Fairy Tail RPG: The Wild Hunt

[Tame]

'Awesome,' Sniff said, impressed.

'Wow, the Wild Hunt team have really cut the knot here!' the announcer called out. 'They've just used Magic to unlock the door!! Unheard of! Unsportsmanlike! But technically within the rules, so they advance to the next challenge!'


Back at the Guild, everyone watching was laughing hard. 'Haha, take that!'

'Yeah, stick your stupid challenge!'


The four Mages flew along a narrow, dark corridor, but no traps came at them. Soon they were in a third challenge room, where they landed safely. Once again it required them to unlock the door. Once again, they did as they pleased and used Okami's keys.

Somewhere on the ship, in a room by herself, Gaia sat watching the scene on a monitor. 'Hmm, that Okami girl gets more interesting by the second...' she mused with a smirk.


The final door opened up into a large, stone, circular room with a high roof. Opposite them were spread four more doorways. Each was open and lead into a dark passageway that they couldn't see far down. Again, the announcer's voice rang out through the room.

'Congratulations for making it this far, I guess!' he said. 'You've completed all three challenges (technically) without losing a single one - all four of you remain! Now, you must each pick one door, proceed down it, and fight the Hero you meet at the end of it! If any of you defeats your opponent, you will have won! You have three minutes to decide which passage you each will take! Good luck!'

'Well,' Sniff said, turning to face the other three. 'Do we split up, or do we all just take the same passage?'


Back on deck, Doppel was looking over the side of the ship down into the waters below. The whirlpool was getting larger and deeper - it could now easily swallow a man if one feel in. It was not violent, however; it created only calm ripples on the water. 'Not long now,' the businessman said to himself, a kind of wild hunger in his eyes.

'Father, are you sure about this?' the concerned Michael asked him.

Doppel turned to him, walked over and clapped both hands on his shoulders. Then he leant forward and, the wild look still in his eyes, said, 'More sure than anything, my son.'

 

[Ghan]

"I will take the door on the left". " Most likely it would be quicker than going down one at a time".

"I'm confident you all can handle your opponent with ease, because we are the Wild Hunt right?" Dante shouted.

 

[RaveDragon]

Okami sniffed a bit and smirked, "Me and Tora are taking door number three at the far right,"

"Good luck Dante! Sniff!," Tora encouraged them.

"You bet Dante! Let's show them what the wild hunt is all about," Okani smiled, "Let's reach for the stars~"

 

[Ghan]

Dante gave everybody a thumbs up as he ran in the passageway."See you on the other side", he yelled. The blood flowing through his body was beginning to increase. His fight was coming close.

 

[Tame]

'I will take the door on the left. Most likely it would be quicker than going down one at a time,' Dante said.

'Okami sniffed a bit and smirked. 'Me and Tora are taking door number three at the far right.

'Then I'll take door number two,' Sniff said.

'I'm confident you all can handle your opponent with ease, because we are the Wild Hunt right?' Dante shouted.

'Hell yeah!' said Sniff, cracking his knuckles with and grinning.

'Good luck Dante! Sniff!' Tora encouraged them.

'You too, Tora!' replied, smiling back at her.

'You bet Dante! Let's show them what the Wild Hunt is all about,' Okani smiled, 'Let's reach for the stars~'

Dante gave everybody a thumbs up as he ran in the passageway. 'See you on the other side!' he yelled. The blood flowing through his body was beginning to increase. His fight was coming close.

'Osu!' declared Sniff. 'Let's go!' He ran off down the second doorway, his comrades' encouraging words filling his body with energy.


'Yeah!!!!' yelled everyone in the Guild as they watched. Many of them were standing on tables and jumping about in excitement. 'Crush 'em!!' 'Destroy!!' 'Show them what it means to fight the Wild Hunt!!' At the back, less manic than most of the other members, Willard and Junsei glanced at each other, slight smirks on both their faces. Both calm, collected men, they nevertheless felt fierce, fiery pride well up within them as they watched their young comrades rush into battle.

'The Wild Hunt Mages rush into battle, unafraid!' yelled the announcer to the viewers. 'Do they have what it takes to beat out Heroes?!'


Dante, Okami, Tora and Sniff knew about none of this, though. They couldn't know that their Guild was cheering them on with such incredible fervour, but they could feel the pride of the guild on their backs.

The commentator's words, meanwhile were inaudible to them; he ceased to broadcast into the passageways they were running down, thought he and the crowd could see them.

All the passageways were dimly-lit by torches hanging in brackets on the walls. They were long and took the Mages in separate directions; Dante's was leading him gradually upwards and curved to the left. Sniff's was straight but sloped downwards ever so slightly. Okami's was also straight and led to the bottom of a large set of stairs.

It only took Dante a couple of minutes to reach the room at the end; the passageway lead into another round room, larger than the one they had just been in, with a higher ceiling. It was almost dark in there, with far fewer torches lining the wall. Curving round the edge of the room, about ten feet off the ground, was a balcony. Around this entire balcony large, full-length mirrors stood shoulder-to-shoulder, all facing Dante, as if looking down in judgement. Standing on the part of the balcony opposite the door Dante entered by stood Angelina, leaning on one of the mirrors and grinning wickedly down at him.

'Hello little boy!' she taunted, even though she was only about his age and definitely more little than him. 'I see you weaky Mages made it this far. But don't think for a second you're getting any further! We were the strongest team in Iceburg and I'm betting we're the strongest in Seven too!'


Meanwhile Sniff had reached his chosen battleground too. This room was also large and round, but this one was bare save for a large number of bushes scattered around it and a single tree at the back of the room. Into it's trunk was carved a large door - no doubt the exit he would need to take if he won. Sniff stepped cautiously into the room, glancing round as he did so. His opponent was nowhere to be seen. Then, from above, a man dropped straight down, landing right in front of Sniff and making him jump. The man stood up straight, arms folded, looking down at the shorter Mage. The man was Kureda, the lanky man that stood at about 6'7" in height. He smirked at Sniff from behind his orange sunglasses. 'So you're a Take Over Mage,' he said in a friendly manner.

'So are you,' Sniff replied cautiously.

'Come now, no need to be flighty. This is just a game - there's no reason we shouldn't get along.' Sniff tried to relax, but didn't take his eyes off the man's arms; they had huge range and he had to be careful not to be caught by them. But they were still folded, so he couldn't attack quickly for the moment. Then Sniff felt the world spin. He felt himself flying through the air, and time seemed to slow down for a few seconds. His ribs throbbed with the pain of being punched. 'How?!' Sniff thought desperately. 'I know he didn't unfold his arms! How could he have punched me?!'

The he came crashing to the ground. As he slowly recovered himself, he could hear the jeering laughs of Kureda. 'Wahaahaha! This never gets old!' he was yelling.


Elsewhere, Gaia sat on an oak chair, tapping her foot impatiently. Her room was a simple round arena, large enough for two powerful and destructive Mages to go at it full-throttle. The edge of the arena was marked out by an ornately-carved, low wooden wall. There were small windows running round the top of the room; there was no glass in them but they weren't large enough to climb out without first smashing the thick wooden frames that separated them. 'Come on, Okami...' she muttered to herself. 'Don't keep me waiting...'

 

[RaveDragon]

Okami was calmly running at a slow jog trying to compose herself before the battle. She remembered Gerharts word.

"She's a wood dragon slayer, and this is a wooden ship, we'll have to be careful Tora," Okami whispered to her cat who nodded flying right beside her.

"i hopeyou can keep it up till night falls or else you're going to be the only one starving," Tora told her ds who smiled nervously.

"i smell her," okami said as she arrived in a large round arena and looked around.

'tsk wood everywhere, i'll have to be careful,' Okami thought.

Gaia was sitting on an oak chair.

"I didn't introduce myself properly Gaia-san, sorry about that," Okami said as she emerged from the shadows of the corridor, "I am Okami Rouge the lone wolf of the wild hunt, Celestial Dragon mage daughter of Shiranui, had a big sis too but..."

"You can call her wolfie," Tora giggled in a whisper to tease Okami and change the subject, earning a chuckle from her mage.

 

[Ghan]

"I don't give a shit if you all were wizard saints, you're not going to stop us", Dante screamed. There was a balcony covered in mirrors that surrounded the room. "So if I beat you, I can move on right?"

"Seems easy, since all you have are mirrors" he said. Looking at his reflection, Dante could see how much he has grown and matured since the incident. "Bolster." Dant was next seen skyrocketing towards Angelina.

 

[Tame]

Angelina shrieked with delight as Dante rocketed towards her. She grabbed the mirror she had been leaning against and pulled in front of her, using it as a full-bodied shield. Dante was heading straight for it - there was no way to avoid it, he'd have to smash it one way or another.


Sniff looked up at the ceiling in a daze. The sound of sarcastic clapping from his opponent came to his ears. He listened for a few moments, wondering what had happened. Then he noticed... the rhythm... the acoustics... 'Ah, I get it.' He rolled onto his front and pulled himself to his feet. 'Two sets of arms,' he said as he did so. When he was back on his feet he looked straight at Kureda and saw he was right; the man had a second pair of arms coming our of his ribcage and was clapping both pairs.

'Correct,' Kureda replied, pointing at him with two of his arms.

'Insect Soul?' Sniff questioned calmly, massaging his ribs. The guy's punch felt more like a mallet.

'Correct again.' Kureda smiled. 'Some scientists estimate that insects outnumber humans 200 million to one. Impressive, nay?'

'Maybe. But I can only see one insect here.'

'Haha, true. And one beast. Go on, transform.' Sniff remained silent, looking at Kureda with steady eyes. 'What, too scared? Fine then, I'll make the first move. Insect Soul: Black Ant form!!' Kureda's body began to glow brightly.

'Herbivore Soul: Brown Hare!!' Sniff yelled, also transforming. Moments later, his body was once more furry, his legs longer, his face whiskered. He twitched his little black nose and long brown ears and stared at down his opponent, whose body had grown a black exoskeleton, including what look like a helmet covering his head.

'Partial body Take Over, nice,' complimented Kureda. 'Now watch out kid, here I come!' He dived at Sniff, throwing both right fists at the same time. Sniff leapt expertly aside, adrenaline now coursing through his body.

'Strong and fast,' Sniff thought. 'But there's no way I'm losing to another Take Over Mage.'


'I didn't introduce myself properly Gaia-san, sorry about that,' Okami said as she emerged from the shadows of the corridor, 'I am Okami Rouge the lone wolf of the wild hunt, Celestial Dragon mage daughter of Shiranui, had a big sis too but...'

'You can call her wolfie,' Tora giggled in a whisper to tease Okami and change the subject, earning a chuckle from her mage.

'Polite, aren't you?' Gaia replied, standing and deciding to return the politeness. 'I am Gaia Wodehouse, Wood Dragon Slayer Mage and daughter of Barkion.' There was a pregnant silence for a moment. 'I've never met another Dragon Slayer before,' Gaia said at last. Her look was stern, not out of antagonism but because she didn't know what she was meant to do. 'Do you know of any others?'

 

[Ghan]

"You think a mirror is going to protect you?", Dante yelled. This is too easy, Dante thought. He crossed his arms in a X formation as he braced for the imminent impact.

 

[RaveDragon]

Okami smiled the girl before her was emitting just a friendly vibe but she remained cautious nonetheless although she vaguely thought Gaia was a respectable mage, a worthy opponent and who knows maybe a friend sometime in the future.

"Yeah, there is another dragon slayer in my Guild, he's a friend, his name is Terry, he also has a sister but she vanished with his exceed, she was also a ds and her exceed Alica is with him," Okami said.

"they are also those famour dragon slayers from fiore! The twin dragons of sabertooth sting and rouge and the fairy tail dragons wendy marvel, natsu dragneel and gajeel kurogane," Tora continued.

"We never met them though, although i'd like to have a match with them," Okami smirked as she and tora moved quickly in front of gaia, "You know you seem like a nice girl, i really don't know what to do now..."

Okami extended her hand for her to shake as Tora extended her to Gaia's exceed.

"So mind telling me exactly what's going on or...what now?" Okami asked.

 

[Tame]

Angelina merely smirked wickedly from behind her shield. The moment before Dante struck she dived out the way, leaving him to shatter the mirror into a thousand pieces with the force of his attack. 'Hehe, you've done it now,' she chuckled. 'That's seven years bad luck y'know. Let's see how you cope fighting... yourself!' As Dante landed he saw that the shattered pieces of glass were all swirling round one another, a dark energy emanating from them. They bundled together and reformed... reformed into the figure of a person... As the shape become cleaer, features and details formed until it was finished. And its appearance was - !!

Meanwhile, the powerful energy completely interfered with the cameras in Angelina's room. 'Sorry folks, seemed to have lost picture in the Dante/Angelina battle, so sorry about this,' the announcer said apologetically. 'Let's see how Sniff and Kureda are doing instead!'


In a blur, four fists flew towards Sniff - Kureda was punching over and over again and it was all Sniff could do to weave out of the way of them. Then Kureda threw two punches with his left hands, over-extending himself perhaps. Sniff stepped around them, coming up to Kureda's side and delivered a powerful knee strike into his opponent's back. He'd expected it do more damage, but Kureda's powerful exoskeleton protected him well. The insect-man spun round and kicked at Sniff, but he was half a moment too slow - his target had leapt backwards and out of range. Kureda leapt out after him and managed to deliver a punch to his chest that sent him skidding backwards on his feet. 'You've got good instincts,' Kureda complimented. 'And you're fast, but that attack was far too weak to damage me.'

'I'm not going to win this by dodging his attacks. I have to try something more aggrssive,' Sniff was thinking. Meanwhile, Kureda was already one step ahead.

'You're wondering which form to take next, right? Well I ain't gonna give you time to adjust! Insect Soul: Mantis!' Suddenly Kureda had four legs and only two arms, but they were much longer and were sharp like razors. One slice could easily kill.


'Wow, eight other Dragon Slayers...' Gaia said in wonderment. 'And there's two in your Guild? I can hardly believe it...'

Okami smirked as she and Tora moved quickly in front of Gaia. 'You know you seem like a nice girl, I really don't know what to do now...'

Okami extended her hand for her to shake as Tora extended her to Gaia's exceed. Tomo poked his head out from behind Gaia's chair and crept forward. 'This is Tomo,' Gaia said, taking Okami's hand. 'He's shy and can be a bit gruff, but he's nice really.' Tomo pulled and embaressed face, trying not to look concerned.

'So mind telling me exactly what's going on or...what now?' Okami asked. Gaia thought for a few moments. Okami seemed nice, but there was something telling Gaia - some instinct - telling her it was their... not destiny... but their... role... to fight each other.

'Well,' Gaia said out loud. 'If you want the money, we have to fight. Isn't that what you came here for?'

(OOC: You take control of the being emerging from the mirror now, Ghan, like we discussed. )

 

[RaveDragon]

"Hello Tomo-san," Okami said gently placing Tora in front of him. The cat was larger than Tora who had always been small and fragil looking, appearances could really decieve, "This is Tora, she's a bit shy with new people as well, but she's brave, strong and gentle,"

Tora slowly moved waved her hand at the other exceed.

Okami frowned she knew deep down she had to fight Gaia like their friendship was not meant at least not at the moment.

"Not really~ I'm not one to do stuff for money, I just wanted to have some fun, and take my mind of stuff, you know how mother vanished and my sis got in trouble as well," Okami was surprised at how speaking to Gaia did not make her feel uncomfortable, maybe because they both knew the pain for losing a loved one.

"Okami just wanted to speak to you and stop Doppel from getting the heaven magic, she said she had a bad feeling about it," Torastuttered shyly, she was very shy and fidgety with new company.

"Gaia-san, I think, we must fight, not for money, but for our pride as dragon slayers!" Okami said, "it;s this feeling I get, but i know someday if we ever meet again we can call each other nakama!"

Okami moved a few steps back and, "So what do you say? let's fight fair and square! But i warn you i won't go easy, YOSH I'll reach for the stars!"

 

[Tame]

"Hello Tomo-san," Okami said gently placing Tora in front of him. The cat was larger than Tora who had always been small and fragil looking, appearances could really decieve. 'This is Tora, she's a bit shy with new people as well, but she's brave, strong and gentle.'

Tora slowly moved waved her hand at the other exceed. Tomo returned the wave. 'Hi,' he said.

'Not really~ I'm not one to do stuff for money, I just wanted to have some fun, and take my mind of stuff, you know how mother vanished and my sis got in trouble as well,' Okami was surprised at how speaking to Gaia did not make her feel uncomfortable, maybe because they both knew the pain for losing a loved one.

'Okami just wanted to speak to you and stop Doppel from getting the heaven magic, she said she had a bad feeling about it,' Tora stuttered shyly, she was very shy and fidgety with new company.

'That's what you said!' Tomo declared, pointing at Gaia. 'You had a bad feeling too!'

'Shush,' Gaia said, gently prodding Tomo with her foot.

'Gaia-san, I think, we must fight, not for money, but for our pride as dragon slayers!' Okami said, 'It's this feeling I get, but I know someday if we ever meet again we can call each other nakama!'

Okami moved a few steps back and, 'So what do you say? Jet's fight fair and square! But I warn you I won't go easy, YOSH I'll reach for the stars!'

Gaia smiled to say she was ready. So Okami had felt the same feeling she had had - it was for pride that they had to fight! Well, so be it! 'Alright, Okami Rouge, you're on!' she declared, taking up a fighting stance. 'I won't hold back either!' Tomo rushed over to Tora, grabbed her paw and lead her over to the chair so they'd be out of the way. 'Here I go - Wood Dragon's Club!!' She jumped towards Okami, raising her right arms as she did so. Her arm changed shape, become larger and heaver, and looked like it was made from wood. She swung the club down hard at Okami's head.

 

[RaveDragon]

While Tomo and Tora had safely taken refuge under a chair, Tora seemed in the mood to try and make a new firend and shyly asked, "Did you ever meet Barkion-sama? I meet Shiranui-sama for a bit, although i had just hatched so i don't remember her that much,"

Gaia in the meantime took the initiative and tried to

"Takeover celestial dragon arms," Okami said activating her blue scaled dragonic arms which not only enhanced her attack but the hard scales were very good for defence as well and so she raised them to catch the attack and minimise damage.

'I'll attack with my celestial dragon fangs now before she can escape,' Okami thought

 

[Ghan]

Him. It was him. But at the same time, it wasn't him. There was something evil in his manner.

"Well whaddya know, Im finally out of that pitiful body of yours", the clone said. The clone looked up and saw Angelina. "Fuck the details, Im not doing your bidding at all." "After I'm done with this shithole, you're next", he said pointing to her.

Meanwhile, Dante Was still in disbelief . How can there be two of him? What the hell is going on???!!!

The clone turned back towards Dante . " Look how pathetic you look, you frail bitch. You seem scared shitless. Oh and if you're wondering who I am, I am you, just better and stronger. I've been sharing your body with you for a very long fucking time." The clone started to walk slowly towards Dante. "Do you know what it feels like to share a body with a punk like you controlling it?"

Dante was still paralyzed in fear

The clone grabbed Dante by his sweater and pulled him close. "It's my body now, and you're going to experience the agony I had to. And before I kill you I want you to know my name. Etnad".

As soon as the words left his lips, Etnad swung Dante across the room plummeting into the wall.

 

[Tame]

Angelina stared in shock and awe at what was going on below. Her Magic was meant to create an exact replica of the target loyal to her, not this! Frankly, she was terrified. She crept backwards until her back was against the wall. Then she crouched down and clenched her fists. What now? Run away? Scream for help?


'Damn, what's happened?' one viewer demanded to know.

'Yeah, I wanna see Dante fight!'

'Is he gonna be alright?'


'No, I never met Barkion,' Tomo said to Tora as they watched the fight. 'I didn't hatch until a few years after he left. What's a dragon like?'

Okami's dragon arm minimised most of the damage that might have been caused by Gaia's attack. 'Celestial Dragon Fang!' Okami countered.

'Wood Dragon's Scales!' responded Gaia, knowing that she couldn't avoid the hit. Her skin became thick, brown and rough like a tree's bark, only much tougher, and it absorbed much of the attack. Nevertheless, splinter's of bark flew from her face where Okami's punch connected. As she skidded backwards from the force of the attack Gaia counter-attacked herself. 'Wood Dragon's Spear!' Her left arm became a long and sharp like a stake carved from wood and it immediately extended quickly, aiming directly for Okami.


Kureda charged at Sniff, his extra pair of legs increasing his speed greatly. Rather than retreating, Sniff ran forward too. He swung both bladed arms inwards at him, but Sniff was already wtihin his guard. 'Herbivore Soul: Black Tortoise!' He returned to a mostly-human form, except with a thick, black tortoise's shell on his back. Kureda's arms struck them and became embedded in them. Sniff grabbed Kureda with both hands. 'Herbivore Soul: Silver Kong!'

'Insect Soul: Rhinoceros Beetle!' Sniff's huge fist collided with Kureda's chest just as Kureda's armoured head smashed into Sniff's. Both stumbled backwards unsteadily.

 

[RaveDragon]

"Oh she was really big and had pretty blue silvery scales like the stars and she was really noble and gentle with Okami, I remember we all used to sleep together under the stars~" Tora said enthusiastically,"Shiranui-sama would tell us stories and Okami would always get beat up by ari chan, and Shiranui would tend to her,"

"I hope our partners can meet them soon~" Tora sighed and frowned, "I hope we can be good friends after this, but look at those two they're so cool!"

Okami tried to grab the spear but she couldn't stop it and it tore her right shoulder which started to bleed profusely however she would not let go, this room was full of wood, she didn't know when night would come it could be in a few hours and it could take more than that so she would go all out immediately, "Celestial dragon ROAR,"

"Havent had this much fun in ages," okami laughed telling her opponent.

 

[Ghan]

BOOM!!!

Dante hit wall with a superb force almost breaking his back. He could hear Etnad laughing like a madman. "I'm not giving up ", Dante said, "My friends are going to be waiting for me." Increasing his legs and arm power to 5x, he ran up the wall and flipped backwards towards Etnad.

"Hahahahaha your friends? You don't have any. The whole guild has pity for you."Etnad simply raised his left hand to shrug off Dante's kick. " Is that all you have?", he chuckled. Etnad grabbed Dante's torso and performed a vicious knee into his stomach.

Blood filled Dante's mouth as his stomach felt like a bomb had blew up inside. Rolling across the floor, he skidded to a stop and charged back at him again.

" Such a retard", Etnad whispered. Charging towards Dante with his fists raised, Etnad cracked a smile.

Blurs of punches ensued with Dante unable to connect and Etnad countering them with punches of his own. With one last effort, Dante was able to elbow Etnad in his cheek. But he didn't react. "That tickles", Etnad laughed.

"Playtime is over Dante. It's about time to take that body of yours. Watch this", he added. Etnad disappeared in a flash.

 

[Tame]

'Oh wow, that sounds nice,' Tomo said. 'Who's Ari-chan?'

'Celestial dragon ROAR!'

Unable to pull her spear free, Gaia's only option was to respond in kind. 'Wood Dragon's ROAR!' She put her hand to her mouth and expelled a powerful green and brown tornado which flew towards Okami. Within the tornado were shreds of bark and splinters of wood that, with that amount of force behind them, could lacerate flesh. The two attacks collided and spun round one another forming a nexus of magical energy. Then the unstable mass burst, sending both Dragon Slayers flying backwards and tearing up the ground between them.

'Havent had this much fun in ages.' Okami laughed telling her opponent.

'Me neither,' Gaia said as she got to the feet; she had been thrown as far as the chair the Exceeds were under. She was covered in scuffs and bruises but still smiling. 'And I've never had a challenge like this before. But I'm not going down!' She walked forward confidently and stolidly. 'Come at me again, Okami!'


'Wooooooaaahhh!!' yelled the announcer. 'This battle is incredible!! Two young ladies, two Dragon Slayers, two incredible Mages!!'

'You can do it, Okami-samaaaaa!' screamed the Wild Hunt Mages supporting them back at the Guild.

Meanwhile outside, it was beginning to get dark...

 

[RaveDragon]

"Don't tell Okami i told you this but she's Okami's big sister, she's not around anymore because of an incident she changed and she betrayed us and our guild," Tora sadly informed the other cat, "Okami has never stopped hoping to save her and find Shiranui-sama together,"

Okami used her talons to slow herself and jumped upright she was bruised and battered and her shoulder was throbbing but she could still use her limb fine.

'Come at me again, Okami!' Gaia said invitingly.

Okami glanced at the windows above, it was getting dark, if she could keep up for some more time.

"here i come," Okami said crouching and pushing herself with her enhanced takeover arms. It was an animalistic move but these kind of moves confused her opponents sometimes.

She reached the area just under gaia, enveloped her lags in her blue flames and kicked upwards aiming for her chin.

(OOC: I'll wait for you to tell me when it becomes night Tame =])