New chapter! Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving if you celebrated! And then threw all those thanks away by plowing through people during Black Friday deals! Haha...yeah.

Not much to reply to any questions actually, but most were those who enjoyed the last chapter so I thank ya guys! And others I cleared up with a PM.

Regarding Yusuke vs. Thunder Palace. I took note that I made this happen as the group came back from the Tower of Heaven. If you read carefully in the chapter, then I'm sure it'll explain and clear things up.

Guest (2): Spirit Excalibur. I went and looked that up when I read your review because it was the first time hearing about that technique LOL. It seems really cool, but he'll likely not learn it nor does he have the time with what I planned out so far.

Guest Reviewer "Lief Kenway": That's an interesting question, and the first to ask. I've actually considered it in the past whether or not I will. I went with Rated T so I would stop myself from doing so. Mind you, I have read plenty (unshamefully), but would be my first time writing one if we were to go that far. A situation in the future would be perfect doing so, and I'd be contemplating whether to do so or not. But, we'll see. As for your second question! Read and find out!

Jlyman: I did skip that part intentionally as Yusuke was busy with something else. But it's cleared up here, so read and find out!

Onwards!


Levy and Gajeel were hastily making their way back towards the guildhall with Natsu in tow. Along the way though, they managed to run into Gray and Warren.

"Levy!" Gray exclaimed running up to the trio. He looked between them to see a beaten up Natsu. "What happened to Natsu…?"

"Laxus happened...he managed to knock him down once but...he got up again and took Natsu out…" Levy answered.

"And Laxus?"

"Yusuke is fighting him now…"

As if Gray needed more proof, they looked up as they heard thunder clapping. Both fighters in the sky kept clashing against one another. From their point of view, only two streaks of light were seen being connected constantly. One was bright yellow while the other was glowing white.

"Erza told us to regroup back at the guild...Warren can you help by telling everyone else?" Levy asked looking back.

"Sure. I can try and do that." Warren said as he put two fingers up to his forehead.


"To think he's still fighting after taking on the Thunder Palace…" Cana said looking up at the sky. The light from the two individuals were visible to the group consisting of both the Strauss members, an injured Freed, and a now conscious Juvia. They hadn't moved much at all after seeing that the Saiyan had taken care of the thunder lacrima in the sky, as well as watching the battle before the current one from a far distance.

"Everybody! Can anyone hear this?!" Warren's voice echoed in their heads.

"Warren?" Elfman asked.

"I'm here." Alzack said.

"I got Droy over here with me!" Jet said.

"I can hear ya!" Wakaba said.

Them, along with anyone else that was able to pick up the Telepathy Mages signal all told themselves present through their minds.

"What's the situation?" Macao asked.

"Erza told everybody to go back to the guild for now." Warren answered.

"Erza? Does that mean everyone else is safe?!" Alzack demanded.

"I'm here...yes, all of the girls have been set free." Erza said.

"Wait, what about Laxus?" Droy asked.

"Yeah! I think I can see him fighting someone up there!" Wakaba said.

"Yusuke is up there along with him." Gray answered.

"AH~! Gray~!" Juvia exclaimed with her face going red.

"Ah, geez my head…" Warren said.

"Warren! Don't think I've forgotten what you did!" Max called out.

"A-Ah! Max…!"

"Hey...that's right...Vijeeter!" Nab shouted.

"Alzack! That was dirty of what you did!" Jet exclaimed.

"Everybody! Please stop!" Levy cried out.

"Ah~! Levy!" Jet and Droy simultaneously exclaimed.

As everybody started to get into their own conversations and shouting one another, there was one person amongst them who they were not aware of that was also listening in on them, un-volunteeringly.

"Will you all shut the hell up?! I'm trying to concentrate here!" Yusuke roared out.


"Yusuke?!" The Saiyan heard Mirajane call out.

"I didn't think my telepathy would reach up there!" Warren exclaimed.

"Yeah, well, it is! Look, I'm going to make this short. I'll handle Laxus, you guys go check up on the Old Man. He's not doing well at the moment…" Yusuke telepathically said while dodging a lightning fist that was coming at him. He leaped back, gaining distance between him and the blond.

"What do you mean?" Wakaba asked.

"His health is in trouble! Porlyusica is checking up on him, but she said so herself that it wasn't good!" Levy answered.

"What?!"

"What happened?!"

"Is he going to be alright?!"

"Enough! Everybody hearing this besides Yusuke is to immediately head back to the guild! Only Laxus is a threat at the moment, and with the Thunder God Tribe not doing anything anymore, there isn't a reason for us to be out here other than to rest back at the guildhall. If you see anyone else who has not heard this, tell them to go back as well!" Erza ordered with haste.

"S-Scary…"

"Right!"

"We're going!"

"Warren, cut the transmission. That was the only purpose of this and it is not needed any further." Erza said.

"Y-Yeah…we'll be going then!" Warren said. With that it was now silent in the Saiyan's head.

'About time…' Yusuke thought as he phased out from Laxus' incoming lightning. He appeared higher and above him and thought through what had changed so far. 'Faster and stronger is a given... Shit, Towa is getting better at this…'

Static was seen around Laxus' mouth as he fired off a roar towards Yusuke not a moment later. Compared to the first time he saw it, this one was much more powerful and larger in size. The Saiyan widened his eyes and crossed his arms as he defended himself against the attack. He went a distance away before forcing himself to stop, and uncrossed his arms to cancel out the attack with a shout. Laxus' appeared above him with his hands together, cloaked in lightning.

LIGHTNING DRAGON'S JAW!

The dragon slayer struck down on Yusuke's face, sending him crashing back to the ground and into a building, destroying it.

"Augh...Damn…" Yusuke hissed as he popped out of the rubble and shook his head from any fatigue. He shot his head up as a bolt of lightning came strucking down, and dodged just in time, landing on top of a roof. The bolt revealed Laxus as he looked up to glare at the Saiyan. Yusuke smirked, and gestured two fingers towards him to taunt him to attack. It did the trick as the mage growled and charged at him, cloaked in his magic. The Saiyan phased out in time to dodge Laxus, who went straight through and stopped in midair. The blond looked back to his opponent only to find open air, and a second later he was thrown from his spot forcefully by a punch from Yusuke.

"I should be getting paid for doing all of this...Trunks and the Supreme Kai of Time owe me that much…" Yusuke muttered annoyingly. He saw a stream of yellow shot up to the air and coming down towards him. Wanting to get away from the city as much as possible, the Saiyan lit his aura and flew up. Laxus made a sharp turn and chased after him. They both flew up high enough as the younger man phased out and appeared just behind Laxus to elbow him right in the spine. While nothing major was done, it was enough for Laxus to go in a different direction. The controlled Laxus stopped his movement to turn around and snarled at Yusuke.

"AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!" The lightning dragon slayer roared violently as his lightning magic kept crackling around. It kept clapping louder and louder, and Yusuke was forced to shield his face from any rogue sparks.

'I need to stop stalling and finish this…' Yusuke thought with a frown as he kept an eye at Laxus. He felt him growing powerful more and more by the second. Hearing another clap of thunder, the Saiyan widened his eyes he saw Laxus scatter away into multiple electricity discharges.

Yusuke's breath left his lungs and bent down as he felt his guts being hit. Laxus had appeared unceremoniously in front of him with a punch already in swing with his lightning reflexes. The blond retracted his arm and hooked it back with electricity crackling around him.

LIGHTNING DRAGON'S BREAKDOWN FIST!

In an instant he shot his hand forward with a large amount of magic ready at Yusuke. A large fist made out of lightning was fired at the Saiyan, hitting him point blank. He was forced to close his eyes from the impact, and with the effects of Towa being in play, he felt his body unable to respond. Laxus brought an arm back, cupping one of his hands and dark energy swirled inside of it. Yusuke managed to get an eye open while clenching his teeth, but widened both in shock as Laxus threw his arm of the gathered energy, and it formed into multiple blobs of spheres towards the Saiyan. Still paralyzed, Yusuke was unable to dodge the incoming attack, and it connected to his body as he felt his movements slow down.

'That's...Demigra's attack…!' Yusuke thought as he forced out enough Ki to stay afloat in the air. He grunted and stumbled forward a bit from the hits he took. He was able to feel tingling in his hands again, and clenched them. His aura glowed brightly as he pushed his Ki higher.

KAIO-KEN TIMES THREE!

Yusuke's blood within him rushed, and his heart beated faster. His aura glowed red and the senses around him became clearer. Powered up, he flickered out from his spot.

Yusuke returned the favor by forcing a blow to Laxus with his knee. It sent him back from the hit, and the Saiyan immediately followed after him with clenched fists. Being above the blond, Yusuke swung a fist down on Laxus' cheeks. The patroller moved and sped down towards the mage, going past him and then high kicking Laxus back up towards the sky.

TIMES FOUR!

Outputting more of his energy, Yusuke phased out and appeared a short distance away in the direction where Laxus' was traveling to and and kicked him away just as he was within the Saiyan's personal space. Disappearing once more, Yusuke appeared high in the sky and dived down towards the staggered lightning mage with a kick ready and effectively hitting Laxus at the backside of his body, and both plummeted down back to the city.

While focusing on Laxus' however, he hadn't yet noticed that they landed just behind the guildhall, near the shores of the water.


Erza cautiously flew back to the guild where she saw both Yusuke and Laxus went. So far, her eyes were having trouble keeping up with the ongoing fight, and she was able to see enough that they landed near the guildhall. Landing on the ground of the side of the building, she ran all the way to the back to see a dust cloud still lingering a ways away. Yusuke jumped out of the smoke and landed away from the crater that was made, panting heavily while all scratched up.

'He's worse off than Natsu from what I can see…' The redhead thought as she kept watching.

Still feeling the effects from one of the moves used by the powered-up Laxus as well as using the Kaio-Ken technique consecutively within a short amount of time, Yusuke had a bit of trouble keeping himself upright. He kept his eyes at the smoke as it was clearing up, being partially on guard of what might happen next.

Electricity lingered from where Laxus' fallen form had collapsed inside the crater. Slowly but surely, his body slowly lifted itself up. The blond man raised his head to look at Yusuke. There, his eyes kept its red glow and the influence from Towa was still present on him.

Hearing all of the commotion, members inside the building soon flooded outside, headed towards the back of the building. Erza looked back to see her friends coming towards her.

"What's going on here?" Gray asked. He looked ahead to see the Saiyan in front of them.

"They landed here and I followed…" Erza answered.

"He looks like he's in bad shape…" Cana commented.

"Laxus appears to be the same…" Wakaba said.

'Not sure how much longer I can keep up…' Yusuke thought as he inwardly sighed. Now knowing that he was near the guild with people now watching him, he was contemplating his choices. 'I...I can't. If we were alone I could, definitely. Then I'd finish this in a second. But...not here…'

The Saiyan was brought out of his thoughts as Laxus brought both his arms overhead and started to form an attack at a rapid pace. Light shined above him as electricity circulated from where he stood.

"This is…!" Levy started, wide eyed.

"Everybody take cover!" Cana shouted. Most scattered away after hearing the Card mage's words, not wanting to be hit by the charging spell.

'He used that against Natsu. Damnit!' Yusuke extended an arm towards Laxus and quickly charged a large amount of Ki, forming an energy sphere that rivaled the slayer's attack.

LIGHTNING DRAGON'S HALBERD!

Laxus threw his arms forward and shot his attack towards the Saiyan.

BIG BANG ATTACK!

Yusuke launched a moderately large size ball of Ki towards the incoming lightning spear, and it met halfway. Both attacks greatly shook the ground around them along with the seas and bright light was emitted where they collided. The observers that stood wobbled and some stumbled to the ground under them.

'Now…!' The Saiyan's muscles tensed up, bringing out more Ki as he can at the moment, and pushed himself. 'Now or never.'

KAIO-KEN TIMES TEN!

Almost instantaneously to the human eyes, he appeared right in front of Laxus, uppercutting him. The force was enough to blow the dust from the previous attack away, only to produce more as a large shockwave was made from the Saiyan's attack. The ground around them crumbled and broke apart, quaking, and Laxus was shot upwards.

Yusuke swiftly chased after him, and launched a punch to the blond's guts, making Laxus' go higher in the air while in pain. Repeatedly, the Saiyan kept landing blows to the slayer's stomach, and then grabbing his wrist, Yusuke started to spin him. Rotating enough times allowed the Saiyan to have enough force to throw Laxus higher in the sky, and Yusuke shot his arms overhead, the palms of his hands facing towards the blond. Bright light surrounded his person and the winds picked up under him.

"HAAAAAAARRGGH!" The gathered energy around the Saiyan exploded upwards, and the beam of light went straight up, towards Laxus.

Yusuke's attack connected as the lightning dragon slayer cried out, and an explosion was seen high above him as a large smoke bright light was produced on impact. Laxus' body descended out of the fumes, head first towards the ground. Not feeling anything dark within Laxus anymore, Yusuke sighed heavily and flew towards him, grabbing one of his arms and slowly went back towards the ground.

"Done and done…" Yusuke muttered to himself. Before he reached the ground, he let the blonds feet touch the ground and let go of his arm, making Laxus collapse face first on the dirt. Yusuke placed both hands on his knees, catching his breath.

"Yusuke!" He heard Erza and a few others call out. He looked up to see them running towards him.


"Hm...unstable throughout of it all…" Towa noted as he looked at the downed lightning dragon slayer. She narrowed her eyes, and closed it a second later, releasing a small chuckle.

The space behind her suddenly broke, and a breeze entered within, making Towa's white hair flow to that direction. She glanced back, and saw a purple figure with blue skin coming out of it. He had large horns coming out at the top of his head, purple wings with blue-grayish colored webbings, horned skulls decorated his upper chest; just below his neck, and guarded his shoulders. His red eyes and sharp pointed tail was seen as he casually floated out of the open rift. He had a trident-shaped pole-like weapon propped on his shoulder.

"Psi, may I ask exactly what you are doing here?" Towa asked, dangerously narrowing her eyes at him. Said man gulped, and steadied his composure.

"We need of assistance regarding two things that will most likely benefit the army." Psidevilman replied.

"I'm sure you, as well as the sisters are capable of handling that much."

"One of them we are wary of. However the other…" He trailed off.

"I do not have the patience. Speak up now."

"It regards your brother, Dabura, Master Towa."

A moment a silence as the winged figure waited a response, and the demoness was currently processing the information thrown at her.

"...what of him…?" Towa spat out.

"With the recent events and Master Mira's resurrection, we have now accumulated enough energy to revive Master Dabura as well." Psidevilman answered.

"..."

"M'Lady…?"

"And why am I needed?"

"...with Master Mira currently gathering what he needs, he is nearly finished. As with Master Dabura, we have thoughts that it would be wise for you to be present."

"I see...I'm curious. What of the other…'situation' presented upon you?"

"It regards the creation of a Tuffle scientist towards his hatred against the Saiyans."

"A Tuffle?" Towa asked somewhat surprisingly, now turning her body towards him. "...Intriguing...very well. You've caught my attention. Honestly, it's troublesome trying to come here."

"I-I'm aware Master Towa…" Psidevilman said lowering his head a little.

"This had better be worth it."

The still opened rift was still present, and both Time Breaker members entered inside.


"Are you alright?"

"What was that?!"

"You managed to beat him…!"

"How'd you do that?"

"U-Uhm…" Yusuke sweatdropped at all the questions being asked and backed away a bit. Fortunately for him, someone dropped in to his aid.

"Enough everybody!" Erza's voice boomed. "He's tired enough after taking care of the Thunder Palace and Laxus. We should all give him some space."

Everybody did so a moment later, not wanting to be a part of the Titania's wrath.

"How are you feeling…?" Mirajane asked standing near the Saiyan, purposely ignoring Erza. She looked at his bruised body, but looked past the marks currently on it. Her eyes ogling him, going up and down on his upper body, and unconsciously making her face heat up. She had only partly seen him exposed back at the fight with Phantom after he had taken care of their Master. Now, the bandages and tank top he previously had on were gone, leaving him in his glory. She admired at the thought of what he'd look like all cleaned up, and instinctively licked her dried lips she didn't know she had for a moment.

"Eh, I could be better. Though I'm pretty sensitive right now after using all that energy…" Yusuke replied.

"Really?" Mirajane said, now out of her daze and daydream. She went to touch his arm, only to back away as she saw Yusuke flinch, and hissed. "S-Sorry…!"

"It's fine." Yusuke replied with a small smile at her. 'Haven't gone that far with the Kaio-Ken in awhile...I'm lucky my body hasn't been broken down yet.'

After instructing the rest to go back, Erza blinked when she saw the Saiyan. She had seen him in this state back at the Tower of Heaven, and while the situation then was so serious, she hadn't come to admire his appearance. Her heart raced faster as she kept eying him, and she swallowed a lump in her throat. Though, her mind was broken out of its trance when he saw him currently conversing with the barmaid next to him, and she instinctively frowned.

"Yusuke, let's get you to see Porlyusica. She can help you heal." Erza suggested walking up to him, her blush still present on her face. Erza's interruption forced Mira to pout, and Yusuke started to walk back to the guild.

"Sure." He replied. Having Laxus in tow by other members; albeit, rather reluctantly, everybody headed back into the guild. '...wish I had some senzu's right now…'


"Hold still!" Porlyusica chided.

"Alright, alright!" Yusuke hissed and clenched his teeth while the older lady wrapped bandages around his arm.

He was in the infirmary at the moment, and had found that Makarov resting,and was safe and sound now thanks to Porlyusica.

"There. Don't go and do anything reckless for awhile you hear?" The healer scolded lightly as she ripped the piece of cloth away from his wrist.

"Thanks Lady." Yusuke thanked, now once again, covered in white like a mummy on his arms, torso, and forehead. He made his way towards the infirmary door.

"Hmph. One of the other reasons why I hate humans…" She muttered quietly, packing her belongings. The black-haired teen stopped twisting the doorknob on the door to glance back at the older woman. Porlyusica caught his gaze and narrowed her eyes. "...What is it?"

"Uh...nothing. I'll be going. Thanks again." He opened the door and stepped out, scratching the back of his head. "...that's funny. Haha…"

Yusuke walked downstairs where everybody else was. He was the last one to get bandaged up as everybody else tended to their own wounds. Two being Natsu and Gajeel who, just like the Saiyan, was practically covered up in bandages. Commotion was brought about as members rejoiced knowing that their Master was going to be just fine.

"Well, everything seems to be back in order." Yusuke said walking up to Erza.

"How are you feeling?" She asked looking to her side at him.

"Peachy. It's not going to slow me down anytime soon." The Saiyan replied with a grin.

"That's good…" Erza trailed off, looking away. Her eyes, still, at one spot, looking into space. He immediately noticed the change in her behavior, and was about to ask her what had happened, until he sensed the one he had fought near the entrance of the guild.

Laxus appeared, all bandaged up as well, and walked inside the guild. Most stopped talking and narrowed their eyes at the blond.

"...where's gramps?" Laxus asked with a sullen tone.

"Hold on right there!"

"After what you did?!"

"No way we'll allow you!"

"Yeah!"

"Stop it everybody." Erza announced.

"The Old Man's upstairs in the infirmary, resting." Yusuke guided.

"Y-You guys!"

"Is...that a good idea?" Mira asked somewhat worriedly.

"Yeah...it's fine." Yusuke replied with a small grin.

People soon moved away for the blond man to pass them. When Yusuke caught his sight, he stopped walking to look at him with the Saiyan repeating his actions as well. A few tense moments passed as the members present were on edge as they were seeing both men staring at each other. Laxus soon broke it off and looked down, continuing to walk to the infirmary. Silence plagued the guild, that is until the Titania spoke up.

"Magnolia is expecting the Fantasia Parade tomorrow night! Let's get ready for it this instant!" Erza announced.

"Ah! That's right!"

"I need my costume!"

"We need to finish building the floats!"

People soon went up and about, scattered, remembering that they still had to perform for the whole city in their parade that they're hosting for the year.

"Hm. It's as if this whole thing never happened in the first place." The Saiyan said with a small chuckle.

"Ufufu, they're pretty excited. Maybe you'd like to join in as well?" Mira asked.

"And wear some weird get-up? I'll think I'll pass."

"It doesn't have to be weird. It could suit you!"

"...I still think it'd be weird either way…" Yusuke replied. He looked to see where Erza was, but found that she wasn't present inside. Instead, he felt her within town. "Gotta go do something real quick. We're still training tomorrow in the morning by the way."

"E-Even with your injuries…?"

"I work through the pain. Besides, I gotta check out your magic."

"Oh...right...I did get it back now did I…?" Mira said in revelation.

"Seeing as how I saw you fight, I'm going to have to improvise. Anyway, I'll be resting up for the rest of the day. Maybe you should as well." He said walking away while waving back at Mirajane.

"Mm...I'll see you tomorrow then." She replied with a wave of her own.

With that, Yusuke left the guild in search of Erza. Mirajane smiled slightly to herself, remembering what had transpired earlier in the day. Remembering that her own magic power has returned to her. While the scenario at the time wasn't ideal, it helped her nonetheless with the way things went.


Mindlessly, Erza was currently walking through the streets of the city. Citizens called out to her, but unfortunately for them the redhead hadn't heard them.

'Just what is going on...Mystogan said he wasn't the Jellal I knew so...who exactly is he…?' Erza thought in confusion. When she had arrived at Kardia Cathedral she witnessed both Natsu and Mystogan fighting Laxus at the same time. But her arrival was what made the mages inside present lose focus, and the blond took the advantage to unveil what hid beneath Mystogan's mask.

"Anymore walking like this and you'll bump yourself into a wall." She heard Yusuke's voice say to her. Erza stopped on her tracks to see him leaning against a wall of a building with his arms crossed, smirking.

"Y-Yusuke…"

"Y'know I wondered how long it'd take you to notice me. I was actually beside you for a while. Even walked backwards while being in front of you."

"Y-You were…?" Erza stuttered, red cheeks with embarrassment.

"What's bothering you Erza? Last time you were like this it was...well a few days ago…"

"It's...concerning that actually…"

"We made it back safe and sound with nothing to worry about didn't we? What could be up this time?" He asked uncrossing his arms and hefted himself off the wall.

"Mystogan...when I went to Kardia to confront Laxus he was there...and he had Jellal's face…" The scarlet-haired beauty replied, downcasted. Yusuke widened his eyes slightly.

"...how's that possible?"

"I...I don't know…he said that he wasn't the Jellal that we saw back then but..." She said while her eyes still on the ground.

"I'm sure he isn't." Yusuke said. "But Mystogan's part of Fairy Tail. Not like he's going to do anything."

"True...I don't doubt he's someone bad but, I'm not sure what to think at the moment."

"Well, try not to let it get to you. Nothing drastic like back at the tower will happen again."

"You sound so confident, though you don't appear to be." Erza said looking up at him with a small smile.

"Hey, it's not like these bandages will get in the way if I have to fight again." The Saiyan replied, smirking.

"So reckless…" So chuckled while shaking her head slightly.

"Whatever. Might as well be my middle name."

"With everything I've seen you do so far...it could fit." Erza said, now a grin on her face. He grinned back at her, now noticed the alleviating atmosphere.

"Feeling better?"

"A bit. Thank you." Erza said genuinely.

"Up for continuing our training tomorrow morning?" He asked.

"Are you still able to?"

"Of course! Not like these are going to stop me anytime soon." Yusuke said, patting his bandaged arm.

"Ufu, if you say so."

"Don't forget I can still make your training a living hell. Which I'll probably do tomorrow." He said smirking. It startled the redhead that she now remembered, and gasped. Seeing her reaction, Yusuke laughed and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hope you're ready. Hahaha! I'll see you then."

WIth that, Yusuke walked away, going back to his apartment wanting to rest. Erza stayed in her spot and looked at his retreating form while forming a pout on her face, but soon smiled.

"No getting past him I suppose…"


In his usual gray jacket and black cargo pants, Yusuke landed down to the usual training spot that went on between him and both Erza and Mira with the weights with him. Having done some training by himself as well the night before, he was satisfied that he's still caught up and still going strong with his own regime. Despite the elderly woman healer telling him not to do anything stressful, the Saiyan just couldn't sit still and rest. His blood within made him restless instead, so he obliged and worked through his strained body. As well as having the Time Breakers coming after him, he can't afford to dawdle around. And he kept that in mind.

He sensed both the barmaid and the knight coming towards him at a steady pace, but would shortly be here as they were currently flying towards the black-haired teen. He crossed his arms and sighed quietly, looking up towards the clouds in the morning sky.

'I've been for a while now...and still no signs of anyone from the other side...I have no idea how they're doing from where I'm at. Hopefully they're not taking any heat...especially with the Time Breakers coming after me for awhile now…' The Saiyan thought as he closed his eyes. 'There's not much they can do though...I'm pretty sure I killed off Mira. Towa shouldn't even be doing anything this soon. One of their leaders gone, and with Demigra dead, I'm pretty sure of that as well, there's not much they can do. Yet, here they are after me.

Yusuke opened his eyes, still looking towards the sky that was getting brighter and bluer in color as the sun slowly rose in its glory.

'If Towa really is pulling the strings...then just how did she bring me here? Time travelling is one thing, but apart from sensing anything else other than this world, it's just a fog out there. Bringing me into another universe…? Not possible is it?' He thought back to the god he was somewhat fearful of in his universe, and what he heard him say. 'Twelve universes...do I happen to be in one of them aside from the one I'm from…? If so then...surely a Kai would notice and intervene somehow…'

It was unknown to him in which quadrant of a universe he was currently at. But it shouldn't matter as he assumed, that somehow a deity-like figure would notice. Being here for awhile however...he was starting to wonder deeply of what he thought is likely not going to happen.

'Still, it's not bad here I guess...the people are pretty lively.' Yusuke thought with a smile. But it faded away a moment later as the thoughts between him and his enemies are still lingering on his mind. '...I wonder what they'll say if they find out who I really am…'

He felt a pang in his chest as his mind drifted towards Erza and Mirajane, images of them smiling flashed in his head. His eyes winced visibly as he did so and he tore his eyes away from the sky and looked at the ground.

He was somewhat sure of what he felt every time he interacted with them. An odd sensation he thought at first, but gradually he became used to it and he began to enjoy that feeling. Whenever they were together he couldn't help but have a warmth in his chest come up. Being with his own friends back on Earth long enough, his earthling friend Marissa especially gushing over relationships, the Saiyan wondered if their talk of romance is what he's experiencing. With everything that has happened between him and the two girls so far though, it couldn't have just been his imagination. He wasn't dense in the slightest. At least, he didn't think so.

"...are you aware of the other way around then?" Cana's voice echoed in his head.

"Think of it as a thank you for tonight." Mirajane's smiling image as she was in front of him during their dinner together that one night flashed through his mind after placing a gentle kiss on his cheeks.

"That was nice…" Erza was the next to appear in his head as he remembered her flushed face after the small dance they had and the smile she had when Erza had kissed him as well afterwards.

He felt his heart beat faster as he recalled the memories of both girls, and he made a sigh of depression.

'I just don't know right now...do they really see me like that? In my current position...how can I return those feelings?' Yusuke thought as he raked his hair with his hand stressfully. '...was it right for me to be involved with those people in the first place?'

The Saiyan thought about all the people and friends he's made so far during his time here on Earthland. Mainly those in Fairy Tail. If it wasn't for Erza, he wasn't sure what he'd do right now.

'It's too late anyway...Towa's basically proven that she know's how I am at the moment...if I happen to leave them abruptly she'll most likely use them as leverage…' He gritted his teeth at the thought of Towa using people to her advantage, and clenched his fists. "...so frustrating…"

"What's the matter?" Mirajane's voice asked from behind. Yusuke gasped slightly and turned around to see both Mira and Erza staring at him.

'I gotta stop getting sidetracked…' The Saiyan thought as he blinked, and pushed his troubled thought to the back of his for now. "When did you both get here?"

"You must have been really out of it if you didn't sense us here…" Erza said.

"We just got here actually." Mira answered.

"Oh, guess I didn't space out too much then." Yusuke said.

"What's on your mind?" The redhead asked.

"Ah it's nothing. Just thinking of how I can put you guys through one hell of a training session today." Yusuke lied with a grin.

"I'm ready." Erza said forming a hand into a fist.

"So am I." Mira said.

"First, Mira. Can you show us your magic?" Yusuke asked.

"I see...so that was you who I felt yesterday…" Erza realized.

"Mhm. I can fully fight again!" Mira chippered. Her body started to glow and her hair swayed up. In a flash, her appearance completely changed to her Satan soul form.

'Her power definitely rose significantly...similar to how Erza changes armor…' Yusuke thought as he looked over at the redhead. 'For humans like them...it can be scary when they combine their magic with what I taught them…'

"What of your other forms?" Erza asked.

"You have more?" The Saiyan asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes. But as I am right now, I won't be able to properly control it." Mira said.

'As she is right now…?'

"It's taking a bit of strength as well to hold up this form."

'Okay...considering she just got her powers back after so long, she's rusty then to put it simply. If anything...this is can be solved of the training on how I'm able to use little energy to transform as well.' Yusuke deduced taking in the information told by the she-demon. "I have an idea then. Try keeping that up for as long as you can, until you absolutely can't anymore."

"How's that going to help?"

"If you keep repeating it over and over, then eventually you'll get used to the strain on yourself and until you actually notice it, then I assume you'll use little of your reserves to transform."

"That...may actually work."

"Transform...is that how you are with the Kaio-Ken technique?" Erza asked.

"Uh...yeah." Yusuke said sweating a bit.

"...Kaio...what?" Mira asked dumbly.

"I think you saw me use it yesterday back behind the guild. When I turned red?" The Saiyan explained simply.

"Oh! Is that some kind of transformation as well?"

"You could say that. Using my Ki I can go faster, I'm stronger, and my head basically clears up while in that state. But your body will deteriorate if you don't train enough."

"That reminds me...you used something called the 'Kaio-Ken Ten'?" Erza asked.

"I don't want to get into that." Yusuke firmly stated narrowing his eyes. "And nor will I allow you to go that far. The both of you."

"Both?" Mira asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, I did forget to mention that yesterday didn't I?" He sheepishly said. He pointed to the set bags below him. "That's what these weights are for. Erza saw me doing the Kaio-Ken technique awhile back and was pretty persistent on wanting to learn it. I figured maybe you wanted to as well, y'know, get even stronger?"

"If it can help us protect one another, then you know my answer." Mira said with a wink.

"Then, with that settled, let me show you it up close."

"Wait! But, your body!" Erza pointed out.

"It'll be fine Erza. Besides, I'm only going to the first stage." The Saiyan reassured.

Yusuke spread apart his legs on the grass and raised his fists to waist level. A slight breeze passed by the trio, and Erza and Mira looked on in suspense. With a shout, the grass swayed away from him under his feet, and his Ki rose up.

KAIO-KEN!

Crimson aura surrounded his person, and his heart raced faster and faster by the second. His blood ran through his veins vigorously, and his skin took on a red hue. His eyes sharpened, battle ready, and his hair swayed in several directions.

'It's intense…' Mira thought as she kept staring and her upward hair moved from his power.

A few moment later he dropped out of his technique as everything stayed still again and relaxed himself.

"The both of you still need to train your bodies if you want to use it, and we'll partly be doing that today." Yusuke said.

"So we'll have to put on the weights again?" Erza asked.

"Yup, but because I was planning on this, the both of you will be having more of the mass added." Yusuke explained, and before they could get a say in, he spoke again. "Not while you guys are in your normal states. Mira will keep up her transformation, and Erza you can use your magic to switch armors as long as you're still wearing the weights. We're going to be sparring today, and I want you guys to keep using your powers throughout."

"Uhm...how long?" Mira asked.

"Until you guys absolutely can't go on any further." Yusuke answered. But he saw both girls looking at each other, and back to him. It clicked to his mind of the repeated action from yesterday when he was asked the same question. "...Oh, we do still have the parade tonight…"

"Right…" The barmaid sheepishly said.

"It won't be a problem. Since this'll be the first time you guys are doing this much all at once, it's gonna end much earlier." The Saiyan said with a grin.

"You sound like you know it'll happen." Erza said.

"Hmm, somewhat." Yusuke said, thinking back to his Super Saiyan training. He crouched down to open both bags under him and pulled out the weights. "I've made them all thirty-two kilograms this time."

"That...seems quite the change…"

"You'll be fine." He replied, his grin widening. He walked over to both and set their respective apparel near them. "I'll know to tell when you guys will stop. Use whatever you want to keep yourself going."

"Will Mira and I be facing each other again?" The redhead asked as she went and struggled to put the weights on. Mira did the same with some effort as well, even in her Satan soul form. He reached into one of the bags and pulled out another set pair of wristbands and anklets, in a blue color.

"Nope, you're both fighting me from the very start. Consider this an evaluation...and don't worry about my condition as well. Think of me as an enemy you need to take out." Yusuke instructed, and reassured them with a look of worry on their faces. He proceeded to put on his own bands and anklets. " While I'm at it, I got myself some weighted gear as well."

"Are those the same weight as ours?" Mira asked.

"Nope. The guy can only make it as high as ninety kilograms. So I just went ahead and got those for myself." Yusuke answered as he easily fit all four of the furry gear on his arms and legs. "Wish it was more though."

He missed the sweatdrops on both of the girl's as they wondered if he was serious or not.

"Maybe it would be best if it were just Mira and I." Erza suggested.

"You two, will try to be working together to fight me." He clarified. "If the both of you can land a single hit on me then we can call it a session. If not, we'll end it when you both can't go on anymore."

"Ara, pretty confident with the way you are right now." Mira smirked.

"Underestimate your opponents in a battlefield will cost you your life." Yusuke stated as he flared his aura to life. "Now come and attack me."

Knowing that it was going to inevitable, Erza relented and her body glowed as she started requipping. She appeared in her Heaven's Wheel armor when the light died down, and she raised her Ki.

Following the knight, the she-demon rose her Ki as well, showing off the white glow around her.

CIRCLE SWORD!

Erza flew up with swords already spinning around her, and willed them towards the Saiyan. Yusuke dodged and appeared midair, but the white-haired demon was already waiting for him.

DARKNESS STREAM!

Dark tendrils came out of her hands and shot towards the black-haired teen. He extended his hand to fire off several Ki blasts towards the ropes of darkness and canceled out her attack.

"Haah!" Erza came up from behind to swing down her sword at him, but missed as he sidestepped, grabbed the blade of the sword, and threw her down towards the ground.

"Hyah!" Mira came in with a straight kick, which Yusuke ducked under and just like the Titania, he gripped on her leg and threw her down to the ground as well.

Seeing that both were below him, he descended down to their level, only to hop high in the air again as he managed to evade a wide attack made by Erza as she used her Ki with her swords and swung them in an arc towards the Saiyan. The end results made the trees behind Yusuke fall down, sliced cleanly in half.

'Whoa...does she have it down already?' Yusuke thought as he looked back. He snapped his head towards a spike in power beside him, and saw Mira charging up an attack.

EVIL EXPLOSION!

Fusing her Ki, the Take-Over mage's attack shot out her extended arms towards Yusuke.

GALICK GUN!

The Saiyan intercepted her attack with his own energy beam with little struggle, and dust picked up where they connected obscuring their vision.

REQUIP!

He heard Erza say and felt winds blowing. The dust around them blew away as Yusuke saw Erza glowing brightly while wearing her Black Wing armor and felt her power rising. She charged at him readying a swing with her black hilted sword. He leaped back when she was close enough to attack him, only to move once more as the she-demon came at him with her arm hooked back.

Yusuke slowed down a bit to let Mirajane catch up to him, and when she did she launched her punches towards him. She grew annoyed as none of her hits were connecting as her crush was simply moving his head and body to avoid being touched. Keeping her training in mind, her aura flared as her Ki rose, increasing the speed of her punches. The white-haired demon growled as she was still feeling air rather than flesh.

The Saiyan phased out and Mira stumbled forward as he disappeared. He reappeared a distance away in front of her, and launched an arm forward, letting out massive winds with the use of his Ki towards her. Mira staggered back as the force collided with her, and she crossed her arms in front of her to shield her face. Yusuke appeared above her with an outstretched arm and launched invisible Ki down, forcing the demon towards the ground once more.

Erza came flying up in her Black Wing armor still and slashed at the Saiyan repeatedly. Just like with Mirajane, Yusuke continuously swayed his body so that he wouldn't get hit by the blade of the redheads sword. Seeing how she wasn't faring any better, she decided to change it up.

REQUIP!

In an instant Erza's body lit up and died down to reveal her in her Purgatory Armor with her mace already propped for a swing. Releasing her aura, she charged while holding the mace behind her at Yusuke. With a shout, she swung it in a sideways arc, only for Yusuke to catch the spiked weapon with his bare hands. Gripping it tightly, he forced the mace out of her hands and hit her stomach with the bottom hilt of the weapon. Erza grunted slightly, only to yelp as Yusuke kicked her downwards to where Mirajane was at on the ground.

The Saiyan descended down with Erza's mace still in hand. "You guys will have to try harder than that!" He shouted and threw the weapon back over at the redhead, who caught the hilt in her armored hand. Both girls looked at each other for a long moment, and nodded. They both looked back at the Saiyan with narrowed eyes and charged at him.

Yusuke let out a small smile.


"Are you alright…?" Lucy asked Erza as she was sitting across from her. Most of the team, plus Mirajane, was casually sitting at a random table inside the guild. Lucy and Gray were both sitting on one side at the table while Yusuke, Erza, and Mira at the other side. It was almost noon, and everybody in the guild had finished preparing for the Fantasia Parade. Now, they were just lounging around, talking and brawling amongst one another. While the Saiyan was happily eating his fill from a bowl, and those across from him were acting like they normally would; though slightly concerned for two women, said women wasn't out and about with their usual mood. Both the blond and half naked Gray on the other side sweatdropped at the current sight in front of them.

"..." Erza had a plate of strawberry cheesecake in front of her with a fork in hand. She said nothing as her body swayed left to right a bit. She kept her eyes at the treat in front of her, but being so tired when she returned from her morning training with the Saiyan and the barmaid, she ignored her body screaming at her to eat the cake, and let herself fall face first against the plate, the cake smothering her face and hair.

"...I'll go get a napkin…" Mira said with a tired sigh. Her head was laying on the table with her eyes getting heavy before Erza dirtied herself. She got up and went towards the bar to pick up a clean cloth.

"What did you do to them…?" Gray asked Yusuke.

"I just pushed them." The Saiyan answered simply, and resumed to eat his food. They'd come back to the guild with the black-haired teen going on with his day. The same couldn't be said with both girls behind him being depressed, tired, aching and sweating. They'd literally given it their all against the person who caught their interest at the moment, and it could be said as well that they underestimated when he said that the bandages he currently had on wouldn't bother him at all. In the end, after all of the magic, energy, and stamina they brought out, Yusuke was left perfectly untouched. The fact that all three had weights on as well, and with the Saiyan's being weighed the most, which, was a given, Erza and Mira would be entirely sore the next morning.

Then there's the parade that they have to worry about as well. At least it wasn't until night time.

The Saiyan noticed the atmosphere around Natsu who was sitting alone at a nearby table shortly after he came back to the guild. He had heard that Laxus was now excommunicated by Makarov, and the fire dragon slayer was livid at the news. It took several to calm him down and eventually he did so. Even the Master took it upon himself to try and leave, taking responsibility for his grandson. But Freed stopped him short, saying it won't only wound Laxus further if he just blantly given up being the master of the guild shortly after making his decision of expelling Laxus. Even after the lightning mage has now left the guild, Yusuke could still sense him within the city.

'Hm...I might actually go have a chat with him. Being under Towa's spell there might be something there…' Yusuke thought as he eyed the now empty bowl in front of him. Mirajane had now come back, trudging over to Erza and handing her a towel. The redhead accepted it with a thanks, and grabbed the cloth rather lazily. Not caring for her embarrassed appearance at the moment, she slowly lifted her head up and leaned against the booth and took the towel in hand and began to clean herself off from the cake residue. The barmaid came trudging back to the other side of the seat and sat down next to the Saiyan.

"...what did we do to deserve this…?" Mira whimpered as she unconsciously rested her head against the patroller's shoulders.

"Hey, you wanted it. Besides, if anything I guess you can blame Erza being so reckless." Yusuke said, ignoring the fact that Mirajane was leaning against him. Somewhere in his mind, he didn't think it was a bad interaction at all.

"...but we're improving aren't we?" Erza asked as she threw the towel on the table, her face now rid off the food she was suppose to eaten. Though there were still some left on her scarlet hair.

"Definitely. A lot of change ever since we started."

"Then I am content."

"I guess…" Mira said with a sigh. She unconsciously directed her eyes down, and saw something blue on the Saiyan's wrist. "You're still wearing weights?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah." Yusuke lifted up his arms and showed off the bands. "Just a bit of my own training. That's all."

"Won't those slow you down?" Erza asked.

"Nah. I'm used to it."

"...how much are they?" Gray asked.

"Ninety kilograms. Or...almost two-hundred pounds in each of them."

"E-Each?! So, you're carrying around four-hundred pounds on you then?' Lucy exclaimed.

"Hm, double that. I have them on my legs as well."

"Eight-hundred?!" The blond shouted disbelievingly.

"Yeah. See." Yusuke slid off one of the bands on his left arm and hovered above the table. He let it drop and it went down with a loud bang.

"Nng!" Lucy reached over to grab the piece of equipment, but found herself unable to do so. "Why are you wearing this?!"

"Here, lemme." Gray said. He tried lifting it up as well with an arm, but failed to do so just like the blonde. "Geez man, you weren't kidding."

Yusuke reached over and easily lifted it up, and let it bounce around in his hand a couple of times.

"Show-off…" Mira said with a giggle. The Saiyan slipped the weight back on his wrist.

"And you two have to wear those as well…?" Lucy asked both woman across from her, feeling pity.

"No, theirs is a lot lighter. Thirty-two kilograms on both arms and legs." Yusuke answered.

"That's still a lot…" Gray said.

"Well, not if you're using magic to get use to it."

The day pretty much went on normally for the members in the guild. Being too tired at the moment, both Erza and Mira went to the infirmary with the beds being their targets, and rested on them until the time for the parade arrived.


Citizens and tourists from all over Fiore are now gathered in the main streets of Magnolia, anxiously awaiting for the annual Fantasia Parade to commence. It was now nighttime, and everybody in the guild were now getting their floats to roam the streets, determined to entertain the people watching. Even Erza and Mira had regained enough strength to fully participate now that they're all rested.

Currently Yusuke was watching high in the sky, looking down at the performance being done by Fairy Tail.

Most women in the guild were all dressed up and on the floats that came first. They wore cheerleader-like costumes that represented their guild, and performed with pom-poms in their hands.

Elfman and Mirajane's float came up with the brother in his Beast Soul form and casually roaring at the crowds, showing off his ferocity. Yusuke laughed when Mira entertained the people below by transforming herself into a giant snake.

After theirs was Gray and Juvia's float with the former wearing a prince-like costume while the latter in dress fit for a princess. In an instant, a castle made out of ice with water beautifully sprinkling around appeared besides them.

Erza was up next as in a decorative armor. She summoned out swords around her as they spun around her. She kept up the performance as the swords kept dancing around her.

Behind her was simply Natsu. With his injuries he couldn't do much, but still wanted to represent the guild in the parade. He did so by puffing out fire and spelled out the guild's name, and did so while casually walking on the street as if he hadn't had a care in the world.

Finally Master Makarov came next and was childishly dancing around for everyone to see. The Saiyan chuckled, and could see the laughters the audience had on their faces as they watched the small elderly man making somewhat of a fool of himself.

Feeling like wanting to do something, Yusuke outstretched his hands towards the night sky. While he couldn't make shapes with his energy, he figured that simple big explosions coexisting with the current fireworks for everyone to see would be good enough. And so, he sent energy waves and Ki blasts upwards, letting them detonate at a certain height. It lit up the star filled sky greatly, and the people below could only marvel at the Saiyan's act of performance. He stopped to look back down as more floats passed by. Out of everyone though, he managed to catch someone with his eyes who was walking away. He flew down towards the man with blonde hair, and landed on the ground behind him.

"Laxus." Yusuke called out. Said man stopped his walking and looked back at the Saiyan.

"What do you want?" He asked nonchalantly.

"I just wanted to know something. Do you remember us fighting?" The younger man asked. There was silence between them, and the cheering from the crowds can only be heard in their ears.

"Vaguely. I was told that you stood up against me. I only remembered Natsu was the one who finished it." The blonde man answered.

'...it seemed it really might have been an incomplete state…' Yusuke thought narrowing eyes a little. "I see…"

"What? You wanted to gloat?"

"No. Don't worry about it. That's all I wanted to know."

"Whatever. I'll be taking my leave then." Laxus turned around and continued to walk away.

""Laxus!" Yusuke called out once more, but said man kept walking. "If I know anything from being in Fairy Tail so far, then I'm sure the Old Man would let you come back with open arms! Everyone would!"

Laxus stopped momentarily and widened his eyes. Intaking a deep breath, he continued his steps forward, but acknowledged Yusuke with a wave of his hand. The Saiyan let out a small grin at his gesture and looked up at the dark sky and let out a deep sigh.

"...would the same be said for me?"


And done. Battle of Fairy Tail has concluded. I hope it was satisfying?

Yes, he didn't go SSJ this chapter, so I apologize for those that may have been expecting it. But this wasn't the part where I would reveal it. It happens much later, and I have it all planned out. So regarding that, I will clarify. The plot climaxes of an original arc I have planned.

If you guys haven't read the One-shot spin-off I've posted on Thanksgiving day, go check that out!

Anyway, other than that I hope you all enjoyed! Thank you for those who are sticking around and enjoying my story so far! if I could, I'd give you my thanksgiving leftovers! Seriously.

Until then.

Timestamp: November 28, 2015.