Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters.
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
"Wrong. I'm a devil."
With a sword sticking out of his chest Zancrow surrounded his body with black flames in an attempt to free himself from Natsu's blade, but instead of causing damage it only amused the possessed Natsu. The blue flames surrounding him nullified any damage he might get.
In battle, Vergil fights his opponent with cold efficiency. If he wanted to, Vergil would have finished with the blond mage a long time ago.
"Tell me: why are you attacking this island?" Vergil asked with a serious expression.
"You already kn…aaahhhrg"
Zancrow coughed blood when Vergil/Natsu twisted the blade, almost making the dark mage pass out from the sheer pain.
"I won't ask again."
Zancrow was confused since the dragon slayer already knew the reason, but answered anyway "Fine! Fine! Where came here looking for Zeref!"
"Zeref?" Vergil mused for a moment "Who is that?"
Even with Yamato trough his chest, Zancrow managed to laugh at Vergil's ignorance: "Uhihi…you're really ignorant, aren't you? Zeref is the greatest dark mage from this world! It's no surprise a small gecko like you don't …. "
Vergil kicked Zancrow off Yamato, sending the god slayer crashing down in a puddle of his own blood. With a swift swing, Vergil removed the blood from his sword while he thought on the foreign concepts of this world. "Zeref, Fairy Tail, Grimoire Heart? How long has it been?"
Ignoring the crawling blond, Vergil/Natsu approached a stream to look at his reflection. The half devil scowled at the sight of pink hair on his head. "Not the color of a warrior, but I will change that." Dipping his hand on the water he slicked his hair back. It still remained hideously pink, but at least it was more his style now.
Taking one last look at the forest, Vergil/Natsu decided to leave this island; this fight was not his concern.
"Natsu!"
Vergil/Natsu froze after hearing Lisanna, turning around he found himself in a grip hold from the petite yet strong girl.
"Natsu! Are you ok? I was so worried after I felt something strange with our bond." Lisanna muttered while clutching Natsu. If she had looked up she would have noticed the uncharacteristically slick back hair, or the red eyes.
Vergil, for his part, was losing the control he had over Natsu. "This girl…Why? Why can't I move!" Even if she might be one of his descendants, Vergil would have removed her away from him without a second thought. Right now he started fading back while the dragon slayer returned.
"Li…sanna?"
Lisanna looked up after hearing Natsu and caught a glimpse of his red eyes before they returned to normal, followed by the dragon slayer slumping down unconscious. "Natsu!"
"The great world of magic..." Gray thought as the words the goat man told them sunk in. If that ever came to be, almost 90 percent of the world population would die. "That's ridiculous! You need a better reason for attacking on someone else's turf like this!"
Before Gray could mold ice, Loke stepped in front: "Wait"
"Loke?" the blond stellar mage exclaimed, making Caprico truly notice her for the first time.
Not turning away from his opponent, Loke spoke: "I'll take care of this guy. If he's a member of the seven Kin that means there are six more guys somewhere on the island. You go find them."
"What are you talking about? All four of us couldn't even take him out together!" Gray exclaimed.
"That's because of his magic" Loke replied "He uses an ancient type of magic called 'human subordination'. Its magic that can temporarily weaken human's battle and magic power. It's also called 'Ruler's magic' "
In a flash of light, Loke changed into his dark suit. "But as a spirit, his magic doesn't work on me. You've probably already realized it, but he's a spirit too. Capricorn, the goat."
Gray and Cana were surprised by the revelation, but not as much as Lucy: "Then…"
"Please, don't say anything" Loke pleaded. "Capricorn! I'm requesting a one on one battle between spirits!"
"I see…" Caprico spoke "For a moment I thought you had forgotten you were a spirit yourself, Leo."
Ignoring him, Loke repeated his request to the group: "Please, everyone just go."
"But..."
"It's hard…but let's do as he says" Cana said to Lucy. Before Lucy could reply, Gray grabbed her and led her away from the battle.
"We can't fight against him with our magic lowered like that." Gray reasoned "Let's leave this to him!"
"But I have to be here for a spirit battle" Lucy argued, only to be silenced by Loke:
"JUST HURRY UP AND GO!"
Lucy was stunned by Loke's outburst; since she had met him he had never raised his voice against her. Releasing herself form Gray's grip, Lucy yelled back:
"Loke! You better come back to me! No matter what!"
Loke felt a smile forming on his face after hearing her words, raising his fist he started charging magic."Regulus, give me power!"
"That girl…" Capricorn started seeing the resemblance between Lucy and Layla and failed to notice Loke's attack until it was too late.
Lucy, Gray and Cana could only hear the beginning of the battle as they ran away from the battle. Lucy wanted nothing more than to be there and help Loke, but he was right: they needed to find the other Kin's and help their nakamas.
"Evil Explosion!"
Azuma saw the attack coming and summoned several large tree roots for protection. Mirajane didn't see that and thought she had won the battle but when the smoke dispersed Azuma revealed himself to be much intact.
"That's it! More!" Azuma said to her "Let us continue this fun battle."
Mira, in Satan soul, cursed under her breath "My magic is running out, I won't be able to beat him."
Resigning to her fate, Mira flew down and launched a final attack with all of her strength while Azuma did the same. Mira's fist connected with his face while Azuma punched her in the gut; by the looks of it, Azuma's attack carried the most force behind it. Mira dropped to her knees, her take over dispelling, while the black skinned man actually massaged his bruised jaw.
"It's been far too long since I had a good fight like this one" Azuma spat some blood "but, It seems you have reached your limit. What a shame."
Clutching her chest, Mira spoke: "Even If I wasn't able to defeat you, I have faith someone from my guild will be able to."
Azuma cocked his head in confusion: "After facing you I really doubt there is someone left in this pathetic guild that can offer me a challenge, however, there is still someone I wish to fight. The one that defeated Llyria: your sister, Lisanna"
Mirajane's eyes widened and looked up as Azuma took his leave. Summoning the remaining magic she had left she transformed one last time and lunged at him.
"YOU WILL NOT HARM HER!"
Azuma dodged her attack with ease and retaliated with a harsh kick that sent Mira all the way back to the remains of the campsite. The girl dropped down completely knocked out.
Azuma once faced the former ace of Trinity Wraith, and while the blue haired woman was 'excentric' , Azuma recognized her as a strong warrior. After finding out she was defeated by Lisanna and Angel, the Kin of Purgatory was eager to face her.
Since Hades gave him orders to spare Angel, the celestial mage was excluded, which left Lisanna to face him alone.
Wendy used her healing magic for the third time on Natsu but without success. Something was preventing her magic from working. Lisanna, Happy and Charle paying close attention after bandaging Makarov's wounds.
Trying one last time, Wendy faced the same results: "I don't know why I can't heal him."
"Master's wounds are too deep for even your magic to heal them completely" Charle replied to her "but with Natsu I just don't know what's wrong."
"Natsu…" a teary Happy said looking at the slayer. Lisanna comforted the blue exceed as best she could while being in the same emotional state as him; she could still feel Natsu trough their bond so at least he wasn't dead, but that didn't alleviates her worries by much.
"Wen-dy…" Everyone turned to look at Makarov as he regained consciousness.
"Master!"
"Natsu's scarf…It's under a curse. Your healing magic won't work… until you restore it to normal…"
"Save your strength master, we shall help Natsu." Charle replied to the aged man. Hearing that, Makarov returned to sleep.
Meanwhile, Wendy was unsure how to remove the curse from the scarf. Seeing this, Lisanna grabbed Wendy's hand and gave it a light squeeze. "Don't worry Wendy, you can do it. I'll lend you some of my magic power to help you."
"You don't have to Lisanna-san"
"I Insist" Lisanna said with a small smile, which Wendy found herself returning. Grabbing one of her hands they put the other one on top of Natsu's scarf and began the cleansing process. Slowly, the black scarf returned to normal, and with it Natsu regained consciousness.
"Lis-chan, Wendy, what happened?"
Lisanna hugged Natsu before answering "Natsu, you don't remember anything?"
"Last thing I remember was facing that guy, Zancrow, and then everything went dark." Natsu said as he looked around. Zancrow was nowhere to be found, but there was a large trail of blood leading away from where he was fighting him. "Did…did I do that?"
Before he could ponder about it a familiar scent reached his nose and Natsu started smelling in Wendy's direction, making the young girl feel uneasy.
"Hey, don't start smelling her you pervert!" Charle's yells did nothing to deter him, nor did Lisanna's dark aura that started emanating from her.
"That scent." In one quick jump, Natsu was back on his feet "What is he doing here?"
"Who is he talking about?" Charle asked "Wendy, do you know who he is talking about?"
"I don't know. The aromas are all mixed up; I can't tell one from the other."
Hearing Wendy's explanation, Happy asked: "Natsu, who are you smelling then?"
Turning to his companion, Natsu said "That guy from Garuna Island."
"Garuna Island?"
"Aye, it's a complicated story" While Happy gave the small version of it, Natsu looked all around until stopping.
"It's close!" Without warning, the dragon slayer left the group and started running to an unknown location.
"Natsu!" Lisanna's call did not stop the slayer. Sighing at her boyfriend's antics she focused on the matter at hand. "Wendy, can the master be moved on his current state?"
"Uh…he's stable, if we make sure to be careful we can get him back to camp."
"Ok then" using her take over magic, Lisanna transformed into a large rabbit and the exceeds helped Wendy put Makarov on top of Lisanna. As they started the slow trip back to camp, Lisanna kept feeling something was definitely wrong with Natsu but they had to take care of the master first.
"Hey, how about if we split up and look for the seven Kin?"
Cana's suggestion caught Gray by surprise "Huh?"
"No way! I don't want to be left alone!"
"It's alright Lucy, I'll protect you." Cana said as she embraced her from behind. Gray started sweating at the sight of Cana's body molding next to Lucy.
"How about splitting into two groups then?"
"What, you mean you don't wanna hear our girl talk?" As she said that, Cana groped Lucy's generously large breasts, sending Gray's dirty imagination flying.
"Is…Is that really what you do?" Getting a grip, Gray calmed down "I don't think dividing our power would be best here, though."
"I want to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible, so that I can continue on with the exam." Ignoring the dark look that crossed over Gray, Cana added "That's why we need to split up. Or are you scared to go alone, Gray?"
The ice mage sent Cana a mild glare but relented after a few moments: "Fine. Do what you want."
Lucy watched the exchange with a worried look: "Gray"
"Just be careful, you two." As he said that, Gray took his leave.
"You too." Cana replied, but the ice mage was already gone. Ignoring the tug at her heart, Cana started walking down another path with Lucy on tow.
"Cana, It's not my business or anything but, is something going on between you and Gray?"
"No, nothing I can think of" Cana lied to Lucy "He's just mad because I beat him, that's all."
"Oh…" Lucy was not fooled one bit, but decided to leave it like that. They had more pressing matters at hand.
After several minutes walking, Cana decided to start a conversation. The topic being Lucy's theory about where was Mavis grave located.
"It's pretty farfetched…but she might be right."
While Lucy was distracted, she failed to notice Cana reaching for one of her cards, specifically a spell card to put someone to sleep. The celestial mage didn't know what hit her, and soon found herself victim of the sleeping effects.
"Thank you, Lucy" After making sure Lucy was safe, Cana made her way to the E route, the place where Mavis grave was supposedly located. Taking one last look at her partner, Cana couldn't help the feeling of regret inside her. "Forgive me."
That was now two people close to her she had screwed, but in her mind she was determined to become an S-class mage.
If she had stayed a bit longer, she would have seen the person approaching Lucy.
Lucy cursed for the third time for her current predicament; after Loke stayed behind she had somehow lost track of Gray and Cana, leaving her wandering alone for the last few hours. A twig breaking alerted her of another presence nearby.
"Who's there?"
The blond mage looked around, trying to find the origin of the sound, when from the bushes her celestial counterpart emerged.
"Angel! Thank god!" While Lucy still felt awkward around her former foe, having the celestial mage around was better than nothing "I lost track of Gray and Cana…"
"Andromeda!"
Lucy found herself tied by countless chains, courtesy of a sad looking Andromeda. "What's are you doing!"
Angel was unable to meet her gaze; instead she focused on the ground: "Caelum!"
With a move from her hand, Caelum appeared and started charging its main attack. Knowing what was next, Lucy tried to reach for her discarded keys but the chains restrained her movement, leaving her powerless against her. With tears forming on the brim of her eyes, Lucy pleaded to Angel.
"Please! Don't…!"
"Forgive me"
When Caelum fired, Lucy's body was easily penetrated by the energy beam. Dropping to her knees, Lucy's pained expression morphed into Karen right before Angel.
"Murderer!"
"Noooooooo!" Angel screamed as the memories from long ago. Looking around she found herself resting against a tree.
"It was a dream" a shaking Angel stood up, fearing no one but herself. If she dreamed something like that, then deep down in her mind she was a murderer after all.
"No! I won't go down that path! Never again!" with newfound resolve, Angel grabbed her Keys and went to join the others. Mest and Azuma's offer put her on a difficult position, but she realized there was a third choice she hadn't considered.
After tripping down a hill, Natsu rubbed his sore back and found the strange man from before.
"It's him…"
From Natsu's memories, Vergil knew that man was the so called Zeref. Natsu felt Yamato vibrate as the half devil tried to take control of Natsu.
"What the…?" Natsu was still oblivious of the past events involving Vergil's possession over him, and so was unaware what the vibration means. As he reached for Yamato, a tree suddenly erupted from beneath him.
"There was a little sprout there. I just led it to the future with my arc of time."
Natsu searched for the source of the voice until his eyes landed on Ultear sitting on top of the tree branch where Zeref was.
"Where will your future go? Natsu Dragneel."
"I can smell it…you're that guy! The one who used Lyon's group on Garuna Island." Pointing a finger he added: "So you're a cross dresser!"
Unshaken by his deduction, Ultear presented herself: "This is my true form. I'm the leader of the seven Kin of Purgatory: Ultear Milkovich. Don't tell me you're after Zeref too?"
"Zeref!" Natsu already knew this guy was Zeref, but now he had confirmation "This guy is Zeref!"
"I won't let you have him, though. He's mine"
"I don't need him! You two hurt my friends! I'm never going to forgive you all!" Natsu started climbing the tree where she was located.
"Oh really? Then I need to return what I owe you." Ultear's calm expression morphed into a maniacal one "This time I'm serious."
Using her orb, she stopped Natsu's climbing, later the slayer found himself surrounded by hundreds of similar orbs.
"Each orb represents possible futures, parallel worlds. I can imagine an infinite number of futures, compress them. And point you towards only one."
"Flash Forward!
Natsu's screams echoed all around as Ultear sent the orbs flying straight at him. "But the fun has only started."
After returning to camp, Lisanna was shocked to find in what state her sister was, not only her but Gajeel as well. While she tended to them, her brother Elfman arrived in a similar state carrying an unconscious Evergreen. After tending to their wounds, Lisanna remained by their side when Mira finally regained consciousness.
"Mira-nee! I'm glad you're awake."
"Lisanna." Mirajane smiled, happy to see Azuma hadn't hurt her little sister. While they made small chat, Mira finally decided to reveal Azuma was responsible for the attack to the camp.
"Be careful Lisanna, he wants to fight you"
"Me?"
Nodding, Mira tried to sit but cringed as her wounds protested.
"Please rest nee-chan. You need to save your strength."
"You're worried about Natsu, aren't you?"
"What makes you say that?" Lisanna asked while inside she flinched when her boyfriend received another harsh hit.
Mira smiled all too knowingly "I know more than what you are telling me."
Lisanna started sweating realizing Mira might know about the bond between her and Natsu. Dropping the matter for now, Mira closed her eyes and laid back to rest "Go to him, just be careful alright?"
Lisanna wanted to go find Natsu when that familiar feeling of dread came back, but she didn't want to leave her siblings just like that. Overhearing the conversation, Wendy and Lily approached her.
"It's ok. Mira and Elfman are out of danger; they only need some time to recover."
Lisanna was grateful for the young wind dragon slayer, her healing magic worked wonders. Stepping in front, pantherlily added "I shall keep an eye on the camp while you're out. Just be careful, those mages are still out there.
Lisanna nodded and headed out. She knew it would only be a matter of time before Azuma found her and she didn't want to risk fighting him nearby her siblings and the others.
"Karyu no tekken!"
Natsu smashed an incoming orb, only for 3 more to come up on its place. Jumping back trying to get distance between the orbs and him, Natsu filled his lungs with air and unleashed a dragon's roar to wipe out most of them.
"Not bad" with her arc of time, Ultear restored every last orb "but it won't be that easy."
Natsu tried to avoid another barrage of the blasted orbs, but he was getting tired and slower, plus his magic was getting low. "There's got to be a way to reach her."
"Use me"
"wha…" Natsu stopped at the sound of that voice which leads him to be hit by an orb right on the face, sending the slayer down. Something Ultear enjoyed.
"That's for the punch you gave me" Ultear smiled, remembering their previous fight at Garuna Island. Her cheek was swollen for two full days after that.
As Natsu tried to get on his feet, every last orb converged on his position and kept him down with a vicious attack. After a while, Ultear stopped the attack to see the state Natsu was in.
"Had enough?" Ultear felt confident to drop down from the tree and approach Natsu. "I really couldn't care less for your pathetic life, just stay down and don't follow me." As Ultear approached Zeref she stopped by the sound of Natsu trying to get back up.
"I'm not done yet. You're not getting away just yet." Natsu said as he readied for another round.
"Fine! Have it your way!" By her command the orbs reappeared and went straight at Natsu, this time with the intention of taking him out permanently. As they zeroed in on his position, one of Natsu's arms moved with a life of its own and reached Yamato. Before Natsu realized it he was once again sidelined into darkness.
Ultear felt a change in the slayer and was too late to escape the blast radius that decimated her orbs, looking up she saw Natsu covered in blue flames. "His aura...its different." instead of the familiar orange glow, in its place a cold blue emanated from the flames around the slayer. His eyes shone red and the untamed pink hair was instantly slicked back with a few strands of white amongst it.
Ultear froze when Vergil gave her one glance with his red eyes before heading towards Zeref unmoving form. The half devil was curious about why was this man feared, to him Zeref didn't seem like anything special.
Ultear was woken from her trance when she realized where he was headed "Stop! I told you, Zeref is mine!"
Ignoring her, Vergil/Natsu reached for his sword.
"I SAID STOP!" Ultear tossed her orb at high speed towards the possessed slayer. With lightning fast reflexes, Vergil sliced the orb in half and re-sheathed Yamato. It was so fast Ultear didn't even saw when he used the blade.
"Don't do that" Said that, Vergil turned his back on her and resumed his way towards Zeref, leaving a furious Ultear behind.
"How dare He! I'm the leader of the seven Kin, not someone he can just brush aside!" Restoring her damaged orb she once again used her Flash Forward to send multiple orbs to attack him, thinking she had him she was shocked when Natsu/Vergil cut every last one of them in a flurry of slashes. Once he was done he sent her a stern glare and waved Yamato at her, by instinct she covered her face with her arms but didn't feel the blade cutting her.
"Did he miss?" Ultear got her answer when the top of her suit was sliced off, leaving her topless before him. Once her brain registered her current state of undress she quickly tried to cover her chest with her hands.
"KYAAAAAA!"
Vergil gave a low hmph at the blushing girl "Given your choice of attire I'm surprised you are embarrassed."
"Pervert!" A blushing red Ultear yelled at the stoic slayer. Never in her life had she been embarrassed like this.
Vergil for his part didn't knew why she was making such a scandal, it's not like he hadn't seen a naked female before. Noticing a shadow forming above he looked up to see a blond girl rapidly falling on top of him, followed by a large metallic man. The half devil sidestepped the girl, causing Lucy to hit the ground hard, and swiftly kicked Kain Hikaru away from his trajectory.
Lucy rubbed her sore rear and looked up to meet a familiar face "Natsu! Thank god it's you! Why didn't you catch me!"
Natsu ignored her as he kept his eye trained on the recovering Kain who was goggling at the topless Ultear. Feeling an extra pair of eyes upon her, Ultear remedied her current state of undress with her arc of time.
"Impressive. You can also restore your clothes." Vergil noted as Ultear blushed even more.
"S-shut up!" there was no way Ultear was going to forget this humiliation.
With no longer a show to peep, Kain now focused his hatred at the pair before him "T-those two... How dare they prance around like a couple in front of me!" the large man ranted on his head while saying to himself he wasn't jealous at all. "Ultear-sama, there's no need for you to bother yourself with those two, let me take care of them."
"Fine, I have to take Zeref anyway." It was half true, but another part was eager to get away from the dragon slayer before her. As she made a grab for the unconscious Zeref, Vergil/Natsu spoke:
"I do not remember giving you permission to leave." As he reached for Yamato, Kain jumped at him with the intention of attacking, forcing Natsu to dodge his attack. "Don't get in my way."
Lucy was surprised by Natsu's attitude but no more than by Ultear's declaration: "Zeref? That's Zeref?" The leader of the Kin wasted no time and ran away with Zeref in tow "Natsu, we have to stop her...Whaaa!"
Vergil was ignoring Lucy, but the moment her body collided with his he focused on her. He was not expecting her to attack him since she seemed to be an ally of his vessel. Lucy whined at her bruised side when her eyes bulged as Natsu pointed the tip of Yamato at her face.
"Why are you attacking me?"
Lucy was sweating bullets now "I-It wasn't on purpose, believe me!" She had little time to ponder about Natsu's strange behavior when she felt her body move against her will.
Vergil saw her motion and was about to deal with her when his arm failed to respond to his command. Lucy's body moved at an erratic pattern and kicked him in the shin. While he avoided her next attacks he once again tried to use his sword against her when he felt the same force opposing him again, realizing who was behind it he thought: "Stop struggling, it is hopeless."
Vergil got no response but felt Natsu's will of defending his Nakama's from all harm. While Kain explained how his dark magic worked as he demonstrated with Lucy, Vergil now knew how to end control over her.
"Fool" Reaching for Yamato he decided to take care of the voodoo doll when Natsu resisted him. "I won't hurt her, trust me"
Seeing trough Vergil how Lucy was being manhandled, Natsu conceded and allowed him full control for now. Smirking, Vergil vanished as Lucy tried to hit him and reappeared in front of Kain. In one quick move he unsheathed Yamato and slashed at his target before re-sheathing it, making Kain almost piss himself. While the large man thought he was cut in half by the deadly sword in fact it was Lucy's hair on top of his doll the one that was cut off. Checking his body for any missing limb he exhaled the air he was holding only to later feel a hard punch to the stomach that knocked the remaining air inside him.
Free from his control, Lucy's short celebration was postponed when she realized how close she was of being beheaded by Natsu "What the hell Natsu? You could have cut my head off!"
"I still can" Vergil replied, making Lucy shudder at his coldness. Before he could say more he clutched his head as Natsu struggled to regain consciousness. Deciding to deal with the matter in person, Vergil entered the dream world to face Natsu.
The ground cracked as Natsu landed hard on it. Dream or not, it still hurt like fuck. Not that Natsu would like it any other way. After losing consciousness, Natsu found himself on top of a large tower that reminded him a lot to the tower Erza was a captive once. While he searched for a way back he started seeing glimpses of Vergil's match with Zancrow Ultear and Kain when suddenly the half devil appeared before him. And things carried from there on out.
"What's wrong? Is that all?" The dragon slayer asked as he stood back up.
Vergil scoffed at the sight before him; for the last few minutes, which was the equivalent of who knows how long in the outside, the half devil had pummeled the dragon slayer without an ounce of compassion, but Natsu kept coming back for more.
What really pestered Vergil was the ever so present smirk on the pink head.
"You do know how to throw a party…"
Vergil recalled his reunion with a certain someone a long time ago, Natsu reminded him of his brother, acting carefree all the time while deep down taking each fight seriously.
"You must be a glutton for pain." Vergil's hand rested on Yamato "Care to try your sword skills again?"
"Hey wait! Fight me hand to hand." Natsu countered "you know my sword skill sucks compared to yours."
"I know" A smirk appeared on Vergil as he moved so fast, to the point Natsu couldn't follow, and delivered a series of slashes that left a heavily bleeding Natsu on his wake. The slayer struggled to regain his footing but before he was halfway there Vergil kicked him on the stomach, causing even more pain to Natsu.
"Had enough?"
Natsu stopped struggling and decided to lie down for a moment "You almost killed that guy." Punching the ground he made a small crater "You almost hurt Lucy!"
Vergil lifted an eyebrow almost imperceptibly as he recalled who Natsu was talking about: "but I didn't, she is fine. As for the annoying one, he was going to kill you and that old man. Why do you care?"
"Because that's not the way of Fairy Tail" Natsu replied "And you almost killed him…USING MY BODY! WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO USE WHAT'S MINE ANYWAY!"
Vergil ignored the rambling slayer and put Yamato away, he was almost sure any damage his vessel sustained here would not apply to the outside world. Well, almost sure.
"AND YOU ALSO CHANGED MY HAIRSTYLE!"
"If I recall correctly: you have killed before"
Natsu stopped rambling as a look of regret flashed through his eyes: Jashin and Luzbel. To be honest, Natsu didn't care about the first since that guy almost took Lisanna's life while Luzbel was willing to sacrifice Mira, Angel and several innocent girls. "I know, but that doesn't mean a part of me doesn't regret taking a life."
"For what I've see, fighting is a daily basis for you. No matter how much you try, fighting will always be involved with death."
Natsu studied him for a moment, it seemed like Vergil truly believed on his own words. "There's always a way."
"There isn't" Vergil interrupted him "The sooner you accept that, the faster you'll realize power is everything. The stronger you are the better." Painful memories Vergil kept buried started surfacing, if he had only been more powerful maybe his mom…
"Enough!" Vergil exclaimed suddenly, before Natsu could utter a word he was savagely kicked of the tower to a bloody demise down below.
"YOU BASTARD!"
Not caring a bit about the slayer's wellbeing, Vergil sat cross legged and started meditating. Only trough meditation did time seemed to move faster for him while being trapped here. Moments later he realized his theory was correct when he could feel Natsu alive outside, with a large headache from where he hit his head on the fall.
"Annoying pink head"
"Natsu. Are you alright?" Lucy asked when the slayer finally regained consciousness.
"Sure!" The slayer grinned before Lucy wacked him in the head "What the hell Lucy!"
"Baka! What's wrong with you? Acting all cool, nearly cutting my head off!"
Natsu remained quiet, not having an excuse for what his other self did. Seeing his discomfort, Lucy changed subject. "Well, you did kinda help me so it's ok! Come on, we need to find the others."
"Right!" Natsu said, leaving his problem with Vergil for later. As they started heading back, Natsu felt something was going on with Lisanna.
Lisanna stopped running after feeling Natsu's trough the bond, knowing that the slayer was alright she allowed herself a few minutes of rest.
"What goddess do I owe, for allowing me a glimpse of such beauty…"
"huh?" Lisanna saw a strange man with pompadour silver hair and glasses "You're one of them, Grimoire mage, aren't you?"
Rustyrose seemed to sparkle as he spoke: "Is it fate? After dealing with a barbarian with white hair, a delicate white rose takes the spotlight?"
It took a moment for Lisanna to understand, but when she did she realized it was him who hurt Elfman "You! You hurt nee-san!"
"Brother? That beast was your brother?" Rusty said, giving Elfman for dead after their last encounter.
"Sorry to disappoint, but Elf-nee is very much alive. But I can't guarantee your well being" While Lisanna is known as a pacifist, when someone dares to hurt her family she doesn't hold back to get payback. That and Natsu's influence make her a bit more aggressive. Rusty just smiled, glad for such a fighting spirit in her.
"Lisanna!"
Both mages stopped and saw the new arrival, Lisanna being the first to greet her: "Angel! Where were you?"
"Long story, now we have bigger issues" The celestial mage said as she stood next to her partner and glared at Rustyrose.
"Another white rose, my heart beats louder…"
"God! What's with the cheap poems?" Angel said "Are you retarded or something?"
Rustyrose sweat-dropped at her blunt deduction "Anyhow, Master Hades told me to spare you, the only Fairy to survive the holocaust."
Hearing this confused Lisanna "What does he mean by that?"
"Long story, I'll tell you after we deal with him."
Seeing she had made a choice, Rusty spoke "What a shame that a rose must perish next to the weed. If you choose to remain a Fairy, so be it"
"Angel, get ready." After Elfman's brief explanation, Lisanna was expecting to fight the beast Belcusas, but Rusty created two amorphous gray bodies instead. Slowly, each one started taking the form of a female by the looks of it. As the bodies became more defined, Angel started trembling and Lisanna narrowed her eyes.
"I know about you, Fairies" Rusty began "What is more poetic, than your past coming back to end you."
In front of Rusty, an exact copy of Karen Lilica and Llyria stood ready to attack. Lisanna was sure the people before her were not real, but Angel was not so convinced like her. As Llyria licked her lips she lunged at Lisanna only to be speared by dozens of sharp roots. Everyone, even the fake Karen, was stunned by the turn of events.
"Rusty, deal with the traitor. I will face the demon's sister"
Lisanna clenched her fist as she recognized the man behind Rustyrose, the same one that had hurt Mirajane. Azuma.
A.N.
There, another chapter done. This one's a bit shorter than the last one, I apologize for that. While writing this I actually wrote two different chapters: this being one and the other after the time skip only showing flashbacks of the different scenes form canon. But, I realized most would be left out if I did that (Angel scenes, Gray and Ultear scenes, Vergil and Natsu,things like that) so I decided to finish this chapter instead.
After reading the last manga chapters I'm considering Yukino to join Natsu's small harem (she does fit the requirements) although I'm still don't know if I should make this story a harem fic or just focus on Natsu and Lisanna. Leave your feedback about it.
As for Vergil, I don't really consider this a crossover since the only element present from Devil may cry is Vergil and Yamato, don't expect Dante to make an appearance anytime soon. The question about the strauss family being descendants of Dante or Nero (Vergil's son) is still open for debate. About ao no exorcist, I haven't seen that anime. Is it good? Angel's predicament reached an anticlimactic decision, but she's still not off the hook just yet. The same could be said about Natsu and Vergil.
There's not much to say, whatever question or doubt you have leave a review. Another thing; feel free to request scenes or ideas you would like to see (If the idea is good enough I might consider it).
Once again, thanks for the reviews.
Until next time
Demonwithasoul
P.S. Dont ask about the name of this chapter, I couldn't come up with anything so I decided to mix the name of some manga chapters.