A wild Diasphro has appeared!

Hi guys, no I haven't ditched this story… more that it is in some Hiatus, because of the lack of time. I will try to upload some chapters when they are done. I had deleted out of frustration a lot of chapters. I wasn't happy with the end result and I was getting stuck all the time. I'm stubborn….really really stubborn… and that has cost me a lot of time. Because I couldn't get further I was trying to get a breather. But this breather was taking longer and longer and then my own work life got in the way….SOOOOO to be short.

Hello o/

Here a new chapter! It haven't ditched this story and I never will. Next time when I get stuck I will notify you guys. Sorry for that… It's actually very unprofessional from my point of view and I will learn from it.

Thank you for all the new followers and favorites. I will not disappoint you again in such a way .'

Sorry for all the grammar mistakes…of course…

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, I only own this story and the side characters.

'CURSE YOU!' yelled Lucy while her body was completely covered in a pillar of ice. Gray couldn't smile or enjoy his victory. He was glad this part was over, but it tasted very sour and it made him more angry then happy. Blood was leaking from his wound on his leg that had reopened himself. On top of that was blood leaking from his mouth and other small cuts on his body. His vision had become blurry and he shook his head. He needed to stay awake…he needed to stay awake. He hobbled while slacking with his right leg behind him towards Lucy. He made his place next to her and he sat down. He raised his hand in the air and ice shot out of his palm. The ice exploded in the air and the Fairy Tail symbol became visible.

'Lucy…is captured'

Evergreen saw the sign in the air and smiled slightly. She flinched by the pain, but was able to stand and she dragged herself towards the signal in the air.

Chapter 28 – Absorbing your Flames!

Gray's head was laying against a pillar of ice and he looked up in the sky. The earth was shaking and birds were flying in the air, clearly in panic. The sounds of explosions and impacts gave Gray a bit of comfort, but also some uneasiness. Trust?…No…It wasn't the lack of trust, but the lack of time he was worried about. He didn't even dared to look at his left arm, knowing that the pain would be worse if he would focus on it. Lucy's body was still frozen in his pillar of ice behind him. Unfortunately, Gray was only a step away of losing her. One attack would be enough to make him unconscious. Who could ensure him, that Laxus wasn't on his way towards him, right now?!

Gray cursed behind his teeth. Darkness wanted to consume him. He quickly shook his head.

'Where is Flame Brain's annoying voice, when you need him…'

The Ice Mage chuckled softly, but stopped when he heard the cracking noise of broken branches.

He tried to stand up, but his legs gave in and he fell back on the ground. The cracking noise was getting dangerously closer. Gray grabbed a solid rock in his right hand and pretended to be unconscious. His heartbeat was bouncing in his head and it made it hard for him to focus.

A light and footsteps were getting closer, while the smell of a sweet cologne was entering his nostrils. He knew only one person with that cologne. Muscles were tensing up by the idea and his heartbeat was bouncing louder. He needed to wait…He needed to wait more… The footsteps were now finally next to him. Alarms were ringing in his head, while a chill went through his body. The light he had noticed was pulled back from his face.

"Now!" Gray thought.

Gray opened his eyes and forced all his strength in his right arm. He slammed his the rock in his right hand with all his force towards the intruder's face. The opponent was caught off guard. The rock crashed into his skull and the intruder slammed into the ground and rolled a couple meters away from the Ice Mage.

Gray was breathing heavily and his vision became unstable. 'Stay awake….stay awake….,' said Gray towards himself over and over again. He looked at the body next to him. Loke slowly pushed himself up. Blood was leaking from his head and sand was falling on the ground from his hair and clothes. The glasses he always proudly wore were shattered on the ground.

Loke looked at Gray with defeat in his eyes. He showed his hands in the air in surrender.

'Gray… I know this sounds suspicious….it's me…Just listen to me….The Celestial King have found a way to break Flemeth's spell…Unfortunately a little bit too late…' Loke looked sadly at him. Gray kept silence while looking at his old friend before him. He wanted to believe him…he really wanted to believe him…unfortunately was there no time to think. Loke stood up and slowly walked towards him.

'…I felt so horrible…I-I just wanted to check on you.' Loke looked at Lucy.

'Is she alright?'

Gray nodded but kept glaring at him. Loke took another step.

'STAY THERE LOKE!...Don't come closer,' yelled Gray suddenly.

Gray looked at the ground. He didn't wanted to see the pain in Loke's face. This wasn't just a battle. They have tried to kill each other. The force he had placed in that last attack… The blood on Loke's head…A chill crawled over Gray his skin.

'It's ok, I understand… How do you think I'm feeling right now. I was looking through my own eyes, but my body was moving on its own! Attacking you all…and seeing Lucy in so much pain…'

Gray looked up and saw the pain in Loke's eyes. It was really Loke. This were really his emotions. 'Loke…'

The Lion Spirit slowly took another step and sighted in relieve when he noticed that Gray had started to trust him. The gap between them became smaller, but both were still on guard. The noise of moving branches made them both flinch.

'Don't trust him, Gray!' yelled Evergreen suddenly.

Loke stopped moving and turned around. 'Ever…'

Evergreen flew slightly above the ground, behind some bushes. Burn marks were visible on her skin and sticky pink gum was sticking out of her hair. But the determination in her eyes could make you forget about her pain and struggle she had seen today.

Loke sharpened his eyes. 'Gray? How long ago have you seen Evergreen?'

Gray understood what Loke was trying to imply. They were fighting against their own friends. If they were able to free one person from Flemeth's spell, made that room for someone else. Was Evergreen now under Flemeth's spell? Who could he trust?

'An hour…' said Gray finally.

'Get away from him,' yelled Evergreen seriously.

'Calm down Ever. I understand we are all on guard, because of the situation. I'm telling you the Celestial King was able to make a spell that could break Flemeth's spell, but h….'

'YOU'RE LYING!' yelled Evergreen back. 'I saw you in the woods, I kept my distance on purpose. I saw your wicked smile! You're not Loke. You are still that madwoman!'

Gray looked at Loke and noticed a slight curl at the edge of Loke's lip. The Ice Mage hadn't noticed he he was holding his breath. Suddenly the spirit turned around and looked at Gray. 'You only need to be unconscious,' whispered Loke softly.

Gray's eyes widened by that sentence. It is Flemeth!

'Gray!' yelled Evergreen while flying with all her strength she could gather towards the Ice Mage.

Light became visible in Loke's fist. The same chill ran over Gray his skin and he knew that Evergreen was right. Loke didn't wanted to check up on him, but wanted to kill him. That rock had saved his life…but who was going to save him now? Dark marks became visible on Gray's his skin. He wanted to use his Demon Slayer magic to protect himself for the impact, but his body was screaming in pain. The strain became too much. His vision became dark after a couple seconds. The magic had made it worse…He was about to lose conscious!

Little needles made out of light was shot towards Loke. The Lion Spirit didn't even tried to dodge it or to block it. He gnashed his teeth by the impact and made his fist ready for the finishing blow. He gasped for air when a person flew into him from the side. Evergreen rolled over Loke and landed in the grass. She immediately looked at Loke and moved her fingers towards her glasses.

Loke smiled. 'That isn't going to work.' He moved his fingers towards… He looked behind him and saw the glasses that had been shattered by Gray on the ground. He had no protection for Evergreen's stone eyes!

'Why would someone weir fake glasses!?' yelled Loke annoyed. Their eyes met. Her eyes started to glow green. Loke's body stopped moving and turned into stone. The stone crumbled and the spirit was send back to the Spirit World.

Evergreen ran towards Gray and slapped her hands on his face. Gray yielded back, but noticed that dizziness had token over the darkness. 'Oy, be a man! Don't let all our work….your work be in fain,' said Evergreen with much pain in her voice.

'You don't have to tell me that,' said Gray.

He wasn't able to suppress the pain from his voice and he saw Evergreen checking up his body. Evergreen noticed the wounds on his body and she quickly looked around. She saw the shirt of Gray laying on the ground and grabbed it. She tore it apart and started treating Gray's wounds as much as possible. She couldn't do much about his broken arm that was bending in the wrong direction. The pain could make him lose conscious. The chances were high that some nerves or veins will be permanently damaged, if they keep the arm like this. She was no doctor…what if she damaged his arm even more by pushing the bone back into place. Gray laid his right hand on Evergreen's shoulder.

'Do it,' was the only words he could say.

Evergreen sighed and took some loose laying tick branches from the ground. She placed a tick branch in Gray his mouth.

'Don't bite your tong off,' said Evergreen unsure.

Gray took the branch between his teeth and looked away from his broken arm. He took a deep breath and nodded.

Evergreen pushed his broken arm back into position. A loud grunt was hearable out of Gray his mouth. Evergreen placed two tick branches around his broken arm and bandaged it as good as possible with the strokes she had made from his torn shirt. She tied it up around his neck. His arm was now packed and screaming in pain like crazy. Gray spitted out the branch of his mouth and kept silence for a long time. Trying to keep himself together. Evergreen slapped a couple times on Gray his cheek to check if he was still conscious. She sighed in relief and sat down next to him. She looked in the sky and noticed the dark clouds.

'Elfman…I'm curious how the others are doing,' said Evergreen defeated.

Gray followed her eyes and noticed the red electricity in the clouds.

'Yeah…' said Gray with pain in his voice.

-0o0-

'Vernier, Enchantment!' yelled Wendy suddenly

The Maiden of the Sky was surrounded in a blue color and before Gajeel or anyone else could response was she gone…

Gajeel didn't understand what just had happened and he cursed when he felt the pressure of Dark Gravity on his body. Ground under him was starting to crumble. He felt on his knees and hands and looked at the other exceeds, that had the same problem as him. He looked at the shadows on the ground that had been formed by the trees and merged with it, escaping the gravity field.

Zero looked around him. 'So it's true…you can manipulate the shadows. That makes you even more of a parasite then you already were.'

There was no responds only the moaning sounds of the little exceeds in his gravity field. There were some running noise followed by a yell.

'Zero!' yelled Natsu when he was finally in Zero's sight after his previous hit. Anger was still visible on Natsu's face. Zero was suspecting him to go rambling about Wendy again, but Natsu kept his mouth closed. Fire was dancing around his fists while he kept glaring at the psycho before him. The temperature started to rise and sweat had started to form on Zero's face. Some leaves and branches that were lying on the ground just a meter away from Natsu had started to glow. Fire had formed and smoke was rising up. Gajeel's head popped out from a shadow on a tree with sweat crawling on his face.

'Oy, Salamander, are you serious…?' asked Gajeel.

'Take Happy and the others out of here,' said Natsu as a response, while rushing towards Zero.

'Oy!' yelled Gajeel annoyed after him. 'Tch.'

Gajeel disappeared in his shadow. He focused on the shadows that were surrounding the exceeds and the ground turned black under them. The exceeds were pulled into the ground. The shadow with the exceeds moved meters away from the battle and Gajeel and the exceed merged up from it.

Panther Lily stood up. 'Thanks.'

Happy trembled slightly next to him. 'We were inside Gajeel's Shadow Body….' One big tremble went through his spine by the thought of it. 'Yuck….'

The Iron Dragon Slayer clenched his fist up in the air. 'You stupid cat...,' said he angry, while looking darkly at the blue cat. Gajeel's fist fell next to his body.

'Tch,' said Gajeel softly, knowing that the cat was trying to lighting up the mood.

Happy crouched towards Charle and held her in his arms. Tears were appearing in the corner of his eyes. He looked at her and then back at Natsu.

'Charle…' sobbed Happy like a whisper. The whole idea that Natsu would throw him away in a second, it scared him. Charle was unconscious when everything happened, but this is more than cruel. Wendy would never treat Charle in such a way and everyone knew that. Happy knew that look on his face all too well.

Natsu had seen everything what had happened. He isn't mad because Wendy left them alone, but more how she was forced to do things she would never do. Natsu had tried to follow the rules, but fuck the rules. After losing Dragneel, in hell is he going to lose anyone else. He had tried to find Lucy at the first moment he had that bad feeling. He had been yelling, screaming that she was in danger, but no one except for his team had taken action.

'Natsu…' whispered Happy while looking at the fight before him. Sweat was forming on Happy's forehead and the temperature was rising even further.

Zero started to laugh. 'YES! Come at me Natsu! COME AT ME!'

Natsu inhaled some air. 'Roar of the Fire Dragon!'

A roar of fire came out his mouth and was fired directly at the maniac in front of him. Zero jumped to the right, but needed to get a better hold on his feet. The force of the fire roar was almost pulling him in. Excitement was getting visible on his face and his grin was getting broader. He rose his arm up and used his gravity spell to suck Natsu towards him. Natsu made a spin in the air, using the momentum of the pull to kick Zero in the face. Zero moved his head slightly by the impact and without looking he placed his hand before Natsu's face, who had gotten too close because of the gravity spell.

'Dark Delete,' said Zero while smiling.

Green spheres were shot out of his hand and exploded right in Natsu's face. Natsu flew back through the air. They both looked at each other. Both faces got burn marks from the opponents spell. Natsu had no time to respond and was pulled back again towards Zero. The Dark Mage slammed his right fist in Natsu's stomach. Natsu went up from the impact and got grabbed by his head. Zero pushed with all his power, Natsu's face into the ground. The earth grumbled by the impact and slowly started to melt. Zero ignored the pain and wasn't even looking at his hands. His hands were looking black by the burn marks and smoke was coming off of it. Natsu started to laugh and crawled right back on his feet. He shove away some dirt from his mouth. Steam was coming of his body and his skin was turning into scales. Zero felt the chill he had lunged for. Natsu's eyes had started to glow and magic was vibrating in the air.

'Dragon Force,' said Panther Lily. He looked up and noticed that Gajeel hadn't moved a muscles.

'Gajeel…'

'Tch…' Gajeel was gnashing his teeth and looked at Natsu's laughing face.

'He thinks that I'm going to be scared of a little heat then he is even an bigger idiot then before. Lily bring Happy…'

Gajeel stopped talking when he looked in Happy's direction.

Happy just shook his head. 'I'm not leaving.'

'Oy, have you guys lost some brain cells while you were goofing around?' asked Gajeel annoyed.

Happy shook his head again. 'Natsu… Natsu needs me now.'

Gajeel followed the glare of Happy and looked at Natsu's stance. Trees had been set on fire by the rise of the temperature.

'Natsu needs me,' said Happy again.

Gajeel crossed his arms. The Iron Dragon Slayer kept his mouth and kept starring at the fight in front of him. His patience was getting thin. He had learned multiple things while working for the council. Sometimes it's better to gather information from the sideline then to rush to help an idiot. Unfortunately, was this idiot getting on his limit.

The ground grumbled under Natsu's feet, while he started to ran. Fire appeared around his fist. Zero protected his chest with his arms and was pushed into the air by the impact. Pieces of his clothes were burning away while burn marks were getting visible on his skin.

'Zero Slash,' said Zero. A beam of darkness was forming into whip in his hand. He swung the whip around Natsu's neck. The Fire Dragon Slayer kept standing on the ground and even grabbed the whip with his bare hands. He pulled on the whip and Zero got pulled towards Natsu.

'NATSU!' yelled Zero.

'ZERO!'

They both hit each other in the face with their fists. They were blown away in the opposite direction of each other. Zero stood up and flinched slightly by the pain, his arms were hanging next to his body. He looked at Natsu who was standing up as well. Zero wanted to use it. He knew the risk, but he wanted more power! The Demon Core on his chest started to glow slightly in responds. Dark green aura was becoming visible on his body, while his veins were getting thicker. Zero breathed in and out and started to gather more magic around him.

Natsu jumped into the air. He ignites both of his hands in flames and brought them together.

'Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!' He yelled.

A giant fireball was thrown towards Zero. The Dark Mage jumped aside. The fireball made contact with the ground and changed into a fierce explosion. Zero covered his chest and his eyes widened.

'Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!'

Natsu's whole body was now covered in flames. With a massive speed got Zero head-butted in his right side. Zero looked at his Demon Core and cursed behind his teeth. It's too slow! He needed more…more power!

Gajeel's eyes widened when he noticed that some of Natsu's flames were starting to vanish in thin air and he wasn't the only one.

'Is it only me or are some of Natsu's flames disappearing?' said Lily while watching on the side line in his small body

'Tch…not only that.' Gajeel kept staring at the fight. 'The temperature had dropped a couple degrees.'

Zero was standing against a tree. Natsu fired a fireball. A gravity spell of Zero pushed the attack slightly in a different direction. His hands were slightly touching the flames. The fireball's were getting smaller and smaller over the time. Gajeel looked closer at Zero's hands and noticed the flames following Zero's magic flow, and then disappeared into thin air.

Zero fired a Dark Capriccio spell. Natsu was able to cancel out the spell with his Fire Dragon's Claw, but annoyance was getting visible on Natsu's face.

'That spell was stronger than the previous one,' said Gajeel annoyed. Lily looked confused by that.

'It could be that Zero had been toying around and now showing his true strength?'

Gajeel didn't answer Lily's question and kept observing the fight before him. Hoping his own theory is wrong. Natsu's attacks were getting weaker and Zero's attacks were getting stronger. What kind of magic is Zero using? Gajeel's eyes widened when it finally hit him.

'Demon Core,' said Charle while looking at the fight in Happy's arms.

'Charle,' said Happy cheerfully. 'You are ok?'

Charle nodded slightly. 'Zero has a Demon Core installed on him. He is absorbing Natsu's magic with every attack. At this rate…Zero will win this fight.'

'Tch, so if we destroy the Demon Core, we can defeat Zero?' said Gajeel annoyed.

Charle nodded.

'And how do we do that, if its absorbing magic?' asked Panther Lily in confusion.

Charle looked at the futures she was able to see ignoring an alarm that was ringing in her head. 'The chest…' she finally said.

Gajeel, Happy and Panther Lily were looking at Charle. Sweat was visible on her head. 'The chest…if you destroy the gem on the chest, then you have a chance of winning.'

Gajeel looked at Lily and they both nodded in agreement. Gajeel disappeared into the shadows, while Lily was taking his fighting form and ran towards the battle in front of him.

Charle had started to breath heavily and her head was pounding. So many futures were jumping before her eyes. She needed to control it. Flemeth's illusion attack had messed up her mind and her control. The massive stream of images were finally slowing down and the control was coming back. She flinched slightly back and exhaustion wanted to take over.

'Charle?'

'I'm fine, I just need to take some rest.' Charle's eyes widened. The alarm that was ringing inside her head. In all the futures of that fight…Wendy wasn't there. She looked around her and noticed that Wendy was missing.

'Where is Wendy?'

Happy's face became pale by that question. 'She ran away.'

Charle eyes sharpened. 'I must find her, if something happens to Wendy…' Happy arms strengthened around Charle's body. She looked at him in confusion.

'I won't let you go…'

'Happy?'

'…please Charle….wait for Natsu, Gajeel and Lily to come with you…Don't go out on your own.'

Happy was trying to keep himself brave, but water was leaking from his nose and eyes. It wasn't the most charming face to see, but Charle knew that Happy was right.

'Ok…I will wait.'

Charle looked at the fight and she didn't wanted to think about the heat that was radiating from it.

-0o0-

Leoric looked at a black-green small light source further in the forest. Leoric was undead and couldn't see like anyone else. He doesn't see the color wavelength like every normal person. What he saw was energy itself. The trees around him had a brown/green aura, while for example the little dragon slayer girl was light blue. The black-green light source was hazy and hard to see, because the energy field of Flemeth around him. The energy field felt like a snowstorm. Purple energy was flying up and down and from left to right. The energy went right through him. It was messing around with his sentences. Even then, he tried to keep his focus on that little black-green dot. He knew that magic all too well. It was the magic from his wife Rose or from one of her minions. He had hoped it was the last, but fortune kept failing him.

Leoric walked slowly and noticed the dots reacted to him. He was in her range, but it didn't move…He pushed some leaves away from a bush and his whole face fell into terror. Before him laid a skeleton mouse weak on the floor.

'Rose…why?' asked Leoric while having trouble breathing.

'L-l-e-oric?' The little mouse tilted her head by a little and looked at the man before her.

Leoric had asked why, but he knew the answer already. Tyler wasn't here and he knew Rose and her little brother. They had lost their fight against their mother and Tyler had felt under Flemeth's control.

'Do you want to die?' asked Leoric in pain.

'I..'

Leoric grabbed the little undead mouse in his hands and started to move. He followed the purple magic in the air.

'L..L-eoric…s-stop..'

Leoric shook his head. Silence had followed between them. No words were said, but Rose knew what he was going to do. This man had been into hardship, because of her mother. She wanted to give him a new life. A new beginning.

Leoric sighed. 'I prefer death above living without you or Melanie. You are stubborn. NAÏVE. A FOOL…!'

Rose flinched back.

'…but…you are my fool. Melanie has lived seven years without a mother and father. We can't take those years back, but we can be her family now. Of course…we aren't the family we have seen on the street. We have murdered, we have suffered, we have cried…BUT…we had each other. You and Tyler went after Flemeth, without asking Sebastian's or my opinion. Not even Melanie's opinion! We have been separated for so many years and on the first day that I finally was able to see you…You disappeared right before my eyes….I don't care what you think. I'm gonna find your real body and bring you two back home. I bring you guys back to our daughter.'

His hands had strengthened unconsciously softly around Rose's undead body. The energy of Rose was very low. More than an hour must have passed to bring her in this kind of condition.

'I'm..s-sorry…'

'Where is your real body, Rose?' asked Leoric as calm as he possibly could.

'F-Flemeth...'

His hunch was right. His steps were getting bigger and he speeded up. Flemeth was bad and good in a sentence. Bad because Flemeth could be an hindrance to save his wife and good because he was only able to find Flemeth at this moment. The energy field had been messing with his sentences. Rose's energy was still hazy and hard to see, even from this close. Fortunately, was finding the source of this energy field no problem for him. He looked up noticing the purple energy from Flemeth in the sky going to one direction. Rose had ran quiet a distance. The undead body had saved her and is killing her right now. Flemeth can't rule over the death and that was the only weakness he knew. Leoric and Rose were the only one of the group that were free of Flemeth's Sandminions. Leoric was free because of his undead body and Rose was free because she could transport her own soul towards her undead minions. The sandminion will detached itself automatically from his wife's body, when the soul is missing. When the soul is missing the minion thinks the body is death.

Leoric started his way towards Flemeth's base, keeping a close eye on the surrounding. He noticed how he had started to run. It became harder to keep his calm...it had become a fight against the clock.

-0o0-

Lisanna wanted to enjoy the wind in her face, but the thoughts of the fight that was about to come was holding her back. Next to that, was something bothering her.

'Levy?'

'Hmm.'

'I hadn't noticed, but had the First left the library even before us?'

Levy nodded her head in worry.

'Yeah…The First told me she had forgotten something and left the library in a hurry.'

'I hope it wasn't something important, her memories can be vague sometimes.'

'Well it surprise me still, how much she can remember, for her age. She even helped us to pick out books for our research. She knew about that diary and probably had a feeling it could be of importance. How she know things and forget things is still a mystery for me, but I trust the First. It must be important for her to leave us alone in the middle of our research.'

Lisanna knew Levy was right. They needed to trust her. It was more that she felt ashamed that she forgot all about Master Mavis in the first place. She was maybe a ghost, but still getting ignored by the only people that can see her…Lisanna could imagine how painful that must be.

Levy's group flew in the air looking at their destination. It was hard to gasp what they saw. A black hole in the sky was eating rocks and trees like it was nothing, while black lightning was crashing onto the ground.

'Lucy,' said Lisanna in pain, recognizing the spell the Celestial Mage had been practicing in the training room.

'And Laxus…' followed Cana.

'Warren?' asked Levy while keeping her eyes on the black hole.

Warren had been sitting with her fingers towards his head for a while now and kept his focus on his magic. Bickslow was still out of his reach, by all the noise Warren was hearing, but he was able to hear Freed's words from the distance.

'I have Freed, but Bickslow is still too far away from me.'

Levy nodded. 'Link me to Freed.'

Warren's hand rested on Levy's shoulder and he made the link.

Levy waited before she could hear Freed's voice commanding Gray and Sebastian around. A smile of relieve and a feeling of worry was coming over her.

'Freed, can you hear me? We have found the solution!' yelled Levy quickly.

There was suddenly silence on the line and a shrieking pain went through Warren's and Levy's head. 'What is that?' asked Levy.

'Someone is interfering our link,' said Warren in response.

'Haven't you Fairies learned anything?' asked Zero in delight.

-0o0-

Natsu couldn't understand what was going on. The temperature should have slowed his opponent down. Only a Fire Dragon would be able to withstand this heat for such a long time. His Dragon Force was slipping from his grasp and he noticed how the temperature was dropping slowly. His flames weren't able to reach Zero and that was making Natsu even more on edge. In no way is he going to use Dragneel's flame. He needs to win this fight without that one move. He punched his fist in the direction of Zero's chest. Zero dodged it by stepping aside. The Dark Mage made himself ready for a kick and saw how Natsu dodged it by lowering his upper body. Natsu fired a Fire Dragon's Claw. Zero activated his Demon Core while pushing the flames slightly to the right and he noticed how the flames were getting absorbed by the machine that had been installed on his body. The energy went through his core. This feeling…It's not enough! I want more power! MORE! Unconsciously had his grin growing bigger and bigger, while frustration was getting visible on Natsu's face.

Zero noticed movement on the left and saw a massive black cat running his way. Gajeel was nowhere to be found. He looked at the shadows on the ground. He felt another disturbance in the air and cursed. Someone had joined the party or better said was crashing the party. He heard voices inside his head. 'Telepathy…'

Zero made a distance between him and Natsu and placed two fingers on his head.

'Freed, can you hear me? We have found the solution!' yelled Levy quickly.

Zero eyes sharpened by that sentence and he sent his own transmission onto it. Small yells of pain was reaching his ears.

'What is that?' asked Levy.

'Someone is interfering our link,' said Warren in response.

'Haven't you Fairies learned anything?' asked Zero in delight. 'Maybe I should have been a better teacher.'

Zero jumped into a tree and ran up. Panther Lily flew in front of him in mid-air.

'Where do you think you are going?'

Zero smiled wickedly and fired a Dark Capriccio beam towards him. Panther Lily was shocked by the power behind the spell and was barely able to dodge it. The black exceed look confused by Zero's wicked smile.

'Thank you for dodging that,' said Zero finally.

Panther Lily eyes widened and looked at the dark black/green spell that had been fired. He noticed some people were flying in the air.

'Levy?' asked Panther Lily in confusion. Then it was hitting him what Zero was trying to do. 'LEVY!'

-0o0-

Had you trust Loke? Had you fallen for his trick? Evergreen has found Gray and will now be able to protect him. Next chapter will be focused again mostly on the fight between Natsu, Gajeel, Panther Lily and Zero. In the meantime am I finally going to give you some light what Mirajane, Mest and Bickslow are up to.

Now some information on what is happening in my life :P I work 40+ hours a week at the moment. I'm doing board and an internship. I'm also planning for my graduation internship. And I got accepted to an Institute in JAPAN next half year. WHOOP!

So I'm preparing everything at the moment…. Visa…stay….flight….expenses… URGH

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