So like I said in the previous chapter sorry for not updating it has really just been hectic around uni. At any rate hope you enjoyed last chapter and hope that this one makes up for the wait most likely won't but I can try.

"Hey you're that big red fucker who got me stuck here!"

Everyone looked towards Natsu as if he had two heads Ophis actually could have sworn that Great Red had actually taken notice of the pinkette. "Natsu you've met Great Red before?" Ophis questioned gaining Natsu's attention. "Yeah, remember that demon I told you guys about well in the middle of our fight that dragon appeared out of nowhere before he cut through the dimension flinging us out into this world" Natsu said as he narrowed his eyes at the now disappearing dragon.

"Well I wouldn't fight him if I were you, his power is infinite and dragonslayer or not there's no way for you to defeat him; besides the honour of defeating him will be mine for that is my goal" Vali commented peeking Natsu's interest. "Goal?" the pinkette questioned.

"Yes my goal it too kill Great Red and become the new dragon god emperor, the white dragon god emperor" Vali said in a determined voice while clenching his fist before he started walking away. "Now that I've shown Issei what I wanted to I'm sure you guys can handle things from here" Vali said to Rias and her group before he gave Ophis a look causing her to nod.

"Okay guess that means time to go home" Ophis said before clapping her hands three times causing herself, Vali, Arthur, Bikou, Kuroka, Natsu and Sayla to be enveloped in a purple light blinding Rias and her peerage momentarily before subsiding to reveal that Natsu and the others were gone.

With Natsu and co.

"Okay now that we're back Natsu mind explaining who she is properly" and of course it was Kuroka who had to immediately get to the point. "It's kind of complicated" Natsu said in an awkward tone as Sayla purposely brought herself closer to Natsu, any more and he'd be wearing her which obviously didn't sit well with a certain Nekomata, she already enough competition in the form of a dragon king and the last thing she needed was a beautiful, curvy demoness to join that list.

As much as Kuroka hated to admit it Sayla's body rivalled if not exceeded her own, she was slightly more well-endowed than she was and had an ass that rivalled that of Tiamat which kind of made her feel insecure. "Well we've got a long ass time for you to explain things to me" Kuroka said rather angrily before storming off to her room.

"Dammit last time she was like this she wouldn't talk to me for ages" Natsu complained making his company smirk. "Master what is your relation to that woman?" Sayla inquired in a completely even tone. "She's one of my mates" Natsu replied not seeing any point in sugar coating it, the way he saw it was that his luck with women was incredibly fucked up, but in a good way, but also a bad way; but mostly good.

But what Sayla did next surprised the slayer, she smiled. "So it's as I thought you have multiple mates somethings never change" Sayla said in an amused tone. "Wait what do you mean?" Natsu asked causing Sayla to smirk before she slightly moved her beige leopard printed Kimono to the side revealing Natsu mate mark on he left breast.

"But what, h-how, we, you me…ahhh my head hurts" Natsu shouted out in frustration resulting in Sayla and the rest of the group laughing at the slayer's predicament and he thought there were no more curve balls left of how wrong he was.

"Master it would appear your mate has receded back to your dwellings; shall we join her?" Sayla said in a kind tone causing Natsu to sigh, "Yeah, it's gonna take a lot of straightening out to sort this out though" the pinkette joked before he and the demoness entered his room where Kuroka sat curled up in the corner of the bed

"You wanna talk?"

Meanwhile amongst the wrecked ruins of a castle

"Filthy low class creatures, thinking they could control me!" a shadowed figure said with a great amount of venom in his voice as he dropped another bloodied body to the ground. He had lost count of how many this made in the last few months but in all honesty, he had one thing to be grateful for.

Flashback a few months ago

He watched as the long red haired man and his maid dragged the pinkette away before disappearing, he was just thankful that as a higher-class demon he had too hearts instead of the regular one. However, even at that his secondary heart was still heavily damaged and he didn't know if he would make it.

"No I can't let it end here, there's too much that needs done; I-I'm losing consciousness, is this how I really die" he thought to himself as he reached towards a glowing purple light before suddenly passing out completely unaware of what was about to happen.

He had no clue how long had passed before he woke up again, all he knew was that he had reverted back to human form, and his body was heavily damaged. "W-where am i, what happened?" he found himself asking as he rose from the bed prepared to fight at the first signs of a threat. However, brilliant as he was he wasn't expecting what he saw next.

"Oh, good you're awake we were beginning to think you'd never wake up; I'll go get the master then please wait here" a high-pitched voice spoke up bringing his attention towards the door. He only caught a brief glance of a small girl before the door closed once more. "Why? Why does my body hurt so much?" the man thought to himself trying to ignore the pain even clenching his fists brought him.

His attention was once again brought back to the door as the same girl from earlier followed by another more regale looking one entered the room. "Hello it's good to see you're awake, to be honest when we found you in the state you were in we were quite worried; we thought you'd never wake up" the new comer said with a smile. She was of average height, had blue eyes, porcelain skin and long black hair.

"I need information" the man thought to himself, if these people were kind enough to save him then they clearly knew not who he was and he could use and exploit that. "Thank you for your concern and hospitality, may I ask how long I've been out?" he asked trying his best to not vomit at how polite he was sounding, it was so unbefitting of his character.

"But of course, you were grievously injured fighting something; what we're unsure of but the wounds were very severe so I think you've been unconscious for some time between two and three weeks" the woman said in a kind tone surprising the man. "Where are my manners, allow me to introduce myself, my name Asuka Mercury; youngest daughter of the Mercury family one of the 72 pillars of the world of the devils" the now known Asuka said with a smile.

"Devils, as in demons?" the man asked curiously causing Asuka to giggle slightly, "No demons are completely different creatures, I'm surprised you don't know I mean we found you here in the underworld" Asuka said but the confused expression on the man's face only grew more. So, upon seeing this Asuka took the chance to explain the world he was now in, the three factions, what was going on and of course what she had to do to save his life.

"Please understand that while I didn't have your consent this was the only way I could save you" Asuka said in an apologetic tone as she bowed to the man. "My body, my body has been corrupted; Lord Zeref's perfection has been tainted!" the man shouted in his head but he knew he had to keep calm on the outside, he still need these people for now.

"I see, this is a lot to take in and process at the moment; but these evil pieces why use them on me a complete stranger?" the man questioned still unsure of Asuka's intentions. "As I said I'm the youngest in my family so there is now no need for me to take the helm of our family, that position is up to my elder brother or sister my only intention is to increase the number of living devils plus, I just couldn't leave you there to die now could i?" Asuka replied with a kind smile.

"It seems humans aren't the only ones whose judgement is clouded by those silly emotions" the man thought as he began to sit up. "All the same you have my gratitude" he replied in an even tone, "Come to think of it you never gave us your name, what is it?" Asuka asked curiously as she extended her hand.

"Mard Geer"

Flashback end

"Perhaps allowing her to live may prove to be a mistake in the future…but that just makes things more interesting, now doesn't it?" Mard asked no one in particular as he walked away, his clothes stained red from the blood of the many devils he had slew. "I will find you, son of the fire dragon and I exact my perfect revenge to cause you the worst pain possible" Mard Geer said to himself in a sinister tone before he faded into the shadows of the night.

Moments later Mard appeared what appeared to be the ruins of an ancient city that had fallen to the unforgiving ravages of time itself. "However, before I can take my revenge I'll require a base of operations, foot soldiers and of course the bait" the demon said to himself with a smug grin before he began radiating an ominous force which slowly spread throughout the ruined city and seemed to reverse time itself as buildings began to retake their form.

It didn't take long before a fortress suitable too Mard Geer's liking was constructed, "Yes I believe this will do, but I'll have to hurry; with the construction of such a monument it won't be long until it gets noticed" the demon king mused to himself as he quickly inspected his new dwellings. He was nearly finished when a faint source of power caught his attention, allowing his curiosity to get the better of him Mard Geer explored deeper until he came across a heavily locked door and barricaded door covered in unfamiliar text.

"How interesting" the demon king muttered before giving the door a quick swipe of his hand causing the chains and bars that blocked it to crack and break apart. An eerie creak followed by the large stone doors opening up, "Golems? They'll be perfect" Mard simply said before raising his hands.

A few minutes later

"Things are proceeding more smoothly than I'd expected, I believe it's time to acquire the bait" the demon said with a wicked smile. Over the last few months he had also been gathering information of his target, their strengths, weaknesses and affiliations but most importantly those closest to him. But amidst acquiring this information he had discovered something that threw even him for a loop but even after discovering such a thing he no longer cared about his own affiliations, he just wanted his revenge.

"Now let's if I can find her" Mard muttered before strange ruins appeared in a circular fashion in front of him. Seconds later the ruins started glowing causing Mard Geer to smirk, "Got you!" he said viscously as he clasped his hand shut before the glowing from the ruins died down revealing the unconscious form of snow white haired girl making the demon hiss in frustration.

"I figured this would happen, the magical signatures are similar so it was to be expected but two hostages are better than one; now let's try again"

Meanwhile at casa de la Dragneel

"Kuroka what do you want me to do, I can't help the number of mates I have" Natsu tried to argue as he and Sayla followed after the fuming Nekomata while she stormed off from the duo. "Yeah well it doesn't make it any easier to cope with Natsu!" She shouted back towards the dragonslayer. "As if competing with Tiamat wasn't bad enough but now I also have her to worry about as well" Kuroka said as she turned to face the dragonslayer with tears in her eyes.

"W-Why would you of all people have to worry about competing with someone else" Natsu asked like the clueless moron he was which made Sayla sigh and only proved to further infuriate Kuroka. "Do I have spell it out for you, both of them outclass me in every way not to mention that Tiamat humiliated me in the bedroom with her insane stamina!" Kuroka shouted causing Natsu to frown.

"Kuroka you need to remember that She's a dragon so in her human form she retains quite a lot of her physical abilities but that aside do you really think that such shallow things like appearances matter to me?" the slayer tried to reassure Kuroka as he moved closer to her. "Well I can't help but feel insecure I mean Sayla has basically everything me and Tiamat have" Kuroka retorted before she was wrapped up in a hug.

"That's not true, because you're the only you and my first mate; it doesn't matter how beautiful they are now one can replace you that goes for Tiamat and Sayla too each of you are irreplaceable, you don't have to have something special about you to be special to me okay" the pinkette reassured Kuroka as she returned the hug. "Better?" Natsu asked with one of his cheesy grins, "better" she replied as she wiped away the tears from her eyes.

"Okay now that that's sorted out let's head back to the house cause I'm starved and" *rumble* Natsu started before the sound of someone's stomach rumbling very loudly drew both his and Kuroka's attention to a now very embarrassed Sayla.

"W-what I haven't had a single thing to eat yet, what do you expect" the embarrassed demoness defended herself in a childish tone which was quite the opposite of her usual calm and stoic demeanour. Natsu and Kuroka couldn't help but laugh but then again they couldn't blame her as none of them had really eaten anything today and were all quite hungry. "Okay guess we're all hungry let's go there might be some dinner left" the pinkette said as the trio made their way back to the house.

However just as they were about to enter Kuroka heard an unfamiliar voice in her head "Found you!" thinking she was going crazy she looked around her frantically. "Kuroka you ok?" Natsu asked upon noticing her odd behaviour, "I feel strange" she replied in a weary tone before taking a single step forward and then being engulfed in a magic circle that immediately disappeared along with Kuroka.

"Kuroka!"

"Damn I was too late" a monotonous voice said out of the blue revealing Ophis, "What do you mean too late? What the hell happened to Kuroka?!" Natsu shouted at the infinite dragon. "I sensed an odd disturbance, unlike any I had previously come across before so I was having difficulty determining its precise location or where it would precisely pop up; that's what I mean by too late" Ophis responded in the same monotonous tone.

"Well what the hell are we supposed to do!?" Natsu shouted once again not liking her answer. "I'm not sure yet, this magic is ancient and powerful however, there must be a reason why Kuroka was targeted so I believe whoever it was that took her will reveal themselves and use her to get to you" Ophis replied causing Natsu to click his tongue.

"If they want me then their gonna get all of me!" Natsu said darkly as his eyes took on an especially dark shade of red and a sinister power radiated from within him. "Sleep" Natsu heard before he felt his body get heavy and his eyes shut.

"Why did you do that Sayla?" Ophis asked the demoness who then slung Natsu over her shoulder, "If I hadn't he would have lost control of himself and then who knows what would have happened" she explained as she began to take the dragonslayer back inside. "Besides, I doubt whoever it was that took Kuroka would be stupid enough to kill her if they're actually after Natsu and this also gives us the time to search for any links to the culprit so if you have anyone who may be able to help then tell me now" Sayla continued as she sat Natsu down on the couch in the living area.

"I can only think of one or two people, but right now I don't think asking them for help would go so well especially if it's me asking" Ophis replied as she thought of a certain red haired devil and fallen angel duo. "It's worth a shot, because essentially without Kuroka you lose Natsu and by extension me as well" Sayla replied while narrowing her eyes, she already knew that for the infinite dragon both Natsu and Kuroka as well as herself were key for her plans.

"I'm well aware of that, even if I wanted to I have nothing to offer 'them' in return for helping out at least nothing I would willingly give up" Ophis explained as she began to walk away but her attention then turned to the red glowing circle that appeared in the living area baring a familiar family crest on it. "Hmm speak of the devil" Ophis joked while still speaking in her usual stoic tone.

"Infinite dragon Ophis, I Sirzechs head of the house Gremory humbly request an audience with you as soon as possible" an image of the red hared Satan appeared before it began explaining. "And what would the mighty Crimson Satan need an audience with the infinite dragon?" Ophis asked as she walked forward until she was just a few feet away from the glowing magic circle.

"As hard as it is for me to admit I require your assistance, I have received some alarming news as of recent from my sister and previously assumed deceased member of one of the 72 pillars" Sirzechs said in a frustrated tone which caught Ophis' attention. "By chance has a member of your sister's peerage disappeared?" Ophis asked with a narrowed gaze surprising Sirzechs.

"How did you know; do you know who is responsible for this?" Sirzechs practically shouted, "Which member was it?" Suddenly Sayla spoke up peaking the crimson haired Satan's interest. "Koneko, and you are?" the devil questioned suspiciously. "My newest recruit Sayla, she's rather intelligent so I'm sure she piecing everything together" Ophis explained.

"From what I understand Kuroka and Koneko were sisters, it's likely due to their similarity in powers that whoever it was that took them may have only been after one of them and botched up their spell resulting in the wrong target from initially being captured" Sayla theorised as she used her powers to bring up everything she had gathered which Ophis had available on people of interest.

"I see so Kuroka was taken as well, then we have a common goal we both wish to take back our respective comrades then I suggest a temporary truce and alliance until such a time when both sisters are freed" Sirzechs said even if it went against what a majority of his own comrades would suggest the crimson Satan.

"Do you have any leads, have any abnormalities occurred across the underworld?" Sayla asked in an even tone confusing Sirzechs. "Why would you ask that?" the crimson haired Satan felt the need to ask. "The magic used to teleport Kuroka away was very powerful ancient magic that once completed even I am unable to manipulate and retrace, so she's saying whoever it was that used it would have to be especially powerful" Ophis simplified for Sirzechs making him think for a second.

"The only thing that comes to mind is earlier one of my scouts reported sensing a strange magic in the old ruins of the ancient city Ionis, but that's all" the devil revealed causing Sayla and Ophis to look to one another and nod. "It isn't much but if it was strange magic then that's our best bet to look first, my group shall rendezvous with yours approximately five miles south of the city ruins; is that acceptable?" Ophis asked not that she would accept anything else and Sirszech knew this so he simply nodded before the illusion of him and the magic circle faded out of existence.

"When he wakes up I'll leave it to you to explain everything to him and bring him up to speed, both of you shall be going tomorrow I would send Vali and the others as well but I have other plans for them" Ophis said before she disappeared leaving no room for argument.

Next day (Five miles south of Ionis)

Currently we see one very pissed off Natsu and Sayla waiting at the agreed meeting spot, while they had been waiting for the last half an hour Sayla explained the circumstances of the truce to Natsu. It wasn't the joining forces part that annoyed him it was the fact that Rias and her team were late.

"God dammit where the fuck are they, if they don't hurry up I'm going with plan T!" Natsu shouted as he huffed a bit of fire out. "Plan T?" Sayla asked curiously, she also had to admit herself that it was annoying her that the devils were late. "Take'm by storm" Natsu said in a completely serious tone. Sayla didn't doubt that he'd be unable to, in fact she very much believed even if Natsu were against the world he'd use plan T to save anyone he cared about.

"There finally here" Sayla said before the Gremory crest appeared revealing Rias and her peerage, "What the fuck took you so long your late little miss princess" Natsu shouted making every glare at him well except for Sayla. "How dare you speak to the president like that!" Issei shouted back before equipping his gauntlet and throwing a punch at Natsu who did nothing of the sort to block or evade. Instead he took the punch straight to the face without budging. "W-what the hell?" Issei said to himself before leaping away to get some distance.

"If that's the kind of strength your bringing to this mission I don't want your help, I only agreed to team up with you guys to save Kuroka and Shirone; if you're not gonna be serious about this then stay the fuck out of my way!" Natsu threatened in a dead serious tone as his eyes flashed an eerie shade of dark red.

"Why do would want to save Koneko, she's your enemy right?" Akeno asked in confusion, "that maybe so but she's also practically family, Kuroka's family is my family that reason even for you" Natsu replied surprising everyone before wings of darkness erupted from his back. "Sayla let's do this" the dragonslayer said before rocketing off toward Ionis making Sayla sigh. "He really will never lose that reckless streak of his" she sighed out before mumbling some words under her breath and taking off after Natsu followed by Rias and her peerage.

At Ionis

As Natsu got closer and closer to the ruins of the city he could see that part of it wasn't so ruined anymore and appeared relatively new. A large tower like structure rose up into the sky, "I thought this place was supposed to be in ruins" Natsu thought to himself before multiple magical signatures made their way towards him. "What the hell are those things?" He asked no-one in particular as he raced closer and closer to the tower.

"Target acquired; destroy target" Natsu's advanced hearing managed to pick up before he dodged several beams of light. "I get it they're like some sort of guardians or something; sorry bub but I ain't got time for any of you" Natsu growled out before "Fire Dragon's Roooaarr!" Letting loose a savage onslaught of flames Natsu wiped out a chunk of what appeared to be an army of hundreds if not thousands of golems giving him the opening he required to burst onward towards the tower.

"Sayla heads up there's an army of creatures guarding this place, I managed to get by them and I'm heading to the top of the tower as we speak; there's a lot of them so be careful" Natsu telepathically communicated with the demon, "Understood…wait what tower ohh" Sayla was about to ask before the tower came into view making her wonder how she didn't notice it before.

As Natsu pressed upward floor after floor he couldn't help but shake the sense of a familiar presence as if it was all around him. Finally, he emerged on the top floor and began looking around Frantically. "Kuroka, Kuroka are you here?" the slayer began shouting out before the familiar presence Natsu was feeling decided to make itself known.

"It been a while, child of the flame dragon king"

Chapter end

Yeah sorry for not updating in so long same excuse old excuses work, social life, university home stuff etc you know the drill yourself. Anyway hope the wait wasn't too much and just letting you know the next chapter for this story is already under construction