Fairy Tail's battle against Tartaros had begun as the dark guild tries to seize control of the Council's most ultimate magic weapon; Face, the White Legacy. A weapon use in ridding a continent of its magic and would lead to the endangerment on the lives of thousands.

Right now, Fairy Tail and the many guilds of Fiore are doing their best to ensure that Tartaros won't achieve their goal.

At the moment, Fairy Tail's team members have spread out to ensure the safety of all former council members whose lives are in danger because the secret of face was actually revealed by the former council chairman who is working with Tartaros.

Everyone is unbeknownst of his treachery against his own nation, but it has been found out by Natsu who rides on Draco's head; the Celestial Dragon Spirit flying in the sky while heading straight for the location of Tartaros' Guild HQ.

The salmon haired man intending to punish the former council chairman and Tartaros for endangering the innocent lives of many.


in the Tartaros' guild. Erza is in a prison cell as she is stripped to her underwear while hanged and chained with anti-magic cuffs that prevent her from using her magic. The Scarlet Knight is currently unconscious at the moment but she began to stir and slowly open her eyes.

Her vision blurry at first, but slowly adjusted as she looks at the dirty marbled floor and slowly up to see Kyoka standing a few feet away from her.

"Have you finally awakened?" Kyoka spoke with a smile.

"Wha…Who are…?" Erza muttered out before she begins to realize her current situation. "What is-?!" She began to struggle against her restraints. "Where?!"

"Welcome to Tartaros." Kyoka spoke out

"Tartaros, you say!?" Erza stated with a surprised expression as she begins to remember how could she become in such a situation, but she instead focus on the fact that she is the only one in the prison cell. "Where's Mirajane?! And the chairman?!" she demanded in a loud voice. "tell me!"

"The former chairman has joined us." Kyoka revealed. "Once our plans our complete he will most likely return to his position of power. Unfortunately you and your friend fell prey to his trap, and now you are our prisoner."

"That's impossible!" Erza protested while struggling against her chains. "The chairman would never betray his people like that!"

"It is futile to resist." Kyoka advised. "The chains that bind you were created with a magic-blocking ore. While bound you are unable to use magic."

"Where is my friend?!" Erza shouted while rattling her chains. "Where is Mira?!"

"She still lives." Kyoka replied before grinning a bit. "She will be of use to this one as a subordinate, but first her flesh must be…altered."

"No! Don't!" Erza interjected but was stopped in her sentence when Kyoka clutches her chin between her index finger and thumb, tilting her head upward to face her. "ugh!?"

"Cease your wails. You have knowledge important to this one." Kyoka stated

"What are you talking about?" Erza implored. "What knowledge?"

"The whereabouts of Jellal Fernandes." Kyoka replied

"Jellal?" Erza gasped with a surprised expression.

"We know of the relationship you two share." Said Kyoka

"What do you want with him?" Erza retorted

"Where is he?" Kyoka interrogated. "Speak!" she pinched Erza in the side, and an intense pain shot through the redhead's body. The scarlet haired woman cried out in pain and that made the demoness smirk in response. "This one's curse is able to alter human sensation. The shock you felt is due to your pain receptors being changed to maximum sensitivity. Is it not a pleasant feeling?"

"ugh…agh!" Erza gasped in pain as she felt herself being stabbed when Kyoka pinched her side.

"Speak." Kyoka ordered while pulling away her claw.

"I…don't know…where he is." Erza answered through haggard breaths.

"Hmph." Kyoka's index finger extended into a whip that she lashed across Erza's abdomen. Once again the knight screamed in pain. The demon grabbed the scarlet knight by the hair, forcing the knight to look at her. "At first we intended to kill every member of the council in order to obtain the means to Face, but thanks to the chairman we were able to figure out the three who held the keys to the seal. We have already killed two, which only leaves one…"

"You mean…Jellal…is…." Erza gasped out

"Yes." Kyoka inched her face closer to Erza's. "Once Jellal is dead, the safeguards around Face will fall."

"No…" Erza's eyes widened in horror.

"Oh my…" Kyoka feigned surprise. "It seems this one revealed too much information? Now you will be less willing to talk."

"I am telling the truth!" Erza insisted. "I have no idea where Jellal is!"

"very well" said Kyoka as she smirks darkly while holding up her extended claw that just charge with energy. "seems that this one will have the answer when you entertain this one with your screams."

Erza looks at Kyoka who chuckles while smirking darkly.

"aaahhh!"


On another part of Tartaros' headquarters, the dark guild is located upon a large cube shaped floating island which is located thousands of feet high in the air.

Crawford and Franmalth can be seen walking in a hallway as the two are in the middle of a discussion with each other.

"Your men completely destroyed my house!" Crawford exclaimed. "that was my retirement home too!"

"Oh, calm down, chairman." Franmalth said with a smile. "it was just a house."

"I gave up my retirement fund to take part in this little plan of yours!" Crawford angrily reminded.

"Ah, but think about it…" Franmalth prompted. "How much will you make after our plan succeeds?"

Crawford sour mood instantly shifted to one of joyful glee.

"Well I suppose losing the house is no problem if the 'Crawford was captured by Tartaros plan' works out in the end." Said Crawford while showing a golden smile which was literal due to the fact that he is wearing golden dentals in his mouth.

The two began to talk more as they walk down the hallway.

"By the way, what did you do with the two girls I brought in?" Crawford asked the cyclops demon.

"Kyoka-sama is currently interrogating one of them. She believes that they might know the location of one of the keys" Franmalth replied with a cackle. "I can assure you that they will answer to her demands and will have a painful death."

"They better be!" Crawford exclaimed while waving a finger. "If any of those two were to live then they would most certainly out me!"

"I wouldn't worry about that." Franmalth reassured. "No one will ever be able to find this place."

"I certainly hope so." Crawford stated while combing his beard a few times, the old man however stopped walking as he caught sight of something out a window in the hallway. "hmm? What is that?"

"What is what?" Franmalth asked, now looking out the same window.

The two looks outside the window and to the sky that is now darkened with thunderclouds. But their attention is onto something that is coming at their direction and it is growing in size.

"W-What is that thing?!" Crawford exclaimed before he gets a powerful flaming punch to the face by Natsu who looks completely pissed off.

"aaahh! Chairman!" Franmalth screams as Crawford is on the ground with his golden dentures that had fallen out of his mouth after receiving Natsu's flaming punch. The cyclops glares while grinning at the salmon haired man. "you! Who are you?!"

The salmon haired mage just responded by standing up straight and turns his head to show Franmalth, his glowing red reptilian eyes.


the racket was heard by Kyoka in the prison cell as she just heard it very clearly.

"what was that noise?!" Kyoka looks up to the shaking ceiling while stopping in her torture on Erza. "what is going on?"

Erza heard it as well as she slowly looks up to see what was going on.

"what is…" Erza muttered out in a whisper as she had just calmed down her senses after what Kyoka did, the scarlet knight looking confused and in a daze as she didn't realize a pair of glowing red eyes appearing within her shadow.

Kyoka looks to the door of the room before she turns and her eyes widen when a dark shadow imbued talon like claw came flying at her face.

"w-wha!?" Kyoka spoke out before her head was grabbed and slammed to the wall. "ugh!?" the demoness's eyes were wide and shaking but she soon focused on who had attacked and still holds her. "w-who are you?!"

"The Shadow of the Night, the King of Ravens. The Celestial Guardian Spirit of Lingyue." A voice spoke as a dark shadow shrouded figure stood before Kyoka before the shadow disperse like fire and reveals Tengu who is looking down at the demoness with glowing red eyes under his raven mask. "The Black Raven; Tengu."

"T-Tengu..?" Erza groaned while looking at the Black Raven spirit.

"a-a Celestial S-Spirit, you say?!" Kyoka spoke out before she gasped in pain when Tengu knees her gut and then proceeds to fling her straight to the prison cell's door that was broke down when the demoness crash upon it. "ugh!"

"what's going on?!" "Kyoka-sama?! What happened!?" the underling members of Tartaros came into the scene as they were alerted from the sudden incident.

"report to the other Demon Gates that we have intruders in our guild." Kyoka spoke out as she slowly got back up and glares at Tengu who got into a battle stance while wielding a pair of black claws that appear from his sleeves. "This one assumes that this Celestial Spirit is an ally of Fairy Tail."

"w-we want to, Kyoka-sama! But there's a problem!" said one of the underlings.

Rains of lightning bolts, fireballs, rock spears, and gust balls were coming down upon Tartaros' floating island that is getting covered in countless vibrating explosions.

In the sky, the Four Great Guardian Beast of Lingyue surrounds the floating island as they unleash their attacks upon it.

"we have been invaded by an intruder and are under attack at the moment!"

"What!?" Kyoka looks at the underling in surprise and her action cost her dearly because Tengu took this as an opening to unleash black shadow energy slashes that hits her heavily. "ugh!?"

Kyoka came flying as she hits a wall before she crashed right through it when Tengu dash in and sends a powerful kick straight to her gut.

"I will handle this demon and her underlings." Said Tengu as he turns his head slightly to look back at Erza who is freed from her shackles by the Flashing Eagle: Taka. "Take that one to safety, Taka."

"Understood." Taka replied as he covers Erza with a white cape and then carries her in his arms. "do have luck in finding where Mirajane Strauss is located."

"noted." said Tengu with a nod as Taka flies away before the Raven Spirit quickly turns and swings one of his claws upwards to deflect a long claw whip strike from Kyoka who looks irritated at the Black Raven Spirit.

The two soon clash their claws against one another in high speed before both got into a stalemate of power

"are you allies of Fairy Tail?" said Kyoka while struggling in power against Taka.

"indeed I am." Tengu replied before he pushes the demoness away and swings his right hand forward, causing dozens of shurikens and kunai to come flying out of his sleeves. "and enemies of Fairy Tail, are my enemies to be struck down!"

Kyoka clicked her tongue as her claws extended like whips that she swings around to deflect the flying projectiles. The demoness soon dashes straight for Tengu who hides his hands into his sleeves before wielding a pair of Sais and then thrusts one of them in clashing against his foe's claws.


Back with Natsu, the salmon haired mage is standing near the knocked out Former Chairman's body and is now glaring at Franmalth who looks angered yet shocked at the moment.

"you.." Natsu spoke out as he tilts his head back and continues to glare at the cyclops demon. "answer me, where is Erza, and Mira?"

"you! You are an intruder! You are attacking our base!?" Franmalth exclaimed. "do you know how much it will cost to repair the damage that you are currently making!?" the cyclops continues to blabber before Natsu suddenly pulls his right fist back and punched his foe right on the face.
"guuuh!?"

"answer me, you worm." Said Natsu in a dark voice as he continues to glare at Franmalth who has been sent crashing against a nearby wall. "where have you taken my friends?"

Natsu glares down at Franmalth who suddenly rise back to his feet.

"so you're with Fairy Tail, huh?" said Franmalth calmly. "but more importantly, you just hit me, right?" he then grins with a slightly dark look on his face. "do you know how much that crime will cost you?! Do you!?" the cyclops demons crosses his arms and then swings them to the side in causing his armor to cast off his body that has spikes covering some parts of it. he then glares angrily at the salmon haired mage. "it'll cost you 10,000 of your soul!"

Natsu looks unamused by the current situation as he just watches Franmalth swings his right fist forward that extends and stretches like rubber which he dodge by side stepping but that made the cyclops grin in response because he turns his body and caused his stretched out hand to turn and wrap around the salmon haired man's body.

"Connection.." Franmalth spoke out with a grin before a shocking yellow energy instantly covers Natsu's whole body. "gehehehehe, I will be taking your soul now~!"

The action continues as Franmalth wraps his body tighter around Natsu's body that continues to get enveloped in the shocking yellow energy, but the salmon haired mage still looks unfazed.

"eh? What?" said Franmalth as he began to look confused. "why can't I take your soul?"

"it's because you're holding a clone in your grasp." Natsu's voice spoke out from behind Franmalth who gasped and turns around, only to get a powerful knee strike to his eye.

Franmalth's stretched out hand lets go of Natsu who just disappears into smoke.

"a-a clone, you say!?" Franmalth exclaimed as he went flying and hits the ceiling before falling but Natsu came with a leg lifted and swung down for an axe kick that hits the cyclops on the back of the head. "bbuagghh!"

Franmalth has his face planted to the cracked floor that shatters even more when Natsu stomps his right foot down on his head again.

"answer me." said Natsu as he grinds his foot on Franmalth's head even more. "where are my friends?"

"y-you dare step on my head!?" Franmalth growled. "do you know how much that will cost you?! How much!?"

Natsu glares down at the demon before he sees the Celestial Gem is glowing on his metal left hand. The salmon haired man holds it near his face.

"Daimou, I have secured Erza Scarlet from her captivity. I am taking her away to safety while Tengu is currently fighting against one of the members of Tartaros." Taka's voice spoke out from the gem. "I am currently trying to find Mirajane Strauss at the moment."

'there is another one of them inside our guild!?' Franmalth thought in shock.

"I got it. get them to safety" Said Natsu as he lowers his hand before he looks down at Franmalth who grunted a bit when the salmon haired man pushes his foot down even harder. "I'll take care of these demons personally."

'to think that there was a human with such caliber in Fairy Tail!' Franmalth glares at Natsu. 'we have underestimated them, how much will it cost to amend for this blunder!? How much!?"

"hey, hey. Mind pipping it down a bit?" a voice spoke out from nowhere as this caused Natsu to glance to the side and realize that the temperature was dropping. "it's still so early and there is such a big fuss. It's hard for anyone to take a small nap, you know?"

From the side of the hallway, a figure came walking while shrouded with cold air. Natsu looks at the figure and now personally meets Silver, another member of the Nine Demon Gates.

"S-Silver-sama?" Franmalth spoke out before grunting when Natsu pushes his leg down harder on his head.

"you…who are you?" said Natsu as his attention is to the black haired individual.

"The name's Silver." The man replied while crossing his arms together. "pleasure to meet ya."

"you're a member of this guild like this maggot here?" said Natsu as he glance down at Franmalth who is still growling angrily.

"I may not look like them, but I'm a demon of Tartaros." Silver stated while raising his hands to the side before lowering them down and then waves a hand to the side. "mind getting off my fellow comrade while we chat?"

Natsu glance back at Silver before back to Franmalth and then to the black haired individual, the salmon haired man takes off his foot and allowed the cyclops demon to get away and stands back up.

"This human! This human is a member of Fairy Tail!" said Franmalth while pointing a finger at Natsu. "He must've somehow got here by following after the former chairman's trail or something!"

"How he got here doesn't matter." Said Silver before smiling a bit. "What matters now is what we are supposed to do with him. We can't have him leave after all, right?"

"well that is true…" said Franmalth while pondering a bit.

"Just take the chairman and leave." Silver stated as he cracked his neck a few times. "I'll handle him."

"hmmm….very well then." said Franmalth as he went to the unconscious chairman and began to drag him away. "I leave him to you then, Silver-sama."

"you think I will let you?" Natsu stated as flames began to ignite and rages around his right fist. "that bastard is not going anywhere but a prison cell where he will pay for his crimes and rot for his entire life."

"I suppose this is where I say….not on my watch?" said Silver as cold air began to fill the entire air.

Natsu and Silver stares at one another before the two dash in and slugged their fists against each other.

"you use fire, huh?" said Silver as he is in a magic power struggle against Natsu. "you must be the one who melted the ice in the Sun Village, right?"

"if you speak like that, then I can assume you were the one who froze it?" said Natsu whose eyes were soon glowing red. "this would mean I don't need to hold back against you if you are the one who dare harmed my Uncle and his village."

"you talking about the big thing living in the fire I froze?" said Silver with a raised eyebrow. "if it's any consolation, I can tell you that the village wasn't actually my target. It was more of a mistake on my part of not researched it well. Sorry about that."

"it's far too late for that." Said Natsu as he and Silver pushes each other away before both dash in with their right fists that were glowing in red and purplish blue energy respectively.

a second later, an explosion of ice and fire erupted, causing an earthquake to shake one part of Tartaros' Guild.


Back with Kyoka, the green haired demoness is still in battle against Tengu. Both causing countless and devastating damage to their surroundings.

At the moment, Kyoka and Tengu are running down the hallway while swinging and slashing their claws against one another before both dash in and got into a power struggle with their weapons of choice.

"do you plan to keep this one at bay so that your other comrades may rescue the other members of Fairy Tail that are in our captivity?" said Kyoka as she pushes her claws against Tengu's but the Raven Spirit pushes back.

"if I must, then yes." Tengu replied while pushing Kyoka away before he did multiple hand signs with his right hand. "Karasu Ninpo: Ankoru!" the raven spirit's eyes glows red under his mask and the entire surrounding suddenly turns pure dark.

"this is?" said Kyoka as she sees nothing, hears nothing, and feels nothing. "where is…?"

Kyoka looks around in trying to find her foe, but she couldn't even tell where she is.

As the demoness keeps on looking, she didn't realize that Tengu's figure is slowly appearing from the shadows behind her. the raven spirit is wielding a pair Kamas that he holds crossed and readied against his foe.

"it is over." Said Tengu as he swings his Kama at Kyoka who turns and saw the incoming attack but it never landed. "ugh!?"

Kyoka looks at Tengu and sees that her surrounding returns back to the light while her foe is glowing in golden sparkles.

"you have luck, demon." Said Tengu as he is slowly disappearing. "but mark my words that you shall not be so lucky the next time we meet."

Kyoka looks a bit confused at Tengu who has completely disappeared before she turns to the side.

"seems that his summoner has been dealt with." Said Kyoka as unbeknownst to her, Silver stood outside of the dark guild's building and is standing in front of Natsu who is completely frozen in ice while surrounded with the frozen statues of the Four Celestial Guardians who all have been defeated by the ice devil slayer. The demoness soon turns and begins walking away. "losing Erza will hinder the plan in finding Jellal. This one must find an alternative to hasten the progress of Face's activation."

"Kyoka-sama?" a voice spoke as Kyoka stops in her tracks and she turns to the side to see Sayla appearing. "I have heard a ruckus while in my studies, was there an incident?"

"yes, there was" Kyoka replied with a nod while looking away. "this one has underestimated Fairy Tail. They had powerful yet dependable allies at their hands. This one nearly lost in battle."

"you, Kyoka-sama?" said Sayla with a slightly surprised expression. "impossible."

"Impossible as it may sound, it is the truth." Kyoka replied. "this one believes that it is time to hasten our plan."

"but I had believed that we need to search for the identity of the third key, do we not?" Sayla asked.

"we do, but fret not." Kyoka replied. "with the help of the former chairman's Super Archive, we have found the location of the last key. The Former Chairman's magic is a very impressive magic."

"Does this mean we no longer need to exert energy on extermination missions?" Sayla asked

"In a way." Kyoka answered. "Two of the three have already been removed by us. The remaining link is Jellal. Once we rid ourselves of him, we will be able to activate Face."

"A magic pulse bomb." Sayla mused. "It seems like a most frightening weapon."

"And yet we require it." Kyoka stated in

"I am well aware of that." Said Sayla with a nod. "How close are we to finding this...Jellal?"

"That depends on our luck, I suppose." Said Kyoka before sighing a bit as she looks at Sayla. "In honesty, this one wanted you to use your Macro more earlier in coercing Erza to reveal Jellal's coercion." She then looks away. "but this one has been a little to selfish in not choosing such method that has too little sport to offer." The demoness then glance back at Sayla. "that being said, we must prevent Fairy Tail from meddling further."

"I have taken care of that, Mistress." Sayla smiled lovingly. "I have crafted the perfect ending for Fairy Tail's story."

"I see." Said Kyoka with a chuckle while gently caressing her claws to Sayla's cheeks. "let us go to my chamber, Sayla. This one is in need of indulging yourself after such a foul moment earlier."

"Kyoka-sama~" Sayla purrs in delight.


Meanwhile at Fairy Tail's guild. Every member of the guild were trying to think of ideas on how to go against Tartaros as they are currently planning on their attack plan.

The situation was already sour, but it became worse when the teams returned from their missions to protect former council members, most have failed in their task.

Right now, everyone in the guild is getting informed by Lucy and the others about what had happened on their mission.

"We investigated the former chairman's home," Charla stated before she raise her hands and shrug her shoulders. "or what was left of it."

"No one was there. Not Natsu. Erza. Mirajane. No one." Lucy stated in while having her arms crossed and a hand waved to the side. "It was completely abandoned."

"I'm sorry, I couldn't picked up their scent at all." said Wendy with a sulking face. "I'm so sorry."

"What happened there?" Gray asked while cupping his chin.

"we might have to think about it later, Gray-sama." Said Juvia as she frowns. "Juvia is worried about them."

"If only we knew Tartaros' location….." Levy muttered in frustration. "we could launch a counter-attack"

"Gajeel, perhaps you could find a trace of the chairman's smell." Lily stated while looking at the Iron Dragon Slayer. "Your nose is stronger than Wendy's, right?"

"Even if it was, a person's smell doesn't linger around all that long." Gajeel replied as he placed his hand on the still-sulking Wendy's head. "If the squirt couldn't pick up anything, then I wouldn't be able any good."

"I'm sorry." Wendy apologized again.

"Stop beating yourself up, child." Charla said. "No one blames you."

"Erza and Mira are gone, Natsu went after them, and Lisanna with Elfman haven't even come back yet." Said Cana as she scratches the back of her head a few times. "This is extremely bad in so many levels."

"We have to find out where Tartaros' guild hall is located quickly!" Makarov announced. "the second we waste blabbering, the second Tartaros will get their hands on face!"

"how are we supposed to stop them if we don't know how to find them?" said Warren. "we got no info on them, remember?"

Everyone began to chatter with one another as they started thinking on what they should do to find Tartaros' guild and how to put an end to their plan.

As the group chatter, Cana caught sight of someone by the entrance of the guild.

"Elfman!?" Cana called out in surprise as everyone heard her.

There by the entrance and looking very gloomy is Elfman, the hulkish man looking down with a sorrowful look.

"Elfman!" Jet shouted.

"You alright?!" Macao asked.

"Wait…" Droy noticed something was off. "Where's Lisanna?"

Elfman didn't answer his friends at first, his eyes were filled with Sayla's Macro influence.

"hey, where is Lisanna?" Max asked the hulkish man who continues to look down all gloomy.

"Lisanna…" Elfman spoke out softly while frowning a bit. "Was captured."

"what?!" everyone exclaimed and gasped in shock.

"They got Lisanna, too?!" Lucy shouted in disbelief.

"We were too late to save Elder Yuri…" Elfman explained monotone. "I was right there with her but…but I couldn't…"

"No one blames you for what happened." Gray stated as he went to Elfman and place a hand to his shoulder. "It's not your fault."

"He's right." Lily added in. "we are currently trying to locate Tartaros' base. There's no need to worry. We will get them back."

"Yes. Don't worry." Juvia nodded. "We will rescue Lisanna and the others!"

"Right…" Elfman trailed off.

"You're hopeless!" Cana exclaimed to the surprise of the others. "You mean you let the enemy take your sister and you didn't go after them? You just tucked tail and came back here?"

"Cana-san!" Wendy shouted worriedly.

"I-I lost them…' Elfman defended.

"How?! You can turn into a beast!" Cana interrogated. "You telling me you couldn't track them down?!"

"Cana, will you cut it out?!" Gray scolded.

"But it doesn't add up!" Cana retorted. "how can he lose them!? I mean, it doesn't make sense at all!"

"even if it doesn't, Elfman is just one man." Makarov stated to the Card Mage. "don't be so tough on him."

"Still!" Cana retorted but was cut off mid sentence when Ikaruga came into the scene, the pink haired woman having a tense and hard gaze at Elfman. "eh? Ikaruga?"

"what's wrong?" Kinana asked as everyone looks a bit surprised to how hard Ikaruga is looking at Elfman's direction.

"Kiara too?" said Max as he and Jet sees that the Pop Fox is growling angrily on the floor.

"Ikaruga?" Makarov called out to the pink haired woman who hardens her gaze even more before she wields a kodachi that she pulls out of her sleeves and did a quick draw to unleash a powerful air slash.

"what are you doing?!" Gajeel exclaimed as the air slash flew and cuts the saddle bag that Elfman was carrying.

The bag drops and Elfman quickly grabs it.

"what is the content you have within your bag, Elfman-han?" Ikaruga asked as she grips the handle of her kodachi. "what is it that you have with you?"

"i-it's nothing…it's…" Elfman replied a bit nervously as he begins to take a few steps away from the guild members. "it's just…some stuff…that's all."

"hey, Elfman. You ok?" Warren called out as everyone seems confused, curious, and skeptical of Elfman's current behavior.

"i-I'm fine…I just need some rest…" Elfman replied as he walks to a nearby door. He grabs the handle and pull it open to enter but to his surprise; Enra appears in the entrance. "E-Enra?!"

"have some rest, young one." Said Enra who soon blows brown dust right onto Elfman's face.

"w-what are you!?" Elfman exclaimed as he coughs while backing away with his hands to his face.

"hey! What's going on?!" Gajeel shouted as everyone watches Elfman who is coughing while struggling on his feet.

Elfman coughs uncontrollably before he falls and drops to the ground, his bag falling out of his grasp and with its content spilling out. one of which is a glowing purple lacrima orb that caused Makarov to gasp.

"that's a bomb!" Makarov exclaimed as this made everyone look shocked.

"a bomb!? Why the heck does Elfman have a bomb for!?" Gray exclaimed.

"get rid of it!" Macao shouted as everyone goes straight for the dangerous object.

"wait! Don't come near it!" Makarov exclaimed as he got off the bar. "I can sense a terrible amount of magic power that is accumulated in it. I dare say that it can cause an explosion to wipe an entire town off the map."

"just why does Elfman have such a bomb?" said Lucy with a scared look as everyone backed away while Makarov just went near the bomb and quickly wave two fingers in a rapid movement in creating a magic barrier that surrounds the dangerous object which he soon holds in his hand.

"I'm certain that Ikaruga can answer that." Said Makarov as he turns towards the pink haired woman who place away her Kodachi before gently taking embrace of Haruka, Haruo, and Ikki.

"his Chi was corrupted." Said Ikaruga while carrying Ikki into her arms.

"corrupted?" said Gray as he and the others looks at Elfman before they begin to focus their sights on the large unconscious man whose body is slowly revealed to be emitting a very dark brown aura. "what the? Elfman's chi is…"

"it's so dark.." Juvia whispered. "but Juvia correctly remembers that Elfman-san's Chi element was earth and wood, was it not?"

"it's like that time with that guy from Succubus Eye." Said Lucy in remembering Doriate.

"What would this mean?" Makarov asked before he looks to the guild's doorway and sees Taka flying in while carrying Erza. "Taka!? And is that Erza!?"

Taka hovers in the air before he came down and gently laid Erza on the floor while getting surrounded by the guild members.

"Erza-san!" "she's wounded!" "no way! Erza is down?!" the group chatters with one another.

"Taka! What has happened to Erza!?" Makarov exclaimed to the Flashing Eagle. "also! Where is Mira, and Natsu!?"

"Makarov Dreyar," Enra suddenly called out as Makarov and everyone turns to the Monkey King Spirit who came and stands near Taka. "there is not much time to explain, but we have an urgent message from Daimou for you and this guild. it is of most importance that you heed this message and follow his instructions very carefully."

Makarov looks at Enra for a moment before he nods.


back at Tartaros. Crawford can be found inside a giant room as he is using his Super Archive magic to establish a search network for Jellal.

Franmalth is nearby as he watched the old man wiggle his fingers before looking up at the giant hologram globe above them.

"hey, Mr Former Chairman." Franmalth called out. "Have you found Jellal?"

"I did something even better than finding him." Crawford answered with evil glee as he turns to look at the cyclops demon. "I've transferred his key to me using my super archive powers!"

His reply made Franmalth tilt his head while having a question mark appearing above his head.

"what?" The demon scratches his head.

"in layman terms…" Crawford sighed and held up his finger to explain. "I've taken possession of Jellal's key."

"You have?!" Franmalth exclaimed in shock.

"Indeed." The former chairman nodded. "And using those same principles I'm able to transfer it to someone else on the continent and we can kill them to eliminate the ward! We could use one of those fairies we caught."

"Hold on, chairman." Said Franmalth while holding up a hand. "You're saying that you now possess the final key?"

"Yes, you nincompoop! To be honest, not even I thought this could be done! My Super Archive magic is beyond magnificent!" Crawford replied as he looked back the transparent globe. "Now once we take down the wards around Face, the world will be ours to control!"

"Wow. It's hard to believe that such a well-guarded key could be stolen so easily." Franmalth marveled.

"This is just proof of how powerful I am!" Crawford boasted.

"I wonder if that is really the case." Franmalth said darkly.

"wonder-shmunder! That's just the power of my Super Ar-" Crawford boasted but was stopped in his sentence by Kyoka who appeared behind him while having one of her claws pierce through the old man's chest. "aaghh?!"

"This would do away with the final ward, yes?" Kyoka asked as she looks at the former chairman gargled and gasped for air before falling to the ground, dead.

Before long, the large floating cube shaped island began to shake uncontrollably.

"Oh my. Oh my." Franmalth cackled.

Kyoka looked around the shaking room, not the least bit fazed by the tremors.

"Even the cube reacts." She spoke while observing how powerful the shaking is. "Face's wards have been vanquished."


In a faraway wilderness, within a deep and dark pit. There were also rumblings. Three monuments in a circle around began to sparkle one by one. When they were all blazing, the ground around them began to fracture and rise up. A statue head gradually emerged from the disturbed ground. Face had finally awoken.


Back at Tartaros. Kyoka and Franmalth were beginning to succumb to the effects of the tremors.

"This is quite the reaction!" Kyoka noted, trying to keep her footing while Franmalth on the other hand was holding on to a pillar for dear life.

"There's no doubt!" Franmalth exclaimed. "The wards on Face have been released!"

"What are its coordinates?" Kyoka demanded to Franmalth who slowly moved to a screen near the wall and typed away.

"ummm….It's quite a long way from where we predicted." Franmalth replied while checking the screen.

"No matter." Kyoka ordered. "Begin the operation!"

"Well…about that…" Franmalth began but stopped when he felt the rumblings had stopped. "Hey the shakings stopped."

"Never mind that." Kyoka deflected. "What were you saying earlier?"

"Oh. We can't activate Face from here." Said Franmalth

"What?!" Kyoka stated with an annoyed tone.

"Face can't be controlled remotely." Franmalth clarified. "It can only be activated manually. Well to be more accurate, the chairman could have activated it but…" the demon began to cackle while motioning towards Crawford's dead boy which Kyoka looked at.

"Perhaps this one acted…prematurely." Said Kyoka before crossing her arms under her chest. "We have no other choice, we must send someone there to activate Face."

"Fine with me!" said Franmalth with a cackle. "I just hope Fairy Tail doesn't interfere again!"

"you do not need to worry about that." Sayla's voice spoke in the chamber as she came walking in. "In but a few moments, the tale of the fairies will come to an end."


Inside the laboratory Lamy shook her butt happily from side to side as the Cube's shaking began to stop.

"What'll we do? What'll we do if they're born early from all the shaking? Should I worry?" Lamy quickly grew serious, raising her arm to her forehead. "Never!" she then just as quickly returned to her happy demeanor. "I mean they're already revived, right?"

She turned to a man with shoulder length blonde hair and brown skin. The man raised his hand to his face.

"Is this my new body?" he asked himself

"That's right, Tempester!" Lamy nodded.

"Tempester? Is that my name?" he asked again.

"It sure is! And look how hot you are!" Lamy gushed. "I mean if we have to revive you, then a hot guy would be best, right?!"

"I do not care about looks." Said Tempester

"What's the big idea?!" Jackal complained, emerging from his own pod. The only thing that had changed about him was his outfit, longer ears, and his now bushy tail. "How come you only did that with him?!"

"Because you were cute to begin with Jackal!" Lamy answered happily, hugging the revived demon's arm.

"Get off me would ya?!" Jackal pushed away. "You're creeping me out!"

"Jackal?" Tempester asked.

"What's up, Tempester?" said Jackal before he tilts his head to the side. "but I'm guessing you don't remember me, huh?"

"Tempester-kun loses his memories every time he regenerates. It must be because of his anti-magic particles." Lamy sobbed as she wiped her tears away. "Poor guy." She once again turned serious. "But I am here for him!"

Lamy's reaction got Tempester to look at her weird but for Jackal; he just looks pissed.

"that pink haired bastard! That guy cut me up like I'm some worthless shit!" said Jackal with an angry growl. "he's going to pay big time! I'm gonna kill him!"

"You're so hot when you're angry!" Lamy squealed. "It revives my spirit!"

"You're so annoying!" Jackal exclaimed before the three demons hears footsteps approaching from the right. Each of the demons looked to the source.

"Who is that?" Tempester asked.

"Yeah. Who are you supposed to be?" Jackal questioned.

The figure was a woman with long black hair and horns sticking from her head. Her right eye was covered by what looked like ink and she wore a cloak that opened in the front, revealing her bandage covered breasts and waist. A black mark trialed from her chest to her leg and her Tartaros guild mark was positioned on her abdomen.

"Oh yea, I forgot." Lamy giggled. "That's Minerva. She's a human that Kyoka-sama found." She then sighs with boredom. "I gotta say though, I have no interest in girls."

"so this is magic? No.." Minerva spoke out while looking at her newly formed claws. "So this is a demon's power? I can feel it coursing through my veins."

"Minerva." Tempester repeated.

"A new comrade, huh?" Jackal smirked.

"Speaking of things I have no interest in…" Lamy ran to another pod, pressing her face against the cold glass. Inside it was an unconscious Mirajane, whose limbs were being held by demonic tentacles. "What was her name again? Mira something, right?" A sadistic smile crossed the bunny girl's lips. "You think you're so cute, don't you?" she said to the unconscious Fairy Tail wizard. "Well I'm going to turn you into the ugliest caterpillar in the world."


at the moment, Tartaros' floating cube is now hovering in the sky above Magnolia. The large object getting the attention of many citizens.

"very soon.." Sayla spoke out as she, Kyoka, and Franmalth watch the screen that shows Fairy Tail's guild.

The three demons watch with anticipation as they see a purplish glow just radiating from the guild that in a second later, exploded very wildly.

"It is as you see, Kyoka-sama." Sayla smiled with pride

"Excellent work, Sayla." Kyoka commended.

"I wonder how much life has been lost." Franmalth cackled. "How much?"

"If the fairies have been completely annihilated, then there is no need to guide the Cube into this airspace." Said Kyoka with a smile.

"very true." Sayla nodded in agreement.

"now it is time for us to our original objective. Face." Said Kyoka as she went near the screen and smirks darkly. "The time has come! How fitting is it that the legacy these humans have created for themselves out of jealously and fear will ultimately bring their destruction! We will use Face to wipe out the humans, and usher in a new demonic age! Then all of our efforts will bring about the world our master Zeref dreamed of."

The demons smile as their plan was almost in completion, but before they could rejoice; alert sounds were heard as the three turns to a flashing screen.

"What is it, Franmalth?" Kyoka stated as Franmalth checks on the flashing screen.

"It looks like we're picking up magical energy readings." Franmalth replied before he gawked. "huge and countless in numbers too!"

Before Kyoka could ask, the whole chamber suddenly shook very hard.

"what's going on?!" Franmalth screamed while holding onto the table.

"are we under attack?!" said Kyoka as she looks around before to Sayla who is checking to a screen.

"I shall display Undercube" Sayla stated as she checks and moves some images on the screen before they all look at the large main screen that now shows Magnolia, but something was very off about it. "this is?"

"what is that?" said Kyoka as she sees Magnolia but the town is swaying very weirdly. "the town is…?"

The demons look at the town before they look in shock as the town disappears and reappears, but what made them shock was the fact that the Fairy Tail Guild is not destroyed.

"w-what?! how!?" Sayla stated in shock.

"How did it survive the explosion!?" said Kyoka in complete bewilderment but she soon grunts when the whole chamber began to shake again, but this time extremely harder.

"what is going on!?" Franmalth screams as the chamber shakes again and again. "what is happening to the Cube?!"

An armored guard soon rushes into the scene.

"Kyoka-sama! It is urgent! We are under attack!" the guard exclaimed.

"this one can see that!" Kyoka retorted. "but this one wishes to know what is attacking us!"

"I shall check all of the Cube's surveillance!" Sayla checks the screen again and this time showed the area above the Cube which was hit by something large and brown. "that was!?"

"w-w-w-w-what!? what is that!?" Franmalth screams while his tongue came out waving like a snake.

"that is..?!" Kyoka looks wide eyes as the demons sees that the Cube was being rammed and hit by Genbu in his large tortoise form which was spinning rapidly in his 'Dai Kaiten' attack which was followed by Draco, Houou, and Byakko who unleashed a rain of twister imbued with fire and lightning that cause explosions everywhere. "what in the name of Zeref are those things!?"

"those are the Four Great Guardian Beast Spirit of Lingyue, they are my comrades." a voice spoke as this caused Kyoka's eyes to quickly widen and her body to turn with a claw swung upwards to deflect a blade strike from Tengu who suddenly appears before her once again.

"you?!" Kyoka exclaimed in shock.

"I told you before, demon." Said Tengu as he wields a pair of black kodachi in his grasp. "you shall not have luck in our next encounter."

Before long, Kyoka and Tengu began to clash once again.

"Kyoka-sama!" Sayla cried out as she and Franmalth were about to help the green haired demon, but a katana which is Chitetsu came flying and pierced one of the control monitors that soon exploded. "wha!?"

"noo! That was the main control switch!" Franmalth exclaimed in shock before he looks angrily at where the katana came from. "who did that!?"

"I did, worm." A voice spoke out from a corner entrance which has the sound of footsteps echoing from.

"y-you!?" Franmalth exclaimed as he sees Natsu appearing out of the shadows. "but I thought Silver-san got rid of you?!"

"you thought wrong." Said Natsu as his eyes glows red before he dashes in and knees Franmalth right to the face.

"uoooghhh!" Franmalth cried out in pain before he went crashing to a wall.

"who are you?!" Sayla demanded as Natsu takes back hold of Chitetsu before he wields the cursed katana in a stance against the demons.

"Natsu Daimou." Natsu stated as his eyes glows red while black flame markings begin to appear around the left side of his face. "The Slayer of Demons."


That's a wrap!

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