See! Told ya I wouldn't make ya wait long! Don't worry guys I'm serious this time! I want to put the time and effort into this story that it and you guys deserve! So without further ado, I hope you enjoy.


A loud yawn was heard inside a hut in the Galuna Island village as some sunlight leaked past a window. The one inside the house stirred as the sunlight hit his face showing him to be none other then Zane. Last night after the battles with Yuka and Toby, after Happy had went to go look for Lucy and Laki and after telling the villagers it was ok to come back, the gang decided it was best to rest up and go storm Lyon and the temple tomorrow. They need all their strength and energy to defeat Lyon and stop this curse. Now, today was the day.

Let out another yawn, Zane sat up and stretched his body out causing some popping sounds in his joint. After rubbing his eyes and slapping his cheeks Zane was nice and awake and ready to start today…after some breakfast first. He could only fight at his best once he had a full belly. But worst scenario, he would simply eat a Senzu to fill his belly up.

He was honestly loving those beans. Instantly filling up his stomach, refueling his energy, and even healing his wounds. While he would never trade them for a good ole fashioned hot meal, they were still nice to have for eating, and an asset for a fight. Hopefully the islanders won't mind him taking some back home and maybe even start farming them so they would always have them. Just have to hope they can grow near his house.

But that was something to worry about after today. Zane decided it was better to save time and act now and act a bean for his fill of breakfast. While it tasted weird having a bean that tasted like fish for breakfast, it would have to do. The faster they get this done and break this curse, the better. "Alright! Let's get started!" Zane hyped himself upped by slamming his fist into each other.

And with that, Zane left the hut he was sleeping in while tightening his belt. Once outside, he winced a bit at the bright island sun hitting his eyes, but luckily, they adjusted quickly. Thank God it was day now and he didn't have to wear those sunglasses during the night. Seriously, he just didn't get why everyone seemed hellbent on him not looking at the full moon. Every time he was awake during one, everyone at the guild just freaked out and made sure his eyes were covered, he was inside, or better yet, asleep. Every time he asked them about it, he never got a straight answer from them.

He sighed at the countless memory's of asking his family and guild mates and just decided to go get Natsu and Gray. Looking around, he saw the villagers in their human forms, but still with some demon parts, walking around doing their daily business. Going up to a young woman with short black hair and getting her attention. "Yes? What can I do for you…Zane right?"

"Yep!" Zane told her with a strong nod. "So hey, do you know where my friends are? Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Laki, and Happy?"

"Hmmmm, let me think…" She said as she put a finger to her chin before a smile came to her face as she remembered where all those Fairy Tail members are. "Natsu is the one with the pink hair right? He went ahead to the temple about an hour before you woke up."

"Of course he did." Zane said with an annoyed sigh. They were all supposed to go together! He just wished he could be surprised at this, bit honestly it would be more surprising if Natsu didn't do that.

"Gray is still asleep, I think. And your other friends are waiting in that big storage hut near the south end of the village along with another one of your friends that says they're waiting for you and the other two." The village women explained.

That got Zane to raise his eyebrow in confusion. Other friend? What other friend? Natsu was at the temple doing who knows what, Gray is asleep, and Lucy, Laki, and Happy are in a storage hut with another one of his friends? Well, only one way to find out whats going on. "Uh, thanks a lot." Zane politely said with a bow before going of to the storage hut.

It didn't take him long to find this hut as it stood out pretty well from all the other huts. It was much bigger the most of the other huts and wait painted white. But when Zane went to open the door to it, he flinched a little. Despite his ability to sense energy being on the whack since coming onto the island, he swore he could feel something…familiar coming from inside. Family…and unhappy.

Against his better judgement, Zane slowly opened the door to the hut and saw…

"Aunt Erza!?" Sitting on a box with a rather dark look on her face, was none other then Erza Scarlet. Next to her, all tied up with comedic tears down their faces, was Lucy, Laki, and Happy. Zane flinched again once he saw the three tied up. However, Erza's dark and threatening face almost instantly when she saw it was Zane who had came in. That look was meant for Natsu and Gray, not for her surrogate nephew.

"Zane!" Erza called out for as she quickly rushed over to him and, before Zane knew it, Erza quickly wrapped the 12-year-old up in a hug and breathe a massive sigh of relief as she held onto Zane tight. "Thank Kami! You're ok!"

"Uh y-y-y-yeah…" Zane stuttered as he was expecting Erza to be pissed at him. He was not expecting this. "When did you get here?"

"Last night. And thank goodness I did." Erza said in a tone of a concerned mother similar to how he hears his mom talk in sometimes as the scarlet knight looked over Zane and checked him for anything wrong like injuries. "I saw the full moon last night. You didn't look at it did you?"

"N-No, Laki made me wear sunglasses while the moon was out." Zane then looked past Erza and gave a deadpanned look to his tied up best friend. "Thanks again by the way…"

Laki sweat dropped in response as she nervously chuckled. "It was for the greater good…" The ivory haired girl squeaked out, still feeling immense fear due to Erza.

"Please have mercy on us O, great Erza!" Happy said dramatically as he made a fruitless struggle in the ropes he was tied up in. "It was all Lucy's idea! She made me do this!"

"YOU LITTLE BLUE DEVIL!" Lucy yelled in fury, really wishing her arms were free to slug the blue rat in the back of the head.

"Enough!" Erza snapped as she turned back to the three guild members she tied up which caused them to instantly shut up and stiffen still. "You have all messed up dearly! You two and Natsu for going on an S-Class quest!" She pointed at Lucy and Happy. "And for you and Gray going rouge and not only joining them, but failing to watch over Zane and bring him back!"

"Um…Aunt Erza..." Zane spoke up rather timidly as he poked his finger's together.

The tied up Fairy Tail members fear only grew as Erza's look soon turned even darker and scarier as she stared them down. "You're all just lucky Zane is unharmed otherwise things would be much worse! Not just with me and the master, but Mira as well!"

"Aunt Erza…"

"Now here's what's going to happen. We're going to get Natsu and Gray. Leave the island, and face punishment of the master! But Mira as well for what she has planned!"

"Aunt Erza!"

"Honestly, I would think all of you would now better. After this you'll be lucky if-"

"AUNT ERZA!" Zane's sudden snapping got Erza to stop her scolding and make her as well as Lucy, Laki, and Happy looked at Zane sporting a rather irritated and even angry look towards Erza.

"Z-Zane…" Erza stuttered in slight surprise. She rarely sees Zane like this except during a fight and towards his opponents. But she's never seen this look directed at her and it just felt unnerving and unnatural.

"We…We can't leave!" Zane told the scarlet knight making her eyes widen.

"What do you mean?" Erza asked in a both confused and serious tone. "I thought you of all people would be keen to leave seeing how this is an S-Class quest."

"I-I know…I was at first." Zane explained to Erza making her raise a brow. "But after everything I found out…we can't just leave Aunt Erza! We just can't! These islanders have suffered to much!"

Erza let out a sigh and lowered her head. She probably should've expected this. She believed it when Zane said he wanted to leave at first. Ever since the Lisanna incident, Zane wanted absolutely nothing to do with S-Class quest. But one thing that could've persuaded him was the suffering of others. Zane was a pure heart through and through and couldn't stand to see innocent people suffering. And from the bits and piece's Erza heard about the curse as well as Lucy and Laki telling her everything, yep, that would do it to make the boy want to help. "Zane, I get it. But you need to understand." Erza tried to persuade the 12-year-old in a calm manner. "They should wait for Wizards who are properly qualified to take on this job. The others just aren't ready for this."

"But they waited long enough!" Zane argued while giving Erza a pleading look. "They've suffered so much! Their request has been posted on guilds for years and no one was taking it! How much longer do they have to wait?!"

Erza let out another deep breath. Despite not being blood related, Zane sure as heck inherited Mira's stubbornness. "Zane…this is just what has to be do-"

"THE CHIEF HAD TO KILL HIS SON!"

"…" Erza was silent. That…that one was new to her. She never heard about that from the villagers nor from Lucy, Laki and Happy. Speaking of those three, they just decided to stay silent and watch the conversation in front of them happen, afraid that them speaking up may just make things worse.

"The chief…the villagers…had to kill him because he went insane from the curse…" Zane said in a breaking voice as small tear drops formed in his eyes, his knuckles tightened to the point that they started turning white. "Now…they're terrified of themselves. Terrified that they are going to end up killing themselves or each other because of this. They lived in this terror or far to long! We can't just stand here and do nothing!" Erza was completely silent as she watched and heard everything Zane was doing and saying. "You all raised me to but others before myself! To look out and help for those who need it! Why is now any different?! Are you saying that despite there being something I can do; I should just turn my back on everyone?! I just can't do that! And I know you can't either! Please help us!"

Erza was still silent, her orders have been to simply retrieve all the Fairy Tail members on the island, and punish them sans Zane who was simply kidnapped and not brought along willingly and haven't gone rouge like Gray and Laki who were originally supposed to bring Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Zane back.

"Just…please…" Zane pleaded in a much calmer tone. "Forget about this being an S-Class quest. That doesn't matter. Let's just think of this as helping people who need help! Please Aunt Erza I'm begging you."

"…" Erza continued her silence. At this point the three she tied up were getting anxious and scared. Zane was one of very few people who could back talk to Erza without suffering her wrath, but even they thought that Zane was possibly pushing it. Especially when Erza summoned a sword in her hand and-

SLASH!

SLASH!

SLASH!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Happy, Laki, and Lucy shrieked as Erza swung her sword at them and…cut off their ropes.

"Wait what?" Happy asked in a confused turn as he and Lucy and Laki all had confused expression once they realized that Erza had freed them.

"I suppose that…its our fault for raising you like that." Erza admitted as she gave Zane a tiny but proud smile. Despite this going against the rules…it just goes to show how far Zane is willing to go to help others. Consequences and rules be damned.

Zane gave his surrogate Aunt a big and grateful smile before jumping her with a hug that Erza instantly returned. "Thank you…" Zane quietly said as Erza simply patted his back.

"So does this mean…" Lucy dared to asked with a smile on her face.

However, this was quickly met with Erza once again giving them a dark glare after setting Zane down. "Guess not…" Laki fearfully whimpered under Erza's gaze.

"Please don't kill me." Happy begged as he got on his hands and knees and bowed to the Scarlet Knight.

"We'll deal with the immediate problem for now." Erza told the three in front of her. They all shakily nod as Zane sweat drops at Erza's usual fear tactics. "But don't think for a second that you're all free from punishment when we get back."

"Yes ma'am!" Laki, Lucy, and Happy said immediately in unison.

"Sooooo…when you're done making them pee themselves." Zane said with a slight joking tone while still sweat dropping. "Can we head out and get things done? Natsu already head out awhile ago and considering its Natsu we're probably gonna have a mess to clean up."

"Yes. Should be easy to find him." Erza said with a nod of her head. "Just follow the smoke and destruction."

Zane smirked and laughed a bit. "Now we just need to wake up-"

"Erza?!" Looking to the door of the hut, they saw none other than Gray there looking at Erza with a shocked and fearful expression.

"…Nevermind he's awake." Zane said after an awkward moment of silence.


"So…does the temple look a little…crooked today?" Laki asked as she, along with Zane, Erza, Lucy, Gray, and Happy were now on the path towards the temple…only the temple was leaning to the side fore some reason.

"Yeah, what the heck is going on?" Lucy asked as she and most of the others titled their necks in the same direction the temple was tilted.

"My necks stuck!" Happy yelped as he ended up tilting his head to much for to long causing his neck to stiffen into place.

"No doubt, Natsu did that." Gray easily deduced as there was only one person he knew that could cause that much destruction…well, there was another but if was him the temple wouldn't even be there at all. So Natsu it was!

"Wait a second…Natsu you stupid genius!" Zane cheered with a wide smile on his face. Everyone shot Zane a confused look, except Happy who accidently hurt himself by snapping his neck back into place. "Don't you see? If the Temple is leaned like that, then the Moon Drip won't be able to be used to break the Iced Shell keeping that demon in."

"Yes, you're right." Erza said as a small smile came to her face. "Natsu doesn't use his head much but when he does, he can actually be quite clever."

"Heh, good going ya pyro." Gray complimented the Dragon Slayer who was more likely in the temple by now with a small smirk before his face became serious. "Now, only one thing to do."

"Lyon." Zane easily deduced. With the Moon Drip problem dealt with thanks to Natsu, all that was left to hand Lyon is frozen white ass.

"Yeah…you all leave that to me." Gray said with a determined look as he clenched his fist. "Not only do I have to settle the score with Lyon, I have to tell him something. Something extremely important."

"What's that?" Laki asked with her and the rest of the group raising an eyebrow at Gray.

"That Ur is still alive."


Indeed they were right. Natsu had in fact been the one to lean the temple. He even thought about how it would stop the moon light from hitting Deliora and melting the ice it was trapped in. That's right everyone. Natsu was actually using his brain!

Truly the universe was in a state of imbalance.

But we're gonna have to worry about that later! After Natsu had leaned the temper like he planned, he busted in, quite literally in fact, and confronted Lyon, Toby, who had managed to recover from his self-inflicted paralyses, as well as another wizard that Natsu had never seen before. He appeared to be an old man wearing a red tiki mask with long green hair. He went by the name Zalty

Natsu fought Lyon for a bit, frying Toby in the process, when a hole suddenly opened below him somehow and caused the Dragon Slayer to fall down to the lower part of the temple. Lyon was quick to catch on to what it was and suspected that it was Zalty's magic that made the hole.

When Natsu managed to jump back through the hole, Lyon ordered Zalty and Toby to leave him to fight the Dragon Slayer alone while completely covering the entire room, including the walls and ceiling, with ice.

"So, let me just this straight." Natsu said as he looked Lyon dead in the eyes. "You just wanna revive this Deliora thing just so you can fight it? That's pretty messed up if you ask me."

"I must rise up and surpass Ur's legacy." Lyon said as cold mist surrounded him as he created a magic circle in his right hand and sent a barrage of ice eagles towards Natsu. "I will not rest until I achieve my dream!"

"Why go this far?!" Natsu demanded to know as he was able to dodge each ice eagle that came his way. "Why not just challenge Ur and be done with it?!"

"Well I would if I could!" Lyon said with an angry look and tone as he got ready to attack Natsu once again. "But Ur has been dead for years!"

This revelation made Natsu gasp. He remembered when he, Lucy, Gray, and Happy first fell down into the depths of the temple and found the massive demon trapped inside ice. Gray informed that that his master Ur sacrificed everything to trap Deliora…everything. "I didn't realize that she ended up dying after she sealed it." Natsu said as he just now realized what Gray meant back then.

"Yes! And she'd still be alive if it weren't for Gray!" Lyon claimed as he created an ice eagle behind Natsu. Natsu did notice it, but was unable to dodge it and caused an explosion of icy mist.

When the ice mist cleared, it revealed Natsu had blocked the eagle with his arm and while it did scrap it a bit, Natsu seemed to be perfectly fine for the most part. "Look, I don't know what happened to you or Gray in the past, but I do know what you're doing in the present and its hurting a lot of innocent people." Natsu then glared hard at Lyon as he created a spiral of flames on his fist. "And if you can't understand that, then I'll just have to beat some sense into ya!"

"What, what do you mean Ur's alive?" Lucy asked as everyone had their attention on Gray. "You said she sacrificed everything to seal Deliora in ice?"

"Yeah, it sounds like she had to give her life to do it." Happy added in.

"…Ur made me promise not to tell Lyon." Gray started explained with everyone focusing on what he was saying and nothing else. "But the Iced Shell works by the caster actually turning their body into the ice that it's made of. Ur is the ice sealing Deliora."

"Woah…" Laki said as she paled a little at the information. "So all this time…your master has been keeping Deliora at bay…"

"Which means melting the ice…" Zane said as he gritted his teeth and tightened his fist. "Would be the same as killing Ur. Along with releasing the demon she gave up everything to seal."

"Then we can't let that happen." Erza said in a deadly serious tone as she crossed her arms.

Gray nodded in response to Erza has he spoke further. "It's always been Lyon's dream to surpass Ur and he sees defeating Deliora as the only way of surpassing her since he can't challenge her directly."

"Obsessed much?" Zane stated in a disgusted tone.

Erza nodded in agreement before her eyes widened as she heard and saw something shiny and sharp coming towards the blond of the group. "Lucy watch out!" Erza suddenly jumped towards Lucy and tackling the brown eyed girl down to the ground with Erza landing on top of her. Just in time two has a round boomerang-like blade passed by where Lucy was standing and hit a tree.

"Where'd that come from?!" Zane yelled as the group heard some rustling come from all the nearby bushes and trees. "Damn I wish my energies sensing powers weren't on the frtiz!"

"Better get ready for a fight!" Laki said as she created her signature wooden scythe with Gray getting ready to use his ice-make magic.

"They must have been expecting us." Erza deduced while still on the ground. "We shouldn't have left our guard down!" Erza was then about to get up when-

Squish!

"Huh? What the?" Erza muttered quickly as she felt her hand squeeze something soft, round, and plush and even softer than a pillow. 'What is this? Feels kinda nice actually…'

"Uuuuuuh…Aunt Erza…" Zane told his aunt with his face bright red. "Might…wanna see what you're doing…"

Erza hummed in curiosity and looked to where her hand was…and her face exploded with red. Her hand…was groping Lucy's left breast. The blond in question's face was lava red with her ears releasing steam. "Um…E-E-E-E-Erza…" Lucy started as her body shook. "C-C-C-Could y-y-you please l-l-l-l-let g-go…"

"Ah!" Erza squeaked in a high pitch, catching Gray and Laki by surprised at hearing Erza scream like a girl, as she got off Lucy with the scarlet knights face glowing red. "M-My apologies Lucy! I didn't mean to invade you like that!"

"I-I-Its f-fine…" Lucy stuttered as she put her hand over the part of her chest that Erza squeezed, Lucy's face was red and her heart was beating fast…but not for the reason's one would think exactly. 'Erza's hand…kinda felt nice. AH! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING LUCY?! And why won't my heart stop beating? My face feels hot. Come on! Get it together!'

"Lucy! Snap out of it!" Laki yelled, thankfully bringing Lucy back to reality and calming down her heart and making her large blush die down. "We're kinda surrounded right now!"

"We finally tracked you down Fairy Tail!" An old elderly women sounding voice said as the group looked to see the members of Lyon's cult around them from all sides. They all dressed in purple ropes with large black scarfs and light purple mask covering their faces. All of them had the boomerang blade weapon that almost hit Lucy.

"We won't allow you to interfere with the cold emperor." Another one of Lyon's minions said.

"Great, not these guys again." Gray said as he and everyone else got into a fighting position.

"Alright, guess its time to bust some skulls." Zane said as he cracked his neck and knuckles.

"No, I can handle them myself." Erza said as she summoned her sword. "You all go. Settle the score with Lyon Gray."

Gray was taken aback by what Erza told him, but gave the scarlet knight a thankful smile. "Thanks Erza." The ice-make mage told Titania.

"We'll fight with you Erza!" Lucy said with a determined smile as she got out her whip.

"Me to!" Laki said as she twirled her scythe around.

"Aye!" Happy added in as he brought up…a dead fish for a weapon.

"Alright then. You all stay back and hold these chumps off." Zane told them with a smirk before turning to Gray. "You and me will head to the temple and put a stop to this once and for all."

"Right." Gray instantly agreed as he and Zane took off towards the temple with Erza, Lucy, Laki, and Happy fending off the cult members.


Back inside the temple, Lyon and Natsu's fight kept going strong. They were pretty evenly matched, countering blow with blow and never being able to land a solid hit. "This could go on forever." Natsu told Lyon as he looked him right in the eye, the Dragon Slayer seeing the stand still they were in. "So do yourself a favor and give up."

"I would never give you the satisfaction." Lyon said to the Dragon Slayer through his teeth, his tolerance of the pinkette quickly fading.

"Then you're asking for it." Natsu said with a devilish grin as he ignited his fist.

"Oh am I now?" Lyon challenged as cold mist surrounded him as he got ready to use another attack when-

Crack!

"What the?" Natsu and Lyon got distracted by the ice on the wall suddenly cracking and-

Smash!

They watched as the spot on the wall completely broke open revealing Gray and Zane. "Gray!" Natsu gasped as the two stepped into the room.

"And the child…" Lyon growled as he gritted his teeth at the sight of the monkey tailed boy. He remembered all to well about the humiliation he felt after this mere child gave him during their fight.

"Kiko-how ya doing?" Zane asked Lyon with a cheeky smirk that only made Lyon's blood boil even more.

"Alright Natsu, leave this guy to me." Gray said with nothing but determination in his voice as he stepped up in front of Natsu and faced down Lyon with a dead serious look in his eyes. "Alright Lyon, its time we settled things once and for all."

"No way man!" Natsu quickly protested. "You and Zane already had a piece of him, it's my turn now!"

"Natsu!" Zane yelled at the pinkette with a serious tone and look. "This is Gray's battle." Gray sent Zane a thankful nod in response.

"Hmph, you seem awfully confident Gray." Lyon said as he narrowed his eyes at his fellow ice-mage.

"You're right Lyon. I am the one to blame for our master's death." Gray told the silver haired mage causing him to glare harsher at Gray. "But you're no better. You threatened my comrades. Tries to hurt the villagers. And destroying what Ur gave her life to create."

Zane was raising an eyebrow at what Gray was saying. He thought the ice-make mage was going to tell Lyon about Ur being the ice itself holding Deliora…this was something different. Gray then spoke once more…

"Its time we accept our punishment together."

Suddenly, Lyon's eyes widened and his pupil's dilated as Gray planted his feet firmly on the ground, spread his legs and held his arms forward and crossed them into an X shape. "That stance!" Lyon yelled as he knew instantly what Gray was prepared to do. "The Iced Shell!"

"What?!" Zane yelled as he remembered that being the spell Gray told them Ur used to seal Deliora. What the hell was that guy thinking?!

"Iced Shell?" Natsu asked with confusion, never hearing of that spell before. But suddenly Natsu's eyes widened a look of shock came to his face. He realized what this spell was going to do. Remembering Gray saying how Ur gave everything to seal Deliora, how Lyon told him that Ur was dead. This spell. This spell is what did it all.

"You're bluffing!" Lyon claimed as he back away from Gray slightly. "You wouldn't dare cast that spell!"

"I will! Unless you change the villagers back to their human forms!" Gray demanded as he kept the stance of the sealing spell. "And leave this island and never return!" Just then a magic circle appeared right under Gray as cold mist quickly filled the room. "If you do that I'll stop! Otherwise this is the end."

"Is that so?" Lyon challenged with a smirk on his face, his earlier disbelief and surprise gone. "Well I don't believe a word of it."

Gray glared harder at Lyon has cold wind started spiraling around Gray. "I will." Gray stated firmly as the wind blew everyone back a bit.

"You'll die!" Lyon yelled as he held his hand out and created a magic circle to attack Gray, only for the casting of Iced Shell to cancel out the attack and push Lyon back.

"Gray! You have to stop!" Zane yelled as he stood his ground against the instead cold winds.

"You can't do this!" Natsu added in as he tried to step closer to Gray to stop him from casting the spell that would be his end.

"All these years I've lied to myself!" Gray claimed as he didn't stop for even a second, truly intending to cast this spell. "I didn't want to admit that Ur died because of me! But she did! And its time I took responsibility! So I will! Here and now! I'm not afraid to die! This ends now!"

"STOP THIS NOW!" Lyon demanded.

"What's it gonna be Lyon?!" Gray yelled as the winds and light got even more intense. "Are we gonna die?! Or are we gonna live?! Its up to you!"

"You wouldn't!" Lyon challenged back with a smirk on his face. "You're not brave enough to give your life! You're nothing but a coward!"

"…Just watch me." Gray said back as the room got bright and colder from the use of the spell.

"Gray please! Stop!" Zane begged as he fought against the freezing winds.

"GRAY!" Natsu called out to his rival.

'Natsu…Zane…Erza…and all my friends my friends in Fairy Tail. The rest is up to you.' Gray said in his mind as he was fully ready to die right here and now. 'I don't wanna leave you…but my time is up…'

The winds and light got as intense as they could get as the spell was finished as Gray yelled with all his might-

"ICED SHEL-"

SMASH!

"SHUT UP!"

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"

The spell was then canceled out in a halt as Gray received a bunch in the face by Natsu and kick to the shin by Zane.

Gray was sent falling to his butt from the attacks and both Zane and Natsu were glaring at Gray and heavily breathing. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Zane yelled as loud as he could. Needless to say, he wasn't happy at what Gray tried to do.

"Would you two stay outta this!" Gray yelled back as he got back up and glared at the two in front of him. "I told ya I have a score to settle with this guy!"

"And I said no way!" Natsu growled back.

"And how does killing yourself settle the score!?" Zane demanded to know, still furious. "If anything, killing yourself and leaving all of us to clean up this mess just makes you a coward!"

Gray flinched as Zane words hit him hard. He didn't really think about it…but somewhere in his mind maybe using the Iced Shell really was a way to escape all the guilt he felt over the years. But the thought of leaving all this friends at Fairy Tail…just made him feel worse.

Before the onyx haired wizard could say anything, suddenly the temple started shaking violently. "Oh great. What now?!" Zane yelled as he has honestly had it up to here right now!

Suddenly they felt the room they were in straightening out. Due to Natsu's handywork earlier, the entire temple was leaned, including the room they were in. But in a matter of second, suddenly everything was straightened out. "Oh come on! What the heck just happened?!" Natsu said as he started punching and kicking random parts of the room.

"The temple…its straight again!" Zane deduced as he looked around the room and tightened his fist. "But how?!"

"This isn't good." Gray said grimly as he realized what this meant. "Now the moonlight can shine down on Deliora."

"Pardon the interruption." Suddenly the three Fairy Tail members and Lyon watched as the old man Zalty came into the room they were in, going up to Lyon.

"I should have known." Lyon stated as he looked down at Zalty. "I take you did this."

"Indeed I did sir." Zalty confirmed with a nod. "The moon will be out soon so I took the liberty of straightening out the temple."

"Wait…the moons gonna be out soon?!" Zane yelled as a surprised and confused look came to his face. "What the heck, how long as it been?"

"That weirdo fixed it all by himself?" Gray said in disbelief.

"And after I went through all the trouble of breaking it." Natsu said, clearly annoyed and angered that all his hard work was for nothing. "Hey! So what'd you do to fix it huh!?"

Zalty simply looked at Natsu and, "Ha! Ha! Ha!" The old man laughed.

"TELL ME HOW YOU FIXED IT NOW YOU JERK!" Natsu roared with tick marks appearing all over his forehead.

"Well, I better go and conduct the moon drip ceremony." Zalty said before running away out the way he came.

"Why you…" Natsu growled viciously as his fist ignited. "GET BACK HERE!"

"Natsu no!" Zane stopped the pinkette from leaving and grabbing his scarf. "I'll get that guy. You and Gray stay here and kick Lyon's butt."

"What?" Gray and Natsu said to Zane in unison.

Zane simply nodded at them before going to the exit Zalty took before stopping and glancing at them. "Remember, when you two work together, you're unstoppable. So don't you dare lose." Zane then gave them his trademarked smirk. "It'll make Fairy Tail look bad."

The Fire and Ice mages of Fairy Tail's eyes widened at what Zane said. The two looked at each other right in the eyes before smirks came to their faces as they turned back to Zane and nodded. "Good. Now catch." Zane then reached into his pocket and threw two green objects and Natsu. The Dragon Slayer caught them and saw Zane threw him two Senzo Beans. "Hand Lyon is butt."

The two then watched as Zane left to pursue Zalty. "So hey," Natsu said to Gray, getting his attention. "No more of that Iced Shell crap go that?"

Gray nodded a second after Natsu said this and faced Lyon. "Don't worry. I won't." Gray reassured the Dragon Slayer. "Besides, the fact that he just stood there ready to take it showed he wasn't even worried about if I did do it. Isn't that right Lyon?"

Lyon simply crossed his arms and looked at the two in front of him. "Honestly it was rather stupid of you to try that." Lyon stated as he looked Gray dead in the eye. "Think about where we are? Someone would have come to save me and freed me with the moon drip. While you would be dead."

"So that spell is useless here huh?" Natsu said as he prepped himself up for a fight as Gray tightened his fist.

"Damn it..." The onyx haired mage cursed. He really would have just killed himself for nothing. He then shook his head. He couldn't worry about that anymore. Natsu and Zane stopped him and he was prepared to fight Lyon alongside Natsu like a man. Like a Fairy Tail wizard.

But first…he had something to tell Lyon…

"Lyon…" Gray said as he took a step forward towards the silver haired mage with Natsu raising any eyebrow at what Gray was going. "There's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?" Lyon asked with his patience quickly running out.

"Master Ur…is alive." Lyon's pupils dilated while Natsu gasped.

"What?" The Dragon Slayer quietly questioned. Thankfully, he didn't have to wait long to receive an explanation.

"The Iced Shell doesn't kill its user." Gray explained every detail to Lyon. He had to know the truth. "Instead, the ice itself is made from the casters body. Don't you see? Master Ur isn't dead. Instead, she lives on as that ice." Both Gray and Lyon looked each other in the eye as Natsu simply listened, amazed at what he was hearing. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth. Ur made me promise to keep quiet."

"…Of course…" Lyon quietly said.

"Wow…your master is really something else." Natsu said with an impressed smile. Turning yourself into ice to keep a demon sealed to protect her students. Needless to say, Natsu had tons of respect for Ur now.

"Its over!" Gray raised his voice. "There's no reason to go about this any-"

PEIRCE!

"GRAY!" Natsu called out to as Lyon placed a hand on Gray's abdomen creating a magic circle and causing an ice panther that went through Gray's back causing Gray to clench his chest in immense pain as he fell to his knees with the ice panther shattering on the floor.

"You idiot." Lyon insulted Gray with a smirk on his face. "I know how the spell works. I can assure you she's not alive anymore. That's nothing more than a chunk of ice!"

"YOU BASTARD!" Suddenly Lyon was met with a strong flaming fist to the face that sent him crashing into the wall. The source of this being none other then a pissed of Natsu of course. "How could you?! Even after hearing that your master is still alive!"

Lyon growled in response as he held the spot Natsu bunched and stood back up. "Knowing is one thing and believing is another." The silver haired mage stated. "And if Gray really thinks that Ur is alive in there, then he's a bigger fool then I thought."

Natsu gritted his teeth in response as he went to help Gray up, letting the onyx haired mage use his shoulder for support as Gray gave Lyon a completely enraged look. "You knew all this time!" Gray yelled as he took heavy angry breaths. "And you still did this!"

"And what of it?" Lyon said with a smug smirk as he walked forward with Gray no longer leaning on Natsu's shoulder and-

SLAM!

Suddenly Gray's fist rocketed forward to where Lyon or even Natsu couldn't see it coming with the strike landing on Lyon's face, the opposite side Natsu just punched but had the same effect of launching Lyon into the wall. "Nice one!" Natsu complimented with a wild smirk.

"How?!" Lyon yelled as he stood back up. "How are you still moving with that wound?!"

"I've had enough!" Gray growled as he glared Lyon right in the eye. "I wanted to save you. But I give up now."

"You want the title of star pupil for yourself?" Lyon guessed as he regained his calm composure and tone.

"Are you still on about that?" Natsu asked in an annoyed and irritated tone. "Get real man! This is about the villagers and stopping you from unleashing a demon!"

Lyon growled at Natsu in response to his words before speaking up. "As much as I would enjoy putting you fools in your place, I rather not waste my magic. I have to fight Deliora later after all."

"Then we'll use our fist!" Gray challenged as he rose up his fist.

"I can agree to that." Natsu said with a wild grin as he cracked his knuckles. "Been awhile since I beat someone down the old-fashioned way. Might be fun!"

Lyon simply chuckled in smirk in response. "Is that so?" The silver haired mage challenged as he lightly cracked his neck. "Fine then. It might be rather enjoyable."

"Hey Gray." Natsu whispered to his rival and getting Gray's attention. Natsu then leaned to Gray's ears and started to whisper an idea to him. After the pinkette finished talking, Gray smirked and nodded his head.

"Heh, yeah that could work." Gray agreed as both of them faced down Lyon. "Let's do this!"

"So, ready to be defeated?" Lyon said in a rather bored tone. "I don't have all night you know; I rather finish this up as quickly as possible."

"Oh don't you worry…" Natsu said with a grin as he walked towards Lyon and placed both of his feet firmly on the ground. "Because Natsu the Blazer is ready to bring the pain!"

"…What…" Lyon let out in a confused tone.

"And don't forget The Frozen Menace!" Gray said as he used a bit of ice-make magic to form a wrestling mask on his face.

"Wh…Wh-What the heck are you two doing?!" Lyon yelled as he just kept getting more confused by what Gray and Natsu were doing.

"We'll tell you Lyon! The tag team wrestling champs of Magnolia are here to take! You! Down!" Natsu yelled with his deeper 'wrestler' voice as he wrapped his scarf around his face as a make-shift mask. "So get ready Mr. 'Cold Emperor! Because Natsu the Blazer and Gray the Frozen Menace take no prisoners!"

"So be prepared! To face the man of the hour! The man with the power! The men that snack on danger! And dine on death!" Gray said as he spoke in his own wrestling voice.

The two of them then struck a pose together and spoke in unison. "So get ready to face…"

"THE FLAMING BLIZZARD!"

After a brief and awkward moment of silence, Lyon's eye twitched in annoyance as he said one thing. "…Wrestling's fake."

"Boooooooo!

"Boooo!"

"Booooo!"

"What the-Where's that coming from?!" Lyon yelled as he suddenly heard booing coming from absolutely no where! "Ok…you know what…I'm going to start beating you both now. And honestly, I don't know when I'm going to stop!"

"Then get ready for double trouble!" Natsu said as he flexed his arms.

"Blazer?" Gray asked as he turned his head over to his fellow wrestler.

"Frozen Menace!" Natsu said with a nod.

"LET'S DO THIS!" They said in unison as they both charged at Lyon.

"About time!" Lyon said as he charged at the two with his fist ready. "I won't let you two stop me! Deliora will be revived and I will be the one to defeat it and surpass Ur!"

"Not if we can help it!" Natsu said as he ducked down and used the ice on the ground to slide right under Lyon. This caught the silver haired mage by surprise as he looked to see Natsu slide behind him. But this gave Gray the perfect opportunity to punch Lyon in the gut.

Lyon coughed up a bit of spit in return, but he growled and quickly retaliated and punched Gray in the face. The two then entered a fist fight, each one landed a blow on each other, but right as Lyon was about to punch Gray in the wound he made with his ice panther attack earlier, he was suddenly grabbed from behind in a full nelson by Natsu. "Now get ready for the Blazer's signature move! The Blazing Pile Driver!" Natsu then jumped into the air while still holding onto Lyon and did a few flips midair before letting Gravity and momentum do its thing and pile driving Lyon into the ground.

"AAAAAAAAHHH!" The silver haired mage yelled as Natsu used the wrestling move and did quite a bit of damage. Lyon didn't even have enough time to recover as the pinkette stood up and grabbed Lyon by his legs and started spinning him around to the point of becoming a blur.

Once he was spun around enough, Natsu then threw Lyon towards Gray's direction. "And now for the Freezing Menace's Icicle Elbow!" Gray then elbowed the speeding Lyon right in the stomach, stopping the Cold Emperor at a halt and knocking the wind out of him. Gray then used his free land to grab Lyon's arm and tossed his fellow student of Ur over his shoulder and flat on his back on the ground.

Similar to Natsu, Gray kept it up with Lyon and still held his arm and proceeded to toss Lyon towards Natsu who quickly ran towards the flying ice mage. "Blazing Crimson Kick!" Natsu then preformed a high kick right at Lyon's face that sent him towards the ceiling of the room.

Natsu and Gray then both jumped towards Lyon at the same time and both on opposite sides as they held their elbows out and shouted in unison. "FROZEN BLAZERS ELBOW DECSEND!" They both then slammed their elbows down on Lyon's gut and sent them all down to the ground creating a large impact that cracked all the ice on the floor.

When the dust and mist cleared, it showed Lyon on the ground with his cloths torn and his body beaten up and Gray and Natsu standing over him with their hands on their hips. "Another victory for Natsu the Blazer and Gray the Frozen Menace!" Natsu cheered as he and Gray shared a high five.

As they did this, Lyon's body twitched as he tightened his fist. A magic circle then appeared in his right hand when he casted a spell. "Ice-Make Snow Dragon!" Suddenly Gray and Natsu looked to see a giant dragon made of ice coming at them. Thankfully they jumped out of the way just in time with Natsu using a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist to counter and shatter the dragon.

"Hey come on what was that for?" Natsu complained with his normal voice as he put his scarf back around his neck. "He agreed not to use magic!"

"What is this?! Some sort of game to you?!" Lyon yelled in a rage filled tone as he look at Natsu with an extremely pissed look.

"Heh, guess we couldn't help but have some fun." Gray admitted as he destroyed his ice mask with a small smile on his face. The Fairy Tail ice mage then looked towards Natsu and admitted. "Guess I couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic ya know?"

Natsu grinned and let out a chuckle in response as he knew exactly what Gray was talking about and how he felt. "Heh, ice prick." Natsu 'insulted' Gray.

"Hpmh, dragon breathe." Gray said back as both Fairy Tail mages grinned at each other.

However, this only infuriated Lyon even more as his pupil's dilated as he let out an enraged scream. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF ALL OF YOU!" Lyon roared before he gained a malicious grin. "But what you two do doesn't matter anyway. Zalty is preparing the moon drip ceremony as we speak! Deliora will be released!"

"Don't count your chickens till they hatch pale." Natsu warned the Cold Emperor. "Zane's gonna get that old geezer."

"Trust me Lyon, Zane is not one to be underestimated." Gray said with a grin. "That's a mistake that's ended plenty of people in the hospital."

"Is that so? Well then I'll just have to deal with you two quickly then!" Lyon yelled as he held his arm out and created a magic circle. "Ice-Make Snow Tiger!" Lyon then created a giant tiger made of ice that roared and charged at Gray and Natsu.

But the two Fairy Tail mages didn't even flinch as Gray proceeded to flip over the tiger and using both of his hands, casted a spell. "Ice-Make Prison!" Suddenly a cage appeared around the Lyon's Snow Tiger, trapping it.

"I'll make quick work of that spell!" Lyon said as he moved his fingers around to control the tiger and make it break out of the cage. However, no matter how much he struggled, the cage didn't budge or crack one bit with the Snow Tiger still completely trapped inside. "But how?!"

"Singe hand spell casting is unstable and weak! Your creations will fail you when you need them most!" Gray yelled as he stood on top of the cage. "This is what you are Lyon! A beast in a cage, blind to the outside world! I spent the last 10 years in a guild, in Fairy Tail, making myself stronger, making friends and rivals. Just like Ur told us! I've met strong wizards, battles powerful foes, and kept getting up no matter how many times I fell!"

"While you wasted your life on this stupid plan!" Just then Natsu jumped on top of the cage next to Gray as he spoke up. "I may not have known Ur like you and Gray, but I do know she would have wanted you make the most of your life like Gray has instead of wasting so many years on something like this!"

Suddenly, a magic circle appeared under both Gray and Natsu as both their magic power spiked up and they gained powerful aura's. "Someone like you couldn't be better than Ur! Never in a million years!" Gray yelled as suddenly him and Natsu held their arms out together and next to each other, almost as if on their own. "Live your life to the fullest! Play hard! Eat hard! Train hard! Sleep hard!"

"That's how we do it in Fairy Tail!" Natsu yelled as the two's magic were somehow combing into one.

Lyon was frozen in fear. He knew what was happening, but he couldn't believe it. 'I-Impossible! Not even Ur could do this! People have wasted their lives trying to master that!'

Another giant magic circle appeared in front of Natsu and Gray's hand as they shouted together in full unison…

"UNISON RAID!"

"FLAMING DRAGON BLIZZARD!"

Lyon could only watch as a massive dragon made of fire and ice was created in front of him. Letting out a powerful and loud roar, the dragon charged at Lyon at high speed and power.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The attack connected creating a massive explosion of fire and ice. The wall was completely blown away and opening up the part of the temple they were in to the outside. Gray and Natsu hopped off the cage with the cage and tiger inside both shattering into ice dust as they landed.

Eventually, when the smoke and mist cleared, the two Fairy Tail mages saw Lyon on his knees, his eyes white and his cloths torn and burnt. "G-Gray…" Lyon weakly let out as he fell down to the floor on his face completely unconscious.

Natsu and Gray looked down at the defeated Lyon before letting out a sigh of relief. They had won. But suddenly Gray's eyes shot open as he clenched his abdomen in pain. "Woah, you ok man?" Natsu asked as he held Gray stay standing.

"Yeah…just that wound Lyon gave me earlier…" Gray explained, referring to Lyon's cheap shot with the ice panther attack. "Should have sealed it…"

"Oh, no need to worry about that. Here." Natsu then reached into his pocket and took out one of the two Senzu beans Zane gave him. "Eat this."

"Huh? These are Senzu Beans right?" Gray asked, remembering what the villagers told them the name of these things last night. He also remembered Zane telling him it was this bean that completely recovered Gray in the first place after his and Zane's first fight with Lyon. "Well, bottoms up then." Gray then took the bean into his mouth and chew it up before swallowing. After only a second, the wound Lyon gave Gray completely disappeared as well as all of his other injuries and even his magic energy returning. "Alright! These things are miracle workers!"

"Yeah no kidding!" Natsu said with a big grin. "Now all we need to do it-"

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!"

"AH! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!?" Natsu yelled as he covered his ears. But Gray reacted completely differently. The ice mage froze in fear as he heard that roaring screech. He knew it all too well…

"Oh no…"


"You tricked me!" Zane yelled as Zalty laughed in response. Zane had gone through almost the entire temple chasing around Zalty, the green haired old man proving faster than the 12-year-old thought. They eventually came into the deepest parts of the temple where Deloria was, still trapped in its icy prison…but not for long.

Turns out, there was one person at the top of the temple preforming the ceremony and causing moon drip to go down on Deliora. "Guess chasing me down here was a mistake young Strauss!" Zalty mocked as Zane threw another blast towards him only for the old man to dodge it.

CRACK!

"Oh no!" Zane gasped as cracks appeared over Deliora's icy prison. Zane could only watch as the complete upper half of the ice trapping Deliora completely shattered, freeing the demon's upper half.

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!"

"NO!" Zane yelled as he heard the demon let out a demonic screech.

"Yes! Its free!" Zalty said in victory. "Finally! The moment is here!"

"What have you done?!" Zane yelled as he faced Zalty. "That's it! Now you're really getting it now!" Zane then powered up as he flew towards Zalty, but the old man simply grinned when suddenly a crystal ball appeared from behind him and flew towards Zane at speeds.

Luckily, the 12-year-olds reflexes won out and Zane managed to dodge it as it came towards him, but once it was behind him the ball quickly stopped and flew at Zane form behind. This time Zane responded by counter attack and giving a round house kick to the ball which completely shattered it. "That won't work." Zalty said with a grin when suddenly the ball was put back together and flew at Zane again, this time managing to strike him in the gut.

"What the?!" Zane yelled as he held his stomach. "I thought I destroyed it."

"I can control an objects time." Zalty explained with that stupid cocky grin still on his face. "That's my magic. So, I can take the crystal back in time to before it was broken."

"Magic like that seriously exist." Zane said with disbelief.

"Yes, its one of the Lost Magics. It's called the Arc of Time. Extremely rare." Zalty explained before holding his hand out. "Want to see what happens when I send this crystal ball into the future."

Suddenly Zane was forced to go on defense as the ball was striking him at extreme speeds at all angels. The hits didn't do to much damage to him, but it was huge nuisance and keeping him back. "This magic is impressive I'll give ya that much!" Zane said before a grin came to his face. "But you telling me how it works just gave me the know how to take out this ball!"

"Oh? And how's that?" Zalty asked in a cocky down.

Zane grinned as energy covered his body as he spread his hands and legs out. "Demon Explosive Wave!" Suddenly energy exploded throughout Zane at a large radius causing Zalty to jump out of the way to avoid being caught in the blast.

When the smoke cleared, it showed the area around Zane had been completely cleared and destroyed, even the crystal ball. Zane then smirked down at Zalty. "Can't bring back something that's been destroyed completely. You still need the remnants of the object, can't make something out of nothing."

"Hahahaha! Well that's certainly true!" Zalty laughed, irritating Zane to no ends. "I compliment you boy. Not only are you strong, but smart as well. Truly something unique."

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Zane snapped as suddenly he disappeared from sight. Zalty actually gained a look of surprise before the wind was knocked out of him by Zane, who reappeared in front of Zalty and kneed him in the gut. "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" Zane then landed a powerful punch on Zalty's face and launching him into the wall. The young boy watched as Zalty feel to the ground, seemingly unconscious.

"Alright, that takes care of you." Zane said before looking up at Deliora, who had freed even more from its prison. "Now…got a massive fish to fry."

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!"

"AAAAAHHH!" Zane roared in pain as he covered his ears from the loud screech. Its been done. Deliora was completely free from the ice. Ur's ice. It was all just water now on the cave floor, slowly flowing out to sea.

"ZANE!" Zane heard his name being called and looked to see Gray and Natsu running into the room that the demon was in. On Gray's back was a still unconscious Lyon, and on his face, a horrified expression.

"No…" Gray let out as he looked up at the demon that had destroyed everything in his original home. His parents, his home, everything.

"Guess we only have on choice now." Natsu said in a serious tone. "We have to destroy it."

"No, we have to evacuate the village!" Zane told them as he floated down to them. "This thing is to strong for us! We'd stand no chance! We should focus on save the lives of the islanders!"

"But-" Natsu tried to argue when-

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!"

The demon let out another screeching roar as it took a step forward and caused a giant earth quake from it. "We need to get out of here!" Zane told them as both Natsu and Gray looked up at the demon was started to approach them. Zane then looked at Gray and noticed the expression on his face and quickly told him. "And Gray, don't even think about the Iced Shell! We said you aren't dying here and you aren't!"

Gray gasped at what Zane said, but then nodded. "Let's go!" Gray said as the three quickly started to run out of the temple, jumping out of the way as Deliora slammed its fist down at them with Gray holding on tight to Lyon.

The three Fairy Tail mages quickly made their ways outside and quickly started heading to where the village was. They could still hear and feel Deliora's foot steps so they knew they had to work fast. "Gray! Zane! Natsu!" A female voice called out to them, causing them to look back and Natsu to flinch a bit.

"Erza!" Natsu yelled with fright as they saw Erza, Lucy, Laki, and Happy approaching them.

"What's going on?!" Happy yelled, scared senseless right now.

"Deliora's been released." Gray told them making the four of them gasp. "We have to go now! We need to get the islanders out of here and far away from Deliora!"

"Then lets get it done! And quick!" Laki quickly said as all of them started heading towards the village…all of them…except one.

"OMF!" Zane said when he suddenly tripped on a rock on the ground. "Seriously?! Talk about a cliché!" Zane yelled in frustration as he quickly started to get up as he rose his head up…

And looked at the moon.


Zane's eyes suddenly went blank as he starred at full purple moon. Its presence somehow keeping Zane from looking away as-

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRR!"

"We're almost there!" Erza said as they could see the village coming up ahead.

"I just hope we can escape in time!" Lucy added as it was taking everything she had right now not to break down in fear.

"Well, if it comes to it me and Zane will fight that thing to try and buy some time!" Natsu said as he continued to run forward. "Right Zane!"

…No response.

"Zane?" Natsu questioned as he turned around…and saw no sign of the monkey tailed boy. "AH! Where's Zane?!"

"He's not here?!" Erza yelled in concern as everyone stopped and saw that the boy was indeed gone. "Where is-"

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRR!"

Laki, Erza, Gray, Natsu, and Happy froze. They knew that roar. This just went from bad to worse…

"What was that?! I didn't sound like Deliora!" Lucy yelled as he looked around for the source of this roar.

"Lucy! Natsu! Happy! Go get Zane! Now!" Erza instantly ordered with a look of pure fear on her face. "There may be time to stop it!"

"Stop wh-AAAAAAHHH!" Lucy yelled as Natsu grabbed her arm as he and Happy with the blond in tow took off back in the direction they came in as fast as they could.

"ZANE! DON'T LOOK UP!" Natsu called out for him as he held on tight to Lucy as he used his fire magic on his feet to act like thrusters to increase his running speed with Happy putting more into it as they both went faster.

"SLOW DOWN!" Lucy begged as she wasn't quite used to these speeds.

"WE CAN'T!" Happy yelled in a panic. "WE HAVE TO GET TO ZANE!"

"I THINK I SEE HIM!" Natsu yelled as he could see the form of Zane quickly coming into sight…only things clearly weren't right.

They came to a clean stop with Natsu and Happy having nothing but pure terror written on them with their colors gone. Lucy managed to stand herself up and was about to yell at the two, but then looked at Zane and asked, "Wait…what's going on with Zane."

Zane hadn't stopped looking out the full moon for a second. "ROOOOOOOOOAAAARRR!" Zane let out another primal sounding roar…as he begun to change. His teeth all became sharper and deadly looking. His eyes turned bloodshot before turning a blood red color all together…and he started to grow.

"AAAHHH! ZANE! WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU!" Lucy yelled as Natsu and Happy managed to find the ability to move backwards slowly.

Zane kept growing and growing as brown hair suddenly started covering his body. His cloths reached their limit as they all were torn off his now large and bulk body with brown fur now completely covering him. Lucy was now looking similar to Natsu and Happy as they watched as Zane's body changed further. His face, hands, feet and body overall all started to turn monkey like.

The transformation was finally complete. Lucy, Natsu, and Happy all watched before their very eyes as Zane had turned into a 50-foot-tall Giant Monkey.

Zane had turned into the Great Ape Oozaru.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!" Zane let out a roar that shook the entire island as he mindlessly stomped his feet around creating massive tremors and quakes.

"H-H-H-H-HE TURNED INTO A WERE-MONKEY!" Lucy yelled in pure terror.

"WE TOLD YOU SO!" Natsu and Happy yelled back in unison as Natsu once again grabbed Lucy and started to run away as fast as he could.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR!" Zane roared again as he pounded his chest when-

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" A loud screeching noise actually managed to get Zane's attention as the Great Ape turned towards the temple and watched as the ancient structure was completely destroyed as Deliora itself emerged from under it.

The demon now stood in front of Zane as both giants looked each other in the eyes.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRR!"

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!"

They both roared and screeched at each other respectively as they reared their fist back and proceeded to throw a kaiju sized punch. Both their fist collided, creating a shock wave that spread throughout the entire island and even beyond.

A battle of massive proportions had begun.


Oh man, things are really heating up eh! And here we have Zane's first ever transformation in the fic. Just the first of many to come. Saiyans. I'm I right? TFS quotes aside, remember to fav, follow, and review and stay tuned for the final part of this arc...

"Lifting the Curse"