Chapter 7: The Tower of Hell! 1/2

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Chapter 6: The Tower of Hell!

Having arrived at their vacation the team quickly went to the beach Itachi was sitting on a blanket while reading a book while as the others had their own fun. Itachi then looked around at the beach. 'Something tells me I have been here before… And I don't like it one bit.' Itachi thought as flashbacks of him dragging an unconscious little Erza popped into his mind. 'This beach is where me and Erza arrived after escaping The Tower of Heaven.' Itachi thought then looked over to the others who were playing beach volleyball. He noticed that Erza was laughing and having a good time. 'Guess she hasn't noticed. There's no need to bring up old memories like that anyway.'

"Onii-chan! Don't just sit around, join us!" Erza shouted at Itachi with the others behind her.

"Yeah, come on dude let's party!" Natsu shouted.

"Aye!" Happy said.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming." Itachi gave in with a little smirk planted on his face.

The place our group was in is called Akane Resort, Akane Resort is a popular tourist spot in the kingdom, it consisted of a giant amusement park and a five-star hotel next door. "Hey give me back my boxers, you bastard!" Gray shouted as Natsu waved Gray's boxer shorts in the air, as Gray used Happy to cover his private area.

"Not on your life!" Natsu said with a mocking tone as he laughed at Gray.

"Don't use Happy to cover yourself up!" Lucy scolded the ice mage.

None of them besides Itachi noticed a certain blue haired girl hiding behind a palm tree. "Gray-sama… So bold!" Juvia said with a blush looking at her beloved.

Later at the hotel

Erza was resting on the balcony of her hotel room wearing her black bikini. As she fell asleep nightmares of her days as a slave came to her mind. She then woke up breathing heavily and sweating.

"Are you okay?" Itachi asked walking out on the balcony placing his hand on Erza's shoulder.

"I just had a dream." Erza said still in a little shock.

"I can see that, a nightmare I assume. Was it about that?" Itachi asked to which Erza nodded and walked into the room standing in front of the mirror and changing into her standard armor.

"I really do feel more at ease while I'm in armor." Erza said.

"Everyone is going to the casino downstairs, Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lucy are already down there." Itachi said.

"That's right they do have a place like that here. Then…" Erza said as she reequipped into a purple dress with red rose marks on them, as well as her hair being tied up in a bun. "Do I look the part?"

"As always you enjoy dressing up." Itachi said with a nervous chuckle.

"Aren't you going to change, onii-chan?" Erza questioned as Itachi was wearing his black leather jacket with a large Fairy Tail mark on his back, under his jacket was a white shirt, he had dark blue jeans and combat shoes. "Don't you think you need to wear something more suitable for this occasion?"

"It's a casino, they will let me in as long as I pay." Itachi bluntly replied. "Anyway, let's go." Itachi said and walked out of the room.

Later down at the casino which also had some entertainment for the kids as well for the adults. Natsu and Happy was playing at a machine that was a large glass dome with some orbs with numbers on them. In front of Natsu was a console with numbers on them and he kept pressing the number 17. "17! Come on, 17!" Natsu said.

"You can do it, 17!" Happy cheered as the orbs inside the machine almost had a three line of 17's but one quickly changed into the number 16.

"You've got to be kiddin' me!" Natsu shouted hitting the buttons furiously.

"17!" Happy shouted.

"Sir, please refrain from…" A staff member tried to calm down Natsu.

"But it stopped on 17 once! It's so cruel!" Natsu shouted with tears streamed out from his eyes like waterfalls.

"17!" Happy shouted.

"Yelling isn't going to help." The staff member said as he paled at Natsu and Happy's behavior.

"Go back to 17!" Natsu shouted.

While this was happening Gray was sitting on a card table with a sweat drop as he heard Natsu and Happy shouting. "Sheesh, they're so immature."

"Gray-sama." Juvia arrived walking up to Gray, as she was wearing a blue dress, and she had a neckless with a golden Fairy Tail mark on it that was covering most of her large cleavage. "Juvia is here."

"You're that Phantom woman!" Gray said in shock.

Itachi walked around looking for something to kill some time when suddenly a staff member walked up to him. "Are you looking for something, sir?"

"I'm not quite sure what I should do." Itachi said.

"I see this must be your first time in a casino, please follow me and I will show you something basic." The man said leading Itachi to a box that had a screen on it and a lever on the side. "All you have to do is to put money in here, pull the lever and get three of the same thing and you will win some money. If you get three 7's you win the jackpot."

"Seems easy enough." Itachi said and sat down, he put money in the machine and pulled the lever getting a 7, and two marks that were the Fairy Tail guild mark. "Not perfect." Itachi said as his eyes narrowed and he kept playing. "Damn it." Itachi cursed as he didn't get a perfect result and he then tried again. "Damn it."

"17! Come back now!" Natsu cried while punching the buttons.

"Sir, please…"

"Hold it, boy. Casinos are places for grownups… For dandies! Get it?" A man that looked like a shape of blocks dressed in some sort of mafia outfit, with a royal blue suit with a white shirt underneath and a red necktie, a white scarf hanging loose over his neck, he has dark hair and thick lips and an oddly shaped chin, and he had a red hat on the top of his head, he also wears black sunglasses.

"Blocky!" Natsu reacted to his appearance.

"Boy, let me tell you something. There's only two paths that men can travel." The block man said.

"Huh?" Natsu questioned as suddenly the block man's lower body split into several blocks and attached themselves to Natsu's arms pushing him up against the glass dome. "What are you?"

"Natsu!" Happy shouted.

"Live on as a dandy…" The block man said as he pointed his finger at Natsu when suddenly his arm turned into some sort of rifle with a laser sight, as a red dot was on Natsu's head. "Or stop and meet your end. Get it?"

Meanwhile at the bar counter Gray was sitting and having a chat with Juvia. "I heard that Phantom was disbanded." Gray said.

"Yes. Juvia is now a Free Wizard." Juvia said.

Gray then noticed her neckless with the Fairy Tail mark. "So I take it you want to join Fairy Tail, then?" Gray asked.

"Yes, Juvia does!" Juvia replied.

"But after all that… Well, I don't mind, but I'm not sure what the master would say." Gray said.

"Juvia will do anything!" Juvia said as hearts and stars were around her.

"I wouldn't say that so lightly if I were you." Gray said.

"Gray Fullbuster?" A man walked up behind Gray. The man was very tall and muscular he had a wide face and dark eyes, his left eye was covered by a black eyepatch held up by an extremely thin rope, with a thin scar emerging from under it, his massive jaw was obscured by an armored metal plate that resembled a skeletal jaw. The top of his head was covered in a light cloth wrapped around it, tied on the back, where a pair of long wrappings were left hanging over his neck. He wore a large cloth going over his left shoulder to his waist, the cloth had a large sleeve going over his left arm, he wore loose dark pants and some simple boots. His one eye that wasn't covered suddenly had a magic circle on it as the bar counter exploded, but the sound was covered up by fireworks from outside.

"What was all that noise?" Erza questioned sitting with Lucy at some card table.

"I guess the parade has started outside. " A man wearing some sort of duck/fish like head.

"Seems to be the parade." Lucy said.

Back at the ruined bar counter. "Juvia!" Gray shouted as Juvia laid injured in the rubble. "Why, you… Who the hell are you?!" Gray questioned.

"Where is Erza?" The man asked.

"What?" Gray questioned.

"Where is Erza? Get it?" The block man asked still aiming his gun at Natsu.

Back with Erza and Lucy. They were sitting and playing cards. "Dealer change." A new dealer arrived.

"I have a feeling that I won't lose no matter who I'm up against." Erza said.

"Yup!" Lucy agreed with a wink.

"Then…why don't we play a special game?" The dealer said as he dealt out cards that had letters on them that spelled "Death". "Let's play a game where your life's on the line, Erza-neesan…" The dealer said with an evil smirk. He had spiky blond hair and a dark tan skin color, on his left ear was an earring with diamond decorations, on his lower lip was a 5-shaped tattoo, his eyes were dark green.

"You're… Sho? Sho, right?" Erza questioned in shock.

"It's been quite a while, nee-san." The man known as Sho said.

"Nee-san?" Lucy questioned.

"You were…safe?" Erza questioned in shock.

"Safe?" Sho questioned with an evil grin.

"Um, well…" Erza said while shaking.

"Erza…" Lucy said.

Back with Gray. "Where is Erza?" The man asked again.

"You think I'll tell you?" Gray said as water gathered in front of him and turned into Juvia.

"I will not allow you to lay a finger on Gray-sama. Juvia will be your opponent." Juvia said.

"Juvia…" Gary said.

"Danger is closing in around Erza-san." Juvia said.

"Sure looks like it." Gray said.

The man suddenly directed his fingers to his temple. "What? You found her already? Oh, I see. So I can clean up here? Understood." The man said as everything around them went dark.

"Whoa, it went dark!" Gray said.

"It's Dark Lineage Magic. Dark Moment." The man said now behind Gray and Juvia with a magic circle in his hands.

With Natsu. "What's going on? I can't see a thing!" Natsu said.

"Natsu where are you?!" Happy questioned.

"I'm here! But…where's here?" Natsu questioned.

"Good night, boy…" The block man said with a smirk.

"Don't give me that crap!" Natsu shouted with his mouth so wide that the laser dot pointed now inside his mouth.

BLAM!

"Gah!" Natsu grunted as he was shoot.

"Natsu!" Happy shouted.

"A gunshot?" Lucy questioned.

"What's happened?" Erza questioned when the lights suddenly went back on. And Sho was gone as well as everyone else around them. "Sho!"

"Huh?" Lucy questioned.

"Over here, nee-san." Sho said as he was behind them with cards in his hand that contained the people from the casino.

"That's…" Erza said.

"The people are in the cards!" Lucy pointed out.

"Intrigued?" Sho asked.

"Magic…" Erza muttered.

"Yes. I can use it now too, nee-san." Sho said.

"You, what have you…" Erza said.

"Nya." A female voice was heard as Lucy was tied up in some sort of rope.

"Lucy!" Erza shouted.

"Feelin' chip an' dipper?" A girl with brown hair that reached to her shoulders, also the top of her head looked like she had kitty ears. She had two red marks on each of her cheeks and her face looked like that of a cat, she wore a yellow jacket with a pink dress underneath with a white bow tie, she had a choker with a bell on it around her neck, and she wore leggings.

"Milliana… You can use magic too?" Erza questioned to the cat girl.

"How's it been, Er-chan!" Milliana said.

"Let Lucy go! She's my friend!" Erza said.

"Nya. Friend?" Milliana questioned.

"We were your friends too once… Isn't that right, nee-san? We were, remember? That is until you went with that man and betrayed us, nee-san." Sho said as Erza began to shake.

"Don't abuse Erza so much, Sho. A man who's a dandy should keep his emotions in check." The block man said appearing next to Sho. "Long time no see. You grew a pretty hot body there."

"Are you… Wally?" Erza asked.

"I suppose it's not surprising you wouldn't recognize me. Back then, when I was called Mad Dog Wally, I was a lot more…rough around the edges." The block man known as Wally said.

"You also use magic?" Erza asked.

"You shouldn't be surprised. Once you get the hang of it, anyone can use magic. Isn't that right, Erza?" The muscular man appeared behind Erza.

"Simon…" Erza turned around to face the man and backed away.

"Erza, who are these people? And why is he calling you nee-san?" Lucy asked as the rope holding her began to tighten.

"I'm not actually their sister. We were all together in the past." Erza replied.

"Together? But haven't you been in Fairy Tail since you were really young?" Lucy asked.

"It was before that." Erza replied. "Why are you here?"

"Why?" Milliana said.

"To take you back." Wally said.

"Release Lucy!" Erza demanded.

"How about we go home, nee-san?" Sho asked.

"Unless you do what we say…" Wally said and directed his gun arm at Lucy. When suddenly someone grabbed the arm and pushed it upwards and kicked Wally in the gut sending him flying back.

"What business do you have with my little sister?" Itachi asked standing in front of Erza facing Erza's old friends with his sharingan spinning.

"We're here to take her back. You're welcome to join us if you want. Even if it was short, you were still a prisoner like us." Simon said.

"Back where? To The Tower of Heaven?" Itachi asked narrowing his eyes.

"Yes, and no way is this guy coming along with us." Sho said and held up a card, Itachi quickly threw a kunai hitting the card out of Sho's hand.

"I remember your faces from back then, although I wasn't there for a long time after all, but I still remember your faces from that cell." Itachi said as a magic circle appeared beneath him. Itachi leaped in the air dodging Milliana's rope. "Last chance, leave Erza alone." Itachi warned.

Simon then appeared behind Itachi with a magic circle in his hands. Itachi quickly leaped away and threw a kunai with a paper bomb tag on it. It hit next to Simon and exploded. "Just back away or come with us." Simon said.

"No way." Itachi said and made a few hand signs.

Fire style: Fireball-

Itachi was about to spit out his fireball jutsu when he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest. He then clenched his hand over his chest as he fell to his knees. "Damn it, not now…" Itachi cursed as suddenly he was shoot by Wally as he fell to the floor unconscious.

"Onii-chan!" Erza shouted when she was shoot unconscious by Wally as well.

"Erza! Itachi!" Lucy shouted.

"We have achieved our objective. Let us return home." Simon said holding an unconscious Erza in his arms.

"You did it the right way?" Sho asked looking at Wally.

"I used a tranquilizer shot." Wally replied.

"Hey, where are you taking Erza?!" Lucy questioned. "Give her back! If you guys hadn't taken a cheap shoot on Itachi, you would have been blown away really quickly same if you were up against Natsu or Gray!"

"Sorry, but those last two ones got blown away." Simon said.

"Huh?" Lucy questioned.

"They were overrated." Wally said.

"N-No. Then they're…" Lucy muttered.

"As you imagine." Simon said.

"Nya." Milliana said tightening the rope on Lucy. "In another five minutes your body'll be completely bent backwards"

"Speaking of which, Milliana, I have a present for you." Wally said as a sleeping Happy suddenly appeared in his hands.

"It's a kitty-cat! I'm so happy!" Milliana cheered snuggling with the sleeping Happy.

"Happy!" Lucy shouted.

"Milliana, bind Erza." Wally said.

"A kitty-cat!" Milliana was too busy with Happy to listen.

"Milliana, we're counting on you." Wally said.

"Nee-san… You're coming back… to the Tower of Heaven! I just know that Jellal will be pleased!" Sho said as tears ran down his cheeks.

"Erza… Erza!" Lucy shouted as they vanished through a magic circle. "Erza. Argh, I'm gonna bust outta this thing!" Lucy began to roll around. "Oh, Itachi! Itachi wake up they took Erza!" Lucy shouted.

"E-Erza…" Itachi muttered as his eyes slowly opened and he got back up.

"Itachi, cut me loose will you?!" Lucy said.

"Oh, yeah." Itachi said and took out a kunai and cut the rope of Lucy. He then looked over to the people in the cards. "We will get you out of there once we get back."

"We have to find Natsu and Gray!" Lucy said as Itachi nodded in response and they ran towards the bar counter were they saw a knocked out Gray. "Gray, no!" Lucy and Itachi ran up to Gray. "Hey, get a hold of yourself!"

"That's not Gray." Itachi said.

Huh?" Lucy questioned.

"It's an ice clone." Itachi said as the Gray in front of Lucy turned into ice. "The real Gray is over there." Itachi said and pointed at Juvia.

"You're quite perceptive, Juvia is impressed." Juvia said as a lot of water was beneath her.

"You're one of Element 4!" Lucy readied her keys.

"Wait Lucy! She's not our enemy anymore." Gray said as he was revealed to be underneath Juvia.

"That is correct. Gray-sama was inside of Juvia." Juvia said.

"I-Inside?" Lucy questioned.

"Not inside of you… Inside of Juvia!" Juvia said with a huge amount of pride.

"Yes, that is true." Lucy said not quite understanding what Juvia's deal was.

"After it got dark all of a sudden, I figured I'd leave a double and see how things turned out, but…" Gray said and began to take of his shirt.

"In order for him not to be discovered by the enemy, Juvia protected Gray-sama in her Water Lock." Juvia said.

"And thanks to your meddling, he got away!" Gray said as he took of his shirt. "Lucy, where's Natsu and the others?"

"I don't know about Natsu, but Happy and Erza have been…" Lucy said when suddenly a huge wave of flames flew in the air.

""Natsu!"" They said in unison.

"What a creep!" Natsu said as smoke was coming out from his mouth.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted as she and the others ran up to the dragon slayer.

"Did something happen?" Gray questioned.

"Is it normal to go shooting people in the mouth?! That hurt! A guy could get hurt really bad!" Natsu said.

The other paled. "Um, normal people would be killed." Lucy said.

"Such is the Salamander." Juvia said.

"That damn blockhead! I won't let him escape!" Natsu said and ran around the casino.

"After him." Gray said.

"Sure, but where did they go?" Lucy questioned.

"I know where they are, and so far Natsu's going the right direction." Itachi said and walked after the pink haired dragon slayer.

"He's got a nose that will put most animals to shame after all." Gray said and followed them along with Lucy and Juvia.

"Blockhead!" Natsu ran out from the casino.

"We're going to need a boat if we're going to go to the Tower of Heaven." Itachi said.

"What is this Tower of Heaven anyway?" Gray asked.

"It's a place where a certain cult would take people from other villages and force them to work as slaves to build the tower, for those people like Erza, that place is hell." Itachi replied.

"How do you know about it?" Lucy questioned.

"The guards found me washed up on the beach, they took me there and that's where I meet Erza. I only stayed there for a short time since the moment I gained consciousness I helped Erza escape. I don't know anything more than that, Erza really hasn't said much about the place." Itachi replied.

"So Erza-san, was a slave?" Juvia questioned.

"…Yes she was, and so where those people that kidnapped her and Happy." Itachi replied.

Meanwhile at the Magic Council in ERA

Inside a building on top of a hill, the Magic Council was having an emergency meeting. Nine people were standing around on a Magic Council. "It still exists, you say?! That's impossible!" One of the members said.

"A black magic cult plotted to construct the R-System about a decade ago…" Another member said.

"But we destroyed all seven towers ourselves…!" A short little old man with brown hair with something that looked like cat ears on the top of his head, and he had a mustache, he also had a tail sticking out from his back.

"There was an eight tower. In the waters near Ka Elm." An old woman informed.

"Its appearance…! Don't tell me it's completed?!" An old with haired bearded man asked as an orb showing the image of the tower on an island.

"The investigation team went missing right after sending these images." An old woman informed.

"It must be complete…" A dark purple haired woman and brown eyes, and she had a rather voluptuous figure. She wore a short white robe that stopped around her waist as she was showing her legs.

"The R-System… Why now, after all this time?!" The short old cat man questioned.

"The Tower of Heaven. You mean The Tower of Heaven, not R-System." A young man with short blue hair and brown eyes, he had a red tattoo both above and below his right eye. He's dressed in a long white frock-coat with black stripes across the edges on his upper arms, the coat was over a black shirt with matching pants and shoes.

"It makes no difference what it's called! It's forbidden magic! Word of its existence alone would cause pandemonium!" The old bearded man said.

"We must send troops at once and subdue them immediately!" The old woman said.

"But, given who we're dealing with…" A man with a white hood, wearing some black sunglasses, and he had black hair.

"What do you mean?" The old woman asked.