It was only going to be two chapters but when I went to upload the two chapters on Friday it wouldn't let me so I managed to get a third chapter done in that time so enjoy you get an even bigger cliff hanger than you would have with only the two!

I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

Might Of The Scarlet Despair

/Vampire Fortress – Irene's POV/

"Well it seems you at least aren't as cocky as before," the Vampire Queen said as she launched off the roof and landed several feet in front of Irene.

"I've come to realize just how big of a threat you lot are something which I failed to realize before, unfortunately for you I don't make second mistakes."

"Oh is that right then you best be careful not to make one even once for I won't be playing this time."

"Neither will I," Irene said as she made her staff vanish with the magical pressure rising even further cracking the ground around her.

'In order to win I will need to forgo my usual strategy and utilize my Dragon related attacks, Enchantments will only get me so far against her. Who knew so many beings in this world could force me to use more than half my true power?'

"The Necro Lord fell as will you, Sage Dragon Monarch's Aqua Bullets!"

Moving her left hand in a sweeping motion a series of speeding water droplets flew at the Vampire Queen as she burst into bats before reforming several feet away.

"Is that the best you can do?"

Irene smirked as she raised her right arm to the sky and a loud crackling could be heard.

"Sage Dragon Monarch's Thunderclap!"

The Vampire Queen's eyes widened as a bolt of blue lightning shot down towards her, it was then that she realized that she was standing in water left from Irene's initial attack. The bolt struck the ground creating a large explosion as Irene covered her visible eye with the other hand knocking away large pieces of earth that had been sent flying as a result of the powerful attack.

As the dust settled Irene was surprised to see that the Vampire Queen was still standing there with a crimson barrier around her, although she was panting slightly she was no worse for wear.

"How did you do that you used none of these abilities the last time we fought!"

"Normally I wouldn't bother with such an explanation however it seems warranted in this case given the fact that I could have died, the truth is that I am a Sage Dragon thanks to the Dragon who taught me all those years ago. As the creator of Dragon Slaying Magic itself I have access to EVERY element available however not to the extent that one who specializes in the respective elements do, don't think however that I am weaker than them for I possess the ability to do what most other Dragon Slayers cannot and that is combine magic's together to create even stronger ones."

"People combine magic's together all the time unison raids while uncommon aren't unstoppable, you might not need a second person to do so however that isn't much of an improvement if you aren't going to even be able to hit me."

"Now you see that's the thing when did I say I would need to directly hit you?"

Irene's right arm became covered in flames and her left became covered in fierce wind as she jumped high into the air.

"Sage Dragon Monarch's Blustering Inferno!"

Increasing the amount of magic in each hand she smashed her fists together and fired an overwhelmingly powerful attack at the Vampire Queen who was gone in seconds, the elements began to circle around each other before combining and rapidly expanding hitting the ground as a powerful tornado of fire began to form and began tearing up everything in its path.

"All one needs is an understanding of the elements and how they work, trying to fight Fire with Wind is completely pointless however combining them paves the way for the Wind to fan the flames and cause them to expand."

The tornado ripped through the fortress lighting many of the buildings on fire, Irene was convinced the Queen had managed to avoid the attack however.

Moments later the tornado began to fluxuate and exploded sending fireballs raining down onto the fortress, the Vampire Queen emerged from the eye of the storm with a slight burn on her right arm.

"So you weren't bluffing however it will take much more than that to kill me human."

"So you managed to stop it then?"

"Of course I stopped it I am named Queen for a reason after all, my power is second only to my husband's own such a feat isn't even an issue."

Irene frowned as she began to charge towards the Queen who grinned and began to dash towards her with part of her body turning into bats as she flew across the ground.

"Let me give you a taste of real power human, Vampire Queen's Art Twelve Layered Magic Circle Sanguine Song!"

Irene was immediately on alert as behind the Queen the street was suddenly host to a line of magic circles each the colour crimson.

"Know fear; fear the might of the Vampire!"

A powerful beam began to travel from the furthest magic circle as it began to grow bigger until it was the size of the fortress behind it, Irene stood there shocked as she was engulfed by the blast which tore up everything as hundreds of small explosions went off along the attacks path.

The Vampire Queen smirked thinking Irene had been destroyed and was about to head off when she was suddenly hit in the stomach by a very angry Irene before being sent flying into a nearby building.

Irene stood to her full height as she wiped some blood off her face and cracked her neck.

"That wasn't fun," she growled as the Vampire Queen emerged from the rubble.

"How did you survive such an attack you were clearly hit by it!"

"I'd rather not say for now, spoilers and all that," Irene replied as she began to walk towards the Vampire Queen with each step cracking the ground.

"What is up with your power it keeps fluxuating?"

"Again it's a secret now be silent and fight!"

The Vampire Queen grit her teeth and rushed Irene once more before stopping as a large white magic circle appeared behind her.

"That last attack of yours really pissed me off you know I'm going to kill you slowly now, Requip: Armor Of The Scarlet Despair!"

Irene was engulfed in light before emerging wearing a form fitting scarlet red and black armor with a two handed bastard sword which she held in one hand before slinging it over her shoulder.

The armor itself hugged her form however instead of metal the armor was made from Dragon Scales which seemed to almost be a part of her, the sword also seemed to be made from Dragon bone however it was black with red covering it like blood splatter with a scarlet lacrima in the pommel.

"It's been over half a century since I've last used this armor and from what I've heard it would be better suited for my daughter as it seems she inherited my Requip Magic however I doubt she would yet be able to harness the full power of this armor."

"Oh and why is that?"

"This isn't just armor it's what's left of the former Sage Dragon who trained me and his final gift to me before being slain by Achnologia the Dragon of the Apocalypse, this armor however works differently for me due to my special condition and increases my power twofold. That's right my teacher and good friend Belserion's power courses through this suit enhancing my own!"

"So in other words you have the power of a Dragon coursing through you now, how wonderful now I can go all out something which I've never done before!"

The Vampire Queen began to glow with a crimson aura as she began to visibly pulse and begin to change shape, her teeth began to grow larger and her eyes began to glow a blood crimson colour. Her entire appearance began to turn feral as two bat like wings began to appear from her back as she slowly began to rise into the air and hover just off the ground.

"This is the gift of Vampire royalty, the mark of a true Vampire!"

"Normally I would say that for anyone to possess such power to be an impressive feat however I know for a fact that the power you and the Vampire King possess is stolen therefore you are not truly gifted merely trash who is operating on borrowed power."

"You mock my power now but when I have drained the blood from your veins you will think again before slipping away into the afterlife!"

The Queen held out her right hand and a swarm of bats appeared as a sword formed in her hand, the sword was pure black with a noticeable marking on the hilt which Irene couldn't recognize.

Irene and the Vampire Queen rushed each other and clashed with Irene possessing the advantage pushing the Queen back slightly due to the weight behind her sword, this was only momentary however as Irene was forced to break off when the Queen tried to punch her with a blood coated fist which she dodged by breaking off the attack.

"Vampire Queen's Sanguine Slash!"

"Sage Dragon Monarch's Earthshaker!"

Irene's blade seemed to have the force of the earth itself behind it as it clashed with the Queen's blade and she was sent flying back due to the force behind it, the Queen was swift however and was behind Irene in moments with a sword thrust aimed at her back.

Irene easily moved her blade to block the thrust with the flat of the blade before spinning and kicking the Queen in the head connecting her with the ground and following up with a second kick.

The Queen anticipated this and rolled out of the way before expertly using the strength of her upper body to launch herself up into the air kneeing Irene in the face as she went; Irene was knocked back as the Queen swiftly got behind her and kneed her in the back knocking her forward.

Irene spun in midair and blocked a strike from behind her and kicked the Queen into the air before taking a deep breath.

"Sage Dragon Monarch's Flaming Roar!"

The Vampire Queen managed to just dodge the powerful flames Irene let loose before flying down and thrusting her sword at her, Irene jumped out of the way and the Queen hit the ground cracking it open before tearing the sword out and blocking a strike from Irene.

Irene grit her teeth and tried to knee the Queen in the gut however it was intercepted by the Queen who was planning to do the same as they broke apart and began to exchange a series of fast sword strikes with neither one managing to get past the other.

The Queen eventually jumped back and began channelling magic power putting Irene on the defensive, in the Queen's spare hand a black sphere formed as she held it out in front of her. The sphere began to rapidly expand until it was the size of a house as she fired it and began running behind it.

"So that's what you're up to, Sage Dragon Monarch's Holy Blade Enchant!"

Irene's blade was covered in a white aura as she gripped the sword with both hands and raised it above her head bringing it down when the dark ball was close slicing it in two, following the momentum of the sword Irene ducked as the Queen's sword missed her head by millimetres slicing off some strands of hair.

Irene placed a hand on the ground and did a sweeping motion knocking the Queen down before raising her sword and bringing it down, the Queen blocked the strike and grabbed Irene's face with an iron grip and began to tighten her hold cutting into her face with her sharpened nails.

Irene grit her teeth as she bit the Queen's fingers forcing her to loosen the grip slightly although she still held on tightly, Irene decided enough was enough and ripped herself free from the grasp which tore her skin spraying blood all over the Queen.

Irene became furious and began to attack the Queen with even more ferocity as the two began to exchange blows with each subsequent clash causing a small crater where the two were standing.

The Queen licked some of the blood off her face as smirked at Irene, this only served to piss Irene off even more as her magic power spiked yet again as she held her sword out to her left and slowly swung it.

The Queen quickly realized something big was coming and began to flee as a powerful scarlet coloured shockwave appeared and began to cut through everything in its path, the powerful attack missed the Queen however it kept going and to her horror it reached the palace and sliced it clean in half as the large structure began to collapse due to the sudden shift in balance and weight.

"You'll pay for damaging the palace!"

Instead of receiving a verbal response the Queen was shocked when Irene let loose an ear piercing roar that didn't belong to any human, she was then shocked further when she realized that the spots she had cut on Irene's face earlier were now covered in scales and her eyes had changed to a scarlet colour.

"Just what the hell are you!"

Irene didn't respond as she launched herself towards the Queen twirling the two handed sword in her fingers as if it were a twig and slicing apart everything in an attempt to hit her, the Queen felt Irene's power continuing to rise and realized that this wasn't an opponent who she could afford to hold back on in even the slightest.

"Fine if you want to play it like that then fine I'll unleash it all," the Queen roared as she kicked Irene back and placed her left arm out in front of her with her right arm behind her. Her left leg was positioned behind her and her right was positioned in the middle as her magic power spiked.

"Vampire Queen's Art: Twenty Five Layered Magic Circle Royal Vampire Sanction XXV!"

Irene looked to the sky and saw a strange series of crimson magic circles in the sky all directed at the moon, the magic circles began to spin and soon began to merge blocking out the moon and replacing it with a strange blood moon that was crimson red.

"You think you have power you haven't seen anything human!"

The Queen began to scream as she looked at the moon and began to convulse violently with her body beginning to increase in size, her body eventually grew to be the size of the palace before Irene destroyed it as her entire body became a strange cross between a bat and human.

The Queen now had wings that spanned over ten metres with her hands gaining a bats claws over the top of them which essentially gave her a second set of hands, her face had turned quite feral looking with her face becoming more slanted and her eyes becoming wider and more slanted however it was clear that the Queen no longer had any control over herself as she was now letting out a strange screeching noise.

In all she was a massive Vampire/Bat hybrid which was exuding magical pressure that would make God Serena jealous, Irene however wasn't fazed in the slightest. Letting out another roar Irene stabbed her sword in the ground and began to tense her muscles as the armor shattered and she began to grow in size.

From her back massive wings began to take shape as her scales began to harden and gain a scarlet tinge, she dropped to all fours as her arms changed into claws and her head began to morph granting her a massive jaw with razor sharp teeth.

Irene grew to be as tall as the castle was with her now matching the Queen's height, she let out another ear piercing roar to match the Queen's screeching as her Dragon form was now on full display. Flexing her wings she flapped them a few times before taking flight and rushing towards the Vampire Queen who ran forward and punched her in the face.

Irene took a swipe at her stomach and scratched it slightly as the Queen grabbed her neck and began furiously punching her in the face, Irene roared and bit the arm holding her and pushed forward knocking her to the ground.

The Queen screeched as she began to furiously punch and kick Irene who was receiving several gashes as a result, Irene jumped back as the Queen got to her feet and picked up one half of the castle and smashed it into Irene's face.

Irene roared in anger as she charged forward and head butted the Queen sending her flying back as she tore up countless building before crashing into the mountain, the Queen began to charge up a crimson ball in each hand before bringing her hands together and creating a larger one.

Irene opened her mouth as a rainbow coloured magic circle appeared and a ball appeared inside her mouth, the Queen fired a massive blast of powerful Blood Magic as the beam tore up a considerable amount of the area. Irene countered with a Sage Dragon Roar that was comprised of all core magic elements which ripped up countless buildings.

The two attacks met in the centre of the fortress and created a massive bubble of raw magical energy as the two attacks fought for dominance, neither Irene nor the Queen backed down as the bubble began to grow in size until it began to engulf the entire centre of the fortress.

The bubble eventually detonated due to an overwhelming amount of magic power producing a blinding light and creating a massive shockwave that ensured almost every building was destroyed in the process.

After the light died down one could see Irene and the Queen were already at each other's throats each trying to savagely maul the other with vicious attacks, Irene sported massive gashes all over her face and chest while the Queen had many on her chest and arms where Irene had tried to gnaw her arms off.

After Irene bit the Queen's leg and the Queen used one of her claws and stabbed Irene through the bottom of her jaw the two separated and paused, both the Queen and Irene were panting heavily clearly strained due to the amount of blood the two of them had lost.

After a few moments both of them began to slowly shrink until they were back in their human forms lying face down in the dirt, after several moments they began to get to their feet shakily each looking at each other with nothing but pure rage in their eyes.

Slowly they began stumbling towards each other meeting up in the centre where their two massive attacks clashed; the Queen was the first to make a move as she punched Irene in the face.

Irene returned the punch with one of her own, the two continued to punch each other with all of their strength neither one backing down even when the blood beneath the two began to pool. The two weren't even looking at each other anymore with their eyes completely unfocused and their bodies attacking on autopilot.

As the Queen hit Irene again Irene hit the Queen on the left hand side of her face knocking out several teeth as the Queen staggered back feeling the effects of the last hit, capitalizing on this Irene began to stagger forward and punched the Queen in the face knocking her to the ground as she straddled her and began to continuously punch the Queen receiving ever weakening blows to the face in return.

/Yasmin's POV/

After leaving Brandish to take Seilah to a secure location Yasmin began to rush towards Irene's location knowing that she would need backup if she managed to use enough magic power to revert back to her human state from her Dragon one.

Yasmin rushed to where ground zero of the massive explosion was and noticed there was a crater, jumping down into the crater she saw Irene. Rushing towards Irene she stopped several feet away and recoiled in shock.

Irene didn't appear to be conscious however she was still punching the Vampire Queen … or what was left of her. All that remained of the Vampire Queen's head was a pile of mush and bits of brain and other bones with most of her teeth being shattered long ago.

As Yasmin was about to approach Irene she heard a cry of shock and anger, turning towards the source she frowned at who it was.

"You humans will pay for doing this to my mother!"

'Lady Irene is in no condition to fight and Brandish is getting Seilah to safety so it looks like I'll have to fight this guy, protecting Lady Irene and fighting this guy at the same time could be tricky though.'

"Calm yourself you will only meet the same fate as your mother should you rush into the fight blinded with rage."

Yasmin froze as a second man seemed to appear from nowhere, he had long blonde hair which stretched down past his shoulders however the front seemed to be a strange bang that covered his right eye. He wore a white suit with a long matching overcoat with a black tie which had a red gem in it. The man's visible eye was the same crimson as Natsu and Alucard's however Yasmin got a brief glimpse of his right eye and saw that it was golden.

The man sported a wide grin even though the Queen had just been killed as he placed a hand on his son's shoulder, the King had arrived.

"I felt the death of my wife through the bond I forged with her I must say I did foresee her death at the hands of such … trash, with this act you have forced my hand I'm sorry to say the God and two Devil's with you might survive this but the rest of you stand little chance. The charade ends here, commence the bombardment!"

The man snapped his fingers as a portal like the ones Natsu and Alucard can make appeared and both he and the Prince walked through with Yasmin rushing over to Irene who was still punching the deceased Queen.

"Lady Irene we have to go now," she screamed as she grabbed her arm by the wrist and was quick to catch her as she seemed to finally drop.

Picking up Irene bridal style she began sprinting away from the area as massive explosions began to rock the area, Yasmin jumped on top of a ruined tower and her jaw dropped at what she was seeing.

The area that had previously been nothing but a desolate wasteland was now host to twelve mountains that had crab like legs each outfitted with a weapon anyone who was from the civilized lands would know well.

"That's insane and they can fire them in a barrage …"

The amount of magic power in the area was overwhelming as she dropped to her knees with each of the weapons sporting massive magic circles in front of them preparing to fire again, one cannon was locked right on her as she looked at Irene who was out like a light.

"I'm sorry Lady Irene but there's no way I can get us away from this, this is the end."

The cannon fired its powerful blast as Yasmin closed her eyes and prepared herself for the end when the sound of three portals opened, her eyes shot open as Natsu, Alucard and Eliza stood in front of her.

"Who knew killing the Queen would piss that bastard off this much, I didn't think it but maybe the sick bastard actually cared for her," Alucard said as he pointed Jackal at the oncoming blast.

"Soul Shot – 70%!"

Alucard fired the attack as it met the shot from the cannon halfway and the two attacks detonated upon impact creating a massive explosion.

"This is a fearsome sight to be sure, by my count there's 24 mobile Jupiter Cannon's down there, where would they even be able to acquire these Phantom Lord were one of the strongest in Fiore for years and they only managed to get a hold of 1," Natsu said as Eliza summoned her ebony sword.

"It doesn't matter they must be destroyed before they kill the others and I guess I'm the one for the job, Natsu go with Alucard and find the leader this is getting out of hand fast."

"I'm not one for taking orders but I suppose the situation is appropriate, come on Natsu let's go," Alucard said as he opened a portal and both he and Natsu left.

"Irene used up every last drop of her magic power in the clash between their two strongest attacks she won't be waking for some time, Brandish and Seilah are safe I rescued them before the mountains began to shift and turn into walking fortresses."

"I see so do you know how you are going to take on all those cannons by yourself?"

"The only way I know how dear, by hitting them with everything I have," Eliza said as she vanished with blinding speed with a dust cloud being the only sign of her.

Yasmin let out a breath she'd been holding as she stood up with Irene and began to run to a safer location praying that she wouldn't get shot in the back by a Jupiter Cannon shot.

/Natsu and Alucard's POV/

Natsu and Alucard appeared at the ruins of the castle and began to look around, after several minutes of searching Natsu managed to find a stairwell that lead underground. Both he and Alucard began to make their way down into the stairwell which lead them to another open area that appeared to be some strange ruins.

"That bastard could be around here anywhere be on your guard, though he may only possess some of our power you have yet to tap into yours to its fullest so you still aren't at 100%."

Natsu nodded as the two began to look around the ruins which seemed to be of some ancient civilization that worshipped fire, looking at some of the murals in the area they depicted a man wielding a lightning bolt striking down a Dragon.

The two eventually came across the only standing structure in the area which was a church, Natsu and Alucard were about to walk inside when a voice called out to them from behind.

"WAIT DO NOT ENTER THERE!"

Natsu and Alucard turned and faced the person who had shouted at them and were surprised to see it was one of the strange wolf like native creatures that they had been seeing getting slaughtered.

"Why can't we enter," Natsu asked as the wolf man shook his head frantically.

"You must never enter that place for that is what the King wants; the trap of all traps awaits a trap fit for even a God!"

"And what is this trap?"

"A being from long ago, a being that must never be woken for it has stood vigil for countless lifetimes watching and waiting! A being that stood in a chaotic time before Gods and Devil's roamed the immortal planes and one who still serves the old ways!"

Natsu was confused however Alucard had his full attention on the wolf creature his usual smirk gone and replaced with a serious expression.

"It is our duty to enter this place I am sorry but it must be done."

"NO YOU MUSN'T WAKE THE KNIGHT YOU MUST LEAVE HIM BE FOR ETERNITY!"

Alucard shot the creature in the head silencing him as Natsu looked at him in shock.

"We have to go in there Natsu the being inside there is something that shouldn't exist; in the hands of that bastard we have a serious problem!"

"But did you have to shoot the wolf creature!"

"He would have tried to stop us at any cost I saved him the trouble of killing himself through self induced panic attacks, now let's go."

Alucard walked into the room with Natsu trailing behind and they soon found themselves walking up a dusty aisle with a lone knight kneeling before them, Alucard stopped several feet from it and began to adopt a thinking pose as a bout of laughter erupted from behind them.

"I see you've finally arrived after all these years Alucard and you even brought a colleague with you too, was Seras not enough for you?"

"Leave Seras out of this … Major," Alucard growled as the grin on the man's face grew wider.

"Ah how I've missed this, the two of us standing opposite one another locked in an eternal struggle. However this time I'm not just limited to my immortality for I have your very own powers at my disposal!"

"You despised the Vampire blood Major why claim it now after all the time you've gone without it?"

"Because I came to the realization that the only way I would be able to defeat you was to become you, thankfully I didn't actually get turned into one of the Vampires only being granted the good part of your Devil abilities allowing me complete control over them!"

"And you built yourself a new war machine, normally I'd be excited to fight a battle like this but this one's personal."

"Ah yes how is Seras doing?"

Alucard's eyes began to glow crimson as the Major continued grinning away.

"She didn't deserve what you did to her, Seras may not have been the ultimate Vampire but she was the shining example of what we should have become. You ruined her Major, tore her pure nature away from her and turned her into something she should never have been, turned her into another me!"

"And what's wrong with that Alucard I thought you wanted her to be more like a traditional Vampire, yes I know all about it Alucard right from the beginning."

Alucard grit his teeth in anger as The Major turned his attention to Natsu.

"As for you I'm afraid you have no place in our battle but fear not for I have brought one who is just like you to the party though he is a little old after not being active for who knows how long."

Natsu turned around to see the eyes of the kneeling knight glowing purple as he clutched his head in pain as Igneel roared in his mind.

"Natsu that is a being from the time before Gods and Devils, a relic from a lost age that should have no real place in this world!"

"How about you stop shouting and tell me what it is then!"

"That one in particular I know all too well, the beings who came before the Gods were known as Titans and they were defeated by an uprising of the Gods and Dragons. What you see before you is a being who was created to slay Dragons in essence the first Dragon Slayer even though it was granted its powers by the Titans not a Dragon, this one was ruthless in slaughtering the Dragons and after it was finally defeated thought gone forever so his presence here is shocking."

Natsu looked at the Dragon Slayer who was slowly beginning to rise as a powerful dark aura began to surround him with yellow lightning striking the ground around him.

"He can sense me within you Natsu he knows there are Dragons about you must stop him at all costs!"

Natsu nodded as he turned only to find Alucard and The Major gone, turning back he saw the Dragon Slayer rip his spear out of the ground as the entire area began to shake.

"Well something tells me this is going to hurt."

Hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one!