Jura and the others ran inside the capital of Nirvana as they are heading straight for the tower where Brain is.
"I can sense Brain's magic at the tower" said Richard while accompanying the group. "he is currently immobile as long as he is controlling Nirvana"
"that means it's a chance for us to strike him down while he is at his vulnerable moment, right!?" said Gray as Jura nodded before the Wizard Saint's eyes widen and he did a hand signal to make everyone stop in their tracks.
"what's wrong?" said Lucy before looking at front and sees Cobra with his pet snake by his side.
"Cobra" said Richard with a serious look.
"I hear that there is a traitor in our group" said Cobra with a smirk while petting his snake's head. "and I just found him"
"it's the snake guy this time" said Gray while having a serious look.
"Salamander made a mistake in handling Midnight instead of me" said Cobra while grinning "there are only a few people in this world who can actually beat me, and none of you are on the list"
"Jura, everyone, please go ahead" said Richard while facing Cobra. "I am not certain that I can help much but I can buy you time by pushing Cobra back"
"Richard-dono, are you sure?" said Jura as Richard nodded.
"my powers may not be strong enough to defeat Cobra, but I have the strength to hold him back long enough for the rest of you to defeat Brain," said Richard before his eyes flash and Cobra jumps away to dodge an explosion that came from where he previously stood. "go now! I shall hold him off for as long as there is love within me!"
"I always hated your words, Hoteye!" said Cobra as he jumps away to dodge another magic beam blast that came from Richar's eyes.
"my name is Richard!" exclaimed Richard before he unleashed another blast of his magic at Cobra who dodged it again.
At Natsu's location, dozens of ancient houses and buildings crumble down to the ground with dust blowing out everywhere as Midnight went flying out one of the may ancient house before rolling on the ground with bruises and burns on his body.
"guh….what…p-power" Midnight grunted out as he tried getting up but his body is wounded very hard. The dark mage glance to the side and sees a figure covered in the dust mist. "this…p-person….h-he's…..not a human at all!"
The dust mist disappeared and revealed Natsu whose entire right side is demonic. Skeletal like armor covered Natsu's entire right arm and right leg while having jagged and bone spikes covering his back, the man's face covered in a white and red demonic mask that is slowly growing out pointed front horns. Natsu wielded Chitetsu in its demonic form while his right hand is covered in black tentacles that are pumping out his blood into the katana.
"a human is a human after all" said Natsu in a dark tone as his eyes glows red before the demonic mask started to cover Natsu's entire head, leaving out only a portion that shows his salmon hair. "a worthless mortal human"
Midnight gritted his teeth before he swung his hand at Natsu, unleashing a magic slash that got deflected into the air by the demonic man.
"you boast that you are the strongest" said Natsu before he lifted Chitetsu up and the katana's blade is coated in raging red flames. "but you are nothing but a weakling"
Midnight looks terrified at Natsu as he screamed before Natsu swung Chitetsu down at the man.
At the King's tower, Brain was just piloting Nirvana when he places a hand on his cheek as one of his tattoos disappear.
"to think….Midnight have fallen!" said Brain in surprise before he heard footsteps behind as he turns and sees Jura with Lucy, Gray, Wendy, and Charla.
"this is as far as it goes, Brain!" exclaimed Gray while making an ice sword in his grasp.
"stop Nirvana now!" added Lucy while taking out Taurus Celestial Spirit Key, preparing to summon the Spirit into action.
"Cobra must be handling that traitor, Hoteye, huh?" said Brain before smirking as he lifted his skull staff and slammed its bottom on the floor. "no matter, I am enough to defeat you all"
"why do you aim for Wendy-dono and Charla-dono's guild?" said Jura, only knowing that the first target is the guild but not knowing the reason.
"Nirvana will turn the light in that guild into darkness immediately, I'm looking forward to see the hell that will occur in that guild" said Brain with a smirk.
"just for that reason" said Wendy while clenching up her hands into fists. "my guild….never did anything wrong!"
"hah! Grovel before me as I become the king of light and darkness!" said Brain while laughing before he got hit with a rock pillar to the gut. "Gah!?"
"I see that there is no longer any room to talk" said Jura as he steps forward while covered in a radiant yellow aura while Gray and the others looks in shock to sense such a powerful magic force coming from the man. Jura cracked his knuckles before a vein pops out of his forehead. "stand up. I won't let you rest till I have put you into pure submission!"
"I thought Master and Natsu were strong as hell…but this guy.." said Gray while shaking a bit.
"he's just as strong!" added Lucy as they all watch the might power that is radiating from Jura.
Meanwhile with Erza. The Scarlet Knight with Jellal and Kiara were heading to the tower to stop Brian together, but they ran into Cobra who had defeated Richard with poison magic.
It took everything that Erza had to defeat the man while being poisoned and her move being read, but she succeeded in defeating Cobra by creating highly pitch echoing metallic sounds with dozens of her swords that cause Cobra's ears to bleed and confuse before getting struck down by Erza in her Purgatory armor.
Right now, Erza helps Jellal stand as the man got hit hard by Cobra's magic, poisoning him inside.
"I'll get you to Wendy, she has healing magic" said Erza while looking a bit pale as she too got poisoned as well.
"t-thanks…" grunted Jellal before the two heard a powerful explosion coming from the tower as they turn and see a large rock pillar coming out of the tower. "that…"
"that magic….it must be from Jura" said Erza, knowing the Wizard Saint's power and magic. She hoisted Jellal and holds him close. "let's go and find Wendy"
Jellal nodded as they keep on moving before they suddenly stopped when a powerful and demonic presence appeared behind them.
"w-what is this sensation….it's….terrifying!" thought Erza as her legs were shaking in fear and her body isn't moving according to her own will. Jellal is in the same condition as he looks terrified and couldn't move.
Erza slowly turns her head around and she looks behind to see a black and white demonic monster who just stood behind them.
"w-what….what is that thing!?...the amount of pressure…from its presence….it's!" Erza's eyes quivers as she couldn't speak with her mouth that is just hanging out loose, unable to even form a single sentence.
"leave this place, Erza" said the demonic monster with glowing red eyes. "I shall be destroying it"
"t-this voice…" Erza managed to stutter out a few words as the voice is Natsu's. "N-Natsu?!"
Kiara squeals before the Pop Fox jumps and landed in the demonic man's left hand before climbing up to his shoulder. Kiara rubs her head against Natsu's mask before getting a few scratches from him.
"that form…w-what happened to you!?" said Erza, worried that something went wrong with Natsu and he is now in such a state.
"I'll explain it all after I destroy Nirvana" said Natsu before he looks west of their position as a large explosion rang out. "right now, Lucy and the others need my help"
Natsu place Kiara down before he squatted and then jumps into the air, high up.
"Natsu!" shouted Erza but the demonic man was gone from sight. "what is happening to him?"
Erza turns to look at Kiara who squealed before tilting her head to the side.
at the center of Nirvana. Jura, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, and Charla laid on the ground bruised up as the five had gone face to face with Brain….or rather his other personality sealed inside.
"now now, is that everything that you worthless scums can give?" said Brain who is now Master Zero, the sealed personality of Brain that was placed under six seals that were connected with life link magic on the members of Oracion Seis. "I barely had enough fun!"
"w-what power!" grunted Jura as the man had won against Brain who awakens back at Master Zero who is even more powerful than Brain himself.
"t-this is Z-Zero's power.." said Gray, looking at Zero who laughs at the group.
"we…can't…w-win" muttered lucy weakly as they were all defeated so easily by the single man.
"W-Wendy…" Charla called out to Wendy while trying to reach her, the little girl is crying while in pain.
"It´s a shame for you, scum. You will now not be able to witness me overthrow the Magic Council, and create a New World." Said Zero as he holds up his right hand that charges a green spiral energy orb that grew bigger by the second "This is the end for you, Light Alliance!"
Zero fired a blast of green flames at the group as everyone watch the incoming attack before a figure appeared and blasted a black magic blast right back.
The green and black magic blast collided before causing an explosion that blew smoke everywhere.
"this is.." said Zero as everyone else watch as a figure stood in front and protected them from Zero's attack. The smoke dissipated as Natsu appeared in his demonic form.
"w-who!?" said Jura in surprise to see Natsu in such a demented and demonic form.
"d-don't tell me….Natsu?!" said Gray, seeing Chitetsu wielded by the demonic man.
"no way…." Said Lucy in shock.
Natsu glares at Zero as his body started to become black and white while covered in skeleton-like armor, the man's hair started to grow longer and darkening by every passing moment. A demonic growl escaped Natsu's mouth as cold air seeps out from under the demonic mask.
"this one…what kind of creature ar-?!" said Zero only for his face to get grabbed by Natsu's left hand and then was slammed to the ground before getting dragged to the ground while Natsu pushed him further in.
Natsu threw Zero away into the air before he jumps and swung Chitetsu in a 180-degree spin that sends a magic slash right at the dark mage.
"gaah!" grunted Zero as got sent crashing to the ground before Natsu flies in and sends a diving kick right at the man's gut, pushing him further into the ground while breaking the nearby surrounding area.
"N-Natsu-san.." muttered Wendy, trembling a bit in seeing the raw power that Natsu is unleashing.
"that man…..his power….is like…" said Charla while shaking in fear.
Everyone felt the ground shake hard as loud explosions are heard from the large hole where Natsu kicks Zero right inside.
"everyone!" shouted Erza as she came walking in with Jellal and Kiara.
"E-Erza!" said Gray.
"are you all alright?" said Erza while looking paler because of Cobra's poison.
"Erza…did you.." said Lucy, seeing Erza's pale complexion.
"that doesn't matter now" said Erza before looking to the large hole where the light of explosions came from inside it. "is Natsu….is Natsu fighting our last enemy?"
"yeah…but he has such a…" said Gray, not knowing how to describe Natsu's form to her.
"he looks like a monster…" added Lucy.
Erza looks to the hole at the front before Nirvana suddenly shakes hard before the large city tilts to the side, causing everyone to slide on its surface.
"w-what's going on?!" exclaimed Charla in surprise because of the sudden change of position.
'Everyone! Can anyone hear me!?' Hibiki's voice echoed out in everyone's mind as they got surprised by hearing it.
"this voice…Hibiki-dono?!" said Jura before everyone looks up and sees Blue Pegasus' magical bomber Christina flying in.
'thank goodness that you all can hear me! are you all alright!?" said Hibiki on the telepathic communication.
"kinda..." replied Gray while sitting up a bit "if you are alright….then that means Lyon and the others?"
'yes, they are all onboard and recuperating as we speak' said Hibiki as Christina started to fly around in a circle. 'what's the situation right now!?"
"Natsu is facing Zero!" said Lucy on the telepathic link.
'Zero? Another ally of the Oracion Seis?!' said Hibiki
"no, more like it's their guild's master" stated Lucy as she tried to explain on how Brain and Zero share the same body to Hibiki.
'i see, but that is not important right now!" said Hibiki as Christina hovers down before a rope ladder came down from an open hatch and near Jura and the others 'climb on the ladder! Nirvana is going down! Something is destroying its main structure from the inside!'
"it must be Daimou-dono" said Jura while getting up before holding his injured side. "he has somehow turned into some sort of demonic creature with vast amount of magical power"
'demonic creature?' Hibiki replied before everyone heard a very loud explosion coming a few miles nearby as pillars of flames erupted everywhere. 'this is bad! Everyone! Get on, hurry!'
One by one, everyone climbed up the ladder as they hold on to it tight before the ladder gets pulled up while Christina flies away from Nirvana as the moving ancient city started to rumble and shake while exploding.
"Nirvana is…falling," said Lucy as one of the ancient moving capital's legs exploded before Nirvana fell forward to the side and then another one of its legs exploded again on the right side.
Within the destroyed walls of Nirvana, Zero went flying through several walls before he crashed into a large room that has a very large black lacrima orb in the middle.
"ugh…guh…." Grunted Zero as the man's clothes and body were all burned and with shredded cuts everywhere. "s-such..monstrous power"
Zero looks up as Natsu appeared in front of him, the man now fully look like a monstrous demon from tales, but that is not the right definition.
Jagged bone spikes covering his arms and legs, long blackish salmon hair, and a demonic mask that has an open jagged teeth mouth, Natsu simply looks like a demon merged with that of a human.
Natsu lets out a growl before flames started to form around the tip of his mask's horns and slowly formed a sphere that charges more energy by the passing second.
"this is…S-Salamander" said Zero before Natsu roars and he swung his horns downwards towards the dark mage then unleashes a powerful flaming blast at close range. "Gaaaaahhh!"
Zero was blasted away from Natsu's attack as the demonic man swung his head to the side and bend his attack right at the large black lacrima and destroys it before he started firing everywhere around him.
Natsu roared before he charges up an even more devastating flaming sphere in front of his horns before firing a powerful blast that he swung to the side, instantly causing the entire body of Nirvana to explode.
By the forest, Christina had landed to the ground while everyone else got off the flying ship and watch as Nirvana began to slowly crumble before the large ancient moving city started to have pieces of its body fall to the ground before the entire city fell, causing a powerful earthquake.
"Nirvana….is destroyed" said Jura, feeling scared and amazed that Natsu himself took down an ancient mobile fortress by himself.
"I hope that Natsu is alright" said Lucy while Gray helps her stand up.
"if it's Natsu, I'm sure that he will be alright" said Erza while Wendy is curing her and Jellal of Cobra's poison inside their system.
"MY HONEY!" A shout was bellowed, making everyone around them, mostly a certain, scarlet-haired knight, shiver their very spines.
"Don't worry, Ichiya is here!" Ichiya came hopping in while tied up on a stick as he went near the group,
"Teacher!" exclaimed the trimens, happy to see their master alright.
"you…where the hell have you been?!" said Gray as everyone been fighting hard while Ichiya is tied to a stick for no good reason.
"I'm sorry, but I was handling dozens of dark mages who are subordinates of the Oracion Seis!" said Ichiya with sparkles around his face.
"while being tied up?" asked Lucy with a sweatdrop behind her head, not believing that Ichiya could take on dozens of dark mages in his state.
Erza sighs as everyone is well accounted for, except for Natsu who is still inside Nirvana when he was destroying the large city from inside.
Before long, an army of rune mages came marching in while being led by one who seems to be the officer.
"who are these guys?" said Lucy, seeing that many rune mages coming in.
"I am Lahar, Head Captain of the Custody Enforment Unit, of the Magic Council." Said the leader of the rune mages
"The Magic Council?" Gray asked.
"Yes, the Magic Council, since the Tower of Heaven Incident, a new and improved Magic Council had been established. But that won't matter now. What matters now is that we are here to arrest Oracion Seis, and Jellal Fernandes!" Lahar declared, causing the group to be silent with shock.
"What?" Wendy quietly said, and then Lahar went to speak again.
"This man is the one responsible for taking down the previous Magic Council, many deaths of innocents, as well even trying to revive Zeref himself!" Lahar said.
"wait a minute! This guy is Jellal!?" exclaimed Gray before looking at the man who looks down to the ground.
"but Erza said that he's not who he is!" said Lucy, everyone hearing form Erza that Jellal had lost his memory upon their retreat from Nirvana.
Before any words were spoken, Jellal stepped him, his hands showed towards the group of Rune Knights. "Do not worry. I will turn myself in without fighting against." Jellal calmly said.
The others were silent while were hand cuffed by the knights, and then Lahar then went towards the Blue Haired Man, whispering in his ear. "Every word will be useless for you. All your hopes, are gone." Lahar said.
"I know." Replied Jellal before he turns to look at Erza whose eyes were shadowed and shaking. Jellal's lips slowly formed a smile to her and he spoke out "Erza. Thank you for everything. I now realize what will need to be done. Do not worry. I will make sure to accept my fate, but I need to fix my sins."
Erza's eyes widen as Jellal smiled to her before he turns and slowly gets taken by the escort.
"stop! He isn't who he is anymore, right!?" exclaimed Gray, trying to stop the rune mage from taking Jellal but some of the soldiers pointed their magic staff at the man.
"do not obstruct the council's actions! Or your guild will be shut down!" said Lahar with a stern look.
"please! Stop! Jellal is innocent!" screamed Wendy in tears before everyone felt a tremendous amount of demonic magic coming from the forest nearby.
"w-what is this…magic?!" said Hibiki as he never felt so sick to sense such an awful sensation.
Before anyone could speak another word, long spiked bone tentacles came flying out of the forest, each one destroyed the rune mages' staffs and weapons.
"w-what is this!? Who is there!?" exclaimed Lahar as he looks to the forest where the shadow of a figure came into view.
"d-don't tell me…" muttered Gray as he nervously sweat to see Natsu coming out of the forest while being followed by Richard who carried Cobra, Midnight, and Brain himself, the three dark mages are all knocked out. "N-Natsu!?"
Natsu is still in his demonic form as he now has long spiked skeletal bone tentacles coming from his back, the demonic man growls while looking at the rune mages with glowing black eyes.
"Daimou!? You dare obstruct the Council's actions!?" exclaimed Lahar before he quickly shuts his mouth as Natsu turns his sight on the man. the long spiked skeletal bone tentacles on Natsu's back started to move around before each one went straight at Lahar, wrapped around his limbs and binds him tight.
"captain!" exclaimed the rune mages as Lahar got lifted by the skeletal bone tentacles.
"gah!" Lahar grunted as Natsu soon throws him away to a tree hard.
"Natsu! What are you doing!?" exclaimed Gray before Natsu sets his sight on him as the skeletal bone tentacles move around behind him.
"everyone, please be quiet" said Richard in a low voice while keeping himself quiet as possible. "our friend here is not in his right mind at the moment"
"Richard-dono..what are you trying to say?" asked Jura in a quiet voice
"I do not know how to explain it in the correct terms…but I fear that our friend here is attacking those who pose a threat to himself" said Richard as Erza and the others got surprised by what he is implying. "I fear that what caused him to transform into this demonic form..is somehow affecting his mind and soul as well…he cannot differentiate who is an enemy nor who is an ally"
Natsu growls demonically before he lifted Chitetsu up as the cursed katana's handle is somehow merging with Natsu's own hand.
"hey….Chitetsu….the damn sword is somehow fusing with Natsu's hand!" said Gray, seeing what is happening.
Natsu growls before everyone hears Kiara squealing below him. the Pop Fox squeals to Natsu before she burst into flames and transforms into Ikaruga who stands in front of Natsu. The demonic man looks at Ikaruga who slowly smiles before Natsu's eyes stops glowing and his eyes returned inside the demonic mask.
Ikaruga disappears as Kiara appeared back to where she is after her transformation. Natsu now slowly reverts to his normal form as the demonic features all around his body started to disappear.
"Thanks….Kiara" Natsu muttered out as he sheathes away Chitetsu, the cursed katana's fusion with the man's right hand stopped. "I nearly lost myself there…"
Natsu straightens his back before he looks at Lahar and everyone else.
"alright….i can see what is happening at the moment" said Natsu before he slowly sat down on the ground. "give everyone here 10 minutes to say goodbye to Jellal and Richard. And then you can take them away"
"what?" said Lahard while getting up.
"time should not be an issue for you, correct?" said Natsu while his eyes glint at Lahar. "then give time for everyone else to say their goodbyes"
Lahar looks at Natsu before he slowly nodded and ordered his man to temporarily hand Jellal back to the others.
"say your goodbyes to them" said Natsu as he looks at everyone else.
Everyone started to say their goodbyes to Richard and Jellal as it is tough to let go of their allies who had helped them in stopping Nirvana.
Jellal went inside the cart, taken in for his arrest, and Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Yukino, Ur, Gray and Happy could only watch in silence.
"What are you motives now, since you have abandoned your dark desires, Richard-dono?" Asked Jura to Richard
"The reason I wanted money since I was a boy was to find my long-lost brother, who was kidnapped years ago" replied Richard before looking at the night sky above "I wish to see him once more"
"very well" said Jura with a smile and a head nod. "I shall find your brother in your stead"
"really?!" said Richard surprised as Jura nodded again.
"please tell me of your brother's name" said Jura as Richard nodded.
"his name is Wally. Wally Buchana" Richard told Jura as Lucy, Erza, and Gray who heard him had wide eyes.
"Wally?!" said Gray and Lucy as the two remembered the block faced man.
"if it's Wally you are seeking, I know him" said Erza to Richard who turns to look at Erza surprised.
"really?! You know where he is?!" said Richard with an anxious voice to Erza who nodded.
"Wally is someone I knew when we were kids, back at the Tower of Heaven. Do not worry, Wally is more than fine, somewhere around the world, with his friends." Erza said with a small smile.
Richard couldn't help himself to burst himself from tears of joy, as the brother who he had thought was lost; is alive and well.
Memories back when Richard and Wally when they were kids, flowed before his mind. They had fended for themselves, shared their food, had times that were happy and sad, but still lived on, as they were family.
"even though I'm the only one who had turned to the light, have already bestowed such a wonderful miracle?" said Richard in tears as he got down to his knees and cried. "thank you…THANK YOU!"
Jura smiled as Richard now gets escorted away by the rune mages, the man feeling happy even though he is going to prison.
Erza smiled to see Richard happily to know that Wally is safe and sound before she turns to look at Jellal who is with Wendy as the little girl is telling the man of who she believes that he was.
"Before Cait Shelter, and after Grandeeny left me, you came for me, when i were lost!" Wendy said, as memories that came before her very eyes. "I would have never gotten to Cait Shelter, meet Master Roubaul, or even meet Carla! I want to thank you, whatever you remember it, or not."
Jellal smiled before he patted Wendy's head as the little girl cried before Lucy takes her way to comfort her. The man now faces Erza who got near him.
"Erza. Thank you for everything. I now realize what will need to be done. Do not worry. I will make sure to accept my fate, but I need to fix my sins." Said Jellal to Erza who slowly nodded her head.
"I pray….that you will be someone who I knew that you always been in the past" replied Erza as Jellal nodded back.
Jellal is soon taken away by the rune mages as he gets escorted away. Before Jellal went inside the cart, he turns to look at Erza and smiled to her.
Erza looks at Jellal with wide eyes as his smile is the same smile he shown her when they were in the tower of heaven together.
flashback
"You don't have a last name huh?" A young Jellal said.
"Yeah, I didn't quite have a family back home." A young Erza said.
"But then, shall I give you one." Jellal said.
"Huh?" Erza said, looking at the blue-haired child, with the tattoo on his face, surrounded by Millianna, Sho, Wally and Simon.
"What do you think about Scarlet, the colour of your hair?" Jellal said, as Erza then grabbed her own hair.
"Scarlet... Erza..Scarlet." Erza smiled, which Jellal did as well.
flashback
Erza now watch as Lahar and his troops leaves while taking away Jellal with Oracion Seis. Tears streams down Erza's cheeks as they came from both her eyes.
"Erza.." Lucy called out to Erza who wiped away her tears before looking back to the blonde mage with a smile.
"I'm fine..i'm fine" replied Erza while wiping away more tears that were coming out of her eyes. "I just need…some time to be alone that's all"
"ok…" replied Lucy, knowing how much Erza wanted to save Jellal then let him get taken away.
"god damnit with the council sometimes" said Gray while crossing his arms. "those guys helped us, didn't he?! We should've just fought against them and saved those two!"
"it's the council, they won't bend the rules over something like this" said Hibiki to Gray.
"if anything, one of us here should have been helping us with the whole situation before" said Ren before he turns to look at where Natsu is, but the salmon haired mage is gone from his place. "he's gone?"
Everyone turns and sees that Natsu is gone from where he was supposed to be at.
"where did he go?" asked Wendy with a confused look.
A few miles away from the others, Natsu is standing on top of a cliff that has a nearby waterfall. The man is currently feasting on a dead giant boar as the sound of crunching, and slurping is coming from him.
"damnit.." said Natsu as his hands and mouth is covered in the dead boar's blood. Natsu looks up as his eyes turned black and his pupils yellow reptilian. "I need more blood"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye