"You did it!" Lucy shouted while gently holding onto Juvia. She watched as the two demons, Tempesta and Torafusa fall on the ground. Her eyes went back to her two friends who defeated them. Natsu and Gajeel were just standing there smirking."I won! I won! Yaaay!" Natsu started jumping around in excitement. „What the hell do you think you're saying you flame brain?! I totally won." Gajeel said with a big smile on his face.

„No you didn't. I totally took care of him first." Natsu said a little bit annoyed.

„You just keep telling yourself that."

„Oh, do you want me to prove it, come on iron bastard, you and me, It's on!" Natsu yelled.

„Oh, you're going down you idiot!"

They stared at each other ready to punch each other any moment now and then they did. They just kept hitting each other and shouting over who is the winner.

Lucy just kept looking at them, smiling, it's funny how even when they are at the middle of fight they manage to somehow make a fun of it, that made her feel better.

„Did they won?" Juvia's soft voice asked.

Lucy looked at her wounded friend who was laying in her arms. „Yes, they did." She answered calmly.

„Oh, I am glad. I guess they did better than Juvia, right?" Juvia asked.

„Oh Juvia you did great, he was one of the strongest, you should be proud of yourself. You defeated the enemy all on your own." Lucy reassured her.

„All Juvia did was tear apart Gray-sama and father. How could he ever forgive her?" Juvia said breaking down into tears.

„He could forgive her if it was for the sake of everyone else and if it was his father's latest wish." Gray said appearing from the distance.

„Gray-sama!" Juvia shouted and tried to get up but she was too weak. So she just fell on the floor again.

„Juvia! Slowly, please, you will hurt yourself." Lucy shouted.

„Lucy, I'll take care of her can you go and calm down Natsu and Gajeel. We need them to fight Tartarus, not each other."

Lucy just stood there for a second but eventually got up.

Gray went and sat down on the ground next to Juvia. „Juvia is very sorry Gray-sama. She will never forgive herse-"

„Thank you." She was cut out by Gray's words and he then hugged her. „Thank you." He said again a little quieter burring his face into her neck. Juvia just sat there, in shock, but she then hugged him back. „No, thank you." She said slowly.

After a lot of shouting Lucy finally managed to pull apart Natsu and Gajeel.

„Guys, really, relax, leave that energy for some demons, okay?" Lucy said looking at Gajeel and Natsu who were now sitting on the ground, crossed legs, crossed arms, denying to look at each other. „Did you finally calmed down you idiots?" Gray said coming to them with Juvia holding onto him. „Now when we've all relaxed and calmed down I have something to say. I know how we can defeat E.N.D." All of their eyes went straight to Gray. „How?!" Natsu asked with burning fire in his eyes. „Well, thanks to my father and this." In that moment Gray showed his right hand. He had a strange black tattoo on it. „And what is that supposed to be?" Natsu asked.

„Devil slayer magic."

Everyone just looked at him in shock. „Where, where did you get it?" Lucy asked observing the tattoo.

„My dad gave it to me, but it's a long story, the point is, E.N.D is a fire demon and this is the only way to defeat him."

„A fire demon?" Gajeel just said bluntly.

„Yay, we can do it! Ha ha! Great." Lucy said jumping around. She then turned to Natsu. „Didn't you hear? We can defeat E.N.D!" she then jumped and hugged him, but he didn't respond at all.

„Natsu, you okay?" Lucy asked backing off.

He just looked behind and said „Someone's coming."

They all turned around and then suddenly a cloud of black smoke appeared. When all the fog settled they could see who was standing in front of them. The demon who started all of this, Mard Geer.

„My, oh my. I never thought I will see all of you here, in one piece of course. Especially you blondie, after all the trouble I put you through, it's really funny how you are even still able to stand. Well, I guess I should just finish you first." He said with a big smile.

„Lucy, get behind me, now!" Natsu yelled and pressed her tightly against his back. „You ain't finishing anyone you bastard!"

„So you better tell us what you want you idiot so then we maybe won't kill you." Gajeel said and stepped forward.

„Well I just got tired of fighting with those two dragon slayers so I thought I should come here to rest, but it looks I have another to who want to give it a go on me." Mard Geer said.

„Two dragon slayers? Who?" Lucy asked.

„Oh those light and shadow brats, but I got bored so I just sent couple of demons to take care of them and got away. But it doesn't look so different here. "

„Light and shadow.. Sting and Rouge are here?!" Natsu yelled still holding onto Lucy as hard as he could.

„Yeah, I think that were their names, well, it doesn't matter now. Where was I, oh yeah, killing the blondie and waking up the E.N.D." he then got closer and clenched demon book he was holding.

„You can wake him if you want, but we will still defeat him!" Gray said stepping forward, but he first leaned Juvia on Gajeel.

„Oh yeah, Silver gave you his power, still all that power won't do you any good if you can't attack."

„Just watch me and see if I can or cannot." Gray shouted angry.

„You are all so short tempered, whoa, well if you are all so keen on fighting then I should hurry up and tell you the story. The story about E.N.D. The demons Zeref created are all just souls, they all need vessels, someone to carry that souls. So, when the strongest demon of all was created it was really hard to find a vessel for him, but Zeref did, he found a boy. That boy was the only one who could keep the demon soul in his body without it rampaging. And it was going well, It was going too well. But he suppressed the demon's power so much that Zeref couldn't even depend on him to fight. And right about that time people started using magic more and more. People even became strong, really strong, so Zeref was afraid. Afraid that ordinary people will kill him and his demons. So he did something. He sealed all of his demons and half of E.N.D in a book and left one half in a boy. He did that so he can wait, wait for the boy to grow up so he can finally use E.N.D's full potential. In the end he even sealed himself, well, his dark magic. And with that, he fell asleep. And he waited, he waited for so long for E.N.D's powers to be fully awoken. And now the time has come. With E.N.D's awaking, he will also rise. And now the time has come."

„We will stop him! We will stop both of them. No matter what!" Lucy shouted.

„Oh honey, you see. I don't know if you will be able to kill E.N.D. I mean, he is your friend after all." Mard Geer said with a big smile on his face.

„What, what are talking about?!" Natsu yelled.

„Who the hell is E.N.D?!" Lucy yelled, she yelled from the bottom of her lounge.

„Well there's only one that can be." Mard Geer then open the book wide opened and smirked. „It's you..Natsu."