Chapter 22 - The Kingdom until Tomorrow

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Lava Arena...

"It's okay, he's still breathing." Happy announced as he and Carla looked at Arcadois's unconcious form.

"It's surprising that he's still alive." Carla commented.

"Time to counterattack." Loki said with a smile as the two mages stood beside him, their keys in hand.

"I'll go first then. Open! Gate of Pisces!" Yukino ordered, holding the golden zodiac key. Two columns of light shot up from behind her and swirled around one another into the air. "This is Pisces' real appearance, a mother and her child."

"If we've been summoned in this form, Mom..." The younger one, a boy with darker skin and a toned body with light spiky hair on his head, glanced at his enemy in question. He had some tattoos and fins around his body. He sported shells on each ear and a light necklace with a large pendant around his neck. A massive, dark ribbon was tied diagonally on the left part of his chest and went above his left shoulder. Around his wrists were massive dark bracelets with light edges. As the male form of Pisces, he carried around a polearm in his right hand, the upper offensive edge was shaped as the Celestial spirit's symbol.

"...it means that we have to exterminate the enemy." His mother replied. She was a slim young woman with long, straight dark hair that reached the middle of her back and gathered above her forehead in a prominent front bun. She also sports some tattoos like her son and her arms were covered by light-edged dark sleeves adorned by intricate, light decorative motifs. Her forehead is adorned by a light, simple crown which beared a massive light gem. Her son has an exact replica but the colors were inversed and the gem was a dark color.

"As usual, she's so beautiful that I can hardly believe that she has a son." Loki grinned.

"Down, you horn dog." Lucy hit him on the head with her hand.

"Please."Yukino said.

"Ok! Mom." The boy said as he summoned his weapon, a trident in hand.

"I'm not your mother." Yukino stated while the boy's actual mother laughed at them both.

"Terrain effect," Uosuke placed his hands out in front of him. "Gravity Range!"

"Open! Gate of Libra." Of course Yukino would have one more key up her sleeve as the spirit appeared. "Gravity change, counter-balanced!"

"TAIII!?" The executioner said before he was attacked by Water magic, courtesy of Pisces. "Terrain Effect! Whirlpool Range!" Using the water as an advantage, he surrounded his opponent with their own water. "Fish must go back to the sea, tai!"

"Mom! This is..."

"Son, hold on." Both mother and son soon reverted back to their fish form.

"He realized that Pisces is weak against water..." Yukino said as she called them back, the water reaching up to her waist.

"Even though it's a fish!?" Lucy gaped at her. "But! Now that there's water...!" She took out one of her golden zodiac keys. "Open, Gate of the Water Bearer: Aquarius!" There was the sound of a doorbell and the majestic mermaid appeared beside her.

"Oh...it's you again." She huffed, giving Lucy a little stink eye. "I was out with my boyfriend like usual..."

"We don't have time for your love stories!" Lucy snapped, pointing to Uosuke. "We have an enemy to defeat!"

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Acid Area...

"Hey hey, what happened?" Neppa grinned as he tried to attack the three Exceeds with his acid. "I'll melt you all down! Paan!"

'Remember all the time you spent training with Gajeel.' Lily glared as the surrounding rock sculptures melted due to the acid. 'This body has been hit by his fist of steel so many times!' "I'm proud of my steel-like resistance..." He pulled back, ready to strike. "...of my body and my spirit!" He swung his blade, splitting the acid in two. "My spirit of steel won't lose against anything!"

Kiki smiled at him.

"Whaaat?! He cut through the acid!?" Neppa screamed.

"Way to go, Lily!" Lucas cheered.

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"So, did you finally fall asleep in all your beauty?" Cosmos asked, watching Wendy doze off on her feet.

"Enchant to resist abnormal conditions." Wendy mumbled as she opened her eyes. "Reze."

"Wendy, you're okay!" Lexi said.

"Uh? Why?" Cosmos gasped when she noticed that her opponent was wide awake.

"Magic that modifies conditions doesn't work on me." Wendy smiled as she summoned the winds. "My job is to support everyone. But...when I have to fight..."

"What's this!? This wind is..." Cosmos looked around as the wind power intensified, howling and screaming past her ears. "...blowing away my beautiful flowers."

"...I become a sky dragon." The wind then cut Lexi down form her binds.

"Thanks." Lexi told her before they face the Plant mage together.

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"You look in pain." Kamika said, another piece of paper in hand. "Why don't you just die?"

"Magic is not meant to be used to kill people. But without power we can't even protect the ones we love." Mira finally spoke, her hands wrapped lightly around her throat. "It's a bit of a contradictions."

"What are you saying?" Her opponent looked at her in a confused manner.

"You only made one big mistake." Slamming her foot down, Mira tapped into her full power, changing her appearence as she used Satan Soul, her most powerful spell. "You know...when I'm in a tournament...or my friends are close to me...in other words, when someone is looking, I tend to restrain my power. Maybe it's an issue caused by that contradiction. But when I'm alone...that's when I can release my full power."

"Eh? No way." Kamika shivered, frightened. "She's sucking in the poison..."

"Poison?" Mira smirked, full transformed. "For a demon, that's a treat."

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"UGAH!" Kama grunted as Nastu punched him hard before Sora kicked him away. After having his blades shattered by Sora , the duo have been attacking him nonstop. "What's with this girl..." He shuttered, his back was up against the wall and he had nowhere to go.

"Solar Dragon's Shining Talon!" Sora swiped at him with his hands after he transformed them into claws and sent him flying through the solid wall.

"Do you understand that..." Kama spoke as he landed in a crouch. "...by doing this, you're going against the Kingdom!?"

"Against...the Kingdom?" Natsu spoke as he and Sora charged at him. "It's you...that should have thought twice before going against Fairy Tail!"

"To protect our guild...we're ready to go against the Kingdom, and even the whole world. That's Fairy Tail!" Sora shouted as the duo high speeds towards Kama. "Take this! Solar Dragon's Blazing Hammer/Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" They shouted and slammed their fists into him with a strong pressure. The force sent him crashing through another set of walls where he collided with his teammates.

"Everyone..." Mira exclaimed when she appeared from the hole Kamika created, already back to her usual self.

"Lexi!" Kiki said happily as her group appeared, Arcadios was being carried by Loki.

"Hm?" Lily said as he and Lucas stepped out in their tiny forms. 

"You were all here?" Lucas asked.

"Thank goodness you all are not hurt." Wendy breathed happily when she noticed that they were all right.

"Looks like we cleaned up good." Lexi smiled as she looked down at the beaten knights. "What a coincidence!"

"They...beat...all of us?" Kama couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at his comrades; all of them were beaten by mere mages.

"Now then," Natsu crouched beside him, glaring at him. "tell us the exit or we'll execute you personally." After scaring the answer out of him, he led her group deeper into the palace. 

"Weird...is this really where we're supposed to go?" Sora looked around confused, scratching the back of his head. "We've been wondering around for awhile now."

"By the way, how did you come here Loki?" Mira asked the orange-haired mage.

"I just jumped down." Was the reply.

"You should have thought about how to get out too..." Wendy commented dryly.

"Is Arcadios fine?" Yukino asked with worry.

"In a way, he is." Loki said with reassurance.

"I'm surprised he survived the lave." Happy said as he rode on the ground with the other Exceeds  "It was really scary."

"It's probably thanks to the jade he's wearing." Loki moved his head out of the way so they could see the charm hanging around the knight's neck.

"Jade...that dragon!" Wendy spoke up suddenly. "The jade dragon Zirconis, could there be a connection between the two?"

"Now that I think about it, the princess is called 'Hisui' too..." Yukino pondered. "It means 'Jade' as well."

"Arcadios told us to meet the Princess after getting out." Lucy told the others.

"But the Princess herself threw us in here!" Natsu snapped. "I don't want to meet her because it's her fault that we got into this mess in the first place!"

"He also said that we should decide ourselves whether Eclipse is correct or not...didn't he." Kiki said. "Hmm? Is that a door?" They all stopped to look at it, realizing the were at the end of the road with nowhere else to go. 

"What do you say go check it out?" Natsu said as he smacked Sora on the back, accidentally sending him rolling on the floor towards it.

"Ohhh kay, anyone got any ideas?" Lucy asked before the door suddenly opened up. Soon a hooded figure stepped through and gazed at Sora as he came to a stop.

"Who are you?" Sora asked.

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Inside the palace...

"Princess! It's terrible!" A guard shouted as he ran towards her. She decided to take a break and wondered around the halls to amuse herself. "I was informed that the Order of the Hungry Wolves has been defeated! By those wizards!"

'Indeed...' Hisui smiled to herself as the other guards panicked.

"You should not make that face." A voice spoke, snapping her to attention. "It's obvious what you are thinking."

"Darton." She whirled around to see the Minister of Defense standing behind her, looking at her with a stern expression. "Weren't you supposed to be at the Games with my father...?"

"I came back because I had a bad feeling, but apparently I was right."

"What do you mean!?" She demanded hotly. "Why did even you send Arcadios to Hell Palace without a proper trial...?" She glowered at him and waited for an answer.

"And you used Fairy Tail to rescue him, didn't you? Princess." He shot back.

"Uh..." 'So he did see through my plan.' She frowned.

"So you were indeed the one behind the Eclipse Project. Arcadios acted as the evil villian in front of me to conceal the person actually responsible...which would be you."

"You knew that much..." Hisui looked at the ground.

"Princess, you should reconsider. That thing is dangerous, the world must not be changed." He tried to reason with her.

"No..." She walked over to the balcony and look out. "Probably, the world needs to be changed."

"Probably?" He repeated, confused.

"I actually...promised that person...that I wouldn't tell anyone. But maybe I had better tell you...about the Eclipse 2 Project."

"2!?" Darton stated in shock.

"The real Eclipse Project. If this project fails...tomorrow...this kingdom will be destroyed."

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Inside the arena...

"This is the last fight of the Grand Magic Games! Fairy Tail is currently leading!" Chapati announced as the crowds continued cheering. "After them it's Sabertooth, Lumia Scale and Mermaid Heel! Fairy Tail still has all its members, this is quite an advantage!"

"Great!" Jet cheered.

"We're gonna win!" Droy added.

"First! What's gonna happen next?" Warren asked her.

"If my calculations are correct...Juvia and Chelia will begin their fight." Mavis said calmly.

"Sky God's..." Juvia's ears perked up as she heard her enemy approach. "Boreas!" Chelia generated two dark spiraling currents which gathered around one of her open hands before throwing it at the Fairy Tail mage.

'Just as the First anticipated...' Juvia thought as she avoided the attack.

"You're Lyon's beloved!" Chelia roared causing Juvia to gawk at her with a blush on her face. "Vanish!"

"That girl can heal her own wounds right?" Macao said with worry.

"How can you beat her!?" Wakaba shouted.

"It's good enough to keep her at bay. In the meantime, Erza can fight Minerva." Mavis nodded her head with happiness; clearing her plannings have been flawless so far.

"What's with that creepy, smug expression?" Max asked her.

"Minerva...that woman from Saber!?" Elfman gasped.

'According to the First, if I come here I should meet Saber's...' Erza's thoughts were disrupted as she heard approaching footsteps...or rather it was Kagura running at her about to draw her swords.

"It's Kagura!" Chapati and the whole audience roared.

"What?" Mavis looked stunned at the situation.

'The First predicted wrong?!' Erza narrowed her eyes dangerously as she drew her own swords and the two got into a heated fight. 'She's strong...!'

'Show me whether you're really a strong fighter as the rumors say, Titania!' Kagura growled as she continued to attack.

"First...this is..." Levy looked at her in confusion.

"No way..." Lisanna whispered.

"My calculations....sigh..." Mavis started to tear up, her small body trembling. "Sob...where did I..." She turned away swiftly, tears dripping out. "I'm not crying...I'm not crying..."

"Someone comfort the First!" Makarov said quickly.

"This is getting interesting! This fight will prove who the strongest swordswoman is!" Chapati said.

'She's this good even with her sword still sheathed...' Erza through as she got ready for another rush attack. However a weird wormhole appeared between them and two arms shot out, one covering Kagura's face and the other covering her own, preventing her from seeing anything. Suddenly Minerva made her presence known and flipped the two of them onto their backs and away from each other.

"WHAAAT!?" The announcers blurted as Erza and Kagura got back to their feet, looking at the newcomer. "Minerva and appeared and burst into the fight!"

"Can I join in?" The Sabertooth woman asked, a playful smirk on her face.

"I can't...make...a prediction..." Mavis said as she stared at the screen.

"It just turned into a 3-way struggle! A fight between the foremost female wizards of this competition! Who will survive?!"

"This is pretty impossible to predict." Lisanna frowned.

"There's no way in hell Erza's losing this battle!" Cana said as she took another swig of her alcohol, already drunk.

"Have you seen her opponents?" Elfman asked. Not only were the Fairy Tail guild members concerned but also Mermaid Heel.

"Erza...and Kagura. I remember your strength." Rufus said as he continued to lay on the floor of the library, not even bothering to pick himself up. "However...our lady will win. She's the master's daughter and Sabertooth's strongest wizard. She's more powerful than the Twin dragons." 'Now if she fought against Sora..'. He smiled. 'Well, even I can't foretell the ending...'

"Whoever my opponent is, I'm not gonna stand back." Erza stated calmly, eyeing the other two carefully.

'Erza...why do you shelter Jellal?' Kagura frowned as she looked at her.'According to what Millianna told me, what you suffered because of him isn't something that can be easily forgiven...Sora...'

"People seem to have lost faith in our Sabertooth. Needless to say...this is because of your guilds. Erza. Kagura." Minerva spoke before smirking arrogantly. "To show that our guild is the most powerful...I'll get rid of petty soldiers like you."

"Huh, that's some confidence you have there." Erza said, looking in her direction.

"Enough with the talk." Kagura closed her eyes briefly before reopening them. "Come." There was a moment of silence as the ladies all tried to seize each other up. Then to everyone's astonishment they all ran at one another and clashed, creating a series of shockwaves that rumbled through the area. It wasn't clear who had the upper hand because they were all fighting each other.

"Wah!" Erza yelped as she tumbled back from one of Minerva's attack. Using that opening chance, Kagura landed a swift kick to the sly woman's cheek, surprising her. But even then, Erza got back up and kicked Kagura as well, the two of them tumbling out of the area. Minerva immediately joined the fry and the three of them continued their fighting, neither one seemed to be getting the upper hand.

"I Ragudo..." Minerva spoke, finally trapping the two of them in some kind of weird space. "Neer Wirg Mion Derus Elcantias." She started to move her arms in a circular motion as she recited the incantation.

"Yakuma's magic of the 18 Gods of battle!?" Mavis watched with horror.

"Yagdo Rigora!" Mavis smiled as she summoned a stone, god-like effigy. Suddenly there was a monumentous explosion of light that engulfed the entire vicinity. The shockwaves were tremendous that other competitors noticed the change immediately. Once the smoke settled down Erza and Kagura still stood with slight injuries.

"WHAAAT! They're still okay!?" The announcers were baffled as the audience roared.

"I see. I certainly did not predict you to be so tough." Minerva said, shedding off her fur coat. "I had better modify my plan a little...otherwise this fight will never end. I just caught this cat." Waving her arm, she summoned her caught prize beside her.

"Millianna!" Both Kagura and Erza spoke at the exact same time when they saw the person in the bubble.

"Can you see how much she is suffering?" Minerva asked, listening to her prey's whimpering. "Inside this space, I'm constantly absorbing her magic."

"How dirty!" Her comrades on the outside spat.

"Don't worry. I don't want you to surrender because of this hostage. I said I would change my plan." She gleamed when she noticed her opponents' change of look, they were glaring at her with much ferocity. "Yes. Those are the expressions I wanted to see."

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Back at the palace...

"If that...if that's the truth..." Darton stammered as sweat appeared along his forehead. "Then we should stop the Games immediately....!"

"We can't." Hisui said. "I myself am dubious about that person's words."

"But even if it's not true, the people of this country are in danger..." He told her.

"'That person' knows the future. They know the results of Grand Magic Games. I heard that a certain guild will win with an unbelievable outcome."

"Unbelievable outcome?"

"Due to the outcome being special, it's impossible to predict it...If what 'that person' said turns out to be the truth...then I'm going to believe them."

"Are you saying that the fate of this country will depend on the outcome of Grand Magic Games!?" Darton roared at her.

"It is that special. I still can't believe such an 'outcome'."

"So...if the outcome turns out to be how that person suggested to you..." Darton looked at her.

"It also means that the future that person told me about is also true. In that case, I will open the gate of Eclipse." Hisui said. "Because that person said she came from the future."

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Underground...

"Who are you?" Sora asked.

"S-Sor-Sora..." The hooded figure suddenly burst into tears, covering the face with a hand. "Lend me...your strength..."

"Wait I recognized that scent." Natsu said.

"That voice..." Yukino said, cocking her head to the said as if she had heard the voice before.

"You are..." Loki prompted but the hooded figure started sniffling. Walking up calmly to the person, Sora lightly grabbed the hood and pulled it down .

"Luce?!" He stumbled back in shock, looking at the revealed person then back at his girlfriend.

"Lucy!?" Lexi and Natsu said in unison.

"There's another me!?" The real one said in shock. "Just how many of mes are in this world?!"

"I'm begging you." The strange Lucy told them. "I have come from the future...bearing a message... this kingdom...is doomed."


There you guys have it! Future Lucy has finally appeared with a message concerning the kingdom. More action and reveals are on the way. Look forward to it. Comment on your favorite parts and don't forget to vote!

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