It had been a while since my last update. A lot of things are going on in real life.

Thank you ahuna67 for your beta and your "reading eyes" (listening ears).

My beta reader, ahuna67 made a good point. Just to highlight to avoid confusion, in my fanfic, Midnight is the master of Oracions Seis not Brain/Zero and it was explained in S2 Chapter 13.

I feel really depressed when F Lucy died. Can Mashima sensei stop torturing the poor girl? She lost her battle with Flare which was unfair, tortured to near death by Minerva, then captured by the kingdom, lost her arm then her life. Not that I can say anything for my own fanfic.

Chapter 5: The Battle of Madness

The Battle of Nirvana was a mission by an alliance of Light Guilds: Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale to find and destroy the legendary magic which had the power to turn light to darkness and vice versa, Nirvana. This battle was seemingly a three-way battle between The Alliance, Oracion Seis and the mysterious dark mage which had been crazy since the start of the mission.

The activation of the magic had caused most of the members of Oracions Seis to go berserk giving the Alliance team a really hard time trying to take them down. The dark mage would only appear once the members of the Alliance managed to subdue them. The Alliance wasn't without losses, and had some of the members.

In the deep forest,Gray and Tsuna was facing Racer.

"Fireball huh? What about a race to see who's fastest?" Racer taunted.

Tsuna smirked. "Why no-" He began, but was interrupted by Gray who covered his mouth.

"You're the commander for this mission. Have a sense of responsibility" The raven haired said and moved his hand. "This mission is different from our previous mission where Erza always is the leader. And it seems to me that he's affected by Nirvana. I highly doubt that it haven't happened to the other members. You go and take them down" He stared fiercely at his enemy. "I'll take care of him"

Tsuna nodded and started running. "I counting on you"

"I'm not letting you escape!" Racer roared and started running towards Tsuna.

"Ice make..." Gray chanted and slammed his fists together. "Wall!"

Gray stopped Racer who charged straight at Tsuna with his shield.

"Don't say I didn't remind you. Your target is Brain, not Racer. Our role is to support you until you stop him."

Tsuna gritted his teeth in dismay. "You better not die here, ice cube". Gray smirked. "Who do you think I am? GO NOW!"

Racer was subsequently defeated by him and Lyon who happened to pass by with Sherry. Little did they realize that Racer would pull his last straw by detonating a bomb which was attached to his body. Lyon supposedly took it on his own to "perish" with him.

Due to Lyon's "heroic sacrifice", Sherry came under the effect of the magic of Nirvana. She almost fell into depth of darkness and she was after Gray's life as he was the one who caused Lyon's "demise". Sherry ambushed him with her doll but she failed when someone saved Gray from his imminent doom when Gray was forced out of air when he was being choked by Sherry's doll. As Gray was gradually losing his consciousness, her doll was suddenly turned into a speck of dust which was blown off with the wind.

"No! Lyon-sama!" Sherry shrieked when Gray caught her and yanked her to the ground to prevent her from struggling and hurting people around her.

"Did I say I had died?" To Gray's relief, the hero who was thought to have been "sacrificed" returned in no time. "It took me sometime to recover". Lyon explained his situation to Gray.

"I'm glad that I trusted you". Gray smiled. "I shall return her to your care. I need to go after Tsuna." He entrusted Sherry who was worn out due to the effect of the magic back to Lyon. Her darkness disappeared with Lyon's "revival".

With that, Gray took off. Something was bothering him. Did Tsuna come back and save him from Sherry's attempt to take his life?

Angel of Oracion Seis was also affected by the magic of Nirvana and had been gone berserk. She was in a mess. Lucy attempted to save her to repay her for her help which enabled her to see Natsu for one last time when Natsu confessed and admitted his true feeling towards her during the Tower of Heaven incident.

Lucy and Hibiki had reconciled thanks to this mission and they were working together to get Angel back to her senses.

Lucy was talking sense to Angel. Hibiki was under the impression that Angel had murdered his girlfriend. Apparently, his sexy girlfriend, Karen had perished in a mission and her body and keys were never found until Hibiki witnessed Angel's usage of her key of Aries against them. Hibiki found himself falling into the depth of darkness until he heard touching words from Lucy which brought him back to his senses before he did anything he would regret later.

In order to thank Lucy, Hibiki granted her a one-time usage of an advanced magic, Urano Metria which enabled Lucy to knock Angel out. He was worn out after that. Transferring magic knowledge from his archive to someone who was new to it was draining. He sat down by the side of the river to rest. Hibiki had always believed in Lucy. Urano Metria was a magic originated from the legendary Dragneel Clan. Not just anyone could control it. But if it was Lucy, she should be able to handle it.

Just when they thought it was the end of it when she knocked Angel out, Angel was ambushed by an unknown force not even Lucy and Hibiki could sense on time. The eerie aura turned her legs weak. Not even Hibiki could withstand it and he fell unconscious in no time. Lucy could feel the sense of ultimate despair and resentment from the incoming presence. Lucy wondered if she going to die here. Tears of fear fell down her cheek. What would Natsu say when they meet in Heaven? Lucy had not fulfilled Natsu's final wish for her to find her own happiness. She thought she saw someone in black approaching her before she finally blacked out in fear.

The boy looked at her unconscious form with blank eyes. He did not know why. His eyes had teared up. The boy felt his tears flowing down his own cheek in confusion. He kneeled by her side and attempted to reach for her but retracted his hands as soon as he realised what he was doing. Drops of tears fell on her face.

"Lucy... " He called her name gently. Lucy could vaguely hear him. "Isn't that my name?" The boy sounded really sad.

He stood up and turned to Angel who had fallen from his attack. "The moment you hurt Lucy in front of me is the moment you will regret". He looked at her unconscious form coldly in regret of what he had done. "I can no longer control my negative emotion". The boy laughed bitterly to himself.

"This is?" Tsuna sensed the dark presence on his way to find Brain. "That is the direction Lucy and Hibiki was heading to. I need to rush to them. I won't be able to answer to Ciel if anything bad happened to Lucy". He decided to change his plan. He would do what he could.

On the other hand, the Master of Oracion Seis, Midnight had defeated Hot Eyes, his own comrade who was under the effect of Nirvana.

"Damn! He has a weak mind. I can't believe that all of them were affected by the power of Nirvana. I need to hurry. I have to capture the current vessel and present him to my father as a bargaining chip for negotiation with Grimoire Hearts who always wanted his power for their own ambition. I will be able to lure the current vessel here as Nirvana was a creation from the previous vessel.". Midnight was talking to himself. He had always pitied all the so-called vessel. He could not help but to comment, "The poor boy must be really confused psychologically. He had wanted to protect them but he will end up destroying everything around him and ultimately himself just with his negative emotions".

As he prepared to leave for his next destination, a man stood right in front of him blocking his way. He was Jellal who came to him without his mask. Jellal had sent Erza and Wendy away so that he could search for Natsu on his own and he happened to overhear Midnight talking to himself. He certainly knew something he did not know about Zeref.

"What do you mean? You are not leaving until you tell me about it". Jellal demanded him to spell out to him what he knew.

"Oh… I wonder what you are talking about. I can tell you about it if you can defeat me". Midnight answered smugly.

With that, the two of them will face each other in order to fulfill their own purposes.