Fairy Tail - Eyes of Ice

Chapter 50 - Grand Magic Games Pt. 12

Kai only managed to just catch himself as another dragon stormed out of the Eclipse Gate and more guards were flung about. Lucy, against all odds, pushed herself toward the gate, holding her ring of Zodiac Keys tight in her hand.

The winds settled in between dragons, and Yukino sprinted toward her.

"Cover them so they can close the gate!" Princess Hisui shouted from somewhere. Kai couldn't see anyone. He got to his feet, his sword already out and aglow with magic.

Yukino sprinted toward Lucy, who continued her push toward the gate.

"Girls, stop!" Ichigo's voice boomed from above. A great torrent of water soared toward the two but was stopped by a demonic woman nearby.

Mirajane.

"Stay away from them!" Mirajane exclaimed.

"Get out of the way, girl, before I show you what a real demon looks like!"

Ichigo appeared on a pillar of water and shot down toward Mirajane, who powered up even further and slammed into Ichigo, only just managing to glance him away.

Kai winced but couldn't move his feet. He was frozen to the ground, his entire body seized in some sort of paralysis.

Why couldn't he move?

Why could he only watch as Lucy and Yukino scrambled to summon enough magic power to close the Gate? Why could he only bear witness to Mirajane doing her best to hold off Ichigo as he tried to summon more dragons?

And, why was Ichigo summoning dragons? Was this his plan? To summon the dragons necessary to destroy Acnologia?

It clicked in Kai just then: Ichigo didn't want to save humanity from Acnologia...he wanted to bask in the glory of defeating him, and letting the new world rise with him in charge. With him atop it.

He'd tricked Kai. He'd wanted Kai to stand with him as another Dragon Slayer, as just another sign that he could control the dragons.

Gone was the man who happily met with Kai and took walks with him beneath the moonlight. Gone was the man who fought alongside Fairy Tail.

That'd all been an act, a way to get everyone on his side so they could not stand in the way of what he wanted. Of course, nobody would distrust him if Kai trusted him. Why would anyone disbelieve Kai's father?

Kai tightened his grip around his sword. Lucy and Yukino clasped hands but Mirajane was blasted out of the way by Ichigo, creating a clearing.

"Enough of this!" Ichigo exclaimed.

"Ice Dragon Blade!"

The slice ripped through the air and struck Ichigo in the side, blasting him away as Lucy and Yukino completed their spell. Ichigo snarled as he rolled away and twelve Zodiac Spirits shot out from the magic circle surrounding Lucy and Yukino, slamming into the Eclipse Gate and managing to just close it in front of another dragon, leaving seven to fly above the skies of Crocus.

The girls started to fall back as Ichigo got up and dashed at them.

Kai, though, moved faster and kicked his father aside before he could dare lay a hand on Lucy, sending him crashing into another building. Kai slid to a halt, pointing his sword at Ichigo.

"What the hell have you done?'

Ichigo wiped some blood from his mouth. "You don't want to do this."

"We're past this, father. We're past anything reasonable anymore. Why have you summoned dragons tonight?"