Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
The next day
Fairy Tail
Everyone was now at the backyard guild as they were planning their next move against Alvarez
"We managed to make it through the spearhead attack.." Makarov said at a table that had a map of Ishgar on it. "But We've still going to come under attack from all sides"
"yeah, but now all guilds all over Firoe are gonna help us right?" Jet said with a smile
"we can count on them!" Vijetter agreed
"we've already won!" Droy said while eating a potato chip
"no" Mavis told them "this is Fairy Tail's problem, I didn't want to get other guilds caught in the cross fire"
"if we let the ideals like that hold us back, we never win" Laxus told the spirit "with Ishgal as the battlefield it was bound to turn out like this way anyway"
Laxus' face darkens as he was angry
"but this guy took out Ever, Freed and Bickslow, I got a score to settle with him!"
"there's some truth in Laxus' words" Makarov agreed to his grandson's words "right now, we can only be thankful for the help, and turn our minds on creating a new strategy"
Mavis nodded and looks to where Warren was "Warren, I need an update on the enemy conditions!"
"ah! I knew you would!" Warren complied
"I'm surprised to see you back again" Erza said with a smile to Ikaruga as she was being hugged by Rose and Mary who were grateful for the save
"yes, I sensed that it was time for me to return home and aid you all in the battle" Ikaruga replied as Milo meowed and purred to Ikaruga
Far west of Magnolia
A large troop of Alvarez soldiers were marching their way towards Magnolia as in the middle of the troops was a large mobile tent where Zeref and the others were in it
"your Majesty.. the spearhead forces, including Ajeel and Brandish, have been defeated" Invel reported to Zeref
"how could that…?" Yajeel said in shock
"that's fine, if Mavis couldn't handle that attack, this wouldn't be any fun" Zeref replied as he was in the middle of a game of chess with END who was carrying an infant in his arms
"Ajeel….my grandson, has been?" Yajeel said in sadness and in grieve
"I never thought that two of the 12 could get killed…" Invel said while adjusting his glasses
"no, they protected both of their own lives, that is a weakness of theirs" Zeref told them as he moved his rook near END's king
"but" END said as he takes out Zeref's rook with his pawn "Brandish is in their guild, right?"
"True" Zeref said before he did a checkmate on END's king
"still good at this game, aren't you?" END said with a smile as the infant was whimpering in his arms
"shuuush shuussh" he cooed to the child as the infant open his eyes which were black as the night
END smiled to the child as he gives a peck to the forehead before snapping his fingers and a portal appeared beside him
From the portal appeared Sayla who bowed to END before taking the child into her arms and walking back to the portal which disappeared after she entered
"continue on with the plan, and capture Erza Scarlet and her daughters" END ordered out to Invel who complied
END then looks back at the chess piece as he picked up the king piece
"a single pawn has the power that can overcome that of a king's, I wonder which pawn will come first?" END snapped his fingers as all of the chess piece moved back to their original position
"let's continue with another game, shall we?" END asked his brother as he put back the king's chess piece at its original position
Back at Fairy Tail
"new info from the east! They're pretty much taken out all the guilds in Bosco!" Warren informed everyone
"what!?" "all of them!?" "I don't believe it!"
"but their troops are stopped there, I don't know if they're trying to take control of Bosco or what" Warren added in
"and I've got some good news! Enemy forces are still approaching from the north but their going to get the welcoming committee from the combined forces of Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus!"
"and the enemy from the southern area in Hargeon are going to be met with Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel who are going to liberate the town!"
"that means we only have to worry about the eastern and western forces, right?"
"we can't think that way, we don't know if the guilds to the north and south will win"
"hey! Have some faith in other guilds!"
"First Master! Let's go and back them up!" Romeo said to Mavis
"Romeo's right! We won't be able to look at them in the eye if we let them do all the work!" Jet said
"this time to switch to attack mode!" Droy agreed in
"of course we will!" Mavis told them
"First team, Mira, Elfman, Lisanna, Yukino, Gajeel, Levy and Lily will go north and help Sabertooth"
"gotcha!" Lisanna replied while smiling.
"looks like it's the Strauss siblings time to shine" Mira said with a little grin
"I'll do it to help Sting-sama and the others" Yukino said with a determined look
"Man!" Elfman roared out.
"Gihee!" Gajeel and Lily grinned
"Let's do this, guys!" Levy exclaimed
"Second team, Gray, Juvia, Wendy, Charla, and Laxus. Go to the south and reinforce the troops" Mavis ordered out
"I'll pay Lyon a visit while I'm at it" Gray said with a small grin
"Juvia would rather not see him" Juvia said with a sweat drop.
"we'll get to fight alongside Cheria, Charla!" Wendy said with a smile
"let's call the combi, Sky sisters" Charla said with a smile while in her battle form
"I will join them as well" Erza came in as the Scarlet Knight has some bandages on her
"Erza?!"
"but you're still wounded!" Wendy told to Erza who took off her bandages and revealed that her wounds were already healed
"I will be fine, Kagura and the others will need all the help they can get" Erza told them as Mavis nodded
"Lucy and Cana will guard the prisoner" Mavis told to the two who nodded
"o-okay" Lucy said with a hesitant voice
"well, we can't leave the dirty old geezers in charge, can we?" Cana said with a grin
"everyone else will be charged to protect the guild. The possibility of an enemy to ambush us still exist" Mavis ordered out as everyone nodded
"First Master… what of the eastern and western enemies?" Makarov asked Mavis
"the western forces are moving the slowest, I assume that is where Zeref can be found" Mavis replied as everyone was shocked to hear that
"I would think that these are his reserve forces, to be committed after the fate of the other three have been decided
"okay, then the east! I'll go! Please send me!" Romeo begged to Mavis who shook her head
"at present, the east is where our greatest danger lies. Therefore, it is where we must commit the strongest of our forces" Mavis explained
"what does that mean?" Romeo asked the spirit
"Warren, have you made contact?" Mavis asked to Warren who gives her a thumbs up
"of course I have! This'll be the strongest force in Fiore" Warren said as in the far east were Jura and three members of the Four Heavenly King of Ishgal
"wow! The Emperors of Ishgal!?" "that's great!" "but why?"
"they've been working behind the scenes to avoid a war with Alvarez, but since it come to this, they felt responsible. Even though it isn't really their fault" Levy explained
"if the enemy should get passed these three..there will be no one who can stop their advance" Mavis said
""please Warrod"" Mavis plead out to her old friend
"Mom" Rose and Mary called out to their mother as she smiled to them before kneeling down to their height
"be careful out there" Rose told her
"I will" Erza nodded with a smile as she hugs her daughters
"be safe you two" Erza gives them a peck to their forehead before standing back up and looks to Ikaruga who nodded
Hargeon
The Alvarez forces have come and invaded Hargeon as their troops raided the whole town
"it's a pretty nice town. I'm glad that you didn't wipe it off the map, Wall" Dimaria told her comrade
"ahya hya hya hya!" Wall merely laughed as he smirks "it wasn't my target, Magnolia was"
"it's good you didn't destroy that either" Dimaria told him "Randi's imprisoned there"
"just thinking of her humiliation makes my mouth water"
"I don't get you humans at all" Wall told her
"now, where's Neinhart and END-sama?" Dimaria asked the soldiers
"on the ship, mam" the soldier replied "END-sama is putting Sylph-sama to bed while Neinhart-sama is just resting"
"oh, for pity's sake. A machine, one who doesn't cooperate, and one who is powerful yet gentle, why am I stuck babysitting them?" Dimaria asked "I miss you already, Randi"
Near Hargeon
Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel had all formed up as the two guilds watched the entire army of Alvarez forces who are at Hargeon
"how many are there!?" Toby exclaimed
"about two thousand between us and the town" Yuka said
"more in the town" Arana added in
"and there are still some who haven't disembarked yet" Risley said
"so about three hundred thousand, maybe?" Beth said with an unsure winning face
"that's too many!" Milliana exclaimed,
"between Lamia and Mermaid, we make maybe two hundred?" Cheria asked Lyon
"it doesn't matter how many more they have. We have to fight" Lyon told her
"what's the plan, Kagura?" Simon asked his little sister
"this is our land! Ishgal! We will not permit them to invade!" Kagura said before she raises her sword
"we will now begin our mission to liberate Hargeon! Forward!"
In Hargeon
"these fools need to be taught a lesson" Dimaria said with a smirk "about the true strength of the 12!"
Northern Fiore
Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus were giving it their all in beating the enemy forces as their numbers were few but they were slowly turning the tide of the field
"talk about never-ending!" Orga said while back to back with Rufus
"yes, I don't have any memory of this type of relentless attacks" Rufus said whiel a bit tired
The two then sees some of their comrades running towards them
"huh? What's happening?" Orga asked as the people were running pass them
"what is the matter?!" Rufus demanded
"run! There's a Reaper gah!?" one member tried to reply but failed as he fell to the ground with blood coming out of his mouth
"there's a god of Death! Just run away!"
"a god of death?" Orga said as Blood man appeared as the so called Grim Reaper gives a creepy grin towards the two who readied themselves
Eastern Fiore
Jura and the Four Heavenly kings stood in the middle of the rocky land where they see three figures coming into view
"so, you come" Jura said as August, Jacob and END stands in front of them
"you have a lot of nerve, traitor" Wolfheim said with a disgusted glare
"don't give me that, Wolfheim. Weren't we drinking buddies back in the day?" END asked Wolfheim who grew a vein on his forehead
"Natsu Dragov, no or should I call you END?" Hyberion said while glaring at END
"whichever one you are comfortable with" END told him as he shrugs his shoulders
"I still cannot believe that Natsu-dono betrayed Fairy Tail and Ishgal" Jura said while sporting uncertain look
"believe it for now" God Serena told him "I believe that one is called August, the Wizard King and the other is a member of the 12, Jacob Lessio. A genius in the art of magical assassination"
Jacob smirks as he called out to Jura
"yes?" Jura asked back
"nice hair style" Jacob told to the man as Jura's bald head sparkles in comment
Magnolia
In western fiore
In the prison cell
Brandish laid down in her prison cell before hearing her name getting called out and sees Marin appearing in the cell
"found you!" Marin said with a smile while his clothes were in shred
"Marin!?" Brandish voice out in surprise
"I knew you would come, what a clever pet you are!" Brandish said with a smile "now hurry and take these off. This crappy guild won't know what hit it!"
All of the sudden, Marin's hands grab a hold of Brandish's neck as the man started strangling her
"what are you?! Uggh! Gah!" Brandish voice out while being strangled as Marin got on top of her
"you've been treating me like a slave for years! And that's why, eheheheheh!" Marin said before his smile went crazy "I've deiced that you fail! You got an F-!"
He continued to strangle Brandish as the woman slowly losses conscious from the lack of oxygen
At Hargeon
END was siting on a chair on the ship as the Etherious was humming a song as he watched the battle happening in far away
"I wonder how long will it be before they come?" END asked before hearing Sylph whimpering in his sleep as the child turns in his sleep
END chuckles as he patted the child's head
"now then" END said as he snaps his fingers and Kyoka came into view
"you ready for your revenge match, Kyoka-chan?" END asked one of his concubines who smirked
"yes, END-sama. This one is prepared to greet Erza" Kyoka said while holding up on her claws and licked her lips in delight
That's a wrap!
Bye bye