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War And Discord

/Cait Shelter Natsu and Eliza's POV

Natsu had easily reached Cait Shelter and was currently standing in front of Roubaul, the old man having an amused expression on his face.

"You two must be here to ask me for tips to stop Nirvana, yes I can see the Goddess that is with you. You look surprised, expecting a madman to greet you? If you knew to come see me then you must know the story, I am no longer the madman I once was rather an old fool who stands a silent vigil over a dead city."

"How are you sane weren't you being aided by the Goddess of Chaos Evernight and under the effects of Ravus' Discord magic?"

"The Discord magic still resonates within me however it no longer affects me, lady Evernight on the other hand still finds the time to taunt me every now and again although even she admits that perhaps I have suffered enough. You know you've had it good when the Goddess of Chaos tells you that you've suffered enough."

"Sir we've come for a way to stop Nirvana, you were a key player in building it surely there must be a way?"

"There's actually two ways to stop it however I fear that the Guild Master of the Oracion Seis has already beaten you to it."

"Ah now I understand what the Oracion Seis planned with Nirvana, Natsu it's not Nirvana that they are after rather the essence of Ravus."

"Well deduced young Goddess, yes I can tell you're rather new at this. I know that you weren't a God during my time or the several times that succeeded it. It's good to see that the Gods are finally using their intervention for noble purposes."

"So you can see and hear me, how is that possible?"

"My dear I've been speaking with the many Gods that inhabit our world for so long that they don't even seem divine to me anymore, speaking with you is like talking to a neighbour."

"This is all very fascinating old timer but that things getting closer and Wendy wants me to save this place."

"Ah Wendy such a lovely young girl it's a shame that she'll be alone once all this is sorted."

"What are you talking about?"

"Once Nirvana or the essence of Ravus is put to rest I will depart from this world taking this entire village with me, that's right none of this is real boy. Could I be so bold as to ask you a favour?"

"Depends on what it is."

"Could you please take care of Wendy and the cat Carla for me, they don't have anything other than what you see here. Please give them a place they can call home."

"I'll do it for them old man, now tell us how to stop that thing."

"That's probably the best answer I'll get it seems, very well as I said there are two ways to stop Nirvana. The first is to take the essence of Ravus from the central core rendering the entire city powerless. The second is to destroy the six power conduits in each of the legs at the exact same time which will in turn destroy the central core. Unfortunately it seems you most likely won't get to do either."

"You think Brain wants to get his hands on Ravus' essence, what could he do with it?"

"What else would he do with it other than merge himself with it?"

"Natsu that would be really bad, if Brain manages to merge with the essence of Ravus he will become a God of Discord, not only that but he will be the first fully fledged God to walk the mortal plane in thousands of years."

"If we don't make it in time Eliza do you think we could match him power wise?"

"There's only one way that we could and that would be to undo our current pact and create a new one with different abilities that we've given up. Not having the God healing factor would automatically reduce our chances to zero."

"Wow it's that bad, I assume you'll wanna fight him then?"

"Yes as the current standing Goddess of War I will be able to keep up with him, my only worry is what the Gods of Creation and Ruin will have to say on the matter."

"Are they aware of the current situation?"

"Yes I've been allowed to remain here instead of being called into the Council so that they have a representative speaking with you all."

"What do they think of an actual God roaming around again; surely they won't let that happen?"

"From what I can tell they think our plan is the most sensible, re perform the Unison Pact and use me as the host. Since I won't technically be entering the plane from our realm we won't be undoing any seals yet we will have access to my power in addition to yours."

"Honesty this God stuff confuses the hell out of me so let's just sort it out on the way back."

"Very well, we know that Brain is after Ravus' essence now so we are prepared for that. All we need to do is voluntarily undo the current pact and create a new one."

"Ok so how do we undo the pact?"

"Close your eyes and you'll see me standing next to you."

Natsu closed his eyes and was immediately greeted by the true form of Eliza.

"Well you look ….. like a true Goddess."

"Careful now we wouldn't want your darling Erza to know about this now would we," she teased as Natsu sighed.

Eliza had long silver hair that went down past her waist, eyes that were red in color, a slender figure and slightly pointed ears.

"So you seriously don't wear clothes some Goddess of War you are."

"Natsu this is basically my home I can wear what I like and I don't wear anything in my home, besides unlike you humans I have no reason to be ashamed of my body."

"That's because you're a damn Goddess, you were perfect since you existed!"

"Anyway enough about me lets deal with this pact first."

"You're not gonna appear naked when we remake this pact are you?"

"Of course not like I said right now we're in my home, well you're a projection but still. Now come and take hold of this side of the ribbon."

Natsu walked over to the door which was sealed by a large red and black ribbon, Eliza was holding the black half of the ribbon so Natsu held the red half.

"Now all we need to do is pull this at the same time and we should be separated back to how we were before."

"Well here goes," Natsu said as the two pulled on the ribbon together.

/Nirvana Erza, Elise and Wendy's POV/

"Something strange is happening Erza," Elise said as she looked in the direction of Cait Shelter.

"What is it Elise?"

"It's Natsu and Mother, their life force split apart for a moment and then there was a large spike in magical power and now they've rejoined as one. What could that mean?"

"I hope they aren't trying anything stupid again," Erza sighed.

"Well as much as I want to stand around and worry about them we don't have the time, we need to find the last two Oracion Seis members and Jellal before this escalates any further."

"Yeah there isn't any sign of them anywhere, where are they hiding?"

"As if we'd need to hide from the likes of you!"

The trio looked up to see Cobra standing on the top of a building, a large smirk present on his face.

"Well well it seems you survived after all Erza, oh your already thinking of a strategy to beat me you say. To be expected of the mighty Titania but a futile effort, I can hear your voices from a mile away you won't even be able to stop me if you can't keep me out of your head."

"That's going to be an annoying ability, if he can read how and where we will attack before we can do it we're in for a tough fight, fortunately that's exactly what I was looking for," Elise said with a grin.

"Tough, the other players haven't arrived yet girl," another voice said as Midnight appeared from thin air.

"Be careful you two, Mother fought this one earlier. He can go invisible and can redirect attacks back at you if they aren't powerful enough. Wendy we'll need your support for this!"

"Right you can count on me!"

"Our job is to stall for time until Brain gets what he wants, once that happens you kids can kiss your lives behind," Cobra said with a smirk.

"Yes a power that surpasses all others including his other half to be sure."

"His other half who's other half?"

"Guess there's no harm in tellin em right Midnight. Brain has an alter ego I guess you could call it named Zero, that version of him is one tough piece of work. Zero just wants to destroy until there's nothing left so we sealed him away using our own bodies, and guess what happened when you fools blindly rushed in and started beating us?"

"Master Zero was released and the first thing he did was go for the central core of the city, he knows things we don't it seems. It doesn't bother me either way as long as he doesn't come for my head then he can do what he wants."

"Tell us, what's your guild after!"

"Settle down Scarlet we ain't obligated to say anything, you beat me and I might accidentally let something slip though as I pass out in the unlikely event that you do win."

"If this Zero is heading towards the core then we don't have time for this, but it doesn't look like these two will let us go without a fight. I guess we have no choice."

"Erza let's go all out!"

"Right we need to hurry! Requip: Armor of the Brilliant Flame!"

"War God's Armory: Ebony Twinblade!"

"I'll support you, Fast Wind That Runs The Heavens Vernier!"

Erza and Elise were enveloped in a magic circle.

"Wow my body feels so light, to be able to cast an Enchantment of this level…."

"Yeah I feel like distance means nothing."

Erza and Elise closed the distance between their targets as they began to exchange fierce blows between each other.

"Why aren't you using your reflection magic!"

"Why should I bother, you were easily able to pierce it earlier so why bother relying on something I know doesn't work."

Elise twirled her blade in front of her fast enough that it began to generate gusts of wind. Dashing forward while maintaining the rotation of her twin blade Elise summoned a second twin blade.

"You must be extremely skilled to handle two of those at once, or foolish."

"I was trained in the art of War by war itself; there isn't a weapon art I cannot master! War God's Battlefield of Slashing Wind!"

With every rotation a slash was sent towards Midnight, combined with Vernier Elise was able to spin the blades faster than the eye could see forcing Midnight on the defensive as Elise drew closer while maintaining her stance.

"I can do this all day or you can tell me what your guilds plan is, your choice."

"You don't frighten me only Zero frightens me!"

"Honestly this is getting me nowhere and it looks like Erza's the same."

"Draconian Pyrestrike!"

"Oh and you miss again Scarlet better luck next time."

"Stop toying with me you bastard!"

"Now let me tell you that you don't want that. Worrying about your current situation won't help you one bit, once I'm done with you I'm gonna go kick Salamander's ass!"

Erza grit her teeth in frustration as Cobra bombarded her with a series of powerful blows. Kicking Erza in the side of the head Cobra sent her flying through several buildings.

"Erza!"

"You must be incredibly confident to ignore your own opponent," Midnight said as he slashed Elise across the back.

Leaning on one of her twin blades Elise panted as the wound slowly began to heal itself.

"Oh now this is interesting, so you must be one of those God Slayers I've been hearing about."

"This approach isn't working so I may as well try something else, how should I approach this?"

Elise removed her twin blades and assumed a fighting stance.

"Decided to surrender and be given a quick death, too bad since I'm from a Dark Guild!"

"Surrender what's that mean?"

Elise's eyes began to glow red as she slowly began walking towards Midnight.

"Without a weapon you won't be able to defeat me if I begin using Reflection magic."

"Is that right well maybe you didn't get the message earlier when Mother beat you, don't mess with a God!"

Elise rushed towards Midnight and jumped into the air.

"War God's Armageddon Fist!"

Putting as much power as possible into her attack it easily broke through Midnight's Reflection magic and she hit him in the face.

"War God's Shout!"

Elise fired a torrent of energy from her mouth straight at the defenceless Midnight, once the smoke had cleared Midnight was on his knees.

"This is the second time I've lost today, screw you Gods and your … power."

"He should have learned his lesson after Mother beat him into submission earlier, no matter I should go make sure Wendy is fine."

/Nirvana Erza's POV/

"What's the matter Titania, you need a break," taunted Cobra as he walked through the rubble.

"I guess this armor can't defend against another Dragon Slayer, I guess I should've expected that."

"Oh so that armor is made from Drake scales huh, guess that just shows how strong I am."

Erza coughed up some blood as she looked down to see a crack in her armor.

"He specializes in poison magic if he lands another hit there…."

Cobra rushed towards Erza with a poison coated fist as Erza blocked it with her sword.

"Still putting up a fight huh, Midnight should be here soon and you'll be finished. Or maybe I'll crack open that armor and deliver a nice lethal dose of venom, either way you're finished!"

"As if I'd go down that easily, I haven't been performing at my best lately I'll be the first to admit that, but I am Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail and I won't lose to the likes of you!"

Flames began to surround Erza as Cobra jumped back a surprised look on his face.

"What happened to your voice I can't hear it anymore don't tell me you're…"

Erza had a blank look on her face as she rushed Cobra and began to unleash several lightning fast slashes at him, all of which he narrowly dodged.

"Well now not many sane people can fight without thinking like that, guess this is how an S Class fights."

Erza simply continued her onslaught as Cobra began to get pushed back by the heat of the flames surrounding Erza, his clothes being singed.

"This is such a pain in the ass, why do I always get the tough ones when no one's here to watch?"

"Draconian Crossfire!"

Swinging her sword in an X formation Erza created the letter X out of fire and it was sent hurdling towards Cobra who attempted to block it.

"This is ridiculous these flames are unreal, still they aren't as bad as the Salamander's. Poison Dragon's Twin Fang!"

Gathering poison on both his arms he was able to successfully deflect the attack away from him.

"Poison Dragon's Roar!"

Cobra sent a large stream of poison directly at Erza who didn't move.

"Have you gone completely nuts that amount of poison could kill anyone!"

Erza looked up at the attack as flames burst to life all around her, a large pillar of fire being formed. The attack made contact with the pillar of fire and it created a large explosion, covering the area in smoke.

"Tsk that's what you get for trusting your instincts above all; still that was a good fight."

Cobra was about to walk away when he suddenly felt a presence behind him, Erza sword in hand and a fierce look in her eye was closing in fast.

"What there's no way you moved that fast undetected!"

"Fire Dragon's Flame Blade!"

"Fire Dragon, since when were you a Dragon Slayer! Poison Dragon's Sharp Horn!"

Extending his hand out in front of him Cobra released a torrent of poison followed up by his poison coated fist ready to deal the finishing blow.

Erza disappeared from Cobra's sight before appearing behind him bringing her flaming sword down on his back.

"ARGH you bitch, Poison Dragon's Crushing Fang!"

"Fire Dragon's Flame Claw!"

Dodging Cobra's attack Erza stabbed him right through the chest.

"GAH," was all Cobra could say as he coughed up blood.

"Fire Dragon's Talon!"

Fire surrounded Erza's leg as she kicked Cobra off her sword and sent him flying through several buildings.

Allowing herself a moment to collect her thoughts Erza sighed.

"Thanks Wendy, without Vernier I wouldn't have been able to dodge that fast."

Wendy popped out from behind one of the destroyed buildings.

"Well it's thanks to Elise really; she finished up her fight so I could focus on giving you more power."

Erza walked over and gave Wendy a pat on the head as the rubble began to shift.

"So ….. you had help. Tell me …. Titania …. How can you use the Fire Dragon Slayer arts!"

"It's Natsu's gift to me, the armor is imbued with his power. As it is now I can't access its full potential but it seems by using only instinct I can use some basic attacks."

"Ah so it was him … thought so. It's your win Titania …. But you're still screwed."

Cobra began to laugh before he started coughing up blood again.

"Let's get going Wendy it's not over yet, the Guild Master is still running around."

"That he is Erza, nice fight by the way."

"How long have you been standing there Elise?"

"Long enough to see a good fight, between you and Mira I've got some pretty good competition in this guild."

"Oh I forgot Mira has her Satan Soul back again, if I didn't know you better I'd say it was suicide to get involved in our rivalry but to be honest you fit right in, I'll fight you anytime."

"Thanks Erza so because I beat my guy first does that mean I'm the stronger one?"

"Our opponents were completely different you can't compare them, when we get back let's go on a job together and have a competition with it."

"Fine winner gets the reward!"

"Listen to you two being all carefree and cheerful, now that I'm defeated he's awake and you don't stand a chance… he got exactly what he wanted."

The trio turned their attention to Cobra who was leaning up against a wall smiling.

"You're not gonna be going home to your guild for any competitions or rewards, Master Zero's coming and he's gonna turn everything into a desolate wasteland. And once he gets a hold of the essence in the core … no one will ever stand in his way."

"What are you talking about," Erza asked confused.

"I said I might tell you something if you won, Zero summoned Nirvana not for the city itself but for its power source. The essence of a being long since dead, a being of power that hasn't been seen on Earthland for thousands of years a-."

"God's essence," Elise said under her breath, a mortified look on her face.

"God's essence what's he talking about Elise?"

"We need to find it before he does Erza, the God essence! If someone like him gets his hands on God essence he'll wipe out everything!"

"What is God essence Elise we don't understand!"

"It's the vestiges of a slain or fallen God's power waiting to be reawakened, I don't know how this one wasn't collected or purged or reclaimed by the Gods before they left but we need to claim it before they do. Erza Gods haven't roamed this land for thousands of years, this man if he claims the essence will be virtually unchallenged unless there are Dragons around!"

"So what your saying is he's planning on becoming…."

"A God yes, the question is what particular role did the former owner possess. You remember that massive spike I felt from Natsu and Mother's direction earlier?"

"Yes why did something happen?"

"Not yet but I think I've got an idea how bad the situation is, Mother is taking a step into the mortal realms herself. If that is the case and she merged herself with Natsu using a Unison Pact in order to increase her own power the Divine Tribunal has decreed this to be a threat above all others!"

"Wait Eliza is physically coming to Earthland, what's this got to do with Natsu?"

"It's a method I wondered about for a long time, Mother is going to use her body as the vessel for the Unison Pact which means she's physically entering the plane. However by merging with Natsu she isn't breaking the rules set by the Divine Tribunal. The essence must have belonged to a God that could cause trouble for not only us but them as well."

"So when you felt that spike earlier…."

"Yes that was her entering our world; I'd wager she's already inside looking for this Zero as we speak."

"You guys are screwed you know, Brain already knew where the essence was located which means Zero knows. He's probably in there right now absorbing it, it's all over!"

"If what Cobra said is true then Natsu and Mother really are the last hope, threats like this rarely appear anymore and people just aren't ready."

"Don't worry Elise those two can handle anything."

"I hope your right," Elise said as she looked up at the ruined city.

/Nirvana Central Core Natsu and Eliza's POV/

"I must say it's been fun running about with my own body for once, it's a shame Elise won't get to see me."

"You never know what could happen I mean we could run into her at any time, so you've adjusted to everything alright it took me a bit with the God stuff."

"I'm still shocked at how much power you possess for a mortal, then again mortals can surpass Gods when trained well enough."

"I really wish you'd just come out and say how strong Gods can be, it's really confusing."

"Well there are some Gods that could be defeated by Elise or Erza, the power of the Gods doesn't reside solely on their combat ability."

"So would it be possible for me to beat you at some point?"

"Hmm that's an interesting question, perhaps if you had full mastery over all your magic you could. To be honest though the idea of us fighting seriously is pointless, as it stands I've become rather attached to you all so the idea of fighting you all out in a life or death battle makes me sad."

"Wow that sounded so human, you sure you're a God?"

"If you're going to make fun of me I won't speak about this any further, besides we're here."

Eliza looked up at a giant core which had been torn open and a man was standing inside.

"You're too late Fairy scum I've won, you may have defeated the others and the one Wizard Saint brat may have possessed power that surpassed mine but no longer! Once I absorb this I'll achieve true power beyond your comprehension!"

"Shit it seems he beat Jellal pretty bad," Natsu said as Eliza looked over at the man's unconscious body.

"Oh yes Jellal a man who I gave power, look how he squanders it trying to save others it's pathetic. Witness my ascension to Godhood and bow before me!"

"I wouldn't suggest doing that," Eliza said as Zero allowed the essence to enter his body.

A blinding blue light illuminated the room however thanks to Eliza's eyes she could see the events transpiring clearly.

"Yes, YES, YEEEEEESSSS! ABSOLUTE POWER IS MINE! Wait, no what is…. no no no no NO NOOOOOOO!"

Zero dropped to his knees as his eyes turned bright blue and his body began to morph.

"MAKE IT STOOOOOP PLEASE I AM THE ONLY TRUE GOD, DON'T LET IT TAKE MEEEEEEEEE!"

The man known as Zero/Brain was no more, in his place stood a menacing figure. The man had long blue hair that went halfway down his back, several markings were present on his face that had a blue pulse flowing through them, his eyes were a dark blue color, and his clothing consisted of a blue tuxedo with a black tie and black shoes.

"You Gods really have a strange sense of fashion," Natsu said as he stared at the man in confusion.

"I'm finally free of that prison that…. purgatory. Such a strange way to be brought back however I thought that people would willingly sacrifice themselves for their God, no matter I'll deal with them all in due time."

"I take it that you are the former God of Discord Ravus," Eliza said in an amused tone as the man looked at her in confusion.

"Former God …. and just who do you think you're calling former God?" Ravus fired a large blast of blue energy at Eliza however she instantly shattered it, her eyes blood red.

"Ah I see you're a fellow God like myself, the esteemed God of War no less. Tell me though how long has it been since I was confined as I recall you were not the current standing God of War on the Tribunal."

"To answer your question it has been precisely two thousand one hundred and fifty nine years two hundred and forty two days and twelve hours since you were confined. However you do not understand the situation that has unfolded since you left so I must explain it to you."

"Oh goodie I just love hearing about all the politics, tell me how is dear Evernight doing I simply must see her."

"Ravus after Evernight's supposed murder of you the Tribunal created a rule that we as Gods must never break, we Gods are forbidden from entering the mortal realms again. You have been revived on the mortal plane which in turn is a big problem."

"Not allowed to play with the mortals, what a farce I shall not take heed. We are Gods, divine beings and it's our right to play with these worlds as we see fit!"

"Ravus the Gods of Creation and Destruction are in agreement on this, you must obey or you know what happens."

"I emerge after two thousand years to this, such disrespect. I refuse to bow down to those old fools, let them hide in the God realms I'll create my own realm right here!"

"So you refuse to return to the God realms and never interfere with the mortals?"

"I refuse wholeheartedly," Ravus said with a grin.

"Very well then, the Tribunal has heard your answer and your punishment for manipulation of the mortal realms and attempted conquest is physical death and your essence confined to the Creationist's Annals."

"Your far too young to be facing one such as me, you may hold the post of God of War however you know that other posts can fare just as well as you!"

"What you believe is irrelevant, the time for speaking between us has passed, accept your fate."

"As if I'd accept a fate stuck in an old coots book, I'll kill all of you the same way Evernight tried to kill me!"

Ravus became surrounded in a blue aura as he rushed Eliza; the two began exchanging lightning fast blows between each other.

"This guy's no joke I can barely follow his movements," Natsu said.

"The fact you can see them at all is most impressive, if you ever wanted to see me fight for real you have a front row seat.

"War God's Cataclysmic Armageddon Fist!"

"Discord God's Fury Hand!"

The two fists collided with an enormous explosion, the entire room was torn apart as the two took their fight outside.

"Cataclysmic, how much Crash magic did you use!"

"Around 180%," Elise replied as Natsu was stunned.

"180% how is that even possible?"

"There's two of us here remember, we are not one but two."

"So that's what your plan was, that's a pretty good idea."

"Of course it was I made it up."

"Show off."

Ravus rushed Eliza again as the two began to exchange another series of fierce blows.

"If I kill you those bastards won't come for me!"

"You're a fool Ravus you will fall either way, the Devil's still roam the land! They may agree with us but a chance to kill a God they'll take without a second thought!"

"I'll just kill them too; none of them are as old and powerful as me!"

"Your truly mad," Eliza sighed.

"Mad, I'm the God of Discord you fool!"

"Former God of Discord," Eliza added with a sly grin which only angered Ravus further.

"You'll pay for your disrespect, Discord God's Sorrow Hand!"

Holding his hand out in front of him Ravus fired a stream of razor sharp water droplets at Eliza.

"Dragon God's Cataclysmic Flame Wave!"

Projecting an enormous torrent of Crash magic induced flames towards Ravus it instantly incinerated the water droplets.

"Discord God's Fate Hand!"

Holding his hand out in front of him a series of runes and magic circles began to appear and disappear.

"The fate hand he must be desperate, to use such a hand in the mortal realms he's going for broke."

"What's up with the fate hand, what's he up to?"

"The fate hand is an extremely complex ability, it puts your abilities to fate and in exchange you will get a random ability or attack or you could get maimed or killed."

"What kind of crazy ability is that!"

"A crazy ability for a crazy God that's what it is Natsu."

After the runes and magic circles ceased to appear a smile appeared on Ravus' face.

"Just what I was hoping for, you had a chance before but it's over now. Discord God's Sidewinder Strike!"

Instantly appearing next to Eliza Ravus kicked her in the ribs sending her flying down towards the city below.

"Such speed I couldn't even see him!"

"Eliza calm down you have on new ability you haven't used that you get because of me."

"And what would that-."

Eliza was suddenly bombarded with a series of high powered blue energy blasts as Ravus stood in midair laughing.

"You dared challenge my power, I was a God before you were even a thought in the back of the minds of the Creators!"

Ravus stopped laughing when he noticed black and red flames erupting from the smoke.

"Oh Ravus you have no idea what I just got to play with, Divine Dragon Force!"

Eliza was covered in red and black scales symbolizing both hers and Natsu's power. The flames also represented the fusion between the two.

"Don't be shocked Ravus it's only fair that if you get to power up then I do."

"What is this blasphemy, combining both Dragon and God!"

"If you must know Ravus we are quite good friends with the Dragon community so it is far from blasphemy."

"You still will not beat me War God; I am Ravus the third God of Discord!"

"You know that would have been far more impressive if you were the first."

"Discord God's Madness Cry!"

"Dragon God's Cataclysmic Roar!"

The two breath attacks clashed and began to struggle against each other before the black flames began to eat away at Ravus' attack.

"Impossible!"

"It's over Ravus just surrender."

"Never, I will never surrender! If I can't have this realm then I'll reduce it to nothing!"

"Ignore him Natsu that is far beyond his power, all that he is uttering is nonsense."

"Dragon God's Cataclysmic Inferno Fist!"

Striking Ravus directly in the stomach Eliza tore it open and began to extract the essence from his body.

"NO I WON'T GO BACK; I WON'T GO BACK TO THAT! I AM RAVUS GOD OF DISCORD OBEY ME OBEEEEEAAAAARRRRGH!"

Eliza tore the essence of Ravus from his body leaving it but an empty shell.

"That was intense," Natsu said quietly as Eliza panted heavily.

"There is but one last thing to do," Eliza said as she made several motions in the sky before a gap appeared and a figure emerged from it.

"Eliza that was a truly marvellous display, it is unfortunate that you were forced to kill Ravus physically but he wasn't likely to agree with us anyway."

"It is a shame however I have brought back the essence of Ravus for the Annal."

"You have the gratitude of the entire Divine Tribunal Eliza Goddess of War; your actions here today have ensured that the mortal realms may continue to see peace. And as for you my mortal friend, Natsu Dragneel I believe it was, we also owe you a great deal of thanks for allowing Eliza to form a Unison Pact with you."

"Oh well you don't really need to thank me, Eliza did all the work."

"On the contrary my boy if it wasn't for your power combined with Eliza's we may have seen the return of the Dark Era so just by lending your strength you have our thanks. Oh but I have been quite rude haven't I my name is Sozin, former God of War and Eliza's predecessor."

"I was wondering why the two of you seemed similar, so what do you do if you are a former God of War?"

"A very inquisitive one isn't he Eliza I like that after all its not every day a mortal gets to speak with the Gods. But to answer your question once a God is replaced in their role they basically have free reign over what they do, I suppose you humans would call it retirement."

"Well being God of War would probably get tiring after awhile."

"Indeed although I was God of War when you were gallivanting around Scarlione you know, for a boy your age you are quite impressive."

"Wait if you were still in charge then that means that Eliza hasn't been in the job for more than two years!"

"Well yes she is still new at her job but don't worry she's centuries old so she has the necessary experience. Anyway we are getting off topic I came here to collect Ravus you see however you must cross through to our realm."

"You're not gonna lock me in there are you?"

"This incident has brought about several changes to our rules, changes that you'll get to see in due time. Don't worry you'll be able to return home when you wish to."

"Oh well then if that's the case then let's go before Ravus possesses someone else."

"Ha this boy has a nice sense of humour Eliza, oh by the way when we enter the God realm the two of you will be separated from each other back to your normal forms."

"That's fine with me," Natsu said as Eliza simply smiled in amusement.

"Right then let's not keep the welcoming party waiting then shall we!"

"Welcoming party," Natsu asked confused as the three entered the gap in the sky and it closed behind them.

Chapter 23 finished. I really enjoyed making this chapter despite how short it was, I really hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you all in the next one!