A Railgun in Fairy Tail, Book 5: Perfection

A Tale Of Two Esper Cities

"I...think...we lost them.." Mikoto panted as she and Birdway hid behind a large building on the chrome looking cities of Psychic City."

"For now." said Birdway. "But it won't be long before they realize that we dissapeared from the building already."

"How did you get us out so fast?" said Mikoto. "I mean one moment we were there, then the other moment we were right outside the door."

Birdway held up a deck of cards. "I'm sure you're familiar with my cabal's particular brand of magic?"

"Major Arcana." said Mikoto. "Card magic..."

"To be honest, it's usually Mark Space who does the tarot magic, but I took a leaf out of his book and left an Ace of Swords card right outside the building. By using that, I was able to instantly transport us to that card's location." said Birdway. "I wasn't keen on beating up everyone again on my way out. Just too much trouble."

"Why didn't we stay and destroy the place?" said Mikoto. "That lab is evil!"

"Well, I'm sure you noticed from your little Roar attack back there, that the building can take a blow as powerful as that and only take a dent, trying to destroy it would waste time and get us captured. No, it's best you try and destroy those experimentations a different way..."

"We." said Mikoto. "We are going to stop those experiments."

"Well I'm afraid I'm going to have to go back and say 'you' again." said Birdway. "I didn't come here to join you little assault against this Edolas. I actually came here on a rather different errand."

"And what would that be?" asked Mikoto. "And if this wasn't your mission or whatever, why did you save me?"

"Firstly, I saved you because it would be a rather devestating blow to those fighting against Dravis if you were to be physically and psychologically maimed for life." said Birdway. "And Secondly my mission is merely to confirm one crucial fact."

"Which would be..?"

"Well..." said Birdway with a mischievous grin. "To see if Dravis is indeed coming to take this world..."

"Dravis is WHAT!?" said Mikoto. "But he can't be at full power yet...I'd sense it."

Ever since her adventure in the kingdom of Fulmen, Mikoto had been bonded to Dravis Lord of Destruction's opposite and mortal enemy Elanis Lord of Creation. Thanks to her power inside of Mikoto, Mikoto could now sense Dravis...how strong he was, how nearby he was, where he was...it was nauseating at first, but thanks to Elanis's invigorating warmth and comforting presence, Mikoto had gotten used to it. At the moment, she sensed that Dravis was currently hiding in the Pacific Ocean, sleeping silently as his strength steadily grew on war and bloodshed.

While his strength had grown to near that of how strong he was when he first came to Academy City months ago, Mikoto could feel that this was only half his power, and thought that he would probably wait until he had a full reboost before going for multiversal domination.

Birdway seemed to guess Mikoto's thoughts. "Yes, I know what you're thinking, why attack before he reaches full strength? What's his hurry? Well I'll tell you why, Dravis is in a panic."

"Wait." said Mikoto. "Are you saying Dravis is getting scared or something? What of?"

"Well isn't it obvious?" said Birdway. "He's afraid of you. During your last fight with Diablo Etwatia, Dravis sensed the power that gave you the strength to fight that extraterrestrial demon. It was Elanis. His long old enemy returned and awakened within the one who was prophecsied to destroy him. Practically his worst fear. And the worst part is, Dravis's weapon Exisio, the one he designed specifically to destroy you, was unable to yet gain the power he needed to kill you thanks to Accelerator's interferance on Fulmen. He's in a right old pickle."