Searching for happiness (Attack on titan X Fairy Tail Crossover)

Chapter XIII - You seem to have learned a bit

"Kenny!!!", I bellowed to him, but with lightning speed he drove over to me and grinned maliciously at me for a fraction of a second. Even before I could ram my blades into his vulnerable flesh, he only conjured a broad battle ax with a breathy whisper, thus warding off my attack. Cold metal clinked when my sword hit his weapon instead of him. He really got strong, it immediately struck my mind, he must have trained tirelessly.

"Didn't I teach you that it's the most dangerous thing to do when you think you've almost got the win?", he growled cheekily, chasing my anger even higher. I was sick of how he behaved towards me. As if he were still above me and as if I was still the small and helpless child I was once.

Cleverly, he turned the force of my impact so that he could throw me with the help of his battle ax to the side. I flew in the air for a moment, but skilfully landed on my legs, staring at him with narrowed, hateful eyes. He was now a few steps away from me and as soon as I touched the ground with my feet, I jerked my swords up to hold them protectively in front of my upper body. Immediately he hit me with the battle ax with full force, but fortunately met only my blades, which saved my life by it.

"Mh ... you seem to have learned a bit.", he now grunted, the grin slowly leaving his face. Apparently he seemed to register slowly that he now had an equal opponent in me. A malicious sense of satisfaction flowed through me, but at the same time I felt a certain melancholy. As a child I had longed so much for gaining recognition from him that I had been so committed to being praised by him in any way. I had done everything he had taught me as hard and brutally as possible, but never a single word of praise ever passed over his lips. He had never thought it necessary to give any credit to me and that had made me quite unsure as a child. I had always thought that I had not been good enough and thus only became more dull. And before I could get as strong as he did, to show him that I was worthy of his appreciation, he was gone, without a word. And now, after all this time, that moment suddenly came so fast. As a child I would have given anything for it, but now I was a grown man who had long since left his sad childhood behind and was no longer dependent on the recognition and support from others. But still it was strange to experience this moment, if only for a very short time.

"Did you think I would not be able to exist without you, or what?", I teased him a little agitated and with narrowed eyes he fixed me now.

"On the contrary.", he grunted in response and jumped back to regather himself. With both hands he gripped the battle ax tight and seemed ready for the next attack. For a moment I looked at him a bit surprised. On the contrary? So he had trusted that I could survive without him? But why had he never told me that? Why had he always been so grumpy and cold?

", I exclaimed, shaping my two swords into a long and narrow saber, clasping it with both hands on the handle. This would enable me to handle melee better and to have better freedom of movement.

And now we stood facing each other again and stared at each other like some moments before. Now it all came down to who made the first move. How long should this fight be? After all, it was kind of like fighting your own reflection, I mused. Suddenly the dark night was lit up, as if in broad daylight, and Kenny and I immediately stared in the direction of the light, but secretly I could already imagine what was happening.

"Fire Dragons Roar!", I heard Natsu screaming before a huge ball of fire made its way to Kenny, scorching everything that came in his way. I could briefly see how surprised Kenny was at that moment, but in the last second he dove forward in a jump role and escaped the heat only very close. His long coat blew after him and went into the fire for a very short time, causing the end of the fabric to glow suspiciously red and orange. But what did Natsu do there? He should stay out of this fight! Kenny was too dangerous!