Fairy Tail: The Fourth Master - Volume 1 Chapter 42

Minerva slowly walk towards Amado with a smile,

“Well then dark mage-san, I’ll make you pay for the beating you gave me.”

The two of them suddenly disappeared, appearing a few hundred meters away before they begin their fight.

Ultear glance at her surrogate daughter and to the purple haired woman, “Meredy, can you take her?”

“Hmm,” Meredy did not answer, after all she doesn’t know if she can really fight her, “I don’t know, but I’ll try.”

Meredy and Ariel, the purple haired girl, faced each other, then a loud ‘boom’ was heard as both of them disappeared.

Ultear glance at the place where Meredy disappears with a worried look, she shook her head and glared at the titan in front.

“Everyone, prepare to fire!”

…

In a random forest, two shadows can be seen moving in high speed, suddenly, one shadow stop, causing the other shadow to stop as well.

“I guess this is far enough,” a blonde haired woman said, “before we fight, can I know your name? I’m Yami by the way.”

A dark-purple haired woman sneered but still answered, “Kagura, Kagura Mikazuchi.”

“Hahaha! Very well, Kagura, shall we dance?” Yami revealed a bloodthirsty grin that sent chills down Kagura spine.

‘Just how many people did she kill?’ She thought, and increased her wariness.

“GOLD DRAGON’S BREAKING FIST!”

With her fist covered with golden aura, Yami rushed at Kagura and threw a punch, which was blocked by Kagura with her sword.

“Good!” Yami praised with a grin, “then eat this, GOLD DRAGON’S ROAR!”

Kagura widened her eyes in surprised, but quickly sent an uppercut to Yami’s chin, forcing her to roar to the sky.

She turned her body and elbowed Yami before kicking her away.

Cough!

Yami coughed but still laughed, “Hahaha! Interesting! Interesting! Let us dance some more! GOLD DRAGON’S ROAR!” golden aura blasted from her mouth to Kagura.

Kagura narrowed her eyes and swung her sword, the air pressure from the swing matched Yami’s roar, causing a large explosion.

“HAHAHAHA!” Yami’s laughter echoed throughout the forest, “Good, good, It has been awhile since I had a good fight, don’t finish too fast ah?”

Kagura remained silent, she just glared at Yami fiercely.

“Hahaha~ man~ you’re really a quiet gal ain’t ya?” Yami stated with a smirk, “damn, my fist bleeds from your sword,”

After saying that, golden aura covered both her hand that reaches up to her elbow, then the aura start to recede back and a golden scales can now be seen on her arms.

“Haha~” Yami laughed as she stared at Kagura, then with a burst of speed, appeared in front of her, “Gold Dragon’s Piercing Claw!”

Her hands shined like a golden spear as she stabbed Kagura with it. Raising her blade Kagura parried her hands,

Ting!

Shock can be seen on Kagura’s face, she didn’t expect to hear that sound, it also has been too long since she last heard it, after all no armors or blades managed to withstood the sharpness of her sword and are cut down with one swing.

She retreated a few steps back, but Yami followed after her and with her legs covered with golden aura, sent a butterfly kick,

“Gold Dragon’s Tail Whip!”

Kagura winced in pain as she was hit in the chin and was lifted from the ground, Yami grinned and covered her fist with golden aura.

“Gold Dragon’s Breaking Fist!”

“….hurgh-…GRArGH-!?”

Kagura coughed a mouthful of blood as she was sent flying towards the trees.

Yami remained still, knowing full well that those attack aren’t enough to take the purple-haired down.

After a few seconds, Kagura emerged from the woods, walking slowly towards Yami with her eyes staring at Yami much fiercer than before.

“Oh?” Yami, of course, noticed this change, she couldn’t help but grin in excitement seeing that, she knew that the real fight is about to begin.

As if to prove her right, Kagura almost instantly appeared before her with her blade already raised and about to cut her.

Yami’s eyes widened, and decided to dodged, however she noticed that her body wasn’t responding aa fast as she thought so she used her hand to parry the blade while dodging.

Booom!

A large section of the forest and numerous trees were cut down.

Yami stared in shock by the damage that a single swing of a sword can cause.

“…that’s crazy.”

She didn’t think about it too long as she noticed a kick heading to her face, if it was before, she could easily dodge it, but her body wasn’t responding fast enough and it hit her.

Though it didn’t cause a strong damage, she still took a couple of steps back from the force of the kick.

‘Damn, what is happening?! Is this her magic? Come to think of it, she wasn’t using any magic earlier, just pure magical power and swordsmanship.’

Kagura once again initiated an attack, she sent a kick at Yami’s head, which she barely blocked by turning her cheeks into golden scales.

Yami stumbled at the side, true it didn’t hurt, but damn her head still twisted to the side along with her body due to the force the kick carries.

“Strong Stance: Fist Form!” Kagura sent a fist to Yami’s guts,

“…grgh..GaRgH-!?” Yami coughed a mouthful of blood as she was sent flying by Kagura’s fist.

With her training with Natsu almost every time he was in the guild, Kagura managed to apply her strong stance to her punch and kicks and not just her sword.

Of course she wouldn’t bother to learn and even do this if it wasn’t for Natsu who said, ‘If you lost your sword, then you will have to rely on your body. You are so weak without your sword, and if you don’t have your magic then you couldn’t even fight a C-class mage at all.’

Kagura calmly walk towards the lying Yami dozens of meters away. As she approached her, Kagura sat down look at her.

“Heh~….I…guess…you won?” Yami said with hoarse voice, she felt two of her ribs broken, and her innards seems to have receive too much shock and damage.

Yami already knew that she’ll die if she wasn’t treated soon, yet she still shows a smile on her face.

Kagura simply stared at her stoically, causing the girl to chuckle.

Suddenly, Yami slowly raised her arms and grabbed Kagura by the collar,

“Kagura…please..help Ariel…she’s just…an..inno..cent girl…please…she’s..different from us..help..her…”

Kagura listened to her words and nodded, then she took out a small vial, Yami’s eyes widened in recognition,

“..Th..that’s-..”

“Natsu-sama gave it to me, I actually planned to use it for myself, but Ill give it to you. I feel like you aren’t an evil person, but you still committed crimes. If you feel guilty, or wanted to change your ways, then drink this and repent, if not then just throw it away.”

Saying her piece, Kagura placed the vial at the ground and stood up and began to walk away.

“..Wait!”

Kagura stopped her movement but did not look back.

“…Are you not…doubting..me at all? What if…I choose to…drink this…and continue…what I’m…doing..?”

This time, Kagura turned her head and stared at Yami directly in the eyes.

“If that happens, then I’ll just have to beat you up again.” As she walks away, leaving Yami staring at her in shock.

After awhile, when her back couldn’t be seen anymore, Yami let out a smile, a smile different from what she normally shows, a genuine, sweet smile.

She stared at the vial on the ground, as few drops of tears escaped from her eyes.