Fairy Tail RPG: The Wild Hunt

[Tame]

Okami's Celestial Dragon Fang smashed apart the two suits of armour and again, two more leapt into battle to replace them. Tora grabbed her and she flew into the air.

'Well here goes nothing, gonna use it only once to conserve energy - Celestial Dragon's ROAR!' The destructive blue star-like flame aimed directly at the largest group of knights. Okami hoped she could take out or at least damage most of them then they'd have to take out the rest old style; with fists. The attack tore through the line, demolishing suit after suit.

'Is there a counter or something to how many are left?' okami asked the announcer. There was no reply from the announcer who was busy watching the battle on a moniter and commenting on it to the world.

'Wow folks, didja see that?! Okami's attack must have taken out a third of them!! The challenge was to stop them all and I guess destroying them all's as good a way to stop them as any!!'

Dante ran to Sniff and told him he had a plan. 'Just go along with it', he said as he strained to lift him up. Dante yelled as he launched Sniff towards the remainder of the knights.

'I didn't agree to this!' yelled Sniff as he flew through the air. His only option being to go with it, however, he landed with a crash, crushing several of the suits and used the momentum Dante had given him to charge down the line, knocking them aside with his trunk and tusks or trampling them underfoot.


At the Guild, everyone was gathered round the lacrima vision in the Courtyard and cheering on their guild mates. 'Go Okami!' yelled one Mage. 'Nice one, Dante!!' yelled another.

'I thought they were just going to the beach,' Willard said exasperatedly to Junsei.

'Ohohoho, this is more fun to watch!' the Master said gleefully.


Back on the ship, the room was a mess with crushed and broken armour and swords. The clock read 08:45. About sixty suits still remained, but none of them were attacking anymore. Seven, now, were still moving, but were merely pacing up and down. Then, one of them sheathed its sword. It reached up to its helmet, and discarded it. Underneath was the face of Gerhart the butler.

'Well well,' he said. 'I was expecting you to be a bit more subtle than that - I didn't think you'd just try and destroy them all.'

'You're controlling them?' questioned the elephant Sniff.

'Correct,' Gerhart said. 'You see, this really is a ghost room; my spirits are inhabiting those suits of armour, one by one. That's why when you destroyed one, another just took its place.'

'Seith Magic,' Sniff muttered. 'Should have guessed.'

'That's right. My family has served the Doppel family for generations. When we die we become spirit and continue to serve. My ancestors are the ones inhabiting the armour. I could let you continue to destroy and run low on Magic Power, but luckily for you this is an entertainment show - it's much better viewing if I fight you myself.' At that, the other six suits of armour all dropped down, the souls inhabiting them having left. Then Gerhart's whole suit of armour, his shield, and his sword all began to glow with a green glow. 'All six souls are inside my armour and weapons now, powering them up. If you defeat me, you'll complete this challenge. You have just over eight minutes to do so!'

With that he drew his sword once and darted towards Sniff. He was much, much faster than any of the suits of armour and Sniff, in his large and unwieldy form, couldn't react quick enough. He was slashed across the side just before he had time to change back into his human form. He stumbled and fell backwards, but fortunately Gerhart had changed targets and was now hurtling towards Dante, sword ready to strike.

 

[Ghan]

"Sniff" Dante yelled. His whole side was cut by that sword. The knight was now charging for him. He couldn't react in time to stop the sword from impaling him in his shoulder. The cold metal stung inside his flesh as blood started to squirt everywhere.

The butler began to withdraw his sword but Dante increased his grip to 200kg and grabbed his arm. The sword, which was still stuck inside , started to move further. "I can't hold him for long", he shouted. "Okami and Sniff, do something!!!"

 

[RaveDragon]

When gerhart revealed himself finally Okami smirked and tapped her nose, "It's useless to leave you in control of all those puppets, now it is a bit more even,"

Gerhart attacked fist Sniff and then Dante and his attack connected.

"Dante!" Tora shrieked worried sick and darted to him surprising Okami who was still held by her, "Help him,"

"Celestial dragon FEET," Okami said invoking her scaly blue dragon limbs to enhance her attack.

"Dante I'm coming," Okami was launched right above Gerhart as Tora stayed aloft, "No armor can save you from a real dragon! here's my enhanced Celestial dragon TALONS!"

The blue magic enveloped her scaly legs and feet and she kicked down to connect with his head if Dante could hold him or at least his shoulder would get pretty busted.

 

[Tame]

Gerhart desperately tried to tear his arm free, but Dante held it fast. He looked up, first into Dante's eyes, then at the Dragon Slayer above him. 'You win this round,' he said, looking back at Dante. 'You have courage, young man.'

'No armour can save you from a real dragon!' Okami yelled. 'Here's my enhanced Celestial Dragon TALONS!' The blue magic enveloped her scaly legs and feet and she kicked down to connect with Gerhart's head. He was crushed violently into the ground, unable to escape the damage dealt to him. The green glow that had surrounded his armour and weapons faded as he lost consciousness. He lay face-up on the floor, sword by his side, eyes rolled back into his head.

Having scrambled to his feet, Sniff now hurried over. The cut ran along the length of his rib-cage but it wasn't deep; it stung like hell but he'd be able to keep going. He wasn't optimistic that Dante had been as lucky. 'Are you alright?' he asked, deep concern in his voice, staring at the stab wound.

'Down goes Gerhart! And so do those suits of armour! Our contestants win! Though that Dante kid looks pretty cut up about it!' blared the commentator to the viewers.

 

[Ghan]

"I'll survive", Dante replied. The wound was still oozing out A steady flow of blood. "We have to move on" he said. The more time they wasted, the faster the wound would continue to get worst. "Are you guys ok?", Dante asked.

 

[RaveDragon]

"I'm good Dante, it's you I'm worried about," Okami said letting her takeover fade, "Need help?"

"Dante-san! here," Tora opened the small blue backpack she always carried with her and gave him some healing lotion and bandages.

"Sniff how about you? need some help as well? my Tora is always well prepared," Okami asked, "We'll help patch you up guys,"

 

[Tame]

'I'll survive,' Dante replied. The wound was still oozing out a steady flow of blood. 'We have to move on,' he said. The more time they wasted, the worse the wound would get. 'Are you guys okay?,' Dante asked.

'I'm good Dante, it's you I'm worried about,' Okami said, letting her Take Over fade, 'Need help?'

'Dante-san! here,' Tora opened the small blue backpack she always carried with her and gave him some healing lotion and bandages.

'We're not going anywhere 'til that bleeding's stopped,' Sniff said to Dante and then added, hoping to lighten the mood, 'Don't be in such a rush to die.'

'Sniff how about you? Need some help as well? My Tora is always well-prepared,' Okami asked, 'We'll help patch you up, guys.'

'Thanks,' he said. 'Do Dante first, I can wait.' He sat down and watched as Okami and Tora tended to their wounds. 'You guys are life-savers,' he said as they bandaged the two injuries. Looking over at the defeated Gerhart, he saw the man open his eyes a little and look over at them.

'Haven't taken an attack like that in years,' the butler said with a smile, still not moving the rest of his body. 'But I think I'll live yet. I hope so, anyway. It seems stupid to get killed over a game show.'

'Somehow this feels like more than a game show,' Sniff said, as much to himself as to anyone.

'Iceburg's entertainment is less... forgiving than Seven's,' Gerhart explained. 'But I'm afraid your battles are just a sideshow for Francis' main attraction,' he said to them all, grimly.

'You mean when he claims this Heaven Magic?'

'That's right. That man inherited his father's huge fortune, invested it, worked hard and had soon multiplied it several times over. Now that Francis Doppel has conquered the financial world, he hopes to conquer the entertainment world, and at the same time, have his name ring out in history by claiming a Lost Magic in front of the whole country!'

'Well he's an ego-maniac, but he's not evil, right?' Sniff questioned.

'For those reasons? No... And I daresay he won't use the Heaven Magic for anything evil either, but to claim it, he must commit a terrible sin!'

'What sin?' Sniff was alarmed and intrigued in equal measure. Gerhart, however, seemed already to be regretting having mentioned it.

'I have said too much. Already I have broken my vow to serve the Doppel family with absolute loyalty.' The old man looked away from them, a sad look in his eye. He was lost in the past, remembering the day he completed his training and became the Doppel family's head butler. He had never been more proud of himself.

Sniff looked back at the others to see their reactions to what Gerhart had told them.


'Is Dante gonna be okay?' asked one Mage back at the Guild.

'This is more like a life-or-death battle than a game show!'

'And now they have to cut to a commercial break! Oh wait, it's back on!' The screen now showed two men, Doppel and Michael, standing on the bow of the huge ship. At the back of the throng gathered round the screen, Junsei stood alone, his face mostly covered with his fan, a dark look in his eyes.


'Ladies and gentlemen,' Doppel said into a microphone and looking straight into a camera. Michael stood just behind him, staring down at the sea. 'In a few moments we will return to our brave contestants as they face their next challenge. Now, though, I would like to show you something.' He pointed down at the water below. The cameras cut to a shot of the sea, a small whirlpool forming on its surface. The whirlpool was harmless at the size it was at now, but a close observer would see it getting ever so gradually larger all the time. 'If my years of research are correct, this event happens only once every ten years.' Doppel spoke like a man giving a great speech to mark a momentous occasion. 'That whirlpool will grow until it reaches to the depth of the sea. At the bottom of it lies the Heaven Magic. My son Michael and I will descend through the eye of the storm and retrieve that Lost Magic, and we shall claim it as an heirloom for the Doppel Household. And you shall all be witnesses to this event, and I thank you for sharing it with us.'

'Ratings are through the roof,' muttered the director to one crew member.

 

[RaveDragon]

"I don't aim to kill," Okami told gerhart.

"Seems we might be biting off more than we can chew," Okami sighed as Gerhart words rang in her mind. She had patched up Sniff and Dante to the best she could but she was no doctor.

"Be more careful guys, I only know basic first aid, and now we know they are not going to play nice, it's a life or death hunger game," Okami said somberly, "Well, since i want to talk to that dragon slayer with them might as well stop this idiot before he does something we could all regret, lost magic is no joke,"

Tora nodded landing on Okami's shoulder as the two made peace then Tora looked at the others, "You in guys?"

 

[Ghan]

"Thanks for the first aid" Dante said. But something was still bugging him. "How can they just keep a lost magic as a heirloom and not use it?",He spit out .

 

[Tame]

'What do you mean?' Sniff asked. 'You mean you think they should use it for good, or that you don't trust them not to use it for bad?' Gerhart remained silent; he didn't know what the Magic would be used for but for him, that wasn't as important as how Doppel meant to obtain it.

 

[Ghan]

" I just don't trust this whole situation.", Dante said. "First, we are being attacked by butlers in armor with the intent to kill." "Secondly, what happens if we don't make the time limit?" "But most importantly, what happens when we clear all the challenges?"

 

[Tame]

Gerhart looked back over at them and spoke once more. 'This is all just a game from Doppel's point of view. He doesn't care whether you live or die, provided it makes an impression on the public and he gets even more famous. But, like a game, this show has rules. Failure to complete a challenge means that you have to choose one member of your team to stay behind until the end of the show. There are three preliminary challenges.'

'So if there's four contestants to a team, there's always at least one remaining in the game after the three preliminary challenges,' Sniff confirmed.

'Correct. After that, any remaining contestants fight one-on-one against members of Doppel's team. If any member of your team succeeds in winning their match, then you win the game, get the prize money, and go home. If none of you win, you all go home empty-handed.'

'Has anyone ever won?' Sniff asked.

'No,' Gerhart said darkly. 'Most are too worn out from the preliminaries to stand a chance against Gaia, Kureda, Angelina or Michael. Though Michael is not participating in today's show,' he added. 'He is aiding his father...' Gerhart trailed off, as if it were difficult to speak about the matter.

 

[Ghan]

Dante let out a long and huge breath. This whole ordeal is tiresome."Hey Sniff, remember when they said that the show was being broadcast in Seven?" "Do you think the guild is watching?"

 

[Tame]

'Maybe,' Sniff replied. 'Heh, they're probably all jealous of us for being on TV!'

'You still intend to play on?' asked Gerhart.

'I dunno. This isn't a game, even if Doppel thinks it is. And I don't really like the idea of him getting his hands on that Heaven Magic. I say we continue on and show him who he's messed with.'

'You'll need all the help you can get, then,' Gerhart said. 'So I'll tell you all I know about your opponents, that is, if you want to know.'

 

[RaveDragon]

"Have any from a legal guild participated? because we're tougher than we seem," Okami said, "I don't know though Gerhart-san, why get a hold of a lost magic just to show it off? Heaven's magic, i read about it, the book just said to beware of it, no details, just that, I don't like the sound of that,"

Okami then turned to Sniff, "bet everyone at the guild is surprised, master must be really intrigued by this,"

Tora thought for a moment, "What happened to those that lost this far? You certainly were aiming for the kill Gerhart-san,"

"The dragon slayer is mine and I'm definitely getting my match with her, Gaia-san was it? Please tell me about her..." Okami trailed and started to emanate a very dragon like feel, "I have to remember to properly introduce myself to her,"

Okami smiled showing her fang like teeth custom to the dragon slayers, "yes, i think I'm playing on, stop this fool and talk to Gaia-san, kill two birds with one stone,"

 

[Tame]

'Have any from a legal guild participated? Because we're tougher than we seem,' Okami said.

'No,' Gerhart said. 'Most contestants were just rag-tag groups of Mages unaffiliated with any Guild. And I may say that you strike me as having a better chance than any that have come before you. You seem to trust each other a lot.'

'I don't know though Gerhart-san, why get a hold of a Lost Magic just to show it off? Heaven's magic, I read about it, the book just said to beware of it, no details, just that, I don't like the sound of that.'

'Doppel may have other plans for it, I don't know,' he said. 'All he wants is notoriety, and if he can get it just by having the Lost Magic then I think he will be satisfied. If it does not get him the widespread fame he desires, then who knows, maybe he will use it in the hope that that fame does come to him.'

Okami then turned to Sniff, 'Bet everyone at the guild is surprised, master must be really intrigued by this.'

'Yeah, I hope he's not worried.'

Tora thought for a moment, 'What happened to those that lost this far? You certainly were aiming for the kill Gerhart-san.'

'I have killed in this game, several times, though none of the others have; as I say, Iceburg is a different place here and with the right money one can get away with a lot.'

'Like murder,' Sniff thought.

'The dragon slayer is mine and I'm definitely getting my match with her, Gaia-san was it? Please tell me about her...' Okami trailed and started to emanate a very dragon-like feel, 'I have to remember to properly introduce myself to her.'

Okami smiled showing her fang like teeth custom to the dragon slayers. 'Yes, I think I'm playing on, stop this fool and talk to Gaia-san, kill two birds with one stone.'

Suddenly the announcer's voice rang out through the room; 'Please proceed to the next area! You have two minutes!' Across the doorway at the end of the corridor a thick steel shutter was lowering.

'We'd better get going,' Sniff said.

'Gaia is Wood Dragon Slayer,' Gerhart said weakly. He looked like he was going to pass out again. 'Kureda is a Take Over Mage and Angelina uses a Magic that forces you to fight a copy of yourself. Now, go! And good luck!'

The four of them hurried on, clambering under the closing shutter and into the next corridor. 'If it comes down to it, I'll fight the Kureda guy,' Sniff said. 'I'm not good at fighting girls for one, and for another I'd like to go toe-to-toe with another Take Over Mage.' They ran down the corridor and just got through the next door in time.

The next room was small; the exit was only about ten feet in front of them. The only feature was one wall that had lots of poles, contraptions and pipes attached. At the top of the wall, about fifty feet up, they could just make out a shiny silver key. 'To complete this challenge you must unlock the exit door in the alloted time!' the announcer's disembodied voice axplained. 'The only way to unlock it is to retrieve the key!'

Sniff turned to Okami as the announcer explained the complicated method one was meant to use to get the key. 'Hey Okami, do you have those keys with you?' he asked, remembering a rumour that Okami possessed a set of keys that could unlock any locked door - if unlocking the door was what it took to complete the challenge, then using Okami's magic ones wouldn't even be cheating.

 

[Ghan]

Entering the room , Dante was still sore from his wound. He could hear the announcer saying that there was a key at the top of the wall. Before he could say anything, he already heard Sniff asking Okami about her special set of keys.

 

[RaveDragon]

"My swords?" Okami asked as she patted her belt, "Never leave anywhere without them, they're shiranuis special present for me..."

"hey technically we wouldn't be cheating right?," Tora asked giggling, "the challenge is just to get to the next room,"

"So how about we surprise them, I fly Sniff to the exit Tora takes Dante and then i use my swords?" she whispered to Sniff, "Dante and Sniff will have to defend us airborne of course,"

 

[Ghan]

"that won't be a problem", Dante insisted. "just make sure you are fast enough to do it ", Dante teased. He was eager to face his opponents.

 

[RaveDragon]

"Well let's start by opening this door," Okami said, "If something happens we'll do some flying escape maneuvers,"

Okami strode a few meters away, she unsheathed the swords that were hidden on her belt, they were dual katanas and had a black and white blade each, she pointed them in front of her and infused her magic in them as Shiranui had taught her, the blades became larger and blue in colour assuming the shape of a key. Okami spinned and pointed them directly at a keyhole, the blue light entered it and the door opened with a click.

Okami turned to the camera allowing herself to give a cocky grin and tilted her head a bit waving at the camera.