Distraction and Failure

Laxus guided by the smell that belonged only to the ice wizard of his own guild. "Um Mister Laxus are we close," Chelia asked as she ran directly behind him.

"Yeah the smell's getting stronger," Laxus stated.

"So far we haven't seen anyone else," Toby stated, "we got off pretty lucky huh?"

"Don't speak of such things," Yuka stated. "you'll jinx us."

Laxus suddenly stopped as they came to an opening pressing his back against the wall. He put finger of silence to the other three. "What's wrong Mister Laxus," Chelia asked as quietly as possible.

"There are two people right in front of where we need to be," he answered. "Damn it we're so close."

"Leave this to us," Yuka stated as he stood full height next to Toby.

"Yeah we make great distractions," Toby stated smiling.

Yuka looked directly at the dragon slayer. "We never intended for Gray to get involved because it was Lyon's wish to spare him the heartache," Yuka stated. "Do what you have to to get him out of this."

Laxus nodded as both of the Lamia Scales males walked forward. Toby jumped forward as Yuka sealed off any magic the others could have. The two who stood in front of the door called more people, and Toby and Yuka retreated a different way than where the last two were. The group of gaurds followed them blindly leaving the door unprotected. "This is it," Laxus stated nodding as they raced foreward.

As he opened the door he saw Gray strapped down with more rune cuffs preventing him from moving. A light dome covered his head with branches and of circles all spread out around the room. One of the circles close to him showed Gray, Canna, and himself on a mission in their younger age. "How is it coming," Delmore demanded to a woman with curly purple hair.

"He's lived quite a life," she stated, "and he's fighting to keep the memory we need hidden deep inside his mind. Don't worry I almost got it."

"NOT IF I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT," Laxus shouted.

Delmore tsked as he turned towards the inturders. "Sky God's Dance," Chelia recited as she got close to Delmore.

"You took your time," Gray chuckled as he looked at them wearily.

Sweat coated his face as he looked at the two who had finally arrived. "We got you Gray," Laxus promised as he moved to enter the circle.

However, he couldn't even take a single step inside as a magic barrier. Gray suddenly screamed in pain and gritted his teeth. "I didn't except you to actually make it with narry a fight," Delmore chuckled. "But this is as far as you go. That is if you don't want to hurt you comrade there. If anyone tries to enter other myself and that woman there it would be like harming him yourself."

"You bastard," Laxus yelled as the doors opened behind him revealing an exstasted, but alive Lyon.

Lyon's shirt and coat was missing, but other than that he didn't look any worse than normal. "Gray," Lyon shouted as he darted forward.

"Stop you'll hurt him," Laxus warned. "They made a barrier that'll hurt Gray if you even touch it."

"You monsters," Lyon growled. "How could you hurt."

"What do I care I will become a lengend 'The man who brought down a demond'," he laughed.

Lyon stumbled backwards as he looked at this manic man. A memory of the day that he too tried to stop the demond Delioria floated next to him. He saw himself on the ground I will be the one to surpass Ur.

He found himself like a mirror image of this man who is in front of him. Lyon looked towards his fellow student of Ur. "I found it," the woman stated looking at Delmore.

Three different memory bubbles floated up to the woman. Her eyes widen in surprise, and she began to open and close her mouth trying to form words but none would come. "What's wrong with you woman activate it already," he shouted at her.

"Sir this boy has seen not just one demond," she stated to Delmore. "He has seen and saw the ending of all three."

Lyon's eyes widen in surprise. He was there with Grey to see the end of Delioria, but two others as well? "Lullby, Deliroia, and Doriarte," Gray chuckled, "each of them are of the creations that Zerfe created. Erza, Natsue, Lucy, and myself delt with each of them."

Delmore looked at the boy that laid defenseless inside of the barrier that. "You ruined it," the man shouted as he grabbed a weapon from his side as he left the circle. "You ruined my dream!"

The woman there covered Grey with her own body. "Stop it Delmore," she shouted. "You promised you wouldn't hurt anyone!"

"Move it," Delmore shouted kicking the girl away.

"Ice Make : Eagals," Lyon summoned.

Birds made of pure ice bursted out of his palms hitting four different points outside of the circle. The barrier collasped and Laxus ran through. "Lighting Dragon: Claw," Laxus shouted as he sent a punch to the madman.

Grey smirked before he passed out. Laxus tore the cuffs off of Grey before he put Grey over his shoulder like a sack of patatoes. "Lets go," Lyon stated to Laxus.

"Wait please," the woman from before called. "Let me give you the reward first."

Lyon and Laxus stared at her in surprise. "You sent the job out," Laxus asked her.

She nodded. "Yes I heard what Delmore intended to do," she stated. "It didn't seem right to force this ceremony onto someone. I sent it to both Lamia Scale and Fairy Tail with the intention to warn them to stay away from here. I knew that both housed the Children of Delioria, but I didn't know which one was the child he intended to use."

Laxus sighed, "Keep it. We didn't stop the ceremony anyways that was all Grey."

"I'm sorry," she stated. "I had to wouldn't you try to help the person you love?"

They didn't answer her, but there was no reason to answer anyways.

As Grey awoke he realized he was on a train without any pain. "What happened," Grey asked groggily.

"Welcome back to the land of the living," Bixlow greeted.

"Land of the living," his dolls repeated.

"You finally woke up," Evergreen huffed.

"Did you sleep well," Chelia asked as he leaned on the backseat directly behind him.

"Yeah I guess," he answered. "Thanks for healing me."

She smiled bigger in response and then looked over at the motion sick Dragon Slayer who was sitting across the isle with Lyon and Yuka. Lyon looked over at him, and stated, "Delmore won't be trying that again. He's a broken man without a dream. The monster is gone and so is anyway to revive it. I made sure to destroy the book he used for this memory recovery ritual before we left. The client promised to make sure to keep Delmore far away from us as possible. But having a thousand bolts of lighting strike you isn't going to let you do anything for quite some time."

Grey nodded as he pressed his head to the window smiling to himself as he listened to Sherry and Evergreen argue about wheather or not she loved Elfman. Yuka and Freed were talking about books that they have read. Looks like I wasn't need here afterall Grey thought to himself as he closed his eyes relaxing that the adventure was finally over. . .