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-Let there be midnight

ME NO OWNS THE FAIRY TAIL

Dark Knight, Captured Demon,

Soul Grim-reaper

"Kitty's?" Happy and Lily looked up at Snow, wondering what she wanted. Her blue eyes looked ahead at the tense yet to happen battle. "I'm goin' to tell you two a secret, but it remains that way."

"What is it?" Happy asked, tugging on her sleeve. Snow never gave Happy a glance, her eyes transfix before her.

"That boy, I know where he is." she said. Happy and Lily gasped in shock, eyes widening.

She knows where Natsu is! They both thought. They looked at her, waiting for her to go on and tell them where their friend was being held.

"But if the others find out…" she trailed off, looking down at the ground, her eyes troubled. She shook her head before she continued.

"I've got an idea, listen closely…"

~Gray and Irek~

Gray stared at Irek, eyes emotionless. He slowly moved into his ice-make position, feet scraping against the ground as the slid against it. Irek looked at him, his eyes showing nothing more than a mocking glint. Everything was silent, the wind blowing softly was the only disturbance they had.

"Tell me," Irek started the wind picking up slightly. "Why are you trying to save the Flaming Star?" Gray spat at the ground in front of him. He didn't like that his little brother was being referred to nothing but 'Flaming Star.' He had a name dang it!

"Why not? He's my little brother. I took an oath to myself and I intend to keep it tell the day I die." Gray responded. Irek didn't seem satisfied as his eyes narrowed and his lips pursed in a thin line as if in thought. Finally, he spoke.

"Even though he is your brother, why risk your own life? Don't you want to live?" Gray became very irritated with Irek. His brows creased as he let a deep throaty growl loose at Irek.

"Why risk my life?" he hissed in anger. "I'm not risking my life." This confused Irek greatly as he tilted his head to the side. "I'm saving it from dying in despair. Without Natsu, I would have nothing." Irek cracked a grin, amused by the answer.

"Well then," he took a step closer to Gray, the wind growing fiercer. "Our fight will be fun. The Dark Knight saving the Captured Demon, while the Soul Grim-reaper is preventing that," Irek took another slow step towards him. "Let's see who wins."

"Ice-make: Hammer!" Gray screamed. He grabbed the ice hammer tightly in his hands as he leap out at Irek with a strangled battle cry.

"Screaming Souls!" Irek shouted his hand in front of him as if reaching for something. His eyes grey eyes quickly turned to an eerie pitch black.

Gray clenched his teeth in pain as horrible screeches of disembodied voices screaming into his ears at a horrible pitch. He closed his eyes as he tried to block the screeches out.

Concentrate on saving Natsu! He told himself. The screeches died out with Natsu's happy laughter in its place. His smile ran through Gray's mind, joyful and carefree. That's it! He shouted happily to himself.

He slammed his ice-hammer down, only for Irek to jump free from the force of the hit. Irek glared at Gray, 'tsk'ing. Irek slammed his feet into the ground, stopping himself. He bent down, his hands placed on the ground below. He looked up at Gray, eyes burning.

"Soul Death Storm!"

~Snow, Lily, and Happy~

"Follow me." Snow whispered silently to the small cats behind her. Happy and Lily nodded as they slowly made their way to the demonic castle.

"Are you sure you know where Natsu is?" Happy asked. Snow looked at him, nodding her head as she turned her eyes back to the castle.

"You can make good decoys." Lily noted, looking back at the look-alike them. Snow smiled at him, liking the complement.

"Thanks, ice is easy for a decoy." she replied. She looked in front of her again, eyes focused on the eight fighting figures. "On my cue, we run to the back door." Once she had said that, Happy and Lilly's eyes bugged out in shock.

"There's a back door?!"

~Natsu~

The strange men that surrounded Natsu chanted in a language unknown to them. Their hands clasped in front of them and head bowed. It was an eerie sight for the child to see, but he was somewhat used to it, thanks to those creepy missions Gray-nii and the others would take him on.

Geal and Ridner had their arms outstretched to the sky, one on the other side of them. They both smiled broadly as if they were a child in a candy shop. They also chanted-more like sung in Natsu's opinion-in a different language, making Natsu think that they were drunk like Gramps would get sometimes.

Dark ominous clouds formed above, thunder crashing and lighting striking, illumining it briefly. The faster they chanted and the louder they got, the clouds thickened till they covered the sky. Soon enough, rain started to pour down, a drum beat rhythm sounding against the hard stone floor beneath them. Natsu felt a slight tingling ringing throughout his body as the rain got even heavier, the tingling growing along with the rain. The tingling soon turned into sharp pain, enough to want to make him scream out to the heavens above him.

When the pain became too much to bare, he let out a long, echoing, ear splitting shriek at the top of his lungs.

"GRAY-NII!"