Chapter 10: No Way, Jose 1/2

Chapter 10 – No Way, Jose

S'up peeps! Before anything, let me say that the title of the chapter was indeed a pun. You know that saying? Well, I'm using it quite literally this time. I might as well address and answer a few Reviews while I'm at it.

Guest: You're just about right in regards to Type variation along Nic's team. I want to have a variety of sources that the characters can depend on. The last one, however, with circumstances in regards to his team, I plan to make the last pokémon a more popular choice. That one will have a key in a couple future Arcs ahead. I also appreciate the kind stuff you're saying about my story and I thank you for the heads up.

Alpha Dragonis: Jupiter depletes its Magic source once fired, but you can say Nic copied the properties of the blast without using his own power. So he exhausted little energy when using Mirror Move, because the move itself did all of the work; although, you did have a point on a drawback, but Nic didn't have any major drawbacks with said reason if it makes any sense to you. You also have a valid point with Staraptor, but if it weren't for Close Combat, it wouldn't be considered as popular.

You guys, just don't worry about the last pokémon. It's better to focus on the present ones, because you know it won't show until The Battle of Fairy Tail Arc, so chillax and read the story.

Thanks for the support so far, I appreciate it. Let's rock n' roll.

To Recap:

The entire Phantom Lord Guild has become mobile and made its way towards an injured Fairy Tail Guild. When Jupiter Cannon fired, Nic showed up and saved everyone. Nic, Elfman, Gray, and Erza all stormed the menacing guild while Natsu and Happy destroyed the Jupiter Cannon. Meanwhile, Lucy and Reedus were found by Gajeel, but was defeated by Nic's Kecleon, allowing the two to make another escape. Mira's transformation was found false and the giant snatched her up. Inside, the team splits, with Elfman saving his sister and taking down Sol, Gray defeating a love struck Juvia, Natsu going to fight Gajeel with Nic's Arbok as backup, Erza going to stop the last Element Four member, and Nic and Greninja heading off to quarrel with Jose.

Chapter 10 – No Way, Jose

At this point, only one member of the Element Four was still standing. If he was defeated, then the Abyss Break would be put to a halt. However, there were other obstacles in the way, such as a certain Dragon Slayer and a typical Wizard Saint, both aching to fight.

With Erza

She had entered a spacious room at the end of the hall that she ran down. She looked about and didn't see anything nor anyone; regardless, there was a potent Magic energy in the room. She knew someone was here, but which member could it had been?

She felt the presence concentrate behind her, and spun around to see Aria floating in the air. She summoned two swords in the blink of an eye and got into a battle stance, not wasting any time with said opponent.

"So, Titania, it would appear that you are my adversary today. It makes me sad to see a worthy foe fall, but it must be done by the order of Jose." Aria said with streams of tears coming down his blindfold.

Erza's grip tightened around her two swords. She glared at Aria with deep animosity, not forgetting what he had done to Makarov. "I know it was you who drained the Master of his Magic. I shall repay you in full for your actions."

Erza then lunged at Aria and attempted to slash him, but he teleported away at the last second. Erza grunted as the attack followed through with no target. She felt his energy above and looked up. Aria was above her and showed his palms downwards, making a Magic Seal.

"Zetsu!" He then launched his Airspace Magic down on the mighty Titania. Erza jumped back multiple times, dodging the bombarding explosions. She then jumped and trie slashing once more, but Aria then created an Airspace shield and blocked her assault. She fell to the ground and Aria shot forth another Zetsu in the process, prompting Erza to slash at the oncoming explosions as an act of defense. Fortunately, the Airspace barrages were all sliced and went past her, exploding behind her as she landed with grace. "You are not without reflexes and skill, oh mighty Titania. It would appear that I will have to step it up." He was smiling ever so confidently, believing Erza was no match for him. Yeah…sucks to be him right now.

He took off his blindfold, revealing magenta eyes that unfolded into four evenly spaced slices, four in all. Just then, a huge surge of power enveloped the atmosphere all around, causing winds to be stirred. "Now Titania, see if you survive Zero, also known as 'The Airspace of Death'. It consumes all life that happens to step in it!" A monstrous wind then enveloped the entire room, causing chandeliers and debris to shatter into little pieces

Erza wasn't feeling at all fazed by this act. She held up her sword at Aria. "Tell me, how is it that you could go so low as being such a sadistic character, relishing on other's misery?! Answer me!"

"It'd be more fun to show you how I do this so called claim!" Aria shouted with an evil grin. Aria then brought his hands before him, with the right being on top of the left, with palms facing the charging Erza. He then fired small Airspaces at her, which somehow looked like stars (looks like that to me). Erza yelled as she slashed through Aria's Zero with ease, even gliding her sword through the small Airspace attacks. She charged even further, slicing through the very wind herself.

This shocked Aria, for he was surprised that his Airspace was being beaten. "But how?! She's cutting through my Airspace! It just can't be possible!"

"Requip - Heaven's Wheel!" Erza then requiped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor and soared above a shaking Aria. She then came down on him and slashed at him with a multitude of swords from out of the blue. "Blumenblatt!"

Aria screamed as Erza had dealt with him with upmost ease. He fell onto his side, defeated. Erza landed safely and softly while looking back at the fallen Aria with unfriendly glares.

"You can never defeat our Master with such tactics. You'll only be remembered as a coward who fell by my hand."

"That's so sad." He said before going unconscious.

In a matter of moments, the entire place was shaking up. The Abyss Break Spell was nullified outside. Everyone saw the giant's Abyss Break Spell shrinking and its eyes stopped glowing, meaning the power had shut off. It drooped slowly downwards into the water. The giant had gotten to a knee as one of its arm splashed into the water. Everyone cheered, seeing the giant defeated.

Back with Erza, she turned once the giant had stopped shaking. She requiped back into her Heart Kreuz Armor and turned back towards the way she came, hoping to find the others.

"If I had to guess, the Abyss Break had shut down, and so has the giant." She indicated. "The others must have finished with their tasks. Better go and meet up with them." She then hurried along the corridor and the thought of Nic had sprung into her mind for that one little second. 'Dammit Nic, why didn't you take us all with you to stop Jose?' Her sense of worry was escalating, but she had more problems to deal with than Nic fighting Jose, like finding the others first.

With Natsu and Happy

Natsu had just finished burning his way to the top, literally. He burst through the ceiling and entered the head of the giant, where there was a few lackeys and an Iron Dragon Slayer with an appetite.

Natsu was encased in flames and ready for action. "Gajeel!" Gajeel himself had just finished chomping on some iron, with his reserves back up and running. He wasn't fully recovered, but it was manageable and endurable with the amount of iron that went down into his stomach. He turned to face his new adversary, the Fire Dragon Slayer, Natsu Dragneel.

He smirked. "This should be easier than last time. At least I got a chance against this punk." He gloated.

One of his lackeys stepped up. "Gajeel!" He was about to ask if they should do something about him, but it was clear to them Gajeel wasn't one for answers from those beneath him.

"This one is mine!" Gajeel and Natsu then lunged at each other. Gajeel unleashed an Iron Dragon's Club in mid-air, but Natsu dodged and grabbed the column, doing a full three-sixty and hurling him back from where he came from. He planted his feet against the wall and defended from an oncoming flaming fist from Natsu, resulting in an explosion that frightened the subordinates.

"We gotta get out of here!" The male lackey from before said. Just then, he felt as though all nerves and feeling within him went numb, as did the female lackey that accompanied him.

"What's going on? Why can't I move?" He then heard a hiss from behind, which immediately had sent goose bumps running down his spine. The girl turned her eyes and saw a big cobra creature with its pattern on its body glowing, via Glare. They were both paralyzed and their movements were heavily restrained.

Happy had shown up just as when Natsu had delivered a successful blow with another flaming fist at Gajeel, sending him crashing into a wall. He looked over and saw Arbok scaring the crap out of his victims. He flew his way around the main battle and went over to see if Arbok was in need of any help. It was clear that help wasn't necessary for either participants.

"Sssso, you're with that piercccced lunatic, huh?" Arbok sneered at the two, making them almost whimper with Arbok closing in on them. He then bared his fangs and they glowed light blue, grew larger, and were covered in ice. "Out with you scoundrels!" With one swift movements, he slithered in a fast motion past them both at once. They never even saw it coming, he was so fast. Then again, they were paralyzed. They had half of their bodies frozen in ice, which was where Arbok's fangs had strike them. They both fell with the ice shattering and were unconscious, lying along a pile of debris. Arbok looked back and hissed with a glare, looking down at his fallen victims. He then looked back at the fight that was more important than his, awaiting to see if Natsu needed assistance.

"Whoa. That attack was scary." Happy commented. Arbok then looked down at Happy and hissed once more, making him jump on the spot.

"Focussss, ya flapping feline!" Arbok said in a snobbish tone. He slithered past Happy and waited patiently in a position that made him look as if he was going to lunge out when the time called for it. Happy looked to see Arbok, noticing that it was doing exactly as Nic told him to do. Recalling that Nic ordered Arbok to assist in taking out any goons and await for when Natsu is in need of backup. Happy then turned and watched the fight.

Gajeel cracked his neck, adjusting from that warm up. "For fairy scum, you sure are push overs." He noted.

"You're the real scum here pal. For trying to hurt Lucy, I'll melt through your rusty old skin." Natsu retorted. This got Gajeel thinking.

"Hold up, how did you know that I tried to kidnap your friend?" Gajeel demanded to know. Natsu had a fist with flames with Gajeel's name written all over it.

"Because Nic told me. He made sure to have someone there to stop ya, just like how he and Greninja will stop Jose." Natsu responded.

Gajeel was shocked on the inside. That guy from before had anticipated such actions and had Kecleon take care of him and shatter his defenses like glass. 'So, that Nic guy is much smarter than he looks. He must have known that I would also come back here to recover, leaving the two of us to duke it out while he fights Jose. What an idiot. He'll fall to Jose, leaving me to demolish this guy!' The thought of beating Salamander made his iron spine crawl with such anticipation. At this point, Nic wasn't his focus, but taking down Natsu, someone who he had a chance of beating.

Both he and Natsu then charged at one another with him having a club and Natsu with a flaming fist. Both attacks collided and they were on opposite sides from before. Gajeel changed his arm into an extended blade, but Natsu jumped and dodged and delivered a foot to the face. Gajeel stepped back while Natsu jumped away with caution. The blades on Gajeel's Iron Dragon's Sword now spun like a chainsaw, ready to cut Natsu down like lumber.

"How about I rearrange your body with my Iron Dragon's Sword!" Gajeel shouted. He jumped and slammed the blade downwards. Natsu narrowly dodged while the ground shattered by the blades impact. "Not much of a push over now, are ya!" Gajeel mocked while striking multiple times as to where Natsu was trying to evade the attacks.

He then retracted his sword and smirked. "We've still got a score to settle from the other day, how about settling it right now?"

"You're on, you iron-chomping scumbag!" Natsu challenged. Gajeel then changed into his Iron Dragon Scales, making his skin look just like iron.

He jumped and was going to punch Natsu. "Iron Dragon's Hard Fist!" He then delivered a blow that had send Natsu into the wall, frightening some nearby lackeys that were hiding among the debris. Natsu's arm was badly bruised, almost as bad as when Nic was badly bruised from before.

"Those scales are amplifying his defenses and offenses!" Happy shouted, in shock that Natsu was being overpowered. Arbok wasn't taking this highly. He saw some goons hiding and saw Natsu being pummeled by another oncoming fist. He had to act, as in now.

"Hey, flame brat! Jump now! You too cat!" Arbok warned loud and clear. Arbok then brought his long tail into the air, gaining momentum when he was going to bring it down. Happy flew in the air and Natsu heard his warning. He jumped away, making Gajeel lose focus when doing so.

"Earthquake!" Arbok then brought this tail down hard, unleashing a disastrous rippling quake about the entire head. Since Natsu had jumped, he and Happy were spared, while Gjeel was off balance and feeling the quaking ground giving him trouble for some reason. The lackeys in the area have all shrieked as the trembling and hyper vibrations, as well as the magnitude, made them fall to the floor and flop about unconscious. If you were outside, you would've seen the head rapidly vibrating, but still attached.

"Whoa! Now that was scary!" Happy shouted as the attack simmered after twenty seconds. Natsu smirked and gave a thumbs up at Arbok.

"Be lucky that wassss minimum power cat. If it were maxxximum power, then thissss building wouldn't be sssstanding." Arbok remarked

"Thanks there, snake man!" He shouted, just about landing safely. Arbok hissed and backed away until the time felt necessary again. Happy flew back down and landed right next to Arbok, putting his focus back on the battle. Natsu then delivered a Fire Dragon's Claw and landed aclean hit on a somewhat damaged Gajeel. He was still in shock and pain from that Earthquake Arbok had dealt. He couldn't explain it, but it felt as though the ground was biting at him. Gajeel reeled away and then got out of his initial shock and went to strike Natsu. Natsu managed to dodge a few attacks that back some wind to them, which also made the ground quake when missing.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He then punched Gajeel right in the face, but not a scratch appeared. Natsu recoiled and rolled about from the pain his hand had received. He rolled and turned on the ground in amusing fashion.

Arbok chuckled. "Quite the comical one."

When Natsu had settled down, Gajeel walked up and gave a headbutt that send Natsu into the ground with a slight tremor. He quickly bounced back by jumping out of the crater and got some distance between themselves.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!"

"Iron Dragon's Roar!"

Both breath attacks collided into one another, creating a vast whirlwind all around. Happy was freaking out from the sheer power that was blowing him away, but Arbok was unfazed, clearly showing some high level of endurance.

The entire wall behind Gajeel had burst and debris was all over the place. Gajeel didn't look injured at all, but Natsu himself was huffing and puffing, drained from the Magic he had exhausted.

"Is that really the best you got, Salamander? Your flames can't burn me the slightest."

Natsu then smirked. "Oh yeah, sure you're not cracking up there buddy?" He berated. Gajeel then felt his cheek cracking up, but only a thin crack. This surprise Gajeel for sure. He experienced this two other times, and the outcomes were not so good. "I don't breathe regular fire. The Fire Dragon's Roar burns anything it touches." Natsu then took off his shirt, leaving his upper half with only his scarf.

"Hm, didn't know that walking popsicle's clothes habit was contagious." Arbok sneered. At any rate, Natsu's body was consumed in flames, ready to dish out more pain.

"Enough warming up, let's go!" Natsu declared.

Gajeel then ripped off his shirt and Magic surged from all around him as well. "Bring it!"

Meanwhile, with Cana and the others…

Under different circumstances, Alzack would have loved to spend some time with Bisca on the rooftop. Unfortunately, this wasn't one of those romantic moments; well, unless you count blasting shades down as a date, then they would be having a great time.

Down below, the Fairy Tail Wizards were giving it everything they got to drive the shades away, but they just kept coming. The swarm of shades didn't stop, even with their most lethal spells being used. Regardless, the shades were still coming about, and they all were flying into one another, creating some sort of blob that was growing in size.

"What is that thing?" Wakaba shouted. The shades all then morphed into a giant dark purple blob with two red eyes.

"Did they all just combine?!" Macao shouted.

"Yeah, and it looks like we'll have to try even harder now." Cana remarked. Everyone was shouted to attack and kill the thing, but their spells weren't very effective on the beast. It expanded four large appendages and made four giant fists. The shade monster than rammed its fists into the building repeatedly.

Lzack and Bisca were no match for the monster as they were blown off the roof. They both were send flying and smashed somewhere in a pile of debris, temporarily taking them out of commission.

"Bisca! Alzack!" Cana shouted, she then looked to see the Guild Hall getting hit repeatedly to no end, which was a great disbelief to the Fairy Tail Wizards. "The Guild Hall!"

Even with everyone's spells attacking the thing, it kept up its assault and didn't let up for an instant.

'Nic! Guys! Just hurry already! We're at our limits!'

With Natsu

After Natsu and Gajeel's fists had smashed into one another, the top of the dome head smashed open, allowing the two to soar high and deliver fast and rapid punches against one another. To Happy's disbelief, neither side was giving an edge. Arbok looked up at the fight and narrowed his eyes, looking as though he was sharpening his focus. He kept his eyes and focus only on how Natsu and Gajeel delivered blows. He indicated that the two had a similar fighting style, delivering powerful punches with little thinking behind their actions.

As they descended, they duked it out with more combat on one of the horns of the head. The horn eventually snapped off from the power shots that both delivered evenly and the horn crashed through the dome of the head. The two had just jumped off and a dust cloud was in their way. Natsu was out of breath, as to where he saw Gajeel eating on some iron, which ticked off the Fire Dragon Slayer.

"Hold on man, that's cheating!" Natsu complained.

"So what?" Gajeel remarked with a mouth full of iron. He then finished chomping and smirked. "Heh, now I got a fire in my belly!"

"Hey pal, that's my line!" Natsu complained one last time just before Gajeel was surging with a Magic power boost from that iron he took in.

Adios Salamander. Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" A large seal appeared in front of Gajeel and out came a multitude of metal spears that attacked Natsu in rapid succession. Natsu gasped and wheeze as the attack hammered him, making him step back in agony. After the dust cleared, he slowly got up.

"You think those metallic pencils can stop me? Well, here's my shot!" Natsu engulfed himself in flames and charged at Gajeel with what strength he had remaining. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" He rammed his head into Gajeel's iron abdomen, but that only tickled him.

"Heh, I sure got a fire in my belly, but you sure don't." Gajeel noted before giving Natsu an elbow to the head, and then using his Iron Dragon's Club to drag Natsu's head backwards and along a wall, hurling him towards the broken wall that opened to the destroyed Fairy Tail Guild. "I've had my fun with you, now beat it chump."

Happy looked as though he was about to cry. He watched as Natsu laid there on the ground, hardly able to open his own two eyes. He couldn't bear to see his pal get hammered like this anymore. He was shaking about, something that didn't go unnoticed by Arbok. Arbok looked down at the unhappy Happy. He stared at him, looking at how upset this feeling was. Arbok had to admit even though he can be very snobbish, except to Nic, even he knew the boundaries of horror and sanity and he didn't cross it, not even once. Seeing this fight sickened him. Gajeel had no pride and he was nothing more than a scumbag. Arbok glared furiously at Gajeel, prepared to strike, but then saw the Guild Hall go down, something that Natsu saw when he had opened his eyes.

"Check it out Salamander, we're doing some redecorating." Gajeel gloat, laughing demonically.

Natsu watched, baffled by the very thing he treasured getting trashed into the earth. All of those memories, up in smoke. Those times when he first joined when he was little, with the guidance of Makarov. He remembered when he first met Gray, that very moment when he fought him almost two seconds after meeting eyes. He remembered meeting Erza and how she beat the snot out of them. How he found Happy's egg and nursed it with the help of Lisanna. How Lisanna went on an S-Class request with Elfman and Mira and died while doing so. Finally, meeting Lucy and Nic and getting into a heck of a lot of trouble. All of those memories, gone.

With rage, he got up to his feet and turned to face Gajeel. He won't let Fairy Tail be sullied nor bullied anymore. He carried his own two feet and walked heavily towards Gajeel, who was waiting for him to approach.

"So, your Guild Hall is trash. How is that?" He asked before swinging his arm, slamming Natsu back against a machine. Once again, he got back to his feet, but barely. Gajeel then approached him. "This holding back crap is a bore, so I say it's best to stay down before I start beating your insides."

Happy was streaming tears, seeing how Natsu will never give up, a trait he would take to his grave. He was quivering and shaking. "He took down Jupiter, and took on a member of the Element Four. His Magic is depleted. IF HE COULD JUST EAT SOME FIRE, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BEAT THIS GUY!" Happy cried. Arbok looked at Happy once more before looking back at the two duking it out, which was one-sided at this point. Gajeel then held Natsu by the collar and was readying a sword.

"End of the line kid." Gajeel sneered. Arbok then noticed the large machine behind them. Arbok knew a bit about these things and how if they were to explode…

This was Arbok's shot. He opened his mouth and a silver white was beginning to merge in front of him. Happy saw what Arbok was doing and saw that it turned into a garbage bag with a purple outline.

"You're attacking with garbage?" Happy exclaimed. Arbok showed his sneering glare at Happy, which made him shut up and step back, allowing Arbok to concentrate. He then unleashed his Gunk Shot at the speed of sound and it went past Gajeel and Natsu, having a critical impact on the machinery, making an explosion of fire from the destroyed machinery.

"Oh wow, that attack was amazing!" Happy exclaimed, shocked to see such force being applied in battle, especially with garbage.

Arbok hissed and watched as Gajeel looked at him.

"That snake thing is getting in my way again!" Gajeel shouted. Everyone then took note of the explosion's fire being sucked up by Natsu. Every bit of it went into his belly. Now,he was back up with energy to burn and a certain Dragon Slayer to demolish.

"That hit the spot. Thank a ton, snake man!" Natsu gave a thumbs up. Arbok stared, but then grinned.

"Beat his sssorry assssss for the ssssake of you and your friendssss!" Arbok said, still a bit rude, yet encouraging. Natsu then turned and saw Gajeel dashing towards him with a fist with Natsu's name written all over it. Now it really sucks to be in Gajeel's boots right now.

Natsu effortlessly engulfed himself in flames and swung his arm and bashed Gajeel backwards. Into the horn that fell previously, causing it to move.

"Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel then unleashed in roar on Natsu, but the blast was easily deflected it, resulting in no damage.

"I don't know how many have to suffer from your hands, but it ends now." Natsu said, giving off a vibe that can make any spine shiver.

"No. I can't be defeated, it's impossible!" Gajeel was freaking out. He's only lost two fights ever, and he wasn't going to take a third one.

"I'm going to make you pay for what you did to my friends! MESSING WITH FAIRY TAIL WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE YOU'VE EVER MADE!" Natsu cracked his fists and the heat was intensifying.

Gajeel gritted his teeth, not taking this lying down He jumped and came down at an angle. "Iron Dragon's Hard Fist!" The attack collided with Natsu's own fist. Much to Gajeel's shock, the scales on his arm were cracking up, all the way up to his shoulder.

"You're finished, Black Steel! Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Fist!" Natsu's hands were set ablaze and he fired rapidly at Gajeel over and over. "For Levy, Jet, Droy, Nab, Macao, Gramps, Wakaba, Cana, Loke, Gray, Erza, Nic!" He then delivered a fast uppercut. "And Lucy!" Gajeel then slammed into the ground, gagging as he had hit hard. "GRAAAAHHHHHH!" Natsu roared, igniting his body in a blaze of glory. He then lashed out a multitude of Wing Attacks and knocked Gajeel around furiously. "This is for attacking my friends, and destroying our Guild Hall!"

There were a huge amount of explosions that were set upon the giant. He repeatedly smashed Gajeel until fell over and screamed as he crashed into debris, smashing and shattering his scales. The entire head of the giant finally gave into the damage and it fell off its own shoulders, falling into the water below.

Gajeel laid in the debris, defeated. "You can't…defeat me…not you too…" He then fell unconscious and Natsu was looking over him.

"Well, well I just proved otherwise." He said before falling back and lying to face the sky. It wasn't long before Happy showed up with wings. Arbok came close behind.

"Heh, he'sssss a ticking time bomb." Arbok noted.

"That's Natsu for ya!" Happy responded. Natsu did a toothy grin, and Happy laughed in joy while Arbok hissed, just glad that he fulfilled Nic's orders.

With Nic and Greninja

During all of those events that transpired with one another, Nic and his ninja accomplice were running through a really long hallway. Even as of now, he sensed all of the battles that had taken place while he was running down the longest hallway. He felt the ground from above shake violently. He knew that was Arbok's Earthquake, and a few more violent shakes erupted. He even sensed Natsu's power triumphing over Gajeel. Sadly, he sensed the energy from the Mages defending Fairy Tail, it was diminishing. He had to quicken the pace, foor there was only one person left.

Nic pushed open a large set of double doors that lead to a very large room. It was not only wide, but very spacious. Aside from the huge chandelier, a long red carpet lead to a wide staircase. If the two had to guess, they must either be in Jose's quarters or a party room; if it weres the latter, then it was going to be one wild party.

"Nic, how do you think Arbok is doing, as well as the others?" Greninja asked Nic.

Nic turned and looked at his buddy. "You know Arbok as well as I do Greninja. He's sturdy enough to take tough blows. Aside from his demeanor, he's never failed to follow any of my commands." Greninja then nodded, knowing that was true.

Nic then sensed a very foul and deadly energy blooming nearby.

"You feel that deadly Magic?" Nic asked.

Greninja got ready. "Yeah, he's here."

"Welcome, young Nic and friend." The two then tensed up when they had finally came face to face with Phantom Lord's Guild Master, and one of the Ten Wizard Saints, Jose Porla.

His attire was different this time. He had on a long blue coat with a belt around his waist, with another one over his right shoulder, sporting Phantom's insignia on the buckle. The coat had golden stripes all about, had a brownish-red cape along his left shoulder, and had a black ribbon tied around his collar under the emblem that meant he was a member of the Ten Wizard Saints.

"I hope you don't mind the lack of commodities." Jose said as he casually made his way down the stairs with his hands behind his back. "If I had known that I would have guests, I would've arranged for a more suitable welcome, no?"

Nic decided to play along, make a bit of humor before the fun started. "It's fine. It would be messy later on anyway."

Jose's expression slowly turned dark, but he maintained his grin. "I have to say, taking on Black Steel, two of the Element Four, and then stopping Jupiter without damage. I'm impressed with your talents, you must have a huge amount of Magic reserves within you."

In retrospect, Nic did go through a bit. Taking on Gajeel, then Sol and Juvia, and then stopping Jupiter with just Mirror Move. Technically, since he didn't have Magic to begin with, he had nothing to gain or lose from that blast; and besides, he used Synthesis before he entered the room, so he was one hundred percent however you looked at it.

Nic faked it. "You can say that." He then prepared to attack by gathering green energy between his palms. The energy then shaped into a seed and he threw the green seed at Jose. Jose didn't blink when he caught the football-sized seed with his Darkness Magic.

Jose sighed. "Honestly, do you really think something like this could-?"

He was stopped in mid-sentence when Nic snapped his fingers, forcing the See Bomb to explode. Since Seed Bomb didn't explode on impact, not that it made contact anyway, Nic manually detonated it. The Seed Bomb exploded and sent Jose flying into a wall. Pain flared about as Jose was off guard by the attack. Jose shook off his momentary flaw and glared at Nic with discontent.

"Just shut it already clown face." Nic berated. He and Greninja both got in defensive stances, ready to take action.

"We're not here for your taunts, so I advise that you prepare yourself already." Greninja warned.

Jose's grin turned evil. "Very well, then. I say we start your torment and misery now. You and your friend there will suffer your own insolence." Then then began to conjure and concentrate Magic into his hands and a seal appeared. "Dead Wave!"