Flames too hard to extinguish

Chapter 12: Extinguish the nightmare

Chapter 12: Extinguish the nightmare

Elfman charged the shadow of himself at full speed shape shifting his arm so it was encased in boulders.

The shadow Elfman changed his arm to the black bull beast.

Both fists collided at a massive force causing both take over mages to be knocked down by the shock wave.

Elfman quickly rose back up grabbing both the shadows arms and head butting him. 

The dark fiend quickly countered with a punch to the stomach by the arm of the beast. He didn't stop there though. 

Elfman was inflicted by several vicious attacks rendering him to his knees. Elfman lay on his knees in deep thought; he gazed at those red eyes staring at him so maliciously.

"I can't lose here! If I don't do this I can't save Natsu. And that is what a real man would do! He saved my sisters and I owe him!" 

Mirajane ran into the room and screamed when she saw Elfman on his knees covered in blood. The shadow Elfman grabbed Mirajane in a rib breaking hold causing her to scream in pain. 

"Let my sister go!"Take over" Elfman concentrated all his magic power in fear but not in hesitation. 

As much as he was afraid he knew he had to do this. A purple magic circle appeared below Elfman swallowing his body in light.

Suddenly Elfman grew dramatically in size. His skin now red with golden horns and the look of a blood thirsty animal.

"Take over beast soul!"

 Elfman was surprised. It seemed his body was still responding to him. He was able to control his arms. Elfman wasted no time he grabbed the shadow with his gigantic claw throwing the dark creature into the air and crushing it with his foot. 

To Elfman's surprise the enemy vanished after he crushed him. Elfman shrunk slightly but remained in his beast soul form. He ran to his older sister's aid. 

 However, she had vanished along with the shadow Elfman. Was she just an illusion?

Meanwhile another fairy tail wizard was facing a tough opponent.

Gray Fullbuster panted in disbelief as he struggled to discover his master's power once again.

"I won't forget what you told me Ul you said that make magic can be as strong as i want it to be. Which means I can take you down!"

"Cold Excalibur!" Gray forged an ice blade and struck at Ul only to be stopped by her shield again.

"Ice make spinning tulips!" Gray was hit by Ul's ice magic again bringing him to the ground.

"Ice make knuckle!" Gray smashed Ul's flowers with various ice fists.

"Ice make rose garden!" Gray was struck down again by the ice thorns stabbing into his abdomen.

"Out of my Way! I have to save Natsu! Ice cannon!" A huge sphere of ice impacted towards Ul but she quickly dodged.

Gray however, expected this and encased his hand and the back of his elbow with ice blades.

"Seven slice dance!" Gray continuously sliced Ul with his ice until she fell to the floor.

A blinding light was summoned forth as Ul left the area. Gray rushed on ahead defeating his former teacher.

Meanwhile... The smoke cleared as the Altaris death strike had passed. Jellal grinned thinking Erza was a pile of ashes. His smile was short lived as he was hit in the back sending him sky rocketing into the sky.

"Be judged by the seven stars!" Jellal had drawn 7 magic gold circles now emitting a lightning like strike. 

A rain of lightning showered over Erza Scarlet hitting her head on. 

Erza used all of her strength to stand again almost falling back down as the strike had caused critical damage.

"I'm not strong. I'm weak. That's why I wear my armour to make me look and feel strong. But I don't need to be strong. I have the strength of my friends! Requip!" Erza scarlet illuminated as she transformed her attire.

"Japanese cloth!" Erza's new outfit looked a lot different to her previously shown armours. In fact it wasn't armour at all. Erza now stood with a bandaged torso and red flame designed trousers wielding two swords. 

Several images of Erza's comrades appeared in her head giving her strength that she wasn't alone in this tower of fear.

And then finally Natsu appeared in her head. Bed bound and clinging onto the last of his magic power which was to a wizard his very own life force. His life hung in the balance she couldn't let him down.

Erza charged Jellal with nothing but victory on her mind. When Erza is fighting for something she believes in, her mind becomes a steel vice in fighting. She rushed at Jellal with tremendous speed slicing Jellal so fast that he barely dodged it with his heavenly body magic.

Erza quickly retaliated with a barrage of attacks managing to hit Jellal.

However, it seemed the attack did nothing. Jellal smashed Erza into the ground and ascended into the air.

Within an instant a ginormous magic circle appeared.

"This is the end Erza give your life up for Zeref! Abyss break." Jellal's speech was interrupted as he cried out in pain startling the red haired mage.

"That attack was delayed but it worked!" Jellal was now falling to the earth.

"REQUIP heavens wheel armour! Pentagram sword" just like that, Erza sliced Jellal in a pentagram motion rendering his spirit lifeless. Jellal disappeared as did the tower of heaven. Erza was back in the labyrinth.