Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
In the infirmary
Ultear sat beside the bed which her husband lied on as a white sheet was placed over Natsu's head
Tears falls down Ultear's eyes as the loss of her husband cracked her heart
Aya was with her mother as the child was in tears as to know that her father was gone
"Papa…." Aya cried out as Ultear pulled her in to a hug
Ur looks from the door as sadness painted all over her face
Everyone was observing the Alvarez' movement as they were now focused to bring a quicker end to the war now that they had lost one of their friends
"Warren, can you give me a status update on all fronts?" Mavis asked the telepath
"Zeref's forces seem to be holding a stationary position in the west." Warren replied before continuing
"We're at a stalemate in the north, I think the situation will improve when Gajeel and the others arrive, though."
"How about the east? The wizard saints are holding out, right?" Max asked him
"I don't know what happened there, but one of the Spriggan 12 is staying at one spot while the other two are heading this way." Warren replied
"You mean they broke through!?" Droy exclaimed.
"then Jura and the others are!?" Jet said while Mavis frowns to think of what happened to Warrod
"What about Erza's group? From the south?" Makarov asked
"One of the 12 isn't showing up on the radar, someone must've taken one out." Warren replied to him
"That means…we might have shot at winning this, right?" Macao said as Wakaba nodded
"Yeah! We have one of the 12 captives, too!" Wakaba said,
"So, there are 8 of them left!" Romeo voiced out. "We can win this!"
"no" Makarov spoke out "Even if we did manage to win from the north and south, we have no defense in the east, and who knows when is Zeref is going to make his move from the west."
Murmurs started to spread out to his words
"Your wisdom is needed right now, First!" Makarov called out as Mavis wasn't replying
"First master?" Makarov called out to her again
"I need some time." Mavis told her "We need to defeat Zeref…what can I do to make that happen?"
Southern of Fiore
Hargeon
The battle to liberate Hargeon still goes on as everyone was giving it their all to defeat the Alvarez' soldiers
"Gray!" Lyon shouted out as Gray complied. "Yeah!"
He and Gray then freezes all of the soldiers in a giant iceberg before continuing
"Water Slicer!"
Juvia creates a water attack then sends a couple of soldiers flying before two soldiers got the jump on her from behind
"Juvia! Behind you!" Gray shouted out to the rain mage
The soldiers were about to slash their weapons against Juvia but she was saved by Meredy who sends her swords flying at them
"keep your guard up, Juvia" Meredy told the Rain mage as she sends soldiers flying away with her magic attack
"Meredy!" Juvia exclaimed surprise
"what are you doing here?" Gray asked while freezing a couple of soldiers who were heading their way
"I'm joining the battle." Meredy said with a determined face as she sends her magic swords flying to the air before flying down to strike at all the Alvarez soldiers "to take revenge on Zeref"
Gray and Juvia looks at the pink-haired mage as they had never seen such attitude coming from her
With Erza
She and Kagura were on their way to the dock to defeat another member of the 12 and as they approached the dock, they were intercepted by the enemy forces
"We are the Four Heraldry Knights of the Neinhart Division!"
"You won't get past us."
Is what they said before Kagura and Erza defeated them in a single strike
"We worked really together," Kagura said with a smile
"Yeah" Erza replied before more of them attacked them
"Fools! There are Four Heraldy Knights!"
"You let your guard down!"
They exclaimed before Jellal came in and defeated them in two hits
"It's you!" Erza said
"Forgive me for not coming sooner." Jellal said as he landed down to the streets
"Your face!" Erza exclaimed but Jellal shook his head
"I'm done running away. The reason I'm here is to take down Zeref." Jellal told her
"Jellal…" Kagura said with anger rising in her heart
With Wendy
Wendy and the other faces against Dimaria as the swordswoman gritted her teeth two times before everything freezes on spot
"Now I'm the only one in the whole world…the world belongs to me." Dimaria said with a smile.
She then walks towards the frozen trio as she readied her sword at her side
"I'm sure everyone has wished for this at least one, right? "what if I could stop time? "."
She then got in front of the frozen Wendy
"This is the magic that seals time away, Age Seal. Do you get it now? This magic cannot be defeated by the likes of you." Dimaria told the frozen Wendy
"You see? You're completely at my mercy here." Dimaria said as she grabs a hold of Wendy's face
"Shall I rip up this girl's clothes? No, been there done that."
Dimaria then stands in front of the frozen Wendy as she lifts up her sword to her shoulder
"And killing them all now would be too easy and no fun." she said as she smirks at them
"When the time resumes, the two will find one of their own dead all of the sudden…hmm yes! That would be nice!" Dimaria said as she aimed her sword at Wendy's neck
"I choose you." Dimaria said as she pulls back her sword before swinging it at Wendy
Before the sword could slash Wendy's neck, she jumped away all of a sudden
"What!?" Dimaria exclaimed in shock as not only Wendy but Cheria and Carla can move again
"How?!" Dimaria thought as she had clearly frozen time. "How can they move in my world!?"
Wendy and Cheria then delivered a combo wind attack at Dimaria as the swordswoman was sent skidding back from the attack
"I heard a voice in my head just now." Wendy said to Cheria who nodded. "Me too!"
"the power to manipulate time….very interesting"
A voice spoke as everyone looks to where the voice came from
"You are!?" Charla said in shock as Natsu appeared but his appearance was not that of him
His entire right side was demonic while his left side was normal
"Natsu-san!?" Wendy exclaimed in surprise
"I am him yet I am not" the man told the wind mage "I believe you remember me when I am equipped onto Natsu's right hand"
"Drac!?" Wendy and Charla exclaimed as the man nodded
"It was you who made time move again?" Dimaria asked
"no, time is still frozen" Drac replied as he went pass Toby who was frozen in place
"Time?!" Wendy said
"I have no conclusion on how I was able to attain this form nor do I know how I was able to manifest in this world" Drac replied "I believe that I must defeat you to make time normal again"
"This world belongs to me…how dare you taint it with your presence!?" Dimaria said in anger
"So, she can stop time…no wonder she can beat any opponent in an instant." Charla said surprised
"so, I was frozen in time when she attacked me before!?" Cheria said realizing how her clothes were shredded back then
"what is going on, Nat- I mean Drac-san?" Wendy asked the man
"She has time-stopping magic, it seems that I can exist in this form when time is stopped, and I gave you three the ability to move here as well" Drac answered her
"how on earthland are you even here? Were you a human at first or something?" Charla asked the man
"no, I was only created to serve as Natsu's weapon" Drac said before he caught Dimaria's blade as the woman had tried to attack him
"Get out!" Dimaria shouted as she pushed her sword at the man "this is my world! No one else is allowed here!"
"stand aside you three," Drac told Wendy and the others as the man swings Dimaria's blade to the side before kicking the woman away "we will dismiss her from the premises"
"we?" Wendy and the others look in confusion before hearing something falling from above
They look up and sees a giant black flaming sphere coming down on them
"a meteor?!" Charla exclaimed before the meteor crashed down on Dimaria as she was punched down to the ground by it
"Gaaaaahhh!"
"HahAhaHAHahAHa! StrIKE!" a burst of maniacal laughter was heard as Dimaria went flying away and caught herself
"who is it this time!?" Dimaria exclaimed as the smoke blows away and revealed another Natsu but this one's whole left side was demonic
"yO! I wAs gETting BorED JusT bEINg wITh My BROther iN tHiS wOrlD!" the other Natsu said with a crazy look on his face "lET's SEe if yOU CaN enTERtain Me!?"
This Natsu was Vlad and he was hungry for battle and blood
Wendy and the others looked in surprise to see another Natsu as this one seemed to be crazed for battle
"you are late, brother" Drac said as he walks towards Dimaria
"hAHahahaHA! I cOuLdN't Help It! It's nOt sO OfTeN I Can Get a BodY!" the other Natsu laughed out as he grins evilly at Dimaria "I WaNT To BatHE In MoRtAL'S BlOOd!"
"what the heck is going on here?" Charla said as she has no idea on why is there two Natsu Dragist
The two then dashed at Dimaria and sends their fist at Dimaria who blocked their attack with her sword but it shattered into pieces
"HahAHA! LeT's SeE You bLEEd!" Vlad shouted as he and Drac punched Dimaria away before both fired black flames at the woman
Dimaria saw the attack coming as she dodged to the side as the attack burned the land
"demon" Dimaria said as she looks at her two opponents who stood above her
"what's wrong? Did you drop a coin?" Drac said as he cracked his knuckles
"lOOks lIKe YOu cAN onLY CoNTRol time…" Vlad said with a disappointed face "weak"
"Want to know why I can control time?" Dimaria asked as she smirks "I'll show you! My true power!"
Dimaria threw away her broken sword as her armor plating crumbled to pieces before she slams her hand down and created an explosion that got blocked by Drac
"what is this power?!" Charla shouted out to her friends before feeling an enormous magic gathering around Dimaria as the swordswoman transformed
"Take Over: God Soul!"
"The power of a god!?" Wendy said
"That isn't possible!" Charla added in
All of a sudden, an explosion filled the field as it nearly took them out
"I am Chronos, the god of Time." Dimaria said in a voice that wasn't hers
"Are you two alright?!" Cheria asked while getting up from the pile of debris
"Heh? A gOd's PoWEr?" Vlad said amused "I WonDER WhAT sHe SaCRIficed to AttAin tHat pOWer?"
"The God Chronos was worshiped from ancient times in the capital of Mildian, that god and the descendant of those people merged as one." Dimaria explained as the woman held a godly aura
"If she really is a god! Then it's a good thing I'm a god Slayer!" Cheria said with a grin
Dimaria looked at the two demons as her eyes looks in anger
"to think that the demons would come and go against a god" Dimaria said as Vlad grins crazily while Drac glared at her
"be it a god or any divine being…" Drac said
"If IT CaN BlEEd mEaNs iT cAN Die!" Vlad laughed out crazily as both demons went on the attack against Dimaria
"Impertinent demons, I am a god, a god who manipulates time." Dimaria said before she blocks both of the demon's attack and blasted them away
"Time is pain, and you will feel that pain." Dimaria said as she shot a laser at Drac but the beam got blocked by Vlad
Shocking pain started to flow around his body but the man merely smirks
"HahaHAHa! FeeLS likE gETtiNg a MaSSaGe!" Vlad laughed out before the demon send a storm of punches at Dimaria as the god got sent skidding back
Drac appeared behind Dimaria as he had a flaming black sphere in his hands
"Ankokubakudan!"
He fired the sphere at Dimaria as a blast of black flames blew Dimaria towards Vlad who grabbed her in a bear hug
"LeT'S Be FrIenDS~!" Vlad said as he tightened the bear hug on Dimaria as the god struggled in his death hug
"You shall be pierced…" Dimaria said as she pointed a finger at Vlad abdomen. "To the far end of time itself!"
Dimaria fires a laser at Vlad as it pierced his abdomen but the demon never let go of her
"fEEls ItChY!" Vlad said as he put more pressure in his hug hold
"Gah!" Dimaria grunted in pain as Vlad open his mouth and a flaming sphere formed in his mouth
"lEt'S SeE If yOu cAn EscAPE tHIs!" Vlad shouted out as the flaming sphere charged up even more before he fired a point blank flaming roar at the god as Dimaria screams in pain
The roar subsided as Vlad threw away Dimaria to the ground before kicking her away
"HahaHAHAHa! I WaNT mORe BlOOd!" Vlad shouted out as he started stomping his leg on Dimaria's back as her grunts of pain were music to his ears
Cheria looks in fear as the demon looks to be enjoying torturing Dimaria
Dimaria fired back a laser at Vlad but the laser was merely swatted away by him
"Be iT a GoD Or WhATevER, nOtHiNg cAn SurPASS A dEMon! HAHahAHaHA!" Vlad laughed out as he grabs a hold of Dimaria's neck and lifts her up and started to choke her to death
Vlad continued to laugh as everyone looks in fear and wanted to stop him but could not since they were frozen in place
Drac grabbed a hold of Vlad's hand as he grips his arm
"stop it, that is enough" Drac said as the world was slowly returning back to normal as time was flowing slowly back to normal
Vlad glared at his twin before deciding to stop his torturing as he lets go of Dimaria who transformed back into her normal form
"fINe tHEn, I'Ll WaIT hERe FoR a WhILe Till NaTSu waKES Up" Vlad said as he put his hands behind his head as he walks off bored
Drac sighs before he looks to Wendy and the others
"listen to me, Wendy" Drac said to the little girl "when the time is right, our partner will awaken from his sleep…..tell Milkovich that Natsu is still alive"
"what do you mean?" Wendy asked but they were disappearing
"our time is running out…..return to the guild and tell Ultear.." Drac said before he and Vlad disappeared and time turns back normal "Natsu is still alive"
"Natsu-san…..is still alive?" Wendy repeated his words with confusion
That's a wrap!
Bye bye