"Let's do this, Ice Princess!" Natsu exclaimed. Gray just scoffed.

"I'll definitely kill you, Daemon." he stated. Natsu charged, his fists covered in flames. He jumped.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

He moved to punch Gray in the face with his flaming fist, but Gray simply blocked it with a shield of ice.

Fire was supposed to melt ice, but Natsu knew Gray's ice was special. It was ice specially made to be able to freeze a daemon completely. Natsu grit his teeth, attacking with a flaming kick. This attack managed to hit Gray, causing him to skid back and drop his spell. Natsu then began to launch many flaming punches and kicks, all of which hit their mark. During Natsu's bombardment, Gray lost his praetor's cape and jacket, now down to his black undershirt.

Natsu grinned a little to himself, Gray's still the same, huh? That habit a' his never goes away!

Gray charged, his hands in their little formation.

"Ice Make: Lance!" he exclaimed, sending long pieces of ice with sharp ends at Natsu.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu yelled, allowing the fire in his belly to come out of his mouth in a powerful burst of flame. The flames began to envelop Gray.

"Gr...a….y…."

When the flames ceased, Gray had gotten into a familiar position. Natsu froze for just a moment.

"It seems that I cannot beat you like this, daemon. You are stronger than most of the daemons I fight. Far stronger, than even the fused ones who go out of control." Gray spoke coldly, "So I have to use my Trump Card."

He solidified his stance.

"Iced Shell!"

It was at that time that Natsu surged forward.

"Gray! You bastard!" he yelled. Gray's body began to turn to ice.

"Gr….a….y… Live…."

"STOP IIIIIIIIT!" Natsu yelled loudly, slamming Gray to the floor. The forbidden ice spell stopped, causing Gray's body to return to flesh.

"...?" Gray looked up at Natsu with a confused expression, like he was experiencing deja vu.

"STOP IIIIIIIT!" Natsu yelled, coming up and restraining Gray to the floor from behind.

"Natsu…" Gray mumbled, mildly shocked that his friend had arrived.

"So you came." Zeref stated, grinning a bit.

"You bastard… Did you forget?" Natsu growled, his voice low, "That magic… I've stopped you from using it once already."

"You...You…" Gray looked crestfallen, then entirely sad, "I was blinded by emotion...Our friends and you… I tried to kill you guys…" He started yelling, "There's no longer a place for me in the guild! So-"

Natsu cut him off, "In that way, I'm the same as you!"

Natsu's face, of which had been partially shadowed by his salmon-colored hair, lifted as he spoke, "Hey Gray…"

Natsu's eyes were full of tears. The dragonslayer was shaking.

"We're friends… aren't… we…?" he asked, his voice shaking alongside his body. Gray's eyes widened.

"..." he said nothing.

"Don't die…" Natsu said, closing his eyes in attempt to blink away the tears that had long since gone down his face, and were still coming. He gripped Gray's arms so they were forcefully at Gray's sides, "Stop thinking about dying! Live!"

He released Gray's arms, wiping his eyes with both hands, "Dammit…!"

"But…" Gray looked away, "Even if you defeat Zeref…."

"Whether you win or lose, you still die." Zeref stated, "That's your cruel fate."

Natsu stood, clenching his fists at his sides.

"I won't die!"

Natsu ignited his fists and glared intensely at his elder brother, "Fate?! Something like that, I'll burn to ashes!"

Gray heard Happy's voice. He could tell the exceed had teared up himself; his voice was shaking. Gray himself was sporting a shocked expression.

"Yeah, it'll definitely be fine! It's Natsu after all."

"Nat...Su…" Gray found himself mumbling. This daemon wasn't JUST another daemon. It was his friend, Natsu Dragneel. Natsu grinned at him and stood, as if trusting him not to attack now that he remembered.

Natsu looked… different than Gray remembered, especially with the addition of bandages over his right arm, even right over Natsu's guildmark. Gray frowned inwardly, wondering why Natsu would want to cover that part of his arm; he normally didn't, his clothes normally tailored to show off the guildmark. The ice make and devilslayer began to stand, stripping out of his undershirt as he did so, showing off his own dark blue Fairy Tail mark.

"Let's get outta here." Natsu said. Gray nodded, picking up his dropped clothing when Natsu pointed at them and following the fire dragonslayer to the docks, where Lucy was waiting for them to board. Natsu stopped right out of Lucy's hearing range. Gray blinked, stopping as well.

"...Your memories… Are still incomplete." Natsu frowned, "I thought you'd freak out more that you left Juvia, Ur, and Silver behind."
Gray froze up, suddenly getting flashes of his wife and beloved twin children, "Juvia… Urtear… Silver…"

"You live in Northgand, right, Gray?" Natsu asked. Gray gave a nod.

"We'll head there, then." Natsu said. Gray nodded again, and the males approached Lucy, who hugged her dark-haired friend before the trio went aboard the ship Zera had gotten them.


Hey Fairy
Where you going?
I'm trying to assemble all this light
I'll shine it down and make tomorrow bright

Natsu leaned on the railing of the ship, looking out. He didn't feel motion sick, but he refused to show his glee about it.

I have to kill him…

"Natsu…?" Natsu looked to his side, seeing Happy flying by his shoulders.

"Yeah, Happy?" Natsu blinked. Happy looked down.

"Nevermind… I'm happy you're back, Natsu." Happy said. Natsu grinned at his friend.

Oh Yea
Now do you hear the voices
Calling out your name?
Oh Yea
Because I lost my voice while
Doing the same
Oh Yea
I'll never quit until I feel your beating heart
Oh Yea Oh Yea

"Mommy, Mommy! Look!" Juvia heard her daughter, Urtear 'Ur' Fullbuster, cheer out. She was holding out a small figurine of Juvia and Gray, each of them ready for battle. The figurine was made of ice, and was in great detail. Juvia began to cry. It reminded her a lot of her husband. Her mind drifted to what Gray had done the last time he had seen his family, her eyes briefly looking towards a bruise on Ur's forehead.

"Daddy!" Ur cheered, going to hug her father. She managed to hug his arm before he harshly pulled his arm back and knocked Ur to the snowed ground. Ur began to cry, while Gray just looked at her coldly, clad in exorcist gear.

"Don't touch me, kid!" Gray growled out. Silver, who was an almost exact replica of his father, only with lighter hair, rushed over to his darker-and-longer haired sibling.

"Dad! How could you?!" Silver growled. Gray looked down on the six year olds.

"I don't have children! Don't call me your father!" he yelled. Silver froze up and hugged his sister's face into his chest. Gray went off, and Juvia arrived on the scene.

"Gray-sama…" she mumbled, frowning. Her brow was furrowed in worry. She gently picked up her beloved twins, and headed back through the snowed pathway to the Fullbuster home.

"Mommy…?" Ur whimpered. Juvia placed a hand on her daughter's head.

"Good job, Ur." she complimented, wiping away tears. Ur smiled widely at her mother, before being dragged away by her brother to play with some of the other young children of Hellawes.

Gray-sama… Please be okay…

The sun and moon have joined in celebration
Have you forgotten their affiliation?
When you're not here to share your laughter with me
I just can't find my inspiration

"I'm home!" called out a voice. Everything was quiet, and Laxus found himself frowning. He and the Raishinjuu had been out on jobs for the Bloodwing Butterflies for the past few days, and he hadn't expected Mira to get any jobs in for herself. It had been awhile since Fairy Tail split up to take care of the Daemon problem that the Abbey just couldn't handle themselves. Laxus himself had decided to assist the Bloodwing Butterflies, a sort of underground group. He didn't quite trust the reason the Abbey dictated. Laxus began to look around, and a feeling of dread set in.

He knew where Mira had went, and he knew she took Lexus,their son, with her.

The scent of his daughter, Meranna 'Mera' Dreyar, was the only scent nearly faded. Laxus's eyes shadowed for a moment, before he rushed from the house with a roar.

MERA!

Now it's snowing
Keep going
Be honest

Erik opened the door of his house in Hellawes, not far away from the Fullbuster house. Kinana had wanted to live nearby the Fairies she had been with for so many years; sixteen. He knew Cobra, Viper, and Cubelios were off playing with Silver and Ur, despite Erik's disapproval of the children of the stripper and the stripper's stalker.

He didn't expect his house to be empty of even Kinana, and ravaged like there had been a Fairy Tail barfight in his damn house. He froze up for a moment.

Dark smoke began to surround him, and he roared.

Keep smiling because
We're approaching
The clock keeps on ticking
And it never stops

Erza watched as Irene entered the house, greeting Erza's children, Parker and Strawberry, happily, Jellal was away on business, so Erza had called her mother over so Irene could spend time with her grandchildren. Strawberry smiled at Irene happily, while Parker was frowning at his grandmother like he hated to feel the unconditional love of a family.

Erza smiled to herself, and stood.

It had been awhile since she had spoken with her beloved mother.

Hey Fairy
Where you going
I'm trying to assemble all this light
I'll shine it down and make tomorrow bright

I don't get it… Daddy…

"Take him." Yuji heard his father tell the cruel man from the Abbey, "He's useless anyway."

But I do all the chores, Daddy…

Yuji glanced into the uncaring, emotionless voids that were his beloved father's eyes. Kylan pushed Yuji harshly towards the cruel Abbey man named Jude. Jude grabbed Yuji's hand and tugged him closer, almost pulling Yuji's shoulder joint out of its socket.

"Your pay will be sent to you, Mr. Khe. Thank you for giving the Abbey your donation to create the ideal world." Jude spoke, "This child is incredibly receptive to Innominat's power."

Kylan just nodded, and Jude began taking Yuji away.

Daddy… Please…

I don't want…

I don't wanna be a therion, Daddy!


Baby, I'm sorry…

I never wanted…

You to…

Why? Why? Why?

Jude and Yuji left Kylan's sight. He froze up entirely.

YuJi…

He rushed to his door. It was locked.

BABY…!

He began to cry.

I… My baby… is going to be turned… Into a daemon…

He pulled hard on the doorknob, desperate to get his child back. He was almost in hysterics.

Yuji… I'm sorry… Daddy loves you, baby… Don't break… Please… Don't harm yourself… I really, really love you…

Daddy… will save you, Yuji… We'll find your brother and your sister… And…

We'll be a family again…

Don't say goodbye!

Chapter: Titania and Beginnings: End


Kylan, Viper, and Yuji's brother that was mentioned in this(Kisuke) are all owned by my friend A New Era of G!

If it's confusing, it's meant to be that way :P In Tales of Berseria, you don't meet the peeps at all until you get to their part of the story. You're left to figure things out yourself, for the most part.

I hope you enjoyed, and please review! :D