Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Fairy Tail
Everyone was rebuilding back the destroyed wall, Makarov made
But our attention is to the prison cell where Brandish was kept in
"you didn't have to go back to your cell, you know" Lucy told Brandish while standing in front of the prison bar with Rose, Mary, and Milo beside her
"I never expected for you to defeat Jacob" Brandish spoke out "I now realize what the Emperor and END-sama meant by never underestimating this guild"
"but…" Brandish leans on the wall as she hugs her knees "you won't hold out much longer"
"why?" Rose asked
"the eighth month is coming" Brandish replied to the child
"eighth month?" Lucy said
"but it's September now" Mary said
"at the eighth month in Alakasita, that month is the month of Natural Disasters. So, everybody makes sure to pray, take more care, and live a more upright life on that month" Brandish explained
"August is the month of fear. Everybody knows it, it's in our legend"
Guild hall
"don't go punching holes in the guild, Master!" "aren't old guys supposed to hold back!"
Shouts of scolding were voice out at the old man who made the hole, everyone was fixing
"I'm so sorry" Makarov said while in a dogeza
"Warren! How's the other regions!?" Max asked the telepath who was looking at his tablet
"I don't know…it looks like the radar is busted" Warren replied as Jet and Droy glared at the old man
"that could've been my fault too" Makarov said while feeling sorry
"just cease that" Ikaruga told the two as she wore a new kimono while her previous one was still wet from her early swim in the lake "we cannot assume such accidents belonged to Makarov-han"
"she's right, the radar's being jammed, someone is trying to block us" Max said
"come to think of it, didn't that guy said something about someone named August who made those fake markers?" Max said
"he's coming, the man they call the Wizard King" Makarov said as everyone near him gulped when he said that
"it is at this time we need your wisdom, First Master" Makarov said before realizing that the First Master was nowhere to be seen
"where'd the first Master go to?" Vijeeter said as everyone looks around for the spirit
"she said that she needed to heal up and went down the basement levels" Max told them
"oh…"
"but she's a ghost! How did she get wounded?" Droy asked
"how should I know?" Jet told the fat man
Underground levels
Cana and Mavis were in an underground chamber as there resides Mavis' body, the Fairy Heart
"never knew that we had a basement like this" Cana said in amazement
"I guess this is your first time here" Mavis said as they approached her crystalized body
"that's my true body" Mavis said as they stand in front of the giant crystal "the Eternal Magic, Fairy Heart"
"this is what Zeref is after?" Cana said as Mavis nodded
"when I saw how Lucy and Ikaruga fought against Jacob's magic, I figured out a plan to defeat Zeref" Mavis told her
"really!?" Cana said
"I can't give you any details yet, but the first step is to get my body out of the lacrima" Mavis explained to her
"Wait a second! Your body!" Cana retorted
"by my calculations, I'm still alive. It's probably due to Purehito's revivification's magic" Mavis said
"how should I get you out then?" Cana asked the spirit
"Fairy Glitter" Mavis told her as it surprised her "use Fairy Glitter to wipe out my spirit, you must erase this body"
"just look, my spirit suffered a few attacks earlier and that puts a crack on the lacrima. If you destroy my spirit body, it should break the Lacrima" she explained to Cana
"what are you talking about!? You want me to attack you!" Cana exclaimed at Mavis
"this is a sprit body, an illusion. I'm not telling you to actually wound a friend" Mavis replied
"no! this puts your real body at risk! I can't just" Cana retorted but Mavis cuts her off
"Cana!" Mavis shouted at Cana "that's a risk we have to take! Trust me! We're doing this to defeat Zeref!"
Northern Fiore
Gajeel and this team were at the northern part of the battlefield as they saw the marching Alvarez Soldiers coming
"the enemy forces are coming into view" Lily said,
"we never managed to meet up with Saber and the Pegasus, huh?" Elfman said
"I hope they're alright" Yukino said worried for her former guild
"the enemy is coming into view, what do we do?" Levy asked Gajeel
"we take them on, what else?" Gajeel replied to her
"there are a lot of them!" Mira said as she saw how many were coming
"it's all right! I'm sure Saber and Pegasus are somewhere around here too" Elfman assured his big sister
"we're going to stop them here! We can't let any of them get through the guild!" Gajeel said to everyone as they nodded and readied themselves for battle
"prepare for battle!" Gajeel exclaimed as the enemy forces were nearly reaching into the view
As they went into view, Gajeel and the others saw that they were holding up poles and upon further looking, their face went into shock and horror
It was Sabertooh's and Blue Pegasus' members as they were all crucified to a pole while the enemy was holding them up while laughing
"Sting-sama! Rogue-sama!" Yukino gasped in shock
"Jennie and the others!" Lisanna said in shock
"what monsters!" Levy said in disgust
"they took out" Gajeel said in shock "all of Saber and Pegasus!?"
Hargeon
The battle was closing to a near end at Hargeon as everyone was still giving it their all in their fight
On a ship
END stood in front of Erza, Kagura and Jellal as the Demon Master smirks at them
"care for some tea?" END asked while snapping his fingers and a tray filled with a tea set appeared in his hands "Alvarez has some of the best tea leaves"
"spare us the greeting," Kagura said as she unsheathes her sword "we will be defeating you"
"I'll take that as a no" END said as the tray floated up and the teapot poured some tea into a cup as it started moving by itself
"tell me" Natsu said as his teacup floated towards him "have you meet my companions?"
Erza and the others ponders on what he meant before Erza summons a sword and blocked a whip attack that came out of nowhere
"this is!" Erza exclaimed as she saw a figure landing on the ship
"it has been long, Erza. This one has missed you dearly" Kyoka said with a smirk as the bird demon retracts her whip-like claw
"Kyoka!?" Erza exclaimed in shock as she thought that the bird demon was deceased back in the battle a year ago
"not to forget Neinhart" END said as he drinks his tea and a powerful blast of wind came flying at Kagura
"lookout!" Jellal grabs Kagura but the two was sent crashing down the ship's hull and into the ocean floor
"Kagura! Jellal!" Erza exclaimed before she blocked a claw attack from Kyoka
"don't hurt her too much, Kyoka-chan" END told the bird demon as his tea got refilled by the moving tea pot "save some fun for me too"
END then sits down on his chair as he watches the fight going on
"care for some tea as well, Neinhart?" END asked as Neinhart appeared
"I would love to, END-sama" Neinhart said with a bow as a teacup floated towards him
In the ocean floor
Kagura and Jellal were sunk into the ocean water as she got off of Jellal
""I have to help Erza!"" Kagura thought as she swam up before looking at Jellal
""he's the man who took away my brother from me in the first place!""
Back on the ship
Kyoka and Erza exchanged blows as the Avian Etherious whips her claws and strikes at Erza's side as it managed to draw some blood from her
Erza gritted her teeth as she holds the wounded side
"have you reinforced the troops?" END asked Neinhart as he nibbles on a biscuit
"yes" Neinhart replied with a smile "the Historias of the Dead has already entered the battlefield"
As he spoke, everyone at Hargeon was fighting former lost loved ones and former deceased enemies who were thought to be gone forever
Gray and Lyon stood in shock as Ur appeared in front of them
"Ur!?" the two said in shock
"Zancrow!?" Meredy exclaimed in shock as Zancrow, the deceased God Slayer of Grimoire Heart appeared in front of her
"yo!" Zancrow greeted her with a crazy grin
"what is this!? Dead people are!" Juvia said before Keyes appeared behind her
"this magic is somewhat different to that of Necromancy, the manipulation of the dead" Keyes said "it is truly fascinating. This wizard pulls particularly strong individuals from memories and makes them flesh"
Ezel appeared in front of Wendy, Cheria and Charla
"long time no see, Shorty!" the multi-legged demon laughed out with his grin
"Cheria! Take Charla and Run! Now!" Wendy exclaimed as she entered her Dragon Force
Laxus was resting while leaning on a house's wall before a figure appeared in front of him
he smirks as he looks up "I can't even laugh at this"
it was Hades as the former Grimoire Heart stood in front of Laxus with his arms crossed
"ah, Yuri's descendant"
On the ship
Kyoka and Erza exchanged blows rapidly as Kyoka was overpowering Erza
"what's wrong, Erza?" Kyoka asked before she kicks away Erza as the Scarlet Knight crashed to the wooden floor "you have yet to give this one much enjoyment!"
Erza grunted as she stands back up while using her sword to help her stand
At the docks
Kagura pulls up Jellal up to the wooden docks as the man was still out cold
She looks at the man as she lifted her sword before putting it down
Kagura looks hesitant before she gives Jellal CPR
Back to the fight
Kyoka swipes her claw as Erza's blade was shattered into pieces
Erza summons a new sword and went onto defense against Kyoka
"Dimaria and Wall are so pitiful!" Neinhart said with a laugh "they are no trouble at all"
END watches as the fight goes on
""looks like Erza won't win against Kyoka-chan after all"" END thought with a sigh before spotting the Dragon Brand on Erza's forearm ""what is that?""
Kyoka's claws turned into their whip like form as she swings them forward and the whip claws pins Erza to the ship as her claws drew blood from Erza
Erza screams in pain as her left shoulder, her right arm, her left thigh, and her right leg were pierced by Kyoka's claws
"This brings to mind," Kyoka said with a smirk "that dungeon torture chamber, does it not?"
Erza remembers the torture she went through during Fairy Tail's war against Tartaros as to hear Kyoka's words
"do you wish to feel this one's tender touch again? Hm?" Kyoka asked as she holds Erza's mouth with her other claw
Kyoka smirks before she whips her other claw at Erza's injured side
"your sensitivity to pain is multiplied by tenfold!" Kyoka exclaimed as Erza screams in pain as Kyoka's attack felt like millions of needles piercing her very flesh and bones
Kyoka continued to whip her claws at Erza's injured side while laughing as the Avian demon enjoys torturing her
"heh heh heh, shall this one raises your sensitivity to pain even higher?" Kyoka asked Erza as she grips her bloodied side with her claws before groping Erza's breast "or raise your pleasure sensitivity higher?"
"well? Does this bring memories, Erza?" Kyoka asked the Scarlet knight
"that will be enough, Kyoka-chan" END told the avian demon as he stands up from his seat and approaches her and Erza "I have a deal to keep"
END then stands in front of Erza as the Scarlet Knight had ragged breathing from all of her screaming of pain
"put her down" END told Kyoka as she bowed and retracted her claws from Erza
Erza dropped down to the floor as her blood poured out of her wound
END kneels down as he leans her up against the wooden wall of the ship
"I believe you understand now, Erza" END said to her "this war isn't something you nor Fairy Tail nor Ishgal can win"
END cups Erza's cheeks as he lifts her up so that he can see her face
"I'm going to ask you one last time, Erza" END told her "join me to Alvarez and this whole bloodshed will end"
Erza looks at END as she was just looking at him
"well? What's your answer?" END asked as he sees Erza's lips moving in answer
"what?" END said as she didn't speak a word at all
"I…said" Erza muttered out as the Dragon Brand on her right forearm started glowing red
END looks at Erza's eyes as they glowed Scarlet Red "NEVER!"
The Dragon Brand suddenly burst into flames as END backs away from it
"what the?" END said as the flames covered Erza
"flames?" Kyoka said as the color of the flames started to change from red to Scarlet blood red
"Scarlet…flames?!" END said as the flames subside and revealed Erza donning Enryuo no Yoroi
""so the armor protects her now, huh?"" END thought as he crosses his arms
"negotiations are done. Kyoka-chan, do it" END ordered the Avian Demon as she went onto the attack upon command
Erza lifted her hand up as Enryuo no Kiba appeared and she grabs a hold of the sword
Kyoka swings her claws at Erza as she uses Enryuo no Kiba to parry them off
"i!" Erza exclaimed as Enryuo no Kiba glowed red and the blade was ignited in flames
"won't lose!" she then swings the sword at Kyoka as she tried blocking it with her claws
The two went into a power struggle before Kyoka saw that Erza's attack has cut through her claws and strikes upon her
"Gaaaaahhhhhh!" Kyoka screams in pain as Erza's blade has left a huge bleeding gash mark on Kyoka
END and Neinhart looks at the action with wide eyes
Kyoka fell as the avian demon was defeated once again by the Scarlet Knight
"i-i-impossible! Kyoka was given power by END-sama!? How could she have loss!?" Neinhart exclaimed in shock
END looks at Kyoka's fallen body as he had a small frown on him
He snaps his fingers twice as Kyoka's body turned into a book
""to think that Kyoka-chan lost against Erza again"" END thought in his mind as the book had few scratches and burns on it
He waved his hand around it as the book had all of the damage on it, healed
END snaps his fingers as Kyoka re-appeared out of the book and into his arms
"what is that?" END asked as he snaps his fingers and summoned a portal "where did you get that power?"
Kyoka floated up from END's arms as the avian demon floated into the portal and it disappeared as she floated in
Erza looks at END as she showed him the Dragon Brand on her right forearm
"this power" Erza started out "is the power Igneel entrusted to me"
"Igneel?" END said as he wasn't following Erza's words
"he gave me this power…to take you….back home" Erza told him before she fell down and Enryuo no Yoroi disappeared
END looks down at Erza as he sensed more power coming from the brand
""looks like she hasn't got full control of that power"" END said before he sees Jellal and Kagura coming on the ship
"Erza!" Kagura runs towards Erza as she helps her up
"so, you two are alive" END said with a bored look as he turns around "Neinhart, you deal with them"
"yes" Neinhart obeyed while bowing as he steps into the battle
"Erza? Erza!" Kagura shakes Erza by the shoulder before feeling an immense magic power coming from Jellal
Jellal looks at END and Neinhart as the man had an angered glare on him
"I will take up one more sin" Jellal said as the sky above cleared and the starry skies appeared
"this magic!" Neinhart looks up to the starry sky as 7 magic circles appeared in the sky
Jellal positions his hand in a gesture "May the Seven Stars Judge thee"
"you!" Neinhart shouted as he fired a wind blast at Jellal but the blast was cut away by Kagura
"go! Jellal!" Kagura shouted as the man nodded
"Grand! Chariot!" Jellal unleashed his attack as seven magic blasts came raining down from the sky and upon Neinhart and END with some of the nearby ships as they were destroyed
Neinhart fell into the ocean sea while END stood in his place with no wound at all
In the town, everyone defeated the Historias as they disappeared with the defeat of Neihart, the caster.
"Neinhart loss too, huh?" END said as he looks to the ocean where Neinhart was floating in the ocean defeated "he was the weakest one amongst us, anyway"
He then looks at Erza and the others as the sun was setting
"all of you really get" END said with a smirk before his eyes glowed red "ON MY NERVES!"
The whole land and sea started to rumble and shook as everyone felt an immense pressure coming from END
"he's coming!" Kagura said as she readied her sword with Jellal as they were about to fight END
END evilly grins at them before he looked in surprise
Kagura and Jellal looks behind them and sees Erza standing back up as the Scarlet Knight approaches END
"Erza" Kagura and Jellal looks to her as the Scarlet Knight equips back Enryuo no Yoroi
"still standing?" END said as he crossed his arms "what can you do? Even with that power, you still haven't able to control it"
"this power…." Erza said before she dashed towards END
CLANG!
Erza swings Enryuo no Kiba at END who summons a black demonic halberd as he uses it to block the attack
"wasn't meant for me" Erza finished her sentences as Enryuo no Yoroi burst into flames
"it's futile! This power isn't something someone like you can handle!" END exclaimed before seeing the flames turning Scarlet yet again and the flames were raging more and more
"what…what is this!?" END exclaimed before seeing a flaming Dragon appearing behind Erza
"I will" Erza looks at END as her eyes glowed Scarlet "will take you home!"
END looks in shock as the flames were flying into him
"what are you doing!?" END shouted as he drops his halberd and tried to stop the flames but nothing was working
"what are you doing to me?!" END demanded from Erza before he grips his heart ""what!? My heart!?""
In a dark place
Everything was dark, nothing could be seen
In the void of darkness, appears Natsu
The man was standing in the darkness as he was all alone with no one
Natsu looks in the void of darkness before he sees a light coming from behind him
"light?" Natsu muttered out as he turns around to where the light was coming from
His eyes widen in shock as tears started to form in her eyes
"Er…za?" Natsu muttered out as Erza appeared from within the light
The woman smiled to Natsu before she reached her hand towards Natsu
Natsu looks at Erza as his hand slowly reached towards her
And as the two held each other hands, a bright Crimson Scarlet light appeared and shines the void of darkness
Back at the battle
The Scarlet flames subside as Erza and END fell to their knees
the red scales and black markings on END's face started to disappear as his eyes turned back into normal human eyes
"Er…za" he muttered out before falling towards Erza as the woman embraces him to her
Tears fell down her eyes as she smiled warmly to him
"welcome home….Natsu"
She said before she fell down with him as her exhaustion overtook her
That's a wrap!
Bye bye