Disclaimer: I do not own Rave Master. If I did, I would've made the ending the same as it was in the manga; the anime was great right up until the ending where everyone went their separate ways, whereas in the manga Haru and Elle get married and have a son. I'd also do the same thing for Fairy Tail. It seems like there's more Romance in the manga's than there is in the anime's. Except maybe those two members in Fairy Tail getting married of course. So enjoy this story.

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Prologue...

A young woman wearing necromancer robes was running through a field near an active volcano with a large book in her hands. That book contained all of the Rave Stones. And she needed to get it to Guther, her warrior comrade as well lover, before he was killed at the hands of the Darkness; a being who wanted nothing more but death and destruction.

" I have to keep moving. My darling is in trouble."

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A battle was taking place in a secluded area between a swordsman and a man with wild dark hair and completely dark clothes giving him a gothic appearance. In front of the man was a three-headed lion who's skin was completely dark.

" Leosua, attack!"

The three-headed lion charged straight towards the swordsman. The lion pounced at the swordsman preparing to slice him to bits. The swordsman disappeared from where he was. Just when the lion stopped running the swordsman appeared above him and chopped the lions head off.

" Your going to have to do better if you expect to beat me, Zalyos!"

" Of course. How silly of me. I'll do anything for the Rave Master!"

Zalyos's the Gothic man raised his hands up. His fingers glowed with bright violet light. Out of the fingers came ten snakes made out of shadows. The snakes wrapped around The swordsman preparing to consume him.

" Foul demons! Prepare to feel thee wrath!"

The swordsman swinged his sword at the giant snakes. One by one he started cutting their heads off. But as he did two more heads popped out and attacked the swordsman. At the rate he was cutting he would soon be trapped in the shadows.

" Yes. Look at the great Rave Master fall! Soon you will fall and darkness will rise. I will win this fight-"

" Arthur!"

The snakes dispersed into shadows. What Zalyo's saw was a woman carrying a book. The book was glowing orange through the pages as she started reading from it.

" No! What are you doing? Stop!"

" Lenos Kakoza, Nocros, Yuouza, KABORA! KABORA!"

Orange light glowed out of the book as the light surrounded Arthur's sword. Arthur held his sword with both hands and pointed it at Zalyo. With one swish of his blade a the ground erupted in a large explosion. A explosion so wide it sucked in Zalyo's. In the light they could hear Zalyo's final words:

" This isn't the end. Darkness never leaves. Soon someone will carry out my legacy. Demon Card will rise again."

When the light faded Zalyo's was gone. Arthur and his woman both stared at his ashes. Arthur and her kept staring at the ashes for a good while. Because as they looked at his ashes, they could feel the essence of evil.

" We won't be able to fight him next time, will we, Kora?"

" No. It's true what they say. He will rise again, but that won't be for a long while. We may become to old to fight him next time, Arthur."

" If that's the case than we have no other choice. We'll have to give the Rave to someone else. To the person we give this too-his heart must be big, noble, and have utmost courage. The question now is...does he have what it takes?"