Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
The war was going on as a member of the 12 has fallen
Brandish walked towards a silent ruin as she drops Natsu and the others on the ground
"you two, ok?" Natsu asked as he stands back up
"I think so" Lucy replied with Milo meowing before she turns her attention towards Brandish "Brandish please! I don't want to have a fight with you!"
Brandish looks down on them as the woman shrinks back down to normal size
"neither do I" Brandish said while looking away "since I feel indebted to Lucy, I will allow her to get away, but not you.."
Brandish pointed a finger towards Natsu as the man looks back at her
"I have my orders to take you back to END-sama, he needs you in order to attain his full power again"
"no" Natsu replied as he clenches his fists hard "I'll defeat him and Zeref even if that means giving away this life I have"
"if you want to stop me from doing that, then try me"
"I don't need to" Brandish said while closing her eyes as she opens them
Her face hardened as she looks at him
"I know that your life is slowly disappearing as we speak" Brandish said as Natsu gritted his teeth when he can feel the black markings slowly slithering up his neck
"as soon as your time is up, you will disappear from this world, as if you were never even born"
"you and your guild have no chance against Alvarez, all of your friends are going to die"
Suddenly footsteps were heard as everyone looks behind Brandish and sees Neinhart approaching
"so you were intending to let Lucy go, Brandish?" Neinhart spoke out but his voice was not his at all
"Neinhart? No END!?" Brandish exclaimed in shock as Neinhart grins evilly as his eyes were black and void less
"you seem to be in need of some spanking, Brandish"Neinhart voice out as he lifts his hands and a razor sharp tornado appears out of nowhere
"what the heck!?" Lucy exclaimed as she shielded her self from the razor sharp wind cuts that were flying everywher
"you bastard!" Natsu shouted as he ignited himself in flames and dashed towards Neinhart
"stop! You can't beat him!" Brandish exclaimed before Natsu blasted away Neinhart with a flaming punch
Cuts appeared all over Natsu's right arm but he didn't care
Natsu swings back his left arm and ignited in flames as he dashed towards Neinhart again
"so annoying!" Neinhart shouted as he encased his right hand in a gale of wind
"OOOOORAAAAAAA!"
He and Natsu blasted their attacks against each other but Natsu's overpowers Neinhart and sends him crashing to a wall
""s-so strong!"" Brandish thought as Natsu looks back at the others
"if you want to fight against me, then I'll be happy to give you the first shot" Natsu said as he glared at Brandish
Brandish gulped down as she can feel the intense amount of fear surfacing in her heart
It was the same as facing END in the flesh
""looks like controlling Neinhart's body and powering him up won't be enough, huh?""END thought in Neinhart's body before disappearing away from his mind
""but no matter, I weakened Natsu just enough""
Natsu looks back at Brandish before he felt his heart stopping for a second as he clenched his heart
"no….not now!" Natsu exclaimed as he fell to his knees while clenching his chest hard
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed as she and Milo runs towards the man and looks at him with worry
"it's END, he invaded his body" Brandish said as Natsu had ragged breathing while clenching his chest hard "no one can help your friend now, he's going to disappear forever"
"quite with the act, Randi" Dimaria's voice spoke out as Brandish looks behind and sees the swordswoman jumping down from a top
"Mari!" Brandish looks in surprise to her appearance
"you think I was fooled? You were planning to fight them and intend to lose, right?" Dimaria said with a smirk
"You knew I was following you and you tried to make an act to fool me, who do you think I am, Randi?"
"it's all over for you, Randi" Dimaria gritted her teeth two times as she disappeared
"no…" Brandish voice out before blood gushed out of her body as Dimaria stood behind her with a dagger that was dripped in Brandish's blood
"don't!" Brandish looks in shock as her blood splattered all over the ground before she fell
"Brandish!" Lucy screams out her name before she was forced to the ground by Dimaria who stepped on her head
"gah!" Lucy was forced down as Dimaria applied more pressure on Lucy's head
"Shaaaa!" Milo hissed at Dimaria as the cat jumps at Dimaria intending to scratch her face with his claws but Dimaria flicks him away like he was a fly
Milo crashed to a wall before the old cat fell to the ground out cold
"Milo! Gaah!" Lucy exclaimed out but Dimaria put more pressure on her head to silence her
"your death won't be so quick, little girl!" Dimaria said with tears dripping down her eyes
At Fairy Tail
Mavis was laying on the table unconscious as Irene was still in the process of extracting Fairy Heart from within Mavis
"it has never taken me this much time just to perform extraction magic before" Irene said as she continued to do the enchantment on Mavis who wasn't moving at all
Irene was the only one left as her two subordinates have left to join in the battle outside while Rose and Mary were left alone as the twins couldn't do anything to help the first master
"Irene…" Zeref called out to Irene as the man walks towards her
"Your Majesty…is there something else? I would like to focus on my task" Irene told him
"would you mind stopping for a moment?" Zeref asked Irene as this surprised the Scarlet Witch
"hear me out" Zeref told her
"what is it?" Irene asked
"I would like some last words with Mavis, alone" Zeref told her
"what could you possibly have to say now?" Irene asked the man
"it will not take long. Three minutes at the most" Zeref pleaded her
"but, Your Majesty…" Irene voice out before running footsteps was heard
"Irene! That's not me!" another Zeref appeared as the Zeref who was in front of Irene was glitching
"your majesty!?" Irene exclaimed before the fake Zeref disappeared
"an illusion!?" Irene looks in surprise before looking to Mavis as she reached her hand towards her as Mavis was also an illusion
"it's an Illusion Mavis conjured up" Zeref said to her before looking outside to the windows of the guild "Invel must've have been defeated and that granted Mavis some time to create the illusions to escape"
"how could I have fallen for her trickery!?" Irene said as she clenched her hands on her staff
"she is probably a few miles away, after her but do not harm her" Zeref ordered out to Irene who nodded
"understood" Irene said as she left the building to go outside
"of all the times for Natsu to move on the scene" Zeref said before looking to Rose and Mary as his eyes widen in shock
"they are gone too?!" Zeref exclaimed as Rose and Mary were an illusion as well that disappeared
Outside
With Mavis
Mavis was walking alongside the rocky walls with Rose and Mary as they were in the middle of escaping
"I'm scared!" Rose said as she was tearing up when she sees how high up, she was against the wall
Mary was trembling in fear as she was holding onto the rocky wall for dear life
"it's alright! Just look at me and don't look down, you two can do it! I know you can!" Mavis told the children as she leans out her hand for them to take
"let's go so that we can get home with everyone!"
Rose and Mary look at her as they slowly followed her escaping the guild
""I'd never thought that I would have to run away from my own guild"" Mavis thought as she continued walking down the rocky wall with the twins ""we have to join the others, but considering our current locating it will be difficult""
Rose stepped on a rock that suddenly breaks as she was falling
"Rose!" Mavis reached out her hand towards the child but she was saved by another hand
"got you!" it was Mest's and the man saved Rose in the nick of time
"Mest!" Mavis exclaimed in joy to see the teleporter
With Lucy
Lucy was waking up as she opened her eyes and the first thing, she felt was heat on her skin
"hot…" she said as she opened her eyes fully and sees the area, she was in was in flames
"flames!?" Lucy looks around before she gasped in shock as she sees Dimaria leaning against a destroyed wall
Dimaria was in a wreck as she had blood all over her
"ugh…..ugh" Dimaria voice out weakly as she had burned wounds all over her "why….why was i…attacked?"
Lucy gasped in shock as she sees the amount of injuries the swordswoman has on her
"a…monster" Dimaria voice out weakly before she fell unconscious
"what happened? What happened when I was out?" Lucy said as she looks around and spotted burning foot tracks leading to the guild
"it couldn't be….Natsu!?" Lucy said in shock as far away from her location was a burning figure
The flames burned everything on sight, nothing was spared
"Zeref….where is Zeref….."
A dark and evil voice spoke out as it was Natsu but no longer Natsu
"there" Natsu voice out as he looks to where the guild is located at
Natsu continued his path to the guild before Gray halted his approach
"Natsu.." Gray voice out as black markings slowly appeared on his right arm up to his face
"Gray…" Natsu voice out as his flames were raging around even more
In the battlefield
Makarov stood on his spot as the old man holds his heart
"Master!" Alzack called out to him as the gunman looks at him
"don't worry about me! Move forward!" Makarov shouted as soldiers came flooding back in
There's no end to them!" Max shouted as more soldiers came running in
"have nor fear! I shall open a path!" Erza exclaimed as she mowed down her enemies while swinging her sword and sends them flying away
"Erza!" everyone exclaimed in relief to the scarlet knight's appearance
"forgive me" Makarov voice out through ragged breathing
"Master, don't extend yourself!" Erza told the old man with a smile "we shall return to the guild together"
"of course we will, you stupid brat!" Makarov told her with a grin
Erza nodded back before she felt her dragon brand stinging on her shoulder
""this pain….Natsu!?" Erza thought before she hears everyone shouting in panic
"what the hell is that!?" Warren shouted out as a giant eye appeared in the sky
"Mavis, you cannot hide from me. My eyes see all…you cannot escape"
Irene spoke though her eye as she looks over the battlefield
"Run? I am not running anywhere"
Mavis' words spoke out as the Fairy General appeared in the middle of the battlefield as a giant
"you are in our guild hall! We'll be there soon to take it back!"
"to all my comrades! Listen to my voice! Keep fighting! Entrust your sword to me! The Fairy General!"
Mavis ordered out as everyone cheered for her
"she sure got our attention, huh?" Gildarts said with a grin
"amazing on how she can raise the moral of an entire army in a simple second" Erza said with a smile
Irene looks at Mavis' giant illusion as the Scarlet Despair simply smirked in response
"what an obnoxious little girl" Irene said as she lifted her staff before slamming it on the ground
"Enchant" Irene said as a bright red light overtook the whole guild before to the Alvarez's soldiers as they undergo a transformation
"what?!" "what's happening now!?"
"Berserker!"
The enemy soldiers were turned into giant battle mongers as they started attacking everyone like crazed animals
"berserkers enhances a soldiers fighting power several times over though their lose their ability to reason is a drawback" Irene said with a smirk "how will you respond to this, Mavis?"
Erza mowed down the enemy forces but her attacks were proved futile when her attack did nothing on them
"they don't feel pain!?" Warren exclaimed
The berserker's charged towards Fairy Tail as they were relentless in their attacks and have no mercy upon them
"is this where it ends?" Makarov said as he holds his heart
"Master! You must not give up! I will make a path for us!" Erza exclaimed as she fends of the berserkers
"my journey" Makarov said as he held his hands up in a pose "comes to an end here"
"that stance!" "Fairy Law!" "we still had that trump card!" "we're counting on you master!"
"you mustn't!" Mavis shouted out as she runs towards him "Fairy Law drains your life! the greater the number the enemies the greater the toll it will have on your body! You won't survive after casting it!"
"you're kidding!" Romeo said in shock
"First Master! I know. And I've already made my decision" Makarov told her "please don't try to stop me. This is my final crowning glory"
"I have a plan!" Mavis told him "it will get us out of this situation! You don't need to-"
"shut your mouth!" Makarov shouted out silencing Mavis from speaking any further
"I'm watching my brats suffer out here! My brats are getting hurt!" Makarov told her as the old man shakes in anger "they maybe members of an army to you but to me! They are my precious kids!"
"no…I don't" Mavis told him while shaking her head in denial
"I know that your plan will lead us to victory, but I can't just stand here and see my brats spill another drop of blood! I can't take it!" Makarov shouted out "I am an old soldier, the amount of time left is short, but if this life can give these brats a future then I will gladly give it up"
"Master!" Erza exclaimed while holding off a berserker soldier
"Erza, listen well" Makarov said to her
"no! I'm not listening! You're coming back to the guild with us!" Erza cried out as tears formed in her eye
"remember, trust in your friends and trust in yourself. And I know that you can find the right path with our family"
A ball of light formed in Makarov's hands as it was charging up magic as he speaks
"your guild is your family. Never forget that. I've had a delightful journey thanks to you all"
Makarov holds the ball of light in his hands as he smiled to them all
"Master!" Erza screamed out as everyone cried in tears for him
"everyone, take care of each other, alright" Makarov spoke his final words before he slammed his hands together and cast his final spell
"Fairy Law!"
A bright flash of light overtook it all as all of the berserkers was done upon the light
The light slowly disappears and so did the life of one kind old soul
Erza stands in her place as she drops her sword with tears streaming down her eyes
She cried in tears as she gaze upon the lifeless husk of Makarov
Mavis looks at Makarov as her tears were falling down nonstopping
Makarov
Mavis cried in tears as she lost her godson
it's the name of a kindhearted king
Erza looks at Makarov as she kneels down and bowed to him
"I was happy as your child," Erza said as she paid her respect to him
At Fairy Tail
"how many were taken out?" Zeref asked Irene
"70 to 80% of our forces" Irene replied to the man
"I never thought that the magic I thought to Mavis was passed down to Makarov, it would seem that I underestimated him" Zeref said with a smile
"hmmm, it appears so" Irene replied before a red glow attract her attention
She looks down and sees a dragon-like brand on her left forearm glowing as it was heating up
""this is…?"" Irene thought
With Natsu
In the land,
There was nothing left
It was a desolate land filled with chaos
Gray was lying down on the ground as he tried to get up but failed
A demonic claw grabs his head as it lifted up to its owner
"is this the best you can do, Gray?" a demonic voice spoke out as it was Natsu or rather END
He now had full control over Natsu as the demon have regain his full power
"how disappointing" END said before he threw away Gray aside
"Your family died, your teacher died, Juvia died and so did Makarov just now" END said surprising Gray at the last sentence
"you all should have accepted the surrender proposal and this would have never happened in the first place"
END said as he lifted up his demonic right hand and ignited it in black and crimson flames
"die" END dashed towards Gray as he swings his right claw back before swinging it forward towards Gray
ZWORSH!
Blood dripped down to the ground as more and more came pouring out
END's eyes widen in shock as his right eye turns back human while his left eye stayed black
"Er…za?"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye