Yuril ran through the forest trying to make it back to the village as fast as possible—though to be honest she's pretty sure she's lost. She should have made it back to the village by now, but she hasn't laid eyes on it. She thought she had better directional skills than this, but this entire place just seemed like more of the freaking same. In fact, she's pretty sure she's passed this part of the jungle already.
She just hoped Lucy and Happy were already there warning the villagers, so they would evacuate. Once Yuril gets there, she can work on fighting Lyon's flunkies. None of them seemed that strong—except maybe the redheaded woman who seemed to be the only one with a conscience. Didn't matter if she did though. She was going down along with the rest of her friends. Yuril just had to get there first. Yuril suddenly stiffened when feeling danger heading her way.
She jumped back just in time as an arrow went flying past her. It was the tree near her, and she gasped as it exploded. She ducked down covering her face to avoid getting shards of wood in her face. Once the wood stopped raining down on her, she cautiously raised her head to look around for the one who attacked. Yuril saw no one, but more arrows started raining down on her. She had to flip backwards to avoid the arrows, which exploded as they hit the ground.
"Dammit," Yuril growled as she ducked behind some rocks. "One of Lyon's flunkies must have broken off from the others."
That meant one of them was smart enough to keep her from getting to the village to help. As more arrows hit her cover, she raised her hand out to the side with her guitar appearing. She gripped the neck of it tightly knowing she had to flush out the archer. Shouldn't be too hard. She's beat Bisca in a few sparring matches. Once you get a marksman up close, they're easier to beat.
"Okay," She said as she took a deep breath. "Now or never."
She got up turning to face her enemy as another volley of arrows was sent at her. She slammed down on the strings of her guitar creating enough sound backlash to send the arrows flying backward. She heard a curse then watched as a shape dropped down from a tall on cropping of rocks into some bushes. She saw a flash of light that slightly resembled the flash of light that appeared when she reequipped instruments. She then watched as the redhead jumped from the bushes holding a compound bow in hand.
"Lightning Bolt!" The redhead fired.
The arrow went whizzing towards Yuril, and she quickly went to jump left to dodge. However, the arrow managed to graze her, which was enough to activate its magic. She cried out in pain as she shot up with multiple volts of lightning. When it ended, Yuril was crouched on the ground with smoke rising off her body. She glared up at the redhead who had disappeared off into the jungle again.
"Annoying bitch." Yuril grumbled then raised a fist. "I won't lose to some dark guild wizard wannabe!"
Her statement was met with three more of those lightning arrows being sent her way. She managed not to get hit by any of them as she sent her guitar away to equip her violin.
"Melody of the Dancing Wind!" Yuril called as she played rapidly on her violin.
Strong gusts of wind swept forward with some of the gusts being strong enough to knock trees over. One of the trees that tipped over had the archer falling out. She rolled across the ground though managed to land in a crouch while loosing an arrow simultaneously. Yuril didn't have time to dodge and thought the arrow might pierce her chest. However, the arrow exploded in a blinding bright light that had Yuril's eyes burning. She curses rubbing at her watering eyes as she was temporarily blinded.
"Flash Bolt," The archer said as she stood. "You should take me seriously. I might not look it, but I'm stronger than I look. I was once a member of Lamia Scale, Fairy Tailer. I'm sure you've heard of it."
"So, what if I have?" Yuril asked, giving an uncaring shrug. "You gave up the title of a Lamia Scale Wizard when you decided to follow that Lyon guy. As far as I'm concerned you have no right to associate yourself with Lamia Scale any longer. But it's not my business. I don't know your past, and I don't know why you're doing this now. The point is my job is to help these people here because I took on the responsibility. You're in the way of me fulfilling my promise to help them—that makes you my enemy. And let me tell you now, you're going to lose."
The archer narrowed her eyes at Yuril as she reached back to pull more arrows from her quiver.
"I heard you Fairy Tail wizards are stubborn." She said. "But you just seem cocky. Though I suppose with your reputation, Yuril Artwaltz, you've earned the right to be. But let me tell you something, I have a reputation as well. Perhaps you've heard about me. The name is Turiel—Turiel Longshadow."
"Nope, never heard of you." Yuril said looking unimpressed.
Turiel's eyes widened at that as she stared at Yuril disbelievingly. However, she soon schooled her expression.
"Tch, it's of no importance." Turiel said as she notched her arrow. "Just know if you want to keep to those villagers that I'm not going to make it easy on you. Oh, and even if you do defeat me, my comrades should be arriving in the village shortly. None will be left alive once they are done."
Yuril sighed as she scratched the back of her head. Though it wasn't ideal… she'd have to leave things to Happy and Lucy. They'd be outnumbered—at least that's how it'd be if those villagers weren't able to fight. But…
"The villagers will be fine." Yuril said. "Wizards of Fairy Tail are protecting them. It means I don't have to worry."
Turiel frowned. This wizard… she wasn't wavered in the slightest. Wasn't she worried about her comrades? Turiel then gasped as another torrent of wind was sent her way as Yuril played her violin. It knocked her back in the air
"You really shouldn't be distracted." Yuril said. "I thought you said you were going to beat me. Now, Melody of the Jumping Firecrackers."
She switched tunes in a fight with fiery orbs of fire being sent straight at Turiel. Turiel quickly switched out arrows while firing towards a tree. A line was tied to the arrow, and Turiel held onto it as the arrow hit the tree. Turiel gave a sharp tug to pull her out of the way of the firecrackers just in time. Yuril grinned.
"You're stronger than I thought you'd be." Yuril said. "This might be fun."
Yuril switched songs again with a cold arctic wind blowing through. Turiel shuddered, feeling her body becoming colder by the second. Ice started to form on Turiel's hands and bow—making it impossible for her to reach for an arrow. She forced herself to move while jumping down into the bushes to get out of the way of Yuril's attack. Yuril stopped playing when her opponent left her eyesight. Turiel jumped from the bushes, and even though her hands were still partly frozen, they glowed as she readied her magic.
"Reequip!" Turiel shouted as the bow in her hand changed. "Crossbow!"
A crossbow appeared in her hands, and it was one of those automatics with a loaded cartilage of bolts.
"Rabid shot!" Turiel said.
She pulled the trigger with many arrows—faster than the ones before—being sent flying Yuril's way. Yuril cursed having to duck behind another rock. Yuril frowned.
"This is getting annoying." Yuril said. "I have to hurry up and end this."
Yuril swapped out her violin to get her guitar back into play. She then snapped her fingers with four speakers appearing. However, she focused on having them land around Turiel while facing towards her. Turiel looked at the speakers wondering where they came from. Yuril without having to move from her cover slammed down on the strings of her guitar causing the noise to blare from the speakers.
Turiel cried out as the noise busted her eardrums. She hit the ground while placing her hands over her ears. The guitar continued for a few seconds, and even when it stopped, Turiel felt her ears ringing. A shadow loomed over her, which had her looking up just in enough time to get Yuril's fist to her face. She dropped to the ground unconscious. Yuril sent her guitar and speakers away to place her hands on her hips.
"I know it's not really my place, but here's some advice," Yuril began. "If you want to get stronger, you should return to Lamia Scale. I'm sure they could teach you a thing or two."
Yuril looked up, noticing that the sky was starting to get lighter. Has she really been out here that long?
"I need to hurry." Yuril said.
Yuril then stepped over Turiel to hurry on towards the village. She wasn't sure how everyone was doing, but she just hoped the place was still in one piece. Yuril suddenly came to a stop when she felt a dark intent behind her. She slowly turned around to find the source. Her eyes widened partially when seeing Erza was standing here, and Lucy and Happy were with her… tied up.
"Erza," Yuril greeted. "You seem upset. Something wrong?"
Erza narrowed her eyes at the bluenette while knowing Yuril had to be aware of what was wrong.
"I wouldn't piss her off right now, Yuril." Lucy said, crying. "She's really mad."
Yuril didn't really care. If Lucy and Happy were here and not begging to be let go to help the villagers, things must have been taken care of. She didn't know how they did it, but she'd ask that later.
"You should know why I'm here." Erza said.
"Yeah, you're here to take us back to the guild hall." Yuril said. "Sorry, but you'll have to wait until things are taken care of here. You can help if you want."
Erza's gaze turned even darker, and Yuril narrowed her eyes as well as she shifted her footing. She knew things weren't going to go easy. A fight was going to break out. Lucy and Happy looked between their two guildmates.
"You're done here, Yuril." Erza said. "Once Gray and Natsu are found, we will be returning to the guildhall where you'll face punishment with the rest for breaking guild rules."
"I told you that you'd have to wait." Yuril said. "The people in this village need help. But more importantly than that this job is personal to Gray now. If we give up on this job now, it'll cause him pain. I refuse to do that."
"Gray?" Erza questioned. "He was sent here to stop you. Are you saying he's now helping you?"
Yuril nodded her head, which had Erza gritting her teeth tightly. Now she had to bring in more for punishment.
"He will have to get over it." Erza said. "And these people will be fine. My only job is to get you all back to face punishment. I don't care about anything else."
"Heartless bitch." Yuril said coldly.
"What was that?" Erza hissed as she had a sword come to her hand.
Lucy and Happy turned pale as ghosts as they held onto each other while trembling. They couldn't believe Yuril had the gall to talk back to Erza like she is. The tense atmosphere between their guildmates had them completely terrified. They didn't even want to breathe in fear of getting caught up in this.
"You heard me." Yuril said as she raised her hand with her fingers curling and uncurling tensely. "I admit we did wrong taking the job without permission. However, we're in the job now, and we'll be seeing it to the end. No way am I letting these people down. No way am I letting that Lyon guy get away for causing Gray pain. If his pain isn't enough to move you to help, you shouldn't be allowed to bear the mark of Fairy Tail."
Erza stiffened up feeling anger well up inside of her. She and Yuril haven't seen eye to eye in some time. In fact, Yuril's entire being seems to clash with Erza's. It was like they were meant to be on opposing sides. But this was different.
"I'll return with you to the guildhall once I'm done." Yuril said as she started walking towards Erza. "I will accept whatever punishment the Master decides to give me. Until then,"
Yuril got right up in Erza's face with green eyes clashing against brown as they glared at each other.
"Stay out of my way unless you decide to help." Yuril said.
Yuril went to move past Erza, but the redhead struck out while punching Yuril right in the gut. The bluenette gasped with her eyes widening as pain traveled through her entire body. She slumped against Erza's hold as her vision started going blurry.
"I'm sorry." Erza said. "I didn't want to treat any of you with violence. But you left me no choice."
Despite the situation, Yuril chuckled as she reached up to grip Erza's wrist tightly. She tilted her head up to look at the redhead.
"You keep telling yourself that." Yuril said as her vision swam. "Hope it gives you some comfort after everything is said and done."
Her head then fell as she finally lost consciousness. She fell to the ground with Erza staring down at her with an unreadable expression.