'Jellal!' yelled Kagura as she was about to break the seal of her nemesis sword and slash through Jellal's throat. Jen watched close-by and stared deeply into Kagura's hate-filled eyes as she was about to kill the one person she despised so much.

*slash*,

The sound of a sharp metal piercing through something echoed across the forest. Jen's eyes were wide open as she looked up to see Reaper standing with the sword piercing his arm.

'What do you think you're doing?' yelled Reaper as he kicked Kagura away from his fallen team mates and stared at Jen. Drops of sweat began to fall from Jen as she looked at her biggest nightmare, right in front of her.

'No, now is not the time to panic, I must end this once and for all!' she thought as she stood up, partially shivering and further attempted to punch Reaper, who blocked her attack with his bare hands. 'I know you, you're that girl from before!' yelled Reaper as he shot an alpha bolt with his single hand and kicked Jen towards Kagura. Reaper gently removed the sword from his right hand and threw it towards Kagura.

'I suggest you leave before things get ugly' taunted Reaper as he turned around and looked at his team mates. Kagura narrowed her eyelids in anger and pounced at Reaper with immense speed.

'Do not turn your back on me! I don't care who you are, if you get in my way I will eliminate you!' she yelled at the top of her voice as she stomped Reaper on the ground and pinned him down with her feet. Kagura's anger didn't halt as she drew out her sword and stabbed Reaper on his back. 'Lady Kagura! Look out!' yelled Jen. Reaper began to generate an aura of lightning around himself, zapping Kagura as she held her sword.

'Kagura!' exclaimed Jen as she ran to her aid. Reaper stood up and took out Kagura's sword and again tossed it to her. 'Listen lady, I don't have time for this, we're in the middle of something bigger than you and past, so back off before I cut loose' warned Reaper as he began to regenerate his wounds.

'I do not tolerate threats from low life scum like you' replied Kagura as she took her sword and dashed towards Reaper. He immediately used his firebird strike, aimed at Kagura, who quickly wielded her sword and slashed through Reaper, canceling his attack.

'You do not bleed, you're not human are you?' said Kagura as she turned around and stared at Reaper, who was on the ground recovering.

*Damn it, that Vulcan didn't give me enough juice, this chick ain't playing around either, I might as well be done for this time*

'Hey dad! I'm gonna go to the magic library to train with Ursa this afternoon!' exclaimed Romeo as he entered the guild hall.

'Is that so? Well I see you two have grown quite a lot' replied Macao with a smile.

'Especially you Ursa, I remember when you first came here, you've come a long way since then. It's nice to see the spirit burning within you' he added as he patted her shoulder.

'Oh, it's nothing, I just wanna be like him thats all' she replied.

'Be like who?' asked Romeo.

'Cole McGrath' she replied with a smile.

'Oh.. Wait you knew him?' asked Romeo who was clearly unaware of a few things.

'I learned a lot from him before, he taught me what it means, to make the right choices.' she replied.

'Wait, let's not get all philosophical here, I'm asking if you knew him personally, like Natsu and the others described about him.' he questioned again.

'Well..' (Ursa recalls the moment she had dinner with him in a restaurant 6 years ago) 'He didn't open up much with me, but he was the one who saved my life, twice' she replied.

'I'd wanna see him use his magic any day, someone rumored his lightning to be stronger than Laxus's, I mean, that's crazy!' yelled Romeo.

'I don't know much about Laxus, but Cole's power was definitely something' she replied.

'Definitely something indeed, but one day, you'll reach to that point kid, I can already see his shadow in you' thought Master Macao as he looked at her talking to Romeo.

Reaper stood up with his body regenerated. He stared at Kagura and Jen in anger as he gathered red lightning around his right arm.

'I warned you two before, but what did I get in return? A sucker punch! Oh you two are gonna regret pissing me off!' yelled Reaper as he repeatedly shot alpha bolts at both of them.

'Jen! Get to safety, this one's mine!' yelled Kagura as she deflected a few bolts with her sword and began running towards Reaper. Jen nodded and observed from a distance as Kagura grew closer towards Reaper. He grinned as Kagura stepped right in front and used his punch blast to knock her back. Reaper fired a tripwire rocket as Kagura attempted to recover mid-air.

'Look out!' yelled Jen as she warned about the wire, Kagura noted and jumped up, dodging the rocket and then landed on the ground. Kagura bursted towards Reaper once again and as Reaper prepared to defend, Kagura lowered her gravity using her gravity change magic and launched herself airborne.

*How the hell did she jump that high?*

Reaper looked up and fired a couple of alpha bolts in desperation. Kagura deflected and slammed her sword towards Reaper, who blocked her attack using his Gigawatt blades.

'What the hell is with you!' yelled Reaper as he punched her and then knocked her back with an alpha rocket. Kagura recovered and gave a stare as she pointed her sword at Reaper.

'Jen told me all about you, you're a power hungry monster who needs to be stopped at all cost. Once I'm finished with you I'll be able to finish off what I have been working all these years for' replied Kagura.

'Can't say much about Jen, but that was a long time ago, I don't have time for you and your thing with Jellal, right now I have only one way of finding a way back and if you'll come in my way..' said Reaper as he clenched his fist.

'So be it!' he added in a loud tone as he fired a napalm rocket at Kagura. Kagura tried to deflect the attack with her sword, but the rocket exploded on contact, releasing suffocating gas, to which Kagura let her guard down. Reaper lifted a rock with his kinetic pulse.

'Special delivery!' he yelled as he threw it towards her, who took the hit head on and was knocked away.

'I won't lose!' she yelled as she recoved mid air with her eyes wide open and bursted towards Reaper.

'You don't learn do you?' he taunted as he attempted to fire another napalm rocket. Kagura was quick enough to dodge his attack and slashed her sword right through his body. Reaper held himself as he began to regenerate.

'I don't think so!' yelled Kagura as she rapidly slashed through Reaper's body.

'This is how it ends' she exclaimed as she slashed through him. Reaper fell down to the ground with his body not being able to regenerate due to the lack of energy. 'It's over' mumbled Kagura as she looked at Reaper lying on the ground and started walking towards Jellal.

'She did it' mumbled Jen in tears as she watched Kagura walking towards her.

'I knew she could take him down' she added as she walked towards her.

'Calm down Jen, we're not finished yet' said Kagura as she looked at the knocked out Jellal.

'Lady Kagura, you took down Reaper, even the strongest of Fairy Tail had a tough time dealing with him.. I guess you're definitely the best' she said as she praised her victory.

'He did gave me a tough fight, but all that matters now is this moment. Jellal, it's time I end this once, and for all' said Kagura as she lifted him up.

'Not...So..Fast' yelled a demonic, unfamiliar voice. Kagura and Jen turned around and were completely shocked to see Reaper standing.

'Un,,,belie..vable' mumbled Jen as she looked at Reaper. A black aura began to cover his body, the trident tattoo began to glow in a crimson red color. Black lightning covered his arms and shaped wings around his back. Kagura took guard and launched herself airborne using her gravity change magic. Reaper flew towards her with great speed and punched her on her belly.

'Take this!' he yelled as he kicked her to the ground and fired a pulse of black lightning aimed at her. Kagura recovered mid air and landed on the ground, but looked up to see a pulse of black lightning rushing down towards her. She aimed her sword towards it in an attempt to deflect it, but screamed in pain as she was unsuccessful. Reaper grinned as she was blown away, he flew towards her and fired hundreds of double grenades at her. Kagura barely managed to keep herself standing, could not walk herself out of this one. She could barely stand as Reaper ended his onslaught and landed on the ground. Jen rushed towards Reaper in desperation.

'I won't let you hurt her!' she yelled as she attempted to punched him. Reaper used his punched blast by a single hand to knock her away as he walked towards Kagura. He picked up Kagura's sword as Kagura stared into his crimson red eyes. Reaper lifted the sword and swung it hard.

*Slash*

a noise similar to the one earlier echoed through the forest one again. Kagura opened her eyes to see her sword anchored on the ground right next to her face. Reaper extended his hand towards her, she nodded and grabbed his hand. As she stood up, Reaper's wings began to disintegrate, the dark aura around him began to fade away.

'He... He spared her?' wondered Jen as she looked at Reaper.

'I may not know what you have against Jellal, but I'm saying this again, leave' said Reaper as he began to walk towards his team mates. Kagura held her sword and nodded.

'Let's go Jen, we can't do much here' she said as she began to walk away.

'But I warn you..' she said as she halted, Reaper halted at the same time and listened to what she had to say.

'I'm not done with Jellal, and from now on, Reaper, you've made a great foe' she said.

'I didn't want anything personal against you in the first place, but since you're all too serious about it, I can't say anything more' replied Reaper.

'Wait..' said Jen in a low tone, Reaper halted and turned around to see her standing right next to him.

'What do you want?' he asked.

'Nothing, it's just, strange you spared her life' she replied.

'Not really in the mood to answer your questions so get lost' replied Reaper. Jen nodded and began following Kagura. Reaper walked towards his team mates and was surprised to see their eyes wide open.

'Oh no..' he mumbled as he watched their lips move.

'Long.. Live.. Zeref' each of them began chanting in a robot like manner.

*I'm too late*.

'Snap out of it!' he yelled as she used his punch blast to knock them away. They kept standing up, chanting those words in order.

*I can't do anything now, gotta get the hell out of here*

Reaper looked around and then found a cave, he lured all three of them inside and then used his firebird strike to get himself out. He then used his kinetic pulse to lift a rock and seal the exit of the cave.

*What the hell do I do now?* he thought as he was walking away.

Reaper walked across the forest for a couple of hours and then came across a river. As he approached it, he was surprised to see it contaminated with black tar.

'Oh no, if this river ends up in the mainlands, everyone will get infected' he thought as he looked at the stream of water flowing through the forest

. 'I need to stop Zeref' he whispered as he began walking away from the spot.

'He was stronger than before' whispered Jen as she and Kagura walked across the forest.

'That lightning was dark magic in it's purest form' added Kagura as she recalled Reaper firing black lightning at her.

'He did look like he had to do something important, what do you think it might be?' asked Jen.

'These things don't bother me, what matters now is I have to train harder than ever before, to stand a chance against him' she replied as she approached a stream of water. She sat down and drank a bit of it.

'No thanks, I'm not that thirsty' replied Jen as she sat on the ground. Suddenly, Kagura fell on the ground and held her head in pain as she struggled to stand up.

'Lady Kagura! What's wrong?' asked Jen as she held her.

'The water, it's..' she replied as she stopped talking all of the sudden. Jen looked at the water and was surprised to see bits of black tar within it.

'It's contaminated... With... The holy water of Zeref! That's what Crime Sorciere wanted to know about!' she exclaimed as she stood up.

'Long live.. Zeref' said Kagura, which surprised Jen. She began to run away from her as fast as she could. While Kagura chased her.

*Where did I get this new power from* wondered Reaper as he looked at the trident mark on his chest.

Small delay, was travelling, regularity from here on~