Zancrow's 99 Good Deeds
Zancrow was down in hell, wasting away at the endless days that he will spend with the screaming souls of the damned, and the burning hellfire that surrounds where he sits. Now, you'd think that being punished with an eternity in hell was what was making Zancrow depressed, but that was not the case. He was a fire God slayer, he could take the heat, and he had gotten used to the screams. He even had a friendship with the devil, who acted a lot like the devil in the South Park universe. The reason he was depressed was because the love of his life, Ultear, was in Heaven, never to be in the same place as him.
Ultear was up in heaven, living her immortal life surrounded by the singing and harp playing of the angels, and the fluffy white clouds wherever she goes. You would expect her to think that her life was perfect and that with her mother, Ur, back in her life, that she'd be that happiest she had ever been in her whole life. Unfortunately, life doesn't always work that way, especially when the person she loves is down in hell for the countless sins he has committed throughout his life. Ur knew why her daughter was depressed, but she didn't think that there was anything that could be done. Her only true love, Zancrow, was down burning in hell.
Ultear and Zancrow, although it was forbidden by God himself, would keep in constant contact with each other through pigeons, bottles, and even orbs. They want nothing more than to be by each other's side. When they were alive, they never got to show their love around, due to their guild, Grimore Heart, not wanting them to show that they have loving emotions. It was admittedly hard for Zancrow and Ultear to be away from each other then, but they knew that once the day was over, they would be able to lie in each other's arms all night long while telling each other there tales of their days as criminals.
Zancrow may not have shown it to other people, but he was a very good step-father to Meredy, and he tried to be a good common law husband to Ultear, and she always appreciated it. Zancrow secretly regretted nearly killing Meredy, but he needed to seem that he was a vintage Grimore Heart member; not caring and loyal to only the guild. He, Meredy, and Ultear had planned to leave the island together after Zancrow lost to Natsu. But, Zeref used some dark magic to kill Zancrow while Meredy watched. Meredy and Ultear grieved, and got over it, but still kept him in their hearts.
When Ultear gave her life to save the entire world from the dragons (I'm just going to change it up a little, and instead of Ultear turning into an old woman when she gave her time to save everyone, she gave her entire life when she gave up her time), Zancrow became very awkwardly excited. He knew that he should be sad that she had died, but he knew that she died for the greater good. Plus, even though he felt bad for saying and thinking it, he was excited that Ultear would live with him down in hell. But, Ultear's last heroic actions were just enough to send her to Heaven, away from Zancrow forever.
Ever since that day, both Zancrow and Ultear promised each other that one day, they will see each other again. To see what they could do, they decided to look for books on the subject of bringing someone from hell up to heaven. They both decided that if they wanted to live together, it would be better to live up in heaven than in hell. They also tried to talk to fellow demons, in Zancrow's case, and fellow angels, in Ultear's case, to try and find information on getting Zancrow out of hell.
One day, Zancrow was looking through the Library of Hell, the biggest library in hell with every piece of literature in history. Zancrow found a book that told if he was able to do the amount of good deeds that would even out his sins, he would be able to get into heaven, regardless of the amount of sins one had committed in the past. When Ultear heard the news, she was elated that Zancrow would finally have the chance to join her and her mother up in heaven. But first, Zancrow had to get approval from the devil himself in order to get up to heaven to get the approval from God himself to return to the land of the living so that he could perform his good deeds.
"Hey yo Satan," Zancrow said, trying to sound as happy and carefree as possible, "I need you to help me out with something." Satan turned to Zancrow and gave him a confused face. "What exactly do you need from me, Zancrow?" Satan asked with a legitimate curiosity, because it was not often that one of his damned souls of hell would ask him for favors. "I need you to give me permission to go on the escalator to heaven," Zancrow asked with some nervousness in his voice.
Satan's eyes almost bulged out of his head, as he tried to compose himself so that he could continue talking to Zancrow. "Why would you want to go to heaven? You know that they won't accept you after all the atrocities you've committed," Satan wondered. Zancrow showed him the book he had found. "This book says that if I do some good deeds that will even out my bad deeds, I will be able to get into heaven, and live with the rest of my afterlife with the love of my life, Ultear," Zancrow finished with a faint blush on his face, saying something he never thought he'd say to anyone, let alone, the Lord of Hell, Satan.
Satan looked at him with a genuinely concerned look on his face and held Zancrow's hand. Zancrow was a little creeped out a first, but then he realized that there was a red piece of paper that had words written from fire on it. "Here, make good use of it, Zancrow," Satan said simply as he walked off, leaving Zancrow with a huge smile on his face. Zancrow then went into his room to call Ultear from the orb.
Zancrow waited for a couple of seconds before Ultear's appeared on the orb. "Zancrow! What happened? How'd it go?" Ultear asked excitedly, wanting to know whether he was coming or not. "I got it! I'll be up there as soon as I can. Stay beautiful for me," Zancrow said with a wink. Ultear giggled a little bit with a blush on her face before hearing some inaudible call, probably from her mother. "Ok, Zancrow, I'll see you then," Ultear said with a smile. With that, her image on the orb disappeared and Zancrow ran to the escalator to get up to heaven, not knowing what his fate was going to be, but hoping it was going to be a good one.