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Erza bolted towards Kyôka for their final battle as she briefly looked to the clock. 32 minutes until the bombs detonate.
""I must end this quickly!"" Erza swung her sword at Kyôka who blocked with her claws.
"You are already too late to stop us." Kyôka taunted.
"We'll see about that!"
Erza swung again and Kyôka pushed her back. The demon extended her claws. Erza cartwheeled to evade. The knight then dashed to the left, circling around to Kyoka's back. Kyôka sliced a pillar into three pieces and sent them to Erza.
Erza sliced away two of the pieces while vaulting over the third one. Once she was close enough to Kyôka she landed a kick to the demon's face. Kyôka fell to the ground. Erza chased her, swung her sword as she passed the demon, nearly slicing her arm off.
"Erza does not disappoint." Minerva complimented of Erza with a smirk to Frosch.
"Fro thinks so too." Frosch said with a smile
Lil, Milo, and Lector went to aid Mirajane.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked.
"Just fine…if a little bit exhausted." Mira joked with a weak smile as Lecter and Lily helped her to a seated position. "Thank you."
"Where are Lisanna and Elfman?" Lily asked."it is odd to see you three separated."
"We ran into a bit of trouble." Mirajane explained.
Lecter raised a brow. "Trouble?"
"When we were freed from that stone, hundreds of those bunny girls appeared out of nowhere. Elfman and Lisanna stayed behind to fight them while I chased after Sayla."
"Do you think they will be alright on their own?" Pantherlily inquired.
"Jet, Droy, and Warren are with them. So they will be fine I think." She smiled.
"I think you might be overestimating the talents of those last three." Lily stated bluntly.
Kyôka rose to her feet with an evil smile on her lips. "Magnificent, Erza. You continued to display just why you belong to this one!"
Erza readied her blade to strike again but tensed at the sound of a beastly roar. "What's happening now?"
Even Kyôka was caught off-guard at the ghastly sound.
The sound echoed in the air again.
"What is that horrible sound?" Minerva wondered. She felt a twinge of fear at the base of her spine.
"What is that?" Happy worriedly asked.
"I'm not sure." Lily answered. "But it sounds…familiar…"
"I'm scared, Lecter." Frosch whined.
"I-it's going to be ok." He tried to reassure his friend, but he was just as scared at the sound.
END who was far away from the ruins of his guild, stop walking as he turns around and his eyes went red in rage
"you came here!?" END growled in anger while Franmalth screams in fear as he thought END was angry at him
With Wendy
After continuous trips through Direct Line, Wendy, Carla, and Doranbolt finally arrived outside the ruins of Plutogrim. Exhausted from the nonstop use of his power, the councilman dropped to one knee.
"Are you ok, Mr. Doranbolt?" Wendy asked in worry.
"Y-yes." Doranbolt exhaled weakly. "Just…need…a few seconds…to catch my breath."
Carla looked to the ruins. "It looks like that Cube was destroyed at some point. There are pieces everywhere."
Wendy's eyes widened. "Really?! Do you think everyone made it out ok?"
"One can only hope."
"Mr. Warren must have…" Wendy suddenly felt her strength draining and she fell to her side with a thud, inciting panic in both Carla and Doranbolt.
"Wendy?! Are you alright?!" Carla called. "Say something, child!"
Wendy's heart began to beat louder and louder as her body convulsed.
"Wendy what's-"Doranbolt's ears soon caught wind of the roar. "What is that sound?"
With Natsu and the others
"Gray-sama was here?" Juvia said after waking up
"yeah, he left about as fast as he came though" Gajeel told her
"I'm just glad everybody is okay" Levy told the two
Gajeel then takes out a small sack that had a soaking red bottom
"Levy take this to that old hag Porlyusica" Gajeel said as he gives the sack to Levy
"okay! That'll help Laxus and the others, right?" Levy said
Lucy looks and sees Natsu who woke back up and has been sitting quietly ever since
"What's wrong, Natsu?" Lucy called out to the fire Dragon Slayer
"He's just got his panties in a twist because the stripper saved his ass with his power-up." Gajeel interjected.
"Stop moping and get a move on, Salamander."
"Don't you hear that, Gajeel?!" Natsu said as he turns around and showed his face full of anger and hate
"Hear what? What are you talking about?!" Gajeel retorted before his eyes slowly widened when his ears picked up the sound Natsu heard.
"What voice?" Lucy asked.
"I don't hear anything." Levy spoke up.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
A dull roar echoed through the skies, catching all the wizard's attention.
"What was that?!" Lucy asked, covering her ears as the sound grew louder.
"I don't know!" Yukino yelled, the roar had gotten so loud that everyone could barely hear one another.
"It sounds like it's getting closer!" Levy shouted.
With Sting and Rogue
The sound reached all the way to where Mard Geer and the twin dragons were battling.
"This is unexpected." Mard Geer said with a touch of surprise.
"What is this?" Sting questioned in alarm.
"Some kind of…voice?" Rogue wondered.
"neither Master nor Mard Geer could've planned for this turn of events." Mard Geer said as the sound grew louder and louder, alerting everyone within the ruins.
Something was fast approaching the battlefield. Mard Geer could feel the presence become clearer.
"Was he drawn here by the use of such powerful magics? Or does he seek Master or Zeref himself?"
Back with Natsu
Natsu's body and muscles tensed up in anger as his canine teeth sharpens
"ACNOLOGIA!" Natsu shouted as everyone, victim of the Tenroujima incident shakes in fear
"Acnologia?!" Lucy exclaimed in fear.
"Salamander's right." Gajeel confirmed with a tense nod. "I would never forget that awful sound, or that scent."
"But how is that possible?!" Levy panicked. "How could he have possibly known to show up here of all places?!"
"Acnologia?" Yukino questioned. "That was the dragon that attacked the guild seven years ago, correct?" She asked Juvia.
"Yes." The rain woman nodded firmly. "If not for Master Mavis and Natsu-san, we all would have died on Tenrou Island."
"What are we going to do against something like that?"
Far away
The black dragon soared through the sky above, unleashing another blood-curdling roar that froze all within its range in fear. It then rained down breath attacks, devastating the surrounding area.
"It really is Acnologia!" Cana yelled.
"The same dragon that blew away Tenrou Island?!" Macao panicked.
"We're done for!" Vijeeter yelled.
Cana shuddered at the thought of the incident from seven years repeating itself. "Why? Why do we have to go through this again?"
Back with Wendy
Wendy was still shaking on the ground, the sound of her heartbeat increasing each passing second.
"Wendy, you have to snap out of this!" Charla said. "Tell me what's going on!"
Doranbolt looked to the horizon. The explosions were getting closer.
"Tell me that's not what I think it is…"
back with Natsu
Natsu felt his emotions rage in anger before he suddenly clutched his chest in pain.
"agggh!" Natsu shouted in pain as he falls to his knees while clutching his chest
"Natsu, what's going on?" Lucy called. She reached to him, placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Is everything ok?" she felt a burn and instinctively pulled away from him. "Why is that so hot?!"
Gajeel felt the same feeling in his chest as the Iron Dragon Slayer grips his own chest hard
"You too, Gajeel?!" Levy worried.
"What's happening to them?" Yukino asked.
"They must be reacting to Acnologia because they're dragon slayers!" Juvia deduced.
With Erza
"Ah!" Erza fell to one knee and cried out in pain. Surprising her comrades and her opponent.
"Erza, what's wrong?!" Mirajane called.
"h-hot…" Erza clutched her mating brand, it was burning hot along with the rest of her body.
Erza's necklace suddenly glowed red as the glow was getting stronger and stronger by the second
"wha!? Her necklace is glowing!" Lector pointed out
"why?" Frosch asked
The gem on Erza's necklace, breaks off of her necklace before it flew up and floated in the air
"it flew?" Lily said before they all see the gem flying away
""Natsu…what's happening to you?"" Erza thought as she had a bad feeling rising in her heart and her worry for her husband increased
With END
He falls to his knees as he set down Sayla on the ground as the Master Demon clutches his chest
""so you were hiding in there, huh?"" END thought with a grin as a red glow appeared on his chest
"fine then, the game has changed" END said as he snaps his fingers and a portal appeared beside him
"to think that the old man would actually come back to life" END reached into the portal where it connected to a different portal to where Mard Geer was
"Mard Geer, I'm entrusting this to you for now" END said as his hand was holding the book of END
"yes, Master. Mard Geer would be obliged to do so" Mard Geer bowed and carried the book in his arms
"do not hold back against my light side, unleash the power of a true demon upon him" END said as his hand and the portal disappeared
END smirks as he started chuckling before he started laughing crazy
With Sting and Rogue
"Well what is happening here?" Mard Geer looked to the now kneeling Sting and Rogue.
They were experiencing the same phenomena as the other dragon slayers. He found himself increasingly interested in the unfolding events.
"What does this mean? Not even Mard Geer can predict how this will end."
Acnologia zoomed towards the ruins.
"Everyone spread out!"
The Fairy Tail wizard dove out of the dragon's line of flight as he dove down and rose into the air again.
"Are we really going to die here?" Nab grimaced.
"Why did this have to happen to us again?" Cana questioned with tears in her eyes.
Acnologia floated over Mard Geer, allowing the demon to come to a realization.
"I see. It is really Master END he is after. Is he perhaps…afraid? Has he come to destroy Master before his revival can take place?"
Mard Geer watches as the black dragon fly higher in the air, Mard Geer couldn't help but be filled with a sense of wonder.
"Fascinating!"
With Natsu
Erza's necklace gem flied towards Natsu as everyone saw the gem as it flashed brightly
Natsu looks at the necklace as his was reacting to hers
As Acnologia prepared to unleash his final attack, Natsu heard a voice from within side his body.
""Natsu, it seems that the time has finally come.""
The dragon slayer's eyes widened when he recognized the voice. "Igneel…?"
Lucy caught his words. "What?"
"Igneel, is that you?!"
"I trust that you will be able to choose the right path."
"how?! Where are you!?"
"Natsu, who are you talking to?" Lucy implored.
"I will defeat Acnologia. Just leave him to me."
The two gems floated towards each other before they combined and create a giant red light that blinded everyone near Natsu
"what!?" Lucy exclaimed
"so bright!" Juvia said as she shielded her eyes
Natsu roared out as the light was reacting to his heart
"I am sorry I stayed silent for all of these years, Natsu."
From the light emerged a massive dragon with dark red scales and scars on various parts of its body.
"I've been inside of you all this time. Watching over you."
Natsu was speechless, as were the rest of his friends.
Igneel flew into the sky towards Acnologia.
"There is much for us to say, but that can wait after Acnologia is taken care of! You focus on staying alive, Natsu!"
The two dragons charged one another and began to battle in the skies, all while those in the ruins watched in awe.
"Are those really…dragons?" Yukino question in shocked awe.
"This must be some sort of dream." Juvia uttered, trying to make some sense of what she was seeing. "Was he really inside of Natsu's body?"
"That's really, Igneel?" Lucy looked to Natsu for confirmation. As Natsu looked upon Igneel he could no longer hold back his tears.
"Dad…"
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