The shining light of devastation has shoot towards the sky for all to see. The battle against Ten Rave is only halfway over, but perhaps it's already over.

"Ichigo, what do you think that light is?" Orihime asked.

"It's got to be that dragon cannon thing. Ten Rave must have uncovered it." Ichigo said.

"What do we do?" Orihime said.

"The only thing we can do. We have to head towards it. Not only would your hairpins be there, but so is Ten Rave and we need to stop them. Let's go." Ichigo said as he ran ahead and Orihime followed.

"Dragon Extinction Cannon"

…

Shunsui and Harribel

The two masters were the only group left, but they saw the light as well. They knew fully well what that light was and they knew this wasn't good at all.

"Pretty, but this doesn't look good." Shunsui said.

"You're right. Ten Rave has broken the seal. We must hurry." Harribel said as both of them rushed towards that light as well. They weren't the only ones either. Erza and Natsu weren't that far behind and neither were Nel and Muramasa.

…

Chad and Hachi

Chad and Hachi were in the middle of a battle against Blade, a man who can form swords out of pure magic energy. They saw the light as well, but Blade wasn't going to let them through. Blade formed those blades and thrusted his hand for them to fly at them. Hachi formed a barrier and blocked them.

"His use of magic is strong." Hachi said.

"No kidding. Those blades are enchanted for him to control with just a thought." Chad said and turned towards the light. "We can't wait around here. We have to get to the light."

"No way am I going to let you." Blade said. "It's too late for you to do anything anyway. The others have uncovered the weapon and once it starts moving, you can't stop it."

"What do you mean?" Hachi said.

"Hachi, the others probably need you at that light more. I'll try to handle him by myself." Chad said.

"I can't leave you to fight him alone." Hachi said.

"We don't have a choice. That thing has to be stopped and all the members of Ten Rave must be defeated." Chad said. "This is our only option." Hachi could see his point for everyone else is going to need medical help and without Orihime's magic, he's the only that can do it.

"Very well. Best of luck to you." Hachi said and began to run towards the light.

"Get back here. You're not going anywhere, tubby." Blade said as he formed more of his blades, but Chad acted faster. He formed his arm with his Satan Soul and tried to strike at Blade, but Blade moved to the side and it missed, but he saw Chad smashed a tree to bits. 'I'm going to need to watch myself. This guy has some serious strength.' With everyone heading towards the light, others injured or too far to help, and the rest of Ten Rave gathered in one place, it all rests on Chad to bring this one down.

…..

Ten Rave's Hideout

The light was practically in front of the four remaining members of Ten Rave and they were joyous over what was happening before their very eyes.

"It's about time this thing wakes up." Ray said.

"This is it! With this kind of power, no one will ever be able to stand in our way." Tarantula cheered. "Fiore will be ours for the taken."

"That's right. Our time is now! Dragon Extinction Cannon, rise!" Master ordered and the entire land began to tremble. The ground under them began to break apart and something rose out with all of them rising up with it. It wasn't just in the cave, most of the land began to tremble and everyone could feel it. Some of our heroes weren't that far.

"Ichigo, what's happening?" Orihime said.

"I don't know." Ichigo said. Then something began to rise out of the ground. Ichigo grabbed onto Orihime's hand. "Come on. I think we need to get on." He ran right for it and jumped right on with both of them rising up. It was happening all around with Erza and Natsu already going up.

"What is this?" Erza said and Natsu got sick from being on it. Muramasa and Nel grabbed on and got on the strange object as well. Shunsui and Harribel were already on and so was Hachi. Unfortunately, those were the only ones who could. Ichigo helped Orihime climbed up the strange object that came out of the ground.

"Orihime, are you alright?" Ichigo asked.

"I think so, but that was some rise." Orihime said. She wasn't kidding for they rose hundreds of feet in the air. "Ichigo, where are we?" They looked right in front of them and saw what looked like ruins of an old city.

"Is this massive thing the cannon?" Ichigo said. Sadly for them, it was. The D.E.C. had four legs connected to piece that seemed like the bottom half of a pyramid with an entire city on the top and in the center was a tower. At the front was a gigantic hole which might be the opening for the cannon to fire.

…

Chad

Chad saw what emerged out of the ground. He figured that was the cannon, but he couldn't believe how big it really was.

"Is that thing really the D.E.C.?" Chad questioned.

"It is." Blade said as he got ready to attack. "It's the end of the line for you and your friends. You've failed." He formed more of his enchanted swords and sent them flying to Chad. Chad held up his arm and transformed it into his Gigante arm. He tried to block them, but the swords still sliced right through and damaged him.

'Even the arm of Gigante can't stop those swords.' Chad thought as he was getting in trouble.

"Get out of the way. There's nothing you can do to stop us." Blade said as he continued to attack but Chad jumped out of the way.

'I have to hang on. I'm not going to lose to him.' Chad told himself and kept trying to stay strong.

"This ends here. Lustrous Slash!" Blade moved his hands in a clock-like manner and formed swords surrounding Chad. They all attacked at once and slashed against him. Chad was attacked from all angles and dropped to the ground. "That was a little anticlimactic. I thought a big guy like him would put up more of a fight, but I can't say I blame him. My Sword Magic allows me to form blades of magic power that I can easily command. I possess an infinite amount and I can't be stopped."

"Interesting." Blade looked and saw Chad was able to get back up.

"Guess you can put up more of a fight." Blade said.

"Let me ask you something. What is the goal of Ten Rave? What do you hope to gain by having that monstrosity?" Chad said.

"It's simple." Blade said. "We're going to take over. With the D.E.C., Ten Rave is the most powerful force in the country."

"And you'll trample over anyone you want." Chad said.

"That's right. Of course, our master has unfinished business that he would like to take care of first." Blade said. That left Chad curious as to what their really planning, but it will have to wait until he takes this guy down.

…..

The D.E.C.

The four remaining members of Ten Rave rested on the top of the tower in the center of the cannon surrounded by seven obelisks. All of them were admiring the sight and the view. A setting sun was perfect for they shall bring chaos and darkness with this weapon.

"Look around, Arna. Isn't it amazing?" Tarantula asked his pet and it agreed.

"I was expecting an actual cannon. Not whatever this is, but it's better." Ray said. "Why is there a city on this thing?"

"This city belong to the people who created the D.E.C. centuries ago." Master said. "It was a defensive system for when dragons attacked and they could all find a new land to call their own. Now, it will be ours to destroy whatever we pleased."

"By the way, why are you still holding onto those hairpins?" Tarantula asked. Master still had Orihime's hairpins in his hand.

"There's still plenty of magic in them." Dusk said. "They'll be most useful once we learn their full capabilities. If they could break an impenetrable seal, imagine what else they can do."

"I'm a little scared you know all about this, but then again, you're practically the master's right hand man." Ray said. "So where are we going?"

"I know perfectly well what our first target is." Master said with a sinister smirk. "A certain guild that's been a thorn in my side for long enough."

"Starting with a bang, are we?" Ray said.

"Shouldn't have expected anything less." Tarantula said.

"Begin the march!" Master ordered. The systems begin to operate and the legs started moving with the entire place walking. "And just like that, we're off. We don't even need to be up here for it."

"Why's that?" Tarantula asked.

"During the unsealing, we programmed the cannon's target. It can operate perfectly fine without us and once we get close enough to the target, it will fire." Dusk said.

"Precisely. In the meantime, let's spread out. Our enemies are here and we must eliminate them." Master said.

…

Blade

Somehow, Blade was able to overpower Chad as he was on the ground. Yet, he wasn't happy because he saw the cannon was on the move and he wasn't on it.

"Hey! Get back here! You can't leave without me." Blade said. He was upset the others would just leave him behind, but he thought he heard something. He turned around and saw Chad was right there and was ready to strike. 'I didn't even hear him!' Chad brought back his transformed fist and thrusted it right into Blade's stomach. Chad had power built up and the impact blasted Blade through the forest. So much power in one attack with no guard that Blade was knocked out in an instant. Talk about silent, but deadly.

"Ichigo, the rest is up to you." Chad said before he collapsed from injuries and exhaustion. One other member of Ten Rave has been defeated, but it better not be too late to stop all of them.

…

The D.E.C.

Night covered the sky as Ichigo and Orihime worked their way through the mysterious ruins of the mysterious city. As far as they knew, they were the only ones here so they tried to be careful.

"This place is huge." Orihime said.

"Yeah. We better watch ourselves. There's no telling what could be here." Ichigo said.

"You don't need to worry. It seems the place is abandoned." Both of them looked to the rooftops and saw Harribel and Shunsui.

"It's the masters!" Orihime cheered as the two of them came down.

"We're here too!" All of them looked down the road and saw Muramasa and Nel arrived.

"Nel, Muramasa, you made it too!" Ichigo said.

"Yes, but this is certainly a surprise." Muramasa said. "I wasn't expecting the D.E.C. to be something like this."

"Neither did I." All of them saw Erza walk out of the shadows and she was carrying Natsu.

"Erza and Natsu!" Ichigo cheered.

"What's wrong with him?" Shunsui asked as Erza placed Natsu down.

"It's a weakness with dragon slayers, motion sickness." Erza answered. "This thing is moving and it's not a living creature. It's going to be impossible for him to fight like this."

"Not to worry." The final member of the group, Hachi, showed up.

"Hachi!" Nel said.

"I can help with that." Hachi said as he walked over to Natsu. "Stabilize!" Hachi formed an invisible barrier around Natsu and he was better in an instant.

"Oh yeah!" Natsu said as he got back on his feet. "Thanks, whoever you are."

"That will keep your sense of balance. It should last a couple hours." Hachi said. "Hopefully, that's also enough time for us to stop this thing."

"It would seem the nine of us are all that is left." Harribel said.

"I've kept in contact with Nanao through telepathy and, if I'm right, only four members of Ten Rave remain." Shunsui said.

"That's good to hear. The remaining members must be here." Erza said.

"But where is this thing even going?" Ichigo said.

"I don't know, but we can't worry about that." Erza said. "There must be some way to stop it and we need to find it. At the moment, we're too big of a target by staying together and the remaining four are here. We'll have to split up into the groups we were earlier."

"What good will that do?" Orihime said.

"You see that large tower?" Erza said as they all saw it. "We'll each take our own path and head there. That might be the control center. Perhaps if we look around, we can also find a way to stop this thing. We also need to bring the remaining four down if we're going to end this."

"She's right. Hachi, since Orihime can't use magic, you go with her and Ichigo." Harribel said.

"Of course." Hachi agreed.

"Let's move. We don't have time to lose." Erza said. All of them agreed and went their own path to head for the tower.

…

Nel and Muramasa

Clouds covered the moon as both of them went down their own path and made their way to the tower or tried to find the enemy.

"Where do you think they're taking this thing?" Nel said.

"I'm not sure, but let's not concern ourselves with that now." Muramasa said. The moon came out of hiding and Muramasa stopped when he saw strange shadows.

"What's wrong?" Nel said. Muramasa looked around and saw a giant shadow.

"Nelliel, above us!" Muramasa warned. Both of them looked up and spotted Arna on a web with Tarantula hanging upside down.

"Welcome to my web. You'll be Arna's next meal." Tarantula said.

…

Orihime: Yuck. Spiders are so creepy.

Ichigo: Don't tell me you're scared of little spiders.

Orihime: Nothing good really comes from them.

Ichigo: You're overreacting. You're just thinking of them from stories and all that other stuff. Of course the big ones are a problem.

Ichigo: Next time: Caught in the Web

Orihime: I like all things, but I don't think I could ever like spiders.