Chapter 19

"Uh!" The Oracion Seis' Midnight groaned as he traversed the ruined city, leaping from a rooftop down to the street below. "So this is the legendary city of Nirvana, even I must admit I'm impressed, so this is the power that turned hoteye into a bleeding heart." Midnight continued down the dark road until he saw what appeared to be the silhouette of a person. "Ha.. My new prey is here…. HEY!" Midnight called out to get the stranger's attention.

The shadowy figure turned around and two piercing red eyes glared back and an intense pressure fell over Midnight before he quickly jumped behind a wall of rubble out of instict. "What was that?..." Midnight mumbled as his heart went crazy in his chest, slowly he peaked over the crumbling wall to see that whatever it was had disappeared. "Is my mind playing tricks on me?" Said with a hint of relief on his tongue, before a scaly hand reached out from behind him and grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.

"Wh-Wh-What are you?" Midnight stuttered as a menacing red glow appeared on his face, two red dots reflected in his eyes. "No… Please! NO! NOOO!"


(Elsewhere)

Vroom! An armored Magic Mobile zoomed across the forest floor, the magic council symbol embedded on the side of the vehicle. Inside the cabin sat a familiar group of wizards. Julia Moores, Head Captain of the 5th Custody Enforcement Unit, Tyson Hammer Head Captain of the 2nd Custody Enforcement Unit, and Brosnan - Head Captain of the 1st Custody Enforcement Unit.

"Hey do you guys really believe this crap about a walking city?" Julia asked in a relaxed almost bored tone as she sat by herself in the back seat of the Magic Mobile. "Cause that sounds kinda badass…" Tyson was too focused on driving to answer and the Brosnan tried her best to ignore the spunky blonde.

"Hey…" Julia who wasn't about to be ignored stuck her head up to the front seat so that she could look her comrades in the eyes as she spoke. "So Fairy Tail is a part of that little guild coalition thing right? You think HE is gonna be there?" Julia smirked as she looked over at Brosnan. "He's gotta be one of the stronger wizards in that so it'd make sense they'd send him." Julia continued trying to egg Brosnan on but the brunette simply continued to ignore her. "Though I guess it's just as likely those Oracion Seis freaks killed him."

"Shut up!" Brosnan commanded as she summoned her armor around her right arm and used the fist of magic steel to bonk Julia on the head.

"Sorry boss…." Julia said with a sob as a knot formed on top of her head.

"We aren't here to have fun or make jokes! We're supposed to aid the coalition of light guilds in apprehending the Oracion Seis, as well as bring an end to Nirvana. But I guess if you're making me answer your question.." Brosnan started to blush as her arm reverted to normal. "Yes, I do think we'll run into him on this job. Still something about this forest is giving me chills, I'm not expecting a very happy reunion." Brosnan declared as she cracked her knuckles.

"Ahem!" Tyson interrupted with a forced cough. "Looks like we're here." The massive man pointed out as the shadow of the walking city came into view.


(On Nirvana, Erza and Jellal)

"GAAAHHH!" Erza groaned as she pulled herself and jellal up onto the moving city.

"Hah hah thank you… Erza…." Jellal muttered between breaths as he recovered from their climb.

"Uh yeah… don't mention it! Ahem!" Erza's face went red as she fumbled over her words but the seasoned wizard was able to regain her composure. "We better get moving if were going to find the rest of my guild and put a stop to this thing." Erza immediately began to walk in an attempt to distance herself from the former dark mage. 'This is crazy. It feels like only a few weeks ago that Jellal was trying to make a sacrifice of me for his R-System and just a minute ago he was willing to give his own life for the greater good and stop Nirvana. He claims to suffer from amnesia and if that's true, then does that mean he's returned to the way he was before, back when we first met.' The two walked silently for a few moments before being interrupted by the sound of rapid footsteps coming their way followed by a frightened shriek.

"WAAAAHHHH! RUN! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Midnight screamed as he he tried to run past the two mages, but he didn't get far before Erza grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Hey you're a member of the Oracion Seis, where do you think your going." Erza turned the black and white haired boy around to get a better look at him. "What the?.." When she did she saw his eyes had been overtaken by a faint red glow.

"A MONSTER!" Midnight cried out. "Some kind of demon cloaked in shadows with these vicious red eyes and wings of bone. I tried to fight back but I couldn't even touch him…. We have to get out of here!" Midnight struggled ferociously to free himself but when he finally got free from Erza his face immediately went pale and he dropped to his knees. "It's too late. He's here."

"A monster? What do you…. GET DOWN!" Erza demanded as she pushed Jellal and midnight down to the ground and immediately above them two large boulders both clouded in white magic smashed into each other. "A sneak attack." Erza determined as the stoney rubble fell harmlessly around them.

"Damn it Erza you got in the way…." Mason's disembodied voice called out before a massive blast of white magic appeared out of nowhere.

"WAAAHH!' Erza cried out as she barely managed to dodge the surprise attack and yet somehow managed to land on her feet before she readied her voice. "Come out and show yourself already. I recognize your voice Mason."

Without a moment of hesitation Mason appeared out of thin air in front of Erza startling the girl. The dragon slayer wore his cloak so that his body was completely concealed and his hood hid a majority of his face, only his crimson red eyes managed to escape from the darkness. "You got me."

"What are you thinking attacking us out of nowhere, we don't have time to be messing around." Erza attempted to scold the dragon slayer but then suddenly all of her sense screamed at her that something was wrong at the same time a crooked smile formed across Mason's face. "This magic… It's so intense, it's nothing like the way you were before. What happened to you…"

"This…" Mason teased with a maliciously playful tongue. "Why don't I show you." With that Mason's body erupted with magic power, blowing off his dark cloak and revealing the grey scales that decorated his arms and face.

The revelation stunned Erza and gave Midnight the opprotunity. "This is…" Visions of Natsu atop the tower of heaven flashed in Erza's mind as Mason turned down the surge of magic power.

"It's called Dragon Force, the pinnacle of Dragon Slayer Magic. I was given this power with the purpose of obtaining justice." Mason declared as his eyes fell to Jellal. "Erza this is your one warning, leave now or suffer the consequences."

"Justice? Consequences? What are you talking about." Erza followed Mason's eyes and realized immediately what he meant. "No!" The red headed wizard lept between Mason and Jellal. "This isn't justice, he doesn't have his memories. He doesn't know his crimes. If you want justice then help us stop Nirvana and the Oracion Seis. We need to stop this thing before it reaches the Cait Shelter guild!"

"Don't worry about the Oracion Seis I'll deal with them soon enough. Trust me this won't take long." Mason said with a waive of his hand that cloaked Erza's body in magic and sent her flying away.

"ERZA! OOOHHHGHH!" Jellal began to cry out but soon found a fist planted in his stomach.

"Trust me…." Mason growled as he leaned in next to Jellal's face. "The only person you should be worrying about right now is yourself." The Dragon slayer then planted a magically charged boot in Jellal's abdomen before sending him crashing into a crumbling stone wall.

Jellal sat up after his crash and retaliated with a blast of golden magic that Mason intern punched out of the air. "What? Don't tell me you forgot how to use your magic. I'll be honest that kinda pisses me off. I know, why don't I teach you some of mine." Mason lifted Jellal up by the collar and pulled him close to his face. "This is one of my favorite spells. PHANTOM DRAGON!" Mason opened up his mouth and Jellal was close enough to see a faint white light forming in the back of his throat. "RO-"

Mason didn't finish as he was interrupted by a silver sword flying towards his arm forcing him to separate himself from Jellal. He looked up to see Erza standing on top of a ruined building equipped with her Heaven's Wheel armor. "That's enough! Nirvana has poisoned your mind, you're not thinking clearly!"

"PHANTOM DRAGON ROAR!" Mason unleashed the mouthful of magic hed been holding in at Erza who barely managed to leap out of the. The building she stood on wasn't so lucky as the entire structure was obliterated. "I disagree.." Mason replied as a puff of smoke escaped his mouth. "I've never been more sure of what needs to be done, my heads never been clearer." With that Mason disappeared and reappeared a moment later behind Erza, his fist glowing with magic power. "Unlike you, I'm not letting my feelings cloud my judgement." Mason taunted, giving Erza an opening to turn and throw up a block which the Dragon slayer simply punched through, sending his guild mate flying across the moving city.

"This time, I'll do what has to be done." Mason then turned his eyes to where Jellal had stood previously to find another ball of magic energy headed his way, but once again he simply punched the surprise attack into oblivion. "Hah! You almost had OOOFFFF!" While Mason was dealing with Jellal's magic diversion the blue haired mage took this opening and his body now cloaked in golden magic he flew up and tackled Mason from his rooftop perch and like a torpedo of magic energy he pushed Mason through walls and pillars of stone until he finally released him.

"Stop this at once." Jellal demanded as he hovered above the dragon slayer. "I'm trying to stop nirvana and the Oracion Seis, same as you. We should deal with the problem at hand and then you we can deal with whatever feud you seem to have against me. If you truly seek justice then theres no reason to dragon all of these innocent people into it."

"DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT JUSTICE!" Mason roared as he threw a massive energy blast at Jellal who simply flew out of the way and let the attack go sailing into the night sky. "If you knew anything about justice then you wouldn't resist letting me do what I have too. What about the hundreds you slaughtered building your tower? What about Simon? Where is there justice?!"

"I don't know anything about a tower and I have no clue who Simon is and right now it doesn't matter!" Jellal tried to talk the guild wizard down but his words only seemed to further infuriate him.

"HOW DARE YOU!" In his fury a dome of white magic crackling with black sparks erupted from Mason's body.

"Arrgh!" Jellal flew upwards to escape the blast. When the dome faded he looked down to find a smoking crater was left in his place. "Where did he-AAAHHHGGG!" Jellal roared in pain as Mason, now flying through the sky with the aid of his skeletal wings, planted a foot in his back.

"PHANTOM DRAGON STRIKE!" Mason's foot began to glow as he pushed it deeper into his foe before he cracked it across Jellal's back with enough magical force to create a shock wave that would've sent Jellal down to the stoney floor of the walking city if he hadn't caught himself in His golden Heavenly Body Magic. "That's it.." Mason growled as he watched his foe rise back into the sky with him. "No more messing around." With that Mason spread his boney wing wide and his fists began to glow white. "Time to finish things."


(Elsewhere)

The Armored Magic Mobile stopped a few meters away from the moving city and the rune knights inside spilled out.

"Hey, why'd we stop? Nirvana is still getting away." Julia blurted out the obvious.

"That's exactly why, Nirvana is still moving. We'll never catch up with it in the tank. It's time to board." Brosnan declared pointing her massive sword at the spider-like weapon.

"Great idea! How do you suppose we do that, commander?" Julia `spat back with her usual sass.

"Allow me." The usually quiet 2nd in command stepped up. "Grab on." He declared placing the girls both on his ridiculously oversized shoulder. "Hold on! EXPLOSION MAGIC! CRIMSON ROCKET!" The giant man's hand erupted with blood red explosions that like rocket thrusters blasted him and his two passengers up into the air and towards their walkingn target.


(With Erza)

"Ugh…." The red headed wizard groaned as she managed to pry her eyes open, doing so she found herself lying alone on a dirt road staring up at the sky as streaks of Gold and White decorated the night air. "Jellal!" Erza immediately shot up as she continued to watch the battle underwage above her. From where she stood it was like watching two stars smashing into each other, only one was bigger, faster and appeared to be hitting a lot harder and the smaller golden star began to flicker and fade before it began to fall. "JELLAL! REQUIPPED!" Erza commanded and in a flash of light her armor had changed and was now resembling a cheetah in design and just like a cheetah she began sprinting at super speeds across the ruined city streets in an attempt to catch the falling mage and just before impact she manage to reach Jellal and stop his decent but the moment sent them both crashing to the dirt with the blue haired mage landing on top of the barely clothed Erza in an embarrassing position.

"Erza? Erza are you alright?…" Jellal asked immediately, not seeming to realize the way his body was positioned on top of hers.

"Uhhhh…. AAAAHHHH! GET OFF!" Erza being more self conscious pushed Jellal off immediately before she realized there were more pressing matters. "I'm fine." She answered as she pushed herself up off the ground before offering Jellal a hand up. "What about you? Why did you suddenly drop like that."

Jellal took the hand and was quickly brought to his feet as well. "It was my mistake. I had done well with a sneak attack earlier. I never should have tried to match him one on one. I had to put every ounce of my strength into just keeping up with him. It doesn't make sense. It's not like he's been holding back, every attack he's thrown at us so far as been packing an incredible amount of power but he didn't even appear to be winded up there, after he released enough magic power to destroy a small village. Its like he has an endless supply of magic power."

"Endless magic power…." Erza took a moment to ponder this. "That may not be too far off. When Natsu entered his Dragon Force he eventually burned through all his amped up magic and returned to normal. Mason and Natsu are both Dragon Slayers and that means that they can consume their respective elements to replenish there magic. In Natsu's case that would mean consuming fire but for Mason he consumes evil and negative energies to reload on magic. With magic as dark as this, Nirvana must be oozing with those negative energies I bet that's why he's able to expel such powerful magic. It may also explain why Mason's magic has changed in color; he's absorbing power directly from Nirvana, to beat him we'll need to sever that connection."

"That makes sense." Jellal agreed. "But how would we go about….. RUN!" Jellal blurted out immediately sensing something was wrong, but it was too late as the two wizards were immediately consumed by a massive energy blast from above that was powerful enough to blast through the entirety of nirvana and scorch the forest beneath them. The blast did not obliterate the two wizards much to Mason's displeasure as Jellal's quick work allowed him to catch Erza and one hand and the newly created hole's ledge in the other, but Mason wasn't about to allow this to deter him from finishing the job.

"You see Erza. This is why I told you to get out of my way while you had the chance. Now the two of you will meet the same fat." Mason said as he landed in front of Jellal's hand and placed his boot a top it, getting the enemy wizard to scream. "Let it be known that I didn't want this to happen, I really shouldn't have to kill two of my oldest friends today but justice WILL be served." Mason pressed down harder on Jellal's hand and he could feel the fingers beginning to slip. "To Simon and all the lost souls consumed by the tower of heaven rejoice, you'll be able to rest soon."

But as Mason was busy already declaring his victory he did not notice a massive blast of golden light as it collided with his side and sent him flying into a nearby building.

"Fear not criminal!" A powerful voice called down to Jellal as a massive hand reached down to lift him and Erza back up to solid ground. "The New Magic Counsel has sent an elite group of warriors to aid you in this crisis. I promise once we deal with Nirvana we will bring you to justice the proper way, you have my word." Tyson said as he dusted Jellal and Erza off.

"Yeah don't worry the good guys are here." Julia said as she sat herself on top of a large stone. "So you guys can just sit back and watch."

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Massive foot steps shook nirvana as a large suit of armor came walking down one of the crumbling roads and from it spoke a booming voice. "We'll take it from here!"