A/N: Hello again everyone. Sorry for the delay, meant to get this out last week but stuff kept happening, and when I first tried to post this, something was happening that I couldn't understand. Anyway, if you all can read this, than I finally managed to get this posted. Hope you all enjoy the second part of the battle with Phantom Lord.

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Adrian: Not a bad idea for an antagonist, though it is a bit like Ultron like you said. Still, I do like the idea so I may toy around with the idea into something I can use later on. Maybe something created by the original Crystal Makers instead of Sora himself. Let me know if you have any other thoughts, because you really do have some fun ideas!

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Guest: Finally! The only other pairing ideas I've been getting was about OCxErza, so you are the first to suggest Mira. I do have a few fun ideas I might be able to do if I follow that route, so I will take your idea under consideration. Other than that, glad you'd be willing to read more of my story anyway!

As the bolt they rode in on shot through the hole, Sora let go and landed in a roll before it hit something and Erza flew ahead, racing to support Natsu. As he stopped rolling, Sora took a second before getting himself up. "Urgh, damn. I need to adjust a little more before I do some of this crazy stuff. How many things have I tested today?" He held a hand to his head trying to count, before shaking it away. "Ah, no matter. I need to focus on the present." He then shuffled his feet to see if he could catch the matchup between Natsu, Aria, and Erza without needing to use his eye powers.

As he walked into the room, he made it in time to see Erza knocking out Aria with her blades and Heaven's Wheel armor, numerous cuts across his form and Happy and Natsu watching with fearful looks.

"She beat him in one move!" "Erza really is dangerous!"

Erza didn't even turn around as she addressed the downed Aria. "Our master will never be done in by the likes of you." She then turned to him with a look of disdain. "Strike him from your list of triumphs this instant."

"S-So sad…" Aria then passed out completely after his last muttered words.

Silence reigned for a few seconds, before Sora decided to speak up as he leaned against the doorway. "Well, I sure wish I saw how that went down."

Natsu, Happy, and Erza then turned to where he was and noticed how tired he was, and rushed to him. Natsu was the first to reach his side. "Sora! What are you doing here?!"

Natsu helped him lay against the side of the doorway as he smirked. "How do you think Erza got on this thing? She may be strong, but she isn't fast enough to get onto this thing and find you before that guy did you in."

"Hey, I was gonna beat him just fine!"

"Heh, not how it looked to me with the way he was almost literally wiping the floor with you, without taking a single injury himself."

Before Natsu could argue back, Erza hit him in the back of the head. "Natsu, enough. Can't you see how exhausted he is?" She then knelt next to him and shifted to her standard armor as Natsu recovered from the hit. "Are you alright? You've been using a lot of complex magic you haven't attempted before in the last hour alone."

Sora nodded to her. "I'll be fine. Just need to rest for a bit."

At that moment, the structure began to shift and shake, causing Natsu and Happy to work to maintain their balance as Erza looked around. Sora however, didn't even try and let himself fall on his side as the place shook for a few seconds, swearing a little before everything settled.

As everything calmed down, Happy looked about in worry. "What was that?"

Erza looked around herself, before helping Sora to get back to a sitting position. "Sora. Is it…?"

Sora nodded to her and turned towards where they came in from, using his eye to confirm the outside situation. Once he did, he smirked. "Yeah, it's over! The giant stopped, and the Abyss Break is no more!" That got a smile out of the others, as they learned that they were somehow able to stop the Phantom Giant from tearing apart Magnolia.

Natsu cheered as he punched his palm. "Alright! Now all that's left to do is kick Jose and Gajeel's ass, and we win this!"

Sora chuckled at his enthusiasm as Happy chastised him. "Natsu! What did I say!? You don't have anywhere near enough power to take on Jose! At least leave him to Erza!"

At that moment, Jose's voice came through once more. "Members of Fairy Tail! Listen closely to this!"

"What…?" Natsu looked up confused as Happy and Erza braced themselves for what sort of plan the guild master had this time.

Sora banged his head against the wall he was sitting against. "Great, what is this guy up to now?"

His question was answered as they all heard a loud, painful scream come through, coming from an all too familiar voice, making Natsu freeze at the realization of who was screaming. "We have captured Lucy Heartfilia. That's right. Our first goal has been achieved. That leaves us with our one other goal… Destroying all of you pathetic brats!"

As Erza and Sora looked pissed at what he was doing, Natsu looked downright furious! "Bastard…!"

Sora started to get up, but he was too out of it and fell back down, Erza quickly coming to help him. "Take it easy, you've already done enough for now."

"No… Not until I identify where this bastard is and where they've got Lucy…" He then used his eye once again and looked around everywhere he could, pushing through the headache threatening to split his skull. He managed to locate Lucy and Gajeel, who was keeping her hostage, and Jose, who had apparently left his control room and was making his way through the giant, before releasing the ability and leaning his head against the wall in relief. "Okay… Okay I got them…" He then turned to Natsu. "Lucy is with the guy with so many piercings, he could only be Black Steel Gajeel."

Natsu nodded at the description. "Sounds like the bastard. What about Jose?"

"He's started moving around. Not sure where he's heading, but it's away from Lucy. This is your best chance to go after her."

Natsu looked at him unsure, with Happy looking worried. "What about you?"

Erza cut in before any more could be said. "I'll keep an eye on him. You focus on using every ounce of strength within you. And I mean all of it."

Natsu looked at her confused as she kept speaking. "You still have dormant strength within you… Believe in yourself. Be steadfast, and wake it. Now is the time… Protect Lucy. Protect our guild." As she spoke, Natsu's face became more and more determined, needing only one more prompt from Erza to set himself off. "Go, Natsu! You're meant to surpass me!"

Natsu was silent, as the temperature around him began to quickly rise, until he burst into flames so bright, Sora had to shield his eyes and face from the intensity of the blaze. As Natsu roared, Sora was able to make out the shape of a dragon within his flames.

Natsu then began to stalk over in the direction his nose knew Lucy and Gajeel to be, only to be stopped by Sora's voice. "Oi, hold up." Turning around, he noticed something land near his feet. Looking down, he saw a red top beginning to spin, before looking back at a smirking Sora. "Want a top-off?"

The top then spun rapidly, creating a large surge of fire, which was quickly gobbled up by the blazing Salamander. Once it was all consumed and the top disappeared, Natsu wiped his mouth with his arm. "Thanks for the meal. Now get some rest." He then ran off towards Lucy, knocking down anything in his way as Happy quickly followed behind.

Sora looked to Erza impressed. "Not bad. You really know how to motivate that guy. You really think he can surpass you of all people?"

Erza nodded. "Of course. He may be headstrong, but you surely felt the power that was surging from him. Not to mention you just gave him a recharge."

That got a small chuckle out of the mage. "Good point. Guess we just need to bet on his ability to destroy everything he gets his hands on to win the day." He laid his head back against the wall once more, wincing from discomfort. "Owowow… damn this headache…"

Erza frowned at that as she knelt next to him. "How bad is it?"

He gave her a strained smile in response. "Nothing I haven't pushed through before, but I definitely don't want to try anything while I'm like this. Maker magic needs focus to work, and it's hard to focus when you got a skull-cracking headache."

Erza gave him a faint smile at hearing he'd be okay. "You fool…"

"Says the one who tried to tank a cannon blast that could wipe out a city." They each chuckled a little at that.

"Erza!" "Sora!"

They both turned their heads to see Mira, Gray, and Elfman had run into the room, the latter looking at the damage that had been done. "This place has been trashed too."

Erza stood up and looked at them in light surprise. "Everyone…"

Sora held up a hand weakly as he smiled. "Yo. What took you guys so long?"

"When did you both get in here?!" Gray asked.

Mira ran over and kneeled beside Sora. "I thought you guys were helping protect the guild! Why did you come here after all the magic you've already used today?!"

Sora smirked at her. "Well, Erza needed an express train here to save Natsu's hide. And unfortunately, there weren't any trains operating in the area. So I obviously had to hurl us both here on a self-made ballista bolt. Nothing too unreasonable."

Mira smacked him lightly as she frowned at him. "Don't joke around like that right now! Do you have any idea the kinds of enemies that could have found you?!"

Sora blinked at her, then pointed at the beaten Aria. "You mean like that guy?"

They all looked, and Elfman was the first to express his shock. "O-Oi! Isn't that…!?"

"Aria?!" Mira looked back at Sora in shock, only to see him smiling and pointing at Erza.

Everyone looked at Erza in shock, as she simply stood completely relaxed. "What?"

Before anyone could comment on it, Sora widened his eyes in realization. "Uh, hey guys?"

They all looked at him as Gray spoke. "What's up?"

"Uh, well, everyone who hopped aboard this thing, with the exception of Natsu who is off getting Lucy, is now in this room, right?" They all nodded, feeling confused, as Sora gulped out of fear. "Well, Jose left his control room just a little while ago, and I can only think of one place he might go…"

They all realized what he was suggesting, just before they all felt an incredibly powerful, and dangerously dark aura.

"What the…?" Gray said, completely motionless.

Elfman looked like a deer in headlights, not uttering a word as Mira looked around in fear. "What is this?!"

"I sense death!" Erza looked ahead in worry.

Sora couldn't even move from his position, and simply uttered a few quiet words. "Well… This is going to be a bitch."

"What is this feeling!?" Gray exclaimed, looking around as a dark aura permeated around the room.

Elfman was shaking slightly as he looked around. "It's giving me chills, despite my manliness!"

"The air is filled with evil energy!" Mira said, as she backed towards the wall Sora was sitting against.

"Yeah, I've never felt anything like this! This has got to be HIM!"

A gentle clapping was then heard in the room, and they all looked to see Jose with a dark aura wrapped around him as he looked at them smugly. "That was truly impressive, my Fairy Tail wizards. To be honest, I never imagined you would entertain me this much. To think that you would destroy the Jupiter, take down the Element 4, and bring my magic giant to its knees…"

"Master Jose!" Erza exclaimed.

"He's…" "Phantom's master!?" Elfman and Gray looked at him in shock and fear.

Sora just deadpanned at them. "No, he's their delivery boy. What does he look like?!"

Jose looked at Sora neutrally. "I'm surprised you can even make jokes in front of me, but I guess you really are either that stupid, or that brave. Probably both."

Sora smirked weakly at him. "If I couldn't make light of the situation, I might just pass out right here."

"So you're simply coping then? Hmm, at least you know your betters. Now then…" He gestured to them with open arms. "You were kind enough to entertain me, so I really must return the favor."

Gray and Elfman then jumped in front of the rest of them. "Elfman!" "Yeah!"

"Return it in full…" Jose said darkly, as he raised a hand that was coated in dark energy.

"Ice Make…" "Beast Arm…" Gray and Elfman began to charge their magic, as Erza looked at them in fear.

"Wait! Don't be so hasty!"

But her shouts went unanswered as the duo attacked Jose. "Saucer!" "Iron Bull!"

Jose didn't even have the gall to look worried, as he simply raised his arm. "How absurd!" He then unleashed a swarm of ghastly spirits, which tore apart both the attacks and the casters, leaving them weak as they were tossed to the side of the room.

"Elfman!" "Gray!" Mira and Sora looked at where they fell in worry, before looking back at Jose in anger.

Erza however looked the angriest, as she glared straight at Jose, who waved his arm and created an explosion, knocking Gray and Elfman even further away, and throwing Mira and Sora away as well, rendering them both unconscious as Erza began her counter attack.

When Sora came to, it was to a massive quake that caused some rubble to land next to his head. When he opened his eyes and looked around the trashed room of the Phantom headquarters, he saw a ragged Erza facing a rather calm Jose, who had some scratches of his own.

As rubble continued to land around them, Jose didn't even question the source. "What an unruly dragon."

Erza just stood across from him in her Black Wing armor, sword at the ready and panting heavily. "It looks like you didn't count on Natsu's fighting abilities." She then repositioned her sword as she faced him. "Little did you know he's at least as powerful as I am, if not more!"

"Hmph. Don't be so modest, Titania Erza. Your magic is spectacular indeed. You're actually the first wizard to last this long against me in a fight." Sora took a quick look around to confirm the status of the others, seeing the other three unconscious, but otherwise alive. "It is truly a wonderful match. If it weren't for the boy and his crystals, you would have taken more of a hit from the Jupiter, and this matchup would be much less exciting."

Sora barely held himself back from giving a prideful comment, but didn't want to attract attention to himself while he was still helpless.

"I cannot stand the fact that there are such powerful wizards like you in Makarov's guild."

At those words, Sora simply watched and listened to Jose as he then flicked his finger, sending out a burst of magic that sent Erza flying back and creating a small crater in the back wall. "Do you know why I didn't finish Makarov off?" Jose then charged a small ball of Shade magic on the tips of each of his fingers, before launching them one by one at Erza.

From the resulting cloud of dust, Erza flew up and around. "Despair!" Jose answered, as he fired more magic that Erza worked to avoid, strafing and dodging as best she could. "I did it to instill despair. How will he feel when he wakes and sees that his beloved guild and his dear comrades have been wiped out? He'll be grief-stricken, I'm sure…"

Erza glared at him in hate as he spoke, while Sora look angry himself, wishing he could stand up and perform a repeat of what Lucy did to him earlier. Jose ignored the look he was aware of and continued. "Once I've given him despair and sorrow, then I will destroy him. It will not be a pleasant death. He will suffer, suffer, and suffer even more as he withers and dies!"

Erza then charged straight at the bastard, swinging her sword. "You wretch!"

Jose suddenly vanished before her attack connected, and reappeared behind her as she landed. "Phantom Lord was always the top guild. It had the greatest magic in the kingdom, the greatest personnel, the most money…" He then fixed a glare in her direction. "But Fairy Tail has suddenly grown much stronger in recent years. Erza, Laxus, Mystogan… Those names even reached our town, and stories about the Salamander spread throughout the land. At some point, Phantom Lord and Fairy Tail became the two guilds that represent this kingdom. Heh. I can't stand it." His eyes narrowed dangerously at those last words, before widening maniacally. "Your guild was always feeble as hell!"

"Silence!" Erza charged him once more, putting even more power and speed into her attack, but Jose was still too fast and he evaded her attacks and stopped atop some rubble. Erza then aimed her sword at him in anger. "Are you saying your pathetic jealousy is what triggered this war?!"

"Jealousy? Nothing of the sort." Jose spoke in dark amusement. "We only want to make it clear who's dominant and who isn't."

"All of this, for such a stupid reason?!" She then leaped at him once more, taking more swings than Sora could see and count at the monster who attacked her guild, her family!

After a while of dodging, Jose unleashed his magic on her once more, this time his shades knocking her sword away and coiling around her, shocking and completely restricting her! As Erza cried out from the pain, Jose talked some more. "I've never been fond of your guild, but it was something trivial that triggered this war… A job request, to take the daughter of the Heartfilia Concern back home."

He followed that up with another shock. "One of this kingdom's richest socialites, a member of Fairy Tail? Just how large must you become before you're satisfied?!" He then shocked Erza some more. "With unfettered access to the Heartfilia fortune, you would undoubtedly grow more powerful than us! That is the one thing we cannot allow!" Another shock, another cry of pain.

Sora just looked at the bastard bearing the title of Wizard Saint in outrage. 'Is he serious? THAT'S why he began all this?! IS HE A COMPLETE IDIOT?!'

Jose then looked at her in satisfaction, before becoming confused as she smirked at him. "The very fact you're making a fuss over who's superior or not is deplorable. But more than anything, I'm appalled at how poor your information gathering is."

"Do tell."

"Lucy came to us as a runaway! She can't touch her family's money!" Jose looked at her in surprise, not having expected that. "She rents a place for 70,000 a month, works for a living just like we do, fights alongside us, laughs with us, cries with us… She's a wizard in our guild, like any one of us!"

She then looked at him in fury. "She triggered the war, you say?! The daughter of the Heartfilia family, you say?! Just as flowers can't choose where to bloom… Children can't choose their parents!" She then managed to pry her arms free and above her head as she glared down at the insane mage. "What would you know about Lucy and the tears she's shed?!"

Jose looked at her with a frown, before a crazed smile danced across his face as he reinforced his magic. "I'll find out soon enough!" Erza and Sora looked at him in shock as he kept talking. "Do you think I'm going to hand the girl over to her father just like that? I'm going to keep her like a pet until I've bled him dry. I will have all of the Heartfilia fortune!"

"Curse you!" Erza shouted and yelled as she fought to break free of the magic holding her, but Jose wouldn't have that.

"I wouldn't struggle if I were you. You'll only make things worse." Two large skeletal shades then formed behind him and floated around, beginning to suck the life out of Erza! "Now then! Let's get this cruel show underway! I'm going to let the Fairy Tail riffraff get a good look at you, my proud Titania. The rest of the scum will surely surrender once they see you in your pitiable state!"

"Y-You're loathsome to the core!"

"And you're about to become a loathsome spectacle."

"And you're about to receive a loathsome hit."

"Huh?" Jose actually froze for a minute as the new voice cut in, then widened his eyes to their limits as he felt a very sharp and slightly familiar pain in his lower region, causing him to let go of the magic he had leashed on Erza and for him to curl up on reflex, leaving the mage to collapse on the ground. Jose and Erza then looked to the one who had dealt the damage, and saw Sora with a shadow over his eyes. "Y-You bastard…!"

"You're one to talk, Lord of the assholes." A faint trail of multi-colored energy then began to leak out from where his left eye was, and a similar glow was occurring around his heart beneath his shirt. "After all the things you've done… After all the things you decided for yourself…" The shadow lifted from his face as his eyes were wide open with rage, crystal eye exposed and releasing even more energy in a wild fashion. "Unforgivable! Out of all the kinds of people I can't stand, I ABSOLUTELY HATE SCUM LIKE YOU THE MOST!" A surge of magic energy then consumed him in a pillar of light, the force of which had the weakened Erza and the recovering Jose blown back a bit.

When the light and the winds died down, Jose got up and Erza looked back weakly, both of them unprepared for what they saw before them. Where Sora once stood, there was now a figure in full citrine armor, covering every inch of their form and radiating a soft light. As they watched, a multicolored glow lit up over where their heart would be, and a stream of similarly colored light drifted out and to the side of where their left eye ought to be.

They then raised their arm and turned their head to look at it, turning it around and flexing their fingers, before closing it into a fist and looking right at Jose, eye seemingly narrowing as they spoke in an echoed voice. "You will pay for all you've done. You and your sins will be purged from this world."

Jose glared at Sora in fury. "Cute trick boy. But it will take more than some fancy armor to stand against the likes of me!" Jose then fired a surge of several dozen shades that went straight at him. Sora simply stood there unmoving, not even looking at the dark magic sent at him. When they got within a foot of him, golden magic circles popped into existence and disintegrated the attacks before they could even touch him.

Jose could only look in shock, as Sora then crack his neck one way, then the other, before slowly walking over to the Wizard Saint. "I'll admit I don't really know how I'm doing this right now. But I do know that this armor is made from my primary gem-type, which makes me incredibly adept at light magic. As I am now, you likely don't stand a chance."

Jose looked at him in anger, as he released more powerful magic at Sora, who dodged the attacks with ease and grace, before charging straight at Jose with a shining fist. Jose blocked the attack with a shield of shades, still being pushed back quite a way as it shattered, before backing off and releasing even more shades to overwhelm and flank him. Sora simple held his arms out to the side, fingers spread and a small sphere of light at each tip, before firing a volley of light magic at each shade, each one taking only a single shot to be destroyed. He then closed one of his hands into a fist and fired a blast of magic at Jose, who managed to make it into a glancing blow as he returned fire.

Erza meanwhile could only sit back and watch the back and forth that went on between the cruel Saint and the berserk crystal maker. "What sort of power is this? Just what kind of ability does he have within himself?"

After several more minutes of this back and forth, Jose began to get frustrated. 'How is this brat keeping up?! The fight with Erza must have taken more out of me than I thought. I should have destroyed him by now!' Jose's eyes turned black as he then created more shades than Erza could count as they flowed together, creating several sphere forms with numerous arms and hands of their own, each with a pair of glowing red eyes.

"I used a larger version of these to destroy the Fairy Guild hall just moments ago! Try and hold yourself together after taking a beating from these!" Jose laughed maniacally as the formations of shades pulled back several arms each, ready to throw them right at Sora.

Sora just looked at them, eye narrowed even more at the information of the guild, as the energy trail from his eye grew and moved more frantically. "Solar… Flare…" A bright light, unlike any that Erza has witnessed him performing up until now, shone out from his entire body, making every part of the room feel brighter than the very sun! As Erza covered her eyes, trying to preserve her vision, Jose was caught by the full blast and was nearly blinded as he held his hands over his eyes from the pain, the light scorching away every speck of his shades.

Meanwhile, the Fairy Tail mages by the now ruined Guild Hall tried to fight off the massive shade mass, before they noticed the light shining out from the Giant and held a hand over their eyes as they tried to see what was happening, while the Shade conglomerate that had destroyed their hall and was moving onto them shrieked and withered away as the light hit it as well.

"What… What is this light?!" "What's happening?!" "It's way too freaking bright!"

As the light died down, Erza deemed it safe enough to look and saw Sora standing right where he was, the energy trail from his eye having calmed as smoke drifted from the entirety of the room, Jose especially so. As Jose lowered his arms, he looked at what he believed to be Sora from the blurriness and spots that now dominates his vision through red eyes.

Sora meanwhile, simply raised his arm before him, aimed right at Jose. Immediately after, a golden magic circle formed in front of it, creating a sphere of light magic that grew in size. As it began to get bigger than Sora, he raised his arm and it continued to grow even more, beginning to look like a miniature Sun that was hanging above his head.

"This is the end of this conflict. Repent for your sins, Jose of Phantom Lord." Jose flinched slightly at the sound of his name and the anger he could hear in the voice that uttered it. "Citrine… NOVA!"

As he began to move his arm down to throw the magic at the hateful man, the magic winked out of existence and the armor around Sora shattered into light. As the exhaustion of trying to use so much magic in a day caught up to him, and whatever he had triggered ended its effects, he maintained consciousness long enough for a few thoughts. '… No… Just a… little… longer…' Then all went black as he collapsed against the ground.

Erza looked at his form in shock at what he had accomplished, and worry at how vulnerable he now was. All was silent for several minutes, until a dark laughter ran out through the room, prompting Erza to turn towards a crazed Jose. "Haha… Hahaha… HAHAHAHAHAAAAA! That impudent little brat. This will teach him to challenge his betters." Jose strolled towards the collapsed mage one step at a time as his blurry vision slowly recovered. After a few seconds, he stood above Sora with a hand shrouded in dark magic. "Now then. Time to show him what it means to challenge TRUE strength!"

He then swung his arm down, intending to kill him, when an attack threw him back and into a pillar that had miraculously survived the destruction that raged about the structure. Getting up, Jose glared at what he believed to be Erza, who was standing protectively above Sora with a look of fury and determination on her face and a blade in each hand. "Don't you dare… harm one more… OF MY FRIENDS!"

Jose looked at her in anger, and generated several large shades beside and behind him, ready to tear Erza apart, when a soft light shone down from above, dispelling the shades and repairing the damage done to Erza, her armor, and even healing some of the wounds inflicted on the others around the room.

Jose looked away from her and looked up at the hole in the ceiling, observing the arrival of Fairy Tail's guild master, Makarov, as he drifted down with eyes closed. As he entered the room, Jose grinned maliciously as Erza turned to her master, a look of surprise and hope on her face. As he finally landed on a pile of rubble, a shadow was cast over his eyes. "Much blood has been shed… Children's blood… Children have suffered and shed tears because of their uncouth parents… On both sides. But it has gone far enough." He then opened his eyes and fixed an angry look at Jose. "This must be ended!"

Erza wiped tears from her eye before looking back at her recovered master with a genuine smile on her face. "Master…!"

Makarov and Jose just stared each other down for a few moments, before Jose once again shifted his eyes to black, despite the blurriness that still somewhat obscured his vision and began to release his magic energy, causing some of the smaller pieces of rubble to float up from the intensity. "You wish for a catastrophe then?"

Veins in Makarov's head pulsed, before his fingertip was enveloped in light, then bringing it up in front of him as his own magic energy began to leak out. Drawing his hand back, he delivered his answer. "If it's for my guild's sake, then yes…!"

The two of them continued their standoff for several moments, neither making a move, and Erza looking nervously at the intensity of the magic being released. As the standoff continued, the warmth of the light began to make some of the others stir into consciousness.

Gray was the first, as he tried to push himself up on his arms. "What is this magic?! It's warm and feels familiar…" He then looked at Makarov in shock at seeing him in front of him, despite the shape he was in mere hours ago.

Jose then unleashed a group of Shades at the Fairy Tail master, who blocked the attacks with a series of magic circles that acted as barriers, protecting him and the others. He then hopped down to the barriers and barked an order to his children. "Everyone get away from here!"

Gray and Elfman then managed to get to their feet and looked at Makarov in shock and confusion.

"Master!" "What are you doing here?!"

Erza turned to them as she threw the still unconscious Sora over her shoulder. "Do as he says!" She then leaped towards them as the fight intensified, quickly getting to them and Mira, who was still on her knees. "Let's go!"

"B-But…!" Gray tried to argue, not wanting to leave the Master alone again.

Elfman knelt beside Mira as she tried to move. "Nee-chan, can you stand?!"

Jose sneered at Makarov. "Now that you're here, I have no need for these small fry. However, I will put an end to them after I'm through with you. Even if your brats have given me a run for my money, I still have more than enough power to deal with the likes of you!"

Erza looked Gray dead in the eye as she convinced him. "We'll only hinder our master if we stay here!" She then turned to look at Makarov with confidence. "Let's leave everything to him!" She then ran after Elfman and Mira, who had begun walking out through a hole in the wall. Gray looked back at the Saint's battle, before begrudgingly running after the others.

As they reached the edge of the Giant, Gray created a massive slide for them to go down as explosions rocked throughout the structure, giving them a strong idea of the kind of battle being waged. As they all made it down against a cliffside and made sure Sora was okay, they turned to watch the outcome of the battle. Soon, a powerful light shone from the sky, blinding many and vaporizing the remaining shades.

Erza then stepped up to the edge, now in her normal armor, as she identified the magic being cast. "It's Fairy Law."

"Fairy Law?" Gray looked at her confused, not having heard of it before.

Erza watched the light with a gentle smile. "It vanquishes darkness with sacred light. It only destroys what the castor acknowledges as an enemy. It's an ultimate spell, considered one of the most legendary to exist."

After a few more minutes, the light died down, and they heard a noise of complaint behind them. "Urgh, whoever turned off the sun, thank you."

Looking behind them, they saw Sora with a hand against his head where they left him on the ground, Mira and Elfman quickly moving to his side. "Sora!" "Are you alright?!"

"Urgh, not so loud. I have the mother of all headaches and my entire body feels sore for some reason. Is this what they say hangovers feel like? Because if so, I am NEVER touching a drop of alcohol just so I can avoid this feeling as much as possible."

Gray let out a laugh at that. "If he's making comments like that, he must be alright."

"Yeah, yeah. Just show me where the building that got dropped on me went." He then laid out his arm as he opened an eye at the others. "So… did we win?"

Cheers could then be heard from nearby, as the members of Fairy Tail celebrated the end of the battle. Erza looked at him with a proud smile. "It would seem so…"

Sora closed his eye again. "Oh, great, yay. Great work guys."

"And you as well." When a hand came down softly on his head, he opened his eye again to see Erza with a smile of kindness and gratitude on her face as the light of the setting sun shone on them. "Things could have been much worse without you here. Thank you, Sora, for all you've done today."

Sora closed his eye with a smile. "No problem, Erza. I'd do anything for people who I consider my friends. Now then, hope you guys don't mind, but I need some serious rest now."

Mira patted his shoulder with a smile as Elfman smirked at the guy. "Nice work out there today! You really are one hell of a man!"

"And a man who is barely… *yawn* holding onto his waking mind. Wake me… if you need me. Night guys…" And with that, he promptly fell asleep, glad that the hellish day has ended and sleeping through Makarov's speech to the guild.

A while later, Sora felt the irritating sensation of someone trying to shake him awake, then opened his eyes in irritation. "Come on, a weary fighter can't take a damn nap?" He then noticed the appearance of the ones currently near him. "Hm? Unless my brain is so tired I'm hallucinating, is that you Levy?"

Levy, still sporting a few injuries and with Jet and Droy behind her, all gave him grateful smiles. "Yeah, it's me. Sorry to wake you, but there are a couple things we needed you to know as soon as possible."

Sora let out a tired sigh. "Alright, shoot. What's up?"

"Well first, we wanted to say thank you for not only getting us down from the tree and healing us, but for helping our guild fight back against Phantom Lord."

"Seriously. We heard from everyone else about all that you did."

"Not only did you manage to help Erza stop the Jupiter cannon, but you gave everyone an edge against the shades Jose sent against them and took out a large number yourself!"

"Bottom line, we were both impressed and grateful for all you've done today."

Sora blinked at their words, before giving them a smile. "Thanks guys, don't mention it. I'd have to be heartless not to do such a thing." He then thought about his personal situation for a moment, before chuckling a little. "Scratch that. I probably wouldn't even need a heart to want to do all that." Ignoring the confused looks of the mages that aren't aware of his heart, he looked back at them. "So, what was the other thing you needed to tell me?"

At that, they started to look nervous, as Levy tried to figure out what to say. "Uh, well, the thing is…"

"Run!" "Aye sir!"

The panicked calls of Natsu and Happy put a worried look on Sora's face, and he rotated his head to see the two of them being suspended by magic, and a small army of robed individuals with staffs surrounding the Fairy Tail guild. Mira looked at the duo in amusement. "Quit it Natsu. You know there's no escape from the Rune Knights."

She then turned her attention to the wailing Makarov that Erza was trying to calm. "Master! Pull yourself together!"

"Oh my…"

Sora blinked as he comprehended what he saw, before turning his attention back to Team Shadow Gear. "The Rune Knights? As in the Magic Council's Law Enforcement? The people who show just about no mercy to criminals?"

The trio only looked between each other nervously, before Levy looked back down at him. "Yeah… They're here about the incident with Phantom, and are taking everyone's testimonies. We thought you should know before you woke up under guard or anything…"

Sora blinked at that, before the worry of the Rune Knights learning EVERYTHING about him right then and there popped into his head. He then turned his head to Jet. "Hey, I hear you use Speed Magic?" Jet nodded, not sure what he was asking. "So if I were to ask you to, oh, I don't know… Get me the hell out of here and away from them… Could you pull it off?"

Jet crossed his arms in front of him in an X. "Forget it, there is no way I'm about to try and outrun Rune Knights when they already have us surrounded. Especially not with my injuries."

Sora closed his eyes as tears poured out. "Yeah, I thought that might be the case. Oh, maaaan… This is going to suck so much…!" The rest of Shadow Gear chuckled nervously at that as the Knights began to escort people out to begin questioning, some of them preparing a stretcher for Sora already, much to his chagrin.

A/N: There we go. The battle is over, and the Rune knights begin to clear things up. Hope you all enjoyed Sora's "berserk mode". Had a bit of fun with that, though don't expect to see it too often. I don't even really have an official name for that yet to be honest. Anyway, please let me know what you all think and please leave a fav, follow, or review. Every bit helps me improve this story. See you all later.