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This will be a bit more longer since it's the end of the arc. Also, I forgot to mention previously that Dimaria was wearing her two piece attire, only a bit more armor around the more exposed parts.
"Alright, I've had enough of you lady. You know if you and your friends hadn't interrupted our trial I would already be a friggin S-Class Wizard right now." Natsu says, climbing the tree.
"Are you positive that's what your future holds?" Ultear says, sending her orb straight at Natsu, who jumps away.
The orb then strike Natsu continuously until he lands a blow on it and breaks it. The orb reformed and then multiple orbs surrounded Natsu.
"Each orb holds a different possible future for you." Ultear says, "Parallel worlds. I'm able to create an infinite number of futures and compress them into a single future. Flash forward!"
Multiple orbs start raining down on Natsu. James stays back and observes the battle with interest.
Natsu fell to the ground in a semi-conscious state. He was almost instantly on his feet ready to fight again.
The two continued exchanging blows, with Natsu taking most of the damage. Out of nowhere, a large guy came flying down and Natsu kicked him in the face.
James just face palms himself. Of course something like this would happen. He also saw Lucy get up from the ground.
"Lucy what the heck are you doing here I don't need any help taking her down." Natsu says.
"I'm not here to help, but thanks for getting the giant marshmallow off my back." Lucy responds.
Both sides stared each other down. James stood by the sidelines and continued to watch.
Ultear started to leave with Zeref while the other guy, named Kain, stayed behind to fight.
"James, we could use some help." Lucy says, after making some embarrassing poses and punching Natsu. Kain started crushing Lucy into the ground.
James flung his hands down and made two void whips. He used his left whip to grab onto Kain's neck, and the other to wrap his arms up.
"Ok big guy, I think you need to sit down." James says, throwing Kain into the ground, making a huge dent in the stone.
Afterwards James, Lucy, and Happy tried pulling Natsu out from under the stone. Then they realize that he could have used his fire to help get rid of the rocks.
After getting Natsu free they all followed the sent of Ultear, but Natsu lost the scent.
They then decided to rest for a bit.
"From what I gather Grimoire Heart's Plan to take over the world relies on Zeref." Lucy states.
"I don't see why these guys want to rule the world, sounds like a lot of work to me." Natsu comments.
"Well, I don't know. Ruling the world sounds like fun if you ask me." James says.
From there the group headed back to Makarov, where the Wizard Mest teleported in front of them, saying he was on a rescue mission.
He offered to get them to safety, but of course everyone declined saying it was Fairy Tail's problem. Natsu and Mest headbutted each other and glowered.
Soon it started to rain, and everyone moved to some shelter where they could stay dry. Makarov was still out so James carried him.
Virgo also brought Lucy some new clothes to replace the torn ones. She had also brought some dry clothes for Wendy as well.
Carla flew back from checking on Base Camp, and told everyone that Lily decided to stay behind. She also brought news of the Grimoire Heart ship's whereabouts. Apparently it was located on the East Coast of the island.
Natsu wanted to go and attack, but Lucy and Wendy got him to wait so that they could get some backup.
Natsu told Mest to keep the council from blowing them up, and picked up Makarov. Everyone, besides Mest, started heading towards Base Camp.
Eventually they ran into a waterfall made by the rain, with a mysterious figure walking towards them.
"We got company." Natsu says.
"He's strong, i can feel his power." Wendy states.
James could feel it too. Only instead of fear like the others he felt a hunger.
"Tell me have you learned to fly?" The man asks.
Everyone is confused by the question.
"Pity."
The man raises his hands and the water stops in the air.
"Then you'll fall."
The rain water started coming down even faster, as the ground started to crumble and be lowered into the earth. James felt his body getting pushed into the ground.
Blue Note then asked where the grave of Mavis was located, saying he wanted to pay his respects to the First Master.
This surprised everyone, and when Lucy and Natsu talked back at him he increased the gravity, causing them to almost literally eat dirt.
Natsu was surprisingly able to get up and start running towards Blue Note. Only once he jumped Blue Note sent Natsu flying back into the ground.
"Are you the bug that needs to be squashed?" Cana yells from a cliff, just appearing.
"It's Cana." James says with relief.
"I'm not letting you lay another finger on my friends." Cana shouts, throwing some cards at Blue note, "You're going down!"
Cana's right wrist started to glow, only Blue Note was able to send Cana to the ground before she could do anything.
"Tell me what that magic is or you die here." Blue Note threatens.
Cana apologized to Lucy, and soon the realization that she won sunk in. Natsu pouted a bit at not being able to make it to S-Class as Lucy awkwardly laughed a bit.
"Keep him distracted long enough for me to get the power to send him packing." Cana says.
Blue Note summoned two glyphs and pushed Cana and the others away.
"I don't think you understand the gravity of your situation." Blue note says before creating a large gravity field that was crushing almost everyone.
He then raised Cana from the ground, and James clenched his fists, trying to focus his power.
Cana was then crushed a bit by Blue note's Gravity. He began taunting her and kept up the pressure. James was almost ready to cast a spell.
Natsu tried raising his head, but was pushed to the ground. He was able to destroy the ground and distract Blue Note long enough for Cana to make a move.
Cana spoke the words and a golden aura surrounded her. A column of light soon erupted. A ring of light appeared over Cana as she cast the spell. The ring surrounded Blue note and started to damage him.
Unfortunately he cast a gravity spell and threw of the spell. With the power he needed James started to make a move, when Gildarts appeared out of nowhere.
Gildarts threw Blue note back, and look extremely pissed. James stopped his own spell and ran over to Cana.
"Cana, we need to go." James says as Gildarts and Blue Note engaged in battle.
"Yeah. We'd only get in his way if we stuck around." Cana says.
James helped Wendy by picking up Makarov and followed the others away from the battle.
"Man I bet we're missing out on the fight of the century right now." Natsu says.
"Probably, but I think we should focus more on getting Master to safety and checking up on the wounded back at Base Camp." James says.
"Hey, you ok?" Lucy asks Cana.
"Yeah. Thanks." Cana responds.
James falls back a bit and gives Cana a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm proud of you. You learned Fairy Glitter and came back for your friends." James says.
After some time they all felt a great shake, and James watched as everyone fell to the ground in pain. Only he was left standing.
James used his Void Whips and started to drag everyone to the Base Camp.
"Don't worry everyone, I can get us there. It'll just...take a bit longer."
After a few minutes James looked and saw a large explosion. Afterwards a bright light appeared. James dispelled his whips as everyone started getting their magic back.
From there they all started to pick up the pace to get back to Base Camp. James gave Makarov to Natsu as he carried Cana bridal style.
After everyone complained about being hungry they finally arrived at Base Camp.
James placed Cana down gently as Natsu did the same with Makarov. Wendy offered to use her Sky Magic to heal the wounded, but Lisanna told her not to. Carla also brought up the point that Wendy was already tired from magic use.
Lily brought up the idea of having two teams. Levy continued.
"One will be offense and the other defense."
Everyone sat around resting. They needed to save their power and figure out which route they would take.
James was siting down resting Cana's head on his lap. Soon it started thundering, and watched in amusement as Lily stood quaking.
Everyone gathered around to decide who would be fighting. Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, and the cats. They started to get pumped up and Natsu ran off ahead of everyone.
James told the others that if he felt a disturbance then he'd join the fight.
James placed Cana's head on a pillow and started meditating, channeling his energy. He could feel the power that was expelled during the fighting.
Hades was giving off a strong energy, and James prepared himself. He could also sense a second source of power.
A couple minutes later James could feel a new player entering the field. He opened his eyes and looked towards the Male counterparts of the Thunder Legion.
"Laxus." James thinks to himself.
Out of nowhere some of the remaining members of Grimoire Heart started attacking. The Eastern Script and Chicken Man fought Freed and Bickslow, while Kain started fighting Cana, Levy, and Lisanna.
Kain soon got stuck in an Enchantment Trap and was taken down. James stayed in his meditative form but let a smirk make it's way to his face.
Bickslow made a wall of egg, and James just laughed while Elfman munched away. James' could feel it, his power growing more and more. He didn't know if he would need it all, but it's good to be prepared.
Only the Wordsmith was left after the Chicken Man went down. Elfman punched him into space after Freed gave him an opening.
Just then, James could feel it, fire and lightning. He opened his eyes to see a giant beam of fire over his head, and hears the roar of a dragon.
Everything went quiet. Then, that's when he felt it. Abyss Magic. James opened his eyes and stood up. He then summoned a portal and stepped through, and saw his bruised friends and an intact Hades.
"Hey guys. Take a breather. I can handle this." James says.
"No, he's too powerful." Natsu says.
"Don't worry Natsu. I'll be sure to let you land the final blow." James responds with a smirk.
Hades then summoned Arcane Magic from the Book of Zeref, and multiple monsters appeared. The others stayed down and watched as James stood unflinching.
"So, you take magic from the abyss. Hah, nice little trick." James says.
"I don't think I've met you before boy. What's your name?" Hades asks.
"James Winter. my magic is...well, try attacking me."
Hades unleashes a barrage of energy beams. The others yell for James to move.
"I said don't worry."
James raises his hands as the beams hit their mark. Only instead of hurting James, he absorbs the energy.
"What!? What magic is this!" Hades yells.
"Hahaha, this is a delicious meal. So much raw power and energy." James says, his eyes turning a pitch black.
After a few moments the attacks stop, and James kneels down on the ground.
"Natsu...I said I'd let you get the final blow. Go for it." James says.
Natsu and the others soon charged forwards with no hesitation. James gave them all a boost forwards. Soon Natsu made his way all the way to Hades and gave him a mean left hook.
James then noticed Hades' glowing eye had lost it's power.
"That's the power I sensed. It was the heart that was giving him power."
Suddenly, the Tenrou Tree raised itself up again. The Fairy Tail Emblems started glowing, and everyone regained their power.
Hades was still a force to be reckoned with. Laxus jumped in and gave Hades' a good punch before being knocked out.
James watched from a short distance away as the others started to damage Hades. Natsu then used his finisher and finally knocked out Hades.
Everyone took a moment to bask in their victory. Natsu let out a cry of victory.
"Fairy Tail, is the greatest!" Natsu yelled into the sky.
The cats came running towards them, with a trail of Grimoire Acolytes behind them. Makarov and the rest of the guild arrived. It was checkmate once they noticed Hades.
Everyone from Grimoire ran off, and Fairy Tail celebrated their victory. James walked over to Hades, and knelt down in front of him.
He then grabbed onto his neck and started absorbing his power.
"I use Void Magic. I'm not gonna kill you, only hurt you and take your magic." James says in a menacing voice.
After taking what he wanted James left and joined in on the festivities. He left with Cana and the others, giving Cana a big kiss on her lips.
"I'm glad I forgave you." Cana says, kissing him back.
Everyone returned to Base Camp and munched on some food and drank some refreshing beverages.
Wendy was also helping heal up the injuries. Cana and Lucy were chatting. James was sitting with Gildarts and Laxus. Erza 'helped' the others. James just stood by and laugh at the others pain.
Later Makarov announced that the S-Class Trial had been cancelled due to everything that happened.
Natsu of course wasn't satisfied so Makarov suggested that if Natsu beat him then he could be S-Class. Of course Natsu was punched into a tree and knocked out.
Laxus pet Lisanna on her head after seeing if she was real. The two then started poking each other. James watched everything and had a genuine smile on his face.
He saw Natsu and Gildarts head out to go fishing, so he decided to join them.
"So, James, I forgot to ask if you and Cana ever got together." Gildarts asks.
"Oh, well, yeah. She's a great girl and after we got past the...ignoring stage, everything fell back into place."
Lucy and Cana appeared and Lucy pulled Natsu and Happy away while James left on his own, giving Cana a reassuring pat on her shoulder.
When she revealed that she was his daughter. He went down a list of women and that cracked James up. He already knew Cana was Gildart's Daughter ever since they were young.
"I had a daughter all this time, and she was right in front of me." Gildarts says.
"It's ok Gildarts I don't expect anything from you. You don't need to treat me differently." Cana states.
James could see the look in Gildart's eyes. He knew he was remembering all those times when she was younger. The two of them embraced.
"Wait a second. You and James..." Gildarts says.
"Oh...haha." Cana says rubbing the back of her head.
"JAMES WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!" Gildarts says.
"I gotta run, see ya guys." James says, bolting off back to Base Camp.
Once he made it back he heard a loud roar. Everyone else heard it too. He casually took a drink from Mira and thanked her. He drank it in a few gulps, but heard that same roar again.
Another roar came, shaking the ground. Once more, another roar, and Natsu, Lucy, Gildarts, Cana, and Happy came running back.
Soon they could all see the dragon. It's black and teal coloring as it flew overhead. James fell to his knees with a scared look on his face.
That was unsettling everyone, that James of all people, was scared. The dragon landed in the Base Camp, and they realized that they needed to run.
"Everyone run, now!" Gildarts yells.
Acnologia let out a roar they threw the earth from the ground and uprooted the entire forest.
Gildarts urged for everyone to run to the ship. Everyone started running, and Freed and Bickslow were nearly bitten. The escape route was then cut off.
Acnologia used it's tail and arms to wreck havoc.
James knew he had to do something. He noticed Makarov ready to attack.
"Master." James says, getting his attention.
"What is it?" Makarov asks.
"The Guild needs you. I'm expendable. Make sure they get to the ship."
James waves a few moves with his hands, and his body increases in size. The spell was using a lot of Magic Power so he wouldn't be able to stay in that form for long.
"Go now!" James yells.
James grapples Acnologia and throws him to the ground. He then pushes him back a few good feet away. Acnologia then jumps James and digs his claws into his chest.
"I'm not going down that easily."
James casts a dark spell and pushes Acnologia off him. He then knelt down to catch his breath. He was using too much energy and there wouldn't be enough in his reserve.
All of a sudden, Acnologia slashed James' chest causing it to bleed profusely. It then pushed James to the ground again and roared in his face.
"I hope they got to the boat. Good bye, my dear friends."
Footsteps. He could hear footsteps. James opened his eyes and saw Natsu running at Acnologia. Natsu climbed onto Acnologia and made it throw James to the side. Cana came to James' side with Makarov.
"You foolish boy." Makarov says.
Everyone then starts to attack. Laxus started charging up. He send his attack, as well as everyone else, making a gigantic unison raid.
Happy quickly dove in and grabbed Natsu. A giant orb of energy circled around Acnologia.
Cana took that time to try and heal James. He declined and saw the dragon Slayers ready to attack.
At the last moment James sent the remaining power he had left to the three, and watched at Acnologia was sent flying into the rocks and the water.
After a moment it resurfaced. It then started to suck in a breath attack.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Lucy asks, "Are we all going to just die here?"
Everyone started scrambling around thinking of defense spells.
"We need to focus our power on Freed and Levy." Lisanna says.
"Everybody, let's hold hands." Mira says.
James cast a small healing spell on his chest to stop the bleeding. He then gathered his Magic Reserve as quick as he could.
He saw Laxus reach out towards Makarov and smiled as the grandfather took his hand.
"Ok kids, let us all go home together." Makarov says.
James held onto Cana's and Erza's hands. He gave Cana's hand a kiss as he clenched it tight.
"Back home to Fairy tail." Everyone says.
Acnologia's Breath Attack was ready as he reared his head back and then unleashed the powerful blast.
From a distance Zeref and the Magic Council watched the spectacle. The Council looked at the bright light in fear. Ultear and Melody as well saw from their Row Boat.
All that remained was a crater. A search was lead by the Magic Council for half a year, but no survivors were found.
Far in the west, the news had just arrived about the occurrence.
"Mother?" Jhivaro asks, knocking on his parent's bedroom door.
"Come in son." Dimaria says from inside.
"You heard what happened to the Fairy Tail Guild?" Jhivaro asks, opening the door and stepping inside.
"...Yes. Trust in your father. He'll make it back to us eventually. All we need to do is wait and have patience." Dimaria responds.
Jhivaro nodded and headed to the training room to vent. He would train, he would practice, and he would be ready for when his father's return.
A.N. That's it for now everyone. I have to say this Arc is my second favorite, but that's by a really slim margin. Next will be 7 years later.
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