Hey guys! I know I said I wouldn't be posting before the 18th but we arrived at our last destination and I have had time to finish up this chapter! So here's the next chapter to our wonderful adventure! I'm already on the next chapter so I'm hoping it won't take too long like last time. Anyway, enjoy!

Rez: You caught it ;)

Luca: Yea this isn't the Kera we all used to know, she changed a lot, but maybe you'll see how she was before ;)

Marty: Yea, at the moment Erza is having the most trouble accepting Kera who she is now. She is her sister and after hearing what she done... well it's a big toll on her. But we'll see if everything will turn out alright or not ;)

Guest: I can't say anything about her little secret. I wish I could but it's hush hush for now

Rez: Well you didn't have to wait that long so I hope this chapter is up to your liking!

It's been a few hours since both Kera and Erza had their little fight. They were now all riding their horses through the forest. Natsu was completely slumped over the front of the horse and Lucy tried to make sure he wouldn't fall off.

Seeing this Erza got curious. "Why aren't you experiencing any motion sickness?"

Kera shrugged. "I still feel nauseous but it isn't as bad as before." She told her. "I was actually able to train in that as well so I'm not always out of it. For example, animals I can ride with barely a problem, hence no motion sickness now. Larger vehicles and moving objects still get to me so I have to be careful there."

"Ugh… h-how l-long… till… we get t-there?" Natsu asked still being completely slumped over the horse.

Kera rolled her eyes. "Suck it up Natsu, we're almost there. When we get there you guys can go rent an inn."

"Wait…" Gray spoke. "You're not going to sleep with us?"

"Are you going to ditch us?" Erza asked from behind her. Kera groaned slightly and shook her head. "No! I'm not going to ditch you! I'm going to scout the area around to make sure we won't get ambushed. There's someone following us and I want to know who and why."

"Then let me help." Erza moved her head so she could look at her better. "You don't have to do this alone anymore. Let me help you scout the area. At least let me do that."

Kera sighed and at first Erza and the others thought she would outright decline her again but this time, surprisingly, she nodded her head. "Alright… you can help. I have a feeling you'd help no matter what I say."

A small smile grew on Erza's face. For the first time she might have gotten to Kera. Maybe she could do something to get the old Kera back. Maybe even Kera herself realized that there's something wrong with her attitude.

"Well…" Gray muttered slightly. "Guess it's better than nothing."

"I promise I won't ditch. And anyway, Erza won't let me." She said while motioning to the red head behind her.

Natsu groaned again and Lucy almost had to jump down to catch him. Lucy gritted her teeth as she tried to keep him on the horse. "Geez, how heavy are you!?" She shouted slightly at him but the pink haired Dragon Slayer kept on doing strange noises.

Kera suddenly stopped her horse as they arrived in front of the town. She gave both Lucy and Gray the sign to keep on going. "We'll find you later. We're going to look through town and make sure there's nothing too suspicious."

Gray nodded. "Got it. Come on guys." He said pulling his and Juvia's horse into the town. Lucy, Wendy and Natsu followed closely behind. Kera waited a few moments until they were gone before turning their horse around and returning to the woods.

Erza looked a little confused at the moment. Why was she heading back? "Uh Kera? I thought we were heading around town to look for suspicions?"

"I haven't been honest with you." Kera said simply as she urged the horse to go faster. They were now galloping through the forest heading somewhere. Erza frowned slightly. What was she doing?

The brunette sighed slightly not exactly knowing how to say this. Slowly Erza pieced everything together. "We're heading to Draccus right now aren't we?"

"Yea…"

"Why did you tell the others to go into town then? Why do you want to fight him alone?" Erza asked with a small glare.

She snorted slightly. "I fought Eldur all by myself. I can take care of Draccus myself too. And anyway, you're going to be there so I won't be alone. You can help as well." She said simply. "Also I don't want them to get involved that much, don't want them to get hurt."

Erza sighed slightly shaking her head. "Well… at least you took me with you, that's a start." She should take baby steps with her. She shouldn't think that she'd change completely.

Kera snorted slightly. "Funny, I thought you'd kill me."

"I want to but I won't." Erza told her truthfully.

"It'll be quick. It's not that far and we can get it done in just a few minutes." Kera said as they kept riding through the forest.

Ignoring the fact that Kera had lied again she changed the topic to something more important. "Alright, if we're going to fight this man I need to know more about him."

Kera nodded her head. "Very well, Draccus is like a brawler, he can destroy anything with his fists. It's like a mix of Gildarts and Bacchus' magic. He sometimes even has these brass knuckles or other weapons on his fists to make it even more painful when he hits you. One hit and you're literally done so the main thing is to keep a distance from him. My magic is useful in this situation yours… not so much."

"I can fight from a distance." Erza said matter of factly. Kera raised an eyebrow at her. "Yea right, you use swords, that's a close range weapon, you don't use any other form of magic either."

"Then why did you take me?" Erza asked giving her a stupid look.

Kera smirked. "Because of your Adamantine Armor. It can withstand some of his attacks, but other than that you deal with the other members."

"Let's get this over with." Erza said turning her attention back up front. Kera nodded simply and urged the horse to go faster. They had to get to Draccus in time before he disappears.

In another big house deep in the forest a man was sitting at table eating everything he could. He stuffed several pieces of meat into his mouth while also pouring beer down his throat. A normal person would get fat by doing this but not this man. He was fit, wearing only a jacket over his toned abs.

He bit into a chicken leg before ripping the meat off. "Man this is good. You guys did good!"

There were two men standing behind them obviously looking nervous. "Um sir, aren't you supposed to be… you know… be worried about Eldur?"

The man laughed out loud. "Who? That dip shit? He deserved his fate and I don't feel any little regret! He was a nobody and didn't even know what he was doing. He was at the bottom of the food chain."

"I can understand that sir but the person who killed him might be coming after you." The other soldier told him, holding his sword in front of him.

The man turned around and his appearance was clear now. Besides his black jacket he was wearing, he also wore blue ragged jeans with black combat boots. His hair was black and kept short, his hands were covered by red gloves. "Then get to work you idiots. Make sure no one is getting in here. Now let me eat my food!" He shouted while picking up another chicken leg and continued eating.

A sudden explosion rocked the entire building and the soldiers flinched. Before either of them could do anything the door behind them was blown open sending the two men flying.

"You Draccus?"

The man sighed as he dropped the food on his plate. "Geez can't a man eat his food in peace!?" he shouted while throwing his hands up in the air. He got up and turned around. His eyes went wide slightly when he saw two women standing in front of him.

He smirked. "Well what do we have here? Two beautiful ladies? Aw you didn't have to go through so much trouble to meet me."

The red haired woman raised her sword at him. "Draccus, stand down now. We don't need to fight."

Draccus smirked slightly. "Ah, the mighty Titania, yes, very beautiful, but what are you doing here? I was expecting her Majesty but not her lovable Knight." He chuckled at his own comment.

All of a sudden he felt a force slam into him. He coughed as he hit the back wall. Opening his eyes he saw the brunette standing in front of the red head her hand stretched out. Draccus smirked as his eyes turned dark. "Oh… I love my women rough. I'm going to enjoy this."

"Erza, take care of the guards. I got him." Kera told Erza, her eyes never leaving the man in front of them.

Erza was still hesitant of leaving her to fight this man alone, but realized, when the soldiers came rushing in, that someone had to deal with them. She nodded her head slightly turning her attention towards the soldiers.

Draccus got back up and grinned. "Well it seems you want me all by yourself eh?"

Kera glared at him. "You're a disgusting man Draccus. I'm here to stop you, you're little adventure is over." She sneered.

"I'd love to see you try." He said cracking his knuckles. He quickly charged towards the brunette his hand glowing. He struck forward, his target being Kera, though she vanished. He stopped, catching his momentum and looked around.

He saw a glimpse at the back of the room and quickly turned around raising his arms. Kera had appeared and had struck his arms with a stoned fist. Draccus smirked at her as they locked gazes. "I guess we're playing fire with fire."

He kicked her back sending her a few feet skitting. "You might have killed Eldur, but he was just a weak little pawn. He was nothing and the rest of us are leagues higher than he was. You won't be able to beat me or my pals." He said cracking his knuckles.

Kera glared at him. "Eldur was weak, you're right, that's why I got rid of him first. He was just the warm up." She quickly charged straight towards him.

"Wrong move." Draccus said with a grin. He got ready to hit Kera and reeled his arm back. He sent his fist towards her. Kera smirked at him as she suddenly twisted her body to the side, dodging his attack and rushing inside.

The brunette's hands glowed and Draccus could sense a strong aura from her. "Shit." He realized that this was a bad idea. Kera gritted her teeth as she smashed both of her fists into his chest, sending him flying back.

Draccus hit the back wall while letting out a cry of pain. Pain ran through his chest and he knew he had a few broken ribs. That attack was just too powerful. He saw the brunette charging an attack as he noticed light swirling around her body.

Kera moved her arms around before thrusting them forward. A strong magic of all of her elements combined blasted straight towards Draccus. An explosion occurred and the brunette stood up straighter. She snorted slightly. "Weak…"

Something moved in the smoke and her eyes went wide. Draccus suddenly appeared out of the smoke and successfully hit her in the stomach. Kera sucked in a deep breath trying to ignore the pain as she was flung to the back wall.

She coughed out blood but quickly got back to her feet. Draccus quickly sent another few powerful punches towards her but she was able to swiftly dodge them with ease. She blocked one attack before trying to uppercut him. Draccus jumped back and Kera thrust her arm forward.

Tiny sharp stone spikes surrounded by fire flew straight towards the brawler. He simply raised his arms taking them all on. It seemed none of them hurt him, but on the other hand that wasn't Kera's true plan.

She appeared beside him grabbing him by the neck. Fire surrounded her as well as light before she smashed him to the ground. Draccus tried to punch her again but the Dragon Slayer quickly grabbed his arm before pulling back and kicking him in the side.

A crack and a pop was heard at the same time letting Kera know that it was broken and dislocated at the same time. Draccus let out a painful scream but Kera stepped on his neck stopping his cry. "You called Eldur weak but you're just as pathetic as he was." She said glaring down at the man under her foot.

Draccus gritted his teeth while trying to keep a straight glare on. He was slightly terrified but he didn't want her to know. Kera kneeled down slightly, her foot still on his neck. "Now… tell me where I can find the other stones? Are they with the others?"

"W-What? I d-don't know… about an-any… f-fucking stones…" He spat out blood glaring up at the woman.

Kera cocked her head. "Normally I would break someone's arm or leg so they'd tell me what I want, but… you truly don't know, do you?"

Draccus didn't say anything and this made the brunette sigh. She removed her foot from his neck and turned around. The man got up and tried to hit her one last time but Kera simply side stepped him before grabbing him by the back collar and smashing him against the wall.

Kera leaned in, her golden eyes looking very dangerously. "Forget the stones, they're not important anyway. But there's something you do know." She smirked slightly. "Who are your pals? Hm? Do they think that they can kill me too? Do they think I'm weak as well? Just like you did? For your information, I'm not even using my powers seriously."

Draccus spat blood in her face and Kera sighed simply. "Very well, you leave me no choice." She raised her arm and stone formed around it, creating a very sharp blade. "Say goodbye Draccus. You just had your last meal."

She was about to thrust forward but a hand stopped her, grabbing her arm. She turned her head and glared at the person who was stopping her. "What the hell are you doing?" She shouted.

Erza was standing beside her, herself wearing a glare on her face. "Me? What the hell are you doing? You're not killing this man!"

"The hell I am!" She snapped while pulling her arm back.

"No you aren't! You don't kill Kera!" Erza snapped at her throwing her arm away."This is exactly what I was saying!"

Kera growled slightly as she let Draccus go. "I brought you here to help not get in my way!"

"I am if you're doing something wrong! You never killed like this Kera! I'm not going to let you do this." Erza said simply.

While the two were arguing Draccus saw an opening. Kera was too occupied with the red head so he tried to get a shot in. He was about to smash his knuckles into her side but golden eyes suddenly glared at him. He felt himself being kicked back.

The brunette rose her arm up and a seal appeared under Draccus. He tried to move but two giant arms grabbed him as it started to rise from the ground. Erza was slightly shocked to see an earth golem standing there in the room holding Draccus so he couldn't get away.

"I won't let you get in my way of my mission Erza. This has to be done." Kera sneered as she turned her attention back to the red head. "They need to be eliminated no matter what."

Erza shook her head. "This is not the way we have to go Kera! We can contact the council and let them know that he's here. We don't have to kill him."

"I agree with the lady agh!" Draccus shouted as the golem started squeezing him to death. Kera glared at him. "You keep your damn mouth shut."

Erza gritted her teeth. "Let him go Kera." She said summoning a sword. "Or I will make you."

Kera glared at her. "You wouldn't."

"I don't want to do this, but I will if I have to. It's clear that this is Crystol's side. She wouldn't have thought twice either of killing someone. But the Kera I know wouldn't resort to killing. If there was another way she would take it." Erza told her sternly.

The brunette glared at her. "Don't you get that there is no other way? He has to die."

"I don't believe that." Erza said shaking her head. "I know there's a part of you that thinks this is wrong. You're not a killer Kera."

There was a moment of silence as the two women locked gazes. No one moved and Draccus was freaking out. Was he going to die or not? All of a sudden the golem started to crumble. The man looked shocked. She had let him go!

Out of nowhere his arm was pinned to the wall with a stoned spike. It went right through his arm and hit the back wall. He screamed out in pain and tried to pull it out with his other arm but that one too was pinned to the wall. Now he was trapped against the wall.

Kera snorted as she turned around and headed out the room. "Call the council. He'll be here." With that she left the room.

Erza sighed as she shook her head. She looked over at Draccus. "You know… you should be grateful I was here. If not you'd be dead right now."

"I'd rather be dead than rot in a cell." Draccus sneered.

The red head sighed. "You guys are just sick." She was about to leave but the man stopped her.

"You know she's gone."

She stopped and turned her head to look at Draccus. "What?" She asked raising an eyebrow at him.

He smirked. "You shouldn't try, she's far gone. You can't bring her back. She's just too far down the dark path. It wouldn't surprise me if she became a monster." He started laughing and Erza glared at him. "You don't know anything.'

"Or are you that doesn't know anything? You said it yourself, you don't know her anymore, she's different." Draccus told her.

Erza gritted her teeth before turning around and heading out the room. She was furious, not because he was lying… no but because he was telling the truth. She doesn't know Kera anymore, she has no idea about her or what she's thinking and it frustrated her. She should know her, they're sisters! But here she was, arguing and fighting with her when they should be happy about reuniting.

She sighed while shaking her head. She had to figure a way to get the old Kera back fast. She can't watch her like this anymore. She almost killed a man…

Well she already did, but…

"Are you coming?"

Erza's head snapped up and she saw Kera standing by the horse, petting the animal. She frowned and didn't say anything else as she got on the horse. Kera simply got on behind her and the two head back towards the town.

Neither of them spoke a word.

The two were riding through the forest, Erza leading the horse since she didn't trust Kera where they were heading. She still hated the fact that she didn't know anything about the brunette anymore.

She had to find a way to get her back. She refused to believe that it was too late for her. There has to be some way. Maybe if she talked to Kayeleth…

Kera didn't say anything either. Well that wasn't a surprise. She didn't say anything at all if it wasn't necessary.

There were a few things Erza wanted to know but she won't get the answers. She already knows that. She had to talk to the others on finding a way to bring the old Kera back that they know and love. But how?

She felt Kera twitch behind her. Erza furrowed her brow. What was wrong with her now? Was she going to go crazy again? Snap at her again? What now!?

All of a sudden Kera moved up and snatched the reigns from Erza. She pulled it backwards making the horse move out of the way. "What the hell!?" Erza shouted but then felt something whizz pass her.

Turning her head she was shocked to see an arrow sticking out of the trunk of a tree. "Down now!" Kera shouted grabbing the red head and pulling both of them down from the horse. The animal neighed before running off into the forest. Another arrow hit the ground where the horse had just been standing.

Kera looked through the trees and saw something move. Quickly she sent a blast of fire in that direction. A loud scream was heard before a man hit the ground. The brunette cursed as she saw him. "Ambush…" She muttered.

Erza saw something move behind Kera and immediately threw a sword towards it. A man had come out of the bushes ready to strike, but the sword had hit him before he could attack, sending him back.

"We have to get out of here now." Erza called while summoning another sword. She was ready to fight these people but knew that it was better to run. They were surrounded.

Kera frowned as she stood up. "You can run if you want, I'm going to fight these jackasses." She sneered, a dangerous aura surrounding her body.

Erza gritted her teeth. "Think for once Kera! We're surrounded!" She shouted while quickly deflecting an arrow with her sword.

Ignoring the red head Kera looked around her. She could see the attackers. She could sense them. Erza just watched how the brunette kept her gaze around. What the hell was she doing? Standing like that made her vulnerable! She's going to get hit!

And as she feared, an arrow was headed straight towards her. "Kera!" She shouted trying to catch her attention.

The brunette quickly moved snatching the arrow and throwing it back to the man it had came from. Meanwhile she threw her arms into a cross, creating a deadly wave of wind that cut through the trees.

All of the attackers hit the ground with a loud thud and in that moment Kera moved her hands to the side. Nothing happened and the attackers took that chance to move. Half of the men charged straight at the brunette their weapons drawn but it was useless.

One of them took a step forward and was immediately blown back. The others stopped. How the hell did that happen?

Erza was shocked as well. Kera hadn't even touched him! Or did she? Turning her head she saw Kera standing where she was but in a different position. Had she moved?

"Get her!" One of the men shouted ignoring one of them being blown back.

Kera's eyes flashed and it was all it took. Erza couldn't even follow the brunette but she was fast…

You couldn't even see her move. She could only see man after man being beaten down or blown back. While trying to watch the brunette she didn't notice one of the men sneak up behind her.

Luckily she didn't need to.

Kera suddenly appeared out of nowhere smashing the man to the ground. Erza quickly turned around saw the situation. The brunette sneered before smashing her fist into his chest making him gasp.

From the far end of the forest they could both see a man pull back an arrow but again, Kera was way too quick. One moment she was standing by Erza's side and the next she was gone. Erza could only hear the man with the arrow gasp.

The red head saw him being thrown right in front of her feet. Behind him, Kera walked up with a death glare on her face. "Start talking or I will end your life." She sneered.

The man tried to scramble away but Erza was standing in his way. He had no way to run. "I… I…"

Kera smashed her foot on his leg and a loud crack was heard. The man screamed out in pain as he felt his leg break. The brunette leaned in. "Tell me. Who sent you?"

"L-Lucretia! Lucretia sent me! Agh!" He shouted in pain while trying to pull his leg away from the brunette.

Kera gritted her teeth and put more pressure on him. "Why did she send you?" She asked again her golden eyes burning into his soul.

The man whimpered. "W-We were… s-supposed to s-spy on you! I-If the c-chance came… eliminate… agh!" he shouted as Kera put even more pressure on his broken leg.

"I don't believe you." Kera growled. "There's more."

"P-Please! I beg you!" He shouted. Erza couldn't watch this anymore and was about to intervene but Kera held up her hand stopping her.

The brunette glared at him. "Tell me what you know and I will let you live. If you don't I will kill you right here… and it will hurt."

The man started to stutter, obviously afraid, but after a few seconds he was able to form a coherent sentence again. "L-Lucretia w-wants you dead… b-but by her own hands! She wants you as a trophy! But I swear! We were only supposed to spy on you! I don't know anything else! She doesn't even know you are working with others!"

Kera's eyes quickly snapped to Erza. They didn't know she was with Erza and the others. Her gaze turned back to the man. "Does she know anything else about me? My whereabouts? My plan?"

"S-She has her theories but she doesn't tell us! She has scouts everywhere to keep an eye on you! W-We were only one of many groups!" He said through quick breaths. "Please, I don't know anything else! Please let me go!"

"Kera." Erza called and the brunette gave her a short glance. The red head had a frown on her face. "You know what the right thing is." She told her.

The brunette snorted simply before stepping off of him. The man quickly held his leg while letting out another pained cry. The brunette glared down at him. "You can tell Lucretia or whoever you are working for that I will come for her in time. She can send more scouts if she wants to but they'll be just training for me. You hear me?"

The man nodded quickly. "Good. Now leave." She sneered. "I don't want to see your face ever again."

The man tried walking but obviously couldn't due to his leg. That's why he started crawling.

Kera turned around and passed the red head without any word. Erza still had her gaze set on the crawling man.

This has to stop. Kera was being cruel for no reason. She had to find a way to bring her back and fast. She feared that every second she wasted… Kera would only walk deeper into the darkness.

She had to find a way to bring her back to the light.

Well... that was something. So what did you guys think? Kera showed more of her brutal and relentless side. Erza definitely can't see her like this anymore and she had to stop her from killing Draccus. What will happen next?

Until next time!