Gray and Lyon both slide away from a now moderately damaged and irritated Ur. The Ice Make duo had smirks drawn on their faces as they stood back to back, both in their respective Ice Make stances, ready to strike once again. "Heh, what's wrong?" Lyon asked while thinking of a spell to use.

"You two are a lot more annoying and persistent than I remember…" Ur replied to Lyon while standing up straight, narrowing her eyes at the two. "How are you two still standing…?"

"I've got a lot more magic behind me than you think," Gray replied, knowing Ur's question was more directed towards him because he's been fighting the longest, though Gray could tell his magic was going to run out before the battle was over.

"The real question is…how are you still up? For an old woman you've got a lot of endurance…" Lyon's smirk widened at his comment. Normally Lyon wouldn't say a thing, but considering the fact Ur was evil and trying to kill them, he could allow himself to make the comment.

"I see…" Ur shook her head her slowly, standing upright. "Well…you two certainly forgot your manners over these last tears…" Ur then slowly slid into an Ice Make stance once more, but this time, she smiled; a devious smile. "Ice Make: Deloria." After Ur spoke this, a large, blue magic circle appeared before her, and from it, an ice replica of the very creature that took her life appeared; Zeref's demon; Deloria. This caused Gray and Lyon's eyes to widen once they saw the large ice demon before them. "You remember this one, right?"

At the sight of the demon, Gray froze (no pun intended) in place. The memories of his childhood flooding back into his head almost instantly, leaving him standing in place with his jaw hanging open. "I-I…!"

"Gray, move!" Lyon shouted, hoping he could get Gray's attention, but it was no use. The ice demon reared its arm back, and swung it at Gray, knocking the ice mage quite the distance, landing on the ground on his back. "Dammit!" Lyon growled, turning just in time to see a large arm heading towards him. "GAH!" Lyon cried out once the arm struck him, sending him as far a distance as Gray went.

"Well, boys…" Ur said while placing a hand on her hip. "This has been fun…" As Ur spoke, the copy of Deloria raised its arm while looking down at the two ice make mages. "But, I think it's time this ended." Ur grinned as the Deloria brought its arm down, but before it could, it just vanished into thin air. "….What?"

"…The ice vanished…?" Lyon blinked a few times as he stood up.

"Ironic…the woman who helped bring me out of the darkness fell into it…" Ultear said as she walked in with her time ark floating around here.

"Ultear…" Gray let out a sigh of relief, not even bothering to question why she was here.

"Ugh…you too? Looks like I have all three of my children here now…" Ur let out a minor sigh before grinning once again. "I suppose that just makes things easier for me…I don't have to hunt you down…"

"My magic is yours arch enemy…" Ultear replied to Ur while her time arc rested above her arm. "Back then, seven years ago, I was waiting for a day like this…You helped bring me out of the darkness then, so I'll help you now."

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As soon as Juvia walked in the front doors of Tataros, a lava wall shot up behind her, causing her to let out a yelp of surprise. She then turned around, only to notice a lava whip coming in her direction. She narrowly avoided the incoming whip that attempted to wrap around her neck, and rolled off to the side, keeping her eyes forward. "Lava…"

"Mother Nature's Fury, grand, ain't it?" Maggie asked as she stepped forward, a hand on her hip with a grin.

"You're…." Juvia started, but she didn't have any time to even finish as Maggie slipped through the cracks in the ground with her Lava Body, catching Juvia off guard once again. "Eh…?" Juvia looked around, unsure where Maggie would come from. After a few seconds, she could feel something boiling from underneath her. She jumped to the side, just avoiding an eruption of lava. "Water Slicer!" Juvia exclaimed as she swiped her hand, sending multiple waves of water towards Maggie. To Juvia's surprise the Water Slicer had little to no effect on the lava mage. No steam emitted from Maggie's body after contact. "It didn't work…?"

"'Fraid not, love," Maggie replied as she shot her arm out once again, wrapping it around Juvia's wrists, preventing her from moving them. She then sent her other arm out, wrapping it around Juvia's next. Normally, this would cause a painful burning sensation through a person's body, but since Juvia's body was composed of water, she began to boil, letting out a strangled scream as a result. Juvia's scream only brought a pleased smile to Maggie's face. "Who's the stronger element now, eh?" Juvia opened her mouth to respond, but she couldn't, she was now barely conscious as Maggie kept a firm grip on her. "Oh, relax; it'll be over in a lil bit."

"Now, now…let's not get overzealous here…" Hyde said as he suddenly appeared from the shadows, catching Maggie's attention.

"What the…what are you doing here?" Maggie turned her head to face Hyde, though she kept her grip on Juvia.

"Making sure things go exactly as I want them to!" Hyde replied. "You don't understand…this act is just a buildup to a much bigger performance, and I'm going to need the rain woman alive, you see…"

"You don't tell me what to do, bloody twat…" Maggie replied as her temper rose, along with her temperature, which only succeeded in burning Juvia even more, though she was barely conscious at this point, not even making a sound now.

Hyde side, shaking his head from side to side. "Oi…I knew the lava mage would be hot headed…says so about her character summary in the script…Oh well, I suppose I'll just have to make some adjustments again. But, it doesn't matter to me. As long as my script goes the way I wrote it, everything will be just fine…" Hyde pointed his finger at Maggie's feet, prompting a magic circle to form under Maggie's feet; the magic circle then turned into a black hole. "I'll just have you spend some time in here until this act is over…"

"W-What the…!?" Maggie's eyes widened at the black hole under her feet. She was going to bring Juvia with her, but Hyde quickly slashed her arms; though it had no effect, it did force her to react her arms, leaving her to fall in the black hole, which closed shortly after.

"Don't worry! There's an exit!" Hyde shouted as the black hole vanished. "Yeesh…I really should've sent copies to this script to the others…" Hyde sighed before turning to the barely conscious Juvia. "…If I remember correctly, the script says you'll be fine, so ta ta!" And with that, Hyde vanished as quickly as he appeared.

Juvia, however, could barely process what happened. Her throat was burning and she was barely conscious. "Ngh...?"

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Rustyrose and Rufus jumped away from each other, both moderately damaged from each other's attacks. It was an interesting matchup; Memory vs. Imagination. "You offer an interesting challenge, Memory Maker…" Rustyrose said as he fixed his glasses, placing his index finger on his temple. "But, you're at the disadvantage! You're limited to your memory, while I have no limits, because imagination is endless!" As Rustyrose exclaimed this, his arm turned into a literal sword, which he thrusts forward towards the Sabertooth mage.

"Memory is far keener than the imagination…" Rufus replied as the sword came in towards him, yet it didn't strike him; instead, it struck an after image of him. The real Rufus appeared behind Rustyrose, his fingers at his temples with a red magic seal behind him. "I can use your memories of myself against you…"

"What…?" Rustyrose raised a brow as his attack hit an afterimage. He turned around at the sound of Rufus' voice, immediately changing his other arm into the infamous golden shield that was very well known for pushing back any attack. "Try to break this with your bland imagination then!"

"Memory Make: Black Iron Sword!" After Rufus exclaimed this, a sword with jagged edges similar to Gajeel's ultimate attack appeared in Rufus' hands, chain saw spinning action included. Rufus decided to take Rustyrose head on, swinging the sword vertically, clashing with the shield. After a few minute stalemate, Rustyrose began to laugh.

"HA! As I told you!" Rustyrose grinned victoriously. "This shield, nor can my imagination be broken!"

"Memories are powerful…" Rufus smirked, after doing so; the shield began to crack, causing Rustyrose's eyes to widen.

"W-What!?" Rustyrose immediately tried to pull back from the attack, but it was too late; the shield shattered, and Rufus slashed Rustyrose across the chest, defeating the embodiment mage in one hit.

The runes around the two vanished, and Rufus adjusted his hat. "I'm sure you will remember that Memory surpasses imagination…" Rufus then walked off, now continuing his search for Yukino.

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Ruika was in the large library of Tartaros, Lucy's keys spread out across a table as she read a book on how to control them. "Hm…Tobias should be here with Yukino's keys any minute now…after I finish reading this, I can hang Lucy and Yukino's heads on my wall, and everything will be right." Ruika smiled to herself at the thought, kicking her feet slightly in excitement as she continued flipping through the pages. "Ah…I found something…!"

Just then, the library doors were kicked open; Lucy and Yukino barged through the open doors. "She's in here!" Lucy shouted.

"What the hell…" Ruika closed her book immediately, scanning the area. "That was Lucy…" She then stood up, placing Lucy's keys around the key ring and hook it to her waist, taking the book with her, and walked to the entrance of the library, surprised to see both Lucy and Yukino in one piece. "Tobias screwed up again didn't he?"

"They must not know about Dark Phantom…" Yukino whispered.

"Hai…" Lucy nodded before turning her gaze to Ruika, immediately pointing at the key ring on Ruika's waist. "My spirits! Give me them now!"

"Your spirits?" Ruika couldn't help but laugh. "They're my spirits now! See, look!" Ruika pulled out two golden keys. "Gate of the Golden Bull, I open thee! Gate of the Lion, I open thee! Taurus, Loke!" The two keys in Ruika's hand shimmered brightly before releasing the two spirits, both Loke and Taurus, however they didn't have their normal expression; it was a darkened one and they didn't seem to recognize Lucy at all.

"L-Loke…!? Taurus…!?" Lucy's eyes went wide from shock and surprise. She didn't know how to deal with this. "Look at me!"

"They can't hear you!" Ruika replied with a large grin, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "The magic worked…your spirits are now mine!" Ruika then pointed to Yukino. "And your keys are next!"

"M-My keys…?!" Yukino was almost taken aback by Ruika's statement.

"Loke! Taurus! Get rid of those two! It's time for their heads to decorate my room wall!" Ruika commanded.

"Loke! Taurus! Stop it!" Lucy shouted desperately, but the two spirits didn't hear her. Instead, Loke charged at Lucy and Yukino with his Regulas activated, while Taurus gave his usual moo before moving in with his powerhouse of an axe pulled back, ready to swing at the two girls.

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Kagura used her gravity to make herself run faster, speeding through the hallways of Tataros, hoping to find Erza, or a Tartaros mage to take down, making Erza's job easier. "There's got to be someone here…I know it's not empty…"

"Wait for it…" Hyde thought to himself, a grin appearing on his face as he knew exactly what was going to happen.

Kagura continued running…when a golden blur passed her by. She barely noticed it, but when she did, she turned around, noticing an all too familiar figure making his way to the other end of the hallway. "…!"

"Who was that…?" Jellal thought to himself as he sped down the hallway, only to comically slam into a set of runes. "Ack!" Jellal shook his head, placing a hand on the runes so he could read them. "When one falls…?" In the next second, luck saved Jellal as something in the back of his head SCREAMED at him to move, and he did just that, moving to the side as an unsheathed Archenemy just barely missed his head, causing his eyes to widen as he jumped back, wondering who it was who nearly decapitated him on the spot.

Kagura stared at Jellal with an angry glare, though most of her body showed an emotionless expression. "Jellal…"

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Luke was getting a little tired, he had been running for at least 15 minutes now, but he kept going. He had an important fight he had to deal with, and he wasn't going to let mere exhaustion keep him down. He turned a corner, immediately entering the large open space, stepping through a rune barrier. "Runes…" Luke turned around, placing a hand on the runes so he could read them. "Those of blood are the only ones who can enter…That means these runes were placed before they came in here…"

"So….you came after all?" Diana said as she walked in with Heather, who had clearly seen better days. She carelessly tossed Heather to the middle of the room, but Luke quickly slid in and caught her before she hit the ground. "Oh, nice catch…"

"Tch…" Luke glared at his parents before setting Heather down carefully, making sure she wouldn't end up getting caught in the incoming fight.

"Well, it's been quite some time, hasn't it, son?" Blake asked while stepping next to Diana.

"13 years, yes?" Diana asked rhetorically as she tapped her chin.

"Grr…" Luke put himself into an offensive stance, though he knew he had no chance against the pair before him. He was afraid, but he couldn't afford to be now. "I won't forgive you for what you did to my family…"

"Isn't that cute…? He's trying to stand up to us but he's shaking in his boots…!" Diana let out a laugh. "Oh my goodness, you are too much!"

"He always was a jokester…" Blake chimed in.

"You assholes…" Luke tightened his fist and straightened his stance, now ready to face the hopeless battle before him. "Laugh while you can because in a few minutes I'm going to make you pay for your actions!"