Chapter 13

In a land far, far away lies the kingdom of Fiore, a small, peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail.

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"Guys you might want to prepare yourselves and Kaito put some glow bugs around to room so you can see. We have company." Dakura stated as he shot a normal slug into the darkness. Kaito quickly used Flame Beetle Chitin Blade as well, causing their surroundings to light up from the flame. In front of them in a pit was a horde of humanoid creatures, however they were mummified and had small bits of armor on their shoulders and wielded massive blades.

"What. The hell. Are those things." Kaito said with a disbelieving look, while Abigail had a distant look to her eyes. When they refocused however, she let out a scream of terror yet didn't run.

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"Ok, what the actual hell, why are there mummy like creatures? I mean, we could probably take them, but still." Kaito muttered out as he readied his Flame Beetle Chitin Blade and began rushing the hoard. However, before he even reached the edge of the pit, one of the Mummy creatures let out a horrifying screech, causing the albino to freeze up for unknown reasons.

"Dakura, we need to do something! Kaito isn't moving!" Abigail yelled out in fear, however Kaito soon started rushing forward again, launching out some flames courtesy of his flame beetles. Upon contact with the creatures, their wrappings caught flame and they began screeching out in pain while the fire only spread across the entire hoard, reducing them to ash piles in a few minutes.

"Guys, keep going. These things are clearly cloth based entities, or are dry enough to catch flame easy. If we rush through like this, we should be able to clear this infestation in a few hours." Kaito urged his team as they just stared blinking at the scene, not even realising what had happened.

"OK. But I expect you to catch up once you are done." Dakura said as he grabbed Abigail and started leading her from the entrance to the deeper parts of the crypt. Before Dakura left the chamber he pulled out a fire lacrima and threw it into the crowd of mummy creatures. Once the lacrima hit the floor it exploded into a giant cloud of fire.

"I knew my different explosive lacrima would come in handy at some point." Dakura said as he entered the tunnel with Abigail. As they traveled further down the catacombs they were attacked by some more of the mummy creatures, but they easily dispatched of them quickly. Eventually the entered a large dark room, and in the center of the room was a pale, lanky creature with splotches of dried blood and organs. It's misshapen head had it's mouth left open while it's right eye had an eerie, red glow in it, watching them as they slowly entered the room. As soon as they passed the threshold, multiple pale, clawed arms burst up in the corners of the room, and reached in their direction as they neared them. Dakura gained a worried expression for a second but quickly masked it.

(BN: Start the battle theme from Darkest Dungeon.)

"Ah so they finally sent some mages for me to feast on how ki-. Wait. Is it? It is. Where have you been Erebus. The master is very angry that you left." The thing said as he looked at the two Fairy Tail mages. Dakura tensed when the thing addressed him as Erebus, something that Abigail noticed.

"I have no idea who this Erebus guy is, but I'm not him. We are Fairy Tail wizards and we are here to get rid of you." Dakura said as he pulled out his sword and inserted a fire lacrima into one of the holes in his sword. When he inserted the lacrima the sword started glowing red and there were tongues of fire rolling along it, as Abigail prepared magic circles ready to use her magic. Dakura was about to take a swing at the thing when they heard something rolling down the stairs at the entrance of the room. They all looked over to see one of the mummies heads on fire and rolling and jumping down the stairs until it reached the bottom and stopped. Then a foot came down and crushed the flaming head. The owner of the foot was Kaito who grinned while forming a flame beetle sword on one hand.

"I'm back, what I miss?" The Albino asked, breaking the tension of the fight. Dakura facepalmed at his friend's words.

"Of course that is how you enter. We are about to fight Dead Hand, and we could use your help. Also we need to do some explaining to Abigail afterwards." Dakura explained when he got a questioning look from the earth mage.

"Alright. Might as well start things off with a bang, right? Bombling rush." Kaito said as a small swarm of green insects ran out and exploded on the creature, causing a slight bit of the ceiling to crumble.

"What? I thought explosives would help?" Kato said as his teammates gave him a deadpan stare in response. The conversation was interrupted as Dead Hand burst from the ground with a raging glare in Kaito's direction.

"Who the hell are you, and what gives you the right to interrupt my meal?!" The monster roared out as both Kaito and Dakura gave it a deadpan in response.

"First of all, what the hell are you? Second of all, meal? You think my pal over here is weak enough to lose to you, especially with me here? Don't make me laugh. And another thing-" Kaito stated, but was interrupted by one of the many hands sprouting from the ground grabbing his head, while the rest of his speech was muffled. However, he soon escaped by going into his swarm form and reforming by his friends.

"As I was saying, why do I care?" Kaito finished, earning a look of disbelief from the monster, who then attempted to lunge at the beetle mage, but was blocked by Dakura using a Dark Wall.

"Okay Kaito that is enough with the taunting. I want to kill him and be done with this part of my life, and not have it coming back again." Dakura said with a serious tone and look on his face, prompting Kaito to gain the same look.

"This pertains to that period, doesn't it? Then we need to kick things up a notch. Hive Mind Secret Art: Beetle Formation." Kaito stated as a swarm appeared around him, but when it dispersed, Kaito was no longer, well, Kaito. In his place was a tall, white Humanoid Beetle with Crimson Eyes and a green back carapace. The only remnant of Kaito being the Fairy Tail Guild mark on the upper left shoulder in black.

"Dark Drive." Dakura said as a black super saiyan aura appeared around him, as the room seemed to get darker. The beetle-man rushed Dead Hand with it's right claws extended, intending to slice the creature. While it did manage to wound the creature, it was soon healed with a hiss of steam on the slash marks. However, the carapace of the Beetle-man soon flashed to a yellow color as a bolt of lightning was launched above the monster. The result was another cave-in above the creature, however it soon popped up away from the rubble. Dakura then inhaled, preparing a roar as the Beetle-Man sent the ceiling at Dead Hand. When it popped up he sent his roar straight at it. It didn't realize the danger until the last minute. It's eye sockets grew comically huge, then the large beam of Dark energy hit it sending it into the wall where it left a small crater in said wall. The Beetle-Man's carapace then flashed Pale-Blue as it launched a frost-laced wind at the creature, resulting in it being encased in a block of ice. Just for added effect, the carapace then flashed red as a stream of fire was sent, burning the monster to a crisp. Soon after, the Hands fell to the ground with a thud and dispersed in black smoke as the main body was crackling with flames, dead. Afterwards, the Beetle-man was surrounded with another swarm of beetles, which dispersed and Kaito was back. The aura around Dakura also vanished when he saw that it was dead.

"That took more out of me than I thought, especially changing forms like that." Kaito said as he placed his hands on his knees while breathing heavily.

"Thanks for the help defeating it. It would have taken too much time if I did it myself." Dakura said to his friend.

"WHAT JUST F***ING HAPPENED!" Abigail shouted gaining the attention of the other two mages.

"That, young one, was the reason why Dakura and I should be S-Class Mages. The main reason why we aren't is that there haven't been any S-Class trials since the two of us joined." Kaito answered the Stone-Maker mage, who sweat dropped in response.

"I get that, but why did it seem that Dakura had a personal vendeta with it, and why did it call him Erebus?" Abigail asked. Dakura sighed and motioned for them to sit on some of the rubble on the floor of the room. When they were all seated Dakura looked straight at Abigail with a dead serious expression.

"What do you know about the dark guild Tartaros?" Dakura asked. Abigail shook her head saying she didn't know much.

"The Tartaros guild is the top Dark Guild. They are in control of all Dark Guilds, and they are the most powerful Dark Guild. They are mostly comprised of Demons and Zeref followers. When my dragon left me I wandered on my own for some time. Eventually I was attacked by some powerful and high up Dark Mages from Tartaros, and they saw the power I had and wanted me to join their guild. When I refused, they knocked me out and took me to their guild hall and wiped my memories and made me Erebus, the demon of Darkness. While I was with them I slowly became the second most powerful in the guild, right below the guild Master. Eventually I started hearing about the Fairy Tail guild and the mighty Titania Erza Scarlet. When I saw a picture of her all of my memories came back, and I realized that I needed to escape. When I was finally away from them I locked away my Demon powers swearing to never use them again. After I traveled some more I met Kaito, and the rest you know already. I swore to never use those powers because I still have the memories of when I was Erebus, and I was a dark person who took joy in other's pain, and I never wanted to become that person again. I fear that if I use those powers that I will become that person again." Dakura finished with a sigh and a single tear rolling down his face when he remembered what he was changed into. Abigail had a shocked look on her face. She then wiped away the tears she didn't know she had.

"Let's go get our reward money and head home. I need to spend some time with my sister." Dakura said as he stood up with a grin on his face, and held out his hands to help his friends stand up. When they both grabbed his hands he melted into the darkness pulling his friends along with him. When they reappeared they were at the entrance to the catacombs that they were just in. Both Abigail and Kaito barfed once they fully reappeared. Once they were done they both looked at a smirking Dakura with pissed expressions.

" I hate you." Kaito groaned out. Abigail just kept glaring.

"Oh I hate you to. You always bug me with the buzzing." Dakura replied which earned more groans from his friends.

"Come on let's go get our money. I need some fresh air." Kaito said as he opened the doors of the catacombs and walked out.

AN: Another chapter done. Both me and my Beta have been busy with other things. This chapter has revealed some interesting things about Dakura's past that will come up again later. To answer the question I have been asked. The difference between Dark Dragon Slayer and Shadow Dragon Slayer is that Dark Dragon Slayer is more powerful, and in more ancient than Shadow Dragon Slayer. Read, Review, Favorite, Follow. Until Next Time. See Yah! -Rage721

BN: Hey, sorry for the Delay, we've been busy with our other stories that we're writing on our own. Be sure to check those two out as well! The battles here were more intense than normal, and we got to get a glimpse into Dakura's past. As always, Read, Rate, Review, and Favorite! Blueghast900, Signing off.