A/N : Hello there! I'm back with another chapter. This one is came really diffrently than what I planned, hope you guys enjoy it

Disclaimer : I don't own Fairy Tail, it belongs to Hiro Mashima, I'm only own the OCs.

Warning : Slightly OP OCs, contains elements from other anime and franchises, 4the wall breaker.


Chapter 24 : Blue Dragon Emperor

-Throne Room-

A Knight chess piece placed on right in front of King piece. On the chess board, there's only four pieces left standing, which also includes 2 dragon pieces.

"Dear me... Seems the game is over already" Jellal said with him still holding the Knight piece.

Erza finally arrive on the room, facing her former friend. "Is it really entertaining, playing games with people's lives?"

"Oh, but of course... Life and death all the very basis of all things. They intensify every emotion" Jellal explained "Or to put it a rather different way. There is nothing as quite so dull as life" he continued.

"It has been awhile, Erza..." Jellal turn his gaze at her.

"Jellal..." Her eyes stare at him.

"You could have simply fled from this place at any time. Why did you choose not to do so? He asked her.

"I'm here to free all of my former friends" Erza simply answered him.

"Not that I care. I no longer have any use for them. Not with the Tower of Heaven complete" Jellal stated.

"Even if it were to be destroyed only ten minutes from now?" Erza asked after receiving transmission from Simon and Sho awhile ago.

"Hehehe... You mean Etherion?" Jellal let out a small giggles.

"You seems unconcerned... So you really bluffing" Erza grips her sword tightly.

"Oh, no... The Etherion will fall" Jellal assured.

"That's what I wanted to hear!" Erza narrowed her eyes as also raise her sword "Ten minutes! If I can simply keep you here for that long... I will be able to bring an end to all this!"

"Oh, no... You're going to die, sacrificed to Zeref. That much is pure fact. It is your destiny!" Jellal laughed.

-Aurora Garden-

Two pressure of energy clashed that cause shockwave through the valley, it getting stronger and stronger that will make a normal human die from suffocated by the energy. The two energy pushing each other, Fenrir let out a roar as its energy pressure pushing Pyrus' energy pressure towards him. The boy just narrowed his eyes, adding more power until their energy pressure is evenly matched.

Nymph quickly deploys barrier around her and others to shield themselves because Tommy and Alice is affected by the pressure.

The two pressure eventually explodes that makes large crater on the ground. Fenrir quickly charge forward at the boy, when it already infront of him, an explosion of smoke arise as a body is launched and crashed to the mountain wall.

Rayna and the others look at Fenrir, who already implants to the mountain wall with many holes on its body, one of its eyes is missing as a part of its head is destroyed, causing blood to flowed out.

A gust of wind clearing the smokes as Pyrus flipping his wings. He turn his gaze at Fenrir "Six punches, huh?... I'm impressed that survived from that. Although it only because of your immortality"

The Wolf growled, the injuries that it recieved is started to heal, restoring its body to its normal condition. It then carge forward once again, Fenrir swinging its claw diagonally trying to hit the boy. But Pyrus just lean aside to avoid its claw that causing the ground to split.

Fenrir swing its another claw horizontally as the boy just take a step backwards to evade it. The Wolf trying to attack again by swinging its claws that covered in black flames in amazing speed. When the attacks is about to hit the boy, Pyrus vanish leaving an after image as the claws attacks went through the after image and splitting the ground.

Fenrir trying to find the boy around the valley, the Wolf is unable to sense his presence as if the boy was vanish from this dimension. It suddenly felt something touching its head, Fenrir look up to find Pyrus standing on top of its head.

Pyrus then jump off from the Wolf, with Fenrir now behind him "Try to keep up... Slowpoke" He taunting the Wolf with bored expression.

"S-Slowpoke!?..." Fenrir unable to take the insult "HOW DARE YOU CALLING ME THAT!" It thrust its claw at boy, but Pyrus simply leaning aside with wind formed on his arms and drilling through Fenrir that causing shockwave that destroyed the mountain behind the Wolf.

Its eyes wide as plate, the pain was almost unbearable for the Wolf to take, Pyrus pull out his hand as Fenrir dropped to its knee. The boy elbow the back of its head that cause the Wolf hit the ground and then he kicked Fenrir's side that send it spinning backwards.

"He... He just toying with Fenrir..." Tommy muttered as Rayna and Alice unable to believe of what they saw.

"Nymph... This is..." Tommy looking at Nymph whose gazing at her Master.

"Yes, this is the Blue Dragon Emperor's power... Master's Dragon Force shouldn't be this strong, the Dragonization process under Dracyan's power is slowly turning his body into a actual Dragon. If this keeps up, Master will lose his humanity" Nymph stated in serious tone.

"It can't be... We have to stop him!" Rayna said in worries after hearing the explanation.

"But how!?..." Alice asked her.

Nymph shook her head "No, he need the power to defeat Fenrir. We only hope that he finish this fight before that happen"

"Pyrus! Hurry up and end this!" Tommy shouted "If you don't, then you'll lose your humanity because of Dracyan's power!"

The boy turn his gaze at his partner "No... Fenrir need to suffer before I erase it from existence"

"What was that!?" Tommy said in surprised of what he heard.

"Don't worry about me turning into a dragon, Dracyan is already taken care of that. I only need enough power so I can make Fenrir pay for what it did" the boy assured.

He then looking at Fenrir whose still not move a muscle "I know you're not dead yet, so can you stand up now?"

Fenrir finally picked itself up while glaring at the boy. "Grrr! I'll kill you!" The Wolf fired black flames at him that causing flames to erupted from where he standing.

It fired another black fire sphere at him that caused another explosion, Fenrir furiously continue to fired its attacks at boy that making another explosion and shockwave.

The Wolf jump as its rise its hand, flames started to gather to created a giant sphere of flames, the wolf throw the sphere at the boy that causing massive explosion and turning the valley into a sea of black flames.

Nymph and the others is already in the air with barrier protected them from the explosion. They see the entire place turned into sea of flames as magma erupted from the earth, the ground and boulders around the valley starting to melted by the heat.

Lava starting to flow around Fenrir as its land on the ground waiting for Pyrus to appear. Inside the smoke, Pyrus is barely injured as he glared at Fenrir "Is that all you got?"

"Grrr!" Fenrir created wall of flames around the boy and enclosed him with it "HAAA!" Fenrir rise its hands as flames erupted below Pyrus and created a massive pillar of black flames to vaporize the boy instantly.

However, Pyrus appeared in front of the Wolf less than a second, meeting it at point-blank range.

"Ngh!" Fenrir surprised.

"Die..." Pyrus tap Fenrir on the chest with his fist.

"Hngh!" Fenrir explodes, the torrent of power that swelled in Fenrir's body burst out and sends the Wolf flying into tiny pieces. It rains blood and flesh as Pyrus redraw his fist.

Rayna gasped in disgust, watching her brother killed the Wolf brutally in many pieces. Alice is also couldn't believe her eyes.

"I know he hate Fenrir so much. But that was overkill, Pyrus" Tommy commented.

"No, it's not over yet..." Nymph reminding him.

As she said that, all pieces of Fenrir starting to move and gathered in a single spot. Fenrir instantly regain its body back. Its growling in anger towards the boy.

"Take this!" Fenrir sends a strong kick covered in black flames, but Pyrus blocked it with his left arm. Fenrir pulled its leg to do another kick, but Pyrus still blocked it while flinched slightly "Hehe! What's wrong? cant't handle some kicks?" Fenrir sends another kick, but this time Pyrus caught Its leg with his left hand.

"Graaaa!" Pyrus let out a cry as he jump and deliver a strong kick that sending Fenrir's head flying off from Its body.

Fenrir's body dropped to ground as Its head flying to the air.

Its head growing another body thanks to its immortality. Pyrus just let the Wolf recover without knowing that Fenrir's body growing another head, making there's two Fenrir.

"Pyrus watch out!" Tommy alerts him.

The Fenrir near him trying to launch a sneak attack. Pyrus knows this as he quickly iron claw its face.

"Disappear..." Pyrus muttered as the Fenrir that he iron clawed vanished from the existance.

"Heh! No matter how you destroy it and even if was reduced to atoms. It will come back in a moment, because it's also immortal just like me" Fenrir confidently said, they waiting for the second Fenrir to appear again, but it never came.

"Wha-... What did you do!?" Fenrir asked in surprised also confused.

Pyrus turn his gaze Fenrir "I told you before, right?... I will erase you out of the existance!... Not leaving a single thing including your soul will be perish from this world" Pyrus begin to walk towards the Wolf.

"First I will break you, letting you suffer and fall to despair, until you wish that you never been born" Pyrus instantly close in on the Wolf and grab Fenrir's arm before it can get away from him again.

"You no-good piece of shit!..." Fenrir cuts off its own arm. Its arm flies in mid-air before bursting open.

"I'm the one will kill you!" Fenrir charge forward with its arm already healed. Its sends barrage of punches and kicks.

Pyrus effortlessly blocked every single one of its attacks with the same movement.

"Incredible... It looks like Pyrus isn't even trying" Alice muttered in amazed.

Seeing that its attacks is futile, Fenrir jump back to gain distance between them, it fired another flames at the boy, but it just went through him.

Pyrus vanish and instantly a hard punch landed on the Wolf's head. The boy continuously land a hard punches at the Wolf that breaking its skull in pieces.

Fenrir quickly regenerated, but Pyrus grabbed its head and slamming the Wolf to the ground that created large cracks on the ground. The boy get on top of the Wolf with his fist clenched tightly.

He furiously squashed its skull flat with his punch, blood splashed everywhere as he continue to pummeled Fenrir after its regenerated causing more blood gushed from the Wolf.

"DIE!" Pyrus land barrage of punches at the Wolf, furiously beating up the Wolf to a pulp.

It doesn't matter if Fenrir is immortal, he only wanted the Wolf felt the pain. So, that's why... He continued to kill the Wolf.

"Stop!"

Kill...

"You bastard!"

Kill...

"Let go of me!"

Keep on killing...

He lost count of how many times he had killed Fenrir.

"If the situation is the other way around, will you listening?" Pyrus put a clean punch at the Wolf's face "Did you know how many of peoples begged their lives to be spared in front of you!?"

His hands is already stain in blood, he doesn't care anymore. The only thing in his eyes is rages. The rage towards the Wolf had built-up from the emotion he received from Ventus.

"You killed so many peoples, and what made it worse, is that you let Ventus to saw peoples that close to him died by his own hands!" The boy slammed his two hands at the Wolf that causing more cracks appear on the ground.

Rayna and the others can only watching in silent. For Tommy and Nymph is already seen him fell into a great rage, but for Rayna and Alice, they never imagined him to become like this. Pyrus did very cruel thing to his enemies in the past, but it just for a warning, he never intended to take their lives, however in some case, he did, but he never tortured his enemies.

"No... This isn't right" Tears dropped from her eyes.

Pyrus clawed Fenrir's face.

"This is wrong... This isn't him" The girl muttered, somehow she was able to sensed his emotions.

The boy's claw then went through the Wolf's heart as he crushing it from within.

"Please... Stop... Brother" Rayna unable to contains her tears, she trying to reach him from inside of the barrier.

Pyrus let out a roar as he keep continued to tortured Fenrir by slamming its skull to the ground that cause more cracks.

"That's enough... Please stop!..." Rayna cried. Fenrir may deserve of what it did, but Pyrus doesn't need to lose himself in his wrath.

"I beg you... Please come back..."

Pyrus grabbed Fenrir's ankle as he lift it up to the air and slamming it to the ground like a hammer.

"Big Brother..."

Pyrus slammed Fenrir hard to the ground, he let go of its ankle. Blue energy gather around him, the boy spread his arms as two balls of energy appear on his palms. He thrusts his palms forward as the two balls of energy combined and getting bigger.

"ZEPHYRUUUUSSS!" Rayna crying out for him, hoping that her voice would reach him.

"DRAGON CANNON : ALPHA BLASTER!" He discharge the massive beam of energy at Fenrir on the ground, the earth erupted by a massive blue explosion as pillar of blue light skyrocketing to the sky.

A strong shockwave went through the valley the blow away all the rubles and black flames around the valley. More lava flows from the ground as the dimension become unstable.

Nymph using all of her power to maintain the explosion inside of the dimension, if it leaked out on the real world, it will dangers all of their friends.

When everything has cleared, they could only see the Aurora Garden has became a lava field. Some chunks of the ground has raised with a huge deep hole on the field. Pyrus standing near the hole he made up, unable to senses any Fenrir's presence, he decided to turn his back and walking away from the hole. But suddenly, a surged amount of power erupted from the hole, Fenrir with its body covered in molten lava, landing a hard kick at his back. Pyrus is launched forward by the kick.

He quickly recovered, as he regained his balance. The boy noticed that there's something different about the Wolf.

[Hehehe... Do you like it, brat?] Dragold talking to his mind.

[The Wolf is now drunk with my power. Let see if you can handle it]

The Wolf is now already lost its sentient mind, it's not different from a wild beast that targeting its prey. Fenrir madly roaring and charge forward towards him, Pyrus preparing himself for upcoming attacks. Fenrir fired another fire balls near him that creating smoke screen, unable to see the Wolf behind the smoke, Pyrus got his face grabbed by the Wolf's claw, Fenrir slamming his head to the ground and proceed to dragging his head against the ground.

Fenrir jump high to sky as it spun around to create more momentum and slamming Pyrus to a nearby hill that make explosion of dust to rise.

Shocked by Fenrir suddenly able to gain the upper hand "Is it just me... or Fenrir suddenly become stronger?" Tommy asked in worried.

"Yes, It did become stronger, I dare to say that it par with Master's power currently is..." Nymph stated in serious expression.

They see that Pyrus skidded back away from the explosion of dust, he seems didn't take to much damage from Its attacks. Fenrir suddenly appears behind him and kick him that sent him flying high to the air. Fenrir jump to catch up with him as the Wolf trying cut him with Its large claw.

However, thanks to his wings, Pyrus able to position himself in mid air and avoid the claw.

"Wind Dragon's Talons!" He deliver a strong axe kick that covered in sharp winds. He hit the Wolf on the shoulder and cut Fenrir in half diagonally across its body.

Pyrus landing on the ground near lava, as Fenrir's body part dropped in lava and melting by the heat. The Wolf's eyes suddenly glowing golden bright. Its body begun to reforming back to its original state. Fenrir released huge amount of power that making the ground cracks and the dimension shaking.

Rayna and the others is speechless by the Wolf as Its power is already surpassed the boy drastically. And then, Fenrir fired massive beam of energy from its mouth. Pyrus quickly flying away using his wings as the beam of energy hit a mountain and completely obliterated it with huge explosion.

Pyrus landing on the ground as few boulders launched at him like a bullet, he grips his fist and destroy it in pieces with his punches. He then see that Fenrir lifting an entire hill without even touching it. The Wolf then throwing the hill at the boy.

"Wind Dragon's Wind Blast!" He fired a strong wind that destroyed the hill in many pieces, Pyrus jump back to gain more distance. As he landed on the ground, suddenly Fenrir appear above him while swing down its claw. Pyrus blocking it with his arms that covered in dragon scales, making the damage is reduced.

Fenrir grabbed his arms as it then lift him up from the ground and proceed to slamming the boy at ground few times like a baby with their toys.

The Wolf then throwing him at the mountain wall as Fenrir also dash forward to land a strong punch at the mid air, causing Pyrus through inside the mountain. Fenrir gone after him, It land a another strong punch making Pyrus gone deeper inside the mountain. The wolf dragged his body against the mountain as they getting deeper.

"BURST!" Pyrus shouted as his power amplified by huge amount surpassed Fenrir's power one more time. The entire mountain exploded by blue energy that causing a strong shockwave.

Both of them got sent flying as Pyrus land on the ground safely. Fenrir however, its body got burned into crisp, with Its eyes melted in its socket.

Its body then begun to heal by itself, Fenrir roaring once more, the wolf releasing huge amount of energy as shockwave knocked away rubles and dust, Pyrus just stand there, letting the Wolf powering up because he know... Fenrir can't beat him no matter how powerful it becomes.

Fenrir kicked the ground creating sonic boom that making the ground cracks, It draw its left fist as trying to deliver a strong flaming punch at the boy.

Pyrus able to catch Its fist with his right hand, causing explosion to erupted around him. Pyrus quickly give the Wolf a strong uppercut that breaking its jaw. the boy threw a few jabs on its chest before ended with a hard kick on its torso.

Fenrir take few steps back from him while its jaw getting healed. Flames covered its claws preparing for another attacks.

"Disappear..." Pyrus muttered.

The wolf once again kicked the ground and launched itself towards the boy at the speed of light.

However, its claw is stopped a inch away from the boy's face. Confused by what happened, the Wolf got its answer as its body become lighter than the air, its body fading and starting to disappeared from the world.

Fenrir roaring in agony as its existence is erased from the world.

[Tsk... So this is how far It can go... We will meet again, Blue Dragon Emperor. Hopefully it will very soon] Dragold quickly detached itself from Fenrir and disappeared from the location.

Pyrus just watching the Wolf as finally Fenrir is completely gone, leaving nothing except for Pyrus's star gem that dropped near where it standing. He picked up the gem and couldn't feel any presence of Fenrir or Dragold from the gem.

"I guess Fenrir is finally gone for good..." He muttered to himself "There's a little magic left inside this thing..."

"Etherwind..."

A golden wind swirling around his palm as a small particle of light appear on his palm, he brought the particle of light closer to the gem and got absorbed by it. He let out a huge sigh, his body begin to shrink to his original height. The dragon wings and scales is also disappeared from his body along with the dragon claws and the horn too.

His eyes return to its natural brown eyes with his expression softened, Pyrus is now back to his normal state, he quickly requip a simple black T-shirt from his pocket dimension.

Rayna and the others landing near him as Nymph deactivated her barrier.

"P-Pyrus?..." Rayna hesitate to call his name.

He glance at his behind "Oh, it was you guys... Sorry to made you guys worried. Kinda lost it there..." He back to his cheerful self.

"More importantly, did Fenrir is really gone?" Nymph asked him in serious expression.

He looking at her eyes and nodded "Yep, this time it finally gone... If you don't believe me, ask the Author"

Her expression become relieved to hear that. Now she didn't need to worried about it from now on.

"You sure quite reckless out there, Pyrus" Tommy said to him.

"Yeah, we thought that you lost yourself in that battle" Alice added.

"Huh? Did I really?... I thought I had everything under control" He confused.

"You call that under control? You practically destroyed Fenrir in cold blood" Alice argued back while Rayna still keep silent.

Pyrus noticed this, he know that he made them worried "Maybe I didn't got it under control, atleast we won" He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"All right then, it's time to get out of here, these lava heat starting to sting my skin" Pyrus told them.

"But wait, what about the Etherion?" Alice asked him.

"It's okay, the time in this dimension is slower than the real world" Pyrus assured. He then turn his eyes at Nymph.

"Got it, all right everyone, please hold the others hands before we leave" Nymph told them.

"Hey, aren't we just need to get closer to each other?" Pyrus rise an eyebrow.

"Oh, Master... Don't worry about the minor details" Nymph shrugged while a magic circle appear above and below them. A bright light consume them, then they finally return to the real world, in the room they fought Ventus before.

There's Fukuro who's holding both Vidaldus and Ikaruga in his arms.

"Oh, great... Another enemies?" Pyrus sigh.

"Ho-ho... I advise we don't have to fight, because Etherion will fired in less than ten minutes" Fukuro told them. "You all should really get out of here as fast as you could"

"I see... Wise idea bird guy... Good luck with you too" Pyrus and the others leave with Nymph's teleportation magic.

-Tower of Heaven : Shore-

Pyrus and the others then arrived at wherever Lucy and Gray current location. The two of them is already on a boat that they used to reach the Tower of Heaven. Happy is also here, along with Sho, Wally, and Millianna.

"Hey guys, did you have some room for us?" Pyrus asked.

"Pyrus, Rayna... I'm glad you two all right" Lucy said weakly.

"Don't forget about us" Tommy reminded her.

"Tommy, Alice..." Happy relieved to see them.

"There's still some space for you. Quick get in, we don't have much time" Wally told them as they leaving the tower with the boat.

Pyrus sit next to Gray while Rayna sat next to him, Nymph has transformed into her sword form so she didn't take too much space.

Pyrus noticed that both Gray and Juvia is badly injured. "That's a quite injuries you got there, Gray... Want me to healing it for you?"

"No, I'm fine... More importantly, we need to turn the boat around!" Gray said

"I can't do that " Wally replied.

"We were told to get as far from here as possible meow" Millianna told him.

"But Erza is still inside... And Natsu, too!" Lucy said to them.

"What?... That's not good" Rayna getting worried about her friends.

"Big Sister will be fine. I trust her!" Sho confidently said as looking at the tower.

"I can't just leave her to Natsu!" Gray as he enduring the pain from his injuries.

"There's no choice. Simon is with him... They will figure something out" Wally assured while he also not sure.

"Something? What does that mean?" Lucy asked.

Gray clench his teeth "Hey, Pyrus. Can't you save Erza and Natsu?"

"I already done it if i could, but... I think i don't have any strength left" He replied.

"Oh give me break, we don't have a choice to turn around at this rate" Gray said.

"Like I said, it's impossible for us right now" Wally told him.

"We don't have much time" Lucy told him.

"We need to save Erza!" Gray argued with Wally.

"Everyone calm down!" Sho told them.

"I said it's futile!" Wally shouted at them.

"We don't know unless we try!" Gray shouted at him.

All of them starting to arguing about leaving the tower or save Erza and Natsu.

"BE QUIET!" Happy shouted at them. All of them are startled by his sudden outburst. "What's with you all? I want to go back too! But it truly is pointless... Etherion will be fired any moment now!" Hapoy told them.

"But, I believe that Natsu will bring Erza back. Simon told me so!..." Tears flowing out from his eyes "If Salamander's true power can be invoked, even Jellal won't... Even Jellal won't be able to..." Happy cried.

Pyrus put his hand on top of his feline friend, making Happy looking at him "You are right about that, Happy... We should also believe in Natsu"

"Pyrus?..." Happy looking at his face.

"Because I know, that he have something special in him. I noticed it when we fought last time" Pyrus sigh "He just... Need the right push"

-Magic Council Hall, Era-

With all the preparation for firing Etherion in few minutes, Novu still keep on tab with other members of Aegis while working in the council.

"So, you think Zeppy would able to handle it?..." A transmission from Lunalight caught in his ears.

"I know he's not the same from years ago..." She continued to talk. "But I think it best to tell him..."

"The Leader, huh?..." Novu muttered.

"Oh, wait!... Do you think he's not love me anymore!?" Lunalight asked in worried "Since he's not the same from 3 years ago. Does his feelings for me have change?..." She continued.

"Umm... I don't think that's not the case..." Novu told her with a big sigh. "Doesn't matter of what change him, his heart will never change"

"What's that supposed to mean!?"

"What i mean is that he's not as strong as we knows him. But, he still the same Zephyrus that we know..." Novu replied.

"Oh, what a relieve, I should really pay him a visit after the missions is done"

"There's still things left to do before you wants to meet him" Novu reminding her.

"What!? There's more!?... I thought you said this is the last one?"

"Yeah, something happened according to Taylor" He nodded.

"Fine... We will handle it..."

"Sigh... So, Miss Luna. Does anything happen in your side" Novu asked her.

"Huh?... Oh, nothing out ordinary yet..." She replied.

"But I swear I heard some screaming in the background" Novu asked again.

"That's just some a local Gangs trying to rob us..." As she said that, Novu could hear some peoples screaming in pain while also begging for mercy.

"Just remember to hold back" Novu told her.

"We know... Huh?, what is it, Fely?... Oh... Just break their legs or whatever to teach them a lesson" Lunalight told her companion from the other side.

Novu sweatdrop while hearing someone screaming 'My Leg!' from the other side.

"Anyway, the Etherion will be fired in less than five minutes from now on" Novu inform her.

"So, is it time for me and Fely to get ready?"

"No, we will wait..." Novu said.

"Ehhh!?..."

-With Pyrus-

The boy gazing at the sky, after sensing a great amount of magic gathered right on top of Tower of Heaven "So that's Etherion, huh?..." Pyrus whispering to himself.

"Seems Erza is now confronted Jellal" Pyrus stated.

"How did you know?" Wally asked him.

Wally got his answer as the throne room letting out a explosion of smoke, a small portion of the wall was destroyed, Erza was thrown outside of the tower, but she using the rubles in mid air as a jumping support to get in the throne room.

"Is that her?" Sho asked

"Dammit!, If only we can do something" Gray angrily clench his hands.

"All of us is basically doesn't fit for fighting right now. We can only hope that Erza and Natsu able to defeat him" Pyrus told him.

"So, are you saying we have to leave them when Etherion is about to fired?" Gray said again.

"I'm saying that we concerned about the others safety!" Pyrus replied "I know you're worried, Gray... But please just calm down yourself!"

"How can I calm down when they will get killed by Etherion?... Pyrus, you can fly very fast aren't you?.. Then, please save them! You said you're going to become everyone last hope?!" Gray asking him for help.

"No matter how strong I've become, there's always be someone that I couldn't save" Pyrus told him sadly.

No matter how hard he tried, even after receiving so much power, there's always a time that he failed to save someone. He wasn't a hero who can do anything, he still just a boy who desperately trying to become stronger so that he won't lose anyone ever again.

"If only I have my power from back then... Then I will able to save them" Pyrus thought.

The atmosphere become silent as they couldn't do anything for Erza and Natsu.

"Umm... I'm sorry for interrupting"

Nymph suddenly speaking up, making the others stare at her.

"What's wrong, Nymph?" Rayna asked her.

"Well, you guys seems worried so much about this Etherion thingy... So i decided to analyzed it"

"Analyzing it?"

"Yes, It seems to be a type of very destructive magic that fused many elements of magic" Nymph begin to explain.

"Okay, we all already know that" Lucy told her.

"Right, but do you guys know about the target is?..." She asked them.

"Target? You mean the Tower of Heaven?" Sho said.

"Yep, it's so weird that the council decided to use it so desperately just to stop a plan to resurrecting Zeref. I mean, heck, even Pyrus could eradicating the tower easily" Nymph pointed out. "They could just send someone powerful like Ten Wizard Saints to deal with it, so I also decided to analyzed the tower too and then I founded out that the tower is actually a giant Lacrima"

"WHAT?!" They all shouted in surprised.

"However, the Lacrima is very lacking of magic. So if it get hit by Etherion, it will absorb the enormous amount of magic. Enough to be used for whatever Spell they will use" Nymph continued. "On the bright side, I'm pretty sure that Erza an the others probably won't die even if they still in the tower"

"So, are you saying there's someone pulled the strings so that made the Council have to fired the Etherion?" Lucy assuming.

"Yes, as I expected from Lucy. You guess right on that" Nymph said to her.

"Then that means is it okay to turn back?" Gray and Sho asked.

"Wait! I did said they probably survive, but that doesn't mean it safe!" Nymph forbidding them. "And also, we'll already too late anyway..." Nymph sigh. A dark clouds starting to appear on the sky as a bright light piercing through the cloud on top of the tower.

"That light..." Lucy said in disbelieve.

"It's Etherion..." Nymph told them.

"Oh no... Natsu... Erza... Please be alright" Happy with tears drop from his eyes.

-Magic Council Hall, Era-

"So, it has began..."

Novu watching over the Council, not slightest worries in his eyes as he knows that Etherion will fail to destroy the R-System.

"The final phase of the Etherion firing sequence is complete. Expand the Satellite Square!"

Huge amount of magic is send towards the sky, through the Satellite Square, the magic take form in Etherion right above the Tower of Heaven and releasing massive beam of lights that ray down to the tower.

"May the best of good luck to you, Leader..." Novu whisper for his Leader's safety.

-With Pyrus-

All of them widening their eyes, the ray of light descended down from the sky, the sea become unstable. Nymph quickly made barrier to protect them from huge force that caused by the Etherion.

Huge waves starting to tossed around their boat. Bright light has blinded them, making shield their eyes with their arms.

When the light has cleared and the sea has calmed down, the group saw something they should have expecting.

The giant pillar of Lacrima that has replaced the tower in front of them.

"That's..." Juvia muttered.

"The outside walls crumbled, leaving only crystals..." Gray muttered almost speechless.

"Lacrima Crystals..." Lucy finished his sentence. "Hey, they're okay, right?... Natsu and Erza, and that Simon guy" Lucy asked in worries.

"Natsu... Erza..." Happy still can't contains his tears.

"Don't worry guys. they're safe..." Pyrus stated as he opening his eyes after he searched them using his Wind Magic.

"Their life forces hasn't dropped a single bit, so, we can sure they're still alive" Rayna added after sensing their magic energy.

"Really!? Thank goodness..." Lucy said in relieved.

"But, knowing they're still alive means Jellal is also fine..." Pyrus said clicking his tongue.

-Magic Council Hall, Era-

The Council members watching Etherion fired at Tower of Heaven from magic crystal ball like a monitor.

When it all cleared, they're surprised of what been shown from the monitor "The target is still standing!"

"N... No!, what... What is that!?" Said a member.

"It's a giant Lacrima crystal!"

"The Lacrima has... Absorbed the Etherion's magical energy!" Random members shouted.

"What!?.." Org and the other shouted in surprised.

"Sieg! What exactly the meaning of this!?" Yajima asked from behind him. But, suddenly Siegrain's body vanished like he wasn't there. This surprised Yajima as he know that they had been tricked.

"The Tower of Heaven has absorbed all 2 billion, 7 million idea of magic!" Stated by a member.

"That much magic concentrated in one spot should lead to a giant explosion!"

"What in the world is happening!?"

Yajima looking at the monitor with wide eyes "We've been had... Danm it!" Yajima said in anger.

"Hey! Who the heck are you-ugh!"

Yajima and other Council looking at a fallen body with a hole on the chest.

"My, you all didn't have manners to greet someone, especially to a lady" Vivi appear in the roon as the Council members surprised and also confused that she appear out of nowhere. The fallen body of one of the members of Council has been shot by Vivi's magic.

"Who are you!?... How did you enter this place!?" Org asked.

"Oh, me?... Just a Witch, passing by..." She replied simply. "Nice toy you got here... Mind if I borrow it a bit?" She glance the satellite square.

"Hey, You can't do that!" A random member of Council trying to stop her, but he was instantly killed by Vivi with her magic piercing his brain. He drop dead to the floor, making others members starting to panic.

"Why you!..." Another members of Council said in anger.

"Nah ah, One more step closer then you will see more dead bodies in this room" Vivi threatened them, making them unable to move closer. They know that this woman is serious and also very powerful compared to them.

"Perfect... Now just sit back and enjoy the fireworks..." However, suddenly a red magic bullets fired towards her, Vivi is barely could defend herself from the magic bullets. This surprised the Magic Council members as someone manage to land a sneak attack at the woman.

"Tsk! Who's there!..." She shouted in annoyed.

Novu landed on the ground infront of the Council members and near her. He then take off his cloak, revealing his outfit that consist dark red blazer over a black button-up shirt, dark pants and black shoes. He appear to be around sixteen years old and stand around 5'6 ft tall. His white hair is neat and tidy with amber eyes that gazing at her.

"Who's that guy?..." Asked a Council members

"Well, well, if it ain't the Prince..." Vivi smiled "Good day, your Majesty. I take my hat off to you, but too bad i don't wear any"

"You seems knows me well" He narrowed his eyes as orbs spinning around him.

"Of course I would know about you... Novulius von Pergrande, the Third Prince of Pergrande Kingdom, Also one of the Aegis... The Red Dragon Emperor!"

This shocked the Council after learning the one right infront of them is one of the biggest criminal that nobles from Kingdom of Pergrande put huge bounty for capturing him alive or dead.

"He's the one of the Prince of Pergrande? What's he doing here!?..." Org asked.

"Needlessly too say, but we can't have someone like him run freely" another member stated.

"You all back there... If you guys don't wanna to see the Island of Caelum to be destroyed, then i advice to leave everything to me" Novu said without looking at them.

"What's he talking about?" Council members confused.

"Oh?... How did you know that I was going to use Etherion to destroy Caelum?" Vivi surprised that he knew about their plan.

"She's going to what!?"

"Is she crazy?" Few members of Council questioned.

"Well, I've my own source of information" Novu shrugged.

"Oh, well... No matter" Vivi seems doesn't care "Because you will die here!"

Vivi send out a strong pressure that making everyone except for Novu to fall to their knees, some of them even passed out by the heavy pressure.

"What's this?... Gravity Magic?... No, it's like my magic leaving my own body" Yajima examined the phenomena.

"So, you're also a User, huh?..." Novu rise an eyebrow, he then also send a strong pressure that negated Vivi's pressure. Thus making Vivi take few steps backwards.

"Tch! You're a lot powerful than I was expected" Vivi click her tongue in annoyed.

"You seems having a hard time... Want me to assist you?" Ultear suddenly appeared near them.

"Aren't you..."

"Yes, I'm Lord Sieg- no, I mean Jellal's loyal follower!" Ultear revealed.

"Splendid, now there's 2 against 1" Vivi smiled.

"No... It's 3 against 1" Suddenly a portal opened near them, someone made his way through the portal and revealed to be Ighelm.

"Master Ighelm!?... What're you doing here?" Vivi asked surprised that her superior coming so suddenly.

"Change in plan, it seems our plan has been discovered. Also I had been fought with the White Dragon Emperor, which i nearly unable to escape" The old man explained of what happened to him earlier.

"Hmph!... You think you can run from us that easily?" Novu smirked as the ceiling begin to collapse as two individuals dropped from the sky.

"What's going on this time?" Org asked in confusion.

Lunalight and Felisia arrived on the scene with their weapons ready. Lunalight is holding two futuristic white and yellow handgun while Felisia holding two handed red battleaxe with flames enveloped it.

"When we trying to find you. I'm surprised the you decided to come to Era. This making our job easier, I must thank you, by the way!" Lunalight giggled.

"Who are those two girls?" Org questioned.

"Darn! He brought some back up..." Ighelm click his tongue.

"What's should we do, Master?" Vivi asked him.

"Retreat, we blow up this place to the ground!" He said.

"Let me give you some time, Arc of Time : Flash Forward!" Ultear produces numerous copies of her orbs in the air that all represent future possibilities of her orb's path, compresses all their futures, and redirects them all at her opponents.

"A Time manipulation magic, huh?" Lunalight questioned "What a coincidence!" She fired her guns and amazingly hit all the copies of Ultear's orb. The orbs then stopped moving as Ultear trying to control them.

"My orbs?... It's like their futures has been erased?" Ultear confused.

"You got that right. If there's no future for them, they will don't have destination and cannot move forward" Lunalight explained.

Felisia jumped and swinging down her axe at near Ultear that making explosion of flames. But, Ighelm shield them with his magic.

"Enough playing around..." Ighelm summon a large magic circle on the ground. And then a pillar of red lights skyrocketing to the sky, causing a strong explosion that destroyed the Era.

The bystanders confused of what happened at the Council as the pillar of light vanished. The Council building has reduced into rubles, all members of the council has been protected by barriers made of flaming feathers from falling debris.

"What's going on? Where're those three?!" Asked a council members.

"Ultear..." Yajima clenching his teeth for had been deceived by them.

-Somewhere-

On a place not far from the Magic Council, Novu and the two girls arrived in a alley. "Seems they has been escaped" He stated.

"Hmph, we were so close to catch them" Lunalight pouted in annoyed.

"Anyway, how's the Council's condition?" He asked her.

"There's no casualties from the magic earlier, right Fely?" Lunalight confirmed to her.

The girl nodded "Yes, I was able to save everyone that was about to got crushed by ruining debris. Some of the members is also escape before the explosion happened"

"There you have it. More importantly, do you covered our trails?" Lunalight asked him.

"Don't worry about that, I already erase the Council's memories and data about us. We don't need to worried about them to after us anymore" Novu assured.

"Oh, thank god... Now we don't need to hiding from them anymore" Lunalight said in relieved. "Zeppy would be happy about this"

"Yes, now let's meet up with Taylor, he said that he found some information about their other bases"

-Tower of Heaven: Top Floor-

"Finally... Finally the time has come!" Jellal shouted as he looked over to Erza. "Are you surprised Erza? This is the true form of the Tower of Heaven. A gigantic pillar of lacrima. And through the power of the Council's Etherion, I have succeeded in gathering all the necessary magical energy. Finally, the R-System is complete!"

"Y... You tricked me!" Erza said as she stood back up.

"Oh, you were very cute, Erza," said Seigrain said as he walked up behind her. "Neither Jellal, nor I could provide the necessary power. It was a truly troubling situation; I had no choice but to deceive you."

"Seigrain!?" Erza yelled, surprised by his sudden appearance. "Wh-What are you doing here!?"

"Think back to the first time we met Erza. You and Makarov came to present me with a written apology," Seigrain said. "But you mistook me for Jellal, and attacked me at once. Well, we do have the same face, so I can hardly blame you. I finally managed to calm you down by telling you that I was his twin brother. But I don't think you ever truly lost your hostility towards me."

"And why should I have!? You're his elder brother, yet you did nothing to stop what he was trying to do!" Erza yelled. "No, worse, you were keeping watch over me for him!"

"Yes, I made a mistake there," Seigrain said as he walked over to Jellal. "I probably should have said something like 'I will find Jellal and kill him without hesitation' back then. But my greatest miscalculation was meeting you at all, after I had finally managed to become a member of the Council."

"Having to come to come up with an excuse on the stop isn't easy," Jellal said.

"I knew it... the two of you were in on this together," Erza said.

"'In on this together'? You're still not getting it Erza," Seigrain said

"The two of us are one and the same," Jellal said as Seigrain started to fade, and his image merged with Jellal. "We always were."

"N-No... You can't be!" Erza said, shocked by what she has just seen. "A Thought Projection!?"

"Yes, Seigrain is me, plain and simple," Jellal said.

"Impossible!" Erza shouted. "But then, it was you who just fired the Etherion... upon your own body! You're telling me that's why you wormed your way into the council!?"

"I hope you enjoyed your fleeting freedom Erza," Jellal said. "It was all part of my plan... a plan to resurrect Zeref."

"Exactly how many people do you intend to deceive, you swine!?" Erza shouted.

"Hahaha..." Jellal laughed as he clenched his fist. "My power... my magic has returned." With a blast of magic energy, Jellal threw Erza back easily. "Where's all that bluster from before? Did you already use up all your power battling that Ventus guy?"

Erza quickly regained her balance and materialized a large sword and charged at Jellal, when she was close, she swung the blade at Jellal, but every time she did, he would easily avoid it by ducking and dodging it. Soon, Erza was unable to move, as a snake mark appeared on her arm.

"What... what is this?" Erza questioned.

"A Binding Snake Spell," Jellal said. "I set it on you when you hugged me." The snake tattoo then extended itself across Erza's body, causing her to drop her sword. "I already have the magic collected by the R-System. Now that I have the sacrifice, Zeref can be revived. I don't have any more time to play with you Erza. I will take all the magic energy collected in these lacrima crystals and fuse it with your body.

"You will be broken down and used to reconstruct Zeref's new body" Jellal then used the snakes to direct Erza over to a crystal, and as she touched it, it absorbed her into it. "Oh exalted Zeref! I am here before you! Offering this woman's body as your sacrifice!"

"Jellal..." Erza said as she was being taken into the crystal.

"Jellal!" Suddenly, Natsu came out of nowhere and grabbed Erza's arm, and pulled her right out of the lacrima, to the surprise of Jellal and Erza.

"Erza belongs to Fairy Tail" Natsu stated. "I won't hand her over to you!"

"Natsu..." Erza said.

Natsu then laid Erza down on the ground "What are you doing? We gotta get back and take some mission. Otherwise we won't make rent!" Natsu said.

"Natsu... please, get out of here," Erza pleaded. "Do as I say."

"Alright," Natsu said as he lifted up Erza again, confusing her a bit. "Erza, I don't get you at all."

"Eh?" Erza confused, not understanding what Natsu said.

"But I can win!" Natsu shouted as he punched Erza in her stomach, knocking her out, he then let her fall to the ground.

"You're even more irrational than I've heard" Jellal said. "Did you enjoy striking one of your own friend, who couldn't even move?"

"Erza, she was crying" Natsu said as he clenched his fist. "And saying depressing things with a shaky voice. I've never seen Erza like that. Erza should be strong, mean, and scary. When she wakes up, I hope she'll be the Erza I knew. That's what I'll fight for!"

"Interesting, then let me see the power of a Dragon Mage," Jellal said.

-With Pyrus and the others-

The group continued to look on at the top of the tower from Nymph's magic barrier as some explosion take occur.

"What do you think's going on up there?" Lucy asked.

"Knowing Natsu, I'd say he's probably trying to beat the crap outta Jellal right now," Gray said.

"Can he really win against Jellal? Now that there's a huge gap in their power?" Juvia asked.

"No, I believed in Natsu. He's will make sure that Jellal pay for what he did!" Happy confidently said.

"Don't forget that Big Sis is there too, I know they can win!" Sho said.

Looking at the explosion at the tower "Hey, Nymph... Can you open the barrier just for a little?" Pyrus asked her.

"Huh?... Yes, I could. But... For what reason?" Nymph asked him back.

"Wait... Don't tell me you're going to fight!?" Tommy realized of what he planning.

The surprised everyone on the boat. "Don't be so reckless, Pyrus!" Alice told him.

"Yeah, your condition is not better than we are!" Lucy said to him "Just leave everything to Natsu and Erza! I'm sure they can handle it"

"Now we don't have to worried about Etherion, don't push yourself to hard, what if you just become burden to them?" Gray said to him. "I know I asked you to save Natsu and Erza before, but i didn't mean you have to fight!"

"But i can still fight... Because I've a bad feeling about this" Pyrus said to them. And then an explosion erupted from on top of the tower.

-Tower of Heaven-

"This magic is comparable in the power of an actual meteor," Jellal explained after his and Natsu's brief confrontation, which left Natsu lying face down on the ground. "I'm impressed that you're still in one piece. On the other hand, it looks like I went a little too far. Further damage to the R-System would be troublesome. The magic is already starting to leak out. We'll have to hurry."

Jellal then started to walk over to Erza's unconscious body. "Right Erza?" But to his surprise, some small chunks of the lacrima were being thrown in his direction. He looked behind himself to see Natsu continuing to throw them at him. Natsu then threw one more, and it hit Jellal on his shoulder.

"Heh heh... I hit you... with my attack..." Natsu said as he slowly started to stand up. "This tower is made of crystal, right? If it were damaged, it would lose its power huh? Then that's too bad for you!"

Natsu then sent a punch into the ground where he was still crouching, breaking some of the lacrima. "Mages of Fairy Tail specialize in property damage! I'm still in the mood for fighting. Never felt better in my life!"

"You little punk," Jellal said, anger clear on his face. "I'm going to finish you in an instant. You're going to regret getting up again. I'll send you to hell."

"I've got confidence in my own stubbornness," Natsu said. "Come at me if you can."

Jellal the swiped his hand, sending lances of magic energy at Natsu, who was easily able to avoid it.

"Come on!" Jellal then sent a massive sphere of energy at Natsu, who caught it, but was forced backwards as he slid across the ground. Natsu then easily dispersed the sphere, canceling the attack.

"What's a matter? Are you holding back cause you're afraid to damage your precious tower? Ha...ha... Your attack had no effect on me at all," Natsu said as he was panting a bit.

"Don't get cocky you little punk!" Jellal said as he pointed his palm at Natsu, blasting him back with a strong force. When he landed, he oriented himself and did a flip, and while he was upside down, he sent an explosive attack, destroying the floor that was there.

"He's attacking... the tower..." Erza realized, as she had regained consciousness not too long ago.

"My... tower that I spent 8 years building..." Jellal said, even angrier than he was before. "You..."

"Natsu... you can barely even stand..." Erza observed, as Natsu was bent over a bit and panting a lot.

"Unforgivable!" Jellal shouted as he rose up both of his hands and crossed them above his head, sending out a large wave of magical energy, as Natsu had some trouble remaining standing.

"What is this magic?" Natsu asked. "Feels so awful..."

"The shadows are extending towards the light?" Erza question, before she realized which spell it was.

"Fall into the endless darkness! Dragon Slayer!" Jellal shouted.

Erza then got up and quickly stood in front of Natsu as she asked, "Are you going to kill me? Zeref's revival requires a sacrificial body right?"

"That's true... the conditions roughly require the body of a mage on par with one of the Ten Wizard Saints," Jellal said.

"But at this point, it makes no difference with or without you." A black ball of energy then started to form above Jellal. "The two of you are going to be smashed to bits!"

"Erza! Get away!" Natsu shouted.

"Don't you worry," Erza said calmly. "I'll protect you."

"Noooo!" Natsu shouted as he attempted to get her out of the way.

"Heavenly Body Magic: Altairis!" Jellal said as he sent his attack at the two. The attack hit, causing a small explosion to occur.

"Erza!" Natsu shouted, afraid his friend was hit by the attack. But when the smoke cleared, everyone was surprised to see that Simon was standing in front of Erza, having taken the full power of the attack.

"Simon..." Erza said, shocked by his sudden appearance here.

"Er... za..." Simon was able to say before he fell over.

"Simon!" Erza shouted as she ran next to him.

"This little bug was still crawling around?" Jellal questioned.

"What are you doing here?" Erza asked. "Why didn't you escape?"

"Oh good..." Simon said as he started to cough. "I was wondering when I would... be some help."

"I got it! Don't speak anymore!" Erza said.

"You... were always... so gentle. So... gentle," Simon said as he started to cry. "I...love you..." At that moment, Simon's body went limp, and he died.

"Noooooo!" Erza screamed.

-With Pyrus and the others-

The boy widening his eyes, feeling someone's life force just disappeared "Someone... Has just died..." He muttered loud enough for everyone to hear.

"What!?"

"Don't tell me it's Natsu or Erza!?"

The others questioning him as he shook his head "No, it's not them... It's... Simon"

This greatly shocked Sho, Wally, and Millianna. "Don't joke around! How did you know that he died?! You must be lying!" Sho grab him on his shoulders.

"I'm sorry... But it's the truth..." Pyrus said sadly.

"No... Way... Simon. How did he!?" Wally asked.

"Nooooo! Simon!" Millianna cried.

"Im guessing the he died by protected Erza or Natsu. I sensed Jellal gathered large amount of magic before Simon died" Pyrus explained.

-Tower of Heaven-

"Pathetic! Now that what I call dying in vain!" Jellal shouted as he laughed. "The situation hasn't changed one bit! No one is leaving this tower alive!"

"Shut up!" Natsu shouted as he punched Jellal, sending him skidding across the ground. Natsu then reached down and picked up one of the lacrima crystals and took a bite out of it.

"He ate the Etherion!?" Jellal thought, surprised as Natsu finished consuming the crystal, magic energy erupting from him. Natsu then brought down both of his fists, shattering the ground around him, as it even went to where Jellal was. Natsu then took another small piece of the lacrima and ate it as well. But Natsu wasn't able to keep it down, as his body tried to make him spit it out.

"What does he think he's playing at!?" Erza questioned as Natsu tried to force his body to keep it in. "An Etherion is composed of a number of different elements, not just fire!"

"Did he think consuming an immense magic power in place of flames would give him some kind of power boost?" Jellal mused as he watched Natsu, several veins on his body bulging as he tried to keep the Etherion down. "He is destroyed by his own simplicity."

"Natsu!" Erza shouted as Natsu fell to his knees. But Natsu then stood up, roaring as a fiery silhouette of a dragon appeared behind Natsu. "A dragon!?"

"What!?" Jellal questioned, amazed by the power Natsu was displaying, as some scales now covered Natsu's skin.

-With Pyrus-

"Huh? This power!" He turned around looking at the tower.

"This feeling?... it's the same power that Big Brother used" Rayna said also able to sensed it.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.

"What's happening there?, Pyrus!" Gray asked him.

"Natsu... He did it... He has achieved it!" Pyrus smiled.

"Huh!?" Gray and Lucy tilted their heads.

"Wait... Don't tell me..." Alice realized

"Salamander's true power..." Tommy and Happy said at the same time.

"Dragon Force..." Pyrus said "Although it only the first phase, but still it should be strong enough to beat Jellal!"

-Tower of Heaven-

"He... actually absorbed the Etherion!?" Jellal shocked, Natsu then charged forward and kneed Jellal on his face, sending him backwards.

"It's all because of you!" Natsu shouted as he punched Jellal in his stomach. "You're the one that made Erza cry!" Natsu then dragged Jellal through the many floors of the tower. "I made a promise!" Natsu said, remembering what Simon said. "I MADE A PROMISE!"

"Oh shut up!" Jellal said as he used his Meteor to get out of Natsu's grip and fly back to the top of the tower. "You can never match my speed!"

But to Jellal's surprise, Natsu placed his feet against one of the walls, and simply jumped off of it. But the force behind the jump put Natsu at enough speed to catch up to Jellal, and punch him in his stomach.

"Im-Impossible! I cannot be defeated! I will create a land of freedom!" Jellal shouted as he made his way higher. "Zeref called to me softly, through the pain and the fear! He asked me if I wanted true freedom! That's right... I am the only one who can sense Zeref's presence! I am the chosen one! Together with Zeref, I will create a nation of true freedom!"

"Like hell you can do that by stealing people's freedom!" Natsu shouted as he clung to one of the walls

"The will to change the world... that alone is enough to turn the wheels of history!" Jellal said as he started to quickly draw a something in the air. "Why can you fools not understand that!?" When he was finished, a very familiar magic circle was in front of him.

"Abyss Break!" Erza shouted, recognizing the seal. "Are you trying to take down this whole tower!?"

"Just give me another 8 years... no, this time I'll build it in 5 years... Zeref... just wait a little longer," Jellal said. But before he could launch the spell, he lost concentration, as his injury from his fight with Erza suddenly flared.

"You're never gonna find freedom!" Natsu said as he launched himself towards Jellal, his arms covered in fire that they looked like wings. "There's no freedom for a guy tied down by some stupid ghost!" As Jellal watched Natsu approach him, he didn't see Natsu, he saw a dragon.

"Release yourself from this! Jellal!" Natsu then sent a punch at Jellal.

"No! I can't be defeated by this punk!" Jellal thought desperately.

[Do you desire a power?] A sudden voice calling him

"Huh?" Jellal was able to block Natsu's attack, the shockwave was generated from the attack.

"What!?" Natsu surprised as Jellal sent him to the ground with magic blast. Natsu crashed near Erza after receiving that attack.

"What is this?... This power..." Jelllal's body covered in golden darkness aura that sent huge amount of pressure throughout the sea even reaching Pyrus and the others location.

-With Pyrus and the others-

The group felt the pressure that made injuries in their body become even more painful. "What's happening? It's like... My magic... Being forcefully sucked out!" Gray described.

Happy and Alice quickly becoming unconscious "This power..." Tommy muttered before he also fall unconscious.

Only a single person who still stood straight while glaring at the top of the tower.

Pyrus closing his eyes and quickly opening them as his eyes turned azure blue. He sent another strong pressure that negated the pressure from before. "There it is... Dragold!" Pyrus growled.

"Nymph, hurry! Teleport me to Natsu and Erza right now! This is an order!" Pyrus shouted at her.

"But, Master! You're already used the Dragon's power more than 3 times today! Anymore than this, it will only worsen your body conditions!" Nymph said back.

"But Natsu and Erza will surely getting killed by it if i don't hurry! Don't worry, I still have some trick in my sleeve" He said to her. And suddenly, Rayna holds his arm.

"Please... Don't go... I don't wanna to lose you, Big Brother!" Rayna told him as tears dropped from her eyes.

"Ray... I don't want to lose another friends just because I'm run out of magic power. Please understand, okay?... I have to do this, it's my responsibility to protect everyone" He told her, but it made her crying even more.

"Promise you will come back, with Erza and Natsu too" She said looking at him with teary-eyed.

"Got it... I won't die and leaving you alone... Just you wait!" Nymph then without a choice but to teleport him to the tower.

-Tower of Heaven-

This happened shortly after Pyrus sent out the strong pressure to negated Jellas's pressure.

"This power... Is incredible! I feel like... I feel like no one will able to stop me from now on!" Jellal exclaimed.

"Where did he got that power come from?" Erza asked in confusion. "It feels like what Ventus and Jose used"

Natsu stood up and charge forward, he sent a flaming punch at Jellal, however Jellal easily caught his fist. "Is this all you got? Salamander!"

Jellal put a hard punch on Natsu's gut that sent him skidding backwards.

Natsu dash again and jump to trying land a axe kick, but Jellal just lean aside as Natsu attack struck to the ground. Natsu trying to land some punches and kicks again as Jellal effortlessly blocking and ducking his attacks. Jellal finally got a clean punch at Natsu's face that sent him backwards near Erza.

"Natsu!" Erza shouted in worries.

"I've enough from the both of you," Jellal said as he crossed his arms above his head. "I'll just kill the both of you right now! Altairis!" Jellal then sent the massive ball of energy at the two.

But the ball change direction towards himself that shocked Jellal causing a large plume of smoke to form around him. Erza is now looking at the boy who appeared out of nowhere with his hand extended forward.

"Pyrus!?"

"Looks like i made on time" He sigh in relieved. He quickly jump backwards and standing near Natsu.

"Pyrus? How did you got here?" Natsu asked him.

"Teleport" He answered simply.

"What are you doing here?" Jellal questioned after the smoke was cleared, glaring at Pyrus.

"Let's just say I had a bad feeling in my gut" Pyrus said as he returned the glare to Jellal. "And it looks like I was right to follow it. Now get ready Jellal, cause we're going to defeat you!"

Pyrus then turn his head towards Natsu "Natsu, can you give me some of your flame?..." He asked him.

"Huh?... Sure... but, what for?..." Natsu with in confused expression. Natsu then lit up a fire on his palm and giving it to the boy.

"Wanna learn some new trick?" Pyrus smirked, he then place his hand on top of the flames and suddenly the flames change color into azure blue.

Natsu's eyes widened looking at the flame "Pyrus... This flame..."

Pyrus nodded "This... Is the power of the Blue Dragon Emperor. The power enough to slay anything in your path, I can give you some of its power" he gave the flame back to Natsu.

"Like hell I will let you to power up yourself!" Jellal sent his magic blast at them, but Pyrus use his magic to shield Natsu.

"Natsu, Hurry up! Eat it!..."

Natsu eyes widened again, he quickly gobble up the flames, he feels power surging in him. Natsu let out a roar as his body covered in azure blue flames. The flames is scorching hot different than any flames he has seen before.

The three of them cannot believe their eyes as his power skyrocketing to whole new level. They see Natsu covered in azure blue flames as he glaring at Jellal.

"This... Power... Incredible. Is this really Natsu?" Erza speechless.

"Wow... I know he will get strong, but not that strong" Pyrus smirked in impressed as Natsu surpassed his expectation. He turn his gaze at Jellal "Now it's my turn!..." An azure colored wind swirling around him. "BURST!" He activated Dracyan's power, his power is also skyrocketed par with Natsu's current power.

Two of them quickly vanish, causing sonicboom at where they stood. Jellal found himself spinning in mid air as Pyrus punched him across his face, Natsu then appear above him and sent a punch that sent him to the ground as shockwave generated by his punch.

The two quickly after him as they landed on they ground. "You are such a fool to come here," Jellal said. "You could have prolonged your life just a bit longer had you stayed away." He threw a punch at them but Natsu catch his fist bare hand, thus greatly surprised him. Natsu did not move from his spot at all as he caught his fist.

"You're the fool, for listening some stupid ghost!" Natsu punch him on the face, making him skidding backwards, Pyrus quickly kneed attack him on the chin, as Jellal quickly recover, he tried to hit the boy, but Pyrus dodge it as Natsu kicked Jellal on his chest. that sent him into the wall that make some cracks.

"So it seems," Jellal said as he got into a fighting stance. "I'm going to finish this quickly, Meteor!" Jellal then move around them and attacks from any direction, both Pyrus and Natsu defend themselves from Jellal's rapid attacks.

Jellal smirked as he trying to attack Natsu from behind "Fire Dragon's Talons!" To his surprise, Natsu quickly doing reverse roundhouse kick across Jellal's face.

Jellal was sent flying as Pyrus preceded him "Wind Dragon's Violent Wing Slash!" He swung his arms, the attack landed a hit on Jellal's chest. He crash to the ground, Natsu quickly jump towards him with his fist is on fire "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He slammed his attack but it struck to the ground as Jellal rolling aside.

He quickly doing backflip as he prepared for another spell "Pleiades!"Jellal calls forth six rays of light that fall from the sky. It attacks them consecutively, but with their speed, Natsu and Pyrus able to avoid them.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu fired azur flames from his mouth, Jellal jump to evade it.

"Wind Dragon's Cyclone Bomb!" Pyrus fired a high compressed air at Jellal, the attack then exploded which sent him flying to the air.

"Meteor!" Jellal flying high to the sky "Hmph, they can't catch me if I high in the air.

Azure flames burst out from below Natsu's feet that push him up to the air. Pyrus quickly after him with his wind magic.

On the ground, Erza was watching the fight unfold, as Pyrus, Natsu, and Jellal continued to clash and separate. "Natsu... Pyrus... this is our last chance... you guys have to beat Jellal here and now..." Erza said

Three of them going around the tower while firing their magic, Natsu threw Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame at Jellal which he easy to avoid it.

"Reverse!" Pyrus directing Natsu's attack towards Jellal's back which caused a great explosion of azure flame.

"Why you little! I'll kill you all!" Jellal vanish after he increase his speed, Pyrus quickly following him with his speed as they battle each other on the air, Pyrus able to landing a punch at Jellal's gut. His mouth gasped while his eyes wide as plate after receiving Pyrus punch.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu slammed his azure flame at Jellal which got a direct hit before landing another attack. He boost his attack and speed with Fire Dragon's Sword Horn, which caused Jellal to crossed his arms to defend.

Jellal and Natsu doing rapid punches as both sides hitting each other face, Jellal quickly knee gut Natsu while slamming his both hand at his back. Natsu is sent to the water, but he quickly recover and using his flames to boost him up to the sky before touching the water.

Jellal increase his speed once again and moving in patterns "It's over!... I hope you'll rotting in hell for standing in my way to reach true freedom!" He floating right above the tower

"Heavenly Body Magic : Grand Chariot!" Jellal places both arms on top of each other, with the top hand having only the index and middle fingers spread out. Seven Magic Circles are then summoned in front of him and connect. Each Magic Circle then releases a powerful light blast down towards Natsu.

"I won't let you!..." But Pyrus got in front of him.

"Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Divine Wind : Violent Ether Crush!" A huge Wind Dragon Magic Circle appear in front of him. Pyrus releasing a powerful golden wind and it clash with Grand Chariot. The two attacks generated powerful shockwave through the sea.

"His attack is equal to my Grand Chariot!?" Jellal surprised as the two attacks cancelled out eachother.

"Do it, Natsu!" Pyrus shouted.

"Jellal!" Natsu launched himself with flaming fist and landed a hit at Jellal that causing him crash to the tower.

Jellal quickly recover and landed on his feet as he looking at above. Jellal crosses his arms above his head, all nearby shadows are drawn towards him "this time is the end!"

"Heavenly Body Magic : Altairis" Jellal fired the spell up to the sky towards them.

Pyrus see this coming as his wind formed a drill on his left hand, and Natsu with his right hand is on fire. They both launch towards the attack and breakthrough the attack with their magic.

"What!? That's one of my strongest spell!" Jellal's eyes widened

"The one who's over... is you!" Both wind and flames merged together, creating larger flaming wind drill "Heaven's Wrath Transcending Phoenix Blade!" Natsu and Pyrus performed an Unison Raid. The attack hit Jellal's torso, following by a massive flaming azure tornado that reached the sky. It created shockwave through the tower and the sea. The attack's impact actually causing Jellal to go through several floors of the tower. When the smoke cleared, Jellal was unconscious, his eyes rolled to the back of his head.

Natsu and Pyrus both landing on the ground. "So this is Their true power..." Erza thought. "This is Dragon Slayers" To her surprise though, Natsu fell forward onto one knee as he started to pant a bit. The scales on his body disappeared along with the azure flames.

"Natsu!" Erza ran to his side.

"Are you all right?" Pyrus kneeling beside him.

"Yeah... Hah... Hah... I guess, I feel like I don't have magic left" Natsu panting, his body suffers tremendous strains after ate Etherion and the azure flames.

"I wouldn't be surprised," Erza said. "After all you've been through today, I'm surprised you have any left at all."

"Come on, let's get out of here." Pyrus smiled. But before they could start moving, the tower started to shake.

"Hey! What's going on!?" Natsu shouted as he looked around, they dodging a large piece of lacrima that fell from the ceiling.

"Can everyone hear me!?" Suddenly a transmission linked to their heads.

"Huh?... This voice... Nymph?" Erza asked.

"Yes, it's me... You guys need to get out of there, now! Whole place is gonna blow!"

"What did you say?!" They shouted in surprised.

"The tower is too damaged, it can't contains the large numbers of magic any much longer"

"Oh... shit" Pyrus breathed out. The lacrima starting to flashing.

"So this is our fault!?" Natsu asked.

"No, the tower is already doomed from the very start, the magic from Etherion has become unstable after being absorbed by the lacrima"

"Jellal said that the magic has started to leaked out, so the explosion might be not as big as originally be" Erza remembered of what Jellal said "But still strong enough to kill all of us here in the tower. How much the time we have?"

"About three minutes!"

"Dammit, not enough time!" Erza said "Even if we escape from this tower, we still be in the range of the explosion"

"Nymph! Teleport us back to everyone!" Pyrus told her.

"It's impossible! I can't do that when you don't have enough magic left, you idiot Master!"

"Is there's nothing we can't do?..." Erza said as she walked up to one of the walls and put her hand on it. "Maybe if I..."

"Erza, what are you planning to do?" Natsu asked.

"If one of us were to merge with the lacrima, maybe the explosion could be contained," Erza said.

"What are you talking about!? You'll die if you do that!" Natsu shouted.

"There has to be another way Erza!" Pyrus yelled.

"I'm sorry..." Erza said as she started to merge with the lacrima.

"Erza!" Pyrus and Natsu both shouted and ran towards her, grabbing her remaining arm trying to pull her out.

"You two..." Erza said as she stroked their cheeks, causing them to stop. "I cannot live without Fairy Tail. I can't even imagine a world without my friends. That's just how much all of you mean to me."

"Erza..." Natsu said as she started to slip further into the crystal.

"If I doing this can save all of you... then I have no regrets," Erza said as her entire body was now in the lacrima. "This one measly body... take it!"

"Erza! Get out of there! Erza!" Natsu shouted as he banged on the crystal.

"Don't give up! There has to be another way! Erza!" Pyrus shouted as he did the same.

"I'll always be there, right beside you all," Erza said.

"ERZAAAAA!" Pyrus and Natsu shouted,

"No! No!... Not again, I can't lose someone important to me! Somebody... Please... Anybody!" Pyrus thought, not knowing that his star gem let out a glow, then the tower not exploding, but instead making the magic shot up into the air and vanish.

-Unknown-

Erza was now floating in a white nothingness, dressed in a simple white dress.

"Where am I?" she questioned as she looked around. "Inside the Etherion? No... this is different... warmer... I see" Erza thought as she looked down and saw many people standing in front of a grave with a statue of a knight behind it. Upon closer examination, Erza realized it was her grave. "So... I'm actually dead..." The sky itself seemed to be crying along with all of her friends.

Even though she is posthumously awarded with a place among the Ten Wizard Saints, her guild is still wrecked with pain over her loss. She sees Natsu's anger and denial, and Lucy, Rayna, Happy, Tommy, Alice and Gray's frustration and depression over her death.

"Erza isn't dead!" Natsu proclaimed.

"Please Natsu... just stop" Lucy begged as she held her head.

"How the hell could she just die!?" Natsu questioned.

"You need to take a look at reality!" Lucy shouted.

"Natsu!" Gray yelled as he approached Natsu.

"Gray?" Erza thought as she watched him grab Natsu by his scarf.

"Get off of me!" Natsu shouted as he was now being restrained by two others. "Erza is alive!"

She watched her friends trying to restraint Natsu, but there's someone she didn't see in her funeral "I guess, he must be so mad at me even didn't bother to come to my funeral" Erza thought, even though all her friends are there, Pyrus is nowhere to be found.

Erza couldn't help but cover her mouth and start to cry as she watched all this unfold.

"Is this really what you wanted?" asked a voice from behind Erza. She turned around a saw a woman, but she couldn't make out any of her features. "Did you regret for leaving your friends behind in despair?"

"Yes..." Erza cried. "I don't want them to cry for me! I want them to live their lives! I want them to smile!"

"What will you do if you have a second chance?" the figure said while smiling.

"I won't die for them... I'll fight to live for them. I want to be by their side!" Erza answered.

"I see..." The woman smiled as she turn around, Erza could have sworn that she saw that the figure had lilac hair "You know what you need to do then"

"Wa-Wait! Who are you!?" Erza asked her.

"Me?... I'm just a mother" the woman said. "Create a bright future for yourself and those you care for. For it is only when you live for your friends that true happiness will show its way to you. Now get going, I'm sure you don't wanna keep my son and his friends waiting."

"Waiting?" Erza said in confusion as her body started to dissolve. The woman is no longer there, Erza starting to feeling warmth around her body as she then disappeared.

-Sea shore-

Erza slowly opened her eyes to see that she was looking up at the full moon.

"Where am I?" Erza questioned as she continued to look up at the moon.

"Erza!" came Lucy's voice as Erza looked to the side to see her and her other friends running towards her.

"Pyrus!... Natsu!... Thank goodness you're okay!" Rayna shouted.

"Don't make us worry like that damn it!" Gray shouted.

"Big sis!" Sho shouted as he ran to her.

"Wh...What's going on?" Erza questioned. "Am I... alive?" Erza then looked to her other side to see Natsu carrying her, while Pyrus near him.

"Natsu... Pyrus... did you? But... how...?" Erza tried to say as Natsu had a serious expression on his face. "You two actually found me and brought me out of that magical vortex? You guys... are really something else..." At that moment, Natsu collapsed onto his knees.

"We're all the same..." Natsu said, gaining Erza's attention, remembering what she said before she went into the lacrima.

"It's the same for all of us..." Natsu then let go of Erza as she sat up on her own. "Don't you ever do a thing like that again..."

"Natsu..." Erza tried to say as she saw that he was crying.

"Never!" Natsu restated.

"Okay..." Erza said a she smiled a bit.

"Natsu... Pyrus... thank you, both of you." Erza then closed her eyes as she thought, "That's right, I don't have to die for my friends's sake... I have to live for their sake... Just like that woman said."

-To Be Continued-


And there you go for this chapter, I honestly wanted to end this after Sho and the others leaving, but i realized that will make this the longest chapter for this story yet.

Thank you for reading this chapter, sorry if there's grammars mistakes.

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