Only Your Words

Outside of the main Cait Shelter building which was appropriately shaped like a cats head. Everyone inside was scare as they knew of the Oracion Seis' plan to use Nirvana on them. They were soon startled when one of the members came charging through the curtains.
"Everyone, I have terrible news! Nirvana is heading this way!"
Gasps and murmurs were heard through the main building.
"So the alliance failed?"
"Even with The Elemental Wizard and Jura with them?"
The person who came running in looked to a short old man with a beard that covered most of his face. "Master, what are we going to do?!"
The guildmaster looked calm as he poured himself a drink into a glass. "Nabula…" he calmly said. After pouring the drink he quickly placed the bottle to his lips and started gulping it down. Everyone gasped as he was drinking it straight from the bottle.
"Don't pour if you're gonna drink straight from the bottle!"
"Listen, Nirvana is heading here…" a female member reminded.
Finally it seemed as if he finally knew what they were trying to tell him. "WHAT! Nirvana coming here! For real!?"
Everyone in the guild screamed because he was talking while the liquid came pouring out of his mouth like a waterfall.
"First drink then talk! Not both!"
Later the guild calmed and the old man sat while addressing the rest of his guild members. "Nirvana is actually coming here. It is fate? Or merely coincidence-nabula?"
"I hope Wendy is safe." One of the guild members muttered.
"Yeah, we're not actually any help in a pinch."
"But she told us she met the Elemental Wizard of Fairy Tail, so she must be fine." A woman said.
The old man took another swig and he then opened his mouth to sigh. Again, he was drooling the liquid like a waterfall. "SWALLOW! THEN TALK!" everyone yelled.
"The power of the magic of light still lives!" The old man said. "Nabula! It shined brightly!"
Most of the guild members cheered however, one of them who had hair in the shape of a palm tree thought otherwise. "But this is no coincidence. There's someone who know our real identity."
"That explains why they would suddenly come here."
"Nabula…" the old man muttered.
"We've been together for who knows how long and I still don't know what nebula means." One of the members said.
Still, mutters of worry could be heard from the other members. "Master, lets evacuate. Our barrier can't protect us against Nirvana!"
The old man looked to be getting irritated by the worries of his guild members and he then yelled. "YOU FOOLS!" with an added echo. "There are people who are fighting-nabula, and trying to stop it! For those who believe in victory, there is no need to move!" he took another swig and swallowed this time before he continued talking. "…So I say. But perhaps the time has come. The time for us to pay for our crimes,"
----Nirvana continued its march towards Cait Shelter, and standing on top of the king's summit was the group that had witnessed the defeat of Brain.
"We've got to somehow stop this thing." Aang said.
"Stop it? But we don't know how to stop it!" Happy reminded.
"Stop it, like breaking it?" Natsu asked.
Both Katara and Lucy sweat dropped. 
"Yep, figures you'd think like that." Lucy muttered.
"Besides, how do you plan on breaking something this huge?" Gray asked while giving an annoyed glance to Natsu.
"Simple, we get Aang to do it!" Sokka said.
"Hang on, me!?" Aang stepped back slightly, surprised by Sokka's plan. "Think about it, if you go into the Avatar State, you could easily rip this thing to shreds."
"Ooh! Yeah, that sounds like a great plan!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Alright, we got something. Glow it up Twinkle Toes!" Toph exclaimed.
"Sorry, I don't think that's a good idea. For starters, we have no idea what this thing is truly capable of. Plus I don't think I'm strong enough to be able to destroy Nirvana by myself. Knowing Brain, he's probably prepared for that as well. Plus Erza and Zuko are still on this thing, so we can't destroy it know they are somewhere around here."
"Hmm, I guess you're right."
Aang looked out to the empty city. "But what about Jellal?" he thought back to when he and Natsu briefly fought him and lost, back at the headquarters of the Oracion Seis. "Why haven't we seen him at all yet? Did he just run away?"
"Okay, so what do we do now?" Ping asked.
"It would be faster to ask Brain, about how to stop Nirvana." Jura said.
"But I wonder… will he just tell us…?" Carla said, expressing her worries.
Wendy shifted her pupils away from everyone. "Maybe Jellal would know…"
Lucy and Gray noticed her muttering. 
"Did you say something?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, is anything the matter?" Wendy bashfully turned around.
"N-no it's nothing really. I think I might be on to something. I want to check it out." She started to run off towards the stairs.
"Hey Wendy, wait!" Carla yelled, while following her.
Aang saw her running and Katara noticed his concerned face. "Aang, is something the matter?"
Aang started to whisper in Katara's ear. "It's about Wendy; I need you to follow her."
Katara was surprised by his request. "Huh? Aang what are you on about?"
"I can't be sure, but if Wendy's idea is finding… who I think she's looking for… I don't want her alone."
Katara quickly realizes that Aang is referring to Jellal and she silently nods and runs after her without saying a word. Aang took a deep sigh and watched her leave.
"Hey Twinkle Toes!" Toph yelled. "Who is this person you're talking about?"
This got everyone's attention and they looked to him. Aang knew he had to dance his way around this one because Toph could easily catch him in a lie.
"Huh? Oh… I'm just worried that Wendy might run into someone dangerous and I don't want her getting hurt, that's all."
Sokka smirked. "Oh I see, protecting your girlfriend huh."
Aang gave him an annoyed look. "Sokka, me and Wendy are just friends."
"That's what they all say."
"Aang!" Lucy interrupted. "What did you mean by someone dangerous?"
"Wait… it could be me… The other me," Ping said. "She disappeared into the shadows, so she still might be out there. Plus, there is the other Oracion Seis out there. Good thinking Avatar." She lightly jabbed his shoulder.
Aang inwardly sighed, glad that he managed to avoid talking about Jellal.
"Hold on though." Sokka said. "Who's left? I thought we took all of them down."
"I think?" Gray said. "…Sokka helped me and Lyon beat Racer."
"Yeah, then me and Katara beat Angel." Lucy stated.
"Me and Natsu beat Cobra." Aang continued.
"And of course, Jura and I took out the leader of the Oracion Seis, you're welcome by the way!" Toph smugly said. "Oh and Hoteye is on our side."
Ping was counting with her fingers the whole time they mentioned a member of the Oracion Seis. "That's only five. Aren't there six?" Ping asked.
"Oh yeah, I remember there was that Midnight guy. Hoteye went and fought with him."
"Wait, the sleepy guy is awake!?" Natsu exclaimed.
Aang was also slightly surprised. "I never thought he would only move after his team mates went down?"
"Oh I hope that Hoteye is okay." Ping said.
"Everyone, can you hear me?" They all heard Hoteye's voice in their heads.
"Wait, Hoteye?" Ping gleefully asked.
"Yes it is me."
"He's using mass Telepathy?" Lucy asked.
"It's Richard! You are unharmed?" Jura asked.
"Unfortunately, I am injured." He said. As he was talking, everyone was looking around for the source of the voice. "I was no match for Midnight, as I feared." Toph looked to be thinking as Hoteye was talking. "Everyone, please work together to defeat Midnight! If you defeat him, Nirvana's supply of magical power will be cut off, and the city should come to a halt."
Natsu and Aang were baffled, Natsu even expressed his confusion. "Who is it?"
"So it moves using Body Link Magic." Gray said.
"Body Link magic?" Ping asked.
"They are items that are linked to the person though a spell." Happy briefly explained.
"So if we beat that Midnight guy, then Nirvana should come to a complete stop!" Ping said.
"Aye!" Happy exclaimed.
Hoteye continued to give instructions to the others. "He is directly below the King's Summit. Be very, very careful, he is extremely powerful."
"Richard…" Jura said looking up into the sky.
"Directly below us?" Lucy said.
"Yes, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!" Gray excitedly said.
Ping readied her blades. "Finally we can put an end to all this, we can save Caitshelter!"
Aang looked serious while Natsu was getting excited. "Powerful, huh? I'm getting fired up!"
"Please remember we're trying to stop this thing, Natsu." Aang said. "When we find Midnight, we have to fight him together."
Sokka looked down at the city. "Unless there are any objections, then let's do this."
"Aye!" both Happy and Ping exclaimed.
Hoteye continued talking with them. "Of the six prayers, only one is left. I believe in everyone! You will surely win, and be able to stop Nirvana!" However the person transmitting the mass telepathy was Brain himself, masking his own voice with Hoteye's. "Please… hurry…" Brain's magical power finally depleted and his hand hit the dirt. This gave the illusion that 'Hoteye' had fainted from overuse of his power.
"Richard!" Jura yelled.
Brain was laughing cynically to himself. "You won't get away with this…"
As the group ran down towards the door, Toph stopped suddenly. "Wait a minute…" she muttered to herself. As Natsu started to kick the huge doors that Midnight was supposedly behind.
"Something wrong Toph?" Lucy asked.
"CRAP!"
"Show yourself, you drowsy bastard!" Natsu yelled as he was pulling the doors open.
"NATSU STOP IT'S A TRAP!" Toph yelled. Right as the door opened a massive explosion erupted from below the King's Summit.
…
Erza, Zuko and Jellal can hear the explosion close by. "Was that an explosion?" Erza asked.
The three turned towards the source. "It was toward the King's Summit…" Jellal said.
"I'm guessing it was Natsu…" Zuko said.
However an ominous figure was behind the three of them. "Father can be so selfish sometimes." Looks of shock were on the trio's faces as Midnight walked closer to them after they turned to face him. "I was personally hoping to test my strength against the mighty Avatar, but here I am left with the scraps."
As he gets closer, Jellal protectively stand in front of Erza. "Stand back, Erza."
"Jellal…" Erza worryingly muttered.
Zuko simply got into a fighting stance when Midnight had stopped walking towards them
…
Back within the King's Summit, there was a huge dust cloud that was created from the explosion.
"Damn, that hurt!" Natsu said trying to get up.
"Yeah, who's fault is that I wonder!?" Sokka angrily yelled.
"Is everyone alive?" Gray asked.
"Aye…" Happy groaned.
Aang was also struggling to get up. "I don't understand… what happened back there."
"I don't know…" Lucy replied. "We were caught up in that explosion…"
Ping through bumped her head on what was a small ceiling and she touched it. "Uh guys… I think we're buried…"
"What?" Gray exclaimed.
"Not for long!" Toph declared. "She made the perfect hemispherical barrier they were inside break apart, after that she could feel Jura in front of all of them, but by listening to his breathing… she could tell he wasn't fully okay. "Oh no, Jura!" she started running to him
The others noticed and they were shocked.
"Oh no… he protected us?" Lucy asked while she kept her hands over her mouth.
Ping was also in a similar state of shock… "But then that means… He took the full brunt of the explosion!?"
Jura had formed a thick wall made up of rock pillars, but they soon faded away due to his power being depleted.
"Old Man!" Gray exclaimed.
Toph then hugged Jura from behind. "You're going to be fine! I know you will!" She said, trying her best to be strong and not shed a tear.
"Stay well, young ones." Jura weakly said, he then patted Toph's head. "I'm glad all of you are safe…" he fell back and collapsed to the ground.
"Jura!" Aang and Lucy fearfully exclaimed in unison.
Natsu punched the ground in frustration and Toph and on her knees in front of Jura's unconscious body. Her body was shivering. "Jura…" tear droplets were falling onto the ground below her. "DAMN IT!" She yelled as tears were falling down her face.
…
Carla was flying Wendy through the air and they noted the path of Nirvana. "It's definitely heading toward Caitshelter." Wendy noted.
Carla wobbled in the air slightly, starling Wendy. "Wendy, I'm sorry but I can't fly much farther."
"Oh, sorry Carla." Carla started to lower them to the ground. "Let's search for Jellal on foot."
"You have a good sense of smell, after all."
They both got to the ground and Carla wings disappeared, both of them took a brief sigh in an attempt to recover some lost energy. "But that Jellal smells a little different from the one I know."
"Anyway, let's hurry up and find him!" Carla said getting up. "He might be able to stop this thing."
"Right." Wendy smiled and nods at Carla, but she caught a whiff of a familiar scent and she closed her eyes to focus.
"What is it Wendy, did you pick up Jellal's scent?" Carla asked.
"No, it's…"
"Hey wait up!" they both saw Katara running up to them, when she arrived, she had to catch her breath. "You would not believe how hard it is to keep up with you two."
"Oh… Katara… it's um… nice to see you again…" Wendy shyly said.
Carla pointed a paw at her. "So why are you following us?"
Katara quickly caught her breath before she answered. "You're looking for Jellal, right?"
Wendy nodded. "I-I think he may help us stop Nirvana."
"I thought as much. I'm coming with you. I may not know what's going on with Jellal, but I won't leave you two alone, especially with the possibility of there being more Oracion Seis around."
Wendy smiled at Katara. "Thank you Katara."
"Why do you seem to care so much? You only just met Wendy?"
"Do I need a reason to care about a friend?" she rhetorically asked with a smile.
"I am grateful for your help." Wendy said. "But we have to find Jellal and quickly so we can stop Nirvana."
"No arguments here, hopefully we'll run into Erza and Zuko too."
"Yeah." Wendy replied with a nod. They took off down the street to look for Jellal. "Please be okay Jellal. It seems like you forgot about me, but I haven't forgotten about you, not for a single day."
…
Jellal meanwhile was staring down Midnight with Erza and Zuko at his side.
Midnight noticed the subtle forward step Zuko took. "Oh, where are my manners." He said looking directly at Zuko. "You must be Fire Prince Zuko." Midnight then mockingly bowed to him. "It is an honor to meet you, your majesty."
Zuko clenched his fist as he glared at Midnight but Erza a hand on his to calm him down a little.
"I know all about you, little Fire Prince. Despite being the son of that fool Ozai, you sided with the Avatar. How did your kind take that, I wonder?"
Zuko took another step forward. "What I did was based on my own convictions, and even now I don't regret my decision."
Midnight mockingly smiled. "Well I give you credit. You're far smarter than the rest of those insects in that pitiful country. But I wonder… just how much stronger you are. Let's find out, shall we?" Jellal walks forward and he charges a blast of light energy. He fires and the blast looked to move over Midnight's shoulder before crashing into the ground behind him.
"I missed?" Jellal said and he was in slight pain but he marched forward to Midnight.
"Not a scratch? This must have something to do with his magic." Zuko thought
"Stop this, Jellal." Erza sternly said. "It's impossible for you with your body like that."
"You should let Erza and I-" Before Zuko could finished Jellal threw his hand back towards the two, signalling that he want to fight Midnight without help.
But Midnight suddenly swung his arm and a clear, red outlined energy followed it. He sent the energy to Jellal which spun him in the air. Midnight then dropped him hard back onto the ground. Erza and Zuko were shocked by this.
"You're really this pitiful, Jellal?" he turned his head to the side and only glanced at Jellal shaking body. "You are nothing but a waste of my time."
Suddenly a fireball veered over him and hit the ground. "Okay, so my attacks are just as useless… but what it I…" he ran towards Midnight.
"Zuko no, wait!" Erza yelled.
Zuko then throws a fire jab close to Midnight as if he was going to punch him, but the fireball missed and Zuko jumped back and he kicked a flaming arc towards him. The arc split and it looked like it passed through Midnight. Zuko glared at him and he and he took a deep breath and he made three fireballs speed to him and they all somehow missed Midnight. But Zuko wasn't done he threw a final fiery kick which formed a vertical arc. The fire arch missed him as well.
Midnight smiled evilly at Zuko. "I think I felt some hot air from that. Care to try again? I'm sure you'll score a clean hit this time." He mocked.
Zuko gets mad and glares at Midnight and his left hand generated a very large explosive fireball. He shot his right fist to the fireball to launch it towards Midnight. It creates a tremendous explosion and Zuko starts panting slightly. Through the smoke, he waits to see Midnight on the floor, but is shocked when he is standing up in his usual stance.
"Hmm, guess not." He hit Zuko with a similar attack to Jellal's and he is thrown to a nearby wall and he falls to the ground after the impact. He slowly tried to get back up, as he was only slightly hurt.
Erza can only watch in shock as both Zuko and Jellal were both very easily taken down for the moment. "Zuko looks mostly alright, but Jellal has used up a lot more magic in casting the self-destruction circle than I thought."
Midnight turns to Zuko. "How about we test some of your pain endurance." He said.
Suddenly a sword was pointed to his neck. "Oh, time for the main dish already, Erza Scarlet?"
"You know of Zuko's status in the Fire Nation, so you, like the rest of the Oracion Seis must know about Aang."
Midnight kept his smile up; despite the steel that was only inches away from his neck. "Yes, everything you said is true. What about it?"
"I demand you tell me!" Erza yelled. "What is it that your guild seeks from Aang!? Tell me now!"
"You are aware by now of Nirvana's power, right? It swaps light for darkness. Those who are pure of intention can turn sinister while those on the dark side will embrace the light."
Erza tightened the grip on her sword. "I get it now. You intend to use Nirvana to turn Aang over to your side."
"Yes, that is my father's plan. However, while I will to aid in corrupting the Avatar, I wish to test my powers against his. My father considers him a god, I'd like to test that theory."
Erza motions could be heard from her armor as she summoned another sword. "No matter your intentions, I will not let you anywhere near him! Not while I still stand!" she sliced both of her swords through him but as her swords glowed they looked to have bounced off Midnight, leaving him completely unharmed.
Erza was completely shocked at how her swords couldn't even scratch him. She jumped back. "My sword was completely deflected?"
"Erza, get back, this guy's dangerous!" Jellal warned.
Erza decided to attack him again by quickly slashing him with both her swords. But they looked to have no effect. And Midnight stretched his hand forward, producing that same energy that pushed back Zuko. She slid back while crossing her arms. Suddenly she was bound within her own armor as it completely tied up her upper body. But more than that, the metal was squeezing the life out of her.
"ERZA!" Jellal yelled.
Erza tries to escape her own crushing armour and while this happens, she notices Zuko closing up on Midnight, albeit weakly. He grabbed Midnight's shoulder and he threw a fireball from his fist that narrowly missed Midnight.
"Huh?" Midnight sounded as he observed Zuko standing on his feet. "Not only did you manage to get back on your feet, but you've been the only one to successfully lay a hand on me. Impressive, your highness." Zuko got mad at the 'your highness' remark. "I'll make you live long enough to regret that." He is about to attack Zuko as he pointed his hand forward and that clear energy appeared again, but Erza managed to free herself from her compromised armor and she ran in front of Zuko and requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armour.
"I see." Erza said. "So that is your magic!" she started as she pointed a sword in his direction.
"Yes…" Midnight confirmed. "My 'Reflector' can warp and twist anything. It can reflect back magic, and using the bending of light, can even make illusions. Essentially, I can bend anything to my will." He then looked at Zuko. "If we follow your world's logic, I guess that makes me the ultimate 'Bender', surpassing even your precious Avatar.
Erza glares to Midnight. "Here I come!" she announced.
"Didn't you hear me?" his pupils then shrunk and gave him a much more twisted look. "Magic cannot hit me!"
Zuko ran side by side with Erza as the both ran to take him on.
----Meanwhile the others are surrounding Jura's unconscious body. "C'mon. Don't die on us old man!" Gray exclaimed.
Ping worriedly looked at him. "What will we do if…"
"He won't!" Toph said trying to put on a strong face. "Because if he does, I'll never forgive him!"
"You all don't have to worry." Sokka said. "I can still feel his pulse." He raised his arm from Jura's chest. "He'll live but he's going to be out for a while."
Everyone felt a slight rush of relief. Particularly Toph, she turned away from the group momentarily.
Happy smiled. "Thank goodness. Aang can you heal him?"
"What!?" he replied.
"Since you're a waterbender, like Katara, surely you should be able to heal, right?"
Aang chuckled. "Hehe, not really, see healing is a totally different technique and I never really learned it."
Natsu looks extremely angry and so did Toph.
Ping's eyes grew wide. "Guys I sense someone coming!"
"Well whoever they are, they are going to pay!" Toph exclaimed.
"What a joke…" they all heard.
"Look like you were right." Sokka said.
"Brain used up all the rest of his power and could only get rid of one of you."
"I can hear it but I can't feel who it is." Toph said.
Happy points to the source of the voice. "Up there."
"Pitiful…" they then saw three bright green glowing orbs lighting the dark smoke surrounding the figure. "He's a disgrace to the Six Generals." They were shocked to see that saying all this was the staff that belonged to Brain. "Well, as long as Midnight is here, we haven't been defeated." The stick tapped on the ground and Toph gasped as soon as she felt the staff hitting the ground and she got shocked herself. It hovered closer to them. "Perhaps I will clean up the rest of you fools."
Everyone was shocked and they could barely form a sentence to the situation. "The…"
"THE STICK IS TALKING!" Happy fearfully exclaimed.
"As a talking cat, I don't think you have any room to talk." Ping cut in
"Aye… I guess."
The stick starts to float and it begins to laugh maniacally.
Sokka was literally white with fear as the watched the staff. "Okay, I'm freaking out! How is this even possible!?"
"I don't know… I'm not sure I thought I would see something as weird as this." Aang said.
"That's the staff that Brain had." Gray said.
"I don't even think I've seen a spirit look something like that."
"What's going on?" Lucy fearfully asked and Ping next to her unsheathed one of her swords and she had a serious expression.
The staff continues laughing and Natsu suddenly grabs it and comically bashed it several times onto the ground. The staff was screaming as he was hitting the ground.
"Wait Natus, we don't know what it is!" Lucy exclaimed while her pupils shrank in shock.
Toph chuckled. "Well that's Natsu for ya." Natsu let up and left the stick there lying on the ground. Toph looked and pointed down at it. "Okay, who the hell are you, ya stupid piece of driftwood?"
The staff suddenly got in Toph's face. "You disrespectful… How dare you insult my family legacy! I come from a long line of proud great oaks! So show some respect." He backed away and his eyes and the orb in his mouth glowed. "I am the seventh member of the Oracion Seis. I have awakened from my slumber to defeat…"
Toph was next to start slamming the staff on the ground repeatedly. "No one cares Driftwood! Tell us how to stop this thing or so help me you're going to no better than a back scratcher when I'm done with you!"
Ping, Lucy and Happy sweatdropped when watching Toph, "Maybe she's still angry about what happened to Jura." Ping guessed.
"Aye…" Happy said.
"I think hanging out with her will be a detriment to my safety." Lucy said.
"Hold on a minute. I though the Oracion Seis had only six members." Sokka said.
"Yeah, he's right. Even when we were briefed we were told that the guild was only made out of six members."
…
Suddenly Happy is standing in a school room setting, dressed in a purple suit. He was standing on what looked like a table in front of a chalkboard. The whole setting was quite crudely animated as if looked like it was drawn with crayons. "Professor Happy's Fairy Tail Lectures!"
Toph was standing just next to him, in a formal blue suit with glasses and heels. "And I am Professor Happy's assistant, and it looks like for once. Lucy and Sokka are right for once."
There was a television screen drawn on the board and it showed a shot of all six of the Oracion Seis/ "That's right. The word 'Seis' in 'Oracion Seis' means 'Six' as in there are six members that make up the guild."
…
Sokka was glaring at Happy and Toph. "Hey what do you mean, 'right for once'!?" Sokka angrily asked.
"See? There are supposed to be six, so what's with the seventh?" Lucy asked
"Who cares how many members there are?!" Gray said. "A cane is talking about kicking our butts!"
"How can it though?" Ping questioned. "It's just a stick."
"It's all so ridiculous I don't know where to start." Happy said while shrugging his shoulders.
The staff freed itself from Toph grip and the eye and mouth orbs started to glow again. "You violent brat…" he floated away from her. "Soon I'll be able to see the guild of those fools… I must clean up the trash as soon as possible."
"By trash, you mean Cait Shelter don't you?" Ping asked.
"Exactly! We will begin our destruction by crushing them!" the staff said while winking at them. Then, once we are finished there, we will move on to destroying the Fire Nation."
Aang looked at the staff with an angered expression. "Tell me! Why do you people want to destroy the Fire Nation?"
"For two reasons, the first is how ignorant they are. They believe themselves to be the most powerful nation in existence, and that only they are superior. However, you must admit that compared to the likes of Dark Guilds in our world, they are far weaker. There is quite a large difference in power."
"He's got a point there. The fire Nation has nothing on the Dark guilds in this world." Sokka said.
"But even so, that's no reason to go out and try to wipe them out." Aang countered.
The stick hovered right in front of Aang's face. "Of course, that is only the first reason! The second is that while they in our eyes are incredibly weak, in your world they are indeed the strongest nation, while also the most oppressive. Once we use Nirvana's power to completely wipe them out, the other nations in your world, or at least what is left of them, will be so grateful to us for destroying that tyrannical country that had plagued your world for so long. We will be welcomed as heroes! The won't hesitate for a second to bow down before our tremendous power. Using the power of Nirvana, we will rule not one but two worlds in complete and utter darkness!" the staff then starts laughing evilly while everyone did nothing but stare at it in shock and surprise.
----Erza and Zuko continued to fight Midnight. Erza still in her Heaven's Wheel armor, pointed her sword toward Midnight. "Dance, my blades!" a flurry of swords bathed in blue energy were speeding towards Midnight, and they shockingly bounced off of him, each one couldn't even scratch him.
"You think you can hit me thought sheer numbers?" Midnight condescendingly asked. He then sends the deflected swords back to Erza who has to slice them away from her. Zuko was shooting fire balls to help Erza deflect the swords that were coming back at them. "I told you before that I could reflect attacks back."
Soon all the swords were sticking out from the ground and suddenly Erza finds herself being tied up in her own armor again. "Erza!" Zuko and Jellal worriedly yelled.
"More…" Midnight said. "Show me even more suffering." He tightens the armor around her and Erza continues screaming in pain. "Nothing is better than that expression on your face…" Erza throws the sword she held in her left hand to Midnight, who avoided it by moving his head to the side as opposed to deflecting it. An observation that both Erza and Zuko noted, "Impressive as I thought, but… Spiral Pain!" he swipes his hand across and spiral or slicing winds surrounded both Erza and Zuko but with Erza taking the brunt of the attack, and her screams of pain were getting louder.
When the attack stopped Zuko was on one knee and he saw that Erza was falling and he quickly caught her. "Oh no…" Jellal worriedly said.
Zuko could only glare towards Midnight. "You continued to impress me, Fire Prince. Even after facing two of my attacks, you were still able to stand. But even now, I can see that you are reaching the limit of your endurance. I doubt you can survive a third, so do yourself a favour and step down."
He glares at Midnight and asks. "Yeah right, I'm not going to just accept defeat. But there is something I want to know. Why is your guild intent on destroying the Fire Nation? They did nothing to you."
"I'm surprised." Midnight said with a mocking smile. "After all the pain and torment your nation, your pathetic father put you through; I would have thought you'd be satisfied at seeing that worthless trash heap fade from existence."
"Sure my father's forces within the Fire Nation are bad, but that doesn't warrant you for trying to annihilate it. But knowing you people, you wouldn't stop there would you?" Zuko angrily said.
"You needn't worry about the rest of your world; what's left of the Water Tribes and Earth Kingdom would be too weak to even stand up against us, but I doubt they would want to. When we destroy that nation that has oppressed them for over a century, they'll be so grateful they'll roll right over for us."
"That's your plan; you just want to rule over our world. And destroying the Fire Nation would be the best way for you to do it!"
"You would be right, Fire Prince. But we must take our first target, Cait Shelter."
Jellal started to get up slowly. "Why attack there?"
Midnight turned slowly to Jellal. "Because the clan who created Nirvana to stop the war far in the past is there, they were the Nirvit. But Nirvana was a far more dangerous magic than they predicted. So they sealed away the magic that they themselves created. Afraid it would be used for evil, the continued to protect the seal for decades, and then centuries. Caitshelter is a guild formed specifically by the descendants of the Nirvit."
…
Meanwhile the talking staff was telling Aang, Natsu, Gray, Sokka, Toph, Lucy, Ping and Happy the same story. "They have the power to seal Nirvana once again, which is why we must destroy them."
"So that's why… it all makes sense now." Aang said and Natsu continued to glare at the staff.
…
Midnight had his hands proudly stretched to his sides. "This is the same reason we want the Avatar! You have to be insane to let such incredible power go to waste! We will utilize both Nirvana and the Avatar, with their combined might we will send both worlds into sweet chaos!" Zuko and Jellal glare at him. "Cait Shelter and the Fire Nation are both examples; no matter how strong a guild or country claim to be, nothing will be able to stop us! The Avatar will become a God of Pure Darkness with Nirvana as his grand chariot! Not only will the Avatar's lack of morality wipe away their military, we will turn the souls of both country and guild alike into chaotic storms! They'll be so busy slaughtering each other; they won't even try to defend themselves from the Avatar's onslaught! Oh what a lullaby it will be! Doesn't it give you the chills!?" he proudly yelled.
"You fiend!" Jellal cursed.
Midnight condescendingly looked to Jellal. "Stop acting like you're a good guy, Jellal…" he walked closer to him and Zuko. "Your soul is darkness itself… You are a sinister, vicious man with blood on your hands…"
"That's not true!"
"Yes it is." Midnight said as he looked over Jellal with red glowing eyes. "You forced children into slave labor. You killed your friends. You even tried to kill Erza." Jellal's eyes widen a bit as all of the sins that he has committed flood his mind. "Do you know how many people you've caused to suffer? Do you know how many people you've frightened, threatened and made cry?" Jellal remembers the moment when he killed Simon and Erza cried over him, which then made Natsu and Aang take action against him.
"That's enough!" Midnight saw Zuko getting up after he gently put Erza down.
"Oh I definitely cannot forget about you, Zuko. Your father was wrong to call you weak. You are far stronger than he could ever hope to be." Zuko flashed back to when he redirected a lightning blast from his father. "He and the rest of his followers have caused you nothing but pain your entire life." The memory of Zuko fighting is father in an Agni Kai as well as the smirking face of Azula popped into his mind. "Don't you want to return the favor for all of your suffering?"
"Jellal, Zuko" Midnight called to them as if they were his friends. "Come here." He said extending his hand to them. "You two would be a perfect fit for the new Six Generals."
Suddenly Erza started getting up, and the second that Zuko and Jellal noticed. Midnight turned to face her. She nearly fell but Zuko was able to catch her. "Erza what are-?"
"I know…" she said before she used her Requip magic. "I know the light within Jellal, and Zuko."
"Erza…" Jellal mouthed, completely surprised by Erza's words.
She was revealed to have requipped into a purple sleeveless robe that showed off her cleavage as wind blew past her. There was a dark red bow that was tied to the back of it, her wrists were covered in bandages and she had thigh high pink socks above her sandals. She held a long bladed spear as a weapon.
"Huh? You can still stand?" Midnight said.
"They both have had rough pasts, but it is because of the light within them that they are standing here right now!" Erza said in her usual strict tone. "And that light will guide them towards the future!"
Midnight turned his full attention to her. "Just as the rumors say, Erza…" Midnight's pupils became tiny dots as his excitement grew. "I'll take great satisfaction in destroying you!"
Erza flipped her spear and pointed it towards Midnight. "I will stop you and your foolish desire!" Erza hardened her glare to Midnight. "…Without fail!"
Midnight welcomed the challenge that Erza provided. "Come to me Erza, or rather, Titania… Now, show me your true strength." Erza glares at him and Zuko does the same. "Although your attacks still won't be able to hit me." He gloated.
Jellal watched both Erza and Zuko stare him down and remembered Midnight's magic. "Yes, that's right. His magic, Reflector can bend away any attack. Is there a way to defeat him?"
Erza and Zuko stood and the red haired mage darted her pupils toward Zuko and he responded with a subtle nod. With this, they both started their attack on Midnight.
Zuko starts off by making two long fire whips which pass through Midnight. This was an attempted distraction to allow Erza to slice Midnight with her spear to slice him several times. But as expected, it didn't work.
Jellal could hardly keep up with Erza's speed. "So fast!"
Midnight's expression was calm. "My Reflector will not be broken, no matter how quickly you move!" Erza sliced through him another two times as Midnight bent the blade around him. "See?" Erza glared at Midnight before leaping into the air and Zuko was seen speeding towards him. "We've done this dance before Fire Prince, your fire is useless against-" however Zuko shot four fingers into Midnight's gut instantly surprising him.
"W-what!?" Midnight uttered.
"You were saying!" Zuko exclaimed as Midnight flew to a building that had a huge crack in it. "Heh, I was hoping that would work."
Midnight looked at both Zuko and Erza as he tried getting up. "H-how…"
Erza held two fingers in front of her. "There are two…"
"What…?"
"There are two weaknesses to your magic."
"Two weaknesses!" Midnight repeated.
Erza began to explain. "Weakness number 1: You may be able to bend magic, objects and elemental attacks, but you are unable to bend human bodies." Midnight gasped. "I saw how Zuko was able to touch you." She remembered when Zuko first grabbed Midnight's shoulder earlier in the fight. "You couldn't stop him from doing that, otherwise you would have just twisted his body like a pretzel, correct?"
Zuko looked at Erza. "She noticed it too… Guess this guy isn't as invincible as he thought."
For the first time in the fight, Midnight looked slightly frustrated and he aimed his hand towards Erza. "So, what of it?" he then uses his magic to tie Erza up with her own armor like he did previously.
Zuko then runs forward, puts his arms behind him and blasts powerful fire jets to propel himself faster to Midnight. He was shocked to see Zuko coming. "You didn't forget I was here did you!?" He jumped and kneed Midnight in the chin, making him fall the ground hard, freeing Erza from being restrained in her own armor.
Midnight with a shocked expression looked up at Zuko who stood above him with a serious face. "You could bend my fire around you, but not my body. Which means, I can do this!" he grabbed Midnight by the shirt and punched him sending him sliding on the ground.
He quickly got back up but Zuko proceeded to throw hard punches and kicks at Midnight's body essentially beating him up. After a kick to the chest, Zuko grabbed Midnight by the hair and drove his face into his knee.
Midnight screamed as he fell to his backside. He got back up and was shaking from the beating he took, he was even more horrified to learn that he was bleeding from his nose and a single drop fell from his chin. "Impossible… you… you made me… bleed?!"
Zuko continued to glare at Midnight. "You're the not the first one I fought who thinks they're perfect, and you won't be the last."
Midnight loses his cool and he charges the magic in his hand. "YOU FILTHY FIRE-TRASH!"
Before he can attack Zuko, Erza palms him in the chest. Midnight gets mad and he ties Erza with her clothes again. "You better not move, or I'll crush her until there is nothing left!"
"We're not done yet. There is still your… second weakness." Zuko formed a large, pressurized ball of fire in front of him and it started to roll rapidly towards Midnight. His eyes grew very large and he jumped from the ball of fire which rolled into an empty building and destroyed it completely. Midnight wasn't able to avoid all of the flames as his pants were slightly singed and there were burn marks on his left arm.
He was breathing heavily as he lay on the ground. "While you were bending my armor, you dodged my sword normally!" Erza pointed out. Midnight remembered when Erza first tossed her sword at him, he moved his head. Narrowly avoiding being hit by the sword, "Why didn't you just bend the sword around you? The answer: Because you can only bend things in one limited area at a time. The area around yourself or the area around your enemy… You must choose one or the other." Erza then simplified it for Midnight. "In short, while you are casting your magic on me, you cannot activate Reflector around yourself."
Jellal could only watch in admiration as Erza and Zuko looked to have figured out a way on how to beat Midnight.
Then Erza begins to move her arms within the restraints of her own armor. "And this, my Robe of Remoteness, is the most flexible armor in my collection. Your magic will not work!" she fully freed herself and Midnight glared at them.
Erza then confidently smirked. "Oh? I guess if you include this armour, that's three weaknesses."
Zuko glared at Midnight as he lay down on his knees. "You and the Oracion Seis are going to pay for everything that you've done." Zuko ran forward and kicked Midnight in the face forcing him to fly backwards and slid on his back.
"Damn you!" he got up but he quickly realized that Erza was behind him. His eyes grew and he took a kick to the gut. Erza made her spear disappear and she cracked her knuckles. She ran forward and punched Midnight in the cheek, he stumbled back and Zuko was able to sweep his leg through both of Midnight's legs and he fell onto his back. When Zuko tried to stomp him, Midnight rolled out of the way and stood up and he could see that both Erza and Zuko were coming at him from opposite sides both yelling battle cries. They both punched him in the face and he fell onto his back.
Jellal watched them and he was surprised. "Zuko is really determined… and Erza…"
Midnight lay on his back before sitting up, revealing the bruises on his face and body. He tightly clenched his fists. "Damn it…" he complained. "I was so close!" he cried.
"This fight is over." Erza said.
"So unless you want another beating, you'll surrender." Zuko threatened.
Midnight stares at the sky and he starts to chuckle. "It is midnight. It is too late. If you had let me finish you sooner, you could have slept peacefully… You could have escaped the true horror!" Erza, Zuko and Jellal are surprised by this and suddenly a bell chimes.
Erza was confused by the sound. "Is that…?"
"A bell." Jellal said.
"Sounds like it." Zuko said. "I don't like this."
They all saw Midnight getting back to his feet. "It is the bell that chimes midnight." Suddenly a red seal floats above Midnight, as he bathed in the light of the seal his body began to change. "When it becomes midnight, my warping is taken to the extreme!" he yelled as he eyes were glowing red. The area around them became red as Midnight transformed into a very large beast that was even bigger than many of the buildings on the ancient city.
"What is this?" Erza asked.
"Don't blame me for what's about to happen!" Midnight said. He charges up a ball of white energy with a black energy core powering it. Erza prepared her blade while Zuko charge up a big compressed ball of fire. He punched it to Midnight's energy blast while Erza attacked him head on.
The three forces collided, creating a tremendous explosion that could be seen from far outside the ancient city. Erza and Zuko flew back and Jellal could stare that the monster that Midnight had transformed into. "What is this?" he asked. "It's not a Take Over… It's some magic power I've never felt before!"
Midnight looks down at Jellal. "Jellal…!" he is then grabbed and he is held high over Midnight with his mouth open. Jellal screamed as soon as he was grabbed, getting the attention of Zuko and Erza. "Your rule was all a lie. There was no freedom in the Tower of Heaven." Midnight had then eaten and swallowed Jellal whole.
"NO!" Zuko worriedly yelled.
"I was so scared every night I couldn't sleep!"
"What are you…" Erza then put the pieces together. "I see! You all were also… in that tower." She flashed back to her very brief fight with Cobra when the Oracion Seis ambushed the alliance. "So that is what Cobra was saying…"
Midnight leaped up into the air. "This is also your sin, Titania!" he threw a punch but Erza blocked it with her spear. Zuko could only sit back and watch as the last attack took a lot out of him. "You averted your eyes for eight years from the suffering of your brethren." Jellal who looks like he is inside Midnight, looks like he is being surrounded by many tortured and angry souls and he was terrified. "And now, at the end you stand together with Jellal, who should be the root of your hatred! For the people who lost their lives for you, it is truly a nightmare." Suddenly Rob and Simon materialized behind Erza and looked at her with blank eyes.
Erza looked completely mortified while Midnight laughed. "They are your sins. You are their Nightmare." He started to laugh.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Zuko got up and glared at Midnight.
"Zuko… we can't forget about you… you're not as innocent as you think. You could have ended the war a long time ago if you defeated your Father on the Day of Black Sun." Zuko remembers when he confronted his Father on that day.
Zuko glared at him. "That wasn't my destiny…"
"Oh really? I wonder if your mother thinks the same thing." Zuko pupils shrank.
"How do you…?" Suddenly everything goes black around him and he sees his Ursa standing far from him waiting with open arms.
"You 'mommy' must really miss you."
"Zuko, come to me." Ursa said in a soothing voice. Zuko tried running towards her but as he got closer, she was floating further and further away from him.
"No! MOM!" soon she had floated away into the darkness and Zuko had tears going down his cheeks and his pupils were shaking.
"Haha, you mother is not your only mistake; what about your dear little sister."
He looks behind him and sees Azula surrounded by a circle or blue fire. He can only see her back and he gets ready to fight her, but when she turns around he is shocked to see that Azula has a face that looked scared and full of tears. "Azula?"
"You can claim that she has done nothing but torment you, but you could have done something to change that. You could have helped her, but no, even now you seek to end her life. Why is that?"
The flames faded and Azula then fell to her knees and looked right into Zuko's eyes. "Zuko…please… help…me…" she said in a raspy voice.
Midnight continued to mess with Zuko as he still had no idea what was going on. "She's calling you and you still think about killing her? Is it because you fear her strength? Is it revenge for all the years she's bullied and humiliated you? Or… is it because you are unable to face your failure to help her?"
"Zuko…" he looked at Azula once again. "Why…? Why didn't you protect me?" she asked looking like she was about to break down. "You know mom always picked you, you were all I had… so why? WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME ALONE WITH FATHER!?" she yelled while sobbing.
"Yes little Zuzu, why didn't you help your poor little sister?"
Zuko started running towards Azula, but she was starting to sink into the ground. "You can't do anything to help me anymore… it is too late."
"No, I can help you!" however he got there and Azula had completely sunken into the ground. "NO!"
Zuko starts hearing Midnight's voice again. "Hahaha, you failed again Zuzu. You failed to protect your family. How can you hope to protect your nation when it deserves nothing but death?"
Zuko was holding his head, trying to keep Midnight's thoughts out of his head. "Stop it! Stop it!"
"Do you think a monster like you deserves to be Fire Lord?"
"S-Shut up!"
Midnight laughed. "You are just like Ozai!"
"STOP IT!" Zuko yelled.
"Haha, and this is just the beginning! Midnight has only begun, this isn't the end of your nightmare, Zuko!" Midnight laughed.
Suddenly Zuko heard Erza's battle cry and a sword slash. Suddenly he was back on the ancient city and he had a shocked look on his face, just like Jellal. They both saw Erza standing a distance from Midnight as if she had already finished him off. She looked as graceful as ever.
Midnight of course was shocked at this and he fell to his knees in defeat.
"Erza…? So what was going on back there?" Zuko thought.
"My illusion didn't work!?" Midnight cried.
Jellal and Zuko were shocked when Midnight mentioned his illusion. "Illusion… but what I saw."
Zuko looked at his hands and they were still shaking. "If that wasn't real… then why are my hands still shaking?"
Erza only had her right eye lid open as that was her artificial eye. "Sorry but magic that effects the eyes, don't have an effect on me."
Midnight on his knees looked up into the sky in despair. "I was the most powerful…I had surpassed my father. I was the strongest of the six generals. I couldn't lose to anyone! I was the most powerful… wizard…"
Erza didn't look at him while she responded to his words. "As long as you laugh at people's suffering, that goal will remain far out of reach."
Midnight then began to remember his time at the Tower of Heaven. "My prayer…" he remembers all the screams of the children and adults that were imprisoned there. A young Midnight had lay on the prison floor, covering his ears. "I just wanted to be able to sleep… In a quiet place…" Midnight stretched his hand into the sky. "Father…"
"If you never want to be defeated, you must first know your own weaknesses. And you must also… be kind." Erza said as Midnight finally collapsed.
She walks over to Zuko and she offers him a hand. He takes it and Erza helps him up to his feet. "Erza… he… I…" Erza then pulls him into a hug.
"I know I heard everything… you are none of those things he said. You are not a monster, you haven't failed and you are nothing like Ozai." Zuko said nothing as he listened to Erza's words. "Promise Zuko. Promise to me and yourself; that you will always follow your heart…"
Zuko was still shaken by the experience and he still had tears going down his face. Never the less this was a promise he was definitely going to keep. "I promise. Thank you… Erza…"
Jellal sees this and he smiled. "This is Erza… you really are amazing…"