"Awesome food *munch munch* aren't the spriggan the best!?" Black Cat spoke with a mouth full of chicken as he ate ravenously moving between plates of various items.

He was in a five star restaurant all you could eat and he took them up on the challenge as food flew around the table as the man ate. The piercing Flame could only watch in amazement as he ate at a plate of Alfredo fettuccine at a civilized pace.

The mission to WinterRum was a success their banner now flew high in their kingdom. As a portion of their people,giants and dwarves were drafted into the Alvarez army increasing their might even more. That was over a year ago Widow,Black Cat, and Himself went on many more missions afterwards. Abir's two year contract as a spy for the magic council ended next month he was torn between informing his teammates hopefully getting them to come with him to Fiore or just disappearing by himself.

"Yeah buddy they sure are!" Abir replied back sarcastically to the brown spiky haired man the shinobi was of the impression that they were sadistic assholes who handed all their assignments off to his team leaving them always working, fortunately they were currently on a much needed break.

The ninja still needed to report in this month it would be his last time giving away information before his departure.

'That'll be the day I see her again..' Abir thought to himself scarlet red hair came to mind like it usually did when leaving here brushed his thoughts.

"C'mon they aren't that bad bro I'm sure they're really busy if you didn't complain so much you might've gotten invited to visit them at the main castle today for training." Black Cat said between slurps of his bowl of milk in a cat like manner.

"Bro do you gotta drink it like that man I swear next time I come to the condo you're gonna be scratching up the furniture ya damn feline!" The Uchiha teased the slightly older man "Besides I've got some stuff to do anyways."

Black Cat made a deadpanned face before hissing at Abir jokingly like a cat before returning to his food.

"Alright bro I'm out I'll see you later!" The ninja said shaking his head as he stood up from his table, he received a muffled response that he couldn't quite make out as the man still seated had both cheeks filled to the point that he thought the man's face might explode.

Abir stepped out of the restaurant he was greeted with the warming sensation of the bright Alvarez sun on his dark skin. The ninja walked among the populace getting looks of envy from men and looks of admiration courtesy of some fan girls that he obliged with autographs and a quick photoshoot. Arriving just 2 years ago he rose to a stature just below the spriggan 12 this reaction was something tha he'd gotten a lot of the time.

'Much better than my time in konoha I prefer this a lot better'

The Shinobi was on his way to the docks Abir had called for his final meeting being a spy to be there. Arriving at the port sea salted air breezes across Abir's face his hair swaying in the wind. He continued walking ships upon ships from commercial liners to small fishing boats were docked or preparing to leave. After a short walk Abir found his guy. The councils messenger was a wiry but short fellow he had on blue robes lined with black he carried himself like a man who bit off more than he could chew by the way his eyes darted back and forth nervously.

Abir couldn't blame the man really he wouldn't if they were found out both could be awaiting horrific deaths, he hadn't seen it yet but he heard and saw reports of the spriggan 12's power and it sent some chills down even his spine. Walking the last few feet up to the man he spoke.

"The hay is always warmer in the sun!"

The man looked at him with a raised eyebrow and confused expression not replying. Abir chuckled at this slapping the man on the shoulder earning a yelp.

"C'mon man you gotta liven up a bit I'm joking!" Abir said joyfully before turning serious "you're the councils messenger I presume?"

The man bowed slightly before raising back up "Yes I am Misoz Hikan please sir explain when you are ready I am ready to listen I will retain everything perfectly that's my magical ability you know!" Misoz said the last part confidently causing Abir to sweat drop.

'Yeah that's not something I'd walk around bragging about' the shinobi thought to himself.

He spoke with the man for five minutes they walked while they talked as to not arose suspicion as they walked back to his ship the man named Misoz Hikan froze in his tracks causing Abir to stop as well the man was shaking with fear.

"What are you stopping fo-"

The ninja stopped speaking as he looked up at the sky instead of the clouds or sun, a gigantic eye with a cross as an iris peering down at the two of them.

'SHIT!!' Abir thought to himself he was discovered before he could instruct the messenger to run the ground they were on turned red and everything became blinded by a white light. When the light began to dim down the Abir noticed they weren't by the docks anymore,no it was the worse case scenario they were in the palace where only the spriggan himself and his 12 resided upon occasion. The room was made of stone and expensive paintings and metal works adorned the walls.

Looking to his right he see's the messenger passed out from the overwhelming pressure that whipped about the room they were in, it truly was outrageous every nerve and instinct in his body was telling him to run ,he would of listened too but that would've of been futile whoever this person was that brought him here, he wouldn't be able to leave without their removal or permission.

He turned toward the source of this terrifying power he was shocked to see several other individuals in the room but only one was emanating the power that made him want to shrink and hide under a rock. It came from a incredibly beautiful woman she had familiar long scarlet red hair reaching to her waist in braided locks she wore thigh high black boots she wore a one piece slittes dress showing shapely legs her breast were barely contained by the fabric on top of her head she wore a big witches hat she looked like a slightly older version of.

"Erza?!" Abir said aloud in disbelief this couldn't be her could it?

The pressure in the roomed doubled at that statement. Making his knees shake she was truly strong indeed.

"YOU DARE SPEAK THAT NAME IN MY PRESENCE!!!" The redhead yelled beginning to charge up a attack violet red energy formed in her hand. Abir unsheathes his blade blue fire erupting around it hungry for flesh.

"ENOUGH IRENE!!"

A male voice spoke it belonged to a man dressed in black a set of robes his face looked young about in his mid twenties but his eyes showed wisdom beyond his years and insanity.

"You'll have your chance to show the councils little mole our upmost HOSPITALITY!" The dark haired man said chuckling madly "in fact everyone in this room will if they wish!"

Abir noticed the other figures as the dark robed man waved at them, one member had green hair and a curvy body she wore a long floor length trench coat with only a bikini underneath. Beside her was a average sized man with unruly brown hair with big red ball shaped earrings he wore no shirt and had crazed grin on his face as he looked at the ninja. The last person to his right was a slender woman with an amazing figure she wore a form fitting skintight suit of black and grey she had wavy golden hair that was cropped just below her nape.

The grin on the scarlet haired woman widen to cover her face menacingly

"Yes lord Zeref As you wish!" Irene said powering down her magic. Abir was currently in disbelief he hadn't been in the magic world for long before he came across the name Zeref. That dark mages exploits put Madara to shame he was...no is a terror still in the lands of Ishgar and beyond. If that power came from that woman then who knows what the dark mage himself possessed.

"Hmph something tells me I wouldn't like your hospitality" Abir spoke out jokingly defying his nerves he was a ninja if it was his time it was his time he wouldn't go down like a bitch "don't get me wrong these babes right here are tempting but that deranged smile kinda ruins it for me ya know!?"

"Oh but I insist how else would you report back to your council what our abilities are I want them to know no matter how hard they try there is an unstoppable force coming" Zeref's face darkens once more before finishing " a force that will wipe them all out without second thought something to keep them up at night what better way than to send you back with first hand knowledge. Besides you have your two teammates lives on the line after all!"

The dark mage waved a hand two soldiers dragged out a severely beaten Black Cat who's eyes were almost swollen shut and clothes were ripped and Widow who's kimono was none existent besides a few strands that held it together she was bleeding between her legs and her eyes had a distant look in them.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THEM THEIR INNOCENT I SWEAR IF YOU HURT THEM I'LL..." Abir began yelling but was cut off by Zeref who flared his magical pressure crushing Abir underneath it as he struggled to breathe.

'I'm a S class shinobi yet it feels like when I was a genin in front of my sensei's killer intent.' Abir thought fear beginning to creep into his rage.

"You'll what? A mage that was shaking in his boots with Irene couldn't possible do anything to me. Let's play a little game you defeat one of my Spriggan I'll spare one of your comrades lives you defeat two I'll spare them both it's only fair you got them in this situation, get them out."

"Shaking from excitement!" Abir bluffed "Stop monologuing and send me who you wish to be defeated first!" Abir yelled swiping his sword flames swooshing in front of him in a brilliant show of blue he settled into his stance activating his sharingan.

'Hey Shulky you awake in there could use your help' Abir thought talking to his resident green titaness.

' SHUT UP BRAT I TOLD YOU TO STOP CALLING ME THAT!!'

'Yeah yeah quick question how much of your power would I need to escape and would I survive handling it?' He asked

'You'd need more than half of my strength to face the red headed woman as you are now your body would implode 15 percent is as high as you can go still.' she said

He saw Zeref mouth move "Dimaria if you wouldn't mind."

"With pleasure!" The blonde in the skintight suit responded rushing towards the dreaded ninja a small sword or dagger was in her left hand the two began to exchange blows both evenly match in terms of speed. Abir bent down low sweeping at her legs causing the blonde to jump to avoid. Going through hand signs he yells "Rising Comet" as a big blue fiery ball of flames shoots from both his hands in the shape of a comet striking the blonde.

Or so he thought one second he was sure he had a direct hit the next he was rolling backwards hitting the stone floor so hard pieces cracked and flew up. Rolling to a stop he got up to his feet suprised touching his chest he feels the fresh bleeding of a wound.

'How did I get hit I swear she was in the air' The shinobi thought he looked at his opponent who was strutting up to him confidently a belittling smirk on her face.

The Uchiha crouched low in his stance focusing chakra in his legs and around his sword he glows a white color as he zips forward becoming nothing but a blur to only the most trained eyes his sword glistening forward this was his infamous "nano slash" he slashed his opponent with a deadly strike so fast that before they blink they fall, unfortunately for him he was in a room and facing someone with such eyes as to see him just as his blade was approaching her neck his sharingan picked up Dimaria clicking her teeth.

The next moment pain erupted from his left side as he fell to his knees in front of the bodysuit wearing woman. Somehow she had broken three ribs of his. She then kicked him away from her sliding back about 15 feet kicking up a cloud of dust.

"I hope you're paying attention Abir wouldn't want your report back home to be wanting. It's sad honestly those soldiers calling you the 13th spriggan that's a disgrace to our name you weakling I'll be sure to punish them next for suggesting it!" Dimaria taunted the ninja taking her time as he got back to his feet.

Abir was breathing heavily this woman was something else just when he had her something happened his sharingan caught it at the last moment

'she clicks her teeth either stopping time or moving faster than light I only have one technique that could stop that but it takes a lot of chakra' he thought to himself

"I've got to say you truly are a monster the rumors were true" Abir stated pointing his sword at the woman.

Dimaria chuckled at this "Don't think groveling to a superior is going to get you anywhere kid and to be honest I don't feel the same you're really disappointing me and it's pissing me off I'll end this now" the blonde woman clicked her teeth Abir's eyes noticed before the motion completed allowing him to use his mangeko ability Jikan Tanshuku time stop.

Abir saw the woman walking towards him casually the world around him had turned like a negative photo. He saw that everything was frozen except for the blonde herself Zeref and Irene.

"I see so you use time stopping magic no wonder you were getting so lucky!" Abir shouted at the woman causing her to stop in her tracks an angered expression upon her face.

"I'm the controller of time no one else this is my world how are you doing this!!?" Dimiria asked her voice trembling in anger.

Abir didn't bother responding only pointing to his red eyes with a smirk before he charged in again he had to end this quickly while she was sloppy with anger he had never used this move for longer than a minute with chaos circus and it left him so drained of chakra he couldn't use his propulsion from his flame chakra to make it out of the blast radius and now he had to fight a walking nightmare and another after her while being drained dry.

They battled in the negative space both trading blows only to be met with a blade or air they moved in a deadly dance Abir was gaining the upperhand slowly he was the superior fighter and his sharingan was able to read his opponents movements now.

A slash to her shoulder landed true the pain of it allowed Abir to continue pursuing his attack using his momentum to round house kick her head sending her flying crashing into the stone wall cracking it as she slid to the ground dazed Abir charged forward his fist shining with blue hot flames "Fist of Azula!!" He yelled he was ready to end this here and now he had to make it as he felt the drain of his chakra he was only 12...10...5 feet away for his target when he felt a sharp prick on under his neck as blood dripped down it, Dimaria was behind him now his flaming fist was inside the wall that she was just leaning on a second earlier. The world was no longer in negative color and his mangeko had run out right before his attack landed.

"I'll take what I said back 13 you're not such a disappointment after all too bad you didn't have the stamina to tango. I'll be sure not to hold back on you now." Dimaria said from behind him. Abir glowed green briefly before green tendrils of energy wrapped around the blondes curvaceous body until he heard that dreaded click again.

Pain so much greater than before flared up as time resumed the shinobi's body was prone on the floor his left arm And right arms were both in unnatural positions as he tried to get up but felt intense pain again when he tried to move his arms they were definitely broken. The ninja grabbed his blade with his teeth wielding it as he used his legs to stand alone.

Abir was back up on his feet as his arms dangled uselessly infront of his body. He saw her smirking at him along with the other memebers of the spriggan 12.

"How sad! I won't even use my ability on you now come see if you'll hit me again it's for your comrades is it not." Dimaria taunted the ninja who took her bait as if he had any other choice.

As the dreadlocked man rushed forward he applied his gamma magic to his blade as spikes sprung out of the swings of his katana. Causing Dimaria to dodge getting but not before she was stabbed through the thigh by a green spike stopping her movements another strike came moments later as Abir used the torque of his torso as his arms sat useless by his sides his blade was in an arc for her neck.

"Click"

Abir's body was lifted up into the air by the rapid successions of the skintight suit wearing blondes attacks. Stab cut stab cut broken femur broken shin his body returned back to the cool stone floor unmoving.

Dimaria walked back to the spriggan not before smashing her foot down on the downed Man's head pushing it further into the ground before returning to the side of Zeref.

Zeref looked at the blonde coming back she had bruises and a few slashes and burns on her person ripping parts of her suit.

"I'm disappointed Dimaria you let it drag on too long and almost lost your life because of it he isn't as strong as you..yet still your arrogance almost cost you!" Zeref scolded her in a disapproving tone turning from his subordinate he faced the shinobi.

"Congratulations Abir you're stronger than I expected but unfortunately for your friends you weren't strong enough to save either of them. I am a fair emperor a man of honor I must hold up my end of the deal! " Zeref spoke again to the downed Abir who grunted and groaned trying to crawl towards his friends with just his head and neck like a worm in the soil his sword was still in his mouth it was a pathetic sight.

"Bring those two forward Ahh good their awake now." Zeref ordered the two guards from earlier who did as they were told placing Black Cat and Widow in front of him bound and on their knees tears streamed down their faces as they saw Abir redouble his efforts of crawling towards them desperately trying to call on any god to save his friends he couldn't take another death especially two caused by his own carelessness two innocent people. The two guards stood over them blades aimed at their backs ready to pierce their hearts.

"Abir it's okay man we don't blame you for this please don't blame yourself" Black Cat spoke "My names Train Heartnet by the way I've never told any of my teammates that before but we're brothers in my eyes the times and missions I'll always cherish them!!"

"Abir I don't blame you for what you did I know our interactions were always genuine. I've known for a long time the things we do here our goals are evil, but I always went along with it. Finding out that you worked to help take down this empire from the inside I can die happy knowing that my squad otouto will make up for my mistakes!" Widow spoke as tears streamed down her face as she looked down at the still crawling Abir whose muffled screams from his sword stuffed mouth permeated the room.

"Execute the spy's friends!" Zeref commanded.

It seemed like everything went in slow motion the guards raised their swords back before lunging forward piercing through the backs of both his team memebers whose tear stricken faces shone with shock and then pain before their bodies each fell to the floor with a thud that echoed through the open room as blood started to pool on the stone floor.

"NOOOOOOOOO!! Damnnnit nooooo! -sob-" Abir screamed out his voice was guttural like a a wolf in the wilderness howling the ninja dropped his sword as he finished crawling to his downed teammates ignoring the blood that was now on his face and body.

"KILL ME DAMNIT KILL ME AAHH YOU FUCKIN BASTARD!!" Abir yelled as tears streamed down his face.

So much of the death in his life was out of his control this was the first time someone close to him had died because of his actions,his weakness,his inability to accomplish his part of a deal. Why was he so weak why couldn't he ever seem to defeat a opponent when it was necessary.

Highheeled boots clicked across the ground silencing the ninja's sobs and yells as he was kicked in the face twice before a gloved hand slammed his face into the stone floor sharp nails made his head bleed where he was gripped as the scarlet haired Irene lifted his swollen face from off the ground as Zeref knelt down in a crouching position to speak to the barely couscous man a look of pity graces his face.

"No my boy did you listen to anything I said this whole time, who would tell the council about us if I did that your little messenger friend over there no no no...it'll be more fun if it's you won't it!? The powerful rouge mage The Piercing Flame who terrorized Fiore and had the magic council running around in circles held captive tortured and life alive by the mercy of the long thought dead Zeref to inform them of their impending destruction!" The dark mage straightened up from his crouch before finishing "Although you'll wish you were dead. I was hoping to examine your green friend today more in depth ... oh well we have a month to get aquatinted. Irene if you will it's time to take him to his new home."

The dark mage commanded the scarlet witch Irene tapped her staff on the ground as the air shimmered red once more but only around Abir's body lifting it up of the ground trailing behind her. Irene looked down at the dreaded shinobi.

"You'll be telling me what you know about my daughter!" She whispered to the barely councious ninja as she and zeref walked out of the room with Abir's body trailing them.