A helicopter was flying through the semi-darkened skies of Magnolia. It landed down behind a building and the one that came out of it was Jellal. He was in a whole new outfit of a dark blue shirt with a white one over it and a dark hood.

"It's time." Jellal as he headed out. He came across a small tiled opening between a few buildings. His foot pressed on a hidden switch and the ground started to open up to a hidden passage. Jellal worked his way down the stairs and it was as if he knew where he was going. It wasn't long until he reached a large door and pushed it open. On the other side was Hades at a table.

"I was beginning to wonder when you were going to show up." Hades said.

"I'm here now." Jellal said. "Am I right to assume that everything has gone just as you expected, hasn't it?"

"In a way, but as a servant of darkness, I can't allow those who oppose me to win." Hades said as he got off his chair to face him. "Three of my subordinates might have fallen, but I shall not."

"Perhaps, but I have other plans for you." Jellal said.

….

Natsu

Natsu was successful in his duel against Zancrow. He went right for the tower and place Igneel right where it needed to go. When the whole place started to shake around, he grabbed Igneel and ran right out before it fell to nothing and more of the darkness was lifted.

"Natsu!" Lucy called out as he saw the others and were telling him to come over to where they are. Natsu ran right over to the bridge and met up with the others.

"Nice going." Gray said.

"You were amazing out there." Lucy said.

"Look out there!" Wendy said. They all looked out to see people were gathering around. "Those must have been the people sealed inside Zancrow's Underworld Lord."

"We're making great progress." Natsu said. "Even more of those dark clouds over us have faded away."

"It is great and we're half way there." Erza said.

"There are still two more towers out there." Wendy said. "They're the ones Gajeel and Erik went too."

"Let's not forget that there's still that Hades guy." Natsu said. "That means there's still three of those guys out there."

"I heard someone say my name." They all heard a voice and it sent shivers down their spines.

"Look out! It's him." Lucy said as they all looked to the side and they saw Hades was right there.

"I'll get you!" Natsu said as he went to attack Hades. He tried to hit him with his fist, but Natsu went right through him and tripped on his own feet.

"It's just an illusion. He's not really here." Erza said.

"So what do you want?" Natsu said as he got back up.

"I must admit that I'm impressed." Hades said. "I didn't expect you to take down Azuma, Rustyrose, and Zancrow. I know you must be ready to finish what we started and I want to take you up on that."

"You want to duel me? Bring it on. I'll take you on anytime anywhere." Natsu said. "Just tell me where you are."

"Follow the bird. It will lead you to me." Hades said before he faded away.

"Bird?" Natsu said as he looked up and he saw a bird circling over them and not just any bird. It was a vulture.

"Natsu, are you really going to go? It's got to be a trap." Lucy said.

"I don't care. I'll have to take him on sooner or later and I want to take him on now." Natsu said. "That guy needs to pay for all that he's done."

"I'm with Natsu on this." Gray said. "He attacked Fairy Tail and we don't take that kindly. That's why I think its best that we go with you." The girls were in agreement with Gray and Natsu agreed with them.

"Then let's follow the birdie." Natsu said as the bird started to lead the way.

…

The Passage

Natsu and the others followed the vulture and it led them to the opening that Jellal came across. Natsu and the others stood over it and they could feel traces of actual despair.

"This place is scary." Wendy said.

"Better get going." Natsu said as he started to make his way down the stairs.

"You're still going through there? Isn't there anything that scares you?" Lucy said.

"Nope." Natsu said and so casual. All of them followed him down the stairs. As they made their way down, they passed another corridor and Gray thought he saw someone move through there.

"Gray, what are you doing?" Erza said as she and Wendy stayed behind while Natsu and Lucy went on ahead.

"Is something wrong?" Wendy asked.

"I thought I saw someone." Gray said as he stepped into there. "You guys keep going with Natsu and Lucy. I'll try to follow them." Gray went on without even getting a protest.

"Gray, be careful." Erza said and she and Wendy continued on with Natsu and Lucy. Natsu and Lucy were ahead and when they ran out of stairs, there was hardly any light as they walked against a view of a large chamber that seemed to be bottomless.

"What is this place? The bottomless pit of no return?" Natsu said.

"Don't make this sound scarier than it needs to be." Lucy said as they both looked down. She was able to get a look and saw it wasn't bottomless. The bottom was a pack of dark clouds. Lucy felt worse than she did when they first got here. "Whoa. I can actually feel sorrow and despair. Could that be the portal to the underworld?"

"Correct, my dear." Both of them looked and they saw Hades standing on a path that ran over to the other side. Seeing him made Natsu grew angry and ready to jump in.

"Natsu, are you sure you want to do this?" Lucy said. "If we're standing over that very portal, this could be a trap to throw you down there."

"I'm aware of that. I don't care." Natsu said as he faced her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "However, just in case things do go wrong. There's just one thing I don't want to regret not doing." Out of nowhere, he just planted a kiss right on Lucy's cheek just as Erza and Wendy showed up and they were both shocked.

"Natsu!" Lucy screamed with her face red.

"What can I say, Lucy? I'm a guy and I think you're a hot girl that doesn't scare me." Natsu said as he ran out to face Hades.

"Bold. I didn't know he had it in him." Erza said. Natsu ran out to the bridge and faced Hades.

"All right, Hades. This time, you're not getting away." Natsu said. "I'm putting a stop to you once and for all."

"Believe me, I have no intention of running off." Hades said. "I greatly underestimated you. My apologies. This time, I'll be sure to finish you."

"That's what you think. I'm putting an end to all this." Natsu said. "You're going to wish you never came here."

"What's done is done." Hades said. "All that has happened here has because it was meant to."

"Who said this was all meant to happen?" Natsu said. "Look, I didn't come here to chat. Let's get right down to the dueling."

"Very well. Your tone is irritating. You should know to respect your elders or this will happen." Hades said as he held up his duel disk. Natsu did the same as they both activated their duel disks. Both of their marks start glowing as the mark of the vulture was formed outside.

"Let's duel!" Both said with 4000LP as Natsu was ready to take on the man who started all of this.

"Allow me to start." Hades said as he drew his first card. "I'll start by summoning Dark Double. This allows me to special summon two monsters that are exactly the same. I summon two Grimoire Spiders to the field." Two of this spiders came on the field with 300atk points. "After playing that spell, I'm not allowed to summon this turn. I place one face-down and end my turn."

"Natsu, be careful. It's an obvious trap." Erza said.

"I know what I'm doing. I draw!" Natsu said. "I summon Fire Dragon Iron Fist to the field." His monster rose up and had 1600atk points. "Iron Fist, take out one of those bugs! Go, Burning Destroyer!" Iron Fist went after one of the spiders and crushed it with Hades' life points dropping to 2700. "I'm also going to activate my Burst Fist. This spell doubles the damage you just took." Flaming fists were shot from the spell and pounded against Hades with his life points going down to a mere 100.

"Alright!" Lucy said.

"He only has 100LP left. One more attack and Natsu wins." Wendy said.

"I won't fall that easily." Hades said. "I activate my Doom Arrival. This trap takes all the life points I just lost and gives me back half of them."

"He's getting some back?" Lucy said.

"He took 3900 points of damage. That means he's getting 1950LP." Erza said. Hades felt his energy restored as his life points went to 2050.

"My trap also allows me take any monster in my deck that has less attack points than the damage I took and places it in his hand." Hades said as he took that card.

"That can only be one card." Erza said. "Lucy, stay close to Wendy." Lucy understood what was coming and stayed close.

"I place two cards facedown and end my turn." Natsu said.

"My move!" Hades said as he drew his next card. "I activate my Dark Grapple spell. This spell takes one random monster in my graveyard and places it on the field, but I only have one." A chain and grapple hook shot out from his duel disk and went through a portal with his other spider being pulled out. "Next, I sacrifice both my spiders."

"Here it comes." Natsu said as both his monsters vanished.

"Come forth, Underworld Lord Vulturis!" Hades said. The Underworld Lord's heart was formed and it started beating until the dark energy was released. Vulturis was able to fit in the area with it resting it's talons against the sides, but just barely fitting with all of its 3000atk points. "Face your doom. Underworld Lord Vulturis, strike him directly." Vulturis unleashed a blast from its beak and blasted Natsu with him being blown back and his life points dropping all the way to 1000. "I place two cards facedown to end my turn."

"My move!" Natsu said as he drew his next card and thought about his next move. 'Iron Fist doesn't have enough attack points to take on that bird, but it's a good thing I'm able to attack him directly.' He thought. "I summon Dragon Girl in attack mode." His girl with wings came out with 1300atk points.

"Great. Underworld Lord Vulturis can't protect Hades." Lucy said. "With those two, he'll win."

"Iron Fist, attack him directly." Natsu said as his monster went on the attack and all of them were hoping this would work.

"I play my continuous trap: Amaterasu Formula!" Hades said and a bunch of magic circles around them.

"What is this?" Natsu said and his Iron Fist started to glow a purple color.

"This trap destroys an attacking monster whose original attack points is lower than a monster I have field." Hades said and Iron Fist was destroyed. "You also take damage equal to half the attack points of the destroyed monster."

"Fire Dragon Iron Fist had 1600atk points. That means he's taking 800 points of damage." Erza said. The circles shocked Natsu and his life points dropped all the way to 200 as he dropped to his knees.

"Don't give up." Lucy said.

"You can still win." Wendy said. Natsu wasn't going to let his friends down as he tried to get back on his feet.

"It's going to take more than your cheerleaders for you to get through this." Hades said.

"Just you wait." Natsu said. "Since a monster was destroyed, Dragon Girl's ability activates and she gets 200atk points." Her attack points went up to 1500. "Next, I'm playing my Relit trap card to bring him back."

"I think not. I play my Darkened Imperial trap." Hades said. "This trap negates the effects of a card and destroys it." Natsu's trap blew right in his face. "Darkened Imperial will also prevent you from using cards of the same type until your next turn."

"So that means I can't use my traps?" Natsu said and saw a problem. 'That means I can't use my Rescue Fire trap.' He thought.

"It doesn't matter either way." Hades said. "You do have a lot of guts. I think I see why one of the dragons chose you. I can see he followed my instructions well."

"Who are you talking about?" Natsu said.

"That's right. You probably don't know yet." Hades said. "I think it's time for a history lesson. As you are already aware, I told you that everything that has happened up until now was by my doing around ten years ago. Back then, I was a researcher, but you didn't know was that I had a student at the time."

"A student?" Natsu questioned.

"Yes and this student played a vital part in the guidance we know as destiny." Hades said.

"Who are you talking about?" Natsu said. "Who was this student of yours?"

"A young man that you know. His name was….Jellal Fernandes." Hades said. None of them knew that and they were beyond shocked.

"Jellal was your student?!" Natsu said.

"That's right. It was his fate for him to guide you all here. Just as it's your fate to lose to me." Hades declared. With Natsu fighting off against Hades, the truth of everything will be revealed.

To Be Continued…