WE'RE OFFICIALLY AT CHAPTER 50! WOOHOO!

Apologies once again. I can't say this enough with all the stuff that's been happening IRL for me! Welcome back to the Null Fairy. We've got some questioning from you guys, so let's go on and answer them!

1.) Regarding the Fairy Sphere scenario and the seven year time skip, it's really coming to a decision to whether or not if anything significant should actually happen for the Fairy Tail members or not. With the topic of Edolas and Earth also in coordination to this universe, they'll also be affected in a way. Seven years is a long time, after all.

But someone did make a suggestion of making the seven year time skip a scenario similar to Dragon Ball Z's Hyberbolic Time Chamber, but in this case, time inside the Fairy Sphere runs faster instead. Like 1 day in there could be like 3 months or more in the outside world. What do you guys think about that? They could technically be awake and it wouldn't pose a problem for their mental health. Food for thought.

2.) Mavis' interaction… I want it to be a little cute, yet also comedic in a sense. Since she has the body of a…thirteen year old if I'm correct, she could pretend to be a ditzy character, even more so than in canon. But she could also prove to be a big sister character like some people have been suggesting. And yes, having her meet up with Pesky Dust will be a thrill to write down.

You know, I've been kinda wondering… Is a motherly Mavis better? Or an older sister Mavis? …Maybe even a little sister Mavis? Please don't call the FBI on me, she's legal!

3.) Regarding Zeref and the curse he has, I don't believe he'll take an interest into Ben himself until the time that Acnologia comes to destroy the island. When the…"final battle" happens, I think it'll be the right time for him to become interested in the Omnitrix and the secrets is has hidden away.

I will absolutely put in a Rules of Nature joke. Hell yeah.

4.) Regarding the rest of the Andromeda Galaxy aliens and fights with the Seven Kin of Purgatory, I want to try switching some of them around. As you know, many people have suggested making Meredy a rival of sorts. I really want to have a girl jealously fight happening between Wendy and Meredy, but that means I'm going to have to switch some scenarios around. What pairs do you think should be fighting each other?

Anyhow, that's all I wanted to say! Once again, thanks for all of your continued support. As usual, I own nothing related to the subject of Ben 10 nor Fairy Tail. Please support the official releases, and happy reading to you all! Thanks for over 1,500 reviews, 550 Favorites and Follows, and over 309,000 views! We broke two milestones with the last chapter!


Chapter 50: Fairies and the Flies (Tenrou Island 3)

"So, give us the jig on the second part." Gray gestured to Ben. "What's the mission for this one?"

"Yeah! It's gotta be harder than what we just went through if that's what you're saying!" Lucy noted. "…Is it actually though? Please say no."

"It's not particularly a trial about combat to say the least." Ben shrugged with a small smile. "Master, do you mind if I explain about the Second Trial?"

With a nod from Makarov, Ben smirked as he glanced back at the five pairs. "Alright then, listen up! The Second Trial for the S-Class Advancement Exam will be to find a certain thing."

"A certain thing?" Cana rose an eyebrow. "That's pretty vague."

"Tell me about it." Gajeel snickered as he huffed out air from his nose. A vein popped on Ben's forehead for a second as he held in his annoyance.

"…I was getting to that." He grumbled. "Anyways… The second test will be to search for the grave of Mavis Vermillion, the founding Master of the Fairy Tail guild."

"The First Master?" Lucy was now interested. "I wonder what type of person she was…"

"Finding a grave? That's as easy as pie!" Natsu chuckled with a boasting expression. "That's way easier than fighting all of these battles."

"Yes… But thing is, you've only got 6 hours to find the grave!" Makarov then spoke out. "Hear me? Only six!"

"You make it sound like it's going to take us forever." Gray crossed his arms. "What do you think, Loki?"

"Well, these are the S-Class Trials we're talking about. Finding it probably won't be that easy of a task." His partner shrugged. "I assume we're going to be splitting off to find it?"

"Hmph." Makarov huffed. "Ben and I will be waiting over at Mavis' grave. You all better get to hustling around here!"

"And you better watch out for my traps!" Ben grinned smugly. "I made sure to make these ones even harder to find, and more dangerous than ever!"

Everyone instinctively shuttered as that. However, Natsu quickly shook that initial fear off as he smacked his cheeks, turning to Happy with a determined look now roaring all over his face. "Righto! Let's move out, Happy!"

"Aye, sir!" The Exceed yelped as they went off in a random direction. As the rest of the other pairs started to wander off, Ben proceeded to follow Makarov, glancing back to the previous trial areas.

'Wendy, you better be safe…' He thought to himself.


With Echo Echo 2, now transformed into Ghostfreak, the Ectonurite traveled back to the gallery in which Gray and Loki fought Wendy and Mest. The ghost like alien phased into cavern to see the young Dragon Slayer sitting down next to the mystery mage…and nearly about to cry with that.

'…Why that little… Did she make her cry?!' Ghostfreak clenched his fist. Narrowing his eye, he sighed as he drew closer. 'No… Well, she might've been getting upset about something else… Ah, probably because she lost and thought it was her fault?'

Hovering a few good feet above the duo, he began to listen into their conversation as the waves surrounding Tenrou Island bashed into the cliff side cavern, the taste of saltwater in the air.

"*Sniff*" Wendy was teary eyed as she fidgeted her fingers. "I'm sorry…"

Mest gave her a small smile as he glanced over to her. "Come now, how long are you going to be like that? It's not your fault."

"Well… That's because…" She squirmed a little as she held her tears in. Ghostfreak nearly had the urge to take a picture of her pouty face, but restrained himself from doing so. Mest smirked, looking out towards the ocean.

"Hey, Wendy… Do you know why this island is called Fairy Tail's Holy Ground?" He suddenly asked to change the topic. Wendy blinked, wiping her tears as she turned to him.

"…It's because this island is the place where the Founding Master, Mavis, rests." She answered. Ghostfreak quickly reformed back, getting a bit closer.

'Why is he asking about this all of a sudden?' He wondered.

"Right. But that's not the entire deal, you see?" Mest then turned to her. "This island… The thing about it is that it's actually hidden away by a powerful barrier surrounding the circumference of the vicinity. No matter what kind of magic you'd use, you would never be able to find it. At least, that's what I've heard."

'A barrier?' Ghostfreak blinked. '…Is that what I picked up when I was scourging on as Upgrade? I picked up some weird energy readings… What else does this guy know, and how does he know it?'

"And it's not just the grave of Mavis Vermillion that's here, you know." Mest continued. "I've heard that Tenrou Island harbors a secret relating to Fairy Tail as a whole."

"Really? What kind of secret?" Wendy asked, now a little interested as they dwelled off from the topic of losing to Gray and Loki. Mest smiled once more as he got up, sweeping the dust off from his clothes.

"Well, beats me. What about it though, do you want to try exploring with me on the island?" He then asked.

'…Wendy.' Ghostfreak looked down at his partner with a poker face. He immediately face palmed himself as he watched as Wendy's eyes glittered. 'My girlfriend is an airhead…'

Sighing, as Wendy got up and dusted herself off as well, he began to tail right behind her like some kind of haunting spirit as she joined up with Mest. The two traveled outside of the cavern, eventually reaching to an offside cliff full of beautiful flowers. It was quite breezy as Wendy gallantly ran out, going on her knees as she took the view into her eyes.

"Such a beautiful view! Look at these flowers!" She giggled.

'Right… Better be careful for… What the?' The Ectonurite suddenly got the chills as the Omnitrix's dial changed in coloration, turning pink. 'Pink? That means that an unknown source of magic is…'

Turning around, he immediately noticed the look on Mest's face as Wendy began to pick some of the flowers. It was a creepy one at that; a mixture of excitement, ecstasy, fear… It made Ghostfreak even more suspicious as he tapped his Omnitrix dial.

"This is Echo 2, calling in to Echo 3." He whispered. A small static was heard from the dial as Echo 3 answered. "Are you picking up these readings?"

"Yeah." Echo 3, Big Chill, answered. "What the hell is it?"

"I don't know. Mest seems to have noticed it as well. I've got Wendy here to look after. Can you divert off from your travel to the Resting Zone to investigate?" Ghostfreak asked.

"I read you. Echo 3 out." Big Chill responded before ending the transmission. Ghostfreak then proceeded to stay close to Wendy as Mest's expression remained in its unsullied form.

'Something's going to happen… This really is another Monday to Friday thing. I never seem to lose the exciting events of life, don't I?' He murmured to himself.


"MOTHER OF PEARL! RUN!" Lucy screamed to the top of her lungs. "Why is this island full of giant-ass monsters?!"

"Hurry Lucy! That Rollidillo is getting more pissed off by the minute because of Ben's trap!" Cana barked as the two scurried alongside in a downward hill in a forest.

The pairs were now off into the island, scrounging around for any clues leading to the grave. A bit of time had passed since then, around half an hour, but the light of Tenrou Island made time a thing that was hard to keep track of, especially if they had to survive Ben's traps and the wildlife of the island.

The Rollidillos were one of many creatures native to Tenrou Island, inhabiting the southern part of the region. Being a massive, strong, quadrupedal carnivorous reptilian creature with a large mouth full of sharp teeth, its body was covered in very hard purple scales, and had pale green eyes.

Throughout the entire island, the pairs went off to find Mavis' grave. With Levy and Gajeel, the two were forced to hide away from the likes of a Doscadon, an enormous, carnivorous dinosaur-like creature covered in scales and walking on its rear legs, with its forelegs being smaller in comparison, much like a real tyrannosaurus rex. It possessed a prominent, dark round section topping the upper front part of its head, and it inhabited the north-western areas.

With Loki and Gray, the duo were in the central-western areas, in which the Clippers were residing in. They were a species of birds known for their unnatural brutality to anyone not belonging to their kind. Possessing green feathers and a red roost, they had a prominent crest and horn-like protrusions sprouting from the ending part of their abdomen.

The worst case was with Evergreen and Elfman, the two being chased in the south-western area by hog-like creatures called Hodras. They were much larger than pigs and the like, and sported sharp teeth, pink-ish skin, and brown spots all over their bodies. And even though they were pig like, they had the speed and power of bulls and rams, plowing through trees and boulders like papier-mâché.

"OVER THERE, EVERGREEN!" Elfman screamed out as he pointed to a path within the forest. His partner growled as she turned to him.

"Don't tell me what to do, damn it!" She barked, before hearing the roar of the Hodra behind them get louder. "GAH! FINE! LET'S GO!"

Blasting at full speed, the hungry beast was full of rage as it chased the duo. According to Ben, the traps he would place would be ever so more hidden and more dangerous than the last. The thought of using them to trigger the local wildlife was something that neither of the pairs probably thought he would do. He truly was the "Null Fairy": divisibly devilish and cruel to a point, yet carried the innocent face of a fairy and a kid.

"Those who are men should not run from their enemies!" Elfman squeaked as they continued to run off.

"Can't…you just be quiet while we're running!" Evergreen hackled.

Glancing back, Elfman then noticed that it raised its hooves for a dive. Gasping, he quickly grabbed Evergreen into his arms as it slammed the floor behind them, causing them to spring forward and fly off course. With Evergreen shrieking, Elfman grunted as they fell into a small cavern slide, tumbling down until they landed thinly on the ground in a untimely fashion.

"O-ow…" The Strauss mumbled as they stopped. As Evergreen opened her eyes, she momentarily went red for a second before she pushed him off.

"H-Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" She stuttered.

"H-Huh?!" Elfman blinked with confusion.

"That thing that we did in front of Mira from before was just a tactic to throw her off guard! An act, you see?! I sure hope you didn't start thinking that I had a thing for you!" She grumbled. Elfman merely sweat dropped as she went on.

"Uh… Not even for a second?" He then said, before smiling. "But I am thankful for that. It was an excellent underhanded plan you thought off right then and there.

"I-It's not that underhanded…" She mumbled, adjusting her glasses.

Before the two could argue anymore, the rustling of leaves near the bushes around them sounded their alert. Turning over to a bundle of leaves was a person who came out, looking surprised, yet disappointed to a degree.

"…People?" He softly said. "People here, on this island?"

"Huh?! Who are you?!" Elfman quickly yelled out to the man as he and Evergreen stood up. He wore high-collared black and tan robes with gold trims, along with a large, flowing white toga draped around his torso. He had short black hair, dark eyes, and abnormally sharp canines.

"…And here I thought there wouldn't be any people at this place… At this wonderful place of all things." He muttered to himself.

"Answer him! Only members of our guild can enter here." Evergreen continued, making the young man's face go up slightly.

"…Guild? Oh… So this place was controlled by a Guild." He then muttered as his body began to shake slightly. Elfman's eyes narrowed as he gritted his teeth slightly.

"Hey, answer my—"

"—Please, don't!" The man suddenly yelled, placing a hand up. "Please… You mustn't get too close to me…"

"What the heck are you talking about?" Elfman glared at him.

"I… I know. I'll leave this place. But please… Just don't get close to me." He pleaded with a sad expression on his face. Evergreen and Elfman glanced at each other with confused looks.

"…What's with this guy?" She asked him.

"Should we just leave him alone?" Elfman in return asked her, but as he said that, the man started to shiver. The duo take a step back as his eyes contracted, seemingly because of pain or some other kind of uncomfortable feeling.

"G-Gaaah… I-It's no use… It's coming…!" He panted heavily as he held his head. "The predatory death… It's COMING!"

As he continued to groan in discomfort, immediately, Elfman and Evergreen gasped at the sight they were seeing. The leaves that fell from the trees and flew down next to him suddenly disintegrated into dust. Just a moment afterwards, a black aura began to radiate around the man like a dome, killing everything in its vicinity. All of the leaves that fell, the grass that was around on the floor where he stood.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Screaming in pain, he involuntarily launched out a black wave from the dome of aura. It reached out in speeds that the two couldn't react to in time, but before it reached them…

"GET DOWN!" Two voices suddenly roared as they pushed them down onto the ground. The wave barely missed the duo, narrowly wiping over their heads as Natsu and Big Chill suddenly appeared. The wave ended up killing around half a dozen meters worth of life around him as the new duo looked up.

As the man's magic dissipated, he looked onward to the two voices, his eyes widening in reaction to Natsu's. The Dragon Slayer and Necrofriggian looked up with cautious looks as the man suddenly started to pour out tears from his eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he was witnessing.

"…Nat…su…?"

Hearing his name being called by the unfamiliar man, the only reaction that Natsu could've done was that of anger. As his eyes furrowed to a furious look, he gave the man a hard glare as he growled at him.

"…Who the hell are you?!" He yelled back.

Evergreen and Elfman finally snapped back to reality as they looked up. "N-Natsu? Ben? What're you guys doing here?"

"D-Don't go scaring us like that, geez…!" Elfman sighed heavily. As they let them go, Big Chill and Natsu didn't let the man out of their sight for a second as they stood up.

'…So this is the source of these strange magical readings that the Omnitrix picked up.' Big Chill noted as he looked at him. The magic that he released, unintentional or not, seemed to be one that took life away in an instant. Death Magic… And a deadly one at that.

"Natsu! What's with you? Weren't we headed towards the top?"

Without looking back, the four overheard the voice of Happy as the Exceed flew over to them from the path Natsu came from. Looking down at the strange man, he blinked several times as he looked down at his pink haired partner.

"Who's this?" He asked. "What happened here?! Everything's withered away!"

"I don't get any of this, but I smelled something that was really freaky. It's coming from that guy." Natsu pointed at the man. "Ben, you also came because of that?"

"Let's say I discovered something…iffy. I came to track the signal, and here it is." Big Chill replied as he robed himself back with his wings. The Omnitrix's pink dial reverted back to green as he tapped it.

"I-Is that his Magic?" Happy gulped as he floated behind Natsu.

"I'd say it's a form of Black Art, Magic that has the ability to manipulate life." The Necrofriggian explained. "But… I thought it was only a legend. Abilities like those are supposed to be the darkest, bringing only despair and calamity to those who use it, as well as those he or she uses it on."

"Well you don't see that kind of stuff every day." Evergreen decided.

"What kind of guy is he?" Elfman wondered out loud.

"Yeah! Answer the guy, damn it!" Natsu growled once more as he pointed at the man. "I don't know who you are, but this island belongs to our guild! Don't go bustin' our exam!"

"Interfering with the Exam? Nonsense, he could probably kill everyone here if he wanted to!" Big Chill barked at him. But as he did so, he turned back to the man, a thin aura of darkness surrounding as he hung his head down.

"You've…gone and grown up to a nice and strong man…" He mumbled.

"Yeah? What about it?!" Natsu barked.

"I've…wanted to see you for so long, Nat—"

"—I ASKED, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Before the man could finish, the pink haired mage blasted forward, a punch aiming straight for his face. Before he could smack him silly, Big Chill flew forward, catching his head and slamming him down before his fist could land on him. All the while, he then blew onto him, freezing him to the ground.

"You idiot! Don't go punching random people! Don't you see you would've done nothing but irritate someone of his caliber?!" The moth alien yelled at him.

The man blinks in surprise, before sighing a little as he looked back down with a sad smile.

'So… You're not ready yet. You have people that know that you're not ready yet. Natsu…you still aren't ready to…' He muttered, before standing back with one step.

"You aren't ready yet…to destroy me." He then said out loud, loud enough for everyone to hear as the Dragon Slayer growled at him.

"I don't even know who the hell you are! State your name, intruder! Maybe then I'll give an answer!" He proposed as he melted Big Chill's ice trapping with his magic.

"Even though I don't want to kill anyone anymore… You were the only one who could have stopped me… Natsu." He simply said with his sad tone. Once again, tears began to roll down his face, making everyone but Big Chill flinch slightly.

'…Kill? What is he talking about?' Big Chill narrowed his eyes.

"H-He's… He's crying." Happy noted with a weird look.

"This guy take's the level of creepiness to whole new tier… Not to offend you, Ben." Evergreen gulped before apologizing indirectly to Big Chill.

"Well, state your—"

*BEEEP!* *BEEEP!*

"What?!" Big Chill gasped as the Omnitrix began to beep with its now pink coloration. "Again? EVERYONE, GET AWAY!"

The man's body starts to become enshrouded by a black aura, almost to the same point as before as the Omnitrix began to beep like crazy. Its miasma like appearance darkened the man's body as he began to groan in pain, holding his sweltering cranium as he struggled to control his power.

"R-RUN… AWAY…!" He faltered as the black dome of magic began to appear.

"It's happening again!" Elfman and everyone gasped. "That black wave of death!"

"That Magic steals away life!" Evergreen reminded everyone.

"Natsu! Ben! Get out of there!" Happy called for them.

"Everyone, get out of here now!" Natsu turned back to them as Big Chill carried him off. As the dome of death began to expand, the moth alien glanced back with worry growing in his chest as it drew closer.

'Shiiiiit…! I don't know if this'll work but…!' He cursed as he closed his eyes. Slapping the Omnitrix dial, a flash of light consumed him and Natsu. As Elfman and Evergreen dived to the areas right out range as the Strauss grabbed Happy, the affected area began to deteriorate. Trees turned to dust, the grass withering away in its entirety, everything perished…

Except for Natsu, who was now being tossed in the air while in Clockwork's arms.

"Guurargh…!" The Chronosapien grunted as they landed on the floor, skidding across the barren rock for a moment.

As the magic vanished away, Elfman and Evergreen immediately turned back to see only a cloud of dust, and no man in the middle to be seen. As it cleared away, Happy frowned upon seeing the robotic alien and Natsu lying in wait, panting slightly.

"…Ben? What just happened? What did you do?" Natsu sat up as he helped Clockwork to his feet.

"Y-Yeah! That was basically a death wave, wasn't it?" Happy agreed. "What did you do?"

"…I didn't think it would work." Clockwork panted heavily as he grabbed his right shoulder. "That was risky. We could've died right there and then…"

"What did you do?" Elfman asked, repeating Happy's question. Clockwork gave the group a pained look as he fell to his knees.

"…I momentarily skipped time for a split second… When the wave came over, I used most of my energy to separate the two of us from the plains of time for a moment after the wave occurred…" He explained, before the Omnitrix dial started to beep red.

A moment later, a red light engulfed him, replacing back to Echo Echo 2. As he laid on his back, he slowly turned to Natsu, panting.

"Natsu… Find Mavis' grave, quickly… You've got to inform the Master." He managed to say, before vanishing in a flash of green.


Away from the island, the ship of Grimoire Heart flew by. Alongside the deck laid Hades and Ultear, the latter in a slight trance from what she saw from inside her crystal ball.

"…Oh my. So, you've finally decided to show yourself… And you are there too? Even better." She giggled, before turning to Hades. "Master Hades… I believe now is the perfect time for us to disperse."

"…Is that so?" Hades smirked as he sat on his throne. "Ha… Is that so."

Ultear was now wearing a different outfit, now that she had returned to her proper placing in the dark guild known as Grimoire Heart. Wearing a revealing purple robe, she rolled her crystal as Hades stood up.

"That man withstood the boundaries of time, stepped forward onto this land before anyone else, perfected that cursed Black Magic, gave birth to countless demons, and plunged the world into utter chaos for a large period of time…" He started. "Not many know of his history, but those who do…"

"They imply know him as the most powerful, and most evil man known to exist in the history of the Magic World…"

"Yes… The man who withstood all who came in his way…" Ultear smiled.

"Zeref, the Black Mage…"

"Ultear, do you think that the day that I can finally reach out to touch the deepest end of magic has come? Because I believe it has." He chuckled as he crossed his arms.

"…Gather around, Seven Kin of Purgatory." With the word of his order, five magic circles spawned in front of him, summoning five other individuals.

The first to arrive was a man with long and spiky blond hair that reached down to his lower back. Depicted with a psychotic grin on his face as he showed his teeth, his red pupils consisted of several concentric circles, which further enhanced his crazed appearance. He wore a yellow and dark blue skirt-like armor with a red waist ribbon that exposed the right side of his chest as well as his right shoulder, where his guild mark tattoo was located.

The second was a humanoid figure resembling a goat, or rather, a Capricorn. He donned a distinctive black jacket with short, puffy sleeves, which only covered the upper part of his chest, leaving his muscular abdominal exposed, over a similarly shaped, pale yellow shirt, with an extremely short, dark green tie with flat ends tied around his neck. He wore black pants reaching down below his goat knees, with each of their upper sides being adorned by a white motif composed of a stripe going down from his waist and crossed with two more, slightly curved ones, plus a brown belt covered in a line of small circles and closed by an elongated oval buckle. His tail emerged from the back of his pants, and he also sported a pair of dark, plain metal armbands circling his wrists.

The third to show up was a huge, overweight, yet muscular man wearing a large dark robe-like garment with a lighter-colored spotted design near the top. Underneath this, he was bare-chested and wore black tights. His skin tone was chalk white, and he had shaggy, dark hair and slight sideburns. He had a huge head, a comparatively small face, and a very thick neck, but amongst the most prominent of his facial features were his large eyebrows, his bulging chin, and his thick lips.

The fourth appeared with a smile on his face. He was a fairly tall and lanky young man. He had silver-colored hair in a pompadour style, wearing silver designer glasses and a dark purple jacket with a flipped up collar, completed with a fur trimming. He wore a grayish shirt underneath the jacket that has a belt over it that wraps around his waist. Along with long black pants and blue shoes, he also sported a pair of white designer gloves, with his Grimoire Heart member stamp located on a band around his left arm sleeve.

"I see you've properly dressed for the occasion…" Ultear smiled as the last person appeared within a flash of pink. "You ready to fight, Meredy?"

Appearing next to Ultear was a young girl, roughly the same age and height as both Ben and Wendy. She had short, pink hair and bright green eyes, and wore some sort of gold wing-like headgear around her ears. Her uniform was a tight, purple leotard with brownish thigh-high boots that had white stripes at the top. Over her uniform, she wore a red cape with a golden lining around the edges. The cape's left-shoulder portion had the symbol of Grimoire Heart in white. On her left wrist was a small mechanical like bracelet that had a small, green gem embedded in it.

"Yes." She nodded, before showing a small smile for an instant. "For the first time… I have become curious… Curious to what you have shown me in the recent times."

"Oh? So he's become a target on your list?" The woman smirked.

"A target, yes. But a different one; one that I have dubbed… Target of Interest, rather than Target of Elimination." Meredy answered.

"Regardless of that, we're now plotting a course to the island of the fairies." Hades spoke out. "We've finally found what we've been looking for… The legendary mage of folklore. Zeref, the Black Mage, is now resurrected."

"And we now possess all the keys necessary for this operation." Ultear smiled.

"Indeed. And for that purpose, we shall reach towards the grasp of his person, with each of the members here partaking in the event that we awake something from within Zeref." He clenched his fist.

"Yes… But we may have a…well, I wouldn't call it a "problem" so to speak, but we may encounter some obstacles along the way during our travels on the island." Ultear then raised her hand, causing her crystal ball to float and glow.

"Oh?" Hades then turned to her, with the woman nodding in response as several images started to appear inside the object, with the first being a familiar guild building.

"The guild in question, the one in which is currently the strongest in the Fiore Kingdom… Fairy Tail as you know…is here. They were one of the guilds that played a part in the extermination of the Oración Seis, one of three Dark Guilds that were a part of the Balaam Alliance." She began to explain.

"…Is he a part of that guild?" Meredy then asked.

"Indeed he is." She glanced at the young girl. "And some of the most powerful members of said guild are currently gathered at the island as of right now, doing what appears to be some kind of test or trial."

"…The S-Class Trials then, I assume." Hades cupped his chin. The blond with red eyes grins though as he steps up.

"But what about them, heh? They got nothin' on us!" He boasted, pointing at Ultear. "Guys like those are just timber for the fire!"

Saying that, he began to cackle, and everyone watched as his body suddenly combusted with black flames surrounding him. Ultear merely rolls her eyes slightly as she chuckles in response to his claim.

"As suffocating and chokingly hot to a passionate degree as usual, Zancrow." She replied, revealing his name.

"…We should not underestimate the enemy though." The goat man then said with a calm tone. "It was for these days that we were born."

"Ho ho. I concur, Caprico!" The silver haired man adjusted his glasses in response. Next to him, the white sumo man attempted to say some words himself.

"I…*mumble* *mumble*…" He said, his own words distorting as a result of what seemed to be some kind of speech disorder.

"Aye, mate… Let loose our desire." He smiled, the white man nodding and smiling in response. "This will be an all-out war for our guild, after all. Shudder, shards of ourselves…!"

"Abarftafewfuashassgeds!" The heavy man quickly blurted out, making Zancrow sweat drop as he nudged his belly.

"Too fast, man!" He sighed.

"Shall I attempt to translate?" Meredy then said as she popped between them.

"…That would be nice, to be honest." Zancrow grumbled.

"Very well." She then nodded. "I will now explain what our speech disordered member, Hikaru, just said."

""I feel that way myself", was what he said." She first explained. Hikaru then pointed at her with a positive motion. "And Rustyrose's words, I will now attempt to decipher as well."

'…She should try to get rid of that robotic way of speaking.' Ultear smiled a little. 'She's pretty cute as she is, if she does that she can definitely get a guy to fall for her… Hmm, speaking of potential boyfriend material…'

"Desire is to want, and shard means the heart." Meredy continued to decipher her comrades as Ultear went on daydreaming about something else.

"Hmph… This is truly becoming an interesting event." Hades quiets down the chattering to a halt. "Gather your troops, we'll be riding out to the island…"

"And the fairies?" Caprico turned to him.

"…Fairy Tail. They do not yet know the true meaning of the word "darkness". The ultimate source of darkness that lies beneath the deepest of abysses… That, is what Grimoire Heart is. A heart of a devil, taken physical form into the manifest."

"Then I can guess what you're gonna say next, right?" Zancrow grinned as he cracked his knuckles. Hades narrows his eyes slightly as he shows the tiniest of smirks as his magic power flowed through the deck.

"Onwards to battle…!" Meredy did a little pop off as Hades activated a lacrima next to his throne. Ultear giggled ominously as she and the rest of the people began to witness the hull of the ship opening up, revealing the island in its whole as various members began to jump out.

"Tonight, we dine on fairy soup!"


"So… The first Master of Fairy Tail. Mavis Vermillion was her name, right?" Lucy tilted her head as she leaned her arm against a boulder. "And somewhere on his island is supposed to be her grave…"

"Got any ideas, Lucy?" Cana asked as the blonde began to hum in thought. As the duo continued to converse about the location of the grave, Plue summoned himself through the Gate and began to explore the environment around himself in his usual cheery and nervous attitude.

"Eh… I've got nothing so far. Searching for a grave without a clue to look by? How are we supposed to find hints around the area?" She argued.

"That's true…" The brunette agreed. "Think about it."

"About what?" Lucy blinked.

"Hints. Are there really no hints around here for us to find?" Cana sprouted a thought between themselves. "Because come on, I've participated in the exam 4 times in the past, so I've got a feeling that there has to be something like that."

"So, you're saying that there's never been a year in which the exam was deemed to be unreasonable in terms of trials?" Lucy guessed.

"Bingo. That's why I'm sure that there has to be a hint around here somewhere." Cana snapped her fingers in response. "Some trials are about physical and magical might, while others may need a little more intellect."

"Intellect in the case…maybe words relating to the objective may pose as hints?" Lucy then surmised. As Plue came to sit next to Lucy, he flinched upon seeing a small Rollidillo coming out from a bush near Cana.

"Words?" Cana asked.

"Yeah. For example… Uh… "Grave"!" She started. "That means it has to be an actual place…but it can also be interpreted as something like "the final step in life", or something like that."

"…Woah, that's pretty negative, coming from someone like you, Lucy." Cana joked. Plue gulped as the small creature began to slither near her thigh, but Cana merely lifted her leg and stomped on it, pushing it away like garbage.

"But still… Grave… Grave… Is it perhaps a keyword of sorts?" She then started to brainstorm.

"Er… "I'll make this place your grave!", or something? "Marriage is the grave of one's life!"." Lucy continued to think of random scenarios in which the word could be used.

"Sheesh, negativity overload…" Cana sweat dropped. "Come on girl, there's got to be something more Lucy-like in your vocabulary that you can think of… Like for example, "Even if people die, they become stars!"!"

"H-Hey! I don't sound that… Is… Is that how people actually picture me like?" Lucy was about to retort against her claim, but she suddenly got second thoughts about her own reputation around the guild.

"I mean, stars and the like and—"

"—Wait, that's it!" Lucy's eyes suddenly widened. "That's gotta be it!"

"What?! You got something all of a sudden?" Cana blinked in surprise.

"Sort of! I got a good bet as to where the grave might be at!" The blonde stood up with a newfound smile on her face. "Follow me!"

"R-Right!" Cana yelped as she began to run off on the trail that the two were resting midway on. As they disappeared from the area, from the bush that the Rollidillo…

"…AGH! Are they gone?!" Gray's voice suddenly barked out as he and Loki popped out, the small creature gnawing on his head as the Spirit took it off.

"Yep… As expected of Lucy." Loki smirked as Gray froze the poor creature solid.

"She's said to be quite a lucky one, right?" Gray grinned. The two could hear Lucy barking off to Cana as they watched them run off.

"Well, it's just as you guessed, Gray." The Spirit chuckled.

"Sorry Lucy, but I think you forgot to remember that you should always be aware of your surroundings. And it's not just about brain power… It's about how much you really want it!"

"Let's follow them!"

"Gotcha!"


"…Juvia does wonder where Wendy and Mest are. As much as she doesn't mind looking for them with you Erza-san, it's indeed a question to think about, yes?" Juvia turned to the redhead.

"True…" Erza nodded. She was now dressed in a swimsuit, while Juvia was still in her usual get-up.

The duo had recently gotten away from the Resting Zone, and had taken the liberty of spending their time in search of the pair that didn't proceed to embark to said area. Walking across the edges of the island, Juvia and Erza proceeded to look around for any potential locations in which either Mest or Wendy could be at.

"Hmm… Juvia proposes that we split up?" The water mage suggested.

"Hm? What was that? Come on Juvia, if you stay that far behind, we'll get separated ourselves." Erza blurted out. The water mage sighed slightly in response as he cupped her cheeks.

'Juvia just wants to go cheer Gray-sama on…!' She pleaded in her mind.

"…Is… Is it because you're frightened of me?" Erza suddenly stopped to actually think about this as she stared out into the ocean. Juvia blinked once, before tilting her head. "Because if so… I want to apologize from before."

"Before… Ah, during the time that Lisanna-san and I fought against you during the first test." Juvia recalled.

"Maybe… I should've held back a little." Erza contemplated this thought. "But… Being an S-Class isn't something to take lightly…"

"Is that so…?" Juvia blinked once more.

"I passed the exam a great number of years ago when I was much younger. It was quite the difficult road to traverse, and the sheer toughness ended up shaping me into what I am today. It really was something to behold at the time." She reminisced.

"Uh—"

"—But once you become S-Class, it's no longer fun and games… You gain a number of responsibilities that you have to take charge of! Sullying the name of the guild is the number one act of humiliation that could happen to you if you do manage to advance onwards! All the weight and barren you have to uphold for the future and likes and in other words it'smorelikethisandthatplusoddsthatyouhavetodealwithallthetimeduetopublicattentionthatyoudon'twantand—"

'…Juvia just wants to see Gray-sama…' Juvia chuckled in a un-bigheartedly fashion, before turning back to confront her.

"U-Uhm… As much as Juvia remembered how painful it was to lose, Juvia never really wanted to actually pass the test and—"

"—Oh strawberry shortcakes… I might've also gone too far with Lisanna, who just got back from Edolas… That new Take-Over probably took a lot out of her as well… B-But that just means that some people might call me childish… Yes, that's it perhaps!" She slurred into the talk once more.

"Uh… Erza-san? Maybe we shou—"

"—BUT THERE'S MORE THOUGH!" Erza was now in full panic mode, as if it was a reminding scene from the likes of when she attempted to do the stage plays in Onibus. "I do not hate you, no I can never hate you you're like family to me I just want you to understand that I have to be harsh for the sake of this exam and that—"

"—E-Erza-san, Erza-san! Please… Uh, neither Lisanna-san nor I think about you in a hateful manner." Juvia stopped her from rambling onwards. "So if we can go our sep—"

"—Y-You do understand!" Erza suddenly shifted to right in front of her, grasping her hands with hers and shaking them up and down in an appreciated attitude. "Friends really are wonderful!"

"Y-Yes, ma'am…"

"Now then! Onwards to find Mest and Wendy!" Erza turned back around. A glistening smile shined on as she began to drag the water girl along with her once again.


"…Hey." Gajeel yawned out.

"…Yeah?" Levy turned to him.

The duo were currently walking through another one of the many paths designated on the island. While Levy tried to navigate the two through to finding any hints relating to Mavis' grave, the Dragon Slayer took the liberty of blasting off any of the island's native fauna that dared to approach the duo.

"Do you ever get the feeling that, ya know, when you're bein' watched or something?" He asked as he folded his arms.

"Eh? L…Like a ghost or something?" Levy flinched slightly in response to his weird question.

"Well…not like something like that, but something that actually exists… Oh, like that katana guy right there." He then pointed to a figure hiding out in a bush.

"Well, I guess you could say that—WHAT?!" Levy's eyes popped out as two figures then dashed out towards them.

"ATTACK THE FAIRIES!" They both yelled as the swordsman, or rather, a beast-like swordsman unsheathed his katana, slicing off her hairband.

"Nani the fuck!?" She cursed as Gajeel crouched down to avoid the horizontal slash. Grabbing her shoulder, he quickly leaped back as the two enemies revealed themselves.

The first was a figure that looked like a large, anthropomorphic chicken, distinguished by the addition of human arms alongside his chicken wings. He bore Grimoire Heart's symbol on the right side of his neck. His attire consisted of an eastern-looking orange apron adorned with a golden diamond-shaped drawing on the front, partly covered by the simple cloth belt he wore over the lower part of it. On his legs, he donned dark pants reaching down below his knees where his chicken feet begin, with a large stripe descending down each leg's side.

The swordsman's appearance was that of a humanoid goat, with a prominent flat nose and a goat's beard. He was seemingly covered in short, brown fur. He was clad in a set of red samurai-like armor with golden edges, consisting of a traditional breastplate bearing Grimoire Heart's symbol on it, linked to the pauldrons. His kabuto was seen with the fur ornament gauntlets revealing his hands, a waist guard composed of four traditional samurai plates hanging over his legs, and a traditional samurai kabuto helmet with a prominent, golden crest on the front part and a long furry ornament protruding from the back. Together with the armor and under it, he donned a simple outfit consisting of a very long, pale gray shirt, loose dark pants with the lower leg parts being wrapped in bandages, and traditional Japanese sandals with socks. He also wielded a light red obi belt tied around his waist, above the waist guard, and carried around a standard sword, tied to his left hip.

"Levy, stay close." Gajeel glared at them as Levy got back up. "Got any ideas about these guys and who they are?"

"Uh… Lemme take a…wait, that mark on them." The Letter mage blinked as she recognized the guild emblem on the two. "…Oh no."

"What?" The Dragon Slayer glanced down at her. "You recognize their logo?"

"…Unfortunately, yes. Gajeel, those two creeps…are members of Grimoire Heart. Their guild is a part of the Balaam Alliance!" She revealed. "But…why are they here for?"

"Did the old man invite a Dark Guild to be part of the test maybe?" Gajeel joked.

"Impossible, I don't believe so. These guys must've broken through the barrier that surrounds Tenrou Island somehow." She replied. Gajeel gave her a smirk as he cracked his knuckles.

"…Then I suppose you could call this an intrusion or an accident. And if you're determined to become an S-Class, you have to understand that things like this happen pretty much all the time. If we can't take care of a little problem like this, being qualified for S-Class is a longshot."

"But…Grimoire Heart of all things shouldn't be the type to just attack us like this. They must have some sort of plan in mind, right?" She wondered.

"Ya see?! That's the problem with you goody two-shoes from official guilds!" The samurai cackled.

"This isn't just going to be a random attack-peron! This is war-peron!" The chicken-like member declared. "And there's no rules in war-peron!"

"War?" Gajeel rose an eyebrow.

"What are you creeps after?!" Levy barked.

"Simple!" The samurai grinned deviously. "We're Grimoire Heart wizards! I am Yomazu!"

"And I Kawazu-peron!" The chicken-like mage introduced himself. "And what we're after…"

"ARE THE HEADS OF YOU FAIRIES!" Yomazu roared as he slashed his katana down, performing what seemed to be some sort of Solid Script magic.

"Oriental Solid Script: Gō!" He yelled. Slicing the air twice, the wording for the word "boom" was summoned, creating a deafening sound that pained the ears of Gajeel and Levy as it silenced out any other source of sound in the afflicted area.

"M-My ears…!" Levy yelped, though the sound from the magic made it impossible for anyone else but her to hear.

"WHAT A FRICKIN' RACKET!" Gajeel roared in annoyance as he covered his ears. "Magic from letters?! Oi Levy, that's the same as yours! Right?! Levy?!"

The sound from Yomazu's spell made it impossible for the two to hear one another. Glancing at the lettered spell, Levy began to decipher its identity as Gajeel tried to communicate with her.

"That magic… It's Oriental Solid Script Magic...!" She realized as Gajeel was forced to close his eyes due to the pain. As he did so, Kawazu rushed forward, making the girl gasp.

"Gajeel! Hey, Gajeel!" She began to yell at her partner, before her eyes widened in shock. 'He can't hear me?!'

Gritting her teeth, as the chicken mage made an attempt to slash at their bodies, Levy grunted loudly as she dragged themselves out of harm's way, falling down onto the ground a few feet away.

"Huh?" Gajeel opened his eyes from the sudden movement, only to see Kawazu in the air. As the chicken's chest began to pulsate, a yellow magic circle spawned in front of his beak.

"Egg Buster!" He yelled as he released a volley of eggs. As they flew down like artillery, they cracked open to reveal the yolk. Transforming into miniature fists, they rained down upon the duo, pummeling them for a few seconds. Fortunately, Gajeel managed to transform his arms into iron poles, protecting the duo.

"Shit, I can't hear anything when that damn thing's in the—Woah!" He suddenly yelped as he and Levy dodged a slice from Yomazu.

As the Letter mage rolled away, the samurai took his attention towards Gajeel, leaping towards him for a downwards slash. As the iron mage skid to the side, the blow that should've made its mark on him ended up bouldering onto the floor, smashing a bit of stone into the air. He quickly withdrew his blade, making more attempts to slash at him as Gajeel continued to back up.

"Gajeel!" Levy yelled out in worry as she stood up. From the corner of her eye, she then noticed Kawazu and blocked slashes from his legs. As she jumped back a few feet, she swiped her fingers a few times, forming a cyan circle.

'Alright, time to even the playing field!' She growled as she finished her spell.

"Solid Script: Silent!" She then announced, with the said word appearing out from the circle. Launching it at Yomazu's own Script, they crashed into one another, exploding into particles. It didn't take long for the horrific sound to dissipate, leaving the two Grimoire Heart mages surprised.

"The noise, it's gone!" Gajeel blinked.

"Your Solid Script canceled out mine?! Shit!" Yomazu growled. While he was distracted, Gajeel's eyes flickered as he ran forward, morphing his arm into an iron pole.

"Iron Dragon's Club!" Slamming his attack right into Yomazu's stomach, the mage yelped in pain was he sent skidding back. Kawazu's eyes popped out, but it didn't take long for him to concentrate back onto the duo as he puffed his chest out once more.

"Egg Buster!" Releasing another wave of eggs, they flew towards the duo with record speed. However, this time Levy was prepared as she ran in front of Gajeel.

"Solid Script: Fire!" She yelled as she wrote the word. Blasting out from a red circle, the word quickly burned and turned the eggs into charcoal dust. "Gajeel!"

"On it!" He replied as he swapped places with her.

"Son of a…" Yomazu growled as he finally came to a stop. Rubbing his torso, he gave the duo a bloodshot look as Kawazu dropped to the ground.

"Oriental Solid Script: Zan!" Writing out another Script with his katana, this time, the spell ended up creating a giant air blade. Slicing through the trunks of trees as if they were papier-mâché, Gajeel barely noticed the distorted air as he quickly dropped to his knees to avoid the attack.

"You're wide open, fool!" Yomazu grinned as he released another Zan.

"Crap!" Gajeel barked as he quickly brought his arms up. A magic circle formed underneath his body, quickly layering on a field of magic around his body. "Iron Dragon's Scales!"

Even with the reinforced plating from his armored magic, the attack still ended up doing quite the amount of blunt trauma to his body, enough to make the slashed area steam off from the sheer force.

"Egg Buster!" Kawazu leaped high into the air as he took aim at Levy once more. Firing off more eggs than before, as Levy proceeded to fire off another Solid Script of Fire, it was too late for her to notice that the number of projectiles outmatched her enemy's magic.

"Why the hell are these eggs so hard for?!" Levy growled as she attempted to cover herself with another Script. "Solid Script: Stone!"

"Levy!" Gajeel roared out to her, before grasping his own face in pain due to a slice from Yomazu. "Tsk!"

"Slasher right! SLASHER LEFT! SLASHER EVERYWHEEEERE!" Repeating the same motions of slashes against Gajeel's hardened body, the Dragon Slayer had no time to properly dodge and avoid any further damage. All he could do was take the hits as his Iron Scales began to scatter across like filler protection.

"Geh, my Scales are…!" He grunted. Grinning at the painful sight of him on his knees, Yomazu took a step back as he drew his blade into a stabbing stance.

"Oriental Solid Script: Kan!" Lunging forward, his katana began to release an energy wave that sprang forward like a spear. Nearly getting skewered, Gajeel attempted to roll to his side, but the attack managed to scrape his side, causing the Iron Scales and skin to get cut off.

"AGH!" He cried out as he held his side.

"Time to finish you off…" Yomazu muttered as he sheathed his blade.

"Gajeel!" Levy glanced over as she dodged another wave of eggs. "Oh no!"

"Dark Blade…" He started. As Levy attempted to run over to provide cover, he then rushed forward as Gajeel looked at him straight in the face with shock written all over him.

"Crapbaske—"

"Narukami!" Slicing away with a single unsheathing of his katana, a wave of dark energy dispelled itself from the bladed end of his weapon. As it came into contact with Gajeel, the Iron Dragon attempted to take the brunt of the blow.

"Gajeel…! You damn chicken-head! Out of my way!" Levy then turned to Kowazu, the latter surprised at the small girl's sudden outburst as she took something out from her bag.

"W-What the heck is that-per—GAHEEEH!"

Pulling out one of her books, she threw the darn thing straight at his face. As he scrawled his face in pain, Levy quickly drew apart another Script, blasting him with the shocking effect of Lightning. Crisp as charcoal, she quickly drew her attention to Yomazu and Gajeel. The latter began to block several attacks from the previous swordplay that the samurai mage initiated, and as he drew closer, Gajeel morphed his arms into poles as he began to block a repeated motion of slashes.

"Just die already!" Yomazu growled.

"You think my forged iron is going to lose to a scrap blade like yours?!" Gajeel then glared at the mage as he blocked the last blow, using his pole arms to whack him away. As he blocked the blow with his sword, Levy quickly drew in to support him.

"Gajeel!" She called out to him.

"Levy! I'm going to need a little boost!" He quickly yelled back as Yomazu drew his blade. By now, his expression had gotten desperate as he saw Kowazu on the ground, twitching due to Levy's magic.

"Y-You little punks! I'm going to wring the life out of you!" He roared as he prepared one final Script.

"Ready?!" Gajeel stood in front of Levy as he rammed his right arm forward. Catching the blade right inside his morphed arm, he grunted with minor pain as the blade got stuck inside him. "Levy!"

"Go for it, Gajeel!" Levy smiled as she wrote out another Script. "Solid Script: Iron!"

With the writing and casting of a silver magic circle, Levy summoned forth a heap ton of iron on top of Gajeel. As the two locked their perspective spells and weapons together, the Dragon Slayer grinned as he swallowed the Script whole, glowing a brilliant green as his magic power began to skyrocket.

"Hey… So you guys were trying to declare war on Fairy Tail, huh?" He suddenly said to Yomazu. The swordsman flinched in response as the pole sudden fractured, transforming itself into an armored version of Gajeel's arm.

"D-Damn you!" Yomazu growled.

"Well screw you! I can't lose here and now then!" Gajeel then yelled, snapping the blade right off from the handle. "I WON'T LOSE! NOT HERE! AND NOT ANYTIME SOON!"

"My blade! MY SOUL!" The swordsman's eyes widened in horror as he fell to his rear. He watched in agony as Gajeel began to chomp on his blade, growing even more powerful as he swallowed the bladed iron.

"Go get'em, Gajeeeeel!" Levy cried out with the largest grin she ever had as magic radiated off from Gajeel's body. As the Dragon Slayer stood above the defenseless swordsman, he took a deep breath, before slapping his palms together.

"Dragon Slayer Secret Art!" He initiated as his arms began to flash. With a sudden instinctive wave of fear, Yomazu started to stand up, running off in the opposite. "This magic will pierce the heavens!"

"W-What is THAT?!" The fleeing mage cried out as Gajeel's arms began to take on a staggering shape. Growing to heights unbelievably tall, energy crackled through his generated object as the flash dimmed off, revealing his arms to now be a gigantic iron sword.

"The Sword of Discipline! Do you live in a cave?!" Levy smugly retorted as Gajeel turned to his direction.

"Karma Demon: Iron God's SWORD!"

Swiping the humungous blade down to earth, Yomazu could only scream in agony as the attack ruptured the ground, uplifting trees, and destroying the initial path that the sword smashed onto. The force from the attack was powerful enough to drag a shockwave all the way to the end of the island that the attack began directing itself towards. Right in the middle laid Yomazu, whose armor shattered upon mere impact, knocking him unconscious as Gajeel panted heavily.

"Gajeel! You did it!" Levy called out to him as she ran towards his figure.

"Ha… Told you we'd get through this. If we didn't, you'd never be able to call yourself an S-Class…" He mumbled. Faltering due to fatigue, Levy quickly caught and began to support him.

"Hehe… You big dummy." She smiled. "Hang in there, the fight's over now."

As she began to help him up, the two could hear footsteps riling on towards them. Glancing towards another pathway, Erza and Juvia appeared, shock to say the least about the whole scenario.

"What in the world has happened here?!" The redhead asked. "Levy? Gajeel? Where did you two get those injuries?"

"E-Erza…!" Levy chuckled weakly as the two ran to check on them. "You gotta warn the Master… Grimoire Heart is approaching the island as we speak."

"What?! Grimoire Heart?!" Juvia flinched. "Aren't they…?"

"Yeah… The last of the Balaam Alliance." Erza replied with a grim tone. "…This changes things."

"What do you mean…?" Gajeel grunted as Levy helped him up.

"For now… We're going to have to postpone the exam. If what you said is true, then we're in for a dangerous scenario." Erza responded as she brought her palm out. With a small sky blue circle, she spawned in a flare.

"ALL HANDS, DEPLOY FOR BATTLE! THIS IS A CODE RED SITUATION! WE HAVE ENEMIES ABOARD THE ISLAND!"

As she activated the device, a red projectile flew up into the air, exploding into an orb of red. Despite the location, anyone could've picked put the newly appeared flare. As Erza Re-Quipped into her usual armor.

"Erza-san, what shall we do now?" Juvia turned to ask her as the flash vanished.

"…We keep at what we were doing at first. Let's continue our search for Mest and Wendy. Perhaps it's possible that they're lost and do not know the way to the Resting Zone." She answered.

"Then Gajeel and I will get going to there." Levy huffed Gajeel alongside her as she approached the duo. "He's in pretty bad shape."

"Please, if you would." Erza nodded. Gajeel grunted a little as they started to go off towards camp, the Dragon Slayer looking at his partner as he slowly turned his neck.

"…You know, a little shrimp like you shouldn't push yourself that hard." He said.

"Well, you can certainly talk big for a guy that can't stand up straight." Levy joked otherwise. Gajeel did a short chuckle as Juvia watched them go off. For some reason, she started to get a strange feeling starting itself between the two.

As they watched them go off, Erza turned to Yomazu. As he started to sit up, he shuddered slightly upon sitting in a seiza position. Erza spawned in a sword as she gave the Grimoire Heart mage her signature glare.

"Now then… Let's hear about your goals." She started. "Who are you, what are you after?"

"Kek… You think I'd talk to the likes of you?" He scowled at them. This only prompted to piss off the redhead as she slapped the end of her handle onto his head, creating a giant lump on his head. "…Ow."

"Speak. Now." She said again. "Don't make me repeat myself."

"…It's Zeref." Was all he said. That alone was enough to make both Fairy Tail mages widen their eyes. "The legendary Black Mage, Zeref…!"

"What?!" Erza spoke out. "Explain!"

"Zeref is here on this island…!" He explained. "Grimoire Heart's objective is to find him and annihilate any fairies that get in our way…"

"That's impossible though!" The redhead quickly denied his words.

"If I'm correct, didn't Zeref exist hundreds of years ago?" Juvia turned to Erza. "There's no way he would be able to live in the modern day."

"Four hundred years, yes…" Yomazu confirmed.

"Raven's Tail! There's no way he would be alive then!" Erza growled out once more, inadvertently cursing.

"Oh, but it's all true!" Yomazu grinned deviously as he started to sweat. "All of those years, he's been alive and well! Master Hades says that he's been "asleep" for all this time though however."

"It's quite hard to believe…" Juvia admitted.

"When he awakens… When Zeref is awoken in this time and age, this world will be consumed in total darkness!" Yomazu countered. "You'll see! You'll all see!"

"Don't be ridiculous, craven! This is Fairy Tail's Holy Ground! Are you trying to tell me that you and your guild is going to attempt to run rampant on this island that is divinely protected?!" Erza barked.

"Surely… And the foes that come next, I pale in comparison to them. The Seven Kins of Purgatory are mages that you'd do well not to underestimate!" He boasted.

"Seven Kin?" Both of the female mages blinked in wonder as he began to cackle. An unsettling feeling approached Erza as she gritted her teeth.

'A war is about to occur…!'


So, this chapter is now complete!

Expect Ben to actually have some trouble in this Arc. Since Ultear has studied the forms that he's shown her, and has pretty much spied on him for a while due to her time in the Magic Council, you can count on her to cause some interference on her part. That also includes Meredy as well!

The Sensory Link magic that she possesses is unique in story telling in this kind of scenario. Since it allows the user to link the feelings and other emotions between them and their affected target, when you're writing a story, words are the key components to expressing those kinds of elements. I always found it interesting about the many Lost Magics the Fairy Tail universe possesses. Sure, Time of Arc, God Slayer and Dragon Slayer magic may be cool and all, but don't you think it's a unique thing when problems and conflict is solved by words and feelings? Another plate of food for thought.

So…

I have a thing to ask…

I've been thinking about making another crossover! A Ben 10 one of course. The crossover is with none other than a beloved anime that I've watched throughout my entire early childhood: Konjiki no Gash Bell. Otherwise known as Zatch Bell!

This will be the first of its kind I believe. This won't be at the request of you guys, but at the request of many of my friends that have discovered my passion for writing! I'm actually interested in this, so I want to ask you guys:

What kind of Ben should I make this one? Should the Omnitrix be changed like all the others? Take the Master Control away? Should he have a partner, or better yet, participate in the Battle of the Mamados?

Please, let me know!

So, with that all said and done, I'll be signing off! Please R&R, and have a great rest of your day! Thanks for reading! I'll see you guys in the next chapter! Please PM me or place a review in any of my stories if you have ideas! Thanks again!