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The Assassins of Fairy Tail

Job Six: The Assassin's Cheer

The battle against Avatar had reached its climax as Arlock had summoned one of the eighteen battle gods of Yakma, the god of war Ikusatsunagi. The god towered over everyone with its shadow covering the army, the Fairy Tail members, and the former Night Raid members. Everyone was either frightened or didn't know what to think of the towering giant. All of them saw raise its giant sword. "Watch out! Incoming!" Erza warned everyone.

The god slammed its sword into the ground where it quaked and destroyed everything asunder around and in front. The strike from the sword itself tore through the earth far. Everyone saw the aftermath the attack had left and it left a wide deep crevasse. "The…ground split open!"

Chelsea couldn't believe the destruction the god had left behind with only one strike. "That's insane! It did all of that by one swing of a sword?!"

Leone had to admit she was rather impressed as she was terrified. "God damn. That thing would make that robot we saw back at the Capital its bitch."

Akame actually felt a sense of hopelessness seeing what the god could do. "And to make matters worse, I don't think we can beat an opponent like by ourselves or with the people we have here."

While looking in horror and in thought of not be able to do anything against this new powerful foe, Leone spotted something unusual. "What the hell?" She saw a small figure running on the top of the sword. "Who the hell is crazy enough to run on the sword of that thing?!"

Both Chelsea and Akame took a closer look and couldn't believe it. Chelsea saw it as insane. "You've got to be kidding me."

Everyone saw that it was Natsu running up the sword screaming his lungs off. Erza smiled at the sight. "Natsu."

Natsu jumped around and was now running on the arm of the monster. Arlock thought it was meaningless. "What is he doing? It's useless. What's a mere human to do against a god of war? My brothers and sisters, it is time we sacrifice ourselves for our lord Zeref…"

"Enough of this crap!" Natsu continued to run on top of the arm and toward the shoulders. "What do you take your comrades for!?" He hopped around a few times up the shoulders.

Arlock didn't care about any of that. "You will soon realize that your comrades mean nothing when you're faced with a greater purpose."

"You're wrong!" Natsu argued back. "Comrades are the people that share the same purpose and move forward with you! Their purpose doesn't even have to be the same as yours! They'll laugh with you, be by your side when you need them! You believe and trust each other!"

Arlock thought all of those were untrue. "Dependence. That's what it is."

Natsu was climbing on one of the lower horns. "It doesn't matter what you call it! That bond was all I needed to keep me afloat!" He jumped above the head of the god. "So don't you make light of our bonds!" Natsu raised his arm and fire erupted out of it. The fire dragon slayer yelled as he struck down on top of the god's head. The explosion was visible for everyone to see.

It was loud enough for the townspeople of Malba to notice and saw what was happening. "W-What's that!"

"There's a giant outside of town!"

"Run!"

Arlock thought what Natsu was doing was futile. "Like that'll work."

Smoke surrounded the fire dragon slayer and ignored what Arlock said before. "And to protect those comrades I hold so dear to me…" An image of Igneel flashed in his mind. He started to raise his arm up. "So that I won't lose anyone anymore…" Once his arm was raised all the way, fire erupted once again but more furiously this time around. "I will become stronger!"

Natsu's words were familiar to Wendy and she remembered why. "I have to get stronger. For me and for my friends. As long as I'm here…I won't lose anyone else important to me again!"

The fire erupting from Natsu's increased in volume and was blazing until it reached an incredible size. "Let me show you what Igneel's flame is made of!" Natsu struck the top of the head with everything he had with the attack. "FLAME DRAGON KING'S CRUMBLING FIST!" The strike went through the head and ultimately destroyed the entire god. As the pieces were falling down, Arlock couldn't believe his eyes his summoning was so easily destroyed.

Erza couldn't feel prouder at what the fire dragon slayer had accomplished. "He's really become a lot stronger."

While everyone in Fairy Tail was happy Natsu was able to defeat it, Leone and the others were slightly freaking out that Natsu was able to defeat it. "Holy freaking crap! He one shot that thing like it was nothing!"

Akame was beyond amazed at what she witnessed before her. "It seems I was proven wrong."

Chelsea didn't know what to think of it. "I'll say this. Glad he's on our side. I hate to be the person who has to fight him."

The Avatar members could only stare in disbelief as they saw pieces of the god fall to the ground. "The war god…"

"Master Arlock's summon has been defeated!"

Speaking of Arlock, even he couldn't believe his eyes that his summoning was destroyed by a single strike. "Impossible…how could it be?"

Natsu landed the ground while the pieces of the god were still falling. Everyone had their attention focused on the fire dragon slayer what he had done. Jerome and the rest of the Avatar core members shared their priest's disbelief. "Our army of two thousand men, wiped out just like that."

"He's a nightmare." Briar added.

With the dust still present around Natsu, he gave all of the Avatar members a threatening and menacing glare at all of them. All of them ran away in terror. "He's a monster!"

"Run!"

"Eeeek!"

D-6 wasn't pleased by their soldier's cowardice. "Stand firm men! The Purification Ritual isn't over yet!"

Abel thought they were on their own. "I guess we'll have to do something about this." He took a few steps forward and then was struck in the face by something.

He was knocked out cold. Lucy looked off to the side and saw a familiar face picking up Mr. Cursey. "Huh…this is forbidden magic, isn't it? We'll be confiscating this."

D-6 growled at the person responsible for taking out his comrade. "How dare you!" And he was suddenly struck from behind with a sword.

Gajeel and Lily along with the Detention Enforcement Unit arrived at the scene. Gajeel pointed at the enemy. "Take them all in! Don't you dare let anyone escape!"

Everyone was surprised to see them again. Juvia didn't quite understand why he was here or what he meant. "Take them in?"

"He's part of the Council." Gray explained.

Happy wasn't too happy hearing that. "No way!"

Unlike everyone else, Wendy was actually happy seeing the iron dragon slayer again and perhaps the only one. "It's Gajeel."

Lucy noticed a familiar face. "Levy!"

Levy looked over at Lucy and was surprised to see her. "Lu?"

The blonde ran over to her friend and grabbed her by the arms. "Woah, it's been too long! I heard rumors about you joining the Council but who knew it would be true!"

The feeling was mutual for Levy as well. "I could say the same to you too Lu. What are you doing here? What happened being a reporter?"

Natsu soon noticed the familiar faces he hadn't seen in some time. "Levy and Lily!"

Levy was happy to see the fire dragon slayer again. "Natsu!"

Lily smiled at him. "Long time no see."

Gajeel grinned at the other dragon slayer but Natsu somehow didn't recognize him. "And a guy that looks like Gajeel?"

The iron dragon slayer didn't take that too well. "You picking a fight now ya bastard!"

Natsu waved his hand nonchalantly. "Nah, I mean…the Gajeel I knew could never be a councilman."

"Gajeel!" The iron dragon slayer turned to see Wendy running up to her with Carla behind. The younger dragon slayer smiled at him. "It's great to see you again."

Gajeel grinned at her. At least someone was happy to see him. "Hey there kid. Should've known you were in this."

Levy saw Wendy and waved at her. "Wendy! It's nice to see you again."

The sky dragon slayer turned to Levy and waved back. "Levy and Lily! How are things at the Council?"

Levy smiled at the question. "It's been pretty good."

Lucy looked back and forth between them looking confused. "Wait, you knew they were in the Magic Council Wendy?"

"Hey there metal guy!" Everyone turned to see Leone back in her human form, Akame, and Chelsea walking up to the rest of the group. "Funny seeing you here."

"You know Gajeel too!?" Lucy was becoming more confused by the minute.

Natsu still wasn't convinced it was Gajeel. "I'm telling you guys, there's no way that's Gajeel."

Gajeel would beg to differ about that. "Yeah well, Tree Gramps found me back when I was looking for something to do and asked me y'know."

"Warrod's his name." Happy explained.

He then thought of something only he would say. "It…It was a joke."

The iron dragon slayer pointed at Natsu. "And now I'm way above the guild! By the way, you're under arrest too Salamander…for having a face like that." He pointed at Lucy." And you for indecent attire…" Lucy covered herself up. "Juvia…for being a puddle of water."

Juvia didn't understand the reason. "Puddle?"

Gajeel pointed at Happy. "You…you eat too much fish."

Happy just happen to be eating a fish at the moment. "So it's wrong to have good food?"

Gajeel pointed at Wendy. "Oh and you…hmmm, I dunno. I just feel like I should arrest you with the others."

"What does that mean?" Wendy whined.

Gajeel grinned at the three former Night Raid members. He pointed at Leone first. "You for drinking too much alcohol."

Leone was offended hearing that. "That's bullshit and you know it!"

He pointed at Akame next. "You for stuffing your face with food."

Akame was shocked to hear that. "That's a crime!?"

And then Gajeel pointed at Chelsea. "And you're arrested for eating lollipops."

A vein popped up in Chelsea's forehead. "Excuse me?!"

"And last of all…" Gajeel turned to Gray. "I don't even have to tell you now. Do I, Gray?" He grinned at the ice mage. "I'm not forgiving as the rest of them." Gray knew that a long time ago.

All of a sudden, he was whacked from behind on the head by Erza. Lucy was happy to see her again. "Erza!"

Natsu and Happy, not so much as they hugged each other in fear. "Erza's here!"

"She looks pissed!"

Leone smiled at her arrival. "Hey…looks who here. About time."

Akame smiled as well. "So this is Erza. The person Wendy told us about before."

Chelsea wondered if she was really the person Wendy said she was. "Huh. She doesn't seem so bad."

Erza didn't seem too impressed by the person in front of her. "Huh. You sure are acting high and mighty for someone that looks like Gajeel."

And again, Gajeel didn't take that too well. "I am the real deal!"

Erza still unconvinced. "Nope. There's no way Gajeel would make it into the Council."

Lily thought this joke ran long enough. "That's actually Gajeel."

"What!?" Both Erza and Natsu were surprised that it was the real Gajeel and the not a person who did look like Gajeel.

Levy did sometimes question about them. "So…you guys really did think it was an imposter?"

Now that was cleared out to the way, Erza could explain everything that happened. "Then let's cut the chase. It was us that stopped Avatar's Purification Ritual. In fact, we…"

"I know." Gajeel interrupted. He remembered a certain someone left a message in the form of Goumon riding on a torture device and a message left on an ice pillar back at the church Avatar was in before.

Lily smiled at that given hint. "The only reason we knew how to get here was because of Gray and we appreciate that."

Gray didn't feel the same way as the Exceed. "But it doesn't change the fact that I've caused trouble as well. I'm sorry."

Juvia could actually care less about that. "As long as my love's alright, Juvia is happy."

Levy didn't blame him at all now that she knew the truth. "You had me fooled too."

Gray could say otherwise about her. "You've got to work on your undercover skills, though. Finding you wasn't exactly hard."

Levy was surprised to hear that after all the hard work she had to go through. "So you knew?"

While all of this was going on, there were several question marks going over Wendy's head. "I can't seem to get what they're all saying."

Carla had her own questions. "Why is Erza here too?"

Leone laughed at their confusion. "I'll tell you that later."

Jerome looked at Gray and the people he was with while he himself was being dragged away by the council soldiers. "Those…are Gray's friends?"

Lily was glad this whole battle was now over. "In any case, the city is safe for now."

Levy was happy about that. "Yeah and to top it off, everyone's here!" Gajeel wasn't as happy about that.

Natsu smiled as he raised his arms. "We're invincible if we're together!"

Juvia shared the same feeling as him. "To think we'd be able to fight together again."

Gray noticed a slight change in the young dragon slayer. "Oh, you've grown haven't you Wendy?"

Wendy giggled at that. "Not by much, though."

Chelsea sighed as she was glad this whole battle was over. "Jeez. I'm ready for some down time after going through all what happened."

Leone just laughed. "Yeah but it was really awesome beating the crap out of all of those Avatar guys. It's been a while since I let loose."

Akame placed her hands on her stomach. "I've worked up quite the appetite."

Happy giggled seeing everyone together. "It's like we're back at the guild again."

Carla returned back into her original form. "Everybody's here."

Lucy couldn't help but smile at all of this. "It feels like such a long time ago."

Erza raised her sword. "This is our victory so it's time for us to celebrate it with our cheer!" Everyone raised their arm and let out a shouting cheer.

Far off in the distance, Sting and Rouge arrived to help out just in case but they were worried for nothing. "Guess I didn't have to worry at all huh?"

Rouge was surprised they were able to win a battle against such a large foe. "An army of that size versus a small group of people."

Sting grinned at the thought. "Man, these guys."

Lector shared the same feeling as his friend. "It's quite a view to see them all together again. Don't you agree Fro?" He turned to the side and found out his friend wasn't next to him. "Huh!? Frosch isn't here!"

Both Sting and Rogue were just as surprised. "What!"

"Frosch!" They looked around to see where he went and finally spotted him hanging around with the other Exceeds. "What the hell's he doing there!?"

Gray quickly noticed Frosch. "Hey, aren't you…Frosch from Sabertooth?"

Frosch raised his arm. "I think so too."

The ice mage lowered to the Exceed. "What are you doing here?"

"I wonder too."

Natsu was both shocked and scared Frosch was here and that he was near Gray. "He…He broke his promise."

Levy didn't understand what the fire dragon slayer was talking about. "Promise?"

Natsu remembered everything he did in trying to avoid what Future Rogue told him. "Gray will kill Frosch."

"So promise me…whatever happens, the both of you must stay put."

Gray suddenly picked the Exceed up. "Hey, come to think of it, this lil guy here's pretty cute." He rubbed his cheek against Frosch's affectionately. "This feels great." Seeing the sight wasn't exactly how Natsu thought it was going to turn out to be.

To Rouge, he was very afraid at what Gray was doing to his friend. "Ah! He's planning on taking my Frosch away from me!"

Sting didn't see what was the big deal. "That just proves how popular he is." Rouge growled as his shadow began to darken. "Come on, we've gotta go say hi to all of them"

Rouge calmed down as the shadow returned to normal. "Yeah…" Everyone was happy and laughing except for Juvia who thought Frosch was another love rival. During all of this, Leone, Akame, and Chelsea smiled at the sight they were seeing before them. Little did they know that these happy peaceful times would not last for much longer. For them and everyone else.

B

In a far-off location through mountains and canyons, one lone person was traveling to a very important meeting. He reached a dead end where there was another person sitting on a rock glaring at him. "I didn't think you'd actually agree to our meeting."

The Black Wizard: Zeref

"So that's how you normally look." Zeref smiled at the other person. "How's the arm…Acnologia."

The Black Dragon, Dragon King: Acnologia

Acnologia, in his human form, continued to glare at Zeref. "What do you want, Black Wizard?"

Zeref thought the question was amusing to him. "You wish for destruction. A rather small ambition, though. You actually have the power to rule the world if you felt like it. I just can't tell why you aren't doing so…or rather the reasons behind your actions."

Acnologia saw the irony in what Zeref was saying. "Are you the same also?"

Zeref closed his eyes and lowered his head a little. "I've been lost my whole life and that's why I've been watching from the sides." He extended his arm to the dragon king. "I couldn't decide if I wanted to fight against you or with you. But either way, I didn't need to choose." He raised his head and opened his eyes. "I will annihilate both you and mankind. That is my mission. You've been waiting, haven't you? For someone that you could fight with all you've got." Zeref's eyes darkened to the point where they seem cold and emotionless. "Let me help you with that. It's a good thing you waited…for the last battle between a dragon, an immortal, and mankind." Acnologia couldn't help but smile at the challenge Zeref had promised him.

Avatar Arc end