Mama Mirajane-19

"Mmm, what's going on?" Scythe questioned putting his hand to his forehead, suddenly feeling something metallic against his forehead. He raised his hand with the metal object and his eyes widened when he saw it was a medal with the King of Fiore's Royal Crest of Protection on it. "This is…"

"A sign showing you are under my father's protection."

Scythe turned his head to see Hisui standing there with a smile on her face.

"Sorry if I'm interrupting something, but I forgot to grab the book I was reading when taking care of you, before I left." She smiled.

"P-princess Hisui." Scythe exclaimed, in panic as he fumbled out of bed and bowed to her in respect on his hand and knees.

"Please, you shouldn't be moving around like that so much, you're still recovering." Hisui exclaimed gripping his arm and hoisting him back up onto the bed.

"Um, I'm a little confused as to what's happening your Highness. The last thing I remember is Professor Geld injecting me with something and then I wake up here." Scythe exclaimed.

"Geld has been thrown in the dungeons, for crimes of treason against the kingdom and for kidnapping a child from his home." Hisui explained. "That ruby pendent is beautiful, and the gold pendant I made compliments its beauty nicely."

Scythe looked down to see his grandmother's pendent still around his neck, with the medal Hisui had made him beside it.

"It was my grandmother's." Scythe smiled.

"It's lovely. Does it hold any magic?" Hisui questioned.

"It used to, but not anymore." Scythe smiled.

"Daddy." Jack exclaimed suddenly popping up out of nowhere, her voice sounding desperate and full of concern.

"Ah." Scythe exclaimed jumping back while Hisui jumped back in surprise, her hands over her mouth at the small assassin looking girl. Hisui was still on her feet, Scythe was on his back with his legs up in the air.

"Did she just call you daddy?" Hisui questioned.

"Long story. Short version is, she and I were both created for the same purpose, to be the ultimate weapon, and she longs for the love of a parent. She's younger than me, I'm stronger than her by far, and so she declared me worthy of being called her father." Scythe explained. "Even though she's a servant of the Celestial Knights."

"Daddy, grandma is frozen." Jack exclaimed.

"What do you mean frozen?" Scythe questioned, knowing Jack was talking about Mira.

"This mean ugly lady dressed like a fairy turned all the contestants of the Miss Fairy Tail Pageant into stone, and there's only an hour left before that big meanie with the lightning scar turns them all into dust." Jack exclaimed.

"Laxus." Scythe growled. "Princess Hisui. I thank you for helping me in my time of need, however, I'm needed back at Fairy Tail." Scythe explained.

"The big meanie with lightning says that he'll only stop when gramps hands Fairy Tail over to him." Jack explained.

"A co-de-ta. I should have known he would pull something like this, and on the day of the Harvest Festival of all days. He was probably also the one who gave Geld all that information about me." Scythe groaned.

"He was, he confessed it to everyone." Jack stated.

"Alright, Jack this is what I need you to do. Get Hercules, Joan, Saber, and Robin Hood to follow you to the outside world in Magnolia, tell them it's an emergency, and my mother's life is going to end if there isn't any help." Scythe exclaimed as he reequipped himself with his battle gear from the Celestial Armory.

"You got it daddy." Jack exclaimed disappearing.

"So you're leaving already?" Hisui questioned putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I have to. I'm sorry, but as I said my mother's life is in danger, if I don't go, she could die." Scythe sighed.

"But you're not fully healed, you could end up exerting the little magic you've recovered, or worse."

"I don't have a choice. My mother is everything I have, I just got my family back and I don't want to lose it again."

"Then go, and be safe." Hisui stated, feeling like she should have encourage him to begin with.

Scythe nodded slightly before flying out the open window in his Satan Soul form, moments before Toma and the physician came into the room.

"Hisui, what's going on here, where'd the boy go?" Toma questioned.

"He left, he gives his gratitude, but there was an emergency that needed his attention." Hisui smiled.

"But he's not fully recovered, he could get seriously hurt." The physician exclaimed.

"He understands that, but he's doesn't care. He told me he couldn't stand the thought of losing him family again. His mother is all he has, and he couldn't take losing her." Hisui smiled softly. "Honestly though. It feels like I've just sent him off to his own funeral." She exclaimed as tears ran down her face.

"Hisui." Toma said sympathetically, understanding all too well what she was feeling, having experienced several times himself with soldiers he was proud to call his brothers in arms. "Be safe, Fairy Tail's God of War."

~With Scythe as he flew through the air~

'Okay, going off what Jack has told me, the culprit for turning mom into a statue, along with all the others who entered into the pageant, is Evergreen. She has the Medusa Stare.' Scythe exclaimed, going over what he learned about the Thunder Legion through his guild mates, mainly Grey.

~Flashback to Scythe's Investigation~

"The Thunder Legion, what could you possibly want to know about them?" Grey questioned. "Fine, whatever. First there's Bixlow, if you thought that guitar guy from Trinity Raven was crazy, then he's insane. One thing you gotta know is all members of the Thunder Legion, aside from Laxus, have a special ability with their eyes."

"Bixlow's allow him to rip the soul of anyone who looks into his eyes, and they become his puppet permanently, as their body becomes nothing but ashes blown away in the wind, he can even control someone without ripping their soul from their body. Bixlow usually has multiple dolls floating around his head, and his guild mark is on his tongue."

"Next is Fried. He's the quiet type, his main type of magic is a bit of a mystery, but what I do know about it is it involves ancient runes, so in a way his magic involves words, similar to Levy's. However, if he's ever backed into a corner, he'll use the magic in his eyes, which allows him to access a forbidden form that is similar to both yours and Mira's Satan Souls. That's the extent of his power as far as I know."

"Finally, there's Evergreen, many of us here have taken to calling her eye ability the Medusa Stare, since she can turn her victims to stone with it. Her main magic involves small particles of light, which is actually known as 'fairy magic', but are not derived from the same spells our first master had created. Her brand of fairy magic has been around for far longer than the guild has been alive. But once you're caught in her snare, you can never get out of it."

"The best way to avoid all three of those eye abilities, is either by following your other senses with your eyes shut, or to wear deeply tinted sunglasses. One of those two things makes those special eye ability of theirs completely useless."

~End Flashback~

'If it takes deeply tinted sunglasses to avoid being turned to stone or into a puppet, then I would think, my mask should do the trick.' Scythe exclaimed waving his hand over his face, producing the mask.

As he did that, he was soaring over Magnolia, and sensed Erza's familiar magic, coming from one direction, and Evergreen's coming from another.

'Erza's artificial eye must have made her immune to Evergreen's Medusa Stare. That's a good advantage, to have against an ability like Evergreen's.'

"EVERGREEN." Scythe shouted as he neared her.

"You? But how?" Evergreen questioned moving to the side avoiding a full body slam from the young Etherion slayer.

"The King and the Council didn't like very much that a child was kidnapped, and surprise, they've known who my dad is all along." Scythe stated.

"W-what's going on with your voice? It sounds demonic." Evergreen questioned as Erza stopped below them in awe, before she chose to run off to continue to find Laxus.

"It's what happens when I wear this mask." Scythe exclaimed as he reequipped Grimm Reaper into his hands.

"What kind of blade is that?" Evergreen asked.

"I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death, nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons, yet, those hands will never hold anything, and so as I pray. UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS. Reveal yourself, Grimm Reaper."

The pressure of Scythe's magic knocked Evergreen back. She steadied herself in flight opening her eyes, and gasping as she moved to the side, barely evading a swing from the blade split into two katana.

"Fine than, I'll just have to turn you into stone to." Evergreen exclaimed lifting up her glasses.

"Sorry, but that's not gonna happen." Scythe exclaimed thrusting his blade forward, nicking her in the side of her outfit, causing only a scratch to appear on her waist.

"What the, why isn't it working?" Evergreen questioned in disbelief. "The eye holes of your mask isn't tinted, nor has lenses so why does it not work?"

"For one my right eye is made of Ethernano, so it makes me immune if I only have it open. For two, the eyeholes of this mask are like tinted sunglasses, they protect my eyes from and visual prowess magic's. Even though there's not physical lenses, there are invisible lenses made of magic energy."

"That's not a fair advantage." Evergreen exclaimed. "Fairy Machinegun."

"So having a teen kidnapped just for being unable to choose who his parents are, is a fair advantage in battle?" Scythe questioned as Evergreen caught the silhouette of the masked kitsune running alongside his flying form as he deflected all of her magic bullets of light.

"You're not human. You're a monster." Evergreen stated as Scythe began to swing at her, managing to destroy the pin keeping her hair up.

"Takes one to know one." Scythe growled as he kicked Evergreen in the stomach, sending her back a bit, before Scythe threw both his blades at her.

With the blades spinning around her, Evergreen became wrapped up in the leather rope connecting the two blades together, forcefully closing her wings, milliseconds before Scythe was above her and slammed his feet into her stomach, sending her to the ground below in the empty street, bringing up a cloud of dust. Evergreen painfully opened her eyes just as Scythe landed on the ground, his feet on either side of her, creating potholes in the ground the same shape of his feet.

"I'm only going to ask once." Scythe exclaimed as a war-hammer, with an axe blade on the back of the head, reequipped in his right hand. "Turn everyone back to normal."

Unbeknownst to Scythe, as the war-hammer appeared, so did Hercules, standing right behind him with his club in the same hand.

"You're being a bit naïve aren't you?" Evergreen questioned trying to sound tough. "I'll have you know my stone eyes grant me another ability as well. Remote control. Drop to your knees and bow before me. If you refuse then I'll use my power to topple your precious little statues and shatter them. Including your precious mother who you just became reunited with."

Though his face couldn't be seen, the flinch in his body language was evident that he was surprised. However, to Evergreen's shock, Scythe raised his hammer, with Hercules mimicking the act my raising his club, and both weapons slammed down on the concrete at the same time, scaring Evergreen half to death.

"I'm impressed Evergreen. I never thought you were the kind who'd sacrifice her life for her ideals." Scythe exclaimed as a glowing red aura surrounded his body, dragon scales began to cover the exposed parts of his arms, and neck. "If they must be shattered, then I will have no other choice but to collect your soul in retribution for their demise."

Evergreen began to sweat in fear and nearly pissed herself as she screamed, imagining the horror of what Scythe was gonna do to make it happen before she was silenced, by Scythe stomping on her face.

"If you're going to bluff, then at least try and do it right. I know the extent of your Medusa Stare. Thanks to what I learned from Grey I did some digging on all the Thunder Legions special eye abilities, and know for a fact, the extent of your eyes are just turning people to stone." Scythe sighed.

"All right, you win." Evergreen exclaimed in defeat. Her eyes gave off a faint glow before returning to normal. "There, everyone from Fairy Tail I've used this on is no longer a lawn ornament, and your mother is safe from being turned to dust, and your uncle is back to normal to."

~Cardia Cathedral~

"You failed me." Laxus growled gritting his teeth as his eyes became bloodshot. "I put my faith in you, Evergreen, and this is how you return the favor? I come to find out you're weaker than that brat Scythe? Damn."

"Scythe is stronger than you think." Fried exclaimed walking in from behind. "How he's not in Council or Rune Knight, custody is beyond me. Or how several more non Fairy Tail fighters have joined in his crusade to stop us."

"Why are you here when you should be fighting?" Laxus questioned.

"Because, the game is as good as over. Without hostages, we can no longer force the Master's hand." Fried stated, before he shielded himself from a lightning bolt. "What are you doing?"

"This fight ain't over. If you don't wanna follow me, then get lost. There's no place for weaklings in my Fairy Tail."

~Back at the guildhall~

All the girls were gathered around the stage, as they had been freed from Evergreen's stone spell. All of them have been caught up on the situation.

"He called it the battle of Fairy Tail?" Lucy questioned.

"He's the reason Scythe was missing for a week?" Mira asked in concern.

"Laxus outdid himself this time, that's for sure." Cana stated.

"At any rate, it's over now." Makarov exclaimed. "I played along with his foolish game, because your lives were in danger, but I won't indulge him anymore."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that gramps." Scythe exclaimed landing in the guildhall beside Natsu, his mask fully on still.

"Whoa, dude, that's some mask." Natsu exclaimed with a cheer.

"Sorry." Scythe stated swiping his hand up, removing the mask. "Now as I was saying…"

"SCYTHE." Mira and Velvet cheered tackling him with a hug.

"Okay, I get it you've missed me, but we've got some bigger issues on our hands." Scythe exclaimed.

"What do you mean by that my boy? I don't have to be under Laxus's thumb anymore." Makarov exclaimed.

"He's still got you under this thumb. Up in the sky, there's about a couple hundred giant lightning lacrimas floating around the town limits." Scythe exclaimed. "There's a good chance each one is filled with his lightning, and he's going to unleash it on the town unless he gets what he wants."

"The Thunder Palace?" Makarov questioned.

"Since I took down Evergreen, and freed all his hostages, he's resorting to holding the town and everyone in it hostage." Scythe explained.

"Then why don't we just shoot 'em down?" Bisca questioned.

"Bad idea, unless you're immune to lightning, you can't even so much as scratch them without getting struck by the energy inside. Knowing Laxus would anticipate that, he's probably rigged them with body link magic, meaning unless you're standing near a lightning rod, you're the lightning rod if you destroy one of those lacrimas." Scythe stated.

"That fiend, he's gone insane, just to get the guild." Makarov sighed with anger before he had an idea. "Scythe, how good are you at being a leader?"

"Why are you asking me this?" Scythe questioned.

"Just answer the question sweetie." Mira exclaimed.

"Well, I'm not sure, I mean I've managed to lead several servants on an assault against the remainder of the Thunder Legion, Robin Hood just took down Bixlow with Loki's help, all that's left is for Fried to be taken down then Laxus is all who remains."

"Why was Loki fighting without me summoning him?" Lucy questioned.

"Good." Makarov smiled.

"Why am I getting an unsettling feeling about that smile of yours?" Scythe inquired.

"Give me your right arm boy." Makarov explained.

Scythe did as commanded, and Makarov swiped his hand along the underside of his arm, putting the Fairy Tail emblem on that part of him, with a diamond in the center of it.

"Congratulations my boy, when you turn eighteen the guild is yours." Makarov smiled.

"What?" Scythe questioned yanking his arm back.

"That mark I gave you has been passed down from each Guild Master of Fairy Tail. It only appears on those who are proven worthy through their actions." Makarov exclaimed. "It seems to have chosen you to be a good candidate as well."

"But, I can't be the next guild master, I'm not sure I'm qualified for the job." Scythe stated, feeling like he was having a panic attack.

"Relax my boy, you've got four years until that time comes, I'm sure you'll make an excellent guild master. Why I was sixteen when I was named guild master." Makarov smiled. "I'm sure you'll do better than any of us previous masters."

"That's not my point."

"We'll discuss it later, right now, if you're looking for Laxus, I'd recommend Cardia Cathedral. He'd always go there when he was upset about something. It's in the center of town." Makarov stated.

"Fine, but this discussion isn't over." Scythe sighed. "C'mon mom, let's go get Uncle Elfman."

"Right." Mira said as she followed Scythe who flew above her.

Running through the streets, with her son flying close behind her, Mira found Elfman, lying on the ground, unconscious and shirtless.

"He must have done a full body takeover." Mira exclaimed as she kneeled down behind her brother, with Scythe landing behind her.

"He must have been in one heck of a fight to. Evergreen wasn't kidding when she said she turned him back to normal either." Scythe exclaimed using his healing magic on Elfman.

Elfman began to stir, opening his eyes to find Mirajane and Scythe next to him both with looks of relief on their faces.

"Thank goodness." Mira exclaimed.

"M-Mira, Scythe." Elfman stated, as if in disbelief of what he was seeing.

"Thought we'd lost you there for a second Uncle." Scythe smiled as Mira helped Elfman sit up.

"You're hurt pretty bad." Mira stated.

"I'll be fine. I'm so glad you're back to normal." Elfman smiled.

"You have Scythe to thank for that. He beat Evergreen in the battle."

"Well, nice work young man. Now how did you escape the Rune Knights and Council?" Elfman asked.

"I'm curious about that myself."

"I didn't." Scythe chuckled. "The King of Fiore was furious with the man who kidnapped me, he had any of my wounds treated, and…" Scythe pulled out the medal with the royal crest. "He gave me this."

"That's the royal family's crest." Elfman stated. "Having it means you and your family are under their family's protection for life."

"I had a feeling that's what it was for." Scythe smiled. "But enough about that. Are you feeling any better Uncle?"

"Elfman, Scythe. I'm sorry for everything, I really am." Mirajane stated.

"What the heck are you apologizing for?" Elfman asked.

"Yeah mom, there's nothing you need to apologize for." Scythe exclaimed.

"Because… I'm just useless now. It's the truth. I'm never able to help you, either of you." Mira said as she began to sob. "I'm sorry."

"No one thinks you're useless, I promise." Elfman said as he got up on his feet. "Your smile lifts everyone's spirits, and makes us think of the good things, forget about this fighting crap."

"Mom." Scythe smiled hugging her. "You're special in your own way. I might not have known you back when you were Mirajane the She-Devil, and honestly, I'm not even sure I want to. But I do know I'm happy to be the Mirajane, the caring, loving mother and the best chef in the world."

Mirajane said nothing else, but continued to cry.

"Come on, sis. Please don't cry." Elfman said joining the family hug.

It took a bit of convincing, but Mira had stopped crying, thanking both her son, and brother for helping to make her feel better.

"C'mon, there's a fight close buy. From the sounds of things, I'd say it's Fried and Cana. Juvia must have lost a fight if she's not with Cana." Scythe exclaimed as they helped Elfman stand up.

As they make their way to the battle, Scythe gets a bag feeling about what is going to happen before he has to shield both Elfman and Mirajane from falling debri as they reach the fight between Cana and the enchanter.

"What in the…"

"Oh, no." Mira said as they stared in shock. "Cana."

Scythe's eyes focused on Cana as the dust cleared to reveal her lying in the rubble, trying to pick herself back up.

"You're tough, a true testament to your many years of service to the guild." Fried said, alerting them of his stature still on the bridge.

"Listen to me Fried. I want you to take back all that garbage you said about Juvia." Cana said before she was struck with a rune-enchantment for pain.

"Cana." Mirajane called out.

"What happened? What did her do to her?" Elfman asked.

"It's a rune curse for pain. She's feeling the worst pain she's ever felt in her life right now, and there's nothing we can do to stop it from running its course." Scythe exclaimed as his glare went up to Fried.

"This has gone too far." Mira called out to Fried.

"How dare you." Elfman exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Elfman, but you've already lost to Evergreen. Therefore you are not allowed to rejoin the game." Fried said ignoring their pleas to stop.

"Oh yeah?" Elfman shouted.

"We're in the same guild. We shouldn't be fighting each other." Mira stated as Scythe stood there in creepy spine tingling silence.

"We were once. However, the ultimate purpose of this game is to restructure the guild, to break our meaningless bonds. Laxus' enemy is mine as well." Fried stated holding up his sword.

"Spare me your self-proclaimed holy crap." Scythe growled jumping up to the top of the bridge, ready to strike Fried. "He's just an egotistical self-righteous ass who believes he's worthy of running the guild."

Scythe swung his arm down, in which Fried blocked the blow with his blade, his eyes catching something as he held Scythe's attack at bay.

Pushing upwards with his blade, Fried sliced sideways across Scythe's chest, leaving runes there.

"Makarov named you the next guild master, didn't he?" Fried questioned. "That will not do. Laxus is the one who must become guild master, give him the mark or suffer a punishment far worse than death."

"Like hell, I'm going to choose him to take Master's place instead of me." Scythe growled.

"Fine then. Dark Ecriture—Pain." Fried chanted, casting his spell. "Those runes represent unimaginable pain which will become the totality of your existence."

"AHHHHHHHHHH." Scythe screamed out in pain as a violet light enveloped him, causing him pain far worse than he'd ever experienced in his life.

"Scythe." Mira gasped, seeing her son writhe in pain. "You have to stop this."

Elfman was busy helping Cana get back on her feet, and away from the battle, per Mirajane's request.

"You have to stop this, he's not as strong as he was during the battle of Phantom. He's still recovering from what the scientists did to him after being kidnapped." Mirajane pleaded.

"Dark Ecriture—Terror, suffering." Fried chanted, writing more runes on Scythe, forcing him to relive the demise of his village all over again.

"I'm begging you." Mira cried, sobbing for the pain her son was being put through. "I'll do anything you want. Please just spare him."

"No mom." Scythe cried out as he slumped over on the broken edge of the bridge. "Don't give in. Do you remember what you taught me?"

"Huh?" Mira gasped.

"If they stand behind you, give them Protection. If they stand beside you, give them Respect. If they stand against you. Show. No. Mercy." Scythe chanted as he forced himself to stand up. "You taught me that. So if it means giving my life, I'll protect my guild mates and everyone I care for, here and now."

"Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain. Pain." Fried repeated as he placed seven pain runes on Scythe's chest, the seventh one being the biggest of them all.

"No." Mira screamed shutting her eyes.

Scythe slumped over on his knees, his Satan Soul dissipating, for having withstood that pain felt like eternity, when it was barely thirty seconds.

"The final Dark Ecriture." Fried began.

"C'mon. Give me your best shot." Scythe smirked breathing heavily.

"Death."

Everything went silent, as the wind began to blow and howl. Mirajane's arms fell to her sides, as her mind had practically snapped, at the thought of losing her only son. Her heartbeat pounded inside her ears as visions of Lisanna's grave flashed over her eyes, before the memory of her sister's demise played back in her head, obscuring her vision of the world around her.

"Don't be afraid, big brother. We still love you." Lisanna's voice rang in her head.

The wind around Mirajane began to pick up speed, her heart beat pounding faster inside her ears, blocking out the sound of anything else that was currently happening, her eyes shrinking in horror as the memory of watching her sister die, came to haunt her.

"I feel, so strange. It's like I… I can't move." She remembered Lisanna say.

"Don't waste your strength."

"Where'd you go? Mira?"

"I'm right here." Mira said as Lisanna slowly, and painfully turned her head towards her.

"Mira I… I just want you to… Know…"

"Lisanna? Lisanna? Lisanna!"

(Que Music… Move Along: All American Rejects)

Mira's heart was pounding at its fastest, as a magic circle shined beneath her, catching Fried's attention.

"What's this? So much power." Fried exclaimed his eyes widening in shock.

"M-mom." Scythe groaned out as he saw the magic circle under his mother's feet as she began to wail.

"Oh she…"

Mira's wailing continued until it turned into a shriek, the light of the magic circle enveloping her, as a seal she had subconsciously placed on herself shattered as the ground beneath her did the same. Above her a dark magic circle appeared, as she said only one thing in the midst of all her shrieking.

"SCYTHE."

Fried had covered his eyes as the light was blinding him, but looked after hearing her say that one name.

The light began to change hue as Mirajane took on a form she hadn't taken on in three years. The magic energy disperses as she leaps at Fried, making sure he doesn't finish his enchantment.

"Dark Ecriture—Wings." Fried chanted as he flew into the air and flies away.

Mirajane spread her own wings took off after him, after making sure Scythe was okay, finding he was wrapped in a cocoon of black air.

Upon giving chase to her prey, Mirajane swipes her claws. Fried evaded both strikes, but was too slow when evading a kick, and was sent a small ways down to the ground before stabilizing his flight pattern.

"Boo." Scythe exclaimed appearing from behind.

Fried flinched in shock and folded his wings, evading a swipe from both sets of claws from the mother son devil duo.

After unfolding their strikes, he couldn't evade a blow from their tails, which sent him back to the other side of the bridge that had remained undamaged at that point. As the dust cloud built up, Fried flew away, hoping the cloud fooled them. Unfortunately, he was wrong, as both were suddenly behind him when he stopped to see if it had worked.

Gasping in shock, Fried turned around to see the menacing and spine chilling looks on both the Satan Soul takeovers faces, as they said one thing in perfect harmony.

"Die."

'This is her takeover power, the She-Devil. The one the brat inherited a fraction of, Satan's Soul.'

Mirajane and Scythe held out their hands, as black magic circles appeared on both, aimed for them as they once again said their attacks in perfect harmony.

"Darkness Stream."

Multiple claws of darkness came out of the circles, and went to grab Fried, who evaded and blocked each attack over and over again.

As he was about to perform an enchantment, Scythe suddenly appeared out of nowhere, biting down on his blade and tearing it away, munching on it. Fried flew away, with Mirajane and Scythe giving chase.

"I know a few forbidden spells of my own." Fried exclaimed. "Evil battles evil, Dark Ecriture… Darkness."

As the runes sank into his chest, Fried began to change, and grow, turning into a demon, into what his soul inside looks like. His fists collided with both Scythe's and Mira's, the resulting collision of energy destroying the ground around them.

All three of them roar, as Fried's hand is enveloped in a red sphere of energy, Mira's is enveloped in a dark blue sphere of energy, and Scythe's is enveloped in a violet sphere of energy. The three of them battling it out fist for fist. As the battle raged on, something flying towards Scythe caught his eye and he spun around, catching the hilt of the weapon in his hand, with the name of the weapon written on a piece of paper hanging from it.

"Say its name."

Scythe looked down and saw Saber and Hercules standing below them.

"Say the weapons name, and you shall win the battle young prince." Saber shouted, standing on Hercules's shoulder.

Scythe nodded his head, the sheath of the weapon coming off the blade as it began to glow a blinding golden light just as Mira was sending off her own attack

"EXCALIBUR." Scythe shouted as he struck Fried with the blade.

"Soul Extinction."

A burst of energy rang out, as golden light mixed with a dark light enveloped the trio, at least a mile of space around them, as the two attacks made contact at the same time. The light dispersed revealing Scythe and Mira standing over Fried, as he was no longer a demon, with the blade pointed at his throat, mere centimeters away, as Mirajane held his wrist, stopping the attack. The words of her sister ringing out in her head.

"I still love you."

(End Song…)

'What raw power. Such sheer force of will. His weapon is one no one but he could handle. There's no way I could stand against such a force.' Fried exclaimed in fear before Scythe withdrew the blade, and he reverted from his Satan Soul along with Mira.

"I don't understand." Fried stated. "Why did you stop him?"

"Because this battle is meaningless, and he would have regretted it the rest of his life if he had slain you." Mira exclaimed.

"You can spare me you're false pity, Mira." Fried scoffed. "Just finish me off."

"She's being truthful jerk." Scythe sighed, tossing Excalibur up in the air, as it disappeared returning to Saber's hands. "It would have haunted me 'till the day I die if I had killed you."

"I won't finish you off, because we're allies." Mira stated kneeling down next to Fried. Elfman, and Cana came over, with Juvia in Elfman's arms. "We're both members of Fairy Tail. That means we work together, we celebrate together, and we grow together."

"No, you're wrong! Laxus is my only true ally." Fried shouted.

"Idiot." Scythe scoffed. "Laxus doesn't realize, that being in a guild there is more than just being strong. A guildhall is like a house, and all its members are like the family who live there. If you waste your life truly believing that only the strong live, and the weak die, then you're never going to be able to fully embrace what it feels like to be part of that family. You're following the preaching's of a false priest, in a church of lies."

"It doesn't have to be that way." Mira continued on from what her son said. "Listen, we've been your friends since the very beginning. It's perfectly fine to have that one person who you trust more than anybody else."

"It's human nature." Scythe smiled.

"But that doesn't mean you have to shut out the rest of us." Mirajane smiled taking Fried's hand. "We're all part of something bigger. Like Scythe said, we're like family. If you'll just reach out, I promise there will always be someone there for you. Once you're finally able to see that connection, you'll never forget that it's there. You're surrounded by people who care for you. Let them in."

Fried began to cry, as their words resonated within his mind, realizing where he went wrong, and how he had failed.

"I never wanted it…" Fried cried. "To come to this."

"Yea, I know that." Mirajane said with a smile.

"As touching as this is." Scythe began, smiling as he turned to them. "I still have to find Laxus and kick his ass."

"Hold on Scythe." Elfman said standing in his way. "You're in no condition to go up against him. Not with how weak you are now."

"I'm not weak, I'm fully recovered." Scythe smiled.

"How did you recover so quickly from all the pain Fried inflicted on you?" Mirajane asked looking at her son with concern.

"Don't know, all I know is I passed out as my Sky Slayer magic took over as it began healing me, then suddenly, I'm fighting alongside you, performing the same forbidden spell you performed." Scythe stated. "I think once you unlocked your full power again, I just followed into place, like it was instincts that were directing me."

"Still, you need to be careful, Laxus isn't as weak as he seems." Fried stated. "He's strong enough to take on a Wizard Saint and win."

"Then it's a good thing I've got plenty of fuel." Scythe smirked before disappearing.

"No don't tell me." Fried's eyes widened in horror as he looked up, each one of the lacrimas mysteriously shattering one, by one.

"He might be a Godslayer, but if he destroys all of the lacrima's surrounding Magnolia, not even his body could withstand such force." Mira gasped.

~Cardia Cathedral~

"Only six minutes until the Thunder Palace is activated. I guess that stubborn old geezer is gonna hang on till the very end. Typical." Laxus said as the bells of the cathedral began to ring, as a masked figure came through the doors, one of his many staffs in hand. "Ah. Hey, Mystogan." Laxus smirked. "You actually showed up. I'm surprised you're here. I didn't think this game would be of any interest to you. Plus the looming fear of getting a smack down from Mirajane if she ever found out you were in town."

"If you bring down the Thunder Palace right now, we may be able to convince the citizens that it was part of the festival." Mystogan stated.

"Is that really why you came back? Gimme a break. You're looking for a piece of the action. You wanna know who the strongest Sorcerer in Fairy Tail is… you or me." Laxus smirked.

"Don't be so quick to rule out Erza or Scythe." Mystogan exclaimed. "Speaking of whom. Haven't you noticed the depletion of something?"

Laxus looked at Mystogan with a questioning glance, before realizing he couldn't sense the Thunder Palace Lacrimas anymore. He rushed to the nearest window, just as all the collected energy of the dispersing lightning, struck one spot, with the body link magic connecting instantly.

"No. How'd that little punk do that? How could he take down my Thunder Palace, and still stand after taking on that much lightning?" Laxus growled.

"As I said, don't be so quick as to rule him out." Mystogan stated.

"Are you kidding me? Sure the brats got spunk, same with that redhead knight, but they're still weak." Laxus growled.

"Huh, you think they're weak. You're either blind or more ignorant that I thought." Mystogan chuckled.

"Nothing against Erza, though I do have something against the brat, but I think we can both agree that we're stronger." Laxus stated. "It's clear one of us, is Fairy Tail's top sorcerer. The question is, who deserves he title?"

"If you see the world in such simple terms, perhaps you are blind." Mystogan stated.

"I'm sick of talking about it." Laxus glared. "Let's settle this here and now… Mystogan, or should I say…?"

Before Laxus could finish his little rant, Mystogan sent an attack at the lightning wielder, who blocked it with his own lightning strike. The two powers colliding, all the windows, mosaics, and some pillars shattered as they both clashed.

"Tell me, how do you know about that?" Mystogan questioned.

"Oops. Did I strike a nerve? It's a rare treat to see you lose your cool like that." Laxus smirked. "I've got a deal for ya. Beat me, and I swear, I'll tell you everything I know."

"You're going to regret that statement Laxus. You're about to witness magic the likes of which you've never seen before." Mystogan stated imbedding his staff into the ground.

"Oh I'm so scared." Laxus taunted. "Go on and show me what you got, you freak. I'm dying to see how much stronger I am."

Mystogan reached behind his back, pulling out the rest of his staffs, and imbedding them into the ground.

"Skyscraper." Mystogan exclaimed a magic circle forming in front of him.

Laxus began to look around as the ground began to shake, and rumble, before practically exploding, sending him high into the air.

"What happened?" Laxus questioned, looking down to see the church was destroyed. "Impossible. The entire church? Aah."

Above him, two pairs of hands began to open up the sky, revealing the owner of those hands, belonging to a monster. Laxus tried to escape from its reach, only to be restrained by leather ropes appearing out of nowhere.

"What kind of magic is this?" He questioned struggling against his restraints, before the monster in front of him roared. Laxus began flashing with electricity, multiple times before breaking through the illusion. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Now that's funny. Ha." Laxus laughed. "Did you seriously think you'd be able to defeat me using some kind of stupid illusion?"

"Impressive, but it seems you're still a bit slow on the uptake." Mystogan exclaimed.

"What?" Laxus questioned as a pillar of light descended upon him as five magic circles appeared above him.

"Sleep. Five-layer magic circle… Sacred Song." Mystogan exclaimed.

"You think I'm the slow one huh?" Laxus questioned with a smile.

"No." Mystogan gasped as a magic circle of electricity was suddenly underneath him.

As both circles went off, the power erupted, causing the dust to disperse quickly, revealing they were both still standing.

"NOW." Mystogan shouted.

Laxus gasped before the ground beneath him began to rumble, and Scythe came up through the ground, socking Laxus on the underside of the chin.

"Heya Laxus. You and I have unfinished business." Scythe growled as his body was sparking with excess electricity from the Thunder Palace.

"You little brat." Laxus glared.