Hey, Dark Gothic Lolita here!

Yes, I am very well aware that this story has not been updated in however many years it's been, but I have a reason! Well two lol. The first reason is that I have to pretty much re-read the whole Edolas arc and then change it to accommodate the way that I'm writing things, which gets a bit daunting at times. I had many attempts to keep re-writing this chapter as well, it's been a long ride! The second reason as to why I didn't update this was because when I updated it last time, I didn't really get many responses in the reviews. I don't want people to review so that it makes my stories look popular, I want reviews so that I know if it's a good enough story to make fast updates, or if I can slow it down and take my time!

Well, I have received a few reviews lately saying how much I should carry this on, so I decided to dust off this chapter and get right into it! I do apologise because it HAS taken so long, but it is here now! I have finally finished my first degree for university, so I am all yours! Of course, I just have to think about what I want to do for my masters, but I need to wait and see what I graduate with to see if I'm good enough for my masters lol.

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Secrets within magic

Chapter fourteen

Tsunami frowned when she saw Knightwalker cut off her hair and turn around to look at the legion that was flying away. The King was bursting with anger as he was yelling out commands. "Let us prepare the Dorma Animu!"

His words were chilling as one of the men shouted back to him, "but it's forbidden!"

"I SAID PREPARE IT!"

Juvia looked over at her counterpart for answers and what she was met with was a deadpan expression. To others, many people wouldn't know what her facial expressions were saying, but Juvia used to make those same expressions back when she was in Phantom. It was clear that this Dorma Animu wasn't something to be messing with, especially seeing as how one of the King's men was saying how forbidden it was, despite them losing the battle. This wasn't good, they weren't even supposed to be using it if they were losing.

"So what's the plan?"

Juvia saw Tsunami smirk as she turned towards her, holding her precious pink umbrella in her hands. Juvia looked at the umbrella and remembered how she had had one too, back on Earthland. "Well Earthland me, we're going to do what we do best."

Juvia smirked, understanding immediately where she was coming from. The rain started to pouring down heavily, pelting at the amour of the Imperial army. The two Juvias stood their ground as everyone started shouting and trying to get back inside. Both the Juvias could fight perfectly well in this weather, despite the fact that Tsunami wasn't a water mage.

"We're going to fuck up their plans."

~x~

Gajeel, Happy and Lily had all jumped out of the way when the dragon chain smashed into the lacryma. Gajeel raised a studded eyebrow, confused as to what was going on, but Lily was frowning. The lacryma wasn't supposed to be the target, the bottom of the island was!

"What the hell is going on down there?! They got the aim all wrong, the dragon chain was supposed to aim for the island and then collide with Extalia!

Gajeel's eyes widened at the thought of it and looked back down at Extalia. Happy stood there quivering. Their guild would have been used as a bomb and Lily didn't look like he cared one bit that his homeland would have been blown to smithereens. He was disgusted.

"How could you say that, isn't that your home? Aren't you an exceed?!"

Lily didn't answer as he watched Gajeel running over to the edge. He was furious, not really understanding what was happening down below. The King would have set off the chain, meaning the King should have had perfect aim.

Happy on the other hand was shaking with tears running down his face. Gajeel wanted to roll his eyes at the Salamander's cat. At a time like this, he's choosing to just stand there and cry?!

"How...How can you say such a horrible thing? I'm happy that your plans have failed anyway!"

"HAPPY! YOU ALRIGHT, BUDDY?!"

They all looked over and saw Team Natsu on the back of the Legion as he grinned down at them. Happy flew straight towards his partner and Natsu caught him easily with a grin on his face.

"Juvia used her magic to control the cannon's aim and shot it through the lacryma instead! Oi tin can, did it work?"

Gajeel grumbled at the nickname that Natsu gave him, but otherwise turned around to look and see what had happened to the lacryma. He grinned when he saw that it had been split in half, the dragon chain missing the whole building entirely, but smashing the lacryma. It almost looked as though the others were starting to pour out from the guild. Before they could even go and see if everyone was okay, the whole lacryma vanished and left nothing but a hole behind.

Everyone screamed as Gray looked up. "The whole lacryma...IT'S GONE!"

"W-what happened?"

"It's finally returned to earthland."

Everyone turned their heads in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar hooded figure standing nearby and a white female exceed standing next to him. "I apologise for being so late, I was searching for the vestiges of the giant anima in order to send it all back. We couldn't have done it with all your help. Those on Extalia have been made aware of the whole situation. I thank you."

Erza's eyes widened. "Mystogan!"

Natsu fist pumped. "YEEEEAH, YOU SENT IT ALL BACK, WOOHOO!"

Mystogan grinned down at them all as they all cheered. It looked like everything was finally over, they would all be able to go home! The Prince removed his face mask and looked at Lily. "Lily, this is the life you saved. I'm glad to have protected your homeland, even though you were banished because of me."

The cat had tears in his eyes as he smiled up at him. "Yes, thank you. Your highness. Queen Shagotte...I apologize for everything."

The cat shook her head with a soft smile. "It's okay, I understand your anger. We should have gone about everything in a different way, and just maybe it wouldn't have come down to this. Knowing Faust, it probably still would have."

Coco had tears in her eyes too. "The prince has returned!"

Suddenly, Lily's eyes went wide as something was shot through his body and everyone turned to look at the the culprit.

"NOT YET! IT'S NOT OVER YET"

Lily's body started descending all the way to the ground and it wouldn't be long before he would end up as a lifeless heap on the floor.

"It's their Erza!"

"That bitch, how dare you do that to my cat?!"

"Someone needs to save Lily, but he's falling too fast!"

Before anyone could reply, Lily's body stopped moving as a single exceed had already caught his body. They all stared at gasped when they saw the lilac exceed in her battleform. There was no smile on her face as she glared down at Erza Knightwalker. Shagotte gasped and held her hands to her mouth.

"Murasakino..."

The said exceed looked up at her mother. This wasn't the time for her hate. "No, my name is no longer Murasakino. To be honest, I forgot about that name. My name is now Mei."

Chelia and Happy gasped when they realised who it was. "Sister?! That form..."

"Yes, I have unleashed my battle form, just like father once did." They all stared at her diamond wings and noted that they weren't feathers like every other exceed. This is what made her the Princess as well as the exceed with the strongest wings. She flew up fast and placed Lily's body on the ground next to her mother's before she nodded at Mystogan. He nodded back to her and she was gone within a flash. They had traded all the information that they had needed and Mei now knew how to get to the control room.

"SCARLET!"

"Knightwalker..."

Mystogan came forward and stood in Erza's way. "Do you intend to point your blade at me, the prince of Edolas, Erza Knightwalker?"

The said girl growled and gritted her teeth, moving her weapon down. There was no way she could strike the prince down. That was until she heard the King's words himself that made her grin up at the prince smugly, and she threatened him once more with her spear.

"I do not think of a punk like you as my son! After having concealed your whereabouts for the last seven years, you think that you can make such a brazen return?! I am well aware that you were on Earthland closing up all the anima, you traitor."

"What, where's that voice coming from?! SHOW YOURSELF!" Everyone seemed to be complaining that they couldn't find where the voice was coming from, it was almost as if he was all around them, which wasn't working out for them.

Mystogan sighed and replied back to his father, not really caring about where he was. He knew he had to be nearby anyway for him to be able to talk to them.

"Your anima plan has failed. There's no longer any meaning in this battle, is there?"

"Meaning? Meaning in battle you say? This is no battle. This is retribution against those who would make themselves enemies of the King. This is unilateral extermination. If you intend to stand in my way, I will happily erase you and not leave the merest trace."

"Father!" Mystogan was so surprised that his own father would go to such extravagant lengths to be able to use magic all the time! He would even get rid of his own son, just for the use of magic?

"I am not your father, I am the King of Edolas! Come to think of it, if i get rid of you here, I get rid of the person closing up all my anima portals. I can create a giant lacryma and fuse them with the exceed as many times as I like. HAHAHA, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE BEFORE THE POWER OF THE KING! THE POWER OF THE KING IS ABSOLUTE!"

There he was. The King finally showed himself and he seemed to be inside some dragon armour. All the exceeds gasped as well as Mystogan who seemed mortified that his father was using something so forbidden just to maintain some power.

"Dorma animu, in the language of this world it means dragon knight! So it has reinforced armour of a dragon!"

Natsu looked down in disgust. "Dragon? Now that you mention it, it kinda does look like one."

Carla looked up at Mystogan in confusion. "What do you mean by reinforced armour?!"

Coco answered from her Legion. "It's a magic canceller, a manned armour that negates any magic from the outside and his majesty is piloting from the inside!"

Gajeel's eyes widened. "So it's like one huge magic item. It's like Natsu's scarf and my feather given to us from our dragons as a huge body armour. What the fuck man?!"

There was another sound of laughter as everyone stopped dead. Knightwalker felt a chill run up her spin. This was no ordinary laughter. No, this was the laughter of a madwoman who had a maddening amount of strength to back it up. She knew who laughed like this. Coco shivered as well as they watched a second legion fly up into the sky. There she was in her police outfit, her pink umbrella in her hand. She was staring down at the King in the dragon armour and a harsh smile was on her face.

"Oh, this just suddenly got better didn't it? Dorma Animu in my presence just begging for someone strong like myself to destroy it. I love it."

The King ignored her. She might be the strongest person in Edolas, but surely his invention was stronger. He had no doubt about that. "Oh look, another one of my traitors! I'll end you too."

Tsunami laughed once more as she stared at the Dorma Animu and her gaze then settled on Knightwalker. The second she did that, she was no longer laughing or smiling. Her mouth was set in a straight line and her eyes became hard. Knightwalker flinched, fear paralysing her. Tsunami had only ever been this angry twice in her life and last time, it had not ended well at all for the guild called Phantom Lord. She had slaughtered the whole guild by herself. No one had seen so much blood before, not even farmers.

"I saw that you shot Lily. You shouldn't have done that. I see that you're using Doroma Animu even though it's strictly forbidden. You shouldn't have done that. You see Faust, can I call you Faust? Oh well, I know you don't like it, but you're definitely not my King, so I'll call you Faust. There are a lot of things you and your stupid Kingdom shouldn't have done and it's all starting to get to me. It's all starting to piss me off."

Mystogan sucked in a deep breath as he started inched backwards in the air. Even Coco made her legion float a little far back. They beckoned to everyone to do the same thing and Knightwalker was frozen on the spot. The members of Fairy Tail from Earthland were starting to feel afraid. Was Juvia Tsunami this powerful?

"You remember what happened the first time I got pissed off, don't you, Faust? The very island that that lacryma was on was reduced to a fourth of its original side just with one strike of my sword. And you, Knightwalker. You were so blinded by loyalty, that you never questioned certain actions. Yes, being loyal is great, but only for the right reasons."

"Shut up! You committed treason! You're a master of a guild, how would you like it if your guild members turned their back on you?!" Knightwalker was angry now herself, but nothing could ever compare to Tsunami's anger.

Tsunami blinked as her midnight blue eyes were chilling. "Yes, you're absolutely right. A guild that you constantly try to hunt day in day out, despite them not even hurting anyone! It's a master's job to make sure that their guild is safe and sound and that we're all alive. We're a family together and I treat them with respect, not use them as pawns for a sick and twisted plan that will only benefit me. You see, I've been fighting you out of kindness, but you've crossed the line now. You betrayed your own teammate and shot him, even though he too was loyal to the King and you constantly attempt to kill my guild members and I still soldier on and smile through the pain. That makes me mad, Knightwalker. It seems that I must remind you of why I'm called the Annihilator."

She then undid her umbrella and pulled the handle out of it. Everyone watched as they realised that the handle was actually a sword and the umbrella itself was a shield. Tsunami was a true warrior. There was no smile on her face and her eyes looked as though they were set to kill whatever was in her path.

"You want to know why I'm so successful, why I hate this anima plan and why I'm the strongest in all of Edolas? I'll let you in on a little secret. In fact, I'll let you feel my secret."

Suddenly, she vanished. Everyone's eyes widened at the sheer speed that she used to make her way over to Knightwalker. The said girl didn't even expect it as Tsunami's sword slashed across her armour and sent her flying backwards. The power of the swing itself cut off a spire on the castle, even though she was nowhere near it.

Tsunami stood tall as as she shook her sword, letting Knightwalker's blood fly off of the sword. She tilted her head to the side and it looked as though her navy blue eyes were spinning in rage.

"I don't have a drop of magic within me. I have never used magic. Unlike you that has a re-equipping spear, I had to rise through the ranks without a single lick of magic within me! I trained my body everyday, working on my stamina, my speed and my strength. I used to be jealous of you magic users, but I got over it and realised that I'm way stronger than any magical item. I made you all think I could use some sort of water magic by having an umbrella, but there was no magic there. This is by my strength alone and the King's Dorma Animu? It has no effect on me, because I myself am a natural magical cancelling human!"

Coco smiled, even though she sweatdropped as everyone's jaw dropped so low. She was the opposite to the Earthland Juvia by having no magic at all, yet their Juvia had knowledge on all magic, but they were the strongest.

"That's my sensei! Honestly, she has the power to level this whole world by herself and if she wanted to, she could kill the King and no one would have any power to stop her. That's why she's been a thorn in the King's side ever since she left for Fairy Tail a year ago. Juvia Tsunami is the strongest human here."

Tsunami tilted her head to the other side, looking at the wall that Knightwalker had been sent through, as if waiting for her to get up. She hummed in disappointment when she realised that wouldn't be happening anytime soon.

"Get up, Knightwalker. Unfortunately you haven't been knocked out by that attack. Come and hit me with your best shot." She turned her attention back to everyone else, pointing at the Dorma Animu. "As much as I would like to have a go at destroying the Dorma Animu myself, I'll leave that to you. It would seem as though I have to sort out this ongoing feud once and for all."

She was gone once again and Erza commanded for all of the exceeds to leave. Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy stood their ground as they stared at the contraption in front of them.

"Their opponent is a dragon."

"They're the only ones who can defeat it."

"The mages who hunt dragons."

"Dragon slayers. Oh man, Juvia would have loved to have been here." Natsu held tight on his scarf.

"Gihihihihi, then we make this a fight for her then."

~x~

Mei had gone back inside of the castle. With the whole place in panic, she knew that no one would be after her. Mystogan had told her about the room and she she was so angry with herself. Why didn't she just think that the control room would be on the other side of the wall?!

She burst back into the basement where Juvia was still stuck in a lacryma and she heard the water mage's voice inside of her head.

"You came back?"

Mei nodded her head. "I did! Prince Jellal told me exactly where this room is. To think it was so close to us this whole time."

"What are you talking about?"

"The room, it's behind you! There are invisible pipes actually within the cavity of the ceiling that lead to a room behind you, while the maze of pipes here are just merely for show, to confuse us and make us think that it's somewhere else in the castle! To think Faust had us fooled to some extent, this could have all been over in a flash!"

Mei sent a wave of crystals towards the wall and it shattered from how weak it was. The whole wall crumbled, signalling that it was indeed the room. She saw the machine stealing her friend's magic and headed straight for the off switch. As soon as she did, she blew up the whole machine. She looked up from all the smoke and the ashes and saw a figure standing there. She smiled.

"Juvia?"

There she stood, all roughed up and full of blood, as well as a few incisions on her body. Juvia looked down at herself before looking up and grinning at Mei.

"Juvia...is back! And a LOT of people have to pay for what Juvia had to put up with! Mei, Juvia is going to need your wings." Juvia then held her hand out to the exceed who had tears in her eyes from the sheer amount of joy that she could feel. Juvia grinned as she healed herself up, the cuts disappearing and the blood being washed off.

"Be Juvia's partner?"

The exceed nodded as she changed to her default form and immediately jumped onto Juvia's back and held her up. Juvia turned her head to grin at the lilac exceed as she flew out as quickly as possible.

"So what's the situation?"

"Your guild has been sent back to Earthland, all the exceeds know that my mother is a fake, but she only did it to protect the Kingdom. Lily was shot down by Knightwalker, despite him being loyal to the King and Tsunami has gone to fight Knightwalker to end their fight once and for all. Oh yeah, the King has unleashed his most powerful weapon, Dorma Animu, which is a metallic robot with the power to fend off any magical attacks."

Juvia blinked. "Huh, a lot has happened while Juvia has been out. Wait, what's going on there?"

Juvia saw the three other dragon slayers fighting against what looked like the Dorma Animu and she grinned, knowing that they'll break him down. That was until she saw some tracking type of bullets chase after Wendy. She gritted her teeth and Mei knew what to do.

"Wendy!"

A shield was thrown up in front of her and when she looked, she saw the older blue haired female standing in front of her with her own exceed on her back. The diamond like wings glistened as Juvia looked back over her shoulder with a smile. Wendy smiled back.

"Juvia-nee!"

"Well, well, well, what have we here, Faust? Can Juvia call you Faust? Oh well, Juvia just did."

The King gasped as his eyes widened and sweat fell over his brow. He was having a very bad case of deja vu right now and it was not the good kind. Both Juvias were extremely strong, only one had magic and the other didn't. The scary fact about that? They could both still kill him easily.

"G-goddess Juvia!"

"Juvia doesn't know why Faust insists on calling Juvia that, but now Juvia knows why. She's going to reign judgement on you. No one attacks Juvia's loved ones."

The King gritted his teeth. "You may be the goddess, but you're only the goddess of magic! That means that with this, I am able to fight off any of your magic! I don't know how you found the room, but when this is all over, I'll turn you into a lacryma and harvest your power for all eternity! I'LL LIVE FOR ALL ETERNITY!"

He laughed as Juvia just stared at him as if he were the most uninteresting bug in the world. He then turned his attention and before any of them knew it, he sent a blast of fire towards Natsu. "I'LL END YOU ALL HERE AND TURN YOU ALL INTO LACRYMAS FOR THAT MATTER!"

Juvia giggled a little bit. "Oh Faust, how stupid of you."

He stopped mid laugh just to see that Natsu was sucking in all the fire that he had sent his way. He then felt a weight on the Animu and turned his head to see that Gajeel was eating away at the tail of the animu. The King's eyes widened in surprise.

"How is he eating the tail?!"

Juvia tilted her head in a very Juvia Tsunami way and Faust now realised that even though they were from parallel universes, the two Juvias were the same. They were deadly and dangerous and had enough power on their own to kill him just by looking at him. This was not going to end well.

"Hmm, seems like Faust forget to do some proper research. Juvia will introduce us properly. We're the dragon slayers of Fairy Tail. This here is Wendy, the sky dragon. She sucks in air to get stronger. The one on your tail is Gajeel, the iron dragon slayer. Looks like the dragon is made of iron, which strengthens him. Then the third but not least, Juvia's boyfriend is Natsu. He's the fire dragon slayer."

The King was distressed. No one had told him that dragon slayers were able to eat their elements! Gajeel could single handedly eat the whole suit if he were able to!

"THIS IS BULLSHIT!"

"It's strong, worthy to be called a dragon. Although he's the king of the country, he doesn't have any guards around him. He must have a lot of faith in it. It's a shame though, cos now I'm all fired all up."

"Oh yeah, well so am I!"

Right in front of their eyes, the dragon changed colour and shape as they all stared up in shock.

"FIRST OF ALL, I MUST DRAIN ALL OF YOUR FIGHTING SPIRITS BY USING THE POWER OF THE BLACK HEAVEN DORMA ANIMU!"

All five of them stood surprised as Juvia gritted her teeth. She looked over at Mei who looked just as angry as she did. They both nodded to each other as they took a few steps back. Wendy looked at Juvia and shivered at the cold fury that she held in her eyes. Juvia had a plan and it didn't look like it was going to go well for Faust.

Juvia chanted something under her breath as her eyes turned to their light crystal colour. "Faust has been manipulating the people of this land for too long, using them for his own gain. Juvia feels absolutely sick to know that someone like Faust thinks he can get away with all this evil. It's time to be purged."

Blue wings sprouted on her back as an array of baby and navy blue scales grew around her eyes, forearms and legs. She grinned, her incisors baring like fangs.

"Juvia will show you the real power of a dragon. Is Mei ready?"

Juvia was sharing her power with Mei so that she didn't feel exhausted when she turned into her battle mode. The lilac princess nodded. Juvia looked at the others. "Juvia will be done soon enough."

The partners vanished and it was Mei who made the first contact, kicking the Dorma Animu up into the air. Juvia met him in the air. "Water dragon scissor kick!"

"IT WON'T WORK!"

Mei was behind him and flapped her wings and shards of diamond through the armour. The King's eyes widened in shock, looking at how it got through. Mei's eyes turned lilac like her fur and she grinned.

"Juvia, I can see from Faust's eyes the damage level that he's taken!"

Juvia grinned. "How much damage so far?!"

"We've knocked it down to 80%."

Juvia laughed. "Great. Eight more hits and he's down."

Between the two of them, they got in a flurry of attacks. It came to the last blow and Juvia looked down at the others and nodded. "Guys, now!"

Natsu grinned up at her. "You heard her, let's blast this dragon out of the sky!"

"FIRE/IRON/SKY DRAGON ROAR!"

WITH ERZA AND JUVIA

Tsunami had discarded her shield a long time ago. She didn't need it, not when she was the strongest. By the way that Erza was fighting, she really did want to take her life, but she would never let that happen. Not when she now had a family, a place where she fit in and where people actually loved her. To think that the enemy would take her in despite chasing them down, it was so heartwarming. To think that there were still nice humans out there, it warmed her heart. No one was going to take that away from her.

Not even her best friend.

Tsunami stared over at the panting Erza who was glaring heavily at her. Her heart was bleeding. The King had really put fake words into their heads, Tsunami was the only one who could see it. The only reason why guilds were illegal is because the King wanted that magic for himself, no one else. She didn't even know why pathetic magic was so important to the King that he wanted it all for himself, he had never exhibited the use of magic before himself.

"It looks like it really has come down to this huh? I see you, you're not even tired as I've been equipping all my different spears to change my speed and agility in order to match you! How can you say that you don't have a lick of magic within you, you're definitely lying! There's no way that one is so strong without the use of magic!"

Tsunami gritted her teeth in rage. No one ever insults her training and she definitely wasn't a liar. It's not her fault they never had to train as hard as she did to get to where she was now.

"Listen to yourself! How can you think that magic is everything, that you let it blind you and corrupt you?! I already told you that I don't have magic within me, why would you think that I'm lying? What, did you think that once you helped Faust gather all the magic from Earthland, that you would suddenly be able to surpass me? You wouldn't even deserve to surpass me! Not ONCE have any of you worked hard a day in your lives! All you have is magic that makes Faust stay on your good side, lest you revolt like I did! As I said before, I trained hard, every single day. I knew from young that I didn't have magic within me and not once did I let that stop me, so here I am, beating you!"

Erza growled out as she equipped once more. "I'm going to let you see the ten commandments final form. You're going to be the only one who will ever see it, as well as the last. I will have your head on the tip of this spear, Tsunami. This is the holy spear, Ravelt!"

Tsunami closed her eyes as she could feel herself getting tired of it all. "It would seem as if you still don't understand. Well, I'll make sure you do. Get ready to lose, Knightwalker."

The two females shot towards each other as their weapons clashed. Mountains and hills all collapsed as huge gusts of winds picked up. It was almost as if there was an earthquake as the ground began to shake. Knightwalker looked down at her hands in dread. She knew that it was from Tsunami's clash with her Ravelt that made all the mountains around them collapse. Tsunami really was the strongest.

"T-the Ravelt..." Had smashed in her hands.

She looked up in fear as she saw Tsunami walking towards her with her sword still in tact. She picked up the shield and put the sword back in as she made her way over to knightwalker. The red head froze before standing up to fight with her hands.

"For the sake of eternal magic, I can't lose here!"

Tsunami dodged each and every one of her attacks. Soon, she punched Knightwalker right in the jaw. The girl saw stars as Tsunami went from defence to offence very quickly.

"Do you know how many people have been sacrificed for this eternity you speak of?! Stealing through force, stealing through imitation, hating and destroying others!"

"THAT'S WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN!"

Knightwalker was able to punch Tsunami right in the gut as the blue head was shocked to hear such a reply. She wasn't even phased by the punch, but she felt something else shift within her. How ignorant could Knightwalker be right now?

"GAAAH!"

Tsunami uppercutted Knightwalker as she flew backwards, unhappy with the response that she had received.

"HUMANS ARE SUPPOSED TO LOVE EACH OTHER! THEY SHOULD TAKE A STAND IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND DRAW THEIR SWORDS AGAINST THAT WHICH TEARS ARE SHED! CAN'T YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SCREAMING?!

"OF COURSE I CAN HEAR THEM! THE MAGIC IS RUNNING OUT HENCE WHY-"

"NO! THAT IS NOT IT AT ALL! BY THE WORLD, I MEAN ALL LIVING THINGS!"

Tsunami kicked Knightwalker in the side and sent her skidding across the ground as the ground made a crater from how powerful the kick was.

"You feel as though it's because of the lack of magic that we're dying, but right now, we're alive aren't we? Me who doesn't even use magic, and you who uses magic, we're alive right now! You've even used up all your magic, but here you are, still fighting me! People don't just die because they have no magic! They overcome their fear and weakness through the strength of their resolve! That's what it truly means to be alive! Fairy Tail helped teach me that! All that time that I spent, listening to Faust's words about how important magic was, it made me feel so helpless, so pathetic! That's why I couldn't tell any of you that I had no magic, because none of you would ever understand! Faust would have kicked me to the kerb despite being the strongest in the kingdom, all because I have no magic!"

Knightwalker's eyes widened. "Y-you don't know that! The King-"

"WOULD HAVE HAD ME KILLED! Sure, I was respected by all, but having magic is like being a royal! Just finding out I had none would have made you all scorn me, treat me like some sort of outcast! Only Coco understood, because she knows what it feels like to be human! She is capable of loving others! Every Time I was on patrol, I would meet Natsu Dragion and he would talk to me about Fairy Tail. They sounded like a nice bunch, I even let it slip to him that I had no magic. He accepted me right there and then! So don't you see Erza? You don't need magic to love others, or hear their pain. Just open your heart!"

The said girl's eyes widened as tears flowed from her eyes as she sobbed. Tsunami could feel the tears running down her face also as she grabbed Knightwalker in her arms. Despite not having any strength left, Knightwalker managed to wrap her arms around Tsunami's frame.

"You're my best friend, Erza."

"I haven't acted like a very good one, Juvia. I apologize for my behaviour, I never knew how hard it was for you to not have magic. I would have probably never understood it as well. Knowing how I am, I would have told the King."

Tsunami laughed through her tears. "It's okay. Let's go and get you all patched up."

Tsunami lifted her friend up gently and leaned her against her side.

"You know what this means right?"

Tsunami looked over at her friend with a questioning glance. Knightwalker just smiled as she blushed a little bit. "You have to give me that training regime of yours. You must be pretty lonely at the top."

Tsunami laughed. "You've got yourself a deal, Erza."

So how was that chapter? Was that a good enough comeback? I know you guys might have to re-read the whole story to see how the hell I got here lol. I really am sorry for leaving it for so long! Hopefully the wait for the next chapter won't be that long!

I am very guilty for doing something here. Do I have any Black Clover fans? I made Juvia Tsunami a reference to the main character in Black Clover (I won't ruin it too much for you guys who don't read or watch it, but I've given it away pretty much lol). I just thought that it would be a cool addition to add in there, you know?

Please don't forget to rate or hate, flames or floods! I love you guys, so get reviewing to tell me how you found the chapter! I also love every guest reviewer too! I'm sorry that I can't respond to each and every guest reviewer, but you aren't forgotten!

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