Hey, Dark Gothic Lolita here!

*Speaking from behind a metal wall* So I'm aware that many of you would like to kill me and hey, I know of a few authors I would like to kill for not updating, but then that would make me a pretty big hypocrite. I apologize deeply for not being able to update any of my stories for probably over 5 months by now and all I ask for is your forgiveness. Please understand that I am in my final year of university so I have deadlines that I need to make. Writing is still a big part of my life because I can't seem to stop, but so is my education. I hope you all understand!

I basically took a hiatus. An unknown hiatus (but if you have me on tumblr and read what I post, you would have seen that I actually announced that I'm going on one.). I'm not saying I'm back for good, but I am here to say that even though I don't update for like a year, I am making sure that I'm writing multiple chapters to multiple stories so that I just pour out loads of updates for you to enjoy while I go into hiding again lol. This chapter particularly has been done for about 2 months, but I have been writing up chapter 11 so that I can bring that out as well. I'm also writing out chapters to older stories and I've even written 8 chapters to a new story that no one knows nothing about hehe.

So please forgive my abscence, but you all know the drill. Yadayadayada disclaimers and grammar.

ENJOY!

Heartbroken

The beginning of the end

Juvia finally got all the barrels back to the guild and everyone started cheering when she arrived. Cana grabbed her into her side and started singing loudly and obnoxiously. Juvia just blushed and smiled at everyone as she opened up all the seals. She saw Mira smile gratefully at her.

"Thank you, Juvia. You didn't really have to do this for us, I could have sent Elfman to go and get them."

Juvia shook her head. "It's fine, I wanted to do it anyway."

Juvia looked around the guild to watch everyone and her fear for them all rose. She knew that End was just after her and her blood, but he could easily use anyone to draw her out as bait. No one was really safe anymore and his powers were going to be coming back soon. She was the only one with the real power to seal End back, yet she still didn't know what the three words were.

"Oi, you okay?"

She looked up and saw Cana still staring at her. She forgot that Cana had wedged her into her side and she nodded her head at the card mage. She offered Juvia a drink, to which she declined and she shrugged her shoulders. She could sense the distress leaking right out of the water mage and tried to find the words to encourage her.

"We'll be fine. Let's just enjoy the night while we still can and then we can think about how we're going to get Natsu back."

Juvia sighed and looked down at her hands. "Is it really that obvious?"

"Well, he is on everyone's minds, so yeah, it is. That and the fact that I know how much you like him."

Juvia was waiting for some inappropriate comments and an eyebrow wiggle, but she never got it. Instead, Cana looked like she was quite serious about it. The intensity in her eyes was enough to make Juvia feel like she had done something wrong. Was she going to hate her for moving on from Gray so quickly? Was Cana going to berate her for it?

"What? No jokes or anything? No saying how fickle my heart is because it's only been almost 3 months since I moved on from Gray?"

Cana took a long swig of her drink and shook her head. "No, you were infatuated with Gray, not in love. With Natsu, you matured in your reason for love and I know that you two had way more in common than you and Gray. I know that you've been working your butt off to get Natsu back, I mean we all have, but you, you really like him. I wouldn't say it's love just yet, but it's a strong and real attraction."

Juvia was kind of surprised that Cana had said such wise words, but she knew that sometimes she was like that. She wasn't just a drunk mage who was wild, but she was observant too. Juvia smiled in appreciation and shook her head, grabbing a drink. Cana's eyes glistened at the fact that she was going to have a drinking buddy.

"You know what, maybe I will have a drink!"

"Yay!"

The whole night went along well, with singing and fighting and kissing. Juvia smiled dreamily from it all as it finally died down. She looked over at Happy who looked like he had overdosed on fish and laughed fondly before saying her goodbyes to the mages who were still there and hadn't passed out just yet. Fairy Tail were party machines.

She grabbed up her feline friend and held him in her arms as he was in his food coma and she walked slowly back to her place. It was so nice of Yato to pay all their rent while they were away and out of jobs.

Bisca had left early with her family and they managed to drop Wendy home on their way too. Juvia put her head to the front door of the younger dragon slayer and smiled softly when she heard the soft snores of the girl.

She carried on walking to her apartment where she set Happy down in his makeshift bed and sighed. It had been such a long day and seeing End just wasn't something that was on her to do list to be honest. He had drained her, especially when he bit into her neck and started sucking on her blood.

She ran her hand over the mark where she had been bitten and closed her eyes, remembering the tingling sensation that ran through her body, almost as if she were made for him to drink her blood. She couldn't get the feel of his mouth off of her, the way he held her out of her mind.

Juvia groaned to herself as she got ready for bed. "If it hadn't have been because of you, Igneel, not sure of I'll still be here."

The fire dragon grumbled in her mind. "Well now we know what he's doing out an about. He wants you, and I'm pretty sure that after that experience you both had, he's not gonna wanna let you go. He'll do all he can to get you by his side. Which means more training tonight."

Juvia stomped her foot childishly before pouting and hopping into her bed. Training during the day was absolutely fine, she welcomed it in fact. Training at night in her dreams was another story. Igneel would come to her in her dreams and literally train her until the moment that she woke up. Just because it wasn't real life didn't excuse any levels of fatigue that she would feel either.

She heard Igneel burst out laughing in a sinister way, almost as if he were the enemy. She rolled her eyes and closed her eyes, ready for the sleep to drag her under and to meet Igneel for the training.

"Geeze, you're finally here."

Juvia scowled at him. "Sorry that I can't fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow!"

Igneel rolled his eyes and waved his claws dismissively, grinning when he heard Juvia growl at his nonchalant motion. He then got serious and pointed at a box somewhere on his left hand side. Juvia's eyebrows wrinkled, wondering what it was he was pointing at. She was about to open her mouth when he cut her off.

"I know you're going to ask me 'what is that?' so why don't you just go and find out for yourself?"

She snapped her mouth shut and made her way quite quickly, over to the box. She pulled it open without a moment's hesitation, trusting that he wouldn't try and prank her at such an important time. She looked at the item inside and she gasped a little bit, her eyes wide and frozen.

Inside the box lay a white scaly scarf that she knew very well. Tears threatened to fall from her eyes, but she held it well. She nodded her head, pulling it out and holding it so gingerly, almost as if it would break if she held it too tight.

"The scarf you gave to Natsu..."

"He rejected it. Threw it off of himself. It's not like it would work with him anyway, he's rejected my magic so it's yours now. Keep it safe."

Juvia nodded. "I will, do not worry."

"Good. Now, I think we were going to train?"

Juvia was going to put the scarf around her neck when she stopped. That was Natsu's look, not hers. Besides, despite dressing like it was snowing everyday, Juvia found it too hot to be putting a scarf on and fighting with it. Instead, she tied it around her waist like the green sash that she had once worn during the grand magic games.

There was a spark of fire in her eyes as she stood in stance and Igneel knew she was going to get herself another tattoo tonight. He saw determination in her eyes that she lacked and he was happy to call her his student. That didn't mean that he didn't miss Natsu with whole heart, he was just happy that someone was going to be able to take care of Natsu the moment that the war was done. He wouldn't be returning to the inside of Natsu, his job was done.

"I'm ready."

~x~

End sat in the throne room that Mard Geer once occupied. He sat with an elbow propped up and his hand under his chin, eyes radiating nothing but boredom. He heard the useless chatter of all the demons he shared the palace with, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He needed some damn action in his life, people to kill! He couldn't wait for when he wiped out humanity and then smacked his brother out of existence too. He was the only demon strong enough to do so. But right now? He was empty. He felt nothing, not even being his sinister self. He was missing something.

"Juvia."

That's who he was missing. He knew that Natsu was overprotective of her, but Natsu was dead and he was here to stay. He needed her for a different purpose and that was her juicy, succulent blood. End closed his eyes just thinking about her blood and he suddenly came to one conclusion that made him sit up straight and forget his boredom. That managed to catch both Mard Geer and Kyouka's attention as they bowed deeply.

"My Lord, what is it?"

End chuckled. "Remember when Seilah said that Juvia would make a wonderful demon and then you said a play thing? I think I'm warming up to the idea of having her as a play thing. She's the only one who has the blood to satisfy me."

Mard Geer smirked. "So are we turning her into a demon, Lord End?"

End shook his head vigorously, almost as if he were horrified that he would even mention such a thing. "No way in hell are we doing that. I need her to be in her human form, otherwise her blood gets tainted. I need her blood pure."

"Do you have a plan as to how we can get her to come with us? We can always have Seilah command her to follow us."

End snorted and shook his head once more, amusement lighting up in his eyes. "Nah, just a simple proposition note will make her come here. Threaten one of her little guildmates and she's like putty in my hands. These humans are so weak and their feelings are so stupid, it's so damn easy to get them to do what you want them to do."

Kyouka and Mard Geer nodded their heads before standing. "Lord, when do you think your full magic will be made access to you? You were talking of how we were waiting for you to gain your powers back and that was when we would have to attack."

"Soon I should think. It's 3 months after my unsealing that everything becomes available to me again, and it also notifies Zeref that the human, demon and dragon war is ready to take place. I've also been meaning to ask, where exactly is my book?"

He stared at the two in front of him, but Mard Geer turned to look at Kyouka instead. The female demon froze, and she could feel the fear settling in. How was she going to tell him that she forgot to get it off of Yato when he finished reading the book?

She cleared her throat, trying to buy some time before she replied, but it's not like that would have done her any good anyway.

"Uh, my Lord, the human male still has it."

End took a deep breath in, knowing fully well that she was going to say that before exhaling loudly and nodded his head.

"Thanks for that. It's fine, it's useless to him now, he's used up that book. I just wanted it back here to know where it is, but if it's with him, it's fine. Now, get out. I've got a letter to start writing to Fairy Tail's resident water mage."

The two demons of the nine gate nodded their heads and bowed deeply before quickly making their way out of the room before he changed his mind and decided to get angry at the fact that Yato had his book. They didn't know why he would need the book back anyway, and as long as it didn't get them punished, they didn't mind.

End rolled his eyes at them and their stupidity. That book was technically his lifeline in a way. There was something nagging him in the back of his mind, almost as if something bad was happening with that book right about now. No matter. The only way to kill him was to read the book in reverse by the person who didn't read the book to release him in the first place. That person was Yato and he was the last person who was able to read Mildian.

End smirked, feeling a whole lot better. Things were going his way. Juvia was soon to be his personal blood bank, no one was going to be able to kill him and soon his brother was going to be dead, along with all the humans. He couldn't ask for a better life.

It had only been a week before it happened. The guild was bustling with life as Erza was discussing something with Mira at the bar. Happy was in a conversation with Carla and it looked like everything was back to normal with them. Sometimes, Carla had a hard time believing that Happy had actually matured.

Juvia had been practising her magic in the back room in privacy, but she stayed close to the guild. She was showcasing what she could do to the master as he had finally decided he wanted to see her using the fire dragon slayer magic for himself. She was efficient and after having to train every night with Igneel, she was able to add more magic in.

"I know that Natsu was able to add in Laxus' element of lightning, but only after he had eaten the lightning. How is it that you're now able to mix it in with both fire and water?" Makarov was indeed intrigued at the way Juvia had molded the magic in her own way. She was reaching heights that no one should be able to reach in such a short amount of time.

Juvia shrugged carelessly, showing him another tattoo that had yet again appeared on her body. This time, it was on her shoulder. There was a fire flame with a lightning bolt running right through it as there was a rain cloud above the symbols. Makarov nodded his head. The illustrations were almost like murals telling a prophecy. It showed that she had been able to merge the three magics together.

"It's not a form of magic that I would use often, but the option to use it is now there. Natsu ate Laxus' lightning and became a fire lightning dragon slayer temporarily. What if I told you that when I got attacked by the lacrima, back when Laxus attacked the guild, that my body unconsciously absorbed the magic and added it to my own stores?"

The old man raised an eyebrow. "How did you find out that you had the lightning stored within you?"

"I was training with Igneel one night and I panicked at something that he threw at me. I zapped it with lightning straight from my body. I do remember reading in one of Yato's books that water mages are able to mold and absorb magic to their needs. Lightning should however kill me, but where I triggered the lightning myself after having obtained the fire dragon slayer magic, the fire acts as a medium for me to cope with it. I mean, barely, but I can."

The master nodded his head in understanding. Water could reach temperatures that fire could, but not what lightning could reach. Fire can reach heat and light levels that lightning could reach, so all the three magics acted like stairs to reach one another, rather than jumping one step and killing her. Makarov was truly amazed.

"It's definitely not something that you can use though. I can see the strain that it has on your body and I am going to have to forbid you to use it. Until I know that your strength is on the same level as Gildarts where you can handle that sort of power surging through you, you are never to use it, do you understand me, my child?"

Makarov had to be extremely careful in a situation like this. It was almost as if he could see Juvia's body deteriorating now if she were to use such high levels of magic constantly. Despite her having a water body, it would all fall apart if there was a single spell that was to go wrong. That was the last thing he wanted for his child. He wasn't going to lose any of them before they lost him, that was the circle of life. The old died first before the young. He was not going to mourn over a child the same way they had once mourned over Lisanna's supposed death.

Juvia opened her mouth to try and argue, but she saw the stern look on her master's face, as well as hearing Igneel agree with a grunt before she decided to snap her mouth shut and nod her head. What good would it do anyway, when she couldn't really use it? She only knew one spell and it had left her almost paralysed for five good hours when she woke up from her dream training. She sighed before responding.

"Yes master."

"Good. Now, I'm hungry, let's...go..."

There was a gold light surrounding Juvia as violent winds started whipping around her. The girl herself looked scared as she looked up at her master in a mode of panic. Her hair and clothes flew about around her as she could barely breathe with all the air around her. She wanted to scream, but it wouldn't even permit her to do so. The wind roared in her ears so loud that if Igneel was talking to her, she would never know.

"What's happening to me?!"

The old man snapped into action as he made himself go into his titan form and start walking towards Juvia. If he were in his base form, he was sure to fly backwards. He heard the door to the basement fly open and everyone started running down the stairs, though that had proven difficult due to the high winds. It was only Happy who managed to scramble forwards before them all. His voice was muffled as he shouted out.

"What's going on?!"

The winds whipped around Juvia even faster, making Makarov unable to come any closer and help her. It was almost as if the power surrounding Juvia didn't want anyone coming near her and helping her out. The magic around her had a mind of its own.

Juvia started levitating and she could feel the energy coming from somewhere within her pockets. Before she knew what was happening, she was thrown against the wall where she groaned and held her back in pain. She stood up slowly, clicking her back as everyone ran towards her to help her up. They all spilled into the room, wondering what the hell was going on.

Juvia stared at the ground, wide eyed. She knew exactly what had just happened.

"Guys!"

That all caught their attention as she placed a hand on the pocket, not daring to get the object out of her pocket. She wasn't sure if it would alert the owner of the power behind it.

"The book of End...it's been energised."

Everyone in the guild was silent until they heard a quiet little 'oh shit' spill from Wakaba's lips. Juvia fell to her knees, knowing exactly what this meant. Everything that they had been training for, it was time to put it all to the test and fight for real. There was no doubt that End had felt all his powers be restored and she knew that his cravings for her blood would increase. Was she ready for that at all?

She lifted her head up and looked at everyone's faces individually. They were staring at her with determination in their eyes and with passion swirling in their hearts. She felt herself calm down. It was fine, could do this, no sweat. She wasn't alone and soon, neither will Natsu.

With End

Meanwhile, at the same as Juvia being thrown back into the wall, End's head had snapped up at the same time. It was almost as if he could hear chains in the back of his mind unravelling themselves from his magic store. He heard them break and suddenly, he was in pain. That was odd, he never felt pain.

"NGGHHHHHYAAAA!"

He roared out and before he knew it, he was surrounded by the other members of Tartaros and they were staring at him in what seemed to be awe. He held the right temple of his head as the ringing sensation took its time to die down.

"Looks like I'm back to full power now."

He smirked and reached up to his head, his horns sitting royally on top. He noticed his skin had taken a paler look and he clenched his fists, feeling his curse run through his body. The purple fire that were his irises spun madly as he looked around at everyone. His craving for Juvia's blood was amplified and he could feel his need for destruction at its highest point. Natsu definitely had no chance in coming back. End was 100% here to stay.

He held his hand out and without any warning, 20 demons died on the spot as a black hole was created where their stomachs would have been. There were many screams of anguish in the air as everyone else turned to stare at them, fear running through their bodies, as well as awe shining in their eyes. This was their master. The time had come for what they were created for!

"The curse of the End. Nothing screams End more than a black hole, waiting to suck you in and drag into the dark where you will be ripped apart, limb by limb. The darkness surrounding you to the point where you're not sure if your consciousness is floating around aimlessly without a body, or if you're just dead."

Everyone bowed down to him, acknowledging that his curse was indeed worthy to end their creator, his brother. He was the etherious for the job and they couldn't wait for his orders.

"My lord, when do we initiate this war?"

End smirked and licked his lips, thinking about the blood that was literally calling his name. He needed it now, there was no point in waiting for something that he was inevitably going to get anyway. Maybe it was the thrill of the chase that he wanted to go through. Either way, Juvia was his and nobody else's.

"Bright and early tomorrow morning of course. Everyone knows what they're doing, correct? Great, I have some other important matters to attend to. I'll be around, don't worry about that."

He vanished in a thick black smog and Mard Geer nodded his head to all the other demons in room and they all nodded back as they disappeared one by one, to attend to their stations.

With Zeref

"Well, what do you know, it would seem like my brother has awoken his true self that I resurrected him to be. You know what that means, he will waste no time in trying to waste me. The only thing wrong with that is now, I don't feel like dying. I think that everyone else needs to go and I will start this world anew."

"A new world with no magic and eternal peace. My Lord, that sounds like the perfect world.

Zeref smiled when he heard the comment of his right hand man, Invel. He had been waiting for so long to die, for his own brother to end his life, but he had grown to see that he wasn't the problem. Everyone else was the problem. Their close mindedness pissed him off and he was going to ruin them all. The only trouble was, he still had all the demons that he made, hellbent on trying to kill him and he didn't have any of their books to seal them away. No worries, they'll all go to war together.

With Juvia

Juvia sat at her window, watching the night sky with all the stars shining bright. She missed Natsu so much, especially as he was the only one who understood what she was feeling. She had gotten over Gray completely and while she had no right in saying that she was slowly falling in love with Natsu, she knew that distance makes the heart grow fonder. It had been nearly 3 months since she had seen the goofy Natsu that was able to make her smile after so long.

She sighed deeply and peered down at the tattoos on her arms. The signs to show how far she had come and how strong she had gotten was staring at her right in the face, yet she felt so afraid of what tomorrow would bring. With End gaining back his full strength, she didn't even know what his curse controlled and how it would work.

"You have GOT to stop doubting yourself."

Juvia smiled a little bit when she heard Igneel's voice in her mind. It was nice having someone from Natsu's past talk to her about Natsu as well. He filled in on all the gaps that Natsu never spoke about, or the ones people didn't know of. All Natsu's habits and pet peeves, Igneel knew them all, hence why Juvia found herself liking his personality more and more.

"I will."

Igneel grunted with content before they both felt an unwelcome presence in the room before it was gone again. There was no doubt that it was End. Juvia saw a piece of paper floating down towards the ground, but she swiped at it before it could even do so.

Juvia, you've got something important that I need and I think you know exactly what it is. As you know, the war is going to start tomorrow and if you don't want me to come and down and massacre your whole guild and the rest of the human race myself, you'll come straight to my guild by 12pm.

End.

Juvia took a deep breath in and out. She could hear End now, chuckling and all she wanted to do was knock him out. This, however, was a perfect opportunity. She knew that in order to read the book backwards to him, she was going to need to be within a 100 metre range of him and what better distance could she be from him than in his own house?

"It's risky, but it's the only thing that we can do. He will end up destroying Fairy Tail, and that is the last thing we want for him to do."

Juvia listened to Igneel's words and sighed. End now had his full power back, so whatever threat he was making was actually a promise and End knew that she knew that.

"Do you think he'll be able to sense the book in my possession?"

There was a moment of silence as Igneel was trying to work out the answer to that question, but he shook his head internally.

"No, because he should have felt it as he came by to drop off that note for you. Unless part of Natsu is still taking a hold of him and he's not taking his surroundings into account, and rather than sensing the book, he just left. If that's the case, I would say you can't take the book."

Juvia scrunched the note in her hand and made her way over to her bed.

"That's a shame. Just as well I've learnt the book word for word, inside and out then."

Ooooooh, there you go! How was that? Was it good enough as a comeback chapter? Hope so! I'm well aware that this is one of my shorter chapters, but trust me, the next chapter is a good long one. Sort of. Whatever lol. This was just a little filler for the real deal for later.

I did have the next chapter all ready for you guys, but I had a little boost and inspiration on bow to make my fight scene longer and better! Hang tight for me guys!

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