Chapter 37: Wizard and Demon's War

The strange cloaked figures arrived at the gateway.

"This is it." The plastered mask figure said gazing at the gateway.

"To think Zeref had something like this." The other figure added.

Just then there dark bird resembling a crow came flying down and one figures lend their hand out.

The plasted masked figure turned her attention. "What is it?"

"It seems that a bunch of human wizards are coming our way." The other figure answered.

The plastered mask figure smiled a little. "This is great, let's have them activate this portal and then let them go ahead then we surprise them in the other world."

The other figures nodded as the black bird flew them up and hide next to the forest nearby the ruins.

Jura was leading the wizards at the location of the gateway who also holding the other lacrima. "With this, we can go to our friends and bring them home."

"Yeah, can't wait to see Natsu!" Sting said with a smile.

"Let's just hope he isn't causing trouble." Lector added.

"Knowing him, he and the others are." Lyon stated.

Everyone laughed at that knowing that was true well most of them as Kagura didn't laugh or giggle including Minerva who still was glancing at the woman she tormented.

Meanwhile at the Capital Palace.

Akame was killing a few guards that were guarding the Private room where Youkan was who was cornered to the wall.

Akame began to approach the man. "Wait, please I have a child I love, and money, listen to me..." Akame didn't hesitated at the second that she swung her sword cut the top of his head and the man fell over on the floor dead. "Time to find my other targets."

at the abandon church.

Natsu grinned as flames covered his fists. "I'm all fired up now!" He dashed towards Fang. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" Fang just smirked as his face was punched in the face.

Lucy made widened eye look. "Natsu, his curse is power..." Natsu felt his hand feel strange and it was glowing but didn't finch. "I remember this, Jackal has this power..."

Carla in her human form and began swinging her arms comically. "Did you just realize that?"

Happy giggled. "He forgets as usually."

Natsu ignored the comments from his friends and engulfed his hand that was glowing which exploded as Fang smirked but his smirk vanished as Natsu wasn't damaged. "I remember doing that same the time when I faced Jackal, I know want to expect."

Fang was little surprised but then a small smile was shown on his face. "You forget my other curse power." Natsu wondered what he meant but before he make say anything Fang vanished quickly. "What the hell?"

The Wolf Demon appeared behind him. "SPEED: JUMP KICK!" He kicked Natsu's back sending him crashing into a tree.

"Natsu!" Lucy yelled in surprise.

"That was some speed." Wendy said equally surprised but also worried.

"Was that his other curse power?" Carla asked.

Fang chuckled. "Yes, my other Curse Power is Swift Speed, like a real wolf is cunning and swift, with my speed, I use to attack."

Lucy took her bow. "Take this, STAR SHOT!" Several energy arrows were send directly at Fang but he just smirked and raised his left foot high. "SPEED: KICK DEFLECT!"

The action shocked the wizards. "No way!"

Wendy knew she had to take action. "Fast wind that run the heaven..." She held out arm. "Vernier!" A magic circle appeared beneath Natsu. "I feel myself getting faster, hear that wolf I'm going to be as fast as you."

Fang gritted his teeth. "We shall see lizard boy!"

"I'm not done, O strengthen of arm to cleave the heavens!" Natsu felt his arms glowed a differently. "ARMS!" Natsu smirked. "I feel power flowing inside me."

"Just incase, Armor!" Natsu felt another power flowing inside him. "With this spell, the defense power will of the target including myself for short time."

Natsu then engulfed his entire body into flames and lightning. "Lightning FIRE DRAGON MODE!"

Saki saw this and dashed quickly in towards Fang by turning herself into a lightning bolt as Natsu engulfed his left hand in lightning and fire in his right hand then brought the two together. "LIGHTNING FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAME!" A large destructive sparking blast was sent directly at Fang who just smirked and attack made contact creating a huge explosion.

Saki appeared in front of Fang surprising the wizards especially Natsu who starting swinging his arms comically with tick marks appeared above his head. "Hey, what's the big idea my attack was suppose to burn you jerks into a fiery crisp!"

Saki pointed up as a large ball with a dark lightning ball symbol seen above them. "Thanks to my own Thunder Palace Ball, I can absorb magic but only lightning but since you fire was combined with lightning it was absorbed."

Natsu remembered that move. "Hold on, Laxus used that move too..." Lucy recalled that as well. "Yeah, its when Laxus tried to take over the guild by force!"

Carla was shocked to see something like this. "That Demon can use same move that Laxus used before Wendy and I joined Fairy Tail."

Natsu however was still confused on how the Demon knows about Laxus' move. "Hey, how do you know about Laxus' Thunder Palace?" Saki giggled evilly. "I was watching his little protest against Fairy Tail including that childish act he pulled..." Natsu respond with a gasp which made only the Demon smirk even more that she was. "Yes, as you know he heard about Fairy Tail's reputation being mocked and laughed at, I should know because I was there in disguise, I remember the day like it was yesterday."

Saki's memory of Laxus' rage went through her mind.

Laxus was stopping a bar sitting a table eating a meal and drink. "Man, that job was nothing."

Just then he heard a few people laughing mockingly. "Did you hear about Fairy Tail's antics?"

"Yeah, they got their asses kicked good by Phantom Lord, not only that but three were attached to a tree in fiore by one that uses Iron Dragon Slayer magic."

"On top of that, Fairy Tail invaded Phantom Lord's guild, at some point Makorov was defeated, and those Fairy flies had to retreat."

"I heard Erza Scarlet was defeated quickly but saved the guild from Phantom Lord's cannon, she fell quickly still!"

"Ha, ha, ha, guess Fairy Tail isn't number one as much as they are."

Laxus began to feel angry and got up from his seat which caused the chair to break into pieces but he stormed away without saying word.

In the corner of the bar was Saki wearing hoodie and cap covering her body as a smirk appeared on her face. "I have admit his rage from those humans that mocked Fairy tail was amusing and entertaining, I also followed him to Fiore and days at this festival I saw countless Lacrimas filled with enormous of lightning magic above in the air in circular formation, I admit that human was more determined then I imagined, as the battle was began, I saw some of the lacrimas get blown up but heard screams from two humans, then after awhile all the lacrimas were destroyed hearing more screams were heard, after that was done I spend my time studying and perfecting my own Thunder Palace, then it worked."

Her Thunder Palace began to glow as Saki smiled evilly. "However I learned not only to absorb lightning magic and re-direct at my opponent thanks to Organic Link magic, but that's not all, even other enemies of mine share half the damage as well!"

Wendy, Carla, Happy, Natsu, and Lucy screamed in pain.

"Man, that didn't feel good." Lucy groaned in pain as she glanced at Sagittarius who was injured by the attack.

Carla knelt down. "If this woman keeps this up we won't last much longer."

Wendy didn't look worried. "Carla, remember what I said, I'm tired of despair." She turned to face her partner. "I will keep fighting no matter what!"

Natsu grinned. "You've gotten more confident that I can remember." He turned his attention to the Demons. "You hear that you two, we're just getting started."

Happy saluted by raising arm. "Aye!"

Carla smiled at her friends fighting spirit. "Same here."

Lucy looked at Sagittarius. "Hey, take a break." The horse man nodded with a salute. "Very well, m'lady." Her Sagittarius dress began to change. "Star Dress: Aquarius Form!" She remembered how this power was granted thanks to the Celestial King.

"That appearance looks familiar..." Wendy said noticing the design of clothes.

Lucy smiled but felt a tinge of sadness still she had to keep fighting. "I shall use this power to defeat our enemies!"

Natsu grinned widely with blood thirsty look. "Yeah, its time for us to get serious!"

At the lake

Gajeel was charged at Snapjaw and pulled back his arm. "IRON DRAGON'S CLUB!" He thrust his arm foward but the piranha Demon blocked using his barehand. "Not bad for human."

The Iron Dragon grinned. "Funny, you remind me of Torafuzor." Snapjaw growled lowly. "Yes, he was my mentor, he so strong, he also cared for the missions we got instead of victory, in other words he cared about making sure we got our missions done, showed no mercy to stupid lowly humans."

Gajeel gritted his teeth. "Yes, but enough talk" His iron club arm grew more iron clubs that went straight into Snapjaw's face making him pull away. "Did I hurt you?"

Snapjaw just smiled as he rubbed his face with his hand. "A little but its my turn, Water Sprout!" He punched the ground using his fist then a water sprouted from the ground which seemed dirty black water. "Take that!" Gajeel just stood there.

Levy was busy fighting Kay along with Lily.

Kay pointed his skull staff at the blue haired girl. "Dark Dead Sphere!" A sphere appeared from the staff of pure darkness was sent at the girl.

Levy wrote the word Guard in the air. "SOLID SCRIPT: GUARD!" A barrier was created in front of the girl that stopped the attack in its tracks but the barrier was barely destroyed as the sphere blew up.

The explosion from the sphere caused Levy to cover her eyes smoke. "This guy is tough."

Lily leaped towards the Demon and swung his sword but the attack went through him. "Time for me for show you my other Curse power..." He disappeared into thin air.

Levy wondered what just happened. "What the heck just happened?"

Lily didn't like this. "This move he used, why is so familiar." He caught a small glimpse of some leaves blowing in the air and stopped in mid-air which made him gasp in horror. "Levy, get away from-" Just then dark particle tentacles came out of nowhere and took Levy in a tight bind. "Let me go!"

"What you saw was my other curse power. Stealth as in invisibility." Kay appeared chuckling. "I was a Demon with Stealth Curse power, but later I was attacked and nearly killed by Silver Fullbuster..."

Lily and Levy gasped. "Gray's father..."

Kay opened his mouth with saliva dripping from his skeleton teeth. "Heh, heh, heh, I thought I was on the verge of death, but then Mard Geer found me and then some other Demons put me in a container in a hidden room deep under the Tartaros Guild, where I laid to sleep until my link was broken, which was connected to Keyes who volunteered to give me his power if he were to be defeated."

Levy didn't know what to think much of this. "So some of the Demons were nearly killed by Gray's father but was kept hidden in the underground room and then after the Nine Demon Gates-" She gasped in realization as Lily shared the same reaction. "If this is true who knows what other Demons could've survived but has one of the Nine Demon's Curse power."

Gajeel turned into his Dragon mode. "IRON SHADOW DRAGON MODE!"

Snapjaw smirked as he began to transform and his body was beginning to glow purple. "STEEL TITANIUM MODE!" His entire body was steel titanium including his sharp teeth. "This body is more powerful than Torafuzor's steel body."

Gajeel didn't seem worried. "No prob, I will shatter your body into scrape, IRON SHADOW DRAGON'S ROAR!" He let out his iron shadow breath attack.

Snapjaw put his arm apart out while his eyes glowed. "POLLUTION TSUNAMI!" A tidal wave of polluted water emerged behind the Demon and covering the entire area even the lake in water.

Gajeel recognized this move. "This attack is like..."

"Yes, the move you see is similar to Torafuzor uses, in a matters of minutes your comrades will drown in this water and contains vein particles which will drain your magic until you all perish." Snapjaw explained as he smirked.

Gajeel was silent as he noticed Lily and Levy were struggled to hold their breath. "Levy, use your magic to give us some air!"

Levy nodded as she began to write with her finger. "SOLID SCRIPT: AIR!"

Three air bubbles appeared as the three wizards got their heads inside and breathed heavily.

Lily was the first speak. "This guy is tough."

Kay appeared in front of them. "Heh, heh, pity you humans can't swim fast." Lily thought otherwise. "That maybe, but you can't swim well either." The Skeleton just smirked wickedly. "Maybe not, but I still have this, Dark Particle Bind!" Water like particle tentacles appeared and grabbed Levy again.

Lily slashed through the tentacles setting the girl free. "This won't be easy."

Gajeel growled. "Damn, this Piranha is just strong as Torafuzor, but still I must keep fighting, IRON SHADOW DRAGON'S CLUB!" His punched the Piranha Demon in the chest but not before his body glow a greenish color with steel like body. "This my Steel Titaniumwhich can absorb the water and turn into a special kind of armor for my body." Gajeel pulled back his fist he used to attack and yelled in pain.

Snapjaw observed the area. "Its only matter of time before you guys drown together into the gates of hell."

Gajeel then remembered something before joining magic council.

He along with Levy and Lily were at the trial room talking with Doranbolt. "For now we shall work with the Magic Council, after we need somewhere to go."

Lily smiled with determination. "Yes, someday we know Fairy Tail will rebuild again."

Levy shared the same feeling. "No doubt it, we will get even stronger."

Doranbolt smiled at the former Fairy Tail wizards. "Very well."

Back at to the fight.

Gajeel then absorbed the particles in the water. "I ain't giving up fish face!" He lunged a punched at Snapjaw's face sending down a little. "I attend to return to Fairy Tail someday, so my friends and I will defeat you like I did with Torafuzar'!" Snapjaw looked closely at the Dragon Slayer. "This isn't happening, he absorbing the particles in the water, is this what he used to defeat Torafuzar?!"

Gajeel did his trademark laugh. "Heh, damn right I did, IRON TITANIUM DRAGON MODE!" His Iron was now made of titanium steel. "NOW TITANIUM DRAGON'S LANCE: SUPER DEMON LOG!" He cupped his hands together and formed a massive large spearhead then firing a titanium steel spear at the Demon's chest impaling him in the chest through his back. "AAAAAHHH!"

Gajeel then spearhead disappeared and he began to transform his arms. "I'm not done, TITANIUM DRAGON TWIN SWORDS!" His arms became twin swords made of Titanium steel and then slashed the Demon several times as Kay watched in horror. "Snapjaw!" The Piranha Demon opened his eyes but barely. "Kay, escape from here now..."

Kay didn't want to but he knew he would get killed if he stayed. "Very well, so long..." He disappeared as Gajeel used his steel titanium arms to create magic like waves to make the polluted water disappear as he landed on his feet.

Lily still in his battle form was carrying Levy in his arms. "Well done, Gajeel."

In the cave.

Rachena snapped her fingers. "Infestation!" Two mothmen and three ants with flammable bodies appeared from the shadows.

Juvia was disgusted at what she saw. "What the...?"

Elfman wondered what was going on. "This isn't manly!"

Erza wanted to make sense on where other bugs came from.

Rachena found the reactions from the three amusing. "If you three human flies are wondering where my bugs came from, its my one of abilities, Infestation, I can use this to summon out Demon Insect grunts as many I can want and different types of insects."

Lamy giggled. "Fu, fu, fu, these humans will be the ones exterminated!"

Just then the sensation was flowing through the Demons chests. "No, Snapjaw's curse power is..."

Lamy felt it too and let out a tears. "Snapjaw is defeated, so sad."

Erza heard this. "Wait, Snapjaw is the opponent that Gajeel and his team were facing, including Kay."

Fang and Saki felt the same sensation through their bodies.

"What is this, Snapjaw's power is..." Fang began to say. "Gone..." Saki finished as she gritted her teeth.

Natsu noticed the Demon's behavior. "Snapjaw?"

Lucy wondered what the Demons were saying. "What they saying?"

Juvia began to realize something. "Does that mean..." Elfman laughed with a grin. "Gajeel and the others defeated Snapjaw, talk about man power!" Another thought came him. "If that's so what happened to the new Necromancer Kay?"

Rachena growled deeply as she put two fingers on her head. "Come in, Kay, what's going on?"

Kay heard this. "Snapjaw was defeated, I retreated by his order, what shall I do now?"

Rachena already had that answer but first had to inform the others. "Listen up, Snapjaw is defeated, some of you guys must search for him, but where I'm not sure."

Saki had an idea. "Its simple, have him join Leon and Dr Stylish join the battle against the Empire, as Rachena go search for him and take Lamy with you as for us we shall continue stalling Fairy tail as much as we can."

To the Spider Demon that seemed easier said then done but she glanced at Lamy who was holding a strange device behind her back. "We shall use this..." The bunny demon whispered. "But first stall them for while until I give the single."

Elfman transformed his arm. "Beast Arm: IRON BULL!" His arm became a large beast arm made of metal then he punched two of the ant demon grunts knocking into the ground.

Juvia raised her arm up creating a face like entity out of boiling water. "WATER JIGSAW!" Water beams were shot at the two mothman sending crashing into a wall in the cave.

Rachena then created a web. "Electro Web!" A web was sent directly at Juvia that electrocuted her making her scream in pain. "AAAHHH!"

Erza then swung her sword at the spider demon but she responded quickly. "Web Fist!" Her fist was covered in a strong web which blocked the sword. "Its seem your web is stronger than I thought."

Rachena smiled maliciously. "Yes, in fact the last opponent was no match for me, that opponent was Run one of the Jaegers." Erza gasped as the Spider girl giggled at the reaction. "Yes, I heard he was trying to make a difference in the Empire, but because of some info I found in Joyou which had lists of people of tried to do the same thing were all caught and killed."

That wasn't surprising considering what Wave mentioned before. "I see, Wave did mention Run's plan, but decided leave with Kurome."

Rachena laughed nefariously. "Yes, he was also determined to get revenge on us for killing those children back at Kyoroch." Hearing that made Erza more furious. "If that's true, then what was the reason of killing them?!"

Rachena just smiled before responding. "Because humans can be so predictable when comes to humans having their fragile emotions targeted, that they also had to pay for lying to us about knowing that Fairy Tail was here."

Erza then heard enough of this. "REQUIP: FLAME EMPRESS ARMOR!" She took her sword and pointed at the Demon. "I shall put you the dirt, my friends will see to that."

Elfman roared out. "Yes, I shall get more manly, BEAST SOUL: WERETIGER!" He transformed into a tiger like beast with his outfit gone but his pants he wore was replaced with dark baggy pair reaching below to his knees and his feet were feline feet bare.

Juvia eyes glowed with rage. "Yes, I will not allow these Demons to hurt anyone including my Gray."

Suddenly strange humans came from behind Rachena and passed by her wearing bondage outfits.

Elfman recognized the men. "Those the weird men from while back." Juvia gritted her teeth. "Those guys are the same kind that Susanoo killed including the night Dr Stylish and his team attacked the base."

Lamy giggled as she held a device which Erza noticed. "Fu, fu, fu, these men are going to blow you away!" She pressed the button on the device as men began get bigger until b

The explosion created dust from the ground causing the wizards to cough and cover their eyes.

Rachena crawled on the wall as she whistled her remaining grunts. "Stall those humans!" one Mothman and flea like knight with a round shield made of metal and sword charged at the wizards.

Juvia put out her right hand. "WATER LOCK!" A large mass of water captured the two insect grunts and the two started to choke.

Erza saw her chance and slashed through the large masses defeating the two insect grunts that they fell to the ground. "The Demons are escaping!"

Just the cave began to shake with pebbles falling from walls to the ground. "This isn't good..." Juvia said looking nervous.

Erza knew what was going. "That explosion has caused the cave to shake..." Elfman didn't like this. "The cave is collapse, we need to run!"

The two agreed since the Demons ran out as the three wizards ran towards the entrance as they did rocks were falling from behind them, as they came to the entrance above several large sharp pointy rocks were falling down. "Those rocks are falling towards the entrance!"

"Not for long, WATER SLICER!" Juvia swung her right hand to the right and send out scythe-like blades of water slicing the rocks into several pieces.

Just as they leaped out of the cave the inside was sealed with rocks falling onto the ground creating dirt dust as the dust cleared the cave entrance was sealed. "We made it out." Juvia sighed relief.

Erza had to be relieved but something was up about the Demons' retreat. "Yes, but the Demons ran off, not to mention the spider was talking to herself."

Elfman had a thought to that. "Is is possible she can use Telepathic like Warren and Makarov."

Juvia put her hand under chin. "Possible or rather one of the Demons that the others are fighting were using it to talk with Rachena and Lamy."

That was true however Erza knew there were more important things to be considering. "At any case, we must join the battle at the Empire, its possible they're going to meet battle as well."

Later at the lake nearby Night Raid's base.

Lily was bit worned out. "Snapjaw was defeated, however Kay got away."

Levy was sitting on the ground. "Yes, at least, we're still fine for now."

Gajeel grinned. "Not to mention I learned a new type of metal for my magic, Salamander we shall have a fight someday."

"Is that all you think about now?!" Levy yelled comically as she cringed in pain. "These Demons have gotten a stronger."

Lily had to agree but had other thought to add. "Yeah, not mention that Snapjaw's last attack was filled with vein particles, though I still have magic left, but this batte isn't over."

Gajeel stood up. "Yeah, we must get to the Capital, where the war is...there we can show those bastards how we wizards fight!"

Lily grinned.

Levy giggled with a smile. "Right!"

At the war between the Empire and Revolutionary Army.

Najenda rode on her horse through the battle as Imperial soldiers came charged with swords. "REEL ASSAULT!" Her metal arm stretched out as her metal hand a soldier who was sent backwards crashing to other nearby soldiers.

Susanoo took out his wolf fang mace staff and swung it as its rotating blades tore the soldiers into apart as blood spilled onto the ground. "Many soldiers here..." He gasped as he saw some blood on one of the men's boots. "Dirty boots." Najenda saw this. "Susanoo, focus on our mission to destroy this Empire!"

Susanoo turned to his master. "My apologies..."

Gray and Taran continued the battle against Esdeath's Ice Calvary.

Taran put her hands close as psychic magic power as charged. "PSYCHIC SHADE!" A shade of psychic energy came firing out of the woman's eyes destroyed two Ice Calvary centaurs. "These guys are strong, but we'll keep going."

"ICE MAKE: LANCERS!" His Ice lancers appeared and flew passed him and the ice centaurs were destroyed into pieces as the lancers impaled their chests and legs. "I have to say, these ice figures are disgrace to my Master Ur."

Esdeath was impressed than she can be seeing the man she loved with his power. "Such a man with power, we're simply meant to be together not just cause he's strong, but he escaped death against unbelievable odds, so wait for me my lover, we shall fight, if you don't want me then I shall take your life..." She smirked evilly.

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