AN: This chapter is finally out after that lovely cliffhanger! I hope the wait is worth it for this conclusion to the three part mission! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fairy Tail which belongs to Hiro Mashima

Chapter 9: The Night Mission (Part 3)

-Satori Hotel, Luxury Suite, Nine o'clock AM, Natsu's POV-

My dark green eyes snapped open as soon as I heard Luce's scream. I barreled out of the Castor's and my room so fast that I made light look slow. I threw open the door to the girls' room to see Lucy staring at an awake devil with her hands covering her mouth and chocolate-brown eyes wide. I ran over to Lucy just as Castor bolted into the room and noticed the situation as well. I grasped Luce's shoulders and stared at her in the eyes while I heard Sparky do the same for Devilily.

"Luce, what happened?! What's wrong?" I inquired in an urgent, yet comforting, voice. I took a quick peek over my shoulder at the other two, and when my gaze settled on the devil, I did a double-take. Her bangs, which normally completely covered her right eye, were in disarray off of her face revealing the right side of her face. There was a large, ragged, bright red scar cutting through her eye from just above her eyebrow down to below her cheekbone. It was a stark contrast to her deathly pale skin, but that wasn't the worst of it. Her right iris was still the same ruby red as the other one, but the white of her eye was pitch-black. Devi noticed my gaze and slowly closed her right eye as if just now realizing that it was open. I heard Lucy inhale a calming breath and I turned my attention to her.

"I was closing the blinds in order to let Devi sleep some more, but when I turned and saw her, I was just so shocked by the sight of your right eye. I'm so sorry Devi, everyone, for waking you up and for screeching at your scar." Devilily waved her off with a small smile dancing in her left eye. Castor slowly lowered the protective hand that was around Devilily. I studied the two of them, it seems like there is something wrong with that scar since it looks kind of fresh and rather irritated.

"Hey, Devilily, did you get that scar last night? It looks kind of fresh." I commented which made both Sparky's and the devil's eyes widen a fraction. They exchanged glances before Devi spoke.

"To put it simply, I receive this cursed scar a long time ago, and with cursed scars, the pain doesn't ever go away." I dropped the subject by the icy tone. It seems that my curiosity lead me over rather thin ice. Oops, my bad minna ["Minna" means "everyone"].

"Why was your sclera like that?" Lucy asked and Devilily's vision snapped to over to Luce with a hint of venom to what seemed like someone other than Lucy. So I didn't get defensive, yet.

"Let's just say that it's the symbol of my curse." Luce's brown eyes flitted back and forth in thought since it seems that she wants more answers, but the devil's tone sounded final. I'm glad that I've been staying quiet for that last part.

"Well, since all misunderstanding seems to be sorted out, how about we have brunch together since we're all up?" Castor suggested and I swear I saw Devilily send him a grateful look, similar to the one she sent him when she had finished explaining about reason why we were able to reside in this room.

"Sounds decent, I'll go make it." Devi stated before striding out of the room with Castor right behind her.

"Great, I'll go get dressed. See you two…uh, later?" The door closed behind them which left Luce and I alone in her room. She had a skeptical expression, which I can't blame her. Those two were definitely avoiding several topics about themselves, but it was probably just a matter of time before they both opened up to the guild, hopefully. I started walking towards the door; I needed to take a shower because I crashed as soon as I got to my bed earlier.

"Well, I think I'm just going to go take a shower. See you soon?" I hesitantly inquired and Luce regarded me with those steady brown orbs. Eventually she nodded and I left out the door while exhaling the breath that I hadn't realized I had been holding.

For brunch, the devil had prepared a full spread again. Every single dish was prepared specifically for a certain person varying on their tastes. Mine was flame-hot bacon strips on the side of fluffy pancakes bathed in perfectly sweet maple syrup while the drink was liquid flames. It was delicious! Luce had fluffy pancakes as well with a slight drizzle of syrup but had a ring of strawberries surrounded by fresh whipped cream; from the look on her face, it seemed wonderful. Sparky had a plate consisting of chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup, bacon strips, scrambled eggs, breakfast sausages, and fresh pineapple. I think he prefers meat with his brunch, but his wasn't the most surprising. Devilily had an enormous stack of chocolate chip pancakes with a cascade of syrup dripping off of each pancake, breakfast sausages, scrambled eggs, strawberries, raspberries, and cherries all for brunch. I think she wins the biggest appetite contest. After we had all scarfed our meals down in satisfaction, we began discussing the matter of what'll transpire this evening.

"Based on accumulated research, tonight there will be high-level demons and low-class devils plus at least two of hell's hierarchy. Devs will handle the hierarchy while the three of us will take on the devils and demons." Castor explained and I raised my hand to stop him there.

"What are the differences between the devils and demons?" I asked and Devi signaled to Castor that she'd explain.

"Devils are in a whole other class than demons even if they have a lower ranking. They're more mischievous, cunning, clever, powerful; be careful around them. The demons won't be too much to handle, but I recommend that you all stay within shouting distance of one another since devils will try to attack your back. I'll try to assist you guys once I defeat hell's hierarchical figures. Speaking of them, I'll contact her to try and make sure that only lower-class devils and only Prissy and Demon King will show up. She has a lot of influence, so her help will be required." Castor groaned.

"I really hate relying on Sin. You never know when she's being sarcastic, sadistic, or completely honest."

"Well, she is the Empress of Devils, and she isn't that bad. Speaking of which, I'll go contact her after I clean this up, so you guys continue chatting about strategies." Devilily announced while picking up all of our dishes and taking them into the kitchen. Their entire conversation was way too confusing, so I didn't understand any of it. I focused back to the current discussion when Luce cleared her throat.

"Do you think that we should evacuate all of the townspeople to one portion of town so that it's easier to protect them? I mean, if they're everywhere, then the hellish creatures can easily destroy the town." Both Castor and I nodded in agreement.

"Sounds good, did you have a place in mind, Luce?" I asked and she nodded slowly.

"Based upon what I've been reading, for the first two nights of the curse, the 'evil spirits' appear from the moon; but on the third night they appear from the shrine. So, I recommend that we have the townspeople retreat to the farthest, but most fortified, building in town."

"That's a pretty good idea, and hopefully Devs will lure hell's hierarchy to the opposite corner to fight them. So who'll go tell the mayor?" Luce and I raised our hands at the same time causing the two of us to laugh. Castor grinned and nodded. After this, we all parted ways where Sparky and the devil made preparations on the home front for tonight while Luce and I went to go inform the mayor of our tactic.

-Around Noon, Luxury Suite, Devilily's POV-

I prepped myself in the lounge room with the Dark Mirror in front of me and Castor behind me. I glanced over my shoulder and saw him nod in readiness. I took a deep breath before using my hellish magic and concentrating it onto my left fore and middle fingers. I gently touched them to my cursed right eye and winced at the sharp contact. Once I felt blood running down from my now reopened scar, I removed my fingers and placed them on the Dark Mirror. The image in it rippled and I came face to face with my counterpart, Sinuite Lacrimater, the Devil's Empress. She gave us her sadistic grin.

"Hey Earthlanders, how fare thee?" I rolled my eyes. Sin was wearing a blood-red renaissance gown adorned with black lace trimmings. Her sharp fangs flashed below her smile that complemented her pale skin and almost-black eyes. Her straight long black hair with blood-red tips was down elegantly but her bangs still covered her similarly scarred left eye. On top of her head she wore the Devil Empress's obsidian, onyx, and red-garnet crown just below her sharp devil horns. She was obviously in Empress Mode.

"We fare well, Sin, how about thee?" I asked in a similar manner as her which made her grin broaden.

"Decently, for being in hell anyways; can't expect much when one lives here. So, why did you deem yourselves worthy of contacting my malevolent presence? Something that I can assist you with, oh my dear sweet inverse?" I scoffed at her cocky tone before retorting.

"Yes, actually, you have any recollection of the town Norowareta?" She rolled her eyes at me which made me slightly irritated.

"I may not know of many towns within your world, but yes, I do recall the name Norowareta. Was it the town that was originally blessed by an angel then cursed by ol' Lucifer?" I nodded before Sinuite continued, "yeah, I do know of it, why? Wait! Don't tell me, you're there right now and are the one causing a ruckus that made ol' Luci angry, right?" I cursed mentally.

"I forgot how fast news travels down there." A smug look came to Sin's face and I resisted the urge to punch it off but that'd do no good since not only do we need her, but I can't exactly punch through a Mirror.

"Well, it doesn't hurt that I'm the top-devil. Now, what do you need my help with?" I explained the situation and what I was hoping her to do. She remained silent the whole time with a serious look in her eyes.

"Sounds easy enough. Lucifer over here has been basically going on rage mode, but I can probably keep the others at bay. Overlord cannot leave Hell, Abyss doesn't really like dealing with mortals, the Guardians don't like dealing with Earthland unnecessarily, and the Deathly dudes have their hands full already. Not much convincing on my part, besides, there's this one noble devil, Choro, whose hosting a grandiose party tonight and all higher-class devils are invited. My job is basically taken care of, so let me know if you want me to take on either Princely or ole Lucifer." I shot her a grateful look, wow, never expected to give that to a hell's figure in my life.

"Thanks, Sin, but I'm planning on handling them by myself since I need to earn their respect." She gave me a warm, true smile.

"I'd say the same exact thing if I was in your situation." Her gaze flicked over to something behind me a sadistic smirk appeared on her face.

"Take good care of her, Castor Greve-ame, the Worldly One." I turned my head so fast I'm surprised that I didn't get any whiplash. The look on Castor's face would've been pretty hilarious minus the current situation. His stormy-silver eyes were wide and his mouth hung slightly open.

"You remember me?"

"Of course, not only are you the Worldly One, but it isn't every day that someone escapes from the Ab—"

"Okay, thanks a lot Sin for the help. See you next Nightmare meeting, probably?" I interrupted; she gave me a smirk before waving goodbye and cutting off the connection. I leaned back on the couch and sighed. Who knew that dealing with your devilish counterpart was so difficult?

When Lucy and Natsu returned, they were laughing at each other with red faces. Castor and I mutually decided not to comment on this observation. I briefly explained that Sin would be assisting us on hell's front and quickly reviewed the plan once again. Afterwards, the guys went into their room to get changed while I took Lucy into our room. I walked over to my bag and grabbed a star shaped lacrima pendant on a gold necklace that I had gotten from Deoxies before she took off for her meeting. I handed it to Lucy who looked at me quizzically.

"Deox had a prediction that you'd need to use Urano Metria on this job, but she didn't want you to use your magic that'll be needed for the actual fighting. She gave me this; it's a star lacrima that enhances any type of celestial magic. Once you're completely out of magic, use this to have enough magic to use Urano Metria. Not only will it do a ton of damage to the 'evil spirits,' but it'll also let me know that you guys are running out of magic and I should quickly finish off Prissy and Demon-king." Lucy gave me her heart-warming smile.

"I'll have to thank Deox-chan later for this." She clasped the lacrima around her neck, "how about you? You'll be taking on hell's hierarchy, who I've read briefly about; won't you need an extra boost of magic?" I smirked; Lucy was nice, she cared about all of her nakama which was obvious.

"Nah, I have a method to my madness. Besides, right now, we should get changed into clothes that are better suited for the battle." She nodded in agreement. I directed her in wearing tough leather boots that went just below her knee and had a low heel, armor-threaded leggings, a mini-skirt made for mobility, her brown belt with her keys and whip, a fitted pink tank top, black elbow guards, navy finger-less stretchy gloves, the lacrima charm as well as her heart earrings and her black wrist band, and her hair tied back in low pigtails. She looked prepped to fight an army. She stayed to watch me to put together my outfit after she was completely dressed. Me, I'm wearing knee-high armored black lace-up boots (with a small heel), red armored leggings, black armored pleated skirt, my favorite gray belt with my symbol (a red diamond-shape with black devil wings), a red tank-top, black locomotive leather jacket, red fingerless leather gloves, chain bracelets and my chain necklace with a smaller symbol, onyx dagger earrings, and my long red hair tied back in a high ponytail while my bangs still covered my right eye.

"I missed the feel of battle gear." I wistfully stated which made Lucy laugh.

"You're like Erza, she is rarely seen without her armor."

"True, I do prefer this type of outfit to others, but sometimes I'm just too lazy and want to wear sweats." We started laughing after Lucy agreed with this, unfortunately, my laugh was fake. I've forgotten how to laugh from the heart, and the only time I remember giggling slightly was when Castor was being a complete idiot added to his stubbornness when we were thirteen. That was a humorous day.

We exited our room together and we both took in the guys' outfits. Natsu was wearing his usual: black vest that has one long sleeve with a belt on that arm and gold trimming while his right arm only had his black wrist band, his scaled white scarf, a belt around his waist, the black tail from his vest, white baggy trousers that went to his calves, his sandals, and his salmon-pink hair in a spikey mess. I'm not too worried about Natsu wearing armor; plus I doubt that I could get him to wear it willingly. Castor, on the other hand, was wearing black combat boots, gray armor-threaded pants, yellow V-neck shirt with the world "World" written in black, gray leather vest, yellow elbow guards, gray leather fingerless gloves, his lightning pedant on a chain necklace and his one chain bracelet around his right wrist, and his black hair still a big slightly spikey mess. He still doesn't comprehend the use of a hair brush, but that's guys for you.

"What took you guys so long?" Natsu rudely asked making a vein pop on my forehead but I had no time to retort because Lucy had already smacked him upside the head.

"That's rude Natsu." He pouted at her which made the anger in her eyes dissolve.

"I simply asked a question."

"The way you asked it was rude."

"Sorry, Luce." The two smiled at each other before laughing. Meanwhile Castor and I had been watching the entire minor argument with a slight interest. No wonder those two go so well together. I began preparing a late dinner for the four of us while the other three were laughing about something that Natsu had said. I took a quick glance over my shoulder to see Castor's grinning face. I turned back to the meal with a small smile tugging at the corner of my mouth. It's good that Castor is finding more friends to hang out with. Ever since Cody had started dating Angelica (which was a "finally" moment) Cody has been spending more time with her instead of hanging out with Castor, and I could tell that Cas missed their guy conversations that occurred on a regular basis. Don't get Cas wrong, he totally supported the couple, in fact, he helped Cody confess, but that doesn't mean that he misses the intelligent guy who used to follow him around. He started becoming grouchier and trained more in the gym and then bugged the hell out of me when he was bored (which was all the time).

Ever since we've joined Fairy Tail, Deoxies has been happier and has been able to easily push any thoughts about her missing childhood friend away, Ange has never been seen without a smile on her face since she found other girls to hang out with (I'll admit, I'm not the best girl to chat with about girly things), Cody has found a crowd to hang out with since Castor used to be the only other guy, and Castor has found other guys around his strength level to fight an laugh with. This guild is slowly changing everyone for the better. Maybe it'll help me recover quicker in the future, too.

"Hey, Devs, is the meal ready yet? I'm starved." Castor's words jolted me from what I was thinking which completely annoyed me. Fire burned in my eyes as I grabbed the nearest cooking utensil, which happened to be a metal ladle, and threw it with dead-on accuracy at him. It hit Thunder mouth directly in the face and was an instant KO. I am satisfied, hence my arrogant smirk. As I turned back to preparing the meal, I heard Natsu whisper to Lucy with my devilish hearing,

"I'm never going to underestimate the power of cooking again!" After, I heard Lucy whisper her agreement. Ah, I love being a devil.

-Norowareta Town, Hell's Shrine, Twilight, Normal POV-

The four Fairy Tail wizards stood in front of the entrance to the Shrine while outside the barrier. Night was falling and it would be a moonless night; a night of total darkness. The mages were prepped in battle gear with Devilily Larmenoir in the front while Castor Greve-ame, Natsu Dragneel, and Lucy Heartfilia were behind her. A slight breeze rustled some strewn leaves as well as the clothing and hair of the wizards. The town had already been evacuated to a far corner of the town for them to be easily defended. Once the sun had completely slipped out of sight below the horizon, the third night had begun.

A daunting dark glow appeared around the Shrine as the four mages braced themselves for the fight. Suddenly, a horde of demons spewed forth from the shrine and made a clustered circle around it. Next came the devils, with all of their skins blood-red. They seemed to be waiting…but for what? This question was soon answered when two arrogant and regal figures strode out of the shrine.

The older looking one who resembled an adult had long silver hair with streaks of black. His ears pointed high upward to resemble horns while his eyes were pitch-black with slits of yellow. Red tinged his eyes and there was also three red scars, like claws marks, scratched over his left eye, which made them stand out against his bluish skin that had a translucent look since one could see the webs of dark red vessels. Protruding from his back were two pairs of wings: one black and feathery like an angel's the other was black and bat-like which was similar to a demon's. He was wearing dark armor with dark runes scrawled on them in a silvery calligraphy writing. On his shoulders was draped a leather dark gray cape that matched his ancient silver demonic crown. His fingers had long razor claws while there was a staff strapped to his back.

The other one looked to be about the same age as the mages with midnight black hair that was of medium length. His skin was deathly pale and his eyes were switching between cobalt-blue and crimson-red. A sarcastic sneer contorted his facial features that reached his slightly pointed ears while showing off his fangs. There was an obsidian band-crown on his head in symbolization of him being the crown prince of hell. He was also wearing a black cut-off button down shirt with blood-red edging and the collar up, two spiked belts, black spiked finger-less gloves, black ripped jeans tucked into black combat boots with spikes on the toe and heel. To complete his hellish style, around his neck hung a black chain necklace with a gray skull residing on a cobalt-blue blade and a red devil wing.

"Devilily." The teenage boy teased.

"Prince Rico." Devi snarled back maliciously.

"Cursed One." The older man stated.

"Demon-king Lucifer." The cursed one growled.

"Worldly Oaf." Prince Rico impishly identified.

"Prissy Prince." Castor retorted in a malevolent manner. Meanwhile the other two Fairy Tail mages were barely following the introductions and were more focused on the army. Lucifer steadied his gaze on Hell's Prince beside him.

"Rico, do not forget that the purpose of coming here was to fight the Heart—"

"Don't call me that." Devilily snapped in order to interrupt what the Demonic king was saying.

"—The Cursed One while leaving this army to handle the other three." The prince nodded while turning his attention back to the flame-head.

"I could never forget this rare opportunity to fight Devs—" He never got to finish since the hell mage punched him in the face so hard he went flying backwards over several buildings. Everyone stared at her in shock while a wicked smirk appeared on her face.

"This moonless night is waning meaning that your time-limit is vanishing rapidly, so why not get this brawl started?" Lucifer snapped out of his stupor and attempted in striking Devi who dodged and punched him in the gut before leaping high into the air in the direction away from all of the direction of the townspeople. Lucifer followed her with an evil laugh and there was a shadow also hot on Devilily's trail from the general direction that the Prince had flown in.

Natsu snapped out of his reverie first and blew all of the demons to ash with his Fire-dragon's roar. Castor was next and summoned a shredding cyclone on top of the shrine causing the vast majority of the devils to be caught up in it. Lucy summoned Aquarius from the water cyclone that Castor had created before summoning Scorpio as well.

"So, you've finally wised up enough to summon me with my boyfriend." Aquarius commented which all of the others heard making them sweat drop at the attitude.

"Don't emphasize it! Now prove to me that this was a wise decision by taking out the army!" Lucy ordered and the spiritual couple smiled.

"We are! Of course, shall we, Aquarius?" Scorpio asked while holding out his hand which Aquarius gladly took and together they brought down the might of the celestial spirits of water and sand and love. Natsu was going on a fire-dragon rampage defeating all demons who dare to get in his way. As a devil came up behind him without his knowledge, Lucy whacked it with her whip causing it to dissolve. Natsu turned and gave her his famous toothy grin.

"Thanks Luce!"

"No problem Natsu!"

"Don't let your guards down, lovebirds, the fight isn't over yet!" Castor shouted while enveloping a large group of devils in solid earth that successfully sent them back to hell. The two started blushing while continuing to fight.

On Devilily's front, she was in heated battle against two of the most conniving hierarchical figures within hell. She was a blur of red and black as well as clangs whenever her Hell Battle Axe struck the Prince's Sword or the Demon-king's Staff. She stopped her onslaught of weapon attacks and used Dark Storm to throw the two off balance while using the winds to push her into the air and use Devil's Triangle. The Prince managed to dodge the Triangle, but Lucifer wasn't as lucky. An agonizing pain shot through his entire being as his magic was slowly drained. He roared in rage while the other two continued sparring.

"I know your moves too well, Devi." Rico sneered at the devil and she spat in his face.

"Just because you contain knowledge for something doesn't mean you know the proper use of it." She kneed him in the stomach before summoning a chain of darkness which wrapped around the Prince making him immobile. Just as Devi was about to strike him down with her axe, Lucifer came up behind her and whacked her side with his staff causing the chain to unravel from the prince. Rico summoned a bolt of dark lightning which struck Devilily's right arm just as she transformed into her Red & Black Diamond Warrior form. Her stats all increased causing her to move blindingly fast and cut the two hell figures with her Diamond katana [a katana is a one-sided sword]. Dark blood started to ooze from the minor cuts, but this didn't slow the hellish figures down.

"Very clever, Cursed One, using your ability to summon more of your magic from hell in order to wear us out while you still have tons of magic to spare." The Demon-king commented with a snarl on warping his face.

"All in a night's work; but can you keep up with me?" Devi arrogantly retorted causing her opponents to roar in anger.

"It's true that you're incredibly powerful, but how long can your friends hold out against the army, I wonder?" Rico mocked causing the devil to growl and her face to contort into pure rage.

"I shall make sure that the two of you suffer tonight." She sprang into action and commenced the battle once again, but now in her Demon of Hell form. She took her opponents' weapons away from them with the use of her whip before engaging them in close combat with her demonic claws outstretched.

The three wizards were near the fortified building where the townspeople were located. They had been doing quite well, but the army of "evil spirits" wasn't diminishing quickly enough. They were all running out of magic. Lucy was almost out and was dreading the use of Urano Metria. Natsu was still fighting with his fires, but they were becoming weaker since none of his opponents were using fire. Castor was only using more minor elemental attacks and was breathing heavily. All three had bruises and bloody cuts on their skin, but none of them were major.

Eventually the three were backed up against the building, and Castor made a quick decision. He made a great ball of fire appear on his right fist and held it out for the fire dragon-slayer. Natsu looked at him with confusion written all over his face.

"Eat it; take the rest of my magic. I can use my weapons from now on, but you need the magic to keep going." Natsu didn't question this offer since he knew that nothing would change the worldly mage's mind. They were similar in a stubborn sense. As Natsu ate the flames, he could feel a ton of energy and magic returning to him. The fire was fueled by the world and Castor's trust and friendship with Natsu. The fire mage grinned after finishing.

"Thanks for the meal." The pinkette commented while Castor summoned his Worldly Battle Axe and Godly Hammer using the last ounces of his magic. Lucy had noticed the boys' exchange as she fended the demons and devils off with her spirits and whip.

The three continued battling: Castor with his weapons, Natsu with his renewed magic, and Lucy with her spirits and whip. The demons had been obliterated and only devils remained. They were vicious, attacking from all angles all the time giving no breaks to the mages. Sweat was dripping off of their bodies in waterfalls, but they couldn't stop. Not now, dawn was only three hours away. They could make it—or so they thought. A devil managed to get a lucky shot and a small dagger sliced into Lucy's calf causing her to scream in pain. Natsu heard this and made his way towards her with Castor covering his back. Natsu helped Lucy up while Castor kept the devils at bay.

"Can you stand?" Natsu asked in a comforting tone and Lucy nodded. She was leaning on Natsu as she slowly got up while fingering the star lacrima.

"I'm incredibly low on magic, so I think it's time that I used Urano Metria." The two guys stared at her in shock.

"Luce, are you crazy? That spell uses up a tone of magic, there's no way—"

"Use the lacrima Deox gave you. It should hold enough for the entire spell without you having to use any of your own magic. Crush it in your hands as you chant the spell, the magic will get channeled through you in order to be used in the spell." Castor interrupted after noticing that Lucy was fingering the necklace. Natsu stared at the lacrima as the celestial spirit mage tugged it from her throat. Natsu let her go as she gained balance on her one leg. He helped Castor keep the devils away while Lucy chanted the spell.

"Survey the Heaven, Open the Heaven...All the stars, far and wide...Show me thy appearance...With such shine. O Tetrabiblos...I am the ruler of the stars...Aspect became complete...Open thy malevolent gate. O 88 Stars of the heaven...Shine! Urano Metria!" Lucy crushed the lacrima in her hand and the spell activated. All of the devils within a forty-five meter radius vanished completely leaving everyone dumbfounded. Lucy started collapsing and Natsu immediately caught her while Castor kept his guard up.

"I thought that she wouldn't use any of her magic!" Natsu shouted while the worldly wizard kept his back to him.

"She didn't, she's only unconscious because a ton of magic entered and exited her body quickly—like a sugar rush. She'll only be down for about fifteen minutes, and when she wakes up she'll have a solid amount of magic left. Can you protect her for that long?" Castor asked after clarifying the details; he glanced over at the fire dragon-slayer who got a determined glint in his dark green eyes.

"I will protect Lucy, no matter what." Castor smirked at the comment before the two males reengaged in battle.

Ten minutes, that's all it took for the devils' forces to recover and come back stronger at the two male Fairy Tail mages. Castor's magic had been recovering, but he continued to use weapons while Natsu's magic had also started returning naturally, so he possessed more magic than Castor at the moment. Lucy was in a protected niche, made by Castor, while she was still unconscious. She would be like this for five more minutes, but things started turning sour.

The devils' forces were increasing and the two guys weren't going to be able to keep up with them. Devi had said that she'd try to wrap things up with hell's hierarchy after Lucy had used Urano Metria, but she still hadn't arrived. Castor gritted his teeth in frustration. He hated throwing in his pride and bowing to the devil willingly, but he hated seeing his friends getting injured more. The worldly mage took a deep breath before shouting at the top of his lungs,

"DEVILILY!"

When only three hours were remaining of nighttime, she had seen the spell Urano Metria on the opposite side of town. Devi gritted her teeth; the two in front of her were more relentless than ever. No matter how many times she cut them down, they got back up again. It was now about ten minutes since the spell, and she had transformed into her Necromancer form right after it had been cast. The problem with this form was not only did she hate using the already dead to do her bidding, but the more magic she used in this form, the more of her old scars reopened. Blood was dripping from several of her old wounds now, and the worst one was her cursed scar. Her vision started getting hazy edges. Just as she was about to start attacking again, a voice rang across the town.

"DEVILILY!" Devi whipped her head around to the source of the voice. Even though she didn't see him, she knew that it was Castor who called. No more time for fun and games. She transformed into her Dark Corruptor form and started chanting the most powerful Darkness spell.

"O unholy forces of the divine darkness, lend me thy strength to curse my opponents to the abyssal darkness…Healer, Vial, Body…Gypsy, Star, Mind…Warrior, Feline, Spirit…Intellect, Cresent, Essence…and Leader, Flame, Shadow…The five pillars of night combined…Dark Corruption!" Abyssal blackness encased the two hellish figures as they bellowed in rage at the cursed one, but she didn't stick around to witness her accomplishment.

She was gone to her friends with dark wings protruding from her back as she soared at devilish speed towards her friends. She could see them being surrounded by a growing army of devils. Lucy was unconscious, but she still had two minutes of recovery while the two guys were standing in front of her and the fortified building ready. Neither side was attacking, but the devil could sense that soon the devils would strike as one which would be too much.

Castor's dark gray eyes were darting back and forth, scanning the devils' army in front of him to gain any hints of when they might attack. Both him and Natsu were exhausted, physically. Their magic was at an average level where they could use it, but their energy was waning. The call for the devil had been unanswered.

Suddenly, the devils all attacked at once, and just as the two guy mages were about to strike back, a dark-cloaked black-winged figure dropped in front of them wielding a massive black scythe. The figure swung the scythe in a large arc causing the first three lines of devils to vanish while the others stepped back in fear. Castor smirked as the hood on the figure dropped to reveal long curly flaming red hair. Devilily was in Grim Reaper form, and even devils are scared of Death. She glided over to Castor and Natsu, her deathly pale face unscathed and emotionless.

"You called?" She nonchalantly inquired making the two guys angry.

"Yeah, like five minutes ago!" She rolled her eyes at the worldly mages comment.

"I had to tie up some loose ends. It took me a second to send the two annoying bastards to a dark oblivion. Yeesh, learn some patience why don't cha?" She retorted back just before the devils started regaining their wits and began to cautiously advance. It was then that Lucy also woke up and glanced around quickly at the situation before Natsu helped her up. Devilily and Castor, meanwhile, kept their gazes focused on the advancing army.

"No matter what we do, they come back; any ideas?" Nastu inquired to Devilily who nodded.

"They keep coming back because you guys aren't using hellish magic to keep them in hell."

"So what do we do?" Lucy asked and everyone had their attention on the Cursed One.

"I need you to trust me enough to take my hand, channel your remaining magic to me, and close your eyes. Do you trust me enough to do this?" Devilily Larmenoir asked the other three who were staring at her with wide eyes. Castor recovered first and immediately took her dominant hand before closing his gray eyes. Natsu and Lucy recovered soon afterwards and didn't hesitate to grasp Devi's right hand before closing both of their eyes.

Magic started flowing into the devil and she began radiating an ominous glow while her eyes were closed in concentration. She snapped her eyes open to reveal red irises and black whites just as everything flashed red before going dark. Devilily let go of all of their hands after everything was back to normal to signal that it was over causing the three to open their eyes and gape in shock. What they saw were miniature scorch marks where the devils had been located. They all turned to stare at the devil in awe but were cut short by the flame-head toppling over. Castor was behind her in an instant catching the majority of her while Lucy and Natsu each grabbed one of her arms. A grateful look shot through her eyes directed at each of them.

"Thanks, I just exhausted the vast majority of my magic." Devilily elucidated; she transformed back into her original form while numerous bloody slashes and bruises appeared on her body. Just as the three were about to reply, two dark people landed directly in front of the Fairy Tail mages.

"I would hope so after releasing a hell of a lot of magic." A familiar cocky voice spoke causing the mages to grit their teeth in rage. Price Rico and Demon-king Lucifer were a two meters away from the group and were staring at the mages in tattered clothing as well as bruises and cuts visible.

"What do you guys want? Another beating I suppose even though you still haven't recovered from the first one?" Castor growled causing a slight grin to appear on Natsu's face.

"As if, having Devi completely annihilate us and send us into a dark oblivion once is quite enough. Besides, it's not like you guys could handle another fight either."

"Shall we test that moronic theory?" Natsu roared while taking a step forward causing the Prince to do the same. Lucifer stepped between them to end the fight before it began.

"That's quite enough! Prince, both you and I lost, therefore it'd be unwise for us to pursue another battle."

"I agree, unless you want your pride to be insulted even more so." A new voice declared, and everyone turned to the source. Who they saw shocked four of them (Castor, Devi, Price Rico, and Lucifer) but stumped the other two (Lucy and Natsu). There was a girl who appeared to be the four mages' and the prince's age with long, straight black hair with red tips and bangs covering her left eye. Her right eye was a near black coloring with a sadistic glint in it that matched the smirk on her deathly pale face. On her head was an obsidian band-crown encrusted with onyx and red garnets that rested just below sharp blood-red devil horns. She was wearing a gray-armor breast plate, pointed red shoulder guards, elbow-high black gauntlets, a gray-armored skit above a black-leather pleated skirt, diamond-shaped chain-mail on her legs, knee-high black boots with a one-inch spiked heal, a gray belt with her symbol (black skinny diamond inside a red wider diamond and black devil wings one going up the other down), a chain necklace with her symbol, a thin black tail tipped with a red diamond-shape, and enormous diamond-shaped black & gray & red scaled wings (completely scaly) protruding from her back. When she was two meters away from everyone, she halted and crossed her arms with the smirk still plastered on her face.

"Devils Empress, what brings you here on this—"

"Cut the crap, ole Lucifer, you aren't fooling anyone. I'm here to ensure that you return to hell after you remove the curse you laid upon this town." The Devils Empress bluntly stated monotonously causing everyone to stare at her in even more surprise.

"I refuse to remove this curse; the town deserved it for not only defying an angel but also mocking hell." The Devils Empress rolled her eyes at this.

"I support my inverse on this; the past is the past. Move on, or else you'll get gray hair—wait, you already have gray hair!" She mocked causing everyone, but Lucifer, to start laughing. "All joking aside, if you won't remove the curse, then the two of you are done here, correct? If so, then leave, this is an order from me, the Devils Empress." Lucifer bared his fangs before disappearing into the shadows, but the Prince still didn't budge.

"You cannot order me around." He stated making the Empress smirk.

"True, but I can pummel you all the way to your palace where your father can see how miserably you've been beaten." He made a "tch" sound with his teeth before also disappearing into the shadows. The Empress sighed before her armor vanished to reveal her in an outfit similar to Devi's but in all black except the skirt and the shirt was a bloody-red. She grinned at the Fairy Tail mages which revealed her fangs.

"Hey guys, I'm Sinuite Lacrimater, ex-Guardian of the West Abyss, and the Devils Empress, at your service." Everyone stared at her blankly until Natsu broke the silence.

"Since you're a devil, does that mean we have to fight you as well?" Devi and Castor face palmed at this Sin started laughing while Lucy scolded Natsu who was looking very confused.

"Natsu, did you not just see how she helped us? Jeez, I'm sorry Sinuite-san for his idiocy." Sin kept on laughing while now officially rolling on the ground. Devilily let out a sigh, why did she have to come?

"Don't sweat it, I'd say the same thing in his situation, and please, just call me Sin; I hate formalities." Lucy nodded with a smile on her face making Sin nod in approval. She then directed her attention to Devilily.

"Hey, Sin, I thought you were going to stay in hell."

"Pssh, yah, right; my job was so-o-o boring, and what you were doing looked like fun. Besides, I'm going to help this town since my inverse wants me to." The flame-head rolled her eyes.

"I never said that I wanted your help with this."

"That doesn't mean that you don't need it." Devi huffed in annoyance at this while turning away and Sin just grinned mischievously. She turned her attention to the other three.

"Castor, it's good to see you again. I'm glad to have heard that you made it out of the Aby—"

"Yeah, it's great seeing you again, Sin." Sinuite looked startled at being interrupted, but then grinned while glancing back and forth between Castor and Devilily. She then turned her attention to the other two. She began striding up to them and took Lucy's hands which made Natsu tense slightly.

"It's nice to finally meet you, Lucy Heartfilia. Rumors fly around hell like hellfire, especially when one is a top-devil. You've achieved quite a lot, especially as a celestial spirit mage, and I admire your courage when it comes to your friends." Sin smiled causing Lucy to smile back while Natsu relaxed before Sinuite focused on him.

"Natsu Dragneel, there are definitely rumors about you, son of Fire Dragon King Igneel. Atlas Flame was certainly impressed and even bragged about you to Mirror, who told me in order to rub in my face that dragons are better than devils." She mumbled the last bit but everyone still caught it. Natsu was grinning by this point.

"You know Uncle?"

"Yeah, he was composed of flames including hellfire. His spirit now lies within all the flames burning in hell." Natsu's smile broadened.

"I don't mean to sound rude, but I've heard that devils were evil beings." Sinuite scoffed at this comment.

"Stereotypes, I despise them. There's a good chunk of devils that are like the rumors, but not all of them are. Look at me; do I appear to be like one of those evil, conniving, mischievous imps?" Natsu shook his head making Sin smile again. She then bounded back over to Devi.

"I'm going to delete the curse on the town by replacing it with my own. Bring out the mayor!"

When the mayor came out, he was completely terrified of Sinuite since she had changed back into her armor. The reason for this? She wanted to scare the mayor witless; definitely a sadistic devil.

"Good morning Mayor of Norowareta, I trust you had a pleasant sleep?" The mayor nodded silently allowing Sin to continue. "Great, then I'll get straight to the point. I am the Devils Empress of Hell and I'm here to overrule the current curse upon this town with my own. My curse shall not only remove the current one, but make this a neutral town renamed as Nyutoraru, since having name of 'curse' mustn't attract a lot of tourists. But this gift comes at a price, just like all choices in life. In exchanged for removing the current curse, I shall take with me all of this town's wealth—" the four Fairy Tail mages cleared their throats, "—after, of course, you pay these four mages for their services to this town and for you to build a shrine dedicated to heaven opposite the shrine dedicated to hell. That should balance the power within this town."

The mayor reluctantly agreed to the terms and split the 500.000J into 125.000J for each of the mages before they grabbed their bags from the hotel while Sinuite Lacrimater settled the details with the mayor. After about an hour later and just as the four mages were about to leave, they saw the Devils Empress standing at the entrance to the train station.

"You're done with the curse?" Devilily monotonously asked Sin blinked at her.

"Yeah, this particular curse only took me a half an hour. You guys going back to Fairy Tail?" They all nodded which made Sinuite smile.

"Thanks, Sin, for everything." Lucy said while hugging the Devils Empress who was shocked at first but then hugged the blonde back.

"No problem, it was great meeting all of you," she turned to Devilily, "see you at next Nightmare meeting?" The flame-head nodded before Sinuite hugged her.

"Don't stress yourself too much, your majesty." Devi teased and Sin smirked sadistically.

"I'm a sadist, not a masochist; and I can say the same thing back at you, Heart of—"

"Don't you even think about calling me that!" Sinuite's smirk broadened before she vanished into the shadows just as the sun rose above the horizon. It had been an incredibly long night. Soon, the train arrived at the station and the four mages all hopped on before all of them fell asleep.

AN: And done with that arc! Life has been keeping me busy recently, so updates may take longer. However, the next chapter will be a bit more relaxing. Anyways, I hoped reading this chapter was exciting and have a great day! ;)