Erza and Minerva were fighting a hand to hand combat. It seemed like it was a going as a fair fight but Erza saw that there had been a change in Minerva's strength so she summoned a sword. As they were fighting, Erza was trying to get Minerva to stop fighting her.

"Minerva, calm down!"

They clashed at each other and Minerva was smirked.

"You dare to tell me to stay calm? I am calm in my own way."

They jumped back and Erza clenched her sword even tighter.

"Minerva, we don't need to fight. You and I both know that Mercedes is here and we can get her out of here."

Minerva's smirk became a wicked one as she charged at Erza.

"Mercedes is fine where she is! As for you, I'm going to get my revenge for everything you did to me!"

Erza blocked a couple more attacks that were thrown at her.

"Like what?!"

"The shame you put through of those Grand Magic Games and taking my sister from me!"

Erza clenched her teeth as she kept fighting with Minerva. It was kind of true, but she had her reason about the grand magic games and she could fully understand that Minerva was angry with her for being able to show affection to Mercedes than Minerva could.

"I already told you that I was just being there for her!"

Minerva kicked her through the floor.

"Liar!"

Erza caught herself but then she blinked when she felt something latch onto her. She looked down and saw that she was getting sucked into the floor.

"What is this?!"

She looked up and saw Minerva charging at her, ready to kill her.

"I'm not done with you, Erza!"

Minerva couldn't do anything and was getting sucked into the ground even more. Minerva glared out of frustration as she watched Erza getting sucked into the ground.

"Damn you, Tartaros! Give Erza back to me, She my prey!"

Unfortunately for both women, Erza was frozen solid into the ground and Minerva was just on her knees looking at the frozen mage in there. Minerva was frustrated that she glared and slammed her fists into the floor making it crack.

"Damn..."

It didn't take lone after that that Minerva heard a voice in her head of the King of Hades talking to her and to all those that were still on their feet.

"I am the King of Hades Mard Geer. There are two wizards that are still roaming around in the guild. I want you to kill one but bring the younger one to me and I will award you to become a member of the Nine Demon Gates, Do it now."

After hearing that message Minerva didn't seem to pay much attention to it but then again she didn't like the idea of her little sister being handled by the King of Hades. She still couldn't get over the sight of Sayla and Kyouka touching her. Most of all it struck her hard to see Mercedes, her little sister not knowing who she was.

~Time Skip~

Minerva stood up and turned to leave to go look for her sister but then the next thing she knew was there was a strong blinding light that shined throughout the whole guild. Minerva blinked in surprise as she just looked ahead.

"What was that light just now?"

She then felt a warm feeling and heard like a slight sticky sound behind her. She looked over her shoulder to see that Erza was back to normal and was now charging at her.

"ERZA!"

"MINERVA!"

"THAT'S MORE LIKE IT! COME AND SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF MY BELOVED ERZA!"

Minerva turned to face the red haired woman and they clashed again.

As they were clashing even more than they were before, Minerva was starting to overwhelm Erza and broke her sword.

"Minerva!"

Minerva gave a smirk.

"I told you, I am Neo Minerva."

She broke the sword that Erza had then she kicked Erza into the air. Erza came down to kick her but switched places and kicked Erza instead.

"That was fun. Let's continue to have more fun, Er-"

Erza had slammed her fist square in Minerva's face causing he to take a few feet back. Minerva became furious that she began to just launch attacks, desperate to beat Erza.

"How dare you! First, you took my sister from me, then you allowed her to be taken by these demons!"

"I didn't know that she was brought her until I was questioned!"

"Do you have any idea how I felt when I learned that she was here?!"

She kicked Erza in the head.

"YOU TOOK MY JOY FROM ME! YOU HAVE YOUR DAMN GUILD! ALL I HAD WAS MERCEDES EVER SINCE I LOST MY MOTHER AND OTHER LITTLE SISTER!"

Minerva was about to strike again but Erza knocked her to the ground. When Minerva's body slammed into the ground she was having flashbacks of her childhood.

"Why are you so weak?"

Gemma was looking at his daughter, Minerva who was only 7 at the time.

"I'm sorry...Father. Please forgive me..."

That earned her a blow to the head causing her to cry out in pain.

"Don't plead for mercy you stupid girl!"

Minerva was crying and her father glared at her.

"If all I am going to have are daughters then all must be strong, if any were to be weak I will erase it. Daughter or not."

Just then they both saw a servant run up to them and they both looked at him. Gemma glared at him.

"What is it?!"

The servant bowed.

"Master your wife is in labor."

Gemma didn't seem to care but he didn't want to deal with anyone so then he turned to leave.

"I will be going. Minerva go home and wait to be called."

Minerva watched her father leave then she left with the servant back to their home. When she got there she was so happy but was careful not to show it. She knew her mother was pregnant and once h=in a while she would be allowed to see her mother and would always lay her head to feel the baby kicking. Now the baby was going to be born.

She soon heard the maids talking.

"The Lady had twins! Twin sisters!"

Minerva smiled when she came into the room. She saw two infants hugging each other and she smiled brightly at them.

"They're so cute."

Her mother smiled then they both saw the twins open their eyes to look at Minerva. One of them smiled and Minerva looked at her mother.

"May I name one of them, Mother?"

"Yes you may."

Minerva looked at the baby that was looking at her while the other baby had yawned and went back to sleep.

"How about Mercedes?"

Her mother blinked then looked at the baby who was still looking at Minerva.

"Mercedes? What gave you that idea?"

Minerva looked at her mother.

"I loved the sound of the name and it means a Second Chance."

Her mother smiled and allowed Minerva to hold her little sister.

"Hey there Mercedes, I'm Minerva, your big sister."

It was like the baby understood what Minerva said to her and smiled. Baby Mercedes raised her little hands up as she smiled up at her sister that was holding her. Minerva lowered her face closer and her sister felt her face and she giggled.

"I promise, I will be the best sister I can be and protect you and our other sister."

Her mother smiled warmly at her but deep down she knew that because of how her husband was, that was going to be impossible.

Minerva shot up from the ground outraged and hit Erza.

"I HAVE TO! I HAVE TO KEEP MY PROMISE TO HER! I WILL HAVE HER WITH ME AND I WILL KILL ANYONE WHO GETS IN MY WAY!"

Minerva three a few more hits and Erza blocked them.

"You put Mercedes in danger remember?!"

"THAT WAS DIFFERENT! I JUST WANTED HER TO BE AWAY FROM YOU! DURING THE MAGIC GAMES I FOLLOWED HER TO SEE WHERE SHE WENT AND I FOUND WITH YOU EVERY SINGLE TIME! I HATED YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE ABLE MAKE HER SMILE!"

Erza blinked in shock when she noticed something on Minerva's face.

'A tear? She really was upset about it.'

"Minerva! GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!"

Erza had knocked Minerva into the ground but this time Minerva rolled back a few feet away from her. She landed sitting, but was leaning back against a broken wooden post. Erza looked at her and spoke.

"We have to stop this fight, it's meaningless. I know that you were angry that I was being with your sister and I am sorry about that but we have to look for Mercedes right now."

"...I can't.."

Erza blinked.

"What do you mean you can't?"

Minerva looked at her.

"Even I went to Mercedes right now, she would be afraid of me. All my life, I merely wanted to protect my sister and be a good example but as you have seen, I have failed her. I have failed to protect her from our father, the dragons that attacked the city, from these demons and now that I have fallen into the darkness of becoming a demon, I am certain that she would want nothing to do with me."

"..."

"Erza I have two favors to ask of you. Please kill me and please look after Mercedes."

Erza just looked at her then went to her.

"I'm not going to kill you and you are not a failure."

"Yes I am, I just told you that I can't protect my sister from anyone, not even our father."

"You saved her from the fire, didn't you? She's alive right now because of you doing that."

Minerva just looked at her in surprise.

"How did you know about that?"

"Mercedes and I read the letter you wrote to her as a farewell. She was crying about that and went searching for you right after we had our encounter int the Sun Village. She said that she didn't blame you for anything because of your father."

Minerva felt her eyes widen.

"Mercedes...was looking for me?"

Erza nodded.

"Come on, let's go look for her."

AN: Hey everyone! Thank you for waiting and reading my fanfic! Just so you know I am still writing this and I will update when I get the chance.

P.S. I am glad I waited for a some time because of what has been happening in the manga and just so you all know it will be kind of tricky for me to write the next few chapters now but I hope that you all still enjoy reading this!

Mercedes name meaning: Second chance or reward.