Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters.

Fair warning: this fic is rated M for a reason.

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

Gildarts reclined on his chair inside his new office while he read the document on his hands. Reading it again, the new master of Fairy Tail rubbed his temple; he knew this job was going to be troublesome, but he didn't imagine something like this.

"Bad news I presume?" Makarov, former Third master turned counselor, asked Gildarts while taking a puff out of his pipe.

"Here, take a look" Handing him the letter, Makarov's brow furrowed. The council informed the guild masters about the recent demise of the Phantom Lord guild, as well as the more gruesome discovery of the dozens of killed mages, including Jose Porla. "What do you think?"

While Makarov never forgot Jose's actions against them, the aged wizard didn't wished him dead "It's best to stay on guard for the time being until we know more about the perpetrators."

Nodding, Gildarts then turned to the third person in the room. "Anyway, back to topic: don't you think it's time to reveal yourself to the others?"

"In due time" The blue haired male replied "for now, I'll go check around to see what I can find about the incident"

"Right! So, what should we call you then?" Gildarts asked before putting on his infamous 'troll face' "By your real name or would you prefer something like 'your majesty'?"

"Using my real name would cause trouble for the guild, and I see no reason to change my previous alias."

"Very well then… Mystogan."

Chapter 29: Awakening

After a light dinner, Natsu and Lisanna went to take a stroll around town while Lucy and Loke did the same, albeit on a different route.

"They're engaged" Loke repeated as he walked alongside Lucy "still can't believe it."

"Hard to imagine, right?" his blond companion asked.

"Well, I'm rather surprise. I never thought Natsu, from all people in your team, would take that step first."

Lucy found herself agreeing with him "Guess you're right. To be honest, I actually thought it would be me the first one to get married."

"Oh really?" Loke directed a sly look towards Lucy. "With who may I ask?"

Cursing her small slip, Lucy faced away from Loke so he couldn't see her blush "Maybe someone like Gray or Hibiki."

"So; it's between a public stripper and a mayor flirt" Loke scratched his chin for a moment "I can safely say that both are bad choices. Not to mention Cana wouldn't approve."

"I was just kidding Loke. And you're one to talk; flirting is your middle name"

Loke feigned a hurt expression, causing Lucy to laugh a bit. Looking up at the stars, Lucy sighed "I'm actually jealous of Lisanna. To find true love like that…I wish to find it too." Except his weird harem Lucy thought.

"Maybe it's closer than you think" Sliding next to her, the celestial spirit startled her by the close proximity between them.

"L-Loke!"

"Lucy…" Locking eyes with her, the celestial spirit slowly closed the gap between them to kiss her. That is, if the celestial mage hadn't deviated her face away from him.

"Loke, Stop it."

Running a hand trough his mane, Loke sighed "Lucy, why do you resist? I know that in the past I was known as a mayor player, but you know that I was never like that…"

"I know" Lucy interrupted him, knowing full well that back then Loke was only trying to ease his pain, but that wasn't why she rejected him "Loke, we need to be realistic; I'm a celestial mage and you are a spirit. A relationship between us is not only taboo, but it's against the spirit world rules"

"That won't stop me, and I know you want this as well" Loke countered. Lucy couldn't help but shiver by the determined look he was giving her, but she stayed firm in her decision.

"It wouldn't work." With that said, Lucy faced away from him and both remained quiet for a moment.

"Someway, somehow, I'll convince you, Hime" Before she could say something, Loke added "if there's something I learned at fairy Tail is to always follow our dreams. That, and also that it's ok to bend the rules and act a little crazy from time to time."

Lucy smiled, knowing his description of Fairy Tail was accurate.

"The night's still young. For now, let's just enjoy the evening. What do you say?"

Nodding, both resumed their star seeing just enjoying the company of each other. "If Natsu can have two girlfriends, I think we can make it work."

"You never give up, don't you?"

"Not a chance"

For their part, Natsu and Lisanna did some sightseeing, enjoyed the music of a passing group at the town's plaza and went for some ice cream treats before going back to the inn. However, their night was not over: the moment they were alone in the hallway, Natsu kissed Lisanna and roamed his hands all over her body. Lisanna moaned softly as his hand cupped her firm ass.

"Natsu-kun" Lisanna said between kisses "someone might see us"

Instead of having the desired effect, Natsu actually seemed more eager to continue "So?"

"It's embarrassing"

Looking at her, Natsu smiled seeing her cute blush. "Do you want me to stop?"

"No" Lisanna grabbed his shirt and captured his lips in another heated kiss.

One of Natsu's hands reached below her dress and started caressing her thighs, feeling a bit of moisture in her panties told him they should take their activities to a more private place.

Lisanna wanted nothing more than to keep going, but remembered something: "Natsu, we can't"

"Why not?"

"Happy and that maid are in there" Lisanna pointed to their room.

"Who? Margo?"

Lisanna nodded, not really knowing the celestial spirit's real name. "Besides, there's something I want to ask you"

Natsu was disappointed by the sudden stop, but let her speak. Lisanna was in the same state he was; the bond made it harder for her to control her urges, but she quelled them.

"Natsu, we should wait until the wedding before, you know, That."

Natsu was clueless until it hit him "You wanna wait that long for…sex?"

Blushing a bit, Lisanna nodded "I know I told you we could do it, but I want to reach the altar pure. Can we wait until then?"

"Of course!"

Lisanna felt a weight lifted off her shoulders, she had thought he would get mad at her or feel disappointed "Thank you Natsu"

Natsu embraced her back while he wondered what to do with his 'problem' below. "If she wants to wait, I'll honor her wish. But how do I get rid of That!"

As if reading his mind, Lisanna stroked his erection through his pants "That doesn't mean we can't fool around in Lucy's room."

"I like the way you think Lis-chan!"

Since they didn't had Lucy's room key, Natsu carried Lisanna and entered through the window ouside. The slayer had a lot of experience breaking into Lucy's room, so it wasn't that hard.

While the couple helped each other with their 'needs', Yukino had a lot to think about; the celestial mage had followed the couple during their date in hopes to find out more about Natsu and how close he was to that girl. When she learned they were engaged she almost blew her cover, but refused to believe it was true. But after seeing them on the Inn, her fears were confirmed.

Yukino knew her chances with the slayer were slim to none, there was no way that Natsu would remember her and all of a sudden like her, but she still wished it was like that. She was a foolish girl back then; Yukino was impressed by Fiore's strongest guild, Fairy Tail, but more importantly, she became infatuated with the knight in shining armor that saved her from her captors. On that day she made a vow: She would join the strongest guild and follow Natsu's footsteps.

Unfortunately, her dreams shattered when Tenrou Island was destroyed, alongside Natsu and company. The first year was hard for her, but she managed to move on. After becoming a celestial mage she was approached by a certain person who offered her an invitation to join them. Knowing the prestige it would carry onto her, Yukino accepted his proposal. After completing her training, her first assignment was to join the strongest guild in Fiore: Sabertooth, and by doing so, she had accomplished one of her childhood dreams.

But no matter how much time passed, Yukino could never forget the dragon slayer that had saved her.

A year later, Yukino would learn of a rumor that Tenrou Island had survived Acnologia's attack, and with it, all of the core members of Fairy Tail that disappeared that day. At first, she was skeptical about it, but as fate would have it, Yukino was reunited with Natsu during her job with Rufus. There was no denying it; the pink hair, his bright smile, it was Natsu alright. But, to her bad luck, he seemed to be involved with someone else.

With a heavy heart, Yukino forced herself to, once again, forget about him and move on. however, she had no idea that their paths would cross again very soon.

At break of dawn, Angel and Vergil resumed their trip back to Magnolia. As they got closer, they could see a storm just above the city. When they reached the outskirts they were soaking wet.

"What's with this downpour?" By now, Angel had given up trying to avoid the rain. Looking down, she regretted wearing white all the time since now they could see right through her dress. "At least Vergil isn't a pervert."

"I would give you my coat, but it's too big for you"

"Am I hearing right? Vergil…being nice!"

"More like getting annoyed" Vergil directed his stare at the lecherous males in the street staring at Angel, suffice to say that the guys wasted no time to scramble away in fear after one look from the devil.

Angel blushed embarrassed "Don't worry about it. Once we reach the guild, I'll go straight to my room and change. But it is weird how this storm formed so fast, right?"

It seemed Vergil was not bothered by the rain, or at least she thought, since he kept walking down the rain without a care. "He's so strange, but deep down he's not such a bad guy."

"Once this rain stops we are going to train. You are still too weak for my liking."

"Scratch that, he's an ass"

Mira gazed worriedly at the woman sitting alone in the corner. Since yesterday, Juvia had gone to one of her sad moods and with it, a storm followed. From experience, Mira knew Juvia was the cause of it, but every attempt to cheer her up had ended in failure. Gajeel had tried to snap her out of it, but not even he was able to last long before having to bail out before drowning in the flood her tears caused.

"Why…" Juvia looked towars Gray and felt a torrent of tears threatening to escape her eyes. The ice mage was oblivious of the stare she was giving him and continued to talk to Cana, about what? Juvia didn't know or cared. For a moment, Juvia considered Cana as another love rival but quickly dismissed that thought. In her mind there was only one rival, and now she knew who it was.

"Ultear"

Thunder roared not far away, startling some of the mages at the guild, as Juvia recalled that image from a day ago; Juvia was stalking Gray as usual, when she found him next to her. The image that followed got too painful to recall so she did the only thing that came to mind:

"Mira-san! Give Juvia a drink!"

Mira was startled by Juvia's sudden arrival at the counter that she almost dropped the glass in her hands "Juvia?"

"Make it a double!"

A bit scared actually, Mira did as told and got a bottle out and poured her a drink. She intended to give her a small quantity, but Juvia had other plans as she took the bottle from Mira's hands and drank straight out of it.

"I think she knows" Cana whispered to Gray.

"Y-You think?"

Nodding, Cana watched as Juvia downed the bottle's content almost as fast as her. "It's too much of a coincidence. Storm, thunder and Juvia's mood…"

Gray started sweating, fearing that Cana was onto him.

"She knows about us."

Gray let out the air he was holding back, relieved that Cana still didn't knew about the kiss he shared with Ultear. But now he had a new problem, either Juvia knew about Cana, or about Ultear.

"At least she doesn't know about Ultear"

"That's good" It took a moment for Gray to understand what Cana had just said "Wait a minute! Y-You know about…?"

Giving him a sweet smile, Cana approached his ear and whispered "Not too loud, people might hear you, and yes; I KNOW."

The ice mage was literally shaking, but he still asked "Why am I still alive then?"

"This is not the first time I've been in this situation, you should know that"

Gray faintly recalled Cana telling him about a boyfriend that cheated on her a few years back. If his memory served him right, Cana was heartbroken for a few days after that.

"That doesn't answer my question."

"I should kill you where you sit, or better yet; tell daddy about this."

It took all of Gray's willpower to not drop down on his knees and beg her for forgiveness. If there was a mage he feared to fight, that was Gildarts. On top of that, if you mix Gildarts with an angry dad, Gray was sure his remains would be spread all around before he could say ice make.

"But I won't" Cana's words eased Gray, a bit at least "Gildarts might be my father, but I don't need to include him in my personal life. Hell, I've lived fine without him most of my life."

Recalling how miserable she had been then, Gray said: "Cana, I know you probably don't believe me, but I'm sorry I betrayed your trust."

"Forget about it, to be honest; it's kinda my fault too" Seeing his surprised expression she added "I've been insecure about making our relation official, in a way I kinda pushed you away."

The ice mage felt bad after hearing her, but he had to come out clean about everything: "That's not all. Cana, I feel something for Ultear."

Cana's eyes widened for a moment, before returning to their original size. Looking down to her beer she asked: "Do you love her?"

"What! No. I haven't known her that much" Gray countered "I feel something for her, but it's not that deep. Not yet anyway."

"What do you feel about me?"

Gray thought about telling her what she wanted to hear, but it would be fair for her: "Cana, you're one of my closest friends, after you confessed to me I felt happy for the first time since I can remember. But, right now, I can't say that I feel for you more than I feel for Ultear."

Cana remained quiet for a moment before looking up "In a way, you haven't made your mind yet?"

"Ehm…no, I guess not."

"Good" Her cheerful reply confused Gray "If it was someone else, I would drop you right here! But it's you Gray, you've been there for me all this time. I'm not going to give you up!" Feeling like celebrating, Cana downed an entire barrel in a minute, not that it surprised Gray. "Just let's leave one thing clear"

"Whats that?"

Cana gave him a death glare that chilled his bones "if you even consider something like what Natsu is doing, Gildarts will be the least of your problems. Got that?"

Before Gray could answer, they noticed that Juvia was being lead by Mirajane and Kinana to the infirmary.

"She's ok; Juvia only drank too much" Cana informed him, talking from experience "Tomorrow she is going to have a killer headache."

Since Cana forgot about the question, Gray decided to keep quiet about it. As for Cana, the card user was not worried at all. There was no way that Gray would pick that old cow over her. At least in her mind she believed so.

"Lyon-sama…Juvia would like to have your thirty babies or more…"

It was obvious that Juvia was intoxicated and didn't knew what she was talking about, but Gray couldn't help but feel like punching Lyon in the face.

Lyon sent his ice tiger to attack, only to be promptly sliced in half by his opponent. "Ice make: Eagle!"

Thinking a smaller, faster target would hit her, Lyon was impressed when Ikaruga disposed of them in an instant. "Not bad"

"Thanks, but compliments won't get you anywhere"

Lyon couldn't help but smirk by her words "Don't flatter yourself, you're not my type."

"A shame, you could be mine" Ikaruga slowly approached him, causing Lyon to stay on guard "Handsome, cold and Dead!"

Lyon formed an ice blade to block her sword, but he received a nasty surprise when her blade cut right through his ice. Acting fast, he leaped back, escaping with a superficial wound on his chest.

"That was close" Taking his shirt off, Lyon got ready for round two while Ikaruga appreciated his naked chest.

"I almost feel sorry, to cut that beautiful body of yours"

"Ikaruga. We got what we came here for."

Both combatants turned to see Deimos as he spoke. While Ikaruga was smiling, Lyon felt a cold pit forming on his stomach.

"Jura, he can't be… What did you do to Jura!"

Deimos ignored Lyon's question and waited for Ikaruga to rejoin his side. "Let's go."

"You're not going anywhere!" Before Lyon could even form ice, pillars of earth emerged from below and toppled above him "This magic! It can't….?"

Deimos watched as the earth and rock covered the Lamia scale mage completely before taking his leave. After a few moments the ground started to freeze and from it Lyon emerged, hurt but alive. The enemy had long gone by now, but that was the least of his worries.

"Jura! Sherry!" Runnning as fast as he could manage Lyon headed towards the spot where the two mages had fought Deimos. The ice mage gasped as the devastation got worse as he got closer.

"JURA! SHERRY!"

As the names left his mouth, a part of the ground dissolved to reveal the said mages badly hurt. Jura had maintained the earth dome with the last of his strength and now that Lyon had arrived he dispelled the dome and succumbed to his injuries.

"Jura-sama!" Sherry tended him as Lyon approached them. Checking his pulse, the ice mage was relieved to find out Jura was still alive.

"Thank god. When Deimos showed up, I feared the worst."

"We almost didn't make it" Sherry said "That man, he was too strong. I thought he wanted to kill us."

Lyon did the only thing that came to mind to comfort her, he embraced her. The feelings she had for Lyon had long since gone, but they were still very close friends. "It's ok; the important thing is that we're alive."

Sherry nodded while keeping her head on his shoulder "He did something to Jura-san. I don't know what but, the moment he touched him Jura-san started to scream in pain, I really thought he was going to kill him. But Jura-san managed to raise the dome around us and that man simply left."

Lyon realized that Deimos had somehow copied or drained Jura's magic, which would explain the last attack he did, but for what purpose?

Vergil was once again training Angel, or to be more accurate; dodging her attacks with ease while he pummeled her to the ground. The half devil would have stopped trying to awaken her true potential if it was anyone else, but since she was one of his 'possible descendants' he was not about to give up on her just yet.

For her part; Angel was getting more frustrated as the fight lingered on, but it was mostly due to the fact that Natsu had yet to return. The only reason why she agreed to let Vergil 'train' her was so she could vent pent up anger, that and to catch on to Lisanna's level. She was so concentrated on the former that she didn't realize her last punch was covered in flames before dispersing, but Vergil did.

Vergil teleported a few feet away from her while Angel cached her breath "She's so close to awaken, and yet she hasn't realized it."

Deciding it was almost time, Vergil reached for Yamato and was pleased to see that Angel didn't back down. Just as both were about to clash, a familiar voice interrupted them.

"That looks like fun! Can I join in?"

Angel immediately stopped and turned to see the object of her affection "Natsu-kun!"

Without warning, Angel tackled Natsu to the ground while embracing him. The slayer smiled as he returned the hug. "I missed you too."

"You Baka!" Angel said before hitting Natsu in the head. "You left without saying anything! I was worried!"

"You could feel him trough the bond, so you knew he was ok" Lisanna said, not too pleased to see the closeness between Natsu and Angel, and then she addressed the blue clad man. "Hiya Vergil!"

"Lisanna" Vergil greeted cordially. He was still pissed that the pink head had interrupted their spar just when Angel was about to awaken, but decided to leave it like that.

Without letting go of Angel, Natsu stood up: "Oi, Vergil! Fight me!"

Said man didn't even give a response and started walking away, causing Natsu to lunge at him.

"Didn't you hear me? I said Fight me!"

Vergil stopped Natsu's fist and punched the slayer, creating a crater on the ground with Natsu's body.

"I have better things to do with my time." With that said, Vergil resumed walking, leaving a star-seeing Natsu behind. It took a few moments, but Natsu was able to bounce back and yelled at Vergil to come back.

"Natsu, let him go." Lisanna touched his arm in an attempt to calm him down "We have to tell Angel 'that'. Remember?"

Angel looked from one to the other confused "Tell me what?"

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It took a moment for Angel to comprehend what she had just been told. Trough the bond, Angel had felt that something had occurred between them during their time away from each other, but never had she imagined it was this.

"Engaged" The moment they said that word, Angel felt like time had just stopped. She still couldn't wrap her mind around it.

"Natsu proposed the day we got back. We are going to make it official once we get back at the guild today, but I thought it would be best if you knew first." Lisanna said in an attempt to dispel the tense atmosphere around them. Angel inclined her head a bit, letting her hair shadow her eyes a bit.

"Are you ok Angel?" Natsu asked.

"Of course!" Angel cheerfully replied, surprising the two of them "It just caught me off guard, that's all!'

"Are you sure?" Lisanna was still not convinced, feeling that Angel was hiding her pain behind a mask. But Angel eagerly nodded.

"Relax, I'm ok with this! While I too love Natsu-kun, I understand that you two have known each other a long time. It's only natural that you are the first to take that step with him."

"Angel"

"That doesn't mean you'll be the only bride!" Angel added "One day, I expect to go down the aisle with Natsu too."

"Why not make it a double wedding?" Natsu suggested once the awkwardness vanished. Lisanna paled at his words, but fortunately for her, Angel dispelled the idea.

"That's sweet of you, but no." seeing his confused look, she explained "Natsu; Lisanna, like any other girl, wants her wedding to be perfect and unforgettable. So, this time, I'll stand aside for her sake."

"Angel" Lisanna didn't know what to say.

Following the path Vergil had taken, Angel said "Remember: you owe me a date tonight."

"It's a promise!" Natsu replied and then took Lisanna's hand to lead her to the guild. The moment they were out of sight, Angel's smile was replaced by a sad look.

Natsu kicked the guild's door and stepped inside "We're back!"

"No one cares!" Gray lazily yelled back. As usual, Natsu punched him in response which started a full out brawl.

"Just like old times" Macao said wiping a tear on his eye.

Lisanna didn't mind when a brawl happened, but they were supposed to tell their friends about the engagement. "Master, can't you stop them?"

"I can, but why spoil their fun." Gildarts replied from his spot at the bar.

"Gildarts?" Lisanna wondered why the S-mage answered instead of Macao. Deciding to find out later, the takeover girl called Natsu.

"Natsu"

"That's me!" Natsu poked his head out of the dust cloud caused by the fight and looked at his fiancé; by the look she was giving him, Natsu got the message. "Hey! Everyone stop fighting!"

"You're one to talk" Gray said while keeping Elfman in a headlock.

"It's not manly to stop a fight underway"

Thunder reigned from above, electrocuting the mages and stopping the fight.

"Thanks Laxus" Lisanna then waited until everyone recovered before addressing them: "We have an announcement to make" Lisanna and Natsu looked at each other before saying; "We're getting married!"

Everyone, except Lucy and Happy, remained quiet for a moment before yelling: "WHAAAAAAAAAT!"

Natsu grinned while Lisanna smiled due to the reaction they got from them. From the whole bunch, no one was more shocked than Mira and Elfman.

"Natsu…you got my sister pregnant! Didn't you!"

While a moment ago they were ready to celebrate, now a tense atmosphere fell upon everyone at the guild. Before things escalated, Lisanna stepped between Natsu and a furious Mira "Mira-nee, it's not like that!"

"It's the truth" Natsu added. Even when Mira was giving him a death glare, the dragon slayer didn't back down "I asked Lisanna to marry me because I love her and that's the truth."

Mira was surprised by the intensity of his words, dropping her glare she said: "I believe you, Natsu." Returning to her cheerful persona she asked "When's the wedding?"

With the crisis adverted, everyone cheered for them and went to congratulate the couple. There were a few questions regarding his bond with Angel, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Natsu was listening to Elfman congratulating him while throwing random manly phrases into the mix, when he felt a change in Angel's bond.

"Natsu!"

Looking at her fiancé, Natsu nodded to her and both headed out, leaving everyone behind wondering what was going on.

"They told you, didn't they?"

He got his answer by the look on Angel: "You knew!"

"I was there when he proposed" Vergil replied.

"Oh" Angel didn't care anymore, so she merely sat down in the tree shade where Vergil was leaning at. They remained in relative silence for a moment before Angel spoke:

"I want to ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"Remove the bond between me and Natsu."

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"No"

Angel remained quiet for a moment, not expecting this answer from him: "Why?" Looking at him for an answer, she was met with silence. "I asked you why?"

Vergil remained impassive by her outburst, infuriating Angel even more: "Lisanna told me how your sword once severed her bond! Do the same with mine!"

The half devil spared her a glance, but refrained from saying anything.

"ANSWER ME!"

Vergil's cold eyes met hers, scaring her a bit "Yamato is indeed able to sever a bond like yours or Lisanna's."

Angel caught the hidden message in Vergil's words: 'Why don't you ask me to sever Lisanna's bond instead?'

She would be lying if she said that idea hadn't crossed her mind. "Regardless of my past, of what I've done, Lisanna has accepted me as her friend. I could never do that to her!"

"Good answer" Vergil thought. Seeing her determined look, he asked: "Is that what you really want?"

"No" Angel was unable to lie to herself "I've slowly grown to love Natsu, if I had met him before Lisanna, maybe I would be the one walking down the aisle next to him. But I no longer want to stand between them."

Vergil looked straight at her to see any sign of deceit, sensing none he said: "Very well."

"You will?" A part of her was hoping he would refuse, but she silenced it. She wanted to do this for Lisanna.

Vergil drew Yamato and pointed it at her: "Defeat me, and I shall remove the bond."

Angel seemed to doubt for a moment, but attacked him nonetheless. Vergil noticed that her attacks carried more force behind them, but her movements were sloppy. Seeing her attacks were not landing, Angel decided to try a new tactic and summoned Caelum and Andromeda to even the odds in her favor.

"Andromeda! Restrain him! Caelum, Fire!"

Before the spirits could attack, Vergil got rid of them and teleported behind Angel. The celestial mage reached for Seiryu's key, but before she could summon the dragon, Vergil swatted the key from her hands and punched her in the stomach.

"Don't rely on them to fight for you"

Angel didn't say anything, or rather couldn't, after the punishing blow from Vergil. Dropping to her knees, the white haired girl could feel the sting of fresh tears coming from her eyes when Vergil lifted her with his hand on her neck.

"What I do, is for the best."

Angel struggled to get free, but with her air supply cut off she was slowly losing consciousness. She had never felt so helpless since Zancrow almost killed her at Tenrou island. And now, Vergil was going to do the same.

"Natsu…" Angel chocked as she accepted her fate. She had gone so far as to finally get together with Natsu, only to have it all end like this. "No! I don't want it to end like this!"

Vergil grabbed Yamato and prepared to stab her in the stomach "Forgive me"

"Angel!" Natsu yelled as he and Lisanna hurried to stop Vergil. The half devil sparred them a glance, but made no notion to stop his actions. "LET HER GO!"

Hearing his voice, something awoke inside Angel. Before she knew what was going on, blue flames sprouted around Angel. Vergil released his hold on her and stepped back, while the flames surrounded Angel and then turned into a blinding light.

A ship similar to Grimoire Heart's was currently floating above a large body of water. The only one aboard was a cloaked girl who was watching his teammate floating in the air.

"Damn, this is boring!"

Erigor said for the fifth time while his companion refrained to stay quiet. Growling, Erigor yelled at her: "Damn it, say something at least! It's boring as it is with you just standing there like a retard!"

"I have nothing to speak about, and even If I had I'm not interested in sharing it with you."

"Stuck up bitch" Erigor muttered, if she heard him she didn't seem to care. Resigning to continue his task, the proclaimed Shinigami continued to use his wind magic to raise large quantities of water from the ocean onto the ship's containers. "Why am I doing this again?"

"Because I ordered it."

Erigor visibly tensed as he recognized that voice: "Deimos-sama! Forgive my outburst!"

"Keep doing your job."

"Yes sir!"

The girl removed the cloak from her head and greeted him: "My lord, the mission went well?"

"Of course"

"The only bad thing is that I wasn't able to kill anyone this time." Ikaruga said a bit sad.

"You will get another chance. All of you will"

Erigor and Ikaruga smirked while Deimos checked the water containers. So far, collecting the water was the most troublesome task, but it had to be done.

Ultear stealthily ran through the forest to rejoin her teammates. After her impromptu trip to Fairy Tail , she was sure that Meredy would be worried about her and Jellal was waiting for her arrival to give her one of his 'we need to be careful' speeches, but Ultear couldn't seem to care about it. For the first time, since she could remember, she was genuinely happy. She confessed to Gray and he accepted her feelings. Not only that, but he also admitted to have feelings for her as well.

Touching her lips, Ultear recalled the short but passionate kiss that they shared. If it was possible, her smile grew wider. Right now, there was literally nothing that could wipe her smile, well, almost anything. It was going so well... until She came along.

Ultear didn't hold a grudge against anyone from Fairy Tail, but it only took a brief moment in the presence of the card user for Ultear to decide one thing: She did not like Cana one bit.

The raven hair beauty suddenly stopped when she felt a presence following her, cursing herself for letting her guard down she resolved to hide and wait until the mysterious person revealed himself. Before she could do so, Ultear suddenly felt very tired.

"Sleeping spell!" Ultear realized it and tried to fight it, but it was too late. She quickly lost the battle and succumbed to it.

A moment later, Mystogan revealed his presence and approached her "Ultear Milkovich, former mage of Grimoire heart. What was she doing so close to Magnolia?"

Before Mystogan could ponder more about it, Ultear tossed her orb at him, forcing him to dodge the attack while she regained her stance. His sleeping spell was strong, but she was able to counter rest it and was stunned when she realized who it was.

"You're Mystogan! But how!"

Before Tenrou Island, Grimoire heart had learned about the incident involving Magnolia and the Anima, and how the other Jellal had gone to Edolas for good. But here in front of her was Mystogan.

Mystogan revealed nothing to her and asked: "What were you doing here?"

"I came to visit an old acquaintance" it wasn't a lie exactly.

Mystogan withdrew one of his staffs and pointed it at her "I won't ask again"

Ultear smirked, this would be a rare opportunity indeed "If you want the truth, you'll have to fight me for it."

Mystogan stabbed some of his staffs on the ground before him "So be it."

Author's Notes:

I was originally going to include a small lemon between Natsu and Lisanna, but instead decided to save it for the wedding. As for Mystogan's unexpected presence in the story: I will reveal more about how was he able to return to Earthland and why… in the next chapter. My decision to add him was the fact that Mystogan is a great character that needs more character development (and after that Jellal impersonating Mystogan in the tournament fiasco, I just had to add the REAL Mystogan.)

It's not relevant, but the guys that held Yukino captive were mages from Trinity Wraith, and the group she joined before Sabertooth is the military or royal guard depicted in the manga. Just so you know. I'm still holding back about her character until the manga reveals more about her.

Cana might be out of character (heck! No girl would forgive their guy after kissing another girl) but for the sake of this story let's pretend she does. Just try to imagine that Gray is a very important person for her, and she is willing to give him a second chance.

No one has asked, but Vergil reason to train Angel is so that she awakens her true potential and avoid a repeat of what happened to her when Zancrow nearly killed her. Why he doesn't want to sever her bond with Natsu…is a mistery?

Have any doubts? Questions? Feel free to review.

xgensean: believe me: It's not that unhealthy. Vergil/Natsu's relation is complicated; Vergil's soul was trapped inside Yamato and Yamato was Natsu's sword. He does have a deeper relation with Lisanna and Angel.

Hawner: I'm glad you liked the chapter. Yukino won't be jumping into the harem anytime soon thought, for now I'll focus on Lisanna and Angel's relationship with Natsu. Rest asure; there won't be any lemons with two or three girls on this story.

trinityblade13: I haven't decided yet, but they might have the wedding before the tournament. Yukino will keep on stalking Natsu in a Juvia-manner.

YggdrasilSama; If I recall right, I answered your review in a PM. Anyways; the idea of the four of them living under the same roof is not yet discarded.

Frozen-Tundra88: For some reason I keep forgetting to write Angel's date with Natsu, but they will go out someday (with Angel in her new form). Also, Lisanna is the main girl. Haven't decided which one will be Gray's main girl, but I'm inclined to have Ultear in that spot.

Shadow of the fire: I'm definitely going to bring Dante one day, on what role…I already have an idea about it. Good to hear there's another Gray x Ultear fan; we're a rare breed in fanfiction.

Ryvius: Maybe you're right about Vergil, but I kinda find Erza to be so overrated. Don't take me wrong: I like her, but they always seem to depict her as nearly invincible and all. You are right on one thing though; Gildarts is stronger than Vergil. Mystogan's arrival to the story was planned a long time ago; don't think I included him because of our last chat.

THEgirlWHOshipsLISANNAxLUCY: That's actually a nice idea (the whole argument thing), I might steal it. Thanks for the review. I'm still on planning the oneshot I promised you.

shadowdemon98: That's an interesting theory…might have to steal it hehe. Just kidding, I have a theory about Natsu and Zeref which will be played in this arc. Stay tuned.

Angelheavenwings: Haven't had the chance to include more Erza x Angel friendship scenes, but I'll make room for them in future chapters. That whole 'big sister' is a clever idea.

Masterofbalance: good to hear you enjoy the story. Thanks for the review.

That's it for now, until next time

Demonwithasoul

OMAKE

Vergil grabbed Yamato and prepared to stab her in the stomach "Forgive me"

"Angel!" Natsu yelled as he and Lisanna hurried to stop Vergil. The half devil sparred them a glance, but made no notion to stop his actions. "LET HER GO!"

Hearing his voice, something awoke inside Angel. Before she knew what was going on, blue flames sprouted around Angel. Vergil released his hold on her and stepped back, while the flames surrounded Angel and then turned into a blinding light.

"Finally! Her devil trigger is…!" Whatever Vergil was about to say was cut off when the light vanished and revealed Angel with several changes to her physique, but the most shocking one was Angel butt naked before the trio.

Vergil turned around to hide his small blush, Lisanna was not so disturbed by her nakedness (although she was kinda jealous that Angel's boobs seemed bigger than hers now).

And Natsu, he simply passed out due to his nosebleed.