"F-Fairy Tail?" Zeref asked, bewildered, staring at his younger brother questionably, who was currently shrugging off the fact both of them looked like they'd died and been brought back to life, which wasn't much of a far exaggeration from the truth, but still, they had been roughed up pretty good.

But in the end, Natsu not only remembered his old life, but refused to kill the dark mage. He was unable to defeat his dear brother who had taken care of him. Instead, rather, he pulled Zeref into him, and used his magic to burn away his curse. It left said mage considerably weakened, and his immortality was stolen from him.

"B-But... You... I did so many horrible things to you just to get you to kill me..." He said, ignoring the tears that trailed down his cheeks. "I was going to exterminate all of mankind-!"

"But that's not how you feel." Natsu interrupted "You care more about these lives than anyone, because that's the Zeref I remember."

Everyone was kinda shocked to see how friendly Natsu was acting with Zeref, and it was still hard believing Natsu Dragneel was not only Zeref's brother, but had died 400 years ago and was brought back as E.N.D.

When Mira said "everyone was carrying something" she sure as hell wasn't lying, but this was a little... much.

"You don't believe all humans are worthless, do you...?" Lucy said, ever present by her partners side "Your brother is human... You're human..."

Zeref looked up to Natsu's outstretched hand as he considered it. He really loved certain people... And Fairy Tail was always something close to his heart... Because that's where...

Without another thought, he grabbed Natsu's hand "I just have one request from your master."

Everyone looked at Erza, as she had retained her position as guild master, even after Makarov's return.

"What is it?" She said, cocking an eyebrow

"Let me... See Mavis..."


It took a bit of arguing from Natsu to get Erza to agree, but finally with Natsu's response of "But she's his precious person!" she finally caved, and let Zeref, with supervision, see her. Lumen Histiore, or, Fairy Heart.

Zeref would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous, but with his new Fairy Tail tattoo in the same spot Natsu had his, he would be able to actually see her after all these years. Talk to her. He felt like some lovesick teenager, and it kind of sickened him, but his thoughts cleared at the sight of the girl in the crystal.

He slowly made his way toward the beautiful sight, and as he approached, he saw someone, a girl, sitting by the bottom.

Mavis

"I knew you would come one day..." Mavis spoke, as she stood, still the same height as when they met the first time, many many years ago.

"I-I wanted to apologize..." He said, voice quivering "Y-Your death was-"

"Not your fault." She said gently, shocking him "It wasn't your fault I died, Zeref... As a mage of Fairy Tail, the lives we have are usually shorter than normal peoples... You only helped stunt my growth!~" She laughed lightly, and Zeref could only tear up

"Th-This whole time I thought... I was the one who had killed you..." He said, dropping to his knees as he tried to stop from crying more. This was seriously damaging his ego.

Mavis kneeled in front of him, and despite her spiritual form, wrapped her arms around him, shushing him gently.

Natsu was looking from around the corner with Lucy, Happy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, and Carla, smirking at the scene.

"Toldja he was just a big softie" He said, remembering to never let him live this down.