Hey everyone, I'm back with a new chapter! ^-^ This is the last chapter for this arc – well it was supposed to be – and then we'll be moving onto Tenrou, but not yet. I'm going to update 'Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored' before sticking to this fanfic until after Tenrou Island is done. After that, 'Our Shinigami Brother' is going to start up. ;)

Enjoy the chapter!

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Recap: {Then leave the legs to us. You all get into position, but be careful. Natsu could be wrong with where Zero is.}

{Thanks Harry, that makes me feel so much better,} said Lucy.

{Come on!} said Gray. {We need to get a move on. Whoever gets stuck fighting Zero, beat him to a bloody pulp as quickly as you can, and destroy the lacrima at the same time we do.}

{Now that sounds like a plan!} Fawkes couldn't resist saying.

{Let's do this!} Natsu called out cheerfully.

{Aye!} said everyone in their best Happy impression – for some reason.

Harry is attacking the legs with his familiar Fawkes and Hihebi. After they got the three legs of the one side of Nirvana, the moving city fell down, unable to support itself. Harry didn't bother cheering yet, so he instead shoots off toward the other side of Nirvana to work on the next set of legs.

Harry and his flaming friends use the same method of hot and cold to weaken the legs and then try to smash them. Some took longer than others, however. This fourth leg took about 15 minutes to destroy whereas the last one took around 6 minutes. Another 8 minutes and the fifth leg was in pieces, so Harry moves onto the last of the legs, which is having a hard holding the weight of the city on its own.

"Just one more, and the lacrima energy intake will slow down to give whoever is fighting Zero more time to defeat him before needing to destroy them," said Harry to Fawkes and Hihebi.

Fawkes and Hihebi nod in agreement with Harry before spitting fire at the base of the sixth and final leg with so much heat Harry couldn't get too close or risk getting first degree burns all over his body. Since he was too far away to truly reach the base of the leg with the water spell he had been using, he needed to use a stronger one to not only reach it, but to also help weaken it by making the cool down faster. So with the Elder wand in hand, Harry cast Jet Aquae at full power. The tornado of water is five times bigger than Harry in width and filled with enough pressure to kill a normal human on contact. The three repeated the process for about five minutes before Hihebi wraps his body around the leg and starts to pull.

~Meanwhile with Natsu~

Shortly after Harry destroyed the second leg of Nirvana, Natsu makes it to the room with the lacrima crystal in it. He looked around to see if Zero is somewhere in the room, and just as his eyes land near the foot of the holder of the crystal he sees the man he was searching for. Zero stared back at him with an evil, cocky smirk planted on his lips.

Natsu can feel and see the differences between Brain and Zero. Zero has a much darker and stronger magical feel about him where as Brain did not feel nearly as bad. Appearance wise, Zero look pure insane with wild hair and red bleeding through the white part of the eyes.

"I had a feeling you would pick this one, Natsu Dragneel," said Zero with his ever-lasting smirk.

Natsu grinned in returned. He is glad that he managed to pick the right lacrima to fight Zero. Natsu cracked his knuckles while still wearing his toothy grin. "Good, that means I get the chance to kick your butt," Natsu said.

A moment passed between them after the dragon slayer spoke, but afterward, Natsu dashed forward with a fire dragon's iron fist. Zero blocked it with his hand, and then curled his fingers to grip the fist he caught. With his other hand, Zero pulled back and let his own fist fly to Natsu's face. Flesh made contact with flesh. Zero let go of Natsu's fist so as to let Natsu go soaring through the air away from him.

Natsu did a back-flip in the air and land on his feet, but his momentum didn't stop there. The pink-haired dragon slayer needed to dig his heels into the ground to stop from hitting his back against the wall behind him. Once he stopped, he saw green, dark energy being fired at him by Zero. It reminded him of Harry's water spell Jet Aquae.

Quickly, Natsu jumped out of the way, and then cried out, "Fire Dragon's Roar!" A huge plum of flame burned the air around it as the red fire made its way towards Natsu's target.

Zero was able to dodge the attack and return one of his own. He used the same sort of spell to create a whip with his hands. Just before the dark guild master could bring down his Dark Capriccio whip, Nirvana tipped onto its side, forcing the two fighters to lose their balance and slide down to the wall of the room they are fighting in.

"What is going on?!" Zero questioned demandingly at no one in particular.

Natsu answers the question anyway, "That is just Harry becoming a true member of Fairy Tail by destroying his first city. It only took him about two years to finally destroy something." Natsu laughed, but he was cut off when Zero started whipping him.

"Well it doesn't really matter much since the crystals will still absorb energy for another shot at Cait Shelter," said Zero. "I must commend you, though. For someone as injured as you are, you're still able to fight this well, but play time is over. I'll just keep doing this until –" Zero was cut off this time when another leg has been removed. This bought Natsu some time to get back up and attack his opponent with a fire dragon's wing attack.

The two whip-like attacks hit their mark, and sent Zero flying through the air. The dark master flipped and set his feet flat on the surface of the wall before pushing himself forward to attack Natsu. He comes down with a fist that Natsu blocks with his arm, only to then grab the wrist of the arm his attacker aimed at him and use it as support. The dragon slayer lifted himself up so he can land a solid fire dragon's claw at Zero's head.

The dark guild master got knocked down, but not for long. He started to stand back up only to nearly lose his balance again when the fifth leg was destroyed; making their footing beneath them roll and almost fall flat back down to the ground.

Natsu and Zero recovered their footing, but unfortunately the fire dragon slayer wasn't able to recover as fast as his enemy was. This resulted in him getting a knee to the gut followed by a punch to the face. Natsu kept getting his backside handed to him on a golden platter for about five minutes. Just as Zero was planning on finishing him off, the finale leg was ripped off of Nirvana revealing the outside to the two fighters.

Zero paused in his beating of Natsu to see what happened, but that was after face planting the ground when Nirvana fell hard flat once more. There by the opening where the sixth leg was are two fire creatures and a young man on a broomstick.

"Hey Natsu, you okay?" Harry asked in concern. He doesn't know what happened to the dragon slayer, but all he sees in the room beside the lacrima is that Zero is back on his feet and Natsu on the ground.

"I'll be fine, but I can go for some fire right about now," Natsu said, but Harry didn't hear him – luckily though Fawkes and Hihebi did.

~He needs fire to recover,~ Hihebi told Harry, knowing that he didn't hear him.

The wizard nodded his head in understanding. ~Alright, give Natsu some of your fire. It should give him more than just recovery," he said.

Hihebi didn't show any sign that he heard, only just reared his head back and shot a tornado of cursed hell fire at the dragon slayer. Natsu saw the flame coming and so allowed it to engulf his body so he may eat it easier.

Once he finished he is standing back up again and covered in scales, not that Natsu himself noticed – all he knows is that he is feeling great and ready to return the favor for Zero's beat down from earlier.

Harry watched as Hihebi gives some of his fire to Natsu and then the dragon slayer eating it. When the flames were no longer covering the pink-haired young man, Harry was able to see that Natsu is in dragon force – if the scales and the Tower of Heaven incident were of any indication.

The flames now coming from Natsu's body were not just the orange red color like normal, but also crimson and black, just like the flames that made up Hihebi's body. Harry decided to stay out of this fight from here on. He has done his part, and now it is everyone else's turn to do theirs.

Harry shifted on his broom to get more comfortable so he can watch the rest of this fight. Natsu charges in with a fire dragon's sword horn, moving so fast that only Harry, Fawkes, and Hihebi were able to keep up due to their seeker, hawk, and snake eyes. Natsu followed up the attack with a dragon's claw kick to the side of Zero's head, but the dark guild leader is fast at regaining control of his own body for he was capable of blocking Natsu's flaming foot.

Zero gripped Natsu's vest and slammed him into the ground, then he took his other fist – that is coated in darkness magic – and bring it down upon the dragon slayer's head. Natsu is sent through the floor, but not just from the punch to the face, but also because Zero used another spell that allows him to control gravity.

Harry's hands tightened around the handle of his broom, preventing himself from shooting off to help Natsu back up through the hole. He knows that Natsu will be just fine, but that doesn't mean he doesn't worry. This is not his fight, however, it is Natsu's and Natsu's alone.

Zero is standing at the edge of the hole that Natsu went through with his hands lifted above it. Dark, horrified faces come forth from Zero's hands and made their way down into the hole. Harry has no idea what this did, but whatever it was made Zero look confident, and that made the young wizard worry even more.

Zero stared down the hole for just a few moments before turning to face him. Harry knows this can't be anything good. He slowly moves the hand that holds the elder wand away from his broom and let it hover there. If Zero is to attack him, then he'll be ready for him.

Zero's smirk widen, clearly seeing – somehow – how tense Harry is. He moved to face the dark-haired wizard, but just before he could attack to capture or kill, Natsu breaks through whatever spell Zero used previously. Zero's eyes widen in shock at this development, but Harry sighed in relief at seeing that his friend is okay and that the spell did nothing to him that is was supposed to – whatever that might have been.

Natsu didn't allow any recovery time for Zero to happen by quickly shouting, "Dragon's Slayer Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!" Harry saw where that attack will land and where it will continue.

{Hibiki! Natsu is about to destroy the lacrima!} He called out, hoping that the mage of Blue Pegasus didn't cut off any of their connections.

{We're ready, tell us when,} Erza's voice said in his head. Harry waits to do just that.

He watches as Natsu's flame cloaked body propels itself toward Zero, just as he hits the dark guild master Harry cries out, {"NOW!"} both out loud and in his head.

All at once, the six lacrima crystals are destroyed, along with Zero defeated. Natsu panted, but he uses what he has left to roar out in victory. Harry and Fawkes also cheer – Harry more quietly than Fawkes – and Hihebi gave a short hiss of happiness before vanishing.

Natsu was about to say something to Harry with a big grin on his face, but Nirvana started to shake and fall apart.

{Everyone, you need to get out of there before Nirvana fells on top of you!} Hibiki said urgently. Harry quickly turned back to Natsu to tell him to get on his broom, but he stopped in his tracks when he sees that the dragon slayer in down for the count thanks to his motion sickness.

'This is not the time for Wendy's spell to wear off,' Harry thought to himself. "Accio: Natsu!" Natsu's body comes flying towards Harry, who has Fawkes catch him. "Let's get out of here!" he said.

{Follow me, I know where the others are,} Fawkes said, taking the lead. Harry follows close behind the no longer flaming bird.

Fawkes didn't lead them far from Nirvana. Once on the ground, Harry sees that he is the last to arrive. "How did you guys get here so fast?"

"How did we get here before you? No clue," said Gray.

Harry saw one of the Oracion Seis members there with them and questioned about it. Jura is the one to answer.

"He had come to our side shortly after Nirvana was released. He only wanted to find his missing brother."

Harry can understand that, but before anything more could be said, the Rune Knights show up.

TBC

The fight between Zero and Natsu could have been better, but I didn't plan out how it was going to go, and I forgot how Zero fought on top of it. I hope you guys enjoyed it nonetheless. I didn't want to copy the whole fight from the manga. That would have taken too long thanks to villains being incapable of shutting up.

Also, I didn't see much of a point for Jellal to show up during Natsu's fight since Natsu already had his fit about him, plus there were others that could help give Natsu a power boost – such as hell fire.

Natsu: Hey, it's been a while! XD

Zeref: How is everything?

Enj/Dark: It is okay. This chapter was supposed to be longer, but things happened, but the next chapter will be a little bit longer – I hope. I also finally got a Switch Lite and Breath of the Wild. I have been addicted to the game for days since I got it. :)

Harry: That's good to know. You have been bored out of your mind lately.

Enj/Dark: So true.

Voldy: Let me guess, you have already come up with a fanfiction idea for that game?

Enj/Dark: You're not wrong, but it is a cross over between that and Harry Potter. It came to me in a dream. A few of the ideas did. *to the readers* None of those idea have been written in story yet, but they seem like they will be good.

Natsu: Who's turn is it?

Zeref: It is Harry's turn.

Harry: Oh right. Please review, and Happy late Christmas and New Year!