Deep within Era, a flurry of mages rushed around to prepare Etherion to be fired.

"Target has been acquired." "I'm adjusting the spatial coordinates now." "The mountains in that region are causing wavelength complications, which is causing calibration issues." "Then up the altitude a little more." "Magical charge is now at 60%." "Etherion system integration complete." "We've got twenty-seven minutes until Etherion is fired."

"To think we'd be forced to make such a terrible decision at a time like this, with the council president in such bad health..." Org muttered as he watched the mages below working to get Etherion ready.

"We had no choice." Michello said, releasing a light sigh, "While the president is away, full responsibility for maintaining order in the magical world falls upon the remaining council members." Michello glanced at Org out of the corner of his eye and saw how worried he looked, "You shouldn't worry so much Org. This may be an unannounced attack on a foreign nation, but situations like this are provided for in article 27, clause 4 of the national security act."

"This isn't about simple legal implications..." Org said, his whole body shaking slightly, "We're talking about deploying Etherion here!"

"Well, Zeref is the devil incarnate." Michello reasoned, as he rested against his cane and released another sigh. "All we can do is pray that Etherion is enough to destroy him."

In the opposite side of Org, Siegrain and Ultear were watching Etherion being prepared as well. Siegrain had his arms crossed behind his back as he continued to watch the mages below work, while Ultear stood a few feet behind him, gazing into her crystal ball.

"It appears that time is almost upon us..." Ultear said, gazing up from her crystal ball, "Siegrain-sama. The feelings you've hidden for the past eight years are finally going to be realized."

"Are you afraid, Ultear?" Siegrain asked, not turning to face her.

"Not even a little," Ultear said, mentally scoffing at his words "After all, I've always trusted you completely, Siegrain-sama."

"Yes, I understand..." Siegrain said with a light chuckle, "But it's not your life that's in danger here."

"That's true," Ultear said, as she suppressed a giggle "Although I do miss the rush of danger."

"Personally, I find myself trembling." Siegrain said, tightly clenching his fists around the railing he was leaning on, "If this plan fails...I die. Especially, since some fools continued to damage the tower." he muttered the last part as he continued to stare down below, he and Ultear failed to notice that Yajima was close by, listening to their conversation. The elderly man had used his Flattening magic to hide his presence against a nearby wall.

"If we fail...he dies?" Yajima thought as he quirked an eyebrow.

"But this is worth putting my life on the line." Siegrain said, an evil look filling his eyes, "After all...this is my dream."

"Quite," Ultear said as she turned her attention back to her crystal ball.

"The final phase of the Etherion firing sequence is complete." one of the mages announced as Etherion's charge is complete.

"Expand the Satellite Square!" another ordered

"Thus we pray," Org said, closing his eyes and lowering his head.

"Thus we pray." The rest of the council members said as they followed Org's example.

Siegrain smirks as his plans have been completed.


The Tower of Heaven stood on its island before a bright flash engulfed the tower as everyone in the distance watch the large tower gets blasted with the Etherion.

"ERZAA!" Gray shouted.

"Gray-sama! Please stay inside!" Juvia hugged him from the back and kept him from jumping out of their shielded boat.

"No way..Natsu was left in there with her too." Lucy said in shock

"PAPA!" Haruka and Haruo screamed before the light vanished, they looked again and had shocked expressions.

"What..in the..hell?" Gray was speechless.

"the tower…transformed?!" exclaimed Mira in shock.

"The tower.." Wally began to say.

"Er-chan.." Millianna was equally shocked.


"Etherion was successfully fired! It was a direct hit! I repeat a direct hit!"

"Has the tower been successfully destroyed!? We need confirmation now!"

"Ethernano fusion density is increasing steadily."

"This will likely cause unusual weather conditions."

"Just how many people were in that tower?" Org asked in a grave tone, as he pinched the bridge of his nose. All those poor souls were lost because of some idiotic plan.

"At the very least, we have prevented the resurrection of Zeref," Michello replied, glancing down at the bustling mages, who were busy assessing Etherion's damage. The old man wasn't really concerned about anyone's lives, as long as they weren't blamed for Zeref's resurrection a few lives didn't matter, "If a few were sacrificed, then it was for a good cause."

"We can try to justify our actions all we like..." Org said, as his eyes were filled with regret, he never liked Fairy Tail, but those mages were talented and as much as he and his colleagues hated to admit it, they helped them many times, albeit unconsciously, "But it will never heal the hearts of the families of those who have perished."

"s-sir!" exclaimed one of the mages as a screen showed the Tower of Heaven in its new form.

"t-this is?!" said Org in shock before the Council Headquarters started to shake and rumble as part of the ceiling started to crumble.

Yajima looks at the crumbling ceiling before his eyes caught site of Ultear who vanished into a hallway.

"Ultear! You!" exclaimed Yajima in fury.


Within the tower, Erza and Jellal were in an embrace, the two hugging each other in their last moment before the Etherion hit and takes their lives but they were still alive.

Erza realized she was still alive and was lying on the floor as she looks around to see the whole chamber turned into lacrima

".Hehehheh..hahahaha..HAHAHAHA!" Jellal then began laughing evilly as Erza was shocked.

"What..?!" She was at lost for words. The tower was not blown to bits. But was now shown as a giant blue, jagged, tower of lacrima.

"At last! ITS FINALLY DONE! AFTER 8 LONG YEARS, MY LORD WILL FINALLY BE REBORN!"

"I don't understand.." said Erza

"You really fooled her." Erza then turned around and was shocked to see Siegrain.

"Is the council in shock?" Jellal asked his twin.

"They looked to be running for they're lives. Ultear has begun destroying the council's chambers, as well as the ritual site."

"HAHAHA! This truly is a happy day." Jellal said as Siegrain stood beside him.

"So, you two were in this together!" Erza was now angry.

"Two you say?" Siegrain asked.

"Whatever are you talking about?" Jellal said as they got closer to each other.

"We are after all.."

"The same person." They said in unison as they came together.

"A thought projection!?" Erza recognized the spell.

"And with this..my magic has returned." He then began emanating an evil aura of magic power as Erza was wide eyed.

"You..you tricked me?!" Erza hissed in pure anger

"You are so trusting Erza, it's almost criminal. The whole reason I waited behind was because I was waiting for those fools to fire the Etherion in the first place. I needed a massive amount of magic, and the answer to that, was the Etherion."

"You planned all this?" Erza said

"Everything was for lord Zeref after all." He chuckled. "And I couldn't have done it without you, ERZA!" He wickedly smiled. Erza then summoned a huge sword and began attacking Jellal.

"I WILL KILL YOU JELLAL! FOR THE LIVES YOU'VE RUINED, AND MANIPULATED, I WILL KILL YOU!" She roared as she summoned another sword.

"Yes, i'm sure." Jellal said as he raised his finger

"Wha-my body.." Erza suddenly was paralyzed.

"Binding Snake. I placed it on you during our little hug." He said as a tattoo of a snake crawled around her skin.

"It's time.." He then picked up Erza and placed her on a large piece of the lacrima.

"N-no!" She began to say, but the pain was hurting her too much to speak out.

"NOW ZEREF! THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME! TAKE THIS WOMAN'S BODY, AND BE REBORN INTO THIS WORLD!" He chanted as he shouted to the dark sky.

"AHhhhhHH!" Erza screamed in agony.

"I was really happy..to see you again Erza." He said the last part quietly as he smiled.

"JELLLAL!" Erza screamed out in anger to the man as she tried to reach out to him but couldn't. Jellal smirks as he looks to the sky before he sensed something, He turns and sees a red dragon growling at him.

Jellal's eyes widen before he was sent flying to the wall by a punch to the face.

"Guah!" Jellal coughed out some spit before falling to the ground

Erza who is nearly absorbed into the lacrima when a hand reached in and takes her out, She grunted before slowly opening her eyes and sees Natsu.

"Nat….su" she muttered out as Natsu gently sets her down

"when you regain enough strength, leave this place" Natsu told her before approaching Jellal who got back up.

"Daimou….you went against me as I had predicted" Jellal said as he wiped off some dirt on his cheeks "do you know what this means?"

"it won't work anymore" Natsu said as he cracked his neck a few times while drawing out Chitetsu before pointing the katana at Jellal "I've burned it all"

"I see, then die" Jellal said as his right eye turned demonic

"looks to me that the man is like a puppet with no strings," Chitetsu said as Natsu drew blood from his hand and the blood drips upon Chitetsu, transforming the katana to its demonic form

"the let's break him" Natsu said as he puts on the Oni Mouth Mask and his eyes glowed red "let's stain him in crimson blood"

"with Pleasure" Chitetsu replied as a black aura appeared behind Natsu, it transformed into the form of a demon's head.

Natsu and Jellal stood in their place before both dashed towards one another.


Gray and the others who were on their boat watch the Tower of Heaven as they could see flaming explosions coming from the top.

"those explosions….." said Lucy as Gray nodded.

"they're from Natsu, alright" added Gray, knowing how powerful the Dragon Slayer's flames are. Everyone watch the tower as they could tell that a powerful battle is undergoing right now.

Haruka and Haruo looks at the tower before they heard humming coming from the side, they turn to look and sees a lone boat sailing away with a pink-haired passenger with who the twins felt that they are familiar with the passenger.

"who is that?" said Haruka as Haruo shrugs his shoulder, not knowing who the passenger is.


in the tower, Natsu swung Chitetsu at Jellal who dodge the attack before firing multiple light magic blasts at him in return.

"Natsu!" Erza shouted out as the light magic blasts hits him hard but Natsu shook it off before running towards Jellal

"Meteor!" Jellal disappeared at the speed of light as he flies around the whole area while Natsu stood in his place

"now you won't be able to keep up with my attacks!" Jellal exclaimed as he flies behind Natsu and was about to send a kick but Natsu suddenly vanished

"what!?" Jellal looks in shock before Natsu appeared behind Jellal

Natsu swings Chitetsu at Jellal's back as this made the man cry out in pain before Natsu kicks him to the ground

"Gah!" Jellal gasped before he did a side roll to dodge Natsu's slash attack. Natsu dashed towards Jellal as the man dodges Natsu's attack with Meteor

"i-impossible! His speed is faster than my Meteor!?" Jellal looks in shock as Natsu's attack was getting faster and so was his speed

"disappear!" Jellal shouted as he flies to the sky and seven magic circles appeared above him "be Judge by the Seven Stars! Grand Chariot!"

Seven powerful magic blasts flied down towards Natsu as the Dragon Slayer looks at the incoming attack before slashing Chitetsu seven times and all of the incoming magic blasts, exploded

"what!?" Jellal exclaimed in shock before Natsu suddenly appeared in front of him. Natsu swings his leg as he kicks Jellal back to the tower

CRASH!

Jellal crashed upon the tower as he struggled to get up

"i-impossible…that was…my full power!" Jellal grunted before looking above as Natsu landed a few feet away from me

The dust flied around as a red glowing dot appeared in the dust

"Daimou…" Jellal hissed in anger as Natsu approached him

"surrender now…." Natsu said in a low threatening voice before pointing Chitetsu's blade at Jellal's neck as the blade shines in a sharp glint "..or die"

Jellal glared hard at Natsu as the Dragon Slayer glared down against him

"SHUT UP!" Jellal shouted before he unleashed a powerful burst of light magic at Natsu and nearly blew him away

Natsu skidded back as he swings Chitetsu and looks to Jellal who had a giant sphere of dark energy swirling around above him

"die! FIRE DRAGON!" Jellal shouted as he crossed his hands above his head before swinging it down "Aturerias!"

The sphere of swirling black energy flied towards Natsu who looks at the incoming attack

"Natsu!" Erza screamed out to the Dragon Slayer who stood in his place

"Chitetsu.." Natsu spoke out as the katana burst into flames. Natsu swings the katana up before firing a powerful flaming slash at coming attack.

"what?!" Jellal exclaimed as the flaming slash burned away his magic attack "he burned the attack?!"

Natsu then suddenly appeared behind Jellal as the Dragon Slayer was slowly sheathing away his blade.

"Die.." Natsu muttered out as the blade clicked to its sheath

"Bastard!" Jellal shouted before he was engulfed in a storm of slashes. Jellal cried out in pain before falling defeated.

Natsu turns to glance at Jellal before he looks away and started walking past him

"in the end, a stringless Puppet is nothing less than just a weak puppet" Chitetsu said as Natsu approached Erza and carried her up

"no….not yet!" Jellal opened his eyes as he lifted his hand up before slamming it down on the floor. A black magic circle appeared as it spins around before disappearing, The tower suddenly rumbled as it shakes and started to crumble.

"the tower!" Erza exclaimed while being helped up by Natsu "it's collapsing!"

"hahahaha…it is all for the great Zeref!" Jellal exclaimed as he laughed maniacally

"hold on tight" Natsu said as he runs and jumps out of the tower with Erza


Gray and the others were in the escape boat as they watched the tower crumble down

"the tower! It's falling!" Gray exclaimed before he sees something from above

"look!" Lucy exclaimed seeing the same thing

"it's Papa!" Haruka and Haruo exclaimed

Natsu jumps down into the water as he made a big splash before he floated up with Erza. He then started swimming towards the boat as Gray lends out a hand to him.

Gray and Lucy pulled up Erza before Natsu climbed up the boat. As Natsu climbed into the boat, Haruka and Haruo jumped to him and started crying, Natsu smiled as he patted their heads

"wait! Simon is still in the tower!" Sho suddenly exclaimed as Natsu looks to the crumbling tower

"Juvia, get the boat away from here" Natsu ordered her as he pushed Haruka and Haruo to Lucy before jumping off the boat.

"PAPA!" Haruka and Haruo shouted out

"Natsu!" the other shouted as Natsu then rocketed towards the tower with his flames boosting around his legs


Simon was at the top of the tower as the man was looking down upon Jellal

"hahahaha….Zeref….Zeref" Jellal muttered out with his crazed face

"I pity you, Jellal" Simon told him "wasting many years of your lives to revive a distant ghost…I pity you so much"

Natsu came in as the man looks at them

"we're leaving" Natsu said as Simon looks to him and nodded before looking back at Jellal

"what about him?" Simon asked referring to Jellal

Natsu looks at Jellal before turning away, Simon looks back at Jellal before he closed his eyes and turns.

Natsu grabbed Simon's arm before he jumps out and flied away from the tower

"hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Jellal laughed as the tower crumbles and with him in it


The tower crumbles down as its crumbling pieces were falling down the ocean's water and then exploded, causing a massive shockwave to blow out everywhere.

"the tower…" Milliana muttered out

"look!" Wally exclaimed as he pointed above to see Natsu flying in with Simon

"Simon!" Erza exclaimed seeing them

Natsu and Simon landed in the boat as it wavers a bit from the added weight

"Papaa!" Haruka and Haruo went to Natsu as the father patted their heads before sitting down

Natsu looks at the others as Milliana hugged Simon while Wally and Sho were crying in relief to see him okay, looking to Erza who was being hugged by Lucy, was getting a lot of nagging from Mira as the two glared hard at each other.

Natsu sighs with a smile as he rested for a bit before looking to the ocean where he could see a few sakura petals floating above the ocean waters before drifting away.

"Natsu" Erza called out to Natsu who looks at her, the Scarlet Knight had a stern face that made the man sigh and nod.

"I will explain it all when we return to Akane Resort and rest" said Natsu before he closed his eyes and holds his kids close. "for now….let's rest"

The boat sails away as it just moves with the waving ocean.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye