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"Speech"
"Thoughts"
"Acnologia! Are you sure?"
Doranbolt grimly nodded recalling the word Zeref said before killing Zancrow. It took a moment for Lahar to weigh the pros and cons of staying here "This is out of our league, if we stay here we will probably perish against the dragon". Seeing no option, Lahar ordered a full retreat of his forces.
Taking one last look to the island, the captain said his farewell "Forgive us, Fairy Tail, but this is too much for us"
Chapter 25: Let's Join Hands
"Where am I?"
Angel felt her body extremely light, almost like she weighted nothing. Opening her eyes she looked at the scenery around her, it took a moment for her to recognize it as the place where she fought Rustyrose and Zancrow. She cringe thinking about the god slayer, but to her astonishment her body was completely healed. Not a single burn mark over her flawless white skin. As she inspected her hands for any burn signs she took notice of Natsu and Lisanna. Without a second thought she called them:
"Natsu-kun!" When the dragon slayer didn't respond to her call she called Lisanna, but the result was the same "What's going on?"
Before she realized it, she was next to them and started hearing what they were saying.
"I can't believe she's really gone"
Hearing what Lisanna said froze Angel. "No. It can't be..."
"I know" Natsu clenched his fist so hard his nails dug into his flesh, causing some drops of blood to fall on the recently dug soil.
"Natsu! Lisanna! I'm here! Can't you see me?" No matter how hard she yelled at them, neither figure seemed to notice her. Lisanna kneeled down and set some white lilies over the ground, revealing to Angel the truth.
"A grave!" Angel didn't want to believe it, she refused to believe it. But it all came back to her; Zancrow burning her, being found by Natsu, saying her goodbyes. "No..."
"Goodbye Angel" Lisanna wiped a few tears from her eyes and looked for comfort in her boyfriend, Natsu responded by wrapping an arm around her as she sobbed in his chest.
Angel just stood there unable to face the truth; even after they left she made no motion to follow them, her eyes unable to leave her grave.
"No! I won't give up!" With that in mind, Angel ran after them when blue flames surrounded her body "No! Not again! Noooo!
"How is she?" Levy asked as she approached Lisanna
"Still the same." dipping a cloth into fresh water, Lisanna set it on top of Angel's forehead. From time to time the celestial mage would move in her sleep and mutter something about flames, but asides that, she was in the same state as Mirajane and the others.
Levy sat down next to her and glanced at Gajeel's unconscious form "I hope they get better"
"Yeah"
"Good thing you were there for her" Levy added "I never knew you could heal as good as Wendy, the only sign that she was burned were her charred clothes."
"I guess." Lisanna was grateful they had bought her little lie; she was not ready to reveal the fact about the bonding. When Natsu had marked Angel, a myriad of emotions crossed through Lisanna; anger, jealousy, confusion, relief, acceptance. She knew it was the only way to save Angel, but that didn't mean she was ok with it. Natsu had tried to speak with her, but Lisanna couldn't think straight at the time:
"Lisanna, I..."
"Natsu, don't" Lisanna turn away from him "I understand this was the only way, but please, just give me time"
No words were spoken during the entire trip back. Natsu felt horrible for doing this to Lisanna, while she imagined the ramifications of his actions.
It was quite the site when they arrived at camp: A shirtless Natsu carrying an unconscious, half naked, Angel in his arms with Lisanna trailing behind. His vest was the only thing that covered Angel's ample assets, since her clothes were ruined by Zancrow. Freed, who was inscribing protective scripture, actually misspelled a lot of them as his eyes landed on the celestial mage.
After explaining their current situation, Natsu declared he was going to face Hades and defeat him once and for all. For that to happen, Erza divided their group into 2 teams: one team would go and face Hades while the other stayed behind and protected the wounded. It was decided that team Natsu, Wendy and the Exceeds went on the offense leaving Lisanna, Levy, Freed and Bickslow as defense.
"Wait a minute! Why me?" Lucy had asked "Wouldn't Freed be a better choice to go with you?"
"I still have to finish writing some protective spells" The leader of the thunder god tribe voiced his reasoning.
One option down, Lucy asked "Then Lisanna should go then."
Lisanna shook her head "My magic is almost depleted; I would only be a burden for you, besides I rather stay here and tend for the wounded."
"Come on Luce, were a team" Natsu had cut in. Seeing he wouldn't budge, Lucy had relented.
"Fine, let's go"
Natsu's grin faltered a bit as he looked at Lisanna, there was still much to discuss between them but right now they needed to take care of Hades. Putting his grin back up the slayer took off taking the lead, while Lucy shook her head.
"Lucy wait"
The stellar mage stopped and turned to Lisanna "Stay close to Natsu, as long as he has his Nakamas close to him to protect, he will never give up."
Lucy smiled and nodded as she ran to catch up with her team. In truth, Lisanna was still able to fight to a certain degree, but after what happened with Angel she had a lot in her mind.
A thunderous sound brought her back to the present; looking towards where the Grimoire ship was located they could see what appeared to be one of Natsu's dragon's roar, but in a greater scale and...was that lightning amongst the flames?
After finishing Hades with his Lightning Flame dragon's roar an exhausted Natsu fell down a ledge, only to be saved at the very last moment by Lucy.
"Natsu!" Making a mad dash for him, Lucy was able to save the dragon slayer before he fell down.
"Th-Thanks for saving me…I'm completely out of magic power now"
Lucy smiled at him as he held him close to her.
"You're quite amazing youngsters"
Everyone turned to look at Hades as he spoke: "That damn Makarov, he raised some impressive brats. I don't know how many decades it's been since I've taken this much damage"
In an instant, all the damage Hades received vanished "It would be easy to end it all now. But I want to thank you properly for entertaining me"
"That's impossible!"
"That attack didn't have any effect on him at all?"
Reaching for his eye patch, Hades revealed his trump card "Devil Eye Awakening!" a dark, oppressing magic fell upon them "I'm going to show you something quite remarkable… The Abyss of Magic! This domain of magic is far beyond anything you could ever imagine"
Using the rubble, Hades created several monsters "From the book of Zeref, Punisher's of Heaven: Nemesis!"
Erza, Gray, Wendy and Lucy trembled due to the overwhelming darkness that emanates from them. Natsu tried to stand up, but after using all of the power Laxus had entrusted to him he was exhausted and could barely move.
"Damn it!"
Vergil had remained in the sidelines during the entire fight; he assumed his vessel would be capable of defeating this man, but it seems like this 'Hades' character was far stronger after all. "Looks like I'll have to save you, yet again."
In truth, after this display of power from Hades, Vergil wanted to face him. As he tried to take control he was denied by Natsu. "What? His power is returning"
Hades too noticed that the group was slowly starting to recover.
Using her arc of time, Ultear was able to restore the Tenrou tree to its rightful place, restoring the magic and protection to all of those that wore the Fairy Tail mark.
"I owed you one...Gray" Ultear managed a weak smile after expending the remains of her magic to complete this feat. Not far behind, Meredy glared at the woman responsible for the destruction of her hometown.
"It doesn't matter what you do! You will never defeat me!"
Team Natsu ran towards Hades as his monsters fired beams of darkness at them. Lucy and Wendy, who were carrying Natsu, tossed him to the front just as they were hit by the beams. As Natsu approached, Gray and Erza gave him one last boost so he could reach Hades.
Hades stopped talking and clutched his Devil Eye in pain. Realizing what this means he got nervous "It can't be!"
Below decks, Pantherlily grinned at a smug looking Happy and Charle, who stood in front of Hades damaged heart.
With his source of magic damaged, Hades was losing the enormous reserves of power he possessed. Natsu's fist collided with his face, sending the master of Grimoire Heart down hard while his monsters crumbled into nothing. Not done, Natsu pummeled the aged wizard until he was satisfied.
"The victory is ours!"
"This is not over!"Hades tried to counter Natsu's attack but Laxus stopped him.
"Fairy Tail! Now!"
With their magic restored, Lucy, Erza, Wendy and Gray unleashed their most devastating attacks on the Grimoire master while Natsu prepared the finishing move;
"Crimson Exploding Lightning Blade!
Unable to defend himself any longer, Hades received the full brunt of Natsu's attack. Crashing down in the ruined deck of his once glorious ship, the master of Grimoire Heart was finally defeated. Dropping to his knees, an exhausted Natsu yelled with all his might like a dragon after defeating his opponent.
"We did it" Erza watched as Natsu was being tended by Lucy and Wendy, she was still in disbelief at how powerful Natsu had grown in such a short time.
"Guys!" Happy yelled as he, Charle and Lily were being pursued by the remnants of the Grimoire army. After their fight with Hades, team Natsu had no magic left to fend them off.
Just as they were about to reach them, the group of underlings stopped when they spotted the reinforcements: Makarov and the remaining Fairy mages stood behind Natsu and the others after being revitalized by the great Tenrou tree.
"Get off the island immediately!"
"N-No way! That's Makarov! One of the wizard saints!" If that wasn't enough, when they saw the beaten form of Hades they made a run for it. Even they knew when to call a quit.
"Natsu-kun!"
The pink hair slayer only saw two white blurs before falling back down: Lisanna and a recovered Angel tackled him, happy to see him alive and well.
While everyone celebrated, Gray looked around but failed to spot someone "Where's Juvia?"
"She didn't come back" Freed answered.
Gray got worried; he was the one that sent Juvia to pursue Zeref. What if something happened to her?
"Can't believe it's finally over"
Gray looked to his side to find Cana walking next to him. "Yeah, I guess the exam will continue now, huh?"
"I guess" Cana bit her lip before saying "Gray, about what happened before"
"Forget about it. There's always next year, right?"
"Right" Cana was worried Gray was still mad at her, but it seems he started to forgive her. The only thing left was to see if Gildarts was ok.
"Father, are you ok?"
"Juvia"
Feeling a hand slipping into his own, Gray met Cana's gaze as she gave him a reassuring squeeze. A smile appeared on her face when the ice mage returned the favor. Both were worried for someone important to them, but together they would hold on to the hope they were safe and sound.
"Oye! you kept it secret long enough"
Hearing Natsu's voice, Gray and Cana let go of each other instantly, both sporting matching blushes.
"What you say, flame brains!" Gray turned, only to see that the slayer had gone back to dreamland. But that didn't erase the fact that both Lisanna and Angel had seen the new couple holding hands.
"L-Lisanna! An-gel! W-what you just saw!"
"Relax" Lisanna said to Cana "We'll keep your secret until you're ready to reveal it yourselves. Right?"
"Sure" Angel shrugged "I have no interest in screwing your affairs."
Both mages relaxed knowing that their secret was safe for the time being. "Thanks"
"But you better come up with something soon" Lisanna added "After all; Natsu did see you holding hands just now"
Cana and Gray paled at the thought, knowing it would only be a matter of time before the dragon slayer spilled the beans. But then again they thought "Would it be such a bad thing if others knew?"
Then again, how were they going to break the news to Juvia?
While the others celebrated victory, Makarov passed next to Laxus. "Good to have you back. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING TO HEAR, SHIT FOR BRAINS! HOW DARE YOU SET FOOT ON THIS ISLAND AFTER BEING EXILED?"
"Whatever"
With a look that said 'I'll deal with you later' Makarov approached Hades. The aged wizard had seen better days, but the wizard saint could see that Hades was still breathing.
"Makarov…kill me" The former second master of Fairy Tail said to his successor.
"I learned many things from you. As thanks, I'll look the other way as you leave the island"
"How naïve… if you let me go, next time I'll destroy your guild."
Looking at his beloved children, Makarov spoke "I was defeated by you, but in the end those kids defeated you."
"Not exactly… my heart faltered…Tenrou tree gave them their magic back…if that hadn't happened I wouldn't have lost"
"What happened to you? Why did you become like this?"
Hades laughed a bit as he spoke: "I already told you. I was so close to reach it…the "One" magic…"
"Even if you found that, it wouldn't have changed anything" Makarov said while Laxus overheard "it doesn't matter if you say that the true origin of magic is darkness. It doesn't matter if you say its light either. Magic is alive. Magic is everything you can think of. It can be felt as light or dark, red or blue. And it is living freely alongside with Fairy Tail. All of this I learned from you."
Hades eyes widened as he contemplated the words his former student said to him. After many years he started wondering if the path he chose for the true essence of magic was the right one.
Vergil stood on top of Temen-Ni- Gru when he felt the familiar presence of his obnoxious vessel.
"Vergil! Oy, Vergil!"
Natsu was losing his patience when the half devil ignored him.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!"
Seeing he was not going anytime soon, Vergil reluctantly addressed him:
"What?"
"I wanted to thank you, for all your help."
"You don't need to" Vergil turned around to face Natsu "What I did had nothing to do for concern over you or your 'Nakamas'. Don't forget: your ownership of Yamato is only for now. I will take it from you one day. It would be wise for you to remember that."
With that said, Vergil returned to his sightseeing. He thought his words would make Natsu leave, but to his unpleasant surprise the slayer was still present.
"You don't fool me!" Natsu grinned "When we fought Azuma you were worried about Lis-chan, admit it!"
Vergil's silence was all the answer Natsu was looking for. Satisfied, the dragon slayer left the half devil alone with his thoughts. Vergil himself had wondered what had compelled him to save the girl.
"Lisanna"
Gray and Erza marveled as the great Tenrou Tree was back on his original place. To Gray's knowledge there was only one mage capable of doing this: "Ultear…it couldn't be?"
Aboard a small boat, two girls left Tenrou Island: one with hopes to start a new life, while the other was coping with the truth she was told.
"Meredy, I know it's hard but we must put our past behind us and start anew" Seeing that Meredy didn't reply Ultear turned her attention to the sea when some dolphins made their presence known. "Look Meredy, dolphins!"
"Ultear, Is it true? Did you destroy my hometown?"
After a few seconds Meredy got her answer: "Yes, it's true" Ultear knew this day would come, but she wasn't expecting it so soon.
"H-How could you! My family! My friends! You killed them all!" By now the pink haired girl was standing and shaking in rage. "Why!"
Unable to meet her eyes, Ultear looked down "I think of this life as my 'first time around', then, once I go to the world of magic and complete my arc of time, then my 'second time around, will begin. I always believed I could redo all of the things I did on my first time around, that's why I was able to commit such atrocities.
"This is not me asking for forgiveness, but let me say…I sorry" knowing what Meredy was going to do, Ultear said "But there is no need for you to taint your soul with my blood."
Meredy gasped when Ultear summoned her sword and stabbed herself in the gut. "You'll find happiness…I know you'll be happy eventually... I love you... "Satisfied, she jumped out of the boat to drown herself in the sea.
"ULTEAR!"
Ultear's body slowly sunk down on the sea "It's not a bad thing...to die inside my mother... Gray...I wanted to see you again..."
Ultear never reached her end as Meredy jumped behind her and dragged her back to surface. It took a moment for her to start breathing again and realize she was still amongst the living. "What...Meredy!"
"Let's live on…"
Looking to her arm Ultear realized that the girl had linked her feelings with her.
"I understand all your sadness…and pain…Ultear…you raised me…that can't be changed…" Meredy then broke out crying " I FORGIVE YOU! I FORGIVE YOU! NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! I LOVE YOU! I WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU!'
Ultear broke down crying after hearing her words and hugs Meredy. Both silently reach a resolve to live their lives in happiness.
"I hope we meet again" Putting aside his thoughts about Ultear for the moment, Gray looked around the camp but Juvia was nowhere to be seen.
"Worried about her?" Erza said as she stood next to him.
"What are you talking about?" Gray tried to deny it, but the armored mage knew otherwise.
"I'm sure she's fine"
As if on cue, movement from a nearby bush caught their attention. "Guys...forgive me!"
"Juvia!"
The water mage was crying her eyes out "forgive me Gray-sama. I lost track of Zeref. Gray-sama, please punish Juvia in any way you wish. Give it to me in any way you like"
"H-Hey!" The ice mage was a little freaked out when Juvia almost shoved him her rear for him to 'punish' "I'm not into that!"
Gray tried to fend off Juvia as Lucy and Cana watched them. The card user was not mad by this display, in fact she was amused by it. Cana only hoped her father would show up soon.
As if sensing her worries, Lucy said "I'm sure he's fine"
"Yeah" Cana hoped Lucy was right.
"By the way...you got kicked out of the guild!" Gildarts did his troll face as he laughed at Laxus, causing Cana to spill her drink as she watched the two of them conversing while she was worried about him.
"Is it really you?"
"Yes! Now stop pinching me."
Laxus was currently stretching Lisanna's face trying to see if it was some sort of trick, but by the looks of it the girl in front of him was the real deal.
"You're real, alright."
Lisanna rubbed her sore cheeks "Jeez, you think. It's also good to see you too Laxus."
"Hmph"
Lisanna gave him a heart melting smile, one that Laxus found himself missing ever since her 'supposed death'.
"Hey, Lis-chan!"
"Natsu-kun!" Lisanna joined her boyfriend and gave him a small peck. They still had to discuss 'that', but right now she was just glad to see he was fine.
While Natsu and Lisanna discussed something, Laxus studied the couple. "It seems I missed my chance… threat her well, Natsu."
"Oi Laxus!" The fire dragon slayer adopted a serious expression as he addressed Laxus "Remember: you owe me a rematch!"
"Heh. Sure, mister S-class."
Natsu grinned while Laxus cracked a rare smirk, not like the ones he used to do in the past.
As the couple left, Laxus gaze then landed on the newest celestial mage of Fairy Tail. "Why not?"
Angel was still trying to remove the wrinkles of the dress Lisanna let her borrow when Laxus approached her: "Hey there. So you're the newest member of Fairy Ta..."
"Fuck off" Angel casually said.
"...ok" Laxus was instantly back to his old spot sulking, while Freed and Bickslow's jaws dropped.
"He rejected Laxus-sama just like that!"
Inside the slow moving Grimoire ship the surviving Kin of purgatory were discussing the turn of events when Zeref appeared. Unable to move, Rusty and Kain closed their eyes in fear as Zeref pierced Hades body with his attack, killing him instantly.
Feeling a familiar presence approaching, Zeref looked at the sky: "He's coming"
Gildarts, along Natsu and Happy were fishing the meal for everyone, well, Happy was just there to try and eat some fish when Cana approached and requested to talk to Gildarts. Knowing what was next; Lucy appeared and took Natsu and Happy to give Cana and Gildarts some privacy.
As Natsu, Lucy and Happy watched from afar, Lisanna appeared and grabbed Natsu's arm.
"Let's go Natsu. We need to talk about 'that' with 'you-know-who' remember?"
Natsu wanted to see what was going on between Cana and Gildarts, but this was more important "Fine. Happy, stay here and watch so you can tell me later"
"Aye!"
Lucy watched the couple go, wondering what was going on with them. Turning around she was met with the sight of Gray next to her: "Gray! What are you doing here?"
"I was passing by" The ice mage replied as he watched the interaction between Cana and Gildarts. "Good luck, Cana"
"You liiiiiiiiike her" Happy was silenced by a cold fist on top of his head.
A bit far from campsite, Natsu, Lisanna and Angel were discussing the events from before. The celestial mage had a lot of questions when she finally woke up, but refrain to ask until things had calmed down a bit.
"This has something to do with my miraculous recovery, Am I right?"
"Yeah" Natsu scratched the back of his head, thinking how to break the news to her "You see, when you almost...you know."
"Die"
"Yeah, well, I kind of did something to save your life"
Angel seemed confused "What did you do?"
"What I did was...something to you"
"He forged a bond with you" Lisanna revealed to Angel.
"Ahhh Lis-chan! I was going to tell her myself!"
"Not anytime soon" Lisanna said to her fuming boyfriend while Angel was processing what she had been told.
"Wait! What kind of bond? This is a good thing, right?"
"What does your heart tell you?" Lisanna asked her. Reaching inside her to sense her bond, Angel got her answer.
"Angel" Natsu turned to her and, in a rare moment of seriousness, he said to her "I marked you to save your life, but the bond also makes you my mate."
"Y-Your mate? You mean…?"
Nodding, he continued "Forgive me, what I did was without your consent. I'll understand if you hate m...mph!"
Natsu never got to finish his sentence as Angel silenced him with her lips on his own. The celestial mage poured every last ounce of feeling she had for Natsu behind that kiss, glad to finally be able to show him her true feelings.
Lisanna, for her part, was boring holes through Angel's skull. She knew it was to be expected, after all she could sense Angel's feelings through the bond, but that didn't lessen the jealousy as she watched her boyfriend and friend making out in front of her. "Excuse me! I'm still here, you know"
Angel paid no mind and kept kissing Natsu, much to Lisanna's chagrin. After a heavy make out, Angel realized something: "Wait! So that means...you and?"
"Yes" Lisanna replied "Natsu forged a bond with me too."
"I see" Angel stood up, leaving a gob smacked Natsu on the ground "So, what now?"
"I don't know"
"Dibs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday!" Angel suddenly declared.
"What the hell! Natsu's not a thing we can take turns with. And why should you take first pick?"
"But you'll have him for 4 days" Angel countered "or do you want to switch? I don't mind. That only means more time with Natsu-kun"
Hearing them fight about him, Natsu meekly asked "Do I have anything to say on this?"
"NO!"
"Master, we're about to get ready to leave" Erza said to the old wizard as he meditated. Thinking about Laxus, Erza spoke "Master, about Laxus?"
"What about him?"
"Don't you think you're being too severe?" Erza asked after Makarov refused to acknowledge Laxus "He did help us in the fight against Hades"
"He was exiled from the guild. You should know that it is forbidden for him to set foot on this island"
"But master"
"Don't worry about it" Laxus said, revealing he had been listening "I was just passing by, there's no need to make a big deal about this. I'll be on my way now."
"Laxus" Erza said as the lightning mage spoke:
"Before I go; hey, old man!" Makarov turned to see Laxus with a serious expression "There's that disapproving stare I missed. We'll see you around"
"Laxus" Makarov spoke, gaining Laxus attention "You..."
Makarov stopped talking as they felt something approaching the island. Not only them, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky as they heard it.
"What is that?"
High above the sky, a figure was barely visible. As it came closer, everyone realized what it was:
"A dragon!" Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy were in disbelief at the sight "I knew it! Dragons still exist on this time"
As everyone wondered what it was, Makarov ended the mystery. "The black dragon of the apocalypse: Acnologia"
"Hey you! Do you know where Igneel is?" Natsu yelled at the dragon "Also Grandine and Metallicana?"
"Knock it off Natsu" Gildarts advised, knowing full well what that dragon was capable of.
"He's coming!"
Acnologia touched down and let loose a thunderous roar, leveling a good deal of the surrounding forest.
"Run for it! Get back to the ship!" Erza and Gildarts yelled as Acnologia seemed ready to attack them.
Thinking of a solution, Charle asked: "Wendy, you can talk to dragons. Can't you talk to it?"
"All dragons have a high intelligence. That dragon should definitely be able to understand us"
"In spite of that, it doesn't use reason" Zeref said "It's because it thinks of humans as low as insects. It's the same for us; would we talk to a bug pestering us? It appears this end is coming to an end. Farewell, Natsu"
Seeing no other way, Makarov discarded his shirt and faced Acnologia "Run, get to the ship!" using his titan magic, Makarov grew to a size equal to Acnologia and held the dragon at bay.
"It's no use! There's no way he can fight that!"
"Master, please stop it!"
Laxus was transfixed as he saw his grandfather barely holding the dragon in a headlock. Seeing their master fighting the dragon sparked a resolve on the mages.
"If you're fighting, we shall join you!"
"Yeah! Let's smash him to pieces"
"DO YOU PLAN ON DISOBEYING YOUR MASTER'S FINAL ORDER! YOU SHITTY BRATS!"
"I'm a dragon slayer, if someone is going to face that thing is Ugahh!" Natsu said before being pulled back by Laxus.
"We are getting out of here Natsu"
"Laxus! You bast…" Natsu stopped yelling as he caught a glimpse of tears on Laxus.
"Mas…ter…" torn between staying to fight or run away, Erza had no choice but to follow the order she was given.
"It's better this way. You'll understand one day" Makarov thought "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE AFTER, BUT I WONT LET YOU PASS! BECAUSE BEHIND ME ARE MY LITTLE BRATS!"
Acnologia heard every last word he said, but the dragon couldn't care less. Taking the upper hand, the black dragon toppled Makarov and proceeded to step on him with his massive claw.
Even when he was in extreme pain, Makarov managed to grin, confusing the dragon.
"For the first time I was acting like a real father…I have no regrets left"
As the dragon prepared to finish him, Natsu came running and started climbing Acnologia: "Give him back! Give us our old man back!"
"Natsu" Makarov returned to his original size and watched as not only Natsu, but everyone returned to face the dragon.
"I want you to know, I was against it" Laxus appeared next to Makarov "but do you really think they're the kind of persons to leave an old geezer behind? It's your guild, after all."
Unknown to them, a lone figure was watching them from afar. The girl joined her hands as if praying for them.
Laxus combined his lightning dragon's roar along with everyone else's magic and launched an attack on Acnologia, followed by Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy each unleashing their own dragon's roar while being assisted by their exceeds. While Acnologia was disoriented, Natsu grabbed Yamato to reach for Vergil's power.
"It's been a while, since I last fought against something like that" Vergil smirked as he and Natsu focused all of their power into Yamato and sent a devastating crescent wave toward Acnologia, pushing the dragon back. Thinking it was defeated, they were surprised when the dragon roared and took flight.
"This thing… It's not using the same strength he used when he fought me" Gildarts noticed "He's just playing with them"
Acnologia flied up into the sky and started gathering air for an attack.
"It's a breath attack!" Gajeel yelled as he recognized it.
"Is it planning to blow the whole island away?"
"No way"
"Everyone who can use defensive magic put it in use now!"
"There's no time to write defensive writing" Freed said, followed by Levy.
"There's plenty of defensive magic that doesn't require writing or runes!"
"Everyone! Let's join hands!" Mira suggested as all started locking hands with each other.
"We can't let it end here!"
"Ok, we'll never give up!"
"Everyone join your power together as one. Let's show him the bonds of our guild!"
Laxus offered his hand to Makarov, causing the wizard saint to shed some tears "We'll all go home together…"
"TO FAIRY TAIL!"
As Acnologia unleashed its attack, Natsu looked to his right to Lisanna and then to his left towards Angel. There was still a lot he wanted to say to them, but there was not enough time. Both girls gave him a tender smile, as if knowing what he wanted to say, making Natsu smile back.
When Acnologia's attack touched the island, it devastated it with an explosion that could be seen from afar. Lahar and Doranbolt watched with regret the demise of Tenrou Island, along with the core members of Fairy Tail.
At a safe distance of the island, two people could only watch as the black dragon took flight and prepared to unleash an attack upon the fairies.
"Ultear? What's wrong?"
Meredy's question was left hanging as the raven haired woman kept her gaze locked on the dragon. Ever since Acnologia had appeared, Ultear had stood and watched with a serious expression towards the Island. She started recalling her meeting with the resident ice mage from Fairy Tail when Acnologia fired its attack on the island.
"Gray!" His name left her lips before she realized it, Meredy heard her but Ultear didn't care. With a tear escaping her eyes she could only watch as one of the last connections to her mother vanished before her eyes
After the dust cleared, the island was nowhere to be seen. In its wake only a large crater was left, which was quickly covered by the ocean.
"It's over, isn't it…Natsu" Zeref vanished along with the Grimoire ship, his dream dying along with Natsu.
January 16, X784. Tenrou Island was eradicated by Acnologia. After that, the dragon once again vanished. The surrounding waters were searched for survivors for six months, but no survivors were found.
Now, one boy stares off into the ocean alone. And just like Natsu and his friends, he bears the mark of Fairy Tail.
And now, seven years have passed.
A.N.
(Look at the bottom after the author notes)
For those loyal to the manga and anime: You know what's next.
For those new to Fairy Tail: OH NOES! WILL WE EVER SEE NATSU AND COMPANY AGAIN?
I've been getting some disturbing info that some stories are being deleted due to having explicit sex scenes and some other stuff. If that happens or not with this story, I will publish it on another site (maybe Adultfanfiction. Net) since most ideas I have are considered 'too mature; for this site. For now, I was forced to remove the scene in chapter 13 between Natsu and Lisanna, but I will republish it in the site mentioned before.
This chapter was a pain to write, since I had to follow canon story and could only modify bits of it. But next chapter is where the fun starts. I will deviate from the manga plot and start a new arc, taking only important things from the grand games and beyond.
Sorry If I don't write review replies this time, but its 2 am and I'm tired as fuck. But I will say this: thanks to all of those who took a minute to leave a reply. I still appreciate the favorite ads, but I still prefer a review over them.
Until next arc.
Demonwithasoul
Darkness…it was his only companion. How long has it been: 6, 7 years? Reaching out, Vergil could feel his obnoxious pink haired vessel, which meant Natsu was still alive.
"Hello Vergil"
Vergil stopped meditating and turned to see his guest: A short girl with long, wavy blond hair and large green eyes. As he stood, the half devil wasn't sure if he could defeat her; not because of her power, but because the aura she emanated erased his will to fight and replaced it with peaceful thoughts.
"Who are you?"
The girl smiled as she answered his question "My name is Mavis"
TBC