Chapter XXII â€Ē 5 vs 1

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Previously:

The third battle was Millianna of Mermaid Heel against Jenny Realight of the Blue Pegasus guild. Jenny was a decent fighter, but she was no match for Millianna, who spends days hanging out with Erza and Kagura. In the end, Millianna won.

Now it's time...

Now:

"Seems like we have a special request from the 'Goddess of the Stars'!" Chapati announced as I stood up, making my way to the entrance of the arena.

"Fairy Tail will not be having a 1 vs 1 match, but instead all of Team Splitforce!" Chapati cheered as people in the audience were confused. "If Splitforce wins, they'll receive 25 points!"

That was enough for Team Splitforce to want to battle. They probably thought it'd be easy, while the other guilds started complaining.

"Would Splitforce please come out?!" Chapati exclaimed, showing an interest in the battle. 5 people then stepped out into the arena. I had recognized 3 immediately. Phedalea, Kairius, and Sarya. The other 2 I didn't know, nor did I know what power they held.

"Now, Goddess of the Stars!" Chapati announced, indicating for me to step out into the arena. I had my hood up so no one recognized me, besides Callista.

I stood near the Team Fairy Tail balcony, so I easily heard what they said. I turned to them as they looked at me with even more confusion.

I had noticed Gray glaring at Kairius, who just smirked in return. Something had no doubt happened during the event.

"That's not fair!" I heard a certain Salamander yell. "It's 5 against 1! They'll easily win 25 points!"

"Don't be so sure about that," A feminine voice of a certain Maiden of the Stars replied as she sat in the railing of the Fairy Tail balcony. She had her hood down, releasing her long dark hair as it blew with the slight gusts of wind.

"Who are you? Where'd come from?" Erza questioned the petite girl as Callista swung her legs. "I didn't see you sitting there before."

"Shhh... The battle will begin soon," Callista replied as I turned back to the opposing team.

"I want a good clean fight, kabo!" Mato exclaimed as he stood on the side. "Fight!"

The bell rung, making me observe my enemies closely. They stood still, not moving. Probably wanted me to show my power first.

"You know..." I began as I took a few small steps forward. "I don't forgive you for hurting my friends."

"Who're you talking about?" Phedalea asked quite arrogantly. She seemed to think that this would take no effort to win.

"Fairy Tail. Sabertooth. Everyone in between," I replied, a glowing light in the form of a bent stick appearing in my right hand as I wrapped my fingers around it.

Once the light dissipated, what was left was the stringless colorful bow Libra had given me on the first day of me training with her (like around chapter 6 or something).

"What do you expect to do with a glowstick?" One of the unknown opponents asked.

He had brown hair and looked older than the rest of his team. He had red eyes and a scar going across his right eye. He wore a full black outfit with a black cloak with his hood down .(I'm a lil lazy to describe him)

"This," I responded as I faced upwards and held the stringless bow above my head. I motioned my left hand upwards as if I was going to notch an arrow. A magic string appeared out of thin air then connected each limb of the bow, making it look like a proper bow.

I pulled the string back, a glistening arrow appearing notched on the bow as I aimed at the blue sky.

"Open, gate of the Sea Serpent! Hydra!" I exclaimed as I released the sparkling arrow into the sky as everyone watched me with curiosity. (Just reminding everyone, this was bow magic stuff was inspired by the webtoon The Witch and The Bull. It's a good story)

As the string of the bow disappears to nothing, the arrow soars through the sky as it pierces through the fluffy white clouds above. A loud explosion was heard in the sky, stars raining down in front of me, adding to the bright light the started forming into a large creature that just barely fit in the arena.

As the stars rained down onto the light, it expanded larger. Soon, 4 large dragon-like legs formed on the bottom, then the torso and a pointed tail. 5 long, curved beams of light sprouted out of the body, having dragon-like shaped heads on the ends of each of them.

The light dispersed, leaving a terrifying monster that scared everyone except me and Callista, causing them to piss themselves.

Hydra's silver purple scales shined in the sunlight as it roared, striking fear in everyone. He had sharp scales on each of his heads, looking as if it could impale you with just one motion. His eyes were white, not having a pupil, just adding to his scare factor. His necks were long enough to loom over the audience, making the crowd tremble. His claw dug into the ground as he turned to the enemies. He bared his sharp teeth as he stared at his opponents.

"You want me to take them out?" A masculine voice boomed, coming from Hydra. His mouth didn't move, but everyone could hear his voice loud and clear.

"Please," I nod, earning a smirk from Hydra as a response.

â€Ē 3RD PERSON POV â€Ē

"What the hell..." Laxus muttered under his breath as one of Hydra's heads swooped down on its prey.

"Huh. She must want to end the round quickly," Callista sighed. "I wanted to see a show."

"What do you mean?" The red-haired requip mage questioned the girl that sat on the railing.

"Hydra's pretty powerful. I doubt Splitforce can take him out," Callista replied as she looked over her shoulder to gaze at Team Fairy Tail. "He uses elemental magic, which is good against the magic Splitforce has shown so far."

"Why does he have so many... heads?" Gray asked in awe as he watched the hooded figure that stood in the arena. She stood still, not fazed by the fact that a monstrous dragon-like beast stood before her. She just glanced around at her opponents as if waiting for the time to strike.

"Every time a head is chopped off, 2 more grow. He's from the myth of Hercules and the Hyrda. Each of his heads can roar a different element," she answered as she eyed the 3 dragon slayers. "Much like a dragon roar."

"So, he's a dragon?" Natsu asked as he gazed at the large beast, his eyes turning into stars.

"Not technically," Callista shrugged, though it didn't make much of a difference what she said. In Natsu's eyes, Hydra was a dragon.

"Use lightning, fire, ice, shadow, and light, please Hydra," Lucy told the monster as one of the heads turned to her.

"Any reason for those specific elements?" Hydra asked her, causing her to smile.

"To use the elements of the people they took out against them," she shrugged. Hydra nodded as each of his heads gasped for air, readying a roar. (Just to clarify, light isn't for Sting. It's for Yukino. Since she's a celestial magic, I thought of the stars, which give off light. Or you could think it's for Sting if you want-)

"LIGHTNING-" One of his heads began as that head's eyes glowed yellow.

"FIRE-" Another head started, that head's eyes glowing red.

"ICE-" A different head added as its eyes glowed blue.

"SHADOW-" The 4th head yelled, its eyes glowing black.

"LIGHT-" The last head boomed as its eyes glowed brightly, continuing its white shine.

"ROAR!" All the heads roared together as different elemental beams shot out of each of their mouths, spiraling towards the opponents that scrambled quickly to dodge.

"Amazing..." Sting gazed at the attack that caused an explosion where Splitforce was previously standing.

The crowd stared in awe as each guild started cheering, probably happy someone is avenging them for everything Splitforce has done.

Lucy saw an opening to attack one of her opponents once the dust cleared. Kairius Triton. The 1st one to attack one of her friends. He was too busy throwing spells at Hydra to even notice her rushing towards him.

She gripped her stringless bow in her right hand, swinging it under his feet to send him at least foot into the air with his stomach facing the ground. She then kneed him in his gut just before he face-planted onto the ground. He had been weak enough from Hydra's attack that the attack Lucy had done was enough to knock him out. 1 down, 4 to go.

"What kind of magic is this?!" Chapati exclaimed, finally snapping out of his trance.

"I'm not sure. It seems like celestial magic, but on a completely different power level," Yajima answered as he stared wide-eyed at the silver scaled serpent.

"Yeah! You can do it!" Mira cheered as she watched the mysterious person avenge her friends.

"Who is this star goddess?!" Chapati yelled as the crowd started cheering for the hooded person. Let's be honest. No one liked Splitforce.

"She's my friend!" Callista cheered as she watched Lucy pummel Sarya's face in at immense speed while Hydra distracted Phedalea and the other 2.

"You're friends with her?" Laxus asked the petite girl as he leaned on the stone railing, gazing at the hooded girl.

"Of course. I've been with her for about 3 years now," Callista explained as she turned to the lightning dragon slayer her stood on her right. "My name's Callista Orion."

"I'm-" Laxus began before he was cut off.

"Mister sparky sparky boom boom!" Callista cheered with a big smile on her face as Gray, Natsu, and Gajeel burst out laughing, causing Laxus' eye to twitch.

"That was you?" Laxus growled as he closed his eyes in frustration from the continuous laughing coming from his team besides Erza, who barely stifled a giggle.

"Yup!" Callista beamed as she looked over to the rest of the team. "And then there's the scary one, fireballs, nudist, and metal brows!" She exclaimed as she pointed to the ones she referred to with each name.

Gray immediately started laughing, ignoring the name he was called. "Fireballs?! I doubt Natsu has any ba-"

Natsu then punched Gray before he could finish. "What'd you say Ice Princess?!" He shouted as he smashed his head against Gray's.

"I said you don't have b-" Gray began but Erza smashed their heads together and glared at them.

"Enough."

"A-Aye!" Natsu and Gray saluted as Gajeel was questioning his name.

"Metal brows?! Are you serious?! METAL BROWS?!" He smashed his head against the railing in frustration, causing Callista to giggle.

"I can see why she loves you guys." Callista smiled at the team as they just looked at her in confusion.

"Who?" Gray asked, causing Callista to clasp her hands over her mouth.

"I-I said too much," Callista stammered as she removed her hands from her mouth. "I shouldn't ruin the surprise."

The Team just looked at each other and shrugged. Whatever she was talking about wasn't really their business, so they glanced back at the battle to see the hooded girl finish beating up Sarya, who laid against the arena wall - weak and powerless - as her hand gripped her arm filled with bruises.

Dust filled the air as Hydra's foot stomped on the ground and his heads swooped down to attack his enemies.

Lucy rushed towards Phedalea as Phedalea turned towards her just in time to throw an attack. "Phoenix Golden Flame Screech!" Phedalea screamed, sending a beam of golden fire towards Lucy.

"Titan's Shield!" Lucy exclaimed as she pushed her left hand out, sending a large transparent shield towards Phedalea, blocking the attack. The shield moved quickly towards Phedalea, making Phedalea too late to stop her screech. The explosion of her screech and the shield were so close to her that it caused her to get hit in the process (I honestly don't know if that makes sense but just roll with it 😎).

She felt so much anger. Yukino, one of her good friends, was near death because of her. Lucy threw her bow like a boomerang, cutting one of Phedalea's arms. The bow returned to Lucy as she neared Phedalea and side kicked her in the same arms she got cut.

Phedalea yelped in pain she was thrown against the arena wall due to Lucy's force on her kick. Phedalea seemed to have hit her head too hard, causing her to lose consciousness.

Lucy glanced back to her last 2 opponents, who were cornered by Hydra.

â€Ē LUCY'S POV â€Ē

"Why did your team feel the need to go that far? Almost killing people? Torturing them for the sake of the games?" I questioned as Hydra stood back a little bit so they could face me.

"Send your beast away," a white-haired man demanded, ignoring my questions.

He had white hair and reddish-orange eyes. He had pale skin and 3 silver earrings on his ears. He wore a silver upside-down triangle necklace and a white collared shirt with the top few buttons undone. He wore black pants and black shoes, completing his casual look. 

"Why would I do that?" I questioned as I glared at the man.

"Unless you want one of your friends to die," he added quietly, only the 3 of us being able to hear.

"And how would you do that?" I said, narrowing my gaze at my white-haired enemy.

He glanced around the arena as if looking for a target until he stopped on the blonde dragon slayer of Sabertooth. "You see blondie over there?" He said quietly, only enough for me and the other guy to hear even though I was still a couple of yards away.

I joined him in his gaze, looking at Sting who just looked back at me with confusion. "What about him?"

"What if I said I could cut off his air supply?" He smirked. "It'd be a slow and painful death, don't you think?" 

My head snaps back towards the white-haired mage. "I'm guessing you use air magic?"

He replied with a 'mhm' as I clench my fist. "Hydra, go back."

"Alright," he simply said with a nod before vanishing into a faint light. Hydra knew very well what I was capable of.

"You've made me very mad," I boomed as I sent my stringless bow back into my requip inventory. "Threatening to attack an unsuspecting victim just to get the advantage over me?"

The 2 wizards suddenly trembled in fear as my power pulsed through my veins, the black cloak I'm wearing not being able to contain my magic energy anymore.

"Well let me tell you something," I growled as my power pulsed significantly, my hood falling off my head to reveal my floating golden blonde hair and my glowing chocolate brown eyes. "You'll regret it."

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