Yeah this story has been untouched in a while my bad but I'm here now that's what's important right? Anyway I really do have to thank you guys for the continuous support that you've shown me with this story and my others it helped me out both with confidence in my writing abilities and improving them so thanks to all the viewers, favourites, followers and reviewers every little helps your all amazing anyway on with the story.

To say that the next day the members of Fairytail were still very much confused as to what had transpired between Natsu and Mira and possible Sayla (Lucky bastard) was an understatement, many women were jealous of the two females but many, many men were envious of Natsu some even went as far as to practice voodoo on Natsu shaped effigies out of spite.

But what had everyone confused was what Sayla said to make the slayer react like he did most of them had a vague idea but it was still too early to speculate however everyone in the guild was in quite a bit of shock when Mira walked in through the doors suddenly "Morning everyone" Mira said in a cheery voice while walking in but she wasn't alone "Oh Mira h…hahaha, serves you right you little shit!" Makarov started but froze like many other upon seeing the she devil who had a chain in her hand that was attacked to a metal collar around Natsu's neck.

There was a brief silence before the entire guild burst out in laughter alongside Makarov, "Geez and this is what I get for trying to make one simple mistake" Natsu mumbled but Mirajane heard him "Yeah well unless you're in a relationship with her next don't touch a female demon's horn" Mira said in a scolding tone before removing the collar "Yeah well how was I supposed to now that doing that was the same as groping someone" as soon as he said that it answered so many questions for the guild members although some of the female members now felt like they wanted to hit Natsu and the men now understood why Mirajane got so upset. However after this all the members of Tartaros' nine demon gates were in the doorway to the Fairytail building which soon turned cold curtesy of one ice devil slayer.

"Gray enough of your childishness in war compromises must be made!" Makarov scolded the mage while flaring his magic causing the ice mage to stand down, "Gramps is right Gray, I didn't want to do this for this exact reason but it's the only way we defeat my brother and Acnologia but we're gonna need to make sure the other wizards guild will be ready for attack." Natsu said looking directly at the ice mage who glared harshly back.

"Mavis I can't see you but how accurate would I be in saying that we're most likely to be hit first with the first wave of Zeref's armies?" Natsu asked the 1st master knowing full well he wouldn't be able to hear her, but Makarov could interpret for him. "The 1st says there's an 85% chance of it happening" Makarov said in a neutral voice "And have all the guilds been warned to prepare for attack?" the slayer asked this time receiving just a nod as confirmation.

"Mard could you give me an assessment of their most likely attack method?" Natsu asked his second in command in a neutral tone, "Of course, based off of what I've learned they will send in multiple ground units while using heavy bombardment vessels to attack from the sky, it is also like they will send in more than one of the Spriggan twelve. Based on the layout of the land Ajeel the desert King is a certainty and due to where we are situated Brandish Myu the continent destroyer who may be off interest to Lucy Heartphillia" Mard Geer explained in a neutral voice before he looked towards said celestial spirit mage.

"What me why?" while Lucy didn't trust any of the members of Tartaros and she still wasn't sure if she trusted Natsu completely yet, "Apparently she was either acquainted with your mother of knew of her" the demon said in an even voice causing Lucy's eyes to widen "My mother?" Lucy felt lost she didn't know what to do, this was a member of the Spriggan twelve who had information regarding her mother but that was it a member of the Spriggan twelve a group of mages handpicked by Zeref himself, "As to what ties she may have with your deceased mother I'm afraid I don't have any information" Mard said in what seemed like an apologetic tone.

"It is also possible they'll send in Walcht with his weakness magic and all those different bodies he has for himself his magic is perfect for forming scouting parties that can efficiently deal with groups of enemies" Sayla added on while her eyes were still closed, the mark on her head appeared to be glowing faintly, "Natsu I found the information in council databases like you asked, the western front will be protected by the 3 remaining heavenly Kings and the former fifth now fourth ranked wizard saint Jura Neekis" Sayla said with a slight smile which brightened when Natsu turned to face her and give her one of his own "Good job Sayla"

"Hmmmn, the western front, based on the size, shape and locality of the area I can't determine who he'll send but knowing my brother he'll anticipate that we'd set up the strongest of the strong along that front so he has most likely sent August, God Serena and another one of the twelve, although with August there I can't say why he would waist his resources like that" Natsu said as started to think up of strategies to combat his brother and the possible arrival of Acnologia.

"Mavis can I leave the defence of the Magnolia to you?" Natsu asked while looking towards Makarov, "The 1st says she can handle things here the card you gave us for him will come in handy not to mention we also have Crime Sorciere on our side should we need their help" Makarov before Natsu nodded and began walking out of the guild followed by Tartaros, "Mira don't even think about it, you're staying here, your siblings need you more than I do besides at the level I'm at it is gonna take a lot more than just a buncha powerful wizards to put me down, besides I've got a few secret tricks up my sleeve" Natsu said with a smirk as he looked over his shoulder at the white haired barmaid.

"Fine just be safe" Mira relented knowing Natsu was right "You got it" was all he said before he continued to walk after his guild "Natsu where are you going anyway?" Laxus asked curiously causing Natsu to stop dead in his tracks, "If my suspicions are correct to where Acnologia will attack from, he must be dealt with before I can deal with Zeref and if he has an army its all the more reason for us to intercept them to stop a three way war" Natsu said in a strong voice that all the members could tell was filled with hatred.

"Are you sure that you'll be able to fight that monster even with your guild?" the lightning dragonslayer asked while narrowing his eyes at pinkette who stood alone at the doors of the guild. "It's not a matter of whether we can or can't but more so a case of I have to do for Igneel" Natsu answered in a neutral voice while looking at his bandaged arm "The power he left me will it be enough to kill Acnologia?" he thought to himself before disappearing in a flash of crimson and joining the rest of his guild in the cube which then began moving out.

"Okay listen up Fairytail, here's the plan!" Mavis shouted out getting everyone's attention, "Using Cardia Cathedral as your base the Thunder Legion will protect Freed who will be using his ruin magic to place a magic barrier around the town to protect it from bombardment, Evergreen and Bixlow your job is to protect freed no matter what, if the barrier falls there's no telling how much destruction could befall us" Mavis instructed in a stern voice.

"Laxus I haven't forgotten about you and I know you're worried about your team but with your current level of Magic power you're easily the strongest present member of the guild so I don't want to use you unless it's for last measures tactically it makes sense and that said I don't want to be bringing in Gildarts unless we're in a pinch" Mavis explained in a neutral tone causing Laxus to grit his teeth "I understand but if something happens Freed, Ever or Bixlow or even anyone else in the guild I'll destroy them" Laxus said in a dark tone while a portion of his magic cloaked him in a golden aura.

"Wait what do you mean Laxus is undoubtedly the strongest in the guild?!" Gray shouted in an offended tone thinking that the 1st was saying that Laxus was way above their level. "Gray don't take this the wrong way, in the past year everyone has gotten immensely stronger than what they once were but at the level you're at you're still not as strong as members like Laxus or Gildarts yet. At the level Laxus is at from what I can sense in him he's at Hades level but he's most definitely above that level as there is a portion of his power even I cannot fathom it's as though he's hiding it for some reason, care to explain Laxus?" Mavis explained to the ice devil slayer before directing her attention back to Laxus.

Laxus narrowed his eyes in response when he say the way Mavis put all the attention on him, "No comment" was all the blonde said before getting up and walking away up to the spire of the guild hall. "As curious as I am to find out what he's hiding we need to prepare for attack Bisca, Alzack here's what I want you to do" the 1st master said addressing the O'Connell's before explaining to the rest of the guild their roles in the defence of Magnolia.

Next day

Everything was finally ready and Fairytail was ready for a fight against the infamous Spriggan twelve, Everyone was in their positions and even with an expert tactician like Mavis on their side they were still nervous going into battle not just for themselves but for the other guilds. They had no idea how strong the other guilds had gotten and that was a major concern when going up against enemies like the Spriggan twelve and not to mention Acnologia and Zeref.

"There here!" Warren shouted out to the guild as multiple reds dots appeared on a lacrima screen, Mavis nodded but before signalling the command for the plan to commence "Freed Now" she shouted and through Warren's telepathic link the ruin mage heard it loud and clear "Alright let's see you try and break this!" Freed called out from within the cathedral before slamming his hand on the ground causing multiple purple lines to spread throughout the city which soon connected to retrospective ruin circles cloaking the town in a protective shield.

"Everyone to your positions once they realise bombardment won't work they send in the ground troops, team Osprey come in" the 1st instructed the mages before addressing Bisca and Alzack "Team Osprey reporting, how's Asuka?" Bisca replied but of course her maternal instincts kicked in making her worry about her daughter. "Don't worry she's in good hands Makarov will protect her, on to business is the Jupiter cannon charged and ready?" Mavis reassured the mother of her child's safety before asking her of her current status through the mind link, "Jupiter is charged and ready to fire, awaiting the command" the gun's mage replied while lining her sights up with the lead vessel.

Meanwhile with the cube

"Jackal come here would you, I have a job for you" Natsu said while shifting into his base demon form causing his hair and eyes to turn blood red as well as intricate black marking appear on his forearms, "Sure what is it Natsu?" the etherious asked in a plain tone while looking over the edge of the floating headquarters.

"There is a small port town to the west of here, Mermaid Heel and Lamia Scale will be defending it however I worry that they won't be able to stand against the members of the twelve" Natsu said in a neutral voice while not taking his eyes off the mountain range they were closing in on due to the ominous power emanating from beyond them, "Right I got it, you want me to go there and help them" Jackal replied with a smirk knowing what Natsu had planned, it actually wasn't that hard for the members of the guild considering that in the time they spent training with Natsu they had gotten to know him so well that you wouldn't be able to tell that they were once enemies.

"Yes that is what I want, help them win or at least considering the numbers help them hold out until Fairytail sends a team to help them once they've finished up on their end. After which I want you to meet up with us here. Keith the same for you as well I want you to go to crocus there you'll find Sabretooth and Blue Pegasus, I want you to aid them in their battle until Fairytail sends a team there as well I'm certain that's what Mavis will have them do" Natsu said in a calm voice while folding his arms across his chest before the two mentioned etherious bowed and took their leave.

"Natsu is it really wise for you to say you'll settle thing between you and the devil slayer after this is all over?" Mard Geer asked as he walked up beside the now crimson haired man. "There really isn't another way around it, Gray was going to have to find out that I'm E.N.D sooner or later so might as well get it out of the way. Deliora killed Gray's parents so he wants revenge against demons and Zeref but he swore to his father that he'd kill me the most powerful of Zeref's demons. There isn't really a way around it so I'm going to have to show him just how far out of his I am because I don't want Gray throwing away the rest of his life trying to defeat something he'll never be able to, there are other people who need him" Natsu answered in a tired voice as the same ominous power from before felt like it was growing and getting closer.

"He's here" Natsu said in a demonic voice as his the whites of his eyes became black adding to his already demonic appearance while the others members of Tartaros got into battle stances and started charging up there curses.

Back in Magnolia

"FIRE!" the 1st ordered as Bisca pulled the trigger on the Jupiter canon sending a blast of focused magic energy towards the lead ship of the Alveraz army, "man the 1st is scary" Gray said while looking up at the focused beam of magic energy, his team member Juvia didn't have words as she only waited in anticipation to see what would happen. Meanwhile on the lead ship one of the Spriggan twelve, Ajeel the desert king saw the blast from the canon and merely laughed at the challenge like a maniac and simply stuck out his palm causing the blast to disperse in multiple direction behind his vessel striking many of the other ships in his fleet.

"This is the might of the twelve, he blocked it without even flinching and it didn't even injure him" Makarov said in a nervous manner, "Yes your right this is troubling fighting twelve mages of this calibre will be different however on a plus side we took out a large portion of their fleet." Mavis said in slightly cheery tone before multiple groups of enemies appeared on the lacrima screen, meanwhile the whole time Laxus was atop of the guilds bell tower with Lightning viciously flickering around his body, it had been ages since he got to cut loose and even more so since he fought a strong opponent, the whole year he spent training went to the furthest reaches of the continent to its harshest areas to truly test himself and now he needed to let loose, although he wasn't as bad as Natsu Laxus did crave battle and strong opponents were always the best. However the lightning mage chose to contain himself he knew that the current situation wasn't the time for such things and didn't want to get on Mavis' bad side.

"Erza go buy team Osprey time to charge the canon!" Mavis shouted through the mind link to which the scarlet haired mage nodded before taking out the group of mages she was faced with and then re-quipping into her Heaven's wheel Armor and flying up to the lead vessel. Once there she attempted to slash Ajeel but her sword fazed through him, "Did you seriously think a pathetic attack like that could hurt me you fool?!" Ajeel shouted before kicking the red head in the stomach forcing the air out of her lungs.

"I can turn my body to Sand at will which means you can't hurt me little fair…ugh…what the?" Ajeel started in a mocking tone but stopped when he felt something make contact with his body causing him pain. "A blade made from water?" the sand mage stated in surprise while he clutched his wound, he no longer felt like he had the ability to completely shift into his sand form. "This is Neptune's blade it can make even the most intangible this tangible this isn't the first time I've had to deal with mages who can shift forms like you" Erza stated with a smug grin but soon faded when she felt the magic power emanating from the man causing her to adopt a serious expression.

Meanwhile at Cardia Cathedral, "So you're the one who is maintaining the barrier" a cold voice said from the cathedral doors causing the thunder legion to look towards the source of the voice. "I am one of the Spriggan twelve my name is Walcht and I shall the one who will kill you" the man said before he was surrounded by a glow showing which soon dissipated showing that he was a robot and he had other's with him. "A robot with the ability to wield magic, how is this possible?" Freed called out while Bixlow and Evergreen got into battle stances "Weakness" they heard the middle robot call out and as soon as they launched their attacks at them they soon found themselves in a bind.

The robots were much faster than anticipated and if they were hit they appeared to have taken no damage, as well as this whenever they seemed to know where to hit the mages to do the most damage and seemed to know the precise magic in order to counter their attacks. "Man this fight is totally one sided I don't know if I can last much longer" Bixlow said while trying to fend off one of the robots while the main one just marched up to Freed without any resistance and grabbed him by the head.

"Freed, Freed are you there? What's happening the barrier is failing?!" Mavis called out in a panicked voice as her plans were going as she had hopped "I'm sorry were being overwhelmed here, I'm losing my connection with the barrier" the ruin mage replied through the telepathic link causing Mavis' eyes to widen "No we need the barrier they're preparing to at….." Mavis started but stopped when she heard a deep rumbling of thunder and felt the guid building quake from a build-up of Magic pressure which caused every member present inside the building freeze where they stood.

Hearing the whole conversation through the link Laxus decided he should step in "Oi Freed drop the barrier I'll take care of the ships" Laxus said in neutral tone causing Freed to smile before said lightning mage raised his hand up into the air and shot a small orb of concentrated lightning into the clouds. The sky turned dark and Laxus began chanting words under his breath for a moment with his eyes closed as multiple large golden magic circles made themselves visible over the fleet of ships. "Lightning Halo!" the blonde shouted out before bringing his arm down causing multiple lightning bolts to rain down from each of the magic circles and strike the ships.

"Makarov and Mavis as well as the other members of the guild could only stare wide eyed at the fact that with one spell Laxus brought down the entire fleet of ships, things were looking up for them now as even after Erza took care of Ajeel she was gravely injured and wouldn't be able to fight at 100% for a while but with that attack Laxus definitely evened out the odds. "Finally I can let loose" Freed said from within the robots grasp as his eyes glowed a purple colour before he used a clawed fist to punch the machine away.

"What" was all it was able to say before it was severed in two by Freed in his dark form, who then went on to help Ever and Bixlow. However little did they know that these robots were little more than shells for the real Walcht who sat perched a few hundred miles away on a ship that was nearing a port town "Very interesting well let's see if they can stop" the crazed man said as several magic circles appeared around his hand before they enlarged further and further until they were at last 5 or 6 times larger than the man himself. "Jeez Walcht overkill much do you want to kill Randy?" a feminine voice asked cause the man to turn and face another Member of the twelve, Dimaria the war princess.

"Ah come on Dimaria I hardly ever get to use this, I'm sure Brandish will be fine besides I'm already done charging, Ready, aim, Fire!" the crazed maniac aid before he fired a concentrated blast of magical energy that put the Jupiter canon's to shame. The blast travelled at insane speeds towards Magnolia and barely gave Warren time to register the attack on the screen "A massive heat and magic signature has been detected from the east, it's even larger than Jupiter's!" he shouted out causing Mavis eyes to widen but before she could give an order again the rumbling of thunder stopped her but this time much more powerful.

Up on the roof Laxus was gathering Lightning magic between his two hands that he had drawn back at his waist one over the other, "He focusing his magic into a singularity, he's going to try and block it?!" Makarov shouted in distress while Asuka clung the old guild master frightened out of her life, "LIGHTNING DRAGON'S DEVASTION WAVE!" releasing the magic energy Laxus shot out one of his most powerful spells to counter the incoming attack, the release of the attack shook the foundations of the guild and blew off the bell tower. Both mega attacks collided over a canyon the resulting shockwave created from the attacks fighting for dominance was so immense it cause the local train trains that snaked through the canyon to crumble to bits as well as many of the column like structures the decorated the area.

Both mages sensed the resistance of the spells meeting and smirked having found someone who could match them in a long range battle, "Interesting I haven't had to use this much magic in ages" Walcht said in crazy voice shocking Dimaria that someone was blocking Walcht who then began pouring in more magic than before causing his spell to push Laxus' back. The lightning mage felt this and responded in kind equalling the force Walcht was putting out, they continued their power struggle until both attacks finally cancelled each other out.

"He did it thank god" Mavis said while Asuka started cheering about how Laxus was the strongest meanwhile said mage had used up a fair bit of his Magic power but being the monster he was still had tons in reserve although seeing as this was war he wasn't going to risking anything and held his arm up to the sky before draining it any natural lightning to replenish his powers. Walcht was more or less in the same boat although he didn't have a way to replenish his like Laxus he still had monstrous magic reserves.

"Hoh to think Fairytail had someone of this level I thought the only one we'd have to worry about was Tartaros and Lord Zeref's brother what about you Nienheart?" Dimaria said before asking the opinion of a shadowed figure who didn't voice their opinion. "Same problem child as always at any rate I hope there's a good swordsman or woman in one of these guild most people die before we can exchange blows, whatever the case this war should interesting"

Chapter End (Don't read Author note if you either don't read the manga or have not read past manga chp.447)

Okay there we go another long awaited chapter sorry hope you liked it, for certain reasons as you can tell I won't be following the canon material for this arc and I made Laxus as powerful and even more OP than he is because of a few simple reasons, one being he's my favourite anime character ever alongside Meliodas from seven deadly sins, it was something I wanted to experiment with because I felt like it actually could have been used in the manga despite the material being different than what Mashima intended to do which was a poisoned Laxus versus Tempesta luckily he did that in the anime and it was in my opinion the best and most realistic fight in Fairytail thus far. My final reason was that in the Manga Laxus after the time skip nearly one shotted a member of the twelve with a simple lightning bolt attack that caused an explosion that looked like a nuke went off, it took the member of twelve who we can consider the strongest of them to shield him from the attack, later we see that same member saying that that the people of Ishgar aren't that much of a threat and even mocks it further by saying that it was the place where God Serena was the strongest it may just be me but that came across as him stating that he was superior to Serena the former 1st ranked wizard saint from that and other quotes from the manga.