckles. "It's obvious… Laxus plans to use it as a weapon, so whatever it does, it can't be good."
"They will rain thunder all over the city." Cana said.
"B-but that will destroy the entire city!?" Aang gasped.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's smash them already!" Toph exclaimed.
"I'm already on it!" Bisca yelled now holding out her magical sniper rifle "Sniper Rifle Requip!" She got down on one knee and looked through the scope. "Target: Lock on!" The magical cross hairs were now aligning themselves with one of the Thunder Lacrima. "Stinger Shot!" She pulled the trigger and a magical sniper bullet discharged from the gun before reducing the Thunder Lacrima to dust after a bright green energy field surrounded it before its destruction.
"Alright!" Lucy cheered.
"Not bad Bisca." Cana praised.
"I'll assume she got it." Toph said.
"I'll get 'em all like this!" Bisca confidently said.
Sokka though had different thoughts though. "Really?! That's your plan? Shoot all of them one at a time? There has to be a better way to destroy them!"
"Sokka's right." Aang said. "It was a good shot, but there looks to be tens of hundreds of those things, we'll need a better plan if we want to disable the Lacrima for good. And we don't have a whole lot of time to do it."
Suddenly, Bisca was met with a powerful electric shock after shooting the Lacrima.
"Bisca!" Natsu and Aang worriedly yelled.
"What's going on?" Happy asked.
"Crap!" Sokka cursed
The shock went on as citizens on the ground saw Bisca getting shocked by a powerful electrical energy and put together that tampering with the Lacrima in the sky will be very dangerous.
After the terrifying shock went on for a while, it ended causing Bisca to lose consciousness as she was also singed from the electrical shocks.
"Bisca! Hey, wake up!" Levy said now holding up the unconscious wizard.
"What the hell was that?!" Sokka asked.
"What happened?" Lucy asked.
"It's Body Link Magic!" Cana revealed.
"Body Link Magic?" Lucy repeated.
"Those Lacrima are under a spell, linked back to the one who destroys them, inflicting equal damage to what they received." Lucy sounded confused.
Sokka chimed in. "She means if you attack them, the same amount of damage you did to them gets thrown back at you. Of course in the form of an electrical shock. This is very bad."
"Oh no!" Levy gasped. "At this rate, the people in town will-"
"Not if we stop Laxus first." Aang said looking ready to fight. "If we beat him, then he won't be able detonate the Thunder Palace."
Sokka stood in front of everyone. "So we're in agreement, we have to stop Laxus! But first… Lucy, you go out there and evacuate the citizens out of the city, we don't want them getting caught up in all this!"
"All right." She said.
"I'm going to help Blondie with that." Toph said. "I'll also take Miss Grumpy with us too." Toph said referring to Mai.
"I'm coming too!" Happy said as he followed Lucy.
Toph walked by Sokka. "Look at you… taking charge." Sokka chuckled at Toph comment before receiving a punch on the arm. "Don't mess up you hear." She followed Lucy and Happy.
"The rest of us who can leave the guild will deal with Laxus and the rest of the Thunder God Tribe, since there is three of them now, it should be easier." Sokka said. With that Cana and Juvia left. Sokka turned to Aang, Natsu, Gajeel and Levy. "You four… just hold down the fort until we get back…" he said not knowing what to say since Aang and the two Dragon Slayers couldn't leave the guild. He followed Cana and Juvia.
Natsu glared at the Thunder Lacrima in the sky.
"Laxus!" Aang growled as he looked up to the weapon of mass destruction as well.
----Throughout the city, people were commenting on how the Thunder Lacrima weren't actually Fireworks. At a small shop Iroh now wearing a grey robe was drinking some hot tea from a vendor. 
"I must say, this blend of tea is the best I have tasted in the entire town." He said to a middle aged blonde woman.
"Thank you so much sir."
"But I must confess, the teas I have consumed lately have tasted like garbage compared to this." he said with a chuckle
"Oh you are too kind." She bashfully said. Iroh looked up to the sky and saw Laxus' Thunder Palace. "Is something bothering you sir."
Iroh forced a convincing laugh. "Oh no, I'm fine, you stare into space a lot when you get as old as me…"
"Those are Fireworks for the Harvest Festival. Fairy Tail set them up." The woman said. "But I hear they might be dangerous."
"I think it would be wise for you to leave town for a while." Iroh said.
"Huh? But why?"
"Trust me, I think it would be better for you and others to leave the city before the Fireworks go off. Fairy Tail used the wrong ones and they will be dangerous if they are set off."
"Oh o-okay." The woman closed her shop and took her belongings. "Thank you." She said while bowing before proceeding to leave town.
Iroh on the other hand began walking in the other direction.
----While the citizens around were starting to get anxious about the 'fireworks' situation. Chun while dragging Hen and Kobu on her shoulders was getting tiered from dragging them around. She collapsed to her stomach while her two teammates unconscious teammates fell next to her.
"I-I can't do it…" She panted. She noticed the Thunder Palace in the sky and noted the yellow thunderbolt sigils inside of them. "L-Laxus… he's going to do something horrible with that, I just know it…I need to escape… but I can't just stand here and do nothing… innocent lives are at risk… Even if Laxus is crazy strong. I can't let this happen. I could never live with myself…" She saw Kobu's apartment in the distance. She lifted the two up and continued to drag them to the apartment. "Almost there!" she said with determination as she continued to move through Magnolia.
----Inside the Kardia Cathedral, Laxus was bellowing with evil laughter while Freed stood behind him. "How about that, old man? My next hostages are everyone in the entire city!"
Freed now was concerned and now remembered Chun's words after he had trapped her and her allies. "Fairy Tail is our enemy but this… making them fight each other is wrong, getting innocent people dragged into it is even worse!" 
----At the guild Natsu looked angry, still looking at the Lacrima. 
"What is that bastard thinking?!" Natsu yelled.
"Natsu!" Levy yelled before he ran into the red runes that kept him from leaving the building.
"As long as these Runes are up, we aren't going anywhere." Aang said.
Natsu bashed his head against the wall keeping him in the guild.
…
At the same time, Laxus had a sick grin on his face. "I think you are going too far." Freed said, talking to Laxus from behind.
"Too far?" Laxus asked. The Thunder wizard glared at Freed as he turned his head to face him. "I'll decide what's 'too far'." He now had an angry look. "This is a fight to the finish! Until one of us is wiped out this battle wont end!"
…
"If you want to be the Master so bad, then fight Gramps yourself!" Natsu said pushing against the wall. "That's enough Laxus!" He yelled now putting all his might into the wall but making no progress.
"Stop Natsu, wasting your strength on busting the walls is getting us nowhere!" Aang said.
"But we can't sit here and do nothin'. That bastard is going too far!"
"I understand, but unless we can get out of here… there's nothing we can do…"
"What the hell Aang!? You tellin' me you're givin' up!?" Natsu said glaring at the Avatar. "You really going to let some invisible wall stop you!?"
"I'M NOT!" Aang yelled. "Laxus has gone too far! I want to stop him just as much as you do! But punching into an unbreakable wall isn't going to solve anything!"
"Oh yeah!? Watch me!" Natsu placed all his energy into trying to destroy the invisible wall.
"Natsu! Calm down!" Levy said
"This is no time to be calm!"
"Just listen!"
"Damn!" Natsu cursed. "The invisible walls are even here!"
"Runes… and Freed wrote them." Aang said to himself before he thought of something. "Levy, you know writing magic right? You think you can do something about these runes?"
"Yes! Runes is one of the writing magics, so I might be able to help."
"What?" Gajeel said.
"Really, Levy?" Natsu asked.
She nodded. "I believe that you three can stop Laxus!"
…
While Bisca and Makarov were resting in the infirmary, Levy was in the guild hall with a sea of books around her, trying to figure out Freed's runes. Gajeel was crouching beside her while Aang was leaning on the stair railing close to them.
"If I take the information from the arrangement of rouge letters and break it down to the word's materials. I can pick up the vocabulary used to construct the rules…" Levy explained. "Then changing it further to Gheel grammar."
"Wow, you're amazing." Gajeel complimented. 
"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about." He said.
"You and me both Gajeel…" Aang quickly did a double take. "Wait… you're being nice now?!"
"No!" Levy yelled. "Both 'L' and 'S' are bluffs! The key code is Als-"
"I-It is?" Gajeel said with some sweat drops on his face.
"Uh… I don't know what that means, but it means we're getting closer, right?" Aang asked.
"Don't worry. I'll get you guys out of here." Levy assured.
Gajeel looked at her. "You don't really have to…"
"Just don't pressure yourself." Aang said.
"Please." Levy started. "Stop Laxus."
Gajeel and Aang looked to Natsu continuously banging his head against the rune walls. "I want to be doing something!" Natsu growled.
----Freed and Laxus were still talking with each other, within the Cathedral. "The Thunder Palace." Freed began. "You'll go that far, Laxus?"
"What are you doing, Freed?" Laxus calmly asked. "Bickslow is still out hunting Fairies, you know. I'll handle the old man's best hope, Erza and Mystogan. You get Cana, those two water tribe people, that acrobat, and that fan girl, and the woman from Phantom. I don't need any of them in my Fairy Tail. Wipe them out!"
Freed was shocked. "Even though they are our enemies, they're still our guild-"
"I THOUGHT I GAVE YOU AN ORDER!" Laxus furiously bellowed.
Freed for a second looked conflicted but he returned to his glum look. "After the path we've taken, there is no turning back. I will follow you, even to the pits of hell. I will accomplish my mission. No more pulled punches." Freed began to walk out. "Don't you have regrets, now."
Laxus smirked. "That will do, Darkness Freed. Now is the time to show me your true power."
----Erza and Zuko meanwhile stood outside a building. 
"So this is the place?" Zuko asked.
"Yes, according to Evergreen, Laxus is here in this building." She replied. They were about to enter the building when...
"Don't waste your time going inside." A voice called out. Erza and Zuko noticed Ash coming their way.
"What do you mean by that?" Zuko demanded. He began sniffing the area and couldn't pick up Laxus's scent inside the building.
"You've been suckered. Laxus isn't in there." He stated. 
'Evergreen lied to us.' Zuko thought. 
"Where were you anyway?" Erza asked. "I didn't see you inside the guild hall earlier."
"Left to go on a job before Miss Fairy Tail started." Ash explained. "I was on my way back after completing it."
"Well, thanks for sparing us the embarrassment. Where do you think Laxus is?" Erza asked.
"Tell me, what's the tallest building in the entire city." Ash remarked.
'Tallest building in the entire city.' Erza thought about what he was saying.
Elsewhere in town Cana, Juvia, Sokka, Katara, Ty Lee and Suki were looking for Laxus in an empty part of the city.
"Damn! No sign of him." Cana said.
"We can't give up, he can't hide from us forever." Sokka said holding his sword in his hands. He looked to the rooftops above. "Ty Lee, you see anything?" he yelled.
The acrobat appeared to be on the roof Sokka was looking towards. "Nope! Nothing!"
"Is there any place Laxus would hide in?" Juvia asked.
"I've known him a long time." Cana said. "But right now, I guess you could say he's lost any perspective he had.
…
Meanwhile Lucy, Toph, Mai and Happy were in another section of the town. "Why didn't you use the Loudspeakers, Lucy?" Happy asked which can make the evacuation a lot easier.
"The runes said that during the Battle of Fairy Tail, only the Master could use it." Lucy explained. "They really did think of everything. Anyway, we have to get the people of the city away from the Thunder Palace!"
"Yeah, but I think it would be better not to." Happy said.
"Why?" Mai asked. "You want blood on your hands, cat?"
"There are a lot of people from outside Magnolia here for the harvest festival right now. Everything is in chaos already."
"But the people are uneasily looking at those Thunder Lacrima." Lucy said.
"See, that's why if you tell them what they are, you are sure to cause a panic! A ton of people will get injured."
"Sorry Luce, I gotta agree with Happy there." Toph said. "As long as we can find Laxus and stop the Thunder Palace, we don't have to worry about them, we can just tell them that it is part of Fairy Tail's preparations, these people will believe anything."
"But if we don't…" Lucy began thinking. "What should we do…?"
Behind Lucy one of Bickslow's dolls hovered to her her. "Yeah, what should you do?" soon three of them showed up, spooking her.
"Lucy, watch out!" Happy yelled.
"Lucy, duck!" Mai yelled as she quick threw her arrow-like stilettos at Bickslow's dolls, but they missed as they began firing green energy bolts at the four.
"Run!" Toph yelled as she erected a barrier from the ground to block the beams while Happy grabbed Lucy and Mai and flew them upwards.
"What the heck!" Lucy yelled. Happy grabbed Lucy and Mai before flying them high up into the air.
Happy dropped the girls on a high roof.
"Fairy Tail's at it again!" they heard from the panicking citizens below.
"Sounds like you guys have quite the reputation around here." Mai said dusting herself off.
"Its Bickslow!" Happy yelled.
Toph got to the roof top by launching herself there with an earth pillar. "I'm back what did I miss?"
Bickslow landed on top of a flag pole that was on top of a building named 'Toy World' "So you're the newbies I've heard about?"
"Heard what about!?" Lucy asked. "I'm not sure I even want to know!"
"The hot-headed princess who loves cosplay and meat!" Bickslow said referring to Lucy. "The knife throwing girl with no soul, and the blind tomboy!"
"Who comes up with these things!?" Lucy comically yelled.
"Well he's not too far off." Toph said with a finger to her chin.
"Quiet you!"
"Well I should consider myself lucky I get to fight two hot chicks… well two and a half if you count that Earthbending runt right there." Bickslow said.
"Oh yeah!" Toph yelled. "Why don't you come down here so I can show you what kind of a runt I am!" she angrily said.
Bickslow looked at Lucy's outfit. "So what's this, a cheerleader?"
"Cheer, Cheer!" Bickslow's dolls repeated.
"This is…" Lucy began as she started to get uncomfortable. The dolls kept on repeating themselves.
"You're one to talk; your outfit is so colourful it makes me nauseous." Mai dryly said, glaring at Bickslow.
"Oh… well aren't you just a little ray of sunshine. My babies and I can make it brighter if you want."
"Yeah, make it brighter, brighter, brighter."
"Hey, babies… Get them!" he yelled. They fired green bolts down to the four which made them scatter on the rooftop. "Sorry 'bout this! Normally I'd go easy on you, but we got this game going on right now."
"Do you really think the master will forgive you for doing that?" Lucy asked.
"News flash Blondie, it will be irrelevant if Laxus takes over." Mai reminded.
"Sunshine down there is right, I don't need the master's forgiveness. Because when this game is over, Laxus will be Master." Two dolls fired a long energy beam towards them.
"Get behind me!" Toph yelled. She made a short wall rise from the roof top and they ducked beneath it. The wall shattered but it absorbed the energy of the blast. "Anyone got any ideas?"
"Those flying things are in the way." Lucy said.
Mai lowered her eye lids as she glared at them.
"Then summon that 'horsemeat' guy with the arrows." Toph said.
"Yeah, I'll do that!" Lucy reached for her keys but Mai grabbed her hand.
"No, I'll handle those things." She said.
"What are you going to do?" Happy asked.
"Bickslow!" Mai yelled.
The dolls stopped firing for a second. "Huh, got something to say, Sunshine?"
"Yeah, why do you cover your face like that? Is it so repulsive that it outclasses your gross long tongue and your puke inducing fashion sense?" Lucy and Happy gasped.
"She talked to Bickslow like that?!"Happy yelled.
"She's going to get killed!" Lucy yelled.
Bickslow clenched his fists and shivered in rage. "Why you… Get her my Babies!" all five of them flew to Mai and were releasing a flurry of green energy blasts, she however was able to dodge most of them when she ran across the roof, however one of them appeared on the other side of the roof just in front of Mai. It charged a green blast but one of Mai's knives pierced right through it turning it to dust. Soon the other four flew to her.
"All four at once?" Mai in response ran towards them as the fired. She noticed one of them moving forward while the rest hovered upwards. She had a quick thought and jumped on one of the dolls using it as a springboard to meet the other dolls in the air, she had three knives in her right hand and threw them with quick precision and they pierced through all three of the dolls.
"No! My Babies!" Bickslow yelled. "First you were frozen, now you're dust!" As Mai fell she flung two stilettos from her left hand at the last doll turning it into dust. She landed on her feet and gave her usual stoic look to Bickslow.
"You did it!" Toph said.
"That was awesome!" Lucy and Happy praised.
"I don't know… I thought beating a member of the 'powerful' Thunder God Tribe would be more satisfying but whatever… time to end this." Mai said holding two knives in her hand
Bickslow was holding his head. "No… My babies… babies… babies…babies… Psych!" he held his head up with a sick smile that showed his tongue falling from his mouth. A huge green beam was speeding to them. Mai saw it was heading for Lucy.
"GET DOWN!" she speared into Lucy which allowed them to dodge the beam at the last minute.
Lucy sat up. "Ow… Mai?"
The girl was on one knee and looked up to Bickslow. "I don't get it! I took down his 'Babies', what could have done that?"
"There's a hobby shop under here." Bickslow began. "It's got a treasure trove of dolls." As he said this five toy dolls came rising up from the ground.
"You mean you didn't beat him?" Toph asked.
"No matter how many dolls you destroy, it does nothing to me, a manipulator of souls!"
"Souls?" Lucy gasped.
"Bickslow uses magic that lets him possess dolls with souls!" Happy explained.
"Okay, I have an idea!" suddenly a brown doll swiped Lucy's keys from her.
"My keys!" Lucy yelled.
"Damn!" Mai cursed.
"I'll get them back!" Happy yelled as he got closer one of the dolls kicked Happy back down to the roof.
The dolls were trying to bash into the three girls and they were trying to dodge them, but one tripped Lucy, bashed Mai's face and flew into Toph's gut. "You can't retreat now. Sorry 'bout this girls…" green outlines of his eyes could be seen from his visor grille. "It's time you offered your souls to Laxus!" The dolls got together and flew in a circle. "Baryon Formation!" the girls saw the spinning dolls glow white. Bickslow outstretched his hand which made them fire a huge green energy beam to the three girls.
"GET BEHIND ME!" Toph yelled. She made a barrier that she hoped would block the attack. While Happy and Mai got behind Toph's barrier, Lucy wasn't able to make it in time.
The beam hit the roof and made a huge explosion which made a fire on the roof. Bickslow however saw that when the dust settled he saw a figure in a black suit who was holding Lucy bridal style. Happy was lifting Mai in the air while Mai held Toph.
"I wonder why… It seems like only I can go through the gate freely regardless of your will. Could it be that our love has shattered the barrier between man and spirit, perhaps?" The figure set Lucy down and she got to her feet while blushing.
"Love? What nonsense are you talking about?"
When Toph and Mai landed on the ground, Toph quickly recognized the figure. "I recognize those steps…"
"It can't be… Loke!" Bickslow forced out.
"The time has come to keep my promise, it seems." Loke said looking at Bickslow.
Toph and Mai walked closer to them while Happy hovered. "Who is this guy?" Mai asked.
Toph smirked. "Oh, that's just Lucy's boyfriend Loke."
"He's not…" Lucy began.
"I can tell you're lying…" Toph sang.
"But he's not!" Lucy comically yelled.
"Loke! So you were a Spirit!" Bickslow said. "Here I never told anybody your secret, and now you turn on me?"
"He realized?" Lucy wondered.
"He can see people's souls!" Happy revealed.
"Joining the Battle of Fairy Tail? Huh!?" Bickslow yelled with a smirk.
Loke adjusted his suit. "I don't really care that much about what's going on." He fixed his glasses before taking a step forward. "I just won't allow you to harm my owner, Lucy, no matter what!"
"Owner? As in like a pet?" Mai perplexingly asked.
"How about we talk about that later." Toph suggested.
"Fair enough."
"Not allow me? Come on, you've never beaten me before. And I was always holding back when we fought." Bickslow said proudly outstretching his hands. Loke got ready to fight. "Rough 'im up like the old time, my babies!"
"Lucy, stand back." Loke said.
"As if!" Lucy said cracking her whip. "Spirits aren't shields. I fight alongside them! That's my style!" Lucy said. Loke smiled at Lucy while she gave a smile of her own.
Happy and Toph both looked at the two. "You liiiike him." Happy and Toph playfully teased.
"No I don't!" Lucy protested.
"Is now really the time for this!?" Mai yelled spooking Toph, Lucy and Happy.
The babies were now blasting the four, causing them to scatter. "I'll do something about the dolls!" Loke yelled.
Mai ran alongside him. "I'll help with you with that!"
"When there is an opening; Toph, Lucy, go after Bickslow!"
"Okay!" Lucy said.
"We doing this or what!?" Toph said with a grin.
"Aye!" Happy said.
Loke now prepared to use his magic while Mai stood next to him holding her knives in both hands.
"Regulus, grant me power!" Loke was surrounded by a gold aura as he and Mai glared at Bickslow. Loke jumped up and punched three of the dolls to pieces as his hands were surrounded by golden light.
"Wow!" Lucy praised.
"It's the Lion clad in light!" Happy excitedly said.
Mai saw two more dolls speeding to them. "Heads up!" she jumped back and tossed two knives which turned the heads of those dolls to dust.
Bickslow still seemed confident. "I told you, it's no use! Your attacks won't affect souls!" he said still on the same building. "Because no matter how many you destroy, I can just manipulate other bodies! Get to it, New Babies!"
"Here's the third wave!" Toph yelled.
They were speeding towards Lucy but Loke stepped in front of her and blocked their attacks. "No matter how many come at us, I won't let them get near Lucy!"
"Now's our chance!" Lucy yelled getting her whip ready.
"Aye sir!" Happy yelled flying Lucy closer to Bickslow on the other building, she tried to whip him but he jumped back in the nick of time.
"Whoa there…" as their fight was on another roof. "Don't freak me out like that, cosplay princess!"
"That's not it!" she yelled.
Six roof tiles flew into Bickslow, careening him to a wall on the roof, he realized that Toph was his attacker. "You didn't think Blondie would attack you alone did you?"
Meanwhile Loke and Mai were standing back to back with the dolls surrounding them. Loke had his fists in yellow energy while Mai had retractable sai in both her hands. "Lucy, Toph, force him back!" Loke yelled. "Bickslow by himself isn't that strong!"
"What the hell are you saying, you bastard!" Bickslow yelled with a huge red vain pulsing above him. Lucy attacked him with her whip and Toph made a rock fly to his face, he staggered back from the hits. "Damn I guess I have no choice." Bickslow said.
"What is he-" Lucy said.
"Oh no he's not going to…"
"Going to what, cat?" Toph asked.
Bickslow took off his visor revealing dark blue hair that was split three ways across his head, and he had a drawing of what looked like a person, on his face. He revealed his glowing green eyes. Loke and Mai joined Lucy, Toph and Happy on the other roof. "Figure Eyes!" Bickslow's eyes glowed green and was surrounded by a green energy.
"Don't look into his eyes!" Happy yelled. They all closed their eyes while Happy covered them with his paw. "All the Thunder God Tribe members have secondary magic in their eyes! Eve, uses it as her main magic… but if you look into Bickslow's eyes, you turn into a doll, and your soul will be manipulated!"
"That was close." Lucy sighed.
"Seriously!?" Loke yelled.
Mai still had her eyes closed but looked annoyed. "So if his eyes are the issue, I can cut them out!" Mai darkly said.
"You've got some major issues, girl." Lucy said as she had a huge sweat drop on the side of her face in reaction to what Mai said.
Bickslow looked to them. "So your eyes are closed?"
"Yep!" The dolls yelled, as they were surrounded in the same green aura Bickslow was. Since they couldn't open their eyes the dolls took advantage and flew into Lucy, Loke, Mai and Happy as they couldn't see what was in front of them.
Bickslow now laughed. "My Doll Possession and Figure Eyes are an unbeatable combination!"
"Damn!" Mai cursed now with her sight eliminated, she now wasn't able to fight off the dolls.
"Lucy, close my gate temporarily and take shelter in Horologium!" Loke yelled with his arms guarding his face.
"You're the one who just showed up! And I had my keys taken away from me!"
"Well we're screwed!" Mai yelled.
"We just have to think of something!" Happy yelled. "Right Toph…" he didn't get a response from the Earthbender. "Toph? Are you there?"
Bickslow continued laughing but suddenly a fist connected with his cheek and an earth pillar also shot into the same spot causing Bickslow to fly to the other side of the roof and slam into the ground. He got up and saw Toph in her earthbending stance with a blindfold over her eyes. 
"What the… How were you able to punch me?!" Bickslow asked. "You can't see!"
"If you and your buddies were prepared, you would know that I don't need my eyes to see!" Toph forced a rock to float from the ground of the roof and crash into Bickslow's legs, tripping him to the floor. The dolls attacks stopped for a while. "Hey, if you guys want to cut in, now would be a good time!"
Loke was surrounded in a powerful gold aura. "Regulus is fully risen. Lion Flare!" A yellow magic seal appeared below his feet which made a bright light that spread to Bickslow.
This light temporarily blinded him. "My Eyes!" Bickslow yelled in agony.
"Lucy! Mai!" Loke yelled.
"Okay!" Lucy replied.
"Got it!" Mai said.
As soon as Bickslow got up Lucy's whip tied around him and Mai had her knives ready. "Loke… There's no way you can beat me! BABIES!" The babies shot both Mai and Lucy which freed Bickslow but his eyes were still burning as he was freed.
"I've had it with those things!" Mai screamed. She emptied her ammo of stilettos in her arms and threw them in a way which made they fly in every direction, this destroyed all five of Bickslow dolls. However he was about to summon more dolls.
"Oh no you don't!" Toph yelled. She threw a boulder that forced Bickslow to a wall on the edge of the roof where earth restraints confined his arms, legs and they also covered his eyes and torso. "Loke! He's all yours!"
Loke began walking to Bickslow while covered in a powerful, flowing aura. "I met Lucy, and I regained my true powers as a Spirit. No, I met Lucy and I got stronger!" he clenched his fists. "I'm not like those dolls you manipulate! Love makes Spirits stronger!" he raised his fist which became extremely bright. A magic circle appeared in front of Loke. "Regulus Impact!" an orange lion made from Loke's powerful magic shot from the seal before roaring and crashing into Bickslow. The impact of this attack sent Bickslow flying all the way across town while grinding the ground. The battle was now officially over.
Toph whistled showing she was impressed. "Now that's some power. How far did you send him!?"
"My guess is he's probably near the edge of Town by now." Mai said with a smirk on her face.
Lucy looked to Loke with a smile. "Thank you, Loke."
"Look… Lucy." Loke said. He outstretched his left hand into the air while adjusting his glasses with his other hand. He made his magic spell out in bold, colourful, girly like letters. 'I LOVE LUCY' with an outline of hearts made with flowers in between 'I' and 'LOVE'. And a red heart at the end of 'LUCY'. "The light of love!"
"Uh…" Lucy said, not knowing how to respond.
"Can someone get me a bucket, I think I'm literally going to throw up." Mai said in her usual tone cringing at the sight of Loke's magic.
"What? What did I miss?" Toph asked.
"He lllllikes you…" Happy again said.
"Please don't roll your tongue like that." Lucy said to the blue cat. She tiredly sat down on the floor while sitting back on a wall.
Loke knelled in front of her and returned her keys to her. "I'll come to save you any time."
"Yeah… thanks."
"Haha! Two down two to go!" Toph cheered. "Let's find the rest of those Thunder God chumps."
"We don't have to." Mai said. "We outnumber them anyway, with two down and with us many left, it will be difficult to imagine that they can beat us."
"Yeah… can we rest for a while?" Lucy asked.
Toph sighed. "Fine…"
----On the runes back in the guild the results of the battle were now seen. "Lucy and Toph won!" Natsu cheered.
"No way!" Gajeel said completely shocked. "That cheerleader can fight? That Earth kid must have beaten him, no question." He said thinking Toph did it on her own.
"Lucy is strong man."
"Yeah, you shouldn't underestimate her." Aang added. "Plus with Toph helping her there was no way they would lose."
"You're joking! I mean, she's a cheerleader! She would only get in that Earth runt's way!" Gajeel argued.
Levy heard their arguing while she was figuring out Freed's runes. "I knew Lu-chan could do it!" she said to herself. "I've gotta solve this, too!" she continued her work.
"Do we really have to argue about this?" Aang asked sweatdropping.
"Why, you…" Natsu began getting in Gajeel's face. "Haven't you heard of the Tortoise and the Cheerleader?" he asked while he was holding a turtle hand puppet.
"That's a hare, not a cheer!" Gajeel protested. "And the hare lost!" Gajeel yelled and he had a hare hand puppet on his hand.
Levy continued her work, while trying to ignore Natsu and Gajeel's arguing. "If I can just figure this part out…" She then looked annoyed as the fighting was getting to her and a vain appeared on her head. "If I rewrite the runes…" However afterwards it seems the two Dragon Slayers finally stopped arguing. "But this is the hardest part to…" she looked to have figured something out. "That's it!" she yelled getting the three's attention.
"What is!?" the three asked.
"I got it! You read the two grammars at different rates to decipher it!" she explained while writing fast with her quill.
"Sorry… I don't think we got that..." Aang said while laughing awkwardly, as the three were sweating.
"Then I match the corresponding time differentiated letters and convert to Gheel grammar… Then translate into Rouge…" she continued. Natsu, Gajeel and Aang were focusing on her. Levy held a big stack of papers in her hands. "I solved it!"
Natsu and Gajeel were getting excited. "Way to go Levy!" Aang praised.
"Wait a sec! I'll rewrite the runes!" she looked to the three with a confident face. "Natsu, Gajeel, Aang. Are you ready? You're about to join the Battle of Fairy Tail!"
Natsu had his hand on fire with a look of determination written on his face. "I'm all fired up!" he said.
Gajeel had a smirk on his face. "It's time for a rampage!"
Aang's look was serious but also looked determined. "I'm ready! We're putting an end to all this!"
----Meanwhile Cana, Juvia, Sokka, Katara, Suki and Ty Lee were near on a dirt path in the city.
"Sokka, how long till the Thunder Palace activates?" Cana asked.
Sokka held out the same pocket watch style sundial he used during the Day of Black Sun. "According to this, we have about thirty minutes left."
"Laxus, damn him!" Cana cursed. "Battle of Fairy Tail, my ass! He's just hiding himself and doing nothing!"
"Well he can't hide forever! He's got to be somewhere." Suki assured.
"But where can he be?" Juvia asked.
"Hey with any luck, he'll come to us. That's when we'll take him down!" Sokka said.
"Laxus is saving his magical power." They heard. The six turned around to see Freed standing on a roof top. "He's saving his energy in case he has to fight the master for real."
"Freed!" Cana angrily growled.
"So that's the person who made the runes?" Juvia asked.
He disappeared from them. "Running away!" Cana gave chase but Suki stopped her by grabbing her arm. "Let go! We have to find him."
"It could be a trap. Why find us to tell us Laxus won't fight us, just to disappear like that?" Suki said.
"He's luring us into a trap." Sokka said.
"But what choice do we have… if we beat him, he may just be able to tell us where Laxus is." Katara said.
"I agree with her." Ty Lee said. "If he's going to lead us on, then lets beat him and make him tell us where Laxus is."
Cana nodded. "Okay, let's go find him."
…
The group of six were in a rocky landscape on the far outskirts of town. The ground below them now turned purple as two squares of Freed's runes appeared.
"Shoot, Runes!" Cana said. She, Katara and Juvia were trapped in a rune barrier while Sokka, Suki, and Ty Lee were trapped in a separate rune barrier.
"A trap?" Juvia said.
"Figures…" Sokka said unsheathing his sword. "He knows he can't beat us, so he pulls this crap!" He began slashing his sword against the rune barrier his group was trapped in but it of course proved ineffective.
"Rule: Exiting the runes is prohibited…" Cana began
"…until one of you can no longer fight." Juvia finished.
"What!?" Ty Lee gasped.
"So that's his plan! Make us fight each other so he gets an easy fight!" Sokka theorized. "Hey Show yourself, you filthy coward!" he yelled.
Freed appeared in front of the two groups. "I'll fight whoever the victor is between the two who are still standing, between Cana, Katara and Juvia." Freed said.
"And what about the Runes around us?" Suki asked.
"They will disappear when the victor has been declared. Now proceed."
"That's a cheap trick, Freed!" Cana angrily yelled. "If you wanna go at it, you don't have to do this! I'll take you on! Or could it be that you're scared of taking us all on by yourself?" she said with a smirk as she banged on the rune wall. "How pitiful, Freed!"
"Yeah!" Sokka yelled.
"I just don't want to dirty my own hands if I can help it." Freed replied not being effected by Cana's words.
"Your hands are already pretty dirty if you ask me!" Katara yelled.
"Lets us out you bastard!" Sokka exclaimed.
"So this is how you got the allies to fight each other…" Juvia wondered aloud.
"Allies… well I'd prefer if Cana and Katara remained." Freed said. "Juvia Lockser. You are and will always be Phantom's woman…" Juvia looked troubled by his words. "Who knows when she'll turn her sword against Fairy Tail again?"
"Damn you, Freed!" Cana growled.
"Juvia is not like that anymore!" Katara yelled. "That's uncalled for!"
Juvia put her hand to her chest. "I suppose there is no option left." Juvia turned herself into a water whirlpool. Everyone saw what was happening.
"Juvia? What are you doing?" Katara asked.
"Freed, will you really fight the rest of us with honor?" The water wizard asked.
"I will never break my rules."
Juvia smiled as her face was shown through the whirlpool. "That's good to hear."
"Are you serious Juvia?" Cana asked. "You'll just be playing into his hands."
"Don't Juvia! You're better than that!" Katara said.
They saw Juvia shoot herself to the invisible wall and was wall jumping as she was scaling upwards as a whirlpool of water.
"It's no use! You can't get out of the runes no matter how high you go!" Freed said.
Sokka looked up and he quickly saw his target. 
"The Thunder Lacrima!" He yelled.
"What!?" They all yelled.
"That's her target!"
Juvia was flying to one of the Thunder Lacrima. "If it takes me being injured to open the path… If it's between my friends…"
"The Lacrima?!" Freed exclaimed.
"Don't attack that!" Cana yelled.
"It's going to hurt you! Don't Juvia!"
Juvia continued to speed to the Lacrima. "...Then Juvia will lead the way!" an explosion was heard as she destroyed it completely
"JUVIA!" Cana yelled.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" Katara screamed.
Juvia smiled at the two of them before a huge burst of lightning struck her. She fell back to the ground. Both Cana and Katara screamed out Juvia's name, the rune walls surrounding everyone had now cleared. 
"This way… the runes… are unlocked…" She weakly said as both girls were on their knees looking down at her.
"What the hell were you thinking!?" Cana asked.
"Why did you have to do that?!" Katara said.
"Juvia wants people to hurry and accept her… as a member of Fairy Tail… I love everyone." Juvia said as she began to cry while smiling.
"What are you saying?" Cana started as she and Katara started crying. "You're already one of us! Being accepted? You're already our friend…"
"You were already one of us when you helped us at the Tower of Heaven." Katara cried.
"You're a wonderful Fairy Tail wizard!"
"Cana… Katara…" Juvia started. "That makes Juvia… happy…" she soon passes out.
"JUVIA!" both girls screamed.
"I can't believe her…" Freed thought. "Instead of surviving herself, she chose to let her comrades live on…"
Sokka, Ty Lee and Suki had shocked faces. Cana took out her cards and Katara made a blob of water come out from her water skin.
"FREED!" they both screamed before beginning their attack on him.
Elsewhere in Magnolia
A spiky brown-haired Dragon Slayer saw Juvia destroy one of the Lacrima as well as heard Freed's voice.
"Why did she?" He asked himself. 
'I'm coming for you, Freed the Dark.' He thought as he ran towards that direction. He was going to force Freed to tell him where Laxus was.
Natsu meanwhile was on the top of a chimney overlooking the city. "Damn it, there's too many people. I can't find Laxus' smell." He flashed back to when Levy was explaining the plan to them.
"If you get caught in Freed's runes, this will be all for nothing." She explained. "When you leave here, you have to split up got it."
…
Gajeel was in another part of the city. "One of these days I'll get my revenge on Salamander, but first I'll crush that arrogant Thunder blow hard. I've got quite a bone to pick with him." He looked at a floating paper doll. "Is that alright, Master Ivan?"
"Gajeel…" He heard. "Right now, earning their trust is important." A man in a cloak said as he was around a large building with four cyclones around it. "Don't get found out. Act completely as a member of Fairy Tail, no matter what."
"I'm already doin' that." Gajeel responded.
"Fairy Tail's punishment will come later." The man was revealed to have slight tanned skin with a black hair and a bushy beard. In the distance, Ravens were seen flying in the distance.
"Roger." Gajeel said as he laughed evilly.
----Aang was speeding through the city on an air scooter, he was maneuvering through people on the street. "Pardon me! 'Scuse me!" he said. "The Thunder Lacrima will go off soon I have to find Laxus and fast, I hope Natsu and Gajeel are having better luck."
Meanwhile Chun was running through the city in the opposite direction. She looked at the Thunder Lacrima in the sky and saw that it hadn't changed. "Those things are still up in the sky… I know I'm not nearly as powerful as Laxus, but… I have to find a way to stop those things from doing… whatever it is… I put Hen and Kobu back in Kobu apartment room to they should be fine… and Ping is going to kill me for this… but… I'm not going to run, not when I can make a difference." A huge wind burst sped past her which prompted a question mark to float over her head. The wind burst crashed into an empty stall.
The dust cleared and it was revealed that it was Aang, he was currently upside down. "I thought for a moment that I saw…" he saw Chun when the dust fell and her eyes slightly shrunk in shock. 
"YOU!?" Aang yelled. He got back to his feet and slowly walked to her. "You're the one who threatened Lucy back then… what are you doing here!?"
"I…I… uh…um…" Chun stuttered as she couldn't find the words to explain herself.
"Let me guess, you're looking for me and your friends can't be far behind? Either that or you and your friends are working with Laxus."
"T-that's not true!" She yelled. "This may sound hard to believe… but I want to stop Laxus…"
"You were willing to kill Lucy just to get to me… why should I trust you!?"
"I get that… I just… I have been ordered to kill you… but I don't want to… but I have to…" Chun looked down. "It's nothing personal, believe me. I thought maybe if I scared you back there, you would surrender…"
"What is up with her…?" Aang thought. "She's much different from when she was hunting me and Lucy before…" He thought. "Is this why Lucy trusts her…?" Aang turned around. "I have no time for this! Those orbs are going to rain Thunder on the city and Laxus needs to be beaten before that happens!"
"That's horrible…"
Aang looked back at her with shock but quickly maintained a regular expression. "That's right, and I have to stop this before it gets out of hand." Suddenly runes were revealing themselves around Aang and Chun. "Oh no…" the runes made a wall that trapped the two. "No! This isn't happening!" Aang yelled he ran into the invisible wall but he bounced back off it. "The only way one of us is getting out, is if one of us is defeated..." Aang said.
Chun gasped. "I'm literally trapped in a situation where I have to fight the Avatar… but I don't want to… what do I do?" she remembered the situation with her brother, soon her eyes now glared at Aang. "No… this is what I need… If I defeat the Avatar right here and now… and bring him to Ping… then my brother will surely be saved… but it feels so wrong… It's my brother or the Avatar…" Chun made a bright purple flame above her hand. "I'm sorry, but I have to do this… I said before that I don't want to fight you… but I have no choice…" the flames in on hands grew.
"I have to make this quick… I really don't have time for this!" Aang prepared himself for an attack.
----Mira meanwhile was walking Elfman through part of Magnolia where a river was close by. The two met in town earlier. Mira had Elfman leaning on her shoulder. "Sister, that's enough. I can walk by myself."
"I wasn't able to do anything, so this is the least I can do." Mira replied.
An explosion on a bridge was heard. Cana had a card in her hand while Katara had water engulfing her arms. Sokka, Suki and Ty Lee were standing back. Freed was looking at them while he held his sword.
"Don't both of you understand the basics…?" Freed said.
"What!" Cana said.
"What are you talking about?" Katara angrily asked.
"No matter how powerful your attacks are, if they don't hit your opponent, they're worthless."
Cana had four cards in her hands. "Stand back Katara!" the Waterbender heeded her warning and took several steps back. "Card Magic… Heaven! Reverse! Death! Mountain!" Cana chanted. "Summoned Lightning!" a moss green and white seal appeared in front of Cana and it shot several bolts of green lightning to Freed.
Freed was now prepared to take the attack. "Dark Ecriture." As he pointed his sword his right eye became dark while his pupil was glowing a purple energy. "Reflection!" he wrote runes in the air and this sent Cana's attack back at her causing damage to her and a hole in the bridge that Cana fell through
"Cana!" Katara worriedly yelled.
Mira and Elfman saw the damage on the bridge 
"That's… Cana!" Mira yelled quickly recognizing her.
"You're a stubborn one, definitely one of the guild's old guard." Freed said.
Katara willed water from the river to come to her and she jumped over the gap and shot all the water onto Freed before freezing it. However she had missed, she saw Freed above him. He kicked her close to where Cana was.
"Katara!" Sokka yelled. She slowly got back up, she stood next to Cana.
"Take it back!" Cana demanded, confusing Freed. "Take back what you said about Juvia being Phantom's woman!" Cana had tears falling from her eyes. Suddenly Runes were drawn on Cana forehead. Suddenly she felt intense pain all over her head, this was known by her screaming. Soon she fell unconscious.
"CANA!" Katara fearfully yelled. "She angrily looked to Freed. What did you do?"
"I don't have to answer to you." He said in a calm manner.
"Stop it, Freed!" Mira yelled.
"Why you…" Elfman growled.
"Elfman, Eve defeated you. You have no right to join back in the game." Freed said
"This is not a game!" Katara yelled getting back on the bridge with a water spout.
Elfman got mad and ran to the bridge but runes kept him from getting there. "I won't allow you to re-enter the game."
Sokka got mad and walked to the gap in the bridge. "Hey! Snot Hair!" Freed looked at him. "If you think you're really tough. Then I challenge you to a sword fight… no magic…!"
Katara was worried. "Sokka… I don't think that will-"
"Trust me Katara… I know his kind, he won't say no to a challenge." Sokka whispered. "You focus on healing Cana alright." Katara nodded and moved to treat Cana.
"Fine I agree to your terms." Freed said. "I will humor you, no magic, only swords, and I promise not to use magic."
Sokka grinned. "Now that's what I'm talking about!" He jumped over the gap in the bridge and got to Freed, but he blocked Sokka's strike with his sword using only one hand. Freed jumped back off the bridge prompting Sokka to run after him. Sokka was throwing quick slashes while gripping his sword with both hands. He however wasn't able to force Freed to block because he was moving too fast. Sokka quickly thought of an idea and after he purposely missed a right slash he impaled his sword to the ground and when Freed turned to face him Sokka used his sword to fling dust into Freed's eyes temporarily blinding him. This gave Sokka an opening but Freed quickly blocked Sokka's thrust. He quickly blocked several more sword strikes with just his one hand. "Fight seriously you cocky bastard!" Sokka lightly slashed Freed's face cutting a bit of his cheek and some of his green hair.
Freed backed away. "Not bad, for a novice swordsman."
"Oh please… I was just warming up…" Sokka replied.
"Is that so? Then you won't mind if I start fighting seriously!" he charged to Sokka and immediately Sokka was on the defensive as he was blocking several sword strikes from him. Sokka jumped back and after he had room he bent his legs and had his sword to his right side, ready to swing it in the opposite direction. He jumped to Freed while he yelled but his strike was blocked and they glared at each other for a while until Freed threw a slash that forced Sokka's blade from his hands. Freed slowly walked to Sokka and raised his sword over his head to finish him off.
Before he is able to end the fight a yellow fan speeds into his vision he jumps away from it. Before he could realize what is going on a blur speeds to him, when realizing it was Ty Lee he quickly jumped away from her. Suki caught her fan. "Suki!" Sokka happily said.
"The only one who's allowed to kick your butt in a fair fight is me!" Suki said while grinning.
"Hey…" Sokka started.
"Guys he's coming back!" Ty Lee said.
"Leave him to me." Suki said before rushing to him with her fans in both hands. Freed tried to slash her but she blocked it with her fans. She elbowed him before landing a kick on his gut sending him sliding backwards. Suki resumed the attack as she ducked under a sword slash while she was low to the ground, she swiped her right arm, tripping Freed to the ground. He heard a battle cry from Ty Lee which made him roll away from her when he got up she saw her still trying to jab him. When he saw her left hand was about to touch his shoulder, he quickly grabbed her wrist before kicking her back.
Sokka had his sword back. The three were glaring at Freed. "All together now!" Sokka yelled. They all sped to Freed.
"Enough of this!" Freed said. His right eye changed again signaling he was using his magic. A purple shockwave forced the three away from him.
"Hey! You said you wouldn't use Magic!" Sokka yelled.
"First rule of warfare, never trust your opponent." Freed replied. "Dark Ecriture:-" a huge bullet of water slammed into him forcing him to the rocks.
"Stop this Freed!" Katara demanded with a flexible mass of water around her as she took a waterbending stance. "What you and Laxus are doing is wrong! We're on the same side, we shouldn't be fighting each other, a feud between guild members is fine, but this… this is just wrong!"
"I'm surprised that you care." Freed said.
"W-why would you think that? What is that supposed to mean?"
"Earlier today, I ran into a small group of benders, the very same that are currently hunting the Avatar." When he says this the four are shocked at this revelation.
"So you've met them too."
"You seem to be under the belief that the Fire Nation is the root of all evil in your world, and yet you have the prince of the Fire Nation as well as two of his comrades with you."
"Hey!" Ty Lee said.
"Well yeah… but Zuko is different!" Sokka protested.
"He was on the wrong path; it just took him a while to find himself." Suki said.
"They don't share the same ideology as Fire Lord Ozai. So we can trust them." Katara said.
"Interesting…" Freed began. "That little fire bending girl in that group seems quite different from what you've made the Fire Nation out to be. She seemed to show actual concern and, like you, claimed as well that we shouldn't strike fellow members."
"Impossible!" Sokka yelled. "I'm calling your crap on that one. Firebenders are evil… except Zuko of course."
"She may be a Firebender, but she's also a human being… maybe she's finally starting to figure out how horrible Ozai's Fire Nation is." Katara stated
"The other two however; the young Earthbender was quite insane with a lust for combat, so he was rather easy to figure out. However, that young Waterbender was quite different. There was a darkness deep in his eyes, he seems to harbor a personal hatred towards the Avatar. He claimed to me that after he kills the Avatar, he'll destroy the Fire Nation."
Katara had her hands over her mouth. "He's from the Water tribe…? Why would he want to kill Aang? This makes no sense."
"Why are you telling us this?" Suki asked.
"If he is any indication, then it seems the Water Tribe really isn't any different from the Fire Nation."
"Are you nuts!? We are nothing like them!" Sokka yelled.
"The Fire Nation had plunged our world into war for a hundred years, and you're just going to stand there and say we are just as bad as them…?" Suki got Katara's attention and pointed to Ty Lee. "Uh… no offence Ty Lee…"
"None taken… I guess…" she replied.
"To be honest however, I couldn't care less for your war. Fire Nation, Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, you're all the same. You're all outsiders, who have brought a war to our doorstep. I'll leave you only one chance… walk away and leave this guild forever."
Katara steps forward. "I'll never do that! Not when Fairy Tail has treated us so well. It's over Freed!" she shot a bullet of water which missed. She made droplets of water rise over her before turning them into ice crystals; she shot them to Freed who was avoiding them. Freed gets close to Katara and slashed past her leaving what looked like runes, printed on her stomach. "What… happened?" Katara stood as Freed stood a fair distance from her with his sword pointed in her direction.
"Since you refuse to leave, I shall leave you with a fate worse than death." Katara's body was now being engulfed in magenta energy and she let out a loud pain induced scream. Her entire body was in deep pain.
"You Bastard! You're dead you hear me!" Sokka yelled as he, Suki and Ty Lee rushed to him.
"Dark Ecriture: Pain!" Freed slashed the three of them inscribing the same runes that were placed on Katara earlier. Their screams of pain were worse which made all them all lose consciousness instantly. Katara slowly rose.
"W-what did you do to me?" She asked now barely being able to stand.
"Letters that I place on your body become your reality… your every sensation…" He gave a dark look to Katara. "I warned you to leave this guild, now you will face mine and Laxus' judgement. "Dark Ecriture: Fear!" he slashed more words onto Katara, the second they were on her body she now saw a vision of Hama next to Freed, before long there were many ghostly figure of her and they surrounded Katara.
"You cannot run from your destiny Katara! Use the power I taught you. If you do, you can't lose!" the Hamas went on and on and Katara screamed while tears were falling from her eyes.
Mira couldn't bare to see this. "Stop it Freed! She can't fight anymore!"
"Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!" Katara pleaded. Out of desperation she made a water bullet speed through the Hamas, making them fade before throwing it to Freed, but it stopped short. She could barely stand as her knees were shaking.
Freed rose his sword to cast another Spell. Elfman and Mira watched in horror as Freed didn't look like he was done. 
"Freed, please…" Mira pleaded.
"Dark Ecriture:…"
"FREED! STOP!" Mira screamed.
"Justine!" The group heard an angry Chaos Dragon Slayer running towards him from the opposite direction. "WHERE IS HE!"
"…Suffering!" He threw another slash before Katara felt so much pain surging through her entire body. Her screaming tore Mira apart as she began crying.
"Please… save her… I'll do anything!" Mira cried. Freed didn't let up as he kept inflicting pain runes on Katara's body. To her this felt like an actual sword was slicing through her, and the slashes were passing through her already pain induced body. Sokka, Ty Lee and Suki were unable to hear her screams. 
"NO!" Mira yelled with tears in her eyes.
"Stop this Freed!" Elfman yelled pounding on the rune wall.
Katara was on her knees but for some reason, she was still conscious. Katara had lost the irises of her eyes and they instead looked like blue simple circles, despite the extreme pain she felt she actually began to chuckle lightly. 
"Y-y-you've… done… it now… Freed." She forced out. "It's… already too… late for… you…"
"What are you talking about?" Freed asked.
"Hehe… If you… kill me… you've signed… your own life away… Do this… and Aang… no… the whole of Fairy Tail will never forgive you… there will be nowhere in Earthland… you can hide… You do this… and Aang, Sokka, Natsu, all the others… will show no mercy… they won't hesitate to take your life… just as you… have taken mine…"
"Is that your attempt at a threat?"
"No Freed… it's a full blown promise…"
Freed ignored her words and went on to finish her. "Dark Ecriture: Annihilation!"
As he said this Mira who was crying earlier now was hearing nothing… "Death!" she thought as she flash backed to a vision of Lisanna's grave, and saw the very moment when Elfman in his Beast Form killed Lisanna. Her heart beat slightly slowed as a dark haze was seen in front of her face. Another vision of seeing Lisanna die at her side had come too, when it ended a white energy was growing underneath Mira.
Freed wasn't able to finish his killing blow as Katara had fallen unconscious from the pain. After she passed out the runes fades. Freed and Elfman sees Mira's magical power growing as wind was blowing from below her. "What is this magical energy… Mirajane?"
"Sister!" Elfman yelled.
Mira screams as the energy around her was building, rocks around her began to levitate as the gold energy was now beginning to engulf her. A colossal black magic circle appeared above her. Freed shielded his eyes from the bright glow but saw that is turned to a very dark indigo color. Freed and Elfman were shocked to see Mira in a new form. She had long magenta shoes which hugged her legs and stretched to her thighs, above that she wore a magenta, collared leotard with cut outs showing her midriff and a chunk of her cleavage her arms now looked demonic as they were now grey claws and she had scales and fins that stopped after her elbows, she had a black crack on her face that went through her right eye, her blue eyes now had no detail in them, her hair was now pointed upwards. She had a long, thick, demonic tail. She jumped up to Freed and proceeded to attack him with his claws.
"Dark Ecriture: Wings!" Freed flew up by drawing runes on himself making him sprout wings made of runes and flew away. Mira sprout demonic wings from her back and chased after Freed. She tried to kick him but she missed twice, but she punched him hard down to the bridge which made a huge dust cloud. Using it as cover, Freed tried to escape Mira by flying close to the water, when he thought he was far enough he stabilized in the air… what he didn't expect was that Mira was now behind him.
"Begone." Mira said in a deeper voice.
"So this is the Take Over of the Demon Mirajane?" Freed thought. "Satan Soul!"
Mira outstretched her right arm forward. A black and indigo magic circle appeared in front of her hand. "Darkness Stream!" hands of dark energy proceeded to grab Freed but he flew from them.
"Dark Ecriture:…" the hands forced his sword from his hand while slicing it in two. He tried to fly away, allowing Mira to give chase. "I have no choice but to use the forbidden technique…" he flew up high. "You need a demon to beat a demon! Dark Ecriture: Darkness!" he inscribed runes on himself covering himself in a dark aura. Freed was now covered in dark fur save for his chest, abs, hands and face, his hair stood up on end like Mira's and the parts that weren't covered by fur were light gray. His ears were sharp and long, his eyes shrank, with his right eye remaining how it was when he uses his magic, he had large horns on his head the wings on his back remained
Both demons punched each other's fists causing a tremendous shockwave to reverberate around the area.
Freed arched his right arm back and a blackish red circle with orange energy appeared around it. Mira did the same action with her left hand and a ball of dark indigo with purple energy engulfed it. Both demons were going at it with fast punches, but Mira wound up the winner of this short bout by kneeing Freed in the chin.
Both demons were clashing in the sky, causing loud bangs with each hit while surrounded in their energies, their aerial dual now spread underground where Mira pushed Freed down. "Evil Spark!" she placed her hands on his chest, electrifying Freed as they both flew all over the underground complex smashing into several rocks.
Freed was on the ground slowly rising. "What incredible magic power… I had heard the rumors, but… Is this the same Mirajane?" Mira still had her angry look on her as her eyes landed on Freed. "But I cannot lose!" A maroon energy was building up around Freed it could also be seen from the outside. "Darkness Breath!" a black tornado shot out from underground and high into the sky. Mira was engulfed in it. When the attack faded she was in the sky but Freed had flown up to meet her. He held a black and red orb over his head. "Darkness Flare Bomb!" he threw it on Mira which forced her speeding to the water below. "Did I get her?" Freed wondered, but he got his answer when a whirlpool formed in the water. "What's that?" Mira was moving the water around her, almost as if she were waterbending. "She's enveloping herself in the river water? How much magical power does she have!?"
Mira from inside the whirlpool now readied her attack. "Evil Explosion!" she forced a huge blast of water to hit Freed and when it did he was thrown higher into the air, Mira flew after him and headbutted him. She now made a black and purple swirling orb that temporarily had purple electricity surging through it. "Soul Extinction!" she turned the orb into a colossal blast wave of dark purple energy which easily engulfed Freed as he screamed in terror.
An explosion was made causing a wind storm that spread to Magnolia but it didn't harm anyone.
The blast could be seen by Erza and Zuko, Elfman who was holding Juvia in his arms, Cana, who was holding up Suki and Ty Lee, and Sokka who held his unconscious sister. Also seeing this was Lucy and Mai while Toph heard the energy blast.
Freed was deep in a crater and was back to his normal form he slightly cowered and saw Mira land in front of him with glowing red eyes. "FREED!" she yelled as she flew to him.
"I-I can't win!" Freed terrifyingly thought as she punched him to the ground.
Mira was about to strike the killing blow by punching his face for the very last time but as her fast traveled to hit her target, she saw an image of Lisanna calling out to her. This made her stop making a short wind shockwave. Freed was shocked and his face showed absolute fear. Mira was panting heavily as she was greeted by a vision of her younger sister smiling. Mira let up and pulled her fist back before transforming back to her normal form.
"What are you going to do?" Freed asked.
"There is no point to this battle." Mira said.
"Arrogance of the victor, Mirajane? Finish me off!"
"We're allies." She began as Elfman still carrying Juvia; Cana, Ty Lee, Suki and Sokka carrying Katara arrived. "Members of the same guild, we smile together, and have a good time together, we also move forward together…" Mira said while showing a warm smile.
"Shut up!" Freed said showing frustration and sorrow. "My only ally is Laxus!"
"He's not the only one, right? You've always realized this Freed. Although I don't believe relying on one person alone is completely bad. There are lots of people around you. And those people are always connected with one another." Mira grabbed his hand with both her hands. "See? If you stretch out your hand, they're so close… When people realize that it's lonely being alone, they'll become kind." Tears began falling from Mira's eyes, only they were tears of joy. "And you've realized it." Tears now welled up in Freed's eyes too.
"I didn't… want to do this…" Freed said while crying.
"I know…" Mira replied. "Next year, let's enjoy the Harvest Festival together, okay?"
The others seeing the scene in front of them were touched by Mira's words.
"Sister…" Elfman said in admiration.
"You just can't beat her…" Cana said wiping a tear from her eye.
"I'm not… gonna cry…!" Sokka said but he snorted. "Real men don't cry!"
"That's adorable!" Ty Lee cried as she wailed making tears gush from her eyes in an endless fall.
Freed was then roughly pulled up off the ground by his shirt.
"Where...is...Laxus." Ryu coldly demanded.
----Runes appeared in the Fairy Tail guild and close to where Mystogan and Iroh were, Levy who was still in the guild read the results. "'Freed vs. Mirajane: Both remove themselves from contention.'" Levy read.
Elsewhere Gajeel had a wide smirk on his face. "Battle of Fairy Tail!"
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Natsu who was still on top of the building looked ahead. "Only one left… Laxus!"
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Aang who was staring down Chun. "Your game finally ends… but first!" He looked towards Chun who had a determined look on her face.
"I won't run!" Chun thought. "This is my only chance… I have to take it!" She knew what to do next. For Chun it was now or never.