A/N: And why a third chapter? Because I know all of you want to see the conclusion of Wendy and Chelia's fight against Dimaria and the beginning of another fight.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail and/or Akame Ga Kill. They belong to their original owners.

The Assassins of Fairy Tail

Job Thirty Three: The God's Spotlight

"Third Origin. The ability to immediately tap into magic power which we could potentially achieve in the future. However, as compensation, you will never be able to use magic again thereafter. The Ethernano within your bodies will vanish entirely and will never be replenished again. I realize it is a decision not to be made lightly. However, you have no hope achieving victory against this foe without the power of the Third Origin would offer."

If this Third Origin Ultear speaking of was their only hope in defeating their enemy, Wendy and Chelia were willing to do it, no matter the cost. "It's now or never!"

"Please, do it!"

Ultear was surprised that they were so willing to do this. She couldn't help but smile at them. "I knew you girls wouldn't hesitate in the slightest. However, granting the Third Origin to both of you is not feasible. You must choose between the two of you. Otherwise, there will be no one to heal Carla after the battle."

Wendy automatically decided that it would be her to take upon the Third Origin. "In that case, please allow me-"

"I'll do it!" Chelia offered herself.

Naturally, Wendy opposed the other slayer girl's decision. "You mustn't! Protecting Carla is my responsibility! That's why-"

"That's why you have a duty to heal her, Wendy! You've got to preserve your magic, right?" Chelia countered.

It didn't take long for both girls to start bickering of which one should take up the Third Origin. "Chelia! Don't you understand!? You'll never be able to use your magic ever again!"

"The same thing applies to you!"

"The entire reason I came here was to save you, Chelia! If I can't even protect you when you need me the most, I'll never forgive myself!" Wendy turned to Ultear. "Ultear! Please, do it now!"

Ultear needed to be sure if the young dragon slayer was ready for this. "You're truly prepared to go through this?"

Wendy nodded at the older girl. "If it's to save Chelia and Carla, that's all the resolve I need!"

Chelia was still against Wendy to take this risk by herself. "Wendy, you can't!"

Chronos had heard enough and had enough listening to her enemies bicker among them. She launched herself toward the two slayer girls. "Spare me the juvenile angst!"

Wendy had no time to lose and shoved Chelia out of the way to the ground. "She's coming! Please, there's no time to waste!"

The orb Ultear held began to glow. "Here we go, Wendy!"

Lightning shot out of the orb and struck Wendy. The lightning enveloped the sky dragon slayer and entered in her dragon force while yelling. Chelia couldn't believe this was really happening. "It's okay. I'll definitely win!" She flew head first toward Chronos and met her halfway through. She flipped her body and the wind surrounded her leg. "SKY DRAGON'S CLAW!" Her attack struck Chronos' shoulder but it didn't appear to do anything to her. Wendy refused to give up, though as she separated from her opponent while flipping her body back around before landing on the ground. The young dragon slayer pulled her arm back and the wind surrounded her fist. "SKY DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" She charged at Chronos yet again and delivered her attack at the front of her enemy's face but that didn't seem to do anything either.

"I shall state it once more. I am the God who governs time." She gave her enemy a slight smirk. "I will forcefully make you recall all the pain which time has etched into your body." A glow appeared from her body and vortex of black and white struck Wendy. "Age Scratch!" Wendy screeched out in pain as the attack blew her away.

Wendy's body was experienced pain beyond anything she could imagine. The young dragon slayer could feel every attack that struck her in the past all at once. She even felt the scar Dorothea gave her reopen once again. "What is this?! My entire body…is throbbing in pain…"

"Can you comprehend it yet? The folly of a mortal attempting to so such as touch a god?" Chronos pointed her finger at Wendy and shot another energy beam from her fingertip. This time, the attack went right through Wendy's thigh while she was falling to the ground. Wendy let out another pained filled scream as she tumbled on the ground.

Wendy stopped and couldn't move at all. Her body was still wracked with unimaginable pain. She couldn't even activate Mastema at this point. With all the pain going through her body, there was one question going through her mind. "Why?! Why can't I draw out any power? This can't be what I'm capable of in the future. Has the Third Origin not been released yet?!" She struggled to lift her body up while grabbing the wound on her leg.

Chronos' fingertip glowed once again and pointed straight ahead at Wendy. "Pierce through, beyond the confines of time!" She fired her attack to what it seemed to be the finishing blow for Wendy.

Wendy was incapable of avoiding the attack. All she could was stare at the incoming attack. As the attacked neared, everything seemed to slow down for the young dragon slayer. She could hear her own heartbeat beating methodically. "This can't be how it ends for me. I can't die here. I have too much riding on me. People who are waiting for me…" Her mind flashed an image of everyone in the guild and most importantly, Chelia. "I have to move. Please, move…move body!"

The beam just about reached Wendy. That is until Wendy saw someone appear in front of her and deflected the beam away from her. Both she and Chronos were surprised to see the attack deflected. It took Wendy a few seconds to realize who the person was standing in front of her. "Chelia?" It was indeed Chelia but she appeared to be different. Chelia seemed…older. Her hair was indeed longer and she was taller. And, of course, her breasts seem to have grown as well. "Leave the rest to me, Wendy. I'll teach her some manners."

Not far from them, Ultear's body began to break apart. "I…made it…in time…"

Wendy was confused as to what happened to Chelia while she was fighting against Chronos. "I'm so sorry…for forcing you to buy me some time while the secret technique was cast."

The young dragon slayer turned to Ultear. "Ultear?"

Ultear seemed to be out of breath. "Chelia's resolve was as strong as yours."

Wendy gasped as her eyes widened in shock. She turned to Chelia who was still standing in front of her. "Don't tell me…"

Just before Wendy fought against Chronos, she pleaded with Ultear in giving her the Third Origin instead. "Wendy can't afford to lose her magic yet! Fairy Tail's fight has only just begun! Wendy's power will definitely be needed from here on out! It's still not late, right? Cast Third Origin on me! Since we're fighting a god, enhancing my powers is our greatest chance at victory! So that everyone can live on to see tomorrow! Please, grant me Third Origin!"

Wendy placed her hands over her mouth in shock. "This can't…" This was exactly why she didn't want Chelia to have the Third Origin but now it was too late.

To Chelia, she was already prepared to sacrifice everything for the sake of seeing another tomorrow. More importantly to her, sacrifice everything for the girl she loved. "This is my final stage. It's an amazing feeling." Chelia charged right at Chronos and socked her right in the jaw that actually pushed Chronos away. "Fighting for my beloved girlfriend, that is!"

Chronos herself didn't expect to be hit like that from her enemy. "What?" While this was going on, Wendy reverted back to her normal form watched her girlfriend fight against the god of time.

Chelia pulled back her arm and delivered an uppercut right under Chronos' chin. The god became annoyed at this and elbowed Chelia's head as a counterattack. "A lowly hum dares defy a god?!"

The god slayer delivered a kick at Chronos. "You are a malicious god! Of that, I'm certain!" The two began to exchange blows at each other. "If you were a righteous God, you would surely love humans more! So my magic exists to put down corrupt gods like you!"

Chronos' face was replaced with Dimaria as she was surprised. "God-slaying magic?! It wasn't simply a bluff?!"

To Ultear, seeing that meant good new to her. "Her God Soul is being undone!"

Chronos' head reappeared and blasted Chelia away from her. "Foolish Human!" The attack should've heavily injured her enemy but a magic shield was destroyed in her place. Dimaria's head came back. "Impossible! My full power attack was…" She saw that Wendy stood up and had her arms spread out with that same shield in front of her. "An enchantment?!"

Chelia had one chance to take down her enemy once and for all. "No matter what it was I tried to do, I was always clumsy. The one and only talent I had…was my magic. Thanks to my magic, I had many wonderful encounters. That's why I love my magic and that will never change, even from now."

Tears began to form out of Wendy's eyes. "Chelia…"

Chelia raised her arms above her and gathered all of her remaining magic. Black feathers circled around her. "It will never change, but…I'm going to go back to just being a normal girl. This…will be my very last spell."

Wendy knew this would be it and cried out for Chelia. "No matter what, I'll…I'll always love you! I promise!"

Chelia smiled at her girlfriend's words. "I know." Dimaria pulled back her arm to perform another attack the same as her previous one. "As a magically inclined girl, I discovered so many things I hold dear…and that's why…" Chelia clasped her hands together forward and looked at her enemy with no hint of mercy in them. "GOD SLAYER'S SECRET ART! HEAVENLY GATHERING OF CLOUDS!" The black feathers that surrounded Chelia spiraled in together and struck Dimaria all at once out of her God Soul form while she screamed.

Everything was starting to fade out for Dimaria. "My…My world is…crumbling…" She crashed into the ground and could no longer move.

Wendy saw Chelia revert back into her original body. "Chelia!"

Ultear's body had reached its limit and faded away. "Hurry, tend to Carla…"

Wendy heard Ultear's voice just before everything started to move again. "Take this!"

"You bastard!"

Hearing the noises coming from the battlefield proved to Wendy they were back in the world. "Time is flowing again." She wasted no time hurrying to Carla's side and kneeled down next to her friend while applying her healing magic. "Don't worry, Carla. I'm casting healing magic on you now, okay?"

Wendy was relieved to hear noises coming out of Carla even if she was coughing. Carla opened one of her eyes and saw something unusual about the young dragon slayer. "Wendy…why are you crying?"

Wendy continued to cry over the sacrifice Chelia had to make. "Because…Chelia is…" She couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence and placed her hands over her eyes. "We were supposed to be the ones coming to her rescue…so why…"

Carla finally realized her surroundings and looked around. "Huh? What's going on? Where's Ultear?"

Wendy continued to cry until she heard Chelia's voice. "Wendy, don't cry. Even without magic, I'll still live on." She turned her head around and gave her girlfriend a bright and cheerful smile. "Magic doesn't hold a candle to love."

Wendy removed her hands away from her face and sniffed. "Yeah…"

Away from the battles against Alvarez, an elderly Ultear was looking at the sky through a window in her log cabin located in a forest. She couldn't help but smile as she thought about Wendy and Chelia. "What strong and courageous young women. If only my younger years were like theirs."

B

Lucy continued to look over Natsu and could see signs that his condition vastly improved since he randomly appeared unconscious after his fight with Zeref. She was confident he would wake up soon. "It's only a matter of time before he opens his eyes."

Happy nodded in agreement. "Aye."

They heard the door to the infirmary open and looked over to see Akame entering. She closed the door and smiled at the two. "How's he doing?"

Lucy smiled back at the other girl as she welcomed her company. "He's doing just fine. He'll wake up soon enough."

Akame was glad to hear that as she walked over toward them. "Why are you here?" Happy asked.

Akame stopped in front of them and chuckled a little. "Two reasons. To see how you were holding up and to deliver some good news."

"Good news?" Both Lucy and Happy spoke at the same time.

At the main guild hall, everyone noticed Dimaria's defeat as her signal disappeared. Warren and the others celebrated as that was another of their enemies out of the picture. "Another one of the Twelve's signals vanished in the south!"

"Yeah!"

"That means only seven remain!"

"We can do this! We can win!"

The celebration proved to be a little too much for Makarov. "What rambunctious brats." He turned to Mavis who seemed to have concerned look on her face for some reason. "First, what is it that troubles you?"

Mavis looked closely at Warren's main radar. "The east. The points illuminating the two Spriggan Twelve members in the east aren't moving. Have they halted their advance? I cannot help but feel anxious about this."

Before Mavis could contemplate further about this, the main doors of the guild opened and everyone's cheering stopped as they looked over to see who it was. "Hmm…quite the charming guild you've got here." The person who arrived at the guild was none other than one of the Spriggan Twelve, Jacob Lessio. The smell of alcohol is ingrained in the wood. I'd heard this was an old guild but it looks like you've done some remodeling."

Mest and everyone in the guild could sense the powerful magic power emanating from him. "Who are you?"

Jacob smirked at everyone in the guild. "One of the Spriggan Twelve serving the Alvarez Empire, Jacob Lessio."

Warren freaked out as he checked back and forth between Jacob and his radar. "What?! When the hell did he get this close!?"

Makarov checked the main radar and those two dots pinpointing the two Spriggan Twelve's location remained unchanged. "Those markers hold no meaning whatsoever." Jacob spoke. "We've got an incredible mage named August on our side, you see. He deduced what your radar was reflecting and camouflaged our positions."

Even if he was an enemy, Cana had to give some praise for him. "Takes a huge pair to storm in here all by your lonesome."

Jacob chuckled at that and took a few steps into the guild. "I've got no soldiers or underlings, you see. In exchange, I can move freely and do so undetected. August, who I mentioned earlier is also on his way here. And let me tell you, he's bad news. No sense of humor whatsoever." He stopped next to a table and set his hand on it. "Have any of you ever heard of 'Respect for the Aged Day'?" He didn't hear a response from any of them and that alone told him enough. "Hm? No such thing in this country Is suppose." He took a seat and leaned on the table. "In Alakitasia, that day just so happens to be today. And on this day, we revere the elderly. It's simply poor manners to forget to express our thanks. And for that very reason, I came here just a few steps ahead of old man August in order to lighten his workload. Catch my drift?" He looked over at Kinana. "You, pour me some booze. The strongest you've got."

Makarov just glared angrily at him. "We don't have a single drop of booze to serve to the likes of you."

Jacob lowered his head as he folded his hands together. "Well, that's a damn shame. Out of respect for you, I was thinking I'd join you for the last round of drinks you'd ever get to saver in your life but alas. I should warn you: my specialty is assassination. And in my entire career, I've never failed an assignment. Not a single one."

Everyone thought of Akame and the others when they heard the word "assassin". Still, there was an obvious difference between them and Jacob to Max. "What kind of assassin so brazenly exposes themselves in enemy territory?"

Jacob pointed two of his fingers at his eyes. "I've already scouted out some prime locations, you see. The art of assassination is fundamentally based upon hiding in the shadows and hunting down your prey, quietly and swiftly. And yet, here I am right in front of you. Why do you think that is? Simple. Because there's no need for me to hide." He brought his hands close together. "The only things I'll be hiding are corpses and witnesses. Before you know it, there'll be no one left."

Cana didn't quite understand what he meant by what Jacob said. "Corpses and witnesses?"

Jacob clapped his hands together and a bright light came out from him. Makarov and everyone in the guild felt the wind blowing against them. "What on Earthland is this!?" Outside the guild, a dark area appeared from underneath. In the next second, everyone in the guild vanished without a trace.

Almost everyone. Mavis was the only one left behind. She couldn't believe that everyone disappeared just like that. "This….This cannot be…" Mavis looked around the guild and called out to anyone who could hear her. "Makarov! Macao! Cana! Everyone, where have you…!"

Jacob exhaled and strangely looked at where Mavis was standing. "There's still one more ghost, so it seems."

Mavis gasped and glanced back at Jacob with a hint of fear in her eye. "No one other than guild members should be able to perceive my presence or hear my voice."

"Over there." Jacob made a firing gesture and that somehow struck Mavis.

The first guild master cried out in pain which, again, was thought to be impossible. "How…how can he possibly attack my body which has no physical form?"

Jacob made another gesture with his fingers and Mavis continued to scream out in pain until she dropped to the floor. "Say…if you so inclined, you'd be able to converse with me too, ain't that right?" He made a swift assumption of who Mavis really was. "Just as we predicted. You're the Fairy Heart which the Emperor spoke of, aren't you? Where is your real body hiding, I wonder? Spill it." He closed his hand and Mavis screamed out in agony. While this was happening, the lacrima withholding Mavis' real body cracked and blood slide down over her left eye. Back on top, Mavis continued to feel pain coursing throughout her body. Since torture wasn't getting Jacob anywhere, he thought of a different proposition. "Talk and I just may return your previous friends." Mavis gasped when he heard Jacob's offer. Jacob himself stood up from his seat. "The targets I erased just now are sitting on the brink of death but they haven't gone to the other side just yet. But…if they're simply left as they are, it's only a matter of time before they perish."

Mavis desperately wanted to believe what Jacob was saying was true "Everyone is…still alive…"

Jacob's face darkened. "The only one who has any hope of saving them is you."

Mavis was put into a very difficult position with an impossible decision to make. She slowly turned her body around to face the Alvarez assassin. "If I choose to take my comrades back…it would mean the end of the entire world. To begin with, can this man's words even be trusted? What can I possibly do?"

Jacob was about to pressure the first master again when Lucy came out of nowhere and kicked him in the neck in behind while in her Taurus star dress. "HYAAAAAH!" Her sneak attack sent Jacob crashing into some of the other tables in the guild. Mavis was surprised that Lucy appeared at all. "Are you alright, First?"

Jacob groaned as he stood up and was baffled that one of the guild members was still around. "Impossible. I definitely casted my magic around the entire radius of the guild. How did you-" He gasped as he sensed something dangerous coming up from behind him. Jacob turned around and in instinct, he caught to be what it looked like to be a katana that barely inches away from his forehead with his hands clapped together.

Jacob quickly realized there was no one in front of him and looked down to see Akame crouching while her arms were crossed and held her two shadow swords. "Shadow X-cution!" Akame struck Jacob while passing him by while a black X appeared from across his body while Jacob screamed.

Akame rejoined Lucy and Happy with Mavis and turned around to face Jacob who was still standing. She saw Murasame lying on the ground and used her shadow to quickly reach it. The shadow grabbed the handle and retracted to Akame with her sword in tow. "His reflexes are remarkable. If Murasame traveled another inch, this fight would've been over already. Still…" Her shadow tossed Murasame up and Akame grabbed her sword by the handle. "I can still finish him off."

Jacob grunted in pain as he turned around to give Akame a threatening glare. "Why…you…"

Akame ignored him and asked a question that was on both her and Lucy's mind. "Where's everyone else in the guild?"

Mavis was beyond glad that two of her guildmates were around. "Lucy, Akame, Happy…" She turned to Jacob. "Everyone in the guild has been imprisoned by that fiend. We must defeat him at all cost."

As soon as Akame heard that, she realized the grave mistake she almost made. "So he is responsible and if Murasame had killed him…" As long as Jacob held everyone in the guild as his prisoners, she couldn't risk using Murasame or else she herself will doom everyone else in the guild. She quickly sheathed her sword.

Lucy changed in her Leo star dress. "That spell you cast earlier was space magic!"

"Give us back our friend!" Happy demanded.

Jacob was becoming a little annoyed by all of this. "How are you two still around?" Both Lucy and Happy smirked at him together.

Five minutes earlier

Lucy, Akame, and Happy heard noises coming from the guild hall and it was more unusual than normal. Especially in the guild. "What's going on? Things are getting rowdy in the bar area."

Happy was about to say something until he saw an uneasy expression Akame had on her face. "Hey, what's wrong Akame?"

Akame gripped Murasame's handle tightly. "Someone's in the guild and whoever it is, is extremely powerfu-"

Akame didn't get to finish her sentence as all three of them were blasted by a strange light. When the light faded, all that remained was their clothes. However… "I made it in the nick of time, as they say. Isn't' that right, Lady Lucy."

Lucy, Happy, Akame and even Natsu were inside one of Lucy's spirits which surprised Lucy herself. "Horologium!?"

"I sensed a distortion in the space around here, you see. But why the hell are we naked so you may say but…that is simply the nature of defensive magic. Four people is way too tight a fit or so you may say but alas…ah, Lady Lucy! Please refrain from uttering such strange voices!"

Everyone exited out of Horologium and much to Akame's relief because she never wanted to experience that again. Lucy had a blanket wrapped around her while she was sitting on the floor. "In any case, you really saved us."

Horologium was happy to hear that but unfortunately, his save was only a one-time deal. "I will no longer be able to use that defensive magic for the time being, so do please exercise caution."

"We'll remember that next time." Akame added.

Lucy looked over at the other girl and was surprised she was already back wearing her clothes. "How did you put your clothes back on that fast?!" She instantly compared Akame as a reverse Gray.

"Lucy, look!" Lucy looked over to where Happy was pointing to and that was toward Natsu. Who was still wearing nothing. Happy had an amused look on his face. "Fire Dragon's…"

Lucy instantly looked away while covering her eyes in embarrassment. "Don't even go there!" All of them then heard a scream coming from the main guild hall. "Is that the First's voice?"

Akame narrowed her eyes and had a bad feeling within her. "Let's go check it out."

Present time

Lucy smiled at Jacob. "The answer to that is we have Celestial spirit magic on our side."

This was something Jacob didn't anticipate but as long as two Fairy Tail members were still around, he could work with this. "If you had simply vanished with the rest of them, it would have saved you from witnessing the terror to come. What a shame. Hey, ghost. I'm changing the conditions. As of this moment, I'm going to slowly and painfully chop, slice, and dice these two girls into pieces." He reached into his suit. "It would be in everyone's best interest if you surrendered quickly. Otherwise…" Jacob pulled out a dagger. "She might be left with nothing more than her head!" He threw the dagger right at Lucy.

Lucy braced herself but there was clanging sound. The dagger was deflected away from Lucy and embedded itself into the guild wall. The blonde saw that Akame was the one who deflected the dagger with her shadow sword and sighed in relief. "Thanks for the save, Akame."

Jacob narrowed his eyes at Akame and recognized something familiar about her. "This girl…"

Both his and Akame's eyes met and Akame could sense how dangerous Jacob was. "Lucy…I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to refrain from fighting."

Lucy became confused as to why Akame would ask her that "Wait, why? You can't be thinking of fighting this guy by yourself."

"I am." Akame quickly replied. "He and I are the same. He's an assassin as well. I can tell from the look in his eyes and his posture."

Jacob smirked as his suspicions about Akame were true. "How about that. I didn't expect this guild to house an assassin. It explains the little stunt you pulled on me from earlier. And quite a young one too. Alright then girl, I can play around with you for a bit. Let's see what you can do."