Corrupted Dragon and the Scarlet Light Chapter 2, a fairy tail fanfic

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

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Jellal

Jellal smiled contently as the council began the vote for using the Etherion Cannon began.

"Victory is at hand" he said confidently to the advisor standing to his side. "Once the council votes to activate the Etherion we simply have to use Dragneel as our sacrifice."

"Should we not prepare for Erza's arrival master Jellal?" The man asked.

"There's no reason to worry Askell.' If anything Erza's arrival will provide some entertainment for us while we wait on the council."

"Erza is a powerful wizard, it's possible she could disrupt our plans." The Askell insisted.

"Exactly why she will be the perfect opponent.' Victory without a challenge is hardly a victory" Jellal told him. "By allowing Erza and her friends to enter the tower and attempt to save Salamander victory will no longer be certain and there will be a challenge added to our little game.

Erza

"So the question is… How the hell are we going to be able to get up there!?" Lucy asked staring at the massive tower.

"On our way here I noticed that there is a tunnel underwater that we could use to sneak into the tower" Juvia suggested.

"Though it would be close to a ten minute swim to get to the other side"

"I don't know about you but normal people can't hold their breath that long" Lucy sweatdropped.

"Not to worry I can create pockets of air for all of us use while we swim through the tunnel"

"Excellent then let's get going" Erza commanded already walking towards the direction Juvia indicated the tunnel in. "It's my fault Natsu is in danger and I will not rest until he's safe and out of danger." She swore to herself.

"I will not let Jellal hurt Natsu" Erza said to herself as she dived into the water the moment Juvia created a pocket of air for her with the others scrambling to catch up with her.

Jellal

"Master Jellal if I may have a moment?"

Jellal looked over to see Ultear approaching him. "Ultear what are you doing here?' If the council discovers you're missing it could destroy our plans if they get suspicious.

"You need not worry" Ultear said "You forget that I control time and space I'll be able to return to ERA in a matter of seconds before they even notice I've left and even if we reconvene before I am finished I can always use projection magic."

"If you say so" Jellal responded not entirely convinced. "So what is it you're doing here?"

"I was hoping you would allow me to attempt to draw forth whatever power is hidden within Natsu Dragneel so that we can insure that he does indeed possess enough power to be used as a sacrifice." Ultear answered.

Jellal took a moment to think about what she was asking before answering. "

Very well but be quick the council will reconvene soon to begin a second vote on the use of the Etherion.

"But of course Master Jellal" Ultear responded as she turned and walked away.

Natsu

"I'm beginning to think that guy was lying to me" Natsu said to himself wondering where Simon was as he hung suspended by chains. "I suppose I could just break myself out" he said to himself smiling at the idea of causing trouble for the people who kidnapped him.

"Planning on escaping are we" a female voice asked from the entrance to the cell.

Natsu looked over to see a dark haired woman walk into his cell.

"Wait a minute I recognize that smell" Natsu exclaimed

"You're that masked guy from Galuna Island!" Natsu continued. "Why the hell are you dressed like a woman now?"

"I am a WOMAN you idiot!" Ultear responded.

"Are you sure?" Natsu asked looking at her intently still not believing her to really be a woman.

"If you want I could show you just how much of a woman I really am" She said in a sultry voice making Natsu's face turn as red as Erza's hair.

"No, no I'm fine I believe you" Natsu rushed trying to hide his embarrassment.

Ultear pouted a little at this answer. "Such a disappointment, and here I was hoping you would be a little fun."

"So why are you here?" Natsu asked trying to change the subject.

"I suppose you could say I'm here to help you" she answered mysteriously.

"Help me how?"

"It's clear to me that there is immense power hidden within you and I want to bring it to the surface which should make you way stronger than you currently are.

"Hidden power?" Natsu asked more than a little confused.

"Don't worry all you need to know is that you will be much stronger than you are now.' However unfortunately the process will be rather painful for you." Ultear said emotionlessly

"I'm not sure if I like the sounds of this" Natsu said getting a little nervous.

"Just relax it will all be over soon." Ultear said as she began to use her time magic on Natsu.

"I think I'll start by unlocking you second origin."

Erza

"That was a close one!" Lucy exclaimed as they finally reached the other side of the tunnel and came onto dry land.

"For a second I thought I was going to run out of air" Lucy Continued.

"I'm surprised you didn't" Juvia said looking over a Lucy.

"I made yours smaller than the others so the fact that you made it is quite remarkable."

"Wait you mean you made mine smaller on purpose!" Lucy exclaimed in anger.

"Enough you two we have to hurry" Erza commanded and she began to look around. So long as Natsu was in Jellal's hands she would not rest until Natsu was free and Jellal punished for his crimes.

"At least we'll have the element of surprise" Gray said walking up to Erza.

"Guess again" Erza said looking up.

Gray looked followed Erza's line of sight and saw hundreds of soldiers and magic beasts waiting for them.

"Why can't anything ever be easy" Lucy complained as she grabbed Taurus's celestial key.

"Hold on Lucy" Erza commanded.

"Don't waste your magic on them I'll take care of this" Erza said with a look of pure annoyance on her face as she requiped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor.

Erza then began to summon hundreds of swords out of nowhere each one aimed at a different target.

The soldiers who were at first looking down at the group confident that it would be an easy victory were now growing concerned as more and more swords began to appear.

"Prepare to die with dignity!" Erza told the soldiers as she launched her swords.

Jellal

"As expected our forces stood little chance against Erza and her friends." Jellal said watching Erza wipe out his troops with easy.

"Askell open the lower entrance so they can enter the tower." Jellal commanded

"As you command Jellal." Askell responded. "What is Jellal thinking?' at this rate Erza and her comrades will free Salamander." Askell thought as he lower the stairs allowing Erza and the others to enter the tower.

"Don't worry so much Askell." Jellal said reassuringly. "The Magic Council has voted to fire the Etherion so all we have to do is wait so why not have a little fun with Erza and her friends."

Erza

"Damnit Natsu where are you!?" Erza shouted as she proceeded to charge through the Tower wiping out any guards foolish enough to face her wrath.

"If I had to guess I'd say that Natsu is being held in the dungeons." Erza thought to herself as she tried to remember the way to get the dungeon. "Damnit why can't I remember where-"Erza began before her train of thought was stopped when she suddenly sensed an incredible amount of magic appear as if out of nowhere followed by a very large explosion.

"I'm willing to bet that explosion came from Natsu" Gray said as he caught up to Erza.

"I'm sure but there's no way this amount of magic energy could be coming from Natsu." Erza responded.

"There's something dark coming from this magic energy" Erza thought to herself. "There's no way this could be Natsu."

"Well no use standing here let's get going!" Gray shouted as he charged down the hallway leading to the source of the magic energy.

Ultear

"Holy shit I knew this kid had power within him but this is bordering on insane" Ultear sweatdropped as she recovered from the explosion Natsu caused.

After releasing Natsu's second origin she sensed a power that reminded her of Zereth's magic. When she sensed it she began to use her magic to try and force whatever it was to the surface only for Natsu to suddenly burst with more magical energy than she could have ever imagined possible.

"What connection could this kid have to Zereth?" She wondered as she watched as Natsu began to storm out of the dungeon area destroying anything that got in his way.

"Well at least he's not coming after me Ultear thought as she teleported back to the Council Headquarters." These fools call themselves a magic council but didn't even notice that both Jellal and I were using projection magic. She thought.

"I should inform Master Hades of this power within Natsu Dragneel."

Natsu

Natsu had no idea what was going on with him. First that woman unlocked some hidden cache of magic within him causing an intense amount of pain. Then she started to use her magic more forcefully until suddenly it felt like something deep within himself woke up as if from a long sleep unleashing more magic than he knew how to handle.

"I don't know what the hell she did to me but I feel great!" Natsu cheered as he continued to destroy everything in his path.

"Those guys who caught me mentioned some guy named Jellal I bet he's the one who's behind all of this!"

"If I were in charge around here I bet id want to be on the top of the tower so I'll go up there and use this new power to kick that guys ass for causing so much trouble!" he declared as he charged up the tower.

Erza

Erza and the others were charging up the tower when they heard a familiar voice cry out.

"Someone save me from this crazy cat lady!" Happy cried as he ran. He then noticed the others and quickly flew into Erza.

"Erza save me she's nuts I tell ya NUTS!" he cried

"Calm down who are you talking about Happy?" Erza asked trying to comfort the poor cat.

"There you are Kitty!" Milliana yelled as she turned around a corner and saw them. "With Erza what are you doing here?" She asked as she got into a fighting stance. With Wallie coming around the corner and joining her.

"I didn't think you'd be dumb enough to come back here" Wallie said as he readied himself to fight.

"Wait don't fight her!" a voice shouted from another hallway.

They all turned to see Sho approach them.

"Erza I want you to tell us your side of the story about what happened when you left all those years ago." Sho said.

Jellal

"It would seem Sho has decided to turn against us" Jellal remarked watching Sho and the others listening to Erza as she told them the truth of what happened.

"Askell take the rest of our forces and leave the tower.' The Etherion will be firing soon and I don't need any distractions for when Dragneel finally reaches the top of the tower.

"Yes Master Jellal." Askell responded as he turned to walk away.

Erza

"There's no way that could be true" Milliana shouted as Erza finished her story.

"Jellal has always been here for us and would never betray us like that." Wallie agreed

"You're wrong" Sho said shocking all of them.

"Jellal doesn't care about any of us." He continued "He proved that to me when he killed Simon.

"Wait Jellal did what" Wallie Exclaimed in shock.

"On the way back to the tower I overheard Simon talking to Salamander about freeing him once we got to the tower.' When I heard that I went to Jellal hoping that he would simply confront him and change his mind." Sho said as tears began to form in his eyes.

"But Jellal didn't even give him a chance to explain why he wanted to free Salamander he just walked up shoved his knife into his throat." Sho said as began to break down into sobs.

"Erza was completely shocked by this revelation. "Has Jellal truly lost his mind?' How could he just kill Simon without as much as a second thought?" She thought to herself.

"It's…It's all my fault that Simon's dead" Sho sobbed

"No it's my fault" Erza said as she stood there trembling with her hair covering her eyes. "If I hadn't left then this could have all been avoided if we worked together."

"Don't blame yourself Sho and neither should you Erza" Milliana said as she tried to comfort both of them.

"We have to get out of here" Sho said as he started to collect himself.

"What do you mean?" Erza asked

"I overheard Jellal talking with Askell that the Council has voted to fire the Etherion cannon at the tower.' We have less than 15 minutes before it fires."

"Shit if that's the case we gotta start making tracks pronto" Wallie said.

"I agree but we can't leave without Natsu" Erza said as she tried to think of a plan.

"Looks like most of the ships are already leaving" Gray said looking out of one of the windows watching as multiple ships began to take off and leave the tower.

"Gray take the others and get a boat for us to use." Erza Commanded. "While you do that I'll get Natsu and we will meet up with you."

"There's no way I'm leaving you here alone" Gray argued.

"If you don't then we are all going to die anyways when the Etherion fires." Erza countered.

Erza could see the conflict going on within Gray but knew he was close to agreeing with her. "Just do as I say." Erza said using the scariest voice she had at her disposal.

Gray at hearing the danger in her voice and seeing the look of annoyance on her face quickly agreed with Erza's command.

"Aye we'll be waiting for you and Natsu on the ship Erza" Gray exclaimed as he bolted back down the ladder to get away from Erza's anger as quickly as possible with the others attempting to catch up to him while giving many backward glances in Erza direction.

"Good at least now they'll be safe" Erza said as she took a moment to collect herself. "Jellal I will avenge Simon's murder and I will rescue Natsu from your plans." She thought to herself as she turned and continued her way up the tower.

Natsu

"Where are you coward?!" Natsu raged as he continued to rampage through the tower as he went up the tower.

"When I find this Jellal guy I'm going to give him an extra beating just for making me look for him." He said to himself as he busted down a pair of large heavy doors.

"You're going to give me a beating?" a curious voice asked from across the room he had just barged into.

Natsu looked over to see a cloaked man sitting on a throne looking at him with a confident smile on his face.

"You must be this Jellal guy I keep hearing about" Natsu said eager to fight someone.

"It would seem Ultear did in fact find a large amount of magic hidden within you" Jellal said completely ignoring what Natsu said.

"Ultear?' Who the hell is that?" Natsu asked confused.

"She's the one that unlocked your power"

"Oh so her names Ultear huh?" Natsu asked.

Before Jellal could respond Natsu suddenly charged straight at him charging at him summoning his flames to his hands.

Author

Sorry to disappoint you guys but I'm going to fast forward through fights in this chapter. To be 100% honest with you guys every time I attempted to write a fight scene with Jellal or anyone else my mind went elsewhere since I'm more focused on ideas for fights that aren't already seen in the show so if you want a fight between Natsu and Erza vs Jellal or Ikaruga watch the show or read manga. I do intend on writing fight scenes in later chapters just not this one. But now let's get back to the story that you guys are here to read.

Erza

Erza Knew she was in trouble

This woman Ikaruga had destroyed her most powerful armors with little effort.

"For years I have hidden behind my armor." She said. "But that ends now!" She declared as she reequipped into her "Clear Heart clothing" (Samurai get up)

"What's this?" Ikaruga asked looking at Erza's new requip. "If your hoping to win id suggest you bring out another set of armor" she mocked.

"I no longer need my armor to win my battles" she responded. " This is all I need to defeat you!" She said as she charged Ikaruga.

(Watch show if you want the rest of the fight)

Erza

Erza knew she was heading in the right direction when she began to come across parts of the tower that were in ruins.

"I have got to be getting close to catching up to him" Erza thought to herself.

However to her dismay she looked out the window and saw what she had no doubt was the Etherion Firing at the tower.

"NATSU!" Erza shouted as she charged up the stairs as the Etherion blast hit the tower blinding her with a bright light.

Erza closed her eyes to stop the blinding light and waited for the death and destruction she expected only for it to never come. She opened her eyes only to see that the tower had become a massive lacrima.

"The tower absorbed the magical energy of the Etherion" Erza said to herself in shock

She quickly regained her composure and charged up the last flight of stairs leading to the top of the tower.

After entering the top floor of the tower Erza noticed Jellal standing over an immobile Natsu.

"Natsu!" Erza shouted as she charged forward summoning one of her swords as she went forward.

"Hey Erza just in time to see me beat this jerk to a pulp" Natsu said despite the fact that he was currently unable to move due to Jellal's magical binding.

"Hello Erza so nice of you to join us." Jellal said looking over at her.

"Jellal what did you do to Natsu" Erza asked looking over at Natsu.

"Just figured it would be easier to sacrifice him if he couldn't move" Jellal answered.

"Well it didn't work" Natsu said as he suddenly used his flames to burn away the magic bindings.

Jellal looked over at Natsu in Surprise.

"I smelled that Erza was coming so I decided I would wait before I kicked your ass." Natsu said giving one of his signature grins in Erza's direction.

Author

I'll let you imagine the massive battle that occurs. Just think of Natsu's usual signature amount of destruction and place that destruction in the tower.

Erza

Erza couldn't believe the massive amount of magic that Natsu displayed.

"Where could all of this magic have come from?" Erza Wondered.

"There's no way he had this kind of power before he was taken."

"I think it's probably best if we get going now" Natsu said as he struggled back to his feet.

"That fight took a lot out of him" She thought as she watched Natsu start to stand only to collapse and start to fall forward.

"Natsu!" She quickly rushed over and caught him before he hit the ground.

"Thank you Natsu, Thank you for ending my nightmare." She thought as she brought Natsu into a tight embrace.

As she started to help Natsu to his feet the tower began to break apart.

"Not good!' The tower can't keep containing the magical energy from the Etherion" She realized.

"Looks like I have to save the day one last time" Natsu said from beside her.

"What do you mean?" Erza asked looking over at Natsu as he walked away from her towards one of the towers walls.

"While we were waiting for you to show up Jellal told me that the magical energy from the Etherion needs to be fused with the body of a person with magical power on par with that of a wizard saint" Natsu told her.

"So if I allow the tower to use my body then I should be able to stop the tower from exploding." He continued as the tower began to absorb his body into itself.

"Natsu stop you don't need to sacrifice yourself." Erza cried as she tried to stop him from going further into the tower.

"Sure I do." Natsu responded. "What kind of person would I be if I just let the tower blow up and kills millions of people? He said giving Erza on of his signature smiles.

"Being part of Fairy Tail has always been a great experience for me" Natsu told her.

"After Igneel had left me I didn't have a family or friends for that matter to turn to until Fairy Tail entered my life.' So the least I can do in return for all you guys have done for me is stop this tower from exploding" Natsu finished as the tower completely absorbed him.

"Natsu come back her right now!" Erza cried as tears streamed down her face.

"Natsu don't leave me!" She cried as the tower was filled with a blinding light just as when the Etherion hit.

Erza

"Erza!"

Erza opened her eyes and began to look around to find herself on a beach. She Saw Gray and the others running towards her from across the beach and quickly began looking around for Natsu.

Natsu was nowhere to be seen.

"Erza where's Natsu?" Gray asked her as they got closer.

"He's gone" Erza spoke quietly.

"What?" Gray asked not quite hearing her.

"I said he's GONE!" Erza yelled at him as tears streamed down her eyes.

Natsu

"If this is Heaven then I want need to have a chat with those lying priests!" Natsu raged as he floated in a sea of darkness.

"You're not in heaven and you're not dead either idiot." A voice said from within the darkness.

"Huh?' If I'm not dead than where the hell am I?

"You're just unconscious and you are currently in your head.' Given your actions I can't say I'm surprised at how empty it is."

"Hey are you calling me an idiot?" Natsu raged at the voice.

"Considering that you almost got yourself killed I think you deserve to be called that." The voice mocked.

"If I'm in my head why the hell are you hear?"

"Ah a good question" the voice responded. "All you need to know is that I am you as much as you are me and now that I'm awake I intend on keeping you from doing things as stupid as what you just did.

"Ok so if you're going to be in my head can I at least know what to call you" Natsu asked still very confused.

"My name is E.N.D and I intend to help you protect your friends so long as you help me do what I need to do."

Authors Note

Well that's it for this chapter guys. I just want to take a moment to say thank you for reading my story and to say thank you to everyone who took time to give me a review. I know you guys are thinking it and yes I cut out most of Trinity Raven on purpose. This story is set to focus more so on Erza and Natsu so there wasn't much reason to keep all of them around so I just kept Ikaruga and got rid of Vidaldus the annoying owl since their characters give me a headache.

Please review and thanks again for reading!