The Experiment Fairy

by makoto x chelia

Shinobu, a boy that has been experimented on for years by Brain, one day finally unlocks a special key given to him by his late elder brother figure and escapes with his current best friend only to be found alone again. Join Shinobu as he goes on a journey of self discovery to find out where he came from, and who are the people most important to him.

26. Chapter 26

Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

Skull Flame; Heh, it would be funny if it was, huh. Yeah, pretty much that's what Zancrow's role is and to provide some kind of threat to someone of the gang, and I thought Mira would be the best to face him, give her the spotlight for that fight, and she has the most reason as well to face him. But yeah...poor Zancrow...not really, but at the same time, you've got feel for him, since Ultear is slowly turning his brain to mush. Yeah, Aquarius is involved, and Meredy sees him as her Papa, which has some hilarity ensue in later arcs as well. Well, I suppose in away that she is, but soon, I have a plan for a scene with Erza and Shinobu, which does bring them closer though the true romance wont beign for a bit yet, though hints of it will be seen as the chapters go on. Eh, I think awhile ago someone did yeah, but it is all cool~ And thank you!

Hellspam; Yeah, I haven't decided the name yet, but he will have a mode similar to Dragon Force in the future. And yeah, I could see that being something good.

ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks! Yeah, he's been out of it for abit, but he is back now, and is ready to kick some ass. Hehe, they'll be doing some epicness this chapter, all of them in their own way will be showing epicness. And don't worry, Mirajane is going to having her vengeance~

Anime PJ; Hehe, I thought that would be a cool thing to show. It came to me after watching a movie, and well, that's how it went~ Plus fighting midair is always fun, especially if the two are falling to the ground. And thanks! I'm glad that you liked this and I hope you like the climax of this arc as well, it is going to be something!

Guest 1; Heh, when Shinobu talks about such things, you know how 'serious' he really is, and what epicness is going to come next.

Guest 2; Heh, a nickname huh. Well, I haven't officially come up with one yet, but I am brainstorming ideas about what would be the best.

Neonlight01; Yeah, Yukino and Shinobu are ready to be kicking some ass. Hmm, since they aren't the strongest, but still are powerful, it is going to take a few people to take them down, unless you're Zeref then you're screwed either way. Yeah, I could see the Princess asking something like that in the future.

Lightwave; Hehehe, that's right my friend, they are back, and ready for some awesome action. Don't stand in their way, especially Shinobu's once he is ready for it. Yeah, what a jerk huh. Trying to murder the Princess right there and then, but with everyone working together, they'll be able to save the day!

AlphaOmega; She definitely will do something like that in the future, she's going to be kicking some ass. Well, he is a Devil Slayer after all, he's gonna be itching with dealing with some Demons. You're not kidding, she does need to learn how to defend herself.

Guest 3; Yeah, he'll be kicking some ass alright in the coming chapters, and yeah, Ultear will be messing with some Demons as well haha~

With those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the beginning of the climax of this arc!

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The final confrontation part 1!

"This isn't right, you know?"

Hisui had said this while she made it to the top of the castle and was dropped out of the Demon which flew away at his Masters command, the man appearing before her, rising from the shadows. As he did, he looked around, and saw towards the end of the top of the castle, a cross had been placed, a large one, big enough for a human, and some rope to the side, which he was pleased with.

"It doesn't matter if it is right or wrong." The mask said with a glare for the girl. "That's not the important thing right now, you get me? What is, is Shinobu coming here. He'll surely be a pain in the backside in the future. It is better if I deal with it before it can continue on. Yeah, getting rid of that child would be the best in this kind of situation."

The man said with a thoughtful look within his eyes, though to Hisui it appeared to be something else entirely.

Hisui then stood up, and gave a glare towards the man.

"How can you even say such things? Have you seen what you've done to the Kingdom?" She gestured to the town as she continued. "Reconstruction is going to hard, and difficult. The people in this town could be hurt, or even worse. They could be dead. Can you live with something like that? Even threatening to kill someone because he 'could be a problem in the future'. Is that even right?"

The shadow guy gave a hearty laugh as Hisui saw some wood on the ground.

"Actually, I can say such things." He began, and turned around to face the city which had been mostly abolished at this point, many places of a sea of flames, broken buildings, and some Demons could be seen. "You see, I simply do not care to be honest with you. I don't care if this place is destroyed, I don't even care if I die along with it."

"B-But that's wrong!" Hisui shouted, and inched closer to the piece of wood, seeing that he wasn't looking at her. "Y-You can't like something like this, can you? This is senseless destruction, this isn't right at all! You cannot like this, it is something sick people like, not normal people! Even saying you don't care if you die isn't exactly normal, is it?"

Hisui snapped with a cry at the same time, but the man waved a hand at her, continuing to look out over the city with a sadistic glee within his eyes, equally on his masked face as well.

"That's fine with me. I'm not normal in the first place. That's something that I'm not. I wasn't made to be like that, at all. I was made to kill, and cause mayhem, not to care about the life of a human or this cities cause. I was made to destroy, not to care about things like you people."

"Made?" Hisui demanded as she made it to the piece of hard wood. "What does that even mean? Aren't you a human as well? You can't be...something else, can you? This doesn't make sense at all..."

The mask laughed slightly at the words Hisui used, as she picked up the hard wood.

"Well, I used to be something like that. But now, no. I'm nothing like a simple human. I'm something more than that. A certain someone granted me these abilities, and I cannot let down that person anymore."

Hisui didn't quite understand what the guy was saying, but she moved forward, making sure to not make any noise and cracked her wood backwards into a swinging position.

"You...are saying that...someone out there turned you...into a Demon...?"

That's what Hisui got from the conversation, and decided to carry on the conversation so the guy didn't become suspicious, gaining distance step by agonizing step, hoping that she would be able to free herself.

"That's right. There is someone even worse than me out there. He's really ruthless, a mass genocide type. He...actually, I don't even know why I'm talking to you about it, when you're going to attack me with a piece of wood."

Hisui gasped as she was literally swinging distance from the man, ready to hit at any second, shocked that he knew what she was doing without even turning around to look with his eyes, and could only guess that he saw the shadow on the ground which her body cast from the sun.

"D-Don't move! I'm not a simple little girl anymore!"

Hisui with a cry, swung the wooden piece at the mans head.

"This is useless!" With a sharp piercing sound, shadows erupted from the ground and broke apart the wood as the man turned around towards Hisui. "Don't mess with someone like me, you bitch."

As he said this, shadows like tentacles came from the shadows, and headed towards Hisui.

"N-No!" Hisui attempted to run from the shadows, but she didn't get very far as they ended up entangling her. "G-Get these things off me! Please don't do this to me! Please just stop! Just let me, please! I'm begging you, just don't do this to me anymore, I'm scared!"

Hisui cried again and again, wanting to break free, but she couldn't get free as the man lifted his hand, the shadows lifting up the girls body at the same time.

"Sorry, but I don't know how to do something like this. I don't know how to show mercy to anyone, when it was never shown to me. So, I believe saying sorry in this kind of situation isn't so bad."

Hisui eyes leaked some tears as she was tied to a cross that was placed there by the shadow guy himself. The shadow man used his shadows to grab ropes to tie around her limbs, and she wasn't able to move, no matter what she did.

Once she was tied up to the cross, Hisui contemplated her life.

She contemplated many things about her situation. She thought what she could do to get herself out of the situation. And she thought about the friends that were out there fighting the Demons and other things as well.

That's what she thought of as the man chuckled deeply, seeing some of the bigger Demons smashing through most of the houses, and other things as well, breaking apart the city.

"Soon, it will begin, Hisui."

Hisui gained a confused face to what the man had said, scrunching up her eyebrows as she followed up with a question.

"What are you saying? What's going to happen now?"

The man turned towards Hisui, gaining a shit eating grin, which Hisui saw once he lifted up his mask, to reveal some of his face, though from what she could see, she couldn't tell if the man was human or not, only guessing man because of the deep male voice.

"That's something you'll have to see, my dear. Don't worry though, you'll have front row seats for the demise of your friend, that boy. He's going to die in the near future, did you know this?"

Hisui's couldn't say anything as she lowered her face, her eyes laced with distraught thoughts and feelings for what was going to happen next, and what was going to happen to her city, and her people as well.

The most that Hisui could do right now is...believe in her friends, and believe in Shinobu. Right now...that's all Hisui could do, and she was going to do her best, to believe in her friends.

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Ultear's dream...

"Mama, when's Papa coming home? He's been gone for ages now."

A young looking Meredy asked Ultear this as Ultear, with Meredy, appeared to be in a house together, sat on the ground.

Ultear looked slightly older than she was now, around the age of 17 years old, and Meredy appeared to be older as well, appearing to be around 12 years old.

However, Ultear wasn't the usual slim self she was. No, her stomach was rounded, sticking out of her shirt, indicating that she was pregnant, and by the looks of it, she wasnt far off from giving birth. Even on her finger, was an expensive looking golden ring that shined within the light that seeped into the room, illuminating the pair sat on the foor, sorting out clothes.

The house itself looked pretty ordinary, having what most houses have. Chairs, tables, and other things to that effect that all houses usually have within them, a kitchen off to the side that smelled like sweet chicken curry.

However, the most notable thing that was in the house, on the walls, were pictures, many pictures that took up half of the wall space of each and every wall that was around.

These pictures were of Shinobu, Ultear, and Meredy. Some consisted of Ultear and Shinobu alone. Some of Ultear and Meredy. Some where of Shinobu and Meredy, and finally, some where of all three of them together.

"Soon, Meredy. He'll be home soon. After all, he's on a mission for the guild again."

Meredy gave a cute little piut at that, as Ultear's facre broke out into a wide smile.

"B-But, it's my birthday...when is he gonna get home...? I wanna spend time with Papa...."

As Meredy was giving a childishness slight tantrum, Ultear couldnt help but chuckle slightly.

"Now now, don't forget that Papa has to work and pay the bills as well. With this little one on the way, we need all the money we can get. He needs to work extra hard and earn lots of jewels for us. Besides, being an S Class Wizard isn't as easy as most assume. He goes on many missions so we can live a comfortable life."

Ultear gently rubbed her bump as Meredy crossed the distance, and did the same thing.

"i can't wait for an Imouto or Otouto...muuuu, Mama...when my sibling is born, you wont forget me, right?"

Ultear shook her neck gracefully, patting the top of Meredy's head affectionately.

"Now now, don't be silly. We wont ever forget you. You're our important child as well. Even if you aren't related to us, that doesn't matter to me. And it doesn't matter to your Papa either. We both love and care for you."

Hearing that allowed Meredy to have a cute smile on her face, sending relaxing waves through her body.

"Th-Thats good...when the baby is born...can I be the one to name him or her...?"

"Fufufu, you're really mischievous, aren't you?" Meredy stuck out her tongue childishly as Ultear continued to giggle sweetly. "I see, so that's how it is after all. Do not worry, we'll name this baby together."

"Y-You mean it?"

Meredy's hope was high, which Ultear didnt want to crush so she ruffled the young girls hair.

"I mean it. Since we are a family after all, we can't leave one member of the family out of the business now, can we?"

As she said that, the door suddenly opened.

"Ul, Meredy-chan, I'm back!"

Said a sweet sounding yet loud and full of kindness voice as the light around the door bent around the being, obscuring it from view.

"Yay! Papa is back!"

Meredy jumped up from her seat, and rushed the door, jumping into the arms of the being.

The person to step through the door was a boy around the same age as Ultear, though was shorter than she was. On his finger, was a wedding ring, matching the one that Ultear was wearing, signifiing that this was her husband. This person was Shinobu, and he had a large bag on his shoulders, looking to be full of something, or something's.

"Ooh, Meredy-chan. You're surely growing all the time. If you keep growing, that's going to be something difficult for me."

Shinobu spoke with pride in his voice as he caught the jumping Meredy and held her to his hip.

"Fufu, that's not hard, is it dear?"

Ultear commented as she also walked towards Shinobu, embracing him from the side.

"Ah, don't be such a naughty woman, Ul." He spoke with a smile, but then looked down towards her stomach. "How's the little one doing?"

Ultear petted her stomach as she replied.

"Well, besides kicking the shit out of me from the inside, I'd say he, or she, is doing good. It's kicking around alright, and makes me want to use the toilet a lot, but besides that, it's all good."

Shinobu's face went to a cat like smile, and rubbed her stomach.

"Not long now...I can't wait, Ul. Say, if he is a boy..."

"Hehe, don't worry, we can definitely name him after your Onii-sama. Though, you'll have to pass that by Meredy. She's been feeling left out, since the arrival of this little one is due."

Shinobu gave a hearty chuckle, and turned towards his adoptive daughter.

"I see, so my Angel has been feeling left out, has she?" Meredy nodded with a shyness, so Shinobu pecked the girl on the cheek. "Dont worry, my Angel. You're one of the three most important people to me. Ul, you, and the expecting baby."

The previous worries inside of the girl were soon dispelled when Shinobu said those words to Meredy, as Ultear looked on with happy eyes.

"Ooh Papa, you're so nice, I love you Papa! I'm so glad you're home!"

"Hehe, I love my little Angel as well~ And of course my little vixen as well~"

The last part was directed towards Ultear, who smirked, and gently kissed him on the lips.

"Once this baby is born, and we have a night to ourselves, don't forget who dominates in the bedroom~"

"Fuee, that sounds scary, Ul~"

Ultear smirked even more as Meredy got Shinobu's attention.

"Papa! It's a special day today, do you remember what day it is? Do you know what day it is today?"

Shinobu played around with Meredy, adopting a clueless face.

"Uuuugh...the day that I got back...?"

Meredy's small face fell into a frown as she bonked him on the top of the head.

"No...meanie Papa, it's my birthday today~ You couldn't have forgotten something as important as that could you...?"

"No of course not dear. I remember, it is your birthday today. How could I ever forget something like that? Besides, I got my adorable Angel some amazing presents while I was away. I even got you a new book on some amazing Magic's. If you're a good girl, I will teach you some more Magic's."

"Yay! I knew Papa would get me amazing things and awesome! I wanna learn more from Papa!"

Meredy cried out joyfully as Shinobu put her down, and dropped the heavy bag on the ground.

"There, nothing is too much for you, my Meredy-chan~ And really? You wanna learn more, huh?" Meredy's sweet face nodded once, causing Shinobu to chuckle. "Fufufu, I see. So that's how it is. Then don't worry, I will teach my adorable Meredy-chan some more Magic's in the future, but for now, enjoy your presents."

Meredy let out a squeal and rummaged around the bag, pulling out all sorts of items, some magical and some not, but all looked to be heavily expensive, with Ultear looking at Shinobu in questioning.

"Dear, don't you think that's too much?"

"Hehe, nothing is too much for my Angel~"

Shinobu replied in a singsong face, Ultear sighing in resignation.

"Well, if she gets spoiled, don't blame me."

"Dont worry, Meredy-chan understands the concept of many things, and I know she wouldn't be spoiled. Besides, I want Meredy-chan and the little one inside your belly to have everything that we didn't have."

Ultear understood what he was saying instantly, feeling the same way deep within her core.

"Yes...I want the same as well."

"And she will, they both will." He gestured to her stomach, then gave her a small kiss on the lips. "Now...why don't we go and torture Zancrow?"

Ultear's eyes lit up as she rubbed her hands together, Meredy having a joyful expression on her face as she stopped playing with her toys, and ran towards Shinobu, who instantly picked her up.

"Ooh dear, you know me too well."

"Fufu, I surely do. Also, I got you a new device to torture Zancrow with~" He spoke as he produced a cattle prod from his hip. "See, this is your new toy~ It can give shocks, burns and other magical elements as well~"

Like a child, Ultear took the cattle prod, and petted it lovingly.

"Kukuku, this is a good device. Now as a family, let us go and show that little shit what's what."

"That sounds good, Ul."

Agreeing with Ultear, the three of them all walked out of the house, and went towards the back, to a shed.

Together, they entered, and saw a tied up, lifeless eyed Zancrow who appeared to be the same age as Shinobu and Ultear, chained to the walls, stains of tears on his face, indicating that he had been crying immensely as many wounds presented themselves on his body. The only way to tell that he was still alive was the fact that he was breathing.

"Well, hello Zancrow."

Ultear spoke with a 'kind' voice, as Zancrow lifted his head

"Fufufu, my wife's favourite pass time, besides sex that is, needs to be achieved~"

Shinobu ecstatically spoke with a mirth smirk on his face.

"Oh, lets make him beg today~"

Meredy offered, Shinobu and Ultear nodding at one another, while Zancrow cried.

"Ul-sama...Shi-sama...Mer-sama...please don't hurt me...it's been fucking years...please let me go..."

BANG!

Ultear's cattle prod ricocheted across Zancrow's cheek, leaving a red mark there as Zancrow howled out in pain and looked on in fear.

"Shut up." She spat out, giggling to herself as he hushed himself instantly, so he didn't get the pain of Ultear again, getting on her angry side. "Who even gave you permission to speak?"

"Hmmm, dear. Maybe you should cut out his tongue?"

Shinobu suggested as he produced some semi blunt scissors, something that brought a smile to Ultear's face.

"Thats a wonderful idea, my adorable husband. And with these things, it is going to take hours...of pain. Mwhahahahahahahahaha~!"

""Hahahahahahahaha~!""

Shinobu and Meredy laughed together as Zancrow shed some harsh tears and went to plead for his life.

"Please..."

"For speaking again, I'm going to take twice as long." Zancrow gulped as Ultear walked closer with a grin on her face, seeing the fear in Zancrow's eyes which made her feel happy. "Time to start."

With a slasher like smile, Ultear said this as Meredy plus Shinobu rubbed their hands together, happy for Ultear.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Zancrow's howls filled the area as Ultear, Shinobu, and Meredy all bonded together, by torturing Zancrow.

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Dream end...

In another part of the world, Ultear was strung up by her arms and legs, holding her tightly in the area that she uses to trap Zancrow with, having a frown on her face at the same time as she opened her eyes, waking up from her dream of the past.

"Huh...a dream?" Ultear absentminded thought to herself, cracking her neck to the side, and saw that she was bound. "Aah shit, that's something I didn't expect in the slightest. Though...that was a perfect dream. Married to Shinobu, having his baby, living a ordinary life with Meredy as our child and Shinobu accepting such a thing...torturing Zancrow who deserved it most likely...yeah, that's the best alright~ Though real Shinobu would be against such things, dream Shinobu seemed to love it, and that's enough for me~ A girl can dream after all~" She giggled within herself, but then adopted a frown. "Me thinking about Zancrow being tortured isn't a good thing...is it...aah well, fuck it. My dreams, my rules~ It isn't my fault that hurting Zancrow gives me almost as much happiness as being married to Shinobu. Even pregnant me can kick ass and dish it out to Zancrow."

This time Ultear allowed a cackle to escape her lips, bringing such a sound to the area around.

If people were around, they would comment that she was nuts by the laugh she gave. But to Ultear, she didn't really care in the slightest, preparing to think about the good things that come from torturing Zancrow.

However, that soon stopped when she thought about her current situation.

"But for me, being captured like this. Can't fucking believe this, what's going to happen to my rep now? I'm the one that captures, not the one who gets captured. This sucks. Zancrow is going to need to be extra punished for this, he really is."

Ultear, in away to ignore the fact that she was captured, made a light hearted joke to herself, unable to do anything else but that, not wanting to accept that she lost to Hades when Shinobu needed her the most.

When she went to pull on the chains that bound her, a sigh of relief came to her.

"Tch, Hades thinking that he can bind me like this...bastard." Ultear thought to herself with a wild look on her face, her eyes showing her discomfort of the situation at hand and her face falling into a frown. "Doesn't he realize who I am? Does he really think that I'm going to do something like this? Right, now I have to get out of this mess before Hades comes back, and have Zancrow in this situation. Yeah, that will make this whole day a lot better than I thought it would be."

She had nodded resolutely to herself, determined to get free from what binds her arms and legs.

With strength that most didn't know she possessed, she yanked the chains that bound her, ripping them off the wall, falling to the ground with ease, hitting it, and making a dent in the metal below her, because they were heavy.

As she freed herself from her fate, she couldn't help but notice that it was too easy, even for her, to gain freedom. Even when she took the chains off her limbs, she was still believing that this was too easy for her to gain freedom like she did, wondering what was going on with such things.

That was until the door opened, and someone stepped through the door.

The person who appeared there was Hades himself who had a sadistic look in his eyes.

"Well, hello Ultear. You seem to be quite motivated right now. Has something happened with you, recently? I think that you seem to be pissed off about something, don't tell me that you've become unhappy about something."

"D-Don't say such things, idiot!" Ultear roared back at him, and gave a fold of her arms. "I'm not in the mood to deal with someone like you, who has been quite a thorn in my side as of late. Did you expect me to be happy for when I wake up?"

Ultear directed this question with mirth, igniting a sinister looking face to appear on Hades old face.

"Well, I did expect you to wake up earlier than this, but you didn't. It has been sometime since you've knocked out, and the gate...it was finally opened, did you know this? It was opened, and now so many things have come about. So rich Demons have come out."

The news made Ultear gasp as her mind instantly went to Shinobu, knowing the consequences of what happens if the gate was open, and from the aggravating words that Hades had said, it was clear to her that something terrible had happened, and she didn't like it in the slightest.

"Y-You bastard, if he's dead then I'll..."

Ultear was about to give a threat, but that was stopped when the man raised his eyebrows.

"Meh, he isn't dead." He confirmed with a single nod of his head, sending immense relief into Ultear. "He didn't die. But we did get what we needed from this, the information that came from the gate and how it was opened. It is quite funny though, this is quite amazing. Some woman came and showed impressive power. From what I heard, your little experiment friend was calling this woman Sensei. She seemed to have an amazing level of power, more so than I thought she'd have. I don't know who this person is, but she could also be a major person who could give us massive amounts of trouble in the future."

Ultear didn't really listen to much what he said, after he had said that Shinobu was okay. Of course, she'd have to check on him herself, but from what Hades had said, and the way his body moved, it didn't appear as if he was lying about it.

"Tch, seems like this woman saved my Shinobu. Well, if that's the case, then I would have to thank her. But Hades-sama, aren't you dissatisfied with the results? If the gate has been closed, and Shinobu is fine, doesn't that throw a wrench into your plans? Wasn't it your plan to go into this with the intent of having the gate opened?"

Hades lifted the corner of his mouth, and gave a miffed sound.

"Tch, it doesn't matter anymore. I've got what I needed, and I am confident that the future Grimoire Heart is going to be bright. It is going to be magnificent. But for now, I think I don't need to get in on the action anymore. You can do whatever you want. Capture Zancrow if you wish. I've got better things to do than carry on after a laky."

Ultear gained a confused face as Hades began walking away.

"So, you aren't going to stop me from helping, Shinobu? That's what I'm going to do, you know? Even if it is against Grimoire Hearts goals, I would rather die than abandon a friend in need, my friend in need."

Hades paused in his steps, cocking his head back towards Ultear with an uncaring look within his eye as he fiddled around with the eye patch on the other.

"Do what you want. If you want to waste time and do these things then it doesn't matter to me. I've got what I needed for this incident, and you've also gotten to see your friend again. If your friend dies or not, isn't of my consequences, it doesn't matter to someone like me."

"I see...then I'm leaving to find Shinobu. And don't stop me either. Don't go back and say that you're going to do something like this."

Ultear stated with nearly no emotion in her voice, only stating a fact but Hades didn't seem to care that much by what she was saying, only caring about his own deeds, and other things like that.

"And you'll be back, right after, yes?"

Hades said with a hint of blood lust in his voice, something even Ultear shuddered at, giving a single nod of her head in agreement.

"Y...Yes that's right. I will come back once confirming that he is okay, and what I can for those people. After all, I'm not a monster, I do care about those people who are in that city. I don't want people to suffer because of this."

"Hehe, you keep telling yourself that Ultear. You and I aren't so different, we both are monsters. You just pretend to not be one, when you actually are just as a monster as I am, considering everything that you've done until now. You've definitely showed more of a monster side than most have."

Ultear glared at the man as he continued walking off until he was out of the door. In that time, it was becoming completely annoying for him, to be near Ultear right now, as he didn't seem to like the love she had for Shinobu, only finding it as a distraction in his eyes.

Once he was gone, Ultear looked to the right and the left of her, looking to see if there was anything that could aid her, and she saw that there was a spare outfit right on the wall that was her size and shape as well.

"It is as if Hades expected me to say what I did. It is as if he is goading me, and I wouldn't be shocked if those clothes had some trackers inside, or he's already placed some on my body somehow. Whatever, I don't have time to ignore these clothes. They'll be good enough for me. I've got to get back to the city, to make sure that my friend...and Meredy are safe."

With a nod of her head, she moved forward with her plan, attempting to gain some of her former attitude back, as she had to be as tough as she was, for what was going to happen next, and since the gate had been opened, she wasn't sure what she was going to be walking into.

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"Fuck yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou!"

Zancrow lunged at Mira in the middle of the city, fire being all around them, Demons rushing around as dark flames circulated around the boys hands, aimed solely for Mira who wore a confident smile on her face.

"No, fuck you." Mira smiled, and made some darkness power dance around her hands, sending the power to a good amount of power to he hands. "Don't mess with me, Zancrow. You've messed with my friends, and now you're getting involved with such a thing. You're an idiot, Zancrow. This isn't something that you can stand against. I'm stronger than the current you."

Mira was confident.

She was confident that she could win, and she knew that she had to win, and help the others that need her help. She wanted to make sure that the others where fine, and the only way for what to happen would be for her to engage in a fight with Zancrow.

Zancrow growled and crossed the distance to Mira. His fist aimed for her face, but she ducked the punch of hot flames and went for an uppercut against the man, only for Zancrow to push away from Mirajane, and then move forward with a timed punch towards Mira's face.

"Missed!"

Mira declared and dodged the powerful fist that came for her face. She then sent her own fist towards Zancrow who, noticed the punch and dodged to the side, the simple power from her punch enough to shatter some of the glass around the buildings windows, due to the sheer force that she used.

"Y-You are crazy, bitch!"

Zancrow commented with a deadly gleeful expression as he did a flurry of punched towards Mira's body once getting close enough to her, all of the fists coated with his God Slayer Magic.

"This is coming from you, really? I'm the crazy one? Really? You think out of the two of us, I am the more crazy one? I think you've got your wires crossed if you think that this is the case. I'm actually more sane than you are."

Mira retorted as she effortlessly evaded the fists that came for her again and again, each of the fists either going past her body, or stopping short of her body, with Mira giving timed blocks towards them.

Zancrow had an unhappy face on, so he placed his hands together and formed a scythe of dark flames.

"Flame Gods Scythe! Lets see how you burn this time, Mirajane!"

The God Slayer roared and swung it at Mira. Using her impressive arcobatic skills, Mira did a cartwheel backwards, avoiding the scythe which sent a wave of dark flames above her body, and burnt away some Demons behind her, which seemed to be ignoring her for the most part.

Stooping some distance away, Mira didn't have much time to recover as once again, Zancrow came for her, swinging the scythe like a wild man, intent of cutting down the Demon known as Mirajane.

"You dodged my first attack, but can you dodge these!?"

Mira stood tall as she saw the scythe going for her neck. Zancrow had the eyes of a killer, ready to slice apart Mirajane with his newly formed scythe, something that Mirajane didn't even bat an eyelid at.

She regarded it with zero amounts of emotion and put her hand forward towards the incoming scythe, having an impassive look on her face.

"This isn't enough to beat someone like me."

With the cold words, Mira grasped the scythe with her demonic hand, greatly shocking that of Zancrow.

"W-What are you doing!? How can you even hold my scythe!? It should burn you, no matter what the fuck you are!"

He roared, attempting to pull away from the white haired girl, but she kept his weapon in her hand, and though it gave her slight burns, it wasn't anything she couldn't handle, and almost instantly, she crushed the flamed scythe.

"I'm doing this, aren't I?" She smirked as Zancrow frowned. "And I'm doing this as well!"

Mira went forward once the flamed scythe was gone, and sent a punch towards Zancrow who jump back a few feet, barely avoiding the attack that Mira gave him, something she gritted her teeth about, but didn't show any annoyance on her face at large, preparing for the man again.

Once gaining some distance, he put his hands together, and made a dark flamed swirl within his hands, and shot it towards the girl with white hair, having a blood thirsty smile on his face.

"My flames slay even a God, you know!? I'm not going to lose to something like you now, bitch! You're the Demon aren't you? Now meet your maker, me! I'm going to burn you until there is nothing left!"

Zancrow bragged as he shot the orb of dark flames forward, burning the atmosphere around as it headed forward, the flames swirling around inside of the orb, something Mira didn't even bat an eyelid at.

"You forget...I'm not a God, dumbass. Even if you know I'm a Demon, your flames are just ordinary to someone like me. You're not going to win against me with such pitiful flames, even Natsu's are stronger!"

She boasted and lied slightly as she made the darkness in her hands shoot forward in a blast of power. Colliding with the flames of dark, and cancelled them out instantly, overwhelming Zancrow, and continued going forward towards Zancrow.

"S-Shit!"

Zancrow panicked and jumped out of the way, barely missing the attack that exploded behind him, sending shivers down the boys spine, and quickly looked behind him to see the ruble that a small house used to be.

"That's just for starters, Zancrow." Mira began, moving forward. "You know, if you didn't come out, and attack, then I wouldn't have to get pissed off. But at the same time, I was also kinda glad."

Zancrow blinked a number of times, as he stood up, and glared towards the girl with white haired.

"What are you saying, bitch? That's not something you can say. I'm the one who gets happy, you're not allowed to be happy. I'm the one who is going to end your life, did you know that? Does that excite you? Does your death appeal to you?"

Mira cracked her neck to the side as she punched her fists together, sending shockwave's outwards from the simple action, her power being something that Zancrow wasn't expecting.

"Actually, I don't see myself dying today. If anything, I can see your future, and that is pain and misery. Clearly, you're not happy with your life, are you? That's something I can see quite clearly, it is quite funny though, isn't it? I don't know about you, but I am happy right now. I want to see how strong you are, and how you can keep up with someone like me, alright?"

As soon as she said that, she moved forward, and disappeared from sight to the shock of Zancrow.

"Huh? Where did she-"

As he looked, he barely saw the fist coming for his face, connecting with it and sent him backwards before he could react in the slightest.

"I told you, I wont be beaten by you today!" Declared Mira as she reappeared and boldly waved her hands in front of her face. "I've also got things that I need to do, so don't worry Zancrow. I will give you the time of your life, sweetheart!"

With a mirth smile on her face, Mira went forward again in speeds that Zancrow had opened his eyes wide at, unable to track her movements. His eyes went left and right, but he couldn't see her at all.

"Just what the fuck is this bitch!?"

Zancrow ranted and raved at the same time, swinging his arms around, hoping to hit Mirajane, but it was too late as she used her impressive skills in speed to appear before the man, and with the lightning fast speed she was proud of, she grabbed the man by the throat, and held him high.

"Hey Zancrow. I thought that this God Slayer Magic was awesome. But you've not shown me why it is awesome. This is just a weak display, honestly. I don't think that this is going to do me any good. I'm just going to have to end it now, is that alright?" Zancrow glared as Mira put her free hand to his stomach. "Evil Spark!"

Lightning appeared in her hand, and it went straight through Zancrow, shocking him on a level that Zancrow would appear to compare to that of Ultear and her 'punishments'.

"Gigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigi!"

Zancrow let out an unholy noise as he was electrocuted by Mirajane. With all of his strength, he lifted his hand, and made flames of black appear in his fist, and sent that fist towards Mirajane's face.

"Bad Zancrow. You know not to do that to Onee-sama Mira~ She's only looking out for you. She's only making sure that you don't hurt yourself, she wouldn't want you to relinquish your life so easily, you know~?"

Mira scolded as if she was talking to a child, something that Zancrow hated with a passion, but he didn't have time to do anything when she grabbed the fist, and tightened her grip on it, causing a yelp to escape the boys lips from the pressure, dispelling the flames at the same time, something that he mentally cursed.

She let go of his wrist, continuing to shock him with her other hand.

"Okay, let us turn up the voltage, yes?"

The tears that leaked from Zancrow's eyes were something that even Mira found to be highly satisfying. And if Ultear was there...then she would enjoy the display that was before her right now.

"Gigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigigi!"

Cried Zancrow, unable to do anything else due to the immense shock that he was receiving at this moment in time from the Demon Mirajane, who didn't seem to care about the condition that Zancrow was in.

Once it had been done, Zancrow was tossed aside by Mira, who yawned slightly at the display of Zancrow, putting a hand behind her head.

"Honestly, I thought that you were stronger than this. Did I perhaps mistake this for overconfidence? If that is the case, then it has to be something about that. We might have to beat it out of you, that wouldn't be so bad, would it, Zancrow?"

Saying that with a dangerous smile, Zancrow couldn't help but feel real fear in his eyes, shaking his body from side to side, standing up with pain shooting into his arm, seeing that there was a cut on his arm, while sparks of thunder laced its way around the mans body, his hair being no exception.

"Y-You bitch! I wont be beaten by you so easily! That's it, I'm going to have to power up now, you cow!" Zancrow expressed his rage, and directed it towards Mira who yawned slightly. "H-Hey, don't show such things to me, bitch! I wont allow you to be forgiven for such actions! This is the limit with you! I wont allow you to continue on like this! I've had enough of someone like you! Now, you're going to dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Zancrow then proceeded to charge his strength up, gathering flames around his body, coating him in these flames while Mira looked on with an amused gaze, seeing how his anger was going to work to her advantage.

"If I can keep the guy like this then I would be able to do something amazing with him..." Her thoughts were cut off when she felt the ground shake, so she quickly turned her neck to the side and saw the large Demons crushing houses as if they weren't anything at all, under their large feet. "W-What insane levels of power...that's stronger than Red and I...shit, so these Demons are the ones from old then...? That's what I get the impression of...these things can't be real, can they..."

Mirajane's thoughts turned quite sour at the sight before her, unable to think of anything else, other than the sight before her, shocked, distressed, and wondering what was going on.

"Hey, Mirajane you bitch!"

Zancrow called her, so she faced him, and saw that he had a look of pure...ecstasy on his face.

"What are you looking like that for? And don't ever call me a bitch or I will slit your throat for such words. I am not calling you names, so don't say such things to me. Now tell me, why are you looking like that? Did something good happen with you?"

Mira carefully questioned, and felt the ground shake more and more from the heavy footsteps of the Demons that were around the area.

"Those Demons, are the ones from the gate, and your friend, Shinobu, Yukino and the Princess are most likely dead as well. Since it has been opened, they cannot keep continuing on anymore. You're going to end up losing those three in a single day, is that okay with someone like you, bitch?"

That made Mirajane gasp, and shake at the same time, the thought of losing her new friends with something like this, her heart beating at a level that she didn't want it to beat at, making it sound like a jackhammer if she was honest with herself.

"Th-That can't be true..."

She murmured out, Zancrow gathering flames by his mouth. Second by second, Mirajane was losing the will to fight on. She was feeling the pain in her heart that she thought she wouldn't be feeling...loss.

Though she didn't know Shinobu that well, and she couldn't say if she did like him or not, she held something for him, and what that thing was...she wasn't sure. But whatever it was, it was more than enough to make her feel saddened by the events happening.

"This is where you end! Flame Gods Bellows!"

With a single breath, a tornado of flames was sent towards Mirajane who was caught by surprise.

"N-No!"

---

Back within the stadium, it had been a few minutes since the gate was opened, and then closed. But what drew everyone's attention was the massive Demons that had escaped.

They were holding their own against the smaller Demons, and were able to deal with them somewhat. But they were slowly getting overpowered. Even if they wanted to leave now, it seemed less likely they'd be able to do that. People were still in the stadium, and were getting hurt.

Despite their best efforts, the combination of Erza, Kagura, Juvia, Jenny, Sherria, and Meredy weren't getting through the assaults of the men turned Demon before them. Even the protection of the King was becoming quite difficult, Kagura was simply getting tired from the events that were happening around her, and she wasn't sure if she would be able to continue on for much longer, which could be said about the same for everyone else as well.

"Damn these things, one after another!"

Erza complained and cut down another Demon, only for it to get back up and locked blades with her.

"If these things don't stop soon, we are going to be overrun with these things."

Juvia calmed stated, though was currently using her Water to blast away some Demons as Sherria healed some people on the ground.

"Ooh, it is okay, I wont let you get hurt."

Sherria spoke with a kind tone, continuing to heal the people as Meredy made her teal blades pierce some Demons, sending them away from the healing girl so she could use her Magic.

"Ooh, we could use Angel right about now!"

Jenny stated the obvious, all the while using her Take Over to blast away some Demons with fire, having changed her arm into a flamethrower which she was quite adept at using.

"No kidding, a Devil Slayer would be useful right about now." The King noted, and looked towards the sky. "God, with the closure of the gate, I can only hope that Hisui is safe...and not dead."

"Don't worry." Erza said, and summoned swords around her, firing them off at the same time as she continued speaking, knocking some Demons away from their bodies. "Since Levy and Serah-san has gone, I do not doubt that they are okay. We just have to hold the line until they get here. After that, we'll come up with another plan of attack."

Erza's calmly stated words came to the King in a wave that made him feel good. Despite all that was happening, just hearing that was enough, and the amount of trust Erza held for her friend, and Shinobu's Sensei was enough to reassure him that Hisui was going to be okay.

"Besides, you forgot to mention that Shinobu is too stubborn to die."

Kagura added, cutting down a Demon with her heavy sword, sending the Demon crashing against a wall of the stadium, causing it to shake profoundly.

"Yes, I forgot that detail. He is too stubborn to die. And knowing him, he wouldn't allow Yukino to die either, as well as the Princess. Yeah, I should've remembered this detail as well."

Erza replied to the girl with the sword, twirling her own sword around quite happily.

"I know this isn't the time for this, but you really do love Angel, don't you?"

Jenny's comment made Kagura do a spit take, blush profoundly which was something that wasn't like her, and adamantly shake her head again and again in refusal.

"Th-That's not it at all! I-I'm just saying that he wouldn't die like this! He's too much of an idiot to die! B-Besides, I still have to make him pay for forgetting about me! I-I have to make sure that he understands-"

"Your love for him is amazing~ Even Juvia thinks this~"

Juvia sang out, shooting away some Demons while Jenny giggled as well, though felt a pang of jealousy at the fact that Kagura did seem to love Shinobu, but was thankful for now, she wouldn't admit it.

"Yeah, that's got to be it! She's saying she's going to make him understand, and that understanding is the love she has for Shinobu-chan! She loves Shinobu-chan and wont admit it~ It's okay Kagura-chan~ We all accept you into the harem~"

Kagura's eyes did a noticeable widening as Erza gained a shit eating grin towards what Sherria had said, wearing a proud set of eyes for the younger girl, her happiness being something that cannot be compared to anything else.

"So, Sherria accepts this?" Sherria nodded her head at Erza, who grinned so happily that it came off creepy towards the King and Kagura, while the others didn't really acknowledge it at all. "I'm glad that you said this. For this, you're going to be placed at a top tier part of the harem. That's what you deserve, after all."

"Yay!"

Sherria cheered while finishing healing the people on the ground, giving to the next set of people as Jenny gave a pout, using her flames to partly incinerate a weak Demon, but didn't do enough and was hit away by her gun arm instead.

"That's not fair. I accepted it ages ago and I'm not even at a high position...I wanna be at a high position as well...he is MY Angel after all...I want my Angel to know my love for him, and our someday children who will be part Angel part human~ And even though I say these things, I know that it is going to be Kagura-chan who's at the top of the harem, at least near it as she is the one that is the denier, and they always get a good spot in harems."

"That's not it at all! I do not love Shinobu at all! I don't even want to be in a damn harem! It is dirty to even think about! I feel complicated when the words are left peoples lips! Stop speaking about such things!"

Even though she said that, a small part of her thought that it wouldn't be so bad if she was, but that was when Erza glanced towards her, and saw something that was quite interesting in the scarlet haired woman's eyes.

"Then why are you blushing right now? Could it be that you really are the denier in the harem? If that's the case, then I might have to think of a good place for you in the harem. Let us talk about it after this, alright?"

Erza questioned with a dirty smirk and also practically ordered Kagura to attend a meeting with her about a harem that Kagura didn't want to think about, earning a scowl in return from Kagura as she hit away a Demon.

"Is this really the time to discuss my love life, and if I do or not? Did you forget that we are fighting right now?"

Kagura said it with an exhausted face, not due to fighting, but the conversation, which was mentally draining her if she was honest with herself at this moment in time.

"I didn't forget, but I also remember what happens in the harem as well. I need to be on the ball with this, it is something that I am passionate about, and I could give you many reasons as to why I would be so interested in the harem, but I don't think that this is the time for this."

Erza retorted with a kind smile on her face, which only made it worse in Kagura's eyes, seeing how she was speaking, and how she could show such a face while in the middle of a battle.

"Ugh guys..." Meredy got their attention and pointed upwards. "There is...some masses hovering above the ground...they look like winged Demons...to me at least...I count at least fifty...Papa..."

Meredy mumbled at the end, so quiet that no one could hear, but it didn't mean it didn't carry the power behind such words, a small girl who was aiming for her somewhat adoptive father to come and protect her.

True to what Meredy had said, around fifty flying Demons had began gathering at the top of the dome that is the arena, shadowing the ground due to them blocking the sun that was shining.

When everyone looked up at Meredy's pointed hand, they couldn't help but take a nervous gulp.

"Ugh, come on, give us a break already! Juvia doesn't like these odds anymore! Juvia thinks we're going to lose in a minute! We can't continue with these things anymore, this is too much for someone like Juvia!"

Juvia complained as she thrashed from side to side, shaking her water body.

"Angel...please come soon, I think that we could use your help...Angel super power is amazing...I want to become one with Angel...Angel come and save me please...I don't like this anymore..."

Jenny panicked, shaking her body like a leaf, praying that somehow, someway, that Shinobu was going to save them, save her, from this fate, as she knew that the odds were slowly against her.

"We will just have to continue fighting..."

Kagura went onto say, but she was cut off when a thunderous voice rang out.

"Light Devils Heavenly Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaage!"

With the shout, all of the people in the arena paused and looked up to where the voice came from, only to see a large beam of holy light wash over the flying Demons, obscuring them from view from the others.

"That light is..."

"It has to be that person..."

"Angel has..."

"Could this be the boy that..."

"Better late than never, Devil Slayer."

"Heh, seems like you're late, hero."

Sherria, Juvia, Jenny and the King were in awe, while Kagura and Erza wore smirks on their faces, seeing the holy light continued on for a few seconds, extending to the far reaches of the town, smashing its way through the Demons that were airborne elsewhere, turning the tables in their favour after all.

The light beam continued for half a minute before it was dispelled.

"Geez, we get captured, and then we have to come to the rescue."

"Hehe, wasn't it supposed to be the other way around?"

"Now now, don't complain, Shi-chan, Yukino. We've got some butt kicking to get through."

"She's right, let us do this."

Stood at the top of the arena was Shinobu, Yukino, Levy and Zeref, all looking down at the ground with small smiles. Casting their eyes towards the noises, the group saw the four people there, and all opened their mouths in relief.

[YOU'RE BACK!]

Most of the people shouted, besides Kagura who didn't voice it, but was as excited as the others that they were back. Even the King, who didn't know them, knew that them being back was a good sign, as one was a Devil Slayer, and the others were extra hands.

"Sensei, lets do it!"

"Don't sound so suggestive, Shinobu."

Zeref spoke back with calmness as Shinobu got what she was trying to say, and blushed while grasping his hand.

As soon as they did that, a mass happened within the centre of the arena. It expanded all around the arena, and as it did that, it crashed against all of the Demons around in the arena, disintegrating them, but leaving the humans in a safe place.

Eventually a large barrier was erected around them all, the dome protecting them from the Demon's outside. Since it had Devil Slayer properties to it, it was something that the Demons couldn't touch, and due to it being powered with Zeref's power, it was extra strong.

"Now, that's awesome."

Sherria commented on the ground, seeing the Demons being brushed aside from the powerful barrier that was erected in time, saving them all from the Demons for a moment.

Back up in the top of the stadium, Shinobu looked towards the two girls, Levy and Yukino as Zeref gave a comment.

"For now, it seems that the Demons will leave the humans outside of the barrier alone. I think we've attracted them, so they'll attack the barrier. But for sometime, we'll be safe and sound. we've got time. The Demons are attracted to power, and what could destroy it, and right now, both of those things are inside here, so they'll want inside...good thing that the huge Demons are slow."

"I see, then we've got some time to plan an attack." Shinobu spoke in a kind voice, then directed that to the girls present up with him. "Come on Yuki-chan, Levy-chan. Lets get down there."

Shinobu grasped around Levy's and Yukino's waists and jumped down to the ring, carrying them so they don't hurt themselves, as Zeref jumped down herself, being able to do such things easily.

Landing on the ground, all of the people on the ground either ran, or walked calmly depending on who you are, but no one was more excited as Jenny herself, who had a large blush on her face.

"Ah, Shinobu-chan-"

"Move it bitch!" Jenny grumbled in a rough voice as she pushed down the excited Sherria, running towards the blonde haired boy with open arms. "Angel! I'm so glad you're here!"

TACKLE!

"Gwah!"

Shinobu cried as Jenny brought him down to the ground, latching onto him and wouldn't let go. Somehow, she was moving at a speed that even Shinobu wasn't able to comprehend, rubbing his face against her own, something Shinobu found to be quite uncomfortable, and was slightly frightened as well.

"Ooh Angel, I'm so glad that you're back~ I am so happy that you're back with me~ Lets definitely get married soon, okay? Then we can do many wonderful things together, I will show you the best time~!"

As Jenny said these words, most hung their mouths open, even Erza, who loved the idea of the harem, was slightly frightened that Jenny was basically saying that it was decided that they were going to get married at the age of 12, and however old Jenny was, something even she didn't really know, suspecting it to be around 13 or 14 the same as her.

"Tch...seems like this chick is a problem."

Surprisingly, Yukino mumbled this out as Levy looked on with scornful eyes, but Jenny didn't seem that concerned right now, preferring to rub faces against Shinobu, even occasionally placing small kisses on the boys face, who at this moment...was freaking out internally, having a beat red face, equally unsure eyes.

"M-Married?" Shinobu muttered out, and looked towards Zeref. "I-I erm...I'm already kinda engaaaaaa..." He was about to say he was engaged to Zeref (at least that's what he thought of their relationship) when he saw Zeref shake her head, so he didn't say that, and spoke other words. "J-Jenny-san, I'm so glad you're safe...I thought something was off about your leaving."

Jenny wore a bright smile on her face as she heard something that was very beautiful to her ears, even if it wasn't supposed to be something like that to the others.

"Ooh Angel, I knew that our love transcended everything else. I knew that you'd be worrying about me. And I felt it was as well, the love connection between us. So let us pick out venues when we can."

"Whats a venue...?"

He genuinely didn't know what she was talking about, but the girls all did, and glared holes into Jenny's skull, even Erza to an extent as she had her own plans for the harem, and it didn't include Jenny taking first position, something Erza was determined about.

"Don't say such things, Jenny." Kagura rudely said, and pushed Jenny off the confused Shota, and then helped him to his feet, but Jenny was right in there, latching onto him tightly, and when Kagura tried to push her off, she didn't let go, so Kagura decided to ignore her for the moment and continue on with the situation. "Shinobu, I'm sure you're aware of the situation at hand?"

He nodded seriously at her, forgetting the marriage thing Jenny was talking about for the moment.

"Yes, that's right. We've got Demon's to deal with, we've got the main antagonist to deal with, and we've got some big assed Demons out there capable of destroying the city if they want too."

Kagura nodded, as the King came closer to the people.

"My daughter. Where is she, exactly? I thought that she was with all of you...but she isn't. What's going on with that?"

Upon hearing that, Shinobu, Yukino and Levy held their heads down in shame, while Zeref stood off to the side without saying anything about the kidnapping of the Princess.

"Yeah...about that..."

Levy began, unsure of how to explain to the King, so Shinobu toughened his face, and spoke with a kind smile on his face.

"Don't worry, the Princess is going to be okay. I'm going to go and rescue her personally...unfortunately, we were unable to get to her in time, and that was...something that I regret. He took her with him to the castle, and wants to have some kind of final showdown with me."

Once those words left his lips, the King hung his head down in despair.

"I see...so that's how it is..."

"Don't worry, your majesty...speaking of, where was the King anyway?"

That thought entered the mind of Shinobu, even Yukino and Levy (to a lesser extent) were confused by this, not having been told what was going on, on this end of the situation. But even though they had confused faces, Erza waved her hand at them.

"Don't worry about it, we'll explain at a later date."

"But now, we should deal with these things, though. Shouldn't we?"

Juvia piped in from the side, earning a nod from Yukino.

"Yes, that's right. We've got to deal with the Demons around, save the Princess, and protect the townspeople as well."

Sherria then raised her hand up.

"Eeh...not to put a downer on the situation, but how are we supposed to do this? Besides Shinobu-chan, none of us are Devil Slayers. Even though we've been able to hold our own, we can't continue on. We're going to lose eventually."

Bringing up a good question, Shinobu was about to answer when his eyes looked towards Meredy, opening them up a significant portion, and as if he had seen a ghost, he walked closer to the young girl, bending down when he got close enough.

"You're Meredy-san, aren't you?"

Meredy, shocked that he knew who she was, gave a shy nod at the first time her 'Papa' had ever talked to her before, loving the sound of his voice, something akin to velvet to her.

"Y-Yes...b-but how did you..."

Meredy was confused on how Shinobu knew who she was, but Shinobu patted her head in a comforting manner, sending pleasurable waves of kindness through her body, and her soul as well.

"Ultear, she told me about you...I guess that she passed onto me some info about you. From seeing your face, I knew who you were and knew that I would have to least talk with you."

""Wait!? You saw Ultear again!? When did this happen!?""

Kagura and Levy, the only two people that did know of Ultear due to Shinobu telling them in the past had shouted this out with shocked faces as the others bar Zeref and Yukino became confused by who Ultear was.

"Ultear...who is this person? Another member for the harem, perhaps?"

"I've never heard of her before."

"Juvia hasn't heard either."

Erza, Sherria, and Juvia asked while Jenny nodded in agreement, all of them wanting to know what's going on, but they didn't get an answer as Shinobu nodded towards Kagura and Levy.

"Yes...that's right. Ultear actually attempted to save me and Yuki-chan. But she was taken away by some old dude. I don't know what his deal was. I was kind of out of it, so I don't remember it much, but I remember her fighting for our freedom." He explained and turned back to Meredy. "Meredy-san, are you safe? Have you been hurt anywhere!? Don't be afraid to tell me, I will definitely see if you're okay!"

Speaking as if a concerned parent (though that wasn't something he intended, but how it ended up) he checked over Meredy's body quickly and over-dramatically, making sure that she didn't have any wounds, as Meredy's small face turned slightly red with embarrassment, but also felt something else as well, something good.

"Y-Yes...I am okay..."

"You sure? Don't worry, I will definitely protect you now, and we'll go and find Ultear as well. She might be lost right now, but once we've done this, we'll go and find her, rescue her if need be and stay together."

Meredy's small face trembled a little bit, so Shinobu opened his arms wide. Seeing that Meredy gave in, and gained the hug that she had longed for, for so long, jumping directly into his arms, and embraced the father figure that she longed to do, and she couldn't deny that she didn't like it.

"It was scary...these Demon thingy's were scary..."

Meredy's small voice reached Shinobu who patted her on the back of the head affectionately, whispering words of comfort as the females looked on with small blushes, even Zeref, thinking the same thing, and that was...something they didn't wish to share, but was obvious what that thing was.

"Shhh, it's okay now Meredy-san. I'm here now. Don't worry, I wont let anything touch you. If they attempt to do something like that, I will definitely blow them away with my Devil Slayer Magic. No Demon is touching Meredy-san, or they have to kill me first."

"Pap...Shinobu-san..." She stopped herself from saying 'Papa', unsure of how he'd take such things, and clung to him happily, finally gaining the father Ultear had spoke about before. "Ul was right after all...so kind...Papa is the best after all...I don't ever wanna be away from Papa again...I wanna stay with Ul and Papa forever and ever..."

As Meredy thought about this, Shinobu picked up the girl, and held her to his hip with one arm, using his other one to affectionately pet the girls face again and again, feeling strangely compelled to protect Meredy despite having just met her.

He then turned to the others, and saw that all of them, even the King, was smiling at them two together, Meredy snuggling against the side of him in embarrassment as Levy moved closer and closer with an even bigger blush than the rest of them.

Looking downwards at Levy, he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Whats going on with everyone Levy-chan? They've suddenly become quite quiet. Whats going on?"

Levy giggled slightly, and shook her head.

"Don't worry about it, Shi-chan. It's just...we've found something out about you with...Meredy-san there. And it is a good thing."

"Oh? What is that thing exactly?"

Again, Levy giggled soft heartedly, shaking her head again and again.

"It doesn't matter, Shi-chan. But you know, you're really kind to Meredy-san, aren't you?"

Shinobu looked towards Meredy who wore a bright smile on her face, then towards Levy and shrugged his shoulders.

"It's something that comes naturally I guess. I've always liked children."

"Th-That's good thing, Shi-chan. It's...practice for the future as well...when we..."

Levy couldn't even finish the sentence as she had a huge flush on her face. Shinobu shrugged his shoulders towards her, and looked past her, looking at everyone around, but he then noticed something.

"Hey, where's Mirajane-san? I thought she'd be here as well. But she isn't...what's going on? Is she going to be fighting Demons...though she has the Satan Soul Take Over and that would be useful right now."

Levy and Yukino also noticed this, while Zeref could feel where Mirajane was easily due to being able to sense such things, but for the other three, they weren't that lucky to sense such things.

"Yeah, Mira is fighting Zancrow right now, I think the name is. He's a God Slayer, a flame God Slayer."

"Ooh my God, that guy was a God Slayer!?"

Sherria let out an exuberant and astounded breath, something that most slapped their faces with their palms about, but decided to ignore her for a moment who was in awe at it all.

"Zancrow...that's the guy that attacked me, isn't it?"

Yukino noted with raised eyebrows as Shinobu nodded his head, remembering the same thing as when he was attacked by this person, but he knew that if Mira was fighting him, then that would be dangerous.

"Does she need a hand, then?"

Shinobu offered, but Erza shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm not sure. We don't have away to contact her."

"I see, then that's the case. I will contact her." Shinobu explained, and placed a finger to his forehead. "I will use Telepathy to contact Mirajane-san, and see what's going on, and if she needs help."

Kagura gave her nod of acceptance.

"Yes, that's most likely wise. But how can you contact her if you don't know where she is?"

"As long as she is within the city, I will be able to find her. It is basically just thinking about talking to someone who is right in front of you, but far away, if that makes sense? Either way, I just think about talking to Mirajane-san, and if she's in my range, it will be able to connect us together."

Levy pouted at the idea of being 'connected' with Mirajane, but knew that the context of being connected with Mira, and wore a smiley face, though felt down at the same time, as he didn't want her to be connected.

"I see, so that's how it works. Makes sense, I suppose."

Kagura noted as Shinobu to work with contacting Mirajane.

---

Meanwhile with Mirajane and Zancrow. Zancrow had fired off a Flame Gods Bellows towards the unsuspecting Mirajane.

While she was lamenting the fates of Shinobu and the others, she was caught my surprise by Zancrow's flame attack, his breath attack that headed for her like a whirlwind.

"Time to die you bitch!"

As the flames neared her, Mirajane was somehow able to extend her wings, and take flight, but at the last second, some of her foot was engulfed by the flames, burning her slightly.

She winced at the pain, but shrugged it off, and returned to another part of the ground, feeling some pain as she put some pressure on her foot, but she stopped herself from feeling the pain, focusing on Zancrow in front of her with a wild smile on her face.

"Did you think you'd get me with something like this?"

"Don't be a bitch!"

Mirajane bated the man into attacking, who growled at Mirajane herself, shooting off some flame bullets, all black in colour. Mirajane, rather than dodging them, didn't do anything like that, opening her arms wide.

"Hah!" Exclaimed Mira as she released a dark wave from her being, destroying the darkness bullets with ease. "I said it myself, didn't I? You cannot beat me with simple tricks like this!"

[...ira...ane...an...]

Mira thought she heard something within her head, but shrugged her shoulders, and faced Zancrow, with Zancrow by now having made two scythes in his hand, looking like the grim reaper.

"Do you know what? I've had enough of you. So, I'm going to kill you now, and go back for your friends as well. That's alright, isn't it? I'm going to end your friends lives now, so don't worry, I am going to end you."

[...Mir...jane...san...]

As Zancrow said this, Mirajane heard the same voice again in her mind, but it came through clear this time, cocking her eyebrows up in new confusion as she saw Zancrow had wasted no time in coming at her, swinging both scythes towards her body.

"Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!"

With having a gleeful expression, Zancrow sliced from the left and right, trying to trap Mirajane. At first, she was going to block the attacks, but she saw that they were more potent than before, so she opted to dodge.

"Just what's going on...that voice in my head is..."

She spoke aloud, continuing to dodge at the same time.

[Mirajane-san! C-Can you hear me now!]

This time, the voice came through clear as if she was being spoke to by word of mouth, but she knew that it was within her mind, and that the voice belonged to that of Shinobu.

"Shinobu, that's you, isn't it?"

Mirajane excitedly said, dodging another slice, and giving a punch in return, sending him back a fair distance, skidding across the ground but came to a halt not that much further away from her.

[Yes, it's me. Don't worry, myself, and Yuki-chan are safe. We've met up with Erza-san and the others, and they are okay as well. But how are you? Erza-san said that you're fighting against Zancrow?]

As he asked this within her mind, Zancrow crossed the distance, and spat of a ball of flames towards her face at the same time he slammed the scythes at either side of her, so she was stuck and wouldn't be able to move.

"Don't worry about me!" She boomed out within her mind, crushing the ball of flames with her one hand, the other gathering darkness. "Zancrow is kinda tough, but it isn't anything I can't handle!" She exclaimed within her mind, and looked at Zancrow with a smirk. "Get out of my face!"

BANG!

"Iyaaaaaa!"

He yelled as Mira slammed her fist into Zancrow's chest, the darkness giving it an extra power boost, causing him to cry out in pain and sent him crashing into a building, causing it to collapse around him, something Mirajane smirked at, giving her a moment to talk with Shinobu.

[I see. I'm glad. The Princess has been...captured again, and is being...held hostage. And I'm sure you've noticed the Demons around as well, the big ones that came from the gate thingy in the sky.]

Mirajane nodded to herself, looking towards the large Demons.

"Yes, I know. I presume that you've got a plan to deal with this?"

She gave a question, and turned her attention back to the house, so she wasn't blind sided by Zancrow again so she didn't get any burns.

[Exactly. I've got to go and save the Princess, due to what the man said that he wanted. We haven't worked out the mechanics yet, but I'm sure that we'll be dealing with the Demons soon enough. But the question is, do you want anyone to come and help you?]

Mirajane thought about it for a few seconds, but ultimately, she disagreed.

"There's no need. Don't worry about it, Shinobu. Just do what you need to do and save the Princess and defeat these Demons. I've got Zancrow on the ropes, I will finish him off soon and then join up with the others in fighting whatever. Don't waste time in coming here, it isn't needed."

She told him what's what, which she thought would be the best thing to do, as she saw that some of the rubble of the house that came down on Zancrow was slowly moving, indicating that something wasn't right.

[I see, then good luck Mirajane-san. Please be safe and sound. Also, please don't do anything reckless and come back to us soon, alright? Don't let anything happen that shouldn't.]

Mirajane wore a smile on her face, inclining her neck, despite him not being able to see it.

"Yeah...good luck Shinobu...and also, I'm glad that you didn't die...I would've become sad if you had died."

She expressed her genuine thoughts on the matter, as she knew the connection was cute after she had said good luck, Shinobu not hearing the last part, which she was conflicted about, unsure if she was happy or sad that he didn't hear such things.

It was at that time Zancrow had used his flames to make a pillar where he stood, incinerating the rubble and he dragged his body out of the rubbed, shooting a dark look towards Mirajane.

"Right, you little bitch! I'm going to end you!"

Mirajane folded her arms, and looked towards Zancrow with a dirty grin on her face.

"I see. Then let us finish this."

With that, the final clash against God Slayer and Demon began.

---

At the stadium, Shinobu had just finished conversing with Mirajane, and put his hand down and explained to the others what Mirajane had said. As they listened, most knew that Mirajane would've said something like that.

Once he finished, he looked at everyone around.

"Since Mirajane-san is dealing with Zancrow, we should get to work as well."

"Okay, but what are we going to do about the Demons? Our attacks aren't working as well as they should against these things. It seems like we're useless in this fight after all..."

Kagura had a bitter expression on her face, thinking about how she didn't want to be useless in a fight, but right now, that's how she felt on the matter. It was the same for the others around who weren't a Devil Slayer, even Levy to an extent wasn't sure if she would be able to do anything now that she wasn't a Devil Slayer anymore.

As they began looking down, Shinobu wore a smile on his face.

"Don't worry, you'll all be able to damage Demons like I can."

As soon as the words left his lips, all of the people present became slightly confused on what he meant by that.

[Huh? What do you mean?]

Besides Zeref, they all asked this to Shinobu who giggled and walked towards the centre of the arena.

"There is one spell, that I have. I don't know if it will work or not, because I've not mastered it, but Sensei said that I would be able to do it if I try. It is something that should turn the tide in our direction."

"A spell you have? What's it going to do?"

Even Levy, who had his Magic before was confused, and unsure of what he was going on about. But with a confident smile, Shinobu looked at everyone in the arena, his eyes shining brightly.

"Hmmmm, how about I make you all Devil Slayers?"

[WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?]

Of course, the information was too shocking for them to even understand it. He had said something so outrageous, something no one would ever expect. Thoughts of how they would be able to become Devil Slayers ran through their minds.

Though, he smiled at the cries that were sent his way, and went onto explain once taking in a deep breath.

"It's a spell that is...somewhat known by me. I've practiced it before, but I've never been able to do it before. But Sensei said that I should be able to do it, so I believe her that I can."

"Hold on a second, how would Juvia and everyone become Devil Slayers?"

Juvia came out and flatly asked this, rejecting the notion that he was going to give them his Light Devil Slayer Magic, which would leave him powerless.

Shinobu cocked his head towards Juvia, continuing to smile as Meredy hugged onto Shinobu cutely.

"Well, when I say 'become a Devil Slayer' I mean giving you an aura of slaying Demons. I wont be passing my Light Devil Slayer Magic onto you, but giving you an aura that will allow you to hurt Demons more than your normal attacks would. It will allow you to become...I dunno the word, I wanna say pseudo Devil Slayers, but I'm not sure if that is right or not."

They all furrowed their eyebrows in confusion but Erza was the one to make come clairty to the confusion.

"So, you're saying that you're able to give us the aura of a Devil Slayer. And say that my Sword Magic, Juvia's Water Magic, Jenny's Machina Soul Take Over Magic and so forth are able to have the abilities to slay Demons?"

Shinobu confirmed it with a nod of his head to Erza, the others having astounded faces at the very idea that Shinobu could do something so spectacular as that.

"That's exactly what I'm saying, Erza-san. While your strength wont increase, your attacks will give far more harm to a Demon than your attacks now, though on a lower level than a true Devil Slayer, but still more than your attacks do now. The duration of the spell is..."

"Twenty minutes, with my Magic powering you."

Zeref calmly stated, gaining a thankful nod from Shinobu.

"As Sensei said, it should give everyone a twenty minute ability to allow their attacks to harm a Demon. Since our opponents are Demons, I thought that this kind of spell would be effective, and allow not only me, but everyone to send these things to another area of existence, what do you think?"

"Well...it is ambitious, to say the least."

Kagura noted, as Jenny moved forward.

"If Angel says he can do it, then I say that we at least try. It can't hurt, can it?"

Sherria was the next to nod her head, and did a peace sign.

"It sounds awesome! I think that we should do it, if it can aide us in defeating these Demons!"

"Exactly, this is what we needed." Erza commented, giving her consent. "I don't know what it entails, but it is a good thing for our side. This is the break we needed. If we have a level playing field, giving us the ability to slay some Demons, then I am all for it."

"So, what should we do, Shin-chan?"

Yukino was the one to ask as he placed Meredy down, who clung to his leg immediately, wanting to feel more warmth from her father like figure.

"All of you, join hands. I need to be connected to each of you, through body contact."

"S-Skin to skin!?" Jenny suddenly came out with, blushing up a storm as she looked down at her torn dress. "W-Well, if that's what Angel needs then of course, I will strip off and show him everything...that's only the right thing to do..."

Jenny, with a gleeful yet embarrassed look in her eyes, removed the straps on her shoulders, and immediately showed her decent sized bare breasts for a girl her age which were bigger than some adults to Shinobu, the boys face lighting up like a christmas tree, some blood trickling out of his nose as he shyly turned away while the others had a wide mouthed face on, their eyes equally as wide as their mouths, in total disbelief, and the King was about to comment on it, when Kagura slammed her hand into his head, seeing the blood coming from his nose, knocking him out instantly.

Jenny then alluringly looked towards Shinobu, placing a hand on her left breast, holding it so Shinobu could see as she licked her lips hungrily, the nipple being slightly erect as Jenny thought that showing such things to Shinobu got her going a little bit.

"So, my Angel. Do these breasts suffice? I'm sure as an Angel, you're used to heavenly breasts, and mine are that of a mere mortal, but I have some confidence in my body. Don't you like them?"

She attempted to move closer, but one solid glare from Zeref made her stop...but that didn't stop Jenny doing a pose that showed off her ample bosom which Shinobu wasn't even tempted to look at...though in reality he was having an internal battle if he should or not.

Zeref then looked towards Shinobu, saw his blushing face and nose, her eyes lingering on the boys form for a few seconds, and then muttered "He's still my baby." then turned away with slight annoyance at Jenny coming onto Shinobu, showing that despite coming off as calm, she did show pangs of jealousy when other women came onto Shinobu.

"Hmph, I think mine are bigger. So take that Jenny...though if it is a place where we strip, should I get undressed now...nah, it can't be something like that, can it? He said body contact...not skin to skin, naked contact...Jenny is just a pervert...that's her place within the harem! She's the perverted girl in the harem!"

Erza wore a proud smile on her face for this fact, looking down at her chest with a happy look in her eyes, and also glad that she found a place for Jenny within the harem, though wasn't sure if she should be happy with Jenny being an exhibitionist.

"Ooh wow, it seems that Jenny-chan's Love has become something amazing. I hope my own succeeds hers as well in the future! And I hope I get a good sized chest one day as well! Well done Jenny-chan for your bold actions! You're really becoming a good competitor!"

Sherria surprisingly (or not?) didn't seem to care that much in the end. At first she was slightly shocked, but that soon disappeared when she saw how Jenny was 'really going for it' in the ways of 'seduction' if it can be called that, praising the girl for her bold attitude.

"So this is...Jenny-sans love for Shinobu-sama...san...chan?" Juvia mused to herself, sparing a glance at her chest. "Seems Juvia needs to grow a little bit before Juvia can be compared to Jenny-san. Yes, if Juvia wants such things as well...Juvia will have to become more aggressive as well."

Though it was unclear to the others, Juvia had decided something within herself that would effect her thought patterns in future relationships, and how she would behave as well, thanks to Jenny and her bold actions.

Levy looked down at her own chest, her flat chest at that, and compared it to Jenny's, which was comparatively big.

"She might be nutty and think Shi-chan is an Angel...but God surely gifted this girl with an ample chest, didn't he? Why God? Why not give me the big boobs? I could use them for Shi-chan after all...what's he going to..." A sudden thought came to her, realization as she quickly darted her eyes towards Shinobu. "Shi-chan don't look at the temptresses breasts! They aren't worth it!"

Levy yelled after coming to her senses and even though he wasn't anyway, she covered his eyes with her hands, Yukino bending down next to Meredy and covered the child's eyes so she wouldn't be scarred by this, while thinking about Jenny and compared her own breasts to her, but decided that it wasn't so bad.

"W-What are you doing you idiot!?"

Kagura quickly recovered from the side, roared with anger, jumping at Jenny and pinned her down quickly.

"Iyaaaaa!" She cried, struggling with Kagura. "The Angel said to bare it all! He said body contact, and you have to be naked for such things! I was only doing as he asked, now get off me!"

"He didn't even say that! He said body contact, he didn't say get naked! You just wanted to show your breasts to him!"

Kagura argued back, as Jenny pushed her back slightly.

"Well, I've got nothing to be shamed off. I've got lovely sized breasts, and you're jealous that you haven't, fried egg breasts."

Jenny sent a daring smirk towards Kagura who sharpened her eyes.

"F-Fried eggs for breasts!? M-My bosom for your information is a good size! So don't you comment on my breasts again!"

Jenny adopted a smirk on her face as she reached her hands for Kagura's top.

"Then, you wouldn't mind showing them!"

RIP!

"IYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Screamed Kagura as she covered her now revealed chest thanks to Jenny as a huge blush worked its way onto her face, hoping Shinobu hadn't seen her chest. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING JENNY YOU STUPID GIRL!?"

While that happened, the others all had hung mouths, as Shinobu wondered what was going on, his eyes being covered so he couldn't see.

Jenny didn't see what she had down wrong, and pushed Kagura off her as she stood up, her breasts bouncing at the same time.

"Oh, don't even say you've never thought about getting out the girls for Angel there. I know for a fact that you want to do something like this."

"I-I DON'T! I DON'T WANT TO SHOW WHAT I'VE GOT TO SHINOBU!"

Jenny ignored the screams from Kagura, and declared to Shinobu further as she pushed her arms together, only showcasing her breasts even more.

"Don't worry my Angel, I will take care of all your needs from this point forth! Even if you need e-ecchi things done, I will definitely give you the love that you deserve for being such a pure boy!"

"You've lost it!" Levy exclaimed as her hands unintentionally fell from Shinobu's eyes, but the boy didn't know if he should open his eyes or not. "Y-You can't suddenly come onto Shi-chan! Sh-Shi-chan doesn't belong to you...Shi-chan can...Shi-chan doesn't..."

"No Levy!" Erza berated for reasons unknown to the bluenette. "This is a battle of breasts now, and since you've won me at fighting, I've declared to myself that I will never lose to you in anything ever again!"

As Erza said that, she unequipped her armour, to turned into nothing but her casual outfit. But the next second, Erza raised her hands to her shirt, and pulled it off, to reveal her bra.

"W-What are you doing Erza!?"

Levy screeched as Erza took the plunge, and removed her shirt, so she was standing there in her bra and panties which were a lacy black colour, pointing straight at Levy as she announced.

"You! I lost to you in a fight, but I will not lose anywhere else! I will not lose in terms of my breasts and body! That's something I refuse from you Levy McGarden! I wont be getting out the girls, but seeing me in these is enough to beat you! I would suggest you getting out the girls...but I don't think anything is there, is there?"

Immediately, Levy looked down at her chest, and sobbed slightly.

"S-Shi-chan doesn't care about such things..."

"Keep telling yourself that sweetheart. From now on, whether it be in body or fighting, I wont lose to you Levy McGarden!" Erza declared to the crying Levy, then turned to Juvia, and grinned ear to ear. "Now Juvia, why don't we do something about that top and pants you're wearing?"

"W-Wait-"

RIP!

Before Juvia could say anything, Erza yanked down Juvia's coat, the buttons unhooking with a single fluid motion, doing the same with the top and pants she wore underneath and surprisingly, Juvia wore something seductive as panties and bra where exposed, showing a blue stripped bra, matching panties.

"ERZA-SAAAAAAN!"

Juvia cried out, covering her chest with a beat red face, as Erza seemed calm about having her panties and bra out despite Shinobu being there, though the boy had enough sense to keep his eyes closed, for the moment.

"Sorry Juvia, but I wont lose anymore, and you've got a good sized chest, plus your body is good as well. It should be free to the world. And this will help you decide if you want to become apart of the harem or not, wont it? You'll be able to see if you want Shinobu to look at your breasts or not. Though covered by the bra, you can make out the nipple if you look hard enough. I like your style, your choice in underwear is amazing."

Juvia bit her bottom lip with a flushing face, steam coming out of her ears and she looked towards Shinobu with that face.

"I-If he sees Juvia's chest...does that mean Juvia cannot marry anyone else...? Juvia heard that the man she intends to marry is someone who can only be the first person who sees Juvia's underwear..."

Erza, while wearing a shit eating grin, placed a hand on Juvia's shoulder, ignoring the burning stares from Levy and Yukino.

"You see, Juvia. If a man, in this case Shinobu, sees your chest, or even covered by a bra, then you have to become apart of his harem. That's how it works, Juvia."

"But that's-"

Levy went to interrupt, but Erza shot a dark scowl at her, the small girl giving a little cry, and relenting then she turned back to Juvia with a sweetly sickly face, which was hard to look at with the amount of happiness she was feeling right now.

"As I was saying, since Shinobu will see your chest, you really don't have much option, other than to become a harem member. Trust me Juvia, you'll do fantastic. I know this isn't the time, and my nipples are cold, but sometimes you have to push yourself. Allow Erza-nee-sama to guide you in the ways of the harem~"

"W-Well...if you think that's the only option for Juvia then..."

Erza nodded her neck with the fat grin on her face, and inched towards Shinobu.

"Now Juvia, allow Erza-nee-sama to teach you, guide you towards the harem, a better future. Trust me Juvia, you'll be happy within Shinobu's harem. You'll be looked after, and the harem girls will be like...harem sisters."

"Harem sisters?"

Juvia parroted as Levy looked pissed off, Erza giving an enchanting smile.

"That's right, Juvia. The girls will love one another like sisters, and then in turn love Shinobu like a lover. I'm sure that eventually, threesomes are going to happen, so be prepared for such things. Though girls tend to be okay if it is with a man they love. Now Juvia, allow your assets to bring you into the harem, my water woman!"

As Erza declared this, Jenny saw that they were getting really close to Shinobu, so she did a pose, and instantly, her outfit changed from her usual dress to a revealing lingerie, white in colour.

"Tch, don't forget that I'm gunning for my Angel as well! I wont be losing to you!"

Erza looked towards Jenny, and scoffed.

"Wearing white, pretending you're a virgin. How sadistic."

"W-What did you say!?" Jenny exclaimed as she glared. "I-I am a virgin! I'm saving myself for my Angel! Can the same be said for you!? And since when did you become apart of the harem anyway!?"

Jenny yelled as she rushed towards Shinobu, Erza doing the same with a reluctant Juvia.

"I'm not! I'm guiding the way into the harem! I'm making sure the harem sisters know what they are doing! I would be a bitch if I didn't show them how to do it, wouldn't I? I have to make sure that people like Juvia and other shy girls get the chance to shine within the harem!"

"That doesn't make sense!"

Jenny spat back as she made it to Shinobu, pushing her bust into his face, as he immediately felt it, though continued to close his eyes.

"Well, your face doesn't make sense but we don't comment on it!"

Erza roared as she pushed her bust into the other side of his head, sending a daring smirk towards Levy, who in turn looked ready to cry her eyes, comparing her chest to Erza's, which she clearly lost in, all the while having Juvia having her breasts pressing against his chest.

Yukino thought that it would be best to remove Meredy from the situation, and brought her to the side, though watched on with slight jealous eyes, Kagura joining her, having now done up her top so it covered her breasts again.

"N-No, that's not something you can do!"

Levy pouted and went to remove Erza, but Erza didn't move, petting Shinobu's face tenderly, using her fingers to rub against his lips ever so gently, something Levy thought was quite sexual since Erza had denied having any romantic interest in him.

"Shinobu~ Time to open your eyes sweet soul~ The harem girls wish to play a little bit~ Don't disappoint now~"

Erza's voice at the moment she said these words, sounded sweet, and cute as well, something most wouldn't expect from someone like Erza at this time, and at a crucial time of her life.

With a trembling body, Shinobu opened his eyes, and the first (and only) thing he saw was boobs. Erza;s boobs, and Jenny's boobs, his face sandwiched between the two of them, while the third set was pressed against his chest thanks to Juvia.

"E-Erza-san! J-Jenny-san! A-And Juvia-san! W-What are you doing all of a sudden!?"

The nervousness in his voice was evident, his body literally quaked at being close to three beautiful girls. Even though he knew that this wasn't the time or place, he, at the end of the day, was a man, and being this close to three beautiful women was more than enough to send his mind into overload.

"Sorry..."

Juvia muttered, trying to escape, but Erza stopped her, practically forcing the girl to keep her breasts against his chest. Meanwhile, Jenny got too close to his face for comfort, and sweetly whispered into his ear.

"Mouuuu, Angel~ Don't just show such a face~ I'm seriously close to giving you a kiss~"

"A-A kiss!?" Shinobu exclaimed in surprise, shaking his head. "M-My heart isn't ready for such things! P-Please don't become too hasty, it is too much for someone like me! I can't handle it! Sensei will surely become depressed if this happens in front of her! Levy-chan will cry if I did such things!"

Jenny gave a slight giggle, as she rubbed his lips with her own fingers, taking in the texture of the lips, feeling the moistness of the lips, something Jenny liked very much.

"Fueee, being shy is adorable my Angel-kun. Even if you're amazingly strong, being shy around women is so cute. Don't worry, those lips of yours, I will definitely take for myself my cute Shota Angel-kun..."

"No you flirt!" Erza head butted Jenny, and cradled Shinobu's head between her bust, causing his face to turn to lava, it was that hot. "You're not allowed to do such things yet Jenny, the pervert of the harem!"

"Owwwwww!" Jenny complained, rubbing the red mark on her forehead. "That's not even fair...I was going to give Angel a kiss...you ruined it now...what if Angel needs the kiss of life..."

"More like the kiss of death..."

Levy sweatdropped, keeping her voice low as she continued pulling Erza but to no avail.

"Then that's something that will be determined at a later date! You cannot come onto Shinobu until he is ready!"

Erza gave a scary looking face, an equally hostile aura all the while petting Shinobu on the back of the head without even realizing it, but Levy did, and wondered what the hell she was doing.

"No! I refuse! This isn't right! I'm going to kiss my Angel and we're going to have angelic children that are part human, whatever they are called!"

"No you're not! You're not doing it! Don't mess up my harem bitch!"

Erza and Jenny butted heads, not realizing that doing this action, only pushed their breasts against his face even more than they had been doing, his face turning more and more red.

"Jenny-san! Erza-san! Please stoooooooooooooooop~! I can't breathe~!"

Shinobu cried, their breasts cutting off his air supply, but the girls didn't hear anything, continuing to glare at one another with shit eating grins on their faces, showing such distorted smiles that it would make most seem frightened.

"In the beginning, Realight, this is the way that I run the harem! I am the mastermind of the harem! I wont allow you to tarnish it!"

"Me tarnish it!? I'm the one who is trying to make a move on the Angel, isn't that what you, harem building Erza-san, wanted!?"

"Not until Mira has her spot in the harem! I have to make sure her place is secured first!"

As they fought one another, Juvia attempted to stand up, wanting to leave the area, but Erza saw this and exclaimed "Not a chance!" and yanked her downwards.

"Iyaaa!" Juvia cried as her boobs ended up right in front of Shinobu's face. Juvia looked down, and blushed up a storm when she realized that Shinobu's face was essentially in her bust. "J-Juvia is so sorry!" She apologized, went to stand up but Erza stopped her. "E-Erza-san, please stop this!"

"No, I can't." She spoke calmly, despite the situation and wresting with Jenny. "I've got to make sure that you get into the harem. I wont let you go Juvia, until you are apart of the harem."

As she said those words, Shinobu's mind couldn't process anything else, and he let out a "Eep!" and fainted on the spot. Despite being able to face Demons, not be bothered by them, and has seen many strange things in his life, he couldn't handle being this close to three beautiful women at the same time, his head going back until it hit the ground.

"Sorry Shinobu-sama...san...chan...but does that mean...you like Juvia's boobs...?"

Some small part of her didn't mind if he did or not. She didn't know what she felt when it concerned Shinobu, but she was happy regardless if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Geez, look what you've done now, Erza!"

Levy complained as Erza held her head down.

"It wasn't my intention...but I have to make sure that the harem is amazing...and it is..."

"Ooh my Angel...don't worry, I will make sure you're awoken by a beautiful blonde and then we'll share a kiss."

"Not you! I will transform into Mira, and make sure that he sees her, and thinks she is his Demon...Angel thing and they'll hopefully become a lovely couple!"

Erza spat back and got into an argument with Jenny.

"Shi-chan, please wake up before something happens..."

"Shinobu-sama...san...chan...please wake up...for Juvia's health..."

While that happened, Levy and Juvia tried to rouse the boy the best that they could, but by now, he had swirls for eyes, memories of bouncing boobs in his heart, something that wasn't sure to scar or enlighten the boy, only time could tell.

As that was happening, Zeref and Sherria were stood to the side.

"Ehehehe, seems like no one is interested in the fighting outside, huh Serah-chan?"

Zeref put a hand to her face, sighing deeply.

"That's something I can't even think about...for the time being at least, it seems that the Demons are leaving the humans outside alone, focusing the attack on this place...but we need to get going soon...Shinobu just has to wake up first."

Zeref sweatdropped at the end as she saw Shinobu still passed out, having the girls fight over him. Even Kagura and Yukino who stood out of the way watched on with worried eyes, all the while attempting to protect Meredy's innocence from the more...wild girls in the arena.

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Meanwhile, staring off into the distance, was the mastermind behind the plan, with Hisui tied up being him. He sat at the edge of the castle, and twiddled his thumbs together again and again.

"So...are they going to come or what...? I've got...things to do...this is...hurry up already..."

With a bored expression on his face, a half hearted sigh escaped his lips as he impatiently waited for Shinobu to come and rescue the Princess so he could kill him and the others as well.

Hisui could only look on...and silently, she was wondering what was going on, because right now, she couldn't tell, and could only be in the company of a psychopath, something that she didn't want to be in, ever.

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End chapter!

So, it started off with what happened to Hisui who desperately tried to fight, but due to not being able to fight, was subdued quite easily. Then there was a dream, showing Ultear's idea of a better life, with Shinobu and Meredy together with her. But then Ultear woke up and decided to save Shinobu and the town, with Hades leaving with a comment that rattled Ultear slightly. Then there was some Zancrow fighting, some fighting in the stadium with some banter, then Shinobu finally met Meredy, and thanks to Ultear who gave him information last time they met, when she passed out, it seems Shinobu cares about Meredy now, and will protect her which will come into play later on in the story. Then there was some...misunderstandings, and pretty much Erza, Juvia not by choice, and Jenny stripped to their panties and bras causing Shinobu to pass out.

Next chapter will have some confrontations as well, Shinobu finally going to face the guy responsible for this, who's hinted at something happening to him as well, making him something more than he used to be. Anyway, until next time!

Shinobu's harem; Ultear, Mirajane, Aries, Virgo, Wendy, Carla, Lucy, Sherria, Hisui, Sherry, Levy, Zeref (fem), Jenny, Yukino, Kagura, Erza, Jellal (fem).