I received I review saying that I did a slight plot hole...Belive me young man, I did not such thing, is exactly how is supposed to be. It will be explain later on. Also, I want to let something straight, Nick won't be getting serious, until Tartarous. Enjoy the chapter!

The next morning, the team woke up from their slumber, with Natsu and Gray still half asleep, nothing that can be solved by Nick shaking them.

"Alright, listen up." The brunette said as everyone stares at him, "Considering the task at hand, I think we should split up into groups."

"In groups?" Gray asked him in confusion.

"Yes, one group will go and search the forest, while the other will investigate the town a bit." Nick point at the original team, "Natsu, Happy, Lucy and Gray will go to the forest. Me, Sayla and Rocky will stay here and try to find anything about the moon."

"Eh?! Why do I have to go with the pervert and the brute?!" Lucy asked in annoyance.

"Who're you calling a pervert/brute?!" Said wizards scream at her.

"Cause I'm not going to be there to make sure they are in check and your the only one besides Erza that can control them." Nick replied before turning to his companion, "Unless, Sayla or Rocky woul-"

"No."

"Arf." Both demon and canine shook their heads in a 'no'.

"Sorry Luce." The celestial mage drop to four with a cloud on her head. And with that, the group separate.

Nick and Sayla, Rocky on the shoulder walk around the town. In which the Etherious asked him, "Master, what are we supposed to do?"

"First, I would like to talk to the Mayor of the 'people' that 'fell' victim of this curse and said curse." he turns to one of the natives, "Excuse me? Do you know where I can find the Mayor?"

"Sure...He should be on the graveyard," the native said as he points at the retrospect. Nick thank him and began to walk in that direction.

Moments later, he saw the old man, sitting in front of a grave of his son, alongside other graves. Nick walked up to him, "Excuse me? Chief Moka?" The old man turns to the brunette.

"Ah, young wizards, is there something I can help you?" Moka asked him.

"Yeah, I just have a few questions that I would like for you to answer," Nick said.

"Questions? What for?" the chief asked.

"To find out more about the curse," Makoto explained. "When it started, what you did about it… Basically, anything that could help us understand it and the situation better."

The old man frowned in response. "But I already told you what you need to do! Destroy the moon!"

"Yes, I have heard the method, however, is necessary to understand it more… If so, we may act quickly of this." Nick replied with seriousness.

Moka stares at the ground, his hand clenched around his staff. He then let a deep sigh out before looking at the dragon slayer. "...Very well, I give my permission."

"Good," Nick said as Sayla use her magic and form a rock seat for him, he seats down on it, Rocky falling to his lap and Sayla standing next to him.

The chief suddenly felt something inside said to himself to drop to his knees and bow to him. He felt a strong….aura of a king in front of him.

"Now then," Nick brought his attention, as he pets Rocky's head fur. "Let's start from the beginning. The curse, when it started?"

"Three years ago, just about," Moka answered. "One night, the moon started glowing purple without warning. And since then, we've been forced into these demon forms every time the moon shows itself."

"Hmmm….Anything else I need to know? Did something weird happen?" Nick asked, and then he notices how the old man look scare of something, "Chief, I going to need everything you have, even things that look un-true."

The old man stares down at the ground before letting a sigh out, "Well… There's a temple on this island, we thought at first it was there the problem, so we armor ourselves with weapons and tried to investigate the place...but we never could enter it." The raised eyebrow of the brown haired made the chief continue, "I didn't understand why, but each time we go there, we found ourselves back in the village."

('Back on their village the moment they reach the temple?') Nick thought as he turns to the Etherious, who was thinking the same thing. ('A teleportation spell?... Maybe.') "Okay… let's move to the next topic; the people who lost their minds."

At his words, Moka let a tear out from his eye, "...The first one to go….was Bobo…" Nick cringe a little. He wasn't expecting that. "It didn't happen immediately… but after a week, Bobo just lost it one day. He wouldn't change back into human form and kept yelling that we were all demons. We didn't know what he would do, so we tried locking him in his house…"

"I get the picture," Nick said with a small frown, no need to bring back terrible memories to this poor old man. "Okay, this is the last question…. Is there anyone in the village that can use magic?"

The chief raised an eyebrow, "No, every habitant of this village is none-magical."

The Earth Dragon Slayer place a hand on his chin, "I see… Thank you for the time, Chief." he stood up from the rock chair, which then crumbles into piece back to the ground. "Thanks to it, I think I might have found the best way to deal with this curse."

The chief stares at him in surprise, "Y-You did?!"

Nick nods to him, "Yes, I just need the report of my team on the forest, if they find what I think they will find, then we can put an end to this nightmare."

The old man bow to him, "I'm in your debt."

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After talking with the Chief, Nick, Sayla, and Rocky went back to the hut and were now waiting for Natsu and the others to come back from the forest. The brunette was combing the canine's fur with a hair broom while the black beauty was reading a book against his back.

"Hmm...You think is Moon Drip, Master?" Sayla asks as she was reading a book of spells.

"You said they are Demons, right?" She nods. " And they say that they're humans curse with demon parts, Bobo's saying that they were all humans, and there are no magic users in the village….only Moon Drip is capable of something like this," Nick responded.

"Because they can alter the memories of the demons?" The Etherious close her book.

"Is what the book said….however since nobody here can't use magic, there must be a ritual going on in the forest…. I just hope the others will be okay."

(With Natsu and the Others)

Team Natsu had found the temple that Moka had said to Nick, and they found two things. One is that there was Demon inside an ice, the nightmare of Gray each time he goes to sleep. And second, there was a group of occults on top of the temple doing a ritual. After they stay all day waiting, they saw the ritual of Moon Drop been used. All the people were cloaked and were chanting something in a mysterious language. Shining down in the middle of their circle was a pillar of purple light, concentrated by various magic circles, leading straight back to the large moon hanging in the sky.

After a while, they saw four people walking to them, three have been seen before by the team. A blue spiky-haired man with big eyebrows, a woman in pink clothes, and a dog-like man. The one leading them was a complete stranger, though. Dressed in a long white cloak, armored boots, and an intricate helmet with a resemblance a demon's face that cover everything but the man's mouth, there was really only one person it could be.

From the back of the group, the blue-haired grumbled. "What a waste. I lost so much precious sleep for nothing. We searched all day for the intruders, but never found a trace of them."

"MAYBE THERE WASN'T ANY!" The dog man shouted.

They stopped a short distance from the Moon Drip ceremony. "I'm afraid I have some sad news, Cold Emperor," the woman said addressed the masked person. "We thought we had intruders during the day, but it seems they got away somehow. I cannot speak of love in this situation."

"Intruders?" The leader asked, however, Gray inhaled sharply at the voice of the stranger.

Natsu narrowed his eyes. "So that guy's their leader."

"He's trying to act all high and mighty, wearing that stupid looking mask," Lucy whispered.

"I dunno, I think it looks kinda cool," Happy commented.

"Sherry, has Deliora been awakened yet?" the Cold Emperor inquired to the woman.

"It should be later tonight or tomorrow," Sherry reported.

"WHICH ONE IS IT, GIRL?!" The dog man yelled at her.

"The time has almost come," he continued, ignoring the dog man. "If you see those intruders again, kill them. I don't want anyone getting in my way."

"They must've been villagers," Sherry remarked. "They're the only other people on this island."

"Then destroy the village." the Cold Emperor declared, sweeping his arm out to the side.

"Yes, sir!"

"Understood."

From behind their cover, the wizards froze. "But the villagers didn't have anything to do with this!" Lucy protested.

"Yeah," Natsu agreed with a frown. "We gotta stop them."

The Cold Emperor smirked. "It's a shame there has to be bloodshed."

Gray was frozen in place, shaking minutely. Hearing the masked man speak more kept driving him to a realization he didn't want to accept. "That voice… No… It can't be-!"

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SNEAKING AROUND BUSINESS!" Natsu suddenly shouted and jumped on top of the crumbled wall. He took in a deep breath and then let out a giant explosion of flames. "IT'S NOT THE VILLAGERS! WE'RE THE INTRUDERS YOU'RE AFTER!"

There was no way anyone could miss a declaration like that. The Cold Emperor and his group turned in surprise. Noticing that he had gotten the attention he desired, Natsu grinned broadly.

"Geez," Lucy sighed in annoyance, grabbing her keys in preparation. "Guess there's no turning back now, huh?"

Sherry's eyes widened as she spotted the red tattoo on Natsu's shoulder. "I know that mark. They're from Fairy Tail!"

"Interesting," the blue-haired hummed. "Those villagers must have gone to the magical guilds for help."

"Don't worry about them," the Cold Emperor said dismissively. "Go eradicate the village." The command shocked not only the Fairy Tail wizards, even his lackeys turned to him in surprise.

"But why?!" Natsu demanded.

"Anyone who stands in my way, whether deliberately or not, is my enemy," he stated.

Natsu growled and started running for him, but he was quickly overtaken by a furious Gray. "Stop this crazy ceremony right now!" He punched one fist into his open hand and then slammed his palms into the ground. His magic generated huge spikes of ice at an incredible rate, converging straight towards the Cold Emperor's position. His reflexes were sharp, though. He pulled back his own hand and pressed it to the ground, surprising everyone when more ice formed in the exact same way. Both ice attacks moved closer until they finally collide, shattering and sending small crystals flying through the air.

"He's an Ice Wizard too?!" Happy gasped.

Gray stood back up, crouched in a battle-ready position. "Lyon! How could you?! Do you have any idea what you're doing?!" He asked furiously.

Natsu and Lucy's eyes widened. "Lyon…?" Did Gray knew this person?

"...How surprising to see you here, Gray," was his casual reply. "It's been quite a while, hasn't it?"

"Why would you revive Deliora?!" Gray shouted.

"To think that you were one of the wizards called to this island to help those poor villagers," Lyon spoke, ignoring his question as he removes his mask, revealing a light-blue haired man with pale skin. "Did you come knowing you'd find me? Or is this just mere coincidence? Not that it makes any difference to me."

"An acquaintance of yours, Cold Emperor?" The eyebrow man inquired.

"Yuka. Do as you were ordered," he said. "I can handle the intruders on my own."

"Yes sir!" they all chorused and ran in the opposite direction.

Natsu shouted in surprise and almost tripped in his rush to catch up to them. "Get back here!"

"No, Natsu!" Gray yelled. "Don't go near him!"

Lyon held out one hand, mist gathering around it as he cast a spell. Natsu stopped and yelled in surprise as ice formed rapidly around his body.

"Natsu!" Lucy yelled in concern.

Realizing there was still in danger, Gray shouted, "Happy, get Lucy out of here! And inform Nick about this!"

"Aye!"

"Wait!" Lucy tried to protest but Happy had already picked her up by her shirt. Acting quickly as a distraction, Gray fired a stream of ice towards Lyon. He conjured up a shield to protect himself, leaving Gray's spell to shatter to pieces before it ever reached him.

"Argh! I can't move!" Natsu complained once the ice had stopped growing. He was encased in a ball of it, with only his head and the ends of his arms and legs sticking out. There was no way he could move in his condition, let alone fight.

"You distracted me long enough for the girl and the cat to escape," Lyon remarked. "Chivalrous but ultimately pointless. There's no way those two can stop my minions."

"Don't underestimate the power of Fairy Tail wizards!" Natsu shouted. "It's not just them anyway; they've got someone to back them up. Now, time to fightAarhghg!"

The Fire Dragon Slayer yelled in surprise as Gray kicked him, easily losing his balance and leaving Natsu to roll down the hill. "What's the big idea, Gray~?!" he shouted in outrage as he tumbled away, his voice eventually fading in the distance. The black haired ignored his shouts and faced Lyon, who was regarding him with an amused smile.

"I see you're as reckless as ever. Was he not one of your allies?" Lyon asked.

"You and I both know that with one spell, you could blow up that ice and him with it," Gray retorted.

"So you chose to send him safely outside the range of my magic," Lyon said. "That was a very clever move."

Gray's brows furrowed in anger. "I don't understand why you're trying to pull this superior act with me, Lyon! You're not! We're not Ur's students anymore!"

"I'm well aware of that," he replied. He pulled off his helmet, letting his snow-white hair rustle in the wind. "Painfully aware. Our beloved teacher is no longer of this world."

"Her final act was sealing that monster away," Gray said. "Are you really so callous that you would try and destroy our master's legacy?!"

"Don't delude yourself. We both know you're the one who killed Ur."

Gray recoiled from the accusation. Lyon kept his straight face as he stared at his old friend. "And yet, you don't seem to feel any guilt. How cruel."

(With Nick and Sayla)

The brunette suddenly yerks up from his sleep, he quickly stood up.

"Master?" Sayla looks at him in worried.

"... Something bad is happening." He began to exit the hut, "Sayla, Rocky, let's go." The Etherious and the canine quickly went with him outside. Just then, one of the guards quickly went up to them.

"Sir! "There's something flying towards the village. I think it's one of your wizard friends and that flying cat." He said to them.

Nick looked up and, sure enough, there was a figure in the air coming closer to the village. "Happy and… Lucy?"

"What are they doing up there?" Sayla asked in confusion. They made their way over to the center of the village, where there was already a crowd of demons gathered, waiting for the Fairy Tail wizard to land.

"Lucy!" The blonde turned towards her guildmate when he called out. His worry deepened when he saw the panicked expression she wore. "What happened? Did you find something?"

"Nick! We've got a serious problem!" she shouted at him.

(One long ass explanation, and by that I mean Gray getting his ass handed down by Lyon and Natsu dragging him back)

"…And now they're coming to attack the village!" Lucy finishes explaining.

"...I see," and with all said, Nick only had a hand on his chin, taking everything he has heard. ('Looks like I was right… The curse will have to wait a bit though, better get everyone to safety.') "How many are they coming?"

('How is he calm?!') Lucy was aghast at his reaction before answering, "Uhm….Only three are coming."

"I'm pretty sure all three are wizards," Happy added, "We might be able to beat them!"

"Yeah! I mean, we have a member of the strongest team in Fairy Tail!" Lucy said with star eyes.

"Strongest Team?" Sayla asked in confusion. Did she miss something while been away?

Lucy suddenly lets out an excited squeal, clapping her hands together while mischief shone in her eyes. "I just had a brilliant idea!" She took out one of her golden keys from her belt. "Open, Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!"

A spirit commenced to materialized in front of her, it was a young woman with pink hair, dress in a maid outfit and shackles on her legs and arms. The maid bowed and said, "Good evening, Princess."

"Who's this?" Nick asked at seeing the maid, and blushing at her….choice of attire.

"This is Virgo, my new celestial spirit!" Lucy quickly said before turning to the spirit, "Virgo, I've got something I'd like you to help me with." Lucy wasted no time in giving her some instructions. Virgo was even quicker in carrying them out.

Meanwhile, Nick suddenly felt something tug his arm, he looks to the side and began to sweat when he saw Sayla glaring at him with a pout. "Master….why were you checking that woman's attired?" She asked with a venom voice. The brunette became to sweat a bit more as the demon's eyes stare at him. "If you want to stare at it…. You could just ask me!" she yelled with a pout.

Anime-drop into the floor, "THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE MAD ABOUT?!"

"What is everyone doing gathered outside?" The chief walk forward, holding his staff and looking around with confusion.

"Oh, Chief," the brown-haired wizard greeted. "There are some wizards who've been hiding out in the temple on the island, and they're coming to attack the village."

"Attack?"

"Okay...is like this," Nick took a deep breath as said, "These people are protecting the moon, and until we remove them, this curse will continue."

The chief eyes widened, "Defeat them! Do you what you have to do!" He commenced shouting before been taken away to be calm down.

"Done!" He heard Lucy said. He turns to see a giant hole in the ground while being cover with grass in front of the entrance.

…

…

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"...Luce, that's not going to work."

"The trap is so childish."

"Lucy! I seriously think you might be stupid!"

"Don't say that! It can be the perfect pitfall trap!" she shouted at them with a childish pout.

Nick and Sayla simply shook their heads at the same time. They then 'slapped' the air as if doing a tsukkomi, "Only a moron would fall for that…. So where's Natsu?"

"Something coming this way!" shouted a demonized villager from atop his scaffolding overlooking the outside of the wall to the village.

"It's them! Open the gate!" Lucy yelled at him.

"Right!"

The gate to the village shook and then slowly started to open up. All the wizards were prepared to fight….but they were not expecting Natsu, his body inside a frozen in an ice block and carrying a limp Gray.

"Heyyy!" he called. "Are you okay?!"

"Natsu?!" Happy shout in shock.

"Don't come any closer!" Lucy yelled at him frantically. Even from a distance, they could see the look of confusion on his face. Not to mention, he wasn't slowing down at all. "Natsu! Stop! Please!"

He finally understood to some degree and skidded to a halt, a foot in front of the pitfall. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. And then Natsu noticed the pile of leaves in front of him. "What's with the grass…?"

"Natsu don't-"

"UWAHHH!"

"…Never mind," Nick sighed as he forgot that Natsu is an idiot, so falling through the flimsy cover of grass was to be expected, as kicking up dust that obscured the hole from view too.

"He actually fell for it…" Sayla mumbled.

With Lucy still catatonic from shock, Nick took it upon himself to peek into the hole, barely making out Natsu at the bottom of it. "You all right down there?"

"Very funny, but this isn't the time to play practical jokes on each other!" was the irritated response.

Happy shrugged. "Don't talk to us, it was Lucy's dumb idea."

"I SHOULD'VE KNOWN!"

"It wasn't a joke, it was a trap!" she insisted.

Happy's expression quickly turned to relief. "I'm glad you're okay. I was worried about you!"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Natsu replied before his expression dimmed. "But Gray's down for the count." He launches the ice wizard up, making Nick caught him, his eyes turning serious the minute he looks at him.

Gray was badly hurt, there was blood on him and his clothes, and by that, I mean his pants, had small open holes all over him.

"Is he...okay?" Lucy asked with concern.

"...He's fine." Nick said as he places him down.

"Hey, the ice is gone!" Natsu realized that he was no longer on the ice. "It must've cracked when I fell!"

"See?" Lucy laughed. "Told you the pitfall would work!"

Virgo turned to her. "Excuse me, Princess, but I believe the spell was actually broken when he left the caster's range of magic."

Regardless of how exactly it happened, the wizards now had a very excited Dragon Slayer at the bottom of a hole. "I'M FREE!" He celebrates, only to realize something, "Wait….those guys haven't made it here yet?" Natsu asked.

"...You know, that's a good question," Lucy replied. She placed a hand on her chin. "They left the village before you, but you got here first. I wonder what's taking them so long."

"Yeah, and with Gray and that giant ice cube, I was pretty slow," Natsu admitted.

"...Hold on," Nick suddenly said as his ears commenced to hear a sound, "...I hear something coming." The others look at him.

Suddenly, one of the villagers look up into the sky and shout, "Wh-What's that!?" Everyone follow his view, and up the sky was a giant rat flying with its tail and holding a bucket.

"It's a giant flying rat! And it's carrying a bucket!"

Oh, look an eco! Thank you whoever you are!

"What?!" Lucy cried in outrage. "But now my pitfall trap is totally pointless!"

"There's a giant flying rat…. in the sky?" Nick asked, feeling clueless.

"We fought it earlier in the jungle. I'm pretty sure it belongs to one of those wizards from the temple." Natsu's face scrunched up as he glared up at the shape. "I don't like the smell of that stuff it's carrying."

On the giant rat's back, Sherry, Yuka, and the dog man were discussing their plans, "We took too long making the poison jelly." Sherry said with a disappointed look.

"But our timing was good. Those mages are all in the village now." Yuka said, crossing his arms behind his back.

"Unless we destroy Deliora, our wishes will never come true," Sherry said, her gaze darkening. "Only death awaits those who stand in our way."

A sudden gust of wind caused the bucket Angelica was holding to shake slightly; causing a small droplet to fall from the bucket. The droplet of jelly quickly began to descend towards the ground; directly towards Lucy.

"Jelly?" Lucy asked in a confused tone, as she held out her hand.

"LOOK OUT!" Nick suddenly pick her up and move away. As soon as they were out of the way, the drop of jelly hit the ground, only for it to melt the earth it surrounded.

Lucy stares in fear at what just happened, "T-Thanks Nick." She thanked him as she got up with her heart racing.

At once, everyone looked to the sky again and came to the same realization. Panic began to set in amongst the villagers and they all started screaming in panic.

"That big flying rat's got a whole bucket full of it!"

"No! They're gonna dump it right on us!"

Meanwhile, up in the sky, the wizards stare down at the village, "Ugly." Yuka said, scowling at the villagers; he didn't know that Nick and Natsu could hear everything he was saying, "Humans become so ugly under the influence of Moon Drip. As if they're demons."

"How displeasing; it's like Deilora's children." Sherry said with a disgusted look, causing both slayers' eyebrows to twitch, "Angelica go ahead." The giant mouse dumped the bucket of green poisonous jelly; making sure to spread it all across the village.

"How are we supposed to stop that?!" Lucy screamed, fear evident in her tone.

"Everyone! To the middle of the village! Now!" Nick order everyone. Nobody questions him and made their way to the center, all but the Chief.

"No...I won't leave Bobo's grave!" The old man holds on to the tombstone.

"Natsu!" The pink haired turn to the brunette, who had his right hand extends to him. He quickly understood what he asked and his left hand connects with his. The both look up into the sky and close their eyes.

"Great King Dragon of Fire and Earth," the began to chant together, "You, who burns and drowns those that challenge your wrath! Grant us the power to show fear to our enemies!" They suddenly were surrounded by a green/red aura before opening their eyes to show dragon eyes, "AND SEND THEN TO OBLIVION!" they both took a deep breath as one giant green/red circle appeared in front of them. "UNISON RAID! KING DRAGON'S ATOMIC OVERHEAT!" They blew fire and earth into the circle. The result? A giant Hyper Beam cover in fire and earth soar straight into the path of the jelly. Went it hit, it didn't just explode the jelly, it continues directly at the flying rat.

"What?! It didn't just destroy the jelly…!" Yuka said in shock.

"Is coming at us!" Sherry said in fear.

"Uuuuh!" The dog man said with fear as well.

"Are you okay Toby? You sound like a demon."

"SHUT UP!"

BOOM!

The attack connects with the rat as it began to fall down into the ground, while the remains of the jelly disperse around the village. When it clear out, the attack had created a hole in the jelly right over the center of the village.

Lucy stare in absolute amazed, ('A-Amazing… They can use a True Unison Raid….They're so strong!') she then looks at her hands in wonder, ('Can I...be that strong as well?') To tell the truth, she hasn't done too much on the battlefield, she's losing confidence in her usefulness.

"...Don't question yourself." She heard Sayla said, who was looking at her master, "Master doesn't like to see others asking themselves if they can be strong like him… He just wants to protect what he must protect…" the Etherious turn to her, "But if you continue thinking about that, I suggest that you start getting stronger…. That's what everyone else is doing."

Lucy raised an eyebrow in confusion, before remembering what Erza said to her about Nick. And what Mira desires. They both want to get stronger so that they can be next to the strongest. And if they are doing that, then Cana and Sayla are the same. ('...If they can do it….So can I!') she clenched her fist in determination before looking at Sayla with a smirk. The Etherious simply smile at her, she hates the idea of helping a rival…. But what's fun if she can easily win?

Meanwhile, the villagers were in panic. Like this-

"The village has become completely dissolved."

"This is terrible!"

"Is anyone hurt?!"

The Chief, however, stare at where the grave of his son lays. After being saved by Virgo from a giant drop of acid that was heading to him, it landed on the tomb. By cheer miracle, it stood tall after the bath of death. "Bobo's grave….it survived." he sighs in relief.

But then, three shadows appeared behind the dust cloud, one of the walks up and kicked the headstone out of its placing. The dust clears out to reveal the three wizards.

"The Cold Emperor ordered us to eradicate the village and its people." Sherry flicked one of her ponytails as she came to a halt, Toby and Yuka standing beside her. "We were trying to show mercy by making your deaths quick and painless… But since that didn't work, we'll have to resort to bloodshed."

"Fifty villagers, three wizards…" Yuka mused. "Shouldn't take more than fifteen minutes."

"Hrumph," replied the dog-like man with the two attackers.

"How dare they..." Moka breathed out, as his eyes hardened. "They destroyed Bobo's grave..." The village chief rushed forward but was stopped by a small group of villagers. "It's unforgivable! You'll pay for what you've done!"

"Chief! You have to calm down." A villager said as he held Moka back.

"... Sayla! Lucy! Happy!" Nick called them.

"Y-Yes!/Yes?"

"Evacuated everyone from here, me, Natsu and Rocky got this." The brunette said with the pink haired punching his fist on his palm and the canine to bark while jumping.

"I'll….fight too."

The voice of Gray caught everyone's attention as the ice wizard slowly stood back up.

"Sayla!"

Only for him to drop back down unconscious.

"Huh?!" Lucy look in shock at what happened, "W-What happen to him?" She turns to Sayla, while Happy use his tail to pick the black-haired up.

"Is my magic, that's only what you need to know." The Etherious said as she began to move away. "Come, Blondy. Master gave us a job." She said, with the Celestial wizard looking unsure before walking with her and the flying cat.

Suddenly, the pink haired woman walks forward, and point at the two slayers, "You two... Because of you, the Cold Emperor's confidence in me has dropped. I WON'T BE LOVED ANYMORE!" She yelled at the end as tears fell from her eyes.

"...Huh?" Natsu and Nick asked together with question marks.

"On top of that, you hurt Angelica," Sherry said, trying to wipe the tears from her eyes. A sudden growl escaped Sherry's through, as she leveled furious eyes on them, "I'll never forgive you!"

"...Hurt?" Nick, who had his eyes were shadow by his hair, "You want to talk about hurt, bitch?" his venom world and the look of anger stop the anger on Sherry, as she began to sweat at the stare. "Because you have no idea...what it means to be hurt to this people." He took a step forward, "Natsu, you can have the blue haired. Rocky, you have permission to play with the dog. This is one is mine."

"Fine by me!" Natsu agreed as his fist ignite on fire.

"Arf!" Rocky said as a dark brown circle appeared around and he commenced to glow, his body changing. When it died down, where once a canine was, there's now a bipedal werewolf. It has short red fur with white on its lower legs and a white streak that covers its face, underbelly, and tail. It has pointed, button ears with black tips, three large tufts of fur on each side of its face, a triangular black nose, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. While the sclerae, irises, and pupils of its eye are visible, they all glow a pinkish red and no distinctive colors are visible. A mane of fur covers its back and shoulders, sweeping forward over its head to form a crescent moon shape. On either side of its body, just below the shoulders, two small rocks resembling claws poke out of the mane. A single, bigger stone projects out of the front of the mane over its head. Each of this form's paws has three black claws, and it has a stubby tail covered in long fur.

"Aoooooooow!" The werewolf howl into the sky, his roar shaking the wind madly.

"Hmph," Yuka was not impressed by this, "Don't think you have this won just because you are from Fairy Tail." He said before he positions himself to fight, although, he continued speaking, "We once belonged to a famous guild, too. So we won't be defeated so easily. You must hear of Lamia Scale. That's right...The guild 'Iron Rock' Jura belongs to..." he was interrupted by a stream of fire heading his way. He quickly moves his hand forward and stops the attack with some sort of light blue barrier. However, the force behind it sending him away from the others. "Dammit! Listen when I'm talking to you!" He yelled at who attack, which happens to the be the fire wizard.

"Why?" Natsu turned to him sharply. "You think I care what guild you're from or who the other members are? We came here to help the villagers and you're the ones who put them in danger." The Dragon Slayer clenched his fist. "Which makes you Fairy Tail's enemy. And that gives me more than enough reason to fight you!"

Yuka furrowed his brows. "Very well." he pointed his fingers towards Natsu. A blue light gathered at the tips and the energy was launched towards him. "Wave!"

Natsu was about to destroy it, but his dragon instincts went off and he dodge the attack, which left the ground in a ln open gap. He fired a breath attack at him, but Yuka waved his hand in front of him again. "Wave!" The blue magic appeared again and the flames dispersed before they got close to hitting him. "The pulsing energy coming from my hand diffuses all types of magic," he explained. "Which means none of your spells will work against me."

Natsu brushed the back of his hand against his cheek. "I get it. Earlier, I felt I couldn't break it with my fire."

"I specialized in anti-wizard magic while I was with the Lamia Scale guild, and I'm sure you can understand why." Yuka held his hands out and his magic glowed brilliantly. "No matter how strong they might be, all wizards are powerless against me! Even you!"

Natsu jumped out of the way as two balls of Wave Magic were fired at him. "Oh yeah?!" Natsu charged at him with a flaming fist.

Yuka held out his hand once again and a shield formed in front of him. Natsu's punch was halted the moment it came into contact with the barrier. "Like I told you, your magic is useless against my Wave."

"That doesn't mean I'm gonna let you off the hook!" Natsu drew back his other arm and curled his fingers into a fist. "I'll just have to crush you without it!"

The Dragon Slayer punched forward at the magic barrier and his fist went in like a hot knife through butter. Even Yuka looked a little surprised. "Hey, look! I broke through it!" Natsu grinned at his achievement….until pain sparked up the length of his arm and he screamed. "GAAAAAAAAAH!

"You put your bare arm inside a vortex of magic energy," Yuka pointed out. "Not a smart move."

Natsu gritted his teeth against the pain. He pushed against the barrier, forcing his head straight into it with a manic grin. Yuka jerked backward in shock. "Your magic's no match for my brute strength!" Natsu laughed loudly. "So what are you gonna do now?!"

Yuka managed a smirk, even though it came out slightly unnerved. "You broke through my Wave, but now you're stuck Salamander! Your flames aren't going to work now that you're inside!"

A glint appeared in Natsu's eyes. "But I can still use them outside… And you just gave me a great idea!" To the shock of the big eyebrows man, magic commenced to channel through the elbow of the pink haired, and before Yuka knew it, "Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow!" Natsu's punch landed a direct hit on his face, launching the anti-magic wizard across the area and knocking him out cold. Natsu held up his fist in victory. "That's one down."

With Nick and Sherry, the pink haired attack first, "Fall enemy of love!" She screamed, thrusting her arm forward; creating a small pink magic circle. At first, nothing happened, but after a few moments, Nick began to hear creaking sounds from behind her. Spinning around, Nick saw that the tree behind him was moving. "Wood Doll! My magic, 'Doll Play Attack' is a magic that can control anything but humans. But I don't need to!" The tree rose its giants' branch above the brunette and drop it down. "Because you will feel my angry love-"

Nick raised his hand up and stop the giant branch without a sweat, "WHAAAT?!" Sherry yelled in absolute shock, but she let her guard down and before she knew it, Nick had sprint forward and had grabbed her by the throat and Chokeslam her down, hard.

"Ah...I...let my guard down...how… unprofessional of me…" was the last thing Sherry said before falling unconscious with swirly eyes.

"...Ah...I forgot to tell her that she looks like those Japanese Dolls that hunts you on the night and your nightmares." Nick commented as he scratched his hair. "Oh well, I finish already."

(Rocky and Toby)

Both dog-like men were staring at the fight of their respective team, before Toby said, "Man, those guys are awesome." He turns to the werewolf with a grin, "But, I'm not scared, 'cause I'm even stronger than Yuka or Sherry," He brought his hands up in front of his face. The nails glowed with magic, elongating and turning a green color. "Check out my Mega Jellyfish Paralyzing Claws! Bet you'll never guess what these babies can do!"

Rocky simply stare at him before bringing his hand to his face and did the 'Come' motion.

"DON'T MOCK ME!" Toby explodes in anger as he charges at him. He commenced to slash him with his claws, while Rocky did….nothing. He took the attack head-on.

After several slashes, Toby jumps away from the werewolf, breathing heavily, "Heh...heh...I hope you feel shocked because this claw will paralyze you-" Rocky moved forward and upper slash him into the sky. "Dooooooooh!" The dog man crashes hard on the ground with swirly eyes, "H-How...can…. Hrk...Blegh!" he passes out.

Rocky huff before walking back to the two slayers, in which Nick pat his head, "Excellent job Rocky." the brunette said as Rocky transform back to his dog form.

"Arf! Arf!" the canine jump into his shoulder.

"Here we go…!" Natsu grunt as he heaved the stone off the ground and carried it over to the small mound of rocks. Angling it right, Natsu slid the gravestone back into its rightful place. "There… We're gonna find a way to change your people back to normal, Bobo." He muttered down.

"There won't be any need for that." Natsu heard Nick said.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"...Thanks to the Mayor and you guys finding these people, I found the way to end this curse." Nick said. ('And praying to that grave won't be necessary anymore.')

"What?! This quickly?!" Natsu in shock. "How?! What we need to do?!"

The brunette was about to say when he suddenly smell something, he quickly turns to the side. His nostrils took a deep air, and he smelled….strawberry?

"Nick?" Natsu notices his fellow wizard looking a bit confused.

('This scent….what's she doing here?') he thought to himself, knowing fully well the scent of strawberry, ('... Nevermind, is a perfect time.') Nick drop the canine down.

"Arf?" Rocky tile his head in confusion as Nick looks at him in the eyes.

"Rocky, I have a job for you." The canine's ears shoot up in attention, "Go meet up with Sayla and Lucy, advice that we have a package coming." He wraps a small paper around his neck, "When they see this, they'll understand." Rocky nod before sprinting away to search for the two beauties.

"Natsu." Nick turns the pink haired, "Take me to the cave where this demon is."

"Huh, why?"

"...Because there's something I need to confirm."

Lyon stood in front in the middle of Deliora's chamber. His eyes wandered over the frozen demon, as he studied its form. After a few minutes, Lyon was shaken from his thoughts when someone spoke behind him.

"Excuse me, Cold Emperor." A voice behind him brought him back from his thoughts, he turns to see a short, cloaked man entered the underground chamber with several people in robes following behind him. The man wore a red mask that covered the top half of his face, and a mess of green hair trailed down his back. "I'm sorry to interrupt but I was wondering why you chose to spare the life of that wizard, Gray."

didn't avert his gaze from the frozen Deliora in front of him when he replied. "No reason," he said. "Other than I don't feel the need to shed any more blood."

"You say that, but ordering your minions to kill those villagers tells a different story," the masked man pointed out. "It would appear that you have a soft spot for your former rival."

Lyon let out a little-amused huff. "Nonsense. I simply have no desire to get any more blood on my hands. But if he happens to get in my way again, I won't hesitate to kill him."

The man grinned widely. "That's good," he commented quietly to himself. "I'm glad."

Little did Lyon know, that masked man was more than meets the eye.