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Hi, for any of you who read the 100 year quest manga may have noticed the appearance of the Ghost Dragon Slayer Wraith in the latest chapter and if y'all are wondering what I think about it, I think it frickin rocks. You may find it hard to believe but i think a Ghost Dragon Slayer is a really good idea (plus he looks like he might have white hair so Hiro Mashima if you're reading this I love you and you're welcome) I just hope he's not a generic villain character but even if he is I'm still happy that its canon and his introduction doesn't mean I'm stopping this story I just thought I'd share my opinion.

Now please Read, RATE! And REVIEEEEWWWWW!

Thanks ;)

Chapter 18

"Grrr! So you can protect yourself huh! But can you protect her!" Cobra spotted Wendy out of the corner of his eye and aimed two fingers at her. "POISON DRAGON'S ROAR!" Another toxic cloud flew from Cobra's mouth aimed at the young wizard.

"No wendy!" Mason turned to the girl and quickly raised his hand. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S SHIELD!" A wall of magic energy formed in front of Wendy protecting her from the deadly cloud.

"POISON DRAGON'S ROAR!" Cobra spat one last mouthful of poison and this one landed on Mason's unprotected back.

"ACK! ACK!" One breath of the toxic could was all it took as Mason began coughing his lungs out as his body was flooded with Venom.

"Angel! Now!" Cobra cried out to his comrade.

"Thanks for the opening! I told you I'd make you pay! CAELUM!" Angel waved a silver key with her hand as a mounted cannon appeared in a flash of light. "FIRE!"

"Wha?..." The weakened Mason turned to see a large energy blasted headed straight for him and the poison made it so Mason couldn't evade the attack. KABOOOMM! Mason was blasted head on by an insane amount of magic power knocking him to the ground. "Gahhh." Mason groaned as he tried to pick himself back up. He looked back up at Cobra but his eyelids grew increasingly heavy due to the effects of the poison, before he blacked out for a moment.

"WENDY!" Happy and the girl cat shrieked, waking the unconscious Mason as a menacing green hand scooped up the young lady.

"Wha?! What's going on?!" Mason said in a weak groan as happy chased after wendy with a stick.

"It's not fair to strike us while we're down!" Natsu shrieked as he struggled to move.

"All's fair when it comes to money! Oh Yeah!" The blocky headed Hoteye declared as he waved his hand and whipped up the ground around us, knocking the whole team away and rendering the entire alliance pretty much defeated and in no place to retaliate.

'I have no use for the rest of you!' Brain announced as he readied his staff. 'DARK RANDO!' He unleashed a barrage of green magic bullets at the fallen coalition but before it could vaporize the group a wall of stone erupted from the ground, protecting the group as Jurah ran out to save the day.

"You're the best wizard ever!" The cheerful Eve declared.

"I'll second that!" Hibiki added.

"Ughh….." Mason groaned as he struggled to push himself up, still under the influence of Cobra's poison but only for the next second before the poison seemed to magically subsided. Mason looked down at his fist which suddenly began glowing purple. "Huh?" Suddenly out of nowhere Mason's eyes darted towards the thick forest nearby and he wasn't able to look away.

'This Way….'

"THE HELL!" Mason jumped as a mysterious, raspy voice invaded the dragon slayer's mind. "Who said that!?" Mason scanned the area, seeing no one he didn't recognize.

"… Nobody said anything…" Grey answered with a suspicious look.

"Did that beating you took knock a couple screws loose?" Lyon followed up with a similar look to grey. Mason ignored the two ice mages as he stared out into the dark forest in front of him before he slowly began walking towards the tree line.

"Hey snap out of it!" Lucy called out noticing the strange way her comrade was acting, but she was also ignored as Mason slipped away between the trees.

"HEY!" Natsu called out before sprinting into the forest after Mason, but when he looked around the trees he saw nothing. It was as if Mason had vanished from sight. "Where'd you go?"


(Later with Mason)

Mason had converted his long cloak into a wristband to help him better maneuver the dense forest. 'Something is definitely off about this place.' Mason monologued. 'There's so much negative energy here, like the forest is cursed or something which is more common than you'd actually think. The weird thing is how I seem to be sucking up the negative energy like some kind of evil sponge. Normally consuming power non stop would make me sick but there is definitely something weird going on….' Mason pointed his hand into the air and a massive blast of purple energy erupted from it. "Not that I really mind." Mason finished his thought aloud as he looked down at his smoking hand.

'This way…..' The mysterious voice called once more prompting Mason to continue deeper into the forest.

"Who the hell are you!" Mason called out into the forest but received no answer. 'Am I losing it? It's gotta have something to do with this Nirvana crap right? I probably should have stayed and regrouped with the coalition but if I can find Nirvana before the Oracion Seis can then I'll be in a better position to finish the job. Besides, I've always worked better as a solo agent…"

'Closer… This Way…..' The strange whispers continued not getting any louder or more coherent, but regardless Mason trekked deeper through the trees.

After a few more minutes Mason stopped and leaned himself against a tree to rest a bit before he took a look around before he realized something. "It looks the same as before!" He roared. "Ugh I am crazy! I've been wandering this forest for almost an hour following a creepy voice in my head and it's all based off a hunch! What the hell am I thinking?!" Mason kicked the tree he was standing next to and stubbed his toe. "GAAAHHHH!... Calm down Mason!" The dragon slayer announced before taking a deep breath. "Calm down… You're a Dragon Slayer…. Use your dragon senses…" Mason sat down and closed his eyes.

'Natsu is so intuned with his senses it's like he's not even human. I need to be like Natsu and empty my mind…..' Mason took a deep breath with and using his ears and his nose he scanned the forest.

'HERE! THIS WAY!' The mysterious voice erupted into a scream in Mason's mind, at the same time his nose began to twitch.

"Woah!" Mason jumped up off the ground. "I've never smelled anything so evil, its gotta be Nirvana! I found it!" Mason celebrated his accomplishment before a strange orange object flew over his head and planted itself into the bark of a nearby tree. "What the?" Mason looked up to see a glowing orange knife stuck in the bark.

"Good for you…" A familiar voice called out from woods causing Mason's eyes to pop open. "Too bad you won't live to see it." KABOOM The knife combusted into a massive explosion that sent Mason flying into another tree with enough force to knock it over.

"Ughhh…." Mason grabbed his forehead as he let out a pained groan before looking up to see percival emerging from the tree line. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Percival pulled another knife out from his coat as he walked closer to Mason. "Well kid, I'm an assassin so it's safe to assume I was hired to kill some people. In this case I'm getting paid to make sure punks like you don't get in the Oracion Seis' way.' Percival's knife began to glow orange before he threw it.

"Woah!" Mason leapt into the air, dodging the knife before KABOOM! Another explosion erupted behind him. Percival threw knife after knife keeping Mason at bay. BOO! BOOM! BOOM!

Percival grabbed three knives in his fingers and let them all fly at once, but Mason saw this coming and inhaled a mouthful of air. "PHANTOM DRAGON ROAR!" A spiral of phantom's exploded from his mouth catching the knives in the vortex and sending them back at Percival who ducked out of the way but it wouldn't matter. KABOOM! The large explosion knocked Percival to the ground.

Seeing the opening Mason leapt forward. "PHANTOM DRAGON STRIKE!" His face began to glow purple as he prepared to land with a kick before Percival rolled out of the way causing Mason's glowing foot to hit the ground, creating a crater in the forest floor and sending a cloud of dust into the air that Percival used to escape.

Mason scanned the forest, no sign of his old ally. "Grrr…. This didn't go very well for you last time we fought! You surrender now and I'll let you walk away!"

"Like hell I'm letting a punk like you cheat me out of two paycheck!" Percival called out from the forest.

Mason's ears picked up the sound of Percival's voice and he turned to a particular part of the forest. "Gotcha!" Mason put his hands together creating a sphere of purple energy. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S CANNON!" A massive blast of magic energy burned a hole through the forest but there was no sign of Percival. "Huh?"

"Don't tell me you fell for that?" Percival taunted as a glowing grey knife landed at Mason's feet, creating a large smokescreen that blinded Mason's eyes as well as his nose.

WHAM! Using the smoke as cover Percival elbowed Mason in the nose hard in the nose. "AAAHHH!" Mason stumbled back in pain, still unable to see. Percival tripped the impaired Dragon Slayer, making him fall to the ground before he dove his leg into Mason's side kicking him away. "AAAHHHH! UGH!" Mason fell to the ground with a thud.

"Grrrrr!" Mason growled as he pushed himself up off the ground. "That's it…. No more playing nice." Mason gritted his teeth before his red eyes flashed purple and his hair began to stand on end. "PHANTOM DRIVE!" Mason announced as his body became consumed by a vibrant purple aura for a split second before it suddenly stopped. "Huh?" Mason clenched his teeth and tightened his muscles but this resulted in nothing but a few purple sparks. "That's not supposed to happen…"

"Heh." Percival smirked as he drew another knife from his cloak which began glowing a vicious, angry red. He then threw said knife and nailed the confused Mason in the shoulder.

"AAHH!" Mason winced at the impact of the blade but the brief pain he experienced was nothing compared to what he experienced when the pain magic took effect. "AAAHHHAAAAHHHAA!" Mason screamed as red magic surged through his body, it took as much strength as he could muster to reach up and pull the knife from his shoulder ending the pain. 'Crap, I forgot how strong he is. I only beat him in the past by using power from the tower of heaven. This forest has plenty of negative energy but it's nothing compared to the tower's and I can't even use my Drive spell for some reason. I can't over power him the way things are and when it comes to outsmarting him, he is more experienced than I am and he's already familiar with my abilities but on the bright side I already know all about his techniques..'

"Ya wanna know something boy?" Percival called back. "I'll be honest, you kicked my ass back in that tower. I realized that if a punk like you can beat me up, that's bad for business so I decided I needed to have a few more tricks up my sleeve." Percival held his hand out in front of him and white light began to materialize in the shape of a dagger in front of him. "Not only can I channel magic power into knives and swords, now I can make em too." He declared as he flung the magic blade at Mason who ducked his head out of the way letting it land behind him. "And I can still make em blow up." Percival said with a snap of his fingers, BOOM. A massive white explosion to go off behind the Dragon Slayer that sent him flying.

'Crap….' Mason thought as he soared through the air before landing hard on the dirt floor. "PHANTOM DRAGON SHOT!" Mason lifted his hand and fired a large energy blast.

"HAAAHH!" Percival created a large white sword out of light and used it to slice through Mason's attack before going on the offensive himself. He jumped for Mason with a swing of his sword but Mason was quick to throw up a magic shield. Percival adjusted mid swing, stabbing the magic barrier and leaving the blade of light embedded in Mason's shield before flipping away. KABOOM! The sword exploded point blank in front of Mason causing him to take the brunt of the explosion.

"GAAHH!" Mason grunted as he caught himself on the ground and regained his footing before taking a deep breath. "PHANTOM DRAGON ROAR!" A swirling vortex of phantoms leapt from his mouth.

"Heh, don't you know boy? Ghost's don't like light." Percival smirked before throwing another white dagger into the mouth of the vortex. BOOM! A bright light exploded in the middle of the vortex causing the ghosts to disappear.

"Ughhh…." Mason groaned audibly. "Can things get any worse."


(Meanwhile, with Wendy)

Wendy and happy found themselves trapped in a dark candle-lit cave guarded by Racer and the leader of the Oracion Seis, Brain himself.

"Jellal…." Wendy muttered as she stared at what appeared to be an open casket that held a chained up, unconscious Jellal. His body was covered in strange blue markings and he didn't appear to be breathing.

"Jellal?" Happy echoed. "That guy is bad news! What's he doing here?!"

"Do you know him two?" The timid dragon slayer asked the blue cat.

"I wouldn't say we're friends or anything." The snarky cat replied. "He tried to kill me and Erza and a whole lot of other people. He got the Magic Council to fire the Etherion Cannon!"

"I know that, but…." Wendy Mubbled.

"But Jellal's supposed to ancient history!" Happy yelled at Brain.

"Yes he is." Brain answered in a calculating voice. "A foolish Idealist, a shell of the man he once was haunted by a restless spirit, but also a man who you owe a great deal to." Brain said as he turned his gaze to Wendy.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Happy said also turning his attention to the young girl.

"This is your chance to repay him!" Brain declared with an evil grin. "You have the chance to revive him, only you can do it."

"Don't do it…" Happy warned the young girl, but wendy remained silent.

"So you refuse?" Brain asked as he pulled out a knife and pointed it at Jellal's face.

"No please stop!" Wendy cried out keeping Brain from stabbing him, instead he caused an explosion on the girls feet that knocked her down.

"Revive him! Only you can!" Brain reiterated.

"No you can't!" Happy cried out trying to act as some sort of conscience for the young wizard. "They wanna use him to steal Nirvana."

"But I must repay him.." Wendy said as she began to tear up. "He was so kind to me. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be here…. I heard all those stories but I know they can't be true."

"But they are Wendy!" Happy yelled, still trying to talk her down.

"No way! He's not the type of person who would do such a thing!" Wendy cried back.

"But he did…." Happy muttered back, but Wendy wasn't listening to him.

"Please just give me some time to think about it!" Wendy begged her capture.

"Hmmm… Alright, you have five minutes." Brain declared in a firm voice indicating that this was as lenient as he would be to the young girl.


(with Mason)

"VANISHING FIST!" Mason appeared from thin air to Percival's side with a punch ready but the veteran mage grabbed Mason by the wrist.

"You're kidding right?" Percival tossed Mason into the air and sent him flying into a nearby tree.

WHAAMMM! "AAHHGG!" Mason hit the wood hard enough to force him to spit up a mouthful of saliva. 'Ugh.. I'm getting nowhere here! I need more power.' Mason opened his mouth and began to inhale. Purple energy began pooling from the ground and the trees into Mason's mouth. His eyes began to glow and his aura flared. The ground beneath him began to shatter under the weight of the magic energy. 'This may be too much power. My body is so heavy, I don't know that I can move. Not that I need to!' "DRAGON SLAYER SACRED ART!" Mason lifted his hands into the air above his head, creating a massive energy ball. "CURSED SOUL! UNHOLY SHOWER!" Mason let the energy ball flying into the sky above until it was too high up to see.

"Uh, I think you missed.." Percival taunted as he pulled another light dagger out of the air. "Well kid I wish I could say you put up a good fight, but I'm no liar." Percival reeled back to throw before BAM! KABOOM! A purple energy blast about the size of a volleyball slammed into Percival's chest and exploded sending the old man flying.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Blast after blast flew into Percival like they were trained on him. The barrage of blasts brought Percival to his knees and had him painting.

"HAAAH…" Mason sighed as his body released the magic he had stored, letting him move easier. "HAHA! How you like that old man?!" Mason taunted before SHINK! He looked down to find a dagger made of light embedded in his abdomen. KABOOM! The dagger exploded knocking Mason back into a tree. SHINK! Percival sent another dagger flying that stabbed Mason through the hand pinning to the tree. "AAHHAA!" Mason winced as the light burned his flesh. He reached up to pull out the dagger, but before he could SHINK! Another dagger flew through the air pinning Mason's other hand to the tree bark.

"Did you actually expect me to go down in one hit did you? If so then you deserve worse then I'm about to do to you. And trust me what I'm gonna do is gonna hurt." Percival taunted as he flipped one of his knives in the air before catching it in his palm. "Any last words punk?"

"GAAHHH!" Mason struggled but he couldn't free himself. 'Damn it! This hurts like hell! I can't think on that though. C'mon Mason clear your mind and focus! You gotta get out of this!' Mason tried focusing, but before he could clear his mind his knows picked up a familiar scent that almost forced him into shock. "No! No way! It can't be!"

'There's only one soul on this planet so disgustingly tainted with sin and evil that I could smell it through this evil forest. Mystogen smelled similar but their souls were completely different, there was no mistaking it this time.' "JELLAL!" Mason roared, forgetting about everything else that was going on.

"Did you snap or something?" Percival through up a confused eyebrow. "Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter now does it?" Percival asked as he charged the knife with the scarlet pain magic.

'DAMN IT! I figured he was still alive, but I never expected to face him so soon! I need to get out of here! So I can find Jellal! So I can make him pay!' All of Mason's thoughts were focused on Jellal so he wasn't paying attention when Percival plunged his dagger into Mason's side, pumping his body full of pain magic. "AAAHHHGGGG! DAMN IT!"

"GAAAHHHAHAAHH! I can't deal with this crap right now! I need to get out of here! I need to find JELLAL! So I can DESTROY HIM!" Mason roared as the pain and desperation really started to mess with his mind.

"Hah! You really are losing it! Guess it's time to put you out of your misery!" Percival taunted as he pulled out another knife and charged it with more pain magic before plunging it into Mason's other side.

"GAAAAAAHHHHHAAAHAHH!" Mason roared in pain once more. 'Damn it! This is pissing me off! I HATE THIS!' Mason struggled once more and the tree he was pinned to began to shake. "I Hate this!"

" What the?" Percival's eyes widened as Mason continued shaking the tree as streams of magic power began pouring into him from around the forest. "Crap! No more playing around, this one's going into your heart!" Percival pulled out another knife and began driving it forward. "So long kid! Enjoy the afterlife!"

"I HATE THIS!" Mason screamed before his body exploded in a flash of purple light that knocked Percival onto his back.

"Ugh, what the hell was that?" Percival groaned as he rubbed his head with his hand, before he looked up and his eyes widened in shock. WHOOSH! CRASH! The tree Mason had been chained to, soared through the air before crashing down a few meters behind Percival. "Wh-What the hell are you!" Percival asked as a dark shadow was cast over his face before it was illuminated by a faint purple glow.

BROOOSHH! A massive purple energy dome exploded in the forest that could be scene above the trees and for miles around before it disappeared leaving nothing but a crater with an unconscious Percival lying at the bottom.


(End)