~Magnolia's Number One Assassin~ (Fairy Tail)

Chapter 28: Wide Open

Wide Open

I choked out a laugh.

Out of the corner of my right eye I saw Laxus tense up. "If you wanted to see my Magic," I said softly as I slowly stood up, "Then all you had to do was ask nicely."

My hand shot up and wrapped around my necklace. I called for my twin daggers and in a flash of icy blue light they appeared before me.

They floated in the air until I reached out for them. I wrapped my hands around their glowing hilts and gripped them tightly. I instantly felt power course through me.

Their light began to fade until it was just a dim blue. I looked up at Laxus from my only good eye. I extended my arm out and flicked my wrist at him.

"Let me show you just how powerful my Magic is, Laxus Dreyar."

I was in his face faster than he could blink. I slashed my dagger across his face. He yelled and leaped away. He hadn't been fast enough.

Laxus had a rather deep cut right across the side of his cheek. It was already gushing blood. "I'm at a rather disadvantage here, Laxus." I said as I crossed my arms in an X.

My daggers gleamed when lightning lit up the sky and bounced off my blades.
I reached up and tapped the left side of my face with the tip of my dagger. "I should think that I should return the favor, no?" Laxus blinked at me and crossed his arms over his chest. "Ready when you are." He told me. I smiled softly and rushed forward.

I brought my gleaming daggers down and Laxus blocked with his lightning. I also blocked when he tried to punch me in the face again. His fist connected with my dagger's sharp blade. Laxus sucked in a breath and pulled his hand back quickly. I smiled at his bleeding knuckles. "Laxus, Laxus, you know better than to play with sharp objects." I tsked.

Laxus narrowed his eyes at me. I opened my arms wide, "What's you're next move, darling?" His next move was meant to take me by surprise.
As I watched, his whole body began to glow yellow with his Magic. The lightning seemed to become a part of him and then Laxus was gone. His body was now a lightning bolt.

He moved faster than my eye could possible track. One moment he was right in front of me and in the next moment he was right beside me. I twisted my body and brought up my dagger.

His lightning bounced off my blade and ricocheted off into the ground. Pieces of dirt flew towards us and into the crowd of people.
I took a breath and slashed both of my daggers at him at top speed. My daggers were a blur of motion as I struck. Laxus kept dodging my blows and he kept backing up.

Just as I was about to get the upper hand, I could feel a different type of Magic coming at me from behind. I spun and brought up one of my daggers, blocking Laxus's lightning with my other.
Hot orange flames slammed into my dagger and the force sent me sliding back. I flicked my dagger and sent the flames away from me.

I quickly looked up to see Natsu Dragneel a few feet away. His body was battered but his flames were still bright. I straightened and my eyes darted to my two opponents. As we all studied one another lightning lit up the area around us. Which highlighted our features and made our eyes glow.

I was in bad shape and I knew it. I was pretty sure I had broken yet another finger, my hands were shaking, the left side of my face was burning, and I was exhausted. Yet...I had never felt so alive.

I bit my lip until I tasted blood. I just had to last a little longer. Just a little longer.

Thunder boomed.

Lighting shot across the dark sky.

Our eyes darted to one another.

Studying...