Here we have it folks. The finale of the Galuna Island Arc. Sorry again about taking so long to get these last few chapters out, but hopefully that won't happen again. Its been super fun to work on this story again and I can't wait to go even farther with it.


"Oh no…" Erza was feeling something she rarely ever feels. Pure terror. In the distance on the other end of the island, she just witnessed Zane turn into the Great Ape he has only turned into once when he was four and she didn't even wanna think about how that would have ended if it wasn't for Makarov. And now she watched as it seemed that the giant monkey was about to pick a fight with a giant demon known for easily bring villagers to the ground.

The only thing that could result from this was chaos and destruction.

"We need to get out of here. NOW!" Erza quickly yelled to Laki and Gray.

"No arguments here!" Gray quickly agreed as they all beelined it for the village as fast they could.

Thankfully when they went to the village, the gates were all open and the villagers were more aware of what was going on in the distance. "What's going on over there!?" The red demon villager asked the mages as they came into the villagers, all the villagers scared out of their minds.

"We'll explain later, but just now that some serious stuff is about to go down!" Laki quickly told all of them, knowing every second counted in this scenario. "But we have to get off the island now!"

"The curse of the moon is responsible for this!" The village chief yelled as he pointed his staff towards Zane and Deliora. "It's the cause of all of this!"

"Technically not wrong." Laki let out in a whimper.

"We have some boats prepared on the opposite side of the island!" A blue skinned demon woman told the Fairy Tail wizards. "We keep them there incase we need to evacuate."

"Well I say now is a good time." Gray said as he looked back and flinched at seeing Great Ape Zane and Deliora. "There's no time to lose."

"WAIT FOR US!" Everyone looked to see Natsu, Lucy, and Happy quickly approaching the village in a panic. "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

"Yeah no duh!" Laki yelled at the pinkette before turning to the villagers. "Lead us to the boats!"

"You all go." The village chief said with a brave tone as he firmly planted his staff on the ground. "Get to safety, I will stay here with the village. The captain must go down with the ship."

"But chief…" One of the villagers begged for the chief to go with them.

"We can't leave you here!"

"Come with us!"

"This is my choice. Please just save yourselves. I wish to join my son in the afterlife." The chief told his people with his head lowered. Ready to accept death if it meant being with his son once again.

"I'm sorry but leaving anyone behind is not an option." Suddenly Erza came up to the chief and picked up, not letting him stay here and potentially die as a result from the kaiju battle about to take place. Now! Let's go!"

"LET ME GO!" The chief yelled as she struggled against Erza's hold.

"Ok…so I know he's a giant monkey right now…" Lucy said with a still scared tone in her voice. "But…do you think he's gonna be alright?"

"Well…this is Deliora we're talking about." Gray stated, still holding on tightly to Lyon as they followed the villagers to where they kept the escape boats. "All we can do is hope…"

"Aye…" Happy said with a nod.

Back where all the chaos was happening, Zane and Deliora were still connecting fist. Both giants giving each other the same look. To simply destroy each other. Deliora being a demon that only focused on destruction, and Zane's mind currently wired to simply destroy in this form.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAR!" Zane was the one to make the next move as he used to free arm to land a powerful blow to Deliora's face which caused the demon to give up the struggle and be knocked back a bit. Zane roared again as the great ape didn't stop his onslaught and threw another punched to Deliora's face.

Deliora screeched in pain as it received blow after blow from the giant monkey, Zane not letting up for a second. Zane then grabbed Deliora by its shoulders and proceeded to collide its head with the demons causing a crack to form on Deliora's head and some blood to leak out.

Deliora has had enough as it let out a screech. "SCREEEEEEEEEEECH!" Deliora raised its arms and proceeded to slash Zane in the chest. The great ape let out a roar as the attack managed to cut off some fur and leave some cuts on the boy turned monster. Deliora then gave the Oozaru an upper cut which raised the giant monkey in the air a little bit and sent him back.

The demon then grabbed some of the remains of the temple it destroyed and grabbed some of the debris and proceeded to slam it down on Zane's head, doing a fair bit of damage. Before the great ape could recover, Deloria slammed both of its fist against Zane's chest causing him to roar out in pain.

However, the pain only increased the Oozaru's rage as he used his tail to wrapped around the demon's leg and pull on it. This cause Deloria to fall down on its back and give Zane the opening he needed. The great ape proceeded to rapidly slam its fist down on Deloria's chest over and over again. Deliora cried out in pain after each blow, the great ape not ceasing for even a second. Zane then switched from punches to kicks as he reared his foot back and delivered a mighty kick to Deliora and sending the demon back near the beach of the island. Thankfully the one opposite to where Zane's friends and the villagers were heading.

As the demon was getting up, Zane uprooting a large free and proceeded to charge towards Deliora full speed, being surprising even faster in this form then his normal one, and used the tree to stab Deliora in the shoulder.

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" Deliora let out in intense pain as Zane removed the tree only to stab it in once more. The young boy feeling nothing but the primal urge to torture and kill this demon due to the form he had taken.

But it was gonna take much more then this to put down Deliora as the demon retaliated once more by getting in close to the great ape and sinking its teeth into Zane's shoulder. This caused Zane to cease his attack and roar out in pain and drop his stabbing tree and the demon's bite drew blood out of the Great Ape.

Thanks to this finally causing the Great Ape to stop its onslaught, the demon proceeded to pick up a large handful of sand from the beach and throw it right into Zane's. "ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAARRR!" Zane roared in pain and irritation as he covered his eyes due to the sand being in his eyes.

Deliora actually let out something similar to a chuckle as he took the chance to get some payback and land some blows of his own. The demon quickly got to work slashing Zane with its sharp claws. Each swipe, at best, simply cutting off some fur, and at worst drawing blood.

The demon then went from claws to fist as it reared its left arm back as much as it could and proceeded to punch the giant monkey right in the nose and send him to his back. The demon then picked up Zane by his legs and proceeded to throw the giant monkey right into the ocean, throwing him far enough to where he was completely submerged while lying on his back.

On the other side of the island and despite their better judgement, the Fairy Tail members and village people were all watching the Kajiu fight from a safe enough distance. They could still feel the quakes from the fight but were otherwise safe…ish…but they still decided to watch Zane fight the demon and would bail if things got to intense.

"Man this is totally awesome!" Natsu cheered as his earlier fear was replaced with excitement over watching the giant battle. While he was terrified at first, seeing Zane focus the power he had as a were-monkey on the demon was much better than him attacking them in a blind rampage.

"Of course you would think that!" Lucy yelled as she was still completely freaking out over everything happening. She know Erza told her they were to stay until something really bad happened, but this qualified as really bad in her book!

"He's…actually holding his own…" Gray said in nothing but pure shock. Not over the battle itself. But seeing Deliora actually struggle and be fought in what looked like an even battle. To him, it seemed that demon was completely unmatched in power. Only sealing it would stop it. But now, after Zane had turned into a Great Ape, it seemed like that dreaded monster that killed his parents finally met its match.

"N-No…" Suddenly everyone's attention was diverted to Lyon, who had just woke up but was still in no condition to fight. After telling the villagers who he was, they had to hold them back from attacking Lyon out of anger. "I-I'm…the only one…strong enough to stop it…"

"Please, you've caused enough trouble." Laki said as she and the villagers gave Lyon an angry look. "Besides, you can't even beat a wet paper bag right now.

"S-Shut up!" Lyon weakly snapped as he tried to crawl forward. "I have…to go…and achieve my dre-"

"That's enough out of you." Erza said as she cut off Lyon by knocking him out. "We'll figure out what to do with you later."

"Aye." Happy said with a nod as he looked to where Natsu was looking. "Although if Zane wins…what do we do if he just goes on a rampage?"

"…We'll cross that bridge when we get there." Erza said in a rather grim tone, honestly not sure what to do about it herself.

"Mommy…" A little demon girl said as she clung to her mothers' leg. "Is the monkey boy gonna be able to beat that monster?"

"I'm…sure he will sweetie." The demon mother reassured her daughter. Despite their first thought of terror over both the Great Ape and demon, when the Fairy Tail mages explained the situation to them, they were all rooting for Great Ape Zane to win.

It was then that the ground began to shake…

Back at the fight, Deloria looked to where he threw the Oozaru and after a moment of not seeing anything, was about to turn around, thinking it had won, and, "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!" Suddenly Zane emerged from the sea water, angrier than ever, while holding something in his left hand that he grabbed from the ocean floor. The broken front half of a sunken ship.

Before Deliora had a chance to react, Zane ran right up to the demon at even fast ships and proceeded to stab the demon right in the abdomen with the broken boat. "SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" The demon screeched in intense pain. Until this battle, Deliora has never felt pain before. No wizard it had face had ever damaged it.

But the Great Ape Oozaru proved to possibly be even stronger than the demon. Deliora honestly wasn't sure how much of this it could take. Deliora had to finish this. So, the demon actually quickly. It raised its arm and proceeded to slash Zane across the face, however the giant monkey was actually able to respond to this and actually raised an arm to block it.

This wasn't a problem for Deliora though as the demon used its other arm to punch Zane right in the giant and push its fist deep against the giant monkey's flesh making him roar out in pain. Deliora took this moment to removed the broken ship from its body, creating a hole in its abdomen. Hopefully it could regenerate that later. But it would certainly take some time and…be incredibly painful. But the demon could worry about that later. Right now it had only one thing in mind.

Killing this damn dirty ape!

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" Deliora let out a loud ear-piercing shriek as its mouth started to glow.

"OH NO!" Gray yelled as he knew what the demon was about to do. "ZANE YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THERE!"

"What's happening?!" Laki yelled as she and everyone nearby quickly ducked for cover as the island started shaking.

"Its gonna attack!" Erza said as she covered her head. This was gonna be a big one.

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECCCCHHHHH!" Deliora let out another screech as its mouth glowed brightly and-

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A massive lime green beam shot out of Deliora's mouth and struck Zane right in the chest. The Great Ape was unable to react as the beam struck his chest causing the Oozaru to roar in pain as the attack hit. The demon's attack lifted the Great Ape right off the ground and sent it flying in the opposite direction of Deliora.

Once Zane was sent to the east beach of the island, with Deliora on the west beach and the Fairy Tail members and villagers on the south beach, the beam finally exploded causing a massive earthquake.

"ZANE!" Natsu, Erza, and Laki called out to with Gray only being able to look in fear and shock.

When the smoke cleared, it showed Zane lying on his back, half on the beach and half on the ocean. His eyes closed and seemingly unconscious with his chest having most of his fur burnt off and a giant burn mark in the fur's place.

"No…" Lucy let out quietly, fearing the worst.

"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" Deliora let out a screech of victory as it looked over the fallen ape. It then started to walk towards, seemingly ready to finish Zane off.

"DELIORA!" Gray roared as his fear was replaced with rage as he gave the demon a completely enraged look. "YOU STOP THIS RIGHT NOW! COME AND FACE ME!" Gray wasn't about to let this demon kill anymore of his friend and family. However, Gray was quickly held back by his guildmates as he tried to go running towards the demon.

"GRAY STOP!" Laki yelled as she had a firm grip on his arm.

"YOU'LL ONLY GET YOURSELF KILLED!" Happy told the ice-make mage.

"PLEASE GET UP MR. MONKEY!" Suddenly the Fairy Tail mages heard the same demon girl from earlier shout out towards the fallen Oozaru. "PLEASE GET UP AND WIN! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!"

"YEAH!" The red demon cheered as well. "DON'T LET THAT MONSTER BEAT YOU!"

"ZANE! YOU MADE US A PROMISE!" The demon women Zane and Laki met named Susan added on. "YOU PROMISED TO HELP US! SO PLEASE GET OUT!"

"YEAH! GO GET EM!"

"SHOW THAT DEMON WHO'S BOSS!"

"WE NEED YOU!"

Soon all the villagers joined in on the cheering. Each one telling Zane to get up and beat down the demon, lending their support. Watching the villagers cheer, the Fairy Tail members soon joined in as well.

"COME ON ZANE!" Natsu cheered his friend. "SHOW THAT FREAK OF NATURE HOW TOUGH YOU ARE!"

"YOU HAVE TO GET UP!" Laki cheered for her best friend with a raised fist. "YOU'RE STRONGER THEN DELIORA I KNOW IT!"

"YOU CAN DO IT ZANE!" Happy cheered as he flew up high. "I KNOW YOU CAN!"

"ZANE! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR OR UNDERSTAND US RIGHT NOW!" Lucy yelled after watching everyone else join in. "BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE RIGHT BEHIND YOU!"

"GET REVENGE FOR ME ZANE!" Gray yelled as loud as he could. "MY PARENTS! UR! ITS ALL UP TO YOU TO AVENGE THEM! I'M BEGGING YOU!"

Deliora looked to the crowd cheering for the giant monkey with annoyance. It would handle them later, but first, kill their last hope and then it'll kill them like the bugs they are. However, Deliora failed to notice the Great Ape's hands start to twitch from all the cheering.

The demon then mimicked something that the Oozaru did earlier and found a large tree to uproot. With the plant in hand. The demon raised it up high right above the ape's heart, ready to stake it like a vampire. And when the demon was about to do the deed…

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAARRRR!" With Deliora not even being able to react in time, suddenly Zane got right back up and landed a devastating blow to the hole in the demon's abdomen he made earlier, causing the demon to screech in pain and be sent back while dropping the tree it had.

Everyone watching cheered happily as they watched as Zane got back on his meet, his red eyes glowing brighter then ever as the ape was ready to fight again. Before Deliora could recover, Zane charged at the demon at full speed, moving faster then most of the spectator's eyes could see, and proceeded to shoulder check the demon like a football player and sent Deliora to the ground.

Not letting it recover, Zane let out a primal roar as he slammed his fist down on the demon over and over again at max speed and strength to the point of his fist becoming blurs and each strike causing an earthquake. This resulted in cracks appearing all over the demon's body, blood leaking out all over.

By the end of the assault, Deliora looked like it was one its last legs. Struggling to even stand up. And when the demon looked up at the Great Ape, for the first time in the demons long immortal life…it felt fear.

And that fear only grew as Zane didn't give the demon a chance to try and get up and run as the Great Ape planted a foot on the demon's chest and pinned it down. Zane then grabbed both of Deliora's arms and started pulling with great strength. Deliora could only shriek in pain as-

CRACK!

…Zane ripped off both of Deliora's arms.

All the cheering died down as they all witness the brutal scene in front of them. The adult villagers covering the childrens eyes so they wouldn't have to witness the scene.

"Holy…" Natsu began.

"SHIT!" Lucy finished for him.

The arms of Deliora, once separated, quickly cracked and soon turned into dust in the giant apes hands. Deliora could only wriggle around in pain. At this point, there was nothing it could do to escape or fight back. It was at the mercy of the Great Ape Oozaru.

And there was none to be had.

Once Deliora's arms had been reduced to dust, Zane removed his foot from Deliora's chest and proceeded to jump up high in the air. He then came landed down right towards Deliora and-

SMASH!

Deliora didn't even have the strength to screech in pain as Zane landed right on its legs, completely destroying them.

Zane seemed to let out a dark and deep chuckle at seeing the demon in such a state and decided to put it out of its misery. Zane lowered his head towards Deliora and opened his mouth wide open, and similar to Deliora earlier, started to charge an attack from his mouth. A giant ball of energy that looked similar to a fire ball formed in front of the Great Ape's mouth and once it was big enough, the giant monkey fired it point blank at Deliora.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A giant eruption of energy was created from the attack, launching upwards like volcano, causing all the spectators to cover their eyes. After a few moments, they finally felt it stop and looked to see a jaw dropping sight.

Deliora's top half had been completely disintegrated.

…The demon was finally dead.

Zane, after seeing that he killed Deliora, let out a deep breath his nose and took a step backwards off the crushed legs. Soon, the remaining parts of Deliora cracked before finally turning to dust. Everything that remained for Deliora gone forever.

Everything was silent for a moment, the villagers and Fairy Tail members all watching with widened eyes and dropped jaws.

Finally, Zane stomped his foot on the ground where Deliora once laid and proceeded to let out a victorious roar. "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!" The Great Ape's roar could be heard for miles as he pounded his chest in victory.

Soon after this, cheers broke out as the villagers all cried out in glee for Zane's victory over the demon.

"ALRIGHT!"

"YAY! MR. MONKEY WON!"

"WE KNEW YOU COULD DO IT ZANE!"

Soon enough, all the Fairy Tail members started cheering for Zane along with the villagers, all smiling and clapping their hands. All except for Gray. Gray simply watched the ape pound his chest in shock. He couldn't believe. Zane had slain Deliora. The demon that had haunted him for so long was finally gone, fell by one of his friends. Before the ice-make mage knew it, tears were coming down his eyes as he looked up at Great Ape Oozaru Zane. "Thank you Zane…" Gray chocked out. "Thank you…"

THUD!

However, their cheering was cut off as they watched the Great Ape collapse forward from exhaustion. Looks like the fatique and damage all caught up with Zane has he fell forward. But to everyones relief, they actually witnessed him started to shrink with the fur slowly disappearing off his body. But they could only witness so much of the reversion as Zane finally shrunk out of sight.

"Alright!" Erza yelled, getting everyone's attention. "Gray, Laki, you're with me to go check on Zane. Lucy, Natsu, and Happy, you all go with the villagers. See if their village is still standing, if not, help them gather anything that might have survived."

"Right!" Natsu, Lucy, and Happy said in unison as they went with villagers to see about the unlikely chance the village had survived the battle.

Laki was quick to follow Erza to where Zane was, hopefully, back in his normal state. But Gray took a bit to catch up as he looked down at the still unconscious Lyon and proceeded to do what he did earlier and carried him on his back.

The onyx haired mage then went over to the ocean and proceeded to scoop up some ocean water in his hands. When he first saw Deliora in the caverns of the temple, as well as all the water from the melted ice, he remembered seeing it flow out a hole and into the ocean. With all the ice melted, he realized that his master wasn't truly dead. She had turned herself into ice. That ice had turned into water. And that water now part of the ocean. Ur was now one with the sea.

Look at the water that was started to drip back into the sea and said one thing. "Thank you master…for everything."


"ZANE! WHERE ARE YOU!" Laki called out to her best friend as they arrived at the area where they saw Zane shrink. It was quite easy to find the location as it was the area where all the destruction was. Now they just had to actually find Zane.

Which didn't take long.

"Wait! I see him!" Erza called out as she pointed to where she was looking. Laki and Gray looked to where Erza was pointed and gasped when they saw Zane lying down in the dirt…completely naked.

"Zane!" Gray called out as he set down Lyon and headed towards Zane. When they reached him, they grimaced a bit when they saw all the injuries Deliora gave him while he was Great Ape still on him now, just on a smaller scale due to reverting back to his normal state.

"Zane? Are ok you?" Laki asked as he flipped Zane over onto his back and helped support him.

"…Can't…feel…" Zane muttered after a moment of silence. "Can't…feel my…anything…"

"Yeeeeeah…should probably give you a Senzu." Laki said as she reached into a pocket and pulled out the healing bean. Laki then put the bean into Zane's mouth where the 12-year-old quickly started chewing it. "That's it, you're gonna be ok."

After a few seconds of chewing, Zane swallowing the bean. Unlike the previous times, it took a while to take effect, but soon enough all of Zane's injuries disappeared and the young boy sat up on his own with wide eyes. "AH! WHAT HAPPENED?!"

"That's…a bit complicated." Erza said as she scratched the back of his head. It was obvious to see Zane didn't exactly remember aping out...but they should tell him.

"By the way…" Gray said, getting Zane's attention. "Might wanna look at yourself."

"What?" Zane said as he looked at himself…

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"


"WHAT?!" Zane yelled in surprise and shock at what he heard…while covering his privates with a giant leaf from a palm tree. "I TURNED INTO A GIANT MONKEY!?"

"Yep. Pretty much." Gray answered Zane, at this point Lyon was awake and simply listened to everything in silence. The silver haired mage simply had to face reality. Deliora was killed by someone that wasn't him. He was beaten by Natsu and Gray earlier. There was nothing he could do about any of those things.

"Why didn't you tell me?!" Zane demanded to know. "If you had just told me I turned into a giant monkey if I looked at the full moon I wouldn't have looked at it no question!"

"We…didn't want you to freak out…" Laki admitted sheepishly, hearing just how bad of an excuse it was.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING NOW?!" Zane yelled back, proving Laki's point of it being a bad excuse.

"I'm truly sorry Zane." Erza apologized as she looked down at her honorary nephew. "We figured it was best to hide it from you. But at least you know about it now, and no one was hurt thankfully."

"Yeah I guess so." Zane said as his mind was still kinda processing everything. He was a were-monkey…certainly interesting. But the boy soon gained a bit of a cheeky smile as he said. "Well on the bright side, at least I can say I killed Deliora!" Zane then turned to Lyon and couldn't resist. "Suck it Lyon!"

"Grrr…" Lyon silently growled in response.

"Now we only have one thing to worry about." Laki pointed out, getting everyones attention. "Turning the villagers back."

"Oh yeah, you're right." Gray said as realization hit him. "I guess I kinda forgot about that. I doubt just killing Deliora is gonna do it."

"Well its obvious that the power of the moon drip spell is somehow effecting them." Erza stated as she crossed her arms.

"Sooooooo, yeah, I wanna lift the curse off the villagers as much as you guys but first…" Zane said as he looked at the jungle leaves hiding his shame. "Kinda naked right here…"

"Oh…right, hehe." Laki lightly laughed as an embarrassed shade of pink came to her face. "Not gonna lie, kinda forgot about that."

"Don't worry Zane. I've prepared for a situation like this." Erza stated as she created a red magic circle in her hand. From it, appeared a spare set of Zane's cloths. "I've kept a few spare sets of your cloths in my pocket dimension just incase yours got destroyed in battle."

"Alright! Thanks Aunt Erza!" Zane said as Erza handed him the cloths. "Alright I'll be right back. Gonna go put these on behind a tree." Not wanting his friends to see his privates, Zane quickly ran over to the nearest tree that was still standing to put on his cloths.

"Hmmmm…" Gray hummed in thought before turning to Lyon. "Hey Lyon, do you have any idea what's going on with the villagers?"

"To be honest I don't have a clue." Lyon told them simply.

"What? What do you mean you don't have a clue?" Laki asked in a bit of an irritated tone. "The villagers told us the cursed started when you first came to the island."

"When we first arrived three years ago, we knew there was a village on the island. But we never had a reason to interact with it or the villagers, so we left them alone. And in the three years we've been here the villagers never came to the temple to see what was going on." Lyon explained to them with nothing but honesty.

"You mean to tell me in the three years you've been here you never once met?" Erza asked for conformation. It was extremely strange to her that the villagers would never investigate, surely they would know what was going on.

"But that doesn't make any sense." Laki pointed out. "The moon drip could easily be seen from anywhere on the island and yet the villagers never came to check it out?"

"The moon drip isn't what caused the villagers to transform." Lyon stated getting Gray and Laki to raise their eyebrows. "It doesn't effect the human body. Just look at me and my men. We've all been exposed to the moon drip far more then the villagers ever were but we haven't changed one bit."

"Hmmmmm…" Erza hummed as she started piecing things together in her head.

"I wouldn't trust those villagers." Lyon continued speaking. "They're hiding something." Lyon then crossed his arms and turned his head away from the Fairy Tail mages in front of him. "But I'm sure you guild wizards can handle."

"What makes you think we're just gonna set you free like that?" Laki said with a glare as she was about to walk up to Lyon only to be stopped by Erza putting a hand on her shoulder.

"That's enough Laki." Erza told the ivory haired girl. Earlier, before Deliora had been completely awakened, Erza met Toby on the top of the temple preforming the moon drip ceremony. When she stopped him, she interrogated him and demanded to know why he was serving Lyon. It was then that Erza learned the tragic truth. Everyone who was allied with Lyon were victims of Deliora. They either had their villages destroyed by it, had friends and family killed by it, or both. They wanted revenge on the demon so Lyon convinced them that he would kill it if they supported his cause.

Erza explained this to the two with her, positive that Zane was listening as well due to his better hearing. "They were simply doing what they felt was right. There isn't a need to punish them."

"Well…if you say so." Laki said with an unsure tone. Despite the sad and sympathetic story, she still felt like they deserved something to come to them.

"No come on, we should meet back up with everyone." Erza instructed as she started walking away.

"So…" Zane said as he peaked his head from behind the tree he has put his cloths on, now fully dress and following his Aunt Erza and Laki. "How we doing this?"

"I think I may have an idea." Erza told Zane with a small smile. "I just need to get some information first."

Gray, similar to before, stayed behind for a bit and looked at his old rival who responded with a harsh glare. "What do you want?" Lyon asked with venom in his voice.

"I know you don't wanna hear it, but you really should join a guild." Gray told Lyon in a calm voice. "You'll make new friends, meet new rivals, maybe even find a new dream to work towards."

Lyon's eyes widened a bit at what Gray said before he turned away from Gray. "W-Whatever." Lyon stuttered in a stubborn tone. "Just get out of here." Gray simply gave Lyon a small smirk before leaving to follow Erza and the others.


"What the…" Erza, Zane, Laki, and Gray said in unison as they arrived back in the area where the village was…and found it completely undamaged. The area of destruction wasn't that far away yet the village and the area around the village looked like it was all in perfect condition.

"You guys did tell me I was a giant monkey fighting a demon right?" Zane asked in a confused tone. "I was expecting a lot more…rubble."

"Your guess is as good as mine." Gray said as he scratched the back of his head.

"There you guys are!" The four of them looked forward to see Lucy, Natsu, and Happy approaching them. When they reached them, Lucy was the one who spoke up. "Glad to see you back to normal Zane."

"I know right?" Zane sheepishly said with a chuckle and as he scratched the back of his head.

"So hey, how is the village, ya know, still standing?" Laki immediately asked the big question.

"Guess is as good as mine." Natsu responded as he crossed his arms. "The villagers and us were just as confused as you guys."

"It was almost as if everything was turned back in time." Happy added in.

However, this caused Zane's eyes to widened as he thought about what Happy said. "Back in time…" Zane quietly said with no one hearing him. 'Wait a minute…that old guy with the time magic…but why would he repair the village? Did he have a change of heart?' Zane thought about it for a moment before simply smiling and shrugging as he crossed his arms behind his head. "Ah well, guess it doesn't matter."

"What doesn't matter?" Erza asked as she faced Zane.

"Nothing important." Zane told the scarlet knight before looking up at her. "Anyway, you said you had an idea Aunt Erza?"

"Right." Erza confirmed with a nod. "I need to gather all the villagers. I have some questions I need to ask them."

Everyone except Zane rose an eyebrow at what Erza wanted to do, but simply nodded at Titania's request and got to gathering the villagers to the center of the village. It only took about 10 minutes, but now all the members of Fairy Tail with Erza in the front were facing all the villagers with the chief in the front. It was also worth mentioning that Zane was once again wearing sunglasses to prevent the moon from transforming him again.

"So let me get my facts straight." Erza told the villagers as she needed to make sure of everything before taking action. "You all first took on these demonic forms when the moon first started turning purple. Is that correct?"

"Yes." The village chief confirmed with a nod. "During the day we're fine but when the moon comes out we transform into what you see now."

"And the moon first turned purple about three years ago, right?" Erza questioned once more.

"Wow has it really been three years?" One of the villagers said with a stunned tone. Its hard to believe three years have already passed since the day the moon turned purple. "Wow…"

Erza then lowered her head and started pace to the right as she spoke further. "We learned the moon drip ceremony has been preformed at the temple every night for the last three years." Erza stated as all the villagers continued looking at her. "And each night it proceeded a beam of light so brilliant that you couldn't possible have missed it-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHH!"

Everyone went wide eye and slack jawed as they watched Erza walk right into the pit trap made last night by Lucy, which was also covered again. "Woah! Even Lucy's pitfall trap is back!" Happy pointed out as everyone looked at the scene.

"She screamed like a girl…" Natsu said in shock. He couldn't believe that noise just came out of Erza.

"Wow…" Lucy said as a shade of pink came to her face. 'She sounded really…cute…' However, the blond quickly realized what might happen to her once Erza climbed out. "Oh no! I'm so gonna be dead meat!"

But everyone simply watched as Erza easily climbed out of the pit and dusted herself off, not looking the least bit dazed her damaged by her fall. "It just doesn't make sense." Erza said as he crossed her arms.

"She got right back up like it was nothing…" One of the villagers muttered in amazement.

"She must be super tough." Another villager added.

"Why didn't any of you go to investigate?" Erza asked the demons in front of her.

All the villagers gained nervous expressions as nervous beads of sweat came down from their heads as they all muttered and looked at each other. "Well…" The chief began nervously. "We would have looked into it but village lore says he must never go near the temple."

"But who cares about village lore when your own people are dying." Lucy stated, not quite getting their excuse.

"Yeah, at that point I don't think you should care about village lore that much." Zane said in a firm tone as he crossed his arms. He know he would check the temple at that point if he were one of them, village lore be damned.

"Its obvious you knew there was a problem." Laki pointed out. "I mean you contacted quite a few guilds about this request."

"Um…well…" The chief nervously tried to think of what to say next.

"…Why don't you tell us whats really going on." Erza asked them after a brief moment of silence.

"To be honest we really don't know that ourselves." The village chief decided to tell the guild mages the truth and spoke honestly. "Allow me to explain. We'd tried to investigate the light many times. We'd pick up weapons we've never had to use, I'd trim and style my sideburns, and then we'd venture into the jungle towards the temple. But we could never get near it. We'd get close enough that we could seen it through the trees and then suddenly we'd find ourselves back at the village gates."

"But…how's that possible?" Lucy asked in a confused tone. "It just doesn't make sense."

"We got into the temple without any trouble at all." Natsu state, equally as confused as Lucy. "Weird."

"We didn't say anything to you earlier because we were afraid you wouldn't believe us." The red demon man told the mages.

"We're telling you the truth." A dark blue demon man added. "We tried to go to the temple many times."

"But not a single villager has ever managed to get inside." Another demon man pointed out.

"I get it…yes." Erza knew everything she needed to know now. Erza then looked forward as her armor glowed as she proceeded to requip. "Natsu come with me." Erza told the pinkette as her armor changed. Her new armor was bulky and mainly had a yellow color scheme with blue highlights. It had a blue cross on the chest plate, arched shoulder pads, and a white fur trim on the bottom on her shoulder pads. However, what Erza said next completely shocked everyone.

"You're going to help me destroy the moon."

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Zane, Lucy, Gray, Laki, and Happy said in unison.

"HA! HA!" Natsu laughed with an excited look on his face. "Really?!"

Laki, Gray, Happy, and Lucy all had looks of shock and disbelief on their face. However, Zane had a look of in difference on his face. 'Ok…why does destroying the moon of all things giving me déjà vu…and why am I imagining a guy in a wig…'

"We need to destroy the moon." Erza said in her usual tone, acting like it wasn't a big deal. "It's the only way to change the villagers back to normal."

All the villagers were quick to start cheering over this news.

"Their really gonna do it! We get to watch it happen!"

"We're finally gonna be human again!"

"So where do you wanna go?!" Natsu asked with an extremely excited expression and tone. He couldn't wait to do this. "The temples destroyed but that part of the island should still be higher."

"No, we have to do it here." Erza instructed with her arms crossed. "Even if its destroyed, the villagers probably won't be able to go near where the temple was and they have to see this." Meanwhile the other Fairy Tail members were still in disbelief over what Erza was saying. They knew Erza was strong and could do many things, but destroying the moon…was still a HUGE stretch.

"This is my Giant Armor." Erza then went on to explain what she had requipped to. "It increased my strength and allows my to throw farther. And this…" Erza then held out her right hand and summoned a long heavy looking spear with a cross-shaped head. "is the Spear of Haja. It repels darkness."

"Repels darkness?" Zane quietly questioned. What was his Aunt Erza planning?

"Oh I see what you're planning now!" Natsu said as his excitement only grew with each passing second. "You're gonna use that spear to knock the moon outta the sky!"

'Give me a break that's never gonna work…' Gray, Lucy, Laki, and Happy thought in unison with deadpanned expressions.

"That's right." Erza confirmed with a nod. "But I'm afraid I'll need more strength than this armor can give me." The scarlet knight then turned to face Natsu. "So Natsu, I'm going to need your fire powers as a boost. Whenever I begin to throw the spear, I want you to hit the back of it with your flames. Now we'll have to plan out attack perfectly, but I think you should give me enough power to do the job."

"Sounds like a killer plan to me!" Natsu said excitedly as he gave Erza two thumbs up.

And so, the two went to carry out their plan. They headed to a wooden tower located by the walls surrounding the village. Meanwhile, their teammates minus Zane all looked at the duo as if they had gone insane.

"No way this is gonna work." Laki let out a sigh.

"Yeah I think its safe to say those two went off the deep end this time." Lucy stated with a nod.

"Aye." Happy agreed.

With Erza and Natsu now on top of the tower with the former of the two looking at the purple moon with a fierce determination. The villagers and other Fairy Tail mages all looking up at them from below in anticipation. Erza then started to go about her plan and rear her throwing arm back with the spear in hand. As she held it there, the gem that was on the armor glowed as it built up power and strength.

"NOW!" Erza yelled as she gathered up enough power and got ready to throw the spear.

Natsu gained a wild grin as he ignited his fist with flames and struck the spear's bottom part at the precise second Erza threw it. What results was the top half of the wooden tower they were in to be completely blown off with the spear rocketing towards the sky like a rocket.

"They did it!" Happy cheered.

"What are they thinking?!" Lucy shrieked with eyes like dinner plates.

Erza's spear continued soaring higher and higher into the sky. It flew up so high that it appeared nothing more then a small dot to everyone watching from the island.

"Almost there!" Erza screamed. Just a bit more…

Just then, everyone heard a loud boom coming from the sky. Everyone watched in complete shock and surprise as cracks formed in the big purple moon. "NO WAY!" Lucy, Laki, and Gray yelled simultaneously while the villagers cheered at the sight of the cracking moon. Zane's mouth was agape, but it wasn't outright slack jawed. He knew there was more to it then everyone was seeing and thinking. Heck, he swore he felt a strange spike of energy when the cracks started to appear.

But soon enough, everyone's shock was replaced with confusion as the cracks spread beyond the moon and to the very sky. The night sky started to crack more and more before everyone watch it shatter like glass, the sky shattered and revealed a normal colored moon and night sky.

Everyone watched in awe as the entire sky around the island cracked and shattered, leaving purple crystalline particles to fall down to the island like snow. "It wasn't the moon that shattered." Lucy said as she looked at the falling purple dust. "It was the sky."

Back on top of the tower, Natsu watched everyone and soon gained a confused expression. "What the heck just happened?" The pinkette asked as he scratched his head.

"This was a result of the moon drip spell." Erza explained with a smile. "A nauseous membrane was covering the island."

"What?" Nastu asked again."

"The moon drip released evil energy in the form of a gas." The scarlet knight answered. "That gas crystalized and formed an invisible shell in the sky that covered the island. That's why the moon looked purple here."

"Oh…" Zane said, over hearing the explanation. However, the young boy's eyes soon widened as the sky above finished cracking with all the membrane destroyed…Zane begun to feel energy again. "Wait a second…ALRIGHT!"

"What? What is it Zane?" Laki asked as she turned to her best friend.

"LAKI! EVERYONE! I CAN FEEL YOU'RE ENERGY AGAIN!" Zane told them all in a happy and excited tone that caused the Fairy Tail wizards to smile. "Hold on, let me try something." Zane then smirked as he put two fingers on his forehead and-

POP!

With a comedic popping sound, Zane suddenly appeared next to Laki.

POP!

And then next to Erza.

POP!

And then next to the chief.

POP!

And then next to Lucy.

"All right! I can use Instant Transmission again!" Zane cheered with a pumped-up fist as the villagers watched in amazement over Zane's teleportation ability.

"If I had to guess I would say the moon drip is responsible for your sensing ability to be out of line as well." Erza said as she and Natsu walked up to everyone. "The membrane released a constant spread of energy making it difficult to sense any single source on the island."

And right after Erza's explanation, the villagers became startled as suddenly a bright light illuminated from under their feet. "And now that the shell is broken, everything will go back to the way it was three years ago."

Finally, the glowing stopped and…nothing happened. Absolutely nothing. The villagers remained in their demonic form.

"What happened?" A confused Gray asked. "They didn't turn back."

"Oh no…" Happy let out in a worried tone.

"That's because these are there true forms." Erza revealed to everyone with a smile on her face as she requiped into her normal armor. "The moon drip never had any effect on their appearance. However, it has seemed to affect their memories."

This came as a shock to Lucy as she slowly started turning to the villagers. "S-So wait…" Lucy nervously stuttered. "W-What y-y-you're saying…is that they're r-really…"

"Yep. You got it." Erza nodded. "They think they're humans who have been turned into demons, but it's the other way around."

This caused Lucy, Laki, and Happy to scream in shock while Gray and Natsu's jaws dropped. Zane was surprised, but considering he also just found out he could turn into a Great Ape after looking at the full moon…needless to say it was tough to surprise him with stuff at the moment.

"The villagers have always been demons." Titania explained further, causing Lucy to enter a fetal position.

"Hey is that true?!" Gray demanded as he got in the face of the red demon man.

"Well…maybe…" The villager stuttered. "My memory's still a bit hazy. We all looked pretty human when you met us, didn't we?"

"Yes, because you all possess the ability to take on human form." Erza enlightened everyone. "Your false memories led you all to believe that your temporary states were actually your true forms. In reality, you were actually victims to the moon drips side-effects."

"Wait, but what Lyon and the others?" Zane asked as he faced the scarlet knight. "How come they weren't effect by it?"

"I assume it's because they're human." Erza answered her surrogate nephew. "As far as I can tell demons were the only ones susceptible to the memory loss. I knew what was going on as soon as the villagers said that they couldn't go near the temple. The moon's light was sacred; thus, preachers of darkness couldn't go anywhere near it."

"You're great the detective." A new, slightly familiar voice, made itself present making everyone turn to it. "I knew I could trust you and your friends. Thanks wizards, I owe you one."

The Fairy Tail members, sans Zane and Erza, and especially the villagers were all stunned by who they sat. Happy and Lucy actually ended up hugging each other tightly as they shrieked girlishly. Gray, Natsu, and Laki once again found their jaw's dropping from the sight of a purple skinned demon. Zane however, simply tilted his head. He'd never seen this guy before.

"You're the guy from the boat!" Gray yelled as he pointed to the demon.

And that it was. Standing before everyone was none other than Bobo. The son of the chief who they thought they had killed. At the sight of his son, the chief's eyes began to tear up and his lip started to quiver. "Bobo…" He chocked out.

"But…we thought you were dead!" One of the villagers said in confusion.

Bobo simply chuckled as he walked up to everyone and patted his chest. "Getting stabbed in the chest hurt pretty badly but you gotta do more than that to kill a demon."

"But…on the boat…you vanished into thin air." Gray pointed out, still trying to process everything he was seeing and hearing.

Bobo chuckled again as suddenly a pair of black, bat-like wings folded out from behind Bobo's shirt as he leaped into the air and hovered over everyone. "I sure hope you kids can forgive me." Bobo said with his arms crossed.

"Woah! He can fly?" Gray muttered.

"I was the only one who didn't have any memory loss." Bobo explained to everyone. "I had to leave because everyone else went nuts! I knew I was a demon, but everyone else thought that they were cursed humans." After saying this, Bobo started laughing.

"Bobo!" The chief let out again as years came down his face as he unfolded his own wings and flew towards his son, tackling him with Bobo quickly to catch his dad and hug him.

"I'm so glad you snapped out of it pops!" Bobo said happily as he held his father tightly.

At seeing this, all the other villagers smiled widely as all their memories came rushing back to them as well. Similar to Bobo and the chief, wings appeared on all of the villagers as well as they started flying around the chief and his son, cheering for the return of Bobo.

All the Fairy Tail mages looked up at the scene, happy smiles on all of their faces.

"Yep, they're definitely demons." Erza commented.

"I don't know. When you look at their faces…" Natsu began talking as he looked up at the crying village chief still hugging his son. "Well…they kinda look like angels to me."

Later that night, all the people in the village decided to throw Fairy Tail a giant feast. So, long tables of food were set up and everyone was simply enjoying the party, laughing, eating, or simply talking. And due to this talking, Erza and the other members of Fairy Tail found out exactly what the curse the sailors at the port were talking about when talking about Galuna.

A lie.

The demons of the island were afraid of the outside world. Afraid that people would judge them based on their appearance. So, they started the rumor of the curse to keep people away. But after interacting with Fairy Tail and the wizards helping them all they had, they made a vow to no longer hide from the world and try to form friendship with the humans.

All the while the demon women on the island started fangirling over Gray.

A little while after that, two of Lyon's right hands, Yuka and Sherry showed up. Initially thinking that they were here to attack the village, even after everything that's happened, the villagers actually told the Fairy Tail members that they should start fighting their own battles and were prepared to fight off the two themselves. However, Erza quickly jumped in and defeated the two without even using magic.

Once they were down, Sherry and Yuka revealed that they actually weren't here to fight. They were actually there to thank them. They explained to everyone how they were victims of Deliora and joined Lyon so that they could help him kill the demon, but along the way didn't even realize they were hurting innocent people and vowed to change their ways.

Upon hearing that, Natsu quickly dragged Yuka and Sherry to the party despite their protest. Overall, it was a great night for everyone. But eventually, they all had to call it a night and get some much needed and deserved rest.


"H-Huh…"

"W-Where am I…"

Zane had awoken to find himself…well…he didn't know exactly. Everything around him was foggy. He couldn't even see the ground below his feet. "Is…this another one of my dreams?" No, that wasn't right. For some reason, this felt different. But he couldn't tell if this was a good or bad different.

"Well, this is certainly a surprise."

"Ah!" Zane screamed in fright as he heard the voice. But his fear died down a bit when he thought about what the voice sounded like. It sounds old and wise. Not unlike Makarov. "W-Who are you? W-Where are you?"

"Please. There is need to worry child." The wise voice reassured Zane, calming him down greatly. "I do not wish to harm you. I couldn't even if I wanted to."

"Ok…" Zane finally calmed himself down with help from the voice. "So…who and where are you exactly?"

"Just keep looking around, through the fog." The old and wise voice instructed the young boy. "I'm sure you will soon find me."

Zane simply nodded, deciding he could trust this voice and started walking around and looking for the source of the voice. After a few minutes of walking around and looking through the fog, Zane eventually spotted the outline of a rather large figure in the fog. Zane was quick to start running towards this figure and reached him fast.

Once Zane reached this figure, the fog actually cleared around Zane and the figure allowing the 12-year-old to see who it was. Zane's eyes widened and his mouth gaped a bit as he looked up at who, rather what, he was looking at.

Sitting in a large chair was a rather big and obese green alien creature. His green skin was wrinkly and he had two antennae on his forehead with his eyes squinted shut. "W-Woah…" Zane let out as he looked up at the fat alien.

"Ah, so you're the one who was connected to me from the world of Earthland." The alien said as he looked down at Zane with a kind smile. "A rather impressive feat considering I am no longer of the living."

"What?" Zane questioned in a surprised tone. "You're…dead?"

The alien nodded, his smile not leaving his face. "Yes. But do not worry child, I have lived a happy life, and died surrounded by those I have loved." The alien reassured Zane. "Although I am quite surprised you reached to me from the other world."

"I-I-I didn't exactly mean to do it…" Zane sheepishly admitted as he held his arm. "I just fell asleep and…this just kinda happened. I'm sorry for disturbing your rest sir."

The alien simply let out a small but hearty chuckle at Zane. "No need to apologize young one. And my name is Guru."

"My names Zane." Zane introduced himself to Guru.

"Zane…I can see you have a pure heart." Guru told the young boy making him tilt his head at Guru in curiosity. "Please, step closer. There's something I want to check."

"Um, ok," Zane said in a confused tone as he stepped up so he was right next to Guru's chair.

The young boy then looked to see Guru move his hand on top of Zane's head and smile in response. "Ah yes. I was correct." Guru said as he looked down at Zane again. "You not only have a pure heart, but a big one. Full of love for those you call family."

"Hehe, yeah." Zane said with a small smile and a bit of pink on his face. "Fairy Tail is my family, and I'd do anything for them."

"Really?" Guru inquired.

"Well yeah." Zane told Guru with a tone that showed he wasn't lying one bit. "Honestly…its why I want to get stronger. So I can both protect them and make them proud. I don't seek strong opponents to challenge me. Don't get me wrong, I like facing strong opponents, but my main motivation for getting stronger is Fairy Tail. To make sure I can help my friends and family."

"I see." Guru said with an approving nod. "Then I have no reason to fear doing this."

"Do what-AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Suddenly, with Guru's hand still on Zane's forehead, it glowed and soon after that, Zane was covered with an incredible white aura as power was unleashed from the child. This kept up for a few short moments until it finally stopped. Guru removed his hand from Zane's head as the child looked over himself. He. Felt. Incredible!" Woah! What was that! I feel amped up!"

"I have unleashed your inner power." Guru explained to the child. "I tore down the walls hold back your hidden potential."

"Wow…" Zane let out in amazement as he clenched his fist a few times before looking up at Guru. "Thank you so much Mr. Guru!"

"It was my pleasure young one." Guru told the child. "Just now, I have only unlocked a small part of your potential. I can see there is still much for you to work for and achieve. I can also see that you may face many struggles in the future."

Zane thought about what Guru said for a moment before looking up at the deceased alien with a determined look. "Then I'll keep working hard!" Zane promised. "I'll get stronger and face these challenges so I can fight alongside my family and protect and help them!"

Guru smiled once more at Zane and nodded. "I know you will." The wise alien said before looking forward. "I can sense that your body is waking up. It seems our time together is up. I'm glad I got to meet you Zane."

"Me to Guru." Zane replied with a smile. "I hope we can meet each other again someday."

Just then the area around them was filled with a bright light when-


"Hey Zane! Time to wake up!" Zane sat up from where we was sleeping and heard knocking from the hut he was sleeping in. "Its time for us to go home!" It was Laki's voice waking him up.

"Just a minute!" Zane yelled back to his best friend. Zane quickly stood up, no amount of drowsiness in him as he looked over himself. "It wasn't just a dream…" Zane told himself as he still felt that power up Guru had bestowed him. It was like his power had been increased ten-fold, maybe even more.

But he would have to try it out later, for now, it was finally time to leave Galuna island. Stepping outside the hut he was in, Zane quickly saw Lucy, Gray, Laki, Natsu, and Happy near the entrance, which was only a little bit away from the hut. He also saw that they were standing in front of Erza's massive cart of luggage.

And speaking of Erza, Zane spotted the Scarlet Knight talking with the Village Chief and Bobo with the villagers standing a little bit behind them. "But please, we must insist you take the reward." Zane heard the chief tell Erza.

"I'm sorry but we couldn't take it in good conscious." Erza told the chief with a small smile on her face. "This wasn't an official job request; it was a bunch of foolish wizards taking on a job they weren't qualified for."

The chief simply chuckled in response. "Well foolish as they may be they still did help us out a lot." The island leader told the scarlet knight. "How about this, I'll give you the money not as a reward, but as a gift."

Erza lowered her head in response as she thought about the offer. "Well when you put it that way its hard to say now." The villagers are smiled in response, thinking that she was going to take the seven million jewel they were offering for the job. "But-"

"Aunt Erza wait!" Suddenly, interrupting Erza, was Zane as he quickly ran up to them. The young boy then looked up at Erza, the chief, and Bobo as a shade of pink came to his cheeks with him scratching the back of his head. "So…I was hoping to ask…"

"Yes?" Erza inquired.

"…CouldIhaveonemillionoftherewardmoneyplease!" Zane quickly, and nervously asked.

Somehow, the three in front of him caught onto what he said with Erza looking rather surprised. "What? Why?" Erza wanted to know. She wasn't angry at the request, but she was rather confused as to why he would ask that.

"Well…its just…I kinda have an idea for something that can help take my training to a whole new level and really help amp me up." Zane started explaining with Erza crossing her arms and listening. "But…it needs Gravity Lacrima's and those are quite expensive. Please! I'll do anything!"

"Gravity Lacrima's?" Erza questioned with a raised brow. Why would he need them? Gravity Lacrima's were used to increase or decrease the gravity of an area and due to the rarity of the magic, they could be quite pricey, going for 80,000 jewels just for one.

"Oh why not give it to the lad." Bobo encouraged with a smile. "He looks rather excited for that project of his and he did defeat that giant monster after all. I would say he's earned it."

"Hmmmmm…" Erza hummed in thought. However, when she looked down she saw Zane giving her puppy dog eyes…her weakness. "Oh alright." Erza gave in, making Zane's eye sparkle. "But we'll only take the one million for Zane. And that gate key."

The village chief let out a hearty chuckle and nodded. "Well you drive a hard bargain but alright." He said in a joking tone as Bobo handed a bag of one million jewel to Zane and handed Erza the golden gate key. Meanwhile all their teammates looked on with jealousy…all except Lucy who was smiling that she was getting a brand-new Zodiac Key.

"Thank you so much Aunt Erza!" Zane said as he quickly hugged his Aunt Erza quick hug. "Hey, would it be ok if I Instant Transmission home? I don't wanna keep her waiting for me any longer…also see if I can convince her not to kill Natsu."

"I'm sure she'd appreciate you doing that. But good luck on that second one." Erza said with a chuckle as she patted Zane's head. "You'll meet you back at the guild Zane."

"See you Aunt Erza! See you later guys!" Zane said as he watched Erza walk away and out of the village with the others soon following.

"Thank you so much again for helping us young man." The village chief told Zane with a smile.

"Feel free to visit anytime." Bobo told the young boy with a wave.

"Will do! And thanks for also letting me take a bunch of those Senzu Beans!" Zane thanked as he patted a small burlap sack he now had attached to his belt. Last night he made sure to pick a bunch and asked the villagers if he could take some home to grow his own. They said he was free to take as much as he wanted, besides, he also learned that Senzu Beans don't quite agree with the demons. So its not like they would be losing anything. "But for now, I'll see you all later!"

Zane then put two fingers to his forehead and focused for a bit and-

POP!


Back in Magnolia, Mira could be seen in the kitchen. These last four days have torture for her. She had to live with the fact that her son had been kidnapped and taken to an S-Class quest. She had been worried, furious, and above all, sad. She's never been separated from Zane for this long before and it was started to get to her.

She was so used to being around him that being separated from her baby boy for so long…started hurting. It was showing to as Mira had her head down on the table and was crying her eyes out…while having it in the back of her mind of the various ways she would brutally and cruelly kill Nat-

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Mira raised her head off the table, showing her tear stained face. She heard the door being knocked on once again and sighed and stood up. Unless it was Elfman, she would simply tell who it was to leave. She just wasn't in the mood for visiters.

And when she went to open the door…

"Hey mom…" Mira's heart skipped a beat as she looked down to see her son standing in front of her with a big burlap sack behind him and a smaller one attached to his belt. The monkey tailed boy gave his mom a give toothy smile and said. "I'm home!"

Mira was silent for a moment before quickly getting on her knees and pulling her son in for a deep hug. Crying in his shoulder, she said. "Please…don't ever leave me again…"

Zane simply smiled and hugged his mom back and dug his face in her shoulder has well. "I won't. I promise."


And there it is ladies and gents! This was a lot of fun to work on and I can't wait for the next arc! The Phantom Lord arc? Eeeeeeh, not quite, hehe. There's actually gonna be a bit of a mini arc that's gonna happen after the next chapter thats gonna introduce two OC characters into this story! So be excited! But there's still on chapter before that arc so remember to leave a fav, follow, review and stay tuned for a chapter I have been looking forward to for awhile...

"Changling"