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Summary: The top ten things Zeref despises and why he despises them.

Zeref despised… everything. He didn't even know why, but he just hated it. What was IT though? Everything. IT was everything. There were a few things, however, that Zeref despised even more than everything else.

This was the list of everything he hated His top tens list.

10. Grief.

9. Hope.

8. Sweets.

7. Greed.

6. Humans.

5. Rain.

4. Blood.

3. Family.

2. Love.

1. Life.

Everything. He hated everything. Everything that mattered, anyway. But who was he to decide what did and did not matter? Zeref was sure that he was nobody. Nobody got to decide what mattered to anybody else, but if humans thought anything mattered it was probably those ten things. Well, most of them anyway.

Now, this was his list for why he hated his top ten most hated things.

10. Grief, he hated grief because it was all consuming. It was much like rage except instead of feeling the fire of anger there was nothing but the large empty hole of regret. And unlike rage, where everything was okay again, once you calmed. When grief was gone all that was left was the empty shell of what used to be someone worth saving.

9. Hope. Hope left room for nothing else, when really, there should be thousands of things that you should be feeling. Hope was a sickening feeling, because when it was gone then nothing was worth anything. He had felt hope once before, but it had shattered with his humanity, many centuries ago.

8. Sweets. There was nothing terrible about them, and sure, even someone who disliked them would take joy in having one every once in a while. But, when Zeref tried it felt like he was eating rocks. Dirt-filled, hard, and empty, leaving only bitterness.

7. Greed. Greed was what caused so many human problems. More money, more food, more technology. Over and over, the cycle repeated, and people were hurt. But it wasn't humans getting hurt that enraged him. It was the fact that they couldn't see the very obvious cycle of take, take, take, and never giving a shred back. It was humans like those that didn't deserve any mercy.

6. Humans. Humanity was almost as bad as greed. What was humanity anyway? It was simply something to call the race of parasites. However, it was used to set limits and boundaries. And when people overstepped those limits set by society they were called inhuman, monsters. But what does being human truly mean? In Zeref's opinion humans were just another type of monster, ready to snap and destroy at any given moment.

5. Rain. The rain reminded Zeref too much of tears. When it rained he knew the sky was crying. He knew there was nothing he could do to stop it. Just like the sky couldn't stop the feelings of nothing swirling inside him.

4. Blood. Blood was an ugly, ugly thing. And Zeref was loathed to it. It wasn't necessarily the blood itself that he despised, but more of the feelings and reasons behind why it was spilled. Hatred. Blood was spilled in cold blood, and that was just another reason why humans deserved no mercy. They were human, yet they acted like monsters. He'd seen the best in humanity and he'd seen the worst. Unfortunately, he believed that the worst far outweighed the best. That was why he was determined to create balance.

3. Family. Family had done nothing for him. He didn't even remember his parent's names. Family was a tool designed to hurt those that lost them. Zeref had never recovered from such a loss. He blamed his feelings for his family for his misfortune. It was trivial, childish, because he knew it was his own fault. Still, Zeref knew he had to have something to blame.

2. Love. What was love anyway? Zeref was beginning to understand that he was forgetting. His love was twisted beyond repair. Nothing could fix him, nothing could help him. Because every time he loved he killed, and his soul couldn't bear that. So, he didn't love, and he still killed. And every time a new life was taken Zeref's heart would clench and his mind would scream, and he couldn't deny what was burning inside him any longer. But it was useless anyway. He didn't know what love truly was anymore. Because love shouldn't make you want to die, right?

1. Life. His existence, problems that originated from that. He hated life with his very soul. Or whatever was left of one. Zeref was dead, and yet he wasn't. What was life? Because even though he breathed, his heart beat, and his blood flowed, Zeref felt so numb all the time, so cold.

"You are alive." He whispered to himself. "No." he reminded himself. "You are not alive. You are a dead man walking." And that was all he ever would be.

A/N Okay, favorite Fairytail ships here we go, (keep in my mind that these are not listed in any particular order... Nalu, Gale, Gruvia, Jerza, Zervis, Rowen, Miraxus. (those are my favorite basic ships) These are crack ships. (Miraxus could be counted as a crack as could Rowen, but I don't care) Gratsu, Zerlu, Gray x Zeref, Gray x Ultear, Lucy x Sting, Navis (new), and Natsu x Zeref (sometimes)

Yeah, this is just my opinion. Sorry that I don't ship Gralu or Grayza. I guess Graylu might've worked out, but Grayza… I just think that Erza and Gray have a brother-sister relationship. If you read into it differently then that's okay too. These are just my opinions. Anyway, Super sorry for any mistakes, thanks for reading and please-

*Zeref walks in room*

Me: How... what's going on?

Zeref: Are you writing fanfictions and wasting everyone's time with your long author's notes again?

Me: … No?

*Zeref sighs* Zeref: You're coming with me.

Me: Wait! I have to tell my readers to review and give constructive criticism! So please, lovely readers, do that because Zeref wants you to.

Zeref: No I don't. I find it sickening you don't have anything better to do than this.

Me: … You're mean.

Zeref: Thank you. Now come with me.

*Zeref drags poor author kicking and screaming to hell.* (AKA, Fairytail Guild Hall.) :)