A/N: Episode 241.

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CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: DEMON REINCARNATION

The citizens of Magnolia could only look in shock at the smoke coming from the explosion that had occurred.

"What was that?!"

"Fairy Tail..."

"...blew up?!"

"Even though we fixed it up..."

"Does it have anything to do with the recent bombing at the Council?!"

"I hope everyone in the guild is okay..."

"Don't tell me they've been wiped out..."

"Let's help them!"

"Wait! It's too dangerous! Stay away from there!"

"As you can see, Kyoka-sama." Seilah informed.

"You did well, Seilah." Kyoka praised.

Franmalth cackled. "How many lives were lost? How many?" He questioned.

"If Fairy Tail was going to be eradicated anyway, there was really no need for us to move the Cube to this outpost." Kyoka claimed.

"True." Seilah agreed.

"Now we can all return our focus to the Face project. The time has come. The white legacy that human suspicions have bred will destroy them in the end. Face will steal all Magic from the humans and the Age of Demons will begin. It is for the world that Zeref desires." Kyoka said as an alarm soon went off.

"Huh?"

"What is it, Franmalth?" Kyoka asked.

"For some reason, I'm picking up multiple Magic signatures..." Franmalth replied as soldiers came in.

"We have a problem!"

"Four confirmed figures heading towards the Cube!"

"Four? No. This represents a multitude of Magic-users." Franmalth said.

"But we can only see four of them!"

"What is the meaning of this?" Kyoka wondered.

"I'll display Undercube." Seilah said as four red dots appeared. "That's..."

"What?!" Franmalth exclaimed.

The four red dots were revealed to be Happy, Lily, Carla, and Raden.

"Cats?" Seilah questioned.

"They're with Fairy Tail!" Franmalth informed. "And you let one of them get away, Silver-san."

"Multiple magical signatures are coming from those small animals?" Kyoka questioned.

"Kyoka-sama, it looks like they're holding something." Seilah responded as cards were in the four Exceeds paws. "Cards..."

"Elfman, wake up!" Cana said, struggling under Elfman's grip.

"Destroy Fairy Tail..."

"You..."

"Destroy... Destroy..."

"Dammit! You're making me do this." Cana said, waving her hands in front of Elfman's face and trapping him in a card. "That swarthy hottie I met last time taught me taught me this trick."

She then looked at the glowing Lacrima. "It's about to blow?! Dammit!" Cana rushed up the steps of the basement to the main hall. "All of them into cards!"

The guild soon found themselves encased in cards. "What?!" Wendy spoke in confusion.

"What is this Magic?" Gray wondered.

"Why am I in a card?" Sebastian questioned.

"What happened?!"

"We've got injured and slowpokes, so this is the only way!" Cana informed.

"Cana, is that you?!"

"Salvage all cards in my hand!" Cana shouted as all of the cards flew into her hand. "Happy! Carla! Lily! Raden! The guild is going to blow up! Kamikaze attack as you escape!"

"Those cards are Fairy Tail wizards!" Franmalth informed.

"What?!" Kyoka said.

"It can't be... This is my fault..." Seilah muttered.

"Put up a line of defense. Activate the Undercube gravitational field." Kyoka ordered.

"Yes, ma'am!"

"First battle station at the front and rear sides of the Cube!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Don't let them get near the top of the Cube!" Kyoka shouted.

Happy, Carla, Lily, and Raden soon began flying upwards. "What is this?!" Carla exclaimed.

"We're being drawn in!" Lily stated.

"We're gonna crash!" Happy said.

"Brace yourselves!" Raden warned.

The four Exceeds fell onto the ground. "This is... gravity!" Lily noticed.

"Are we upside down?!" Happy questioned as Tartaros soldiers charged behind them.

"More importantly, here comes the enemy!" Carla informed.

Cana soon appeared from the card. "Everyone, decompress from the cards!" She shouted as rays of light appeared followed by multiple silhouettes. "Let's go!"

"Fairy Tail, move out!"

Elfman opened his eyes. "I..."

"Have you come to your senses?" Cana asked.

"What..." Tears began to fall from Elfman's face. "...did I do?"

"We're gonna save Mira and Lisanna. So stand up." Cana told him.

"Sure is noisy outside. Well, whatever. First, I'm gonna mess up that pretty face!" Lummy cackled as Mira began transforming. "How does it feel to have demon particles invade your bloodstream? You're going to hit every branch on the ugly tree as you race towards rebirth."

More lines soon appeared. "Frustrating... So frustrating..." Lummy muttered as Mira's eye opened and the tube shattered. "W-What...? What is this?!"

"Sorry. I already have demon particles. I use them for Satan Soul." Mira informed. "They revived me."

Lummy backed up in fear.

Kyoka was walking towards where Erza was being kept. "Use Erza? Or the humans as hostages?" She asked herself before opening the door.

Her eyes widened upon seeing that the wall was broken. Natsu and Lisanna suddenly grabbed onto her.

"We've been waiting for you!" Natsu claimed.

"Gotcha!" Lisanna said.

"How did you get out of the cell?" Kyoka asked.

"This sword is loaded with power." Natsu replied, referring to the sword that was at his hip.

"Heat Blade?"

"Huh. That's the sword's name? It fell into our hands thanks to that shaking before. We used it to break out of the cell." Natsu explained.

"Where is Erza?!" Kyoka questioned.

"You've taken such good care of me." Erza spoke with Yakdoriga around her. "So I'm going to return the favor and then some."

Kyoka was soon chained up as Erza cracked her hand, having a dark look on her face. "Get settled. This is going to take some time."

"I wonder what they did to her..." Lisanna mumbled.

"Where are Mira and Elfman?" Natsu asked.

"They captured Elfman, too?" Erza questioned before turning her attention back to Kyoka, placing her blade up to Kyoka's throat. "Where are they?"

"I don't know where the one called Elfman is. But the one named Mira is in the upstairs lab. Though you may be too late."

"You..." Natsu muttered.

"I have to go!" Lisanna exclaimed as she turned to leave.

"You go too, Natsu." Erza instructed. "Leave her to me."

"Got it!" Natsu agreed before following Lisanna.

Kyoka and Erza stared at one another. "What was that tremor before?" Erza questioned.

"Our castle responded to the lifting of Face's seal." Kyoka responded.

"Face's seal...?!" Erza widened her eyes. "D-Don't tell me Jellal is..."

"We haven't kill him. But the seal was lifted with another method." Kyoka informed.

"What do you scum want?" Erza asked. "Face, a weapon that would destroy Magic throughout the continent... What do you hope to gain by using that?"

"It's so everything... is returned to Zeref."

"Returned to Zeref?" Erza quoted.

A green glow soon surrounded Kyoka, breaking the chains. "You do understand... These shackles seal Magic. But I have Curse power, so they have no effect on me!"

Erza blocked her punch, shocking her before Erza kicked her down. "A Zeref zealot, huh?" She questioned.

"Zeref's love inscribed us in those books. We were born from his books... The demons of the Books of Zeref!" Kyoka claimed as her and Erza began trading blows. "It's only natural that we believe in our creator."

"You're free to believe what you like! But you should make that decision for yourself!" Erza exclaimed.

"A human couldn't understand!"

Erza soon had a golden aura around her. "Humans have faith, too. What's important is not losing sight of yourself. The power to think, the courage not to run away..." She requipped and attacked Kyoka.

"You yourself have to make that walk!"

Outside of the Cube, the Fairy Tail members were fighting the Tartaros soldiers.

"Crawling out of the woodwork..." Gray started to say as ice appeared from his fists. "Get out of my way!"

Gray attacked the Tartaros soldiers with his Ice Magic, freezing them solid. One soon appeared behind Gray as Juvia charged forward.

"I won't let anyone... embrace Gray-sama from behind!" Juvia shouted, kicking the soldier with water appearing from her leg as Gray had a deadpanned expression.

One of the soldiers charged forward as Gajeel blocked their attack, denting the metal as he grinned. He then chomped on the iron. "Yuck!" Gajeel complained, tossing the iron rod aside.

"Iron Dragon's..." Gajeel took a deep breath in. "...Roar!"

He used his breath attack to blow the foot soldiers away.

"Sky Dragon's..." Wind picked up around Wendy. "...Wing Attack!"

The foot soldiers jumped down from a bird. "Sky Dragon's..." Wendy inhaled. "...Roar!"

Tartaros soldiers rushed towards Sebastian. "Where's my cousin, you damn bastards?!" He asked, clasping his hands together and shouting, "Hellfire Dragon's Jaw!"

Sebastian swung his fists down, flames engulfing the soldiers. More soldiers soon appeared behind him.

"Hellfire Dragon's..." Sebastian inhaled deeply. "...Roar!"

He released a large blast of orange-red flames at the remaining soldiers.

"Lucy Kick!" Lucy yelled, kicking one of the soldiers while Taurus struck some more with his axe. One soon appeared behind Lucy in which Taurus took notice of.

"Moo! I can't get there in time!" He exclaimed.

Loke stepped in front of Lucy. "Regulus Impact!" He shouted, striking the soldiers with golden light.

"Loke! You came out on your own again?" Lucy asked.

"You can't let your guard down. That being said..." Loke leaned closer to Lucy. "...I would love for you to let your guard down around me."

"Is this any time for flirting?" Lucy questioned.

"My power will always protect you." Loke claimed.

"Moo! I'm ready for you!" Taurus said.

"Lion Brilliance!" Loke had a yellow aura around him, blinding the foot soldiers.

Orion faced a few Tartaros soldiers. "God, what a pain in the ass." He complained, his voice getting distorted at the end. Spectre teleports to the soldiers and moves around rapidly, hitting the foot soldiers from all directions.

Soldiers surrounded Makarov as he eyes glowed, activating his Giant Magic. "Get back!" Makarov ordered, punching the soldiers.

"Knuckle Plant!" Droy shouted, attacking more soldiers as he was surrounded by more.

"Falcon Heavenwald!" Jet called out, speeding through the foot soldiers and stopping next to Droy.

"You saved me, Jet!" Droy said.

"Your heft is slowing you down, Droy!" Jet teased.

"Shut up! This is all muscle!"

"Where's Levy?" Jet then asked.

"I'll protect her with my life!" Droy replied.

Levy's fingers glowed. "Solid Script! Stone!" She called out, crushing the foot soldiers down.

"Sand Rebellion!" Max shouted. The Tartaros soldiers spun in the sandstorm. "Don't just stand there!"

"Max!"

Foot soldiers appeared behind Jet and Droy.

"Tch! How many are there?!"

"There's no end!"

"We have to protect Laxus and the others who can't move!" Max informed.

Macao, Cana, and Elfman were back to back. "Why did you bring our wounded here, too?!" Macao questioned.

"If I hadn't, they would've been blown up with the guild!" Cana responded, making Elfman tense up.

"I'm sorry. I..."

Cana turned to face him. "You call yourself a Man?! If you have time to stand there and brood, use it to cut down the enemy's ranks instead!" She said.

"I know. I'll definitely settle this! Man!" Elfman shouted.

"The Gunner!" A rifle appeared in Bisca's hand as she shot at the enemy soldiers.

One appeared behind her as it got blasted away by wind. "Guns Magic!" Alzack spun his pistols that were in his hands. "Tornado Shot!"

Alzack struck the remaining two soldiers. "Al!" Bisca shouted.

"Are you okay?" Alzack asked his wife.

"Yeah. Where's Asuka?" Bisca asked.

"Don't worry. She's right here." Alzack replied as Asuka appeared from his poncho.

"This is annoying." Wakaba claimed as he punched the soldiers in the air using his smoke.

"Rainbow Fire!" Romeo called out, striking the Tartaros soldiers and creating an explosion. "We still haven't made any headway!"

"How are we supposed to reach the castle?" Wakaba questioned.

"We can't even fly because of this gravitational field!" Carla pointed out.

"Right now we're on the bottom side, so to get to the top..." Happy trailed off.

Lucy breathed heavily. "What should we do?" She wondered.

"Even while we're exhausting ourselves out here, Erza and the others are..." Lily started to say as he was in his Battle Form.

Raden was also in his Battle Form as he swung his sword at a soldier who was about to attack Lily, earning a nod of gratitude from him.

"We still haven't found a way to break through?!" Makarov exclaimed as a sudden explosion appeared.

"What the...?!" Alzack questioned.

"The surface!" Bisca exclaimed.

Erza soon flew up in the air. "Erza!" Lucy shouted as everyone was stunned.

"Our way in!" Makarov said, noticing the hole.

Natsu and Lisanna were running through the Tartaros hallways. "Mira-nee, I'm on my way!" Lisanna said to herself.

"There they are! The escaped prisoners!"

"Get them!"

"Lisanna, go on ahead." Natsu told her.

"But..." Lisanna began to protest.

"Rescue Mira!" Natsu interrupted.

"Right!" Lisanna continued on her way.

Natsu leaped down as flames came from his foot, kicking the soldiers back.

"This is what happens when I get to use Magic!" Natsu claimed when he suddenly stopped, seeing that the soldiers had froze in mid-air.

"What is this?! They froze in mid-air..."

"So you made it this far..." A voice spoke up as Natsu turned around. "Though I knew you would."

Natsu widened his eyes. "This is Zeref's bookshelf, Tartaros. The town where my books live..." Zeref claimed.

A/N: Another chapter is finished!

Thanks for reading!

~ Kaleb.