JballinR12 – I can confirm she doesn't have actual Devil's Aura but nothing more.

DarkFireCat – True they could but that breaks rules put into place about messing with the dead. People who mess with the dead often suffer serious consequences from Lady Death since keeping the dead where they belong is one of the ironclad rules, Roger is dead so they can't talk to him unless someone above Lady Death overrides her rule.

Ouroborousdragon – Yeah quite a few of the One Piece villains are going to be much more powerful in Canon with their powers expanded and explored in greater detail, Enel being the first of these more so since he also will have the God's Aura.

And yes this is that universe, I'd planned to come here for Volume III ever since that scene in the first Volume and I have something in place for it when the time comes.

Anyway on with the story!

I do not own Fairy Tail, One Piece or the Nasuverse.

Skypeia The Land Of The Gods

/Natsu's POV/

"This place certainly doesn't disappoint does it," Mordred said as she took a bite of a cloud candy they had managed to steal. "When I become King I'm gonna build like a hundred islands like this."

"I don't think you can just build Sky Islands Mordred …"

"Not without the tech to do it I know but think about it for a second we have the chance to steal the schematics that made all this possible!"

"Again I don't think that's how the Sky Island came to be Mordred," Natsu sighed shaking his head. "Besides you are a land based King, a palace in the sky is a bit much don't you think?"

"Hmm I guess …"

"That being said it would be cool to have a sky palace."

"Damn right it would," Mordred replied with a grin as she fed Fou another candy. "Have you noticed that the people around here are looking at us funny?"

"Yeah I've been keeping an eye on them," Natsu replied quietly not even shifting his gaze as he subtly pointed out all the Angels that had been following them. "We've had company for quite some time now."

"Since the first marketplace right?"

"Yep."

"Tell me Mordred have you adjusted to that Grail yet?"

"I-I'm not sure," Mordred replied slightly embarrassed. "I don't really know what's wrong I mean you gave it to me in the same manner that you did Nobunaga yet nothing has changed."

"I'm sure the results of the Grail will reveal themselves in due time, already I can feel it quite literally fusing with your Spirit Origin which means soon it will cease to exist as its power is fully transferred to you."

"Kinda wish Nobu had the same opportunity to see all of this with us, just speaking about the blasted Grail pisses me off knowing it wasn't enough to save her."

"Nobu fought with all she had Mordred and we shouldn't disgrace her noble defeat by blaming the power of the Holy Grail," Natsu sighed as he gripped his coat closer to himself. "She was a perfect Servant and yet her memories showed such pain, such sorrow."

"What do you mean by that?"

"You know the shared dreams where we learn of each other's lives," Natsy asked as Mordred nodded. "I also got to see all the times you guys were called into service through the Grail Wars."

"Wait really!"

"Nobu suffered greatly each time she was summoned you know, her Masters believing her to be far too weak and childish to accomplish anything."

"How the hell could they believe that a King Servant was weak!"

"I doubt they knew that but even then I don't think it would have mattered," Natsu sighed as the pair sat down by a fountain. "I watched as each time she was demeaned and degraded for her past, insulted for her lower stats compared to many higher tier Servants and mocked upon her defeat."

"No way …"

"Imagine her surprise when she gained me as a Master Mordred, someone who cherished her for who she was and remembered that beneath her Servant exterior she was at the end of it all a human being with her own wants and desires, feelings that could be torn to shreds with ease."

"Is that why you gave her the Grail over me then?"

"I gave her the Grail for two reasons the primary being I genuinely believed in her and trusted her ability to defend it with all her strength, a belief that I'm glad to have been proven correct in. Yes she may have lost to Madara but in doing so she showed that she was more than capable both as a Servant and as a King, something she never had received before."

"So that's why she was always so close to you," Mordred mused. "You were the only one to treat her with respect and she gave you everything, even her coat."

"Heh, a gift in thanks and it was well received. I promised it would be the only coat I'd wear and I plan on sticking by that promise unless there is a specific reason not to."

"Of course you would, knowing you I wouldn't expect anything less!"

Natsu grinned in response though his eyes quickly turned toward an approaching Angel who bore a stern expression on his face. Nudging his head in the Angel's direction Mordred turned her attention toward the man and frowned as she noticed a veritable posse of Angels had begun to form up behind him.

"Well this should be good," Natsu muttered with a brief scowl before slowly rising from his place at the fountain, his smile quickly returning with some force clearly evident. "Gentlemen, what can I do for you?"

"Don't even try and act innocent criminal!"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me criminal," the lead Angel growled. "I'm Captain McKinley the leader of the White Berets and you're to be taken in for your crimes!"

"Crimes," asked Natsu with a raised eyebrow. "I wasn't aware that we'd committed any crimes so would you care to refresh my memory?"

"Don't act like you don't know," McKinley spat as he held up a photo of the entire crew passing through the Gate of Heaven earlier. "None of you paid the toll which made you Class Eleven criminals however your friends attacked my men which propelled you lot up to Class Two criminals!"

"Yeah that's great and all but can I ask you something?"

"You may but only because you have not yet tried to resist arrest!"

"Where exactly are my friends now?"

"Four of them have been taken to the Holy Island with the rest soon to follow, sacrifices to God!"

"I see," Natsu said as his smile dropped. "Then I suppose I should give you an ultimatum Captain McKinley."

"An ultimatum," McKinley replied slowly as several members of the White Berets began drawing their weapons.

"It's quite simple really," Natsu replied as he took several steps forward to stand mere inches from McKinley's face. "Either release my friends immediately …"

"C-Captain," one of the guards shouted prompting McKinley to snap around to address his subordinate only to freeze in shock as every last Angel in the area had been lifted into the air.

"Wh-what are you doing, release these people at once!"

"Release my friends immediately or I'll begin killing these people to the last, I am a Pirate after all and we aren't exactly known for our mercy."

"We don't make deals with criminals!"

"Well I guess you'd better make an exception then because if I don't get an answer in the next ten seconds you'll begin to hear some very unpleasant sounds."

McKinley frowned and noticed the look of terror in the eyes of everyone present and found himself returning a glare to Natsu's cold gaze.

"I cannot release them however I can tell you to go to the Upper Yard, your friends will be there no doubt hunted by the Priests of God."

"So they are already gone?"

"Yes."

"I see," Natsu replied as he dropped the Angels as Mckinley let out a sigh of relief. "For your sake none of them better be dead yet because if I get there and even one has died I'll show you what the wrath of a God truly looks like."

"Come on Natsu let's get out of here," Mordred growled glaring at the White Berets who cowered behind their leader.

"Agreed, we've got work to do cleaning up the mess these fools have created," Natsu sneered as he placed a hand on Mordred's shoulder and the two vanished reappearing at a crossroad of sorts.

"Oi why would you bring us here?"

"I didn't choose to," Natsu replied with a frown. "Something stopped me from warping any further into the Upper Yard …"

"Wait what, how can that be possible," Mordred asked in shock. "I thought you had the right to go pretty much anywhere?"

"I do, but apparently this area is off limits to me for some reason."

"Oi Natsu look at these signs, some kind of trial crossroad or something," Mordred said pointing at four pieces of wood bolted onto a tree with rusty nails.

"The Trial of Swamp-."

"-The Trial of Iron-."

"-The Trial of String-."

"-and The Trial of Orb."

"What do you think they mean?"

"Well aside from the obvious that they are trials of some sort I would guess that these are the four options given to those who are sentenced to this place, a trial that could earn you your freedom."

"So how do you wanna handle this I mean who knows which one the crew went down assuming they were even given the choice to stick together that is?"

"Well we have the option of splitting up if that tickles your fancy?"

"It would allow us to cover more ground so it's not a bad idea, only bad side is whilst I'm strong I'm not quite on the level of a God just yet."

"I know …"

"But what's life without a little risk eh?"

"Are you certain you want to risk it, remember what Serenity said about there are supposedly being Servants up here too."

"Oh well that just takes all the fun out of the trials now doesn't it!"

Natsu and Mordred tensed as four signatures emerged around them with four Servants manifesting themselves in front of their respective gates.

"Servants," Mordred growled as her armor manifested around her with Clarent emerging in her right hand setting off a flurry of red sparks.

"Settle down a minute the fight hasn't begun just yet," one of the Servants said as he hung lazily from near invisible strings. "First off we've got to explain to you lot what the trials are."

"And what an honour it is to have the chance to meet the King of Balance in battle," another Servant clad in thick armor said with a clearly altered voice making him sound more like a robot than a human being.

"King of Balance," a man with light blue hair with a slightly darker shade of blue eyes snorted in amusement. "King, God, Shinigami, none of that shit matters to me because I'll crush anyone who gets in the way of my desires!"

"Settle down there Berserker," the fourth Servant said in a warning tone as he hopped off of the tree branch holding a simple ball under his left arm.

"Shut your mouth old man, just because you aren't bound like the rest of us-!"

"I knew a man like you in life, rather unpleasant fellow-."

"SHUT UP!"

"Stop riling up Berserker and let's get on with this before the Priests start to get on our cases," the man sitting on the strings said prompting the blue haired man to scowl and look away from the old man who simply made a peace sign in response.

"All right then you two this is how things will work," the old man said with his face not changing from one of amusement in the slightest. "You will each pick a path and face one of us in one on one combat, defeat us and you may pass to where your friends have ended up."

"Not that it'll happen but what if we fail?"

"If you fail then Berserker will go after your friends," the old man replied as Berserker flashed them a bloodthirsty grin.

"We won't lose."

"Oho I like that confidence but I wonder how long you'll all last," the old man grinned. "By the way the two Servants you don't face will begin hunting your friends the moment two of us are defeated, good luck!"

And with that the four Servants vanished leaving the pair alone at the crossroads once more.

"So what do you think Natsu?"

"We're in a really shit situation," Natsu sighed. "But we need to forge on ahead for the moment."

"Yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking too," Mordred sighed as she looked at the four paths again. "Have you decided which trial you wanna take?"

"Trial of the Orb, that old man seems off to me."

"Not bound to any of this yet he sticks around and takes part in it anyway, definitely suspicious."

"I'm gonna fight him and feel out his intentions, who do you plan on fighting?"

"That knight," Mordred replied instantly prompting Natsu to nod his head in understanding.

"Of course you'd pick the knight; honestly I'm glad you did since the Berserker had the scent of Death about him and the other one … definitely an Assassin Servant if I've ever seen one."

"Well I guess we'll meet up at the end of these trials then eh?"

"Mordred," Natsu said grabbing onto her armor clad shoulder to keep her in place for a moment. "Do your best but don't end up on death's door trying to win, there will undoubtedly be many more battles to come yet."

"I understand," Mordred replied with a nod as she began walking down the Trial of Iron path until she was no longer in view.

"Well I guess that's that then," Natsu sighed as he set his sights on the Trial of the Orb path and began walking into its inviting depths.

"Oh I can feel that barrier Natsu, quite the piece of warding I can tell you that much!"

"Any idea as to the origin?"

"Without a doubt it is of Elder God make but the question is how can a descendant of a God possess such power?"

"You saw Roger so I don't doubt that such a thing is possible but I will admit the likelihood is slim at best leading me to one of two conclusions. The first is that whoever this God is he or she has help and the second is that they are indeed an Elder God from long ago much like Kaguya was."

"I really hope they aren't …"

"So do I Natsu," Ahnkseram sighed as the pair felt a presence several metres in front of them. "So do I."

Returning his attention to what lay before him Natsu's eyes homed in on the old man from earlier who seemed pleased that Natsu had come down his trial path.

"I knew you'd pick me Natsu, was never in your nature to not prod at something when you were curious."

"You know me then?"

"Oh yes indeed I do," the old man replied causally as he began spinning the ball he'd held under his arm on the tip of his finger. "I like to think we're pretty good friends, a couple of old timers sure do have a lot we can converse about."

"I'll admit you look old but something tells me that isn't entirely correct," Natsu replied with a frown prompting the old man to raise an eyebrow.

"Hn, and here I thought I'd done a good job concealing my true age!"

"To anyone else your disguise would've succeeded but not to me I'm afraid. I do not doubt that you did appear like that at some point in your life but the signature around your body suggests to me that you are disguising yourself."

The old man grinned as his body shimmered to reveal a slightly younger version of himself with longer hair and also surprisingly lacking a shirt for some reason as he showed off his ripped figure.

"So now that you see the true me what do you think?"

"Well you're still an old man," Natsu replied prompting the man to laugh heartily.

"Yes I suppose that much is true Natsu but I meant beyond that, what does my form tell you about me from but a glance?"

"I can feel power, a well of power surging beneath your skin ready and waiting to be unleashed at a moment's notice. How you managed to avoid being bound to this God makes sense the longer I continue to feel your presence."

"So even at such a young age you possessed the ability to read an opponent in such a way, granted it isn't as refined as what it will one day become but even still you are not wrong in your assessment you merely lack all the information."

"Oh really?"

"Don't get cocky now Natsu," the man chided prompting Natsu to frown as he began to see countless afterimages begin to form around the man's arms. "When one becomes overconfident due to their power they lose sight of what granted it to them in the first place, their skill in its use."

Raising his hand robotically Natsu blocked a punch from the man who had yet to move beyond his offensive stance, the shockwave travelling through his body and smashing through several trees behind him.

"That was impressive speed, he left over a dozen afterimages just by moving his arms alone," Ahnkseram noted as Natsu lowered his hand to his side. "Be on your guard."

"Not a bad catch Natsu but I wonder how you'll go once the real fun begins eh?"

"The Trial of the Orb?"

"Oh yes it is a rather fun game I've crafted here in this section of the Upper Yard, one that involves these volleyballs here."

"A … volleyball," Natsu said with raised eyebrows prompting the old man to chuckle yet again.

"Think that they are harmless do you," the old man replied snapping his fingers summoning over a dozen into existence all throughout the area. "Well then let us see how skilled you truly are at dodging eh?"

With another snap of the man's fingers the balls began to bounce around off of anything they touched and initially it seemed harmless. As time went by with Natsu lazily dodging the balls something began to change.

Cracks began to form in the trunks of the trees, holes began to be torn up in the dirt and the speed of the balls began to increase as they seemed to power up with each successful bounce leaving Natsu shocked but not yet straining to dodge them.

"Welcome to the Trial of the Orb," the man said as he hopped up onto one of the balls which froze in midair. "The aim of the game is rather simple, tag me once within the sea of orbs and you are allowed to pass on to the ruins beyond the path."

"But what's the catch?"

"The catch is that simply touching me does not count as a tag," the man replied as Natsu narrowed his eyes in confusion. "In order to successfully tag me you must land a hit that I did not foresee."

"What do you mean by a hit you couldn't foresee," Natsu asked in confusion. "So you can see into the future or something?"

"Hoho, something like that," the old man said as he entered a defensive stance. "Now come Natsu and show me a hint of the power that you are revered for!"

/Mordred's POV/

As Natsu began his fight with the mysterious old man Mordred walked down the path toward the Trial of Iron preparing herself mentally for the battle to come. This would be her first proper battle in this world and she wouldn't let her Master down nor would she fall and leave him alone, not after how he took Nobu's departure.

"How interesting, I'd hoped you would come and face me Saber."

"So you know my class huh," Mordred asked as the armor clad knight stepped out of thin air with heavy sounding footsteps. "I'm guessing you're a Saber too eh?"

"Yes I am indeed a Saber, your opponent for the Trial of Iron."

"Isn't your armor made from steel though?"

"Indeed however the one who holds my command seal, one of the Four Priests of God, was the original opponent for this trial however out of the four Servants summoned to aid them I fit best with this trial."

"Makes sense I guess."

"For what its worth I actually despise my role in all this however as you know we are bound to obey our Masters, win or lose I apologise for causing you and your friends any inconvenience."

"Hey look I get it," Mordred replied waving him off as she readied Clarent in her right hand. "Besides I've been itching to fight another knight so this should be fun!"

"It is good that you can see the positives from this rather unfortunate situation, I wish my Brother had more people like you in his life."

The knight summoned his own sword to his side and held up his left hand as a runic circle appeared in the air a few centimetres in front of it.

"Welcome to the Trial of Iron Saber, though my armor is not made from Iron I have crafted the rest of my trial from it using my skill in Transmutation to bend this forest like environment to my will and convert it into the trial zone."

The entire area began to shake as the trees seemed to melt away in a bluish light and were replaced with Iron walls that seemed to lock her into a courtyard of sorts.

"Transmutation is a Caster skill …"

"Yes it is indeed, another Class I can be summoned in as is the Caster Class and my power in the field of Alchemy would be virtually unmatched however even as a Saber Class Servant I can use it proficiently, I was always considered prodigious in its use ever since I was a child so it only makes sense I can wield it in whichever Class I am using."

"Great …"

Mordred took note of her surroundings and quickly began to realize that it had been converted into an Iron Fortress complete with a brick courtyard which they were currently boxed into.

"Welcome to one of my latest creations, the Philosopher's Fortress. Within this space is the Trial of Iron's boundaries and our combat arena. The rules of the Trial of Iron are thus, you must not stray from the boundaries otherwise your friends will die. You can destroy as much of this area as necessary in order to defeat me."

"So what if I knock you outside of this area?"

"Then I lose and you may continue on ahead to save your friends."

"So that's how it is huh, tournament style rules?"

"More or less though we are allowed to kill each other within this space," Saber replied prompting Mordred to grin underneath her helmet.

"Fine by me," was her only reply as the two shot off toward each other and clashed, cracking the ground beneath them as they met each other with equal strength.

/Elsewhere – Zoro's POV/

"Do you always have to complain," Zoro yawned as he slowly walked toward the edge of the ship. "Where are we anyway?"

"It appears that we have been taken to some sort of sacrificial altar," Robin replied as she ran a hand across some of the ancient stonework next to the ship. "I believe we are to be sacrificed to this God that the Angels keep referring to."

"Heh, God huh? I wonder how strong this so called God really is?"

"ZORO," Nami screeched as she sprinted over and clamped a hand over his mouth. "Don't go antagonizing the God!"

"Don't believe in God," Zoro replied as he pried Nami's hand away from his mouth. "Now quite whining and help Chopper fix the bottom of the ship since it's all cracked."

"And just what will you be doing?"

"I'm gonna go find us a way out of here, you lot stay here and fix the ship since Luffy and the others will probably end up coming here anyway."

"Do you mind if I tag along Zoro," Robin asked prompting the swordsman to shrug.

"Do what you want just make sure you stay out of the way and let me handle any tough customers that show up."

"Thank you, this altar looks to be thousands of years old so I'm excited to see what else there is to learn about this place not to mention the treasure that could be discovered."

"Treasure," Nami gasped as her eyes turned into Berry signs. "I want to learn about the history of this place too!"

"Well then that just leaves you to repair the ship Chopper, think you can handle that," Zoro asked as the Reindeer human nodded slowly.

"Y-you can count on me!"

"Well good because you're the only one whose gonna be able to do it till Usopp gets back here so do your best."

Turning around Zoro grabbed onto a nearby vine with Robin doing the same moments after as the pair swung across the gap between the ship and the land nearby. Nami, after some reluctance, also tried to swing across however she failed to put enough power behind her swing and was aided by Robin who got her across safely.

"Right then let's go find out just what we're dealing with," Zoro said with a slight grin as he began walking off into the distance with Nami and Robin trailing behind.

/Elsewhere – The Upper Yard/

"So they have decided to leave the sacrificial altar?"

"Yes they have Lord Enel I believe they are planning on exploring the area."

"Well then why don't you four give them an adventure they'll never forget, my Priests," Enel said with a grin as he lazily tossed a grape into his mouth.

"B-but Lord Enel the rules of the Trials-!"

"Are you questioning me Shura," Enel asked sharply as a bolt of lightning struck the ground next to him.

One Of The Four Great Priests

Master Of The Trial Of String

Sky Rider Shura

"O-of course not my Lord Enel I was merely pointing out that you yourself specified that the Straw Hats were to remain unharmed so long as Natsu Dragneel and his Servant stuck to the rules of the Trials!"

"I did specify that didn't I," Enel said slowly as a grin began to form on his face. "YAHAHAHAHA! But you forget your place Shura!"

"M-my Lord!?"

"I am God and a God can do whatever he or she chooses, likewise they can also revoke statements without consequence! I am the final authority here Shura, none can come close to challenging God's power therefore my word is law, my authority absolute!"

"Lord Enel you are correct as always, Shura merely wanted to clarify that you were indeed changing your mind on the subject."

"He wanted to clarify my words you say? Tell me Satori is it necessary to clarify the word of God?"

One Of The Four Great Priests

Master Of The Trial Of The Orb

Satori Of The Forest

"Of course not Lord Enel however you know better than anyone how Shura can be quite slow in the brain department on even his better days," Satori replied with his usual grin which didn't falter in the slightest as Shura shot him a scowl.

"YAHAHAHAHA! You are indeed correct Satori, Shura was always the slowest on the uptake!"

"With respect Lord Enel if you would like the Straw Hats and their allies killed then we must return to the matter at hand."

"Of course," Enel replied as he returned to his rather lazy demeanour. "As usual you are correct Ohm, we wouldn't want the trash to wander too far after all now would we?"

One Of The Four Great Priests

Master Of The Trial Of Iron

Skybreeder Ohm

"You look like you have something to say Gedatsu," Enel said as all eyes turned toward the final figure who had a stern look on his face as he faced directly forward. "Do you have something to report?"

"…"

"I think he has forgotten to breathe Lord Enel," Ohm sighed as he stood up and kicked him in the back of the head prompting the man to smack his head into the concrete floor only to suddenly jerk fully upright.

"I'VE GOT YOU NOW!"

"Idiot …"

"Gedatsu turn around," Satori sighed as his grin sagged a little.

One Of The Four Great Priests

Master Of The Trial Of The Swamp

Sky Boss Gedatsu

"Enough of this nonsense," Enel growled as all four were enveloped in blue lightning causing them to drop to the ground screaming in pain.

After ten seconds Enel released the lightning as all four scrambled into prostrating positions before him, an action that simply disgusted him further tempting him to send another series of shocks into the fools before him.

"You all have heard what I desire from you and I have little patience for your foolish mortal games! I want the Straw Hats scurrying around the Upper Yard killed on sight at once, is that understood!?"

"Yes Lord Enel," all four chanted at the same time as Enel slowly took his seat once more. "I believe there are still two Servants not currently engaged in combat are there not?"

"Berserker and Assassin Lord Enel," Shura replied as Enel hummed in thought.

"I want Berserker on standby in case Dragneel manages to defeat Caster; something tells me that he will overcome the Trial of Orb. Meanwhile I want Assassin to go after the Straw Hats, also have Head Priest Yama send his forces after them as well."

"It shall be done at once Lord Enel," the four chanted in unison yet again as Enel stifled a snort of disgust.

"To think you four were the most worthy to serve under me … get out of my sight!"

The four Priests rose swiftly, bowed, and bolted from the courtyard leaving Enel to seethe in his rapidly rising anger toward the incompetent fools serving below him.

"Soon I will no longer have any need for these fools, once he is free we shall eliminate all the trash up here before setting our sights on conquering the lower world. To be content with such a tiny portion of the whole world is nothing short of disgraceful and Dragneel or no I will succeed, I MUST succeed!"

Enel turned his eyes toward the stone tablet sitting in the courtyard at his final words as he felt a shiver run down his spine merely thinking about the consequences should he fail.

Hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one!