Hi everyone Azza here!

So yeah I did start the chapter just after I finished the old one and here it is and for those wondering this is the last arc before we get back to good old canon aka the Avatar Arc.

SilentSniper05 – Thanks for specifying the chapter it really helps and as for your name I mean I've thought there were like two zeroes for months now since I've gotten used to doing these names off memory haha my bad it'll be adjusted around the time this chapter goes up.

And yeah that's really it from me I know right no massive ramble or anything what a miracle so please enjoy!

I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

The Fire Titan

/Draconia - Several Months Later/

Eliza and Seilah had spent four months scouring the continent for specific magic runes in order to purge Dragon Cry of the chaotic mass of magic and were now ready for Xicor to perform the ritual, upon returning to the Fire Dragon temple however both were shocked to see that in all the time they were gone Natsu had not moved a single inch from where he was sitting with the only noticeable change being all the different coloured flames bursting to life and extinguishing around him.

"Should we be worried," Seilah asked as Eliza shrugged.

"I have no idea but I will say this the magical pressure of this place has increased a thousandfold, for such a thing to occur in such a short amount of time …"

"For every strain of his fire element he masters his power increases dramatically," Xicor cut in as both Seilah and Eliza listened intently. "The Dragon Monarchs are absolute masters of their respective elements and Natsu was already well on his way to becoming one having several different coloured flames under his belt however by gaining all of them he will gain a strength far greater than the strength he possessed before however there is one thing I can sense even from here in Terminus that lingers all over Natsu."

"The other elements right," Eliza said quickly as Xicor grumbled in response.

"I think Igneel is taking so long because he's having Natsu master his other elements as well something which is unheard of, mastering his Gravity Dragon Slayer Magic will be the most impressive should he succeed since he won't even have the tablet guiding him just the outline of how to do it by using the Fire Dragon one as a base. As for his Demonic Dragon Magic well I can see mastery of it already which means he could awaken from his trance any day now-."

"Like right now Xicor," Natsu said as both Seilah and Eliza jumped in surprise noticing that Natsu was now looking at them. "Several months huh I wanted it done in at least two."

"So did you do it," Eliza asked slowly as Natsu nodded and motioned for her to look at the ground in between them.

"No longer do I have to make a motion to create fire all I need to do is imagine it's there and …"

A dark purple flame burst to life between them as Natsu stood up and walked into it and began to grab part of it as it weaved around his body as if it were some sort of accessory.

"The element of flame now bends to my very will as do the elements of Gravity and the Demonic, observe."

Without moving Natsu's Gravity Seals appeared all over his body with him suddenly racing around the room at speeds only Eliza was able to follow stopping in front of the tablet.

"And then there is Demonic …"

Natsu looked at the tablet and recalled what Igneel had told him before returning to sleep.

/Flashback – Within Natsu's Mindscape/

"You have come so far with your elemental mastery and are on the cusp of reaching even my own strength Natsu which is why I shall now answer your question as to why the tablet must be destroyed. You see Natsu the Dragons are as powerful as they are because of the tablets themselves, the tablets origin is from the era before our own back when Titans still roamed the land and were what enabled their defeat. Held within each tablet is not only knowledge but a portion of one of the old ones power in order to allow the use of said powers."

"Wait so won't destroying this tablet make all the training I'm doing pointless?"

"A fair question but no it won't, you see as you have trained and learned all these new techniques the tablet has been resonating with your own magic tweaking it so that it becomes the same as the tablet itself, while there is no power increase from such a process it is what allows the Monarch to utilize the final stages of the magic itself and why no one else has shown such skill."

"That's got me a little confused though if these final stage spells really are as powerful as the tablets make them out to be how come Achnologia was able to kill countless other Monarchs?"

"It's because his type of magic is one that the Dragons never intended to create, a magic that has the power to clash with even the mightiest of elements. As you know Achnologia is able to consume any type of magic growing more powerful as a result but this is the result of the countless experiments performed upon him as his magic was warped and twisted in a failed experiment to create the first Dragon Slayer and the tampering done by the Chaos Goddess at that time."

"So basically he is the result of gaining too many Dragon Slaying elements and having them twisted by the Gods which corrupted him?"

"Don't forget the torture he endured at the Dragons hands which no doubt helped warp his mind Natsu that played a crucial part in all this, his hatred was pushed to its absolute limits to the point that he views all life as the ultimate sin and sees it his mission to exterminate it. As things are now he is confined to our world however he seeks to begin consuming the Gods and Devils so that he can travel to other worlds and continue consuming and growing stronger killing everyone and everything he can."

"I know most of that already but from what you're saying Achnologia consuming the tablet would lead to him gaining a portion of a titan's power right?"

"To put it simply yes, allowing him to consume even a fraction of its power would be disastrous. There is another reason however one which you haven't been informed of yet and the reason as to why mastering your magic was crucial before destroying the tablet. As I said before sealed within the tablet is a portion of a titan's power however upon its release …"

"The titan will form from its magic won't it," Natsu cut in as Igneel nodded.

"It won't be at even half strength since the tablet only holds a portion of its power but even still its easily above most beings in this world simply due to its mastery of its respective element, with your mastery of fire you will be able to hold your own however by no means does it put you on an even playing field and you will still need help in order to defeat it."

"How strong were these titans back then?"

"Well you fought a servant and had a tough time with it so what strength does a Lord have that a servant does not?"

"Ah I see, so what you're saying is they were so powerful that they were responsible for shaping this world right?"

"Not just this world Natsu but all worlds, the titans are sealed throughout many worlds and with them comes the worlds powers. Our world runs off magic because the elemental titans were sealed here however that does not mean the elements themselves do not exist elsewhere do you understand?"

"I think so, basically what you're trying to tell me is that they roamed around the various worlds that exist now and left some of their power in each of them but the worlds they were sealed in were affected even more so … right?"

"Yes that's the gist of it, within our world lie the Fire Titan, Ice Titan and the War Titan all of which are dormant within their respective tablets."

"Wait a minute how can there only be three of them when there are like elements for nearly everything isn't that where the Dragon Monarchs derive their power you just said that?"

"I did say that Natsu and I meant it however what you continue to ignore is the presence of outside forces to the world who come and go as they please, we Dragons defended the stones until Achnologia killed us as was our task but upon our deaths the stones were either taken to other realms or consumed by Achnologia."

"With the only three remaining being those three, I guess this gives me a better idea as to why Achnologia is so strong if he managed to consume some of those."

"Indeed however I don't know which ones he has consumed because I've been sealed within you but the fact remains that he did so, anyway now you have an idea as to why I want the stone destroyed."

"The shit I do for this world I swear …"

Igneel merely hummed in response as Natsu continued to train.

/Draconia – Present/

"And then there is Demonic," Natsu said as the skin on his back began to bubble until a black Dragon like extension emerged from it and hit the tablet full force cracking it down the centre before returning into his back.

"Natsu what have you done," Eliza shouted as Natsu sighed and turned to her.

"You know it must be done Eliza its either we destroy it or Achnologia consumes it and grows stronger and we both know which of the two is the better option, besides it isn't at full strength so we should have a shot at defeating it."

"You need to stop pulling stunts like this Natsu I swear …"

Natsu didn't have time to counter as the crack down the centre of the tablet split the tablet in two sending the pieces flying into the walls with a sphere of flames at the centre, Natsu, Eliza and Seilah were on guard as the flames continued to grow in size until it took shape.

"So this is the Fire Titan," Natsu muttered as a massive Demonic looking being with charred black skin donning a strange armor with runes none of them could decipher emerged.

The titan had a seal on his bare chest which was a similar pentagram to the one Natsu saw in Tartaros however this one was on fire along with his wrists and ankles, the titan's size continued to grow as the cave roof soon shattered due to its rapidly growing size revealing the temple to the world.

"You don't have to fight if you don't want to Seilah I'm afraid I won't be able to share my power with you on this one."

"Are you sure Master Natsu?"

"Eliza and I are the only ones who can stand a chance against the titan so just retreat for now alright?"

Seilah gave a worried glance towards Natsu before opening up a portal and walking through as a loud voice began to pierce the night sky.

"It has been far too long since I've walked the mortal plane and what is the first thing I find, well now if it isn't a Godling and a Devilkind how fitting. My return to the world will herald the death of two of these pretenders!"

"Natsu use everything you have available from the start any less and you will die," Eliza said as she summoned an ebony sword and shield.

"Right," Natsu said as his body began to grow black and crimson scales with Natsu entering the Dragon Force.

As Eliza watched his transformation she couldn't help but feel slightly surprised at exactly how much power he had obtained in such a short amount of time, he truly was worthy of his title as an Arch Demon now that much Eliza could say for certain however it was the gaze in his eyes that held her gaze as his eyes were no longer the usual crimson colour but a more advanced stage indicating that he had achieved a higher stage of his Devil's Aura.

"So you plan on using that off the gate too, very well I shall do the same."

Eliza closed her crimson eyes and when they opened they were now a blue that seemed to contain the stars themselves within, Eliza looked into Natsu's eyes and saw the flames of the Devil burning amongst the pitch black.

"You've advanced that far Natsu now that is a surprise?"

"I see you possess the same level of eyes Eliza I like the whole stars thing you could almost get lost in there."

"The two turned their attention back to the Fire Titan who finally reached his full size and now appeared to be charging some sort of attack, suddenly from the pentagram on his chest a massive torrent of flames burst forth.

"It won't work," Natsu said as he raised his right hand with the attack being split into two veering off into the distance.

"A Devilkind with mastery over fire, impossible!"

"You titans had your time but it has long since passed, time to return to the annals of history," Natsu said as he and Eliza separated with a powerful punch cracking the ground creating a large crater.

"You lesser beings will not talk down to me!"

The Fire Titan surrounded himself with several different coloured flames as they began to push outward, Natsu raced around to the back of the Titan turning his arm into a blade as it became surrounded by his crimson aura.

"Devil's Aura: Demonic Dragon Monarch's Fissure Slicer!"

A massive attack was launched from the blade as a crimson slash attack was launched towards the titan creating a large fissure as it went, the titan blocked the attack but was being pushed back as a result however his senses alerted him to a presence behind him.

"Oh Elise such a shame you aren't here to see how this attack is really done, God's Aura: War God's Fissure Slicer!"

An attack just as big as Natsu's with the only difference being the colour being galaxy blue struck the titan in the back as it dropped its guard of Natsu's attack being hit from both sides and roaring out in pain and anger.

"Devil's Aura: Gravity Dragon Monarch's Mega Graviton Fist!"

The titan was down on one knee having been left stunned by the previous two attacks when Natsu appeared next to him punching him on the left side of his face with a rapid shift in gravity sending his head in all sorts of directions within a second.

The titan was knocked off his feet due to the rapid blows to his head however it wasn't over yet as Eliza appeared above him with her fist cocked back surrounded in a galaxy blue aura.

"God's Aura: War God's Endgame Fist!"

Eliza came down on the titan's head smashing it deep into the ground and sending his legs high into the air essentially leaving him sticking up out of the ground like a large flaming tree.

As Eliza landed next to Natsu he just raised a single eyebrow.

"Endgame Fist?"

"I haven't taught Elise that one yet basically its name being derived from the final blow or battle depending on how you look at it."

"So it's a final blow thing?"

"Well it might be I can't use it without God's Aura and I rarely use it so who knows, one day once Elise gets a good handle on hers I shall teach her this attack. So what was that attack you did it sent his head flying in all directions?"

"It's a combination of another attack I have called Mega Graviton where you trap someone in a specific space and have the gravity tear them apart, the fact the titan survived means he's extraordinarily durable."

"Yes our attacks were quite good but he's still only stunned so we don't have much time until he gets himself free, any ideas as to what we should do?"

"What's this the Goddess of War asking me for advice in a battle," Natsu joked as she rolled her eyes.

"Aren't you just the funniest one, I'm asking because you are our ace since you too have mastery over fire."

"Yeah I know I was just messing around, so can a titan be killed?"

"Yes but it takes a lot of work," Eliza sighed as Natsu's Devilish eyes scanned the Fire Titan for any weak spots.

"A shame he isn't pure fire I'd just eat him."

"From what I've heard a titan should be able to enter their respective element however this one seems to not want to otherwise he'd be out of that hole by now."

"You know for a being this ancient I thought he'd be way stronger I mean yeah there are two of us and all but Igneel was making out like these guys were powerful beyond anything I know he's not at full power or anything but still what's up with that?"

"Well if you were trapped inside a tablet for an almost incomprehensible time you'd be a bit rusty too wouldn't you Natsu?"

The ground started to shake as the titan began pulling itself out of the ground and sat down in front of the two whilst rubbing the back of his head.

"Those were some pretty powerful hits I'll give the two of you credit but had I been at full power this fight wouldn't have even gotten past the first attack I made."

"You do realize that I've mastered fire as well right that's how I deflected your attack I mean you even said I did?"

"Just because you've mastered it doesn't mean you've done it like I have Devilkind after all I am the element itself I can manipulate it in ways beyond your comprehension, also remember this fighting fire with fire never ends well."

"Way to state the obvious big guy," Natsu replied as the Fire Titan shrugged as flames surrounded his entire body putting them both back on full alert.

"Up to you if you don't want to take the advice but then again it really doesn't matter after all after this encounter your entrails will paint this countryside and I doubt they'll be telling anyone much of anything. Now watch as I show you one of the many applications of fire."

The Fire Titan began to shrink slowly as the flames became smaller and smaller until he was the same size as the two, he then stood up and cracked his neck and pointed to Natsu.

"Now that the warm-up is over let's see if I can work out the kinks," the Fire Titan said as Natsu vanished just as the spot he was standing in was engulfed in black flames.

Natsu was behind the titan in seconds and went to hit him only for a pillar of flame to impale him through the chest sending him flying high into the air as he coughed up blood.

"An absolute defence with the ability to strike from nearly anywhere, this may prove tricky to beat."

"There won't be any winning little Godling only death," the Fire Titan replied when the area he was standing in suddenly became engulfed in a purple pillar of magic.

"Blow a hole in my chest will ya, Devil's Aura: Gravity Dragon Monarch's Mega Graviton Roar!"

"It will not be so easy Devilkind," the Fire Titan growled as he was being slowly pushed into the earth by the attack until another pillar of fire began to slowly push the attack back from him as the initially one sided attack became a clash.

Natsu grit his teeth as he put more power into the attack with the two becoming evenly matched, at that moment Natsu's eye moved to Eliza who was moving in on the Fire Titan fast however that brief mistake was all the titan needed as he blocked Eliza's swordstrike with his bare arm and kneeing her in the gut.

He then grabbed her by the hair before kneeing her in the face with his armoured knee and tossing her into the clash between himself and Natsu, Natsu seeing this had no choice but to break off the clash as the attack hit him full force although he was able to negate most of the damage due to his mastery of flames.

Eliza managed to recover in midair and dropped to the ground wiping the blood from her face and looking at it.

"How long has it been since I last bled …"

Natsu was still being pushed back by the attack from the titan as it hit the side of a mountain setting off a large explosion in the distance which only made Eliza grit her teeth.

"He'll be fine I'll just have to do my best to win alone until he gets back."

The Fire Titan rushed forward aiming to punch Eliza in the face however she gracefully dodged it and several other fire attacks that were the result of his perfect guard, after executing countless perfect evasions she managed to slip past his defences for just a moment and deliver a swift kick to his face sending him sprawling back several metres.

"So there a weakness to his so called perfect defence, force it to exert itself and gaps will appear," Eliza said as a crimson blur shot past her.

"Good to know now I can smack this bastard in the face for tossing me into a mountain," Natsu shouted as the Fire Titan began summoning spikes of flame which littered the ground like spikes.

Natsu however was weaving through the spikes as they emerged from the ground, reaching the perimeter of the Fire Titan's perfect defence prompting it to raise a powerful wall of flames which Natsu began to circle using his Gravity Seals to his advantage.

"You move fast that much is certain Devil hoping to out speed my flames but you should know better shouldn't you after all you've mastered flames as well haven't you?"

Natsu was initially confused by this statement but the Fire Titan's fist emerging from the flames striking Natsu in the throat and bringing him to the ground shocked him, the Fire Titan then picked Natsu up by the scruff of his neck and smashed his body into the ground several times.

Eliza was upon the titan in seconds but the defence was once again working in his favour keeping her away and this time she couldn't find a hole in it.

"Could I have been mistaken about there being a hole in the defence; I've got to get in there before Natsu gets himself killed!"

On the other side of the flames Natsu was receiving an absolute beating as he was still trying to recover from the powerful blow his neck had received earlier.

"Such foolishness from ones who believe themselves above their station when all they could do was seal my kind away rather than fight us to the death-!"

The Fire Titan was pushed back as a powerful blow to his face drew blood, looking at Natsu who was on one knee and coughing up some blood he analysed his movements.

"How did you manage that Devilkind you should be begging for mercy?"

Natsu rose to his feet stumbling a bit with his Devil clothing failing to regenerate as it normally would.

"Eliza was right one slip up costs me pretty damn bad I'm focusing a lot of energy into my healing factor just to keep myself breathing, still I didn't just spend months sitting in some room training to have a relic like you beat me down like trash!"

"Relic you say, you really desire death don't you? Very well I shall be your executioner Devilkind!"

The Fire Titan rushed forward and punched Natsu in the face with blood splattering the ground, the titan was about to follow up when Natsu returned the blow shocking the Fire Titan.

"I'm so sick and tired of all these damn higher beings I've had a fucking gutful of it," Natsu roared as he rushed towards the Fire Titan who punched him again only this time the blow didn't stop Natsu as he merely took it and landed a swift kick to his side making the Fire Titan grit his teeth.

"You were a pushover before what's with this sudden endurance and strength!"

Eliza watched as Natsu didn't even bother dodging and just continued to attack the Fire Titan with his anger clearly driving him forward.

"This is an interesting development it's almost as if he's actually gaining strength from each hit he takes," she said as Natsu delivered a powerful head butt to the Fire Titan knocking him down. "Even still that blow to his neck was by all accounts a fatal one so this must be him trying now to quickly end the fight so that he can heal."

"Enough of this nonsense I will not have you embarrass me further human," the Fire Titan roared as he began to exert a massive amount of magical power with cracks in the earth appearing letting loose streams of flame.

It was at this moment his perfect defence dropped and Eliza moved in however the Fire Titan simply vanished in a wisp of smoke reappearing on top of a nearby hill with the flames of the area beginning to pool within him.

"Natsu we need to hurry he's taking his true form!"

"True form and what's that exactly," Natsu growled as he rubbed his throat.

"What else would it be Natsu," Eliza replied as the flames began seemingly melting his body until nothing but fire remained which began to expand rapidly and take shape of a humanoid looking being.

"This is my true form prepare to meet your ends!"

The being was easily bigger than a mountain as it waved its hand and the entire countryside was set alight in moments, Eliza was slightly concerned however Natsu just had the same angry and determined look on his face.

"Igneel gave me the responsibility of destroying the Fire Titan and I don't plan on letting him down, Eliza give me your sword!"

"Give you my sword but isn't hand to hand combat your forte?"

"I'm good at a lot of things alright now would you stop questioning me I need a sword that'll be able to hold up to the attack I'm about to do and I don't think any of mine are made from stern enough stuff."

Eliza held out her free hand and a sheathed ebony katana appeared as she motioned for Natsu to take it.

"Take this Natsu it's yours now do whatever it is you need to do I'm genuinely interested to see how good of a swordsman you are."

Natsu's stern gaze softened for a brief moment as he nodded and took the katana and drew it slowly scanning the blade.

"Yeah this'll do nicely, during the Grand Magic Games I met a woman named Kagura who was able to do some pretty amazing stuff using Gravity Magic with her sword so imagine what I can do if I place these runes upon mine …"

Natsu's hand traced across the flat of the blade as a complex series of purple runes appeared on both sides, Eliza was surprised to see the sheer complexity of the runes and Natsu's statement was correct that no blade would hold up to the strain of what he was doing.

"I can't use my fire it'll just make him stronger and my Demonic powers are being channelled to my body so I can take all these hits and keep fighting which leaves only my Gravity Magic, I'll bet Lykyria would be proud to see me do this."

Natsu looked over at the Fire Titan who was still growing in size now being larger than anything he'd ever come across, Natsu placed the sword back in its sheath placing even more runes over it only these ones were Crash Magic based with the sheath adjusting to the pressure.

After he was finished Natsu looked over to Eliza and nodded with her nodding in return and motioning for him to run, Natsu took off at a blinding speed and as she watched him go her thoughts turned to Elise.

"Will I one day witness the same from you Elise, watching as you prove yourself my equal or even greater than me? As for you Natsu I believe you will truly surpass all expectations set for you by the Gods and Devils, you will one day stand atop the pantheon and prove to be a shining example to us all."

Meanwhile Natsu was rushing forward as the Fire Titan began to move simply burning through entire mountains as if they were like nothing, hand on the hilt of his katana Natsu began channelling magic into the blade all the while dodging all the balls of fire and flaming projectiles that were the result of the mountains being destroyed.

"Your time in our world is over, Devil's Aura: Omega Graviton – Empyrean!"

Natsu drew the sword and as he did a blinding light began to appear with it, the attack unleashed a blinding sword strike that travelled all the way to the Fire Titan and sliced him clean in half.

Naturally the Fire Titan being made purely of fire merely shrugged the attack off and began to reform until the second phase of the attack began, the flame body of the titan was suddenly surrounded by a massive dark purple dome with the gravity in the space going absolutely haywire tearing his flame body apart.

This wasn't the end however as his body was also being broken down at a cellular level by the powerful Crash Magic imbued into the attack, the Fire Titan now realized the severity of the situation he was in and began exerting all his magic power however it was in vain.

Above the Fire Titan was the one thing no one wanted to see when facing a master of Gravity not even a being such as a titan, the thing before him was a black hole.

Everything seemed to stop as the broken down body of the Fire Titan began to drift into the black hole with the titan's screams being heard by no one, the black hole continued to consume everything in the space until nothing remained within not even the ground and upon consuming everything it closed itself.

Natsu sheathed the sword as the runes faded away and placed it within his requip space dropping to one knee from exhaustion as Eliza appeared beside him.

"I did good right?"

"Well you killed a titan and although it wasn't at full strength you still did it which is no small feat so yes you did extremely well I'm so proud."

"Gee thanks mom," Natsu joked before collapsing from exhaustion.

"I'd be proud if you were my son Natsu," Eliza said to herself as she picked up Natsu and opened a portal to Terminus walking into it leaving the battle scarred Draconia behind.

/Terminus/

Upon entering Terminus Eliza was immediately set upon by most of the Gods who were absolutely shocked to have just witnessed a titan roaming free, this was all halted however when the High Council dismissed them and ordered Natsu be taken to Xicor.

Making her way to Xicor's temple she ran inside with the Dragon God looking down upon Natsu's exhausted body with a sigh.

"I've come to realize that it must always be a life or death fights with him, Seilah attend to your master."

At Xicor's words Seilah appeared from behind Xicor and ran over to Natsu ensuring that his Demonic Magic was doing its job at healing him.

"Now that we have Natsu here we should discuss what we plan on doing about this ritual you proposed Xicor, after seeing what he did to that titan my view on him gaining this power … is that he should," Eliza said as Xicor raised an eyebrow.

"Is that so Eliza you seemed against it before pray tell why you've changed your mind?"

"It's quite simple really although Natsu was able to defeat the Fire Titan he was only able to do so for a few reasons the main one being that he was mostly immune to the fire based attacks which were the prime attacks the titan possessed. How would Natsu fare when he does not possess this advantage because I believe he would get crushed, also I believe that the titan wasn't even close to Achnologia or Zeref's power which is concerning therefore its only logical to grant Natsu this power."

"A thorough assessment as always Eliza but I am in full agreement, where is Dragon Cry now?"

"Natsu has it within his requip space so we'll have to wait for him to wake up," Eliza said when suddenly the staff was within Seilah's hands.

"Master granted me access to his powers and since he is unconscious I am able to access them and everything they entail including his requip space."

Handing the staff to Xicor the Dragon looked at it before placing it on the altar and stepping back.

"Place the runes you were tasked to collect for me around the altar please."

The two nodded and did as instructed and upon the last rune being placed a pillar of Divine light shot down onto the staff with it morphing into a different looking staff with a bladed tip on the end as it glowed a bright gold colour.

"Not a particularly entertaining process but it is done nonetheless," Xicor said as he picked up the staff and looked at Natsu. "So we are all in agreement on this right?"

Both Seilah and Eliza looked at each other and nodded before turning to Xicor and nodding again.

"Very well let us hope this doesn't blow up in our faces, good luck Natsu," Xicor said as he thrust the bladed tip into Natsu's heart and the staff began dissolving into a liquid like substance that entered his body. "You'll definitely need it."

Ayy cliff hanger gotta love it but I'll see you all in the next one!