The battle of Fairy Tail against Tartaros has taken onto a new scale as both guilds are coming into conflict with one another directly.

"charge!" Makarov shouted as the old man is leading the charge with his guild on the enemy's territory.

"oraaahh!" the guild members roared out as they went on the attack against Tartaros' foot soldiers that came to counter attack.

"take this!" Max shouted as he sends a blast of sand at a group of soldiers.

"come and get some!" Macao and Wakaba unleash a combination of purplish blue fire and smoke attack.

"everyone! Focus your attacks to open a path leading straight to the enemy's guild!" Erza exclaimed, the scarlet knight wearing her usual armor but having bandages around her face and neck. "we got to get in and get Mira and Lisanna back, you hear me!?"

"right!" everyone cheered in unison before continuing their attacks.

While the guild is on the attack, Elfman is still down after inhaling the powder from Enra, but the man's eyelids were twitching a few times before they open.

He wakes and sat up then looks around to see the battle on going at the moment.

"W-What's going on?" Elfman muttered out. "Where am I?"

"You back to your senses?" Cana asked as she is standing near the man.

"Cana…where?" Elfman spoke out before he remembers what had happened and it made him instantly cry in tears. "i…what I did…I could've…"

"that doesn't matter right now." Said Cana as she takes and holds several magic cards into her grasp "You're about to save your sisters, right?" she then looks at the big man. "So get on your feet and be a man!"

Elfman's eyes widen to hear Cana's words as this made a spark ignite in the big man's heart.

"right!" Elfman exclaimed as he got back up while wiping the tears from his eyes. "you're right!" he stood tall and transform into his Beast Soul. "let's do this!"

The large beast man roars before he charges in and begin to take down Tartaros' henchmen.

Cana watches Elfman at work as she grins with a nod.

"that's more like it." said Cana before she quickly throws some cards at some of her enemies who tried to come and attack her from the back.


Upon Magnolia and at the not destroyed Fairy Tail Guild.

Ikaruga along with her children are in the building all by themselves as they are watching the explosions which were occurring upon the Cube that is floating away from Magnolia.

"Mama, will everyone be alright?" Haruka asked her mother with a worried look.

"They will be alright, Haruka." Ikaruga told her daughter. "they are strong, remember?"

"they are strong, but won't they be more stronger If we joined and helped?" said Haruo with a pouting face which made Ikaruga giggle once before patting the young man's head.

"that is true." Said Ikaruga with a nod before she looks at the Cube. "but too much power is not the answer. Sometimes, the mind is needed."

Flashback

A few moments earlier, the entire guild members were gathered in the hall as they were being told of what Natsu knows to them by Enra and Taka.

"the chairman is a traitor!? How dare he!" Makarov exclaimed in anger. "this would explain why Tartaros know of Face and how to get it!"

"none of that matters now, Master!" said Cana. "what matters now is that we get our act together in attacking them at full!"

"but where is their guild?" Levy asked.

"in the sky." Taka stated. "their headquarters is located upon a large floating cube like island."

"no wonder no one knows their exact location." Said Gray as he cups and scratches his chin a few times.

"but now that we know that their hideout is in the sky, we can utilize that information, right?" Juvia stated as she looks around. "with the help of Draco and the others."

"that could work." Said Macao. "we can take the fight to them!"

"yeah!" Wakaba added in as everyone began to cheer in agreement.

"the only problem remaining is…" said Makarov as he looks at the bomb he holds in his grasp.

"I believe I know how to dispose of it" Ikaruga stated in. "there is a tactic in Lingyue which is used in fooling the enemies of their success."

Flashback

"all we can do right now is to stay and watch over the guild along with the rest of our weakened comrades." Said Ikaruga as she looks at the cube before to Ikki who is yawning while leaning to her chest. She smiles and then looks at her older children. "come now, let us go inside and wait."

Haruka and Haruo nods as the two followed Ikaruga who went into the guild but took a quick glance back at the Cube.

'come back home safely, dear.' Ikaruga silently prayed for her husband before she enters the guild with the door slowly closing a second later.


At the moment, Natsu is within the Cube as he wields Chitetsu and the cursed katana was swung upwards in unleashing a powerful magic slash that flew straight for Franmalth who jumped away.

"just what is with this human!?" Franmalth exclaimed as he looks at Natsu who swings Chitetsu to the side before he dash at the cyclops demon's direction. "he's not like any other humans we have ever met and faced!" he soon jumps away from the salmon haired mage who swung down his weapon that create a huge cut upon the wall. "he's like a monster!"

Natsu soon appears near Franmalth who was given a powerful kick to the face that made him fly straight through a wall.

"even so, we Demons of Zeref shall not have defeat written in our tales!" Sayla exclaimed as she swung a hand forward and dozens of books appear before each one flew straight at Natsu's direction. "never!"

Natsu turns and glance at Sayla's direction to see the incoming attack that he counters by swinging his left arm upwards and burn the books into ashes.

"then it's time that it'd be written in them." Said Natsu as his eyes turns reptilian and glows red.

Sayla's eyes widen as Natsu wields Chitetsu with both hands before he swings the weapon down in creating a powerful gust air slash that flew straight for the demoness who jumped away but didn't come unscathed as she received a bloody cut to her right thigh.

"Sayla!" Kyoka exclaimed as she looks at the black haired demoness and soon gets a kick to the back of the head by Tengu. "agghh!"

Kyoka fell as she tried to regain her bearings, but Tengu didn't allow it. the Raven Spirit flew down and spins like a drilling twister that hits the green haired demon right on the stomach.

"aagghh!" Kyoka screams in pain as she is pushed to the floor that cracks and shatter before she is pushed through the podium.

"Kyoka-sama!" Sayla cried out before the whole podium crumbles down.

"so even demons care for one another, huh?" said Natsu as he is near Sayla who gasped in shock to see the salmon haired man's face slowly getting covered with the black flame tattoo markings. "that's something new to know and indulge."

"y-you…just who are you!?" said Sayla in shock as she sees a dark blackish red aura surrounding Natsu's whole body that took form of a demonic silhouetted figure standing behind the man. The black haired demon looks with shaking eyes as she turns while trying to get back from him. "What are you!?"

"I'm just a human." Said Natsu as the left side of his face undergoes a partial demonification while his eyes glows demonic red. "a human who has already fallen to the dark side."

Sayla gasp fearfully as she raises a hand towards Natsu who held Chitetsu near his chest, the cursed katana's demonic shadow appears cackling in the blade that glows in a black dark aura.

"aaaahhh!" Sayla screams as Natsu raises Chitetsu above his head before he swings the weapon down and cause blood to splatter onto a wall nearby.


meanwhile in Hell's core. Lamy stood in front of Mirajane's pod, an irritated look on her face as she listened to all the commotion from above.

"There sure is a lot of noise going on out there." Lamy spoke out before she shrugged her shoulders and smiled again. "Whatever. Who cares?" She turned back to Mirajane. "First, I'm going to mess up that pretty face of yours!" she giggled menacingly. She watched in shameless mirth as the tentacles holding Mirajane infused her with demon genes. "Well?" Lamy rhetorically asked. "How does it feel to have your body flooded with demonic genes?"

Mirajane's face began to react negatively, further amusing Lamy.

"You'll be reborn ugly!" the bunny-girl squealed. "So ugly that you'll hate it! You will hate it so much!"

Suddenly Mirajane's eyes opened and the pod holding her shattered, the force sending Lamy sliding across the floor.

"W-What is this?! What is this?!" Lamy yelled hysterically.

"Sorry." Mirajane apologized as she appears out of the broken pod with the tentacles draped over her body. "I got my fair share of demon genes that I use for the Satan Soul." She then smirks. "now then…what did you say about me being ugly?"

"i-iiihh!" Lamy shrieked in fright, scampering back to the nearest pod.


Meanwhile at one part of Tartaros, the battle occurring upon the Cube is causing the entire structure to rumble non stop. In one of the many prison cells located in one area of the dark guild; there is Lisanna who has been stripped to her underwear and is cuffed with anti-magic cuffs.

"what's going on!?" said Lisanna as she looks at the shaking ceiling. "just what is going on outside?"

The youngest Strauss Sibling had been captured and imprisoned after she and her brother had tried to reach Elder Yuri but were ambushed by Sayla instead.

Lisanna checks the outside of her cell as she sees no one and hears no sound.

"something must be going on…" Lisanna muttered out before she made a noise when she hears footsteps echoing by the hallway. "who is there?!"

The sound echoes and slowly gets stronger by the passing second. Before long, Lisanna sees who it was and to her surprise it was Natsu whose left half side had demonified and his hands were covered in blood.

"N-Natsu!?" Lisanna muttered out in shock. "w-why…what are you doing here?!"

"move back." said Natsu as he wields Chitetsu upwards, the cursed katana sucking in all the blood on him before being swung several times.

Lisanna blinks her eyes twice before she squeaks in surprise when her cuffs and the prison cell were cut into shreds like they were paper.

"can you move?" said Natsu as he takes off his vest and threw it to Lisanna who quickly catches it.

"somehow." Lisanna replied as she wears Natsu's vest and zipped it all up to cover herself. "Natsu, how did you get here? Or rather, why are you here?"

"no time to explain." Natsu stated as he glance to the side because of hearing loud footsteps echoing nearby. "are you the only one here?"

"i-I don't know, I was with Elf-niichan when we went to Elder Yuri but then…" Lisanna spoke out before frowning as she place a hand to the side of her head. "I don't remember what happened next."

"I see." Said Natsu as he raise Chitetsu to the side before he swings the katana forward and then downwards in creating a cross shaped magic slash that flew and instantly hits the Tartaros Henchmen that were coming at their direction. The salmon haired mage's eyes soon glows red and his vision soon enhanced to the point he could see through the walls and the ceiling.

Lisanna kept quiet and looks at Natsu a bit confusingly as she wondered what he was looking at.

"I found them." Said Natsu as his eyes stopped glowing and he turns to look at Lisanna. "Elfman is with the guild who are now attacking Tartaros, and Mira is in the middle of a fight with one of Tartaros' henchmen at a place near us."

"r-really!?" said Lisanna in surprise as Natsu nodded in reply.

"Taka, come forth." Natsu called out as he looks to the side to see the Flashing Eagle Spirit appearing in a flash of light.

"I have arrived." said Taka to the salmon haired mage. "What is it do you need of me, Daimou?"

"take Lisanna to the others." Said Natsu as he looks upwards and raise his demonic left metallic claw that charges black and red energy and fires a laser that went through the ceiling and the floors above it which created a burning large hole. "they are all above us."

"wait a minute, what about you, Natsu?" said Lisanna to the salmon haired mage who turns his head to glance at her.

"I will go and find the Guild Master of Tartaros." Natsu replied as he turns to look to the front and his eyes glows while turning reptilian. "to put an end to the demon's tale."

"h-hey, Natsu…are you alright?" Lisanna muttered out as she frowns and looks a bit scared from seeing how demonic Natsu's left side is. The young white haired woman seeing how darker the salmon haired mage's skin is becoming and how the demonification was spreading upon his body. "y-your body is…"

"I am fine." Natsu replied as he begins walking. "I am still myself, don't worry."

"b-but.." Lisanna muttered out before she yelps in surprise when Taka suddenly carried her in his arms.

"enough talk, take her to the others." Said Natsu as he walks away.

"understood." Said Taka with a nod to Natsu before he looks at Lisanna. "hang on, Lisanna Strauss."

Taka spreads his wings and flapped them once to float off the floor before he flies straight through the hole Natsu had made.

When the Flashing Eagle spirit had flew off and was gone, Natsu continues walking by himself as the salmon haired mage's eyes glows redder before turning darker.

"was it wise for you to not tell her? kakakakaka" Chitetsu cackles out as his demonic shadow appears upon the blade of the cursed katana. The shadow's eyes grow and shrinks while a sharp fanged smile grew. "did you not vow to be truthful to your comrades of your secrets?"

"silence." Said Natsu. "I vowed only to reveal secrets when they are needed to be revealed."

"even the ones that you need to reveal in time?" Chitetsu cackles as his demonic shadow morphed into the shape of Natsu himself but there are a pair of demonic reddish black eyes appearing upon the face that has a sharp tooth fanged grinning mouth. "the moment you first encountered the demons of Zeref, it is the moment when the time of your end has begun to run."

"if I come to my end in this battle, then so be it." said Natsu as he stops walking and looks at Chitetsu who he raised near his face. "but I am very certain that you won't allow my life to expire, won't you?" he then hardens his gaze. "after all, you need me to feed you, right?"

"hahahahahaha! Seems that you truly understand how I think now, don't you Natsu?" said Chitetsu as his demonic shadow of Natsu cackles and laughs before having a big smirk. "very well, I will try to regress your time of the end. But only if you keep feeding me what I hunger for." His eyes grew and shrunk while he cackles. "and what I hunger for now are Zeref's demons."

"then give me more power to end this guild and I'll feed them to you for dinner." Said Natsu as he lowers the weapon and continues walking. "but cross my trust, and you will find yourself sealed once again."

"kakakaka, wouldn't dream of doing it." Chitetsu replied with a cackle as his shadow of Natsu formed a big smirking fanged grin upon the reflection of the blade. "…yet"


A few seconds earlier at the top side of the Cube, Fairy Tail is still on the attack against Tartaros' forces as they are trying to make through the large horde of enemies who are blocking their way.

"get out of my way!" Gray shouted as he swings his hands up before he slams both down to the ground and cause an eruption of ice geysers to blast his enemies away. "damnit! There's no end to them!"

Gray keeps on firing ice blasts at his enemies as he didn't realize one coming from behind him with a spear.

"Gray- sama! Look out!" Juvia shouted. She turned into water and sped to his defense, kicking the armored attacker in face.

"Thanks for the save, Juvia." Gray said.

"You're welcome." Said Juvia before she fires a blast of water to a horde coming at them.

The two mages then stands back to back and sees the unending numbers of Tartaros' henchmen.

"we have barely reached their headquarters, Gray-sama." Said Juvia as she and Gray stare at their enemies who are closing in on them. "at this rate…"

"I know." said Gray before he readied his hands into his Ice Make pose. "but we just got to breakthrough no matter what! Natsu, Mira, and Lisanna are waiting on us!"

"yes!" Juvia replied as her hands become water.

Just before the two Fairy Tail mages could go and take down their enemies, one part of the ground suddenly glows red before it exploded and cause a shockwave to blow away some Tartaros' henchmen.

"w-what was that!?" Cana exclaimed as she and many others saw the explosion.

"did someone throw a bomb or something!?" Droy stated with a surprised look.

Soon enough, Taka flies out from the hole and the Flashing Eagle Spirit unleash white energy beams from his eyes and cause several explosions upon the Tartaros' forces.

"it's Taka!" Romeo exclaimed as everyone sees Taka flying down to where Makarov is.

"Taka!" Makarov stated before he looks in surprise to see the eagle spirit carrying Lisanna. "Lisanna too!?"

"Makarov Dreyar, Daimou has ordered me to get this one to your side." Said Taka as he put down Lisanna and then turns to point at the hole he flew out from. "use that hole to directly invade Tartaros' base. It leads directly inside of this floating island."

"right!" Makarov exclaimed with a nod. "everyone! Get into that hole! It's time we give those demons a lesson that they won't ever forget!"

"right!" everyone cheered in unison before many begins to run and jumps into the hole.

"Don't forget to retrieve the blood from the one with Devil Particles!" Cana reminded. "we still need it to get Laxus and the others cured!"

"we know!" Gray exclaimed before he runs and jumps down the hole with Juvia.

"Lisanna!" Elfman called out as he and Erza went near her. "you alright?!"

"yes, I am." Lisanna nodded. "Natsu came and saved me then got me here."

"where is he now?" Erza asked.

"he's still inside." Lisanna replied as she and the others turns to look at the hole where their comrades are jumping into. "he said that he's going to put an end to this fight by taking out Tartaros' guild Master."

"he's going in alone!?" said Makarov in surprise.

"I think so." Lisanna nodded in return.

"Lisanna, what about Mira?" Erza asked. "was she with you?"

"no, Natsu said that she was somewhere inside Tartaros and is in the middle of fighting their henchmen." Said Lisanna after shaking her head once.

"if it's Mira, I'm sure she'll be alright." Said Makarov before he looks at the hole. "but this is Tartaros, we can't be so lenient about it!" he then looks at the hulkish Strauss Sibling "Elfman! Go and get to her side! We got to make sure that everyone is safe so that we can win this war!"

"right!" Elfman exclaimed before he runs and jumps into the hole. "MAN!"

"Master!" Warren called out as he had two fingers to his forehead. "I got Natsu on my Telepathy! He wants to talk to you!"

"patch me with him!" Makarov replied as Warren nodded before he focuses his mind on connecting his telepathy to the old man in an instant.

"there!" said Warren.

"Natsu! Can you hear me!?" Makarov called out

'I can. What is the current situation outside?' Natsu spoke in the telepathy.

"we just arrived to the enemy's base with the help of Draco and the others." Said Makarov. "we are packing in the heat against these bastards!"

Makarov relays everything that has happened over the last hour; from Elfman being mind controlled to bring a bomb into the guild to the point that the group are now jumping straight into the enemy's headquarters.

'I see. What about Ikaruga and my children? Are they safe back at the guild?' Natsu asked

"they are." Makarov nodded. "Ikaruga was the one who devised the plan to fool the enemies with their bomb. Right now; she and your kids are just staying at the guild and looking after Laxus and the others."

'good.' Natsu replies. 'gramps I want you to listen well, Tartaros have activated Face's Wards.'

"Face is already activated?!" said Makarov.

'I tried to prevent it but I was too late. We now only have 58 minutes and counting before it can fire' Natsu stated 'It can't be stopped from here so we have to do it by going to where it is located and destroy it. I have the coordinates of where it is located; we need to send someone to destroy it.'

"got it!" said Makarov as he looks towards Erza who is in the middle of fending off the Tartaros' henchmen. "Erza!"

"yes?!" Erza exclaimed as she push the henchmen away before taking them down and then turning to look at the old man. "what is it, Master!?"

"Face has been activated! We need to destroy it directly where it is located!" Makarov exclaimed. "can you do it!?"

"yes! I got it!" said Erza with a nod before she quickly swings her sword to the side in deflecting a sword slash from a Tartaros goon. She then takes a quick glance back at Makarov. "please send me the coordinates!"

"Warren!" Makarov called out to the telepath who is focusing hard with his mind.

"I'm already on it!" Warren exclaimed as he made a psychic link between Makarov, Natsu, and Erza. "there!"

Erza nodded before her armor shines and she requips into her Heaven Wheel Armor.

"I'll be going!" Erza exclaimed towards Makarov before she spreads her metal wings and flew off the ground. "stay strong, everyone!"

"you too, Erza!" Makarov replied before he quickly turns to the side and jumps away from incoming magic blasts then counterattacks by reaching his right fist up and made it grew big with his Titan Magic before he swings it down. "Raaahh!"


inside Tartaros, there is one hallway within the large Cube that is just littered with deep slash marks on the walls, ceilings, and floor that is littered with the defeated bodies of the demon guild's henchmen who were taken down without mercy.

one henchman is still conscious but is whimpering in fear while gripping hold of his bleeding right shoulder as he is facing something more scarier than the demons of his guild.

"p-please! No! please!" he cried out while struggling to move away as in front of him is Natsu whose body's entire left side became pure demonic and is covered in skeletal bone like armor. "please! I beg of you!"

"if you wish to plead for your life, give me something as an exchange." Natsu spoke out darkly as his eyes glows red and black. He raise Chitetsu; the cursed katana has fleshy black vein like tentacles attached to the man's right hand and is just pulsing under his skin. The demonic salmon haired man then points the blade at the terrified henchman. "tell me where your guild master is"

"i-I don't know! I never met the Master!" the terrified goon cried out. "I have only met with the temporary one! Mard Geer-sama! He's the one who is currently the temporary guild master! Him!"

"then where is he?" Natsu asked as he raise Chitetsu's blade near the terrified man's face. "speak now before you no longer can."

"h-he's!" the terrified man cried out before he stops.

"so you chose death, huh?" said Natsu as he pulls Chitetsu up and readied the katana for the killing blow but he stopped midway when he sensed something behind him. the salmon haired man lowers his weapon and turns around. "why are you here?"

Natsu fully turns around as the entire scene around him is now black and white, pebbles were floating off the ground, moving fabric just freezes, and no sound can be heard other than footsteps that are coming towards the salmon haired man.

"it's because this place is the bookshelf for my books." A voice spoke as Natsu hardens his gaze because he sees Zeref; the Black Mage standing before him. the black haired mage smiles while chuckling once. "Tartaros, the place where the books of Zeref lives."

"I should've known that these demons are of your creations" Natsu stated as he growls a bit. "they have a faint scent that is of yours."

"that is correct." Zeref replied sullenly. "Though these demons I created, I did not found the guild myself. I hear that was due to the master, END."

"END." Natsu repeated before he hardens his gaze. "The demon Igneel tried to kill"

"The one he couldnot kill.' Zeref corrected. "That was his mistake."

"get to the point as to the reason you are here"Natsu spoke as his gaze glows more menacing. "I hardly doubt you came here for a mere chatter."

"correct." Said Zeref with a small head nod. "I came here to tell you something very important." He smiles. "to take a choice in the path you call your fate."

"what?" Natsu squinted his gaze.

"you wish to destroy END, correct? To fulfill your father's will." Said Zeref. "However…you must remember, Igneel was unable to kill END."

"so what?" Natsu stated.

"END was and is still the most powerful demon that I ever created, and the time will soon come when you will be forced to make a decision." Zeref stated. "To kill or let live. The choice will ultimately be yours."

Natsu hardens his gaze even more before he noticed that Zeref's body was fading away.

"which path will you take?" Zeref asked. "which side of the coin will fate decide the course of your journey." He then smiles. "the result….i am excited to see it."

Zeref fades away and disappears, leaving Natsu behind.

"he's at his throne! Two levels down from here!" the Tartaros goon shouted out towards Natsu who glance back and realize that everything began to move like the time that had frozen is now unfrozen. "Mard Geer-sama is always there!"

Natsu looks at the goon for a moment as his glowing eyes stopped glowing and the man raise Chitetsu to his right side before he swings the katana to the side then proceeds to walk pass the frightened man.

"you may leave." Said Natsu as his face is slowly getting covered by a bone mask that is spreading from the left side of his neck. "now."

"y-yes!" the goon cried out before he gets up and runs away from Natsu, but he didn't get too far because he screams in pain when blood sprays out from a large bloody cut that runs from his right shoulder down to the left side of his waist.

Natsu walks away as the goon falls to the floor and died.

"kakakakaka….more! more!" Chitetsu cackles out as the entire left side of Natsu's face is now covered in a skeletal bone mask that is in the shape of a demon and dragon mixed creature. "shed more blood!"

"be quiet" Natsu growled out as he raise his metal arm and looks at the Golden Celestial Gem that flies out of his back palm and floats in front of him. "Enra, Genbu. Go. Stop Face, I know that Erza will be the one to be sent there. Aid her."

'are you sure?'Genbu asked Natsu who nods.

"find Jellal Fernandez and inform him of what is going on." Natsu stated "find him now."

'very well' Enra replied.

The Golden Celestial Gem glows before it shines and disappears in a flash.

Natsu stays standing in his place as he looks at where the Gem had disappeared before he turns and begins walking away while the demonification begins to spread even more faster upon his body.


meanwhile at the large chamber where Face had been remotely activated. Franmalth can be found as the cyclops demon looks beaten up but still well. He is currently searching on the archive about Face as he is trying to activate it through remotely.

"damn that human! He damaged the main control!" said Franmalth as he checks every screen. "to think that I can only check Face's activation time and not activated it immediately!" He heard the door swing open in the distance. "Who is that?"

Franmalth looks at the door and gawks before he hides behind a pillar because Lucy along with Wendy and Charla came into the scene.

"this must be where Tartaros activated Face from!" said Lucy as she and the others went to the main screen and sees the damage around the controls. "looks like it was damaged by someone."

"it must be Natsu." Charla stated as she checks their surroundings. "I don't see where we can remotely stop Face."

"Tartaros managed to activate Face from here." Said Wendy as she checks the screens one by one. "there must be a way to deactivate it. there just has to."

"we need to find it" said Lucy as everyone began to check everything in the room.

While the group were checking, Franmalth watched from behind a corner as the foursome walked to a control panel.

'The fairies have made it this far?' The cyclops thought in a panic. 'How much have the guards failed us? How much?!'

"it's no good" said Lucy as she is checking a screen while typing her fingers on a screen board. "it says here that Face cannot be deactivated remotely, we have to do it manually!"

"What!?" Wendy and Charla looks shocked as they went and see the screen that Lucy is seeing.

"what about changing its target or something!?" said Charla as Lucy tries her plan and was given the sign of a red error on the screen.

"no good. the target is locked on the entire continent itself!" said Lucy after shaking her head as she tries again and got the same result. "everything is locked, Face is activating no matter what we do!"

Soon the screen turns green and a map appears showing a blinking light.

"what's that?" Charla asked as Lucy checks on it and gasps.

"it says that Face is beginning its sequence!" said Lucy in shock.

"what!? that can't be!" said Wendy with a gasp.

Franmalth heard their commotion and instantly cackles quietly.

"guys, look!" Charla called out as she pointed to a large clock that was counting down the time from 41 minutes and then to 40 minutes. "it's a countdown!"

"in 40 minutes…" Lucy muttered with wide eyes. "in just 40 more minutes, Face will go off and everyone's magic will be gone!?"

"we have to do something!" said Wendy as she looks around the area.

"we can't do anything here." Said Charla. "the controls are lock, we can't seal or deactivate face from here, we can't even get there in time!"

Soon, the trio hears Warren's voice in their heads.

'everyone! Listen to me! right now, Face is active and is on the verge of going off!' Warren exclaimed in his telepathy. 'right now, Erza is going straight to where its located! We got to do our best to stop Tartaros while she is off to stop Face! Got it!? I repeat!'

Warren keeps on relaying his telepathy as every member of Fairy Tail receives his message.

"Erza-san is going to stop Face!" said Wendy with a smile.

"with Erza, that weapon won't ever go off!" Lucy added in with a nod. "it won't!"

'kuuuh…the Fairies are messing our plan in each step..' Franmalth sneered. 'I have to find a way to hasten the plan or..' the cyclops keep on thinking before he caught sight of something that made him grin. 'ah! There is!'

As Lucy and the others were relishing their little hope filled victory, they heard the clinking of rings in the distance which made them turn to see Keyes. The skeleton mask wearing priest walked towards the group while looking all eerie.

"The prayers from these maidens in their gloom echo like a tolling bell in perdition. The brilliance of Demonic Light revives the lands and breathes life into the Morning Star." The skeleton spoke. "O fairy maidens who have fallen into the Underworld, shed your mortal forms and wander the paths of Purgatory!"

Both Lucy and Wendy shook in fear at the sight of the demon.

"I-is that a sk-sk-skeleton?" Lucy stammered.

"It's a mask." Wendy reasoned. "It has to be."

Seeing the time, Franmalth decided to appear from his hiding spot and stands beside his fellow demon.

"It looks like you will have to stay in our humble abode, ladies." Franmalth grins with a cackle. "forever."

"another one of them!?" said Charla in surprise

"it is time to see if fate has begin to decide on who would be the victor of this battle." Keyes spoke out as he twists his staff once, making the rings jingle a few times. "will it be the Fairies from the Light? Or will it be the Demons from Darkness?"

"Wendy." Lucy reaches a hand to her Celestial Spirit Keys and holds Taurus' key. "you ready for this?"

"yes." Wendy nodded as wind slowly gathers around her body.

"for attacking our guild and getting in the way of our plans.." Franmalth cackles while spreading his fingers and then punched a fist to an open palm. "the price for it is your souls!"

The two demons gets closer towards Lucy and Wendy who readied themselves for a fight, but it was stopped when the floor in between the two groups suddenly rumbles and a part of it grew then explodes for Kyoka came flying out.

"aaghhh!" the demoness screamed in pain as she is thrown to the ceiling by a powerful black energy sphere that pushes against her stomach before dissipating.

"eh!? Kyoka-sama!?" Franmalth exclaimed as he and Keyes looks at the green haired demoness who is stuck on the ceiling on a hole in the shape of her body before slowly falling forward but was rammed against the wall once again by a more powerful black energy sphere blast.

"agghh!" Kyoka screamed as she is pushed harder against the ceiling wall.

"what was that?!" said Lucy in surprise before she sees a black blur flying out of the hole on the floor and rams itself against Kyoka who coughs out blood in an instant.

"that's!" Wendy gasped as she sees Tengu upside down with his legs stretched upwards and pressing hard against Kyoka's abdomen. "Tengu-san!"

"the celestial spirit from before!?" Franmalth exclaimed.

Tengu press his legs against Kyoka's abdomen before he begins to rapidly stomp on it without stop for a few seconds and then added a powerful stomping kick straight to the demon's stomach and sends her straight through the ceiling.

Kyoka went through the walls and crashed to the upper floor's ceiling and crashed to the floor, where she laid unconscious upon.

Now finished with his opponent, Tengu hovers in the air and then turns to look down at the chamber to see Lucy and Wendy with their opponents.

"it is one after another." Said Tengu as he weaved several hand signs quickly and then swings his hands back and then to the front to create black energy chains that came flying out of his sleeves.

"ahhh!" Franmalth screams before he and Keyes get wrapped up in the black chains. "guhrah! What is this!?"

"Heartfillia, Marvel, and cat, go and join your comrades." Said Tengu as he landed on the floor in front of Lucy and the others while gripping hold of the black chains that are out of his sleeves. "I shall handle these two demons."

"got it!" Lucy nodded before she, Wendy, and Charla begins running out of the room. "we're counting on you!"

"ah! Wait right there! Don't you dare run away!" Franmalth shouted before he grunted when the chains wrapped even tighter. "ugh!? What are these chains made of?!"

Tengu gripped the chains harder before he begins swinging the demons around in a circle before slamming them down straight to the floor where they crashed in an instant.

"seems that demons are much more of an infestation in Ishgar than in Lingyue." Said Tengu before he grips the chains harder and begins to swing them around with the demons at the end.

"guuyaah!" Franmalth screams as he and Keyes gets swung around in the air before Tengu swings the chains over his head and downwards and slams both demons to the floor. "agyaah!"

"a word of advice from a spirit of Lingyue to demons of Ishgar." Said Tengu as he lets go of the chains that disappears before he hides his hands and extends a pair of black sharp raven like claws from his sleeves. His eyes soon glows red under his mask. "your end is near."


That's a wrap!

Bye bye