The battle between Fairy Tail and Tartaros is reaching its climax as there is less than an hour before 3000 Face Bombs go off and all magic upon Ishgal will disappear forever.

Right now; Fairy Tail's team are doing their best to stop Tartaros as they have the aid of Kagura, Sting, and Rogue who came to help.

Upon the battlefield where Mard Geer can be found standing in a cloud of dust. The demon looking amused before he glance to the side to see Sting who gathers his magic into his mouth that shines a white light.

"Hakuryu no Hoko!" Sting roars as he unleashed a focused white laser that flies straight at Mard Geer who merely stands in his place with a finger raised against the attack that was redirected to a pile of rubble that exploded.

"foolish." Said Mard Geer who soon glance to the side as Rogue appears out of the shadows with his right arm coated in black mist.

"Eiryu no Zangeki!" the Shadow Dragon Slayer swings his right arm in a bladed strike at Mard Geer who raise a palm and blocked the attack. "wha!?"

Mard Geer huffs a bit as he clutches Rogue's fist and then threw the Shadow Dragon Slayer towards Sting; both getting knocked over.

"damnit!" Sting curses as he and Rogue gets back up and looks at Mard Geer who raises a finger and a swirl of light envelop the two Dragon Slayers who were instantly engulfed in an explosion in the shape of a flower.

The force of the explosion was powerful but didn't manage to take out Sting and Rogue who had quickly dodge in time.

"You offend me." Mard Geer said while lowering his hand. "Humans should never have been allowed Dragon Slayer magic."

"I guess the feeling is mutual." Sting retorted. "Because we don't like you either." The twin dragons stepped forth while their angered glares on the demon guild master. "You hurt our friend!"

"And we will not let that insult pass." Rogue added in with a growl.

"If you feel that Mard Geer have slighted you then come." Mard Geer taunted. "I shall relieve your burdens here."

Sting and Rogue instantly rushed Mard Geer and unleashed a flurry of blows upon him, but they were all blocked by the confident demon.

"raaah!" Rogue sends a punch at Mard Geer who dodges but the attack was a feint for Sting to go from behind and kick Mard Geer right on the head; the Underworld King getting hit hard before getting dragged away on his feet.

"I see.." Mard Geer muttered out as he stands up straight and looks at Sting and Rogue who got ready for the Demon's counter attack. "I am beginning to see why Kyoka enjoys playing with humans so much."

Mard Geer waves a finger up and summon thorn roots to spring out of the ground as the attack came straight for Sting and Rogue who quickly shred the roots with their magic before rushing for the demon.

"you do not see how close you are to death. These petty ideals that guide their actions are fueled by their fragile emotions." Mard Geer spoke as ducks and side steps to dodge a double strike from Sting and Rogue who begins to send punch, kicks, and swings multiple time at the demon who dodge them all with ease. "you lack the knowledge of their own weaknesses. What infinite ignorance. It is so hopefully foolish to the point of being adorable."

"Stop talking like we're not here!" Sting exclaimed as he and Rogue pulls back their right and left fist respectively and coated them with their magic before they swing it at Mard Geer who blocks with and outstretched palm but the force from the combined attack pushed the demon back.

Mard Geer skids his feet on the ground as he made a long drag mark on the dirt before going into a halt. The demon stands up straight and smirks at his foes.

"seems that Erza-san wasn't joking around when she said that this foe of ours is strong.." said Rogue as he wipes off some sweat on the side of his forehead. "we hit him over and over and he still ain't falling."

"yeah, I know." said Sting with a nod before he clenched his fists tight. "but we got keep on pushing till he goes down. We promised Erza-san that we'd take care of him."

Rogue nods before he got into a battle stance with Sting, both Dragon Slayers glowing in black and white aura respectively.

Mard Geer looks at his foes as he merely chuckles with a smirk.

"seems that Mard Geer will find amusement from erasing you two from existence after all." said Mard Geer as he raises his hand and points two fingers at Sting and Rogue. "come and be erased, humans."


Meanwhile, Erza and her group are still in search of the control room as they have Franmalth as the guide.

"another turn right here." Said Franmalth, as he points one of his little hands towards a broken down corridor.

The group followed his direction and instantly meets a dead end.

"this is a dead end!" said Lector as he sees how the path was filled with rocks and rubble.

"hey, fungus." Kagura called out while tightening her grip on the demon fungus who yelps in pain. "what is the meaning of this? You are leading us to a dead end!"

"it is the way!" Franmalth cried out. "have you people forgotten how Plutogrim have crashed to the ground!? That path was supposed to lead to the control room if it didn't have crashed!"

"seems that this place is in a whole lot more chaos than we had thought." Said Minerva as she looks side to side. "I don't think we'll find any easy path that will lead to the control room."

"not quite." Said Kagura as she passes Franmalth to Erza before she looks up to the orangeish sky above. "any idea what the control room would look like if it survived the crash?"

"it might look like a large room with a large sphere shaped map." Erza replied. "why you ask?"

"I'm going to check from the air and see if I can find it." Kagura replied as she crouches her knees a bit and the muscles around her thighs tightened up. "I'll be back in a minute."

Before anyone could speak, Kagura instantly jumps nearly 30 feet high into the air while causing a gust of air to blow around Erza and the others.

"s-so high! Yes!" Lector exclaimed with his jaw dropped.

"fro thinks so too!" Frosch chimed in.

"seems that she has been training…" said Erza with a smile while Minerva looks in surprise.

Kagura soars in the air as she hovers while looking upon the land to see the large ruins of Plutogrim that is scattered around the area.

"with how high I am now.." Kagura looks around and instantly spots a sphere global map a few kms away from Erza and the others. "there it is." The swordswoman was about to fall back down to earth when she caught sight of something else. "what is.." her eyes widen in shock as she spots something large, dark, and emanating a crimson black aura that grew. The large object from the distance soon turns and shows a pair of glowing crimson red demonic yet reptilian eyes that stares at the violet haired mage who gasps for a moment.

The Mermaid Heel Swordswoman falls back to the ground safely as she is down to her knees.

"Kagura, how was it?" Erza asked the swordswoman who slowly stands up but a bit shakingly. "Kagura?"

"i-I saw where the control room is…" Kagura replied as she staggers a bit to a broken down wall that she leans against to. "and..i s-saw something else.."

"something else?" Minerva spoke out.

"Kagura, what did you saw?" Erza asked, looking a bit worried after seeing how discomforted Kagura is looking.

"I don't know what it was..but I can tell that it is something we don't want to have as an enemy." Kagura replied with shaking eyes. "it was large and so dark…it's aura was so dark and so negative…it felt like it could corrupt my own soul..it also stare at me with such demonic eyes."

"it must be a demon of Tartaros." Said Minerva as she looks at Franmalth with Erza. "I know all the members of the Nine Demon Gates, but I assumed that they have some key players kept in store in their guild."

"i-I don't know what you are talking about." Franmalth replied a bit scared. "I mean, we demons come in many shapes and sizes…but I don't have any recollection of a demon that is extremely large and fitting your description."

"another enemy is it?" said Lector. "that is not very comforting to know, yes."

"does this mean trouble?" Frosch asked.

"we have to worry about it later." Said Erza to the group. "right now, the most important task to be handled is Face." She then looks at Kagura. "you think you can still lead us to where you saw the Control room at?"

"i-I can.." said Kagura as she took a deep breath and sighs before steeling her nerves and having a stern expression on her face. "follow me."

Kagura draws out her sword and instantly swings it in a rapid swing that instantly destroyed a wall into pieces.

The Mermaid Heel Mage begins to cut a path to the Control Room as Erza and the others followed behind.


At another area in Plutogrim's ruins; Gray, Gajeel, Lucy, and Wendy are running in a pathway as they are trying to find the rest of their comrades.

"Gajeel, Wendy! you smell anyone!?" Gray called out to the two Dragon Slayers who are sniffing the air in tracking the scent of their comrades and possibly any enemies.

"it's faint, but I smell Titania!" Gajeel replied as he stops for a moment and looks at a cross section path. "I smell another scent and it's.." he sniffs the air a few times and then looks to the right side. "coming from that direction!"

"this scent…it's Kagura-san!" said Wendy after smelling the air.

"Kagura? As in Mermaid Heel?" Gray asked Wendy who nodded.

"it's either Ikaruga or Natsu who called on her for help." Said Lucy with a smile. "we really need all the help we can get."

"not only her." said Gajeel. "I smell Sting, Rogue, and their cats too."

"Kagura I get, but those two?" Gray replied before he began to think. "it must've been Erza who sent a message about their rogue guild member, right?"

"seems like it." Gajeel replied.

The group keeps on following the scent of their fellow comrades as they went to an inner section and came to a halt when the wall near them suddenly crumbles into pieces.

"what the heck!?" Gray exclaimed from seeing the wall suddenly getting destroyed.

Everyone got ready as they thought that it was an enemy's surprise attack, but they soon lowered their guard when they see Erza's group emerging from the dust.

"Erza/-san!" Lucy and Wendy cried out to see the Scarlet knight.

"Lucy! Wendy! everyone!" said Erza with a smile.

"Hello everyone! Yes!" Lector greeted cheerfully.

"hello~!" Frosch greeted them as cheerful as Lector.

The group soon chatters as Gray and the others give a quick update to Erza about Juvia and Charla who are bringing Tempester's blood to Polyrusica at the guild so that she can make an antidote for Laxus and the others.

"glad to see you doing okay." Said Gray to the scarlet knight while nodding before looking at Kagura. "Ikaruga and Natsu called on you?"

"only Ikaruga-san." Kagura replied while sheathing her sword. "she told me that your guild is in need of my assistance."

"she wasn't exaggerating on that part." Said Lucy with a smile before she notices Minerva who made her eyes widen. "s-she's.."

"Sabertooth's bitch." Said Gajeel as he and Gray got on the offensive against Minerva.

"wait! Don't!" said Erza as she stopped the two from possibly attacking the already injured Minerva. "I know we have our past differences, but now is not the time to dwell on it!"

"hey, Erza! You forgot what she did to Lucy back the GMG!?" Gray exclaimed as he remembered the torturing cruelty that Minerva unleashed upon Lucy during the Naval Battle. "she was lucky to be able to recover, you know!?"

"I know, but Minerva has her reasons for being so cruel back then." said Erza with a nod before looking at Minerva. "she was tainted by the darkness once, but I'm going to help her find the light once again."

"that still doesn't give a good excuse for us not to clobber her!" said Gajeel while punching a fist to an open palm.

"cease this squabble at once!" said Kagura to the two groups in a stern voice. "I don't give a damn about how you guys are having conflicting differences, but right now we have more pressing matters, remember!? we have to stop Face!"

"stop Face? What do you mean, Kagura-san?" Wendy asked the swordswoman before turning to look at Erza. "isn't Face already destroyed? I mean Erza-san stopped its activation, right?"

"no, I only disarmed one of Face's bombs." Said Erza before explaining the whole situation to the group.

"3000 Face!?" Gray and the others exclaimed in unison.

"yes, and if we want to have an increased chance in saving all of Ishgal, we have to put aside our differences and focus on stopping Tartaros." Said Erza in a stern voice as she looks at her comrades one by one. "got it?"

Gray and the others looked at each other for a moment before they turn towards Erza who they nodded to.

"good." Erza nodded while turning to glance at Kagura. "we are going to the control room now, and Kagura can lead us to it. help her out."

"got it." Gajeel and Gray nodded before the two went to Kagura who redraws her sword and then swings it to destroy a wall which had another wall behind it, but it was destroyed by the Iron Dragon Slayer and Ice Maker Wizard in a combined effort.

"let's go." Said Erza as she hoisted Minerva up and begins walking again.

The two followed after Kagura and the others but not after being stopped by Lucy who has a hard stare at Minerva.

"Lucy, please not now." Said Erza with a small frown, knowing how conflicted the blonde mage is to help the one person who nearly crippled her.

"you can do whatever you want with me afterwards." Minerva spoke out with a dry chuckle while glancing towards Lucy. "with how I nearly broke your arms, I am certain that it is a matter of time before you get your revenge on me."

"hey, Minerva!" Erza exclaimed to the injured mage before looking at Lucy who has a hard stern gaze. "Lucy."

"I'm really still angry on the fight back then." said Lucy. "I don't know if I can forgive a person who is so prideful and egoistic, but…" she then looks up and had a sincere look on her face. "but if Erza says that you can be a changed person, then I should look at you in a new light."

"wha…?" Minerva looks a bit surprised at Lucy who soon came and helped her from the other side.

"come on, we have to stop Face." Said the blonde mage who begins walking with the group. "time is ticking, literally."

Erza looks at Lucy as she slowly smiled to the blonde mage.

'seriously…you have really grown, Lucy.' Erza thought proudly.

The group begins to venture straight for the control room together as everyone has only one goal and that is the deactivation of Face.

"um.." Wendy called out as she is following behind Erza and the others. "I have been wondering about something.."

"what is it, Wendy?" Erza asked while glancing towards the young Dragon Slayer.

"it's about this Fungus that Lector-kun has with him." said Wendy as she looks awkwardly at Lector who is holding Franmalth in his grasp. "why does he have a fungus?"

"I am not a fungus! I am Franmalth! A member of Tartaros' Nine Demon Gates!" Franmalth exclaimed furiously.

"you mean! You're that cyclops demon from back then!?" Lucy exclaimed, remembering Franmalth in his original form. "you shrunk!"

"that is because you humans destroyed Hell's Core!" Franmalth shouted. "if you didn't destroyed it, I would've been able to regenerate and be revived! It's all your fault!"

"and it's all your fault for trying to destroy our guild, fungus." Said Erza with a stern voice. "you and your guild were trying to get rid of the magic on the continent and causing so much devastation to our land."

"what's wrong with having a devious plot!?" Franmalth exclaimed. "like you humans understand what we demons wish for! We wish to return to Zeref! Zeref I tell you!"

"Frosch, you can eat that mushroom." Said Minerva as Franmalth gawks before he screams when Frosch grabs him and then begins to suck on him.

"h-help me~!" Franmalth cries for help as he gets tossed around inside Frosch mouth and is getting slobbered with drool.

"you're rather dark, aren't you?" said Lucy with a sweatdrop.

As the group chatters, Kagura and the others who were a few feet at front are still destroying walls in their path as they destroyed one big wall down and they soon found themselves in an opened area that is directly upon the control room.

"we're here!" Kagura called out to Erza and the others as she, Gray, and Gajeel went near the area.

Erza's group arrived as they look at the control room.

"Is this the control room?" Erza asked.

"yeah, it is." Said Lucy, remembering the large sphere floating in the air. "this is the place me, Wendy, and Charla were at when we first came inside Tartaros' lair. We tried to deactivate Face from here but…"

"it didn't work out so well." Wendy added in.

"hurry, we have to deactivate Face while we still have time." Said Minerva.

"got it." Erza nods as she passes Minerva to Lucy and Wendy before she along with Kagura, Gajeel, and Gray went straight for the main control but they were soon thwarted by green energy slashes that came from the air. "wha!?"

The group jumped back as they dodge the attack that caused an explosion straight upon the control monitor.

"oh no! the controls!" Lucy cried out with a gasp while Wendy is in the middle of healing Minerva of her wounds.

"who is there!?" Erza exclaimed as she looks for the attacker and spotted Kyoka on top of a broken wooden pillar, the green haired demoness looking down at the group with a smirk. "Kyoka!?"

"hello there, Erza." Said Kyoka with a chuckle. "did you miss this one?"

"kyaaa~! It's Kyoka-sama~!" Franmalth cried out on the ground as Frosch had spit him out because he was disgusting in taste, the talking Fungus jumps in joy to see the green haired demoness. "Kyoka-sama is here~!"

"seems that you have been reunited with your comrades as this one can see.." said Kyoka in seeing Gray and the others. "it won't matter. You can increase your numbers, but it won't change the fact that you are too late in stopping Face."

"hey! Look!" Gray called out as he pointed to the large sphere floating in the air that showed the countdown for Face's activation is 40 minutes and counting.

"40 minutes…" Kagura muttered before she looks at Erza. "that isn't enough time for Jellal and his comrades to disable the Face bombs manually!"

"I know." Erza nods before she gritted her teeth while glaring at Kyoka. "we just have to find another way to stop Face."

"in just 40 minutes, Face will activate and all magic on the continent will disappear." Said Kyoka as she jumps off the wooden pillar and lands on the ground a few feet away from Erza and the others. "and soon, Tartaros' dream of returning to Zeref will come true."

"tch! How about we blow that dream out of your head while we are here?!" Gajeel exclaimed while punching a fist to an open palm.

"Lucy!" Gray called out to the blonde mage. "we'll hold this bitch off while you try to find some way to deactivate Face! There has to be something we can use around here!"

"I know! I'll try!" Lucy replied as she leaves Minerva to Wendy, Lector, and Frosch but she was unknowingly surrounded by dozens of Tartaros' demons who appeared out of nowhere. "what the!?"

"this is!" Erza looks around and sees that there are dozens of demons now gathered in one area. "how did they!?"

"did you believe that this one would come here unprepared, Erza?" Kyoka asked with a smirk. "this one had the time to gather as much forces as possible to this one area." She raise her right claw and did a loud finger snap to call in more demons of her guild to appear from the ground and the sky. "this time, Fairy Tail will be destroyed by Tartaros. And we will start with the group here."

"this was a damn trap!" said Gajeel as everyone sees how many demons have gathered.

"like it wasn't that obvious, bolts for brains!?" Gray exclaimed while preparing to use his magic.

"gahaahaha! It's time for payback, humans!" Franmalth cackles. "it's time for you to pay for humiliating me! how much!? How much will you scream before your death!?"

"go." Kyoka commanded as she raise a claw and swings it down in commanding the demons to go on the attack.

"prepare yourself!" Erza exclaimed while summoning a pair of swords into her grasp.

Everyone got ready for the attack of the demons, but before the conflict could begin.

"Evil Stream!"

Multiple energy beams came raining from the sky as the attack came out from nowhere and bombarded the demons in the area.

"what!?" Kyoka looks up in surprise from the attack as everyone did the same.

"this magic…" Lucy muttered out before she smiles as she sees Mira in her Satan Soul flying down from the air. "Mira-san!"

"you humans!" Kyoka growls in annoyance as the numbers of her demon forces have nearly been cut in half after Mira's surprise attack from the air.

"yo!" Mira called out as she hovers in the air and slowly descends. "I got called by Warren who told me on where you guys might be." She then lands beside Erza and the others. "am I late for the party?"

"you came just in time." Said Erza with a smile to her rival. "this party is just about to start."

"if you're here..what about Elfman and Lisanna?" Gray asked the Majin as she is always with her siblings.

"they went back to the others while I head here." Said Mira. "I got a gut feeling that something was about to go on here."

"good thing you came in time, Mira." Said Erza before updating Mira about the current situation.

"3000 Face bombs" said Mira with a dreaded look. "I don't like that number of magic pulse bombs at all."

"we have to take down Kyoka and her henchmen if we want to have no interference in stopping Face." Said Erza as her body glows and the scarlet knight dons her Armadura Fairy armor. "Gray, you guard Lucy as she tries to find a way to stop Face. Kagura look after Minerva and the others. Mira and the rest, you guys take care of the small fries." She then begins to approach Kyoka with her swords at her side. The scarlet knight having a hard gaze the avian demoness. "I have a score to settle with that one."

"got it." Gray nods as he and Kagura made their way to Lucy and the others.

Kyoka tenses her gaze at Erza as she spreads her claws that starts to have green static dancing around her fingers.

"I don't know what beef you got with that one, just make sure you take her down, redhead." Said Mira with a smirk while cracking her knuckles. "and don't lose."

"I won't." Erza replied as she and Kyoka close the distance with one another before both dash in and clash their mettle against one another.

"let's go!" Gajeel exclaimed as he and the others begin to attack the rest of the demons who charge in return.

As the battle begin, Lucy made her way to the destroyed controller of Face with Gray as she checks for any possible way to still deactivate Face via remote control.

"it's just destroyed.." said Lucy as she checks some screens that appeared around her. she glance side to side in seeing Face's activation time. "but maybe.."

Lucy begins to tinker around with the controls while Gray takes down a gryphon like demon with a blast of ice before doing the same to a large metallic demon who swung a hammer down at him.

"Lucy! You got something!?" Gray called out to the blonde as he clasped his hands together before unleashing a blast of ice spears at flying demons in the air.

"I think so!" Lucy replied as she carefully watched the screen while moving several symbols. "I can't deactivate Face at all, but If I can just find a way to extend the time or make them self-destruct!"

"you shall not!" Kyoka exclaimed as she swings her right claw forward and it stretches out towards Lucy's direction, but Erza swings her sword to deflect the attack. "tch!"

"your opponent is me!" Erza exclaimed before she and Kyoka begin to exchange multiple blows with one another.

Everyone just fight against one another as this battle has escalated.

"haaa!" Kagura is currently swinging her Fugutaiten at the demons near her as she skillfully takes down each one with her blade. the swordswoman then got into a drawing stance with her weapon as she prepared herself against the demons who are closing in on her and the others.

"seems that these demons are more powerful than any ordinary mage.." Kagura spoke out as she slightly draws her sword from its scabbard and then did multiple fast strikes before slowly sheathing her weapon with a loud click. In an instant, the many demons that surround her were shred to pieces by countless slashes. "but they will still fall by my sword."

"s-strong…" Lector muttered out in awe to see how quickly Kagura took care of the demons.

"fro thinks so too…" Frosch replied

"as expected of someone who trained under Salamander…huh?" said Minerva with a small smile before she turns towards Wendy who she sees was being awfully tense and silent. "what is wrong?"

Wendy didn't reply as she looks very tense and her body is just shaking.

"t-that sound…." Wendy muttered out. "that awful sound…"

Erza continues to clash with Kyoka as the two foes just got into a power struggle with one another.

"you will fall!" Kyoka exclaimed as she pushed her claws against Erza's sword.

"We'll see about that!" Erza retorted while putting more power to push against the demoness.

As the two continue to battle, they soon hear a sound of something from a long distance.

"this sound…" said Erza before she push Kyoka away and both jumped a good few feet from each other. The scarlet knight soon looks to the side and sees that everyone had stopped moving. "this noise is.."

The sound sounded very ghastly as something about it made shivers go up to the spine.

"what is that noise?" said Lucy as she stopped what she was doing and looks around. "where is it coming from?"

"I don't know, but this sound.." Gray muttered out before he looks at Gajeel who was shaking which surprised him. "Gajeel?"

Gajeel was shaking and trembling as he looks very tense.

"this sound is!" Gajeel spoke with gritted teeth.


the echoing noise from the distant just echoed continuously as it was heard by everyone amongst the ruins of Plutogrim.

"what's that noise…?" Warren spoke out as he and many other Fairy Tail mages look around.

"this noise…it sounds like it's from something big." Jet stated. "like really big."

"like a monster?" Droy exclaimed a bit scared.

"don't be ridiculous!" said Cana. "it must be from someone in Tartaros or maybe it's…"

Cana was soon cut off as the echoing noise soon turns into a distant roar.

"it just…changed.." Lisanna whispers

"the heck is that noise?" Elfman stated as he looks at the night sky.


"this is unexpected." Mard Geer spoke while looking to the side, the Underworld King halting his fight against Sting and Rogue who had stopped when the roar was heard.

"What is this sound?" said Sting with a rather tense look as the ground was slowly vibrating.

"Some kind of…voice?" Rogue muttered out

"Even Mard Geer hadn't planned for this turn of events." Mard Geer stated as he turns towards where the sound was coming from and could hear it getting louder by the second. The demon looking tense as a bead of sweat slides down the side of his face. "Was this mighty 'demon' drawn here by Face? Or has it come in pursuit of Zeref?"


From the dark night sky above, a pitch black figure appears in the air and slowly descends while unleashing an ungodly vibrating roar that echoes.

"t-that's….!" Erza stuttered out with wide eyes as everyone around her looks to the sky with shocked expression as a monster from the past appears before them.

"A-Acnologia…" Lucy spoke out in a terrified voice as the Black Dragon of Death appears in the sky and roars so loudly that it caused the land to tremble upon its might.

The black dragon soared through the sky above, unleashing another blood-curdling roar that froze all within its range in fear before it unleash a rain of breath attacks, devastating the surrounding area.

Acnologia roars as the Black Dragon has a more gruesome look than before. Its right eye now scarred, and its right claw gone after its chaotic battle with Natsu back at Tenroujima.

"Acnologia!" Cana yelled.

"The same dragon that blew away Tenroujima?!" Macao panicked. "that monster!?"

"First Master! Please! Please help us!" Vijeeter yelled.

Cana watches the destruction caused by the Black Dragon of Chaos as she shakingly trembles in fear.

"t-that despair…is coming for us…again." Cana stuttered as she remembers the utter chaos that Acnologia unleashed upon their guild back at Tenroujima all those years ago. She began to tear up as the fear that the dragon unleashed is still fresh in her mind.


Acnologia's sudden appearance in the sky cause many to tremble in fear and terror but for Wendy, Gajeel, Sting, and Rogue; they were in absolute pain for some reason.

"Wendy-san! Wendy-san!" Lector cried out as Wendy is on the ground, her body shaking and trembling while the sound of her heartbeat was echoing loudly by the passing second. "please hang on!"

"hang on!" Frosch cried

"Hey! Gajeel!" Mira shouted as Gajeel is on his knees and is grasping his chest while looking to be in the same situation as Wendy. "hey! Hang in there!"

"what's going on with him!?" Lucy cried out.

"hey, Gajeel!" Gray held Gajeel by the shoulder and could feel how strong his heart was beating. "his heart is beating so very strong! Something is going on with his heart!"

"why is it that only they are reacting this way?" said Kagura as she glance to Wendy and then to Gajeel. "is it because they are dragon slayers? Or is it because of Acnologia?"


somewhere amongst the ruins of Plutogrim, the land trembles and shakes from Acnologia's chaotic destruction.

In the middle of some rubble; a pool of blood was gathered upon the land before as there are ripped up body parts remains littered around it.

Sayla is standing upon the pool of blood as the black skinned demoness stares upon a large dark being whose body was letting out a loud heart beating noise.

Before long the large being rises as its raised head stood at least 20 feet of the ground.

a growl is heard from the large dark being who soon reveals a pair of glowing red demonic eyes and a large skeletal fanged mouth that puffs out fire from within.


Acnologia roars as the dragon unleashes destruction upon the area of Plutogrim's remains. The dragon soon pulls its head back while charging up energy in his large jaws.

"it's breath attack!" Elfman exclaimed as he grabs Lisanna and Laki then makes a run for it with everyone. "get away! Now!"

"Cana! What are you standing there for!?" Jet shouted to the card mage who is frozen in fear while in tears.

"w-why..what did we do to deserve this!?" Cana cried out. "damnit!"

Acnologia charges up its energy as it was about to fire its breath attack when a powerful flaming red beam fires out from within Plutogrim's remains and hits the Black Dragon's charged up attack that instantly exploded upon itself.

This scene was caught by everyone's sight as they all looked in shock to what they had just witnessed.

"what the!?" Gray exclaimed with a baffled look. "what just hit it!?"

"an attack..from below?" Mira muttered out.

"but that attack looked like.." Lucy whispers.

Erza and Kagura looks tense as they look at the explosion in the sky that soon blows away to reveal Acnologia whose left eye is now glowing murderously red and is now looking at something upon the land.

THUMP!

A loud thumping sound is heard as it cause the land to shake and tremble once.

"what was.." Minerva spoke out before she hears another loud thump that made the land tremble again. "a-again?!"

Everyone now went silent as the loud thumping sound keeps on repeating in the rhythm of large footsteps.

THUMP!

"just what is making this noise.." Erza whispers.

THUMP!

"E-Erza.." Kagura calls out to the Scarlet knight in a stuttering voice as Erza turns to see the Mermaid Heel mage trembling with shaking eyes and has a hand raised upwards with a shaking finger pointed out. "t-that…"

Erza looks at Kagura in confusion before she looks at where she was pointing and her eyes widen in shock while her jaw dropped.

"t-that's…" Erza gasped.

At an area near where Erza and the others are at, something large, dark, and covered in sharp skeletal like armor walks upon the land with heavy footsteps as the large being growls deeply.

"w-what in the name of Zeref is that creature!?" said Kyoka as her eyes widens as saucers because she sees a large demonic monster that is about 50-60 feet tall appearing out of nowhere.

The large demonic monster stomps on the ground as it reveals itself to be a monster of equal size to Acnologia, its body covered with sharp bone like exoskeleton armor that has swirling and blazing black tattoo like markings on its surface, its right arm has a large singled edged blade which has black veins connected and is pulsing, its head has large and long black horns that are pointed forward while positioned near its large skeletal fanged mouth, and it has glowing blackish crimson red demonic eyes.

"w-what is that thing!?" Cana exclaimed.

"a-another demon from Tartaros!?" Macao cried out.

"it's huge!" Wakaba added in.

Acnologia let out a roar in rage as the large demonic monster let out its own roar in return. Both creatures' roar so loudly that it made everyone close their ears because the sound nearly made them go deaf.

"so loud!" Lucy cried out.

Red energy gathers upon the demonic monster's pointed out horns as the demonic being roars and unleash a red laser beam that flew into the air and straight towards Acnologia who in return unleash a breath attack.

The two attacks flew and soon collided with one another before creating a powerful explosion of a blast that erupts in the air that unleash a pulsing shockwave.

"so destructive! That monster and Acnologia! How much!? How much destruction can they cause!?" Franmalth cried out while jumping around before he gets blown away.

"E-Erza….that monster…it's Chi is…" Kagura spoke out as her eyes were glowing violet while looking at the demonic monster.

"Natsu.." Erza gasps as her eyes were glowing red and is staring upon the demonic monster that is Natsu Daimou himself.

"Natsu?! You're telling me that thing is Natsu!?" Gray exclaimed towards Erza and Kagura.

"t-they're right…it's chi is red…like Natsu's…" Lucy whispers as she tensed up her glowing yellow eyes that looks at the demonic monster that is radiating in a reddish aura. "t-that thing..it really is Natsu!"

With the reveal of Natsu Daimou as the demonic monster, everyone could only stand and watch as the demonetized mage begins stomping on the ground and runs on the land before it jumps and spreads out large and wide black skeletal wings on its back that allowed it to fly in the sky and straight towards Acnologia who roars and both monsters instantly clashed.


Mard Geer looks upon the sky in utter awe and shock as he couldn't believe what he was seeing with his own eyes.

"the Black Dragon of Chaos and Destruction…along with a demon of unknown origins." Mard Geer spoke as he watches Acnologia and Natsu roared at one another before both monsters begin to claw at one another while unleashing quick breath attacks that cause explosions in the sky. "not even Mard Geer could see this coming…."

"is that so?" a voice spoke nearby as Mard Geer turns and sees Silver standing nearby. "the Great Mard Geer who is the Underworld King couldn't predict this with his own eyes?"

"Silver…" Mard Geer whispered. "why are you here?"

"why am I here?" said Silver with a raised eyebrow as he soon looks down with his eyes closed and a hand to his waist. "that's right…I guess?" he then looks back at Mard Geer with a smirk. "I'm here to beat you?"

"ho?" Mard Geer hummed while hardening his gaze at a member of his guild.


Meanwhile at Magnolia, the battle between the monsters rages on from a far as the land was trembling from the destruction.

At the guild, Makarov and the Fairy Tail members who returned with him felt the shaking vibration from the land as it was unnerving for them.

"Master…this is.." a random guild member spoke to Makarov who tensed up while looking to the side and towards a window that shows flashes of light coming from where Plutogrim had crashed upon.

"something…something terrifying has arrived.." said Makarov.

"gramps! Gramps! Help!" Haruka's voice soon cried out from the second floor as Makarov looks up to see the young girl looking desperate and panicked. "gramps! Help!"

"what's wrong, Haruka!?" Makarov exclaimed.

"it's Mom! Something is going on with her!" Haruka cried out as Makarov's eyes widen in surprise.


at the infirmary, Haruka rushes in as Makarov and a few guild members came and they see Ikaruga on a bed with a sweating and pained expression while Polyrusica tried to find the reason for her current situation.

"she suddenly collapsed for no reason!" Haruo told Makarov while carrying Ikki; the young child looking very confused as to what was going on.

Makarov went near Ikaruga and sees how her expression was in excruciating pain.

"what's going on with her, Polyrusica?!" said Makarov to the guild medic who looks very confused and tensed.

"I don't know." Polyrusica replied while shaking her head. "I have no clear clue on what is happening to her. it's like she is burning up from a high fever that I can't stop."

Ikaruga gasps in pain as she turns on the bed while sweating furiously.

"just what is…" Makarov spoke out as he tries to see what was going on with the pink haired mother. The old man checks her body up and down before quickly noticing a reddish glow coming from her right arm and hidden under her sleeves. "what is that?"

Polyrusica looks at Makarov and to where he was looking as she held Ikaruga's right hand and pulls down her kimono's sleeves to reveal a glowing red dragon mark that was radiating heat.

"this is?" the guild medic muttered out in confusion.

"N-Natsu-han…" Ikaruga whispered weakly as Makarov looks at her. "Natsu-han…!"

"she's calling out to Papa." Said Haruka as she and Haruo went near their mother.

"N-Natsu…-han…" Ikaruga cried out to her husband in pain as the glowing red dragon mark begins to spread it shape around her right arm.

"what's happening!?" Makarov exclaimed as the mark spreads all around Ikaruga's right arm before it begins to steam.

"N-Natsu-han…" Ikaruga cried out as her eyes begin to tear up. "Natsu..-han…"


Somewhere in a vast void of Darkness; Natsu can be found floating within as his body is shadowed with dark shrouds of black mist.

Natsu looks calm as he floats and looks upon a glimmer of light that shines to reveal an outside image of his demonetized-self fighting against Acnologia head on.

"You look so calm for someone who has been turned into a monster…" a dark voice spoke out in an echo in the vast void of darkness as Natsu turns to see a dark demonic silhouette appearing behind him. the dark silhouette soon having a pair of demonic red eyes and a cackling fanged mouth appearing upon its face. "was this something you were prepared for?"

Natsu made no reply as he hardens his gaze and then turns to look back at the battle that his body is having against Acnologia.

"not up for a talk with me, huh?" said the dark silhouette with a cackle as it began to morph and becomes a spitting image of Natsu but he has dark blood red hair, reddish demonic yet reptilian eyes, black demonic claws for hands and legs, his skin a bit dark and covered with flame like tattoo marks, and he has black horns on the side of his head. "well…no one can talk in this domain but myself."

Natsu continues to watch the battle while ignoring his demonic doppelganger who floats near him.

"you can sense it, can't you?" the demonic Natsu spoke with a fanged smirk at Natsu. "your beloved wife is in pain from the demonic transformation that you had undergo through." He waves a claw to the side and showed another vision of Ikaruga who is writhing in pain in the guild's infirmary. "I do wonder how long will she be able to stay strong against such a reaction of our power mixed with the demon of Tartaros' curse?" he soon chuckles darkly while hardening his glowing gaze. "How long can she prevent us from permanently fusing with one another?"

"she is not the one who is preventing the both of you from fusing. It is i."

A deep and loud voice spoke out from nowhere as Natsu and his demonic copy turns and sees the dark realm that they were in begins to burn in fire and explodes in flaming lava.

"tch! The old lizard woke up at the least expected moment." The Demonic Natsu clicks his tongue before he begins to fade away and then disappear.

Natsu is now left alone in the dark void that now becomes a volcanic lava filled land as one volcano erupts and a large being appears from within the flowing lava.

"time and time again you nearly fall into the darkness, Natsu." The voice spoke as the large being rises from the lava and Natsu looks upon it with a calm look on his face. "it is time for you to learn the way to have balance in between the light and the darkness."

The large being rises and reveals itself to be Igneel, Natsu's Dragon Father and the Fire Dragon King.

"it is time, Natsu." Igneel spoke while looking down at his son. "it is time for you to choose the path in which fate has laid upon you to choose." He then leads his head down. "It is time for you to choose."

Natsu looks at his Dragon father before he slowly looks down to his right hand that he raised near his face.

"to choose.." Natsu spoke out in a very soft voice as he looks at his hand that turns demonic and at the same time draconic.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye