I wonder what will happen today? Just kidding I already know.

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Damien watched in shock as Steph tackled the hunter, her body coated with lightning. The hunter slid back and growled, raising his head.

"Foolish girl..." He hissed, throwing out what appeared to be spear like projectiles.

Steph easily darted around every single one and kicked the man square in the chest. She landed on one knee and watched as the man stumbled backwards.

"I don't get it." He said simply. "You know what he is, as is sister. Surely you understand the dangers of his existence." Steph lowered her head with a small laugh.

"More than you could very know." She said, making Damien's chest twang painfully. "But I also know he's my brother, and I'm not going to let you hurt him."

"Ugh," The hunter said. "No one ever has the stomach to realize a family member is a monster." His body glowed, and more holy attacks soared out towards Steph without any mercy. "You don't have the stomach to do what's necessary."

"There's a difference between necessity and overkill." Damien couldn't help but chuckle.

"I have hurt people..." he said weakly. Xisplate sighed.

"If only, most of the time it's because I have to convince you." Damien rolled his eyes.

"And usually it's you hijacking my body to do it."

"It's cute you think I've ever done that without necessity."

"Are you kidding?" Damien was thrown from his conversation with Xisplate and more attacks flew all around them. Steph was dodging the guy so easily it was pathetic, but her speed was really only rivaled by Simon and Meteor, so all the misses weren't exactly unexpected.

She's incredible...And she learned all on her own.

Damien watched as his little sister, the one who ought to be dead, threw the hunter all around the small area they were fighting in, and he couldn't help but smile.

The hunter landed rather hard and rolled back to his feet, looking rather pissed off.

"Enough of this." He muttered. Damien watched as he brought his hands together, and a glow emanated from it. The blast that came from it soared right for Steph, who looked ready to dodge it and go at the man again.

The blast veered off course suddenly, away from Steph and towards Damien. Damien's eyes widened as the attack soared towards him.

"Onii-chan, move!" Steph shouted, sounded startled. Damien got to his feet as quickly as possible and threw himself to the side as best he could, landing sideways. The attacks didn't let up either, more came soaring towards him. A few struck his legs and arms, which were protecting the more vital parts of his body.

"Ah, fuck..." Damien hissed as skin started to smolder. "That doesn't look good..." Lightning crackled overhead, and the hunter was forced to dodge as the clouds overhead attempted to attack him.

"Stop it!" Steph shouted. "I'm fighting you, not him! Leave him out of this."

"I have no interest in you, woman." The man snapped back. "I'm only after him!"

"And you'll go through me, or I'll tear through you. Got it?" The hunter looked extremely pissed off, before he grinned.

"So, you're really his sister?"

"Yes, I am."

"Doesn't that mean you're one too?"

"How the hell did you draw that conclusion?" Steph asked, crossing her arms. "I can assure you I'm not a demon."

"No?" He asked. He snapped his fingers, and the ground beneath Steph glowed. She jumped in surprise, looking down. When Damien looked down as well, a magic circle had been drawn beneath her feet, which was glowing.

"Oh holy light that guides man through the dark reaches of Hell," The hunter chanted. "Purify all evil within your circle of light!" The circle glowed even brighter, and Damien had a sinking feeling in his stomach.

"Steph, be careful!" he shouted. She chuckled.

"You telling me that." She said. "Sounds like old times. Maybe sound a bit more irritated."

"Steph!" The light grew to the point where Damien had to shield his eyes, and he did so with his arm as it glowed. The hunter could be heard laughing.

"No way she's still conscious!" he shouted. "The holy light will have...!" hunter choked, and Damien looked up to find Steph standing exactly where she had been only a moment ago, looking unimpressed.

"Not one." She repeated, "I told you beforehand." The hunter seemed a little bit taken aback as Steph cracked her back. "Look, if you want to back off now, I'll give you the chance. If you don't I'll make sure you don't wake up for a few hours."

"You think I'm scared of you, girl?" He demanded, glowing once more. "I'm not."

"No?" She asked. Lightning crackled around Steph at this. "I'll inform you that my father is as strong as a Wizard Saint, and my mother is no pushover either. If you really want to come at me, I'll happily show you why it was a grave mistake." The hunter chuckled.

"And if I go after your brother?" He asked. Steph didn't reply right away, but the intensity of the lightning increased substantially.

"I'll make you regret you were ever born." The man weighed his options before he growled and launched himself at Steph. Steph responded in kind, and the two began to trade blows. For every one he almost landed, Steph landed three or more. She delivered a pretty vicious punch to his chest, causing him to fly away from her. Steph landed in an offensive position, the lightning still crackling.

"I'm done with you." She said. "This is barely a workout for Gods sake." The man was struggling to his feet, but Step was already preparing another attack. "You want to hunt demons, pal? Go and do it somewhere else."

Jeez, I know I told her to get strong, but...

"I'm not going to lose to you!" The man said, obviously trying his hardest to sound in control.

"Well, you're about too." She said, the lightning around her converging into her hands. "RAGING BOLT!" Damien flinched and covered his eyes as an explosive force of lightning rocketed out of Steph's hands and towards the hunter, who could do nothing as the lightning struck him and rove him backwards.

And right into the bar.

Damien watched as the lightning exploded against the building, and watched patrons sprint out of the building as it started to collapse from the sheer power forced into it.

After a few more seconds, the hunter did not reappear. Damien slowly looked over at Steph once he'd discerned the fight was over. She hadn't turned to look at it, she simply stood staring towards the bar. Damien slowly got to his feet and, in a near delusive state, walked towards his sister slowly. He wanted to make sure he wasn't having a fucked up dream.

"Onii-chan?" A chill went down Damien's spine at this word. It was her saying it. Steph turned, a teary smile on her face.

"Steph..." Damien whispered hoarsely, staring at her. After a few seconds of silence, Damien continued to walk towards her, and she giggled.

"You haven't changed much since then." She said. "Although the you that saved me...Was this you, so I'm not surprised."

Damien didn't have the words to reply.

"Good on you for keeping your promise." She said. "I was worried you weren't going to. Maybe you'd forgotten. I don't know, I'm just saying..."

Damien wrapped his sister in his arms and held her close to him. The warmth that spread through him...It was alien. One he'd not truly felt in eleven years.

"You're alive." He whispered as she buried her face into his chest. "I...I did it. You're alive." Steph didn't reply at first, but then she laughed tearfully and returned Damien's hug.

"Y-Yeah..." She replied. "I'm okay." Damien felt tears started to fall down his cheeks as he hugged her.

He'd done it.

Steph was alive.

"Sorry." She said, voice cracking. "I'm...I'm crying. You told me not too."

"I don't give a damn." Damien whispered back. "Cry all you want." Steph nodded, and together the two collapsed to their knees, still wrapped in each others arms. He'd done it...He'd really done it. He'd saved her.

It was then, however, as Steph cried silently into Damien, he sensed a presence looming over them.

He looked up and as expected, Xisplate stood there. Damien's grip on his sister tightened as he narrowed his eyes at the demon, who remained quiet. After a few more seconds, Xisplate chuckled and smiled.

"That's a nice sight." He said. "Good job, Damien." Damien didn't say anything, probably because Steph was so close, but he continued to stare at Xisplate. "Hopefully you and I can move past our differences, but I somehow doubt it unless you know the full story." Damien raised an eyebrow at this, but Xisplate disappeared into the darkness, leaving Damien with his sister.

And as the demon disappeared, the wright of the world was lifted off of his shoulders. All the guilt, the pain, it flew away in the afternoon breeze. He sighed and hugged her closer again.

"Hey, sis?"

"Y-Yeah?" Damien smiled.

"Let's go home."

"He still isn't back?" Drake asked, and Nashi shook her head.

"No, he's been gone for a few days too." She said, Ultear frowned and played with her drink a little.

"This is starting to worry me." She said. "Why is he taking so long?" Nashi wished she knew. It had been another whole day since they'd last seen Damien, and now they were getting worried. No one had seen him around town, nor was he locked up in his room like before. Nashi sighed and sipped her drink.

"...Uh, hey, guys," Nashi perked up at this and turned. Elise was standing next to their table, looking down as she greeted them quietly. Instead of her usually gear, she was wearing a simple white shirt and black short shorts. Nashi stared at her for a moment before she smiled.

"Hey." She said. "Are you feeling better?"

"...Kind of." Elise replied softly. "My mom suggested I go outside every now and then, so..." Nashi nodded and moved over a bit closer to Drake, patting the bench next to her. Elise sat down and silence came over the table.

"Elise?" Elise looked up as Simon called her. "You haven't heard from Damien, have you?"

"No." Elise replied. "Is he not around?" Drake shook his head.

"No, he's been gone for a few days now." Elise nodded, but then shook her head.

"Haven't seen him." She replied. Silence came over the five once more, but now they were wondering just what it was Damien could've been doing. Nashi hoped nothing bad had happened. She really didn't want to jump into another conflict at the moment...

SLAM!

Nashi jumped and looked towards the guild halls doors as they burst open. Standing just outside, looking quite serious, was Damien.

"Damien?" She asked, making him look over at her. "You okay? Where were you?" He smiled, and Nashi felt odd. She'd never seen Damien smile like that.

"Promise you won't get mad?" He asked. Nashi raised an eyebrow and looked at the others for this, but they looked equally confused. Looking back at Damien, the man laughed.

"What?" She asked.

"I fucked up." He said. "When we were in the past...I changed something." Nashi's eyes widened at this. "But believe me, I think it was for the better."

"What did you do?" Ultear demanded. Damien's smile widened. He turned to his left and slowly outstretched his hand, looking at something Nashi and the others couldn't see.

A hand, feminine in origin, took Damien's hand. He walked slightly to the right, and allowed the other person to stand in the light of the guild halls open doors.

And just like that, Nashi's world froze.

Laxus sighed as he looked through all of the paperwork in front of him. There was so many things he had to look through, from multiple different reporters wanted a chance to interview Damien and the others who'd participated in the Games to job requests asking from one to all of them. It was incredibly boring, but he had to look through it all. The backlog on it all was insane.

He could hear screaming and shouting from outside his office, but he ignored it. He assumed Natsu and Gray got over an argument about a piece of toast or something of that nature. Wasn't totally out of characters for those morons. Laxus sighed at the mere thought of this and continued sorting through his paperwork absentmindedly.

"LAXUS!" Laxus jumped as he heard Mira scream his name. "LAXUS!" Jumping from his seat, Laxus threw his door open to see his entire guild crowding around the doors. He pushed his way through the crowd towards the source of the screaming, and now he could hear crying. As he pushed his way through the final wave of his guildmates, Laxus could see Mira on her knees, clutching another human body. Looking up, Laxus saw Damien standing near the doorway, a wide smile on is face and tears in his eyes.

"Damien?" Laxus asked. Damien smiled at him.

"Surprise, Pops." He said. Laxus had no idea what that was supposed to mean, but Mira had finally taken notice of his presence, and moved to look at him.

Which revealed the other person on their knees hugging her. Laxus felt his heart stop.

The girl was smiling at him, and she bore a striking resemblance to...Steph.

"No..." He whispered, stepping backwards as the girl smiled at him. "No..That isn't possible." The girl smiled at him widely as tears began to fall down her face.

"Hi daddy." She said softly, making Laxus' spine tingle. "It's been a while. How are you?" Laxus stared at the girl in shock, unsure as to what he was supposed to say. It couldn't be, it just couldn't!

"...Steph?" He asked weakly. She smiled and nodded.

"Yeah." She replied.

That was all it took for Laxus to surge forward and wrap the girl in his arms, making her laugh weakly as he did so. He gripped the girl- his daughter- tightly. HIs daughter...How?!

"I don't understand..." He heard Mira say in between happy sobs. "How is this possible?" Damien laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of his neck.

"The stories pretty long, but uh...I think even the others are interested in hearing that one." Steph laughed.

"Man, I'm pathetic. I can't stop crying."

Meanwhile, far away from Magnolia and the celebrating Fairy Tail guild hall, stood a camp. The camp had countless men and women milling around, performing many different tasks.

And running through that camp, was a man.

The hunter who had fought Steph Dreyar.

She sprinted through the camp as fast as his injured body let him, knowing full well his purpose. He was making his way towards the center of the camp and relay what he'd seen. As he ran his fellow hunters watched him with a mix of curiosity and surprise, but he ignored them and he reached their leaders tent and stood outside of it, getting a breath before entering.

Once he entered, towards the back, stood a man and a woman. This man had raven black hair, but it had distinct blue streaks going through it. He had a bandanna around his neck, and as he turned to greet the hunter, his black leather coat moved and revealed he was armed with a pair of pistols in their holster. He also noticed the black cowboy hat on the table behind him.

The woman was wearing bright white clothes, including a cape. The woman fit your stereotypical idea of a stuck up princess, but her dark red eyes begged to differ.

"Report." He said. "How was the hunt?" The hunter dropped to one knee and gulped.

"The hunt derailed, sir." he replied.

"This is unfortunate. What exactly caused it?" The hunter gulped at this.

"I...I ran into another target of interest. He had backup, though. I couldn't fend it off."

"What was this new target of interest?" The hunter paused, sweat dripping down his forehead.

"It...Sir, there's no mistaking it. I ran into a Demon Lord."

The silence that fell over the room was palpable, to say the least. The hunters leader stayed silent for a moment, before he nodded and looked at the woman, who nodded also.

"That's...Great news. You're excused." The hunter nodded and got up, leaving the tent. As soon as he did, he knew that his leader was interested. Just how much though, he couldn't say.

"...Do you think?"

"...No." The woman replied. "He hasn't surfaced for years. It can't be him, not in some random town."

"You never know..."

"Neptu, sir, it isn't. Please rest easy." Neptu growled at this and slammed a fist down on the table.

"He's still a Lord, damn it...You know I hate their kind."

"I know." She replied. "But right now our target is that other boy who's alluded us for years now. We've tracked him to the East. We should follow." Neptu stared down at the table before he nodded slowly.

"Yeah. Yeah, you're right."

"I'll leave you to it, then." The woman turned on her heel and left the tent, leaving Neptu alone.

"It...Sir, there's no mistaking it. I ran into a Demon Lord."

He clenched his fists at this, angry coursing through his system.

Drakhosz...I'll find you one day.

Neptu Skylancer raised his right hand, and it erupted in bright purple flames.

"I'll kill them all...Every demon on this earth deserves to be put into a hole in the ground."

And we have the end of the chapter. I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!