//------------------------------// // Spike vs Gildarts 2 // Story: Spike the Fairy // by PonyJoel //------------------------------// It's been an amazing few months for Spike the Fairy. He's been traveling around Fiore, meeting up with his friends and training them here and there. When Spike trained hard with Juvia and Gray in the snowy regions, he would sleep in the snow for his body to adapt to the coldness of any blizzard. He, Gray, and Juvia have learned a few new unison raid attacks that work well when they come against opponents in the future. After two weeks, Spike gave Gray and Juvia 300,000 Jewels before teleporting to Mt.Ivor. When Spike arrived at Mt.Ivor, he found Erza and Cana training together. Spike promised Erza to train with her, and so he did. Spike and Erza train hard with their swords, getting into intense physicalities during one-on-one sessions and close-quarter combats. Erza gives Spike advice, suggestions, and helpful tips when using his sword. Spike and Cana were perfect for each other. Spike uses his Energy Maker Magic to help strengthen Cana's magic power with her card magic. To some degree, Cana's card magic manages to sting and hurt Spike during their sparring sessions. Spike allowed himself to take the punishment. He's pushing his body to take more damage so he can be more durable. Spike figures with Acnologia's physique, he must have had brutal fights and challenges against some dragons, including his Uncle, Zirconis. Spike spent three weeks with Erza and Cana before departing. Spike reunited with Gajeel and Panther Lily. He caught them during their break away from the Rune Knights. Spike, Gajeel, and Panther Lily waste no time going into their training. Gajeel tapped into his Iron Shadow Dragon Mode while Spike increased his size to spar better. Gajeel's and Spike's strength and magic power multiplied when they took their sparring to the next level. Spike and Panther Lily sparred in close-quarter combat and using their swords. Like Erza, Panther Lily gave Spike tactics when sword-fighting to his advantage. Gajeel listens to what Panther Lily told Spike during their time together. Spike spent three weeks with the two before departing. Spike found Nab, Warren, Max Alors, and Vjeeter training together near a gorge. They were thrilled to see Spike and were hoping to train and catch up with him. Max Alors' sand magic went up by the storm, and during his training session with Spike, Max Alors' sand magic blindsided Spike though he wasn't strong enough to defeat Spike during their sparring. Spike used his hearing and felt the vibrations around. He defeated Max Alors. Warren told Spike about his telepathy. He can use his telepathy to stretch for miles on end. Vjeeter can fight better using his dancing. He perfected martial art through the way of dance. Nab's Animal Possession Magic didn't soar high as expected when Warren, Max, and Vjeeter told Spike that Nab had been lazying around most of the time. Spike gave encouraging words for Nab to hear and inspired him to train hard with his friends. As Master of the Fairy Tail Guild, Spike took it upon himself to help Nab go over the hump and focus on improving himself for the month. After spending a month and a half with the four, Spike gave them 700,000 Jewels and departed. Spike met with Team Shadow Gear at Oak Town. Team Shadow Gear at the time; completed a job. Team Shadow Gear is sustainable money-wise. Magic-wise, Jet and Droy are a bit lacking with their training. Levy has improved more with her Solid Script Magic. Like Spike did with Nab, Spike took it upon himself to help train Jet and Droy. He encouraged them while setting goals for the two to succeed. Jet can now run faster than before while Droy's Plant Magic elevated to newer peaks. Spike spent two weeks with Team Shadow Gear before departing. Spike met with Laxus and the Thunder Legion at the Akane Beach Resort. It turns out they returned there for a second training session by the beach after going on many jobs with the Blue Pegasus Guild. Spike wastes no time in giving Laxus a rematch during their sparring. Unfortunately, the two drew an unwelcomed crowd to watch them fight. Spike and Laxus' lightning accidentally electrocuted the people when they came a bit too close to the attention. The people didn't die but sent to the hospital. Spike and the Thunder Legion decide to isolate themselves from the beach, so no one intrudes and interrupts their training. Spike's training with the Thunder Legion was more intense and brutal than any other training session he's been with his friends. Laxus, Bickslow, Freed, and Evergreen push themselves beyond their limits to improve their skills. Spike didn't relent and gave everything to help the Thunder Legion. Spike winded up having bruises, and he loved it. Spike knows his friends were enjoying the intense workout. After spending two months with the Thunder Legion, Spike departed with bruises on his body. Spike finally meets up with Wendy and Carla at the Lamia Scale Guildhall. He was there for work and to catch up with his beloved. Wendy kissed and hugged Spike after missing him for so long. Carla has improved so much with her training. She achieved the transformation she desired and learned many new spells to go along with it. Wendy heals Spike after noticing many bruises on his body. He explains everything to Wendy despite sending her letters every night during his train sessions with friends. Carla was so happy to see Wendy's face light up like fireworks. Wendy tells Spike she and Sherria will be singing soon at a concert. Wendy hopes Spike can make it. Spike, without a doubt, says he'll be there in a heartbeat. All he needs is the date to be there. Wendy gives Spike the concert's date and hopes to go on a date after her singing. Spike made a promise to date Wendy with no interruptions in the way after hearing her sing. After going on several jobs with Wendy, Carla, and Sherria, Spike told Wendy he wanted to finish his training with a few more friends. The concert's date is four months away, giving Spike a bit more time to reconnect with his friends and train. Spike stood by the Lamia Scale for a month and a half before leaving. Spike met up with Wakaba, Macao, and Romeo by Hargeon. They are working with Popeye, delivering cargo. Wakaba, Macao, and Romeo have informed Spike they were training hard for many months. They're going to work for a while before the final two months arrive. Spike understood and left them be. He expects the trio to come to Magnolia when the year of training is over. Spike met with Lucy in Crocus. Lucy's literature and magic power rose since Spike saw Lucy after his interview. The two caught up with everything they went through. It turns out that Lucy has a few days off from work. Spike and Lucy spent those days reconnecting and training. Spike notices that Lucy's magic power increases and multiplies tremendously when she works with her Zodiac Spirits. Lucy's Zodiac Spirits give Spike a run for his money when Spike sparred with Lucy to see where she stands on magic power. Unbeknown to them, Jason of Sorcerery Weekly took snapshots and self-documented the sparring. To his shock and amazement, he believes the Fairy Tail Guild as a whole has become more powerful and could take on any foe. Jason also noticed Spike and Lucy's brother-sister relationship in-depth. He decided to give Lucy a month off the very next day. Lucy was perplexed but didn't question it. Jason's excuse for the reasoning was due to her impressive literature and position in her job. Spike and Lucy spent a month training and spending more time like a family. Spike tells Lucy he'll see her real soon. Lucy smiled while watching Spike fly out of Crocus. She'll see him sooner than later. Spike enters Eden's Forest for the first time in ten months. He's excited to visit the cave where his mother Amy conceived him as an egg. Spike senses someone with prodigious magic power entering Eden's Forest. "Who could that be?" Spike decides to investigate the magic power within Eden's Forest. "Fairy Dragon. It's been a while," Gildarts said. He's a few feet in front of Spike. "Hey, Gildarts. Long time no see, how are you doing?" "Fine. I ran into Natsu and Happy the other day. They were telling me you're the new Guild Master. Is that true, or were they pulling my leg?" "It's true, Gildarts. I spoke with Makarov nearly a year ago to not disband the guild. I gave him more than enough reasoning to keep the guild together. I mentioned that I will outlive most and will provide knowledge and wisdom. Makarov saw how determined I was, and I think he figured me out that I would unite the guild the very next second after he disbanded it." "Make sense. So tell me, what's Makarov doing?" "He's on his quest and wishes to be left undisturbed. I contacted him a few times, and he grew annoyed." Gildarts chuckles. "Sounds like the old man wants his rest. So, tell me, Fairy Dragon. What are you doing out here?" "Going into the cave, my mother conceived me as an egg." "What?!" Gildarts said in shock. "What did Natsu tell you?" Spike wants to know what Gildarts knows. "He told me about his training, his last adventure of going into that world you came from, and mentioned that you were born in Earth Land." "Yea, you missed out on many fights and wars the guild went into," Spike said. "I would have crushed that Midnight Sparkle fellow if I were there. Hate to say that I'm mad about missing out on the fun. Sorry for your loss, though," Gildarts sounds sincere while referring to Fairy Rage. "Thanks," Normally, Spike would be upset by the mention of Fairy Rage. Not anymore. "So, what were you planning to do in that cave of yours?" "There's a ton of energy within the cave, and I intend on honing my magic through meditation. I plan on staying there for a few weeks before going back to the Lamia Scale Guildhall." "Why heading back to the Lamia Scale Guildhall, Spike?" "Wendy is singing in the concert with Sherria. No way I'm missing on that. What are you planning to do?" Gildarts smirks. "Fairy Dragon. I have a proposition for you," Gildarts tosses his bag aside and steps forward. Spike increases into the size of Laxus. He knows what Gildarts may want. His arms, his legs, his tail are expanding. His arms grow muscular, his chest and stomach are becoming ripped. Spike's scales on his head expand into a pointer spike. His teeth grow into fangs, and his wings extend. "So, I reckon you accept my challenge?" Gildarts stares at Fairy Dragon, preparing himself for the real rematch. "You know it. I won't hold back either!" Spike powers up. His Sparkling Green Energy engulfs his body. "I would be insulted if you do!" Gildarts roars and powers up; his magic energy engulfs his body, leaving a shade and red eyes in vision. The magic power from the two intensifies while the trees and branches sway and blows. Natsu and Happy are not far and can feel the intensity rising. "Whoa, Natsu! You feel that?!" Happy said; he's astounded to sense the magic power continuing to rise. "That's Gildart's magic! As for who the other is, I'm not sure. Let's go find out, Happy!" Natsu runs off. "Aye, Sir!" Happy flies and follows Natsu to the source. Gildarts and Spike charge at each other; The two are fighting immensely in close-quarter combat. The impact from the two caused several trees around the area to get obliterated. Gildarts land a few good hits on Spike as Spike does the same. The two hurl back a bit and pant a bit. Spike and Gildarts didn't anticipate being on an impasse so quickly. They press on with the assault to try and gain the upper hand. Gildarts uses his crash magic to punch Spike in the face. Spike grabs Gildarts' punch with his tail and pulls him close to gut-punch Gildarts. Spike ax chops Gildarts' head and breathes fire to hurl him into a tree. The tree falls on Gildarts. "Impressive, Fairy Dragon," Gildarts gets up, wiping the leaves off his face. "Not good enough!" Gildarts chucks the tree at Spike and runs at him. As anticipation, Spike uses his fire breath to teleport the tree away, thus allowing Gildarts to uppercut Spike. "Gotcha now!" Gildarts grab Spike's tail and slam him on the ground repeatedly. Then, he kicks him in the stomach. It was Spike's turn to crash into several trees. Spike gets up and lifts the trees. He chuckles. "Impressive, Gildarts." "Don't flatter me, Fairy Dragon. This battle is not over." "You're right," Spike flies at Gildarts. "Typical, Fairy Dragon," Gildarts extends his arm, shooting an energy wave of crash magic in Spike's direction. Spike smirks. "Perfect timing." "What?!" Gildarts sees Spike grabbing onto the energy wave Gildarts used for his crash magic. "Explosion Crashing Cataclysm!" Spike presses on the ground using Gildarts' magic, creating an eruption under Gildart's feet. The earth that rose has Sparkling Green Exploding particles. It explodes all around Gildarts. Gildarts land on the ground. He receives some bleedings from the impact. "You made me bleed, Fairy Dragon," Now Gildarts is serious. "This means war!" Spike claps his claws, creating a metallic flame sword. "I thought you weren't going to hold back?" Gildarts and Spike charge at each other a second time, fighting once more in close-quarter combat. This time, Gildarts shatters Spike's sword before Spike can use any magic effect. Gildarts punches Spike repeatedly, each blow getting stronger by the second. Spike then grabs Gildarts punch. Spike flies and drags Gildarts on the ground roughly. "I had enough!" Gildarts punches the ground, shattering Spike's flight movements into releasing him. "Now you're going down!" "Phew phew," Spike mimics his claws like guns to shoot flaming bullets at Gildarts. Gildarts leaps in the air and extends his hand, shooting another wave of crash magic at Spike. Spike flies and outmaneuver's Gildart's crash magic. Natsu and Happy arrive and see Spike and Gildarts brawling. Natsu and Happy feel like a Déjà vu scenario watching them fight. Natsu sees Spike burrowing under Gildarts' skin, avoiding the full effect of his Crash Magic. "Ice Spike!" Spike creates an ice spike from the ground. Gildarts uses the tip of the ice spike to elevate his jump. Spike flies at Gildarts while his claw is ablaze in lightning and fire. "Lightning Inferno Flame!" "Simmer down!" Gildarts uses his crash magic on Spike. Spike crashes onto the ground, hard. Gildarts land on Spike. He punches left and right on Spike's face. "Demolition Fist!" Spike's claw is still ablaze in lightning and fire. He punches Gildarts off his body; Gildarts crashes into a thorn bush. Spike gets up and raises his claw. "Ice Paladin Strike!" Spike conjures many ice missiles with his Sparkling Green Flames inside. Gildarts gets up and sees the ice missiles. "Oh, crap!" Gildarts punches the ground. Gildarts' crash magic causes Spike to stumble a bit. "Now's my chance!" Gildarts runs up to Spike, preparing to land the finishing blow with his crash magic. Spike flaps his wings and flies. He finishes conjuring a hundred ice missiles. "Launch!" Spike unleashes the ice missiles on Gildarts. Gildarts releases more waves of his crash magic in energy form to shatter the ice missiles. It explodes, causing the area to freeze, burn, and come up in smoke. Natsu and Happy's jaws drop by watching the extravaganza. They are stunned to see how Spike and Gildarts are faring for a spar. Gildarts prepares himself for another attack when he sees Spike wearing a cloak made of ice while wielding an ice scythe. He steps out of the smoke. "What are you?" Gildarts is in awe, seeing another transformation from Spike for the first time. "I am the Ice Reaper Dragon. Now, your end has arrived," Spike said in a calm and chilling tone. "How so?" Gildarts questions Spike's statement. Spike uses his Ice Scythe to draw a circle in front of him. Spike conjures his fire breath. "Ice Reaper Dragon! Rooooooooooooar!" Spike unleashes his fire breath into the circle he drew. His flames turn into ice shards heading directly at Gildarts. Gildarts rolls out of the way. He sees the ice shards shredding the trees behind him like a hot knife going through butter. "Holy Shit!" Gildarts sees the full effect of Spike's attack and wonders what else Spike has in store. Natsu and Happy were a few feet away from the ice shards. They can't believe what they saw from Spike and wonder if he trained with Gray. Happy nearly lost an ear due to one of the ice shards. Spike flies at Gildarts. Gildarts tries to shatter Spike's ice scythe but has difficulties shattering the scythe than the sword. The sword was easier to grab, while the ice scythe maneuvered different movements. Spike slashes Gildarts' side, causing Gildarts to yelp in pain. Spike uses the ice scythe to trip Gildarts. Gildarts lay on his back while Spike places the ice scythe near his head like he's ready to reap his soul. "Good fight, Gildarts," Spike tosses the ice scythe aside and reaches for his hand. "Good fight, Spike," Gildarts grabs Spike's claw, allowing Spike to pull him up. "Damn, Fairy Dragon. You've grown from the last time we fought." "Likewise, my friend. So, will you be coming to Magnolia in time to rebuild the guildhall?" "Not on time. There's much work that needs to be done," Gildarts lies, but knowing Spike doesn't have Fairy Rage, Spike believes his honesty. "Fair enough," Spike takes a breather. "I do hope to see you by the new guildhall soon." "Trust me, you will," Now Gildarts is being honest. "Spike!" Natsu comes out of hiding. "That was awesome!" "Aye!" Happy concurs. He comes out of hiding as well. "Enjoyed the show, boys?" Gildarts turns to Natsu and Happy. "Aye!" Natsu and Happy said in unison. "Well, I better get going. Take care, Fairy Dragon," Gildarts goes to grab his belongings. "See you guys around," Gildarts goes on his way. Spike, Natsu, and Happy wave bye at Gildarts. "So, before Gildarts and I fought, what were you two doing?" Spike asks. He reverts to size. "Training hard, Spike. Happy and I haven't seen you since coming back from Canterlot." "Crystal Empire, Natsu," Happy corrects Natsu. "Whatever," Natsu shrugs it off. "Since we're here, how about you and I train for the next while? What do you say, Spike?" "Sure. There's a cave we can bunk in for the next while. There's a river for us to fish." "Fish!" Happy becomes overjoyed by hearing the word fish. He's craving fish and wants to go fishing. "Let's go fishing now!" "Now, you're talking! I'm hungry after watching an awesome fight!" Natsu is fired up. "And I'm hungry for putting in all that effort against Gildarts. So, I don't see why not for fishing," Spike leads Natsu and Happy to the river and fish for dinner.