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After a minute all the water drains and everyone sees that Laxus and Cobra are both still standing, but Tofusa and Monet are both down. "Tofusa and Monet are both down! They aren't getting back up! The match is over! The winners are Neko Dragon's Laxus and Cobra!"
"...Go to hell." Laxus spits some of his blood and some black water on them.
"...I knew we wouldn't lose." Cobra grins at this result.
"Thank heavens their okay." Silver smiles down at them and breaths a sigh of relief.
"What's more, we now lead by 10 points and two more Demon Gates opened. Only four left, we're more then halfway there." Shadow quickly adds.
"Awesome, Im getting really sick of these guys." Gajeel grins in anticipation for the upcoming final battle.
"That was an amazing battle, Laxus and Cobra made an amazing comeback." Wendy smiles down at them as well.
"Indeed, now only Vexen, Sitri, Ezel and Death remain in the Demon Gates. As well as Mard." Bluenote adds.
"Rgh, five of the Nine Demon Gates have been defeated? Unacceptable." Vexen is once again displeased.
"Just don't freak out again Vexen, it hurts too much." Sitri says to him.
"Besides they wont get passed us." Death assures him.
"Let em try, Ill eat em alive!" Ezel adds.
"Yeah, we're almost there guys." Silver smiles at the fact that its almost over.
Torafusa and Monet are then teleported to the healing station.
"Yeah and that's what scares me, Emmy has her hands full healing everyone so she's probably out. That means there are five left on each side who have yet to battle. Me, you, Bluenote, Marin and Layla. While they have Mard, Vexen, Sitri, Ezel and Death. This all comes down to the luck of the draw now." Shadow cautions her.
"Yeah, lets hope the next match will be fair." Silver looks up at the crystal.
It begins selecting while Laxus and Cobra return to Neko Dragon's side and Wendy begins healing them.
"The fates of all remaining players are soon to be decided, lets try and make them as entertaining as possible shall we?" Mard asks Neko Dragon with a grin.
"It better be fair from now on." Silver warns him and keeps watching the crystal.
"We have 45 points, while they have 35. Just to keep score." Levi takes the count.
"Thank you Levi, as for if the match will be fair or not. That's still pretty up in the air I feel." Bluenote begins getting a strange feeling.
"Yeah, I guess. Lets just hope lady luck is on our side." Silver keeps on watching it.
The crystal stops. "The next match will be Demon Spawn's Mard vs Neko Dragon's Bluenote!"
"Hmmm, looks like I finally get my turn." Mard says, pleased.
"Ive been waiting for this, you will fall here Underworld King." They both go down to the battlefield.
"Good luck Bluenote." Silver smiles, then looks at Shadow.
The Darkness Dragon just stares down at his dad with a serious expression. "Go get em dad."
"Im sure your father will be okay Shadow." Silver turns back to him.
"Exactly how powerful is Mard compared to your dad Shadow?" Marin asks.
"Lets just say this will be a true battle of two very powerful forces."
"So their both very powerful, this should be a heated battle for sure." Blaze comments.
"Yeah, this will be a great match." Silver adds.
Mard's appearance consists of long dark colored hair with bangs long enough to reach his nose in the middle and go down passed his chin on both sides of his face, with a ponytail in the back. He wears a black shirt and a white cape with flame, almost darkness looking patterns all along the edges of it and it torn all at the bottom. Light colored pants that are tied at his thighs and slightly above his ankles, his boots are black as well. "I think I speak for both of us in saying that Ive been looking forward to battling you."
"Agreed, we've battled several times in the past, but never to a decisive conclusion." Bluenote responds.
"So this is more then just a normal fight, its to see whose stronger." Silver quickly realizes.
"Better hold on tight, its about to get serious in here." Shadow informs them all.
"I can tell Shadow." Silver keeps watching.
Then Blair returns to Demon Spawn's side. "If Mard loses E.N.D. is gonna be pissed off."
"That's for damn sure, but there's no way he'll lose this time." Jackal grins, sure of that.
"Do not be overly confident in him Jackal, their record speaks for itself. I predict another draw." Vexen counters, also sure.
"You can beat him Bluenote!" Silver cheers for him.
"Don't give in dad, I know you can do it!" As does Shadow.
"Today is the one day you wont win, Fall." Gravity around Mard begins to intensify, as he falls to his knees and is unable to get back up.
"Tch, sure enough that hurts. Your Gravity Magic, too bad I have a trap of my own. Thorns." Suddenly Bluenote is ensnared by several black thorn vines, they shoot up from the ground all around him and wrap around his arms, legs, waist and neck. Thorns of various sizes cover them all over.
"Huh? That's just like me." Layla comments, surprised.
"Oh no, its just like what you can do Layla. What magic can he use?" Silver asks.
"Not magic, curses remember? Its the Black Garden Curse. Black thorns, rose petals, he can use them all in very deadly and destructive ways." Shadow explains.
"Oh, so its similar to Layla's powers right?" Silver asks again.
"Kinda yeah, but Mard's is much darker and easily more evil looking. He's not called the Underworld King for nothing ya know." Shadow corrects her.
"Watch closely Layla, you just might learn something from him." Sting tells her.
"Got it, it sounds so bleak though." Layla keeps watching, despite the evil vibe to it.
"I hope Bluenote will be okay." Silver keeps watching as well.
"Me to, I know both their powers quite well as well." Shadow does the same.
"You haven't changed a bit, Gravity Push." Bluenote can still use his magic.
Mard goes flying into the wall and hits it hard, then from out of the smoke a massive stream of black rose petals flies at Bluenote. It cuts the thorns off, but also does some pretty good damage to him as well. "Black Rose Gale, and neither have you." They grin at each other, ready for more.
"I see, but surely they've learn new stuff right?" Silver asks, unsure.
"Most likely, they've had a good back and forth for years." Shadow answers.
"Thorn Projectile." Mard shoots hundreds of black thorns at Bluenote.
"Gravity Push." Bluenote sends them all right back.
"Thorn Charge." Mard moves his hands and covers his entire body in black thorn vines, they shield him from the returned attack.
"I see, I do wonder if it will be a draw or if someone will win. I guess we'll have to wait and see." Silver isn't sure of the outcome just yet, like with all these battles so far.
"This is getting old pretty quick, die Mard." Bluenote makes the land under Mard's feet start floating, then fips it and Mard upside down. "Ill crush you."
Mard however stays calm. "Not likely, Thorns." He puts his hand on the chunk of earth, his thorns travel through it and destroy it. Then Mard falls at Bluenote, ready to strike with a fist of thorns.
"You've done that before." Using his Gravity Magic, Bluenote flies up and intercepts him with great speed. Their fists collide with tons of force and power, they both then drop back to the ground, on their feet and starring each other down.
"Amazing, they're both so powerful." Silver keeps watching them fight.
"That's the kind power you get after training for more then 20 years at the Abyss of Sorcery." Shadow adds.
The two opponents then punch each other a few more times. "Bluenote!"
"In over 20 years no other opponent has challenged me anywhere near as well as you Mard!" They then headbutt each other, head on. The impact makes the ground all around then shake and crumble, as they grin at each other, enjoying the fight.
"Their so strong!" Wendy yells out.
"I see, but even they have their limits. Now its all down to who is left standing." Silver couldn't look away if she tried.
The two then just stare each other down for a while. "You've improved, so have I. Our battles are always like this, it does get rather tiresome." Bluenote is the first to speak up.
"Then maybe you need some added motivation, remember that day Bluenote? The day you lost her? I was there. Alicia looked as beautiful as ever." Mard taunts and it makes Bluenote start glaring at him.
"How dare you even speak her name, you scum. You know nothing about her!"
Even Shadow starts looking down and start shaking a bit.
"Shadow?" Wendy looks up at him, worried.
Silver holds his hand gently and whispers to Wendy. "I think their talking about Shadow's mother, but she passed away."
Wendy then looks at Shadow again, with concern this time. "Oh...I didn't know..."
"That was my mother's name, but its true...She's gone and I never got to see her again after the lab, from what I remember she loved me a lot and so did I." Shadow sheds a single tear.
Silver continues to hold his hand and looks at him.
Shadow however doesn't look at her and takes out a photo from his pocket. It shows Bluenote, Alicia and himself when he was a baby. Alicia has long violet colored hair, with a few long bangs of it in the middle of her face and passed her chin. Her eyes were the same color, and her outfit looked to be a matching colored sleeveless dress with patterns of a particular creature on it. She held Shadow in the photo and smiled down at him.
"...Wow...she was so pretty." Wendy comments on Shadow's mother in the picture.
"Yeah, she really is very beautiful Shadow." Silver looks at the picture too.
"...I know...but its was now..." Shadow puts the photo away. "...Ill never get to see her again..." He keeps looking down.
"Shadow..." Silver looks at Shadow, worried.
The Darkness Dragon wipes his tears away and looks at her. "Im alright Silver, I cant change the past."
"Okay Shadow." Silver keeps holding her hand.
He holds hers in his own. "Thanks though Silver, you to Wendy. I know you guys are always here for me."
"Of course Shadow, we love you." Wendy smiles at him.
"Yeah Shadow, don't ever forget that." Silver does the same.
"I never do." Shadow smiles back a bit.
Then they all return their attention to the fight.
Both Bluenote and Mard begin to surge with energy. "Ill make you sorry for that one, Fall!"
"Your heart shall be judged, Thorny Rose!"
Bluenote makes the entire field, even the ground under their feet fall a good 20-30 feet. While Mard unleashes a powerful, rose shaped explosion. The entire room shakes more violently then ever before.
Silver holds onto Shadow. "Could they bring down the whole building if they keep this up?"
Shadow holds her and Wendy. "They probably could, they do have all the power they'd need to!"
"Scary!" Wendy yells out and holds onto Shadow, tightly.
"Oh dear, where's a barrier when you need one?!" Silver keeps holding onto Shadow.
"Ahahahahahah! Their really giving it all they've got!" Jackal is loving the fight on the other hand.
"Interesting tactic to poke around his anger points." Vexen comments, staying calm.
"Amazing power and strength to be sure." Death adds, also calm.
After a while it stops and both are still standing.
"I guess it takes more then that to bring them down." Silver lets go of Shadow and keeps watching.
"Im sure it does, Ive seen both of them take way bigger hits without even blinking." Shadow adds, letting go of Wendy as well.
"Gravity Grasp." Bluenote grabs Mard with his gravity and begins crushing him.
"Not bad, but eat this. Amaterasu Formula 100." Mard casts the spell around Bluenote, it then goes off on him.
"Woah, that's the same spell that Shadow used back at the Magic Council!" Blaze comments, astounded.
"Indeed, Mard is the one that taught me how to use it and with such great speed as well." Shadow explains.
"Im sure Bluenote can handle it." Silver adds, sure of it.
At first Bluenote struggles with it a bit, but then he quickly places his hand on the ground and the gravity he lets out softens the impact from it. Bluenote then stand back up, as does Mard. "It would seem this is still a dead lock."
"Seems so." Mard agrees.
"Maybe this could turn out to be a draw. They've both been matched up to this point." Silver keeps looking down at them.
"I know what ya mean, this could go on for days with no winner." Shadow adds in agreement.
"Days?! How powerful are they?!" Blaze questions.
"Extremely." Shadow answers.
"Oh man, seriously, they have to call it a draw." Silver begins to worry they'll be stuck there for days.
"I think they might be right, why not just call it a draw and be done with it already? Im fairly certain we wont get much further then this." Mard offers.
"Not just yet, you also have a few points I could poke around." Bluenote responds.
Mard then gets a slightly confused look on his face. "What do you mean?"
"Don't play dumb Mard Geer, or rather Marluxia." Bluenote says.
Mard then gets very worried and almost scared. "NO! Don't say that name!"
"Eeh? I don't understand, why did he freak out?" Silver looks confused.
Shadow looks just as confused as her. "Even Im not sure, he said Marulxia. What is that supposed to mean?"
"Its Mard's other self, right Marluxia?" Bluenote says it again.
"I told you already, stop saying that name?! You know what that does to me!" Mard's voice changes to a much deeper and more evil sounding tone, then he falls to his knees and holds his head.
"His other self? Okay, things have gotten even creepier." Silver comments on the scene before them all.
"Ill say, what's happening to him?" Wendy asks.
Mard's hair then begins to glow, then its like all the black and darkness were forcibly ripped from it in an instant. In its place is slightly shorter, pinkish white hair, same for his eyes. The darkness floats away and seems to vanish, as Mard or rather Marluxia screams out in what seems to be anguish. "AAAAAAAHHHHHH! OOOOOAAAAAHHHHH! AAAAHHHH! AAAAHHHH!" He faces upwards and is still holding his head the whole time.
"Okay, Im really creeped out now. What did Bluenote do? Im confused." Silver keeps watching, not sure what just happened at all.
"Same here, I don't get this at all." Shadow agrees.
"Allow me to explain. Being the demon that he is grants him great power as you know, but Mard is also a rare case. His power's caused a rift in his very soul, dividing it into two parts. One is Mard, the second is Marluxia. But that's not all. Its not as simple as being able to change whenever he wants, as Marluxia is greater in power compared to Mard. This is because in order to access this change he is forced to give up all his unearthly limitations, including his heart and soul. In short, Marluxia is Mard, but he is also not Mard. Do you understand?" Bluenote explains and everyone, even Demon Spawn is shocked.
"Oh okay. So that's why Mard is in great pain, his body cant handle Marluixa's power." Silver gets it now.
"Ive heard of cases like these, its been said in the Book of Zeref that their usually created by people at the Abyss of Sorcery, powerful beings that offer up their hearts and souls. Everyone can do it, but it can only be unlocked when someone has too much darkness in their heart and soul. Once that darkness is controlled, this power is what you get. Their like the person they came from, but their not exact. And the more powerful the person, the more powerful the other self. Tons of people search for this power, but those who get it end up losing themselves in the process." Shadow offers an explanation too.
"Deep stuff, so Mard had a ton of darkness in his heart and soul then. Not surprising coming from the Underworld King." Sting gets it too.
"So since his darkness is removed, Bluenote will be dealing with his new power and body, Marluxia?" Silver asks.
"Yeah, and it looks Marluxia has already been awakened. Get ready dad! He's twice as strong now!" Shadow warns him.
"I knew that well enough when I used my gravity to remove the darkness from his heart and soul." Bluenote remains calm.
"Oh dear, do you think Bluenote can beat him now that he's going to be stronger?" Silver turns to Shadow.
"...Im not sure, Ive never seen what kind of powers a person with this ability can possess. We'll have to wait and see." Shadow worries for his father's safety.
Marluxia gets back up. "You released my heart and soul from the darkness surrounding it, but you would worsen your own situation by awakening the hidden powers of an already powerful demon? To be one who has been given his heart and soul's freedom, but at the same time casts them both away. This is what it is to be a demon. You will never defeat me!" A single black rose petal falls in his hand and a large pink bladed scythe with a green, long handle a appears in it and now black and red glowing rose petals swirl around him as he wields the scythe like he's had it forever.
"Oh dear, I hope Bluenote didn't just make a big mistake here." Silver worries even more for Bluenote.
"Ah! That scythe is huge!" Wendy adds.
"Rgh, such power." Vexen comments.
The petals blow all over the room and everyone holds their ground.
"Oh, that's pretty with all the petals, but the power coming off him. Bluenote better be careful now." Silver keeps watching.
"Indeed the petals are beatiful, but like a rose beautiful things can and will be painful." Shadow adds.
"Fall." All the petals fall to the ground in an instant. "You might have gotten stronger, but up until now Ive been going easy on you."
"Ah, my old rival. Bluenote. I remember you alright." They grin at each other again.
"This could get ugly and we better be careful, they could get out of control quickly." Silver cautions everyone.
"Yeah, everyone stay alert." Shadow agrees.
"As lightless oblivion devours you, drown in the ever blooming darkness of the underworld!" Marluxia surges with a mixture of black and pink power, then charges at Bluenote with his scythe in hand.
"Gravity Push!" It doesn't do much to push Marluxia back, then his scythe and Bluenote's fist collide with intense power.
"Such intense power from them both." Silver holds her ground and keeps watching.
"Full Bloom!" Marluxia attacks with his scythe, slashing down on the ground with it and releasing a massive shock wave of black and pink energy from it straight at Bluenote.
"Gravity Change!" Bluenote changes gravity around Marluxia and in doing so pulls him and his scythe from the ground, stopping the attack.
"Not bad, Petal Blade!" Marluxia slashes it at Bluenote from where he floats and several smaller, slicing shockwaves follow and fly at him.
"Gravity Change!" Bluenote sends Marluxia slamming into the ground and he goes up in the air, dodging the slashes.
"Alright!" Shadow cheers his father on.
"Nice one Bluenote, keep it up!" Silver cheers for him as well.
Marluxia gets back up, looking unfazed. "Do you wanna scream? Flower Storm!" He spins his scythe fast and creates three petal whirlwinds, they spread out all around Bluenote. The petals slash at him and cause him some pretty big damage.
"Gravity Push and Fall!" Bluenote destroys them in a massive show of strength and skill, but not without some damage from them.
"Those look like they hurt, while Marluxia has hardly even gotten a scratch." Marin comments.
"Yeah, Marluxia is going to more of a challenge for Bluenote. He'd better be okay." Silver keeps watching.
"He'd better be...he's the only family I have left in this world." Shadow clenches his fists and keeps watching as well.
"Blossom Shower!" Marluxia teleports to Bluenote's location, he then creates a massive shockwave by attacking with his scythe, sending several flower attributed lasers rushing at Bluenote.
"Ive got no choice, Ill use my strongest spell. Dark Hole!" Bluenote creates a dark hole, it easily swallows the lasers, then proceeds to swallow everything else it can, even Marluxia is beginning to get sucked in.
"...Ive never seen anyone use that spell before, its a very powerful one." Silver is impressed by Bluenote's Dark Hole spell.
"Looks kinda tasty too, I didn't know about that spell." Shadow is also impressed.
At first Marluxia struggles with it, but then he cuts right through the dark hole like it was a fruit. "Deathscythe!"
Bluenote is shocked by this. "No...He cut through my Dark Hole like it was nothing to him? How?"
"This scythe is made of my own cursed power, its natural it'd be able to cut through your magic with enough focus from me." Marluxia explains.
Everyone else is shocked too.
"...His power with nature...its incredible..." Layla speaks first.
"I don't think now is the time to be impressed!" Levi snaps her back to reality.
"Oh no, this could be bad." Silver looks down at Bluenote, worried.
"Dad!" Shadow calls out, also worried.
Marluxia then slashes right across Bluenote's chest with his scythe. "Deathscythe."
"AH! Back off!" Bluenote responds by kicking him right in his chin, they both back of from each other after that.
"Oh no...Can Bluenote keep this up?" Silver keeps watching, getting more worried.
"I hope so...otherwise...Ill have lost both my parents." Shadow answers.
"Your not the only one who can open black holes, Garden of Death!" Marluxia opens three large dark holes on the ground all around the room, many shadow's and thorn vines then comes out of them and attack Bluenote.
"Fall, all of you!" The Gravity Mage forces them all back down, but then Marluxia teleports to him again and starts attacking him with his scythe again. "Gravity Grasp!" He begins crushing Marluxia in his gravity.
"Good, but not good enough. Thorn Trap." Marluxia traps Bluenote in more thorn vines, then pink fire fills them at the center.
"Ah!...I wont quit..." Bluenote endures it and keeps crushing Marluxia.
Silver looks at Shadow, worried. Then looks down at Bluenote and prays he comes out alive for Shadow's sake.
Shadow keeps watching, clenching his fists even tighter and praying for his dad's survival.
Then after a while, they both explode with power and back off from each other yet again, both still up and ready to keep going. "That's it, no more games! Dark Hole x10!" Bluenote creates ten dark holes at the same time, all around the field and all bigger then before. The barriers at both balconies keep everyone in the stands safe.
"Not bad at all, but your heart and soul are both still too weak! Nature's Apocalypse!" Marluxia makes energy of both darkness and nature to come down in large bolts of pure power, the flash black and pink when they appear and strike. Both attacks envelop the whole field.
Silver looks at Shadow, more worried. Then keeps watching for Bluenote's safety.
Shadow continues to watch their battle and realizes he's still got a lot to learn. "Their both...so powerful."
"Yeah, they really are Shadow...Ive never seen so much power in a fight." Silver agrees.
"Me neither...Ive still got so much to learn...Their not just strong...their on a completely different level. And E.N.D. will only be stronger still."
"Yeah Shadow, remember that picture we saw of a demon when we found out about our...you know?" Silver looks at him.
Shadow turns to her. "Yeah, I remember. What about it Silver?"
"Well...do you think its possible that's what E.N.D. looks like? You did say that no one has ever seen what he looks like right?"
"Yeah, now that ya mention it that might very well be the case."
"Yeah, I remember how scary he looked on that page. It freaked us out."
"It did, it would make sense. I don't remember any of the other's full demon forms looking like that and E.N.D. is the strongest demon created by Zeref after all."
"Yeah, so maybe that's what he looks like Shadow."
"Maybe so Silver."
Back in the battle, their energy has reached its peak. "Everyone get down!" Shadow yells out. Everyone hits the floor as Bluenote and Marluxia's energy shatters the barrier and explodes with absolute power.
"Some barrier. Their power is off the roof." Silver comments.
"You mean off the scale, now stay down until its over!" Gajeel corrects her.
After about 30 seconds it stops and Shadow gets up quickly to see what happened. "Dad!"
"No, roof. Because they broke a hole in it." Silver gets up to see what happened as well.
Everyone waits for the smoke to clear and they see that both are still standing and are badly wounded. "...Dad..." Shadow looks down at his father, very worried.
"Their both still standing...but barely." Silver looks down at Bluenote, worried too.
Marluxia's scythe is gone too, then the timer goes off. "That's it! Times up! Both are still standing! Its a draw! Both teams get five points!"
"So its another draw, at least dad is okay." Shadow breaths a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, Im glad on that Shadow. Should we go down and help him up?" Silver asks him.
"Not yet, I think he has something to say."
"You've gotten a lot better over the years, but I get the feeling that Mard Geer was just some sort of persona." Bluenote says, knowingly.
"...Yes. My heart and soul were weak, so I turned away from the truth and decided to forge a sort of mask to hide behind. After a few years even I started to forget who I really was, so I thank you Bluenote. Not only for the best battle Ive ever had, but also for reminding me who I truly am. In both heart and soul, yours are stronger then mine it seems...Im sorry for bringing up Alicia, she married a good man." Marluxia responds, in an apologetic tone.
"Thank you as well Marluxia, the rest is up to the remaining members of both teams." They both smile at each other and shake hands.
"Aww, that's so sweet of Marluxia." Silver smiles at both of them.
Shadow smiles as well. "It is, I guess he was a better person or demon then he appeared to be."
Both competitors then exit the battlefield.
"Yeah, better have Wendy heal up Bluenote. I don't think he has the energy to do it." Silver adds.
"Ill be glad to help, just sit down Bluenote." Wendy tells him, he sits down and Wendy begins healing him.
"Thank you Wendy. So he wasn't a bad demon after all, just a being who lost himself for a few years in his own heart and soul." Bluenote comments.
"Is something like that even possible?" Marin asks.
"Its happened to many wizards and other magic and curse users throughout the years, it doesn't happen very often and many do not make it back to their true selves however." Bluenote answers.
"Well it looks like he did, thanks to you Bluenote." Silver smiles, then looks at the viewing crystal for the next match.
First it repairs the field of all the damage then begins selecting the next battle.
"So the Underworld King was really you the whole time Marluxia?" Jackal asks.
"Yes, as strange and impossible as it sounds."
"Ive heard instances of this happening, but I never believed it until now. Simply fascinating." Vexen comments.
"Im just glad everything worked out, Bluenote is still our friend too." Sitri adds.
"Bummer our side didn't win, but if ya ask me I prefer Marluxia to Mard anyway. His powers were awesome and that hair is sweet." Blair grins at Marluxia.
"I wonder who will be up next." Silver keeps looking at the viewing crystal.
"I definitely learned a lot from Marluxia, Im ready for my match." Layla adds, getting very anxious for her turn to fight.
"Just remember he's years a head of all of us, it wont happen right away." Sting reminds her.
"I know that." The Nature Dragon assures her mate.
"Sting, he gave you lots of ideas for new moves Layla." Silver turns to her.
"Its just a good thing she's one of our remaining competitors, go get em specs." Cobra grins at her, like always.
"I hope this doesn't jinx anything, but I wanna be next now." Layla smiles in anticipation.
"I wanna fight as well Layla." Silver matches her mood and they all wait for the results for the next match.
But then the viewing crystal changes to something else, it goes totally dark and everyone gets very confused.
"Umm...what happened? Did it break?" Silver looks at it, confused.
"These things don't break, something else is going on here." Shadow narrows his eyes at it.
Then two eyes appear on it, their glowing red. Everyone on Demon Spawn's side gasps. "Lord E.N.D." Marluxia states and they all bow and get down on their knees.
"E.N.D. What does he want?" Silver on the other hand, glares at the screen.
Gajeel: Well that battle was pretty cool, didn't those two characters have big and similar parts in the anime or manga?
Jura: Yes, but Im sure the fans knew that already.
Laxus: That's cool, but what's up with this Marluxia thing? Is the author a fan of-
Cobra: -Cuts him off- Shhhhh, the fans cant know about that yet. The author says no hints.
Sting: Isn't that the truth? The author already has the next story all planned out and ready to go, the fans will just have to wait and see.
Shadow: But until then, they have the next chapter to look forward to. After all this story isn't over yet and it only gets much better from here on. Thank you for all your support up to the 50th chapter and please continue to support us as we keep the story going and head for the big finish to come. Thank you all very much.
