Hi guys Azza here!
So as you've no doubt noticed I've been uploading the Tales From The Tale Verse as their own things and the reviews I've got so far have been about as amusing as I'd expect. People ignoring the fact that I literally say they'll have absolutely no idea what's going on, why characters act so differently and other concepts and consider it me just not having a clue or treating characters like shit. Honestly that's been hilarious to read knowing that any of you guys who have been here since Volume I know these things like why Aizen and Salem are basically memes, why Ainz acts differently and is considered a Devil among other things.
Just wanted to get that out there because I know quite a lot of you guys asked for them to eventually be made separate so I hope you guys are happy because I've made additions to them to add to the lore within them such as using Lucifer and Michael in all of them as well as adding or changing stuff so that it better falls into line with how things are progressing now.
Let me know what you guys think!
Anyway onto the reviews.
Dragonborn2704 – I can make a Makarov MyRoom happen look for it next chapter I had one person I wanted to put before him.
Le Phoque Blanc – At first I considered not adding Servant Erza into the main story however recently I have decided on a way it could work however it most definitely won't be in the way you think it will. Obviously not going to spoil but look forward to it in the final arc.
Anyway on with the story!
I do not own Fairy Tail, One Piece or the Nasuverse.
Robin's Possessive Rage
/Natsu's POV/
"Why the hell did something like this have to happen NOW," Natsu snarled as he pulled against the Sea Stone chains. "And how thick is the block of Sea Stone Prism at the end of these chains, even with my strength it's a bit heavy!"
"Well you've got to give it to Moria that he was somewhat prepared, right?"
Natsu begrudgingly agreed as he watched Robin close the distance between her attack and the other girls. It was then that Perona looked right at him with a pleading look and he felt something tighten within his chest.
"Don't tell me you actually feel sorry for her?"
"She's just a brat Ahnk, a bratty Princess who likely never has had to fear for her life before," Natsu sighed as he ceased struggling against his bonds. "As much as I don't want to have to do this I'm gonna have to order Abby to fight Robin to try and stall for time."
Letting his mind wander it quickly brushed up against Abigail's own. Her eyes flashed a strangely familiar colour for a moment before she locked eyes with him directly.
"Abby?"
"Mister Natsu ... is that you Mister Natsu?"
"Yeah it's me and listen I need you to do something for me Abby."
"Me? Wh-what can I do that you can't Mister Natsu!?"
"I know you might not want to but I need you to engage Robin until I can work on freeing myself," Natsu said slowly as Abby's eyes moved toward Robin's form that loomed over them all. "You only need to fight to subdue!"
"Are you sure?"
"Robin is just upset right now and has lost control over her new powers as a result so if you could restrain her until I can free myself then I can set about helping her."
"O-ok Mister Natsu, I'll do my best!"
As Robin moved her web ever closer to the group she was shocked to see Abigail begin to slowly float up off of the ground, the rest of the Servants and Perona watching her in shock.
"Abby what are you doing," Lancer Liz cried as Abigail's dress began to shudder and convert into black vine like cloth that did little to hide her modesty.
"I cannot let you keep this up Nico Robin, everyone here is still currently innocent!"
"Innocent," Robin growled as her hand movements ceased. "Those three dared to touch my beloved Master, the ultimate crime!"
"That may be so however if it weren't for them then Master Natsu might have been taken by Gecko Moria instead," Abigail snapped back as her normal teeth began to twist and distort, becoming razor sharp as a feral grin stretched its way across her face. "But don't worry Nico Robin because there is a whole line of female Servants just waiting to have a go with the King Of Balance-!"
"What!?"
"So get in line," Abigail laughed as all the Servants openly gaped in shock at the sudden one eighty in the once shy and timid girl. "Pray that this does not take too long otherwise I may start to enjoy this ..."
Extending her hands outward two portals opened as black keys as large as her actual self emerged, slipping easily into her hands. Spinning them around faster than the three Liz Servants and Perona could track she entered an offensive stance with Robin's upper lip curling upward to expose her fangs at the new threat.
"How dare you stand against me and betray Master," Robin snarled as her hands were forced to shift, dropping the web as she began swiftly moving them to create something else. "Judging by your lack of modesty I can already tell you want a piece of Master too!"
Natsu was stunned when Abigail's no longer innocent eyes roved over his still naked form, licking her lips with her now slightly elongated and for some reason purple tongue remaining out for several seconds longer just to taunt the already berserk Robin.
"Perhaps ..."
"So you admit it," Robin muttered darkly before making several slashing motions with her arms, fingers constantly opening and closing as more Etherious flooded the room. "I'll kill you along with the rest!"
"Wh-what the hell is going on," Perona stuttered out as she was moved across the room by her two Servants. "What the hell are those two!?"
"Nico Robin is a recently turned Demon however Abigail Williams is ... something more. Her powers are derived from a being that draws its own power from one of the most horrific sources imaginable," Lancer Liz replied as she summoned her own lance to her side in order to defend herself just in case. "Abigail isn't even accessing her full power yet otherwise there'd be a good chance she'd lose control ..."
"Wait, how do you know that!?"
"Her skin," Saber Liz replied shakily. "Her skin becomes almost a tainted white colour when she channels her full power and a weird keyhole appears on her forehead."
"Though she isn't far off getting there if she's brought out her keys already," Caster Liz added quickly as Robin leapt off of the bed, landing on the ground in front of it and slowly taking several steps to the left.
"Perhaps you ... should be the next ... no, no I promised Master I would subdue," Abigail growled whilst shaking her head furiously which seemed to be all the opening Robin believed she'd needed as she launched her attack.
Vanishing from place she appeared above Abby with her arms crossed as dozens of Necrotic Arms emerged from the back of her hands in an attempt to strike Abby. With a flick of her wrists Abby had both keys block and bat away the attacks before spinning them so fast they fired off several aerial slash attacks that it tore countless holes through the wall behind her.
Narrowing her eyes Robin vanished, surprising Abigail as she began spinning around frantically trying to find her.
"Well now isn't this interesting, Robin seems to have somewhat figured out how to use that masking ability of hers. But ..."
At the last second Abigail spun around, spinning both keys fast enough to easily parry an attack that emerged from the air behind her as Robin rematerialized. Snarling she dashed forward and kicked the guard sending Abigail flying backward through the air from the force behind it.
"And there is the Demonic strength inherent to all Demons of Etherious though I wonder how she'll incorporate that into what will become her new fighting style?"
"Don't underestimate me just because you are a Servant," Robin growled as charged forward, throwing a punch several metres before she should have done so which in turn surprised Abigail. "Flower Flower: Ghostly Fleur – Uno Hand!"
Abigail wasn't prepared for a punch to strike her across the face with enough force to send her flying across the room and into a wall. Even Natsu was genuinely surprised at how Robin had managed to improve her ability to mask herself by focusing solely on one singular portion of her body.
As a result when Robin feigned the punch she had in fact thrown one with dozens of arms extending off of her first, forming into a much larger one that struck Abigail. The entire thing wasn't even perceivable and therefore an attack the young Foreigner had no way of knowing was coming.
On one hand Natsu was proud she was getting the hang of using her abilities so quickly yet on the other she was hurting their friends to do it. As Abigail tore herself free from the wall with a vicious snarl on her own face Natsu knew he likely would need to free himself before either of them were killed.
"E-excuse me ..."
Looking to his right he saw Perona was now crouched down next to him, avoiding popping up too high in case Robin were to look their way. He then realized that this was in fact the ghostly form of Perona and not the real one since she was somewhat submerged within the ground.
"What?"
"I know you must not be too happy with me right now and I understand that but ... well I can tell you asked that girl to save us so I-I want to return the favour!"
"You do?"
"We originally were going to play a game with the key to your cuffs but considering that we could all die I sent Caster Liz to go and retrieve it," Perona replied with a saddened look. "I never wanted to cause any real trouble, at least not anything that would've led to anyone being killed. That's always been Master Moria's thing ..."
"I see," Natsu sighed as the sounds of Robin clashing with Abigail's keys snapped his attention back onto the battle.
Robin was clearly making full use of her newfound ability to properly obscure some sections of herself as she landed several blows against Abigail's head by throwing punches and kicks that were several metres off target. Eventually Abigail was kicked in the chin and sent flying upward as Robin cocked back with her right fist.
"Flower Flower: Ghostly Fleur – Uno Gran Strike!"
Natsu's eyes widened considerably as he watched Abigail's entire body be struck by a massive necrotic version of Robin's arm, cursing the fact that only he could truly see it. Abigail was smashed into the roof almost instantly before falling back down to the ground in a crumpled mess.
"Is that the best you can do, Servant!?"
"I-I-!"
"It doesn't matter," Robin said, cutting off Abigail's stuttering as her nails began to elongate, dripping with a substance that began eating away at sections of the ground upon contact. "You dared to stand in the way of what's rightfully mine; you don't have a place anymore in this world."
"I-I'm ... sorry, Master Natsu ..."
It was then he noticed it. What seemed like a pained attempted at an apology was in fact her struggling to reign in her control as her skin began to change colouration, her now almost completely exposed form slowly rising off the ground to once again hover before Robin.
It looked more like corruption as parts of her body were overtaken by a strange black colour, the rest of her skin tone becoming that polluted white as a new key emerged taking up its residence in her right hand. This key at its end had a cage with a bright blue flame that burnt so bright Natsu could only gape at it.
"A-are you seeing this Ahnk!"
"Yes," he replied grimly. "It seems there was a LOT more to this girl than we could have ever truly realized ..."
Then it happened, a third eye appeared from within the keyhole, glowing that cursed colour before snapping around the room several times.
"It seems I can no longer hold back," Abigail said darkly as she began tapping the tip of her key on several spots in the air around her before pointing at Robin. "You shall be the next sacrifice, Nico Robin."
From the air around Abigail multiple portals began to open up as dozens of purple and black tentacles emerged, some wrapping themselves around Abigail defensively whilst others writhed further outward clearly poised to attack.
"This is definitely not good," Natsu sighed internally only to feel something nagging him from within his mindscape. "Ahnk?"
"You know for as smart as we are we really are stupid sometimes aren't we?"
"Huh," was Natsu's only reply only for Ahnk's idea to enter his own mind. "Oh wow yeah we are pretty dumb aren't we ..."
"You ready?"
"Yeah, let's do it!"
As Abigail prepared to attack Robin had reformed her Etherious web around the pair with dozens of extra hands now also protecting her as the pair edged closer to one another. Once they were within metres of each other both girls began to yell as they charged toward one another, eyes full of hate and fury.
"Nope," a voice sang as Robin gasped, a brutal blow to the back of her neck knocking her out instantly as her web, and the extra hands by extension, dissipated. "And nope!"
Abigail was able to react to the speed however it mattered little as her attack merely phased through her attacker before he made himself corporeal and struck her in the back of the neck as well, knocking her out as her form returned to that of the childlike version of Abigail Williams.
All the remaining eyes in the room moved toward Natsu who had a single black tether between him and the figure that knocked Robin and Abby out, a frown on his face as the figure moved toward him.
"Well that's that taken care of."
"Yeah ..."
"You know we had to knock them out Natsu, both weren't in their right state of mind. Especially Abigail."
"Even so I wish we didn't have to hurt them, but I understand."
"Good. I'm going back in now," the figure grinned. "Unless you plan on finishing up your fun with these girls you should probably reform your clothes by the way."
Natsu rolled his eyes as the figure faded away leaving several stunned Servants and a shocked Perona who kept swapping her gaze between him and the two knocked out figures.
"H-how did you do that!?"
"What do you mean?"
"You knocked them out without even trying despite being bound in Sea Stone!"
"We already told you Master that Natsu isn't bound by that rule," Saber Liz sighed as her gaze began to turn lecherous once more. "But that aside I think we should return to what we were doing before we were so rudely interrupted-!"
"No."
"WHAT!?"
"I won't lie and say the idea of defeating all three of you girls in bed rather than in combat is sorely tempting, and taking most of my self control to do by the way, I'm afraid I can't."
"And why's that," Perona asked calmly as Natsu's clothes rematerialized, her expression seemingly one of understanding leading him to believe the question was more for the sake of her Servants than her specifically.
"I need to speak with Robin about ..."
"Going full on Yandere," Lancer Liz supplied rather bluntly prompting Natsu to laugh weakly.
"Yeah, thanks Liz for such an apt way of putting it."
"Trust me you haven't had to deal with Kiyohime, Serenity or Raikou coming after you yet so its probably good to get a head start on dealing with these kinds of girls early on."
"Wait did you just say Serenity!?"
"You've met her?"
"Serenity Hassan right? The one who people can't touch?"
"Yep," Lancer Liz grinned playfully. "Once she realized you could touch her she became really clingy and jealous of other girls. Luckily for you King Hassan is in your corner so she wouldn't dare try and attack you directly. Kiyohime and Raikou on the other hand are entirely different beasts."
"Nice to hear my future is as ridiculous as it is now," Natsu sighed right as Caster Liz reentered the room with the key only for it to fly out of her grasp and right into the lock to chains around his arms.
"OI!"
"Right then," Natsu sighed as he fully sat up and stretched. "Enough lying around."
Now that he possessed the use of his hands Natsu was easily able to free himself, grabbing onto the chain wrapped around the lower part of his legs and with one pull ripped the entire wall down.
Getting to his feet Natsu stretched again before walking over to Robin and Abigail's unconscious forms and sighing. Opening portals beneath them he sent both back to the Thousand Sunny before turning around and facing the rest.
"Liz, do you want to come with me or stay here with your other counterparts?"
"Is that even a question," Lancer Liz scoffed as she walked over to him. "Those two betrayed me for her, no offense, and let Moria lock me up on some abandoned island! Why the hell would I stay here!?"
"For what its worth Eli ... I'm sorry," Perona said quietly. "I know I'm not a very good person but I really wanted all three of you to be my Servants because we would've made the cutest quartet so when you said no I got really angry and did and said things I really shouldn't have."
"Let's be honest Perona, neither I nor my other selves are innocent in the slightest. The way you acted was like how I did in life, like a spoilt, bratty and downright annoying Noble. I don't hate you for that so don't bother apologizing."
Perona seemed genuinely surprised at the smile on the idol's face and began to tear up, eventually running to her as the pair hugged it out.
"As for you two," Lancer Liz said with narrowed eyes, the two others deliberately avoiding her gaze. "Master would be very disappointed, so would the Natsu back at Chaldea in the way you two behaved."
"We know ..."
"We shouldn't have been so quick to return to the ways we used to be."
"That being said," Liz said as she walked over toward Saber Liz. "Was it a tight fit?"
Perona blushed furiously as all three Elizabeth Servants began to laugh. Natsu couldn't stifle a chuckle of his own as he placed a gentle hand on Perona's head, freezing her in place.
"Look at me, Perona."
Slowly the Ghost Princess turned around to face him and was surprised at how nice he seemed, a calm Aura seemed to exude from his smile as her blush somewhat returned.
"Y-yes?"
"I think it would be in the best interests of yourself and your Servants if you left this place."
"B-but I can't just abandon Master Moria-!"
"Perona," Natsu said with a bit more force, effectively silencing any protests. "He won't be alive for much longer so it's time to stop thinking of that sick freak who would sooner take and violate your corpse and start thinking about yourself. You are fortunate to possess not one but two Servants, make use of them."
"Hate to say it Master but he's right," Saber Liz sighed as she approached her Master, Caster Liz trailing close behind. "Once Natsu decides someone's life is over then usually that it. Moria was screwed the moment he sent Uncle back to the Throne Of Heroes-."
"Wait did you just say Uncle," Natsu gasped though he was seemingly ignored as Perona rather loudly decided to respond.
"Well fine then we're ditching this place then! Caster, help gather my things with that power of yours and we'll get out of here!"
Spinning back around Perona began to float off of the ground so that she could come up to Natsu's height and gave him a hug. It wasn't something he was expecting however he simply laughed it off and returned it in kind.
"Thank you for saving me from Nico Robin even though we were ultimately the cause for whatever set her off. I know we didn't deserve your help yet you were kind enough not to try and come after us anyway."
"Ah don't worry about it; you've barely got out of your teens so you've got a full life ahead of you to make up for it."
"H-how should I start?"
"Well maybe just no more chaining up guys you think are cute and violating them, eh?"
"W-w-well-!"
"Of course I must say that I am rather disappointed that we couldn't get to know each other on a more ... personal level," Natsu said huskily as he placed two fingers under Perona's chin, tilting her now completely red face up to meet his own. "For now I suppose this will have to suffice, Princess."
Kissing Perona on the lips both Caster and Saber Liz caught her as she hit the ground, knocked unconscious, before looking back up at him curiously.
"Was that really necessary?"
"Despite popular belief that I can only fight and get angry I do rather enjoy 'playing' with those of the fairer sex. But to be honest in her case I was just giving her a taste of what she really wanted."
"You read her mind?"
"Oh yeah, assuming Caster had her go after you Saber she was gonna have a turn."
"But isn't she ...?"
"Yeah," Natsu grinned, licking his lips before spinning around and placing a hand on Lancer Liz's shoulder. "Right, time to go sort out this mess. Nice playing with you girls but I'll see you round, eh!"
Natsu didn't bother waiting for a response as he and Liz warped away leaving the other two Servants to begin preparing for their departure from Thriller Bark.
/Meanwhile/
"Are you sure that you've got control over them Moria," Hogback asked as they stood in a yet to be collapsed section of the castle. "The way they outright threaten to kill us makes me think that they might be beyond your control!?"
"Don't worry about it Hogback," Moria replied dismissively, waving the Doctor off. "Any zombie we create using the Shadow of someone with a strong sense of self usually is rebellious but they always have to do as I command. When I used the Shadow of that skeleton for Ryuma it took quite some time for Ryuma's sense of self to settle, give these two some time as well."
"And Victoria Cindry? Moria she won't even let me so much as touch her," Hogback cried as his face contorted into a horrific snarl. "And the way the other one looks at me when I try to hold her ..."
"That ... should be fixed with time."
"Are you sure!?"
In truth Moria didn't have a clue however it didn't matter for as long as the zombies did as he commanded them to then he would let them act as they wished toward anyone else. Hogback included.
"So care to explain why you didn't put Dragneel's Shadow into our top secret project," Hogback asked, deciding to change the topic prompting Moria to grin.
"Despite how it appeared Dragneel is actually a rather diverse fighter Hogback, so diverse that his abilities simply wouldn't mesh well with the sheer size of our greatest weapon!"
"So is that why you've chosen Straw Hat's Shadow for it?"
"Indeed! Straw Hat is a brawler and that is exactly what this zombie needs to be," Moria said with glee as he held up the Shadow in his right hand. "It will take some time before the Shadow fully integrates due to the size of him but it will be worth it in the end!"
"I hope so Moria because Anderson has been defeated."
"So has Carmilla," Moria replied with a slight frown. "I had not expected Dragneel's Assistant to be capable of wielding that much power. That being said I now have the perfect counter to both her AND Dragneel!"
Moria's laughter could be heard throughout the area as he fantasized about crushing the Straw Hats and using his undead army to take over the world. His laughter could be heard all the way down in the dungeons where his two current strongest zombies stirred, having not once ceased physical contact from the moment they first initiated it as they silently hoped their revivals would be short lived.
/Mordred's POV/
Mordred had no time to ponder her fight with Anderson as she pursued the familiar presence of her old friend, Fran. It was a friendship not many had truly seen coming however Mordred didn't like to do what most described as 'normal' and the two bonded during a Grail War long ago.
Having both been summoned in with their memories of all the Grail Wars they'd fought and she knew that had Fran been given any choice she'd be as far away from the front lines as possible. But no, instead here she was being ordered to kill people who can't fight back against her power.
Mordred could feel Clarent trying to soothe her rage, whispering unintelligible nothings to her that seemed to keep her fury in check. After all, the one truly responsible for this was the Mage King who created this whole mess after all so what would be the point of losing herself to her anger now?
An explosion went off nearby which only served for Mordred to quicken her pace, arriving on the scene moments later to see Fran moving to strike Chopper who was currently in a form she didn't recognize.
"CHOPPER!"
"M-MORDRED," Chopper gasped as Fran spun around, shaking her head furiously as her body seemed to almost move on its own. "I-I'm sorry I wasn't fast enough!"
"You held out way longer than I expected Chopper," Mordred replied with a grim smile. "Looks like you actually landed a hit or two on Fran as well, nice job."
"URGH!"
Mordred cringed as Fran advanced toward her, lightning surging from her body as she fought tooth and nail to try and hold herself back. She knew Fran was hurting inside and also knew there was a chance that, due to her fight with Anderson, she might not actually have the power to subdue her let alone defeat her.
"I know Fran, I know," Mordred sighed as she entered a defensive stance. "I'll try to hold you back as best as I can until Hogback can be dealt with!"
"UHHH! M-M-MO M-M-MUSTR-RUN!"
It hurt even more hearing Fran try and speak to her through both her Madness Enhancement AND the Command Seal Order however Clarent kept her from outright losing it. Taking a deep breath she resolved herself before looking over at Chopper.
"Natsu can take the Command Seals from Hogback but you've gotta find him Chopper," she shouted, snapping the injured reindeer out of his shocked stupor. "Go find him before I cark it!"
"But you've already fought another Servant and even now you're losing blood Mordred-!"
"GO!"
Chopper scrambled away knowing that her mind was made up. Sighing, Mordred looked back over at Fran who was now physically shaking with her no doubt being the cause.
"Sorry about this Fran I know you don't wanna do anything to me, we're still friends even despite all of this ok so don't worry about whatever happens from here."
"UHHH!"
"I don't run, remember? I'm a proud Knight just like I told you before but ... well now I'm Natsu's proud Knight so I definitely can't run, not when my friend has even the slightest chance of being saved!"
Fran seemed to cease shaking and sighed, a slight smile etching its way onto her mostly covered face as she rose to her full height. With a single nod both Servants entered offensive stances and vanished, reappearing moments later in a vicious clash that shattered the earth beneath them.
'Hope Natsu can get here in time,' Mordred thought as she felt her muscles strain under the strength of the fully powered Berserker. 'Because I sure as shit ain't gonna last long like this!'
Tales From The Tale Verse
Chance Encounters In My Room V
Ahnkseram (Avenger)
Initial Summoning:
"Servant, Avenger," the figure said as he strode out of the summoning dais. "So he actually succeeded, then?"
"E-excuse me?"
"Hm? Are you the one who called for me boy?"
"Yes, I am Fujimaru Ritsuka and this is Mash Kyrielight-!"
"I already know who you are," the figure replied, startling the duo. "What I want to know is where Natsu is?"
"Natsu?"
"I need to speak with him, congratulate him on achieving his goal before his death."
"Huh?"
"Do not worry Master for it is a matter between the two of us however if you know anything about my Master then my name will likely either excite or alarm you."
"Your name?"
"My name is Ahnkseram, the First True Hybrid and one of the beings that struck fear into the Gods and Devils of old," Ahnkseram's voice boomed as he grinned savagely down at the pair. "Pray that you show me some respect boy or perhaps I'll possess YOU next!"
Dialogue 1:
"So you said that you knew Natsu was going to build this place?"
"Yes I did."
"How did you know about that, weren't you supposed to be long dead?"
"Ah yes, I often forget that we hid my survival from the majority of the world and killed most who found out through means outside of our own admittance."
"Wh-why would you do that!?"
"You have read up on my history haven't you," Ahnkseram asked prompting Fujimaru to nod. "Then you should understand why my survival in any form needed to be kept secret. After all if it wasn't for me then Natsu wouldn't have survived to get to where he is today and countless secrets of power would have been lost."
"So if that's the case then how come you decided to heed the call and be summoned here?"
"Because Natsu and I are ..."
"Are?"
"Nevermind," Ahnkseram huffed as he rose from his seat. "I'm over this conversation."
"But wait," Fujimaru began to shout only for Ahnkseram to vanish.
Dialogue 2: (If you have Cynthia Dragneel Caster/Arbitrator)
"Hey brat."
"Hey Uncle Ahnk."
"You look old; age wasn't kind to you now was it?"
"Yeah see last I checked I have countless throngs of Male Servants and by extension the Male populace after me so I think you're either trying to get a rise out of me or are just plain retarded. Considering the fact that you had the gall to say that to my face I'm gonna go with the latter."
Both Servants grinned as they embraced each other in a hug.
"Not as vicious as Aava but amusing nonetheless brat! It's been awhile, how're things!?"
"About as good as could be expected Uncle," Cynthia sighed. "Do you even understand how much of a pain in the ass building this place was?"
"From what I can see it would have taken at least two centuries to get a design down for it, one that could contain all the dark secrets you've got stored down in the basement."
"So you've seen 'it' then?"
"My initial reaction was to obliterate this place however I quickly realized that my own power source was connected to 'it' which would explain why, despite the amount of deities including Natsu himself currently residing here, the fight hasn't been taken to Solomon's domain directly."
"The science behind what we did took centuries to perfect with Zelretch scouring countless existences in order to scrounge together what we needed in order to get it working in time."
"Yes I did sense he was skulking about the place," Ahnkseram chuckled in response. "Master of one of the True Magics and yet even with his aid Natsu was still struck down."
"That aside I wanted to know if you'd be willing to assist me on a certain 'project' involving 'it' down in the proverbial basement?"
"I'm in."
"Just like that eh," Cynthia replied with a knowing smile. "Of course then again it is you after all."
"I likely will be under the watch of Fujimaru for quite some time because of who I am but I will endeavour to help you on the project using my skills as best I can."
"Thank you, Uncle Ahnk."
Dialogue 3: (If you have Zeref Dragneel - Avenger)
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"This is ridiculous," Ahnkseram sighed shaking his head. "I guess I'll bite the bullet and go first. Zeref, I know that no words will ever be enough to make it up to you but I'm sorry for what I did to you-!"
Ahnkseram was cut off as Zeref suddenly hugged him without warning, tears escaping his usually emotionless eyes.
"Wh-what the-!?"
"Why the hell are you apologizing to me Ahnk, you've done more for me than you'll ever know!"
"But I was the one who killed you!"
"Maybe so," Zeref sniffed as he pulled back. "However in exchange for my life you ensured that Natsu survived countless horrors using your knowledge and experience of concepts he otherwise would never have known."
"But-!"
"You saved my Brother Ahnkseram, be it coincidental or not it was you who allowed him to live for so long and also aided in the construction of Chaldea. If it weren't for you then it is highly likely Solomon, no, all the other Beasts and other horrors you and Natsu faced together would have won long ago."
"Zeref ..."
"I know that Natsu shares blood with you after that incident Ahnkseram but I would also like to consider you my Brother in all but blood."
"Zeref-!"
"The past is where it belongs Ahnk," Zeref smiled as he turned and began walking away. "Let us aid the living to ensure that the future can shine just that little bit brighter."
Dialogue 4: (If you have Achnologia – Foreigner)
"So even you ended up here eh?"
"Well well well, Ahnkseram the First True Hybrid," Achnologia smirked as he rose from his seat. "Just when things were starting to get boring around here YOU appear!"
"Don't tell me you want to fight?"
"Heh, as much as I would enjoy ripping you to shreds Ahnkseram I'm afraid our foe is a much more pressing threat."
"So even you are capable of reading a situation then?"
"I know what I am Ahnkseram and I know where I stand in comparison to the Beasts," Achnologia scowled briefly before suddenly gaining a smirk. "But at least my successor achieved what I couldn't so in a way I still ultimately won either way!"
"Aava was far stronger than you could ever hope to be Achnologia, her dedication and loyalty to Natsu ensured that all this would be possible!"
"Maybe so but I don't see her anywhere around here? Did she decide to turncoat back to the Beasts once Dragneel carked it?"
"You ..."
"HAHAHAHA! You're so pathetic Ahnkseram! I can sense her thanks to her being my successor and I know all too well just how many laws you three have broken in order to achieve this miracle that is Chaldea!"
"Then I would ask that you respect her Achnologia for becoming something far greater."
"Tch, fuck off. I'll fight when I need to but beyond that I'm only here for one thing!"
"And that is?"
"A shot at the Beasts," Achnologia grinned. "If I can take the big shot out it'll shit all over anything you and your merry band of weaklings ever did!"
"Still as petty as ever I see," Ahnkseram sighed as he began to walk away. "As long as you fight for us then I will not bother you any further."
"Good riddance!"
Dialogue 5: (If you have Gaunter O'Dimm – Caster)
"I don't believe it ..."
"I'd heard you were here so naturally I came looking."
"B-but surely you-!"
"Are you not happy to see me?"
"N-no, definitely nothing like that its just-!"
"What?"
"I-I never even considered that I would truly get to meet you in person, not after what Natsu told me when I met him. He said you sacrificed yourself so that he could live, taking the full force of an attack that could have destroyed not only him but an entire planet!"
"Yes," Ahnkseram sighed. "It was the last thing I could do for Natsu who, by that point, had outgrown me. Unfortunately despite being as smart as I by that point he was loathe to let me go and so when the time came and he found himself in such a precarious position my very being willed itself to manifest before him outside of his own power ..."
"When I first heard about what you were doing I was ashamed of you," O'Dimm sighed sadly. "And yet as you stand before me now as a true hero I can see the fault lay not with yourself but on those who should have always been there for you from the beginning."
"You both were already on the brink of being destroyed anyway so I cannot blame you both for abandoning me. Simply knowing that you cared in the end is all that I could have ever hoped for."
"Ahnkseram ..."
"I know that even in the end she also cared, even as Natsu smashed her face in. I could see it, right as we were about to end it, her eyes looked beyond Natsu's as if staring into my own and she let me know in her own way."
"Your birth and what happened to her afterward nearly destroyed me," O'Dimm replied sadly. "I couldn't handle it and fled, hiding out in some undeveloped world where I slowly succumb to the same madness she did. I tortured so many mortals, exacting pain upon them in the hopes that it would one day nullify my own ..."
"Until Natsu showed up, right?"
"He told me of you, told me what you did for him and how he loved you like a Brother. We both cried over drinks before bonding over being rather pathetic and soon we struck an accord. Oh at first I was against it however as time went on it ended up giving me the fulfilment I needed to get through until it was finally my time to go."
"I see."
"W-would you be opposed to perhaps meeting with me every once and awhile? Of course I can understand if you don't want to but-!"
"Of course."
"Y-you don't have to call me-!"
"I think we'll just take it slow for now, I did also inherit the madness from both of you so I do struggle with keeping calm most of the time though my time within Natsu balanced that out somewhat."
"I-I'm glad to hear that!"
"I need to go since I'm needed for matters around Chaldea but ..."
Ahnkseram smiled as he spun on his heel and began walking away, looking back over his shoulder and waving once to the frozen man.
"It was nice to finally meet you, Father."
Dialogue 6: (If you have Natsu Dragneel - ?)
Entering this particular room had taken Ahnkseram more resolve than anything he'd done in his life. His body jittered as he walked toward the door, wringing his hands to the point they had lost all feeling as he tried to compose himself.
He didn't even need to press anything as the door opened to reveal Natsu sitting down at a table, a bottle of their favourite drink the duo had shared together days before his death with two glasses filled to the brim.
"Ah ..."
"Sit."
"R-right!"
Ahnkseram shakily took his seat opposite Natsu who picked up his glass and casually took a sip before placing it back down and locking eyes with his fellow Hybrid.
"Nice to see you again."
"N-Natsu look-!"
"Let me finish," Natsu said forcefully prompting Ahnkseram to shut his mouth. "What you did that day saved an entire reality from being consumed by Anti Ahnk so do not feel guilty for what you did."
"Huh?"
"I know you've been stressing out over meeting me here today however I want you to know that despite my personal grief your sacrifice was something I never forgot. The man who would once have sooner turn coated in order to live knowingly and willingly sacrificed himself to a fate that even our combined brains couldn't comprehend."
"Yeah ..."
"We didn't know what would happen if you died whilst still being part of my being and yet here you are."
"A Servant of all things."
"Not as powerful as I'd hoped however ..."
"OI!"
"I'm being blunt, Ahnk."
"I know but have a little bloody tact!"
"You know the threat all of us are facing Ahnk," Natsu replied darkly as he leant forward in his chair. "Heroes and Villains from an unfathomable amount of timelines and realities are converging here, many of which were once our own enemies and yet it still isn't enough!"
"Is Solomon truly that powerful Natsu," Ahnk asked quietly. "Were you truly never able to amass the power necessary to strike him down?"
"There is something odd about him and I'm not talking about the fact that he is wielding stolen power," Natsu sighed tiredly. "No, there is something or someone far beyond him I think though I can provide no proof to back up such a claim."
"Y-you think there is someone above HIM!?"
"Like I said it is but mere conjecture, a hypothesis Zelretch and I came up with after we fought him together. The other Grands as well as the agents of the Counter Force are also in agreement on this yet we cannot even begin to fathom what could possibly lie beyond Solomon ..."
"So there is nothing that can be done to discover the truth?"
"Defeating Solomon will undoubtedly reveal the truth however we still have several Singularities to go. I've been told on good authority that the Sixth and Seventh Singularities will require my personal touch in order for Chaldea to survive."
"B-but aren't your powers currently restricted due to-!"
"Yes they are, and more are summoned each and every day," Natsu sighed as he held up his right arm and opened the right side of his coat eliciting a gasp from Ahnkseram who was at his side in moments.
"Natsu, what the hell is this!"
"As Chaldea grows stronger I grow weaker Ahnk," Natsu laughed bitterly. "How am I supposed to help if my power dries up before the end of the Seventh Singularity?"
"So that's why you said you were hoping I was stronger, not as an insult but-!"
"Because I'm honestly just that desperate," Natsu sighed as he closed his coat once more. "Cynthia, Arcueid, Altrouge, Zelretch, Merlin, Eliza, Da Vinci and Romani are all trying as hard as they can to find a way to fix it but so far there's been no luck."
"Does anyone else know about this!?"
"Certain staff in Chaldea as well as certain Servants. Erza and Scathach are aware of my deteriorating condition as is Edison, Tesla and Blavatsky."
"So that's why Edison and Tesla haven't fought at all ..."
"They're too busy aiding the others in maintaining 'it' as well as trying to help me in any way they can. Raikou is also aware thanks to Ushi Gozen who sensed it upon me during a minor Singularity which is why you will often see her pampering me, the Grands all know which is why none of them are here and I believe Gilgamesh also knows since he actually obeys any direct orders I give him without so much as a single retort."
"A feat seemingly impossible for him."
"Aside from them I can only speculate," Natsu sighed. "Thank you for answering the summons and agreeing to help Cynthia."
"If I had known things were this bad I would've tried to get here at the earliest," Ahnkseram snapped back. "How could you be so reckless!"
"You know how it is Ahnk, my suffering always ensures that everyone else can live in peace."
"But even in death Natsu-!"
"It is my duty. If I do fall I'll use 'that' class skill and resummon myself however by that point Solomon would've already located and likely attacked Chaldea with the full might of his power and the Seventy Two Demon Gods."
"This is insanity ..."
"Just like old times eh?"
"If there is anything I can do Natsu-!"
"Just do what you can," Natsu grinned as he rose from his seat, hiding any pain he might have expertly. "Don't worry about me; I suffered for centuries with the curse that ultimately led to my death so the pain from this by comparison is insignificant."
"You truly are mad," Ahnkseram scoffed as the pair clasped hands. "You've got my full support Natsu, just point me where you need work done and I'll be all over it."
"Thank you Ahnk it-it's nice to hear that from you again."
"And it's nice to see you again," Ahnk smiled as the pair exited the room, heading down toward the control room.
Hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one!