Hey everybody and welcome back to Slayer's Flame!

Now before anything begins, its pretty much 100% confirmed that Irene is Erza's mom (she was in her womb and Irene has stated that she was there before she begun her Draginification) so thats means no Irene in the harem. Once again, I apologise from the bottom of my heart but it's just something personal that i don't think that I can write very well based on my own personal feelings and that if I did, then the story would be far worse for you guys. Once again, I had a few of you saying 'It's FanFiction, just change it' but I can't and I thank those of you who have supported me in this decision, truly I can't thank you enough, but I do have to say that one guy said he was dropping the story... You dropping a story that you obviously had some interest if you stuck around just because 1 character who has been in the story for a total of about 5 lines and has not spoken yet isn't shagging the main character? Okay then, you live your life... Just a lil' bit weird is all.

But now onto something else; who should replace her. To be honest, I have no idea who could replace her so... Um... Suggest people? I dunno, just give me ideas or something and i'll see how you all respond to them to see who should replace her.

Something else before the reviews. Because it is now exactly only 1 week until Christmas, I have decided to give you all a little FanFiction present, as per say. So, everyday in the week leading up to Christmas, I will be posting one chapter of each of my stories (this one, Life is Only Black and White, Heart Fire and Bonds With the Devil) every day so that you all get something. This means that at the end of the week, each story should have 2 more chapters added to it in 1 week rather then the regular one so... yay! Now here's the schedule on how that will work.

Monday the 19th: Heart Fire Chapter 9

Tuesday the 20th: Bonds With the Devil Chapter 13

Wednesday the 21st: The All Devouring Slayer's Flame Chapter 15

Thursday the 22nd: Life Is Only Black and White, You Have to Add Colour Chapter 22

Friday the 23rd: Heart Fire Chapter 10 + Bonds With the Devil Chapter 14

Saturday the 24th: Life Is Only Black and White, You Have to Add Colour Chapter 23

Sunday the 25th: The All Devouring Slayer's Flame Chapter 16.

So, um... I hope you enjoy this week of chapters cause I know that I am going to be exhausted after it all.

And now onto reviews!

Chimera629: Nah he didn't get weaker, its just that they had a fight is all (when Natsu and Gray had fights, both usually got injuries not matter who was winning). As for how they didn't figure it out... they thought that he was all drugged up on Demonic Particles. Completely reasonable.

ADragonoid75: Yes... Yes he will.

Narticc: Hm, those are fighting words there (personally, I'm a Lisanna sort of guy but hey, I know I'm a minority) and yes I know that the next chapter is called that but... I just can't shake that feeling and that idea cause Erza was in Irene's womb before the Dragonification process started, so she did get pregnent with Erza before all of the shit that happened. Sign, guess we'll just have to see next chapter.

Awareness Bringer: I know that other Fics have done this, the whole mother-daughter dating the same guy thing. For example, I think very highly of NatsuHaremFans Little Dragon from the Future which features this very thing and the way the they write that story makes it sort of work so if you want that, then that story has it in spades, but I know that I can't write something like that, its just personal reasons. As for him killing members off... He might or might not be doing that.

Guest: He's made to kill and he's a Demon, so why not have him kill. Also, he's killed before or at least has been involved in the deaths of villains so I don't see the big deal in him being a killer, he won't seek out death but he isn't completely against it. What is so bad about him killing?

Naruto: I honestly think people would hate me more if I did that if I took out Irene. Also... even doing that makes me feel weird. And have a Happy Christmas to you too.

Now onto chapter 14!

Standing among the fire and the ruins of the Core, Natsu couldn't help but be open mouthed at the words that just fell out of the Demons mouth.

Master? Since when the fuck had he been anybody's Master?! Looking down at his clawed hands, the red rivers of crimson staining and crawling up and down his flesh, he took note that it was probably something to do with the Demon part of these Tartaros Demons; that Zeref had hard coded some sort of 'Bow Down to E.N.D' feature into their brains… No, but then that would mean that they should know of Zeref's plans for the Etherious, the plan that would lead to his demise if it plays out the way that his brothers hope it does.

Looking among the crowd of bowed faces and the one that was beaten and bloodied beneath his scaled foot, he took note that they all seemed to… idolise Zeref. Previously, the weird Juvia-esk 1st Person Talk-y guy had mentioned that they were here to play out Zeref's plans and his ambitions, to make the world rot with evil and become barren of any good life. However, up to this point Zeref had wanted only death, at least in his memories of his time with his brother before… Before… Growling slightly as he now recalled that he had a new gap in his memory, he set his sights back on the huddled Etherious.

"Uh... you can stop kneeling now."

As quick as bullets, the whole room rose up with some semblance of fear clearly present in their eyes, at least most of them held fear. The woman at the front, the one garbed in a kimono, was inspecting him with a thin veil of intrigue and a heavy sheet of lust present in her eyes while Jackal was just looking at him in confusion more than anything and Kyoka appeared as stiff as a soldier at some sort of roll call. Meanwhile, the rest hesitantly awaited his next command with an uneasy look in their faces. Glancing down at the barely breathing Mard Geer, he could only shake his head at what kind of weird ideals and thoughts this guy had been implanting in their heads.

Stepping off the some-what breathing 'corpse' to give him some breathing room before almost immediately steeping back onto him after his wheezing become far too annoying, Natsu decided to address some concerns that he had about the Tartaros Guild.

"Okay then… Can anybody tell me why you are calling me Master?"

Silence filled the room as soon as the words fell out of Natsu's maw.

"W-What do you mean 'why'? Y-You're E.N.D, the most powerful Demon every created; even if you weren't our Guild Master we would have to call you as such." This time, Kyoka managed to speak up, locking eyes with the pink haired Etherious as she tried to calmly tell him about his superiority compared to such lowly beings as she and the rest of the Etherious were.

"Okay I guess that is ok- Wait did you say that I am your Guild Master?"

Once again, in the noiseless room a pin-drop would sound like a nuclear explosion in the wake of Natsu's question.

"W-What? Do you really have no memory of starting Tartaros? Your principals built this Guild and we have been eagerly awaiting your return." Taking a few steps forward, the other girl, the one with porcelain skin and long purple tresses that made Natsu feel some conflicting feelings, decided to speak up for her little crew in a way that would appoint and update their 'Master'. Underneath his foot, the Slayer felt Mard Geer completely lock up. Looking down, the pinkette soon began to join up some of the dots.

"Alright, I'll answer those questions if you answer one of mine, okay?" They all nodded. "Good. Now then, no I have no memory of every starting this Guild or ever setting any principals of 'Kill everyone and everything that ever existed in the hope that it would appease my brother.' Also secondly, I have never been to this place before in my whole life; Hell, the only reason that I found you is that someone else has been spying on you."

Watching with some sort of joy as Tartaros physically recoiled at the new information, Natsu finally took his foot of Mard Geer fully, allowing the Demon to breathe fully for the first time in a few minutes. As he huffed and gulped down any form of oxygen that came anywhere near his facility, Natsu continued his own questioning.

"Okie-dokie, now it my turn to ask the questions, alright? So for starters, have you always known about my existence or has it been information that was given to you after you came into being?"

Looking on with a quizzical look present in his face, the pinkette witnessed the Demons turning to each other with estranged and suspicious looks in their eyes. And then it was Jackal's time to shine.

"Oi, how do we even know that your E.N.D? Sure you can do all these fancy Curse's and stuff but how do we know that it ain't just some new trick that Zeref has implanted into all his new Etherious, huh" Now, suspicion and deceit began to spread like wildfire throughout the crowd as they began to question the Demon's legitimacy.

"Yea, it would explain why you know absolutely nothing about the Guild." Ezel also spoke up, stepping forward a few paces to get close to the supposed 'E.N.D'.

"So go on then, Oh Great and Powerful E.N.D, how do we know that you are the real thing?" Now it was Torafuzar who tried to back up Jackal's point with a smirk as the three began to get into a stance for battle. Around them, the other 6 Etherious either backed off to the corners of the room or they tried to defend E.N.D.

"Have you all gone insane!? Look at what he did to Mard Geer and even then you still betray his guidance? How dare yo- "Sayla began to spout off, black mist and Demonic energy spreading through her whole being like a river before she felt a warm and calming presence on her shoulder. Turning her head, her eyes came into view of a stainless white chest, red snakes and serpents of crimson crawling all over it. Looking up, her own pair of purple eyes caught those of the pupiless red pools of one Natsu Dragneel, his large clawed hand gentle positioned on her shoulder.

"Thank you for believing me, but I wouldn't want you to get injured because of these fools. So if you please… Actually I do not believe that I aught your name?" His gaze, while seemingly unreadable and hard to distinguish from the rest of his red window, seemed to bore and stare into Sayla's very being as she felt her body become hot and heavy as she stared at the most powerful Demon in existence. Being so close to him, feeling his power, his intensity, his heat, his passion, his very existence so close to her filled her with desire and need the longer she remained around his form. Half lulling her eyes, she titled her head as he looked at the object of her affection with a lustful gaze.

"Sayla, Master. My name is Sayla." With a sultry smirk, she moved to get ever closer to the Demon Lord, completely ignoring the stares and open mouthed gasps she received off her team-mates as she skulked towards Natsu. Said pinkette saw these advances and somewhat recognised them, but did not make any move to try and repel them. Instead he welcomed them, allowing the woman to claw and grip at his chest, trace the red lines that marked his body, grind up against his figure as he felt something new dwell up inside of him.

Desire.

Want.

Need.

Letting these new emotions take over, Natsu leant forward to grip the Demon's golden horns in his hands in a hard grip that left the seductive girl shocked and caused a long, hard moan to emerge from her mouth. Natsu chuckled.

"So, your horns are extra sensitive are they… Sa~y~la?" The way he spoke her name, the way her held her horns in a grip that left her body reeling with pleasure, the way he exerted his dominance over her no matter the group of people that he was around made Sayla weak at the knees and made sure that the only response that she could offer were mewls and gasps of pleasure.

"Y-Yes, M-Mast-ter."

"Good…" Moving one of his hands from her horns to the long purple mass of hair that Sayla kept prisoner on her head, he calmly stoked and gently shifted his fingers through her rivers of hair that was in such stark contrast to the hard grasp on her horns that had made her buckle in joy that Sayla was visibly stunned. "Sa~y~la. What a pretty name."

The more he spoke, the more excited and needy Sayla got. She leant into his hands, wanting to becoming one with the Demon Lord and wanting to finally relieve herself of this burning that was start to spew up at her very core. It was hot, it was heavy… it was exactly how Sayla liked it. Pushing herself further into him, Natsu just smirked as he let go of her, resulting in a mess of whimpering and whining from the beautiful Etherious. Noticing how she was still locked into his body, Natsu leant down towards her ears, blowing on them lightly with his lipless jaws before he whispered.

"Thank you for believing in me… Sa~y~la…" Finishing off his dance with a light nibble on the Goddess' ear, he released her from his grasp, resulting in a harsh series of pleasurable and disappointed moans to spring forth from the girl. Watching her walk away, a swing in her hips evident, Natsu turned back to three non-believers of the Etherious group and he smirked.

"So, you need any more proof?" He chuckled. "Who am I kinding, all you care about is battle. So then… I'll show you battle."

Launching himself forward, Natsu seemed to cross the entire distance of the room in less than a second, reaching Jackal before the cat-like Etherious could even properly react. Smirking, Natsu felt his chain light up with fire before he recalled a new Curse.

"End's Curse Volume 6, Detonation." Suddenly, a bright volley of sparks and fire emerged from Jackal's right shoulder and before anymore could be said, a massive explosion of flames and chaos erupted free from the Etherious' body. Shooting backwards in a hectic barrage of limbs, Jackal soon implanted the wall with a thud, resulting in numerous cracks and edges to appear in the wall which soon collapsed onto the downed Jackal. Standing up, Natsu then addressed the rest of the group. "That, Jackal, was an improved form of your own Curse. I have more control over my explosions, more power in my explosions, can generate plumes and walls of fire from my explosions that you could only ever dream of generating… Oh, and most importantly… I am more accurate then you."

Silently summoning his Chain Curse, Natsu began to pull the different fragments off of Jackals body before pulling the man up with them only to showcase the damage dealt to the rest of the Etehrious. His arm was blown clean off, a bloody stump of still lit coals and embers that still flickered all that remained, while the rest of his body was covered in numerous cuts and burns that all spring from that one part of his body. However, the amazing thing was that only his arm was blown off, nothing else. Usually, Jackal's blasts would just eliminate the entire person but Natsu's… Natsu's tortured people with fire and explosions.

Smirking, Natsu twisted on his heels before moving onto Ezel, the multi-limbed Demon still stuck in phase of confusion and daze that he didn't see Natsu coming.

"End's Curse Volume 5, Blades." In a bright display of red fire and bright lights, the end of Natsu's fins lit up like super-heated metal before he lashed out at Ezel. First he swung low, cutting deep into the Etherious' lower organs with a clean and deep cut that left no blood behind; only pain. Then, not even pausing to hear the screams of anguish, Natsu leapt at Ezel's left side before he locked his two blades around one of the 2 arms and spun around in the air like some sort of crocodile that ripped its prey apart. It worked. Using Ezel's ribcage as some sort of springboard, the pinkette shot away from his body and with him came the arm with a sickening crunch of bone and viscera. Finishing off his assault, Natsu propelled himself off of the ground before he swung lightly at Ezels face, leaving a gash on the lower part of his jaw that nearly cut the appendage from the upper half. Landing, he simply pushed his hands onto Ezel's chest which made the colossal beast collapse in pain. "And that was an upgraded form of your Curse, Ezel. I can super-heat my blades to become like a doctor's cools; hot, precise, and painful without any unnecessary blood or gore. Ain't that handy?"

Bending over backwards, he spotted his final target; Torafuzar. Twisting his body around so that he was just walking over to the Etherious, who was still trying to put up the tough-guy act, Natsu began to twist and contort his arm. Before long, he began to speak as well.

"End's Curse Volume 4, Napalm." Suddenly, bright green smoke began to emerge and contort around Natsu's whole right arm like some sort of sentient snake, small part of it seeking off around Natsu's whole body. Using his other arm, Natsu used his Chains to restrain and keep Torafuzar in place with two ropes of steel that emerged from the ceiling. Finishing his trek over to the shivering Etherious, Natsu forcibly opened his mouth before he sent the cloud snake down the Lizardman's open gullet. "Now this is a new form of your Curse. Instead of poison water, I have this gas that I can control at will. I can move it however I want, and if I ever wanted to cause a massive blaze or a massive explosion, all I would have to do is put one little spark to it and BOOM! Oh yeah, and I can remotely detonate it if it ever gets inside someone so… good luck."

Smirking, Natsu clicked his fingers before he watched in sick satisfaction as Torafuzars's face began to contort and scream out in agony as his skin became see through and transparent from heat before a blast of heat and energy shot out from his stomach, leaving a perfect hole present in the area. Allowing the Chains to drop his body, he walked back over to the 'loyal' Etherious.

Standing before them, he could see clear hints of fear and intimidation in their eyes and even Mard Geer was looking at him with hints of fear utter dread in his face. Turning his attention back to the Etherious, he pointed at a group of three Demons at the back of the crowd. "Keyes, I want you and Franmalth and… Whoever, the Hell this guy is, to put these three fools into their regeneration pods. You may have lost one but there are still some more kicking about." Almost exactly a second after the words had left his mouth, the three were off, dragging the dismantled and damaged bodies away to be healed up as they were afraid that they would end up the same if they disobeyed. Chuckling at their actions, Natsu turned back to the remaining 4 members of Tartaros.

"Master are you… Are you sure that you don't remember starting this Guild?" Kyoka decided to speak up, wanting to find out more about this powerful Demon Lord that stood before her.

"Yep, I ain't got any clue what kind of crap this guy has been sprouting but I was being trained by Zeref for my whole Etherious life so I couldn't have been here. Speaking of which… what has Mard Geer told you all about your 'mission' in this world? The one that Zeref has set us?" Watching with a critical gaze in his eye as Kyoka turned to Lamy, deciding that it would be best for the scientist to explain what was going on.

"Um, well when we were first created, we were told that we were the Demons created from Zeref's love and that is why we were sent here, away from him. But then Mard Geer said that he had found your book after years of longing and loneliness and that we would all untie under Zeref's wishes and your principals under the name Tartaros; a name that would strike down even the strongest foes and rule the world in darkness, just like Zeref envisioned." Lamy looked up at Natsu, the man being much taller than her and she felt a little intimidated by his stature.

"Hm… Well sorry to break it to you all but that isn't Zeref's plan for us."

"W-What do you mean?"

"Um… How do I put this…? I know." Taking in a deep breath, Natsu put all his strength and all his power into one thought; change back. Slowly, he felt his fins begin to shrink and his bones reset themselves as the clean white sheet and crimson marking began to fade and his lips came back along with his tan coloration, all the while his body was surrounded by a massive bonfire of scarlet. As the fires began to fade, there stood the original Natsu Dragneel, E.N.D being replaced by this boy. Shaking himself out of his haze, he tried to take a step forward, but soon found himself about to stumble and fall.

Before he felt someone catch him.

Looking up, he looked eyes once more with that of Sayla, the woman's features now showing signs of concern and worry rather than lust. Chucking, Natsu used Sayla to steady himself as he stood, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"Thank you Sayla." Once again, the way he said her name made her feel warm and comfortable, even when he wasn't in his Etherious Form and it just made Sayla feel more engrossed and attached to this man then she ever felt before.

"It's fine, Master."

"Now then, I am not only the most powerful Etherious but I am also the first Etherious. Once upon a time, I was Zeref's brother; his actual brother, made of blood and born from the same parents. However, 400 years ago our parents died… And I died alongside them from a Dragon attack. Soon after, Zeref sank into a depressive state, and he began studying under dark arts to try and find ways to revive me and my parents but in doing so, he got himself cursed to live forever by Ankersam for playing around with life and death. In short? Anything he touched, got close to, or anything like that, he killed. It was a painful existence for him, so… So he created us; the Etherious. I already existed at this point, was a creation that he had been making for some time and after he was cursed, he used me as the base." Taking in a deep sigh, he locked eyes with every Etherious in the room before he spoke once more.

"Zeref made us to kill him."

And done! Hope you all enjoyed. Next chapter will see Natsu talking more with Tartaros about his position and will have us having a closer look at Hyperion's crew in Alvarez (OH YEAH! HE WAS A CHARACTER! I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT HIM!) Also, I am hinting at the relationship between Sayla and Natsu starting about now so... Yea... Enjoy? Remember, send in people that you want to replace Irene in the harem and also remember that you can PM me if you have any questions, worries or if you just wanna talk. Now goodbye and I'll see you on Wednesday!

-Jack