Back with the continuation
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On with the story
The next day
Fairy Tail
Everyone was now at the 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 Fiore 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 as he started typing buttons on his tablet
SLAP!
A loud slap was heard from in the guild as Gray and Juvia turns to see Ultear had just slapped Natsu's face hard with her hand
"why are you so stupid!? Why did you go on and fight without us!?" Ultear exclaimed in tears as she hits her husband's face again
Natsu just lets her do what she wanted to vent out her anger as he deserves it
"Mama…Papa" Aya said as she didn't like seeing her parents fight
Meredy hugs her little sister as she didn't want to see the sight either
"Ultear.." Ur holds her daughter's shoulder as Ultear wiped away the tears of her eyes
"you promised that we would be together and we would fight together, didn't you?" Ultear said as Natsu nodded to her
"keep your promise" Ultear said as she leans her head to her husband's chest
"I got it" Natsu slowly muttered out while the dark markings appeared on the back of his neck as it spreads around more and more to his face
basement
In the dungeon of the guild, Brandish was locked behind bars. Magic sealing cuffs bound her hands and feet and she laid on the floor as Macao and Wakaba watched over her. She was stripped of her coat and heels, leaving her in her two-piece getup.
"Will this sealing stone really keep her in check…?" Macao asked while looking her over.
"Considering how quiet and obedient she's been, her magic must be sealed up good…" Wakaba said. Brandish then glanced at them and the older men swallowed nervously. "But damn…she's quite the woman, ain't she?"
"Do all chicks from the west wear this kind of getup?" Macao asked.
"Hey, look at Bisca!"
"Ah…yeah…she definitely doesn't dress like the mother of a child…" The two men went back and forth with this guy talk. Brandish just listened since she didn't have anything better to do.
"Maybe we should change her position…A bit of a sexier pose…" Macao was starting to let out steam from his nose just thinking about it.
"Heh heh…yeah…something that really accentuates that ass, you know…!" Wakaba agreed!
WHACK!
Lucy smacked their heads with her fists
"Keep it in your pants! The Master told you to treat her hospitality, didn't he?"
"We take our eyes off you four for two minutes and this is what we find?" Cana sounded disgusted with their actions.
"WE'RE SORRY!" Wakaba and Macao yelled in unison while holding one another. They got caught with their pants down.
"What is your relation to my mother?" Lucy asked Brandish who just looked at her. "You…referred to me as "Layla's daughter", didn't you?"
Brandish slowly began to sit up. "If you're going to kill me, hurry up and get it over with."
"We won't treat you like a prisoner of war or anything of the sort. Please, just tell me about my mother…" Lucy clenched a hand into a fist subconsciously. "I…I need to…"
"You should just kill me while you have the chance." Brandish repeated herself, a sinister smile crossing that pretty face of hers. "I'm sitting right here…in the middle of your guild…this may be your one and only chance."
Just outside of the guild hall, Marin was hiding around a corner, snickering to himself. "So…this is the enemy's base of operations is it? With my space commandment magic, it'll be easy to sneak in and get Lady Brandish back…"
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 with a smile
"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
"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 they're 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, 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
"Man!" Elfman roared out.
"let's do this" Lisanna said to Levy who nodded
"Right!" Levy replied
"I've been meaning to arrest Saber anyway" Gajel said with a grin
"hey that's not what we're going to do?" Lily said to his partner
"Second team, Natsu, 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 sweatdrop.
"we'll get to fight alongside Cheria, Charla!" Wendy said with a smile
"Sky sisters are back in action!" Charla said with a smile while in her battle form
"huh, what happened to Natsu?" Gray said as the man was here a second ago
"Ultear-san isn't here too" Juvia added
"where the hell did those two went to!?" Ur exclaimed as the second ago they were with them the next they were gone
"I will go in his stead." Erza came in as the Scarlet Knight has some bandages on her
"Erza?!" Wendy looks in surprise "but your wounded"
"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 past these three..there will be no one who can stop their advance." Mavis said
"Please Warrod." Mavis pleaded to her old friend
"H-HEY! LOOK AT THIS!" Warren shouted, catching everyone's attention. There was a big dot on the radar rapidly heading west. "It's Natsu! We've found him and he's moving at an incredible speed!"
"What the hell is he…!?" Gray's eyes widened. To the west was…
"Don't tell me he's…?!" Makarov couldn't believe it either
Far away from Magnolia was a flaming fireball as inside the flaming sphere was Natsu
"I'm coming for you, Zeref" Natsu said as he increased the speed of the fireball and was heading towards the location of where Zeref was located at
Invel looked to the sky, sensing Natsu's presence. "Your Majesty…it appears that an unidentified flying object is hurling straight towards us." This news only made Zeref grin.
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?" Dimaria asked the soldiers
"On the ship, mama." the soldier replied. "Neinhart-sama is just resting."
"Oh, for pity's sake. A machine, and one who doesn't cooperate, 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
"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
Yukino kicks a soldier's face and sends him crashing to the ground as the Celestial Mage and her guild have been fighting non stop
she then sees her comrades running towards her
"What is the matter?!" Yukino asked as everyone ran past her
"Run, Yukino! 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?" Yukino said as Blood man appeared as the so called Grim Reaper gives a creepy grin
Eastern Fiore
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 God Serena stands in front of them
"You have a lot of nerve, traitor." Wolfheim said with a disgusted glare towards God Serena
"to think God Serena allied himself with Alvarez" Jura said with a serious look
"Believe it for now." Hyberion 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 tatters.
"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 loses consciousness from the lack of oxygen
At the outskirts of Magnolia
Ultear was riding on North as the wolf was running in the direction of where Zeref's forces was coming hard
""Natsu…."" Ultear spoke out as Natsu had disappeared from her sight in the guild as she knew where the man was going
Her mind then went back to the words Durya spoke
"once it is released, it shall consume your mind and soul"
""Natsu…are you trying to end this all?"" Ultear thought as North started running even faster
That's a wrap!
Bye bye