Sorry for the long wait. My classes took a LOT of my time, I had to deal with holiday shopping, and deal with some personal family issues. That and I was playing a lot of Halo 5.

I hope you guys enjoy this new chapter and let me know what you think about it at the bottom.


After the girls left the area, Ryu turned right to Yuka and Toby, the two other mages that were responsible for the destruction of the village. He was angry at these two, not only were they trying to resurrect a demon frozen in an Iced Shell, but they also tried to kill all of the villagers in one fail swoop of acidic jelly.

"Oh man, Cold Emperor will be ticked." Yuka said after he witnessed one mage punch Angelica far into the woods, and two of their targets left his vision.

"I DO NOT!" Toby said as he misunderstood what Yuka just said.

"Happy," Natsu turned to his little friend. "Go make sure that the girls will be okay. Ryu and I can take care of these guys."

"Aye," Happy replied as he flew into the air to go after the girls. Natsu then flew right towards Toby and hit him with a strong headbutt. Yuka was shocked as to how fast Natsu flew towards his comrade, until out of the corner of his eye, Ryu charged at him with glowing fists.

"Cosmic Dragon's Meteor Fist." Ryu shouted as Yuka dodged at the last second to avoid the hit. He was lucky because the attack left a crater where the attack landed.

"Hm, judging from the fire magic he used earlier and you just saying 'Cosmic Dragon', you two must be the famous Salamander and Dragonborn of Fairy Tail." Yuka analytically said as he realized who they were dealing with right now.

Toby meanwhile, jumped right back on his feet shouting out loud, "I'm okay."

"In case you were not aware of this, Toby and I used to be members of a famous guild ourselves, so don't blow us off." Yuka told the two Dragon Slayers. "Actually we personally know 'Iron Rock' Jura. Surely now you know that we are talking about the Lamia Scale guild."

Natsu responded by unleashing a powerful fire attack at both enemies. Toby got singed, while Yuka put up a barrier to block out the fire. "Would you knock it off; listen to your betters when they are speaking to you." Yuka said in a superior attitude.

"Why the hell should we?" Ryu began to talk. "I don't give a shit if you're on the damn Magic Council; you tried to murder an entire village at once. That makes you my enemy tonight. And besides," He said as he walked towards Yuka, "It doesn't matter who you know personally. On the battlefield, it's only between two people and no one else." He then charged straight to Yuka in a fit of rage.

Toby tried to go to help his friend, but Natsu blocked his path. "You're not going anywhere dog-face, your fighting me now." Natsu said as his fists were a blaze with fire and charged at Toby.

Ryu came right up to Yuka, but Yuka fired off one of his attacks at Ryu, "Wave." A blue orb of transparent magic flew past Ryu as he just dodged it at the last possible second. "Guess you weren't ready for that."

"Cosmic Dragon's Roar," Ryu fired off his roar attack at Yuka, but once again Yuka used the same spell to deflect the attack.

"I can see that you're confused, so I will explain it to you," Yuka said to Ryu. "You see, the pulsing energy that comes from my hands defuses all magic. Meaning, none of your spells will work on me. This is a special type of anti-magic spell that I worked on when I was in Lamia Scale. No matter how strong you are, all wizards are weak against me." He unleashed a dual wave attack at Ryu who jumped out of the way.

"We shall see about that punk." Ryu charged at Yuka once more with a Meteor Fist. Yuka pulled another Wave Barrier up to block the attack.

"You don't seem to listen do you? Your magic is useless against my Wave." Yuka told him, as Ryu cocked his fist back.

"Well then, I guess I have to do this old school than." Ryu told him as he punched his fist through the Wave Barrier. "How about that, my fist broke through your barrier." Suddenly, Ryu had to hold back a scream of pain as his arm was being assaulted by the energy of the Wave.

"You fool, putting your bare arm inside a vortex of magical energy, not the smartest move you can make." Yuka said taunting at Ryu, who then retaliated by putting his other arm inside the vortex. What shocked Yuka next was what Ryu did after that, Ryu shouted out loud, "Dragon Arms." He witnessed Ryu's arms changing from normal to his dragon arms. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!"

"You seem shocked by this do you? Well then I am about to scare the crap out of you." Ryuma said as he broke apart the wave barrier.

"How is this possible? My Wave magic should prevent you from using your magic. How did you do that with your arms?" Yuka asked the dragon armed mage in front of him.

"That's the thing, it disrupts magic, but it cannot disrupt something that comes naturally for someone like me. And besides," Ryu said as he appeared in front of Yuka surprising him, "I know how to use a barrier spell; it's only as strong as the mage who uses it." Ryu then punched Yuka square in the face with his dragon fist, sending him flying back fifty feet and knocking him out.

Toby, who was busy dealing with Natsu at the moment, saw what was going on with Yuka. "What did he just do?" he asked before he had to dodge another attack from Natsu.

"Your fight's with me." Natsu said as he charged at Toby again with fire in his hands.

"You think you have me beat, but I'm tougher than Yuka is." Toby said as his fingernails grew longer and turned green. "Behold my Mega Jellyfish Paralyzing Claws. Good luck trying to guess what these bad boys can do."

"They paralyze people." Natsu said answering him.

"Holy crap, how did you know? What are you psychic or something?" Toby asked not realizing he was the one who revealed the secret of his technique.

"No, you're just stupid." Natsu replied before Toby tried to swipe him with his claws.

"No one calls me stupid and gets away with it." Toby said as he wildly swung his claws at Natsu. "With just one swipe from my claws, you will be frozen, waiting to die."

"Hey hold on a second man," Natsu said to Toby. "You got something on your face right here." Natsu placed his hand on his head indicating Toby where it was located.

"Really right here?" Toby asked Natsu as he placed his left hand on his face, claws digging into his forehead. He was then electrocuted by his own paralysis technique, and fell onto his back.

"Well that was way too easy." Natsu said as he went to regroup with Ryu. Ryu saw all the damage that their enemies had done, all to resurrect some demon. "So what do we do now?"

"I'll tell you what we do," Ryu said with a hint of anger in his voice. "These bastards think they can get away with killing off an entire village, they have another thing coming to them." Ryu then walked off to head back to the temple to deal with Lyon and his minions.

"Hey wait, what about the girls? Your gonna just ignore that they may need some help." Natsu asked his friend. He knew Ryu for many years; he would never leave someone from the guild alone if they needed help. Ryu stopped in his tracks, clenched his fists in knowing that Natsu was right.

"Natsu," Ryu told him as he turned his head to look at him. "I wouldn't be leaving them like this if I did not have complete faith in them. Besides, Lucy and Lisanna are both strong and tough girls, I believe that they can do this." He then walked off towards the direction of the temple, Natsu soon followed after him.


*With Lucy and Lisanna, Later*

Both Lisanna and Lucy had arrived at where Ryu punched Angelica the giant rat; they saw that the creature was knocked out from that one blow. It wasn't soon until they ran into Sheri and she started to attack the two of them with her Marionette magic. She started off with a Tree Puppet, until Lucy summoned Taurus to help out. What caught both girls off was the fact that Sheri could use her magic on Celestial Spirits. After taking control of Taurus, the spirit was forced to attack Lucy and Lisanna. Both girls tried their hardest to deal with the bull spirit until Lucy was able to force Taurus' gate closed.

They were lucky to be able to get out of a fight with Taurus with no blood spilt, although Lucy did lose her shirt, but her tube top still remained to preserve her modesty. And Lisanna's shirt was now a short sleeved midriff. Currently they were running away from a giant Rock Puppet of Sheri's as they did not have any spirit or form to take to deal with such a tough opponent. As they ran they had somehow found their way to the beach.

"Finish these two harlots Rock Doll!" Sheri commanded as the Rock Doll slammed its feet at where both Lucy and Lisanna were previously standing. Both girls managed to get out of the way, until they reached the coastline.

"Wait a minute," Lucy began to think. "I can summon Aquarius from here."

"Lucy remember what happened with Taurus," Lisanna told her as she tried to think of something to help them out at this moment. "She took control of him. This girl can do the same to Aquarius as well."

"It looks like the cat has finally caught the two harlot mice." Sheri said as she was still on top of her Rock Puppet. She kept calling the two girls harlots because, in her own twisted head, Sheri thought that the girls were trying to steal Lyon away from her.

"Water can't destroy that rock monster. Besides, Aquarius would just wash us up with her attack." Lucy said as she came up with the perfect plan. "Lisanna, I have a plan to beat her. Trust me."

"You got it Lucy." Lisanna said as she watched Lucy go towards the sea and pull out another key.

"Open gate of the Water Bearer: Aquarius." Lucy summoned Aquarius to help her out in battle. Lisanna saw the mermaid for the first time and thought she was beautiful to behold.

"Wow, she is really pretty." Lisanna said about the mermaid spirit.

"Wait, you have such a powerful spirit like her under contract?" Sheri asked as she did not think a girl like Lucy would have a powerful spirit like Aquarius in her possession.

"That's right and with just one of her attacks, you're done for. Get her." Lucy said as she pointed at Sheri for Aquarius to attack. But only to get sass from Aquarius instead. "I see your attitude has not changed one bit. Please stop complaining and do this."

"I see you're still annoying? And you wonder why you don't have a boyfriend yet. What, you scared off that dragon boy already?" Aquarius said to Lucy, and insulted her more with the mentioning of her relationship status, causing her to blush. She knew about Ryu when he saved Lucy's rings from being thrown into the ocean about a month or two ago and felt what his magic and nature was from the contact of the keys. She was okay with him as her key were not dropped, but caught before it hit any surface.

"Would you give it a break already, my relationship with Ryuma is none of your business." Lucy said in a bit of anger not realizing what she had said out loud.

"Is this normal for you two to be like this?" Lisanna asked as she was wondering if this was a normal occurrence.

"Marionette Attack: Puppet. You are now mine to control." Sheri said as she took control over Aquarius.

"Thanks to you, now she's under my spell, go ahead and send her back now." Sheri said taunting Lucy.

"No way, she's my ace in the hole." Lucy confidently said as she stood tall.

"Lucy, are you sure?" Lisanna asked her wondering if her plan included this.

"I am Lisanna, trust me." Lucy said to her as she never wavered in the way she spoke.

"Then let the power of the ocean rip you two apart to pieces. Now Aquarius, kill these two stupid girls now." Sheri said as she ordered Aquarius to wash them away. However, what Sheri did not see was the look on the spirit's face.

"You don't have to tell me, I was going to do it anyway." Aquarius said as she unleashed her attack on both Lucy and Lisanna washing them up in a tidal wave and whirlpool.

"Yes, perish at your own…" Sheri was saying before she saw that the water attack was coming right towards her too. It washed her up as well as the others.

Aquarius was watching the water attack play out as all three girls were being spun in a short water spout. "Wow, this girl is even dumber than Lucy. I can close my own gate, bah-bye. Although I feel bad about dragging the third girl into this, she did call me pretty. Oh well, I can try to apologize to her another time." She said as she went back to the spirit world.

As she went back to the spirit world, the attack stopped and all three girls washed up on shore, Lucy and Sheri were lying on the beach as Lisanna sat on the sand, dizzy from all of the spinning. "Leave it to Aquarius to attack both friend and foe." Lucy said as she stood up and tried to regain her balance.

"I hate myself for falling for your tricks again." Sheri said as she got up and tried to regain her balance.

"Wait why was I dragged into this?" Lisanna said as she got up to trying to regain her bearings. All three of them were all dizzy walking to each other. Once they all bumped into one another, they all knew where the other was and they got into a comical fight. It ended when Lucy delivered a clothesline to Sheri. Lisanna tackled Lucy after the clothesline when she thought it was Sheri.

"Take that, you just got beaten by two wizards from Fairy Tail." Lucy said, as both she and Lisanna were on the ground, finally getting over their collective dizziness. They even noticed that Sheri's Rock Doll was then shattered to pieces.

"Yeah, sorry I fell on you Lucy," Lisanna said as she felt bad for making Lucy fall like that.

"It's okay."

"Oh, the burning light of my life has been extinguished. Oh Lyon, my love for you will still blaze on for eternity." Sheri said dramatically as she fell onto the beach.

"Okay wow that was really dramatic." Lisanna said seeing how she was acting in defeat. "You're not gonna die, at the most you'll just be unconscious."

"Angelica, avenge me." Sheri said before she lost consciousness. Both girls turned around just in time to see the giant rat Angelica standing at the edge of the cliff, holding her gut from when Ryuma punched her. Angelica then jumped high up into the air and dove down to the ground where the girls were and prepared to hit them with her elbow.

"Wait, I thought she was one of her puppets?" Lucy asked out loud. She and Lisanna tried to get out of the way but their legs felt like jelly.

"Oh crap, our legs." Lisanna said realizing that their legs have yet to regain their balance from the whirlpool attack from Aquarius. They laid there in fear of being hit by the rat's elbow drop, but out of nowhere, a red haired person came in at the last moment to use her sword to slash the giant rat. It knocked the rat away from the girls and landed right next to Sheri.

Lucy and Lisanna looked up to get a better look at the person who saved them; it turned out to be Erza. "Oh man, Erza are we glad to…" Lucy said as both her and Lisanna saw the look on Erza's face. She was not happy.

"Um Lucy, I think she's mad that we took an S-class mission with no authorization." Lisanna whispered to her as she hid behind her in fear. Unlike Lucy who is still new to something's in the guild, Lisanna has seen what kind of punishment Erza gives to people.

"Lucy, Lisanna, I assume you two know why I am here?" Erza asked them as she wanted to hear them say it.

"Promise you won't hurt us?" Lucy asked in a nice voice, before they were forced to sit on the beach in fear of Erza's punishment. Happy arrived at the scene glad they he found them still alive and safe. He would have said more but he noticed Erza, with her back to him. He tried to fly away but Erza caught him by the tail.

"Look Erza," Lisanna began to explain to her. "We are sorry to come here without permission, but some awful things are happening here. There's this guy and a group of his minions who are trying to revive a huge demon. It's affected the villagers on this island and they need help."

"It concerns me not." Erza said shocking them all.

"But Erza please let us…" Lucy said before Erza held her sword at the both of them.

"I don't think you understand what is at stake here. You all have betrayed Makarov's trust. You will be lucky if you walk away with your lives." Erza said as she said it in a terrifying tone.

"Oh shut up Erza," Lisanna said shocking everyone. Erza was taken aback by this outburst as she has never seen Lisanna stand up to her like this before. "I don't care about it, these people need our help and we will help them. This person, trying to free a 'Demon of Destruction,' went so far as to try and perform a mass genocide on the entire village. I will NOT stand by and let this go on for much longer. Besides, you and I both know that Ryu won't let this go without payback either."

Erza knew she was right about Ryuma, she had heard of some of his past before he came to the guild. She knew that Ryu wouldn't let this slide without a severe form of punishment from him. "Be that as it may, you will take me to the others now and we shall discuss what to do then."

Lucy was shocked that Lisanna stood up to Erza and found that to be very cool. "Oh and Lisanna, when this is all over, your sister would like to have a word with you. And you know what she will do to you." Erza said as she made them walk back to where the village once was.

Lisanna lost all her courage when Erza said that part about her sister. "Oh crap, hold me Lucy I'm scared." Lisanna said scared as she did not want Mira to punish her again. Last time she got punished by her, she couldn't be able to sit for a few hours afterwards. Lucy held her to comfort her as she herself was starting to get scared, from Erza or Mira's punishment she did not know.


*Village Storage Area*

Gray woke up finding himself all bandaged up and inside a tent in the storage area of the village. Luckily for the villagers, they kept their storage space in a separate spot away from the main village. One of the women of the village saw he was awake and told him where he was and what happened to the village. She even told him how his friends helped save the villagers and how Ryuma saved the life of their chief. Gray asked where they could be and she led him to another tent where they were resting.

However, when Gray did enter the tent, he was greeted with the sight of Happy, Lucy and Lisanna all tied up, and Erza waiting impatiently for his arrival. "You made me wait." She told him in a cold tone.

"Oh shit, Erza. Um, why are they all tied up and where are Natsu and Ryuma?" Gray asked wondering about the conditions of his comrades.

"Lucy and Lisanna brought me up to speed on all that has happened. You and Ryuma were sent to stop them from even being here, you aren't doing a very good job. I am really disappointed in you." Erza told him, not really answering his question on why the girls and Happy were tied up. "As for where Natsu and Ryuma are, that I do not know."

Lisanna and Lucy both explained to Gray and Erza that when they last saw the Dragon Slayer duo, Ryuma punched the giant rat as the girls went off to deal with Sheri. Natsu and Ryuma were left behind to deal with the others. When they went back to the village however, there was no one to be seen. Happy explained how they found the storage area after Erza demanded him to fly up to see if he could find them.

"Now that you're awake we can begin searching for Natsu and Ryuma. Once we get those two, we return to the guild." Erza said as she was determined to deliver them to Makarov for punishment.

"What? We can't. If they filled you in on what has happened here, then you know that these people need help." Gray tried to explain to Erza.

"I came solely here to apprehend them to deliver them back to the guild for proper punishment of rule breaking. Nothing else matters at this moment." Erza said to Gray.

"Rules? All you care about is following the fucking rules at a time like this?!" Gray said to Erza surprising everyone there. "Have you seen what has happened to the villagers, you should know what kind of torment they have had to endure just by seeing them. How in the hell can you be so fucking heartless Erza?" Gray asked as he was trying to understand why Erza was so determined to follow the rules of the guild, when they were faced with a bigger crisis at hand.

"Do you dare to break the rules of the guild as well?" Erza asked as she summoned one of her swords. She held the tip of the blade at Gray's face and said to him, "You will face the same punishment."

Gray couldn't hold back his anger anymore and just exploded, "I don't give a shit if I get kicked out of Fairy Tail, The Cold Emperor is trying to revive a demon that is more dangerous than Lullaby was and also desecrating my master's legacy for who knows what reason. I am seeing this mission to the end and nothing is going to stop me from keeping my master's legacy alive."

Erza moved her sword away from Gray and swung it at the girls and Happy, freeing them from the ropes that they were held in. "We will deal with the immediate problems at hand first. Then you will all be rightfully punished for accepting an S-class mission." Erza said as she decided to go ahead and stop Deliora's resurrection. Erza looked at Gray and said to him, "However I do have one question, how was it that you even agreed to come here in the first place?"

"Oh that, well Natsu sucker punched me when I wasn't looking and the next thing I know I was tied up along with Ryuma on a boat heading to the island. When the ship crashed on the shore, we had no way of getting back so we thought we might as well do the mission." Gray told her explaining what he had gone through prior to the mission.

"That sounds about right. Wait, how did Ryu get tied up then?" Erza asked as she knew he was a tough person and could take many hits and still come up.

"I have no idea really. When Natsu knocked me out, Ryu was still awake." Gray explained as he began to get curious as well. The two of them looked to where the girls were and wanted to know if they knew.

Lucy and Lisanna were both blushing as they knew how he got tied up, but they didn't want to say it out loud. "Oh that. Um, well, Natsu punched him as well when he wasn't looking. Just like Gray." Lucy lied to them to try and save Lisanna from embarrassment. And it worked for a few seconds until…

"That's not true Lucy. Ryu got a massive nose bleed and fell into a crate of frying pans when Lisanna lifted her shirt up to flash her boobies at him." Happy said to everyone. All four humans were blushing badly at that. Gray because it was really awkward, Lucy and Lisanna because they found out Happy saw what happened in Hargeon and said it out loud. Erza was blushing as well, but for anger in thinking that Ryu was a pervert for even making Lisanna do something like that in her mind.

"Once everything is done, I will deal with Ryuma myself." Erza said as she left the tent. The girls were beginning to worry about Ryuma. They were afraid that he may have to face Erza's punishment real soon.


*Moon Temple*

Back at the temple, Lyon was speaking to his lackey Toby as another was looking from the side. That lackey was a masked man with a dull green cloak over an orange shirt and black pants. His name was Zalty. "This is truly pathetic; you are the only one still standing Toby."

"Sorry Lyon," Toby said as he had a bandage on his face where he stung himself. "Hey can we keep the fact I stung myself a secret, please?"

"Those Fairy Tail wizards are indeed a troublesome nuisance." Lyon said as he sat in his throne.

"This unfortunate event could interrupt the resurrection of Deliora." Zalty told him. "If all goes according to plan, Deliora should revive tonight. We need to keep an eye on those wizards, especially the two that fought Toby and Yuka. If they interrupt the Moon Drip, all our work would be for nothing."

"I am well aware of this Zalty." Lyon told him as he did NOT need to hear about it again. "But why be careful of those two wizards you mentioned?"

"If my guess is correct about who they are, and from Toby's description of them, we may be dealing with Salamander and Dragonborn." Zalty told him as Lyon became curious about those names.

"Where have I heard those names before?" Lyon said as he tried to remember where he had heard of those two.

"Oh wait, I know where," Toby said as he gained their attention. "Salamander is that famous Fire Dragon Slayer who destroyed part of the town of Hargeon weeks ago. And Dragonborn was the guy who survived an onslaught of those Raydragoons, three months ago." Raydragoons were blue humanoid dragonfly-like monsters with blue spikes on their arms and legs that they use as weapons and ten red eyes on their heads. They are considered to be very dangerous creatures to deal with.

"Ah yes now I remember, this could be a very dangerous problem for us." Lyon said out loud, pondering on how to deal with those two. "No matter, those idiots may be tough but they are no match for me and my powers."

"Perhaps you would allow me to join you in battle." Zalty said as he was hoping to see this through.

"Of course you can the more wizards the better to deal with Fairy Tail." Lyon agreed with Zalty's offer. The moment did not last long as the temple began to shake and it started to tilt over to one side. What was the cause of the temple to tilt to one side; it was Natsu and Ryuma destroying all of the pillars on one side of the structure.

"Man this is more difficult than I thought it would be. Breaking things on purpose is much more difficult." Natsu said as he punched another pillar.

"Are you kidding?" Ryu asked his friend as he destroyed one pillar with another. "This is so easy, try not destroying things on a mission. That is way more difficult to do when fighting someone." Ryu always had to hold back his destructive tendencies while on a mission, now that they are destroying things on purpose, he could really cut loose.

"What's going on?" Lyon asked as suddenly, a fire pillar burst through the floor and the ceiling. When all three of them looked down the hole, they noticed Natsu and Ryu standing there ready to strike them.

"Uh oh, this isn't going to end well. Boss be careful, the one with the pink hair can shoot fire from anywhere on his body. And the brown haired guy can do some weird things with his limbs." Toby said as he began to worry about getting hurt like his last encounter with them. Both Natsu and Ryu jumped up through the hole to deliver a hard punch and kick to Lyon. However, as the blow landed, Lyon shattered into many pieces of ice revealing that he was just an ice clone.

Natsu and Ryu turned behind them to see the real Lyon preparing to use a spell, "Ice Make: Eagle." Lyon shouted as he unleashed a wave of eagles made of ice towards the two dragon slayers.

Ryu used this moment to block the attack quickly before it even hit them. "Cosmic Dragon's Barrier." As soon as they both landed on the floor, Natsu and Ryu unleashed a beam of Fire and Cosmic energy right at Lyon who barely avoided the blast.

"What kind of ridiculous magic is this?" he asked as he has never seen magic being used or even manipulated like this before.

"It's the kind that will kick your ass." Natsu said as both of them prepared to use another spell on him. "Fire Dragon's/Cosmic Dragon's…" as they were about to unleash their dragon roar attacks, the floor suddenly dissolved below them causing them to fall to the floor.

"How very fortunate of you Cold emperor, they seemed to have fallen down a hole." Zalty said to him as he knew where the whole came from in the first place.

"Hey guys," Toby said as he revealed that the fire attacks hit him, making him looked like he got charred. "Can we keep the whole 'Toby-got-charred-thing' a secret too, please?"

"Do not interfere with my battles Zalty, these Fairy's are nothing to my main goal, to revive Deliora and finally defeat it once and for all." Lyon said as he revealed the main reason why he is trying to revive the demon.

"Please let me deal with these fools," Zalty insisted. "You must save your strength; after all, defeating a demon is no easy task." Lyon knew that he was right as he let Zalty go down the hole to deal with the Dragon slayers. While Zalty fell down the hole to get to the Dragon Slayers, he used his magic to repair the damages that they caused to the temple.

As Natsu and Ryuma stood back up, they saw that the damage they caused somehow started going back to normal and looking like it was never damaged in the first place. "Wh-what the hell is happening?" Natsu asked, looking to see everything being fixed.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling that this is all his doing." Ryu said as he pointed to where Zalty had landed.

"That is correct Dragonborn, this is all my doing." Zalty proclaimed with pride in his voice. "Now the Moon Drip Ceremony will continue with no interference from you all."

"Let's get him." Natsu shouted as they both ran towards Zalty. Zalty knew they would do this so he made part of the ceiling fall down towards them. Both Dragon slayers saw this and quickly destroyed the falling debris with ease. However, what caught them off guard was that the debris was floating back up to the ceiling and repaired itself. It had appeared that no damage was even done to it.

"What the; hey how did you do that?" Natsu asked as he became curious as to how that is possible.

"It must be a special type of lost magic," Ryu deduced just from the sight of the magic seal that appeared from Zalty's hands. When he was younger he always saw people perform magic using seals whenever they use spells. He had asked gramps about it once and said that some mages need to use them to help them focus on performing the spells. When one has mastered the kind of magic they perform, it is only then do they not need seals to use them to help focus.

"You are indeed correct Dragonborn. I can use a special kind of lost magic that allows someone like me to use time as a means of combat, restoration and other means." Zalty stated as he looked very prideful. "Your Dragon Slayer magic is no different in the same way." After he said that, Zalty just vanished into thin air.

"What the? Where the hell did he go?" Natsu asked wondering where their opponent went to this time.

"I don't know. Do you have his scent?" Ryuma asked Natsu as he got a head nod in response. "Good me to, let's go get him."

Both Dragon Slayers ran to where they would find their enemy. As they ran Natsu asked Ryu an interesting question, "Hey Ryu, don't you think it's odd that this guy smells like women's perfume?"

"Yeah, but at least it's better than the stuff Ichiya uses all the time." Ryu replied as he got a small chuckle from Natsu. Ichiya always had the weirdest perfumes ever made.


*Deliora's cavern*

"At long last," Zalty said as he looked upon Deliora's frozen form. "The moment has arrived for Deliora's resurrection."

"There you are you son of a bitch." Zalty heard behind him as he turned just in time to avoid a punch from both Natsu and Ryuma. He jumped away as the Iron Fist and Meteor Fist connected to the ground, and made a crater where he once stood.

"I am impressed that you were able to find me so soon. How is it that you were able to find me?" Zalty asked them as he was curious as to how they discovered his location after disappearing like he did.

"Our noses led the way, by the way, you smell like cheap ladies perfume." Ryuma told Zalty as he got ticked by his comment.

"It was NOT cheap; it was over ten thousand jewels to purchase. Oh crap." Zalty told them suddenly realizing that he said that out loud.

"I could have lived without knowing that information." Natsu said to him.

"Either way, you are no match for me and my Arc of Time magic. So I am giving you this one chance to surrender Salamander and Dark Guild Wrecker. Oops I mean Dragonborn." Zalty said as he accidentally said that nickname.

Ryu caught the name mix up quickly and thought to himself, 'How does this guy know that name of mine?' There were a small amount of people that he knew of who knew that name, Lucy, Lisanna, Cana, Mira, Elfman, Natsu, Erza, Gray, Gramps, and some members of the council and army. So how does this guy know that he was him?

"Moon light!" Natsu exclaimed as Ryu turned his attention toward Deliora.

"You to seem surprised, we still have one person who can perform the spell. It isn't as powerful as normal but it should be enough to free Deliora from his ice prison. Before you can even get to that person, I will make sure you never leave this cavern alive." Zalty told them. After he said that, a chunk of the ice on top broke off, revealing that they didn't have much time left to stop their plan.

Natsu and Ryuma had to jump out of the way, as while they saw the ice break apart a bit; Zalty dropped a chunk of the ceiling down towards them. While Zalty was laughing Natsu hit him with a flaming fist. "Do you really think that is wise using fire magic at a time like this?"

"If that was true," Ryu said as he appeared behind Zalty and kicked him in the spine. "You wouldn't need the Moon Drip to melt the ice; all you needed was a mage who knew fire magic. And besides I have cosmic magic instead of fire."

"I mistook you for fools, but when push comes to shove, you two are the most annoying people to deal with." Zalty said as he pulled out a crystal ball out of his outfit and launched at them. Natsu and Ryu both were able to dodge the ball. However the ball them came back at them and hit them both in the face. "Do your worst."

Natsu and Ryu were getting tired of dealing with this guy. Natsu threw a punch at the crystal ball which caused it to shatter. However, the ball miraculously repaired itself and launched an attack towards Natsu's gut. Ryu quickly batted the ball away before it reached its target. "Impressive, it's difficult to knock away my crystal ball when it's in mid-flight." Zalty told him.

"Thanks, I was wondering why you didn't use your Arc of Time magic on the ice but it hit me. You can't use it on living things and that ice is Gray's master Ur in ice form." Ryu said as he realized a huge flaw in Zalty's magic.

"That is correct; this magic is powerless on living objects. But it's too bad you won't live to see Deliora's resurrection. Watch as I throw this crystal ball into the future." Zalty said as he threw the ball at them really fast. It was hitting them at all sides and they couldn't be able to avoid all the hits in time. Natsu tried to hit it with a Fire punch but the ball stopped just before it made contact. "I can also freeze an object in time."

"Why are you reviving this demon, seems like this is all about Lyon trying to boost his ego when he tries to kill this thing? So what's your goal in all of this?" Natsu asked as this was bugging him ever sense they all found out what they were trying to do.

"You have a good point Natsu, what is your goal in all of this Zalty?" Ryu asked as Zalty was the one piece of this puzzle that just didn't fit in.

"That is none of your business to know. However if you must know, I know that Lyon isn't strong enough to slay this thing, so I plan on controlling it for my own gains. With one spell I will become the most powerful mage alive. No one will ever get in my way again." Zalty said as he became more arrogant and bragged his plans.

"So," Ryu said as he now knew that Zalty was only looking for a quick answer to power. "All this is about just controlling a demon just to become a god or something?"

"You are too young to know about what having true power really means." Zalty told Ryu.

"We already know what it means to have power." Ryu and Natsu said as they charged up their attacks. "So let us show you what our power can do to people like you!"

"Getting cocky now huh, well let it fall like the ceiling above you." Zalty told them as he made part of the ceiling drop down on them. They were able to jump out of the way and make a straight line towards Zalty. "You cannot stop me with those puny flames and energy. I have time on my side." He unleashed a barrage of crystal balls at them one more.

"Well then let's see what your time can do against my cosmos." Ryu said as Natsu destroyed all of the crystal balls, causing a huge cloud of smoke to cover the area. Zalty couldn't tell where they were going to come from until, "I can't tell the future but I definitely see me kicking your ass, Cosmic Dragon's Meteor Fist!" Ryu punched Zalty as hard as he could right in the face, sending him crashing down hard in defeat.

"Alright we beat him. Now let's stop the spell before…" Natsu was saying before the ice around Deliora broke away and revealed everything from the waist up. The demon was awake and let out the loudest roar ever heard. The roar was so loud that it caused the area where the villagers were staying to shake.

Natsu was worried as he didn't know what to do now. Ryu on the other hand, "AAAAAAHHH! MAKE IT STOP!" He was holding his ears in pain. His hearing was more sensitive than most people so hearing a loud roar like that up close was painful for him to hear as he crouched down on the floor, withering in pain.

Natsu grabbed hold of him and moved to a bigger area of land in the cave, it was a bit farther away from the beast but still not far enough. The Moon Drip beam finally diminished but the dead was done, the ice broke away. The demon was now free. Natsu heard some foot steps behind him and saw his friends all rushing towards him. He was slightly scared when he saw Erza, but he was more worried about the large demon that had been freed from its icy imprisonment.

"No, were too late. Deliora is free." Gray said in sadness as he saw the ice all gone. Lucy and Lisanna went to where Ryu was and tried to help him out. Erza was just waiting to see what she could do at the moment. Happy flew up to Natsu as he felt safer near him.

"Ryu are you okay?" Lisanna asked as she and Lucy were worried about his well being.

"Argh, my ears are ringing! I can't hear a thing!" Ryu said as he still held his hands to his ears in pain.

"Well we got to take that thing down." Natsu said as the demon released another loud roar. Lucy and Lisanna were trying to help his hearing but he had to hold his ears in pain once more before going to a separate area away from the demon. While that happened, Lyon, who was badly beaten up, crawled up to the group.

"No one in this room is strong enough to kill this demon, but I." Lyon told them. Earlier when Zalty went after Natsu and Ryuma, Gray had confronted his old comrade and decided to deal with him once and for all. It was a battle of Ice wizards unlike what most people had seen before. While it appeared that Lyon was better, Gray was able to defeat him with his Ice magic. "The moment has finally come to surpass Ur."

"You can't defeat it. You can barely get off the floor man." Natsu stated out to him as Deliora once again released a mighty roar. Ryu was starting to get annoyed by the beast roaring so loudly.

"This is the moment I have finally waited for. Ur may have been strong but not enough to slay the demon." Lyon said as he began to stand up. "I will finally do the one thing that Ur couldn't. Finally my dream to surpass Ur will come true; nothing can stand in my way now. HAHAHA!"

While Lyon was laughing like a mad man, Deliora unleashed a much louder roar than before. Ryu had had enough with the loud roaring and decided he needed to shut the damn demon up. "AAAAAAHHH," Ryu shouted as he held up a large boulder in his hands, around the same size as Deliora's face. "SHUT UP!" he yelled as he threw the boulder right at the demon's face. The boulder did connect to the target as a loud crashing sound filled the cavern and caused a moment of pure silence.

The silence was shattered when there came a cracking noise come from Deliora's face. There were cracks in the face that started to grow before they quickly spread to the demon's entire body structure. Once the boulder fell off its face and landed in the water below, the demon's body began to fall apart literally. Everyone in the cavern was in a state of shock as they couldn't believe their eyes when they saw what had transpired.

As it would turn out the Iced Shell spell had another effect besides trapping someone in a body of ice for a long time, it also drained the person or demon's magic until they were left with none left whatsoever. This meant that the demon was already dead before it was released from the Iced Shell.

Natsu and Gray were shocked by this as well as Lyon. Erza had a feeling that something like this may happen but didn't voice it, she had read about the Iced Shell spell when she was curious about ice magic when she wanted to get an armor that helped the wearer perform Ice magic. Lucy and Lisanna were amazed that Ryu was able to lift a huge boulder like that, but they went to his side as he fell to the ground once more due to his ears still ringing in pain. Happy watched it all and knew of only one thing to say at this moment, "Well that's all folks."


Well I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter, sorry again for the long wait again. Anyway, I noticed some people didn't say anything about some Easter eggs I included in this story so I will reveal them, but only about the monsters I placed in my story. They may only be shortly mentioned but I thought it was a nice touch.

The Raydragoons that I mentioned in this chapter were from a Japanese TV series called Kamen Rider Ryuki. The Golem Soldiers were the foot soldiers of the Kamen Rider Wizard series called Ghouls, the series has magic in it so I thought it would be a nice touch to include them. And finally the Tenga Warriors that I have mentioned, well if you grew up in the 90's and watched Power Rangers, you would know about these guys.

Anyway don't forget to leave a review on the bottom, and remember any and all flames will be feed to Natsu.