Why do I suck at stopping myself from starting another story?!
Then again one of my other stories is near the end… so I guess this is alright then.
Hello again with a new story for you all to either like or hate on. So we all know those time travel stories where Natsu goes back in time. This time however, it's everyone else that goes back in time with their memories and powers intact. Well almost everyone.
To better understand, E.N.D, who becomes whole and takes over Natsu, decides to use Fairy Heart to send almost everyone aka those who were still alive, back in time to get them a chance to get stronger, kill Natsu, since his death would only weaken E.N.D, not kill him, and pretty much do anything they can to prepare themselves for him. Of course our heroes will try to stop E.N.D without killing Natsu. But how much can they handle it? Will they be able to keep that promise, or will they give into their doubts and slay their friend to help stop E.N.D? Let's find out.
By the way, this is my first time doing something like this involving rewriting of the series, so sorry if I get things extremely wrong since I can't remember much, so if I screw up on something, feel free to sue me.
There will be crossover elements, but if you know me by now you would have expected that. Also some canon differences, though I think that was obvious.
Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions. Everything belongs to their respective owners.
Chapter One: Another Chance
Gray was sent flying back into the dirt as everyone else had when they tried to attack their enemy. The ice mage managed to get back up, but it was clear that he was drained. He tried everything but no matter what he or they did, they couldn't stop this foe.
Zeref, even with his death magic and immortality, proved no match for the threat that they were facing. He never meant for this to happen. He didn't mean for him to be unleashed once again. Looking around, even his Spriggan Twelve couldn't do anything to that monster.
Not even Acnologia, the dragon king himself, who was still in his human form, could do anything as the Dragon of Apocalypse was blown back as well.
It wasn't just them either, it was everyone. Everyone was either still managing to stand or down on the ground. Those on the ground were still conscious though.
"Well this is a shame, where's all that strength you were shouting on about?" A demonic voice mocked as everyone could simply glare at the owner of the voice.
Standing in the center of the barren field that used to be Magnolia as everyone else surrounded him was… Natsu? However he looked different. Giant demonic wings came out of his back, and demonic horns were present on his head. Instead of feet, he had hooves. Visible on his body and face were green markings. He didn't have a shirt on, nor did he have the scarf that he treasured so dearly. He was also holding something as well as it floated over his hand. It looked like a crystallized heart that was radiating immense amount of magical power.
Why does the pink haired dragon slayer look like this? Because this isn't Natsu anymore. This is the strongest demon in all of Earthland… E.N.D. In the demon's possession was Fairy Heart, due to E.N.D draining the artifact out of Mavis.
"Shut up!" Elfman shouted as he charged at the demon, who simply smirked as he simply sends the white haired man flying with just a flick of his finger.
"Oh come on, surely you all can do better than that," E.N.D asked in amusement; however he saw that all of them seemed to see too tired out or too injured to do anything else, "Is that it? Are you all done?" He questioned.
How did this happen? This was going through almost everyone's mind as they all looked at the triumphed demon. They never expected for Natsu to turn into… this monster. They didn't understand this. What they did now however, was that it was over. There was nothing they could do to stop this monster.
"Man…," E.N.D began to speak, "I can't tell what's more broken, your bodies or your spirits." Zeref opened his mouth to speak, getting the demon to look at his creator.
"Just quit stalling and kill us already." The black haired immortal mage simply told him, tired of him delaying their ends.
"Aaaaand spirits it is!" E.N.D then raised his hand to the group surrounding him, "Seriously way to bring down the mood."
"Is this all just some game to you?!" Mavis shouted in anger as she tried to get back up. This got E.N.D to turn to the blonde's direction.
"A game? Ha! Hardly! If this was a game I'd be having fun. Now going out to destroy other worlds that are beneath me. Now that sounds like fun." E.N.D admitted as he smirks.
"That still doesn't make us friends!" Acnologia shouted in anger, as the dragon king couldn't believe that he was bested by this demon.
"I'M TRYING ACNOLOGIA!" The strongest demon of Zeref shouted in annoyance at the blue haired dragon in human form.
E.N.D then noticed Erza getting up back on her feet, which was impressive since she was one of the most injured of all the mortals.
"Fine… go ahead, kill us," Erza started to speak in a quiet tone. However she lifted her eyes which allowed E.N.D to see her determined look, "But you won't win. Someone will rise up. We may have failed, but eventually, others will come. NO MATTER HOW LONG IT MAY TAKE, YOU WILL FALL ONE DAY!" Erza finished in a defiant tone to the demon. They may have lost, but she knows others will rise to deal with the demon. It must happen.
"…Huh, Alright," E.N.D then lowered his arm, confusing all of them as he was just about to kill them all, "Change of plans, none of you are dying today."
This got them to be both confused and surprised. Was… was he letting them live?
"What? Why?!" Mira questioned at the demon. E.N.D could kill them all right now if he wanted too, so why isn't he?
"Nothing really, you all just gave me an idea that's all. What would I accomplish in killing you all right now if you all aren't even a threat to me?" E.N.D then put both hands underneath Fairy Heart, "No… I want a real challenge from all of you."
"…What are you planning?" Jellal questioned as he tried to get back up but to no valid.
"I'm going to give you all another chance," E.N.D started to explain as he started to harness the magical power of Fairy Heart. This of course causes the ground to shake a little, "I'm going to send you all… hm… let's say eight years into the past, around the time my other half Natsu, brought Lucy to the Fairy Tail guild. Do not worry, your memories and powers will still be with you all."
This surprised them, he was going to send them all back in time? Their thoughts were interrupted as the rays of light began to come from the ground underneath them.
"So here are my suggestions for you all. Train to get stronger to give me a better challenge. I also suggest killing Natsu. I can live without my other half, but I will be weakened to an extent to give you all a better chance. Of course if you all decide to keep him alive, the stronger he gets will add to my own strength. Just thought that I throw that out there," E.N.D began to pour his own power into Fairy Heart as the sky also began to thunder as well. The others are trying to keep themselves stable from all that is happening right now, "Oh, and don't bothered trying to find and destroy my book, that will only free me. Don't worry; I'll be sure to wait for this day. I won't break out early. However, if you feel like there's no point in doing any of this, then visit the places you never been too yet. Take care of any affairs you may never got to finish. Or maybe just flat out start killing people. Get a purge going! Live a little!"
"Also, feel free to pray to your god. But uh… spoiler alert," E.N.D then smirked once again, "I won't be listening."
Before anyone could do anything else, the light blinded them all as it seemed to devour everything.
And thus, everything went white.
Alright, there's the first chapter. Hopefully I won't screw up on this as much. Who knows, maybe certain event may end up different or not happening at all. Only time well tell.
Also, if you could help come up with a better title name for the story that would be helpful.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.