Yo what's up readers I'm still alive as you can see with another update! So who else saw the latest chapter of Fairy Tail with God Serena and his EIGHT Dragon Slayer Magic types!? Man I never thought I would see someone with that kind of amount and be canon but Hiro Mashima keeps on surprising us right? So onwards with the story~

Zeto's POV…

I never been to Fenrir before so I was surprised at what I was seeing; I mean I was expecting a simple town not a giant wall! When we exited the train we were immediately met with a three story wall with a gate in the front with multiple guards stationed at the entrance and on top of the wall. Along with that surprise the guards simply let us through with a wave like we we're tourists to them. As we entered the city Eto went ahead and asked a guard where we could find the mayor of the town, who gave us clear instructions on how to get to the town house. Along the way we kept up some conversation.

"Wow! I can't believe this is Fenrir! But what is up with the walls?" Natsu asked with awe and confusion while Wendy, Carla and Happy nodded in reply while staring in awe of the walls. I looked down next to me at Eto who was more or less in the same state as them. I chuckled in response as I focused on the instructions of the guard so we don't get side tracked. Finally after five minutes of walking we arrived at the building where there was a secretary looking young woman with red hair in pig tails waiting for us.

"Hello, good afternoon! Am I right to assume that you are the Wizards that accepted the job offer?" She asked with a smile.

"Yes that would be us. I hope we're on time." I politely replied.

"Actually you are! Now please come with me so I could get you to the mayor!" She excitedly replied as she turned around to lead us in. We entered and walked through a few doors and hallways until we reached a door with golden plate that said 'Mayor Johannes von Schicksal'. She knocked and went in with us trailing behind her when we hear a muffled 'come in'. When we entered, we were met with a man in his mid-40s with light blonde hair, silver eyes and wearing a white suit.

"Ah good to see you and thank you for accepting the job post; please take a seat." He politely said and gestured us to the chairs in front of us. There weren't enough chairs so I let the others sit down on them.

"Now I'm sure you're wondering about the massive walls surrounding Fenrir am I correct?" We all nodded silently.

"The reasoning for that is because we practically live in a monster zone. Almost weekly we're attacked by monsters and all sorts of beasts because of the mountain range we live nearby which was named Fenrir due to the outline shape of the mountain range from above and how dangerous it is." He paused when Wendy raised her hand.

"Um if the area is so dangerous why settle here to begin with and stay?" She asked with obvious confusion.

"Because the area is also rich in rare minerals so with that our town has a large income. We luckily own our very own militia and we have the Council Rune Knights to help protect this town. However, we actually had a Wizard Guild here too but…" He stopped talking and breathed in then heavily breathed out.

"But what?" Eto asked.

"They were utterly wiped out…" He finished as the rest of us just froze in shock.

"What do you mean wiped out?" Natsu asked in shock.

"A couple nights ago the town was attacked by an unknown monster. All the mages from that guild went to kill the creature but when we arrived to assist all we found were their bodies. I won't spare the details but it was gruesome. That is part of the reason for the request." He said gravely while folding his hands and looking at us.

"What is the other part then?" I asked finally.

"Most monsters only reach the wall and they're dealt with easily as they either can't climb it or we're spotted before they got close. This particular incident is more shocking because it happened in the center of town, meaning it got passed the wall and its guards without alerting anyone. When we searched the walls we found claw marks on one of the sides along with the bodies of the guards stationed there."

"So it's most likely intelligent then?" I asked with seriousness.

"Yes and I fear it may return at any given time. Knowing all this now, will you still help us?" He asked with utmost hope. Before I could turn and ask Natsu beat us to it.

"Yeah! We'll take this thing down before you know it!" He yelled out while punching his fist into his palm with that grin of his. I sighed and nodded along with everyone else. The man looked relieved and gave us a small smile.

"Thank you, I appreciate this, truly do. Now one more thing…" He pulled out a yellow lacrima crystal and offered it to me.

"This belonged to one of the mages; it's a tracker and he managed to place a tracking lacrima on the monster just before it mortally wounded him. He gave us this with his last breath so it could be tracked down and hopefully exterminated." He said with a determined tone and expression as we nodded and proceeded to walk out. Once we exited the premises we went straight over to the entrance we came in from to track down the creature. After walking for an hour we reached the base of the Fenrir mountain range. I turned to the others as they all had a serious expression on their faces even Eto.

"Let the hunt begin…"

Two hours later…

"Gah I'm so tired! This monster better be worth the hike!" Eto complained while throwing her hands in the air as even Wendy was tired except for me, Natsu and the flying cats. I look at the tracking lacrima and see our position.

"Don't worry we're close to it." I mention and looked ahead of us.

"Looks like it's inside this cave so everyone be on alert." I ordered as I went in first with Natsu lighting up the tunnel with his fire. We walked silently keeping our senses at the maximum just in case it tries to ambush us. I looked down at the lacrima to check our progress when it started to blink rapidly just when we entered an open space. I turned to the others and they nodded with a serious expression, with that we pressed on and entered fully into the space.

"OI! Come on out ya bastard!" Of all the times he could talk or yell now!? I looked to him about to reprimand him when we heard a crash ahead of us. I turned only to realize that the 'crash' was something large landing; something more terrifying than Acnologia on a rampage. By Mavis no…

Immediately Natsu used his fire to surround the area for more light to reveal our quarry. Scratch that we're no longer hunters, we're the quarry now. In front of us was a large Dragon like creature that was the same size as an adult Vulcan if not bigger with ghost white scales with the ones around the top of the shoulder blades a light orange along with the sides of its body, tail; its head has two jagged horns facing behind its head with the same orange color at the tips, its neck was adorned with a line of orange fur on both sides and its eyes didn't have pupils instead a solid crimson orange. On its back were two bronze colored 'fins' that radiated with intense heat with the appearance of the heat waves flowing around it. Its underside is a dark grey color with the center of its chest was glowing bright crimson orange, on its left arm is a large decorated bronze shield with a human face on it and orange fur surrounding it. This without a doubt was a…

"Hannibal…" A familiar voice whispered out with fear laced in it as I turned around sharply to see Eto on her knees while trembling and her face giving a horrified expression. Her worst nightmare here in the flesh, what are the odds?

"What is that thing?" Natsu asked in surprise and shock but before I could do anything it roared at us with a thundering roar that shook the walls a bit and lunged to punch Natsu.

"Natsu get out of the way!" I ordered. Luckily Natsu jumped out of the way and made the mistake on trying to counter attack.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

While it connected with the back of his head it did absolutely nothing to the Hannibal but give it a chance to grab him and throw him like a ragdoll. It roared at him in defiance and prepared to pounce on him again.

"Wendy grab Eto and get her and the cats out of here! We're abandoning this job!" I ordered and dashed to get the Hannibal's attention of Natsu. Once I got close I jumped above it and performed a front flip with my leg stretched out.

"Black Dragon's Crushing Talons!"

The magic infused kick rumored to have the stopping power to crack a Dragon's scales hit its head but it did nothing but remind it that I'm here and that I just poked it. It shook me off it then tail whipped me in midair which felt like I got hit my stone column that was used as bat and landed next to Natsu who just finished recovering from the impact.

"Damn what's up with that thing?"

"This 'gasp' thing is a Hannibal 'gasp' didn't Igneel tell you about this thing?" I said between breaths from the pain that was caused from the impacts.

"No, he didn't, why?"

"I'll explain later but we gotta get out of here, we can't beat it!" I exclaimed while dragging him out of the way of from the Hannibal's attempt at killing us.

"We can take it!" He tried to shrug me off him so he could rush it. But I quickly grabbed his arm and gripped tighter to get my upcoming point across hopefully.

"Natsu! Our magic is designed to kill Dragons! That thing is the same concept but its abilities are made to kill Dragon Slayers!" I yelled at him and he seemed to get the picture judging by his horrified expression. Suddenly the Hannibal sprinted at us with it arms spread wide luckily we both jumped out of the way leaving it stuck in place as it tried to wrench its claws free from the ground.

"Okay but what do we do then!?" He said with an agitated tone and expression.

"Wendy, is currently dragging Eto out of the mountain as we speak we have to distract it for a little more and seal off the exit before we go." I told him and he nodded.

"Alright let's do this then!" He dashed at the Hannibal without a second thought. The Hannibal tried to slash him with its golden claws only for Natsu to slide under the swipe and hit it with Fire Dragon's Iron Fist to its lower jaw but it didn't even flinch and it quickly brought it right down on top of him and proceeded to crush him with its weight. Luckily for Natsu none of that happen as the moment he landed the punch I was already above it.

"Black Dragon's Crushing Fist!"

This time there was an effect as the force of the punch sent it face first into the ground but it merely shrugged it off and ran at us again. I started inhaling magic into my lungs while Natsu did the same with it being only a few feet away we were ready.

"Black Dragon's Roar!"

"Fire Dragon's Roar!"

Both breath attacks hit the Hannibal point blank at the same time causing an explosion that shook the mountain and sent us back a good six feet. However, when the smoke cleared it revealed the Hannibal took the hit and it didn't have a single scratch which then it quickly inhaled and unleashed three balls of fire from its mouth. I jumped out of the way of two of them but the third one hit Natsu and sent him flying from the impact.

"Natsu!" I screamed out in worry.

"I'm alright! I can eat its fire!" Natsu said with confidence and prepared to use a breath attack but I managed to stop him in time by using Black Dragon's Chain not only stopping him but saving him from the Hannibal's counterattack.

"Yeah so can the Hannibal! Don't make it any stronger as it is." I advised him but before he could reply it jumped towards us and forcing us to separate as it landed between us. Natsu went to use another Iron Fist but it suddenly did a quick handstand and spun it body around so it could be facing me. When it did this maneuver it back handed me and flung Natsu away with its tail all at the same time, luckily I quickly recovered in time to dodge a ground slam from it but not fast enough to dodge its attempt to grab me. It held on to me and proceeded to squeeze me with so much force that I felt like my bones we're going to break in the next second.

"Fire Dragon's Crushing Fang!"

Natsu came out of the blue and struck the Hannibal's right eye which actually hurt it as it roared in pain and threw me away from it.

"Thanks Natsu!" I thanked with a thumbs up. However, our relief was short lived as it angrily roared at us and with surprising speed it already closed the distance towards Natsu specifically and punched him with its shield hand while on fire. Natsu hit the wall hard as he fell limply to the floor unmoving while the Hannibal roared in victory as it moved to finish him off.

Not today…

"Black Dragon's Chain!"

My black magic chain wrapped around its right hand then I proceeded to pull towards me.

"Not today, not ever! Now get over here!" I yelled as I continued to pull which worked as I got its attention off Natsu. It roared at me and tried to run me through with its claws multiple times but I just kept dodging to buy some time to find a way out of here. However, it learned through its mistakes and made a feint which I easily dodged but I wasn't expecting it to with the same hand to do a surprise back hand to me which sent me flying screaming in pain. I felt my entire ribcage cracked in multiple places as I tried to get up but I couldn't. All I could do was watch as it started to inhale magic for a breath attack. So this is how it ends?

It fired its Fire Dragon's Roar at me and I closed my eyes waiting for the end. However, I felt a breeze then an explosion but I felt no pain. What?

I opened my eyes to see how I'm alive only for them to widen in shock because right in front of me was a black and red magic circle that was disappearing as its owner fell on her knees.

"E-Eto…"

"I may be terrified of that monster but I won't let my fear stop me from protecting my family. Zeto I'm sorry…" She whispered as she fell unconscious. I crawled over to her prone figure and felt sorrow and rage for her taking the hit for me, for her getting hurt and for Natsu getting hurt all because I wasn't strong enough. All I could think was absolute rage and… Vengeance…

"You…you… monster!" I screamed out my lungs as I felt that familiar sensation of new waves of magic flowing into me from an unknown source. The Hannibal continued to roar in defiance and dashed to punch me but I merely stopped the attack with my own hands. I quickly inhaled magic into my lungs but managed to murmur something before I finished.

"Now it's my turn…"

"Black Dragon's Roar!"

The powered up roar sent the Hannibal flying to the other side of the room causing it leave an imprint of it in the wall. The Hannibal just shook of the rubble before roaring in anger and running at me full speed with it arms wide. I ran at it too while charging my magic into my right hand with a plan coming together. Just as it was above me, I slid and started my attack.

"Black Dragon's Gauntlet!"

My fist connected with its center mass causing the Hannibal to actually reel back in pain from the force of the attack. While it reeled back I quickly jumped on the shield on its left hand and used it to propel me above it and started to send more magic to my right hand as black magic spear surrounded by blue electricity formed in my hand.

"Black Dragon's Spear!"

I threw the spear down with tremendous force as it flew towards the Hannibal which impaled its left arm and immobilizing the Hannibal as its left arm was stuck from the spear. I landed then watched as the Hannibal thrashed around trying to get free of the spear when in a corner of my eye I saw a hint of blue hair from where we came in.

"Wendy!"

"I'm sorry I took her outside but then she teleported when we felt a crash and I didn't know what happened and I ran bac—"

"Forget about it grab Eto and I'll get Natsu! This is our only chance to get out of here!" I ordered her with a slight panic in my tone when I noticed the Hannibal getting loose as my magic was running low. She quickly nodded and went to grab Eto while I sprinted to get Natsu; once I got to him I picked up fireman style and slightly jogged towards the tunnel we came in from. Once I reached it I stopped when I heard the Hannibal roar at us in bestial rage then I remembered one of my father's teachings.

If something or someone harms someone you see as family, exterminate them… just as I would do the same if someone attacked you Zeto…

I narrowed my eyes as I looked up at the ceiling then at Wendy as she managed to get next to me while turning worriedly at the thrashing and almost free Hannibal.

"What do we do Zeto?" She asked me in a worried tone which I didn't respond except gently put Natsu down leaning on the wall then walked slightly forward and started inhaling magic into my lungs as I aimed at the ceiling.

"Black Dragon's Roar!"

The black and blue tornado of magic hit the ceiling causing a large explosion while creating rubble and debris. The end result was the Hannibal being buried alive by the cavern as it collapsed on top it and the rest of us running out of the mountain.

Two hours later, mountain's base…

Once we got to the bottom of the mountain we stopped by the tree line to rest and to care for Natsu's and Eto's wounds. Luckily, Wendy was here to begin with and was already healing the wounded Slayers as I sat in silence waiting on the verdict. After ten minutes of healing the both of them Natsu woke up.

"Ow, that hurt… huh? Where are we? We made it out?"

"Welcome back Natsu, yeah we made it out but barely." I reply with a tired and worried tone as I looked at Eto's unconscious figure.

"Is she gonna be alright?" Natsu surprisingly asked with Wendy nodding a yes.

"She just needs rest but what worries me is that she hasn't woken up yet." Wendy replied with the same worried tone as the rest of us.

"Zeto, what was that thing?" Natsu asked with a serious but feared tone and expression. I heavily sighed before I started.

"Like I said before that thing was we call a Hannibal, they're literally Dragon Slayers that became like that after over use of their magic and if they killed a few Dragons." I answered as the fresh memory of that monster played in my head.

"What!? We turn into one of those!?" Natsu yells out in shock.

"Kind of. When Dragon Slayers kill Dragons and absorb their essence they get stronger but at the same time accelerate the Dragonification process. So in a sense yes, you turn into a Hannibal but as a second form so to speak. As you guys saw, that form is extremely powerful but it comes with a price." I stop to let the information sink in.

"What kind of price?" Wendy asked.

"Your state of mind; the form is practically ninety-five percent Dragon instincts which corrupts your mind, making you think and act as a Dragon without the intelligence thus turning you from a proud Dragon Slayer into an animal that's sole existence is to kill everything that moves. Any Dragon Slayer that can't handle that kind of power loses their free will and become a Hannibal, permanently. The only way to avoid that is having strong will power." I finished.

"And what did you mean that thing is anti-Dragon Slayer?" Natsu asked with the same shocked tone.

"When a Slayer loses their will and become a Hannibal, they still maintain their element but in the process of that it mutates somehow and becomes more potent to anything related to Dragons. So if it hits a normal mage like say Erza, to her it'll feel like she got hit by a train but she'll be fine. But to us Slayers it will feel like we got run through by a foot wide great sword on fire." I answer back while remembering what happened to Natsu when the Hannibal hit him with its flame infused fist.

"That explains why I passed out from its punch." Natsu said with a sheepish grin.

"But what I don't understand is what happened to Eto, I mean you all saw her on how she shut down?" Wendy asked and looked towards me for answers and I just sigh in resignation as I look at Eto.

"It's not my place to say." I answered but at that moment Eto snaps up like she had a nightmare.

"Hannibal!" She screamed out in fear and looked around wildly until she saw me and ran practically tackled me looking for comfort.

"It's alright Eto; you're safe now…" I said while hugging her to calm her down. She stopped shaking after a few moments and sniffled before she started talking.

"It was a year after my Dragon left me…" She used a quick lie to cover the true fate of her Dragon. Its common knowledge that between Dragon Slayers that if you killed your own parent, you'll be cast out in a heartbeat.

"I was exploring a forest out of boredom when I smelt smoke. Of course, like the curious person that I am, I went to investigate only to come across a destroyed village and its entire people killed." She stopped as she remembered the memory.

"Eto you don't have to—" I was interrupted when she stood up and raised a finger and an expression that said 'let me finish'.

"And in the middle of it all was a Hannibal, eating a child…" She stopped as her tears were catching up with her. I could only imagine the horror she witnessed along with everyone else who had a mix of horrified and saddened expression.

"I would've died there if it weren't for Akuma who came along at that moment. After he fought and killed it, he took me to the guild, I joined but I always had nightmares about it and been afraid since." She said while trying not to cry any further as I continued to comfort her. After a while she calmed down, while Natsu and Wendy finally got through of the shock of the tale.

"Zeto… did you… kill it?" Eto suddenly asked with hopeful eyes, while I just lowered my head letting my face being shadowed.

"No, I merely trapped it and probably knocked it out…" I answered causing her hopeful eyes to turn to horrified ones.

"No… Fenrir… they won't survive when it wakes up." Eto said quietly with fear still laced in it.

"But Zeto, you collapsed the cave on it, how could it survive!?" Wendy exclaimed in worry while Natsu looked shocked at the new information.

"Hannibals are notorious for being hard to kill; Akuma who is Dragon's Nest's most powerful member who even surpasses the Wizard Saints took almost an hour to kill one and by the end of it he had a broken arm and half of his ribs were cracked." I said with a serious expression. I looked at Eto who was rummaging through her pack looking for something. After a few seconds she suddenly stopped as she found what she was looking for which was a communications Lacrima.

"I never thought I would have to use this and call him but we need someone else to handle this." Eto said solemnly as she looked at me with sad eyes.

"Zeto I know I got us into this mess but can you, Natsu and Wendy take me home? Please…" She asked as she looked at us with an expectant look. Both Natsu and Wendy nodded as did I which gave us a small smile and a nod as she sent magic into it and contacted a name I haven't heard from in years.

"Osiris, I need help please…" No one responded but immediately I heard thunder and when I looked up I saw dark clouds above us suddenly. Here we go… Suddenly a bolt of blue lightning struck the ground in front of us revealing a tall well-built man in a white overcoat with a golden face of a Dragon on his back. When he turned around to face us, we saw a young man with snow white hair, grey eyes hidden behind his glasses, white suit shirt with a black tie, black pants and black combat boots. He looked at us with an impassive face as he looked around until he saw Eto and his expression softened and began walking towards us.

"Eto, is this a prank? If so I'm not amused." He said with calm voice. Yep same Osiris, hasn't changed at all but I wonder if recognizes me still.

"The rest of you, identify yourselves before I decide to fry you." He said with the same expression until the last part he narrowed his eyes. Yup, doesn't remember me, he always had some trouble remembering faces well let's remind him. I crossed my arms and flared my magic which was black with blue lightning around it. This surprised Osiris and everyone else minus Eto.

"Ah now I remember you, how has it been Zeta?" He said with a slight smile and wave as I narrowed my eyes at him.

"It's Zeto and I've been fine, thank you for asking." I said with a polite but slight annoyed tone that he picked up on as he chuckled. But then focused his attention on Eto.

"Anyway, Eto why did you contact me? And are those dry tears?" He actually looked alarmed at that last part.

"The job that we took was actually to hunt down a Hannibal…" She stopped when Osiris held up his hand.

"I'm going to guess that you were unable to kill it." He said flatly and Eto slowly nodded while trying to hold back her emotions. Osiris nodded and looked towards the mountain we came from and was probably thinking on a plan.

"Also Osiris, do you mind on taking us back to the guild? I want to go home…" Eto asked solemnly. Osiris nodded, gestured us to get close and when we did as he instructed snapped his fingers. All I saw was a flash of blue light then I felt harmless electricity flow through me and we were suddenly looking at a large building with a very familiar symbol and title.

"Natsu, Wendy welcome to my former guild Dragon's Nest." I said with an impassive tone as Natsu and Wendy looked at the building no doubt trying to see any similarities with Fairy Tail's.

"Wow, it almost looks like Fairy Tail's but smaller and has a lot of Dragon banners instead." Now that I looked around it there is a resemblance. I looked down at Eto who was visibly relaxing at the sight and slightly wobbled but caught herself, most likely from the day we had. She started to walk but I stopped her by putting my hand on her shoulder as I looked towards Natsu and Wendy with a serious expression.

"Natsu, Wendy, we're going to enter a guild that its members are all Dragon Slayers and some may not like our presence so try not to provoke or be provoked by them. Since we have Eto with us, we should be fine but I don't want to take our chances." They both nodded with the same serious expression as mine. I nodded and we pushed past the doors.

Once we entered, we saw the members celebrating in full swing as they laughed, drank and ate. The interior was slightly changed with the addition of a third floor and a larger bar at the back where the Guild Master's office is located at the top of the stairs where outside the door was stationed a familiar shadow. The entire floor was filled with tables and benches with Dragon Slayers sitting in their seats. No one seemed to notice our entry which is surprising but that didn't stop us as we continued walking until we reached the middle when we heard that dreadful call.

"Hey, is that Zeto!?" Immediately all the laughing and noise stopped as everyone looked towards us with a mix of shock, surprise, wonder, confusion and a couple in particular, disdain. One of them walked up to us get a closer look. When he got close I recognized him right away with his ocean blue hair in a ponytail, green eyes, skin tight blue shirt and black pants with black sandals.

"Well I'll be it is you! Welcome back man!" He said with excitement and with his fist out for a fist bump which I returned with a smile.

"Nice to see you Atlan, how's things?" I said with friendly politeness to the Water Dragon Slayer also known as a good friend who always has a smile on his face.

"Things been well! Hey guys, come on be nice and welcome back our Black Dragon!" He exclaimed with hands raised in the air. Everyone yelled back a 'welcome back' or walked up to me to say hello with everyone practically ignoring Natsu, Wendy and Eto. However, that was short lived when the scent of burning leaves flew into my nose. Shiiiit… I turned around to see a young woman with long ashen black hair that covers her left eye with her right one glowing amber, a dark-red, off-the-shoulders, v-neck mini dress with yellow designs. There is a blue feather-like accessory on her right hip, at the top of an open portion of her dress. The dress ends in an upside-down triangular tail in the back, ending just above the knees. Surprisingly, she didn't have an angry or hateful expression just alarmed, at first.

"Well the Black Dragon limps back to his nest to lick his wounds, how you've been Nakahara?" She said with a mocking tone as she put her left hand on her hand in a mocking gesture. I didn't take the bait but Eto did however as she brushed past me and stood a foot away from the supposed Queen of Fire.

"Cinder don't you dare start, I had a rough day and I just want the day to end without any more trouble." She said with an angry tone that is quite rare which made Cinder frown and narrow her eyes at her.

"Rough day? I'm sorry but I'm not going to stand idly by while your boyfriend stabs another one of us in the back. So unless, you have a reason to be in the way other than your 'rough day' stand aside." She said with a threatening voice that practically infuriated me and I was quite sure Natsu, Wendy and everyone else could feel it. Screw what I said earlier about not being provoked!

"I took a job yesterday with Zeto and his friends to kill a monster that attacked a well-fortified town!" She literally yelled in Cinder's face that made her recoil in surprise as no one is used to hearing Eto scream or get angry.

"I was hoping to use the time of that mission to spend more time with Zeto, who may I remind you is like an older brother to me! But no! Instead the monster we were hunting was a Hannibal! The one thing that scares me more to the point I go into shock!" She continued screaming but this time with tears in her eyes and her voice getting louder. I tried to get over to her but was stopped by Atlan as he shook his head.

"In the end, Zeto took on the Hannibal by himself to save all of us! He managed to trap it in the cave that as we speak is probably being finished off by Osiris! I just want to go to my room, jump on my bed and sleep to end the nightmare of a day! So yes! I have a reason to stand in your way! So you can either fuck off or I will kill you where you stand!" She screamed the last part while flaring her magic which appeared as black field with red lightning and if you were looking from Cinder's perspective you would see Eto's right eye was glowing an ominous blood red color. Cinder looked at her with a surprising expression of sorrow, annoyance and slight fear. This is most likely the first time anyone see Eto actually threaten a guild member's life…

"Fine, I'll let it go… for now." She said with an annoyed tone and turn to leave the building but stopped at the doors. She then said something that never in my life I would hear.

"Thank you Zeto, for protecting her…" She left as she finished her sentence. Everyone started murmuring amongst themselves save for Natsu and Wendy who were in shock of Eto's display of power. Eto then turned around and walked over to me then placed her head in my chest as she cried for was probably the hundredth time today.

"Thank you Eto for defending me, I'm sorry you had to do that…"

"It's not a bother, you are my brother, you'd do the same for me…" I nodded and walked her towards the guild's living quarters while gesturing Natsu and Wendy to wait. We passed a few doors until we reached her room which had a drawing of an intricate design of some tree that I couldn't remember the name of that she used to train nearby. I opened the door for her to get inside; she entered, grabbed some night clothes and entered her bathroom to change. I looked around the room as I took in the memories we shared especially her nightstand which held multiple photos of the two of us. But what caught my attention was the painting with the intricate frame hanging of the wall. The frame was a proud silver color with a title at the bottom.

It was a reward from a famous artist that when we saved his son from kidnappers he used magic that took a 'photo' of us but he can edit it in numerous ways. The painting was the Eto and I fist bumping each other side by side with confident smiles and darkness flowing out of us.

At that moment Eto walked out from the bathroom and collapsed into her bed. I simply chuckled and moved the blanket on her covering everything but her head.

"Sleep well Eto, I'll see you soon." I said softly and turned to walk out but I felt a hand on the end of my coat. I turned to see Eto with hopeful eyes.

"Read me a story…" She said with a sleepy tone and I merely chuckled at that, not surprised at the slightest on how childish the eighteen year old Dragon Slayer could be especially when she's half asleep.

"No you're too old for that, besides you're about to fall asleep." I answered back just as she blinked once and fell unconscious. I smiled as I quietly walked out and closed the door. I sighed before walking down the hall and down towards the main room of the guild to pick up Natsu and Wendy. Once I entered the room I saw Natsu laughing with the others while Wendy was talking with Kira and Lira who were not only Sky Dragon Slayers but her age as well. I smiled in relief that those two were getting along with everyone else. I was about to go and pick them up when I felt a hand on my shoulder that belonged to Dragon's Nest's Master.

"Gotou! I mean Master Gotou!" I quickly corrected myself but the old man who besides my father and Akuma I respect the most merely laughed at my expense.

"Zeto, my son relax just Gotou is fine. I saw what happened earlier and I must thank you for saving Eto and not starting a fight with Cinder." He said as he bowed his head in thanks.

"Eto is family along with Natsu and Wendy who are the pink haired one and navy blue long hair, I'd lay my life for them in a heartbeat. But between me and you, if Eto hadn't acted I would've brawled with Cinder." I replied honestly and Gotou shook his head in amusement as he led me to his office. Once we entered he went around his desk and sat at his side while sat on the opposite side.

"Well Zeto since I know you have places to go, I'll skip to the point. Akuma was traveling at the northwest corner of Fiore where he caught a glimpse of your father." He calmly stated with a serious but calm face while my eyes widened and I abruptly stood up.

"When was this!? And are you sure!?" I asked frantically as this was the most recent information I could get on him. However, Gotou sighed with a sad tone.

"This was two days ago and Akuma just got back to tell me about it. I was going to contact you but fate has its fun when you suddenly appear in my guild with Eto. And yes Akuma is sure of what he saw; besides we both know that Akuma fought Acnologia for three days and that ended in a draw. Both Akuma and I are sorry but that's all we have for now." He answered as I slumped back in my seat with sad but relieved expression knowing that he's alive and well. I got up and bowed my head in thanks with Gotou doing the same; I then wordlessly walked out of the office. I walked down the steps, collected Natsu and Wendy, said our goodbyes and went towards the train station to go home.

What a nightmare of a day…

There ya go, Chapter 9! So a few fun facts! This is by far the largest chapter I've ever written and this chapter was rewritten twice! Also this chapter also had the largest amounts of references of other series! If you guys don't figure it out I'll post the answers in the AN in the next chapter! Also to answer a question I received, this story is NOT an OC fic! There are just a lot of them considering I'm introducing an entire guild filled with Dragon Slayers and few members of its prominent members hate Zeto~ Also how do you guys like the idea of the Hannibal? Also borrowed from another series that I fell in love with! And before anyone asks; no this is not the only time where a Hannibal would make an appearance! So until next time!