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"Does he really intent to face Zeref alone!? That's way too dangerous!" Warren yelled.
"That brat…!" Makarov grumbled.
"Change of plans it is then! Let's go!" Gray wasn't going to let Natsu get all the glory against Zeref!
"Wait." Erza stuck her arm out in front of Gray. "We'll move according to the First's plan. Let's leave Zeref to Natsu."
"That doesn't sound smart to me." Lisanna said
"You serious!?" Gray scowled. "We're talking about Zeref here! He has the book of END with him y'know!"
"Natsu said he's got something to defeat Zeref, so…we'll be all right." Erza said, keeping her faith in Natsu.
Gray was in Erza's face, his scowl growing even deeper. "You've got too much faith in him, Erza!"
"So you're telling me you don't believe in him?" Erza didn't back down. She just stared right back at Gray. "after all the time the two of you work together?"
The two of them kept this silence before Lucy came between them, pushing them apart from one another. "Okay, okay! Stop this already…!"
"What do we do now, First…?" Mira glanced at Mavis.
"Well, let's place our hopes on Natsu then. His moves might seem reckless, but I'm sure there's a reason to them." Mavis surmised. "We're cornered from all sides. He must've thought the faster way to end it all was to take down the enemy leader, and I must agree, it is the most effective way. Let's just believe in him, shall we, Gray?"
Gray turned his back, rubbing the back of his head, sheepishly. "Yeah well…it's not like I don't. It's just…y'know…him going all out there alone…and stuff…."
"and you said that you were never worried of him" Ur said while sighing to her student
"Right then. It's time for everyone to move out!" Mavis commanded. "The fate of the world rests on these four battles! I have faith in all of you!"
"Time to move." Laxus said for those who couldn't hear Mavis. "We can scold the idiot later."
Zeref and his army of million soldiers marched forward as they approach Magnolia from the west side
"to think that you would come so soon, Natsu" Zeref said as in front of the marching soldiers was Natsu who stood alone in front of them
Natsu stands in front of the million soldiers as he was in his demonic form
"accounting the number of soldiers within the large scale, I would estimate the number of one million soldiers" Drac said as the Gauntlet glowed to Natsu
"HahAHahaHaHA! iT'S gOiNG To bE So FuN! So FuN To SlAuGhTer tHeM AlL!" Vlad laughed out crazy and evilly
"be quiet you two" Natsu said to his weapons as he gazed upon his upcoming foes "Drac, count out the time I have for the limit"
"estimating time….thirty minutes" the gauntlet replied as Natsu cracks his neck before blowing out steam from his metallic mouth
"just enough" Natsu said before he slammed his two gauntlets together and ignite them in flames "time to end this once and for all, nii-san"
Natsu started walking towards the charging enemies before he started to hasten up the pace
The soldiers saw Natsu coming as they readied their weapons and started firing magic blasts at Natsu
Natsu charged through the magic blasts as he positions up his gauntlets and all the magic blasts bounced off of him
"LeT'S KiLL ThEm AlL!" Vlad shouted as Natsu jumps into the sky before diving down into the soldiers
BAM!
Natsu crashed down the enemy field as his dive attack blows some soldiers away
"RAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Natsu breathes out a roar as his roar took out a lot of the soldiers as the ground melted from Natsu's roar
"T…The entire ground's gone!"
"M…Monster?!"
"Hey…! Nobody told us about guys like him in Ishgar!"
"Urk…"
"is this Demon King Dragist!?"
"How many of our men are down!?"
An obsidian sphere materialized from thin air.
"198,321 people." A familiar voice spoke as the sphere grew larger. "But we've still got 801,679 people left." Zeref spawned from the circle of darkness, stepping out to meet Natsu with a soft smile.
"time to end this, Zeref" Natsu said as crimson and dark flames ignites on both of his gauntlets
"I still cannot believe that you would use both Vlad and Drac again" Zeref said to his little brother
"HahaHaHa! sO wE're FigHTiNg Our cReAtOr?! HoW ExHiLiRatInG!" Vlad laughed out as a black aura appeared behind Natsu and was in form of a demon that was laughing evilly
"did something provoke you to use both of them again?" Zeref asked Natsu who merely glared at him in return "your desire to protect your loved ones? Or perhaps your desire to end it all?"
Natsu didn't reply at all as both flames rages around even more
"fine then, it is time we settle our little sibling quarrel once and for all, Natsu" Zeref said as he took off one of his necklaces that had a black gem on it "time to see if you had regained your true strength"
"Invel, pull back the soldiers away" Zeref told to his men
"I must protest, Your Majesty." Invel shook his head. "Is there truly a need for you to dirty your hands on someone as him?"
"This is something that I, and no one else, can do." Zeref's black gaze stayed on his younger brother.
"…." Invel sighed before ultimately complying to Zeref's request. "All troops retreat westward! His Majesty will create a path for us!" As Invel commanded this, the troops began to move backwards to give them space.
The flames rage around Natsu as they form a demon and that of a dragon before fusing
Zeref looks in surprise as the magic power Natsu was unleashing is unbelievable
"What…is this magical power? This radiant heat…!"
Natsu disappeared and reappeared in front of Zeref as the man sends a flaming punch straight at his brother's gut
"Gaah!?" Zeref let out a cry of pain while flying backwards several meters just from the single blow
Natsu dashed towards Zeref as he fired a point black flaming blasts straight at him and sends the Black Wizard crashing through a nearby rock formation but Zeref hopped up immediately and unfazed, now pointing two fingers forward.
An obsidian orb was conjured and flew towards Natsu who stood in his place while holding up Vlad as the obsidian orb got absorbed into the gauntlet
"DeLICious!" Vlad laughed out before the gauntlet was ignited in pitch black flames
Natsu dashed towards Zeref as sends Vlad straight at his face and creates an enormous eruption of flame exploded from behind his fist, only adding to the impact that sent Zeref flying
By the time Zeref recovered, Natsu was on him once more with his insane offensive momentum, slamming him into the ground with raw force
Natsu went in for another punch, but halted when Zeref's hand struck his chest.
"GUh?!" Zeref then created a flame-like dark matter within his palm, which exploded violently onto Natsu's frame. The force of the attack creates a bloody scar around Natsu's cheek but the man didn't stopped his advance
Natsu slammed both his gauntlets in front as a flaming black sphere formed in front of him before it fired straight at Zeref who swings his hands to the front then to the side as the attack was split in half and flew behind the black wizard and exploded
"Well, that was a surprise." Zeref said as his attire blows from the back wind of the explosion. "I would've thought that you would use all of your power against me"
"he's still here in this world" Natsu said as he was referring to Acnologia "first I take you down then he is next"
"what was that power of yours?" Zeref asked "that power merged with your curse"
"Igneel's last ember" Natsu said as Zeref saw a black coloured Dragon Tattoo on Natsu's chest that was steaming and burning "the last power he left inside me, the last flames of Igneel, his final and last will of fire, he's true tenacity"
"Power granted from the dead. I see…! If that's the case, it may just be able to destroy one who has become immortal!" Zeref thought
The flames around Natsu's body swirled around him and intensified, setting the very earth itself ablaze. "Modo EnmaRyu!"
"The earth itself has been sent ablaze…remarkable…" Zeref dropped his guard completely. He left himself open.
Natsu roared out as a large black crimson aura that formed a black dragon with demonic features all over it
He then dashed towards Zeref as he holds above him a giant flaming sphere of red and black flames
"Enmaryu no Daibakugeki!"
Zeref turned his head to face Natsu, grinning softly.
"To think that after all this time…my wish would be granted. Thank you, Igneel…Anna, Layla, Mavis…and…" a bright explosion of flame illuminated the battlefield all over the area. "…Natsu…"
"Im…impossible…" Invel said in shock as to see such ferocious power coming from Natsu "as to be expected from Demon King Dragist"
The smoke around Zeref dissipated, and he was still standing, albeit heavily injured after an attack of that magnitude.
"Your Majesty…" Invel sounded relived and the soldiers were cheering for Emperor Spriggan's safety.
"I am….truly impressed, Natsu" Zeref spoke to him "I would've never thought that the day would come for you to finish me off"
Natsu glared at his brother as he raised his hands up and slammed both his gauntlets together as they were ignited in pitch black flames
"make me a promise…." Natsu told his brother "….for old time sake"
"what…?" Zeref asked as Natsu muttered some words as his lips moved
"I see…" Zeref smiled as he nodded to Natsu "I'll do it….for one last time"
Zeref held out his hand as the Book of END appeared
"in the last moment…..strike him down…..with everything you have, Natsu" Zeref told his brother as he did several gestures on the Book as it glowed purple before dimming
"yeah….i will" Natsu said before he dashed towards Zeref with both his fists pulled back
"RAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Natsu roared out as he sends his fists straight at Zeref only to stop in the last second
"I had my hopes up, Natsu" Zeref said with a sad smile on his face as the flames around Natsu suddenly disappeared
"Agh…..gah….aaahh!" Natsu took a step back as he grips his head like it was going to split into two
Natsu huffs his breathing as steam started coming off of his body
He sees memories of Gray, Lucy, Erza, Wendy, and Charla with him suddenly cracked before shattering then the same happened to memories of him spending time with Ultear and the others
""I'm nearing my limit!?"" Natsu thought as his heartbeat was pounding so hard in his chest
Natsu fell to his knees as his vision started to blur and blacken
"that was the last time you could take the chance to defeat me, Natsu" Zeref told his brother as he held his hand in front of Natsu
A dark orb appeared in front of Zeref and in front of Natsu as it grew larger by the second
"nothing can stop me now…..not anymore….this is our farewell, Natsu" Zeref told Natsu as he fired the orb right at Natsu as a black explosion engulf them all
The smoke filled the area before blowing away as Zeref stood alone in the field while for Natsu, he was gone as if he just disappeared into thin air
"your majesty" Invel approached the man as the wounds on Zeref's body healed instantly due to his immortality. Emperor Spriggan then issued his next orders.
"There is no longer anyone capable of stopping me. The last remaining bit of hesitation within me is now gone. We shall continue our advance. Our target is Fairy Tail. We will conquer the guild and obtain Fairy Heart, the absolute power."
"Yes, sir!" Invel said.
"I have one more request of you, Invel. Would you please procure me a new set of clothes?" Zeref turned to face the Winter Soldier, his eyes now gleaming red. The look of insanity now returning to him after so long… "Garments more befitting of an Emperor, that is…"
Ultear was riding North as the wolf runs in high speed towards the direction where Natsu flew off but North suddenly stops in his track
"what's wrong, North?" Ultear asked the ice wolf as North started sniffing the air and bolted west of the direction of where they were going in the first place
"North?!" Ultear exclaimed before she sensed something was wrong
In a forest somewhere, nothing was there as no animal was in sight
Within a pond, the clear water calmly flows before it was disrupted when something fell into it
Natsu appeared in the water as he floated to the edge of the water with wounds from his battle against Zeref
"he has reached his limit" Drac said as the Gauntlet glowed red and so did Vlad
"AnD To ThiNK YoU wOuLD tELepoRt uS aWaY bEfoRe OuR CrEaTOr could lANd tHE FiNAl BlOw" Vlad said while laughing as Natsu's wound was slowly healing themselves "HoW SoFT HaVE YoU BeCOmE, DrAC?"
"it would be wise for you to change that attitude of yours, brother" Vlad said as all the wounds on Natsu disappeared but the man was unconscious "we shall have this conversation in the other realm"
"fINe By Me" Vlad replied as both gauntlets transformed into bracelets on Natsu's forearms
As soon as the two gauntlets disappeared, Ultear and North came running in when they saw Natsu unconscious on the grass
"Natsu!?" Ultear exclaimed as she went to her husband and checked on him
"Natsu? Natsu?!" Ultear shakes Natsu as she tried to wake him up but he wasn't responding at all
North let out a sad whine as he nudges his snout on Natsu's hand
"we have to get him to the guild!" Ultear said as she carried up Natsu and place him on North's back
Ultear got on North's back as she made sure Natsu didn't fall
"let's go, North!" Ultear exclaimed as the ice wolf started running to carry them back to the guild
That's a wrap!
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