A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to another chapter!

This is where you meet Yuki!

Also, let's just pretend that Gray joined them to make the story come to place.

Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail, I only own my OC.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: TOWER OF HEAVEN

Team Natsu and Gray are having a great time at the beach at Akane Resort.

Happy jumps around when he feels the hot sand under his feet. "Ouch! Hot!"

Erza and Gray are playing volleyball. "Gray!"

"All right!" Gray hits the volleyball hard.

Natsu is riding on a surfboard with Lucy while he gets motion sickness. "Lemme off..." He hangs onto the edge of the surfboard.

"You're the one who wanted who wanted to ride it!" Lucy said.

The crew are having a good time on the beach at Akane Resort using the tickets Loke gave them.

Snow is seen taking a walk on the beach with Genie flying next to him. He looks up at the sky. "Hey, Genie. I wonder what my twin brother, Yuki, is up too."

"Isn't he your brother that looks exactly like you? I thought you told me he died when you guys were child slaves." Genie replied.

"Well, not actually true. I managed to escape when Jellal took over, but I left my brother behind. That's when I met Acnologia and joined Fairy Tail soon after. Fighting with that Sol guy from Phantom made me realize that I regret leaving my brother behind. I should've taken him with me." Snow stated.

"Have you told Fairy Tail about your brother?" Genie asked.

"I didn't think it mattered. I told them nothing about my life before I became a Dragon Slayer. Besides, Yuki is probably dead now. If he isn't, I know he must hate me for leaving him behind." Snow responded.

Later on, Erza is relaxing in her room, thinks that the day was really fun, before falling asleep. In her dreams she sees a place known as the Tower of Heaven, and has a short flashback of all the pain she went through there. She wakes up agitated, and requips into her armor, concluding that she feels more at ease this way. Lucy then comes and calls her downstairs to the casino, saying that the guys are already playing. She changes and goes with her.

At the Casino...

A lot of people are having fun playing games at the casino. There is even an indoor amusement park inside the casino.

Natsu constantly slams on the #17 button. "17! C'mon 17!" A large sphere filled with balls with numbers on it, scramble inside the sphere. A projection of the #17 and other numbers show up on the screen. "Oh!"'

"We got 17!" Happy said. The numbers scramble on the screen which makes Natsu and Happy irritated.

"What the hell?!" Natsu slams both of his fists onto the buttons of the machine, hoping that he'll get 17.

One of the workers notices Natsu, trying to calm him down. "S-Sir! Please don't do that...!"

"But it stopped on 17 for a second! That's not fair!" Natsu looks at him with a sad and angry expression, a waterfall coming out of his eyes.

"Y-You don't need to cry about it..." The worker said.

Snow is seen playing a game with Gray while hearing Natsu complain. He is wearing a black tank top with black pants tucked into his black combat boots and his usual turquoise scarf. "Man, he's a lost cause."

"You said it." Gray agreed as he chuckled.

A woman walks up to them. "H-Hello..." Snow sees a former Phantom Lord Mage, Juvia. She is wearing a blue dress and a large gold Fairy Tail necklace.

"Y-You're that Phantom member...!" Gray said.

"One of the Element 4 if I'm not mistaken." Snow added.

"17! Come back!" Natsu continues to bang on the machine.

"Please, don't do that..." The worker tries his best to calm him down.

"My, my. You need to control your temper there, Salamander." A figure appeared behind them. He had white hair and wore a light blue cloak with black attire underneath.

"Hold on..." Happy started to say.

"Why does that voice sound so familar?" Natsu finished.

"You will break the machine if you keep doing that." The man continued. Natsu and Happy finally turned around and stood in shock.

"Snow? What are you doing here? I thought you were hanging out with Gray." Natsu said.

"Oh, so you know my brother? How nice maybe you can tell me where he is?" The man replied. "Or you can die... Your choice." He added as ice covered his body.

"So, I hear Phantom disbanded?" Gray and Snow are sitting at a bar, chatting with Juvia.

"Yes. Juvia has become a freelance wizard." Juvia replied.

"So I take it you want to join Fairy Tail?" Snow asked, looking at her necklace.

"Juvia wants to join!" She sweats nervously.

"I dunno, after all that happened... I personally don't mind, but who knows what the master will say..." Gray sighed.

"Juvia will do whatever it takes! Juvia wants to be with her one true love!" Juvia clasps her hands together with hearts and sparkles surrounding her.

"Love?" Snow muttered.

A man makes his way to the three Mages sitting at a bar. "Gray Fullbuster and Snow Kuro. You really do look like Yuki." He said to Snow and Gray. Snow turned at the mention of his brother's name. A Magic Circle appears from his eye, exploding the bar.

Lucy and Erza hear the explosion, taking their eyes off of the game. "What's all that noise?" Erza asked.

"Perhaps the parade outside has started?" A man in a costume said.

"There you have it." Lucy responded.

"Are you two okay?" Gray asked Snow and Juvia. They both nodded though Juvia is slightly injured. Snow gets up and glares at the man. "Who the hell are you?!"

"Where is my brother and Erza?" The man, now known as Yuki, asked as ice covered him once more.

"Like I would tell you, I might hate that shadow bastard but I would never betray a guild mate." Natsu shouted.

"Where is Erza?" The larger man asked Snow and Gray.

"Like we would tell you." Snow replied.

The man gets a call as he puts two fingers to his forehead. "I see you found her already? Yes, we found Yuki's brother as well. So I should wait for Yuki and deal with the rest? Understood." He said. His eye turns red and the lights go out.

"What is this?!" Gray asked, not knowing what's going on.

"Darkness Magic..." The man vanishes into thin air. "Dark Moment!" He appears behind them with his hands in the air to attack them.

"What the...?! I can't see a thing!" Natsu looks around.

"Natsu! Where are you?!" Happy asked.

"Over here! Wherever here is!" Natsu replied.

"Oh? I guess they found my brother and the red head. Guess it's time to finish this." Yuki said. "Ice Dragon's Roar!" He shouted as he knocked out Natsu and Happy.

Yuki walked up to the man and picked up Snow from the ground. "You were right, Yuki. He really does look like you." The blocked man said.

"Come on, brother. We are going home. We won't be separated again." Yuki said.

Sho got Erza and they started heading out. Lucy gets one of the cards to untie the string then leaves to find the others.

"Natsu... Snow... Gray! I hope you're alright!" Lucy thinks to herself.

She finally arrives and tries to wake up Gray but he breaks. "Gray I'm sorry! I'll fix you somehow!" Lucy said as she panics.

"It's alright." Juvia said as she appears from her water.

"You're that Element 4 girl...!" Lucy said as she gets ready to attack.

"Wait, Lucy! She's on our side now!" Gray appears from under her.

"Right!" Juvia agreed, staring at her.

"I created a double so I could trick them into thinking I passed out but then..." Gray said, unbuttoning his shirt.

"Juvia protected Gray-sama in her Water Lock so the enemy won't find out." Juvia said.

"Yeah and I couldn't do anything! And he got away!" Gray shouted at her which left Juvia in shock.

Lucy looked around, realizing someone was missing. "Where's Snow?" She asked.

Gray sighed and took off his shirt. "Two men came and got him. One of them looked a lot like Snow." Gray replied.

"Are you saying Snow has an identical twin and he never told us?" Lucy said, shocked.

"Looks like that's the case." Gray replied.

"They caught Erza as well, but why do they need both of them?" Lucy asked as Gray shrugged.

"T-That jerk...!" Natsu said, waking up.

"What happened?" Gray asked.

"There was a guy that looked exactly like Snow and he was a Dragon Slayer as well! He let out his breath attack on me! Who does that?" Natsu exclaimed.

"In case you haven't noticed, Natsu. You're a Dragon Slayer as well." Lucy said, annoyed.

"That's the Salamander for you..." Juvia said.

"That bastard!" Natsu shouted. "I'm getting my revenge!" Natsu said as he sprints out of the casino.

"We better go after him..." Gray said.

"You're right." Lucy agreed as they followed him.

Natsu runs through the doors. "You're not getting away!"

On a ship...

Snow woke up and looks around. "Genie? Genie!" He shouted for his partner. He ends up getting motion sickness once he realizes that he's on a boat.

"I admit, Yuki. I didn't believe it when you said you had an identical twin. But now I see that you do." A large man that attacked him, Gray, and Juvia said.

"Why would I like, Simon?" He replied. He then notices that Snow is awake. "Long time, no see, brother." Yuki said, smiling.

"Y-Yuki? You're alive?" Snow asked.

"I am." Yuki replied.

"Untie me, Yuki." Snow said.

"I'm afraid I can't do that. We are going home to the Tower of Heaven. You broke your promise, brother. You'll never see those friends of yours again. All you need is me." Yuki said then turned to Simon. "Did Sho and Milliana get that red head? Erza her name was?"

"Erza? What do they want with her?" Snow thought.

"They did. They are on the second ship." Simon replied.

"I still don't see why you needed to catch your brother." A block headed man said.

"I convinced Jellal to let me bring my brother back, but he will be using Erza as the sacrifice." Yuki replied.

Snow sighed. "Natsu... Lucy... Gray... Juvia... Wherever you are, I hope you save Erza and I soon..."

"Do you know if those people in the cards ever got out?" Lucy asked.

"The army is probably here by now. So I think they probably did." Gray replied.

"I hope you're right." Lucy sighed. "Where are we anyway?"

"Have we gotten lost?" Juvia asked.

"Natsu, are you sure he went in this direction?" Lucy asked while Natsu is throwing up over the boat. "Again with the motion sickness..."

"Just be glad that Snow isn't here. One person getting motion sickness is enough." Gray commented.

"How did such powerful wizards such as Snow-san and Erza-san get defeated?" Juvia asked.

"They didn't get defeated! They got captured!" Gray shouted.

"I-I'm sorry." Juvia said.

"Calm down, Gray." Lucy said. Gray grunted. "They said they were Erza's old friends..."

"What's the deal with Snow then?" Gray asked.

Natsu finally stops throwing up. "The guy that looked like him, Yuki I think his name was? Said that Snow was his brother." He responded.

"A-Are you serious?!" Gray and Lucy said in unison.

"That was my reaction as well. Just the thought of two Snow's makes me want to puke again." Natsu replied.

"What is that?" Gray asked when they reached a tower.

"That's the Tower of Heaven?" Lucy questioned.

"Water Dome!" Juvia said. "This will keep our identity a secret."

Snow gets shoved into a cell. He looks around, remembering that this was the exact same cell that his brother and a few other children were in.

"Yuki, why are you doing this to me?" Snow asked.

Yuki shoved his brother to the cell wall. "Remember the promise we made, Snow? You told me we would never be separated and that you would always be there for me. But you broke that promise, Snow. You escaped and left me behind. I was scared. I was so scared for my life and you weren't there to protect me." He replied.

"I-I'm so sorry, Yuki..." Snow said.

"You can take your sorry and shove it." Yuki scoffed as he walked out of the cell.

Snow sighed and slid down the wall. He looked up when he heard someone opening the cell once more.

"Erza?!" Snow said.

"Snow? What are you doing here?" Erza asked.

"It's a long story..." Snow replied.

"Well, I need to find Jellal. Before he does something crazy. You can explain on the way." Erza stated.

"Right." Snow responded as they both headed to the cell exit.

"We should keep watch for the guards." Gray informed.

"I suggest we bust in." Natsu said, covering up his fist in flames.

"We are not doing that! Snow, Erza, Happy, and Genie are in there! We could put them in danger!" Lucy exclaimed.

"That's true." Gray agreed.

Juvia swims up to the surface. "I found an opening to where we can get in." She said.

"That doesn't sound like a problem." Gray and Natsu both agree.

"No way! We will die!" Lucy said.

"That's why I have this..." Juvia holds up a water shell. "It has oxygen so you can breathe underwater."

"You're amazing!" Natsu said. "Um... Who are you?" Juvia turns pale and annoyed.

A few moments later, they found the opening that Juvia was talking about. They go under it and reach the entrance of the tower.

"So, where's Erza and Snow along with Happy and Genie?" Natsu asked.

"These things really do work... and they're amazing!" Lucy said.

"It's funny that you survived, Lucy. I made yours a bit smaller." Juvia responded.

"Wow. Evil much?" Lucy said as she pops the water shell.

One of the guards notices them. "Intruders!" Then all of the guards surround them. "Who are you?"

"Crap! We got noticed! I guess we have to fight!" Gray said.

"You're asking who we are? You took our friends!" Natsu covers his fists in flames. "We're Fairy Tail wizards, and we'll destroy you! Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu said as he lets out his breath attack on them.

"That's hot!" One of the guards said.

"Ice Make: Arrows!" Gray said as arrows came flying.

"That's cold!" Another guard said.

Lucy jumps in front of the guards. "A swimsuit?" They all stare in awe.

"Open, Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!" Lucy summons Virgo.

"You called, Princess?" Virgo said.

"It's a maid!" The guards exclaimed.

"Punish them!" Lucy ordered, pointing at the guards.

"Right, Princess!" Virgo says as she digs underground.

"What's up with her?" Some guards were fighting Juvia. "If blades don't affect her then lets try this!" They got out their guns and started shooting. The bullets go through her. "What is she?"

"Drip... Drip... Drop... Juvia's body is made of water... Water Slicer!" Juvia said as she sliced the guards. Finally, all of them took down the guards.

"We cleaned up here." Natsu said.

"Yeah, now we got to find Erza and the others." Gray informed.

"Whoever is in charge has probably noticed us by now. After all the noise." Lucy said.

"Are you going to punish me, Princess?" Virgo asked.

"Alright. Now where's Snow's twin?" Natsu asked the guards as a stairway opens up.

"Guess this is their way of saying come in." Gray said as they walked up the stairs.

Inside the tower...

"Alright! Where are you, Yuki?!" Natsu shouted.

"If you keep yelling like that, we'll get noticed again." Lucy said.

"Well, they already know we're here. So much for sneaking around." Gray said as he eats the food.

"What's with the food anyway?" Lucy asked.

"I guess it's their way of them welcoming us, Princess. Shall we join?" Virgo asked.

"Well..." Lucy started to say.

"They already know we're here." Virgo informed.

"They probably want to fight us." Gray added.

"Princess, don't you think you should change before eating?" Virgo asked.

"Who said I was going to eat?" Lucy replied.

Virgo gets out some clothes. "Let's change into these." Virgo said.

"Now?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Um..." Gray was looking away.

Lucy changed into a green dress with a green headband. "They're from the Spirit World." Virgo explained.

"This looks amazing." Lucy said, admiring the dress.

"It looks nice." Gray told her.

"He lllllikes her!" Virgo teased.

"Don't even start!" Lucy shouted.

"When did you learn to copy Happy?" Natsu asked.

"Good luck, Princess." Virgo said as she disappears.

"Thanks, Virgo. And aren't you guys going to change out of those wet clothes?" Lucy asked.

"Nah, this is good." Gray said, drying his clothes by Natsu's fire.

"Natsu is now a drying machine!" Lucy exclaimed.

Finally, a group of guards finds them and tries to attack them. Until two mysterious people take them out easily.

A/N: And that's the beginning of the Tower of Heaven arc!

Hope you enjoyed!

~Kyle