AN: First of all I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed the first chapter of this story, it is a great boost to my morale that you liked it. I'm going to try and update this story once every one to two weeks but it could take longer if the chapter ends up a long one, in which case, depending on the content, I may do it as a Part 1 and Part 2.

There will be a harem and currently will include the following girls:
Mirajane
Erza
Lucy
Seilah

I'll add more as the story progresses, there are some that I have omitted from the list for plot reasons but will list them as they appear in the story. With that done, lets get on to the story


Previously

Ancient Ruins, Fiore

"I am Akira Gravehart, and my friends here, are Obsidian Tomb, you might have heard of us" The man now known as Akira replied, his arms outstretched to the dark mages around the Faries. He snarled menacingly as he pointed at the Redhead Knight. "You've got something we want."

Erza's eyes widened and she requipped her Purgatory Armour. "No holding back everyone! This is the guild I was telling you about!" She ordered sharply, causing the rest of Team Natsu to activate their magic and power-up, ready for a tough battle.


Makarov's Office, Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia

Makarov sat alone in his office, listening to some smooth orchestral music while he went through paperwork and bills. He was grumbling about his "Destructive Brats" when a knock on his door brought him out of the zone. "Come in." He called out with a quick glance up at the door.

The door creaked open to reveal the beautiful poster girl and famous model of Fairy Tail, Mirajane Strauss. She was carrying a silver tray with a tankard of cold beer on it. "Hello Master, how are you today?" She asked kindly while carrying the tray up to the desk and placing the drink down on a beermat for him.

"I've been better, and worse for that matter, thanks to Porlyusica my health has been improving since the war." He replied softly. He sat back in his chair and regarded the woman in front of him with a fatherly gaze. "Thank you."

Holding the now empty tray by her side Mira peeped at the paperwork curiously. "I'm happy that you are getting better." She cheered with a sweet smile. "Have you heard anything about Natsu and his team?"

"Yes, in fact, I have." The old man picked up a letter to his right and waved it softly. "They stopped a gang from terrorising a village to the south of Era about a week ago…"

"I'm sensing a but, they destroyed something didn't they?" Mira giggled quietly behind her hand.

Sighing, Makarov nodded solemnly. "Indeed, they did… They blew up a house and not just a normal one, a bloody large one!" He put the letter down and grumbled loudly. "You know, I'd hope that they'd have learnt at least some self-control by now."

"Aw, don't be so harsh on them, Master. Team Natsu does have an S-Class mage, a Devil Slayer, Two Dragon Slayers, and Lucy…, then again she has started to be called "The Celestial Princess" due to doing things with her magic that no one knew was possible." Mira stated matter-of-factly as she stuck up for her friends. "They all are very strong mages, and Natsu and Gray might as well be S-Class at this point going by strength alone. So, a little bit of collateral damage is expected, just be thankful Natsu didn't blow up Hargeon's port again"

"Don't remind me…" Makarov let out another grumble. "He better not do that again, damn thing cost me a lot of money in reparations."

Mira giggled softly and murmured quietly. "I hope they are ok; I miss them. Especially Natsu, the Guild has been too quiet with him gone." She gazed at a framed photo of Team Natsu that sat upon a shelf next to photos of the other teams and one of the entire guild.

"As do I Mira, as do I." He said softly, his eyes travelling from the woman to the same photo she is looking at.

After a few moments of silence, Mira spoke up, sounding a bit more chipper. "I'll let you get back to work, I'm sure Cana has tried to sneak a bottle from the top shelf while I've been up here."

"That I wouldn't doubt for a second Mira, thanks again for the beer." Makarov replied with a smile. Mira bowed politely and headed for the door but as she closed the door behind her, the framed photo of Team Natsu toppled off the shelf and onto the floor. "Oh…" Makarov got up slowly and approached the fallen frame, picking it up and turning it over so he can inspect it. He was met with heavily cracked glass which distorted the picture of Natsu and his team. "I hope this is not some kind of bad omen…" Looking at the photo worriedly, he took it back to the desk and placed it down. "Be safe my children."


Ancient Ruin, Fiore

"Men! Get me that relic!" Akira ordered as he pointed to the Fairies. Obsidian Tomb began to fire off multiple spells at the small group of mages as they charged into combat.

"What, no monologue?!" Natsu jeered loudly while dodging spells and swords, sending flaming punches and kicks in return. "Usually bad guys just love to go on about their plan."

"What?! Why should I prepare a monologue when all I want is that relic?" Akira hollered back as he blocked a fire-coated punch from Natsu. He snapped his leg around and booted the pinkette towards some of his men.

"Ain't that what all you bad guys do?!" Natsu threw back as he turned mid-flight and drove his foot into some guy's face then activated his Dragon Force and let loose a flurry of flaming punches and kicks along with knees and elbows at the surrounding dark mages, burning them with the roaring fire. He turned back to Akira and charged at him at full speed just as Akira levelled a pistol at Natsu.

"This ain't a movie kid, just a bunch of guys looking to make some money at someone else's expense" Akira said as he fired the pistol multiple times, unloading all of the bullets at Natsu.

Just as Natsu was about to dodge, a flash of steel and cheetah print flew past, destroying the bullets with her mace. Erza glanced back over her shoulder at Natsu and yelled at him. "Quit arguing with the enemy and fight! They aren't pushovers Natsu!" She charged a group of dark mages while using her Flight Armour with one half her Adamantium Shield on her left arm and her Purgatory Mace in her right hand. She was blocking spells and weapons with her shield, bashing her enemies with it when she can while swinging the club around expertly, sending people flying through the air and careening into others. "Gray behind you!" She warned as she rocketed past him, bashing her shield into the woman who was about to attack him from behind with a sword.

"Thanks for the save, Erza!" Gray yells over the din of fighting as he attacked his would-be attacker. "There are too many of them! We are outnumbered, and they aren't pushovers like Avatar!"

"We know, Gray!" Lucy shouted, dressed in her Star Dress: Leo and sending Regulas-infused punches and kicks at her opponents while fighting alongside Loke, Taurus and Virgo. "We'll make it out of this, we always do!"

"Are you sure about that little girl? Once we are done with all of you, I'm going to have a lot of fun with your body." Leered a large man as he licked his lips. He swung his claymore in a large arc towards her.

"Like hell you will!" The woman shouted as she went to dodge but a paralysing spell slammed into her side before she could move out of the way of the large blade. There was nothing she could do but watch it come down, and as it bared down on her she closed her eyes but didn't feel it connect, after hearing a pained grunt she reopened them.

"I'm sorry Lucy, I have failed you." Loke grunted in pain, the claymore lodged in his chest as his wound glowed gold before the spirit exploded into golden particles, the great sword burying into the earth moments later.

"Loke!" Lucy screamed as tears ran down her cheeks, she tried to catch and collect the golden particles but they just slipped through her fingers and faded away. "No…" She whimpered weakly.

"He is alright Princess! He just went back to the Spirit Realm to recover!" Virgo stated while an enraged Taurus swung his battle axe at the mage who cast the spell, decapitating them and freeing Lucy.

Lucy nodded quickly at Virgo. Regaining control of her emotions as she wiped her tears away. She turned to the bipedal bull. "Thanks, big guy, let's do this for Loke." With a nod from Taurus, they go back to fighting as a torrent of wind rips through a group of dark mages followed by Wendy in Dragon Force along with Carla and Happy, both in human form and fighting alongside Wendy.

"We need to escape, we won't last much longer Wendy." Carla called out.

"I know! Gray said something like that just before." Wendy replied as she soared through the air, picking off targets as she flew over them.

"We could grab everyone and fly them out of here." Suggested Happy.

"We won't be able to defend ourselves or attack if we are carrying the others." Carla quickly dismissed the suggestion. They landed and began fighting a small cluster of dark mages but more and more start to surround them and the rest of Team Natsu, slowly overpowering them.

After another hour of intense fighting, the small group of mages succumbed to the larger fighting force of dark mages and are forced to the ground. "And so, the 'mighty' mages of Fairy Tail fall before my feet." Akira taunted as he walked over to the downed mages. "You know, I'd have thought that the man who killed Acnologia would've been tougher than this" He boasted loudly as he drove his boot into Natsu's side causing him to grunt. "What happened to all the talk kid? You were being all tough not that long ago."

"Fuck you." Natsu growled as he held his side, only to be kicked again. 'I need power…'

"Leave him alone!" Shouted Lucy, who was being pinned to the ground by three men.

"Hmm how about we have some fun with these Fairies, guys you can do what you want to the three girls, girls you can have fun with the ice mage, make it as painful and long as you want, I don't care, save the first round with the blonde for me though." Akira commanded as he leered lustfully at Lucy.

"You dare touch her and I'll rip you apart limb by limb then slowly burn you alive Until You're A PILE OF ASHES!" Roared Natsu as he tried to push himself up off the ground.

"Oh, looks like you still have some fight left in you, good, it's more fun this way." Akira said as he grinned, taking a sword from his men on his way to Natsu who charged headlong at Akira. "Looks like you still have some fire in you, heh, guess it's time to snuff it out."

"You'll be long dead before that happens!" Natsu bellowed as he stumbled slightly but kept running at the large man.

Akira sidestepped a punch and brought the sword up, slicing into Natsu's side and making a shallow cut before quickly backing up to move out of the way of a kick. "Face it, kid, you've lost! Now give up and accept your fate!"

"Over my dead body." Natsu shouted as he kept fighting, no matter how many cuts he received.

After some time Akira finally took pity on the Dragon Slayer and knocked him to the ground. "Just Stay Down And Give Up!" Natsu groaned as his body hurt all over, his vision started to fade along with his hearing. "Good little dragon, now stay still." Akira said as he placed a boot on Natsu's back, raising his sword with the intent of impaling him through the heart. Natsu blacked out, with the last thing he hears is Akira and then a loud scream.

'Power. I need more power…'

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Natsu Mind

"Hey there, Kiddo, welcome back." A man said from the shadows, the outline looking familiar to the pinkette yet it had red eyes and ember markings.

"What happened?" Natsu asks. "And who are you?"

"You already know the answer." The shadowy figure grinned.

A minute goes by and Natsu replied quietly. "END."

"Bingo, you just won a million jewel! Yes, I'm END, but so are you." END cheered playfully as he stepped from the shadows of Natsu's mind and into view, clapping slowly as he walked.

Natsu tilted his head. "But… how are you alive?"

END shrugged his shoulders. "How the fuck should I know? We should both be dead since Zeref is dead."

"Well, Lucy was doing something to our book when I was fighting my brother, it's what kept me alive. Natsu replied as he thought back to the war.

"Ah, I thought I felt someone tampering with it. If I had to guess, whatever the blonde chick with the big knockers did to the book to make you stay alive once Zeref kicked the bucket worked with me too." END said while placing his hands behind his head.

"Wait, Luce told me the book disintegrated, how are you still here?" Natsu questioned the demon.

"Beats me, Big Tits McGee out there probably did something that made the book transfer its contents to your body and so I got put in your body along with it." END summarised.

Natsu facepalmed at END's name for Lucy, he somehow knew this thing wouldn't just end here. "Ok so we got the how out of the way, what about the why. Why are you here?"

"To save our arse, and the arses of the hot blonde and redhead out there, along with their magnificent boobs, sexy bodies, and fiery attitudes." END replied bluntly while gesturing a window off to the side that showed the world outside at a near standstill. "After all, if I don't intervene now then we all die, and your friends get the short end of the stick… and more than a few trains ran on them." Natsu turns green at the mention of trains. "Not that kind of train you fucking idiot, I mean the kind where they take turns ramming their dicks into every hole in their bodies."

"Ok, ok I get it" Natsu held up his hands to stop the demon from continuing. "No I don't want that, but what can we do? There are too many of them and they are too powerful."

"Did you forget the war? When you tapped into my power?" Asked END.

"When I killed all those people you mean?" Natsu said as he looked down.

"To a soldier in a war, killing becomes a necessary evil, something they have to do to survive and keep their friends and comrades alive, you were that soldier, Kiddo." END brought his counterpart's head back up and crossed his arms. "Now it's time to become a necessary evil again and protect your friends."

Natsu took a deep breath then let it out as a long sigh. "Ok END, what do we need to do?"

END holds out a hand engulfed in his blackish-red fire. "Simply take my hand, claim my power. But be warned that when you wake up, you'll be really angry and you will cut a bloody swath through their ranks. But with what they have planned for your friends once you're gone, anybody like you would do the same in this situation, so don't feel bad about it."

Natsu glanced at END's outstretched hand reluctantly. "Is there anything else I should know? Like aside from power what else do I get?"

"Now isn't the time to go into detail, the more time we waste here the more likely you are to die and your friends wish they were dead." END said sternly. "So buck up and take my hand."

Natsu looks at his demon counterpart then nods and grabs his hand, black/red fire rushes around them as they both glow and meld together.

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"Natsu!" Lucy screamed as Akira brought the sword down at Natsu.

Natsu's eyes snap open to reveal demonic crimson instead of onyx and crimson ember-like demonic markings rapidly appear on his body, running up his arms and spilling onto his torso, running down to his waist and up his neck to his jawline while also covering his back.

Akira paused mid-stab. "What the fuck is going on?!" He shouted but gets blown off Natsu by a blast of intense demonic energy.

"Ah, shit… He has gone demon mode again?" Gray yelled to his blonde teammate.

"H-how? T-the book was destroyed." Lucy stuttered. "How is this possible?"

Natsu rose slowly as his wounds were burnt shut with blackish-red fire, turning to Akira. "You done fucked up." He growled before letting loose an earthshaking roar. "I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU MOTHER FUCKERS!"

"What The Fuck Are You?!" Akira started to panic and watched another man with a claymore take a swing at Natsu.

'Claymore, six o'clock high.' END warned in Natsu's head.

"Someone you should not have fucking pissed off." Natsu said in a deadly calm voice as he spun to face the guy behind, disarming him and using the momentum from the swing to bring the great sword back around and up to the guy's crotch with enough force to cleave him in two from his crotch to his head, not even watching the body fall to the ground in different directions as he turned back to Akira.

Lucy was in a state of shock at the sight of her best friend and love interest bisect a guy without batting an eye. "T-that's END?" She asked shakily.

"No… This is different than what he was like in the war, more controlled and he didn't look like that last time…" Gray muttered loudly, his voice carrying through the quiet battlefield. "We'll have to ask him once this is all over."

Natsu brought the sword up and threw it like a javelin at Akira who just barely dodged out of the way as the large blade sailed past his head, careening into a lady behind him and spearing her through her heart with enough force to send her flying back into a pillar and impaling her against it. She went limp as blood leaked out of her mouth and the wound on her chest, the light of life leaving her eyes.

Wendy's ears perked up, picking up on Natsu muttering something. "I'm a necessary evil, I must do this to save my friends, I won't let them die or suffer while I can put a stop to it… By any means necessary. I Will Kill Everything In My Path." She relayed to her teammates, a look of shock coming across all of their faces.

"He is doing it for us, to protect us…" Erza mumbled sadly as she watched one of her most trusted friends run up to a large man who looked like a sumo.

'You have knowledge of the curses used by the demons of Tartaros along with the ability to use them, so use them!' END informs Natsu as his hands and feet glow yellow while radiating demonic power.

Natsu went into a slide just as he reaches the sumo, knocking the man's feet out from under him then bringing his own legs to his chest. Natsu landed a heavy two-foot kick to the large man, sending him flying up into the air. He flipped onto his feet and crouched down he channelled a combination of his Dragon Fire and Demon Fire to his feet as he sets off a blast at the same time he jumped, launching up into the sky and rapidly gaining on the airborne dark mage.

"What's with the yellow magic?" Erza asked, she and the rest of Team Natsu were free but had decided it was best to stay down.

"That's not magic, it's a Curse Erza." Gray corrected her.

"My question still requires an answer, Gray." She grumbled as she turned her head to him.

"It's the same Curse that the demon Jackal used…" Lucy said in a shocked voice, memories flashing across her mind. "The Bomb Curse!"

"But how?" Erza questioned, her eyes shifting back to Natsu who had caught up to the sumo and was hitting every last inch of his body.

Natsu used his flames to keep him aloft in the sky while keeping his opponent – turned helpless victim – up with him with a torrent of punches, kicks, elbow and knee strikes causing another yellow curse circle to appear on their body with each hit.

"I-if that's the same curse, is he going to…" Wendy started.

"Blow him up? Yeah, it looks like it." Lucy finished quietly.

'These guys thought they were top shit, they thought they were the baddest of the bad, worst of the worst, but its time to show them what fear is, what rage is, what happens when you unleash the fury of a Dragon King and the rage of a Demon Lord, show them what real power is, Natsu.' END monologued, deciding that it was up to him since their opponent didn't want to.

Natsu roared as he grabbed the sumo by the arm and whipped him around at a high speed with the aid of flames shooting out of his body. His eyes quickly lock onto a large group of mages like a predator to its prey and he launches the sumo towards them, the curse circles glowing brighter and brighter as the man rockets towards the group like a meteor until – just before he crashes into them – the circles flash blindingly. "Boom." He said to himself as the man detonates in a large explosion, taking him and the dark mages around him out in a large, gruesome explosion.

Blood, guts, and body parts flew out from the blast zone and Akira could only watch in horrified fascination as an arm flew past him, the hand slapping him across the face. "W-what the fuck…"

'Haha bullseye! You just made someone slap numb-nuts upside his face!' END cackled.

'Focus END, we still have a fight to win.' Natsu told his inner demon off as he dived to the ground.

'Aw come on, it was funny as fuck.' END replied.

'That's beside the point.' He argued as slammed into the ground, creating a crater and kicking up a cloud of dirt.

"Ah s-shit… we're so fucked, we're fucking fucked!" One of the dark mages bellowed in terror from around the rest of Team Natsu as a pair of red eyes slowly turned to look at the group, a loud growl is heard from within the dust cloud. "WHAT THE FUCK!"

"S-should we just cut our losses and run?" Asked another dark mage.

"Heh, don't bother, Natsu would track you all across the country." Erza informed the dark mages. "Just accept it, you shouldn't have provoked him."

"Ah fuck…" The dark mage panicked and dropped her weapon as she turns and bolted away from the demon.

A flash of pink and red came racing out of the cloud, reaching the group in a split second. The mages turned to look at the figure between them, only seeing a few details, gold dragon slit eyes with a red border around the outside of the gold, two horns made of fire, and red scales with crimson embers markings on top of them, a second growl is heard as the figure cocks a flame coated fist back then unleashes a powerful punch on the retreating mage. "… Demolition Fist." Natsu slammed his fist into the woman and released the blast of fire, turning her into ash in an instant from the intense amount of heat, fire, and raw power directed into her body. After finishing her, he turned and started attacking the rest of the mages around his friends to make sure they are no longer in danger.

"N-natsu?" Lucy squeaked as she reached a hand out to him, seeing him turn to her and smile kindly.

"Yes Luce, it's me, just hang on a little longer while I clean up this mess, ok? I'll answer any questions you have after."

"You better Natsu answer the questions or I'll beat the answers out of you." Erza almost demanded but kept herself controlled.

'Ooh, feisty.' END cheered. 'I definitely like her.'

"Don't worry Erza, I will." Natsu reassured her as he turned and charged at another group of mages.

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Magnolia, Fiore

Mira was walking down the street with her two younger siblings, Lisanna and Elfman. They were on their way to do some grocery shopping for the guild. "Hey Lisanna~, are you missing your hubby Natsu?" Mira teased her little sister.

"Mira, stop, you know I don't think of Natsu that way anymore." Lisanna complained with a pout.

"But you do still miss him don't you."

"Yes, I do. But he isn't my husband, it was a childhood crush Mira, you know that, you can have him all to yourself." She teased back.

Mira blushed at the thought of her alone with Natsu, in bed as they fu… 'Ok I need to stop that train of thought, …for now' She thought with a heavier blush. "And here I thought you'd ask me to share him with you, two sisters teaming up to try and tame the big bad dragon."

"Mira!" Lisanna yelled with a healthy blush.

"Can you two stop that! It's not manly." Elfman whisper yelled at his two sisters.

"What's wrong with wanting to go for a ride on a big bad, fire breathing dragon?" Mira asked Elfman innocently causing him to grumble and turn away, leaving both Mira and Lisanna to giggle at his reaction.

"You know, I'd have thought that since he is dating Evergreen that he'd be a bit more open to the thought of his sisters being with guys, almost like he wants us to date girls, right Mira?" Lisanna teased.

Mira giggled. "That would be a very popular topic among the older members of the guild, hmm I wonder who I should date then."

"Oh what about Kinana?" The youngest Strauss suggested. "She did have a falling out recently with Erik, the other month, I think. She could use a little womanly love."

"That's a great idea Lis! We can spend the night together and use each other as pillows, warm, soft and cuddly pillows~." Mira replied cheerfully.

"Can you two please stop." Elfman complained as his sisters cracked up laughing.

After a minute or two of angelic laughing both Mira and Lisanna calm down. "Ok big guy, we've had our fun." Lisanna said with a small smile. "Now, let's go get the groceries and head back to the guild so you can hang out with your girlfriend Evergreen and sneak off to a quiet part of the guild to…"

"We don't do that in the guild!" Elfman interrupted. "Real men are not exhibitionists."

Mira giggled loudly at his outburst. "I think Juvia has a different opinion to you on that one." She entered the grocery store and grabbed a basket then headed down an aisle as her siblings grabbed one, two in Elfman's case, and followed after the oldest Strauss who was humming a melodic tune as she took items off the shelves and placed them into their baskets. As Mira goes to reach for a pack of meat, she felt faint bursts of demonic energy. Turning to her family she realised that they didn't feel it. After a few minutes, she felt another lot of pulses and goosebumps erupted along her skin.

'Wait, was that Master we felt?' Came a voice from within Mira's mind.

'Master? Makarov or someone else?' The model replied as she turned her gaze to the origin of the pulses.

'Someone that I used to look for but could never find.' The womanly voice replied excitedly.

'Who?'

'Master END.'

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'That little pussy bitch is making a run for it!' END informed Natsu just as he finished off the last of Akira's subordinates.

Natsu turned to the forest just as Akira is about to make it to the tree line. 'Any suggestions END?'

'Bet you can't spear him with that claymore.'

'Betcha I can.' Natsu smirked demonically as he walked over to the pillar that held the impaled woman.

'Nope, betcha you can't.'

'Oh, just watch me.' The pinkette pulled the claymore free of the pillar and body then lined it up with the fleeing man.

'Trickshot it, it's gotta get him in two pieces' END grinned within Natsu's mind, crossing his arms as he watched the window.

'Is that necessary?'

'Yes, yes it is Natsu'

'Ok then…' Natsu brought the sword back and whipped it forward, flinging it through the air in an arc.

"That guy is a fucking monster, a demon! He has no mercy…" Akira yelled fearfully as he ran. He heard a high-pitched whistling sound behind him and against his better judgement, he turned around in time to see a flash of steel as the spinning great blade descend on him. "Ah fuck." Was the last thing that came from his mouth as the blade made contact with his skull, slicing through his body and landing point-first in the ground. The two halves of the man once known as Akira Gravehart fell to either side of the claymore with a wet thump.

'Strike!' END shouted gleefully in Natsu's head. '100 points to Fairy Tail!'

Natsu let out a sigh. "It's all done." He murmured as he trudged back to his team who started running to him, calling out his name. Natsu smiled softly and waved as he powered down, his markings fading to black and shrinking to only cover his arms like tattoo sleeves while his eyes returned to their normal onyx and his dragon scales faded away. "Hey guys, I'm sorry for losing it like I did back there."

"It's ok Natsu, you took on the burden and did all that just to protect us, if anything we should be the ones who should apologise." Erza said apologetically as they came to a stop in front of him. She bows deeply and closed her eyes. "Please hit me for it."

'Ooh feisty and a masochist, do it, but spank her nice and hard.' END said eagerly.

'No, she'd kill me for doing that!' Natsu replied back in his head. "No, it's fine Erza. We will have to report in about this though, I don't think Gramps is going to be very happy about it…" The man looked at the markings on his arms and sighed.

"He'll understand once we tell him the circumstances man, don't worry about it." Gray reassured the man as he waved his hand dismissively.

"I hope so." Natsu murmured just as the battle and wear on his body caught up to him and he began to collapse onto the ground, completely out cold.

Lucy stumbled forward and wrapped her arms around the man, trying to support the pinkette's dead weight. "Gods, he is still so heavy." She groaned as she worked his arm over her shoulder.

"Can't be heavier than you Lucy." Happy said while chuckling behind his paws causing everyone but Lucy to chuckle at her expense while she grumbled at Happy.

"Here, let me help." Erza offered kindly as she placed his other arm over her shoulders and took more than half of his weight.

Wendy took the opportunity to step forward and give her pseudo big brother a quick check over. "He's just worn out but we should take him to the camp, so I can take a look at him properly just to be sure."

"Agreed." Erza nodded as she led the group through the carnage wrought by Natsu and back to their camp.


Campsite, 7:00 PM

Erza was on her Mobile Lacrima Communicator and in the middle of a call with Master Makarov. She was in the middle of informing him of the events that occurred that day and of Natsu's transformation. Gray was sat next to the redhead and was giving his input about what he knows and picked up on as both someone who had previous experience fighting Natsu in the state he was in earlier that day and as a Devil Slayer.

Meanwhile, Wendy, Happy and Carla are sitting by a sleeping Natsu after bandaging him and making sure he has no serious wounds. Beside the fire was Lucy, humming away while listening in to the conversation between her teammates and Makarov while she cooked their dinner.

"Is that everything you know you two?" Makarov asked sternly.

"Yes Master, but please understand that he had no other option, he was about to be stabbed through the heart and we were about to be…" Erza shuddered heavily and couldn't continue her sentence.

"They had planned on raping us and torturing us until we begged for death, then they'd give it to us in the slowest and most painful way they could think of." Gray finished it for her.

"And Natsu?" The old man asks with a weary sigh. "What's his current condition? I want to talk to him."

Looking behind her, Erza answered. "He is still unconscious, what he did would have taken a toll on his body."

"You're telling me that he voluntarily used demonic power, specifically Curses, the ones used by the demons of Tartaros?"

"Yes, Master." Gray confirmed softly and gazed at the marking on his arm. "Jackal's bomb curse was the most prominent along with the flames he used during the war when he lost control."

Makarov let out another sigh. "I want you to call me back when he wakes." But just as he goes to hang up, a groan can be heard from the salmon-haired man.

"Master, he is waking up!" Wendy shouted.

"Ugh, please keep it down, Wendy. Sensitive ears and a pounding headache do not equal a fun time." Natsu muttered as he sat up slowly. "I feel like I have a fucking hangover."

'You know what does equal a good time? All these sexy chicks in your memories, I mean Gods DAMN!' END chimed in. 'You've met some smoking hot women while I was gone!'

"Shut up END, don't feel like hearing you right now. You guys got Gramps on the line?" Natsu asked quietly as he turned to Erza and Gray. He rubbed his face and rose to his feet, walking over to his two oldest friends with a slight stumble in his gate.

"Yes Natsu, I'm still here. What was that you said about END?"

"Ah, I didn't know I said that out loud. Well, last night I had a dream where END contacted me, we talked, and he warned me that something large and dangerous was coming. When I woke up, I got up and went to Gray, told him what had happened, he was worried and unsure." Natsu relayed.

"Go on."

"Well I'm guessing Erza has already told you what happened, so I'll skip most of it." Natsu plucked the mobile from Erza's light grip and held it in front of him. "Do you want the long story or the short story?"

"Tell me everything that happened please, but before you start, answer this for me. In the fight did you act on your own free will?"

"Yes Master, I did. I chose to take those lives to not only save my own, but to that those of my family, of my team, who would have faced a far worse fate than I would have."

Makarov took a deep breath and let it out. "Before the war, I would have made a big deal out of this… but since all the bloodshed you children had to endure, the pain and suffering, I understand that I can no longer protect you from what the act of killing does to one's soul. Do you regret your actions Natsu?"

"No sir, it was a necessary evil and had to be done, there was no other choice, I made my decision and I'm going to stick by it." Natsu said with finality.

The old man rubbed his wrinkled face. "Ok, tell me what happened and what the deal with END is."

"This will take a while." Natsu sighed and sat down next to the redhead and proceeded to retell the conversation he had with END during the fight, leaving out the parts about Lucy and Erza's bodies.

"Hmm, I see. Erza mentioned that you had passed out, did END mention anything while you were out?" The Guild Master asked.

"He went into more detail about our joining and what it means for us. Due to my separation from the book I was tied to, we ended up developing as two separate consciousnesses. When I died centuries ago, I was resurrected as an Etherious in my perfectly preserved body, creating a Human-Etherious Hybrid. From then, most of my Etherious side was placed within the book but enough was left inside me for remote activation." Natsu said slowly.

"Wait, does that mean you are neither fully human nor demon?" Asked Gray.

"Well, as a natural Dragon Slayer, one given magic directly from the dragons themselves, we can't really be classed as "fully human" to begin with, the dragon magic we received changed our bodies to make it a suitable vessel for the power." Natsu informed the man as he pointed between Wendy and himself. "Dragon Slayers like Laxus will not have this occur and can still be classed as "fully human" due to drawing their power from the Dragon Lacrima that the Gen 2s have. They will have no risk of turning into dragons like Irene Belseron, the very first slayer, and Acnologia, the most well-known and feared slayer, did. Now I know you are probably thinking… 'What about the current Dragon Slayers?' Well, the answer to that is that our dragons sealed themselves inside us and used their power to create what Igneel called 'Dragon Antibodies' which stop us from transforming into dragons."

There was a long pause before a certain raven-haired ice mage spoke up, loudly. "How the fuck did you get so smart? Even your mannerisms have changed…"

"He is the Fire Dragon King, Gray, he has to know as he is not only our Alpha but also our King as he is the last "Royal" dragon. His father being the most powerful fire dragon and the previous king." Wendy snarled as she uncharacteristically glared at Gray.

Natsu sighed quietly. "She is right about the Fire Dragon King part. But I actually didn't know all of that before today. I only knew what I learned in the war, that being said it seems Igneel left behind a present inside my body in the form of a Knowledge Seal which broke when I accessed END's true power. My guess is the reason I learned what I did back then was because it's the first time I used END's power. The seal got weakened and the knowledge leaked out in the form of Igneel appearing while I was in the coma."

"Is there anything more Natsu m'boy?"

"Yes, in this seal of Igneel's there was instructions on how to utilise the different fires that can only be used by the king themselves, they make up the various sub-groups of fire dragons, I won't get into that now as I still have a bit to talk about so I'll move on, there was also a 'note' more like him yelling at me… about the fact that I'm a moron for not realising that I can use the God Slayer fire that I consumed and absorbed from what's his face back on Tenrou Island." Natsu gazed into the fire but ignored the scent of food coming from it.

"Zancrow, Natsu, the guy was Zancrow." Makarov corrected him.

"Yeah, him. So, the note said that I can manipulate my fire into physical forms as I see fit, like how that guy did with his scythe. Anyway, I'm off track. As a natural Dragon Slayer, I wasn't completely human, but unlike Wendy and the others, I'm even less human due to also being part Etherious. With time, I think that END and I's separate personalities will full merge into one, but when that is I can't say for sure. Nor can I say that it would even happen to begin with… I may be stuck with his voice in my head."

"What is he like Natsu?" Lucy asked curiously as she crossed her arms under her bust, inadvertently pushing them up higher and making her breasts look even bigger.

'Holy Shit They Just Got Bigger!' END shouted in Natsu's head. 'Damn! I'd do anything to get my hands on those puppies!'

"Err, not as bad as you think for being a demon…" Natsu grumbled softly while he scratched his cheek. "Have I forgotten anything?"

"Is there anything else you get out of fusing with END, or becoming whole, I guess?" Makarov asks.

"Oh yeah, knowledge of Curses, Etherious and surprisingly he said that I get knowledge of my real family from back in the Age of Dragons, turns out Zeref recorded a bunch of stuff down about that and his favourite memories of me along with other stuff. Ah, I just remembered something we talked about, we think that the reason we now exist in the same body was due to Lucy and Gray writing in the Book of END to keep me alive during the battle against my brother and then to make sure I stay alive after his passing, we think that they did something to cause the contents of the book to transfer to a new host, as my body still had some of the same Etherious energy, all the contents were transferred into me, making me what I am now."

Makarov rubbed his face. "That is a lot of information to take in m'boy… From what Erza said, you all have basically completed the quest, right? You're on your way home?"

"That is correct Master, we just need to hand over the relic to the client." Erza confirmed professionally.

"After which, we may take a short detour on the way home, see the sights and check out a few places." Natsu suggested. "I have a place I need to check out. Something from Igneel's messages."

"I like that idea, will be a nice way to wind down after what we just went through." Lucy cheered happily. "Ooo~ can we visit a hot spring or spa house please~?"

Erza chuckled softly and gave the blonde a small but eager smile. "That sounds like an excellent idea Lucy."

'Hehe, I like that idea. These sexy chicks all hot and wet, just imagine it Kiddo!' END cheered making Natsu blush as his thoughts turned to the numerous times that he had seen both Erza and Lucy in the nude. 'Oh boy, you already have memories of that?! Damn they look HOT!'

"Gramps, can I have a favour?" Natsu asked quickly.

"What would that be, Natsu?"

"Don't tell the guild what happened today, if they wish to know then I want to be the one who tells them." Natsu requested quietly. "This News should come from me."

Makarov nodded. "I understand m'boy, I'll tell them that you are all fine and if they want more details then they should call you."

"Thank you, Gramps." Natsu said with a smile. "Is there anything else?"

"No, that is all, have a good night, everyone."

"Good night, Master." Team Natsu replied in unison. Natsu hung up the mobile and handed it back to Erza.

"So, where to first, guys?"

"Well, I'm sure Erza would agree, I would like to go to the Spa as soon as we can, is there somewhere you want to go to first though Natsu?" Lucy smiled happily as she got a quick nod from both Erza and Wendy.

"I'd like to do that too." Wendy added quickly. "We all need some time to relax."

"Well, the mountain that Igneel and I lived in isn't that far away from here, I'd like to visit there and explore around, we can go to a Spa place right after and relax, I think we all deserve a break." Natsu said as he stretched out his arms and legs.

"Well, first things first, we need to head back to the client and deliver the relic, get paid, maybe get a few drinks after and crash at a hotel, I'm dying to sleep in a real bed again." Gray gave his two cents and received a nod from Erza and Lucy.

"For sure, Gray, my back kills me at the best of times and sleeping on the cold hard ground really does a number on me. Gods, I can't wait for that Spa, needs to be one that gives massages too." Lucy complained softly but became more excited towards the end.

Natsu's stomach growled loudly causing everyone to turn to him. "So, Luce, when is dinner?"

"Coming right up." She answered while serving it up.


Team Natsu awoke the next morning and began their usual morning routine, afterwards they packed up their camp and headed back on the road again. Lucy yawned tiredly as they headed down the path, on their way to the client. Wendy was holding the tattered remains of Natsu's shirt and coat out to him while they walk. "I'm sorry Natsu but this is all that remains."

"It's ok, Little Dragon." He replied gently as he ruffled her hair lightly and took the clothes from her. "Before we left Era to head out this way, I visited an Enchanter. They put a spell on it that when I channel magic into it the clothes will self-repair." Chuckling softly, he did as he said. Pushing some magic into the clothes to bring them back to their original condition. "She used to live in Magnolia but moved to Era just after the war, she did it to all my clothes, so they would always be good once I was done with my fights, she also taught me how to do a Fire Proofing spell, so I don't burn my clothes away in battle and give my opponent an eyeful."

As the pinkette put on his repaired clothes, Gray turned to the redhead leading the party. "Hey Erza, do you think we could take a carriage from the next village to where the client is, I'm kinda sick of walking."

"Yeah, we can, Grey. Either that or we could hire a Magic Mobile if they have them, given the size of it, I am sure they have some for hire." She responded, she sounded relieved at the idea as she was secretly sick of walking too.

"Yes!" Gray shouted gleefully.

The group quickly made their way into the large village and headed to a Rental Station where they hired a Magic Mobile and piled into it with Erza at the helm, driving it to the city their client lives in.

Natsu groaned from inside the cabin. "Why must Erza drive this death trap on wheels?"

"She insisted that she drove." Lucy reminded the man as he rested his head on the wall of the cabin.

After a few minutes, Natsu noticed something extremely odd. 'Huh, why am I not sick?'

'Because I'm awesome that's why.' END replied with the utmost amount of modesty.

'I doubt it.' Natsu deadpanned.

'No seriously, you aren't getting motion sick because I absolutely refuse to be seen like that!' END replied flatly.

'Uh-huh…'

'What? You want to be sick, is that it?' END asked. 'I can make you sick again.'

'Err no, I'm good thanks… thanks for curing me.' Natsu muttered in his head.

'It's only temporary, you'll still be sick after a while but I'm putting it off.'

'Great…' Natsu rolled his eyes behind his closed eyelids. 'Way to get my hopes up.'

'You could always take your mind off it by thinking about that hottie sitting in front of you.' END says, referring to Lucy and making Natsu sigh. 'The one with the huge knockers.'

"How much longer?" The salmon-haired man asked, growing tired of the demon's shit.

"Ten minutes." Erza answered as she sped down the road to the city.

"Ugh, I'm going to nap then." Natsu grumbled as he moved to get more comfortable.

"Here, let me help." Lucy murmured as she moved across to sit beside him. She gently grabbed him and placed his head onto her lap, starting running her fingers through his pink locks soon after. "Better?" The only reply she received was Natsu nodding as he fell asleep, his head comfortable on her soft thighs.

For the next ten minutes, the cabin was mostly silent save for the sound of Natsu sleeping before Erza called out from the front. "We're hear, just need to park at the rental yard and then make our way to the client." Pulling up at the depo, she removed the plug from her arm and leapt off as everyone came out of the cabin. Taking the lead she walked to their client.

"Natsu can we please~ go to the spa house here?" Lucy begged as she gave him puppy dog eyes.

"I guess we can, where I want to go is on the way home anyway, so why not." Natsu said to her. "But we need to finish the job first."

"Yay!" Lucy cheered while throwing her arms up and jumping.


Client's House, Era, Fiore

Team Natsu enters a large house into an ornate entrance hall, being led by a butler to where their client is waiting in their office. "Ma'am, the mages from Fairy Tail have returned." The butler announced with a bow when he entered the office.

"Thank you, Walter." The client replied. She watched him leave and Team Natsu enter the room. "How did it go?"

"We retrieved the relic from the ruins, but the Dark Guild Obsidian Tomb was waiting for us when we left." Erza informed their client while bringing the relic out of her Requip space and placing it on the desk.

'That chick doesn't look half bad, what mid-40s? Nice rack and ass, looks like she works out enough to keep a sexy mature figure.' END noted.

"You did, what happened?" The client asked offhandedly as she examines the relic.

"We managed to make them see the error of their ways." Natsu stated cryptically while he ignored the voice in his head.

"Is that so?" The lady rose to her feet and turned to the door where her butler stood in the open doorway. "Walter, can you please get these mages' their payment plus a bonus of 50% for their troubles."

"Right away, Ma'am." He bowed and walked away from the room.

"I'm impressed, the relic is authentic and is in pristine condition, it will go well in my museum, thank you." The woman smiled at the group of mages as she crossed the room gracefully.

"We are happy we could help Ma'am." Erza replied professionally as the mages bow to the client.

"Of course, Walter will be back soon with your payment, would you kindly wait out in the entrance hall please." The lady politely requested as she placed the relic on a shelf.

Team Natsu returned to the hall and only had to wait for the butler for a short amount of time as he arrived after a brief moment with their payment. He offered it to them with a bow. "Here you are. Thank you for your services and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day."

"Thank you. Do you know if there are any nice spa houses nearby?" Asked Erza curiously. "We're in need of a bit of relaxation after the tough fight we just had."

"Ah yes, if you head three blocks east and go down Happy Boulevard, you should come across a Salena's Spa House. They do manicures, pedicures, massages and everything else. Lady Trish goes there all the time. You have good timing as they currently are having a 50% off special for today and tomorrow only." Replied the butler with a smile.

"Thank you so much, I could really use everything they offer!" Lucy cheered excitedly and they all said goodbye then made their way to the Spa House.


Well, that is where I'm going to leave it, I hope you have enjoyed this chapter, it came out twice as long as the first chapter, I am quite happy with it but as always, if you have any feedback, tips or tricks that you'd like to share then leave a review, I always read and reply to them. I'll see …
*Door gets kicked open*

Me: Who the hell is that?
END: Sup bitch, you think you can end this without me?
Me: Well yes… It is my story after all.
END: Not anymore, I'll be taking this *goes to grab laptop*
Me: *sighs* hold on, I think I may have something else that interests you.
END: Oh really now?
Me: Now you see, today I had this strange portal open up in my house, out came this bluenette with a "Mad Genius" shirt, she asked me who I was, then gave me this box, do you want to know what is inside? *pulls a box closer to myself*
END: Ok then… *watches me open the box and pull out a strange, pink glowing gun*
Me: Tell me END, have you heard of a G.R.G.?
END: Ah shit I'm outta here!
Me: That's what I thought, need to thank that Levy, I think she said something about 137-C… Anyway, where was I? That's right.

I'll see you all next time!

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Came back to rewrite this and it ended up gaining just over 1k words… Ah well, it reads a hell of a lot better than before. I did my best to keep it a similar as possible to the original version but I did change some sections and lines to update them, that'll most likely be a norm going forward until I can get them all unified. Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed the updated chapter and the chapters following this one. The usual forewarning applies: the following chapters may not be rewritten just yet, so take some of the information with a grain of salt unless they have an (R) next to their chapter name. Rewritten ones will have accurate information that will tie in with chapters beyond chapter 30.