Hot and Cold

Neo-Oracion Seis

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"No way!" Natsu gasps.

"It's the Oracion Seis!" Lucy cries.

"That's not good!" Happy chirped.

"I was hoping to never see them again, but here they are," Gray sighed.

"And it appears they have new members," Erza hums.

The giant cat... slot machine began giggling. "All lined up and hot, hot, hot! It's true you've met 'em before... but things sure have changed! May I present the new and improved, Neo-Oracion Seis!"

"Did he say the Neo-Oracion Seis?!" Everyone barked in surprise.

"You seem surprised," Midnight hummed softly. "A great deal has changed since the last time we met."

"I remember you! You're Midnight!" Natsu bellowed.

"I know longer go by that name." Midnight retorted. "From now on, I ask that you refer to me as Brain the Second."

"That's stupid," I retort loudly. "I'll call you whatever I want! What the hell are you even doing here?!"

"I have but one single wish... To make my father's dream a reality. And that is to destroy all which has form in this world." Midnight explained.

"I can't believe you're still spouting the same nonsense." Erza snapped.

Midnight just hummed. "You've been very helpful, thank you, but I'm afraid we no longer require your services."

"What'll we do, Lord Byro?" Dan asks.

"Fight! We have to stop them!" Byro commands.

"I'm all fired up!" Dan exclaims as he pulls his spear and shield out.

"What do you think you're doin', buddy?! Don't you know that's my line?!" Natsu bellowed as the three rushed in.

"You stay out of this!" Dan ordered.

"Lousy insects... Look how they swarm." Midnight scoffed. Hazy green orbs of magic flew straight at them.

"I'll bounce your attack right back at you!" Dan chimed as he slammed it in front of him.

There's a moment of silence before an explosion rocks Dan backwards. "Oh no, Dan's shield has never failed him before!" Coco cried.

"Ri-Ri! He's making a fool out of me!" Dan sobbed as I feel him grasp my leg.

"You don't need his help to look like a fool," I retort as I slip my leg from his grasp and stride forward.

"You stay back!" Byro snapped as I approached.

"Say what?!" Natus barked.

"All manners regarding magic are ineffective--" Byro gets cut off by Midnight's wave of destructive magic.

"Wait, I thought the old guy could neutralize magic?" Gray exclaimed.

"So did I," Erza hummed.

"Not only did you distort the range of Byro's magic, but you attacked him at the same time! You're an absolute genius, Lord Brain!" The cat machine exclaimed.

"Do you sense anything, Carla?" Wendy stammered.

"Yes... An immense, ominous magic power." Carla hummed.

"You may not be aware of this, but once the Infinity Clock bears the seal of a wizard... it becomes their property," Midnight commented before he's teleporting on top of the clock. "You know what that means, don't you? Now that it bears our seal, the clock belongs to us."