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Fiore Kingdom Year X784

Juvia transformed into water and dashed toward the blonde, who was caught off guard as she was completely engulfed in a water wave, "To think I just changed my clothes!" Lucy whined slightly as her clothes were being showered again. While normally, she would loudly complain, Things changed over the time she spent in the Guild and especially training with Natsu. With every session, she would lose at least three or four pairs of her outfits from the heavy workout and spars, much to her dismay. By the fourth day of that, she got used to it and didn't mind it that much. Her train of thoughts was stopped when Juvia's face appeared on the water before her form began to materialize. She stood with a slight smirk in front of Lucy.

"I wonder where I should aim for first..." The water mage slyly said as she lifted her hand and grabbed Lucy's dress. The place where her chest was covered to be more precise, "That dress really was too good for you!" with her final shout, Juvia ripped off the top of Lucy's dress, exposing her bare chest to the world. Lucy screeched loudly at the action.

"This is it, this is it!" Vidaldus shouted as he spun his arm around. He always had a thing for bouncing breasts and tearing clothes! It was the most perfect Cat fight he had ever seen!

Juvia stuck her tongue out, her expression showing how much she was enjoying torturing the blonde. However, it was ripped off her face when she saw the blonde rear her right arm back, she didn't have time to transform into water as Lucy unleashed a brutal open palm assault directly into her chest. Spittle was forced out of her mouth as she was sent flying back from the blow. The blonde quickly covered her breasts with the green hair band on her head.

"Ehh?!" Vidaldus wasn't expecting this as his eyes bulged out of his head. His disbelieving eyes followed the flying form of Juvia as she was smashed into the wall behind him, "NANI?!" veins bulged in his temple as he swaying from side to side, "Juvia, Darling! What are you doing?! Get her!" he shouted as he played with his guitar. Lucy grunted as she covered her ears with both hands, she could swear that the sound was different from earlier. Suddenly, her eyes widened as she spotted Juvia straightening herself, her eyes, strangely, glowed purple.

Lucy was caught off guard when Juvia sped up forward and head-butted her. The blonde screamed as blood was thrown out of her mouth. The blow was powerful. So powerful that it shocked the Celestial Spirit Wizard, 'W-what?! Her strength increased suddenly!' was all she could think before Juvia blasted her backward with a wave of Water. Lucy was hurled onto the ground. Panting, she lifted herself and looked at Juvia, she was now glowing purple, 'What caused this? She suddenly got a power up!' her eyes grow in shock when she spotted Vidaldus, but the sight was different from what she remembered.

His form seemed to grow. His muscles were bulging with strength, veins throbbing in them. His eyes turned white and his skin, or whatever was visible of it, turned a deep red. His hair was longer, and it became extremely spiky. Finally, there was steam coming out of his body. Lucy could only look in shock as he swung his hair and guitar like mad man. Several beads of sweat began to roll on her face as she saw his hair create holes on the wall and his guitar sending hurricanes of air from it.

"DIE, YOU BITCH!" Juvia screamed as she transformed into Water, Lucy didn't have much time to react as she was engulfed in water. She had to close her mouth, in fear of screaming and losing air as the water was boiling. Her skin turned red from the heat. A hand materialized itself above her head and gripped her hair roughly. Lucy shrieked as Juvia dragged her by her long hair. She was then slammed into the ground, creating a human shaped hole in it.

Juvia and Vidaldus laughed insanely, not noticing the blonde jumping up, "Gahhhh!" the blue haired woman cried as Lucy's small, but powerful fist struck her face. She skidded backward, clutching her nose as it bled.

"You said that you wanted to join Fairy Tai! And now you're attacking one of your nakama!" Lucy shouted to the water mage as she tried to control her breathing. It was hard to believe that she was fighting with such ferocity after being a princess. A smile made its way toward her lips as she made a note to thank Natsu for his help.

At the mention of Fairy Tail, Juvia's eyes softened slightly and she unconsciously grabbed her head with her hands. Deep inside her, a voice was trying to tell her not to hit and injure one of her Nakama, but the control of Vidaldus was more powerful and she just stuck her tongue out.

Vidaldus smirk insanely, the air was shimmering so furiously around him, "Hey, you! Hey, you! Let's feel the vibe!" he shouted, going completely crazy as he played with his guitar and spun his head. His hair was flying in every direction, striking the ground and walls, creating cracks and holes in them, "Get her!"

"With Pleasure!" Succubus Juvia cried as she gathered water in her hand, "Water Cane!" The water in her hand began to take shape until a whip-like structure made of water, was created. Lucy seeing this, took her own whip out, It was brown in color, completely covered in small rhombs, and possessed a notably large handle, in comparison to the thin rope part. It ended in a distinctive, heart-shaped cracker.

The two young girls swung their whips at each other, smacks were heard in the room as the two hit each other. Red marks appeared in their skins as they continued the assault, they were not giving up, knowing full that the first who let up will lose. Vidaldus was laughing like a madman as he witnessed two Nakama's fought each other.

"Keep that rhythm going! That's the soul of rock!" Vidaldus chanted as he played with his guitar.

"What are you saying?!" Lucy shouted at him as she leaped backward to dodge a vicious strike from Juvia's Water Whip.

"Cat fights should be fought with Claws! Do it as if she's stealing your lover!" Vidaldus ordered as he played his guitar, getting Juvia to scream in slight pain before she glared at Lucy.

"My lover?!" Juvia asked as her eyes turned white from anger. A vein bulged on her temple as she transformed into Water, "Love Rival!"

"I'm not!" Lucy cried as a massive wave of Water Magic hit her straight on, engulfing her again. She idly noticed that it was stronger than before, 'He isn't just controlling her, but he also powered her up! My voice won't reach her!' the blonde thought in distress as she tried to think of a solution, 'What should I do?!'

"Die painfully inside Juvia!" Succubus Juvia's voice could be heard inside the Water. Lucy's eyes widened as she felt the air leaving her once again.

'I need to do something! Anything!' Lucy frantically searched for any escape, 'What should I use to fight water?' a solution of her problem hit her like a bolt of Lightning, 'Of course, Water!' the blonde groaned in pain as Juvia hurled her to the floor, with a vicious throw, but the next second, she was getting up again. The Assassin saw this and clicked his tongue in displeasure.

"Juvia, Darling! It's about time to finish her off!"

Lucy cried again as the guitar was played again, this time, however, the noise almost made her ears bleed. Juvia, on the other hand, roared as her body was washed in a purple aura, "This is the end of the line for you!"

"Hurry up and destroy her, Juvia, darling!" Vidaldus shouted.

"Okay! You will be shredded to pieces by this Water Jigsaw!" transform her body into a rapidly spinning cone, which is surrounded by a swirling mass of blades. Lucy's eyes grow wide in astonishment as a massive water blade was sent her way. Dodging it, she exclaimed in shock when the attack cut the wall in half.

'This is bad! If something like that hit me, I will die within seconds!' the blonde was sweating slightly. However, she couldn't abandon her Nakama, if being shredded will save her, then it's a low price!

"This is the end!" Juvia cried as she dashed forward, the Jigsaw around her body, sending multiple blades everywhere.

"I won't lose!" Lucy thrust the Golden Key into the Jigsaw. Screams of pain escaped her throat as she felt her hand being shredded, blood and flesh flow from the collision, but she didn't stop, it would shame her Guild and Natsu if she resigned to such a small amount of pain, "OPEN, GATE OF THE WATER BEARER – AQUARIUS!" she shouted and a magical circle appeared in the water. The familiar royal blue mermaid with a long, blue fish-tail and light blue hair emerged, carrying her urn.

"What?" Vidaldus shouted, clearly shocked by the turn of events.

"She summoned a spirit using Juvia's body?!" Succubus Juvia was equally shocked as she looked at the blonde with wide eyes.

"As long as there is water, I can summon the most powerful spirit; Aquarius!" Lucy informed with a grin. However, it was completely wiped out of her face and sweat replaced it as Aquarius gave her a terrifying glare, "W-wait!" she pleaded, feeling of dread washed over her.

"Shut your mouth already!" The Celestial Spirit shouted with white angry eyes, "Stupid little girl!" the water released by Juvia was absorbed inside her urn and with an angry cry, she hurled it in the room with tremendous force.

"I-I'm sorry! Don't aim at me too!" Lucy shouted in fear while looking at the massive wave heading their way. Juvia could only look up in stunned silence. The two young girls along with Vidaldus were engulfed. Lucy and Juvia were screeching some incoherent words while the Assassin didn't look bothered at all as his hair absorbed the water.

"Didn't you pay attention? I already told you that my hair can absorb water!" Vidaldus roared as his hair started to grow the more water he absorbed, his skin was becoming redder, "Take this, ya angry bitch!" he played his guitar again and an arc of Lightning was released into the remaining water, it traveled toward the women. Being inside the water, it was difficult for them to dodge. The attack hit them head on. They screamed in agony as electric shocks traveled in their bodies. Vidaldus laughed gleefully as he increased the pressure of the Lightning. He didn't notice, however, the slight twitching of his muscles as he continued to draw more and more power of the Magical Enhancement Lacrima. It was for him a blissful feeling, the feeling of having so much Power.

"Ahh... Hah... Hah…" Lucy panted as the Lightning finally stopped flowing. She was barely standing on her feet in the water. Glancing around her, she saw the burned forms of Juvia and Aquarius. The water mage taking more damage than she and the Celestial Spirit, considering her water body, "Juvia... Aquarius..." Lucy gritted her teeth in rage, that man didn't even spare Juvia, the one he was calling his Succubus and darling!

"I like that look on your face, blondie!" Vidaldus exclaimed in happiness, catching the blonde's rage struck face. He always loved it, making his victim see his beloved ones hurt! It was the... Best feeling ever!

"You disgusting…BASTARD!" Lucy cried as she grabbed her Celestial Spirit Keys.

"Ohhh! You don't!" Vidaldus screeched, sending his hair toward the blonde. She screamed as she pierced by it in her right shoulder, her keys were thrown from her hand, much to her dismay and horror. The Assassin only laughed harder at that, "HAHAHAHAHA! That's perfect! Now I will finish you off!" he roared, taking his hair back, he played his guitar again, and suddenly compressed air blades and Lightning bolts were sent at the defenseless Blonde.

"AHHHH! Gaaah!" Lucy was overwhelmed by the attack, two air blades struck her legs, making her unable to move as she fell on her knees.

"Lucy-san!" Juvia cried, the control Vidaldus had over her already had disappeared, however, her injuries made her unable to help her friend, so she just watched in horror as Lucy was devoured in a massive Lightning pillar. After it died down, Juvia's eyes widened in shock as Lucy's smoking figure fell down on the water.

"YAHAHA! I will destroy you, darling!" the Assassin cried as he pointed his hair down at her.

"Stop it, please!" Juvia begged as she tried to crawl her way to the two, but winced as pain shot through her body.

"Bye Bye, darling!" Vidaldus and sent his hair down at the blonde, who looked up at him with wide eyes.

"LUCCCY!" Time seemed to stop for the water mage as her fearful eyes took in the sight. She couldn't even protect her using her body!

Lucy closed her eyes as Vidaldus' hair approached her, 'Natsu….' was only what she could think of as she waited for her inevitable death by the hands of this bastard.

Splash!

"Huh?" Lucy and Juvia looked up to see that Vidaldus disappeared from the place he was in and was rolling on the ground meters away from the blonde. Standing protectively in front of Lucy, was Aquarius, her body was burned and still slightly smoking from earlier Lightning attack, "Aquarius..."

"Get up, you little brat!" the water Celestial Spirit growled at her, gathering water magic as she saw the Assassin straightening himself up. And he didn't look happy, "I can distract him a little bit. You find a way to finish him off!"

"B-but..." Lucy muttered in weak protest. She didn't know what Spirit she could use on him. The only Spirit she could probably use now was Leo, but he still didn't recover completely. And even so, her keys weren't with her now. As she began to think of a way to beat him, Aquarius was having a hard time trying to stop Vidaldus, he was playing with his Guitar so fast that his hand became a blur, each swing, sent either a wave of Lightning or an air compressed projectile. The water Spirit could feel the barrier weakening from the assault.

"D-damn..." Aquarius muttered as two air compressed projectiles penetrated her water barrier, piercing her. Two seconds later and every single attack was able to penetrate her barrier. Suddenly, more Water surged from behind her, adding to hers, forming a massive dome, "W-What?" she asked in surprise and looked to see Juvia still laying down, but with one palm facing her.

"Juvia will help too."

Lucy looked at the two as they struggled to protect her from harm. She couldn't believe that she was giving up when those two were determined to not let her get hurt, 'I need to do something! Anything!'

That was when a certain memory resurfaced in her mind.

*Flashback*

"Do you know any other Celestial Spirit techniques, Lucy?"

That was the question Natsu Dragneel asked the blonde, who was on her knees panting heavily with sweat drops running down her entire body. She was wearing her usual blue skirt and blouse, but they were torn up. She just finished draining her Magical container as Natsu 'requested' from her. He claimed that it was a good way to increase her reserve of Magic and so far he was right, she was already feeling the difference.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked back, confusion laced in her tone. She only knew how to summon Spirit to help her fight, "Can't we stop? My outfit is ruined again! I need those clothes, you know!" she whined adorably and if he wasn't so strong willed, Natsu would have hugged her to death from her cute behavior.

"Yeah... You made that perfectly clear, every freaking day..." he muttered the last part, looking away, "Anyway... There's a certain spell I want you to learn. It's very powerful Celestial Spirit Wizards can use it, but only once since it requires a lot of magical power." he explained, much to the blonde's fascination.

"What is its name?" Lucy eagerly asked as she stood up, completely forgetting the fatigue. With such a spell, she could make more money! And more money meant more cute clothes and no more apartment's rent!

"Well..." Natsu began and Lucy leaned forward, pushing her breasts together by her arms, Natsu's eyes following them, damn. He was becoming a boob man! "I don't know."

Lucy face faulted in shock, "Ehh?!" she shouted, standing up, "Then how do I learn it?!"

"Hmm, I don't know either..."

"EHHHHH?!"

"By the way, until you master it, no eating!"

"NANIII?!"

*End Of Flashback*

Lucy grinned as she stood back up, she was lucky that she didn't use a lot of Magical power in the fight. Her body began to glow in a golden beautiful light as Aquarius and Juvia continued to defend her from the attacks of Vidaldus, "Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens, All the stars, far and wide, Show me thy appearance…" The light intensified, even more, gaining the three's attention.

"What is this magic?" Juvia asked, amazed by the beautiful light. Aquarius' eyes grow a little wide, when did this brat learn this spell?

"Crap~! I don't know what she's doing, but I don't like it~!" Vidaldus shouted.

*Same Time: Jellal's Throne Room*

Jellal continued to smirk as he stared down at his chess board. Natsu Dragneel was nowhere to be seen, and he was certain that Vidaldus would have no trouble defeating those two weak girls. However, Vidaldus' chess piece had cracked a little and it wasn't from the two girls' doing, "Looks like you used too much of the Lacrima's power, Vidaldus. The side effects of it are quite unpleasant...But at least you will get rid of those girls." he smiled and prepared to knock off both girls' chess pieces, but his eyes slowly widened when he felt a spike of magical energy.

"W-What?" Jellal muttered, sensing a new, large magical power coming from where Vidaldus was, "This...This power..."

*Back to Lucy and Juvia*

"With such shine. Oh, Tetrabiblos... I am the ruler of the stars...Aspect becomes complete...Open thy malevolent gate..." Lucy continued to mutter and the area around Vidaldus became full of spheres like stars.

"Crap~!" Vidaldus screeched and sent a wave of Lightning at the dome of water, knocking Aquarius out of the way and he took the chance to run at Lucy, not wanting to let her finish whatever the hell she was doing. However, blood was thrown out of his mouth suddenly and he dropped on his knees, his face began to pale, his muscles began to bulge unnaturally. He dropped his guitar as his eyes rolled up into his head.

Lucy didn't notice as she continued to cast her spell, the spheres began to move frantically around Vidaldus, "Oh 88 Stars of the heaven... Shine!" she exclaimed as the blanket of darkness reminiscent of a night sky appeared, then, All of the star-like lights exploded at the same time right into The Assassin, "Urano Metria!" The occupants of the room were forced to shield their eyes, the entire room lit up in light as Vidaldus was consumed by a massive pillar of Light.

Smoke filled the area as Juvia and Aquarius stared in shock, their wide eyes followed the flying and strangely thin figure of Vidaldus crash on the ground with a loud thud.

"I did it…" Lucy panted heavily in extreme exhaustion, she never used this much Magical Power. Urano Metria was an awesome and powerful spell, but it did take a lot of energy out of her. Her thoughts were proven as she felt her legs go numb and she dropped on her back, panting and sweating.

"Lucy-san!" Juvia used pure will power to stand and ran up to the blonde. She crouched down next to her as Lucy looked at her with blinking eyes.

"You're safe... I'm glad...I'm so glad, Juvia." Lucy said breathlessly as she reached with her hand and wrapped it around Juvia's neck, bringing her forehead against hers. Juvia gasped at the affectionate gesture.

'Lucy-san is warm...This is the first a woman treated Juvia nicely.. .' The rain woman thought with small drop of tears forming in the corner of her eyes.

Their small moments were broken, however, when the last and angry occupant of the room stormed at the pair.

"You little brat! How dare you summon me in weird places like this again?!" Aquarius shouted at the blonde, who only sweated more, she would rather fight against that crazy guy thousands of times than dealing with an angry Aquarius! She just bowed her head as Aquarius continued her rant.

"Next thing I know, you will probably summon me from a toilet bowl, right? I will kill you, bitch!" threatened the Water Spirit darkly, causing Lucy to choke an apology and Juvia to flinch and sweat drop in astonishment.

"I-I'm sorry..."

"Super scary..." Juvia muttered with wide eyes, she had no idea that Spirit could be this... Terrifying.

"Don't be so full of yourself, got it?!"

"Right, I'm sorry," Lucy muttered in response, she was already drained and Aquarius didn't help things.

"I'm going on a vacation with my boyfriend for two weeks." The water Celestial Spirit growled as she turned her back to the two, "Don't even think of summoning me, got it?!"

"Understood!" Lucy squeaked a reply, she barely summoned her anyway!

"Hurry up and get a man for yourself already." Aquarius followed with an advice, but Lucy wasn't fooled.

"Hmph! As if!"

A tick mark appeared on Lucy's temple, "Lay off me!" she cried as Aquarius disappeared in a flash of Light. Sighing, Lucy looked up with a smile, "Anyway, we managed to defeat one of them. I bet this wasn't Jellal's plan."

"No. You were the one who defeated him, Lucy-san." Juvia protested.

"We both did." Lucy reassured her with a grin, "You called me Just Lucy earlier."

"Huh?"

"Don't add "san" to my name anymore, it will make me feel like we are closer." Lucy requested weakly as she felt the last bit of consciousness she had slowly fade away, "We're friends now."

Juvia's eyes grow wide at the words she heard, the words she wanted to hear so much since her childhood, tears streamed down her face as she tried to wipe them, "Rain is falling from Juvia's eyes..."

"Interesting way of putting it!" Lucy laughed a little before closing her eyes, "We used a lot of power. Let's rest a bit to replenish our magical power..."

"Hai, Juvia will..."

With that, both girls fell into deep slumber. However, they didn't notice Vidaldus' lumpy and bloodied face was becoming even more unrecognizable as it seemed to grow wrinkles upon wrinkles, and his black hair was whitening, withering, and falling out until he became a wrinkled husk with liquefied organs.

*With Jellal*

"Ultimate Magic of the Stars, eh?" Jellal muttered, studying the chessboard played out before him, "I've heard of this technique before. Not many people are able to use it..." A small smirk spread across Jellal's face, "That's quite the amazing feat...Despite being a young girl, she lives up to the expectations of being Erza's friend." Chuckling lightly, Jellal turned to gaze out a window at the setting Sun, "I guess it's my turn to advance a piece of the board as well..."

*Magical Council Meeting Room*

"On the matter of firing upon the Tower of Heaven with Etherion..." Org addressed his fellow council members, as he tapped his staff on the ground, "There are four votes to fire, versus five against. Because of these results, Etherion will not be fired."

"Wait!" Siegrain exclaimed, shooting up from his seat. "Do you all really understand the situation that we are in?!"

"Just give up Siegrain..." Org growled, as he slightly glared at Siegrain, "This debate has gone on for quite some time. There are peaceful ways to approach this situation as well."

"Peace?!" Siegrain shouted, clenching his hands into fists, "While we're sitting here wasting time debating petty morale victories...history is about to be altered forever! Jellal is going to resurrect the dead! Do you not see the horrible repercussions that could have!?"

"You keep saying that, but we have no information on whether the R-System is even functional yet." Gran Doma said as he stroked his beard, "It is far too early to resort to an all-out attack."

"Can't any of you feel it?" Siegrain asked, his voice lowering as he leaned forward, "The dark magic spilling out as we speak...the sheer terror of the man that Jellal is trying to resurrect...the dark mage Zeref." All of the council members', minus Ultear, eyes shot open when Siegrain said this.

"Y...You...what did you just say?!" Belno exclaimed as she stared at Siegrain in shock.

"Siegrain..." Gran Doma exclaimed, glaring fiercely at Siegrain, "How could you possibly know a thing like that?!"

"I didn't want to cast any unnecessary suspicion upon myself, so I didn't say anything." Jellal explained as he stared down at the table, "I know the man named Jellal. And I know what he means to do."

"Siegrain...you've just made us all the more suspicious for withholding such information from us." Gran Doma growled, tightly clenching his fists, "Now you will tell us everything you know. Now." After Siegrain had explained everything he knew, the votes were quickly recast, "In light of this new information the new voting count is eight in favor to fire Etherion and one opposed. That will be all. The firing upon the Tower of Heaven by Etherion has been approved." Yajima shook his head disapprovingly, and with a deep sigh turned to leave the council room.

*Somewhere Inside The Tower Of Heaven*

CLANG!

Boom!

Milianna's room was filled with the sounds of a blade and a pair of Demon Claws loudly clashing against each other in a flurry of lethal strikes and sparks too fast for the stunned three occupants of the room to make out. All that Wally, Happy and Milianna could see were two blurs, one pink and the other silver, hopping and clanging all over the room for a few seconds before disappearing out of a gaping hole in one of the walls, Faint battle sounds outside the room were the only indication they were still sparring, before an incredibly loud explosion shook the area with a large Darkness Magic explosion billowing up into the tower.

Needless to say, Milianna was horrified at what happened to her precious room, but couldn't complain in fear of angering the two deadly women.

"My room!" cried the cat girl as tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Mira-chan…" Happy's ears dropped, fearing for his 'aunt'.

"We should get out of here, if what Jellal said was true, then…" Wally couldn't continue as a shiver went down his spine. Etherion... Just the name of the mass destructive blast filled him with absolute dread, 'Just what are you thinking, Jellal?!'

*Outside Milianna's Room*

Mirajane, clad in her Satan Soul flew with blinding speed at the pink haired swordswoman, who in turn eyes widened slightly from the incredible speed. Before she could take out her sword, Mirajane's claws took hold of her collar. A tiny evil smirk was on the She-demon's lips as she threw the woman downward the Tower. In a blur, she was flying down after her, she took pleasure in beating the pink haired swordswoman, seeing as she was just like that red Tomato. Both could only wave their swords like a lunatic!

"Demon Blast!" A large ball of dark energy began to form between Mirajane's hands, it grow larger and larger until it became bigger than Mirajane herself, the silver-haired woman pointed it towards the falling Ikaruga and from it, a dark purple beam was fired. Ikaruga gracefully landed on one of the metal cages and glared up. She grabbed her sword with both hands and with a swift movement, the air exploded as a compressed air blade was unleashed, cutting the beam in half. Mirajane's grin widened at that, watching as the two halves of her attack struck the walls, pulverizing them.

"Ara...it seems like this will be harder than I thought." Ikaruga slightly smiled, watching as Mirajane dropped down on an opposite cage of her, "Yasha's Empty Flash!" the pink haired swordswoman unleashed another attack, several blades were sent at Mirajane, they were fast for untrained eyes but nevertheless, the white-haired demon blurred, dodging most of them, only slightly cuts appeared on her skin.

Ikaruga's eyes widened considerably as her attack -which no one dodged before- was being seen by the woman and easily evaded. Before she could react, Mira appeared in front of her in a flash, stunning her as her small but powerful fist crashed into her face with tremendous force, lifting her off her feet, blood flew out of her mouth, "You chose the wrong opponent, bitch!" Mirajane shouted as Ikaruga's body became a blur as she went flying up, crashing against several metal tubes and cages. Mirajane flew again, following the pink haired swordswoman.

She appeared above the flying woman and delivered a devastating kick to her back, causing a silent scream of agony to escape Ikaruga's lips as she was sent downward at breakneck speed, her body crashed into a wall, one, two cracks appeared on it before crumbling, Ikaruga's body was dragged across the floor of the room she crashed into. As she stopped, her mouth was constantly letting out heavy breaths and gasps, blood was leaking from her mouth and back, from crashing against the tubes of the Tower.

Her eyes were wide and fearful, she couldn't believe that such a monstrous woman existed. She couldn't believe that her, who won every single fight she had, was losing! Her body trembled slightly as she heard Mirajane's loud footsteps echoing through the room, signaling that the demon had arrived. Suddenly, the only sound that Ikaruga could hear was her heartbeat. Faster and faster, she could feel her blood flow speeding up in all her body, she could already feel the effects of the Lacrima making her stronger, black lines appeared on her exposed forehead, making a cross before they travelled down on her body, disappeared inside the valley of her chest, her eyes shone brightly as she stood up, with her sword raised in the air.

Mirajane silently watched as the woman trembled before raising an eyebrow as she caught the slight twitches of her body and the black lines. She jumped in shock as Ikaruga stood straight up. Her eyes widened in alarm as Ikaruga slammed her blade down, sending a massive flying slash attack that flew toward her at great speed through the ground. Unfortunately, in her base form, Mirajane couldn't dodge and braced herself form the impact. The attack slammed into her as she tried to stop it with both hands. Her feet dug into the ground as she was dragged backward.

With a roar, Mirajane lifted the blast off and sent it upwards, it flew before exploding in a bright explosion. The white-haired beauty couldn't even sigh in relief as Ikaruga was already attacking her again, she barely ducked from the unforgiving blade that almost cut her in half, she watched with beads of sweat rolling down her face as a compressed air blade cut off everything in its path, before blasting the wall of the tower, cutting it. The entire tower shook. Some of Jellal's henchmen, who were busy trying to escape, saw the blade travel at high speed in the ocean.

"What the hell is that?!"

"Did Jellal-sama do this?!"

"Doesn't matter! We need to get out of here before those geezers fire the Etherion!" one of them shouted, snapping them out of their shock.

Back at the fight, Mirajane grit her teeth as she jumped to create some distance between her and Ikaruga, her arms were bleeding from the previous attack, but she had seen worse. Though, she couldn't understand what was going on, 'What the hell?! One second she was beaten and the next one she gained some power up!' she furiously thought as she observed the woman in front of her, as she got a good look at her, she could see some smoke coming out of her body and her eyes were devoid of pupils, completely white, 'Is she using some sort of drug?' Mirajane recalled some of the things Levy explained to her about some Magical drugs.

"Garuda Flame!" Ikaruga swung her sword in a circle, creating fire from it. It became a tornado of flames as it exploded forward, aiming at Mirajane, who prepared to counter with her own move.

"Evil Explosion!" Mirajane held her hands together and a purple dark colored sphere gathered on her palm. With a swing of her hands, it was fired from Mirajane's hand. The two attacks collided with each other and the following explosion was devastating, engulfing the entire room, a hurricane of air was released blasting both the women backward, Mirajane was sent down, but used her wings to fly up, and Ikaruga was sent to the metal wall.

"Tch!" Mirajane scoffed in annoyance. This was getting her nowhere, she needed to go up and beat up that idiot's ass, but she couldn't let this woman go after her Nakama either.

"GAHH!" Mira cried suddenly in pain as she received a cut in her gut from a red slash attack. Blood poured out of the injury and soaked her hands as she clutched it with both hands. She grunted in annoyance and rolled over the floor as Ikaruga's Mugetsu-Ryu dug in the spot she was in.

Ikaruga's white eyes shone as she slashed the air multiple times. The movements were so fast that it wasn't visible if she even took her blade out of its sheath. Mirajane screamed as she was unable to dodge the flying slashes due to the pain in her gut.

"Oh? Did you perhaps not see it?" The pink haired swordswoman mused, her voice was deeper than before, "You have gotten arrogant and you no longer see the flash of swords all around you." another scream tore Mirajane's throat as a deep cut appeared on her right shoulder, "I'm no mere passer-by."

Mirajane growled as she stood up, she used a small fire spell to close the wound in her gut. Her dark blue eyes darkened even further as she glared at the swordswoman, "You little...!" Her words were caught in her throat as she saw the woman slightly sweating. She raised a brow in confusion before the realization of the after effects of what she assumed a magical drug were finally starting to show, "Hmph! If that's all that you can do, then better prepare yourself for the beating of your miserable life."

"Come at me." Ikaruga taunted. Not bothered by her opponent's insult. However, she needed to end the fight fast, because she could feel her limit approaching.

The ground below the She-demon exploded as she charged forward, her right fist coated in a dark purple orb of darkness magic. Ikaruga met the powerful fist with her sword coated in a red glow.

BOOM!

The Tower shook from the explosion that occurred. It took the shape of a sphere of concentrated magic. In its center, Mirajane and Ikaruga struggled in a fight of Dominance, teeth ground together as they poured more magical power. With a twisted smile, Ikaruga pushed forward, her blade glowing even more, Mirajane was completely caught off guard and was blown away from the Magical struggle. As her feet touched the ground, she placed both hands on it, trying to stop herself. Her claws dug deep as she slowed down.

She took a deep breath as she stopped, she back met with the cold air of the Tower. If she was dragged any further, she would have fallen down. However, that was the least of her concerns as she had her wings. She barely looked up before she saw another slash heading her way, she grit her teeth in anger, she wasn't fast enough to evade it. So she crossed her arms in front of her, taking the blast. It sent her out of the hole and her body fell down. Her wings were into work instantly lifting her body.

The She-demon flew up again, meeting Ikaruga, who was descending head first. Fist and kicks met with a sword in a devastating collision of magical energy. It continued for some time, as time passed, both women were feeling the fatigue of fighting with such intensity getting on them, for Mirajane, it was her magical power which was drained. However, for the pink haired swordswoman, it was shown that she was suffering some nasty effects. It didn't go unnoticed by Mirajane as she observed her while kicking the sword before it could impale her.

She used her wings to land on a nearby cage, 'It's just like Levy explained. Even though the drugs can give you a massive power up, it strains your body too much.' she thought with a small amount of pity as she saw Ikaruga cough some blood in her kimono as she landed on an opposite cage. Mirajane couldn't help but feel sorry for the woman, even though she was her enemy. This girl was clearly duped by someone, 'It must be that Jellal guy.' she thought with a little bit of anger, "What are you using exactly?" she curiously asked Ikaruga, who wiped her mouth and looked at her.

"…." Ikaruga was silent for a few seconds. She wasn't an idiot. She knew that the Lacrima that Jellal gave her and the others were a great risk if the unbeatable agony she was feeling now was any indication. In fact, she wasn't going to use it, but she didn't expect the white haired demon to be this powerful, "It's a Magical Enhancement Lacrima that Lord Jellal provided for us. If I'm not mistaken, he brought it from the Assassins that are now killing Natsu Dragneel."

At the mention of her beloved being killed. Veins bulged in Mirajane's body, anger surging from inside her. Her Killer intent was visible. Her eyes held uncontrollable hatred and anger. Her white hair was flying up from the gust of winds her Magical energy was radiating. Ikaruga smiled at that. It was exactly what she wanted to see.

"Yes. That is the look." She taunted, throwing her blade's sheath away, "Come at me."

A pillar of Darkness Magic engulfed Mirajane, destroying the cages and chains. Her appearance was changing again. Horns made of long sky blue scales appeared on her head, extending backward to a pointed edge, the horn's scales also extended to form a pattern on her face. Her ears, which were hidden behind her new horns, became pointed upwards reminiscent of that of fictional elves. She gained similar scale-like covering on her forearms and hands as well as on her legs and she had grown a large, sky blue, stocky and seemingly aquatic tail. Her attire completely changed too. Her fist Satan Soul's attire was replaced by a light and dark blue, striped, one-piece suit with pointed shoulder-pads, revealing her arms and legs, which was open on the front and the back; exposing most of her stomach, wide cleavage, and upper back. The Satan Soul also permanently donned two sky-blue wings composed of numerous spiky scales that were pointing upwards, "Satan Soul: Halphas!"

Ikaruga's own magical power doubled, the Lacrima was doing a great job at it. The red aura surrounding her was growing stronger and stronger. The tower shook, responding to the unbelievable intensity of the two women's Magical power.

Mirajane was the first to make a move. Vanishing from sight. Her speed was tenfold more than before. She reappeared behind the pink-haired woman, who could clearly follow her movements. She thrust her sword against Mirajane's fist. A shockwave ripped through the walls, creating cracks on them. Ikaruga showed her impressive mastery swordsmanship as she slashed multiple times in a second. Fortunately, the She-demon was able to disappear in a blur before the attack could touch her. However, the walls behind her weren't as lucky as they were completely sliced.

Ikaruga turned around and slashed the air again. The air exploded in power as another massive flying slash was sent to the direction of the place where Mira appeared. Caught off guard, Mirajane quickly fired a beam up, sending her down, thus dodging the flying slash.

"Good job in dodging, but it's the end for you." Ikaruga's voice had an amused tone in it. Mirajane looked up in shock as she saw Ikaruga appeared above her flying form. Her sword was cracked, but still going. It was being coated in a massive red aura as Ikaruga poured all of her Magic in it. She pointed it at Mirajane's heart, "Garuda Flame!" she descended on the white-haired beauty, intending to pierce her heart. Mirajane gritted her teeth and unleashed her left fist, which was engulfed in a pink colored magic. She was able to change the sword trajectory, going from her heart to the left side of her stomach. Blood poured out of both of her stomach and mouth. Ikaruga smiled sadistically, "You were able to deflect it, but it still pierced you? That's a shame, if you used your other hand, you would have saved yourself."

Her smile was wiped off her face as she saw Mirajane smirk, "I had no choice. I needed it... To destroy you!" she shouted, stunning the pink haired swordswoman as she saw Mirajane lifting her hand, a sphere of concentrated darkness magic covering it, "This for Natsu-kun's sake!" she placed her hand against Ikaruga's chest, "Cosmic Beam!" A gigantic cosmic-like energy was fired, sending Ikaruga off her in the air, it struck her in her entire body. Her mouth opened in a silent scream as she was sent up with the beam.

Mirajane grinned happily as she watched the beam travel up, crashing against a wall, before continuing up in the night sky. Her eyes flickered as fatigue took over her. She closed her eyes, still falling to the bottom.

She never hit the ground.

*With Erza's Group*

The room was completely annihilated. Only ashes and molten rags remained, Fukuro's breath attack caused massive damage. A vast space of ground was vaporized in the process. Not just to the room they were in was destroyed by the attack, but a lot of other rooms as well. A giant hole was in place of the wall, showing the havoc that the Flames did to the rooms.

Cold. Dark. Erza and Gray's hearts were pounding like a drum as they witnessed the owl man using their friend's magic. They barely dodged the last breath attack he launched at them. Erza requiped into her flight Armor, taking Simon under her arm and flew up. Gray used a huge amount of Magical energy to create a shield of Ice that protected him from the blast, although, slight burns appeared on his skin and his clothes were burned, not that he minded it. As for Seilah...

The female Etherious was absolutely furious.

She took the full blunt of the attack and her body was filled with burns, her kimono was torn apart, leaving her with some of it that barely covered her dignity and her knee-high socks. However, she could care less. Her purple eyes were gleaming with malice as they bore holes into the owl man's head, who just cocked his head to the side. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Seilah spoke in a calm, but cold voice, "You..." The word come out of her mouth like a poison, "How do you have Natsu-sama's Magic?" she asked, her arms shifting to their demonic form.

"Hoo-hoot! I can digest the magical power of those whom I devour!" Fukuro explained, surprising them.

"You ate Flame brain?!" Gray's jaw dropped down and his eyes bulged out of his as his mind processed the information he got. Erza beside him looked at the owl man like a wide-eyed cat, "What did he taste like?!"

"T-That is not the issue here..." Simon sweat dropped at Gray's question.

"But I don't sense Natsu-sama's on you or... Inside you." Seilah spoke, not surprised by the owl man's declaration. There was no way her Master would be devoured by such a creature.

"That is correct. I have another ability! Hoo-hoot! I can copy others' Magics by making contact with them!"

"What? So you didn't eat that match stick?" Gray sounded disappointed, which made Erza look at him weirdly.

"You actually wanted him to devour Natsu?" she asked and Gray's silence was more of an answer for her. She shook her head. Even in a situation like this, her Nakama never ceased to make her smile.

"He copied Salamander's Magical power... and turned it against us?" Simon whispered in shock, "What a terrifying ability!"

"How do you like that, hoot?" Fukuro taunted.

"So this is the power of the Assassin's Guild!" Simon exclaimed in fear.

"You dare to lay your Filthy hands on Master…!" Seilah ground her teeth tightly, "I will make sure your story ends here!" the Goddess of the Chill Moon dashed forward, Erza and Gray right behind her. Erza's body bathed in light before it showed her in her Flame Empress Armor. Gray prepared his Ice Magic. Frost began to form in his hands.

Seilah reached the owl man first, her arms blurred with speed as she tried to slash him multiple times over. However, Fukuro engulfed his feet in hot flames and combined with his Jet Magic. The floor collapsed under the power of the Fire as he flew up, dodging Seilah's attempts to kill him. The Etherious recoiled a bit as the heat of the Flames almost burned her skin.

Fukuro flew around the room as Erza attacked him, her Flame Sword cut through the air, sending multiple streams of Fire. He descended down, his palm facing the red haired mage, "Fire hoo-hoo-hoot!" he yelled, sending a huge pillar of red flames. Erza growled as she realized that his attacks were faster than she could dodge. The attack made contact with her as she crossed her arms over her face, hoping for her Flame Empress Armor to decrease the damage.

A silent scream of pain escaped her lips as the Flames burned her. She was completely stunned as melting metal stuck in her skin. She looked down with blurry eyes and saw her armor being melted by the unbelievable heat, 'Those flames are too strong for my armor!'

"Ice-Make: Lance!" Erza heard Gray shout and she instantly felt the Flames die down. She was allowed to breathe as Gray stepped beside her.

"Seriously...That one ridiculously hot flame you got there." Gray sighed. It was just what they needed. Another Flame brain, "What the hell do you think you're doing?! You flaming piece of shit!" Gray shouted as he took his stance, "We will take care of you! Ice-Make: Ice Hammer!" Gray created a giant spiked hammer made out of ice and hammered it toward Fukuro. His eyes widened in shock when Fukuro created a wall of flames in front of himself. His Ice was turned into water.

"Hoo-hoot! Ice can't beat Fire!" the Assassin declared, sending another blast of Fire that sent Gray rolling on the ground, "It's futile! If you're Salamander's friends, then you of all people should know how powerful his flames are, hoot!"

"Get away!" Simon yelled from his spot, "He possesses magic stronger than that of Salamander"

"That honor will never appear in your tale!" Seilah suddenly appeared on Fukuro's right side, surprising him. He couldn't react in time as the Etherious formed kanji circles around her hand, to which a third eye then opened on her open palm. From it, she generated an enormous blast of energy that engulfed the owl man. His white eyes became wide and his mouth opened in a silent scream of agony as his form disappeared in the blast. The destructive power of the attack destroyed the wall and continued its path, wreaking havoc. Seilah stopped her and watched as the smoke cleared, showing the owl on his knees, panting and sweating. His body filled with fresh wounds, "It appears that you couldn't Copy Natsu-sama's full power, or we wouldn't have been able to touch you."

"W-What?" Fukuro was confused. His ability always worked perfectly! How was this possible?! He was brought out of his thoughts as Gray dashed toward him.

"Ice-Make: Sword!" A sword made out of Ice materialized on Ur's pupil's hands. He brought it in a vertical slash attack on Fukuro's front. Blood poured out of the owl man's chest as he let out a roar.

"You call these Natsu's flames?" Gray smirked in mix of amusement and mock, "Give me a break! You're just an imposter!" he shouted as he saw Fukuro sliding back while clutching his wound.

He was so wrapped in the pain he felt that he didn't see the scarlet-haired knight, who recovered from the earlier attack, "Requip: Heaven's Wheel Armor!" she called forth her Armor as she jumped backward in the air, "Blumenblatt!" She requiped a mass amount of swords that floated around her, two swords were in her hands as she flew past Fukuro and sliced his back. She stopped in front of Gray and Seilah and then she sent the swords she requiped back. Smoke rose as Fukuro was stabbed by multiple swords at once.

It took some minutes, but the three Fairy Tail mages felt Fukuro's magic skyrocket. They were surprised when he blew the smoke away with a swipe of his hand. His body was filled with cuts, but the most prominent one was the long vertical slash that Gray inflicted on him.

"Huh?" Gray muttered in confusion as he saw scales appeared on his skin, "What the hell is that?!" he yelled as they watched him transform. Turning into a Dragon hybrid. With a spiked red Tail and one massive wing. His arms grow bigger and claws replaced his hands. As it ended, Gray only saw a blur before the bones in his entire left arm were broken from a Tail attack, "GAHH!" he wailed, dragging across the ground, 'Damn it! He broke all of my bones in one attack!'

"Gray!" Erza cried in shock. However, she was almost crashed by a flaming Claw if it wasn't for Seilah who grabbed her and jumped backward.

ROAAAR!

The newly transformed Fukuro roared out as he opened his mouth wide. A massive blast of Flames erupted from it, heading straight for Erza and Seilah. The two women's eyes widened in shock at the intensity of the attack and its speed. They didn't have much time to dodge as the blast engulfed them.

Boom!

*With Jellal*

"That idiot...!" Jellal hissed in anger as he gripped his throne as the whole tower shook from Fukuro's attack. He appeared on one of the windows and looked out, feeling anger surging inside himself. From what he could see, there was much damage done to his tower! And it was the ones he actually hired that did most of it. Especially the last attack. A gigantic hole was in the Tower, "At this rate... The Tower isn't going to absorb the Etherion." he muttered, beginning to slightly regret giving those Lacrimas to the Trinity Raven.

*Council Meeting*

Siegrain grimaced slightly as he received Jellal's information. He slightly gritted his teeth but smiled as he heard Org speaking.

"In light of this new information, the new voting count is eight in favor to fire Etherion and one opposed. That will be all. The firing upon the Tower of Heaven by Etherion has been approved." Org finally conceded, causing Yajima to shake his head disapprovingly, and with a deep sigh turned to leave the council room. And without any more words, the Council Meeting was stopped and the Councilmen all separated, leaving their men to prepare for the Etherion.

"The council approved it!"

"Etherion will be fired in one hour! Start preparation immediately! Hurry up!"

*Inside Siegrain's room*

Siegrain's back was on the couch in the middle or his room. He was relaxed as he finally achieved what he worked so hard for. Ultear was standing beside the couch, with crossed arms. She was the complete opposite of Siegrain. Worrying for Natsu and his safety. She kept on tapping her finger on her arm in a frustrated manner. Luckily, Siegrain didn't notice, or he would be annoying her with unnecessary questions.

Suddenly, a knock on the door brought them of their train of thoughts.

"Come in." Siegrain simply said.

"Pardon me." Yajima entered the room with his hands behind his back. He slowly approached the duo, who stared at him in slight confusion.

"Yajima-san..." Siegrain muttered under his breath, already having an idea of what the old fool wanted to say.

"Sieg… Are you absolutely sure about this?" The question confirmed Siegrain's suspicions and he forced himself to not groan in annoyance, "If you give it another thought...there might yet be an alternative."

"You may not agree with our method...but Zeref's resurrection is something we must not allow." Siegrain reasoned with the old councilman. All the while, Ultear remained silent, she didn't want to get involved in anything. As much as she hated it, she needed to help Siegrain, not for his sake, but to not raise any suspicions from Hades, "You are well aware of this, right, Yajima-san?"

"I'm no longer certain." Yajima sighed heavily, "You will take full responsibility, right, Sieg?"

"Of course, each and every one of them will take-!" Siegrain was cut off.

"I mean all those lives you are going to take!" Yajima shouted, finally showing his angry eyes to the duo. However, Siegrain wasn't fazed, "We are talking about you killing your own brother! You will have to carry the loss of his life on your own shoulders for the rest of your life, Sieg!"

"I will accept that." much to the old man's dismay, Siegrain still persisted, "I will bear the weight of Jellal's life."

With a shake of his head, Yajima turned to leave, 'I leave everything in your hands now, Natsu-kun '

*Sometime Later*

Deep below the magical council's headquarters, a flurry of mages rushed around to prepare Etherion to be fired.

"Target has been acquired."

"I'm adjusting the spacial coordinates now."

"The mountains in that region are causing wavelength complications, which is causing calibration issues."

"Then up the altitude a little more."

"Magical charge is now at 60%."

"Etherion system integration complete."

"We've got twenty-seven minutes until Etherion is fired."

"To think we'd be forced to make such a terrible decision at a time like this, with the council president in such bad health..." Org muttered as he watched the mages below working to get Etherion ready.

"We had no choice." Michello said, releasing a light sigh, "While the president is away, full responsibility for maintaining order in the magical world falls upon the remaining council members." Michello glanced at Org out of the corner of his eye and saw how worried he looked, "You shouldn't worry so much Org. This may be an unannounced attack on a foreign nation, but situations like this are provided for in article 27, clause 4 of the national security act."

"This isn't about simple legal implications..." Org said, his whole body shaking slightly, "We're talking about deploying Etherion here!"

"Well, Zeref is the devil incarnate." Michello reasoned, as he rested against his cane and released another sigh. "All we can do is pray that Etherion is enough to destroy him."

In the opposite side of Org, Siegrain and Ultear were watching Etherion being prepared as well. Siegrain had his arms crossed behind his back as he continued to watch the mages below work, while Ultear stood a few feet behind him, gazing into her crystal ball.

"It appears that time is almost upon us..." Ultear said, gazing up from her crystal ball, "Siegrain-sama. The feelings you've hidden for the past eight years are finally going to be realized."

"Are you afraid, Ultear?" Siegrain asked, not turning to face her.

"Not even a little," Ultear said, mentally scoffing at his words, her? Afraid? What a joke, "After all, I've always trusted you completely, Siegrain-sama." The purple haired beauty forced the words out of her mouth.

"Yes, I understand..." Siegrain said with a light chuckle, "But it's not your life that's in danger here."

"That's true," Ultear said, as she suppressed a giggle, it was true. His life was in danger, "Although I do miss the rush of danger."

"Personally, I find myself trembling." Siegrain said, tightly clenching his fists around the railing he was leaning on, "If this plan fails...I die. Especially, since some fools continued to damage the tower." he muttered the last part as he continued to stare down below, he and Ultear failed to notice that Yajima was close by, listening to their conversation. The elderly man had used his Flattening magic to hide his presence against a nearby wall.

"If we fail...he dies?" Yajima thought as he quirked an eyebrow.

"But this is worth putting my life on the line." Siegrain said, an evil look filling his eyes, "After all...this is my dream."

"Quite," Ultear said as she turned her attention back to her crystal ball.

"Something strange is going on here." Yajima thought, rubbing his chin as he snuck away, "I'll have to try and investigate further."

*Back with Erza's Group*

"Erza! Seilah!" Gray shouted in shock as he watched the Flames rage. He was clutching his left arm, but he still glared at the Assassin and charged, his right arm filled with Ice, "You bastard!" he shouted, aiming for a punch.

"Erza..." Simon muttered, feeling completely useless.

"Punch!" Fukuro exclaimed as he clashed his flaming fist against Gray's Ice coated fist. Fire and Ice covered them as they tried to overpower the other. Gray gritted his teeth as he was pushed back by Fukuro's newly acquired size and power. Concentrating his magical power, his Ice began to turn purple, stunning the Assassin.

"We can't be wasting any more time here! Out of the way!" Gray shouted as his Ice aura doubled, "Ice Devil's Fist!" he shouted, multiple Purple Fists made of Ice slammed into Fukuro, knocking him backward with tremendous force, "Finishing move! Ice Devil's Rage!" He threw his head back and inhaled deeply, gathering all the magical power that he recovered. Snapping his eyes wide open, he released a large purple blizzard of cold air, ice and snow from his mouth in the direction Of Fukuro. Engulfing him in the blizzard. He panted heavily, feeling the strain of using Devil Slayer Magic again. He really needed more training on it.

"A-amazing!" Simon muttered in amazement. This fight was a whole different level!

"Hoo-hoot!" Gray's eyes snapped open as he heard the voice. Looking forward, he saw Fukuro straightening himself up, he didn't look like he injured at all, which frustrated Gray, "Hoo-hoot! That's some impressive magical power you got there." he jumped up and propelled himself at Gray, "I will capture you!"

"Capture?!" Gray shouted as his face scrunched up in disgust, he couldn't be meaning to eat him, right? He got his answer as Fukuro opened his mouth wide, 'He meant it!' Gray panicked as he tried to dodge the flying but, couldn't in time.

Suddenly, a roar came out of Gray's left side. Halting Fukuro from devouring Gray. He and the Ice Mage looked and to their shock, a massive Dragon made completely of water was quickly approaching Fukuro. Its teeth grabbed onto the transformed Owl man. He wailed in agony as the teeth piercing him. Gray looked with wide eyes as he watched the Dragon create a hole in the wall and take Fukuro with him. The Ice Mage looked at the direction that the Water Dragon came from, his eyes widened when he saw the scarlet-haired knight standing with Seilah behind her. Erza had a trident in her right hand, the tip pointed at His direction. The Trident had golden handle, with the blades being made of steel. Adorning the blades were small golden streaks, and a purple gem was on either side of the middle blade.

Seilah, who was behind Erza, was looking at the Trident with wide eyes. She had heard about the weapon and thought it was only a myth. However, seeing it now, stunned her to the core, 'Is that the Trident of... Poseidon?! The God of the Sea?!' she winced as she was almost blinded by the intense light that surrounded Erza. When the light dimmed, she was wearing a golden-colored, full body armor, with a crown of a helmet, letting her hair flow freely. Her head and fingers were the only things not fully covered but the golden armor. She was now wearing golden greaves, with her upper legs and waist covered by a skirt like combination of armor plates, with a small blue gem was placed in the middle of her waist. Another blue gem was the center of her chest, where it was placed on a form-fitting, yet flexible, piece of armor, with large shoulder plates sticking out horizontally. Her arms were also covered until the first phalanx of her fingers. Finishing her armor was a white cape, with the inside of the cape being the same scarlet as her hair.

"Requip: Poseidon Armor!" Erza announced as she tapped her trident in the destroyed ground.

"Woah!" Gray exclaimed in awe. He always knew that Erza was strong, but this was incredible!

"Hoo-hoot! Another impressive magical power!" Fukuro flow up, using a mix of Jet Magic and his draconic wing, "I will devour you all!"

"Hmph! With your state, I highly doubt you will do much more than talk." Erza smirked. She was sure that he would have been dead if it wasn't for the thing that he used to get such a power up. The cuts she gave him were still visible, even though the scales covering his body, and the huge slash Gray gave him was still bleeding. Anyone with keen eyes would be able to see the sweat building on him, clearly from the use of Natsu's Magic as it required a massive amount of Magical energy to use that form if Magic.

"Don't be full of yourself, hoot!" Fukuro shouted as he launched a massive stream of Flames at Erza. Seilah smiled slightly as she caught on something strange. There was a twitch in his muscles and his aim was awful, not like before. As the Flames got closer, Erza smiled slightly and lifted the Trident, pointing at the Flames. Much to Gray's shock and Fukuro's panic, the attack stopped mere feet away from Erza and completely changed its trajectory. It was instead heading toward him.

Boom!

A bright sun like explosion consumed Fukuro as his own attack hit him straight on. Erza lowered her Trident, her cloak flickering from the wind of the shockwave that the explosion generated, "The Poseidon Armor grant me the power of the God of the Sea. I can return the attacks of my enemies back to them."

The charred body of Fukuro fell down, where Gray was waiting for him. His right arm filled with Ice as he prepared his finishing move, "Ice Devil's Blade: Slice Dance!" Gray jumped up, his right creating purple ice blade jutting back from of his right forearm. He knew that using only one hand for Ice-Make Magic was unbalanced, but he had to. His left arm was completely useless at that moment. He waited until Fukuro was at arms reach and spun around himself, his movements rapidly slashed Fukuro multiple times, drawing a pained roar from the haybird as he fell on his back with a loud thud. Fukuro laid there completely motionless. The strain from Erza's deadly counterattacks added to Gray's rapid Ice assaults drained all his force.

Seilah was impressed. She didn't have to use her improved demon form this time. Gray slowly approached the duo, his left arm lying completely at his side, limp. Erza suddenly dropped on her knees, panting heavily. Her Armor fading away.

"Erza?!" Gray was instantly beside her.

"Did it take too much Magical energy?" Seilah asked. However, she already knew the answer to the question.

"Y-yes. This Armor is considered one of the strongest. However, I can't wear it or use its abilities for more than two minutes." Erza admitted breathlessly. She could only summon forth two armors and she would be extremely exhausted.

Seilah sighed with relief, then looked at Fukuro, she focused her eyes and noticed something strange about him. His body parts began to bulge slightly before both his arms swelled up. Her eyes widened in shock as she let out a gasp, hearing it, Gray and Erza looked and were surprised at the sight.

"W-What is happening?!" Gray shouted as his jaw dropped, watching as Fukuro dramatically increased in size. He was also screaming in agony.

"That's..." Erza muttered as realization hit her, "He is swelling up because he can't control the magical power he copied from Natsu anymore!"

"What?! What does that mean?!" Gray shouted, not understanding a single shit!

"Get up now!" Seilah's raised voice alarmed the two as they scrambled to ran, "He is going to explode!"

Unfortunately, it was too late as Fukuro finally reached his peak and his body exploded in a gargantuan pillar of Flames. The Fairy Tail mages were blinded by a flash of Light. The pillar covered the entire room and traveled up in the Tower. It height reached the top of the tower as it destroyed. The massive Lacrima resting on top of the Tower.

*With Jellal*

"N-No..." The blue haired man muttered, his body frozen in horror as he saw the beam like Flames pierced through his tower that he worked so hard on and destroy the Lacrima that duty was to absorb Etherion. That meant only one thing.

Etherion was really going to destroy the remaining of the Tower!

*Back with Erza's Group*

Erza and Gray slowly opened their eyes. They coughed violently from the mass of smoke. The duo looked down at themselves and found that they were fine.

"What? We're alive?!" Gray asked the question that was flowing inside both their minds. A groan from behind them took their attention. Ad they turned around, their eyes couldn't get any bigger at what they saw.

The Goddess of the Chill Moon was standing with her front facing them. Her expression was one of pure agony with sweat and blood dripping from it. She had her arms spread wide and her clothes were completely destroyed, leaving her nude.

"Y-You... two... are alright…that's good..." Seilah's voiced was weak, too weak. She smiled softly before collapsing on her face.

"Seilah!" Erza was the first to break out of her shock as she rushed toward her. A gasp of horror escaped her lips as she saw how black her back became from the Flames. She lifted the woman and put her head on her lap.

"Why did you do that?" Gray asked, his voice filled with shock and confusion.

Seilah just shook her head, "I... Don't know..." she rasped out, feeling her consciousness slipping out, "My body moved on its own…" she whispered as the image of her Natsu-sama appeared in her mind, "Besides... Natsu-sama would be sad... If anything happened to you…" she said, finally falling into unconsciousness.

Gray just looked down at her in shock and Erza wiped a tear that escaped her eye, "You're truly a Fairy Tail Mage…." The red haired mage whispered, "Natsu will be proud of you." she requiped a cloak and put it around the Etherious. She stood up with a dark look in her eyes, "Gray, take her and get out of here!" she ordered, requiring a Sword in her hand. '

"Why? Where are you going?!" Gray asked.

"All this happened because of Jellal!" She angrily roared, "I won't forgive him!"

*At Akane Resort*

Natsu watched with interest as Kei and Valeria transformed. He had been thrown with tremendous force by Katsu's attack, but he recovered quickly. He always liked his quick regeneration ability.

As the swirling dissipated, Kei was revealed in a completely different state. His whole body was purple with white lines going through it. There were parts of his body that were covered in armor. From either side of his waist, a semi-circular blade was sprouted. From the blades grew two sets of black arms, with the hands flexing every two seconds, with every arm having a scythe-like blade coming from the fore-arms. On top of his head, was a crown-like helmet, with a blue gem on his forehead. There were also blue gems, two on his chest, one on his waist, two on his shoulders and eight on his legs. Two of either side of both his knees and ankles. There were also two blades sprouting upwards from his shoulders and two spikes on his knees.

In his hands was one of the weirdest scythes Natsu had ever seen. It had a short handle, with a long, bent blade. The blade was bending inwards at first but then sprouts into a broader blade, with some spikes on the back of it. There were also two small spikes coming from the smaller side of the blade. All in all, Kei now looked a lot more intimidating, "Take Over: God Soul Chronos!"

Valeria also changed, she was still a voluptuous woman, but there were ethereal lines, which streak across her body in various patterns, wrapping themselves around her frame. Her blonde hair turned into deep scarlet color, reaching down to her lower back, with two bangs covering her breasts, wrapped in a metal cylinder around her nipples. She was wearing a black metal corset reaching to just under her beasts with a thong. Covering her legs are thigh length stockings and on her arms are sleeves reaching to over her elbows. There was also two large wings on her back. Finishing her transformation four horns are sprouting from her temples. Two white large curved horns and two smaller black horns reaching under her white ones.

"Woah! That's cool!" Natsu excitedly shouted with stars in his eyes. He liked transformations a lot! His excitement was short-lived as Katsu dashed forward him, he aimed for a punch, but Natsu was more ready than before as he countered with his own one. A crater appeared beneath them. Katsu wasn't finished through as he send another fist. It clashed against Natsu's other one.

From there on, things were a complete blur. The two fighters disappeared from a place and appeared in another one, fiercely fighting each other with barrages of punch, kicks.

Boom!

Boom!

Explosion after explosion rang through the area. Every time the two would appear, a sphere like explosion would occur. The night sky was illuminated by the bright light the fight generated.

Natsu broke the struggle in mid-air as he ducked under a vicious kick from Katsu and buried his knuckles deep into The red haired man's stomach, sending him flying down. Natsu activated his Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic. The air crackled intensely, and the thunder roared as Natsu shouted, "Lightning Dragon's Dance of Thunder!" The Strongest man in Fairy Tail created several spheres of blue Lightning that were launched toward Katsu with great force. Multiple explosions occurred. Lightning arcs zigzagged across the area, pulverizing everything in its path.

Natsu dropped on the ground softly and raised a brow as he saw the smoke clear. A circular barrier was covering Katsu. Kei and Valeria were in front of their comrade. Kei had his scythe raised, which promoted for the barrier to appear. As he lowered his scythe, Valeria suddenly jumped up and flow using her wings. She spread her arms wide and the wind picked up. Natsu grunted as a massive gust of wind slammed into him. Looking up, he saw the weather changing, multiple tornados appeared out of nowhere and were sucking everything in their path. The Dragon Slayer could also see that the wind in the tornado wasn't a regular one. Every rotation caused the trees or boulders to be sliced in pieces.

Feeling some water drip on his exposed skin, Natsu looked up again and was surprised to see rain falling down, 'This woman can manipulate the weather or something?' he thought in confusion. However, his eyes widened as he felt something piercing his right shoulder. He looked over his shoulder and found a black needle sticking inside it, 'What the?!' he shouted inside his head as He stumbled back. More and more needles pierced his skin. Legs, hands, gut, forearms. Each time one that hit him, he could feel a little bit of his magical energy leave his body, 'This... It draining my energy!'

"Storm Of Chaos!" Kei announced as he raised his scythe in the air, Natsu looked with fascination as he called the rain and changed its shape into incredibly long black needles. The needles fell at him with breakneck speed.

Natsu quickly coated both his hands in Fire and Lightning, swilling them around himself, he created a sphere that worked as a barrier. He watched as the needles touched the barrier and bypassed it as if it didn't exist. The attack hit his body directly. He could feel his energy being drained quickly as he crossed his arms over his head. The Needles were stuck inside his arms and legs. It was a little painful, but Natsu felt worse. He roared, swiping his arms. His magical aura burst from his body, destroying and throwing the black needles away from him.

He didn't get much time to even breathe as a fist buried itself deep in his gut. He was sent skidding back. The impact created a shockwave powerful enough to destroy earth. Natsu grunted as he stopped himself from going any further and channeled his Lightning Magic, "Furious Thunder Sky!" the Dual Dragon Slayer created six areas of blue concentrated Lightning around him. He then flew up, despite the insane wind. He flew to a high point in the sky. He pointed his palms toward Kei and Katsu. Six, extremely powerful electric rays emerged from fields, were sent down at the two. A massive explosion followed, tearing a vast space of earth apart. Flames exploded from the blast, burning everything that remained.

He then turned to look at the only woman of the Assassins. He dropped in the cratered ground and thrust his right fist in the air. A tremendous amount of blue Lightning swirled around it, "Lightning Dragon's Fang!" he roared, slamming his fist into the ground with devastating force. He sent his magical energy into the ground. Valeria looked down in confusion before her eyes widened in shock as from the ground, erupted multiple pillars of electricity that shot upwards. They all were directed at her. The pillars zigzagged toward her. Valeria pointed her palm at the upcoming beams and all the tornados changed their trajectory toward her, protecting her from the blast.

Wind canceled Lightning. And the tornado was doing just that, but even so, the Lightning Natsu possessed was so power that Valeria had to pour more magic into her tornados to cancel it completely. The collision of the two attacks caused the ground to ripple as well as the seas to rage. It took some minutes to finally cancel the Lightning attack and Valeria sighed in relief. However, her expression took a sudden change, she licked her lips and smiled sultrily. Natsu just looked at her with a deadpan expression as she cooed excitedly, "Oh Natsu-kun~! That was a terrifying attack! You're going to be the best slave ever!" she placed both hands on her cheeks ad she imagined the many things she could do with her 'Slave', all the while shamelessly ogling Natsu's eight pack from his shirtless state.

Natsu just looked with a blank look, "So that's how Mirajane would act if she was from the other side..." he whispered in realization. He sweats dropped as an imagination of Mirajane being an enemy and hunting for him to make him her slave.

"Oh, Natsu-kun~!"

"Women are so damn confusing…" Natsu decided with a sigh.

"I couldn't agree more..." Kei suddenly added as he appeared with Katsu, slight burns and bruises on their bodies, but they still looked ready to go again. Natsu grinned at that.

"Get your damn mind out of the gutter, you damn woman!" Katsu shouted at Valeria, tick marks on his temple. Valeria just huffed as she descended from the air. He ruined her fantasy! How rude!

"Shall we continue?" Natsu asked as he got into a fighting stance, "I'm eager to test more of my Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic on you guys." he said, Lightning sparkling around him.

Without replying, Katsu made the first move by speeding toward Natsu. He brought his knee up, aiming for a knee strike for Natsu's face. Natsu raised his own knee, meeting Katsu's halfway. A gust of wind was released from the collision. As they dropped both their knees, they shot the other ones.

Clash!

Boom!

Those were the sounds that followed as the two monstrous beings clashed their knees against another for minutes. No one of the two was backing off, they both knew that whoever backed off, will lose the struggle. However, as they grow bored of waiting, Kei and Valeria decided to step in. The ex-blonde woman lifted her hand, two fingers up in the air. Suddenly, Thunder roared as Multiple arcs of Purple Lightning zigzagged from the nighty sky down on Natsu, who surprisingly dodged the attack. While he was a Lightning Dragon Slayer, he didn't have Laxus' endurance to the magic. It was one of the drawbacks he had with the Lightning.

"Controlling nature: Earth!" Kei announced as he swung his scythe. His form was coated in a purple aura. Several fists made of earth sprung out of the ground Natsu was standing on. The Dragon Slayer swayed from side to side as he dodged the fists. He grunted as one of them caught him off guard and slammed into him, he was sent up into the air, where Katsu was waiting for him. The red-haired Assassin joined both his hands and crashed them into Natsu's back. The Dragon Slayer was sent hurling down on the earth, his body cratering the already ruined earth. This gave Kei the perfect chance to finish off the troublesome warrior they were Fighting.

"Controlling nature: Wind, Fire!" Kei called out as he swung his scythe again in Natsu's direction. Powerful gusts of wind began to appear as they joined, It quickly formed a massive blade of wind. At the same time, The four arms that floated above Kei began to vibrate. The vibration of them generated a massive Dragon made out of pure black menacing Flames. It roared as Kei manipulated the two apparitions, first, blades of wind were sent toward Natsu's seemingly downed form, smoke rose as they hit their target, "It was an honor fighting you, Natsu Dragneel." he called out as his two comrades closed their eyes. With one swift swipe from his scythe, the Dragon of flames roared as it flew at Natsu. The wind blade followed. The wind increased the power of the Flames as they fused.

BOOOOOOOM!

There was a massive explosion. Kei and the others had to creat a barrier to not be blown away by the shockwave that followed. There was also the light from the blast. It was so intense that the three Elite Assassins had to cover their eyes to keep from going blind. Along with that, the shockwave from the Attack being fired was so great that all the trees and the forest that were directly behind Natsu were blown apart. Debris began to fly everywhere, where many large pieces of rubble and Earth were sent flying right into the barrier that Kei created.

As the shockwave ended, Kei was finally allowed to lift his barrier off. The three looked at the damage done from the attack and smiled. Everything directly in front of them had been wiped out…Every single thing, Natsu…was gone. All that was left was a clear hundred foot wide path of destruction, and a mountain that was out of the attack's reach. A large section of the the earth was wiped out, Along with all the trees, creating a straight mile long cleared path, which ended at a massive crater in the middle of the forest and was the size of a mountain range and currently had a giant mushroom shape cloud over it, indicating where the blast ended

Kei sighed with relief. He was tired. The attack he used was a one shot. He can use it only two times when at full power and he will be exhausted. Sweat drops fell down on his face, he breathed a little heavily as he tried to control his breathing, "I never used as much Power as today. It's truly scary to think what that man would grow into in the near future." he muttered, causing his comrades to nod in agreement.

"But~!" Valeria pouted as she flailed her arms around childishly, "Where is his body?! I can't have my slave if he doesn't have a body~!"

"Ugh... Shitty woman…" Katsu grumbled under his breath. His words caused the woman to turn to him.

"It's all your fault, you brute!" She screamed, hitting him on the head countless times. The red haired Assassin grunted in annoyance with every hit.

"It wasn't me! It was that damn pale bastard!" he roared at her.

"How rude…" Kei whispered in annoyance. Those two will be the death of him one of those days.

"That felt good!"

The trio's eyes widened in absolute shock as they heard the voice of the man they thought was completely vaporized. As they looked on, Natsu emerged from the smoke that filled the area. His pants were torn apart. However, he didn't like he took much damage from the attack they used.

"How is that... Possible?" Kei asked, for once his calm and collected voice had a hint of fear in it. His two comrades were in the same boat, Katsu gritted his teeth in anger while Valeria watched with wide eyes.

"I'm surprised that people like you existed in this time," Natsu spoke as his body coated in light, proving that he was requiring his clothes. As the light faded, he was wearing the exact same clothes he had earlier. That was natural. However, what shocked the three was that all his injuries were healed. They were a very little amount and now they were completely gone, "I really liked our fight, but it's time to finish this. I can already feel those old geezers about to use Etherion and I have to get in that blasted Tower of Heaven fast." he explained to them before smirking, "So who's the first one that wants to die?"

Katsu roared in absolute fury as he dashed forward, his entire body surrounded by a blue aura of Magic that destroyed the earth as he sped up toward Natsu. The Dragon Slayer in response just put his hands in his pockets and waited for him. This enraged the red-haired man as he swung his fist at Natsu, hitting him in the face. He was sent flying back at breakneck speed, Katsu was already behind him, wanting nothing more than to smash him. He was crashed against the only mountain that was left on the Island, creating a huge hole in it as he was pinned in it. The red haired man reached him and began to assault him with a massive barrage of kicks and punches. The hole in Mountain began to deepen, then cracks appeared on it. Katsu momentarily stopped his assault and looked at the result.

He was stunned when he saw that every hit that he thought connected with Natsu's body didn't injure him at all. It wasn't because of his strength or anything, but it was Natsu's body that was completely made of pure white Flames. Flames flickered in and out of the holes his fists created in Natsu's body. It looked Natsu became Fire itself. Katsu could only gape before his attention shifted toward Natsu's face, which was covered by his pink hair.

As Natsu lifted his head to look up, Katsu felt like his soul will live his body as Natsu gave him a menacing smirk. He had one eye visible, while the other one was shadowed by his hair. Katsu felt absolute dread wash through himself before he jumped backward to make some distance between them. He then watched with wide eyes as Natsu pulled himself out of the hole and slowly walk forward.

"GAAAAAAAAAH!" the red haired Assassin gave a gut wrenching scream as a foot materialized itself in front of him and buried itself deep into his stomach. He looked with blurry eyes, only to see Natsu in front of him, with his right foot raised. There was also a little bit of white aura surrounding him. Katsu was hurled into the earth, tearing it forcefully with his body.

"Katsu!" Kei and Valeria exclaimed in shock as the red haired man slammed into a tree behind them.

As he stayed pinned into a tree, the two others noticed a massive print of a foot in his stomach. It was black. There was also a massive amount of blood coming out of his mouth. As he slid down on the ground, he began to trash around, while screaming in agony, "Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!" he screamed as he clutched his stomach, "I-It burned me! GAHH! Even my bones are on Fire!"

Valeria rushed to his side, while Kei just growled as he heard footsteps coming from behind them, "You...!"

"Why so angry? I already told you, didn't I?" Natsu spoke as he marched toward them in a slow agonizing pace, "It's time to finish this."

"Silence!" Kei raged as he dashed toward Natsu, his scythe raised above himself. He brought it down on Natsu, trying t slice him in half. However he was stunned when the Dragon Slayer just side stepped, letting the scythe hit nothing but air, 'It's not just his power that increased! Even his speed!' he frantically thought before he felt the entire world shift as A massive white aura exploded from Natsu's body. Kei struggled to breath as the Magic almost turned him to ashes if it wasn't for his armored parts, 'This Magic...! it is full of hatred and incredible aggression and power!' he thought as he let go of his scythe and was flying away.

Natsu just smirked again. Oh how missed using his Dragon Slayer Magic. All he did was to release a little bit of his aura and the everything was shaking, the sky was quaking and the seas were being heated, "Hmm?" he hummed as he caught the sight of the scythe that was laying. He was surprised that it wasn't melting. He grabbed it and even with his hand being infused with a little bit of his power, it didn't melt, "Hey it's cool. Maybe I should give it to Erza." he wondered out loud before surprise come to his face as the Scythe began to shine a little. It shrunk down a little, but it was still taller than him.

It's appearance changed as well and Natsu was fascinated. It became A very long scepter, the long shaft was a deep red in color, whose end was a gemstone, glowing slightly. Beneath it, a small red Dragon, resembling Igneel with its Tail wrapping around a few inches of the pole. In the opposite side of the Dragon, a demonic figure was glued. The only thing that separated the two was the shaft. The scepter was taller than Natsu himself. Natsu smirked, "So it can altering its size and powers?" he muttered, swinging the scepter around, "On second thought, I will keep it. I don't mind it being my weapon!"

"Damn you!" Katsu yelled as he struggled to stand up. With every little bit of force he had left, he straightening himself up and began to walk toward Natsu, who looked at him with a bored expression, "How dare you humiliate us!"

"Wait, Katsu stop!" Valeria tried to warn him, but he didn't listen as he dashed forward.

"Well, you can die first then..." Natsu said as the ground shook even more, Kei's eyes widened in shock as he understood what Natsu will do. He scrambled to his feet and ran up to Katsu.

With one Last smile, Natsu released his full aura. Letting his magic flow out for the world to see.

And the Island exploded.