*Fire surrounds me as I laugh at the sadness and shockness from the audience's reaction to Bisca's and Alzack's death.*

Yes, you're despair only makes me stronger! HAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SUCH A TERRIBLE PERSON!

But anyway, here's another chapter. Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.

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Chapter Nineteen: Demon unleashed

The people of Crocus were simply enjoying themselves as they went on their usual lives. Aside from what happened with Sans and some members of Fairy Tail earlier, everything seems to be fine.

*BOOM*

That ended as the dreadlord was launched out of the palace into the streets of the capital city, making everyone turned from what they were doing to go in shock as they see some sort of creature emerging from the ground. Before anyone else could do anything, Natsu suddenly appeared and slammed into the dreadlord once more, sending the demon farther into the city.

"Impressive," The dreadlord spoke as he got back up. "Even now you prove that you have great strength, but that won't get you far." He replied to the fire dragon slayer who was approaching him once more.

"When I'm done with you, there will be nothing left of you. Right now, it's just you and me, no distractions." Natsu replied with anger as his fists became covered in flames.

The dreadlord simply smirked as he lifted up his hand and unleashed some sort of shadow bolt toward the side of him, destroying a couple of buildings and killing a couple of people as everyone else screamed in fear. Needless to say, Natsu's eyes widened in horror from what he just witnessed.

"Correction, we are in a highly populated city with easily destructible buildings and fragile mortal lives. There are MANY distractions." The dreadlord corrected the pink haired male as the demon smirked, enraging the dragon slayer.

"EVERYONE, GET OUT OF HERE!" Natsu shouted to the people of Crocus as he once again charged into the demon, unleashing an uppercut that sends the dreadlord into the air. Natsu then got into the air as he used fire from his feet to send himself in the air toward the dreadlord once more.

The guards around snapped out of their shock and proceed to help evacuated the civilians of the city. Currently with the others, at least those who went after the dreadlord and Natsu, they managed to arrive at the scene, seeing the people of the city being evacuated to safety.

"Where's dad?" Layla questioned in worried as she couldn't spot Natsu or the demon.

"I don't know." Lucy answered her future daughter as some of them proceeded to help with the evacuation.

"What's going on?!" They all turned to see Sans and Juvia running to them, as the two also noticed the destruction around them.

"Sans! Juvia!" They called out as the two got to them.

"What's happening?" Juvia questioned as she noticed the area around them is damaged.

"A dreadlord appeared that's what!" Daron managed to reply to them, getting Sans to widen his eyes in shock.

"A dreadlord? Here? How's that possible?!" Sans questioned in surprised and anger, as he realized that a demon of the Burning Legion was somehow here.

"We apparently weren't the only ones who were sent back in this time." The death knight replied to the red haired male.

"What's a dreadlord?" Juvia questioned, "And where is it?"

"We don't know, Natsu engaged it into a fight, but I don't know where they are right now." Erza answered the blue haired woman, "We don't even know how this creature even got here."

"That's the problem with dreadlords," Tiron spoke as most of the people were being sent to the palace for safety, getting their attention. "At least an infernal has the courtesy of announcing its presence." The green haired male began to explain to them, "Dreadlords like to manipulate and deceive, turning nation against nation, family against family, they are one of the more dangerous kinds of demons of the Legion."

Before anyone could question anything else, an explosion was heard above them, as they saw Natsu engaged in aerial combat with the dreadlord. The demon then slams Natsu with his fists, sending the dragon slayer down to the ground. Before any of the others could react, Natsu then unleashed a fire dragon roar at the dreadlord, causing him to cry out in pain from the attack.

"This monster's mine!" Natsu shouted at them, "Get the people to safety!" Natsu left no room for argument as he once again charged at the dreadlord on his own. The two began to fight away from the others into the city.

"You heard him; we must help evacuate the civilians!" Mira told everyone.

"We can't just leave him to fight the dreadlord alone!" Sans responded in anger at the thought of leaving his dad to fight the demon alone.

"Natsu can handle it, I know he can." Lisanna replied to the red haired male with confidence. "This is Natsu we're talking about, have faith in him." She told him.

"Mother's right Sans," Daron told his brother, making Lisanna blush as she wasn't used to the fact that she gets to have a kid with Natsu. "I know father can hold out for a bit longer. Once we evacuate the civilians, we will be able to aid him."

Sans reluctantly agreed, as he began to help the others get the people of Crocus to the palace where it's safe.

Back with Natsu, he was once again sent to the ground by the dreadlord. The dreadlord unleashed more shadow bolts at the fire dragon slayer, who managed to get back up and dodged them, getting close enough to unleash a fire dragon iron fist at the demon multiple times.

"I'm surprise that you're willing to fight this long and this much for those mortals." The dreadlord spoke to the Fairy Tail mage.

"Of course I will!" Natsu replied in anger, "I will stop you from hurting anymore lives you monster!" Natsu shouted as he threw a punch at the demon, who managed to block it with his hand.

"I'm a monster? You make it seem like I'm the only one of us that is a monster. We're more alike than you know." The dreadlord who then proceeds to throw a punch toward Natsu, who was unable to block it as he was sent a few feet away from the demon.

"ALIKE?! HOW ARE WE ALIKE?!" Natsu shouted back in rage, as if he was anything like this dreadlord!

"Tell me then, how did you think you ended up with Igneel?" The dreadlord began to question him, making his eyes widen when the demon spoke Igneel's name.

"You know about Igneel?" Natsu questioned him in shocked.

"Of course, we know everything about you." The dreadlord answered him, "The Legion sees all. You were given to the fire dragon king of this world by that traitorous black mage who thought he could get away with his betrayal."

"Given?" Natsu was confused now, "What are you talking about? Igneel found me in the woods when I was a child!" The pink haired male replied in anger, as if he would believe that this demon knew about him more than he did himself.

"A simple lie that the dragon came up with. You see, you had a life before this one." The dreadlord began, "The black mage traitor, the one named Zeref, had a younger brother who perished due to both an illness, and due to a dragon attack. Fate can be cruel to the weak. Driven by the only thought to bring his brother back, he would go on to create the R-System, also known as the Tower of Heaven and the Eclipse Gate." The dreadlord explained.

"What does all that have to do with me?!" Natsu shouted in protest, as the fire dragon slayer didn't understand how any of this was meant for him. While he was surprised that Zeref had a younger brother, his anger at the dreadlord overtook his curiosity about that.

"Because YOU were, or are, the younger brother of Zeref Dragneel." The dreadlord answered him with a smirk.

All of a sudden Natsu froze from hearing that. He was Zeref's younger brother? No… that can't be true! There was no way Zeref, the darkest mage in history was his brother!

"You think I'm lying, well then allow me to finish," The dreadlord began to talk once more. "Due to his meddling with life and death on this world, the gods of this planet cursed him with his black magic and immortality. It was in his weakest moment, WE appeared before him. We told him that we would give him the power to bring you back, as long as he swears loyalty to the Legion, and conquer and destroy this world for us. However, he planned to simply end his own life and end the life on this world for himself, not us. But with the fel energy we gave him, he went on to bring you back as the most powerful demon of this world, even surpassing himself and that dragon king of this world called Acnologia. You were known as E.N.D." The dreadlord finished as he watched as Natsu couldn't believe that all of that was true.

"N-No… y-you're lying! It's not true! IT'S NOT TRUE!" Natsu yelled out in denial as he unleashed a fire dragon roar once more at the dreadlord, who simply moved to the side to dodge it. The sky all of a sudden was slowly becoming more dark and green as it also began to thunder.

"I think you know it's true. How else does you're kids wield demonic power and have those demon forms? They are part demon as they inherited it from you." The demon then walked toward the now horrified Natsu, "But you can be use of us. Even now, due to my presence, the demonic energies I give off is reacting to your seal, weakening it as we speak. How else could you have lasted so long against me?" The dreadlord then held out his hand. "You can live on; no longer will you have to keep fighting for the mortals who hurt you. You saw it yourself how they thought about you. Serve us, and you will have more power, and you can finally be free from their torment." The dreadlord finished as it waited for Natsu to agree. However, before anything else could happen…

*SLASH*

"AUGH!" The demon cried out in pain as two blades struck him, sending him to the ground.

Natsu got out of his shock and horror from what he was told as he saw both Erza and his future daughter Maria with their swords with them. Needless to say, the two were enraged at the demon.

"You dare to interfere?!" The dreadlord shouted as it got back up from the ground.

"…You think this would change anything?" Erza spoke quietly, as she all of a sudden charged at the demon while swinging her sword at the dreadlord. "You think that this would make me hate him?!" Erza increased her speed of the demon, who was surprised by the red haired woman's abilities to keep up. "I don't care if he is a demon! I will NEVER abandon him!" She managed to hit the demon once more who cried out in pain once again.

"Have you been listening this whole time mortal?" The dreadlord couldn't believe that this woman and one of the royalties of the world in the future would dare to stop him.

"Erza…" Natsu trailed off as his and Erza's future daughter joined in on the attack.

"Father was never a monster like you!" Maria then charged at the demon as well and began to attack. "Even when he was whole, he was no different than he is now! He was always a hero; he saved many lives even all those years ago! You will not trick him like you tried to do once before!" Maria shouted as she continued to unleash more strikes against the demon.

Natsu was now shedding tears now, but they were of happiness. Even now, the ones he love and his future kids showed him that they cared about him still. He was also happy to know that even as E.N.D, he still did what he could to save people.

"You… Will pay for this mortals!" The dreadlord then lifted his arm to prepare for an attack, but then found his arm wrapped by a whip. He looked behind him to see Lucy stopping him from continuing his assault.

"Hurry guys!" The blonde shouted to Erza and Maria, as they then continued to unleashed more strikes at the dreadlord who yelled out in pain once again as he was once again sent to the ground.

Before they could continue their assault, the dreadlord roared in fury as he grabbed the whip on his arm and pulled Lucy to him as he slammed his arm into her, sending her into a building as she cried out in pain.

"LUCY!" Natsu shouted in fear as he saw one of the women he loved got hurt.

The dreadlord wasn't done, as he then unleashed a point blanked shadow bolt at Erza, making her cry out in pain as she too was sent flying into a building.

"ERZA!" Natsu once again shouted in fear, as he then charged at the dreadlord, who managed to unleash another shadow bolt at him, sending him into the ground.

Maria attacked the dreadlord once more, however the demon then grabbed the woman with both of his hands. Maria tried to get out of the demon's hold, but to no valid.

"Die… DIE!" The dreadlord began to crush Maria with his hands as she cried out in pain as blood began to come out of her. "Yes… YES! NOW YOU WILL DIE!" The dreadlord shouted with a twisted grin as he continued to crush the life out of Maria who could only scream in agony as the demon laughed.

*BAM*

The dreadlord founded himself crashing into a building. As he got up, he saw Maria on the ground greatly injured, and saw Natsu enveloped in fire. However, the fire began to turn into a dark green color. Erza, Lucy, and Maria, who could barely stay awake now, saw the figure in the dark green flames began to change.

All of a sudden, a huge pillar of dark green fire shot in the air as the ground beneath Natsu began to break and charred. The ground also began to shake uncontrollably. It caught everyone in the city and around to be affected by this and wondered what was happening.

Outside the palace, the others and the future kids looked to see the dark green pillar of flame shooting into the sky.

"What's happening?" Wendy questioned in worry as they all had no choice but to watch the sight as the ground began to shake.

The future children sensed the power and realized what was happening. They could only smile as they charged toward the pillar of fel fire, as the others followed.

Eventually, the ground stopped shaking, and the pillar of fire dissipated, but the sky was still dark and green as it continued to thunder. Where Natsu once stood, he now had giant demonic wings coming out of his back, and had demonic horns coming out of his head as well. Hooves had taken the place of his feet. He had green markings on his body and face. Natsu was whole again.

Natsu looked at himself, as all the memories from the past flooded back to him. Just like Maria said, he was never a monster, even back then he still did the right thing and saved many lives. He couldn't focus on these memories now as he had a dreadlord to kill. The demon then turned to the dreadlord, who got back up.

"You hurt the women I love…" Natsu began to speak with a demonic tone, "You hurt one of my children… and you hurt innocent people…" As Natsu spoke, Erza and Lucy managed to get to Maria to make sure she was okay. They simply looked on as the man Erza and Lucy loved and the man that was Maria's father charged at the dreadlord once more.

"I WILL END THIS NOW!" Natsu roared in fury as he slammed his fist into the dreadlord. This fight ends now.

Alright, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, or not, it's really up to you. Natsu and the dreadlord's fight ends next time, so see you then, whenever that will be.