Hi everyone! Much longer chapter this time, almost twice the last one actually, and action packed. Hopefully its not too long though, we'll just see :-) Enjoy!

Quietly interested to see how Lucy would fare Master Makarov quickly explained the rules and declared "BEGIN!" Lucy instantly held up her hand and yelled;

Open: Gate of the Goat! Gate of the Golden Bull

Without even needing their keys or names Capricorn and Torus materialized and rushed towards the waiting crash mage. Thought the two spirits had most definitely gotten stronger Gildarts was easily able to dodge their attacks without even bothering to use his magic. With everyone, including Gildarts distracted, no one noticed Lucy merge with her shadow and silently moved across the battle field until she was behind her opponant. With a couple of particularly strong punches Gildarts sent the two spirits back to the Spirit World but became confused when he realised he could see Lucy or sense her magic. A few feet behind him Lucy emerged from the shadows and quietly sucked in air.

Shadow Dragon Queen's: Roar

Sensing her magic at the last moment Gildarts span on the spot and used his Crash Magic to shatter the roar into small harmless cubes. For the next 10 minutes Gildarts crashed Shadow Dragon spell after spell until Natsu and Gajeel simultaneously screamed "LUCY WILL YOU STOP FUCKING ABOUT AND ACTUALLY TRY FOR MAVIS' SAKE!"

Lucy chuckled "well if you insist boys", instantly everyone felt her magic pressure skyrocket and shift from a shadowy feeling to a lighter one, "Crash this!"

Celestial God's: Bellow

Lucy unleashed a huge vortex of black, sparkly magic that Gildarts tried once again to crash. Quickly he realised his magic had no effect so took the attack head on, forcing him back a few inches. "Wow Lucy, that actually hurt" he said smugly behind his crossed arms not noticing Lucy running at full speed towards him.

Celestial God's: Starlight Hammer

Lucy covered her fist in the sparkly magic and punched Gildarts, who managed to cover his still crossed arms in a barrier of Crash Magic at the last moment, but even that only stopped roughly 20% of Lucy's magic. The punch sent Gildarts flying a good few feet making him realise he had to get serious if he wanted to stand a chance. Not wanting to give Gildarts a chance to get serious, Lucy decided to try and finish the battle quickly so pointed her hand towards the sky and began to chant an incantation.

Light of Heaven, Force the wicked from their dark sanctuary and purge their Unholy forms! Celestial God's Secret Art: Rain of Heaven!

The sky above the arena turned from the middle of the day to a starry night sky. Suddenly the stars began to shine brightly before falling at Gildarts like an almighty shower of shooting stars, creating energy blast after energy blast. When the sky returned to it's sunny, blue normal and the dust settled Gildarts was knelt in a fairly huge crater panting, his clothes were torn and tattered exposing his now wound riddled flesh and scratched prosthetics. "Dam Blondie!" he said straightening up, "that took huge amounts of Disassembly Magic to block….and even then it didn't block much….." he started to chuckle slightly, "I haven't had this much trouble in a good while."

"Yeah sorry about that" Lucy replied chuckling just as much, "according to my teacher Andromeda there aren't many magic's that can disrupt God Slayer Magic because of its 'divine' nature…or something like that anyway. But if you think that was hard to stop then you'll have fun with this one cos I'm going to end it now Gildarts!" Allowing both her magics to flow through her and mix strongly she raised both hands above her head and chanted once again.

With the Queen Dragon's shadows in my left and the God's light in my right, put them together and you get: Celestial Shadow Dragon God's Supernova!

Above her head Lucy created a huge ball of light and dark magic akin to Sting and Rouge's unison raid, with a flick of her wrists Lucy sent the orb at Gildarts with such speed there was no chance of dodging. The slightly worried Crash mage tried to block the orb by unleashing quite a bit of the magic power he normally supresses and creating a 'wall' of Disassembly Magic, the orb impacted against it and struggled for a little more than a minute before breaking through and impacting Gildarts, who was unable to move as he had to actively reinforce his Disassembly barrier. When the Ball impacted it created a HUGE explosion that blinded everyone for a moment, even Master Makarov, when everything settled the crater Gildarts was in was now at least 4 or 5 times the size it was and in the center was s smoking and smouldering unconscious Gildarts.

The entire guild stood in silence with all their jaws on the floor. Only Natsu and Gajeel could be heard cheering, and they could be heard from the outskirts of Magnolia, while the rest of the guild stood in shock at what they had just seen. Gildarts, Fairy Tail's Ace, the unstoppable force AND the immoveable object had been defeated…by their very own Lucy Heartfillia, well Lucy Dragneel now. Eventually, after half an hour everyone had recovered and trickled back into the guild, even Gildarts after Wendy had gotten him back on his feet. Gajeel had given his sister a pat on the back and Natsu had given his mate a slightly steamy kiss that made many of the girls squeal a little…..especially Mira, who began fantasizing about brown eyed, pink haired babies. "Well my dear, that was most impressive indeed" said the elderly Master after pulling a mug of beer from somewhere, "with abilities like those I'd say you're a good bet for S-Class this year…..hmmm I may even have to make a bet…"

Lucy couldn't help but smile at the grandfather figure, "thanks Master, that means a lot." She turned to Gray who was sat beside her, "speaking of S-Class I heard you and Cana finally made it, congrats! Now all we got to do is find you a nice girl."

Gray shuffled a little uncomfortably "ummm…actually….."

Lucy's eyes widened "OH MY SWEET MAVIS! Gray Fullbuster! Are you dating someone?!"

"Yeah…well yes and no, we're not dating we're married" Gray replied nervously, he'd never been comfortable discussing his personal business with people.

"MARRIED!? TO WHO? Did you finally give into Juvia?" asked a ridiculously excited Lucy.

Gray shuck his head with a smirk knowing full well that she was going to assume Juvia, "Nah me and Juvia are just friends, she's got someone of her own now anyways. As for me, well I'm married to..."

"Me" jumped in Mira wrapping her arms around her husband and perched on his lap, "Mira Fullbuster at your service."

Lucy had hearts in her eyes "Wow! Congrats you two! Gray you lucky lucky bastard! When did you guys get together anyways?"

"Oh trust me I know, I've told myself that everyday since I asked her out" replied Gray with a proud and loving smile, "and we actually started dating about 5 months after you left but we kept it quiet, I proposed here at the guild about 3 weeks after Loke took Natsu and Gajeel, much to everyone's shock, and we got married a month ago. We only got back from the honeymoon a week ago and I don't think I've ever been happier."

"Oh you are such a sweetie" cooed Mira before kissing him deeply.

The hearts in Lucy's eyes got even bigger as she turned to Juvia who was also sat at the table, "and what about you girl? Who's this special someone? And, if you don't mind me asking, what made you give up on Gray?"

Juvia smiled at her former 'Love Rival', "Juvia strongly believed Gray was her true love for a long time, but it began to diminish after a while so Juvia decided to discuss it with a few people, Gray and Mira included. Afterwards Juvia realised she was lying to herself, it wasn't true love but a crush based off of a little hero worship and the fact that Gray was the first to like Juvia for Juvia and not her magic. Then Juvia was lucky enough to find her real true love."

"WHO!? Don't leave me hanging here!" Lucy demanded practically jumping on her seat.

"That would be me" replied Erza coming over, strawberry cake in hand, and planting her lips on Juvia's, "we've been together for a little over a year now. I moved into Juvia's house a few months ago."

"OH MY SWEET BUTT FUCKING MAVIS! Congrats all of you! That's amazing! Do you still go on jobs as a team?" squealed Lucy knowing full well why her Mate and brother never told her, Natsu won't have noticed being too busy on jobs and Gajeel simply wouldn't have cared unless it involved Levy.

"Not as often" Gray replied "with you and Natsu gone we couldn't really be 'Team Natsu' anymore so we officially dissolved it. Most of our jobs are with our partners now but we occasionally go as a group, Wendy has been teaming up with just about everyone in the guild at one point or another, even Gildarts. She's gotten a HELL of a lot stronger now."

Lucy looked over to the young Dragon Slayer, she was 16 now, had grown into a beautiful young woman and had filled out nicely. "Good" Lucy said with a proud sisterly smile, "that's good."

"AND" Mira squealed slightly "Romeo finally plucked up the courage to ask her out last month."

"Wow!" Lucy exclaimed, "everyone's finding someone! That's just amazing!" The rest of the day was spent getting re-acquainted with everyone, including the still amazed Gildarts, and the required Fairy Tail party.

Around 9pm Natsu and Lucy decided it was time to head home for the evening with Happy who hadn't left Natsu alone since he got back, just before they left they made sure to double check with Gajeel where he was staying. Since his old place had been sold while he was away he would be crashing on Levy's sofa since she had moved out of Fairy Hills into her own place.

The next morning the two lovebirds walked into the guild around 9….ish to find it, surprisingly, about half full. Once they had gotten home last night the two had decided to take an S-Class quest alongside Gajeel in order to test how much stronger they had gotten. Spying her brother sat with Levy, a lot closer to Levy than she had ever seen she realised which she locked in her mind to ask about later, she rushed over and told him the plan which he quickly agreed to. The 3 Slayers headed over to the S-Class request board and it didn't take long to find a request that interested them.

Wizards Required!

Job Type: Dark Guild Elimination

Our town has been under siege by a notorious Dark Guild for months. They call themselves the 'Devil's Blood' guild and have been destroying our homes, extorting our people or just outright killing them. At the rate they're going we won't last much longer! Please Please help us!

Initial Location: Tasaday Town next to Greenwood Forrest

Contact: Mayor Gregory Talby

Request Classification: S-Class

Reward: 3 Million Jewels

Additional Note: 'Devil's Blood' is known to be fairly strong and to have recently gained several new members. At least 2 S-Class mages are recommended.

This mission was perfect, not because of the reward money as they had huge savings thanks to Loke and Natsu, but because they would get to test their skills AND rid the world of an up and coming Dark Guild at the same time. With a slight skip in her step Lucy walked over to the elderly Master, who was sat at the bar…..well on it, fully prepared to argue her case. "Good morning Master" she happily chirped as she handed him the flyer, "we'd like to take this request please to get us back into the swing of things."

The Master looked over the flyer and sighed, he'd been afraid of this as he had received new information about this particular request just this morning and he just knew they would choose it. "It won't be quite that simple I'm afraid my dear" he said turning to Lucy, "the council sent me new information about this request…worrying information."

"What sorta information?" the blonde asked interestedly.

The Master sighed "sadly, several S-Class mages who had excepted this request have been killed in combat, as a result the council have re-evaluated this request and re-classified it as SS-Class."

"They're more powerful than I thought" Lucy said more to herself than anyone else with a smile on her face.

"Good" Gajeel added to everyone's surprise. "This is exactly what we need to prove our strength, improve out skills AND kick some serious ass at the same time Gihihi."

The smile on Gajeel's face made the Master pause for a moment, "perhaps my boy, but from what I hear Tartarus have begun talks to form a new alliance with them to replace to Balam Alliance that was lost when Grimoire Heart and the Oracion Seis fell."

"Even better" replied Natsu with a giddy and yet somehow predatory smile, "this'll show these bastards that Fairy Tail is stronger than ever and not to piss with us!"

Makarov couldn't help but smile, "perhaps so but the council have made changes to the request, specifically that since it is now SS-Class a minimum of 3 S-Class mages are required. As such the reward has been officially raised to 7 million Jewel. Unfortunately that means that while you three may be strong enough to be S-Class none of you officially are, meaning you cannot go without at least 3 accompaniments."

"That'll work" Lucy smiled, "this way they can report back on our improvements. So any ideas on who should come with us."

A cunning and slightly evil smirk spread across the Master's face, "oh I think I do." He stood up on the bar and shouted "GRAY, MIRA, GILDARTS FRONT AND CENTER!" With confusion written on their faces the 3 complied, Master told them about the request the 3 Slayers were planning and that he was ordering them to accompany them.

"Well this ought to be interesting" Gildarts said to himself as everyone agreed. An hour later the group was heading towards the train station down an empty walkway thanks to the 'Gildarts Shift', "you'd think I'd be used to that by now but it gets me every time" the crash mage chuckled, making the group chuckle alongside him. A short walk later the group were comfortably sat in a large compartment on the train, stroking the stubble on his chin Gildarts contemplated their targets. "'Devil's Blood' huh?" he mused out loud, "I've heard of them before, but last I heard they were only small fry."

"Something must've changed" agreed Mira.

Lucy grinned "and I know just how to find out."

Open! Gate of the Southern Cross!

Appearing before them Crux cracked open his eyes, "Good morning my lady. How may I be of service?"

"Good morning Grandpa Crux" Lucy beamed, "could you please find information on a Dark Guild called 'Devil's Blood'. In particular anything pertinent to why their power would have increased recently please."

"Certainly my Lady" Crux replied before closing his eyes and seeming falling asleep.

"I HATE when he does that!" grumbled Gray, "I'm always sure he's actually asleep."

Before Lucy could answer Crux awoke with an almighty shout making everyone, apart from Lucy, jump a good foot into the air. "I have the information you requested Lady Lucy" Crux began, "the 'Devil's Blood' guild was founded a little over 6 years ago by a Dark Mage called Victor Cardio, their main crimes revolved around petty larceny, minor extortion, blackmail and assault, escalating to murder only on rare occasions. The reason being that the magical capabilities of their members were average at best, with the exception of their Master and 2 other members, though they were only A-Class at best. This changed around 7 months ago when Victor handed the Master's position to his daughter Anestra Cardio, who had been heavily training in their family's magic since she was 4. By the time of her appointment she was considered a prodigy. She was joined by 2 of her closest allies and together they trained the 'elite' of the guild, including her father."

"Prodigy huh?" Gildarts said with a nod, "any chance of finding out what kind of magic they have?"

Crux turned to the crash mage and shook his head, "sadly no, privacy laws prevent me from disclosing such personal information."

"I see" said Lucy mulling over the information in her head, "thanks for the help Grandpa Crux. You may go get some rest now."

"Of course my Lady" Crux replied with a slight bow, "Feel free to call upon me at any time." With another bow he disappeared into the same light from which he came.

Departing the train the group was met by the short, round mayor who led them through the damaged and decimated streets to the edge of the town. There he pointed them in the direction of Greenwood Forrest, informing them their target's base was in there. Giving their thanks the group stealthily moved through the forest using Natsu's famous nose to lead them until they came across the enemy's stronghold. It looked to have originally been a church or monastery at one point until the Dark Mages took over and 're-modelled' it. Lucy scanned the area and watched as several Dark mages wandered in and out of the building casually. Remembering what Crux had told her she quickly formed an attack plan, "okay this how we'll play this" she began with an aura of authority, "I'll summon Loke and Capricorn to take out the grunts. By the smell of them they're all pretty weak, I'd say D to B rank mages at best so there shouldn't be an issue there. Natsu, Gajeel, Gray and Mira you four will deal with their 'elite' 5 members, Natsu you concentrate on their former Master Victor Cardio as he'll be the strongest while Gray and Mira takes 1 each and Gajeel takes the last 2. Once they're all down I'll step in and deal with their 'Prodigy' of a Master. Gildarts I want you to remain behind as backup in case of emergency, plus you can relay what you see to Master Makarov. That being said if any stragglers try and escape Loke and Cappricorn please ensure they don't escape. Any objections?"

The group all shook their heads as they gathered their respective magics and readied themselves to do their part. Once Lucy turned back to the stronghold Gildarts let a smile creep across his face, wow he thought to himself, seams she's becoming quite the tactician, first Master Mavis would've loved to be here and see this, bet she'd be pretty proud too.

As the mages began to advance towards the building, Natsu decided to get the wheels rolling and let out a burst of magic, creating a small explosion. This of course made the rabble of Dark mages come scurrying out of the building, not missing a blink Lucy raised her hand.

Open! Gate of the Lion, Gate of the Goat!

Erupting from shimmering golden light the two spirits charged at the horde and began to decimate them like they were swatting flies. The Fairy Tail mages nodded to each other before splitting up and heading in the direction Lucy's nose said their targets were, since they knew the 'elites' would be sat back, possibly even in comfy chairs, watching the fireworks. The first to find her target was Mira, her opponent was one of the original 'elites', a middle aged man who used Wind Magic. Quickly switching into her Satan Soul she easily dodged and smashed through Wind blades and gales that he sent at her, until she got near enough to hit him with a Satanic Blast. Afterwards she caught up with Gray who was going toe to toe with another of the original 'elites', a Fire Mage. Blocking a fireball with crossed arms Gray smirked cockily, "Oh please! Those weak arse flames ain't even a third as hot as that charcoal brained moron." Deciding to end it he let his magic flow and thrust his palms forward as if he was Goku from DragonBall Z.

Ice Make: Diamond Drill

From his outstretched palms erupted an ice blue magic circle, from which fired a drill like beam of ice that was as hard and sparkly as a diamond. The Fire mage attempted to counter with a stream of his fire but was nigh instantly overwhelmed by Gray's spell, which slammed him against a wall knocking him out in an instant. Grinning cockily Gray joined Mira and the two headed in the direction of Natsu and Gejeel.

Around the other side of the building Natsu and Gajeel were staring down the last remaining 'elite' Dark mages. "Well" the man in the center began, "it would appear we have a rat problem," the man was in his 50's and was wearing a simple black shirt and trousers.

"You gotta be that Vic guy right?" asked Natsu in an almost bored manner.

A look of anger and annoyance spread across 'Vic's' face, "I am Victor Cardio, the strongest mage under our mistress and you shall bow before me!"

"Errrr…..yeah no" replied Natsu, he turned to Gajeel "you good with the other two?" he asked getting a nod and a grunt in response, "guess it's you and me Vic."

Gajeel watched Natsu lead Victor away before turning back to the two mages before him, both of whom were trying to look intimidating. 1 was a red haired male in Black armor holding a sword while the other was a brunette woman wearing tight fitting leather armor. Not wanting to waste time Gajeel darted forward to engage in normal melee when, to his surprise, the woman shot her hand forward and a piller of earth shot up between them cutting Gajeel off. Distracted for a second Gajeel had to rapidly dodge as the man rapidly and skilfully sliced and striked at him with his blade. Jumping back Gajeel watched carefully as the male grasped his blade in both hands and the woman clapped her hands together as if praying.

Rock Animus

Steel Make: Demon Greatsword

The male's sword grew in size, growing from a normal sword into a huge Black Greatsword with blood red spikes on the opposite side to the blade, while in front of the woman formed a golem made of rock that stood easily twice as tall as her if not a bit more. Watching to see who went first Gajeel wasn't surprised to see it was the male who darted forward and swang the blade like it weighed nothing, after dodging a few slashes Gejeel tried to block with his standard Iron Dragon Sword, but was pleased to see the 'demon' blade cut straight through it. Testing another theory he sent an Iron Dragon Lance at the woman who's golem blocked it without getting a scratch. "Perfect" Gajeel said to himself as he noticed Gray and Mira watching out of the corner of his eye, he let an almost feral smile creep across his face since these mages were strong enough to test his new magic on. Dodging another slash from the red head Gajeel dashed towards him at break neck speed.

Iron Dragon King's Sword: Durendal

Gajeel's new and improved blade parried the red head's 'demon' blade with ease over and over again, showing off his skills with the blade Gajeel parried a slash, span quickly then struck the other side of the blade, his own Durendal cutting through it like a hot knife through butter. Taking advantage of his opponent's obvious shock Gajeel delivered a bone crushing kick sending the mage crashing next to the brunette, who erected a stone shield in front of herself before ordering her golem to attack. Leaping into the air to get the perfect angle, Gajeel's blade began to glow.

Iron Dragon King's Lance: Gungnir

Gajeel's sword re-formed into an obsidian black lance, shooting it forward it pierced through the same golem his previous lance had bounced off of like it was made of thin paper. Not losing any momentum at all it pierced through the wall and straight into the woman's shoulder, making her scream in pain and loose her concentration, causing her creations to crumble. Using the embedded lance Gajeel moved to woman next to the downed male before retracting the lance and taking a deep breath.

Iron Dragon King's: Roar

He unleashed an almighty roar that engulfed the downed entirely, leaving them completely knocked out in seconds, making the jaws of the watching mages hit the floor.

-With Natsu and Victor-

Natsu led Victor off to the side to give his brother-in-law space, he also noticed Mira and Gray arrive at the same time to spectate both battles. Still with anger covering his face Victor scowled at the 'rat' before him, "you! You DARE to attack us!? We may once have been weaker but our Mistress has forged us into something FAR stronger! Bow before me now and I shall allow you to live."

"Think I'll pass thanks" replied Natsu with his signature grin, "this 'mistress' of yours is your daughter right? Who knows maybe they'll put your cells together or something."

Victor's look of anger morphed into absolute rage "that's it scum, NOW YOU DIE!" From the back of his belt Victor pulled an ornate gold dagger, embedded on the handle with various gemstones. Natsu was expecting Victor to charge at him with the knife but instead, much to Natsu's surprise and shock, Victor plunged it into his free hand. Removing the blade he pointed his wounded hand towards Natsu.

Blood Cannon

Victor's blood formed into a golf ball sized sphere and shot at Natsu, hitting him dead on and pushing him back a few feet. Pressing his advantage Victor swiped his hand diagonally.

Blood Slicer

The blood formed into a crescent shaped blade that Natsu didn't even try to dodge, which again made him slide back a foot or so. Looking to Gajeel, Natsu could see he was being pushed as well by his opponants, though in truth he hadn't taken a scratch and was starting to get serious. "Guess I should get serious too, can't let metal face show me up" said the smirking Dragon Slayer before his magic pressure skyrocketed, shocking everyone watching including Gildarts. Deciding to start strong Natsu sucked in air.

Fire Dragon King's: Roar

Natsu unleashed a roar more powerful and far far hotter than any the other Fairy Tailers had seen before, it was so hot the very earth beneath it melted into white hot glass. To protect himself, Victor created a wall of blood which the roar quickly impacted, much to everyone's surprise it held back to roar for quite a while. Soon however the blood began to boil until it reached the point it lost cohesion and the roar broke through, impacting Victor and sending him flying far further than he had ever made Natsu. Standing back up Victor was covered in heavy burns and was bleeding heavily from multiple wounds. He started to laugh manically "You fool! Blood is my weapon! And you've just given me far more ammunition!"

Blood Knight

Victor's blood swirled around him and formed into crimson red knight's armor, complete with sword and shield. "Know fear insect! For the Crimson Knight has withstood attacks that could destroy whole buildings and shatter even the strongest metals!" Victor charged forward fully intent on turning Natsu into bloody cubes, Natsu however had other ideas as he fluidly dodged every swipe and every thrust meant to end him, as he uncharacteristically waited for the perfect moment to counter. "WILL YOU JUST DIE YOU WORTHLESS INSECT!" Victor screamed as his form grew increasingly sloppy from his rage. As Natsu dodges another swipe Victor, in a blind rage, moves to slam his shield into Natsu, seeing his moment Natsu ignited his fists and counter with a strong punch.

Fire Dragon King's: Demolition Fist

Natsu's Dragon King infused fist impacted the shield and shattered it like glass being hit by a train, along with about half of Victor's armor. "Sorry" Natsu began "but playtime's over….nighty night" coating his foot in flames Natsu delivered a roundhouse kick to the center of Victor's chest.

Fire Dragon King's: Molten Talon

Natsu's kick shattered the remaining armor and, given the slightly sickening cracking sound, several ribs. It sent Victor sailing through the air into the buildings wall, making one hell of a dent, by the time Victor hit the floor he was practically comatose. Looking over to Gajeel he saw his brother had easily swatted his opponents, leaving the Fairy Tail member's jaws on the floor.


Entering the main part of the church Lucy could see the main alter had been replaced by a golden throne. Sat upon which was a young woman in her mid to late 20's, wearing a tight, VERY revealing purple dress that showed off her legs, her back and almost ALL of her exceedingly large breasts, leaving almost nothing to the imagination. "You must be Anestra right?" inquired Lucy, "that is one hell of a dress."

Anestra smirked darkly "indeed I am my dear intruder, you certainly have guts attacking my guild like this…I'm almost impressed…..almost." At that moment a human shaped impression formed in the wall as if someone had been knocked, rather forcefully, into the outside wall. "Ah" Anestra continued "it would seem your friends have overcome my dear old father….well congratulations my dear Fairy, you have managed to attain my undivided attention. Alas it would seem I must kill you personally, a shame really to waste that beautiful body of yours. Perhaps I'll just wound you and keep you for myself."

Lucy smiled "such a kind offer, but I'm afraid I must…..graciously decline."

Anestra shook her head, "then I guess it's time to die good looking." She held her arms out to the side and Lucy watched in awe and disgust as her wrists magically slit themselves. A look of complete evil crept across Anestra's face, "my pathetic father may require blade to use our ancestors glorious magic, but I need no such barbaric tools, NOW SUFFER!"

Blood Bombs

The blood pouring from her wounds formed into 3 tennis ball sized spheres and fired at Lucy. Though she managed to dodge all three, she hadn't counted on each one causing a medium sized explosion that singed her hair and clothes slightly. Just as the explosions subsided the doors opened revealing the rest of the Fairy Tail mages. Realising they had defeated the rest of her guild Anestra grew increasingly angry, dozens of golf ball sized spheres of blood hovered and circled around her, "DIE!" she screamed.

Sanguine Salvo

The orbs shot forward like a horde of bullets fired from a mini-gun, each one hell bent on turning a Fairy Tail mage into a bloody Swiss cheese. Just in time Lucy put up a wall of shadows to protect herself while fully trusting Gildarts, who she could sense using his magic, to protect the others. To everyone's surprise the blood tore through both Lucy's shadow wall and Gildart's crash barrier with everyone taking hits, luckily the barriers had the brunt enough to reduce their damage to a few cuts and bruises, but Lucy wasn't stupid enough to risk injury to them again. "Gildarts!" Lucy called over "get everyone to a safe distance then put up a barrier with yours and Gray's magic! Natsu! Gajeel! Make sure no one tries to get back in to 'help'." With reluctant nods the Fairy Tail mages took their leave closing the door behind them, leaving Lucy with a smirking Anestra. Raising her arms again Anestra called more blood to float around her, then each of the numerous blood orbs broke apart and re-formed into 5 needles each, leaving several hundred needles pointed at Lucy.

Sanguine Senbon Salvo

All the needles sprayed forward, Lucy could instantly tell there was no way she could block these without using magic she didn't want to reveal yet. Knowing this she quickly melded into the shadows to her left narrowly missing being turned into a bloody pin cushion. Swiftly moving through the shadows she looked back to see the needles had pierced the wall and door, almost like it put up no resistance at all. Creeping to the shadows behind Anestra, Lucy emerged and coated her fist in shadows and struck while Anestra was searching for her.

Shadow Dragon Queen's: Midnight Slash

Lucy hit Anestra hard in the back and sent her smashing through the church pews and into the wall. Picking herself up Anestra turned and gave Lucy a look of rage that could freeze spines, she thrust her palms forward and the blood from all the cuts on her body collected in her palms and fired as a rotating spiral of blood.

Bloody Cyclone

Leaping to the left Lucy dodged the cyclone by inches, which blew a rather large hole in the wall. Seeing Anestra form another cyclone Lucy quickly sucked in air and countered.

Shadow Dragon Queen's: Roar

Bloody Cyclone

The two cyclones collided causing a huge blast of air pressure, it wasn't long however before the shadows burst through the blood, sending blood flying everywhere, before striking Anestra in the chest and sending her back into the hole she had emerged from. Rising once more Anestra had had enough of this Blonde bimbo so decided it was time to bring out the 'big guns'.

Blood Paladin

Just like her father's Anestra's blood began to form into armor, though unlike her father she had a sword in each hand, a crossbow attached to each forearm and crossed spears on her back. With a smirk she raised her blades above her head and crossed them, "now my dear you shall suffer the wrath of the unholy paladin!" Her blades began to glow and a sphere of magic began to form at the point they touched, every now and then the sphere would pulse orange, which Lucy noticed made all the blood in the hall glow orange as well. "For the sin of challenging my guild and DARING to defy my ordained rule, I sentence you and the rest of your heathen allies to death and damnation! Now suffer eternal!"

Blood Paladin's Infernal Retribution

Outside the church the other Fairy Tail mages were watching with confusion as the blood left over from the senbon needles that had reached them began to glow orange. Sensing a dangerous build-up of magic coming from it, Gildarts moved everyone further away just in time to watch the puddles and the church explode violently. "LUCY!" screamed Gray and Mira simultaneously while the others just waited confidently. As the smoke began to clear two shining figures could be seen; one was wearing glowing crimson knights armor and the other was adorned in brightly shining golden armor.

"Y-y-you survived?! HOW!?" Anestra demanded in shock.

Lucy smirked "I was protected by the power of a TRUE god! Celestial God's: Divine Armor: Aegis. It would seem that it is becoming too dangerous to allow this battle to continue, it's time to end this!" Lucy's magic pressure increased as her eyes hardened, she raised her right hand above her head.

Celestial God's: Star Sword Shower

Above Lucy's head formed 5 swords of pure, golden light that reminded the Fairy Tail mages of Erza's Heaven's Wheel armor. Bringing her hand down Lucy sent the swords hurtling towards Anestra, who dodged to the left, but was surprised to see the blades turn around and head for her again. As Anestra dodged and parried the blades with her own, Lucy stretched out her hands and a large Shadow Dragon magic circle appeared beneath her.

Shadow Dragon Queen's Secret Art: Forces of Darkness

A pitch black shadow engulfed the magic circle from which emerged 5 of Lucy's Dragonlings. "Go" Lucy commanded simply causing the Dragonlings to charge forward, each one took one of the Star Swords in its claws and began to attack Anestra. Showing she truly had skill with her blades, Anestra dodged or blocked each of the Dragonlings attacks with their blades, their claws and the occasional roar, though not without taking a few hits that were beginning to damage her armor. Lucy closed her eyes and began to mix her Dragon and God magic within her, the more she did the more the shadows and light swirled around her becoming increasingly violent. With great difficulty Anestra was able to eliminate 3 out of the 5 Dragonlings by altering the shape of her blades at key moments. Blocking a simultaneous strike from the remaining 2 she momentarily allowed her attention to be grabbed by Lucy's growing magic pressure, which was all the Dragonlings needed. Putting their last ounce of strength and power into a single strike they hit on the back of Anestra's knees, forcing her onto her knees while they dissipated. Seeing her moment to strike Lucy sucked in as much air as she could and unleashed an almighty spell that even Natsu and Gajeel had never seen before.

Celestial Shadow Dragon God's: Roaring Bellow

Lucy unleashed a massive unison raid of her Dragon's Roar and God's Bellow that completely engulfed Anestra and began to drill into the floor behind her. Once the spell subsided Anestra could be found at the bottom of a 5 foot deep drill shaft unconscious, her armor obliterated and her body heavily wounded. Gray, Mira and Gildarts stood with their jaws pooled on the floor, while Natsu and Gajeel both grumbled about Lucy being "already powerful enough" and that "she doesn't need a new dammed spell."