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"Talking"

'Thinking'

*Sound*

"Attack name!"

Erza sighed as she entered her apartment that she had been sharing with Natsu. He was still asleep on the bed. He had been sleeping for awhile and she was in a hurry to get rid of all of that hair. He was groomed back to his original self and he for some reason looked about the same age as her again. She grabbed a rag and dampened it with hot water, placing it on his head. She smiled fondly at his cutely sleeping face. Despite him being seemingly fine, he wasn't waking up or responding to anything.

She heard a knock on the door. She opened it and was greeted with the sight of Mirajane. "Are you ready?" She asked simply and Erza nodded. "Yeah, I was just checking up on him before we left." Mira nodded as well. "Well you have to be really worried, I mean. It has been three months. Porlyusica just said it was from magic exhaustion and muscle trauma." She said and Erza nodded again. "Yeah but still, it doesn't seem like Natsu to be out for this long, I'm really starting to worry."

"The Grand Magic Games are beginning in a week, I want him to be prepared for the fight. With Lucy and Gray going to train and Ultear unlocking their second generation… I don't want him to feel left out, I am having her unlock mine today as well actually…" She said and the white-haired she-demon smiled. "It's so cute for you to worry about him, he'll be fine though, I promise," Mira said but she honestly wasn't too sure herself.

"You could have Ultear take a look at him I guess… but that would be unfortunate for her." Erza put a determined look on her face and requipped a lacrima. She tapped it and it began to ring. "Hey, Ultear?" A voice came out. "What's the matter Erza?" Erza frowned. "Could you take a look at Natsu? He hasn't been waking up. After you unlock my second origin I need you to look at him please." Ultear giggled lightly and Erza could hear Meredy's distant voice. "Of course Erza-san I'll be over to your place afterward." Erza smiled.

"I can't thank you enough."

-Somewhere Else-

"What do you mean!?" A pissed off voice yelled. "I am sorry Lord Fernandez. The R-System isn't ready yet. We need at least one more week. "Fine. I'll make Nidhogg hold off for a week then. JUST HURRY THE FUCK UP!" Jellal yelled and he turned around, shoving his hands into his pockets and sighing. "Erza my dear… let's see how you react when I kill that pitiful dragon slayer before your eyes. With this new power… there is no chance he can beat me." Jellal said and he clenched his fists.

He growled as he remembered the punch that he received seven years prior. "Natsu Dragneel…" He whispered and he began to emanate power. "I will kill you." He growled out. "I will revive Zeref… even if it means using the blood of his own brother."

-Erza-

Erza sighed as she let Ultear into the apartment. She bent down to Natsu's side. "How long has he been asleep?" Erza frowned. "Months, since the Tenrou Island." Ultear frowned as well. "What I can do is a peek into his mind for a moment…" Erza's eyes widened. "You can do that!?" Ultear nodded. "Yeah… I can see all the dirty thoughts he has about you…" Erza turned red. "Ok." She whispered. She was honestly curious. Ultear nodded with a smile and placed her hand on Natsu's head. Her eyes then widened and she jumped back.

The power she felt was so similar to that of the black mage she had fought on Tenrou Island. "Zeref…" She muttered. Erza looked at herself with a confused look. "What happened? Are you ok?" She slowly nodded. "Y-Yeah… I was just surprised by the amount of magical power he has in his body…" Erza smiled. "Yeah, he's strong." She said confidently. "He could at least beat Jura…" Ultear said and she walked over to him again. "Really? That's awesome!" Erza said like a child experiencing her first video game.

"Yeah…" She muttered and she placed her hand back on his head slowly. She felt the same feeling but she didn't show it. "Ok, Natsu… let's see what's going on in your head. Her hand began to glow and she closed her eyes. She was then in Natsu's mindscape. He was there but he was just standing there. It was a black void and there were ripples on the ground like they were in the water. "Natsu!" She yelled and he tilted his head to look at her. He looked over his shoulder and tears were flowing down his face.

He had black scale marks on the sides of his face and black flame-like tattoos on his arms. There was one thing that caught her eye though. On his right arm where the Fairy Tail emblem would normally be, was burning flesh with a black symbol she recognized. "T-Tartaros!?" She yelled in his mind. His mouth opened and twisted into a toothy grin., his sharper canines shone brightly. He began to speak. "Ultear…" Her eyes widened when he disappeared. "It hurts…" She heard in her ear and she jumped away from him.

He was behind her. He fell to his knees. "It hurts to bad…" He got out and his tears were constant. "H-Hold on! I'll bring Erza in!" She went to leave but he appeared at her side and grabbed her hand. "NO!" He yelled and her eyes widened at the amount of power that was emanating from his body. This power was so similar to Zeref. "I can't let her see me like this… , just please… help me…" She slowly nodded and gave him a comforting smile. "I'll help you…" He nodded. "Thank… you…" He whispered. "What's wrong? Where does it hurt?" He looked her in the eyes and hers widened even further. "It hurts… everywhere…" He said and she frowned. "Natsu… you've been asleep for almost three months." His eyes widened. "H-Huh?" He asked and she nodded. "I can help you… but you have to help me help you…"

He nodded. "What can I do?" She sighed. "I need you to try and wake up." He nodded and he closed his eyes. "Its not working." She nodded. "I guessed so." She sighed again and sat down. "Look, you're comatose. I don't know why but your body needs time to recover properly. From the scan I did on your body moments ago, that is undeterminable, not only that but you seem to have a depressed state. Are you comfortably telling me why?" He sighed and nodded. "I just met my brother… then he died to save me…" He said and she frowned. "Brother?"

He nodded. "Yeah… I'm really confused about it myself but I feel like I would have loved getting to know him… after I lifted the curse I began to die so he saved my life in return for his." She gave him a sad look. "I'm sorry to hear that but I am curious… what curse? What was his name." Natsu smiled sadly as he knew that Ultear would react heavily to this. "Zeref Dragneel." Her eyes widened and she came to a realization. That was why he felt so much like Zeref. "I see…" She said and she smiled. She wanted to freak out about it but she had a feeling that it was something like this.

"You aren't going to freak out?" She shook her head. "I felt your magic power and it is almost the exact same as when I fought Zeref himself." Natsu's eyes widened. "You fought him!?" She nodded. "When I was still evil on Tenrou." Natsu slowly nodded. He was honestly surprised she was still alive. "Also. There is something I need to discuss with you." He frowned at her serious tone. "What is it?" He asked and she placed her finger under her chin. "The tower of heaven is being rebuilt… what's worse is that the guy who is rebuilding it is on a level of magical power that I haven't felt before. I haven't actually seen his face but he is emitting so much power that I can feel it from the bottom of the tower."

Natsu nodded. His tears hadn't stopped yet but he had a serious look on his face. "We need to hurry then, before Erza finds out." She nodded. "I can use my time magic to speed up your recovery but that will take a week or so, it's a very delicate process. I can stay while Erza goes to prep for the grand magic games." Natsu nodded. "Also, you were placed on her team, just a heads up." He nodded again.

"I have to be outside to heal you and I'll just tell Erza that you will be fine but I need to speed up time." He grinned through the tears. "Thank you!" He yelled and he hugged her tight. She blushed and disappeared. He sat down and looked down at his hands. His tears then stopped and an evil grin came to his face. "That was awful." He said and he looked behind him. "It's pretty hard being you. Huh, Natsu?" He asked and a tank full of water appeared out of thin air with a floating unconscious Natsu.

-Outside-

"He seems to be fine, I need to use my magic on his body for a week maybe two to speed the recovery but that's ok with me." Erza slowly nodded. She felt a little bit of doubt in Ultear's tone but she didn't want to question it. "Ok… are you sure you are ok with doing that?" She nodded. "Of course! Besides, I'm pretty sure the Grand Magic games are going to be postponed." Erza gave her a confused look. "Well… either way, the fight that is supposed to take place in day three will happen."

"Fight on day three?" Ultear nodded. "Yeah, Natsu Dragneel and Gajeel Redfox will fight Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney of Sabertooth. The twin dragon slayers." Erza frowned. "They already have that planned so far ahead?" Ultear shook her head. "Just specific fights. Like Elfman and Bacchus." Erza sighed. "That sounds awful for Elfman." She said but she wasn't able to stop it.

"Anyway. You are free to stay but I am going to start on my magic manipulation. Erza nodded and she turned around. "I'm going to go get some cake." Ultear giggled. "Be careful, that cake might make you more voluptuous than you already are." Erza blushed and walked out.

Ultear's look turned serious. "Let's do this." She cracked her fingers and placed her hands on Natsu's bare chest. She had a small blush on her cheeks but she was ok with this. She was curious though, could the almighty Titania be tamed in the bedroom? With a bit of bold feeling she fingered the hem of Natsu's pants and lifted it with his boxers, just enough to see clearly in. Her eyes turned to saucers. "O-Oh my…" She whispered. She turned back her work and her hands began to glow. She began to mutter under her breath.

"Ark of time."

-Days Later-

Erza was worried about Natsu but she had to get over it. She was dressed in PJ's and she was sitting on a bed, ignoring the conversation between Lucy, and Gray. Wendy was missing for some reason. "Hmm…" She groaned out. "Has anyone seen Wendy?" Lucy shook her head. "No. But I did meet the twin dragons of Sabertooth." Erza frowned. "Is that so?" He asked and she nodded. "What happened?" She grinned. "Sting was pretty nice. Rogue was quiet. They both had some pretty cocky attitudes about them but they were good people…"

"Sting was kinda… cute." She said under her breath and Gray smiled lightly. Erza smiled as well and a huge blush came to Lucy's face. "Sh-Shut up!" She yelled. "No one even said anything!" Gray yelled as he dodged a kick.

The ground began to shake and Wendy walked in. A booming voice then sounded loudly. "We now begin the preliminary round!" Erza frowned, nobody mentioned a preliminary round…"

-Natsu and Ultear-

Ultear was unconscious on the floor and Natsu was adjusting his belt over his clothing. He wore a black open coat that went to his knees with gold trimming and a velvet red inside, his pants were simple, just a pair of baggy white pants that were stuffed into a pair of black boots with more gold trimming. His belt was black and the buckle in the middle was gold and plain. He reached a finger down and the tip glowed for a moment before he engraved "E.N.D" into the buckle. Is scarf was on the bed stand and it was rolled into a tight ball. His hair was a deeper shade of pink and seemed more flowy than usually, keeping it's natural spiky tone but being more tamed. On his arms was a guild symbol that Ultear had recognized from before and his arms were lined with black flame tattoos. His face was blank of emotion and he almost looked bored. On his cheeks and the sides of his forehead were black diamond like scale tattoos. His eyes that were normally black or dark green were red and smaller, his pupils were slightly slanted to make him look more demonic or reptilian.

After adjusting the belt he raised his hand and it burst into white flames. "White?" He asked aloud and in a deeper voice. "I'll ask Mard about that later. First I need to find the tower of heaven. Shouldn't be too hard… She said it was off the coast of Akane…" He racked his brain searching through Natsu's memories for anything about the 'Tower of Heaven'. "Ah…" He muttered and he clutched his head with one hand. "Seems like that's a strong memory that you never wanna forget." He said. He watched in his head as Natsu and a red headed woman shared a kiss in water. "I guess that makes sense. Love is truly strong." He said and he simply walked out the door, leaving the unconscious Ultear and the scarf.

Outside the apartment was a shaking woman with pink hair in a tree. That man… he was strong… too strong. To defeat Ultear with so much ease… Not even Zeref beat her on their first encounter. "Hey there." She heard a cheery voice behind her and her eyes widened. She opened her mouth to scream but he placed a hand over it and channeled sleep magic. She passed out almost immediately. He placed her in a way that she wouldn't fall out of the tree and he jumped down. "To revive Zeref… is that truly possible?" He asked aloud and he walked out of Magnolia. "Well… he did revive me… so maybe it is." He muttered and he walked in the direction of the tower of heaven.

-Erza, the Next day-

Erza was sitting up in the stands. Fortunately, Fairy Tail team A and team B were both successful in winning the preliminary round. She was tired and she wanted to go back to Natsu but she couldn't. Her lacrima began to buzz. "Huh?" She asked and she took it out of her pocket, answering it. "E-Erza! It was Meredy." Erza felt fear grasp her soul. "It's Natsu! He woke up!" She yelled and Erza smiled. "Well wh-" Meredy interrupted her. "No! It's not a good thing! Whoever it was… that wasn't Natsu! He attacked Ultear and he used sleep magic on me. Ultear is still unconscious and he left." Erza growled. "Where did he go!?" She yelled and Meredy shrunk. "H-He and Ultear were talking about the Tower of Heaven being rebuilt to revive Zeref!" She yelled and Erza's eyes widened. "T-Tower of Heaven?" She thought Natsu was going to destroy it permanently, probably to save her. "Yes. The problem with that is that he is going to help revive Zeref! He said that he wanted to revive Tartaros and he needed to speak to his brother anyway." Erza growled again. "Tartaros!?" She yelled. "Y-Yes! Tartaros is a guild Ultear has encountered before. She said that it was a whole guild of actual Etherious'!" Erza wanted to cry at the moment but she had to get over her sadness. "I have to go find him... " She said and Meredy nodded through the image. "I'll talk to you later." She said and she hug up the lacrima.

"Hey, Mira… I need a favor…" She said and Mira gave her a confused look. "What's the matter Erza?" Erza sighed and sifted her hand through her Scarlet hair. "Can you transform into me if I'm not back by my Act… I know that it'a a lot to ask but I really need this favor. It's Natsu… he woke up btu he attacked Ultear and Meredy before leaving…" Mira frowned. "Be careful Erza… that doesn't sound like Natsu… I'll do it." She said and Erza nodded, making her way out of the stadium. "Where to start…" She frowned. "I may have to ask that pirate for help." She mutterd as she began to walk toward the nearest train station.

She had to head toward Hargeon and then depart on the ship from there. She didn't notice that she was being followed by a tall man with long red hair and scars on his arms. He looked similar to Acnologia and he had piercing red slitted eyes. His skin was darker and he was seemingly pulsing with intent. He followed her onto the train.

-An Hour Later-

Erza stepped off the train in Hargeon and made her way to the doorstep of the pirate. She knocked on the door and a man with a scraggly gray beard and a pirate hat answered the door. "Erza my dear! What should I thank for this visit!?" He yelled and hugged her close she returned the hug and they pulled back. "Sorry, my friend but as much as I want to catch up with you, I need your help…" He nodded hastily. "Whatever you could possibly need darlin'," He said and she smiled. "Well."

-END-

E.N.D Walked across the sandy beach toward the large lacrima tower. "Huh?" He asked aloud. There was a large power. One that was on par with his. The problem was that when he sniffed the air he felt Natsu stir in his head. "Seems you and I agree… after Zeref is revived I shall kill… Jellal myself." He said and he walked into the tower. He flared his magic, letting everyone in the tower know he was there. "Hello!?" He yelled and he began to climb steps. His paced increased and pretty soon he was dashing so fast that he was a blur. He slid to a halt and burst the doors open to the top of the tower. He grinned at the man across from him sitting in a chair with a cloak over his head.

"This brings back memories huh?" Jellal asked and he began to resonate with a power to match E.N.D's increasing magic power. The ground around them was shaking. "You've gotten stronger Natsu… but not strong enough." He said and he grinned. "Actually. I need your help." E.N.D said. "Huh? What could you possibly need my help for!?" He yelled as if he was insulted. "We seem to share a common goal… I need to revive Zeref." Jellal's eyes widened. He began to chuckle before it turned into a large laugh. "HAHAHA! Your reasons delude me Natsu Dragneel… you seem different than before. Very well… I shall play along, The first thing we need is the same thing as before. I need Erza Scarlet." He said and he grinned. "Done," E.N.D said. "I'll be back with the unconscious body of Erza Scarlet by Sundown." He said and he left the tower.

"Hmm… I wonder about this ruse." Jellal said before tapping his chin. "It feels like I'm not talking to Natsu Dragneel at all." He growled out. "Let's see how far he will go." Erza was about to get on the boat before there was an explosion behind her. Her eyes widened as she felt the somewhat familiar magic power and she turned around with a huge smile. "NATSU!" She yelled and sure enough when the smoke cleared Natsu was standing there. Except he looked different… he looked Evil.

(Orochimaru's Theme)

The Evil Natsu slowly walked toward Erza and she back up. "Erza…" He whispered and she froze in the spot. "N-Natsu?" She whispered and he nodded. "Please… help me…" He said and he began to fall over. When she didn't go to catch him he smirked. A sword appeared in her hand. "You're a smart one." He said and he began to chuckle. "Who are you!? Where's Natsu!?" She yelled and he disappeared. "He's here…" He whispered in her ear and she turned around, slashing at the air he was previously in. "See… he was too weak…" He said from his position, sitting on top of a building.

"He fought me and I destroyed him effortlessly…" He said and she let out a battle cry, requipping into her purgatory armor, slamming her mace onto where he was. He reached one hand up and caught the mace effortlessly. "Hmm… you're a strong one… unfortunately, that is why I'm here…" He said and a memory flashed through her mind. The memory of when her and Natsu were in the cake shop. "W-Wait... It's you…" She said and she dropped the mace. "Yeah… remember when I said that Natsu was slowly losing his mind?" She nodded slowly. "I meant it literally. He's there… in a cage anyways. He just doesn't have any control of his mind. Last time I took over and he recovered his mind s because it wasn't weak enough… with that seven year gap though… any grip he had on any of his memories… any rationality he may have had…"

"They're all gone…" He got up and began to walk toward her and he ended up in front of her. She was frozen in shock. "Natsu Dragneel is no longer able to exist without the existence of Zeref… and even then he doesn't have the strength to retake his own mind." He said and he shrugged. "Then again… you are the one and only memory that I can't erase if I wanted to." He said. "Now. You must come with me Erza Scarlet." He said and he began to extend his hand. Just as it was about to reach her his hand began to glow blue. His hand just about touched her forehead before he heard a yell. "What you ya think you're doing to Erza!?" He turned his head and he was greeted with the sight of a pirate looking man with a lacrima gun in his hand. "Mind your own business old timer." He said and he glared at the older man. "You think you scare me!? I fought the Kraken!" He yelled and E.N.D smirked.

"Is that so?" He turned to face the man completely. "Then take your best shot." He said and he spread his arms. The pirate growled. Erza just standing there frozen. "What're you waiting for old man?" He asked and the older man began to aim. ""Don't test me boy!" He yelled and he cocked the gun. "Oh?" Etherious Natsu Dragneel's hand burst into white flames and he moved it closer to the frozen Erza's face. "Get away from er'!" He yelled and he fire the gun. The bullet hit the hand Natsu had close to her face and it bent harshly. "That hurt." E.N.D muttered. He then raised his hand toward the pirate and the flames intensified. "My turn." A ball of white smoldering flames materialized and flew toward the pirate who had no time to react. He covered his face.

A shadow jumped in the way and the flame stopped before turning into large squares of magic.

"You again." The Etherious said and he grinned. "This should be fun." He chopped Erza's neck and she fell to the floor. Gildarts growled and she The etherious a scowl. "Get away from her you bastard!" He yelled and the Etherious smirked.

"Make me."

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