Return of the She-Devil

"How is Ultear, Master Hades?" A tall man with large muscles and tanned skin spoke. He has brown hair shaped like confetti jutting out, sideburns and a goatee. He is wearing an outfit with leather armour and decorated with tribal-like motifs. He looked at a cloaked old man with a long white beard, who wore an eyepatch over his right eye and wore helmet adorned with horns. This old man is Hades, the Guild Master of Grimoire Heart.

"She is stable for now, but Orochimaru's brand of magic is especially deadly. It has spread too far, and the potion can only stave it off for so long. At this rate, she would only have a week. We would need an extraordinary healer, one such as Tsunade Senju. Unfortunately for us Azuma, she will not co-operate with us." Hades replied to Azuma, one of his strongest wizards.

"Orochimaru's magic is a type of poison, is it not? Then perhaps Cobra of the Oracion Seis can help us?" Azuma had met Cobra alongside Hades, as Grimoire Heart had a non-aggression pact with the Oracion Seis.

"That may be a possibility. I will need to contact Brain, but he won't give us aid without something in return." Hades then began to think about what he could offer him until the thought hit him. 'Yes, I believe I can give him the location of that.'

"What of Sasuke Uchiha? he wants to join our forces, but he wants a high position. How should we proceed Master?" Azuma asked of his guild master.

"Sasuke possesses similar powers to that of Kimimaro Kaguya now. He must have gained access to the old demon the council kept hidden. Hmm. We shall decide later, however, make no mistake, he shall earn his place here." Hades said in finality.

"Yes, Master Hades." Azuma bowed in response.

(With Naruto, 1 Week after the Tower of Heaven event)

"Naruto my boy! You're alive!" Makarov enlarged his hands and gave Naruto a bearhug. Naruto left before the others to get to Fairy Tail. He was not alone as he brought Juvia with him, who officially asked to become a member of Fairy Tail.

"G-Gramps! Y-You're crushing m-me!" Naruto was turning blue, which Makarov finally noticed and proceeded to let the blonde go.

"Sorry about that! I was worried something happened to you. but I'm glad to hear you and the others are okay!" Makarov smiled and turned his head to the side. Naruto turned his head to see Gajeel leaned on a pillar with his arms crossed. "He couldn't forgive himself for letting you get captured, in fact he tried to….." Gajeel jumped at Makarov and covered his mouth.

'Huh? Guess he's not that much of a douche after all.' Naruto slowly walked up towards Gajeel and then extended his right hand.

"W-What? What are you doing?" Gajeel stared at Naruto's hand and then at Naruto's face.

"I haven't forgiven you for what you did, but I can accept you as a comrade. Doesn't mean I like you, but if Gramps trusts you, then so do I." Naruto waited for Gajeel's response. Gajeel let go of Makarov and then slowly reached for Naruto's hand before he took it, both shaking their hands. "Good! Now we can spar anytime we want, well, when I'm back at full strength." Naruto gave a grin, which only made Gajeel smirk.

"Geehee! You're on! I won't lose to you, Pala…No! Naruto Uzumaki!" Gajeel was excited to fight Naruto. Suddenly, Makarov coughed to get their attention.

"Now whilst I'm glad you two are getting along now, I need to speak with you in private, Naruto." Makarov motioned for Naruto to follow him. As soon as they left, some guild members glanced at Gajeel nervously, but he gave a dark smile, scaring them.

'Geehee! Too easy!' Gajeel was only messing with them.

"I have some news, Hiruzen was killed in battle." Makarov now had a sad expression on his face, but Naruto was shocked to hear this. "His funeral was short and only close family and friends attended. I know that you would have attended if not for the events that transpired." Makarov reached for his bottom drawer and handed Naruto a letter. "This is a letter, given to me by Tobirama Senju. He was Hiruzen's teacher and Tsunade's granduncle."

"A letter for me?" Naruto took the letter, but he was very upset and confused about Hiruzen's death. He looked down but Makarov jumped up to his desk and placed his hands on Naruto's right shoulder.

"Don't be sad. He didn't go down without a fight and died protecting the people he cared about. Don't be sad that he died but be proud of the way he lived. Hold your head high, because Hiruzen praised you and wanted his teacher to know about your potential." Makarov gave a small smile, shocking Naruto, but the youth let a tear fall until he wiped it away.

"You're right Gramps! Old man Hiruzen will watch over me from up there!" Naruto raised his fist and spirits up. Makarov grinned and was happy to hear Naruto's words.

"Well…. Read the letter!" Makarov told him with renewed vigour. Naruto opened the letter and read its contents. Makarov was a little nervous, because he had met Tobirama in the past and knew how strict he was. "Well, what's written inside it?"

"It says he wants to meet me in three weeks' time. And to tell 'the bald-headed midget' to mind his own business." Naruto showed Makarov the letter, who grabbed it and read it instantly.

"T-That old buzzard!" Makarov yelled out, everyone outside his room could hear him, with Naruto covering his ears.

(Unknown Location)

'It's time I finally put my plan into action. Fairy Tail cannot remain weak.' These were the thoughts of Laxus Dreyar. 'But I need to weed out the week and I need more than those three…Erza won't join me, neither will Mystogan…..Maybe Mira? She let herself go, but if she can regain her true power…..Fairy Tail will stay on top and become more powerful!'

(With Kakashi)

"Hey Asuma, been a while. How's the recovery going?" Kakashi spoke to Asuma. Kakashi had managed to get the location of Asuma thanks to Haku revealing his location after Kimimaro was brought to them by Naruto. Naruto and Gajeel were both given a Communication Lacrima each by Kakashi when they originally set off on their mission, Naruto forgot he had one until after the Tower of Heaven self-destructed, where it fell out whilst he was in his motion sick state.

"Well, I'm still a little sore from the injuries Kimimaro gave me, but I can't complain. It looks like Sieg…..er….. Jellal ordered him not to kill me, despite Kimimaro wanting to. By the way, I heard that kid Naruto was the one who took him down. Guess my old man was right about the kid." Asuma scratched his head and laughed a little, though his voice was a little strained.

"Lord Sarutobi gave his life to protect his old students and he vowed to at least try to stop Orochimaru even if meant his death. He truly was remarkable and his legacy still lives on with all of us." Kakashi said with an eye smile, helping Asuma feel better.

"You're right. The old man would kick my ass if he saw me depressed. He wanted me to live my life the way I wanted, not to become another him." 'I guess that means my time as stooge of the Magic Council is done.' Asuma then slowly got up.

"So, when are you going to propose to Kurenai?" Kakashi joked, but this made Asuma's face turn red with embarrassment and then he yelled at Kakashi.

"KAKASHI!"

(Magnolia Town at nighttime)

"Thanks for the help, Elfman. Sorry that it took us a while to clean up, but I hope making your favourite meal will be thanks enough." Mirajane smiled at her brother, who returned it.

"Of course! All you're cooking is amazing Big Sis!" Elfman was more than happy to help out his sister and the two siblings made their way home, not knowing that they were being watched.

"What a good brother!" A female voice called out and mocked them. Mirajane could sense the person's magic and tackled Elfman out of the way, both avoided illuminated dust particles.

"Evergreen!" Mira angrily called out, both siblings looked up to see a woman with glasses that wore a green dress, has light brown hair and had wings coming out from her back.

"Ah, the She-Devil. To think you were once one of Fairy Tail's strongest wizards at one point, so disappointing." Evergreen said in a mocking tone.

"And if you're here, then so are the rest of Laxus' minions. Isn't that right, Ever?" She smirked and managed to get a rise out of Evergreen because she hated to be called a minion and she only allowed the other members of Laxus' group to call her 'Ever'.

"Never call me that! I am the Queen of Fairies!" Evergreen was about to blast Mira, but Elfman already changed to his Full-Body Taker Over: Beast Soul, becoming the 'Beast King', the form he used to easily defeat Sol of the Element 4. However, Evergreen flew away from them. Elfman, being hot-blooded, followed, leaping on the buildings in town to catch up to her.

"Elfman!" Mira ran, following the two, though she was much slower than they were in her current condition. 'She's leading him to a trap! The Thunder Legion are always together, I have to make sure they don't hurt Elfman!'

"Come back here you unmanly woman!" Elfman's habit saying manly/unmanly was annoying Evergreen but she smirked as they arrived at the outskirts of Magnolia Town.

"Go my babies!" Elfman was hit by several blasts that came out of small tiki-like dolls. Elfman was hit dead on and stopped. The voice that commanded the dolls was from Bickslow, a man wearing a strange outfit with a hood over his head with a metal visor with holes through it, similar to a knight's. He had the Fairy Tail mark on his tongue.

"B-Bickslow! If there's two of you, then Freed must be here too." Elfman was still in his Beast Soul form, but had some smoke emit from his body due to Bickslow's attack.

"How astute of you, Elfman. Though, I believe it would be obvious since we travel as a group." The aforementioned Freed arrived. He had long green hair and a serious demeanour. He held the handle of his sword, ready to strike Elfman.

"What do you three want from me?" Elfman knew about the three of them specialising in Eye Magic, his sister warned him about them and not to mess with him.

"You? Nothing. It's your sister who we want." When Bickslow said this, Elfman was enraged, moving fast enough to grab Bickslow and attempt to squeeze him, only for Evergreen to shoot Elfman with her magic dust, forcing him to release Bickslow. Elfman reverted to human form when Freed used his sword to send strange letters to Elfman's chest. These are runes, they emitted a shock through Elfman's body with every swing, with Freed also uttering the word 'pain' with each strike.

"Elfman!" Mira arrived and was greatly shocked and had a look of horror in seeing her brother being tortured. "What are you doing to him!? Please leave him alone!" Mira now had tears streaming own her face and moved closer to her brother. "P-Please, I'll do whatever you want! Just leave him."

"Now! This will be the last strike….Die!" Freed's last word broke something within Mirajane.

'D-Death?' Mira had a flashback of when Lisanna died and her magic was released, blasting everyone back, forcing Freed to stop his spell and Elfman to be freed from it. However, Elfman was already unconscious.

'T-This power!' Freed and the other two were sweating, as Mirajane's appearance changed. Her ears pointier, her clothing more revealing, her hair standing up and a mark/crack going over her right eye. Her eyes were darker, her lips darks and she had demonic-looking scales on her forearms and hands, becoming claw-like. She also had a tail and she wailed, her voice distorted. She was covered in dark aura until it receded.

'What is she?' Freed made himself wings using his magic to move out of the way, but Evergreen and Bickslow were each grabbed by the back of their heads and then smashed against each other. Both were taken out quickly by Mirajane who summoned bat-like wings from her back and moved extremely fast, appearing behind Freed, which he noticed, turning back in fear.

(Fairy Tail OST-Tai Ma Gekisen)

"Die!" Mirajane kicked him further into the sky, but Freed rebounded, only to be tackled by Mirajane. He once more rebounded and tried running away from Mirajane, who began to follow him in the air.

"It takes a demon to fight a demon! I will use the power of darkness!" Freed summoned more letters and attached them to himself. His body morphed and became more beast-like. "You will lose!" Freed landed a punch to Mirajane's face, but she quickly rebounded and performed a roundhouse kick to Freed's chest, forcing him to hit the ground. 'Is this truly Mirajane?'

"Hn." Mira gave him a look of disgust, before continuing her assault. She grabbed Freed by his hair and flew back up, pulling Freed along for the ride. She then threw him further into the air and then channelled dark electricity into her right hand. She then flew towards him faster than he could recover, hitting Freed's chest and electrocuting him too. "Evil Spark!" She then headbutted him, grabbed his left arm and then kneed in the torso repeatedly.

Due to Mira's rage, she did not notice another person appear beside the unconscious Elfman.

"She's still quite tough. Good, I need her to be for my plans to go through." The person then placed his hand on Elfman's unconscious form. 'A little incentive for Mira to join my side.'

"N-No!" Freed released a burst of magic, but he was still knocked back by Mirajane, who moved both her arms to the right side and began channelling Darkness Magic into her hands, a dark energy sphere formed and she looked ready to unleash her devastating attack. Freed saw this and gripped his sword, channelling his own dark magic into his blade.

"Soul Extinction!" Mirajane released her attack, a blast of darkness which shattered Freed's sword instantly, and hit him dead on. He was sent flying and then hit the ground. Mira then descended, making her way towards Freed's location.

(OST End)

"Is this what you wanted? For me to cut loose. Well, you got your wish, but it's going to cost you." Mira spoke, her voice much colder and vicious than ever before.

"That's enough, Mira." A voice called out to Mira, making her stop in her tracks.

"Of course you would be here to see your little cult, Laxus." Mira then took a good look at him and noticed that in the palm of Laxus' left hand was the head of her brother, Elfman. Laxus held him up, showxasing how easily he could hold a behemoth of a man like Elfman with ease. "How dare you!?" She rushed towards Laxus but as soon as she was about to kick him on his side, he moved Elfman to protect him, forcing Mira to stop her kick.

"I knew you would win Mira. That's why I want to talk but not as you were." He then used his other hand to make a sign, which revealed markings on Elfman, shocking Mira. "Organic Link Magic. If you try anything, then Elfman gets some shock therapy. Now, power down. I know that you can't use Satan Soul for a while, especially since this is the first time you used it in two years." Laxus waited for Mira's response and was ready for a possible fight, but Mira let out a sigh of defeat and reverted to her normal self.

"Well? I'm listening." Mira glared at Laxus, but she could not risk losing her brother.

"Finally. This is what is going to happen….." Laxus told Mira of his plans and Mira's eye widened, but Laxus kept talking.

(With Grimoire Heart)

"So, our new recruit has proved himself, has he?" Ultear was back in full health. Hades sat on his throne, looking at the large monitor. Sasuke was in his demonic form until he reverted to his human form. He held a golden key and looked at the cameras.

"Well, he did end up saving your life. And Zoldeo could only get so far with stolen power, of course if Capricorn was in the service of a Celestial Spirit Wizard with a large amount of magical power, he would have access to his full power. Of course, Sasuke has gained the powers of a demon, not to the level of Kimimaro though." Hades was familiar with Kimimaro and he knew that Sasuke needed a lot of work to master his true power.

"That is true, but you were the one who saved me with your potion and managed to get Cobra to cure me from the poison. However, I am curious, what did you give him in return?" Ultear enquired from the ancient man.

"What Brain has been searching for. The location of Nirvana." Hades surprised Ultear with that.

"And if they find it and plan to use it on us?" Ultear did not like that thought.

"They have recruited a lot of Dark Guilds to help them with their mission. Truth be told, I only know the general location of that accursed weapon, but someone else discovered it before me. Your old friend Jellal knows its exact location, without him, they could take a while to find it." Hades kept looking at the monitor and gave a dark smirk. "And there is a possibility that their plans will be leaked."

"I see." Ultear had her own smirk now, knowing that Hades was being crafty. 'Anything to get rid of potential threats.'

(Unknown Location)

"It's a good thing we escaped, but you allowed Orochimaru and Ultear to control you for too long. Plus with your injuries, you cannot overexert yourself." Simon himself was bandaged up, but he was still able to move. Jellal, however, was bedridden for the time being.

"It will take a while, but Natsu Dragneel did a number on me. The only way I could recover quicker is if we had a healer, one who specialises in Healing Magic. Of course, Healing Magic is rare, and even then, the greatest healer Ishgar has would probably try to kill me." Jellal gave a small laugh, but then hissed in pain.

"Take this time recuperate, we both need it." Simon told him and then laid down on his own bed.

"One thing before you go to sleep." Jellal asked Simon before he could shut his eyes.

"And what is that?" Simon asked his old friend.

"I need to go to the bathroom." Jellal simply said and made it awkward for them.

"I hate you." Simon sighed in defeat.

End. This was much quicker update than last time. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. For any of my Muslim readers, Eid Mubarak in advance.

My few updates will be for Dark Heart.