Back with the continuation

"speaking"

""thinking""

On with the story

Juvia was battling with Keyes as the archbishop was overpowering her with his curse

""Hello. Can anyone hear me?"" a voice called out to Juvia in her mind

""telepathy."" Juvia thought as she heared the voice

""young lady, Would you happen to be Gray's girlfriend?"" Silver said in the telepathy as Juvia's face went red

"JUVEEEN!" she squealed out while steam was coming out of her head

""N-no, I am not his g-girlfriend, but are you by chance…Gray's father? Silver?""

""I see someone's been talking about me, but that's not important. I reached out to you to tell you that you have to defeat Keyes." Silver requested.

"But that shouldn't be too hard, he's the weakest of the demon gates. He's a necromancer. His plan is use the dead body of the chairman to activate the 3000 Face bombs remotely."

""3000?!"" Juvia exclaimed in the mind link

""If you do that then they won't be able to activate Face."" Silver finished.

""But if I do that, you'll be…"" Juvia voice out

"You already found out about that, huh? No matter what happens to me you have to do this. For Gray's sake!"

""Mr. Silver, can you hear me?"" Juvia telepathically called. No answer. ""Is our only choice defeating this demon? Is there no other way?!""

"You were speaking with Silver, weren't you?" he asked as he tapped the bottom of his staff on the ground.

"I have been well aware of the man's attempts to undermine our efforts while in Tartaros." He sent forth more anti-magic bombs to the girls, but they managed to dodge.

"He learned Ice Devil slayer magic with the express intent of eliminating us as revenge for his family. However, this did not deter me. I was very adamant on using those buried feelings of anger and rage to aid in his prolonged existence. Does that not fascinate you? He makes for such a wonderful marionette."

"Such cruelty…it makes me sick!" Juvia yelled.

"Father and son…living and dead…all murdering one another!" Keyes mused.

"That is my story! The ongoing quest to create the perfect corpse!"

"Just what do you think humans are?!" Juvia demanded.

"Subjects for my experiments." The demon answered. "And what marvelous tools the both of you would make."

"Humans! Will never be your puppets!" Juvia shouted as a raging stream of water swirls around her

Juvia swings her hands forward as the raging water strikes at Keyes who dodged by flying around the water's current

"But puppets you will be." He argued as he drew closer to Juvia. "Now I shall slay you and use your corpse to kill your friends."

"Juvia will never allow that to happen!" Juvia retorted to him

Black tentacles started to wrap around Juvia's limb as she struggled in it

"The only way to free your friend is to end me." Keyes reminded. "But if you do, Silver's life will be lost as will mine!"

"Juvia!" Lucy shouted out as the tried to stand up but failed as the skeletons pushed her down and pinned her and Yukino to the ground

"what is this!?" Lucy exclaimed

"Lucy! Yukino!" Natsu shouted out before he got a right hook by Tempester

"This place is known as the Capital of the Dead!" Torafusa explained while fending off more of Gajeel's attacks. "It is haven of weapons for someone of Keyes' skills."

"What is troubling you?" Keyes mocked Juvia as she struggled in the bind

"Are you really unable to send the ghost of that young man's father to its proper resting place?"

"your one and only hope is to sacrifice the bond of father and son." Silver told her

Juvia gritted her teeth before tears started falling down her eyes

"Juvia…cannot" she cried out

"That is the folly of you humans." Keyes said. "You allow emotion to cloud your judgments." A cloud of anti-magic particles swirled around Juvia and collapsed in on her. "You are all nothing but repugnant displays of egotism."

"That was one."

Natsu gritted his teeth in rage.

"You gotta be kidding me…" Gajeel uttered in disbelief.

"Juvi…" Lucy gasped.

"No…" Yukino said in horror.

Keyes stepped back to attack the rest of Fairy Tail but stopped when something bulges out from his cloak.

"What is this?" Keyes exclaimed as his body was acting crazy

"ungh….what is this!?" Keyes exclaimed

"you're wrong" a voice spoke from within him as it surprised Keyes and everyone

"It can't be…she should be dead!" he exclaimed as his body was going out of control

"What is the matter with him?" Yukino asked. "He's in pain?"

"she's inside him?!" Lucy exclaimed

"the ties between humans cannot be broken by the likes of you!" Juvia shouted from within Keyes

"GAAAAH! She turned into water!?" Keyes exclaimed

"I underestimated this one! Yet, lowly human "magic" surely cannot defeat me!" Keyes exclaimed while trying to take control of his body

"the bond….between father and son..will hold strong!" Juvia exclaimed as Keyes shouted in pain before his body was ripped apart revealing Juvia from in it

"no matter what becomes of them! Their love will stay in each other's hearts!" Juvia screamed in tears

"We believe! In the power of love!"

Keyes turned to dust as his mask crumbles and shatters into pieces

The remaining demons were shocked.

"That human defeated Keyes!" Torafusa shouted in shock. Tempester grimaced.

""Gray-sama, please forgive Juvia! Forgive Juvia! Forgive Juvia!"" Juvia cried out her tears as what she had done

""It was for the best."" Silver said to her in the telepathy

"I thank you. You allowed me to rest, and you also stopped the Face bombs."

""juvia wants-"" Juvia argued.

""don't say anything, just look after Gray for me"" Silver spoke to her before the telepathy was gone

"Juvia….will" Juvia said as she cried her heart out

With Gray

Gray stood watching as the rest of his Father faded away into the air.

"Thanks for everything you've done, Dad. You've earned a rest."

""I'm leaving everything to you, son."" Silver said.

""and do you know the real reason why I learned Ice Devil Slayer magic in the first place?"" Silver told him as particles flies up into the sky

""it'ss because END is fire demon. And that power, can pass from Father to Son."

As the last of Silver's essence faded away, Gray clenched his right fist and tattoo appeared on his forearm. "You don't have to worry, Dad. I'll take care of END."

"as an Ice Devil Slayer"

That's a wrap!

Bye bye