"LUUUKE!" The White Eclipse members immediately stopped what they were doing, looking up at the screen to see the fatally injured and dying Luke. The Fairy Tail members who saw also did the same, stopping in their tracks, their eyes widened at Luke's critical condition.

"W-What happened!?" Gray and Waiston ran into the front doors of the tower, immediately coming across Warren and Cana, who pointed up at the screen.

"L-LUKE!" Waiston gasped, taking a step back from what he witnessed on the screen.

"What the hell happened!?" Gray asked, placing a hand on Warren's shoulder to get in contact with Lucy.

"H-He…He's dying, Gray!" Lucy replied, the tears still streaming down her cheeks. "H-He's dying because of me…!"

"Wait, he's still breathing, right!?" Cana asked.

"J-Just barely…but I can tell it's getting slower by the second…" Lucy replied, keeping a tight hold on Luke.

"We need to find Aira!" Waiston shouted. "Or Wendy!"

"Lucy, you'll have to get him somewhere safe…your current location isn't safe at all…can you move?" Warren asked.

"Y-Yeah…" Lucy nodded, carefully placing Luke's body over her shoulder as she wobbled up, ignoring her leg and arm injuries as she placed Luke's arm around her shoulder, and her arm around Luke's waist. "I can walk him…I remember where to go…" Lucy then slowly made her way out of the room, causing the lacrima camera to cut off, along with the communication.

"What are we going to do?" Gray asked, looking over at Cana, Waiston, and Warren.

"I'll go find Aira!" Waiston nodded, sniffing the air a few times to get a lock on Aira's scent. "Damn…she's kinda far away, I'm gonna have to hurry…" Waiston then sprinted down a path.

"How's that lava girl?" Cana asked, looking over at Gray.

"Heh, we froze her," Gray replied with a smirk as he walked to a path. "I know we're not done with these scum yet, so I'm going on to see what I can find," Gray nodded once more and walked down a path.

"Guess that leaves us again," Cana sighed slightly, feeling left out of the action.

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"L-LUKE!" Selene and Aira's eyes widened at the sight.

"W-What did he do!?" Aira asked, her eyes as wide as possible as she covered her mouth.

"Seeing Tobias fuck up…AGAIN…" Kiora said with a nonchalant tone, completely dismissing the fact her own guild member was in dire need of medical attention.

"It looks like he saved Lucy…" Selene replied, clenching her fist. "That idiot…was putting his life out there like that…"

"We have to hurry up and beat this one so I can go heal him!" Aira shouted.

While the two girls were conversing about Luke and his critical status, Kiora used this time to place her fist into her palm, bringing it to her side slowly as a dark, gloomy fog surrouned her legs. "Shadow Make: Lance," Kiora threw her arms forward, causing a black magic circle to appear in front of her, shooting off multiple dark lances towards the two girls.

"WAHH!" The two girls realized that they let their guard down just as the dark lances hit them, causing them to slide back across the ground, panting heavily.

"Hurry up and beat me?" Kiora asked with a slight sadistic giggle. "That's cute…"

"We have to!" Selene replied, sucking in a deep breath and immediately opening her mouth after, unleashing a large vortex of tiny diamonds in Kiora's direction. "Diamond Dragon's Roar!"

"Did you forget?" Kiora asked, the unbreakable shield appearing over her arm once again, Selene's roar slamming into it, leaving not a single scratch.

"T-Tch…that damn shield…" Selene said, clenching her teeth in annoyance. If she and Aira could get past that shield, that would make the battle turn for their benefit; that's what Selene thought at the moment.

"W-What is this woman…" Aira asked, wincing slightly as she hunched over, her hands on her knees as she took heavy breaths.

"I am the fatal embodiment," Kiora replied with a sadistic grin. "Ouroborous; get rid of them." The serpent nodded to its creator, opening its mouth once more as a holy light began to form in its mouth.

"Aira; split off!" Selene shouted.

"Right!" Aira nodded, turning to the left as Selene turned to the right. The two went to jump off to the side, but for some reason they couldn't, their shadows weren't allowing them to. "What!?" Before anything else could happen, Ourobourus unleashed the powerful light blast, slamming into the two girls with a large explosion, sending the pair rolling back across the ground, landing on their stomachs.

"Ugh…What happened!?" Selene groaned, placing her hands on the ground as she slowly picked herself up along with Aira.

"It's like…my shadow wouldn't let me move…" Aira replied, wincing as she brought a hand to her side.

"KIIIOOORAAA—CHAAAN!" A young girl who looked to be around the age of 15, with pink hair and blue eyes cheerfully ran up to Kiora. The little girl was also wearing blue jeans, a grey shirt, and blue sneakers.

"Sora, nice to see you," Kiora looked to the girl with a smile.

"Is Kiora-chan playing with those girls?" Sora asked, pointing over to Aira and Selene. "Sora wants to play too!"

"Oh, by all means," Kiora grinned. "We can all play together…"

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Happy, Carla, Patherlily stealthily made their way through the passage Gajeel suggested they go through. Happy made sure to keep himself as close to Carla as possible without her shoving him forward. The three exceeds also felt the cold chill, causing them to shiver. "W-What was that…?" Carla asked, looking around. "Is someone here…?"

"I-I don't know…" Happy replied. "B-But if there is, I'll protect you, Carla!" Happy nodded. "Aye!"

"Whatever the case may be, it would seem wise that we don't attract too much attention," Lily replied to both Happy and Carla. "They'll all be able to handle themselves, so we should be worried for our wellbeing."

"He's right," Carla nodded.

Happy nodded once again. "Aye! The three exceeds then continued their trip down the hallway before stopping in front of something. "Hm…hey, what's what…?"

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"W-What was that…?" Natsu asked, looking around the area wildly.

"I-I don't know, Natsu-san…" Wendy replied.

"You two felt it…" Cobra said calmly, closing his eyes. "I heard it…"

"What happened?!" Natsu asked, turning his head to glare directly at Cobra.

"Luke," Cobra replied, listening to the conversation between Cana, Warren, Gray, Waiston, and Lucy.

"What about Luke-san?" Wendy asked, keeping an eye on the thin layer or poison floating around in the top of the room, ready to move in case Cobra used this distraction to attack them.

"Lucy was fighting a Tartaros mage by the name of Tobias," Cobra continued, listening in to Wendy's thoughts on the side. "The battle wasn't going so well for Lucy by herself, and then Luke came in. The two argued, but eventually managed to down Tobias. It seems as though Tobias got up, and aimed his sword into Lucy, but Luke took the hit instead. From what I hear, Tobias is down, but Luke is dying."

"W-What!?" Natsu's eyes widened. "H-He put himself on the line for Lucy…!?"

Cobra nodded before taking his hands out of his pocket. "See the pain she's causing…?" Cobra asked, directing his question to Wendy.

"THIS ISN'T CYNTHIA'S FAULT!" Wendy shrieked, offended that Cobra would dark push the blame of Luke's possible death onto Cynthia. However, a large pressure of sound exploded around Wendy due to Cobra using his Sound Wall, blowing the girl back onto a floating platform. "H-How dare you…blame this one Cynthia…" Wendy stood up, holding her side, opening her mouth as she started to eat the air around her, regaining her lost magic energy.

"You're in denial," Cobra simply replied.

"SHUT UP!" Natsu came in from Cobra's left, a flaming fist pulled back.

"Idiot…!" Cobra turned, bringing his forearm up just as Natsu swung his fist, blocking the hit.

"We're not letting you anywhere near Cynthia!" Natsu shouted, throwing wild punches towards Cobra's body.

"Tch!" Cobra swayed from the punches. Because Natsu was in somewhat of a rage, his thoughts were clouded, so Cobra wasn't able to hear them as clearly. But this didn't stop the deadly poison dragon from evading each and every punch Natsu threw, blocking the last one with his left forearm once again. "You never learn…" Cobra placed his free hand on Natsu's stomach. "Sound Palm…" An invisible force pushed Natsu away from Cobra, and into the wall, leaving him stuck there. Cobra turned, his eye widening somewhat as Wendy came in with an arm pulled back. "What…!?" Cobra leaned back as Wendy swung her arm, a harsh trail of wind trailing after her swipe. "I didn't hear her coming…!"

Wendy jumped back to gain some distance, puffing her cheeks out as she did so. "Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy opened her mouth, unleashing a large hurricane towards Cobra.

"…I see…" Cobra jumped back onto a floating platform to his right, allowing Wendy's roar to explode on the former platform he was standing on. "Thinking about Cynthia…I think it's time I finished playing around then…" The fabric on the arms of Cobra's jacket started to deteriorate as poison started circling around his arms, turning them into purple, scaly, dragon-like arms. Cobra now activated his Dragon Force. A magic circle appeared in front of Cobra as he crossed his arms. "Poison Dragon's Fang Thrust…" Two poison lines in the shape of an X shot out from the magic circle and raced towards Wendy.

"Ah!" Because Wendy had yet to land, she had to twist her body awkwardly in the air, narrowly avoiding most of Cobra's attack, but her side was struck by it, and she felt her side go numb almost immediately.

Natsu pushed himself from the wall, planting his feet on it as he aimed himself directly at Cobra, smirking as flames and lightning started to surround his body. Natsu pushed himself from the wall as he lunged at Cobra head first. "Lighting Flame Dragon's Sword Horn!"

"You idiot! I can hear you!" Cobra didn't even turn as Natsu came flying in, he simply waited a few seconds before jumping to the floating platform to the right, allowing Natsu to crash into where he was standing, creating a minor dust cloud. When the smoke cleared, Natsu was standing on his feet, a little dizzy from the impact, but he didn't allow it to faze him as he looked at Cobra, a smirk forming on his lips. "Lightning Flame? You obtained this power from Laxus, I see…"

Wendy allowed the wind to pick up around her body, red flames flaring from it as she looked down at Cobra, sucking in a deep breath as a vortex of sky blue wind and red fire formed around her mouth. "Roar…Of the Omega Flame Sky Dragon!" Wendy threw her head forward, unleashing a massive funnel hurricane of wind and red fire towards Cobra.

"What?!" Even though Cobra could hear it clearly, it still surprised him. Cobra jumped up as the roar hit his former location, but the explosion threw him off course slightly, but he still managed to land on the floating platform he was aiming for. Before he could regain his balance, Wendy moved in fast, slamming her leg into his chest, causing him to fly back. With a grunt of pain from having been hit, he flipped and landed with a grimace. That bruised him. "Omega Flame Sky…you ate her flames?" Cobra raised a brow as poison started to emit from his body, slowly filling the enclosed area.

"This is about to get fun…" Natsu grinned, looking up at Cobra as the fire and lightning danced brilliantly around his body.

"I hope you're ready, Cobra…" Wendy glared at the poison dragon, who crossed his arms, giving a wide smirk at the two, his fangs showing.

"Can you hear it…the sound of your defeat…?"

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"I wonder how the others are doing…" Warren asked aloud, looking over at Cana.

"I'm sure Natsu and Wendy are fine!" Cana replied with a grin, holding her deck of cards in one hand. "We also have Erza, Mirajane, and Sparky. There's no way we won't be able to do this!"

"Yeah, you're right!" Warren nodded.

"I'm sure they'll let us know when the coast is cl-" Before Cana could finish speaking, a lava whip wrapped around her and Warren's neck. Cana dropped her cards as a result; turning around to see who it was that got her. "W-What the!?"

"You didn't think a little ice would stop me, now did ya?" Maggie smirked as she used her arms as the whips, her body giving off a bright red glow as her body temperature increased. "I got bored playing with those ice cubes. So I let them think they win. But I see now I shouldn't have done that; give a bloody human an inch and they'll sport off the whole damn mile."

"Ngh...!" Cana grit her teeth. Gray and Waiston looked so confident when they passed by earlier. This was bad...!

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"Shadow Make: Lance!" Kiora threw her arms forward, sending a multitude of shadow lances towards Aira and Selene. The two girls quickly jumped to the side to avoid the incoming lances.

"That's no fun!" Sora twirled her finger, manipulating the lances to turn around, striking the girls from behind, causing them to let out screams of pain as they rolled onto the ground. "This is more fun!"

"Ugh…this isn't good…" Selene said quietly, realizing that she was hitting her limit soon.

"We have to do something…fast…" Aira winced as she stood up, wobbling slightly to keep her balance.

"Shadow Make: Demon," Kiora placed her fist into her palm, the same dark, chilly aura from before appearing again. A black magic circle appeared as a large shadow demon walked out of it, standing next to the cosmic serpent. "Finish them off," Kiora ordered with a smirk. The demon nodded, looking down at the two girls as it raised one of its sharp claws.

Selene quickly looked around the room to see if there was anything she could use to defend herself from the demon; her eyes stopped when she laid eyes on a small brown leather bag a few feet away from her. "My diamonds…!" Selene thought to herself. Selene always carried a bag of diamonds around with her, and they were normally used for situations such as this. "They must've fallen out when I got hit earlier…" Selene scrambled to her feet, lunging out for bag of diamonds just as the demon brought its claw down.

"Selene!" Aira's eyes widened as she gasped; as much as she didn't want to believe it, she knew Selene wasn't going to make it in time.

"Crap…!" Selene grabbed the bag, but she didn't have any time to pull out a diamond as the demon brought its hand down, so all she could do was close her eyes and wait for the impact…that never came. "Huh…?" Selene opened her eyes and looked up, her expression brightening when she saw a male holding off the shadow demon's claw. "Tak!"

"What the hell?!" Kiora raised an eyebrow.

"This is a nice shadow you have here…!" Tak said with a smirk, holding his ground as the large demon attempted to crush him and Selene. "It would be a shame if someone…ate it…" With that, Tak opened his mouth, starting to inhale the shadowy demon, leaving no trace of it after about ten seconds.

"H-He ate it!?" Sora's eyes widened slightly from surprise.

"What!?" Kiora's tone now had a bit of annoyance to it.

"I owe ya one, Tak," Selene nodded, pulling a two diamonds out of the bag. She promptly placed the two diamonds in her mouth and began chewing on them, swallowing them after a few seconds, feeling her magic energy restored. "Heh…what would Salamander say in this situation…?"

Takeru smirked, a black magic circle appearing under him as he entered his Shadow Drive. "I'm all fired up." Takeru then puffed his cheeks out. "Shadow Dragon's Roar…!" Takeru threw his head forward, unleashing a shadow blast towards the two mages.

"Tak, no!" Aira shouted, but it was too late.

"Oh, this looks fun!" Sora waved her finger, redirecting the roar around and back to Takeru, causing his eyes to widen.

"What!?" Takeru and Selene jumped to the side, allowing the roar to pass them.

"Shadow manipulation, Tak!" Aira shouted.

"Tch, I control the shadows, not some little girl…" Takeru sneered.

"Let's play a game then!" Sora replied cheerfully. "If the shadows consume you, Sora wins!"

"Tch, we'll see about that!" Takeru rushed forward, forming a shadow katana in his hands.

"Ourobourus," Kiora replied, pointing over at Takeru. The serpent's complied opening its mouth as a holy light formed between its lips.

"Ha!" Takeru merely smirked, hurling his Katana into the serpent's open mouth; the blade impaled the serpent's mouth, causing it to give off a loud cry of agony before falling over onto its side.

"Diamond Dragon's Roar!" Selene opened her mouth, unleashing a vortex of diamonds upon the downed serpent, causing it to give one last cry of pain before vanishing into thin air.

"There's more where that came from!" Kiora snarled, her temper starting to rise since the two mages continued to fight. Her temperature quickly halted as she realized that their deaths would be more enjoyable to her if this fight were to continue. With Sora now at her side, Kiora knew this fight wasn't going to be lasting much longer. "I think it's time I stopped messing around with you…"

Aira leaned against the wall, panting as she left the battle to Selene and Takeru until she saw an opening. "S-She's toying with us…!?"

"Like hell she is," Takeru replied, allowing his shadow to cover the entire corridor. "Shadow Dragon's Rage!" Multiple miniature shadow dragon claws popped up from the shadows.

"This looks fun!" Sora squealed with excitement, twirling her finger around in a clockwise motion. In that instant, the claws turned, rushing towards Selene and Takeru.

"What!?" Takeru snarled, obviously annoyed and angry that Sora was manipulating HIS shadows. Takeru and Selene took damage from Takeru's attack before the two jumped off to opposite sides; Takeru quickly dispersed the attack, growling at Sora. "Shadow Dragon's Roar!" Takeru opened his mouth, sending a heavy blast of shadows at Sora once again.

"Whooo!" Sora twirled her finger, causing the Shadow roar to flip around in a loop-d-loop, even though Takeru stopped breathing.

"W-What's with this girl!?" Takeru asked, watching the little girl play with his roar like a toy. Sora then redirected the dense shadow over to Selene.

"Selene, watch out!" Aira shouted. But it was too late, the shadow roar crashed into Selene, causing a shadowy explosion.

"Selene!" Takeru's eyes widened.

"Well, I think that takes care of one…" Kiora snickered. But after a few seconds, an inhalation sound filled the room. "W-What the…?"

"That sound…" Aira started, remembering that very same sound when Wendy ate Cynthia's flames.

"She's…!" Takeru said with wide eyes. When the shadows died down, Selene's diamond shield was gone. In its place, diamonds scales covered her body, but the scales were covered in shadows that flowed from her body, her eyes giving off a bright white light.