The Fairy Contender

by Insane Dominator

One day, Nic Pularis is drawn into a sub-dimension, where he encounters Legendary Pokemon. He is entrusted with Plates by Arceus, and send to the land of Fiore, where he encounters Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Erza. He must go through multiple perilous journeys with his Pokemon and Fairy Tail, and triumph and endure hardships to master all eighteen Plates and save the universe. OCxErza.

38. Bathed in Pain

Chapter 38 – Bathed in Pain

Hey guys! Insane Dominator is back and fully recharged. Thanks to my few days off, I'm feeling much better and now I got the entire Kalos Arc planned out. The small rest was important, and I'm glad to be writing after a few days.

Hell Dragonis: First of all, in Vanessa's case, it's much like Lucy, having to rely on her Pokémon like Lucy does with her Spirits. Secondly, I never said they couldn't do Magic. Erza could Requip when they made it to Lumiose City. Let's say that the natural energy Kalos has is a substitute for Magic.

GoldenCyclone4: I will keep that in mind when doing future 4th Wall breaks. Thank you.

Guest Valvrave: No, I do not know that song. I just listen to metal.

Okay, I gave you guys a warning, so be prepared to be scarred. Here we go!

FOREWARNING: This chapter may contain graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. Also, insanely long chapter. Longest up to date. Taking breaks and start from where you left off is advised.

To Recap:

Nic reunites with Vanessa and they detail their past and Nic details his mission to Vanessa, who supports him. She shows her team to him, and surprisingly there was their father's Magneton, who was now a Magnezone, but no harm was done. They meet up with Vanessa's friend, Zetta, and the two battle. Everyone watched as the battle progressed and became a tie. After Zetta left, Nic allowed for Vanessa to come along with them, not wanting to be separated from the other sibling again.

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Chapter 38 – Bathed in Pain

The group was currently making way up Route 16, where the grass and terrain was rather autumn themed. The leaves on the trees were red and orange, and the tall grass was yellow-green. Everyone was currently following Nic, and Happy and Natsu were breathing in some fresh air.

"AH SWEET AIR!" Natsu shouted.

"AYE SIR!" Happy shouted, finally relieved to be in the wild and not act like a plush toy.

Lisanna turned towards Vanesssa as they walked. "So you have how many badges?"

Vanessa looked at Lisanna as they walked. "I got five."

Lisanna then frowned. "Aren't you suppose to have eight?"

Vanessa then frowned as well, a serious look plastered onto her face. "Lisanna was it? Look, I would give up my whole quest if it means being with my brother again." She then turned towards Nic as they walked. "He's more important than anything. If it wasn't for him, who knows what would've happened to me." She contemplated. Lisanna then grinned, seeing the commitment Vanessa gave to her brother.

"Hey Happy, is there any food?" Natsu asked.

Happy floated in the air and looked into his green bag. "We have fish." He said.

Gray raised a brow with hands behind his head. "Not the best time for food guys. We gotta keep moving." He reminded them harshly.

Natsu made a fist. "There's gotta be some food around here somewhere."

Nic looked back and saw Natsu scavenging about near the tall grass. "Natsu, get back here. I wouldn't go near there if I were you." He advised.

Hunger trumped Nic's cautious words, and Natsu was searching about in the tall grass. "There's gotta be something around here that we can…"

"Hey Natsu!" Happy got his attention as the blue Exceed pointed towards a poke ball-sized mushroom, of which also looked like a poke ball. "You think this is edible?" He asked, poking the soft poke ball-like mushroom head.

Carla crossed her arms. "Now what did Nic just tell you both? No messing around in the tall grass!"

Lily nodded. "Agreed. In Nic's world, you may never know what kinds of Pokémon lurk about."

Seeing as how Natsu and Happy were eyeing the small poke ball-like mushroom, Nic let a small gasp escape his mouth as he turned sharply towards the duo. "Both of you, get out of the way this instant!" He shouted.

Natsu and Happy turned towards him. "What? Why?" Natsu's answer was given when he and Happy glanced over towards the poke ball-like mushroom and the head tilted upwards, revealing the stem to have small eyes and a pink mouth.

Happy looked surprised. "Whoa! That mushroom is alive?!"

Erza turned towards them and started scolding. "That's not a mushroom! That's a Pokémon! Do as Nic said and get away!" She shouted.

"But it looks so tasty…" Happy was drooling at the sight of the Foongus, of whom had a tick mark and inhaled and exhaled a thick, purple liquid that got Happy right in the face, making the Exceed fall over.

"Happy!" Natsu shouted, seeing his little buddy lying in front of the Foongus with purple on his face and looked as though he was having a fever. Natsu turned angrily with a flaming fist towards the wild Foongus. "You little-Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu delivered a fiery punch that made contact on the Foongus and sent it soaring, but not before some small spores were released. The Foongus was sent spiraling and became a glint in the sky.

Natsu gave a triumphant smirk. "How do you like that…" The spores then scattered all over Natsu, who then started feeling sleepy. "Uh…" Natsu then fell over, right besides Happy and started snoring loudly as he fell asleep.

Gray facepalmed. "That idiot."

"Oh geez. Natsu, Happy, you okay?" Sophie asked. "For crying out loud, you idiots just had to go and listen to your stomachs."

Nic groaned and shook his head as his sunglasses were on his face. "Everybody falls for the Foongus trick."

"Foongus?" Lucy asked.

Nic got out his Pokedex and resented it to Lucy. "Here." The device then made a hologram of Foongus.

"Foongus, the Mushroom Pokémon. It lures people in with its Poké Ball pattern, then releases poison spores. Why it resembles a Poké Ball is unknown."

Nic put his device away and he walked over towards the sickly Exceed and the snoring Dragon Slayer. "These two were caught up by Foongus's trick, and in turn Happy was poisoned and Natsu fell asleep when he made contact."

Sophie blinked. "What do you mean by contact?"

Nic turned towards the group as he knelt down to Natsu and Happy. "Listen. Happy was hit with a move called Toxic, which poisoned him, and in Natsu's case, he was affected by Foongus's Ability called Effect Spore, in which possible contact could cause the offender to become poisoned, paralyzed, or fall asleep."

"Um, are they gonna be alright?" Wendy asked with worry.

Nic then glowed and shifted into his Meadow Plate, much to Vanessa's surprise. "Yeah, but for Happy's case, the poison will need to be treated as quickly as possible. I can handle this." Nic then inhaled and exhaled. "Aromatherapy." Nic's body then released a sparkling green-yellow powder that engulfed Natsu and Happy both, enveloping them in light green and green waves moved up their bodies. Just like that, Natsu began to wake up, and Happy's purple face and fever were cured.

"Amazing. So there are moves that can heal poison too!" Wendy stated in shock.

Vanessa watched as her brother used a move, and she couldn't help but feel very much impressed. "I…I don't have the words." She muttered.

Nic turned towards her as Aromatherapy was finished. "Surprised Vanessa?" He asked with a grin.

Vanessa smiled. "Yeah! It's so cool! An actual human using Pokémon moves! Amazing! Just like my brother always is!" She cheerfully exclaimed. She heard about Nic's Plates from earlier today, but she didn't see it until now.

Erza walked up to her with a grin. "Your brother has many other forms as well. He's defeated many opponents, and he's nothing but full of surprises." She stated. "In your case, this may take some getting used to."

Vanessa grinned back and looked as Natsu stretched and Happy rubbed his head. Nic stood back up and shifted back into himself. The dup were throbbing. "Aw man, who woke me from my nap?" Natsu complained.

"Aye." Happy moaned.

The two then received harsh blows and bumps on their heads catered by Erza. The two moaned as their heads throbbed even more. "Now what did Nic tell you? No more straying from the group. We've gotta move, so no snacks. Got it?" She warned.

Everybody just laughed at the duo's misfortune as to where Nic looked out beyond the trees, staring intensely at the clouds in the distance.

Nic couldn't help but feel as though something ominous was in the distance. He narrowed his eyes. 'What's this feeling?'

"Hey Nic?" Vanessa asked, getting him out of his trance. "Should we keep moving?"

Nic blinked under his sunglasses. "Yeah." He said as composed as he possibly could, given his situation. "Enough lollygagging, move it!"

"Agreed. If we move about, then Nic should be able to pinpoint and sense a portal." Lily stated.

The group then resumed their trek through Route 16, where Nic was feeling uneasy throughout that time period. He noticed that the clouds he saw earlier were moving in, and was currently making the sky all cloudy. As the sky grew cloudier, Nic's uneasiness blew about in the soft winds.

A couple hours rolled by and the group had decided to take a short break from the trek, where Lucy slumped down by a tree. "Aw man, this walking's killing me."

"I'm surprised Nic hasn't sensed anything yet." Gray commented with crossed arms as he leaned against another tree.

"You can't rush these things. You know the ones who sent Nic to Fiore are doing the best they can." Carla stated.

Vanessa raised a brow as she looked at Carla. "Even so, I'm amazed that you guys actually talked to Dialga and Palkia. I'm jealous." She teased.

"Don't be such a kvetch." Sophie intruded, calling her a whiner. "You'll get your chance hopefully poutypants." Vanessa just groaned and crossed her arms in response.

Nic narrowed his eyes even more. "I can't shake this feeling." He muttered quietly. "It's starting to creep up and ready to strike when…"

"Are you alright?" Lisanna asked. "You're looking stumped."

Nic blinked and he turned towards Lisanna. "Huh? O-Oh yeah. Apologies. I'm just zoning out." He muttered and he reached into his pocket and he pulled out his phone and earbuds. Nic walked over towards a tree and leaned against it, listening to his metal to drown out his worries momentarily.

Everyone regrouped and saw Nic trying to ease himself as they saw his earbuds and phone. Vanessa looked at the phone and earbuds and remembered them all too well.

Vanessa gave a sincere grin. "I see he still has them." She muttered. "To be honest, I would treasure them myself."

Gray looked over towards Vanessa with crossed arms, apparently without a shirt. "Hey, how come you haven't got one like Nic does?"

Vanessa then turned towards the half-naked Gray with a neutral grin. "It wasn't my fourteenth birthday now was it?" She rhetorically asked with a cold tone.

Gajeel gave a twisted face. "Huh, so that little thing in Nic's hand is from when he was fourteen? Wonder why he still has it?"

Vanessa glanced down towards the ground, the mood dying. "It's something we don't like to talk about…"

Everyone remained quiet, and Erza looked back at Nic and then Vanessa with sympathy in her eyes. She knew the story from when Nic told her before the Tower of Heaven incident. She then turned towards the group. "I think we've got enough rest."

"You hear that Nic?" Natsu asked in a loud voice, getting Nic's attention. "Time to keep moving!"

"Right." He responded, unplugging his earbuds and putting his phone and earbuds away. The clouds above were grey and rather thick, blocking out any potential sun. He then started walking towards the group. "We should escalate the stairs that's not too far away up the large cliff a few miles off from here. We should hurry, and don't get…"

Nic stopped when he took a step closer to the group and then a hollow wind blew in the air, and the ominous feeling Nic felt earlier intensified and he was feeling frozen in place. Everyone felt this hollow and ominous wind breeze about and they began to accumulate goosebumps.

"What the…?" Natsu turned about in the air, sniffing it.

Wendy turned towards Natsu. "What is it Natsu?"

Natsu narrowed his eyes. "Something's not right. This air, it's foul. So foul that I can't smell anything."

Gajeel narrowed his eyes. "Yeah, this feeling, this air, something is very wrong."

Nic could feel the goosebumps on his spine die and he felt extremely uneasy. 'This feeling…wait…I know this feeling…' He thought as everyone and got antsy.

"What's this feeling guys?" Lucy wondered, feeling the air killing her goosebumps and making her stay frozen.

"This wind…it's so ghastly." Wendy shuddered immensely.

Gray looked and saw this ghostly wind was passing the trees and nearby grass and shrubs. "Yeah, it's as if a spirit of evil made this wind." He began to shudder. "Wait, how am I cold?"

"Everyone stay alert!" Erza ordered as she requipped a sword and held it, looking about in every direction. Everyone noticed the clouds overhead were converging, and they turned to a dark grey. This feeling of dread accelerated and the suffocating wind was making all but Nic and Erza's legs slightly shake.

Even she was starting to get goosebumps under her armor. 'This isn't right. Just as Gajeel said, something is very wrong.' The Fairy Queen looked over towards Nic, who looked as if he was on the verge of having an epiphany. "Nic, what's wrong?"

"This foul air…so evil…" This remembrance of foul evil and inhumane suffocation then sparked a huge flare that went through Nic's mind, as he then let loose a disastrous gasp and his pupils shrank and his sunglasses jerked off his face, showing everyone the petrified look on his face.

Everyone looked in shock. "Nic?" Sophie asked in worries. They all saw it. Their eyes looking into the great Luminous of Fairy Tail. They saw that Nic was something they did not expect…afraid. This even left Erza uneasy as she never saw Nic this freaked out before. He was never afraid of Erza, so if this was making him freak out, they were all in serious trouble.

Nic's pupils were shaking as he was horror on his face. "Oh no…oh no…" He muttered.

"Snap out of it Nic! What is it?! What's happening?!" Gray demanded.

Suddenly, Nic jerked forwards. "Guys, you gotta get out of here now!" He shouted, much to everyone's shock.

"What? Why?" Natsu asked. The wind stopped, but the air was more death-like than ever.

"Don't you dare ask Natsu! You guys just get out of here right now!" Nic demanded with haste in his voice.

Sophie stepped forward in fear. "Nic! Tell us what's going on!" She exclaimed.

"You guys don't understand!" Nic shouted, the air beginning to choke his voice a little. "You need to go! NOW! RUN!"

Vanessa was quivering like crazy. "N-Nic? What's wrong?" She's been with her brother her whole life, and she saw him be many things, but she never saw him be afraid. "We're not leaving you!"

"Vanessa's right. We can handle this!" Lisanna said with no confidence with this air and vile nature choking her slightly. Everyone there was shaken up and the Exceeds were forced to their needs as they suffocated.

"DO AS I SAY AND-!" Nic then remained frozen as his eyes were stricken with fear and death as he and everyone heard a demonic monotone voice.

"Such pity…" It said.

"…too late." Nic muttered, and harshly turned right and saw a plague of shadows in the air slowly converging. They heard a maniacal chuckle as the shadows began to become hazy and converge to make a cocoon in midair, floating high. Everyone was shuddering, but keeping their guard up as the cocoon dissolved, revealing a hybrid of some sorts shrouded in a dark purple aura.

The assailant had returned, and he was more than happy at seeing the frightened faces on everyone, especially Nic.

The assailant smirked evilly, his vermilion feral eyes gazing down at Nic. "Well now, I do believe that time is up Nic Pularis."

Nic clenched his fists and grunted. "You." He growled.

Erza glanced towards Nic. "Nic, do you know him?"

Nic narrowed his eyes. "Yeah, unfortunately. He attacked me before we went to Edolas. Apparently he's got the same powers I do."

This made everyone look even more shocked. "He does?!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Yeah, and the worst part is…he's the manifestation of Hell itself." Nic explained with scorn.

"Oh, what a nice compliment Luminous." The assailant exaggerated. "I see that I left you a nice awful feeling." He said. "Such fear. Such anxiety. It's glorious to see such human nature shrivel in their weakness."

Natsu ran forward and stopped in front of the huddled group, exclude Nic. "Alright! Who are you?!"

"Who am I?" He asked, descending, and the nearby plant life on the ground wilted and was reduced to nothing, startling Natsu and everyone. The assailant was a foot off the ground and he gave a cocky smirk. "Who am I? I am the eradicator that shall cleanse this plague known as humans. I am the one that shall slaughter Nic Pularis, making him lie in blood and watch as the universe crumbles, leaving only a void."

Lucy was terrified beyond words. "What is he?" She asked, a hand over her mouth as she was having trouble breathing.

Gray clenched his fists. "I don't know, but he's after Nic." He stated.

Erza stared at the evil before her. She's fought many things demonic in the past, but this would trump everything in her life. This demon or whatever he was is just as what Nic called him, the manifestation of Hell. She had a sword extended forward. "Just tell us who you are!"

The man said nothing as he gave a maniacal smirk, making Erza uneasy. 'Wait, is this what Dialga and Palkia said earlier, about some great evil?' She thought. 'Is this what Nic was trying to keep from us? Was he trying to protect us?'

The assailant noticed a shaking Vanessa right beside Sophie. "Oh? Nic Pularis, I seem to have realized that you had a sister this whole time." He said.

Immediately, Nic dashed ahead and was between the group and the assailant. "Don't you even lay a finger on her!" Nic lashed out, his tone snarling in defense.

The man paused as the thick purple aura kept surrounding him. "Hm. You're more than welcome to stop me. My priority is to watch you die, but some suffering beforehand would do just fine."

Nic's veins then popped out and he snarled ferally at the man. "You will not do such a thing." He warned.

"Perhaps." The man then gave a smirk and showed all his toothed canines. "But I can see into your nightmares Nic Pularis, and I think watching you suffer from the start would be quite an appetizer." He then slowly moved his arm in a vertical oval and a black aura framed what seemed to be a large mirror. "I do believe everyone deserves to know the pain you went through. A trip down memory lane."

Nic gritted his teeth as he and everybody else just watched as the mirror showed Nic's past. The man spoke. "I do believe that day is when you almost died, yes? Let's see for ourselves what your disastrous past held for all to be scarred with…"

Vanessa had horror in her eyes as she covered her mouth. "No…not again…I don't wanna go through that again…"

"I said get outside, and you're suppose to do as I say!" The mother then slapped Nic harshly, making him fall to the ground onto his side, where the father proceed to stomp on his rib cage.

"Just look at yourself! The biggest mistake and you keep leeching off our essentials! We kick you to the curb and yet you still refuse to whimper!" The father shouted in rage. "Now get back outside and shiver! Magneton!" The father shouted and Magneton rushed forward, ready to deliver an attack upon command.

"(Sorry kid, but…orders are orders…)" He said distastefully.

Suddenly, a pair of arms and a body intercepted the parents and Magneton, cutting them all off. Vanessa was frowning and she had misty eyes as she tried protecting Nic.

"Vanessa…" Nic stated.

"Sweetheart, what are you doing?" The father asked bluntly, seeing their 'new lease' in front of them. "Shouldn't you be eating?"

"NO!" Vanessa yelled, much to everyone's shock as the parents recoiled. "You leave my brother alone NOW!"

Nic was baffled as Vanessa was shaking and was trying her best to protect Nic. The mom looked displeased. "Sweetheart, I'm gonna say this one more time, please get back to eating." She leaded.

"NO! I am not your little princess! And Nic is not trash!" She exclaimed. "And he is no mistake!"

The father blinked and narrowed his eyes. "Vanessa, please listen to your mother. This won't be fun with you getting in the way."

"I'm not moving! You think of me as a new lease on life, well I'm not! You just let your anger out on Nic because you thought he was a mistake! I'm tired of this! Nic isn't a punching bag! He's my brother!"

"Vanessa! You don't have a brother! That right there is trash! A pure example of an unforgiveable past that we never wanted, and now you're all we have!" The father exclaimed, pointing towards Nic as he called him a thing. He then reached for her. "You're our daughter, so-!"

Vanessa swatted the arm away harshly, making a loud sound that echoed, much to everyone's extreme shock. "I AM NOT YOUR DAUGHTER! I AM NOT A PRINCESS! LEAVE NIC ALONE!" She yelled.

"Vanessa." Nic quietly said in shock.

Now the parents' wrath was unleashed as their faces grew red with anger. "VANESSA PULARIS! GO UPSTAIRS NOW!" The mom shouted, but Vanessa didn't budge and the mom went to grab her wrist and Vanessa tried swatting her away. The father joined in and grabbed her other wrist and yanked her. Vanessa was fussing about and she kicked the father in the shins and then the mother, forcing them to grunt and let go.

"WE'RE DONE WITH YOUR FAKE LIFE!" Vanessa shouted. Suddenly, the father had bloodshot eyes as he was really pissed. He growled as he then grabbed Vanessa by the head.

"FINE! BE THAT WAY LITTLE MISSY! BE GROUNDED ALL YOUR LIFE!" He then threw her to another wall and she tumbled and her back struck the wall, making her squeal.

Nic's eyes were stricken with horror as the parents were actually beating his sister up. Nic himself is one thing, but they just crossed the line.

The mother marched up as Vanessa had teary eyes and was smacked across the face. "Young lady! You are in SO MUCH TROUBLE!" The mom shouted and shoved Vanessa against the wall, making her feel cold and uneasy as the smack and the shove combined almost made the wall dent and Vanessa was barely conscious.

Vanessa sniffled. "I…I regret nothing…"

Nic was stricken with horror as his beloved little sister was hurt, and then he finally snapped. Despite his condition, Nic growled as he was emanating a menacing presence.

The parents turned towards each other as they targeted Nic. "This is bullcrap. Where's that hound?!" The father turned towards Nic, who was growling. "You've made us angry now ya bas-!" The father didn't get anymore words in before Nic lunged at them with a vicious frenzy, letting loose a snarling scream as his eyes were bloodshot from the anger that swelled on him. He grabbed both their heads and drove them into the floor, making loud thud sounds.

The air was extremely foul, as Vanessa was barely conscious and witnessed her brother's bottled-up anger let loose. This was the most terrifying moment of her life as she had tears and watched as Nic picked them up and dragged them over and slammed them down onto the table of lo mein.

"YOU SWINES HURT VANESSA!" Nic shouted, hovering over their startled expressions and punching the father repeatedly, hearing the facial bones crack with every strike.

The mother let loose a battlecry as he got up and lunged at Nic with her nails, but Nic saw this and took his gaze off of the father and gave a hook to the mother's face with bloodshot eyes full of anger as well. She fell to the floor and the father used the distraction to yank Nic's arm and pull him in as he drove a punch to his face. Nic recoiled as the father got up, as well as the mother. All three were snarling and had a foul feeling emanating that made Magneton quiver in the air and was scarred and Vanessa was living a nightmare.

The mother and father lunged with feral ferocity and Nic tackled them and grabbed their necks and shoved them back onto the floor, but the father gave a menacing kick to Nic's ribs and made him grunt, and the mother yelled as she shoved Nic to the ground, leaving the father with a monstrous looked as he lunged and started choking Nic brutally.

Nic snarled as he was losing breath, but his feral side was just beginning as he then clutched the wrists harshly, making the father let go and scream and Nic headbutted him, sending him stumbling several feet back. Nic got to both feet in a snarled as the mother lunged and swatted at Nic's head, who took the blow and got bruised from it. Nic snarled and lashed a hook again, making the mothers face bruise as well. The father lunged and rammed into Nic, pushing him back like a football player.

Nic snarled and delivered a punch to the forehead, but the father yelled and threw Nic to the side and the mother pounced as Nic hit the floor, smacking him with a demon-like vibe. "YOU LOUSY TRASH!" She exclaimed.

"YOUS SICK LOSERS!" Nic kicked insanely hard into her abdomen and she slammed into the father, sending the two against a wall with a monstrous thud. Nic charged and the father shoved the mother into Nic, who swatted her away and Nic bashed into father and their bruised bodies clashed fist to face. They snarled ferally as both their faces were bruised to the point of being black and blue, but the mother snarled and her eyes caught glimpse of something to destroy Nic.

She grabbed a nearby knife from a counter and she yelled as she charged for Nic as he was trading blows. "DIE YOU SCUMBAG!" She then drove the knife into Nic;s right shoulder, which made him scream in pain and recoil and back away as the mother dislodged the knife with Nic's blood on it. Nic's bloodshot eyes screamed for their demise, and he refused to quit and avenge his sister. He was sadly unable to react due to the knife attack earlier and the father punched him in the Adam's Apple, making Nic gag blood as he stumbled back. The mother swiped the knife, leaving a faint gash in Nic's chest and made blood seep down and taint his now ripped up shirt.

The father then pit Nic against a wall by driving a knee into his gut and made Nic gag even more blood, the blood now running down his mouth as he looked like a berserk animal. The father grabbed the mother's knife and he drove it into Nic's gut, making Nic scream in wail in agony, as everyone on the street could hear the screams and harsh cries that Nic was giving off.

Vanessa was silently crying her eyes out as she was seeing blood spilling from Nic, her savior. Tears streamed down her eyes as she laid on her side and looked at the hideous display that was far worse than any nightmare. "Someone…please help us…"

Nic's screams of pain continued to foul the air as the father let a sadistic and feral grin plaster his face and he tossed the knife aside and he elbowed Nic's face repeatedly. "WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE ALREADY HUH?! THAT'D BE JUST GREAT! WE DON'T NEED NO TRASHY PET THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"

Nic was given air from the elbow attack, but the mother began to tear at him and drove her nails into his shoulder gash, making Nic scream even more.

"MAGNETON! TEACH HIM A LESSON NOW!" The father shouted.

Magneton was all shaken up as he could barely copmrehend the horrors. "(These people…these two people…m-monsters…)"

"NOW! OR I'LL TOSS YOU LIKE A RAG DOLL LIKE THIS PUNK HERE!" The father shouted with a heinous and bruised face.

Magneton hesitated to no end, but slowly complied, much to his disbelief. "(I'm…sorry it had to end like this.)" Magneton muttered and then acquiescently used Spark at its highest level. Nic's body was shaking violently and wailed as he felt his nerves jumble up and his blood red eyes were sought with pain. Nic continued to wail loudly as the power of Spark was amplified even more, and the father and mother both watched in satisfaction as Nic was shaking violently.

After the Spark, Nic's bloodied body was sizzling and the father slammed Nic's head against the wall, making Nic slump down and emit a snarl in pain. "AGAIN!" The father shouted, and Magneton did Spark again, despite not wanting to anymore. Nic wailed as his body shook violently and his feral cry pierced all the ears close by.

"FINISH HIM! NOW!" The father shouted, in which Magneton backed away and then unleashed his Magnet Bomb, bombarding Nic and making debris from the wall blow off.

Everyone saw Nic's body twitching as his feral expression was on his face, but his bloodied shoulder and torso was started to get red on the floor, and the severely bruised parents then did a unison kick and Nic's head had hit the damaged wall, rendering him barely conscious as he emanated a low growl.

"Damn…you…" Nic muttered before the father grabbed Nic by the throat and deliberately threw him out of the nearest window, shattering the entire thing and Nic and the broken glass fell to the December ground outside.

The image faded, and the assailant looked on as the Fairy Tail Mages all had horror on their faces. Lucy couldn't look at half of it, Wendy was tearing up from sheer horror, Gajeel was shocked beyond comprehension, but Vanessa had the worst of it as she was nearly bawling and had to watch Nic's torment.

Erza was devastated. She saw Nic's past before her. She never imagined that Nic's anger would be trumped over. It was a pure shock as she saw how devastating his rage was, but his parents were pretty much demons that were just as angry as Nic, only they had the advantage due to knives and Magneton. She was horrified. Nic probably had it worse than her.

Nic was sharp-eyed and growled as he saw his past once again, staining his morale. "Damn you." He muttered with a shaking body from his barely contained fury.

"Hm." The assailant gave a smirk. "I see I've struck a nerve like last time. You see Nic Pularis, I can look into your nightmares. I know your fear. Your dread. Yours is that authority will leave you helpless to protect yourself and others. You lash out at authority so you are not rendered at anybody's disposal." He exposed, making Nic clench his fists tighter.

"You silence right now!" Nic demanded.

Erza pointed a sword at the demonic man. "The past will not be tolerated! Nic and everyone here will not be succumbed by your tricks!" She shouted.

Natsu was coated in flames that signified his determination. "Talk about cruel! You're playing with Nic's past! That's just unforgiveable! Vanessa and Nic are scarred twice now because of what you've done!"

Gray started making ice. "You're trying to get in our way! We'll mow you down! No matter who you are!"

Sophie clenched her fists. "You're gonna regret getting in our way!"

"This clown is going down." Gajeel muttered. "He's gonna pay for giving us a bad show."

Nic growled as he turned towards his pals. "No guys! Get back!"

The man chuckled. "Yes. Listen to your friend there. All I want is for Nic to die. Anyone who helps him will perish as well."

"Like hell that'll happen!" Natsu lunged first. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" He lunged head first and went to strike the man, but the man became thick shadows and disappeared, making Natsu stop in midair. "What?!"

The man reappeared on Natsu's side. "Boo." He then had his head get coated in a shining ball of light blue energy and he slammed his head into Natsu, via Zen Headbutt, making him scream as he crashed into a tree, shattering it completely and making the earth shake.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted in worries. She and everyone there saw the ground under the man die and wither into sheer nothing, even the ground began to crack up to how heinous the energy was.

Gary then attacked. "You're gonna pay for that! Ice Make: Saucer!" A huge saucer was then made out of ice and it went through the air towards the assailant. The assailant turned back as he saw the attack. His evil eyes glowed light blue and the saucer stopped in place. The assailant the narrowed his eyes and the saucer began to spin far faster than when Gray shot it and was sent back to him and everyone.

"What?! He's sending my attack back?!" Gray exclaimed, not having seen Psychic before. As the far more powerful saucer was seen heading towards them, Erza acted fast.

"Requip!" Erza glowed as she changed from her Heart Kreuz Armor to her Heaven's Wheel Armor, and she then use her two swords in her hands to slice downwards and shatter the saucer, saving the group and the ice was now sparkles that flew all over the place. "Everyone stay on your guard!" She shouted. "Dance, my blades! Circle Sword!" Erza then unleashed her spinning twenty swords towards the assailant, who thought of this as child's play.

"Oh really, swords?" He asked as they were coming his way. "In that case…" He made a spacial hole when he extended his arm out, and the twenty swords dashed into the hole, much to Erza's shock.

"What's this?! He's intercepting mine as well?!" Erza exclaimed. Above Erza was a second spacial hole was made and she looked up and went wide-eyed when she saw her own swords raining down from the hole.

"Erza watch out!" Sophie exclaimed. Just then, a turquoise shield was made, of which protected Erza as the swords rained down. Erza looked in surprise as Nic was in front of her and was using Protect. The swords all scattered about, saving her and the shield disappeared.

Nic turned back towards Erza. "Are you alright?" He asked, in which Erza nodded. Nic then looked forward. "Like he said, he's after me."

"Honestly, is that the best you got?" The assailant asked, and noticed Natsu emerging from his left.

"Like hell you'll lay a finger on our friends! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu's fist then went for the man, but the man caught it and clutched his hand.

The man wasn't interested as he snickered. "Oh please." Just then, Natsu's fist was starting to feel as though it was decaying and the Dragon Slayer yelled as he felt as though his fist was wilting.

"Natsu! Hang on!" Lucy shouted, grabbing a key. "Open: Gate of the Lion – Loke!"

Loke then appeared on the battlefield and was frowning, feeling his horrendous power that was off the charts. "You call Lucy?" He asked as normal as he usually said it, but still felt uneasy by this power.

"Hurry! Save Natsu!" She commanded. Loke then rushed in to attack the assailant, but the man caught his eye and he hurled Natsu towards the incoming Celestial Spirit, slamming them both into the ground with dust flying.

The assailant ascended and conjured energy. "You're so annoying! Dragon Breath!" A round of loops was made and he fired a humungous blue beam that went towards the group.

"Oh no you don't!" Gajeel shouted. He then inhaled. "Iron Dragon's Roar!"

"Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy aided Gajeel by combining her roar with his and the two attacks went towards the Dragon Breath. The three attacks collided, and there was a rather large explosion in the middle, and Wendy and Gajeel covered up as winds blew in their direction and made them fly back from the power exhaled, as to where the assailant didn't budge a remote inch in the air.

"Well then, it looks like it's my turn to help!" Lisanna shouted and she glowed. "Take Over: Animal Soul!" Lisanna then showed that she looked much like a harpy, where she had talon feet and bird-like wings, but the rest of her human features remained. Lisanna flapped and she flew into the air above the assailant, despite how heavily repulsive the energy was.

"Take this!" Lisanna unleashed her talons down upon the assailant, but all he did was disappear into shadows and Lisanna's attack missed. "What?! He turned into shadows again?!" She exclaimed.

"Feint Attack!" The assailant then reappeared behind Lisanna and drove a knee into her back, making her gag as she smashed into the ground from the force of the attack, sending dust flying.

"Lisanna!" Sophie shouted in worry. "Curse you! Memory-Make: Scorn of the Armored Winds!" Just then, twisters of iron were made that swirled about around the assailant.

The assailant didn't even move as the winds started converging on him. Sophie was certain this should restrain him, but she was wrong.

"Don't make me laugh." He said. He slowly moved his arm around and he lashed it out in an arc. "Ominous Wind!" Just then, a huge surge of purple wind scowled and swamped everything. Everybody covered up and the Memory-Make was easily overpowered.

Vanessa went wide-eyed as the wind was coming towards her and everyone. "Quick! Mawile, Protect!"

Vanessa's Mawile appeared out of her poke ball and she landed on the ground. "(Coming right up!)" Mawile then made a turquoise shield in front of Vanessa and herself, sparing everyone there. Nic didn't cover up because he was in his usual form, which was technically Normal-Type. The wind surged right passed the shield and Nic, leaving a few trees behind them destroyed.

Everyone looked on and grunted. "Man, just what is this guy?" Natsu asked as he felt his fist feeling fine, but was numb.

"He's deflected every one of our attacks and didn't even flinch." Gray said.

"This level of power is terrifying too. It's as though it's of the charts!" Wendy exclaimed.

Vanessa gulped. "I think Nic was right. We need to get out of here."

The assailant snickered once more. "Personally, I would run if I were you." He advised. "This power that I wield, it tainted Arceus. A God. A God!" He emphasized, making everyone uneasy. "If you honestly believe that you can stop me, you're in for a miserable afterlife."

Nic grunted. "Leave everyone out of this. It's me you're after right?" He asked. He then glowed and started shifting into the Insect Plate, and his sunglasses that were on the ground from before reappeared on his face as the multi-cell lenses. "Then come at me!"

"Ah, a Bug-Type I see." The assailant sneered. "Nice choice. Bug-Type moves are highly effective against me…but let's see if that'll last."

"Damn you!" Nic shouted, his dragonfly-like wings vibrating and he ascended to the assailant's level, locking eye contact before Nic unleashed an attack. "Struggle Bug!" Little green comets streamed from Nic that went darting for the assailant. The assailant counterattacked with ease.

The assailant was surrounded in a white reflective color. "Mirror Coat!" The Struggle Bug bombarded him and he grunted as he was swallowed in a yellow-green burst of energy and smoke.

Nic was momentarily relieved, but his eyes shot wide when he saw that through the smoke, the little comets shot right back at him with double the force. Nic gasped as he then tried evading them, shifting repeatedly left and right as the comets exploded, forcing him backwards. Nic still wasn't safe as he was swallowed up by a comet and was engulfed in a yellow-green burst of energy in the sky.

"Nic!" Erza shouted.

"No! Nic!" Vanessa cried out, seeing her brother get hurt.

They saw Nic descend from the smoke cloud in the air and grunted as he had a few scratches here and there. He winced in pain but continued onwards. "Well played. That caught me by surprise, but I won't give up yet! Silver Wind!" Nic then unleashed a wind that surged through the air with silver sparkles towards the assailant. The assailant raised a brow and then narrowed his eyes as he then moved his arm in an arc and a vile wind surged and sliced straight through the silver wind, cancelling it out completely.

"Just one movement from his arm?" Loke stated in horror.

"This looks very bad guys. We need to help out fast!" Wendy exclaimed to support the group.

"Requip!" Erza then requipped into her Morning Star Armor and her two swords had energy surging. "We need to hurry! Wendy! Give us your support!"

"Oh, uh, right!" Wendy then spread her legs slightly. "O strengthen the arm to cleave the heavens! Arms!" Wendy chanted, and everyone then started feeling their power grow, exclude Vanessa and Nic.

"(My power, it feels like it's growing.)" Mawile said.

"Now!" Loke shouted. "Regulus Impact!" Loke then unleashed a blast of light in the shape of a lion.

"Gotcha covered! Ice Make: Lance!" Gray then fired several lances made of ice.

"Memory-Make: Baryon Lightning Impact!" Sophie then unleashed a green beam with lightning coating it.

"You ain't leaving me out of this fight! Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel shouted, unleashing his metallic roar.

"Photon Slicer!" Erza unleashed an energy blast. All of the attacks went at the assailant, making the foul air vibrate with extreme force. There was a massive array of colors as they went towards the assailant.

The attacks all began to surge and for a brief moment they looked as though they were about to hit. The assailant looked at the incoming attacks. "Nasty Plot." He muttered, and then he felt a big surge of power come from when he schemed in just a second's time, emanating him in a black aura in conjunction with his purple aura. The attacks were only a few feet in front of him when he unleashed his fury. "Dark Pulse."

He unleashed a very dense stream of dark rings with purple outlining. The attack had large force behind it and the attack was able to stop all five incoming attacks at once, unleashing a catastrophic shockwave that made the ground shatter and everyone covered up again as there was a huge light in the air. Everyone was blinded by the huge light and the shockwave engulfed them, making them skid several feet back.

When the light faded, it showed that the man wasn't even touched. Even more concerning than that, the man was smiling.

"What?!" Gray exclaimed. "Even after that, our attacks didn't faze him!"

"This power." Lily started. "It's making my body quiver to the core. If anything, he might not be even at full power." Everyone turned towards him in shock.

Nic descended to the ground, still in his Insect Plate Form. "Yeah, far from it. He's toying with us."

Mawile had a twisted face. "(So that freak of nature wasn't trying?!)" She exclaimed. "(That's crazy!)" Mawile then disappeared from where she stood.

"Wait, Mawile!" Vanessa warned. "I didn't tell you to attack!"

Mawile reappeared behind the assailant. "(You think you can deceive me?! I'm more than capable of trickery pal! Feint Attack!)" Mawile swatted her huge jaws, but the man didn't even budge when he put up his right arm to block, startling Mawile. "(Huh?!)" Mawile was suffocating as she was too close just like Natsu and she could feel her jaws rotting.

"Futile." He then used the arm he used to block and pivoted in the air and unleashed a Shadow Ball and slammed it into Mawile, making a devastating explosion of darkness and Mawile screamed.

"Mawile! No!" Vanessa screamed as Mawile fell straight down towards the ground and landed on her back in defeat. "Mawile!"

"Just after one hit…" Happy said.

"Then, what'll happen to us?" Carla wondered.

"No!" Lily then stepped forward and he tried to shift into his Battle Form. Lily became the same bulky cat he once was, much to everyone's shock. "This menace must be stopped at once! I'm not sitting back anymore!"

Vanessa returned Mawile quickly before the assailant descended slightly, making the ground decay and die. Vanessa gave a relieving sigh as she managed to save Mawile quickly, but was still frightened as she still had goosebumps. "This guy…what is he…"

"Are you still resisting?" The assailant asked with a seriousness in his tone. "You fools! You do realize that with this power, I can kill you on the spot. Yet I choose not to; and you know why?"

Natsu clenched a fist. "Yeah! Because you're just bluffing!"

"No! Because you are not my concerns! Nic Pularis is my target! Don't you see?" He implored. "Humanity has suffered greatly. There has been a contamination in your nature. There's greed, selfish desires that I loathe. And it's that very aspect that makes your existence all the more despicable!"

"…wait, where have I heard that before?" Nic muttered under his breath so no one could hear.

"If this world were to be created for beauty alone, you leave it beautiful. But humanity's ignorance has caused that beauty to be stained. By creating a new universe, life would be able to be born from the darkness that gave me power. The void of nothing is where everything started, and that's how it much always be."

"Like hell we'll listen to you!" Gajeel unleashed an Iron Dragon's Club, in which went towards the assailant. Lily jumped and he used the column of iron as a springboard and leaped with a fast punch.

As Lily let a battlecry out, he went and punched the assailant, but the assailant took it, feeling nothing. "What's this? My physical prowess didn't faze him either?!" Lily exclaimed.

The glowering look the man gave made Lily shiver as his hand started to feel as though it was decaying as well and he recoiled and started falling downwards. The evil before them then snickered and unleashed a Shadow Ball at Lily. The attack made contact and exploded in the air with thunderous force.

"Lily!" Gajeel shouted as Lily was severely scratched up and fell downwards. Gajeel ran towards him and caught the panther-like Exceed and huffed. "Hey man, get up! This is no time for a catnap!"

Lily winced as Gajeel managed to keep him up by the arms. "He didn't even try…and yet…he took me out with one blow." Lily muttered before turning to his little Exceed self, still looking massively hurt as he was huffing.

"He…He's even stronger than from before." Nic stammered in shock.

"Damn you!" Gajeel shouted. He then turned towards Sophie. "Blondie! Back me up here!"

Sophie nodded. "You got it!" Sophie then made a chain of memories. "Memory-Make: Pyro Saucer!" Sophie then unleashed a huge amount of spinning fire saucers at the man. The man then disappeared by dispersing in shadows. "Where'd he go?!" Sophie exclaimed.

"How pathetic. This power you Earthlanders wield is nothing." The menace's voice echoed through the air. "You all have no idea to the power that I possess."

"Where's he go?" Lisanna asked, still looking like a harpy.

Erza shifted her eyes back and forth as she tried to pinpoint where the monstrosity was located, she then looked up, and saw the man high in the air. "He's above us!" She shouted.

Nic looked up and he then shifted into his Draco Plate Form, rushing in at a high velocity and at the high speed to match with that. "Begone you foul creature!" Nic shouted. "Dragon Claw!"

"Nic Pularis, when will you learn your place?" He stated. He then activated his own Dragon Claw and he went down and attacked. The two Dragon Claw collided, sending a violent shockwave echoing about. The assailant was shoving with his might, but Nic was still being stubborn and forcing the two attacks in a stalemate.

"Persistent, I'll say that." The assailant asked. "Very well then." The assailant then vanished yet again in shadows, throwing Nic off balance and he was jerked forward. He regained balance immediately and looked about and noticed that he wasn't around.

"Show yourself!" Nic demanded. Just then, Nic sensed a forceful energy from below. Nic looked down in shock as the ground started to crack up beneath everyone's feet. "Guys! Get out of the way!" Nic shouted from above.

"Earth Power!" The assailant reappeared on the ground below and pressed his foot against the ground in which the cracks unleashed golden energy that made way towards the group.

"Oh no you don't! Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Natsu let loose a huge fireball towards the incoming energy from within the earth, making a flashy eruption of fire engulf the area in front of them, but that did not stop the Earth Power.

"You fool! Fire-Type moves don't have much effect on Ground-Type moves!" Nic shouted. "Everyone move!" Everyone below then scattered away from the cracks as the Erath Power burst entirely in the spot where they once stood, making debris fly. Everyone covered up and Vanessa looked at how her brother was on the ropes again.

'Not this time.' She thought, pulling out another poke ball. "This time, I will protect my big brother!" She threw her poke ball, and out appeared her Magnezone, taking the situation seriously.

Magnezone looked at the man before him. "(This being. This level of fear and dread is unimaginable.)" He noted. "(I have to do what I can to protect the Pularis siblings.)"

"Manezone! Magnet Bomb!" Vanessa shouted, and Magnezone lit up a light blue aura and the magnets shined and he unleashed his barrage of light blue orbs.

"Oh?" The assailant saw this and he didn't move. "Barrier." Then a wall of sorts was in front of the man, and when the Magnet Bomb struck him, he didn't even have a scratch. He just grinned away as Magnezone and Vanessa gasped. "Puffshots like those are futile."

"Then take this! Regulus Impact!" Loke shouted, unleashing his attack again. As the lion-shaped light blast was unleashed, the assailant failed to be impressed.

The man looked on, not even attempting to dodge. Rather he just extended his arm out and twitched his fingers. When he did that, the shining light suddenly became dark and foul, and then dispersed just like that.

Loke was wide-eyed with horror and shaken up pretty bad by that display. "What did…what have you done?"

The man's purple aura waved off his body in glee and he smirked. "You don't understand. I can taint light. I can turn the purest of light into tainted darkness and destroy it entirely. Light becomes darkness, and that darkness becomes my strength. I was able to taint the lights of Arceus! Your light is nothing!" He then moved his arm in an arc harshly and unleashed Psycho Cut, which was a crescent-shaped blade of dark pink that sailed towards Loke and struck him with immense force, causing the ground under him to shatter and Lucy yelped as she was sent flying backwards.

Loke yelped as that solemn blow was too much. "I'm sorry…Lucy…I failed…" Loke then disappeared and went back to the Spirit World.

"Loke!" Lucy shouted.

Gray started swelling up Magic. "We've had enough of you swine! Ice Make: Arrows!" A Magic seal was made and several arrows that were made of ice were shot at the assassin. All he did was move his arm in an arc and he unleashed Psycho Cut again, cutting through every arrow like scissor through paper. Gray was caught being surprised as he never expected the attack to blast through like that.

Before the Psycho Cut could touch him, Nic shot down and had used Dragon Claw and did a vertical slash downwards, splitting the attack in two that went pass him and Gray. The two were saved, but a massive amount of trees from behind them were no more.

"Enough! Dragon Pulse!" Nic then unleashed a multicolored dragon-shaped beam.

Erza glowed. "Requip – Black Wing Armor!" She shouted and was in her Black Wing Armor. "Moon Flash!" She then launched her attack in a cross pattern. The sword slashes and the Dragon Pulse both blasted at the assailant, who narrowed his eyes.

He watched as the two attacks went for him. "Aura Sphere!" He unleashed two blue spheres from his two hands and he launched them and intercepted the two attacks. The result was a big explosion in the middle with dust flying.

"He stopped my Moon Flash?!" Erza exclaimed. "But my attacks get boosted when I'm in this armor!"

They then heard his voice through the dust. "That won't change anything." He testified, a single swipe of his arm dispelled the entire dust cloud. Such futile efforts will only get you so far. Let me remind you that I can kill you just like that?"

Erza tensed up. "If you want Nic, you'll have to kill me first!" She proclaimed in defense, startling Nic.

Gajeel grunted and stood right in front of Nic. "Yeah! You're gonna pay for hurting my cat!"

"Ain't no way you stopping us!" Sophie shouted.

Lucy pulled out another key. "Nic's important to all of us! Open: Gate of the Archer – Sagittarius!" Lucy summoned her Celestial Spirit.

Sagittarius saluted. "Talley-ho! I'm ready and at your service my lady!" Sagittarius stated.

Gray stepped up as well. "If you think you're getting away with this, then you're wrong! Nic ain't being killed on our watch, so you can just forget it!"

"We'll stop you!" Lisanna shouted in her normal self.

Wendy clenched her little fists. "Yeah! We're gonna make it back to our world and everything will be alright!"

Vanessa clenched her fists. "If you think, that for even a second, that I'm gonna sit by and watch you slaughter my brother…you're an even bigger fool than I thought!" She shouted in defiance.

Magnezone floated right by her side. "(No one shall lay waste to the Pularis siblings. Not while I'm still here.)" He state.

Nic was left slightly shocked. "You guys…"

"If you want Nic, just try and get passed us! You'll try and fail!" Natsu shouted with his whole body on fire.

The assailant sighed and he frowned. "Very well. Since you insist on meddling between me and my priority…" The grey clouds above began to spiral and the air thickened with an even fouler distaste. "I can see you want your demise to be evident. Then behold…"

There was an ominous silence for a still moment, as time seemed to have slowed down as everyone felt their goosebumps they had this entire time shrieking in agony as they then died by this evil feeling.

"This power…it's off the charts…" Erza silently said. "And it's…growing…"

Gray was starting to get weak in the knees as this feeling was getting him. Everyone was sensing this power change. It was terrifying before and barely sustainable, but this…

'This is far more terrifying than Gildarts power!' Gray mentally screamed as the power being released was still growing.

A hollow and ghastly wind blew, and their eyes all shrunk in terror at this power.

Lucy had hands over her mouth again. "Oh my…"

The calm and mild expression the assailant had was immediately replaced with a bloodlust feral expression. The teeth becoming blood red and become pure canines that could tear their necks open. The vermilion feral eyes thinned into slits and the white part of the eyes turned pitch black.

This made everyone, including Nic and Erza, to become terrified as the assailant's power spiked. Far worse than Master Makarov. Far worse than Jose. Far worse than Gildarts. Probably all three combined…and that was the tip of the iceberg.

The assailant unleashed a monstrous Ominous Wind in all directions, pulsating through the entire terrain and everyone fell on their backs and skid as the power of the Ominous Wind tossed everything around like a hurricane, shattering and destroying everything.

When everyone sat up, they all look in horror as the entire forest and the tall grass, possibly small Pokémon, and the trees, everything – obliterated. The ground was nothing but cracked earth, and anything not obliterated beyond that was dead trees and grass.

"This guy…he's Death." Gajeel muttered, seething the bloodlust on the man's face.

"He…he destroyed the area without moving a finger…" Lucy squealed as she was paralyzed by fear.

"I told you guys." Nic coldly stated. "You should've run." He clenched his fists as he slowly got up and glared coldly at the assailant, but was losing as the evil in the latter's eyes was too intense.

"Now, who will be the first to die?" The assailant asked as he looked about, seeing as a majority of them were petrified.

Erza stood up right by Nic's side and glared at the assailant, but lost as well. Yet she stood affirm. "You won't lay another finger on him!" She declared as she pointed a sword at him.

The assailant's blood red canines showed with a sadistic and feral smirk. "Suite yourself. Dark Pulse!" Then then unleashed a devastatingly powerful Dark Pulse attack that shattered the airspace as it sailed towards Erza.

"Requip!" Erza glowed and shifted into her Adamantine Armor, and she embraced the impact with her two shields being put together. Erza braced herself as the Dark Pulse raced for her and the shield that she used was shattered like glass when the attack struck, annihilating the shield completely and hitting her armor, making her scream in agonizing pain as she was continuously being hurt by Dark Pulse and she trailed pass the group and was last seen at the end of the massive and long trail made with her armor obliterated, but herself was badly scratched up.

Nic's eyes were filled with horror. "ERZA!" Nic shouted in worries that were immense. "NO!" Nic whipped around and was gonna fly to her, but a Dragon Breath was sailing towards him and he jerked into the air above, watching the ground below him become engulfed in a massive blue explosion and was left with a large and deep crater.

"Erza! Nic!" Gray shouted. "Hang on! Ice Make: Ice Geyser!" He put his hands down on the ground and then a column of ice shot up from under the assassin, but the latter scowled as he saw this and snapped his fingers, in which the earth under the ice shattered along with the ice.

The assailant's smirk never left his pale and feral face as Gray gritted his teeth. "Not even remotely close. Psybeam!" He extended his hand out and unleashed a streaky blue beam with pink circles towards Gray.

"Ice Make: Shield!" Gray made the shield in front, but the Psybeam attack easily broke through it like it was nothing, and Gray was left in fear as he was finally struck and engulfed in a light blue explosion and the ground shattered under him. He was then seen flying back and do a skidding thus.

"You're gonna pay." Natsu growled. "Fire Dragon's Roar!"

"Dragon Breath!" Nic shouted, unleashing his attack in conjunction with Natsu's. The blue and red beams trailed towards the assailant, who disappeared and reappeared in front of Natsu in the form of shadows.

"Boo." He said and unleashed a Shadow Ball right into Natsu's abdomen from close up, making a powerful explosion and sending the Dragon Slayer spiraling in the air and as he landed and did a spiraling skidding thud.

He then glanced over and saw Lucy pointing at him as she commanded for Sagittarius to shoot arrows. The Celestial Spirit did just that and unleashed a barrage of arrows towards the assassin. All he did was move his hand in another arc, and just as Gray's arrows suffered from, the Psycho Cut sliced through with destructive force, and the arrows were annihilated and Sagittarius was hit with incredible force and was engulfed in bright pink as he felt the Psycho Cut graze his entire body, forcing him back into the Spirit World. Lucy screamed as the force of Sagittarius taking the attack for her caused air and dust to crash into her, sending her tumbling to no end.

"You little…" Gajeel couldn't suppress the rage boiling up and he struck. "Iron Dragon's Sword!" His sword that was made from his arm then went at the man, but the man kept hid smirk and a purple hole under him swallowed him up, making Gajeel's attack miss. "What the? The hell did he go?" He wondered.

"Be careful!" Nic warned. "It's-!"

"Phantom Force!" A purple hole appeared above Gajeel and the Iron Dragon Slayer was struck with a massive blow, a light purple burst of energy when the assassin swooped from the hole above. Gajeel screamed as he felt agonizing pain as he could feel his body nearly rot from the impact, leaving him numb in a crater.

The assassin snickered and levitated back up into the air. "Anyone else care to stop me?"

Nic leaped ahead and he shifted from his Draco Plate to his Icicle Plate. Nic inhaled and then exhaled as he unleashed an Ice Beam at the assassin. He blinked and he then frowned. He extended his arm out, using his hand to block. He felt a sting run through his body as he felt the Ice Beam hit his hand, but other than that didn't show much of any weakness.

When Ice Beam ended, Nic noted that the man winced when he was hit. "Right. Ice-Type moves are super effective against Dragon-Types." He reminded himself. "Ice Beam!" Nic then unleashed a second Ice Beam at the assailant.

As the Ice Beam went towards him, the assailant looked annoyed. "I'm not dumb!" He then became shadows and vanished, making the Ice Beam miss. Nic grunted as he couldn't tell where he was now.

"I'm here!" Sophie stated. "Memory-Make: Mirrors of Cold Retribution!" Sophie then created several mirrors of ice and unleashed green blasts of energy in the spot where she saw the shadows converging.

As the shadows converged, the assailant saw the attack and he narrowed his eyes. "Begone! Psychic!" He then stopped the green blasts and he then fired them off back at Sophie, Wendy, Lisanna, and the Exceeds with more force than when it was launched, causing extreme explosions of green to burst.

"Guys! No!" Vanessa shouted.

"(No!)" Magnezone shouted. Nic grunted and he saw when the smoke cleared, everyone there was on the ground, badly bruised and damaged to a great degree, the only ones still up were Nic, Vanessa, and Magnezone.

The three turned towards the assailant. "You're a sick and twisted man." Nic reprimanded.

"Oh?" The man snorted. "What I find twisted is that you still defy your fate."

"I choose my own fate, and nobody but me will change that." Nic stated before unleashing an Aurora Beam attack and the assailant countered with a Psybeam, the attack starting the push Nic's attack back and Nic was forced to jump out of the way as the Psybeam trailed the ground and exploded at the end far away, sending dust flying.

The assailant smirked and he then used Psychic once more, and held Nic in the air, making Nic unable to breathe. The man smirked as he clenched his hand tighter, making Nic gag a little blood as he was suffocating and the man then slammed the hand down, and Nic followed and was driven into the earth, making dust surge and a crash sound echoed.

"Nic!" Vanessa shouted. She looked back at everyone and saw how they were barely able to get up. She saw how Gajeel was numb, Gray was unable to stand, and Sophie and the Exceeds were barely conscious. She noticed how Erza was trying her best to stand.

"Leave…Nic…alone…" Erza muttered under her breath. Vanessa looked and saw the serious yet concerned look that Erza had. She really meant it when Nic should be left alone and out of harm's way. Vanessa shook those thoughts out when the dread escalated and she focused on the assailant.

"Hurry Magnezone! We need to help Nic!" Vanessa shouted, in which Magnezone complied.

As Nic was slowly getting up, he saw Vanessa trying to fight, mch to Nic's horror. "Stop! What are you two doing?!" Nic shouted.

"Protecting my brother!" Vanessa shouted. "Magnezone! Zap Cannon!"

"(You will pay dearly for harming the Pularis siblings!)" Magnezone swore and fired his extremely powerful attack that was an electric orb with a red and green center at the man.

The man saw the Zap Canon and he scowled. "What nonsense." He turned into shadows and he then evaded the Zap Cannon, much to Vanessa and Magnezone's horror. The assailant then reappeared in front of Magnezone and fired a close range Shadow Ball, in which Magnezone was unable to evade and was engulfed in a huge explosion.

"MAGNEZONE!" Vanessa shouted as she saw her Magnezone sail high into the air and took massive amounts of damage.

"You're next." The assailant said, and he then fired a Psybeam at Vanessa, who was left startled and terrified.

Nic saw this and went wide-eyed. "VANESSA!" Nic shouted.

There was a flash of light and Nic looked in horror alongside Vanessa as Magnezone zoomed in and took the hit and screaming.

"MAGNEZONE!" Vanessa shouted. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" She had shaken eyes as she saw Magnezone slowly turning back towards her as he took the Psybeam.

"(I'm doing…my obligation…I'm sorry…)" Magnezone couldn't take anymore and he screamed as the Psybeam overpowered him and he was slammed into Vanessa, sending both individuals flying back and screaming as they both tumbled and fell to the ground.

Nic looked as though time was standing still and he watched his sister get hurt, and that image replayed over and over; and the Magnezone from the past tried to save her. Nic couldn't believe that his sister did that, and Magnezone and her paid the price as they were barely conscious.

The assailant smirked. "Ah yes. Seeing your sister down like that? Brings back memories. Right Nic?" He reminded Nic. "Sheer torture. The sheer fear of seeing your sister on the ground like that. How it must feel for that to happen only three years later."

The assailant then turned sharply towards Nic and fired a Dark Pulse out of the blue, startling Nic and he couldn't process it fast enough due to shock and he was seen skidding back several feet and crashing with tremendous force. The force knocked the wind out of him, and something out of his pockets too. Nic was stricken with an intense burning feeling when he saw his phone and earbuds flying out his pockets and landing on the ground, the casing for the phone slightly damaged.

The assailant chuckled. "This torture is much more suited to a more…unbearable level. Perhaps if I slowly start leaving gashes over her, and see you cry for mer…"

The air became thicker with the foul feeling, and this could be sensed by everyone. As everyone was starting to come around. They groaned and they saw something foul emanating from a certain someone.

"Wait…" Lucy looked and saw that Vanessa was hurt and she was coming around, but at the same time she saw Nic's phone casing damaged slightly. Lucy's eyes widened with horror. "…oh no…this is bad…"

Gray looked with fear as he picked up what was happening as the dreadful fear in the air thickened slightly. "This can't be good."

Everyone there saw Nic transforming into his Dread Plate in conjunction with the incredibly foul aura given off. His aura was black and extremely hazy as he was emanating a low snarl. "You…"

The man snickered. "I see that I finally get to fight this side of you." He said neutrally. "Depression, anger, pain, and suffering, all these vibes given off from your rage. It's fantastic. It fuels me."

"You!" His snarl escalated and everyone tensed up like statues and saw the bloody look in Nic's eyes. "You…ANIMAL!" The dark aura around Nic skyrocketed and the ground shook violently as the bloodlust feeling from Nic escalated in conjunction. "YOU HURT TWO PRECIOUS THINGS OF MINE! I'M GONNA BURY YOU!"

Vanessa blinked and felt this similar feeling before and she looked with a horrific gasp upon seeing the dreadful lust for pain infliction Nic was giving off as his sunglasses dropped from his face onto the ground. "Nic…" She muttered as she shuddered. "Oh no, not again."

Erza and Natsu both saw the horror that Nic was giving off and they had no option but to shudder as they saw this before, but this was two things Nic treasured, meaning that the assailant may not survive.

The power Nic emanated from his rage made the assailant raise a brow as his blood red canines protruded slightly. Unlike the terrified bunch, he was content with seeing this angry side. "Now this is what I've been waiting for. Come!"

In a blur, Nic went at the assailant's forehead with Crunch,, embedding his elongated fangs into the cranium, making the man wince as Nic was a feral animal and disregarded the rotting feeling as all he felt was rage and snarled as he bit to no end. Nic bit repeatedly as the man then shoved Nic off and Nic landed on all fours. He crouched up and lunged with extreme fury with Foul Play.

The assailant dove towards Nic and disappeared into shadows at the last second, reappearing as Nic lunged forward. He was about to use Shadow Claw, but Nic pivoted and used Crunch, with fang and energy claws colliding, with Crunch barely winning and the shadows dispersed. Nic unleashed a menacing snarl as he use Night Slash and the assailant covered up from the vicious blow, getting slashed at and skid back several feet in the air.

Everyone saw Nic roaring and his eyes were beyond feral, but wants retribution in terms of demise. They were all terrified.

"Interesting." The man said with his feral bloody vermilion eyes set on Nic as he lunged at high speed, much to everyone's shock. "Aura Sphere!" He unleashed his blue sphere at Nic, who snarled as the attack went his way. Nic wailed as he was struck when he charged like a feral beast. He was engulfed in a blue explosion and skid back several feet, disregarding the pain inflicted in the case of severe bruising. Nic snarled with his fangs showing and dashed at blinding speed with Sucker Punch, the black aura he was giving off making the corrosive air intensify behind him.

The assailant intercepted by extending his arm and clutched the punch, but wince to the massive force the attack held. As the man clenched the fist, Nic's feral instincts prompted him to unleash Night Slash with his right arm and raked downwards, landing a blow that made the assailant wince yet again.

"Impudent brat!" He scowled before he disappeared and reappeared with a Feint Attack from the left, landing a kick to the back of Nic's head and making him skid forwards.

Nic arose with a snarl as his face looked as though it was battered up by Gyarados, and the bloodshot eyes signified the feral craving Nic had. "YOU SICK SWINE!" Nic shouted back at the man when he shot up from the ground. "I'M NOT THROUGH WITH YOU!" Nic lunged ahead with Knock Off, his arm surrounded in black sparks.

The man shook his head. "Pathetic. If you think you're terrifying me, big disappointment Nic Pularis." He testified, grabbing Nic's arm and the force passed the man and sent dust and small debris flying. As Nic glared, the man resumed. "You're the worst humanity has to offer. Hate and vile, these feelings are consuming you out of revenge. Humans are driven by justice and revenge, but what true justice is there when evil shall eternally remain?" He then tossed Nic and watched him regain footing upon sailing backwards.

"DAMN YOU!" Nic roared as he unleashed a powerful Dark Pulse by bringing his arms together and releasing the forceful attack. In turn, the assailant used one hand and released his own Dark Pulse. Both attacks made contact, and made an immense explosion that shook the earth, unleashing endless debris and black and purple energy and strong winds. The result after all of that was leveled ground in between the two.

Nic snarled as his black aura remained unstable with his anger. "YOU HURT VANESSA AND MY PHONE! YOU'LL NEVER LIVE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS!" He shouted and he charged head on with Crunch with everyone looking petrified by the dread given off as Nic roared as he ran towards the assailant.

"Nic Pularis, if only you knew." The man said as he coated his left arm in Dragon Claw and awaited for Nic. "I cannot be afraid, for I am fear, and your anger shrouds you from the reality of you not accepting the pain delivered to those precious to you."

Nic screeched as Crunch was several feet away and the assailant thrust his Dragon Claw forwards. "And that'll be your downfall!"

It was as if time had slowed down. Everyone heard something get struck and they had horror in their eyes as they were experiencing a living, breathing Hell before them. Erza and Vanessa took the worst of it, as their pupils shrunk and their eyes widened at the scene before them.

You could see the sadistic face the man gave, and you could see Nic face frozen in the feral expression given. You'd expected the Crunch and Dragon Claw to hit, but…that wasn't the case.

They didn't hit, rather a certain someone was a bit faster and his attack was a shock to all.

The Dragon Claw didn't stop Crunch and Nic, but also…it was aimed and impaled Nic's gut completely, the arm going straight through Nic's skin entirely and through his back.

Everyone could've passed out from that display of horror as time stopped and saw the assassin smirk as his arm was bloody and lodged in Nic's gut. The black aura Nic was giving off was disappearing and his eyes were all hazy and filled with horror as he gagged up blood, unable to move.

"NIC!" Vanessa screamed in horror was Nic's legs were shaking and his feral gaze was stuck in the hazy manner.

"Hm." The man showed his sadistic wide smirk and he yanked his arm out of Nic, watching him gurgle and drop to his knees as he was gazing at the assailant. The assailant saw his own left arm covered in pure red and gave a smirk. "Yes…this is what I wanted to see…I wanted to see the blood from your guts be bathed upon me. I wanna bask in more of your misery!" He then grabbed Nic's head and the glowed red and purple. "Hex."

Nic screamed as he felt pain course through his open wound and through the rest of his body as he was covered in the same colors, his body shaking violently. Everyone watched in horror as Nic was being tortured, and they were too near-dead to do anything.

The man let go and Nic was still stuck gazing up on his knees as his mouth was drooling red and his body twitched. "C-urse…you…" Nic muttered. "Damn…this…" He was stopped in midsentence when the assailant grabbed Nic's head and used Hex again, making Nic scream in agonizing pain as he was losing blood and his nerves were pretty much destroyed.

Vanessa was crying as she saw her brother in a fatal situation. He was impaled and being tortured before her. "Stop this…I beg you…" She broke down as she saw her brother going through hell again. The assailant didn't listen and let go as Nic looked as though he wasn't even able to think nor even feel.

This satisfied him as he saw that Nic was dying right before him. "It hurts, doesn't it?" He said. "The pain you must feel. To see your loved ones suffer from your suffering. How the failure you must feel. Arceus made a pitiful mistake in choosing you. Someone who's taken pain all his life, and for what? You didn't get anywhere. This is the end Nic Pularis. How you would say, insult to injury!"

He drove his left arm back into Nic's hole in his body and used Hex, making Nic grit his teeth and he finally let loose an agonizing wail that shrieked through the entire area so loudly and his body shook violently.

Vanessa couldn't look anymore and she sobbed on the ground. "Somebody…anybody…help."

As the man let go and retracted his arm, he watched in satisfaction as Nic's body slowly fell to the ground on the side. He hit with a thud, gurgling as he was numb and his vision was hazy.

Suddenly, two energy levels spike immensely, and the man looked with a frown as he was witnessing Natsu engulfed in a column of fire that shot up towards the sky. Natsu screamed. "YOU'RE KILLING NIC RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES! WE'RE GONNA DESTROY YOU! NOBODY HARMS FAIRY TAIL!"

The second energy was revealed to be Erza, who had that demonic look as she requipped into her Purgatory Armor. "YOU WILL DIE A PAINFUL DEMISE!" She shouted. "YOU'RE GONNA REGRET HURTING NIC TO BEGIN WITH!"

The assailant sighed. "Please give me a minute Nic Pularis, I have a mess to clean up. Just wallow in your blood until I get back." He said, and floated towards Natsu and Erza, unnerved by their rage just as he was with Nic. "Honestly, the rage Nic gives off is far more potent. You're just a nuisance."

"SILENCE AND PERISH!" Erza jumped with intense force as she swung her mace downwards with a battlery, with mace striking the bloody arm that blocked the attack like it was nothing, making wind fly violently.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu waved his arms and lashes of hot fire lashed at the assailant, who swatted Erza away like she was nothing and he took the attack, getting caught in a pyro explosion. Through the flames, Erza swung her mace, but the assailant turned into shadows and reappeared behind Natsu.

"Not very effective. You'll never learn." He said. "Shadow Ball!" He unleashed a black and purple sphere that struck Natsu as he turned, causing a violent eruption of darkness and Natsu slammed harshly into Erza, both skidding and landing on their backs.

Everyone was trying to get up, just they were too terrified. Natsu and Erza were doing this because they were angry and wanted to get Nic out of there.

Natsu unleashed a Fire Dragon's Roar at full power, a massive torrent of fire aiming for him. The man thought nothing of it and used Psychic, the massive torrent separating into fire streams that shot back at Natsu and made the latter scream as he was engulfed in his own fire.

"NATSU!" Lucy shouted.

Natsu was sitting and wiped his mouth as he was beyond angry. He lunged again by Erza's side with a flaming fist and a mace combo and the duo rammed their attacks in, but the assailant blocked both like they were nothing.

"G-uys…no…" Nic weakly muttered, unable to move as his bleeding self was rendered beyond usable. "Everything's…hazy…"

The man's feral eyes glared daggers into Natsu and Erza and they were left petrified and that left them open for when they were hit with a Psybeam, making them fly backwards and crash. They were left embedded into the ground as the man ascended upwards and looked down at them.

"Pitiful as always." He said in disgust. "You can't save your comrade, not after what I've done."

Natsu was in an inferno as he dislodged himself and flew up at high speed. "YOU JERK! YOU'RE GONNA PAY!" Natsu unleashed a Fire Dragon's Flame Elbow as he went towards him, but the man scowled and made a spacial hole in between him and Natsu and the Dragon Slayer went through it.

As Erza got up, the portal opened behind her and she was struck in the back by the attack instead, making her grunt and yelp and fly forwards. Natsu was now really annoyed and angry and he turned and saw the assailant was not there anymore. He turned and tried to smell him, but his senses were clogged by the foul air. "Phantom Force!" A purple hole appeared above Natsu and the Dragon Slayer screamed as he was embedded into the ground when the assailant crashed down on him, his foot on the Dragon Slayer's head, making him scream.

He let his foot off and the man didn't even need to turn around when he used Aura Sphere and threw it over his head towards an incoming Erza, who swatted at it with her mace. The attack was too overwhelming and her mace shattered, leaving her distraught. "NO! I HAVE TO SAVE NIC!" She shouted. "I WON'T LOSE HIM AGAIN!" She shouted.

The man ascended into the air and watched as Natsu got up and was covered in the same inferno. He screamed as he had enough of him. "YOU'RE FINISHED!" Natsu shouted, making a torrent of flames in his fists. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art – Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!" Natsu unleashed a massive fire spiral towards the assailant in the air, who took the hit and was engulfed in a huge explosion.

Everyone watched in shock as Natsu's most powerful move had hit its mark. He grinned. "That did it." They were hearing a chuckle, and then one swipe of an arm made the flames go away, startling everyone.

"Impossible!" Natsu shouted.

"I admit, that one had a little bite to it. I felt that, but not enough!" The man shouted as his bloody eyes and fangs made everyone quiver. "I DIDN'T EVEN BUDGE! THAT DID NOTHING! YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT WOULD STOP ME?!" The man then created a white force field and several odd energy comets and he targeted Natsu as he lunged forward.

"NATSU NO!" Lucy shouted.

"Legendary Arts – Psystrike!" The assailant then expanded the force field and the odd comets shot at Natsu as he was engulfed in an inferno. Natsu screamed as his attack was broken through with no effort and he was bombarded with endless comets and the force field expanded, engulfing everything close by, including Natsu again, in a destructive explosion that shattered the entire earth that was touched and the endless pelting of comets against Natsu and force field combined left everyone to be send flying away and screaming as all that was left under the assailant was a large crater with a steaming Natsu, his body tattered and white in the eyes.

"NATSU!" Lucy cried, and Gray and everyone else were petrified by this pure power of evil that they didn't even come close to having a chance.

Erza watched on in horror and she was left with no words as Natsu was defeated just like that. The next thing she knew was that she was one her knees and her armor was tattered and shattered from the force of the attack Natsu took, her eyes were shaking as she thought she couldn't save anyone. "No…it can't be…" She was then found screaming when struck by a Psybeam and she tumbled backwards and yelped as she couldn't move anymore.

"Hm. That took longer than expected." The man said, slowly walking towards a gaping Nic who watched helplessly as his friends fell before him.

"N-No…" He muttered as he was losing blood and his feral eyes were gone, leaving the blue all hazy and bloodshot from the pain. He couldn't smell nor even feel the ground beneath him and he could only see the man walk towards him as everyone was shaking and Vanessa was crying.

The man looked down and crouched down towards Nic as he frowned. "Listen." He said seriously and low. "You may have been gifted, but that strength does not made you God. Remember that in death, I can make those lives suffer. I am Hell's own nightmare, and now your pals can witness you sinking in it." He paused. "Having those closest to you, and wanting to protect them. That may be considered strength in some eyes, but in reality…it's the biggest weakness humans have."

The man readied a Dragon Claw and pointed it at Nic's chest. "I believe I kept your death waiting long enough. I could make you watch and see your sister and your friends perish, but I have my own priorities in creating a void." He raised his Dragon Claw. "And so, farewell."

"NIC! NO!" Erza and Vanessa shouted as Nic was almost lifeless and was about to be slaughtered.

As the Dragon Claw went down towards Nic, there was a massive energy expelled from out of the blue and the assailant flew back in shock as his last move failed to hit. The energy emerged in front of him, and everyone else looked to see a huge energy spike.

"What's this?" The man asked. "This power…I didn't see this coming…"

The energy before him faded, and there were six figures in front of Nic's body.

"(You…)" One said with his red eyes glaring coldly.

"(You've done the unthinkable.)" A female voice said, her red eyes looking crazy.

"(The pain you have dealt is no less than what you shall experience. We'll shred you, you foul cheese.)" A second female voice said, her beady eyes looking all zombie-like with retribution as her head tilted.

"(You've bloody sssadissstic sssswine-faccccced creature. Nic-ssssama shall be avenged.)" A slithery and snobbish voice proclaimed.

"(You've pushed us too far. We're not standing by any longer while Nic is at Death's Door!)" A draconic voice shouted.

"(Now we're gonna gut you alive, and savor in your blood.)" A second draconic voice with far more feral eyes proclaimed.

Nic's Pokémon let loose terrifying roars as the air rippled with their intense power given off. Everyone looked in shock as Nic's Pokémon had appeared out on their own. Nic looked on with whatever vision he had left. "You…guys…"

"Oh? What's this?" The assailant asked. "It seems I might be having a problem here. Nic's Greninja from before was a hassle, but all six now…this might be interesting." The assailant contemplated.

"(DIE)" Garchomp shouted, rushing at mach speed with full fury as he used Dual Chop at high speed. The man was in shock at the speed and used Dragon Claw to intercept the downward strike, making shockwaves ripple wildly. The man was caught surprised when Garchomp wasn't being shoved back.

'This power.' The man thought. 'Nic Pularis has trained them well, but how the hell are they actually holding up?!' He was interrupted when he was struck from underneath by a Shadow Sneak by Kecleon, the shadow striking his abdomen and making him gag. Garchomp roared and used Dual Chop again, the attack striking the assailant twice horizontally in both directions, making him sail backwards.

The man grunted and turned into shadows just in time when Staraptor dove from an upwards angle with Steel Wing, missing and she grunted. The man reappeared behind her and prepared for a Feint Attack, but Staraptor turned around and swatted her Steel Wing to intercept, making violent winds surge and neither side pushed back. From above, the man could sense something and he glanced up and saw Greninja soaring downwards with Bounce. Using his spare arm while using the other one to intercept the Steel Wing, he shot a Dark Pulse upwards, and Greninja leaned back and stopped his bounced and rolled backwards in the air, straightening out as he used Water Shuriken and fired them at the assailant.

The assailant turned into shadows and the attack missed and Staraptor and Greninja saw the man reappear high in the sky. "Not bad-!" He had no room when Charizard emerged from behind just like that and he used Dragon Claw downwards. The man jerked forwards to evade it just in time. He turned towards Charizard to only receive an explosive Gunk Shot that was from Arbok below, making the man grunt in pain as he was swallowed up in a purple explosion that made the air and earth rattle.

"(These are all for Nic!)" Charizard shouted, unleashing Flamethrower within the explosion, intensifying the pain and they could hear more grunting from the man. The explosion cleared out and the man had a few scratches on him as he was heavily annoyed.

'Drats. These guys aren't giving me room. They're tougher than Fairy Tail S-Class Mages!' He mentally retorted before noticing Greninja unleashing Dark Pulse from a downward angle, forcing him to use his own Dark Pulse and the two attacks made a black and purple burst of energy in between, making dust scatter and the earth shatter under Greninja and the other's feet.

As they were holding off the assailant, everyone limped and crawled towards Nic with all their might. Vanessa and Erza especially. Natsu twitched as he was worming his way over and was in agonizing pain as he came to. He too went towards Nic and the Exceeds hurried too.

"Wendy! Hurry!" Erza exclaimed.

"Luminous is dying, so get to it! I wanna see the light of tomorrow!" Gajeel shouted.

Wendy was still having trouble breathing correctly, as was everyone else by the foul energy, but Wendy did as told. "R-Right!" She then proceeded to heal Nic as his gashes and the hole in his gut was covered in blood. "Hang on Nic!"

Garchomp rushed in with his forceful Dragon Rush, the airspace shattering as he went towards the assailant. "Dark Pulse!" The man unleashed Dark Pulse, but Garchomp was too fast and sailed passed it. The Dark Pulse continued onwards, and Kecleon shifted repeatedly to dodge while racing towards the assailant and Arbok serpentine pass the attack. Arbok used Ice Fang and the fangs elongated and turned to ice while Kecleon went for Thief.

"(You even made Skuntanks cry!)" Kecleon shouted in offense to the foul air. She rammed into the assailant at the same time Garchomp did, and made a massive burst of energy. As the man fell, Arbok lunged upwards and went to use his Ice Fang, but the man grunted and turned into shadows, evading the attack.

"You're all extremely reflexive and strong, I commend you." The assailant's voice said in the air. "But you're annoying me! Shadow Claw!" He reappeared behind Greninja and went to attack, but Greninja leaped and backflipped as the attack raced forwards and Staraptor swooped in with Aerial Ace from the front, hitting the man in the abdomen and making him skid back.

"How are you so damn strong?!" He demanded. He went wide-eyed and he then turned into shadows again when he sensed Garchomp and evaded Garchomp's Dig just in time, the cracked earth shattering and Garchomp emerged with a roar. The man reappeared as Garchomp turned around and went to used Zen Headbutt. Garchomp blocked with his arms and grunted when he was hit and skid backwards on the ground to a halt.

The man grinned and then saw Charizard from above, coming down with a Fly attack. He disappeared into a purple whole, making Charizard stop and the force from Fly caused air the smash the ground, despite Charizard still in the air. The man reappeared from the purple hoe from above and struck with Phantom Force, but Charizard immediately used Dragon Claw to intercept and reduce the damage, causing the Fire and Flying-Type to hit the ground on his feet.

"You may be possibly strong as a Legendary, but you're still no match for-!" The man suddenly found himself unable to move when Arbok was revealed to have use Glare, paralyzing him. "Damnit. I didn't react fast enough to use Magic Coat."

"(FOR NIC!)" Greninja shouted. "(Dark Pulse!)" Greninja unleashed his attack towards the man.

"(Shadow Sneak!)" Kecleon shouted, her shadow extending with fury.

"(Aerial Ace!)" Staraptor shouted.

"(Heat Wave!)" Charizard shouted.

"(Gunk Shot!)" Arbok shouted.

"(Dragon Rush!)" Garchomp shouted.

All said attacks rushed in towards the assailant, who cursed under his breath. "You insufferable annoyances!" He shouted and he grunted as he was unable to move. "Damn you all!" He was then hit with all six attacks at once, letting a yelp echo about as an enormous explosion was seen in the distance, air and violent winds surging and everyone fell to the ground and the ground shattered entirely. The area the assailant was levitating over and the area behind was engulfed in a tremendous burst of energy and all six Pokémon emerged from the explosion, roaring with fury as they had a few scratches, but were fine.

When it all cleared, everyone was in shock as Nic's team had such extraordinary power. "…whoa." Sophie muttered.

"That's insane." Gray muttered.

"Nic's team…what did he do to get them to wield that power?" Lisanna muttered.

The man appeared out of the dust that subsided, and he grunted as he had only minor scratches, but was paralyzed. He looked with annoyance at the six before him as they glared coldly at him in defiance. He groaned coldly as his blood red fangs bared and he glowed, and the six looked on in shock.

"(Is that…?)" Greninja started.

Charizard nodded. "(Yeah, it's Recover.)"

"(This is far too sour for my taste.)" Kecleon detested.

"(You and me both.)" Charizard noted.

The man stopped glowing and looked as though nothing happened, but he was still seeing how this would play out. The six tensed up and watched as the man backed away high into the air.

"I can see how pathetic Fairy Tail is, I can see how I can handle Nic and Greninja before…but it seems I pushed my luck." The man said with deep spite. "I won't deny that you six can definitely hold me off better than those humans, but even so, your fate is inevitable. However I see that I've underestimated how Nic Pularis has trained all of his Pokémon." He then started surging shadows around him.

Everyone watched as the shadows converged around the spiteful man and the atmosphere was dialing down slowly. "Nic Pularis. I spared you on purpose last time, but this time you got off lucky since I didn't account for your team to retaliate with such fury. Who knows? Maybe they're as strong as Legendaries…maybe." He was then encased in a cocoon and the clouds above started to brighten up again.

"I swear to you. This is not over Nic Pularis. You may have escaped by the skin of your teeth, but humanity and the universe's entity shall be eradicated! Next time…" The cocoon dispersed and he vanished in thin air. "…will be your downfall."

The eerie presence all about vanished, and everyone wasn't petrified by fear anymore. Their heart rates slowed down slightly and were contemplating.

The six turned towards each other. "(If he used Recover, why didn't he continued fighting?)" Staraptor wondered.

"(Perhaps he was overwhelmed by numbers and that paralysis. Even so, we may have died if he stayed.)" Greninja said the last part with bitterness.

"(Evil has left the building!)" Kecleon declare. "(And it's not welcomed again!)"

Suddenly, they heard Wendy sobbing and they turned back towards Nic and rushed towards his massacred self. They saw Wendy, and she was putting everything she had into healing Nic, but was in tears.

"Wendy! What's wrong?!" Vanessa shouted. "Nic! Nic! What's happening?!"

Wendy was scarred life the rest of them, and she was sobbing as her Magic was trying to close up the wound, but with little effect. "You guys…his injuries are far too deep. I can't heal him!" She shouted, much to everyone's shock.

"WHAT?!" Gray shouted.

"I'm sorry!" Wendy shouted in defeat. "This foul energy that's consuming Nic is eating at my power! I can't…he's…he…"

Everyone was silent as they saw that Nic was pale, and his eyes were still barely blinking as he only saw the ground and his hearing was going away. All Nic saw was everyone screaming at him and horror as his team rushed up and started choking on their breaths.

"NO! NIC! NIC!" Vanessa screamed, clutching her brother, disregarding his fatal wound. "I JUST REUNITED WITH YOU! I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU! NIC PLEASE! ANSWER ME!" She shouted and bawled extremely hard as her brother was incurable.

Erza punched the ground and was sobbing beyond recognition. "NIC! DON'T YOU DARE DIE HERE! YOU HAVE TO USE RECOVER! ANSWER ME! WE NEED YOU! I ALMOST LOST YOU ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS! I CAN'T HAVE THIS HAPPEN!" Erza shouted from the other side of Nic. "NIC! WE NEED YOU! I NEED YOU! FAIRY TAIL NEEDS YOU! DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME OR YOUR SISTER!"

Nic was starting to see black and his heart rate was just getting slower and slower. This foul, corrosive energy engulfing his being and the last thing he saw were three things: Erza, Vanessa, and his team.

---

Meanwhile, in space…

Dialga and Palkia were beyond appalled at the devastation they were witnessing. They saw the entire fight, and were not pleased.

"Damnit." Dialga said. "Giratina's human is far too strong!"

"This foul energy was enough to taint Arceus. Wendy's powers can't do anything. His injuries were different compared to Oracion Seis. This is beyond repairable."

As they thought this was a fatal issue, Arceus, seeing as how he had a bit of his color, looked through the screen and saw Nic's desecrated body and his friends and loved ones crying for him as his breathing slowed.

Arceus gave a neutral stare and sighed. "No." He said. "I can fix this."

Dialga and Palkia turned up in shock at Arceus as he was gonna do just that.

"Are you serious Arceus?!" Dialga objected. "Are you really gonna heal Nic?! You know the consequences!"

"The Plates correspond with you, and if you use the power Nic transferred to you to heal him, then you'll become even more sickly like last time!" Palkia shouted.

Arceus raised his head and Dialga and Palkia grew silent. There was a silence for a few moments before Arceus spoke.

"We have no choice. I shall use the power Nic gave me and give it back to him. That should restore him. We must have faith…" Arceus then began to shine a vast light and the two before him had still faces as they looked back at the screen.

---

With Nic and co.

Lucy and the girls were breaking down as Nic's body was crippled and practically pierced. Erza and Vanessa, and especially Nic's team was taking it hard. Greninja and the other five were shaking and choking back tears as they saw their Trainer beyond repair.

Suddenly, Nic's body began to glow slowly, and Erza and everyone else caught a glimpse of Nic's body reacting. They backed away a foot and saw the spectacle.

"(What's happening?)" Charizard asked.

"(Nic-ssssama…he'ssss…)" Arbok began trailing off as Nic's body shined brighter than ever. Everyone covered up as they were momentarily blinded as Nic shined a multitude of colors.

Nic was barely hanging on, and he felt his conscience return, his heart rate returning to normal, and the blood that was all over his body disappeared, and the wound that went straight through him was completely gone.

When the light faded, it revealed Nic in his normal self rather than the Dread Plate Form he took while on his rampage. Erza, Vanessa, and everyone looked in shock as Nic was restored like that.

Nic groaned and started getting up. "How did…I…?" He trailed off as he was feeling hazy, but was immediately tackled down by his sobbing sister and Erza, who hugged him while his team of six looked on with glee.

"NIC!" Vanessa shouted with tears. "YOU'RE OKAY!"

"Gah!" Nic was startled by this as he was still trying to interpret what happened. "Hold on! Hold on!"

Erza was shaking as she was having a few tears. "Nic…you're okay." She was so relieved. Just as relieved as Vanessa.

"(Nic-ssssama issss alright.)" Arbok said with great satisfaction.

"(That dunderhead had me worried!)" Garchomp shouted.

"(Me too for once.)" Charizard admitted. "(I honestly didn't think it was possible…)" Then he frowned. "(But still…)"

Everyone smiled and gathered around Nic."Dang man, you had us worried!" "We thought you almost died!" "Your team are monsters man!" "I thought we were goners." They all said various things, but Nic was a little distraught.

"Hold on guys." Nic said. Erza and Vanessa let go reluctantly as they saw the confused look on Nic's face. Nic finally got up and rubbed his head. "What happened?"

Gajeel crossed his arms. "We don't know. That guy is beyond anything and we almost died, and you especially." He stated.

The memories came flooding back, and Nic was blinking repeatedly as he recalled his sister and phone were hurt and he was almost killed and his team stepped in. "Wait…everything after that was hazy, but this energy…" He narrowed his eyes as everyone looked curious. "It feels…!"

His eyes shot wide when he realized that the energy was similar, because it was the energy that he sent to Arceus. "The energy…it was for Arceus, but he…"

"Nic?" Lucy aske, with Natsu being supported.

The Pokémon quickly caught on to Nic's epiphany, considering they know each other all too well. They understood Nic's situation and Staraptor stepped forwards. "(Nic…it was the energy you sent to Arceus, wasn't it?)" She asked.

Nic was left in a state of remorse as he looked on with a sullied expression. "I know why I was restored." He said coldly. "This energy that I felt was the exact same one that I sent to Arceus. Rather than use it to heal himself…he…"

"(Used it to fix you up.)" Kecleon muttered coldly.

"Nic? What does this mean?" Happy asked, seeing how Nic was glowering.

Nic looked down at the ground. "It means that because of me, Arceus is closer to death than from before, and all because I couldn't protect anyone." He said, clenching his fists.

Sophie swallowed. "So…the one you work for is…"

"Using his life force to heal you." Wendy said.

Nic looked at how Vanessa was scratched up and remember that despite his rage, he was unable to protect anyone. It was because of him and his weakness that Arceus was accelerating in death. "No. What have I done…?"

"Nic, relax." Gray said, but they all saw Nic walk away like he was a zombie. His team saw their Trainer trail off, understanding fully.

"Nic, where are you going?" Vanessa asked.

"Nic." Erza was about to go after him, but his Charizard blocked her path. "What are you doing?!" All she got was a shaking head, and she was interpreting that as a way of saying no.

"But what about Nic?!" Vanessa shouted, wanting to dash after him, but Greninja crossed his arms and stood before her.

Charizard looked out as Nic went off into the far woods beyond the destroyed terrain. "(I think he needs to be alone for a while.)"

"Nic…" Erza muttered, seeing the last bit of Nic with a shadow over his eyes.

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Later…

It was close to sunset and everyone sat around dejectedly, along with Nic's team. They all looked at the ground as they retreated a little of what's left of the woods and close to the cliffs. They all felt defeated, especially Natsu.

Natsu rammed a fist into the ground. "Damnit. That monster, he's too strong." He swore under his breath.

Gray gritted his teeth with crossed arms. "This sucks. We didn't even come close to that power."

"If anything, we never stood a chance. Not even in a million years." Carla said.

"And that past." Happy noted. "No wonder why Nic wasn't afraid of anything, the fear was choked out of him."

Lisanna sat down and looked depressed. "This power was so evil, the life near him suffocated without lifting a finger."

"What's more shocking was how Luminous's anger didn't faze him." Gajeel muttered.

"Zeh dafuk." Sophie muttered in her Hebrew. "Nic almost died, and his anger failed."

"I was surprised that he got angry to begin with." Lisanna said.

Kecleon looked over towards the team and looked upset. "(Guys, my fuzziness feels bitter.)"

"(Yeah, we feel the same.)" Garchomp said.

Arbok hissed. "(I hope Nic-ssssama issss okay.)"

Greninja felt uneasy. "(We all know Nic. If he feels as though he fails, it won't do good to perk him up.)"

"(Yeah.)" Charizard said. "(His pride is hurt bad, and I can guess what he's doing right now…)"

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On a cliff…

As the sun was making a red-like hue in the sunset sky, Nic was seen despondent and clenching his fists as he looked upset. "Why…why…?" He moaned as he was misty in the eyes. "I was meant to save mankind, yet I couldn't protect Vanessa, or Erza, or anybody…why am I so weak?" He wondered.

Nic was on a large cliff, a few miles off and far enough as he was starting to break down. "I broke my promise! Why can't I ever keep them?! I promised I'd be stronger for my sister! She got hurt, and now I have nothing to show for it!" He shouted, pounding the ground beneath him. "First I break Erza's heart, then mine breaks, and now I failed to protect Vanessa! Why can't I make promises?!"

Behind him, in the treeline, there was one person who was heavily concerned as she saw Nic screaming to the sky and tearing up. Erza looked on with a sad expression as she clenched her arms as she saw Nic breaking down in failure.

'It's all my fault.' He thought as streams of tears went down his face. "It's all my fault. Arceus promised me this power and I have nothing to give! I broke too many things! Why am I burdened like this?!" He had no answers as he clenched his fists on the ground. He mentally thought he failed as Plate wielder, as a Fairy Tail Mage, and as a brother. Nic then started to cry and that crying began to slowly escalate into a sob that could be heard from all over the place.

Erza looked on in depression as she saw Nic crying out of failure. "Nic." She muttered. She then remembered something. She remembered that she was just like that not even a month ago when Jellal was taken away, only Nic was in her stead. She watched as Nic bawled and she couldn't help but feel guilty.

She never knew what it meant to have a real brother or sister, but her guild was just as close to family that she had, but in Nic's case, watching his sister get hurt and unable to protect her really shattered him, and all Erza could do was contemplate as she watched Nic cry out his frustration.

Unable to take anymore, Erza left the scene with an upset look, hoping to think of something to help Nic feel better in his failure.

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With Natsu and co.

Vanessa was sniffling as she held her brother's phone, earbuds, and his sunglasses. She held onto them like her life depended on it.

Sophie looked over and saw Vanessa holding them. "They must be more important than we realize."

Vanessa glanced over, and everyone, now with Erza silently appearing, looked at Vanessa. Vanessa slowly nodded. "You have no idea."

There was a long pause before she continued. "This phone and these earbuds are the only thing Nic had in remembrance of our grandma and grandpa. Unlike mom and dad, they were the sweetest people ever." She then frowned heavily. "When they died, two precious people were gone just like that, two people that Nic loved. I was the only thing left. He protects me and his 14th birthday present with his very life. If anything were to happen…who knows what would happen."

"I'll tell ya what happens. That guy unleashes Hell." Gajeel said. "Getting him angry is the last thing anybody needs. Now it makes sense why he gets so angry and protective."

Vanessa turned her head to look towards her lower left. "You can't blame him. I was there my whole childhood. I watched Nic bottle up the pain. The torture. The evil downed on him. It only makes sense when his phone or I get hurt that he lets it all out…but I…" She paused. "I never wanted to see Nic get hurt like that again!"

"It's not your fault." Lucy said. "He's just being a brother."

Erza came and sat down next to Vanessa with the same level of dejection. Erza remained silent until Vanessa glanced over towards her.

"You went to check on him, didn't you?" She asked coldly. Erza was caught being surprised at first, but couldn't hide it. All she did was look downwards. For the first time since Nic was revealed to be okay, Vanessa grinned. "I can see it, you care deeply about my brother."

Erza let a slight gasp escape and she turned towards Vanessa. Her eyes were filled with shock. Then she sighed and looked back at the ground.

"Yes. Nic means a lot to me." Erza admitted. "He broke me out of my armor and open up. He saved my life, and he nearly died that day too." A slight pause while Vanessa nearly gasped. "I was grief stricken. He nearly died several times now, and it was always to protect me. If he were to die…I…I don't know what I would do."

Vanessa saw Erza shaking and she smiled sympathetically at the Requip Mage. "You're lucky." She said, making Erza turn her head in shock. "I saw how desperate you were when Nic fought. You couldn't bear to see him get hurt, just like me. We both want him safe." Her gaze softened even more. "I know my brother, and for what it's worth, he's got the purest heart. Erza…please…don't leave that heart alone." She paused. "Nic's been through enough pain. He needs someone he can care for. I love my brother dearly, and I've never seen him more happy when you're close to him. Don't break my brother's heart. Protect it."

Erza was all shaken up inside. Nic wasn't the only one observant. Hs sister saw how much Erza needed him when she saw him cry. The two needed Nic desperately, and they couldn't live to see him die, and it was evident.

In defeat, Erza nodded. She had to admit to herself that she messed up big time. Now it made sense. Nic stayed away because he failed to make her happy, and Erza was upset in turn. Now the roles were reversed, and this time, thanks to Vanessa, Erza wasn't gonna stay away.

Everyone jerked up when they heard rustling and turned to see Nic with hands in his pockets and looking upset. He stopped when he was in front of everybody and looked at Greninja, Charizard, Vanessa, Sophie, basically everybody.

Nic sighed slowly. "Hey guys, sorry to keep you wai-!" Nic suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap around him tightly and was very surprised and went wide-eyed as his depression turned to shock.

Everyone there looked in shock, even Carla. Greninja and the rest of Nic's team looked on with shock, but also relief. Vanessa looked just the same.

Nic was frozen as Erza wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. Her body was shaking as she was in her white blouse and blue skirt. Erza had her eyes closed as she was shaking and held Nic.

"I'm sorry." She whispered. "Don't shut us out like you did before."

"Erza." Nic muttered.

"You're alive. That's all that matters. I know what it's like to fail and lose hope. I won't let you suffer that, not while I'm here." She paused as she leaned the side of her head closer to Nic's. "We all need to stick together."

Nic blinked, but a soft smile crept onto his face and he wrapped his arms around her waist and the two embraced and Nic's head felt Erza's soft and silky red hair and the two remained like that as everyone gave sympathetic smiles.

Charizard smiled. "(Thatta boy.)" He muttered.

Kecleon tilted her head. "(The fuzzies in me feel better now.)"

Greninja and everyone else on Nic's team smiled. "(He'll be just fine.)"

The two slowly broke from their embrace and Vanessa came forward and she gave her brother a hug, glad that he's alright. She slowly gave him his sunglasses, his earbuds, and his phone. Nic slowly accepted them and he looked at the phone in his hand.

A moment paused as his half-grin faded as he saw the cracks on his casing. He lightly clenched it and looked like he was restraining his disappointment. This was a solemn reminder to protect his loved ones even harder.

He slowly inhaled and then exhaled and put the earbuds into his ears and had the metal filter his anger and frustration out and he flipped on his sunglasses with the last bit of sunlight and he looked out and saw everybody and his team looking at him.

"Alright." Nic said quietly. "Let's just keep moving." Everyone nodded, but said nothing. Nic returned Greninja and the others that came out on their own and they slowly made way towards the trail up the cliffs.

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I am so sorry that the length was unbearable guys. Major apology there. I was trying my best to suppress the fight scene, but it didn't work. I was able to in chapter 30, but not this time unfortunately. I was keeping it steady through the Edolas Arc, and now the Kalos Arc is all over the place. But still, I really hope that despite the length, leave nice Reviews.

You like how I was reigniting the sparks with Erza and Nic? I wanted to do a bunch of things this chapter, but Review on what you liked or admired.

Thanks to DeoxysSpeed for Sophie's Hebrew!

This chapter should suffice until the next one, which won't be for a while now since I need to shift over towards EDventures in Kalos and reconfigure my plans in the meantime. Hopefully next chapter will be suppressed to 15K max.

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