"I don't appreciate you treating my sister like that…" Gajeel said as he glanced at the diamond incased Juvia.

"Don't worry, Sensei…" Selene said while walking over to Juvia, her arm changing into a diamond blade. "These diamonds aren't anything compared to mind…" Selene then swung her blade at the prison, cleaving through it with ease, freeing Juvia.

"W-WHAT!?" Diamond flailed, obviously intimidated as Selene easily cut through her diamonds. "What the hell?! Who do you think you are, cutting through my diamonds like that!?"

"Did she say Sensei?" Natsu blinked a few times, the only thing he could really focus on after Selene freed Juvia.

"I think so…" Gray merely shrugged as he lifted Juvia up into his arms. "You two got this, eh…?"

"Giheheh, if you're going to be worried about anything, be worried about that one over there,' Gajeel said in reference to Diamond. A green magic seal appeared under the iron dragon slayer, prompting his infamous iron scales to cover his body.

"Don't you dare look down on me!" Diamond stopped her foot on the ground, feeling annoyed by Gajeel and Selene's confidence.

"Shut the fuck up." Gajeel said in a nonchalant tone as he extended his arm into his Iron Dragon's Club, smashing right into Diamond's face, causing her to stagger back while holding her face in agony. "Anyway, we'll handle this."

"Aye…" Natsu nodded, swinging flaming fist on the cages that kept the Exceeds captives. "Let's go!"

"Finally, free!" Happy let out a sigh of relief before spreading his wings. "Alright, good luck, you two!"

"Now then…" Selene cracked her neck, allowing the rest of her body to cover in the near impenetrable diamond armor. "Shall we…?"

"And you let the captives get away! How dare you!?" Diamond let out a scream of aggravation before pulling herself together. "I knew we were forgetting someone important when we captured the others…no matter…" Diamond shrugged before raising her hands above her head, a snowflake appearing. "Diamond Dust Hail Storm!" Diamond threw her hands forward, creating a relentless blizzard with small diamond shards mixed in.

"Whoa…!" Selene found that she had to hold her ground from the force of the blizzard. The only real thing that was slightly damaging was the diamond shards creating marks along her own diamond shield.

"Guess she means business…" Gajeel said through grit teeth as his iron scales held strong, even throughout the blizzard and diamond shards. Gajeel extended an arm forward, creating a green magic seal before him. "Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" From the magic seal, a barrage of quick iron lances fired off towards Diamond.

"No!" Diamond exclaimed as she stopped her blizzard, clapping her hands together. She used the small shards of ice on the ground to create an ice wall in front of her, protecting her from the relentless stream of iron lances, though the ice wall began to crack after the last few lances hit.

Gajeel immediately followed up with another attack, his cheeks inflating as a green magic seal appeared before him. "Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel opened his mouth, unleashing a metallic roar towards Diamond.

"Eep..!" Diamond squeaked, rolling to the side. The roar hit the wall, blowing it to pieces with little trouble. Selene wasn't one to give Diamond any leeway. The diamond dragon slayer swung a roundhouse kick towards Diamond's skull, but she narrowly managed to avoid the attack, springing to her feet. "I'll show you what real diamonds are made of!" Diamond shouted as diamonds covered her fist. She entered intense close combat with Selene; the punches exchanged creating a shockwave once they collided. Diamond landed a hit on Selene's cheek, but due to her diamonds, she didn't feel it, and the diamonds only cracked a tiny bit, but nothing to where it would shatter. Selene landed a hit on Diamond's chest, following up with a head smash (with Selene's head covered in diamonds yeah ouch) causing Diamond to stagger back, wincing as she could feel the blood dripping from her forehead. "Y-You…"

Gajeel appeared by Diamond's side, a green magic seal focused around his fist. "Iron Dragon's Hard Fist!" Gajeel swung his iron scaled coated arm at Diamond's cheek, causing her to spiral back before she barely caught herself.

"Enough of this…!" Diamond shouted, clearly becoming frustrated. She brought out her Break Hammer once again, giving it a few swings to try and intimidate Selene and Gajeel, but a petty trick such as that didn't even faze them; they had seen and gone through much worse.

"Tryin' to intimidate us with that? Giehe, don't make me laugh!" Gajeel scoffed.

"Oh?" Diamond merely smirked, crouching down. She leapt into the air, the hammer raised high above her head. She then brought the hammer down with tremendous force onto Selene and Gajeel, who just barely realized its full potential and rolled out of the way. The Break Hammer caused the ground to crater a good 20 feet, and let loose two earth shaking shockwaves that caused the dragon slayers to lose their footing. While this happened, Diamond moved in once again, now slamming her hammer at Gajeel and Selene, sending them hurtling into the nearest wall, both of their scales cracked from the impact. Diamond gave another swing to the air, smirking towards he two slayers. "I don't call this the Break Hammer for nothing!"

"...I almost felt that one, gihehe..." Though Gajeel did feel pain, he played it off as though he didn't, holding back any wincing to show he was in pain.

"Same here..." Selene gave a smirk, rolling her neck after prying herself from the wall.

"T-Tch...what are you two?!" Diamond began to panic inwardly, but she shook it off, now getting an idea on how to defeat the two before her. "Ah! I got it! You two won't be able to escape this!" Diamond placed her hands on the ground, creating a cyan magic seal under Gajeel an Selene's feet. "Diamond Prison!" From the magic seal, diamonds quickly crawled up Selene and Gajeel's feet, trapping all but their heads in diamonds. Diamond stood back up, dusting her hands off with a smirk. "Try to escape that one!"

Selene merely gave out a sigh, her hair turquoise hair covering her face. "You really take your opponents lightly, don't you...? Do you know who I am...?"

"I don't need to know," Diamond replied as she raised a brow, curious as to why Selene took that sort of tone with her.

Gajeel merely grinned, knowing that Selene was about to put on a show. "Giheh..."

"What's so funny, scrap metal?!" Diamond snapped at Gajeel.

Selene opened her mouth, and bit down on the diamond surrounding her shoulders, chewing on them with her sharp teeth. Diamond's eyes widened in pure shock as Selene made a feast out of what was meant to be a prison. When Selene finished with all the diamonds (minus the ones around her legs, which she just stepped forward to remove), a gray magic seal appeared under her feet, and the room began to shake vigorously. "I'm Fiore's Diamond Dragon Slayer."

Gajeel merely unleashed an Iron Dragon's roar on his prison, shattering Diamond's frail diamonds with little difficultly. "You picked the wrong guilds to mess with."

"N-no...no way...t-this can't be happening..." Diamond's eyes were now filled with fear as she took a step back, almost tripping over nothing as she back away from the two dragons standing before her.

Selene crouched down before breaking off into a sprint, the cracks on her diamond shield now no existent. She jumped forward, now lunging head first towards Diamond. "Diamond Dragon's Armored Horn!" As soon as she called this attack out, she rammed her diamond covered body into Diamond's chest (which caused Diamond to cough up an obscenely large amount of blood) and slammed the Dealer mage into the nearest wall, creating a smoke cloud. When the smoke cleared, Diamond Ice laid on the ground, defeated.

"One lackey down." Selene said as she let her diamond shield fade. "Now, it's time to go look for the others."

"Not bad, Selene," Gajeel said with a nod of approval and a slight smirk. "Looks like that trainin' really is paying off."

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Reve tapped his foot as he stood in the middle of a large, open room, many pathways leading in and out of it. He was joined by Rylo, Ceaser, Mirajane, and Elfman, neither of whom he wanted to be with . "Judging by the constant blackouts, I'd say this place is on its last legs." Rylo stated as he looked around.

"I hope the others are doing alright..." Said Mirajane as she used a hand to pull her hair behind her ear. "I don't want to see Lisanna hurt..."

"As a Man, I would punish the one who did that!" Elfman shouted.

"Blah, blah, blah..." Reve let out a disgusted groan. "I know you're all just following me so you can have someone to rely on when one of those S class mages come but cut the chatter because it's pretty annoying."

Ceaser blinked a few times, completely lost. "When did we start following you?"

"And when did we start "relying" on you?" Mirajane asked while raising a brow. "I recall there being an agreement to travel as a group."

"And by agreeing we also agreed that I would be in charge of the group; I run this shit, if you haven't noticed." Reve reply with his usual egotistic attitude, a smirk forming on his face as he turned to the other mages. "So, shut your mouths and let's keep moving."

"This isn't Manly," Elfman stated.

"Oh yeah?" Reve leaned his face it towards Elfman's now forehead to forehead with Fairy Tail's beast. "You wanna do something about, Mr. Man? Because if so, just remember the White Eclipse vs. Fairy Tail event last year; you could barely touch Cygnus, so what makes you think you can beat me? You can't, so stop talking shit before I knock you down." Reve then took a step back, turning his back to the others.

"You better watch your tone, Volver..." Mirajane cut her eyes towards Reve after he finished speaking to Elfman.

"Can't we all just get along?" Rylo asked in a hopeful tone.

"Not at this rate, shorty..." Caeser replied.

"Calm down, cowboy..." Taya said while walking into the room with Erza.

"Taya, good to see you again." Reve gave a slight grin towards Taya before smirking towards Erza. "And the lesser requip mage, always a pleasure."

Taya immediately thwacked Reve upside the head for his comment. "Down. Now isn't the time to get under people's skin."

"Let him think whatever he wants," Erza said to Taya before walking to Mirajane and Elfman. "Are you two alright?"

"Just fine." Mirajane replied with a nod.

"Looks like there's a party over here...!" Flynn shouted as he ran in with Cygnus and Adacore.

"Shorties!" Caeser exclaimed to his fellow Twilight Zone mages.

"Good to see ya guys again!" Adacore grinned.

"Everyone...!" Lucy shouted as she, Cana, Wendy, Kairi, and Clover (who was carrying the unconscious Luke on his back) walked into the room.

"Lucy!" Erza let out a sigh from seeing one of her closest comrades safe and sound.

"Ugh...people..." Evanee groaned as she reluctantly stepped forward.

"Evanee, you're alright, as expected." Rylo gave a nod, tipping his top hat towards the ace.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Evanee replied.

"MIRA-NEE! ELF-NII!" Lisanna squealed, tackle hugging her older siblings to the ground with delight.

"Lisanna!" Mirajane and Elfman yelped in surprise, but they were quite happy to say the least.

"Safe and sound!" Lisanna said while nuzzling her two siblings with glee, giving a slight purr because she was still in her Tigress takeover.

"Evanee-Senpai! Rylo-San!" Melanie ran up to the two S class mages, jumping up and down in joy. "I helped in a fight! I did good!"

"Really now?" Evanee raised a brow before giving a slight smile to the water dragon slayer, patting her on the head. "Well then, nice job, Melanie."

"Is everyone here alright?" Aira asked while looking around at everyone.

"They look fine to me," Takeru replied to Aira's asking.

"I can see everyone's alright..." Laxus stated as he walked in with Taranis.

"Oi!" Natsu exclaimed as he walked in with Gray (who had Juvia awake and latched on his back), Gajeel, Selene, Happy, Pantherlily, and Carla.

"Carla!" Wendy grinned and quickly ran over to her exceed, hugging the female cat tightly.

"Wendy! You're safe!" Carla let out a huge sigh of relief.

"SELENEEEEEE!" Aira lunged at Selene, tackle hugging the diamond slayer to the ground.

"_O H-Hey Aira...!" Selene let out a slight laugh.

"Oi, is this everyone...?" Gray asked while looking around.

"Juvia thinks so!" Juvia gave a stern nod.

"...Where's Heather?" Reve asked, glancing around. "I don't see her anywhere..."

"...About that..." Kairi gulped before opening her mouth, but she was cut off by the lacrima screen that appeared before them; King was on the screen, and he looked happy; too happy.

"Ho ho ho..." King started to laugh.

"I don't like the way he's laughing..." Alexander's eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"So, you've defeated Spade Magnes, Club Strong, and Diamond Ice, hm...?" King asked while tilting his head.

"It wasn't any trouble," Erza said in a low tone.

"I see...and you have also destroyed five of the six generators that are keeping this wondering floating card powered..." King continued.

"You might as well just give up!" Natsu shouted with confidence. "We've won!"

"Not so fast, Salamander..." King replied while playing with his deck of cards. "You think you're all so clever, but you're not. I'm watching you all from the top of this card. You want to know why? Because from up here you look like the pile of ants you all are."

"It's easy to say those things when you're looking down on us, but can you say those things in front of us?" Mirajane asked.

"I don't need to waste time with worms such as yourself," King replied with a high and mighty tone, a tone that surpassed even Reve's. "As the King, my time goes to my castle, and those who inhabit it. You are nothing but worthless prisoners at this point..."

"Enough talk!" Natsu bellowed, his flames covering his fists. "Come down here and fight us, you coward! Or if you're scared send one of your S class mages down here so I can whoop them!"

"So belligerent..." King sighed while shaking his head, his focus mainly on his cards. "Tell me, did you ever find that sixth generator?"

"We didn't..." Lucy replied, now having a bad feeling in her stomach.

"Ho ho ho...Ah...now would be a good time to tell you. When all six generators are destroyed, this place is set to self destruct." King's smirk from before turned into a large grin.

"Self destruct?!" Cygnus' reaction seemed over the top.

King continued. "And funnily enough, you've all huddled into the location that self destructs first...ho ho ho..."

"What!?" Aira sprang up. "We have to get out of here!"

Ten purple flames appeared around the edges of the room, near the exits. These flames then connected to one another before creating a purple wall of ghostly fire. It was Jack Corvus, appearing with a wicked grin. They fell for the trap. "Too late!" Jack laughed. "Like moths to a flame..."

"Oh yeah?!" Natsu inhaled...nothing but air. He couldn't inhale Jack's flames, which threw him off guard. "What...?"

"And finally, do you know where that final generator is located?" King stood up, tilting the lacrima to the final generator that was by his side. "Game over." King then teleported out of the room as the generator exploded, everything else soon to follow.

"Have fun!" Jack shouted as he walked off.

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Cynthia ran into the large field where the giant card was floating over. "Man...so many scents are in there..." She continued to run forward, thinking of a plan that might get her up there since she couldn't fly. "How am I going to-" she stopped mid sentence as the card exploded, causing her eyes to widen. Debris started to fall from the sky, and Cynthia looked up at what used to be a card, only to notice a few things flying from it. "Huh...? What is that...and why is it coming right towards..-" and in that next second, Carla and Wendy crashed into Cynthia, leaving them all dazed as they landed on the ground. "Ugh..."

"Ouch..." Wendy sat up, rubbing her head. "CYNTHIA!" Wendy threw her arms around Cynthia, hugging her best friend tightly.

"A-ah! Wendy! Carla!" Cynthia returned the hug. "Don't scare me like that!"

"Where were you?!" Wendy asked as she patted Cynthia down, more concerned for the ravenette than herself.

"I was...out..." Cynthia replied. "Where are the others?!"

"I don't know..."' Wendy gave a frown. "I just remember Reve-San, Gajeel-San, and Selene-San managing to pull us all out with a last second escape before that explosion got us..."

"We have to find them!" Cynthia nodded, pulling Wendy up. "Can you two walk?"

"We're fine," Carla said while rubbing her head.

"Alright, then let's go!" Cynthia shouted.

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Happy carried Natsu, who was carrying Lucy, while making a rapid descend to the ground. Happy struggling to keep his balance. "Lucy! You're too heavy! You really need to lose some weight!"

"I'm not that heavy you stupid cat!" Lucy shouted while flailing her arms around.

"H-hey!" Natsu grunted while struggling to keep his grip on Lucy. "Stop moving! I can barely hold on!" Despite the efforts, the trio crash landed. Natsu's upper body was submerged in the ground, his legs kicking wildly as he tried to free himself.

"Ouch..." Lucy rubbed her head for a few seconds before realizing Natsu was stuck. "O-Oi! Happy, help me out!" Lucy ran over to Natsu, gripping one of his legs. With Happy's assistance, the two managed to pull Natsu from the ground.

"G-Gah..." Natsu shook his head, getting the dirt out of his hair. "Thanks."

"I wonder where the others are..." Happy said as he looked around.

"It's a shame you won't get the chance to find out..." Said Jack as he and Tia (who was still in her Queen's armor) appeared just a few feet away from the trio.

"A-ah!" Lucy jumped up, gripping her keys.

"There you are!" Natsu said while dusting himself off, his flames covering his body once more, a lightning aura appearing shortly after. "I wasn't done with you back there, Freia!"

Queen Tia pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed in aggravation. "It's Tia...Then again, it doesn't matter...You've been a thorn to King, so it's time to destroy you..."

"You want another beat down?! Fine with me!" Natsu grinned.

"Let me take 'em, Sis." Jack said as he stepped forward, rolling his neck. "I haven't gotten the chance to cut loose like everyone else."

"Ha...stupid fake explosion had them shaking in their boots..." From afar, a heavily injured Diamond watched the oncoming fight. "Salamander and his pals vs. Jack...? There's no way they can win, especially with those injuries...Jack hasn't fought yet..."

"Kanso..." Jack smirked as a heavenly glow appeared around his body. Black and orange armor appeared around his body, giving his hands a talon-like shape, while an orange visor appeared on his face, and a crown of purple fire appeared on his head. Complete with a blue jewel on his chest, and a pair of wings that allowed him flight. "Do you think you have what it takes to beat me: Jack Corvus?!"

Natsu formed a blazing sphere in one hand and a sphere of lighting in the other, merging the two together. "No one gets away with attacking Fairy Tail like this, so I hope you're ready for payback!" Natsu then hurled the Dazzling Blaze of the Lightning Flame Dragon towards Jack Corvus.

"Don't you get it?!" Jack asked as he flapped his wings, speeding off to the side, avoiding the blaze completely. He then flew towards Natsu with his wings spread out. "This was all just a game! You haven't won anything yet!" Jack flew by Natsu, slashing the Salamander's shoulder with his wings. Before Jack could go much further, Lucy wrapped her whip around Jack's leg, halting his progress. "Huh?"

"I-I got him!" Lucy said while digging her heels into the ground, trying to keep Jack in place long enough for Natsu to attack. "Natsu!"

Natsu grunted as Jack flew by him, but he shook it off and ran forward, jumping towards Jack. "Talons of the Lightning Flame Dragon!" Natsu swung his leg towards Jack Corvus' head, but Jack blocked by bringing up his forearm, and Natsu jumped back.

"Annoying..." Jack flew up into the air, taking Lucy with him, causing her to scream of surprise. Jack then turned rearing one of his talons back. When Lucy was close (unwillingly) he swung his talons at her chest, but she released the whip just in time to change her momentum, avoiding the slash at the last second.

"Wah!" Lucy was now free falling towards the ground, but Happy flew in and caught her at the last second. "H-happy...!"

"Perfect position..." Jack grinned as he spread his arms forward, creating a plethora of purple flaming hands in the sky. "Wicked Flame!" The flaming hands then raced down towards the ground.

"I can't eat those...!" Natsu grunted as he ran from side to side, avoiding what he could of the Wicked Flame.

"Hm...For being rusty, Jack isn't doing too bad..." Queen Tia nodded to herself, giving Jack approval.

"Watch out!" Lucy shouted as Happy did his best to evade the Wicked Flame.

Natsu found an opening, he crouched down and jumped up, traveling headfirst towards Jack like a rocket. "Lighting Flame Dragon's Sword Horn!"

"You just don't know when to stay down!" Jack groaned as he drew his left arm back, changing it into a scythe coated in his purple fire. Once Natsu was close, he swung the sickle, only for it to result in a stalemate, which ended in an explosion that blew both parties back. Natsu landed beside Happy and Lucy while Jack descended down next to Tia.

"He's strong..." Lucy commented.

"Come on!" Jack said, beckoning Natsu for more. "Is that all you've got, Salamander!"

"Natsu! Lucy!" Lisanna called out as she and Mirajane ran towards the group. "What's going on?"

"Jack, Tia..." Mirajane's eyes changed to a glare as she eyes the so S class mages.

"Killjoys..." Jack sighed.

Just then, Joker appeared from thin air, standing to the side of the group, but his very appearance caught everyone's attention rather quickly. "Jack. Tia. There has been a change in plans, you know this. We aren't getting ridding of Salamander...just yet."

"Ah!" Jack groaned. "Are you serious!? I was just about to finish him!"

"Like hell!" Natsu argued before turning to Joker. "AND YOU!"

"T-the power he's giving off..." Lucy took a few steps back; Joker's power was intimidating, just like Hades' from eight years ago.

"Don't be afraid! We can take him." Natsu said to Lucy in reassuring tone.

"If I remember correctly..." Joker said while flashing back to his conversation with Natsu while he was locked up, his eyes locking into Lucy. "The data from Little Queen stated that tour power rises when your nakama is in danger. It's time to test how true this is." Little Queen was fascinated by how the wizards of Fairy Tail fought so hard for their family when push came to shove. So, this was the perfect opportunity to see for himself, just how potent this 'power' was supposed to be.

"Joker don't you do it!" Natsu warned, but it was too late; Joker appeared in front of Lucy, his arms pulled back.

Lucy froze as the powerful entity known as Joker suddenly appeared in front of her; it was as though time slowed down for everyone as their eyes widened. "Ahhhhhh!"

"Dread Lazer!" Joker exclaimed as he threw his arms forward, unleashing a powerful red Lazer point blank at Lucy.

"LUCY!" Natsu shouted as he tackled Lucy to the ground, just narrowly getting her out of the way of the powerful attack. The Lazer cut through the earth itself, leaving a crevice about 40 feet deep.

"L-Lucy..!" Lisanna let out a relived sigh. But she also took note of Joker's power, sweating from the sheer might the ace of Dealer had behind him. If that hit anyone...

"That was too close..." Mirajane said while catching her breath; she was sure her heart stopped for a bit.

"You've gone too far this time, Joker!" Natsu roared as he stood up, now facing Joker. "If you want a fight so badly, now you've got one! You're fighting me now!"

Joker merely shook his head. "It's not your time to fight yet..."

"RAHHH!" Natsu lunged towards Joker, throwing a lighting flame infused fist towards Joker, but before he could land the hit, Joker vanished, causing Natsu to look around. "Where'd he go?!"

"He might be going after Lucy again...!" Mirajane's eyes widened at the thought, and she ran towards Lucy for support.

"MIRAJANE NO, BEHIND YOU! NATSU TURN AROUND!" Happy screamed.

Joker appeared in front of Lisanna, his arms drawn back as he prepared yet another Dread Lazer. "You, however..."

"...!" Lisanna couldn't even find the words. Everything slowed down as Joker's fist was coming straight towards her. A voiceless whisper of her sister's name escaped before...

"LISANNAAAA...!" Natsu and Mirajane lunged for the youngest Strauss sister, but it was too late; Joker already fired off the Dread Lazer. The large lazer covered covered a large area, and when it finished, Lisanna was gone. Natsu and Mirajane fell to their knees with widened eyes, silently.

"No..." Lucy covered her mouth with her hands, eyes widen in horror. Tears already falling from her eyes at the destruction Joker caused right in front of them all. Happy crumbled to the ground in sadness.

"N-no mercy..." Diamond's jaw dropped from the sight she witnessed.

"J-Joker..." Tia stammered, trying to find words after that scene. "Explain to me why you just did that...? She wasn't a threat..." This was different than fighting Natsu or Gray. Lisanna was hardly on their radar. Harmless. A fly on the wall that would only buzz at them in annoyance. She could fight, sure, but dealing with her wouldn't have changed anything. This was...too extreme.

"You know my philosophy." Joker explained with a nonchalant attitude, as if the entire ordeal didn't just happen. "This is a monster eat monster world. She was a stain upon Earthland, so I took it upon myself to remove her." Joker turned to face Jack and Tia. "Now, as are going back to the base."

"M-Man..." Jack too was surprised and more affected than Tia was by it.

The ground suddenly began to shake violently, almost as though an earthquake was occurring. Natsu stood on his feet, a tower of lightning and flames soaring high into the skies as the Salamander gave out an enraged roar. "JOKER!" Joker suddenly turned around, a brow raised at Natsu's sudden raise in anger and power. "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY!"

Mirajane let out a scream as a magic circle appeared over her body; her scream turned into a demonic screech as she entered her most powerful takeover, Sitri. The area around Mirajane exploded, cratering a good 30 feet radius as she transformed. Both of them had tears running down their cheeks, mixed with sadness and rage, all directed at the singular man before them. Joker had unleashed the anger of a dragon, and the rage of a demon; there was no such thing as mercy now.