Okay, finally getting my groove back. Last time, there was an awesome cliffhanger of a room exploding. One of the top 3 ways to do a cliffhanger. But nothing beats updates, unless it's ice cream. So sit tight and relax!

Chapter 28: War For Humanity

Lucy was waiting for the pain to happen, a fiery feeling of pain from the explosion. She waited and waited, but nothing. Slowly, she opened her eyes and saw someone standing over them with outstretched arms.

Once the explosion died down, Lucy got a better look at the person. It was a woman, a very pretty one with a good body. She was wearing a small black dress with white frills, she has pale skin and black hair. And her most interesting features are the whisker-marks on her face, the cat ears, cat tail and angel wings.

"Are you okay?" the woman asked, looking at the two girls.

"Um…who are you?" Lucy asked instead of saying thank you.

"Thank you, Persephone-sama," Yukino said with a small smile.

"Eh?" Lucy said as she looked at the woman. When Yukino said Persephone, she imagined Danny's Exceed partner. "P-Persephone?"

"That's me," the woman said with a smile before she transformed back to normal.

"Eeeehhhh!" Lucy exclaimed in shock.

"What are you being noisy for, Lucy?" Natsu asked, Danny on his shoulder.

"Ugh…my head," Danny groaned as he rubbed his head and looked around the place. "Where's the Fruitloop?"

Natsu placed Danny down on his feet, helping him a bit to steady him. They then looked around the room; the Eclipse was in shambles. It was a total wrecked and the explosion destroyed the room. It was a miracle that it didn't collapse.

"What happened here?" Persephone asked as she looked around the room.

Before anyone could answer her, Natsu froze when he caught a familiar scent. The same scent from Tenrijou Island.

They turned as they heard footsteps walking towards them. In front of them was Zeref, staring at them with a bank expression.

No one said anything as the Dark Mage just stared at them before he sighed. Natsu did not like that.

"What are you doing here?" Natsu asked, his fists tightening.

"I am here…to make a decision," Zeref said as he closed his eyes. He then turned to the direction where Vlad was. "I let him believed that he captured me six years ago. He believed that he was trying to take over my body, but he didn't know I was using him to gather enough magic to complete my plan."

"Plan?" Danny asked as he stared at the Dark Mage. "For what?"

"My plan…to kill humanity," Zeref replied as he opened his eyes, which were red and cold.

"Destroy humanity?" Lucy asked, scared. "Why?"

"For years I have wandered the entire continent," Zeref said. "And every decade, humans have done the same; use anger and grief as an excuse to hurt others, continuing the cycle over and over again. Humans have caused pain, death, famine, plague and everything that destroyed this land."

"But not all humanity is like that," Lucy said. "There are great people and sometime people change for the good."

"Is that the same for Hades?" Zeref said, causing them to silence. "Great people will also stray from their path to get what they want, even if it will hurt others."

"So you think killing everyone's going to make things better?" Danny said with a weak growl.

"Those will be my presents to humanity," Zeref said as he raised his arms. "Death and peace."

A dark aura appeared around Zeref and everyone felt a cold chill in the air.

"It begins," Zeref said as multiple shadows appear around him, stretching as large as the room. "The end of humanity."

Outside, the mages and knights were still fighting the remaining clones. The King was safely evacuated, so were the citizens. The mages and knights were finally gaining the upper hand when they suddenly stopped.

"W-what is this feeling?" Gray asked as shivers crawled over his spine.

"It's so…cold," Erza said with slight apprehension.

"What's going on?" Valerie asked as she stepped closer to Minerva, who was also afraid.

"Look!" someone shouted as they notice a giant pillar of shadows emerging from the ground. The shadows parted into ten before scattering across the city. One pillar landed in front of them before it started shaping. Arms, legs and a head was formed until the shadow dispersed, revealing a man dark blue skin, gray hair and red eyes wearing black robes and a crown.

"HAHAHAHA! At last, I am free again!" the man exclaimed. He looked around the place, ignoring the people. "This place is perfect for my kingdom!"

This strange, skinny man didn't look strong, but his magic levels were off the chart.

"Get him!" a man from Twilight Ogre exclaimed, his group right behind him.

"Wait!" Makarov exclaimed to the mages, but they ignored him.

The man smirked before he raised his arm, his amulet glowing. When the mages from Twilight Ogre were close enough, his arm suddenly grew big and dragon-like. The mages stared at the hand with wide eyes before they were crushed into the ground.

"Pathetic insects," he said as he crushed the ogres into the ground. "You think you can go against me, Aragon, the Demon Dragon!"

Everyone watched as Aragon's body changed into a black scaled dragon. To Fairy Tail, it wasn't like Acnologia, but it was still terrifying to see a dragon with black scales, though this dragon was smaller.

"Fear the wrath of the true King of Dragons!" Aragon exclaimed as he roared, shaking the ground.

"This feeling…" Gray said as he stared at Aragon with fear. "This is like…"

"Facing Deliora," Lyon thought as he trembled a bit. "Only stronger…"

Back underground, the group heard the roar and looked shock.

"That was a dragon," Natsu said with wide eyes.

"But it feels…different," Danny said before turning to Zeref. "What is this?"

"That is one of my demons," Zeref said. "I will release all of my creation and they will wreak havoc in this kingdom before spreading across the continent."

"'Demons'," Lucy repeated with a scared look. "You mean there's more than one…"

"I have only released my weaker demons," Zeref said, shocking them. "Tonight, at the stroke of twelve, I will release my strongest demons to send across the world."

"Not unless we stop you!" Danny exclaimed as he and Natsu charged. Suddenly, something big landed in front of them, stopping the two from going to Zeref. When the dust cleared, it revealed a bulky monster with red eyes and blue skin, though the face was familiar.

"Fruitloop?" Danny said with disbelief as he stared at Vlad's new face.

"The fool thought that he could absorb my magic, but what he didn't know was that my magic is different from yours," Zeref said as he stared at Vlad. "Now make yourself useful and fight." He then turned to Daniel, who was just standing there. He walked towards him and touched his shoulder. "You could be helpful."

Vlad roared and charged at the two Dragon Slayers as Zeref and Daniel disappeared. Despite his bulky body, he was fast. The two tried to move away, but he as in front of them. He swung his massive fists at them and the two tried to block it. When his fist hit, the two were surprised by the force of the attack.

"Strong!" Danny thought before he and Natsu were thrown away. Vlad then reappeared behind them a second later. "And fast!"

The two were rammed into the ground, making a small crater. Vlad was about to attack again when something hit him from behind. He turned and saw Lucy and Yukino holding their keys. In front of them were Sagittarius and Libra.

"Now, Libra!" Yukino exclaimed as Libra activated her Gravity Magic, causing Vlad to feel heavy.

Meanwhile, Persephone flew towards Danny and Natsu, transformed and grabbed their shirts before dragging them away from Vlad as far as she can. Danny weakly looked up and saw someone behind Persephone, holding a sword to strike her.

"Look out!" Danny exclaimed as he jumped up and summoned his two swords. He managed to block the sword, but he was still weak from Vlad's attack. He was thrown off his feet, but Natsu and Persephone managed to catch him.

They looked and saw Amorpho, but half his face was Arcadios. Natsu and Danny growled before attacking him.

With a roar, Vlad shattered Libra's spell, causing the spirit to be blown away, a surprise look on her face.

"Sagittarius, fire!" Lucy said, pointing at Vlad.

"As you command," the man in the horse costume said as he fired one arrow after another. But Vlad just swiped them with his massive hands, much to Sagittarius' shock.

In a blink of an eye, Vlad was in front of them, fists raised. He smashed the ground, causing them to be blown away from the shockwave. Sagittarius and Libra were sent back to the Spirit World as Lucy and Yukino fell to the ground.

"Ow…" Lucy said as she rubbed her head before noticing Vlad in front of her, about to punch her to the ground.

"Lucy!" Natsu exclaimed as he saw what was going to happen to her. He tried to help her, but Amorpho was keeping him from doing that. The blond closed her eyes as she waited for the pain from Vlad's attack. But instead of that, she felt something wrap around her torso before pulling her away just as Vlad's fist hit the ground.

"What?" she looked and saw a whip around her waist. She looked up and saw a beautiful woman with black hair dressed like a belly dancer, showing her sexy body. She has brown skin, blue eyes and her hair was covering the left side of her face.

"Good job, Desiree," a voice said, causing the mages to turn and see a group of people being led by a guy wearing white armor. Yukino's eyes widened when she saw the knight.

"Arcadios-sama?" she said in a confused tone. "But…if you're here, then who's that?"

She turned to look at Amorpho, who was pushed back by a man wearing a metal mask covering his lower face, armor under a black hood, black pants and black stripped boots. On his hands were two scythes.

He was standing in front of Danny, Natsu and Persephone, glaring at Amorpho with sharp eyes.

"Stop pretending to be Chief Arcadios, imposter," he said, glaring at the Amorpho half.

"Who are these guys?" Natsu said, looking at the man in front of them.

"They're the Kingdom's elite executioners," Yukino replied as she stared at them with awe. "The Garou Knights."

The rest of the group were compose of a girl with pink hair and dark eyes, a curvaceous figure dress in a pink dress with flower like coat tails. A tall girl with black hair tied to two loops and two pigtails and bangs covering her forehead and was dress in a black dress wrap around like a robe. A man with beady eyes, thick lips, almost bald with spikey black mane that reached his back, he was wearing a white headband, a red and yellow jacket that shows his muscular body that has fin shaped tattoos on the left side of the chest and a pair of blue shorts. On his shoulder was a flag. His most distinguishing features were his big hands. The last member was a large man with small legs with a spiked pompadour and a triangle shaped nose while drinking alcohol. He was wearing a vest with white fur around the neck with the words 'ACID RULES' on the back, a pair of dark colored trouser held up by a belt.

"I guess we were late," Arcadios said as he looked at Vlad. He then turned to Yukino. "Yukino, go and get out of here with the rest of them. We will handle the rest."

"We can fight!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Then fight outside," Arcadios said. "You're needed there than here."

"…Okay, Arcadios-sama," Yukino said before going towards Lucy and helping her walk.

Danny, Natsu and Persephone followed them as Kama fought Amorpho. Vlad growled at Arcadios and the Garou Knights before roaring. Arcadios just pointed his sword at Vlad.

"Let's settle the score, Plasmius," Arcados said before Vlad roared and charged at them.

"You think they'll be alright, Lucy asked as they ran out of the cave.

"They'll be alright," Yukino said. "They're strong from what I heard."

When they finally got outside, what they saw surprised them. Every mage and knight were fighting a black dragon. Though they were having a tough time, but they managed to keep the dragon in place.

Sting, Rogue, Gajeel and Laxus were attacking Aragon with everything they got, but it still wasn't enough.

"Fools!" Aragon exclaimed. "You think just because you're Dragon Slayers, you can match up to me? I was created by Zeref and cannot be defeated!"

He swung his tail, knocking the closest mages away. Suddenly, there were multiple explosions around the city. Aragon gave a savage grin before laughing loudly, his voice shaking the ground.

"It has begun," Aragon said before looking at the people below him. "My brethren will kill all those humans and take over this kingdom!"

"Damn it," Sting said with a growl as he sensed a lot of strong presences around the town. "We're barely beating this guy, and everyone's here."

"You guys killed a dragon before, right?" Valerie asked, looking at Sting and Rogue.

"…Not really," Sting admitted. "Weisslogia…he told me to kill him…saying that killing him would make me stronger…"

"What about you, Rogue?" Orga asked.

"…Skiardum was deathly sick…" Rogue said as he looked down. "I…didn't want him to suffer…"

"Pathetic, you can't even kill a weak dragon," he said, causing Sting and Rogue glared angrily at Aragon. "There's no way you can beat me. Now die!"

He swung his giant dragon paws towards the mages, not noticing someone jumping towards him.

"Black Dragon's Burning Knuckle!" Danny shouted as he punched Aragon behind the head. To their surprise, Aragon was thrown off balance and hit the ground face first.

"Eat that, fake dragon," Danny said as he landed on the ground, cracking his knuckle. Aragon shook his head and turned to Danny, glaring at the white haired boy. "You might be the first dragon I'll slay."

"Don't get cocky, brat!" Aragon roared angrily. "I will burn you!"

He released a torrent of purple flames from his mouth towards Danny, who took a deep breath, his cheeks puffing like a balloon.

"Phantom Dragon's Roar!" he released a torrent of ice and fire towards the purple flames. The two attacks cancelled each other out, creating a small explosion. Aragon looked at Danny with disbelief, shock that a human could match him.

"What are you?" Aragon said as Danny gave him a feral grin, his eyes glowing under his hair.

"I'm the Phantom Dragon Slayer," he said as he activated his Dragon Force. "And I'm all fired up."

"Hey! Don't steal my lines!" Natsu exclaimed in annoyance.

And there you go. Zeref starts the war and everyone tries to fight. Vlad turns into a monster and fights Arcadios and the Garou Knights. Aragon appears as a demon of Zeref, who else will appear? And Danny is fighting Aragon. Why is he the only one who can match Aragon? Or is he? Who else can match the Demons of Zeref?

Well, time to go enjoy summer vacation. Nothing to do but sleep all day, watch movies all night and play video games all afternoon. Yeah, such a great summer. See you later!