Hi guys Azza here!

Ok so this chapter is a bit short but its setup for the main fights of the arc, the next couple will be longer especially the Natsu vs Saber one which is likely going to be a whole chapter in of itself. You guys probably won't mind though considering the rate I've been able to upload lately, who knew getting worked to death because of Christmas and barely sleeping leads to you being MORE productive haha!

For real though now that we're reaching the Summit War story arc I'm getting really excited, I've always wanted to do this but it stretches over this arc as well as three others and based on this being Chapter 77 I think we might even hit Chapter 100 before the time skip which would be just insane considering how much there is of post time skip to do plus my completely redone versions of the movies Strong World onward which I've found a way to work into this naturally. I'll go into more detail at the 600k words mark but for now on with the reviews!

Reviews

Dragonborn2704 – It will survive since its an Archipelago, but its going to be forever scarred kind of like Punk Hazard was.

Shadow465 – Yeah Saber will be able to use his Shikai and Bankai since a Servant is a version of the character brought back in their absolute prime, Saber's prime indeed being when he can actually use the full power of his Zankupato.

That being said however you'll see in this chapter what my plan will be for their fight, you may not exactly like it but it's the most realistic option given all the things stacked against Natsu in a fight between the pair.

Anyway on with the story!

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

Battle Amidst The Ruins

/Grove 12/

"Oi, is Natsu ok," Mordred growled as she grabbed onto Seilah's wrist. "You can still sense him, right!?"

"Yes," Seilah replied slowly as the entire group stood amidst some smouldering ruins, the entire area around them having been completely blasted apart. "His opponent though is powerful, extremely powerful …"

"Do you know who he's fighting," Robin asked prompting Seilah to narrow her eyes in concentration.

"It has to be a Servant," Ritsuka said as he gestured to the destruction around them.

"There are plenty of people in this world capable of feats like this you know," Zoro replied as Ritsuka's face morphed into one of shock. "He's likely fighting one of the top officers of the military."

"I think he's fighting an Admiral," Seilah supplied as the entire group stilled.

"An Admiral," Nami said breathlessly as they all remembered their run in with Aokiji. "He was strong and it was obvious they were both holding back but …"

"We've seen what Warlords are capable of when pushed, this shouldn't be all that surprising," Franky added bluntly. "Gecko Moria might have seemed like a joke but he almost killed all of us."

"And the top officers in the military are said to be as powerful if not more so than the Warlords Of The Sea," Sanji sighed. "I'm not sorry for what Natsu or Luffy did to those Celestial Dragons … but maybe we should have been a little more discreet about it?"

"And let Camie get taken away by those bastards," Luffy growled as he looked up to the smoke-filled sky. "No way."

"Guys, shouldn't we be finding a place to bail," Usopp asked as a bright yellow light flew over their heads and exploded a good distance away as they all stumbled around. "COME ON, LET'S JUST GET THE HELL OFF THIS ISLAND ALREADY!"

"I'm afraid that isn't quite possible."

The entire group froze with Seilah, Mordred and Robin all extending their senses outward immediately.

"Shit …"

"We're completely surrounded," Seilah muttered quietly as the entire crew all shifted into defensive stances.

"I have to say, I was quite surprised to see such variety on a Pirate crew," the voice said as a shadow appeared through the smoke. "I thought this new era cared more about power and wealth over simply journeying alongside friends … seems there are still those who follow the old ways after all."

Emerging from the smoke was an intimidating looking man who looked rather old. He wore a black officer's uniform with a matching overcoat draped over his shoulders and had a cigar in his mouth.

The man turned around, a bold move considering he was in front of multiple enemies however to experienced fighters like Seilah and Mordred they couldn't sense so much as a single opening from the man.

"He's a bigshot for sure," Mordred said as she motioned toward his coat. "Got the patches to prove it and everything, plus that kanji on the back of his coat there …"

JUSTICE

"So, you're Straw Hat Luffy then," the man said as he looked over his shoulder at Luffy who simply grit his teeth in response.

"Yeah, what's it to you!?"

"Heh, just as much of a mouth on you as Garp," the man replied before chuckling to himself. "Still, he'll have to forgive me for taking his own Grandson and locking him away in Impel Down forever."

"Who the hell even are you," Luffy spat as the man raised an eyebrow.

"Don't know your history son, typical. I'm Lieutenant General Thaddeus Ryker, General in charge of all ground force operations across the globe and your Grandfather's former Second In Command back in the day."

"WHAT!"

"That's not good," Seilah muttered quietly so only Mordred could hear. "Garp is an extremely powerful individual, if this man has even half of his strength then it will take one of us to hold him off."

"You kids seriously have no idea just what kind of trouble you've started here, do you," Ryker continued as he exhaled some smoke. "The Celestial Dragons are a force not meant to be challenged, let alone killed. By doing what you have done here today it will inspire a new wave of rebellion across the world, more innocents will die as a direct result of your actions."

"People were already dying you bastard," Mordred snorted in disgust. "And those that didn't were enslaved by them, might as well be just as good as a death sentence!"

"The rule of the Celestials is absolute," Ryker repeated firmly as he met the disgusted gazes of the entire group with even the more cowardly ones like Nami, Chopper and Usopp openly showing their outrage.

"Natsu was right, the Celestial Dragons are nothing more than false Gods who use their influence to maintain a hold over a suffering world," Robin said sharply. "There is little doubt that they are nothing but the successors to the Humans who won whatever conflict brought about the Void Century, to believe them as Gods is to cast aside your own intelligence!"

"Be very careful with how you speak, Nico Robin," Ryker replied darkly. "The Gorosei already want you brought in because of your ability to read the Poneglyphs, don't make things worse for yourself."

"Worse? The World Government already wants me dead and took away my home and family," Robin said through grit teeth. "If it weren't for the wonderful friends I have here I'd be dead already so please do enlighten me on how my situation could possibly get any worse!?"

"Believe me Nico Robin, it can."

Another voice brought the attention of the group to a rather large individual holding an axe over their shoulder, a sneer on their face as loud thuds seemed to follow behind them.

"And just who the hell are you," Mordred snapped prompting the figure to sneer in her direction.

Vice Admiral Of The Marines

One Of The Commanders Of The Science Unit

Sentomaru

"A Vice Admiral," Mordred growled. "That's just … great."

Mordred's words nearly died in her throat as the loud thuds they'd been hearing finally revealed their owner. Walking up to stand behind Sentomaru was none other than Bartholomew Kuma.

"No way," Sanji muttered as he dropped his cigarette.

"This is really bad," Zoro said as he began drawing his blades. "Seilah and Mordred will be tied up dealing with two of them but no matter how you slice it, whichever one we end up fighting is gonna take all of us."

"So, as the Vice Admiral so candidly pointed out," Ryker grinned as the smoke seemed to shift to reveal they were completely surrounded by both Marines and Army soldiers all with their guns trained on them. "It can in fact be a lot worse, Nico Robin."

"So, any ideas," Mordred whispered as she felt Seilah's mind prod her own and quickly granted her access.

"I will face General Ryker; he clearly is the strongest one here. You will need to face Vice Admiral Sentomaru and the others …"

"Will need to try and hold back Kuma," Mordred replied with a grimace as she remembered just how powerful the Warlord was.

"It may actually be possible though."

"Huh? What do you mean, you remember Kuma's power don't you!?"

"I do, which is why I'm wondering why I can't sense a single ounce of it right now," Seilah noted as Mordred quickly deduced what she was getting at.

"You think something is going on here?"

"I do. Let us leave this supposed Kuma to the others, Mash should be able to provide enough of an edge for them to at least hold him back for a bit."

"Fine, but what about all the bastards that will blast us to pieces the second we move?"

"I already have that covered," Seilah replied as she withdrew from the Knight's mind.

"So, what's it going to be Straw Hats," Ryker asked coolly. "You've proven yourselves hostile enough to warrant such a response, what will you do now that you have our attention?"

"We're not gonna surrender to you bastards," Luffy growled as he clenched his fists. "We're gonna tear through the lot of you and get off this island!"

"Its an Archipelago," Ryker replied neutrally. "But if that is your answer then we have no choice but to use force to either bring you in or cut off this crew of yours before it grows too powerful."

"Manner! Zielen," the General barked as all the Army soldiers took aim in unison. "Auf mein Zeichen!"

"I wouldn't be so confident if I were you," Seilah said as all eyes turned toward her, the leaders of the military force they were facing wondering why she had her arm extended outward and a black sphere pointed at the ground.

"And just why is that?"

"Because if you even think about giving the order to fire, every last soldier here dies."

"You think we'll just fall for that," Sentomaru snapped as she slammed her massive axe on the ground next to her. "You might be strong but you're nowhere near capable of such a feat!"

"Sentomaru," Ryker snapped only to be cut off as the Vice Admiral pointed at the group.

"OPEN FIRE!"

All the soldiers immediately began firing at them, the group all looked to Seilah in that moment as she snapped her fingers with her left hand. A wall of black rose up around them and absorbed the gunfire and flew out the other side, striking their own allies as a result as the ranks fell into chaos.

"I warned you," Seilah said darkly as she fired the sphere at her feet. "Now you will watch as your forces are torn apart."

The moment the sphere hit the dirt a flat black surface spread out all around the area, covering the entire assembled army as it rose up to consume them. Seilah watched impassively as they were absorbed by the mass which slowly began to retract toward her feet once again, the screams slowly dying down until finally there was silence.

The sphere rose back up into her hand and turned Blood Red, a sadistic smirk etching its way onto her face as the others all took a step back from her.

"Man, I rarely see you genuinely smile like that," Mordred muttered as Seilah pushed the sphere up into the sky. "You sure you aren't as mentally messed up as Natsu?"

"I never claimed to conform to the common conception of sanity to begin with," the Demon replied as she flew up into the air and grabbed the sphere which had slowly begun to expand in size. "Elder Devil's Aura: Sanguine Arts – Spera Carthaginem Sanguis!"

Seilah threw the sphere at the remaining three foes who all vanished on the spot, avoiding the attack as it smashed into the ground leaving a rather sizeable crater behind. The three reappeared a short distance away and looked up at Seilah seemingly confused.

"Was that all," Sentamaru taunted only for Ryker's firm grip to squeeze his shoulder.

"After absorbing all those forces, was that your goal?"

"Of course not," Seilah sniffed as a bright red light suddenly blinded everyone. "In order to protect these rather amusing Humans, I shall not constrict myself to operating under their moral guidelines."

"What the hell is she talking about," Zoro called out as a loud squelching screeching sound tore through the area.

"I'm actually shocked she was willing to go that far," Mordred yelled back though her eyes never once left the crater. "She just used Blood Magic!"

"Blood Magic, you mean like creepy voodoo kind of stuff," Usopp cried. "Is she gonna put a curse on them!?"

"She'll do a lot worse," Mordred hissed as a massive dome of red light exploded from the crater, eviscerating the ground around it as the last three forces alive rushed to escape the blast radius. "ALL OF YOU GET MOVING, NOW!"

The group didn't need to be told twice as they began to book it right alongside Mordred. Said Knight looked back over her shoulder toward the Demon who was surveying the area with a cold and calculating gaze.

"This should buy you some time to get some good distance however it will not hold forever. The soldiers all were weak and thus their blood was far too weak to sustain an attack like this for long."

"Since when the hell could you use Blood Magic anyway!?"

"Since I joined Tartaros, but I refrained from using it because Master doesn't like it. However, it seems even he might be considering resorting to it against his own foe, therefore I decided I would do the same to save our … friends."

"Well how about warning me next time before you pull off a crazy stunt like that," Mordred snapped which drew a small smile from the menacing Demon in the air behind her.

"I'll be sure to make it up to you in our next … group session."

Mordred blushed furiously as the soft laugh of Seilah rang through her mind. Despite her own reservations about Blood Magic one couldn't deny that it got the results and wasn't backfiring on them

"I'll get them going for a bit then double back to face that bastard Vice Admiral, that good?"

"Yes. Be careful."

"You too," Mordred replied as she felt Seilah cut the connection.

Shaking her head, Mordred focused her full attention back on the situation at hand and mentally began preparing herself for another fight.

/Elsewhere – Natsu's POV/

"That's right, keep fighting just like that," Saber grinned as Natsu blocked several of his sword strikes with his own. "After seeing you fight against my Master there's no way I'll accept anything less than an all out struggle to the death!"

Spinning around on the spot, Natsu's blade clashed with Saber's as the two fell into a deadlock. Saber grinned away as the ground beneath them was torn apart leaving both fighters hovering over a massive crater.

"This guy … The amount of Spiritual Pressure he's releasing is insane!"

"He's undoubtedly the same as Aizen, a Shinigami," Ahnk agreed as they felt the pressure continue to grow. "The fact that you are still forced to utilize Aura whilst he has yet to even show any signs of struggling in his base form means he's a monstrous one too."

"I can see now how you've managed to tear through everything this world has to offer," Saber continued as Natsu felt himself beginning to get pushed back. "Trash like the Shichibukai Gecko Moria and any military solider Vice Admiral or lower don't stand a chance against a warrior of your calibre."

"I can tell you're strong," Natsu growled as he pushed back against the sword struggle with more strength, halting Saber's dominance which earned him a rather creepy grin in return. "Tell me, what is your relation to Sosuke Aizen?"

"Aizen," the man said as Natsu found himself blown back up a sudden surge of power. "Aside from desiring his death at the end of my Zankupato, Aizen and I have no real relationship to speak of!"

Saber vanished with Natsu immediately ducking to avoid a deadly horizontal slash attack that sliced apart every Yarukiman Mangrove between them and the ocean. The trees all were blasted back into the ocean as the force moved to catch up to the speed of the strike as the entire area shook loudly from so much weight crashing into one point.

"That was dangerous …"

"And he's still not even going all out either."

"I'll see how long we can hold out before needing to use what remains of our power," Natsu grimaced. "After Kizaru, we're barely at fifty percent."

"And like it or not we still haven't fully recovered from Thriller Bark yet either Dad," Aava pointed out in a slightly nervous tone. "Perhaps we should …"

"Should what?"

"Flee."

"No."

"She makes a good point Natsu," Ahnk countered which honestly surprised him since those two almost never agreed on anything. "The fact of the matter is we didn't defeat Kizaru who is still out there, Saber is likely just as powerful and then there is that Lieutenant General running around also. Our best chances of escaping this situation with no casualties is to buy time and flee."

As Natsu avoided several swings from Saber he mulled over what the two had said. Fleeing from them would be a sign of weakness, something that would damage the fearsome front he was trying to build for himself in this world. But in order to save his friends he would need to somehow overcome multiple high-level foes without even half his power at his disposal?

The choice was clear.

"You know that if you stay on the defensive you'll die, right," Saber said as Natsu blocked another one of his strikes as the menacing Shinigami got up in his face. "Show me the power of the King Of Balance!"

"Fine, but for the record I'm a rather busy man so we'll have to make this … quick," Natsu growled as he pushed back against Saber's attack with enough force to stagger him, slugging the man in the face with an Aura laced punch that sent him flying through the air at high speed.

"So, are we stalling or trying to beat this guy?"

"Isn't it obvious, Ahnk?"

"Hn. Excuse my lack of faith that you'd pick the sensible option considering how we ended up here to begin with," his fellow Hybrid replied mockingly as Natsu flicked his blade outward.

"I think this is the perfect time to try out some of those Arts from your Grimoire Ahnk, what do you say?"

"Some of them could be useful here, but I'm assisting you personally so you don't kill us all!"

"Fine by me," Natsu grinned right as Saber emerged from the smoke generated by his impact and began charging toward him whilst laughing.

"That's better, I want you to hold nothing back against me!"

"You got it," Natsu replied as he entered a new stance and placed the edge of his blade up against his wrist. "Alright, here goes!"

Slitting his wrist, blood sprayed out across the flat of the blade until it was practically coating the entire half of it. Quickly regenerating his wound, he then hovered his hand over it as a Pitch-Black glow overcame the blade itself.

"Hybrid's Aura: Sanguine Arts – Bus Compensari Sanguis Sacra – Martis!"

Saber suddenly halted his advance as power exploded from Natsu's blade, Blood Red Runes appearing all over the flat of the blade as Natsu's own Aura skyrocketed to match it. Grinning, the Shinigami's own power shivered in anticipation.

"Holy shit … It actually worked!?"

"Of course it did, do you doubt my brilliant mind," Ahnk snapped in response. "This Blood Magic is designed to increase all combat-oriented attributes for a limited time. Martis translates to Mars, an old War God from back when I was a young brat and was the perfect choice to name such an ability after."

"This power should definitely help, but we still need to keep on our toes if we want to hold this guy back," Natsu said as all three of them looked over at Saber whose grin only widened at the power up. "He'll likely want to up the stakes soon so I'll do what I can whilst you guys devise more techniques suitable for me to use!"

"On it," both occupants of his mind replied as Saber charged at him once more.

This time however, with some of his energy replenished, Natsu met him head on as the pair clashed, ripping apart the already fragmented ground further as they began exchanging a series of high-speed slashes against one another.

As he blocked, parried and retaliated against Saber's attacks, Natsu felt the use of Blood Magic elsewhere on the Archipelago and silently cursed. The only other person he knew who could use it was Seilah and if she was so willing to do so it meant that the others had found themselves in trouble.

With that in mind, his attacks gained an even sharper edge as Saber suddenly found himself being pushed back though it only further served to amuse him. A bright red light all but confirmed his theory as it blinded the both of them momentarily which brought a halt to their fight.

"Damn it," Natsu growled as he spun around to look over at the now massive explosion across the Archipelago. "What the hell is going on over there!?"

"Who knows," Saber shrugged as he adjusted his grip on his Zankupato. "All I can say is a lot of people just died the moment that bright light went up."

"Is that your Shinigami senses telling you that?"

"Yeah," Saber nodded as Natsu heard the man's jaw crack. "If this were my home world, those souls would no doubt remain behind and become vengeful, but here they'll simply wander forever until someone who can manipulate souls comes along and either puts them out of their misery or weaponizes them."

"Damn …"

"Like it or not, that is the way of things," Saber said as he pointed his blade toward Natsu who tensed ever so slightly. "We who sit above the mortals don't get to complain or whine about such things, it only brings more trouble than its worth."

"You know this from experience?"

"Let's just say that even those bound to Lady Death's service can have squabbles over the mortals and leave it at that," Saber replied cryptically. "But enough about that, I want to see more of that power of yours!"

"Fine," Natsu growled as the two vanished and clashed once more, Natsu's mind internally praying for the others to be alright.

/Grove 14/

"All right, that should just about do it," Mordred said as she suddenly skidded to a stop which brought the rest of the group to a stop as well.

"What's going on?"

"This is as far as I go Zoro," Mordred replied with a grin as she turned around to face the direction they had just come from. "Seilah is gonna hold back that General which means the Vice Admiral is my job. You guys need to keep moving, get as much distance as you can between us before they catch up."

"But Mordred-!"

"Shut up Luffy and listen for once in your damn life," Mordred snapped which shocked everyone into silence. "We're doing this so no one dies, so all of us can continue on our adventure together! Do you honestly think any of us want to face these bastards alone!?"

"Mordred, are you sure you'll be alright," Robin asked, the concern in her voice bringing a small smile to the Knight who simply grinned back.

"I'm a Servant, your lives all come before mine," the Knight explained as the entire crew prepared to blow up. "I had my life, as pathetic as it was, but you guys still have your destinies ahead of you. If I have to throw myself out there to make sure you guys get the chance to be all you can be … then yeah, I'll be alright!"

"Sir Mordred," Mash said softly as prompting her to look over at the Shielder Class Servant.

Her eyes first fell upon the shield, her gaze slowly roaming upward to the gentle face and soft eyes of the Demi-Servant as a look none had yet seen on the Knight before made itself apparent.

"Use that shield of yours to protect them, Mash. Make the Spirit inside of you proud and use that shield for its intended purpose."

"…"

"What do you mean by that," Ritsuka asked confusedly only for Mash to place a hand on his shoulder and shake her head. "Mash?"

"It doesn't matter Senpai, but Sir Mordred is right. We all should keep moving so that we aren't in Sir Mordred's way when she must face Sentomaru."

The group all looked conflicted but the two shadows on the horizon approaching at high speed cut the conversation short. A bright light surrounded Mordred as she manifested her armor, her helmet locking into place as she looked back at the group one last time.

"Go."

The group didn't need to be told another time as they all took off, Luffy clenching his fists and nodding briefly before joining them. As they ran, Sentomaru and Kuma emerged from the smoke with both skidding to a stop some distance away.

"So, you plan on holding us back too?"

"Yes."

"I see," Sentomaru replied before looking at Kuma. "Go after the Straw Hats."

"Understood," Kuma replied monotonously before running past Mordred who didn't even spare him so much as a glance.

"You allowed Kuma to go after your friends without so much as a word," Sentomaru said with a raised eyebrow. "I'm surprised."

"I have seen Kuma's power first hand and I know for a fact that whatever that thing was it most certainly is not the Warlord Bartholomew Kuma," Mordred replied as she took several steps forward. "If that were the real Kuma then he would have simply warped after them using his Devil Fruit ability, but he simply ran instead."

"Rather observant of you," Sentomaru replied neutrally. "It seems the files on you are way out of date."

"Files?"

"We have Servants of our own as you know and they tell us all we need to know about enemy Servants. Recently, we discovered your identity and were rather shocked to find out the truth of your origins … Son of Pendragon."

"What of it," Mordred replied bluntly. "Who I am related to is in no way reflective of my actual current self."

"Evidently not," Sentomaru conceded. "The Mordred we were prepared for was brash, loud, arrogant and quick to go into a Berserker like state at the mere mention of any version of Arthur Pendragon. No doubt Dragneel has had significant influence over you to remedy these flaws."

"Flaws," Mordred muttered as she began to leak some of her killing intent. "What you call flaws I call personality traits. My Master never forced me to change, he simply guided me onto the right path and I found myself voluntarily making these choices to become a better person!"

"You are a Servant and are thus incapable of change," Sentomaru scoffed. "Numerous tests we've done on your kind have proven that whatever changes you believe you make ultimately don't matter once you return to the Throne Of Heroes. I will prove this to you here and now that you are incapable of change, Mordred Pendragon, and are fated to remain the bastard child of a failed King!"

Bringing the massive axe out to his right, Mordred watched as it was coated with a familiar black substance, the weapon cracking the ground upon a mere gentle touch as the Vice Admiral adjusted his stance and slung it back over his shoulder.

"Armament Haki, huh," Mordred said in response as Clarent gained a Galaxy Blue glow to its edge with the shielded portion of her helmet where her eyes would be also beginning to glow the same colour. "Let me show you that I am capable of change, and that ultimately my Father and his way did not fail!"

Mordred vanished and appeared right in front of Sentomaru who raised her axe to block her downward strike. The two clashed with Mordred being surprised at just how little her attack seemed to stun the Human.

"Surprised I can endure an attack like yours? I'm a world class guard, nothing will make it through my perfect defence!"

"We'll see about that," Mordred growled as she broke off the clash and began hammering down on Sentomaru who simply blocked everything thrown at him.

'As much as I hate to admit it, his guard is solid. But, there's no way its impregnable, I just have to keep on his ass until I find the weakness in his so called 'perfect defence' and then victory will be mine!'

Mordred continued to hammer away even as explosions seemed to be going off all around the pair, both knowing full well that a slip up on either side could prove fatal.

/Elsewhere On The Archipelago/

"This isn't looking too good."

"No, Dragneel is clearly willing to wipe the place out to protect his friends and though I find that admirable he seems to forget he has other allies here too."

"I can sense that Natsu is up against an opponent he currently cannot combat; his strength wasn't even fully recovered from his previous conflict to begin with. The Saber tied to Kizaru has barely even begun to unleash his own power which means it will likely exceed whatever Natsu's current limit is."

"That look in your eye, I don't like it."

"FUHAHAHAHAHA! No, you never did like it when I looked at you like this, did you? That aside, I'm thinking of contracting your services-."

"You're joking, right?"

"…"

"You aren't joking …"

"If Natsu had taken the time to recover then I can say with near certainty that our assistance likely wouldn't be needed to this extent, maybe against Kizaru but he would have certainly been able to face Saber. As he is now, he'll be lucky to save himself."

The two ceased talking as a towering figure popped into existence before them, a bible clasped firmly in one hand as his eyes gazed down at them curiously.

"Do not fear conflict with me, I have come only to talk."

"Is that right? And just what would the Tyrant Kuma want to talk to criminals like us about?"

"The current situation," Kuma replied plainly. "Based on my knowledge of who Saber truly is, Natsu's current condition and the strength level of his friends, I predict that without outside intervention there is a ninety eight percent chance of the Straw Hats perishing on this island."

"We already knew this, Kuma."

"I figured as much, however, there is one possible means by which they can be saved."

"Saved? Why are you telling us this?"

"There are eyes on the crew who wish for them to succeed," Kuma said as he looked out toward the destruction caused by Natsu, Saber and Kizaru. "And … I don't have much time left."

Both figures who stood before Kuma didn't dare drop their guard, however they did empathise with the man as he turned back to face them.

"If you both desire to see them live, do exactly as I say," Kuma said as both men looked toward each other and nodded.

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